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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 133 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of the 
national coverage determination process under the Medicare program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. BUCHANAN (for himself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, and Ms. SALAZAR) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify 
the use of the national coverage determination process 
under the Medicare 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 ‘‘Mandating Exclusive 
Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION ON MEDICARE NATIONAL COV-
ERAGE DETERMINATION PROCESS. 
Section 1862(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395y(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of paragraph (1)(E), in the 
case of research conducted pursuant to section 1142, the 
determination of whether a drug or biological is reasonable 
and necessary to carry out the purposes of section 1142 
shall be made with respect to each drug or biological in-
volved and not with respect to a class of drugs or 
biologicals.’’. 
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‘‘(A) Measures of utilization of oral health 
and dental services across health care settings. 
‘‘(B) Measures that address the availability 
of oral evaluations during or following medical 
visits for enrolled adults. 
‘‘(C) Measures that address the incidence 
of emergency department visits for non-trau-
matic dental conditions. 
‘‘(D) Measures that address the avail-
ability and receipt of follow-up dental care after 
emergency department visits for non-traumatic 
dental conditions during pregnancy. 
‘‘(E) Measures that address the availability 
of counseling of enrolled adults aimed at im-
proving oral health outcomes. 
‘‘(F) Measures that address the availability 
and receipt of care for beneficiaries who meet 
the medical necessity criteria for general anes-
thesia and intravenous sedation. 
‘‘(G) Measures that address screening and 
evaluation for caries risk and periodontitis and 
treatment for caries risk and periodontitis, in-
cluding the following: 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1340 
To provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers regarding 
Open RAN networks, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2023 
Mr. ALLRED (for himself, Mr. HUDSON, and Mr. GUTHRIE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide outreach and technical assistance to small pro-
viders regarding Open RAN networks, 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 ‘‘Open RAN Outreach 
Act’’. 
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‘‘(i) The percentage of enrolled adults 
who have caries risk documented in the re-
porting year involved. 
‘‘(ii) The percentage of enrolled adults 
who received a topical fluoride application 
or sealants based on an oral health risk as-
sessment demonstrating the need for such 
application or sealants during the report-
ing year involved. 
‘‘(iii) The percentage of enrolled 
adults who received a comprehensive or 
periodic oral evaluation or a comprehensive 
periodontal evaluation during the reporting 
year involved. 
‘‘(iv) The percentage of enrolled 
adults with a history of periodontitis who 
received an oral prophylaxis, scaling or 
root planing, or periodontal maintenance 
visit at least 2 times during the reporting 
year involved. 
‘‘(v) The percentage of enrolled adults 
with diabetes who receive a comprehensive 
or periodic evaluation or a comprehensive 
periodontal evaluation during the reporting 
year involved. 
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SEC. 2. OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL 
PROVIDERS REGARDING OPEN RAN NET-
WORKS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall con-
duct outreach and provide technical assistance to small 
communications network providers— 
(1) to raise awareness regarding the uses, bene-
fits, and challenges of Open RAN networks and 
other open network architectures; and 
(2) regarding participation in the Wireless Sup-
ply Chain Innovation Grant Program established 
under section 9202(a)(1) of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information, 
acting through the head of the Office of Internet 
Connectivity and Growth. 
(2) OPEN
NETWORK
ARCHITECTURE.—The 
term ‘‘open network architecture’’ means Open RAN 
networks and other network elements that follow a 
set of published open standards for multi-vendor 
network equipment interoperability, including open 
core and open transport. 
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(3) OPEN
RAN
NETWORK.—The term ‘‘Open 
RAN network’’ means a wireless network that fol-
lows the Open Radio Access Network approach to 
standardization adopted by the O–RAN Alliance, 
Telecom Infra Project, or Third Generation Partner-
ship Project (3GPP), or any similar set of published 
open standards for multi-vendor network equipment 
interoperability. 
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another biological product licensed under section 351 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 
(3) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘eligible 
provider’’ means a provider of services or supplier 
that is eligible to receive payment under part B of 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act for furnishing 
or dispensing biosimilar biological products. 
(4) 
MEDICARE
BENEFICIARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Medicare beneficiary’’ means an individual who is 
enrolled for benefits under part B of title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act. 
(5) 
PARTICIPATING
PROVIDER.—The 
term 
‘‘participating provider’’ means an eligible provider 
that has been selected for participation under the 
project under subsection (b)(2) and with respect to 
whom such participation has not been terminated. 
(6) REFERENCE
BIOLOGICAL
PRODUCT.—The 
term ‘‘reference biological product’’ means the bio-
logical product licensed under section 351 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) that is 
referred to in the application described in paragraph 
(2) of the biosimilar biological product. 
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‘‘(A) perform a needs assessment to iden-
tify and evaluate the measurement, technical 
specifications, and conformity assessment needs 
required to improve the operation and reliability 
of such emergency communication and tracking 
technologies; and 
‘‘(B) support the development of technical 
specifications and conformance architecture to 
improve the operation and reliability of such 
emergency communication and tracking tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Assist-
ant Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make 
publicly available, a report on the assessment per-
formed under paragraph (2)(A).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 25, 2023. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1343 
AN ACT 
To codify the Institute for Telecommunication 
Sciences and to direct the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information 
to establish an initiative to support the develop-
ment of emergency communication and tracking 
technologies, and for other purposes.
I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1344 
To rename the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, 
as the ‘‘Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2023 
Ms. CROCKETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To rename the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 
Dallas, Texas, as the ‘‘Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Med-
ical Center’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson 
served the veteran community diligently during her 
16 years working as the Chief Psychiatric Nurse of 
the Dallas VA Medical Center. 
(2) Throughout her 30 years in Congress, 
Eddie Bernice Johnson introduced numerous bills 
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that sought to honor and serve the patriots who so 
nobly served their country. 
(3) Congresswoman Johnson introduced, and 
won passage of, the Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision 
Equity Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–157; 38 
U.S.C. 101 note), which assists those wounded in 
service in receiving the treatment they need, and in-
creases the dignity shown to those who gave their 
last full measure of devotion to the country that they 
served. 
(4) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson was 
a trailblazer who worked tirelessly on behalf of 
American veterans and has earned the respect and 
honor of her native city of Dallas, State of Texas, 
the United States, and the Congress. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON 
VA MEDICAL CENTER. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Dallas Veterans Center of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 4500 South 
Lancaster Road, Dallas, Texas, shall, after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, be known and designated as the 
‘‘Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center’’. 
(b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the veterans center referred to in subsection (a) 
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shall be considered to be a reference to the Eddie Bernice 
Johnson VA Medical Center. 
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service under such rules, which shall include a description 
of— 
(1) each instance during the preceding year 
that emergency connectivity service was provided 
under such rules; and 
(2) each instance during the preceding year 
that an entity authorized to use spectrum declined 
to provide, to a provider of emergency connectivity 
service, the consent described in subsection (d)(1). 
(h) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to— 
(1) provide the Commission with new authority 
to regulate the terms, conditions, or rates applicable 
to an agreement between 2 or more parties to facili-
tate the provision of emergency connectivity service; 
(2) preclude the Commission, before it issues 
rules under subsection (a), from permitting the use 
of electromagnetic spectrum by a person that other-
wise meets the requirements of this section; or 
(3) preclude the Commission from approving an 
application to provide emergency connectivity service 
under the rules issued under subsection (a) that pro-
poses using spectrum in a manner that is incon-
sistent with the Table of Frequency Allocations. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(6) upon receiving a report of a blocked cross-
ing pursuant to paragraph (1)(D), the railroad car-
rier shall, within 14 days of receipt of the report— 
‘‘(A) verify that the public highway-rail 
grade crossing, as defined in section 20172, was 
blocked for a period of at least 10 minutes; and 
‘‘(B) upon positive verification of the re-
port, enter the report into the national blocked 
crossings database established in section 20173; 
and 
‘‘(7) promptly inform the Secretary of any up-
date to the number maintained under paragraph 
(1).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) PUBLICATION OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS.—The 
Secretary shall make any telephone number established 
under subsection (a) publicly available on the website of 
the Department of Transportation.’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1348 
To extend the prohibition on the joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base, 
Homestead, Florida, by the Air Force and civil aircraft. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2023 
Mr. GIMENEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To extend the prohibition on the joint use of Homestead 
Air Reserve Base, Homestead, Florida, by the Air Force 
and civil aircraft. 
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 ‘‘Preserving Options for 
Everglades Restoration and National Defense in the 
Straits of Florida Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON JOINT USE OF HOMESTEAD AIR 
RESERVE BASE WITH CIVIL AVIATION. 
Section 2874 of the James M. Inhofe National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 
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117–263) is amended by striking ‘‘On or before Sep-
tember 30, 2026, the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’. 
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(1) INTERIM EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Not 
later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report that contains an analysis of the appropriate-
ness of expanding or extending the demonstration 
project and, to the extent such analysis determines 
such an expansion or extension appropriate, rec-
ommendations for such expansion or extension, re-
spectively. 
(2) FINAL
EVALUATION
AND
REPORT.—Not 
later than one year after the date of completion of 
the demonstration project, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a report that contains a final anal-
ysis of the project and recommendations described in 
paragraph (1). 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘demonstration project’’ means the demonstration 
project conducted under this Act. 
(2) BIOSIMILAR
BIOLOGICAL
PRODUCT.—The 
term ‘‘biosimilar biological product’’ means a biologi-
cal product approved under an abbreviated applica-
tion for a license of a biological product that relies 
in part on data or information in an application for 
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an audit may be resubmitted as a claims adjust-
ment, including the resubmission of— 
(A) claims denied as a result of an inter-
pretation of scope of services not previously 
held by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services; 
(B) documentation when the document 
provided is incomplete, illegible, or unclear; and 
(C) documentation when clerical errors re-
sulted in a denial of claims for services actually 
provided; and 
(3) disallow the difference between the payment 
for the service that was provided and the payment 
for the service that should have been provided if a 
service was provided and sufficiently documented, 
but denied because it was determined that a dif-
ferent service should have been billed. 
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watershed, which will store 1,370,000,000 tons of 
mine waste and destroy the ecosystem and Tribal 
cultural resources in the region. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In the Act: 
(1) OAK FLAT.—The term ‘‘Oak Flat’’ means 
the approximately 2,422 acres of Forest System 
land in the Tonto National Forest in southeastern 
Arizona commonly known as ‘‘Oak Flat’’ and gen-
erally depicted as ‘‘Oak Flat Withdrawal Area’’ on 
the map titled ‘‘Save Oak Flat From Foreign Min-
ing Act’’ and dated March 2, 2023. 
(2) RESOLUTION COPPER.—The term ‘‘Resolu-
tion Copper’’ means Resolution Copper Mining, 
LLC, owned by the foreign entities of Rio Tinto and 
BHP. 
SEC. 4. REPEAL AND WITHDRAWAL. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 3003 of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (16 U.S.C. 539p) is re-
pealed. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid rights in exist-
ence on the date of the enactment of this Act, Oak Flat 
is withdrawn from all forms of— 
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(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min-
eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1357 
To provide for congressional oversight of certain sanctions imposed with 
respect to the Russian Federation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2023 
Mr. MEUSER (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. 
GUEST, and Mrs. WAGNER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, 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 provide for congressional oversight of certain sanctions 
imposed with respect to the Russian Federation. 
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 ‘‘Congressional Over-
sight of Russian Sanctions Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF CERTAIN SANC-
TIONS IMPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE RUS-
SIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after re-
ceiving a request from the chairman and ranking member 
of one of the appropriate congressional committees with 
respect to whether a person, foreign person, or foreign fi-
nancial institution, as the case may be, meets the criteria 
of a person described in a covered Executive order, the 
President shall— 
(1) determine if the person, foreign person, or 
foreign financial institution, as the case may be, 
meets such criteria; and 
(2) submit a classified or unclassified report to 
such chairman and ranking member with respect to 
such determination that includes a statement of 
whether or not the President imposed or intends to 
impose sanctions with respect to such person, for-
eign person, or foreign financial institution. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(2) COVERED
EXECUTIVE
ORDER.—The term 
‘‘covered Executive order’’ means— 
(A) Executive Order 14024 (86 Fed. Reg. 
20249; relating to blocking property with re-
spect to specified harmful foreign activities of 
the Government of the Russian Federation) or 
any directive issued pursuant to such Executive 
order; or 
(B) Executive Order 14039 (86 Fed. Reg. 
47205; relating to blocking property with re-
spect to certain Russian energy export pipe-
lines) or any directive issued pursuant to such 
Executive order. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1358 
To direct the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prepare and publish a Consumer 
Price Index for Rural Consumers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2023 
Mr. MOLINARO (for himself, Mr. NEGUSE, and Mr. VASQUEZ) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prepare and 
publish a Consumer Price Index for Rural Consumers, 
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 ‘‘Combating Rural In-
flation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR RURAL CONSUMERS. 
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department 
of Labor shall prepare and publish an index for each cal-
endar month beginning with January 2024 to be known 
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as the ‘‘Consumer Price Index for Rural Consumers’’ that 
indicates changes over time in expenditures for consump-
tion which are typical for individuals in the United States 
who reside in rural communities. 
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