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(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 528. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi-
vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de-
tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec-
tive control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A facility awarded a grant 
under this section may only use the funds for expenditures 
attributable to obtaining and using— 
(1) technologies to support virtual visits de-
scribed in subsection (a); and 
(2) any other items or services necessary to 
carry out such visits. 
(e) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary shall not award any grants under this section 
after the end of the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency period. 
(2) SUPPLEMENT, NOT
SUPPLANT.—Federal 
funds paid to a skilled nursing facility or a nursing 
facility pursuant to this section must be used to sup-
plement, but not supplant, any other Federal, State, 
or local funds available to the facility that may be 
used for a purpose specified in subsection (d). 
(f) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 15 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
guidance on steps facilities awarded grants under this sec-
tion shall take to ensure residents of such facilities have 
access to virtual visitation during the COVID–19 public 
health emergency period and how such access shall be fa-
cilitated by such facilities. Such guidance shall include op-
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tions for how such facilities will ensure notification of resi-
dents and resident representatives of such virtual visita-
tion access and facilitation, address how adequate support 
will be provided to residents to facilitate virtual visitation, 
address how facilities will ensure or enable installation and 
access to a device purchased for the use or benefit of indi-
vidual or multiple facility residents, and address oper-
ational issues and avoid unnecessary barriers to timely de-
ployment of virtual visitation. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the end 
of the COVID–19 public health emergency period, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report to Congress on the grants 
awarded under this section. 
(h) APPROPRIATION.—There are appropriated to the 
Secretary for fiscal year 2020, from any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are 
necessary to carry out this section, to remain available 
through the last day of the month following the month 
in which the COVID–19 public health emergency period 
ends. 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 301. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided by this Act 
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
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section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 
(2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 
(b) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the Senate, this 
Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2018. 
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Union Calendar No. 382 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6965 
[Report No. 117–508, Part I] 
A BILL 
To promote travel and tourism in the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
with an amendment 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 
Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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platform described in subclause 
(I); and 
‘‘(bb) ensure that such on-
line platform includes the ability 
of its users to rate the utility of 
the content and technical assess-
ments shared in the online plat-
form to allow for a ranking of 
such contents. 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of the Chance to Com-
pete Act of 2022, the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall prescribe regulations necessary for the 
administration of this subsection with respect to em-
ployees in each agency.’’. 
(2) ALTERNATIVE
RANKING
AND
SELECTION 
PROCEDURES.—Section 3319(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘To be placed in a quality category under 
the preceding sentence, an applicant shall be re-
quired to have passed an examination in accordance 
with section 3304(b), subject to the exceptions in 
that section.’’. 
(3) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—Section 3330a(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 
3304(f)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3304(g)(1)’’. 
(b) OPM REPORTING.— 
(1) PUBLIC ONLINE TOOL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management shall maintain 
and periodically update a publicly available on-
line tool that, with respect to each position in 
the competitive service for which an examining 
agency examined applicants during the applica-
ble period, includes— 
(i) the type of assessment used, such 
as— 
(I) a behavioral off-the-shelf as-
sessment; 
(II) a re´sume´ review conducted 
by a subject matter expert; 
(III) an interview conducted by a 
subject matter expert; 
(IV) a technical off-the-shelf as-
sessment; or 
(V) a cognitive ability test; 
(ii) whether or not the agency selected 
a candidate for the position; and
(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘chair’’ and ‘‘vice chair’’ refer to 
the chair and vice chair of the Commission ap-
pointed under subsection (c)(1). 
(2) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands. 
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Secretary of the State’s intention to review 
tests intended to diagnose COVID–19; and 
(B) other SARS–CoV–2-related tests that 
the Secretary determines appropriate in guid-
ance, which may include tests related to the 
monitoring of COVID–19 patient status; 
(2) provides relevant information, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, on each test identified pur-
suant to paragraph (1), which may include— 
(A) the name and contact information of 
the developer of the test; 
(B) the date of receipt of notification by 
the Food and Drug Administration of the devel-
oper’s intent to market the test; 
(C) the date of authorization for use of the 
test on clinical specimens, where applicable; 
(D) the letter of authorization for use of 
the test on clinical specimens, where applicable; 
(E) any fact sheets, manufacturer instruc-
tions, and package inserts for the test, includ-
ing information on intended use; 
(F) sensitivity and specificity of the test; 
and 
(G) in the case of tests distributed by com-
mercial manufacturers, the number of tests dis-
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(C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING 
TO EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 303(d)(2)(A) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21083(d)(2)(A)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘Each State’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (b)(5), each 
State’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) TIMING
OF
REGISTRATION.—Section 
8(a)(1) of the National Voter Registration Act 
of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(a)(1)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (C); 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(D) as subparagraph (E); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) in the case of online registration 
through the official public website of an election 
official under section 6A, if the valid voter reg-
istration application is submitted online not 
later than the lesser of 28 days, or the period 
provided by State law, before the date of the 
election (as determined by treating the date on 
which the application is sent electronically as 
the date on which it is submitted); and’’.
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tributed and, if available, the number of labora-
tories in the United States with the required 
platforms installed to perform the test; and 
(3) includes— 
(A) a list of laboratories certified under 
section 353 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 263a; commonly referred to as 
‘‘CLIA’’) that— 
(i) meet the regulatory requirements 
under such section to perform high- or 
moderate-complexity testing; and 
(ii) are authorized to perform SARS– 
CoV–2 diagnostic or serological tests on 
clinical specimens; and 
(B) information on each laboratory identi-
fied pursuant to subparagraph (A), including— 
(i) the name and address of the lab-
oratory; 
(ii) the CLIA certificate number; 
(iii) the laboratory type; 
(iv) the certificate type; and 
(v) the complexity level.
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plan assets (as defined in section 3(26) of such Act) 
and the denominator of which is current liabilities 
(as defined in section 431(c)(6)(D) of such Code and 
section 304(c)(6)(D) of such Act). 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIAL PARTITION.— 
‘‘(1) GUIDANCE.—The corporation shall issue 
guidance setting forth requirements for special parti-
tion applications under this section not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion. In such guidance, the corporation shall— 
‘‘(A) limit the materials required for a spe-
cial partition application to the minimum nec-
essary to make a determination on the applica-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) provide for an alternate application 
for special partition under this section, which 
may be used by a plan that has been approved 
for a partition under section 4233 before the 
date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(2) TEMPORARY PRIORITY CONSIDERATION OF 
APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The corporation may 
specify in guidance under paragraph (1) that, 
during the first 2 years following the date of 
enactment of this section, special partition ap-
796 
mulgate regulations to carry out the amendment 
made by subsection (d). 
(4) AGENCY
REAPPOINTMENT.—The regula-
tions promulgated to carry out the amendments 
made by this section shall ensure that, to the great-
est extent possible, the head of each agency appoints 
affected employees or special agents to supervisory 
or administrative positions related to the activities of 
the former covered position of the employee or spe-
cial agent. 
(5) TREATMENT OF SERVICE.—The regulations 
promulgated to carry out the amendments made by 
this section shall ensure that the creditable service 
of an affected employee or special agent (as the case 
may be) that is not in a covered position pursuant 
to an election made under such amendments shall be 
treated as the same type of service as the covered 
position in which the employee or agent suffered the 
qualifying illness. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend-
ments made by this section— 
(1) shall take effect on the date of enactment 
of this section; and 
(2) shall apply to an individual who suffers an 
illness described in section 8336(c)(3)(A)(i)(II) or
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(IV) is located in a community 
that, as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, is not experiencing a 56- 
day downward trajectory of— 
(aa) influenza-like illnesses; 
(bb) COVID-like syndromic 
cases; 
(cc) documented COVID–19 
cases; or 
(dd) positive test results as 
a percentage of total COVID–19 
tests. 
(B) PASS-THROUGH
TO
LOCAL
ENTI-
TIES.— 
(i) In the case of a State in which a 
county administers or contributes finan-
cially to the non-Federal share of the 
amounts expended in carrying out a State 
program funded under title IV of the So-
cial Security Act, the State may pass at 
least 50 percent of all funds so made avail-
able through to— 
(I) the chief elected official of the 
city or county that administers the 
program; or
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tering or housing for first responders, emergency 
managers, health providers and other essential em-
ployees; 
(4) costs of providing guidance and information 
to the public and for call centers to disseminate such 
guidance and information; 
(5) costs associated with establishing and oper-
ating virtual services; 
(6) costs for establishing and operating remote 
test sites; 
(7) training provided specifically in anticipation 
of or in response to the event on which such emer-
gency declaration is predicated; 
(8) personal protective equipment and other 
critical supplies for first responders and other essen-
tial employees; 
(9) medical equipment, regardless of whether 
such equipment is used for emergency or inpatient 
care; 
(10) public health costs, including provision and 
distribution of medicine and medical supplies; 
(11) costs associated with maintaining alternate 
care facilities or related facilities currently inactive 
but related to future needs tied to the ongoing pan-
demic event;
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‘‘(1) has made payments under a confirmed 
plan for at least 1 year; and 
‘‘(2) is experiencing or has experienced a mate-
rial financial hardship due, directly or indirectly, to 
the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pan-
demic.’’. 
(5) EXPANDED
ELIGIBILITY
FOR
CHAPTER 
13.—Section 109(e) of title 11, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ each place the 
term appears and inserting ‘‘$850,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$750,000’’ each place the 
term appears and inserting ‘‘$2,600,000’’. 
(6) EXTENDED
CURE
PERIOD
FOR
HOME-
OWNERS HARMED BY COVID–19 PANDEMIC.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 11, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end thereof the following: 
‘‘§ 1331. Special provisions related to COVID–19 pan-
demic 
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding subsections (b)(2) and (d) of 
section 1322, if the debtor is experiencing or has experi-
enced a material financial hardship due, directly or indi-
rectly, to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pan-
demic, a plan may provide for the curing of any default
IB 
Union Calendar No. 487 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6624 
[Report No. 116–589] 
To support supply chain innovation and multilateral security, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 24, 2020 
Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. WALDEN) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Ms. ESHOO, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. ROSE of New 
York, Mr. FLORES, Mrs. BROOKS
of Indiana, Mr. KATKO, Mrs. 
RADEWAGEN, and Mr. O’HALLERAN 
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
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To support supply chain innovation and multilateral security, 
and for other purposes. 
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within a reasonable time, not to exceed 7 years after the 
time that the first payment under the original confirmed 
plan was due, and maintenance of payments while the case 
is pending on any unsecured claim or secured claim on 
which the last payment is due after the expiration of such 
time. Any such plan provision shall not affect the applica-
ble commitment period under section 1325(b). 
‘‘(b) For purposes of sections 1328(a) and 1328(b), 
any cure or maintenance payments under subsection (a) 
that are made after the end of the period during which 
the plan provides for payments (other than payments 
under subsection (a)) shall not be treated as payments 
under the plan. 
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding section 1329(c), a plan modi-
fied under section 1329 at the debtor’s request may pro-
vide for cure or maintenance payments under subsection 
(a) over a period that is not longer than 7 years after 
the time that the first payment under the original con-
firmed plan was due. 
‘‘(d) Notwithstanding section 362(c)(2), during the 
period after the debtor receives a discharge and the period 
during which the plan provides for the cure of any default 
and maintenance of payments under the plan, section 
362(a) shall apply to the holder of a claim for which a
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $9,525,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $55,630,000, of which not less than 
$38,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the de-
partment. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $901,000: Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Civil 
Rights mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the Of-
fice. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$24,206,000. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6967 
AN ACT 
To implement merit-based reforms to the civil service hiring 
system that replace degree-based hiring with skills- and 
competency-based hiring, 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 ‘‘Chance to Compete 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) TERMS DEFINED IN SECTION 3304 OF TITLE 5, 
UNITED STATES CODE.—In this Act, the terms ‘‘agency’’, 
‘‘Director’’, ‘‘examining agency’’, ‘‘Office’’, ‘‘subject mat-
ter expert’’, and ‘‘technical assessment’’ have the mean-
ings given those terms in subsection (c)(1) of section 3304 
of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 3(a). 
(b) OTHER TERMS.—In this Act, the term ‘‘competi-
tive service’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
2102 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. DEFINING THE TERM ‘‘EXAMINATION’’ FOR PUR-
POSES OF HIRING IN THE COMPETITIVE 
SERVICE. 
(a) EXAMINATIONS; TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3304 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(c) 
through (f) as subsections (d) through (g), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(c) EXAMINATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—
I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7058 
To establish a Border Security Reserve Fund to be used by border States 
and the U.S. Border Patrol to invest in border security, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2024 
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To establish a Border Security Reserve Fund to be used 
by border States and the U.S. Border Patrol to invest 
in border security, 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 ‘‘Border Security Re-
serve Fund Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BORDER SECURITY RESERVE FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treas-
ury of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Bor-
der Security Reserve Fund’’ (in this section referred to 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7100 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the organi-
zation of the Office of Survivors Assistance of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7102 
AN ACT 
To establish an Office of Native American Affairs within 
the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7105 
AN ACT 
To establish requirements relating to certification of small 
business concerns owned and controlled by women for 
certain purposes, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7152 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of State to establish a national 
registry of Korean American divided families, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,