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H. R. 8976 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 20 West 
White Street in Millstadt, Illinois, as the ‘‘Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CORPORAL MATTHEW A. WYATT POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 20 West White Street in Millstadt, Illinois, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt 
Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8976 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 5, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 20 West White Street in Millstadt, Illinois, 
as the ‘‘Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt Post Office’’. 
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. CORPORAL MATTHEW A. WYATT POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 20 West White Street in 
Millstadt, Illinois, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Corporal Matthew A. Wyatt Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Corporal Matthew 
A. Wyatt Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 4, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1431 et seq.). 
(b) AREA INCLUDED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Sanctuary shall consist 
only of all waters and submerged lands within the 
boundary described in paragraph (2). 
(2) BOUNDARY.—The boundary referred to in 
paragraph (1) shall encompass only the area within 
the following coordinates: 
(A) 30 degrees, 7 minutes, 20.2116 seconds 
north latitude; 87 degrees, 49 minutes, 15.7404 
seconds west longitude. 
(B) 30 degrees, 7 minutes, 20.2116 seconds 
north latitude; 87 degrees, 43 minutes, 44.8536 
seconds west longitude. 
(C) 30 degrees, 5 minutes, 42.6552 seconds 
north latitude; 87 degrees, 49 minutes, 15.7404 
seconds west longitude. 
(D) 30 degrees, 5 minutes, 42.6552 seconds 
north latitude; 87 degrees, 43 minutes, 44.8536 
seconds west longitude. 
(E) 30 degrees, 7 minutes, 20.2116 seconds 
north latitude; 87 degrees, 49 minutes, 15.7404 
seconds west longitude. 
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
SEC. 102. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH-HAZARD 
TRAINS. 
(a) TANK CAR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
20155 of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 20155. High-hazard trains 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
EXPLOSIVES.—The 
term 
‘explosives’ 
means Class 1 explosives categorized in Division 1.1, 
1.2, or 1.3 (as such terms are defined in section 
173.50 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations). 
‘‘(2) FLAMMABLE GAS.—The term ‘flammable 
gas’ has the meaning given such term in section 
173.115(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(3) FLAMMABLE
LIQUID.—The term ‘flam-
mable liquid’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 173.120(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations. 
‘‘(4) HAZARDOUS MATERIAL.—The term ‘haz-
ardous material’ means a substance or material des-
ignated by the Secretary of Transportation as haz-
ardous pursuant to section 5103 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8979 
To clarify that the baseline is based on current laws and the assumption 
of continuation of current levels of discretionary appropriations, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2024 
Mr. CLINE (for himself and Mr. NORMAN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Budget 
A BILL 
To clarify that the baseline is based on current laws and 
the assumption of continuation of current levels of discre-
tionary appropriations, 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 ‘‘No Bias in the Base-
line Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF BASELINE CALCULATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 257 of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 907) is amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For any budget year, the base-
line refers to a projection, based on current laws and the 
assumption of continuation of current levels of discre-
tionary appropriations, of current-year levels of new budg-
et authority, outlays, revenues, and the surplus or deficit 
into the budget year and the outyears based on laws en-
acted through the applicable date.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Laws providing or creating 
direct spending and receipts are assumed to operate 
in the manner specified in those laws for each such 
year.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the second sentence of paragraph 
(1), by striking all that follows after ‘‘current 
year,’’ through the period and inserting ‘‘ex-
cluding resources designated as an emergency 
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requirement and any resources provided in sup-
plemental appropriation laws.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 
and (5); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) NO
ADJUSTMENT
FOR
INFLATION.—No 
adjustment shall be made for inflation or for any 
other factor.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(B) the lev-
els’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, and (C)’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘1985’’. 
(2) Section 403(a)(3) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)) is amended— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (G); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 
subparagraph (G). 
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Union Calendar No. 462 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 897 
[Report No. 118–560] 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of the Alabama 
Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 27, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8981 
To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to improve 
trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth 
in educational settings, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2024 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Ms. BROWN, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. WAT-
SON COLEMAN, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, and Mrs. RAMIREZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities 
Act to improve trauma support services and mental 
health care for children and youth in educational set-
tings, 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 ‘‘Supporting Trauma- 
Informed Education Practices Act of 2024’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8982 
To authorize NASA to reimburse Chincoteague for drinking water well 
replacement costs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2024 
Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To authorize NASA to reimburse Chincoteague for drinking 
water well replacement costs, 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. DRINKING WATER WELL REPLACEMENT FOR 
CHINCOTEAGUE, VIRGINIA. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad-
ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration may enter into agreements, as appropriate, with 
the Town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for a period of up 
to five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
to reimburse the costs of the Town of Chincoteague di-
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rectly associated with the removal of drinking water wells 
situated on property administered by the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration and the establishment 
of alternative drinking water wells which are located on 
property under the administrative control, either through 
lease, ownership or easement, of the Town of Chin-
coteague. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8983 
To repeal portions of a regulation issued by the State Superintendent of 
Education of the District of Columbia that require child care workers 
to have a degree, a certificate, or a minimum number of credit hours 
from an institution of higher education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2024 
Ms. MACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To repeal portions of a regulation issued by the State Super-
intendent of Education of the District of Columbia that 
require child care workers to have a degree, a certificate, 
or a minimum number of credit hours from an institution 
of higher education. 
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 ‘‘Childcare Worker Op-
portunity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DC REGULATIONS REGARDING HIGHER 
EDUCATION 
QUALIFICATIONS 
OF 
CHILD 
CARE WORKERS. 
Any provision of chapter 1 of subtitle A of title 5 
of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations, as 
added by the final rulemaking of the State Superintendent 
of Education of the District of Columbia issued on Decem-
ber 7, 2016, that requires a staff member of a child devel-
opment facility to have a degree, a certificate, or a min-
imum number of credit hours from an institution of higher 
education, including sections 164.1, 165.1, 166.1(a), 
170.2(a), 173.3, 174.2(a), and 174.2(b), shall have no 
force or effect. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8984 
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand MBDA 
Business Centers near minority-serving institutions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2024 
Mr. NICKEL (for himself and Ms. ADAMS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to 
the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to 
expand MBDA Business Centers near minority-serving 
institutions, 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 ‘‘Supporting Diverse 
Entrepreneurs Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF MBDA BUSINESS CENTERS NEAR MI-
NORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117–58) is amended— 
(1) in section 100114(d)(1)(B)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 
as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) an area that is in or near a his-
torically Black college or university or 
other minority-serving institution (as such 
term is defined in section 100301);’’; and 
(2) in section 100708, by striking ‘‘2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2024, and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 
2025 and each fiscal year thereafter,’’. 
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ing ‘‘on the basis of air quality monitoring data 
from Federal monitors within a State’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Governor of any State 
that available information indicates’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Governor of such State that such air 
quality monitoring data from Federal monitors 
within such State indicate’’. 
(c) 
REDESIGNATION
PROCESS.—Section 
107(d)(3)(C) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7407(d)(3)(C)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘shall promulgate the’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall, after consultation with the Governor, 
promulgate the’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘shall promulgate such’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall, subject to the provisions of section 
553 through 557 of title 5 of the United States 
Code (relating to notice and comment), promulgate 
such’’. 
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decision-making process of the entity with re-
spect to activities in connection with a Federal, 
State, or local election, including— 
‘‘(i) the making of a contribution, do-
nation, expenditure, independent expendi-
ture, or disbursement for an electioneering 
communication (within the meaning of sec-
tion 304(f)(3)); or 
‘‘(ii) the administration of a political 
committee established or maintained by the 
entity.’’. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.—Section 319 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30121) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION
OF COMPLIANCE REQUIRED 
FOR CARRYING OUT ELECTION ACTIVITY BY BUSINESS 
ENTITY.— 
‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION
REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 7 days after a business entity makes any con-
tribution, donation, expenditure, independent ex-
penditure, disbursement for an electioneering com-
munication, or any disbursement in connection with 
an election for Federal, State, or local office or with 
any State or local ballot measure, the chief executive 
officer of the entity (or, if the entity does not have 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 898 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for recruitment and reten-
tion of law enforcement officers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. CARTER of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant 
funds for recruitment and retention of law enforcement 
officers. 
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 ‘‘Recruit and Retain 
Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF COPS GRANT FUNDS FOR RECRUITMENT 
AND RETENTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-
FICERS. 
Section 1701(b) of part Q of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10381(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(23) as paragraphs (4) through (24); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) to recruit and retain career law enforce-
ment officers for deployment in community-oriented 
policing across the Nation;’’. 
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(1) notify parents of students enrolled in ele-
mentary schools and secondary schools that are 
served by the agency and that may become partici-
pating schools— 
(A) not less than 30 days before submit-
ting an application under this section; and 
(B) upon receipt of a grant award under 
this section; and 
(2) solicit feedback from such parents before 
applying for the grant about the local educational 
agency’s desire to implement a school environment 
free of mobile devices. 
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Secretary of 
Education may use not more than 2 percent of the 
amounts made available to carry out this section for ad-
ministrative expenses, data collection, and carrying out the 
study required under section 3. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$5,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2024 through 
2028. 
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‘‘(iv) any Federal law relating to bor-
der control measures of the United States. 
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 
(a) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, im-
prisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 274D the following: 
‘‘Sec. 274E. Destroying or evading border controls.’’. 
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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 ‘‘Baby Changing on 
Board Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INSTALLATION OF BABY CHANGING TABLES ON AM-
TRAK TRAINS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 243 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 24313 
the following: 
‘‘§ 24314. Baby changing tables 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADA-COMPLIANT
RESTROOM.—The term 
‘ADA-compliant restroom’ means a restroom that 
complies with the requirements set forth in section 
242(a) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12162(a)). 
‘‘(2) BABY CHANGING TABLE.—The term ‘baby 
changing table’ means an elevated, freestanding 
structure generally designed to support and retain a 
child with a body weight of up to 30 pounds in a 
horizontal position for the purpose of allowing an in-
dividual to change the child’s diaper, including pull- 
out or drop-down changing surfaces. 
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‘‘(3) COVERED PASSENGER RAIL TRAIN.—The 
term ‘covered passenger rail train’— 
‘‘(A) means a passenger rail train that— 
‘‘(i) is owned and operated by the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(commonly known as ‘Amtrak’); and 
‘‘(ii) was solicited for purchase after 
the date of the enactment of the Baby 
Changing on Board Act for use by Am-
trak; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any passenger rail 
train that Amtrak operates, but does not own. 
‘‘(b) BABY CHANGING TABLES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—All covered passenger rail 
trains shall have a baby changing table in each 
ADA-compliant restroom. 
‘‘(2) SIGNAGE.—Each ADA-compliant restroom 
shall clearly indicate with signage the presence of a 
baby changing table and such baby changing tables 
shall be clearly identified with signage.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis 
for chapter 243 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 24313 
the following: 
‘‘24314. Baby changing tables.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 711 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8995 
[Report No. 118–870] 
A BILL 
To require Amtrak to install baby changing tables 
in all ADA-accessible bathrooms on passenger 
rail cars. 
DECEMBER 12, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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