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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6001 
To provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in Niger, 
Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad shall be entitled to tax benefits in the 
same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 19, 2023 
Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. KELLY of 
Mississippi, Mr. HUDSON, and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide that members of the Armed Forces performing 
services in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad shall 
be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if 
such services were performed in a combat zone. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS PER-
FORMING 
SERVICES 
IN 
NIGER, 
MALI, 
BURKINA FASO, AND CHAD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the following pro-
visions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a qualified 
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hazardous duty area shall be treated in the same manner 
as if it were a combat zone (as determined under section 
112 of such Code): 
(1) Section 2(a)(3) (relating to special rule 
where deceased spouse was in missing status). 
(2) Section 112 (relating to the exclusion of 
certain combat pay of members of the Armed 
Forces). 
(3) Section 692 (relating to income taxes of 
members of Armed Forces on death). 
(4) Section 2201 (relating to members of the 
Armed Forces dying in combat zone or by reason of 
combat-zone-incurred wounds, etc.). 
(5) Section 3401(a)(1) (defining wages relating 
to combat pay for members of the Armed Forces). 
(6) Section 4253(d) (relating to the taxation of 
phone service originating from a combat zone from 
members of the Armed Forces). 
(7) Section 6013(f)(1) (relating to joint return 
where individual is in missing status). 
(8) Section 7508 (relating to time for per-
forming certain acts postponed by reason of service 
in combat zone). 
(b) QUALIFIED HAZARDOUS DUTY AREA.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘qualified hazardous duty 
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area’’ means Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad, if as 
of the date of the enactment of this section any member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States is entitled to 
special pay under section 310 of title 37, United States 
Code (relating to special pay; duty subject to hostile fire 
or imminent danger), for services performed in such loca-
tion. Such term includes such location only during the pe-
riod such entitlement is in effect. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this Act 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6003 
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the inclusion of medical 
debt on a consumer report, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 19, 2023 
Ms. PORTER (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. CHU, Ms. MENG, Ms. CASTOR 
of Florida, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. JACKSON of Illi-
nois, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. OMAR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. POCAN, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Ms. LEE of California) intro-
duced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the 
inclusion of medical debt on a consumer report, 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 ‘‘Medical Debt Relief 
Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT. 
(a) MEDICAL DEBT DEFINED.—Section 603 of the 
Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(bb) MEDICAL DEBT.—The term ‘medical debt’ 
means a debt related to, in whole or in part, transactions, 
accounts, or balances arising from the receipt of medical 
services, products, or devices.’’. 
(b) EXCLUSION
FOR
MEDICAL
DEBT.—Section 
605(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 
1681c(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) Any adverse information related to a medical 
debt, including a medical debt that was placed for collec-
tion, charged to profit or loss, or subjected to any similar 
action.’’. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO 
PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF MEDICAL DEBT IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘cred-
it’’ and ‘‘creditor’’ have the meanings given those terms 
in section 702 of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 
U.S.C. 1691a). 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection shall amend section 
1022.30 of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
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successor regulation, to ensure that creditors are prohib-
ited from obtaining or using information relating to the 
medical debt of a consumer in determining whether or not 
to extend credit to that consumer. 
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employs oppressive child labor in the performance of 
the contract or subcontract for producing, manufac-
turing, or otherwise offering into commerce such 
good or service. 
‘‘(B) A person shall not be in violation of sub-
paragraph (A) if the person— 
‘‘(i) entered into a prime contract in a 
good faith reliance on a written assurance from 
the contractor that the contractor and any sub-
contractor at any tier of the contract would not 
employ oppressive child labor in the perform-
ance of the contract or subcontract for pro-
ducing, manufacturing, or otherwise offering 
into commerce the good or service; 
‘‘(ii) had no notice that the employer de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) would employ op-
pressive child labor in such performance; and 
‘‘(iii) has taken meaningful and affirmative 
steps to ensure that all contractors and sub-
contractors of the person at any tier of the con-
tract for such performance would not employ 
oppressive child labor in such performance.’’. 
(b) HOT GOODS.—Section 12(a) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 212(a)) is amended— 
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(B) employs as a managing agent any indi-
vidual who was responsible for wages, hours, or 
working conditions as the contractor or recipi-
ent; or 
(C)(i) has an owner, partner, officer, or di-
rector who is an immediate family member of 
an owner, partner, officer, or director of the 
contractor or recipient; and 
(ii) is in the same industry as the con-
tractor or recipient. 
(b) CHILD LABOR PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms of any applicable 
contract or assistance shall include the following rep-
resentations and stipulations: 
(A) Oppressive child labor shall not be em-
ployed by the contractor or recipient of such ap-
plicable contract or assistance, or any subcon-
tractor or supplier of the contractor or recipient 
at any tier of the applicable contract or assist-
ance, in the performance of or work funded by 
the applicable contract or assistance. 
(B) The contractor or recipient of the ap-
plicable contract or assistance shall provide to 
any subcontractor or supplier under the appli-
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cable contract or assistance training on the re-
quirement under subparagraph (A). 
(C) The contractor or recipient of the ap-
plicable contract or assistance, and any subcon-
tractor or supplier under any tier of the appli-
cable contract or assistance, shall each establish 
a labor-management committee to review the 
policies with respect to child labor of the con-
tractor, recipient, subcontractor, or supplier, re-
spectively, and promote the reporting of any 
violations of such policies. 
(2) GOOD FAITH DEFENSE FOR SECONDARY LI-
ABILITY.—A contractor or recipient of an applicable 
contract or assistance shall not be in breach or viola-
tion of a representation or stipulation under para-
graph (1)(A) due to the actions of a subcontractor 
or supplier at any tier of the applicable contract or 
assistance if the contractor or recipient— 
(A) entered into a contract with the prime 
subcontractor or supplier in a good faith reli-
ance on a written assurance from the subcon-
tractor or supplier that all subcontractors and 
suppliers at any tier of the applicable contract 
or assistance would not employ oppressive child 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6005 
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to expand the replace-
ment of stolen EBT benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 19, 2023 
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER (for himself and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the following 
bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, to 
expand the replacement of stolen EBT benefits under 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program. 
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 ‘‘Fairness for Victims 
of SNAP Skimming Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPLACEMENT OF STOLEN EBT BENEFITS. 
Section 501(b)(2) of division HH of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) shall be equal to the amount of bene-
fits stolen from the household; and’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (C). 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6007 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a microemployer 
pension plan startup credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 19, 2023 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself and Mr. KILDEE) introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
for a microemployer pension plan startup credit. 
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 ‘‘Retirement Investment 
in Small Employers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MICROEMPLOYER PENSION PLAN STARTUP CRED-
IT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45E of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CREDIT FOR MICROEMPLOYERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a qualified 
microemployer— 
‘‘(A) subsection (a) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘100 percent’ for ‘50 percent’, and 
‘‘(B) subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘$2,500’ for ‘$500’ in subpara-
graph (A) thereof. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
MICROEMPLOYER.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘qualified micro-
employer’ means an employer which would be an eli-
gible employer if section 408(p)(2)(C)(i)(I) were ap-
plied by substituting ‘10’ for ‘100’, but only if the 
eligible employer plan established or maintained by 
such employer, under the terms of the plan, accepts 
payment of the matching contribution under section 
6433.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2026. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring American 
Energy Dominance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF BLM PROPOSED RULE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management shall withdraw the proposed rule of 
the Bureau of Land Management entitled ‘‘Fluid Mineral 
Leases and Leasing Process’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 47562 (July 
24, 2023)). 
(b) NO FURTHER ACTION.—The Director of the Bu-
reau of Land Management may not take any action to 
finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule described 
in subsection (a) or any substantially similar rule. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 20, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6009 
AN ACT 
To require the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management to withdraw the proposed rule relat-
ing to fluid mineral leases and leasing process, 
and for other purposes.
I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6009 
To require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw 
the proposed rule relating to fluid mineral leases and leasing process, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2023 
Ms. BOEBERT (for herself, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. NORMAN, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. 
HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. OGLES) introduced the fol-
lowing bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 
to withdraw the proposed rule relating to fluid mineral 
leases and leasing process, 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 ‘‘Restoring American 
Energy Dominance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF BLM PROPOSED RULE. 
The Director of the Bureau of Land Management— 
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(1) shall withdraw the proposed rule of the Bu-
reau of Land Management entitled ‘‘Fluid Mineral 
Leases and Leasing Process’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 47562 
(July 24, 2023)); and 
(2) may not take any action to finalize, imple-
ment, or enforce the proposed rule described in 
paragraph (1) or any substantially similar rule. 
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IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6009 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 21, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 
to withdraw the proposed rule relating to fluid mineral 
leases and leasing process, 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 ‘‘Restoring American 
Energy Dominance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF BLM PROPOSED RULE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau 
of Land Management shall withdraw the proposed rule of 
the Bureau of Land Management entitled ‘‘Fluid Mineral 
Leases and Leasing Process’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 47562 (July 
24, 2023)). 
(b) NO FURTHER ACTION.—The Director of the Bu-
reau of Land Management may not take any action to 
finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule described 
in subsection (a) or any substantially similar rule. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 20, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 600 
To waive certain provisions in the case of an emergency declaration under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2023 
Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To waive certain provisions in the case of an emergency 
declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. WAIVER OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. 
In the case of an emergency declared pursuant to sec-
tion 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191), the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall not require the application of chapter 83 of title 41, 
United States Code, with respect to purchases made or 
contracts issued by Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, 
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American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands of the United 
States. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6010 
To invalidate the use of United States passports to travel to Iran, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2023 
Mr. MCCORMICK (for himself, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. WALTZ, 
and Mr. CLYDE) introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To invalidate the use of United States passports to travel 
to Iran, 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 ‘‘Stop the Iranian Hos-
tage Business Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INVALIDATION OF PASSPORTS FOR TRAVEL TO 
IRAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall take 
such steps as may be necessary, pursuant to the authority 
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provided by section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to regu-
late the issue and validity of passports, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a; com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘Passport Act’’), to declare 
United States passports invalid for travel to, in, or 
through Iran. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FOR CERTAIN TRAVEL.—The re-
striction under subsection (a) may be waived with respect 
to an individual’s passport if the Secretary of State deter-
mines that such individual is traveling to Iran in the na-
tional interest due to the fact that— 
(1) the applicant is a professional reporter or 
journalist, the purpose of whose trip is to obtain, 
and make available to the public, information about 
Iran; 
(2) the applicant is a representative of the 
International Committee of the Red Cross or the 
American Red Cross traveling pursuant to an offi-
cially-sponsored Red Cross mission; 
(3) the applicant’s travel is justified by compel-
ling humanitarian considerations including— 
(A) visiting a family member who is par-
ticularly vulnerable because of age, disability, or 
living circumstances; 
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(B) caring for a seriously or terminally ill 
relative; 
(C) attending a funeral; or 
(D) receiving medical treatment; or 
(4) the applicant’s travel is otherwise in the na-
tional interest. 
(c) TERMINATION.—The restriction under subsection 
(a) shall terminate on the date that is 8 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6011 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
to notify applicants of the completion status of right-of-way applications 
under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 and section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2023 
Mr. VALADAO (for himself and Mr. NEWHOUSE) introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture to notify applicants of the completion sta-
tus of right-of-way applications under section 501 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
and section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(C) All covered products and beverage 
containers achieve compliance with section 
12113. 
‘‘(D) The following recycling rates (by cat-
egory of covered product or beverage container) 
are achieved for each covered product and bev-
erage container: 
‘‘(i) Not less than 50 percent by Jan-
uary 1, 2030. 
‘‘(ii) Not less than 65 percent by Jan-
uary 1, 2040. 
‘‘(iii) Not less than 75 percent by 
January 1, 2050. 
‘‘(b) EXEMPTIONS.—A producer of a covered product 
or beverage container, including a producer that operates 
as a single point of retail sale and is not supplied by, or 
operated as part of, a franchise, shall not be subject to 
this part if the producer— 
‘‘(1)(A) for fiscal year 2023, had an annual rev-
enue of less than $1,000,000; and 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, has an annual revenue of less than the 
applicable amount under section 12108(c) during 
the preceding fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect 
changes for the 12-month period ending on the pre-
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