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subparagraph (A) for a public agency bor-
rower that is financing ongoing capital 
programs and has outstanding senior 
bonds under a preexisting indenture, if— 
(I) the secured loan— 
(aa) is rated in the A cat-
egory or higher; or 
(bb) in the case of a small 
project, 
meets 
an 
alternative 
standard that the Assistant Sec-
retary shall establish under sec-
tion 13006 for purposes of this 
subclause; 
(II) the secured loan is secured 
and payable from pledged revenues 
not affected by project performance, 
such as a tax-backed revenue pledge 
or a system-backed pledge of project 
revenues; and 
(III) the BIFIA program share 
of eligible project costs is 33 percent 
or less. 
(ii) LIMITATION.—If the Assistant 
Secretary waives the nonsubordination re-
quirement under this subparagraph— 
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251 
(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the total amount of 
funds awarded as grants under this subsection for a 
fiscal year— 
(A) not less than 50 percent shall be for 
grants to State health departments under para-
graph (1)(A); and 
(B) not less than 30 percent shall be for 
grants to State, local, or Tribal health depart-
ments under paragraph (1)(B). 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary may award a 
grant to an entity under subsection (b)(1) only if the enti-
ty agrees to use the grant to address core public health 
infrastructure needs, including those identified in the ac-
creditation process under subsection (g). 
(d) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATE HEALTH DEPART-
MENTS.—In making grants under subsection (b)(1)(A), 
the Secretary shall award funds to each State health de-
partment in accordance with— 
(1) a formula based on population size; burden 
of preventable disease and disability; and core public 
health infrastructure gaps, including those identified 
in the accreditation process under subsection (g); 
and 
(2) application requirements established by the 
Secretary, including a requirement that the State 
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than 18 months after the date of the enactment of 
this section, the Commission shall award 75 percent 
of the amounts appropriated under subsection (h) 
through a national reverse auction to funding recipi-
ents only to expand access to broadband in unserved 
areas. 
‘‘(2) EXPANDING
ACCESS
TO
BROADBAND 
THROUGH STATES.— 
‘‘(A) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS
TO 
STATES.—Not later than 255 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Com-
mission shall distribute 25 percent of the 
amounts appropriated under subsection (h) 
among the States, in direct proportion to the 
population of each State. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Not later than 195 
days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Commission shall issue a public notice 
informing each State and the public of the 
amounts to be distributed under this para-
graph. The notice shall include— 
‘‘(i) the manner in which a State shall 
inform the Commission of that State’s ac-
ceptance or acceptance in part of the 
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(1) FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM, RECOV-
ERY, AND
ENFORCEMENT
ACT
OF
1989.—Section 
1206(a) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recov-
ery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 
1833b(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Office of Fi-
nancial Research,’’. 
(2) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in section 3132(a)(1)(D)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the Office of Thrift 
Supervision,,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office of 
Thrift Supervision,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Bureau of Con-
sumer Financial Protection, and the Office 
of Financial Research’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec-
tion’’; and 
(B) in section 5314, by striking ‘‘Director 
of the Office of Financial Research.’’. 
(3) TITLE
44.—Section 3502(5) of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Of-
fice of Financial Research,’’. 
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658 
housing agencies, and workforce development 
boards in the implementation of reduced fares. 
‘‘(C) A description of the eligible entity’s 
current fare evasion enforcement policies, in-
cluding how the eligible entity plans to use the 
reduced fare program to reduce fare evasion. 
‘‘(D) An estimate of additional costs to 
such eligible entity as a result of reduced tran-
sit fares. 
‘‘(E) A plan for a public awareness cam-
paign of the transit agency’s ability to provide 
reduced fares, including in foreign languages, 
based on— 
‘‘(i) data from the Bureau of the Cen-
sus and be consistent with the local area 
demographics where the transit agency op-
erates and will include the languages that 
are most prevalent and commonly re-
quested for translation services; or 
‘‘(ii) qualitative and quantitative ob-
servation from community service providers 
including those that provide health and 
mental health services, social services, 
transportation, and other relevant social 
services.
‘‘(i) notification to, or consent of, an 
individual who is not a parent of the 
minor; or 
‘‘(ii) authorization from an entity that 
is not a State court; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘parent’ means— 
‘‘(A) a parent or guardian; 
‘‘(B) a legal custodian; or 
‘‘(C) an individual standing in loco 
parentis who has care and control of a minor, 
with whom the minor regularly resides, and who 
is designated by a law requiring parental in-
volvement in the minor’s abortion decision as 
an individual to whom notification, or from 
whom consent, is required; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘minor’ means an individual who 
is not older than the maximum age requiring paren-
tal notification or consent, or judicial authorization 
from a State court, under a law requiring parental 
involvement in a minor’s abortion decision; and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘State’ includes the District of 
Columbia and any commonwealth, possession, or 
other territory of the United States. 
‘‘(b) OFFENSE.— 
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retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report describing the tool developed under 
subsection (a). 
(2) CLASSIFIED
ANNEX.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may contain a classified annex if necessary. 
(3) PUBLICATION.—Upon submittal of the re-
port under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pub-
lish the unclassified portion of the report on an 
internet website of the Department that is available 
to the public. 
(e) UPDATES TO TOOL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After submittal of the report 
under subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall 
update the climate vulnerability and risk assessment 
tool developed under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
considers necessary and appropriate, in consultation 
with the individuals and entities described in sub-
section (b) and consistent with the prevailing sci-
entific consensus as required under subsection (c). 
(2) REPORT
AND
PUBLICATION.—Upon com-
pleting an update to the tool under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall— 
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(B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the As-
sistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy and Climate Re-
siliency. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary 
shall be the overall supervision of energy and climate resil-
iency matters of the Department of the Navy.’’. 
(3) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.—Section 
9016 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘four’’ 
and inserting ‘‘five’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the As-
sistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy and Climate 
Resiliency. The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary 
shall be the overall supervision of energy and climate resil-
iency matters of the Department of the Air Force.’’. 
(4) DUTIES.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of 
a military department shall prescribe the duties of 
the Assistant Secretary of such military department 
for energy and climate resiliency under the applica-
ble amendments made by this subsection. In pre-
scribing such duties, such Secretary shall— 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2742 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that amounts 
paid for an abortion are not taken into account for purposes of the 
deduction for medical expenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2019 
Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BUDD, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. 
BILIRAKIS, Mr. BUCK, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
GIBBS, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. LATTA, 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. 
JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. ABRAHAM) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
that amounts paid for an abortion are not taken into 
account for purposes of the deduction for medical ex-
penses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Abortion Is Not Health 
Care Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMOUNTS PAID FOR ABORTION NOT TAKEN INTO 
ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING DEDUCTION FOR 
MEDICAL EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 213 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) AMOUNTS PAID FOR ABORTION NOT TAKEN 
INTO ACCOUNT.—An amount paid during the taxable year 
for an abortion shall not be taken into account under sub-
section (a).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2743 
To repeal the Office of Financial Research, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2019 
Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, and Mr. DAVIDSON 
of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To repeal the Office of Financial Research, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RE-
SEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title I of the Dodd- 
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(12 U.S.C. 5342) is hereby repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
TO
THE DODD- 
FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTEC-
TION ACT.—The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
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Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in the table of contents in section 1(b), by 
striking the items relating to subtitle B of title I; 
(2) in section 102(a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; 
(3) in section 111— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) through (E) as subparagraphs (A) 
through (D), respectively; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraphs (C), (D), and (E)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)’’; 
(4) in section 112— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘direct the Office of Financial Research 
to’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
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(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(C) through (N) as subparagraphs (B) 
through (M), respectively; and 
(B) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 
Office of Financial Research, member 
agencies, and’’ and inserting ‘‘member 
agencies and’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 
Office of Financial Research, any member 
agency, and’’ and inserting ‘‘any member 
agency and’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, acting through 
the Office of Financial Research,’’ 
each place the term appears; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘the Office of Financial Re-
search or’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking 
‘‘, the Office of Financial Research,’’; and 
(5) in section 116, by striking ‘‘, acting through 
the Office of Financial Research,’’ each place the 
term appears. 
(c) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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In the Senate of the United States, 
February 13, 2020. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2744) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment to prescribe the manner in which programs of the agen-
cy are identified overseas, and for other purposes.’’, do pass 
with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘USAID Branding Mod-
ernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR BRANDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development (referred to 
in this section as ‘‘USAID’’), in coordination with the Sec-
retary of State, as appropriate, and with due consideration 
for the safety and security of implementing partners and
† HR 2744 EAS 
beneficiaries, is authorized to prescribe, as appropriate, the 
use of logos or other insignia of the USAID Identity, or 
the use of additional or substitute markings, including the 
United States flag, to appropriately identify, including as 
required by section 641 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2401), overseas programs administered by 
USAID. 
(b) AUDIT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of USAID 
shall submit to Congress an audit of compliance with rel-
evant branding and marking requirements of USAID by 
implementing partners funded by USAID, including any 
requirements prescribed pursuant to the authorization 
under subsection (a). 
Attest: 
Secretary.
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6891 
To exclude government officials of the Russian Federation from certain 
international meetings, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2022 
Mrs. WAGNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on For-
eign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To exclude government officials of the Russian Federation 
from certain international meetings, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Isolate Russian Gov-
ernment Officials Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF THE 
RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.—It is the pol-
icy of the United States to exclude government officials 
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of the Russian Federation, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, from attendance at the following: 
(1) The Spring Meetings and Annual Meetings 
of the World Bank Group and the International 
Monetary Fund. 
(2) Proceedings of the Group of 20, including 
Ministerial Meetings and Leader Summits. 
(3) Plenary meetings of the Financial Action 
Task Force. 
(4) Annual General Meetings of the Bank for 
International Settlements. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, as the case may be, shall take all necessary steps 
to advance the policy described under subsection (a). 
(c) TERMINATION.—This section shall have no force 
or effect on the earlier of— 
(1) the date that is 5 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act; or 
(2) 30 days after the date that the President 
reports to Congress that the government of the Rus-
sian Federation has ceased its destabilizing activities 
with respect to the sovereignty and territorial integ-
rity of Ukraine. 
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‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated under 
subsection (a) for a year and allocated to States in accord-
ance with this section shall remain available for expendi-
ture through December 31, 2025. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—Amounts appropriated under 
subsection (a) for a year (beginning with 2022 and ending 
with 2024) are subject to the requirements and limitations 
under sections 506 and 507 of division H of Public Law 
115–31 in the same manner and to the same extent as 
if such amounts for such year were appropriated under 
such division.’’. 
SEC. 3. ALIGNING QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN GRACE PE-
RIOD 
REQUIREMENTS 
WITH 
STATE 
LAW 
GRACE PERIOD REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 1412(c)(2) of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18082(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)(iv)(II), by striking ‘‘a 
3-month grace period’’ and inserting ‘‘a grace period 
specified in subparagraph (C)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) GRACE PERIOD SPECIFIED.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (B)(iv)(II), the grace pe-
riod specified in this subparagraph is— 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘USAID Branding 
Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR BRANDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID) is 
authorized to prescribe, as appropriate, the use of logos 
or other insignia of the USAID Identity, or the use of 
additional or substitute markings including the United 
States flag, to appropriately identify, including as required 
by section 641 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2401), overseas programs administered by the 
Agency. 
(b) AUDIT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
submit to Congress an audit of compliance with relevant 
branding and marketing requirements of the Agency by 
implementing partners funded by the USAID, including 
any requirements prescribed pursuant to the authorization 
under subsection (a). 
Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2744 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development to 
prescribe the manner in which programs of the 
agency are identified overseas, and for other pur-
poses.
H. R. 2744 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 
An Act 
To authorize the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment to prescribe the manner in which programs of the agency are identified 
overseas, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘USAID Branding Modernization 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR BRANDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (referred to in this section 
as ‘‘USAID’’), in coordination with the Secretary of State, as appro-
priate, and with due consideration for the safety and security of 
implementing partners and beneficiaries, is authorized to prescribe, 
as appropriate, the use of logos or other insignia of the USAID 
Identity, or the use of additional or substitute markings, including 
the United States flag, to appropriately identify, including as 
required by section 641 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2401), overseas programs administered by USAID. 
(b) AUDIT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Inspector General of USAID shall submit 
to Congress an audit of compliance with relevant branding and 
marking requirements of USAID by implementing partners funded
H. R. 2744—2 
by USAID, including any requirements prescribed pursuant to the 
authorization under subsection (a). 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2744 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 16, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development to prescribe the manner 
in which programs of the agency are identified overseas, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘USAID Branding 
Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR BRANDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID) is 
authorized to prescribe, as appropriate, the use of logos 
or other insignia of the USAID Identity, or the use of 
additional or substitute markings including the United 
States flag, to appropriately identify, including as required 
by section 641 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2401), overseas programs administered by the 
Agency. 
(b) AUDIT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
United States Agency for International Development shall 
submit to Congress an audit of compliance with relevant 
branding and marketing requirements of the Agency by 
implementing partners funded by the USAID, including 
any requirements prescribed pursuant to the authorization 
under subsection (a). 
Passed the House of Representatives July 15, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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