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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4318 
To relocate the headquarters of the Appalachian Regional Commission, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2021 
Mr. GRIFFITH (for himself and Mr. BARR) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To relocate the headquarters of the Appalachian Regional 
Commission, 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 ‘‘Appalachian Regional 
Commission Relocation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Regional commissions, such as the Delta 
Regional Authority, the Denali Commission, and the 
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Northern Border Regional Commission, are each 
headquartered in their respective region. 
(2) Headquartering regional commissions with-
in the region affected is a sensible approach to en-
sure that the commissions are housed in more af-
fordable locations than the District of Columbia, 
thereby reducing administrative overhead and mak-
ing the commissions closer and more accountable to 
the people the commissions were designed to serve. 
SEC. 3. HEADQUARTERS OF THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL 
COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 14301 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) HEADQUARTERS.—The headquarters of the 
Commission shall be located in the Appalachian region.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Co-
chairman of the Commission shall take such actions 
as may be necessary to carry out the amendment 
made in subsection (a). 
(2) EXTENSION.—The Federal Cochairman of 
the Commission may extend, by up to 180 days, the 
period for implementation specified in paragraph (1) 
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if the Federal Cochairman submits to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate written notice 
of the need for the extension. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4320 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the base erosion 
minimum tax rate for taxable years ending in 2020. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2021 
Mr. KIM of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. SUOZZI, and Mr. GARBARINO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce 
the base erosion minimum tax rate for taxable years 
ending in 2020. 
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 ‘‘Help Our Businesses 
Recover Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. BASE EROSION MINIMUM TAX RELIEF FOR 2020. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 59A(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, (3), and (5)’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) MODIFICATION FOR TAXABLE YEARS END-
ING IN 2020.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of any 
taxable year ending in 2020, paragraph (1) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘0 percent’ for 
‘10 percent’ in subparagraph (A) of such para-
graph. 
‘‘(B) COORDINATION WITH SECTION 15.— 
Section 15 shall not apply to any of the changes 
in rates of tax by reason of subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2019. 
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the Office, including the mechanisms uti-
lized to collect such feedback.’’. 
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† HR 4346 EAS2 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 
(b)(1)(C), the Secretary shall use a competitive, 
merit-review process to designate eligible consortia as 
regional technology and innovation hubs. 
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.—In conducting the competi-
tive process under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
ensure geographic and demographic diversity in the 
designation of regional technology hubs by, subject to 
available appropriations, designating at least 20 tech-
nology hubs, and— 
‘‘(A) seeking to designate at least three tech-
nology hubs in each region covered by a regional 
office of the Economic Development Administra-
tion, while— 
‘‘(i) ensuring that not fewer than one- 
third of eligible consortia so designated as 
regional technology hubs significantly ben-
efit a small and rural community, which 
may include a State or territory described 
in clauses (ii) and (iii); 
‘‘(ii) ensuring that not fewer than one- 
third of eligible consortia so designated as 
regional technology hubs include as a mem-
ber of the eligible consortia at least 1 mem-
ber that is a State or territory that is eligi-
(4) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘$14,693,000 
for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$21,900,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2027’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4324 
To help train individuals in effective and evidence-based de-escalation tech-
niques to ensure that individuals at diverse levels of society have and 
retain greater skills to resolve conflicts, manage anger, and control im-
plicit bias without the use of physical or other force, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2021 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
MCEACHIN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BROWNLEY, 
Mrs. HAYES, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, 
and Mr. CARSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To help train individuals in effective and evidence-based de- 
escalation techniques to ensure that individuals at diverse 
levels of society have and retain greater skills to resolve 
conflicts, manage anger, and control implicit bias without 
the use of physical or other force, 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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‘‘(v) development or expansion of 
partnerships with organizations that assist 
program participants in accessing sup-
portive services, which may include the 12- 
month period after the conclusion of a pre- 
apprenticeship program; 
‘‘(vi) providing commensurate wages 
to the linked apprenticeship program for 
pre-apprentices as they participate in and 
complete the pre-apprenticeship program, 
as appropriate; 
‘‘(vii) paying the cost of related in-
struction or assessment or licensure fees 
associated with the pre-apprenticeship pro-
gram, as appropriate; 
‘‘(viii) providing stipends to pre-ap-
prentices enrolled in a pre-apprenticeship 
program to cover costs such as housing, 
transportation, childcare or out of pocket 
expenses resulting from the pre-apprentice-
ship program such as assessments and fees 
for industry recognized credentials or driv-
ers licenses during the time of enrollment; 
or
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4325 
To require preference to be given to applicants for health profession oppor-
tunity grants under section 2008 of the Social Security Act who have 
certain kinds of business and community partners. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2021 
Mrs. MURPHY of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require preference to be given to applicants for health 
profession opportunity grants under section 2008 of the 
Social Security Act who have certain kinds of business 
and community partners. 
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 ‘‘Making Opportunities 
Reachable for Everyone Act’’ or the ‘‘MORE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREFERENCE FOR HEALTH PROFESSION OPPOR-
TUNITY GRANT APPLICANTS WHO HAVE CER-
TAIN KINDS OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY 
PARTNERS. 
Section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397g) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and 
(d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and inserting 
after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE FOR GRANT APPLICANTS WHO 
HAVE CERTAIN PARTNERS.—In considering applications 
for a grant under this section, the Secretary shall give 
preference to applications submitted by applicants who 
have business and community partners in each of the fol-
lowing categories: 
‘‘(1) State and local government agencies and 
social service providers; 
‘‘(2) institutions of higher education, and local 
workforce development boards established under sec-
tion 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act; and 
‘‘(3) health care employers, labor unions, and 
labor-management partnerships.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 2021. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4327 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to allow an owner of a trade secret 
redress of the theft of trade secrets extraterritorially, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2021 
Mr. OBERNOLTE (for himself, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. BANKS, Mr. PFLUGER, and 
Mr. CRAWFORD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to allow an owner 
of a trade secret redress of the theft of trade secrets 
extraterritorially, 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 ‘‘Protect American 
Trade Secrets Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
REDRESS 
OF 
THEFT 
OF 
TRADE 
SECRETS 
EXTRATERRITORIALLY. 
Section 1836 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY TO CONDUCT OUTSIDE UNITED 
STATES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
this section shall apply to conduct occurring outside the 
United States and impacting United States commerce, in-
cluding conduct by an offender who is— 
‘‘(1) not a United States person or an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence into the 
United States; or 
‘‘(2) an organization which is created or orga-
nized under the laws of a foreign government or 
which has its principal place of business located out-
side of the United States.’’. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4330 
To maintain the free flow of information to the public by establishing appro-
priate limits on the federally compelled disclosure of information obtained 
as part of engaging in journalism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2021 
Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Mr. LIEU, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To maintain the free flow of information to the public by 
establishing appropriate limits on the federally compelled 
disclosure of information obtained as part of engaging 
in journalism, 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 ‘‘Protect Reporters from 
Exploitative State Spying Act’’ or the ‘‘PRESS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) COVERED JOURNALIST.—The term ‘‘covered 
journalist’’ means a person who gathers, prepares, 
collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, 
or publishes news or information that concerns local, 
national, or international events or other matters of 
public interest for dissemination to the public. 
(2) COVERED SERVICE PROVIDER.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
service provider’’ means any person that, by an 
electronic means, stores, processes, or transmits 
information in order to provide a service to cus-
tomers of the person. 
(B) 
INCLUSIONS.—The 
term 
‘‘covered 
service provider’’ includes— 
(i) a telecommunications carrier and a 
provider of an information service (as such 
terms are defined in section 3 of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)); 
(ii) a provider of an interactive com-
puter service and an information content 
provider (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 230 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 230)); 
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the Secretary shall approve or disapprove such appli-
cation. 
‘‘(4) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—The Secretary 
may approve an application received under this sub-
section only if the Secretary has— 
‘‘(A) determined that the State applicant 
would be at least as effective as the Secretary 
in issuing Applications for Permit to Drill or in 
approving drilling plans, as applicable; 
‘‘(B) determined that the State program of 
the State applicant— 
‘‘(i) complies with this Act; and 
‘‘(ii) provides for the termination or 
modification of an issued Application for 
Permit to Drill or approved drilling plan, 
as applicable, for cause, including for— 
‘‘(I) the violation of any condi-
tion of the issued Application for Per-
mit to Drill or approved drilling plan; 
‘‘(II) obtaining the issued Appli-
cation for Permit to Drill or approved 
drilling plan by misrepresentation; or 
‘‘(III) failure to fully disclose in 
the application all relevant facts; 
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‘‘(e) CONVEYANCE TO CERTAIN STATES OF PROP-
ERTY INTEREST IN STATE SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, on request of a State and in lieu 
of any payments to the State under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the 
State all right, title, and interest in and to the per-
centage specified in that subsection for that State 
that would otherwise be required to be paid into the 
Treasury under that subsection. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, after a conveyance to a State under 
paragraph (1), any person shall pay directly to the 
State any amount owed by the person for which the 
right, title, and interest has been conveyed to the 
State under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall promptly provide to each holder of a lease of 
public land to which subsection (a) applies that is lo-
cated in a State to which right, title, and interest is 
conveyed under this subsection notice that— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of the Interior has con-
veyed to the State all right, title, and interest 
in and to the amounts referred to in paragraph 
(1); and 
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‘‘(A) conduct federally directed research to 
fill national and regional coral reef ecosystem 
research gaps and improve understanding of, 
and responses to, continuing and emerging 
threats to the resilience of United States coral 
reef ecosystems consistent with the national 
coral reef resilience strategy in effect under sec-
tion 204A; 
‘‘(B) support ecological research and moni-
toring to study the effects of conservation and 
restoration activities funded by this title on pro-
moting more effective coral reef management 
and restoration; and 
‘‘(C) through agreements— 
‘‘(i) collaborate directly with govern-
mental resource management agencies, 
coral reef stewardship partnerships, non-
profit organizations, and other coral reef 
research centers designated under para-
graph (4); 
‘‘(ii) assist in the development and im-
plementation of— 
‘‘(I) the national coral reef resil-
ience strategy under section 204A;
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4333 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to allow a deduction 
for investment advisory expenses of certain funeral and cemetery trusts 
during suspension of miscellaneous itemized deductions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2021 
Ms. SA´NCHEZ (for herself and Mr. FERGUSON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
to allow a deduction for investment advisory expenses 
of certain funeral and cemetery trusts during suspension 
of miscellaneous itemized deductions. 
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. DEDUCTION FOR INVESTMENT ADVISORY EX-
PENSES OF CERTAIN FUNERAL AND CEME-
TERY TRUSTS ALLOWED DURING SUSPEN-
SION OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMIZED DEDUC-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 67(g) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) DEDUCTION FOR INVESTMENT ADVISORY 
EXPENSES OF CERTAIN FUNERAL AND CEMETERY 
TRUSTS
ALLOWED
DURING
SUSPENSION.—In the 
case of any qualified funeral trust (as defined in sec-
tion 685(b)) or cemetery perpetual care fund (de-
scribed in section 642(i) and meeting the require-
ments of paragraphs (1) and (2) thereof), subsection 
(a) and paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not 
apply to any deduction allowed for investment advi-
sory expenses for a taxable year beginning after De-
cember 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2027.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2020. 
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ernor or head of a State agency of a 
State. 
‘‘(V) INITIAL
EIS
COMPLIANCE 
DATE.—The term ‘initial EIS compli-
ance date’, with respect to a proposed 
action for which a Federal agency 
published a notice of intent described 
in subparagraph (B)(ii), means the 
date by which an environmental im-
pact statement for that proposed ac-
tion is required to be completed under 
subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(VI) INITIAL NEPA COMPLIANCE 
DATE.—The term ‘initial NEPA com-
pliance date’, with respect to a pro-
posed action, means the date by which 
the head of a Federal agency is re-
quired to issue or publish a document 
described in subparagraph (B) for 
that proposed action under that sub-
paragraph. 
‘‘(VII) INITIAL NONCOMPLIANCE 
DETERMINATION.—The term ‘initial 
noncompliance determination’ means 
a 
determination 
under 
clause 
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‘‘(C) a description of proposed activities 
that the regional clean energy innovation part-
nership plans to undertake and how the proposed 
activities will achieve the purposes described in 
subsection (c); 
‘‘(D) a plan for attracting additional funds 
and identification of funding sources from non- 
Federal sources to deliver the proposed outcomes 
of the regional clean energy innovation partner-
ship; 
‘‘(E) a plan for partnering and collabo-
rating with community development financial 
institutions and minority depository institu-
tions, 
labor 
organizations 
and 
community 
groups, worker cooperative membership associa-
tions, local and state employee ownership and 
cooperative development centers, and other local 
institutions in order to promote employee, com-
munity, and public ownership in the clean en-
ergy sector, and advance models of local eco-
nomic development that build and retain wealth 
in the region; 
‘‘(F) a plan for sustaining activities of the 
regional clean energy innovation partnership
‘‘(II) recommendations for the 
project sponsor with respect to how to 
address the reasons for the denial. 
‘‘(ii) RECOMMENDED
CHANGES.—If 
the project sponsor carries out the rec-
ommendations of the head of the Federal 
agency under clause (i)(II) and notifies the 
head of the Federal agency that the rec-
ommendations have been carried out, the 
head of the Federal agency— 
‘‘(I) shall decide whether to issue 
the permit or authorization described 
in subparagraph (A) not later than 90 
days after date on which the project 
sponsor submitted the notification; 
and 
‘‘(II) shall not carry out the 
NEPA process with respect to the 
proposed action again.’’. 
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ble to receive funding from the Established 
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
of the National Science Foundation; and 
‘‘(iii) ensuring that at least one eligible 
consortium so designated as a regional tech-
nology hub is headquartered in a low popu-
lation State that is eligible to receive fund-
ing from the Established Program to Stim-
ulate Competitive Research of the National 
Science Foundation; 
‘‘(B) seeking to designate an additional two 
regional technology hubs based on selection fac-
tors which shall include likelihood of success and 
may include regional factors such as the extent 
to which the regional technology and innovation 
hub significantly engages and benefits under-
served communities in and near metropolitan 
areas; 
‘‘(C) encouraging eligible consortia to lever-
age institutions of higher education serving pop-
ulations historically underrepresented in STEM, 
including historically Black Colleges and Uni-
versities, Tribal Colleges or Universities, and mi-
nority-serving institutions to significantly ben-
efit an area or region; and