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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6863 
To provide that members of the Armed Forces, firefighters, and law enforce-
ment officers shall be eligible for the Good Neighbor Next Door Sales 
Program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Mr. LAWLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide that members of the Armed Forces, firefighters, 
and law enforcement officers shall be eligible for the 
Good Neighbor Next Door Sales Program of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, 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 ‘‘Housing for Heroes 
Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES, 
FIREFIGHTERS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-
FICERS FOR GOOD NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR 
SALES PROGRAM. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Members of the Armed Forces, 
firefighters, and law enforcement officers shall be eligible 
to purchase eligible properties under the Good Neighbor 
Next Door Sales Program of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, as provided under subsection (b). 
(b) ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 204 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710), 
part 291 of the regulations of the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development (24 C.F.R. part 291), or any 
other provision of law, regulation, guideline, order, or no-
tice, in carrying out the Good Neighbor Next Door Sales 
Program for single-unit properties acquired by the Sec-
retary, properties shall be made available for purchase 
under the Program by members of the Armed Forces, by 
firefighters, and by law enforcement officers without re-
gard to whether or not they are located in a revitalization 
area. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall amend the regulations of the 
Secretary as necessary to carry out subsections (a) and 
(b). 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6864 
To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to testify on an 
annual basis before the Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Mr. LAWLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to testify on an annual basis before the 
Congress. 
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 ‘‘HUD Accountability 
Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO TESTIFY. 
Section 7 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(u) ANNUAL TESTIMONY.—The Secretary shall ap-
pear before the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate at an annual 
hearing and present testimony regarding the operations 
of the Department during the preceding year, including 
regarding the following topics: 
‘‘(1) The physical condition of all public hous-
ing and other housing assisted by the Department. 
‘‘(2) The financial health of the mortgage in-
surance funds of the FHA. 
‘‘(3) Oversight by the Department of grantees 
and sub-grantees engaging in waste, fraud, and 
abuse. 
‘‘(4) Ongoing activities of the Department, as 
appropriate.’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6867 
To create an Office of Conservation Innovation within the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Mr. NUNN of Iowa (for himself and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To create an Office of Conservation Innovation within the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service. 
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 ‘‘Conservation Innova-
tion Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. OFFICE OF CONSERVATION INNOVATION. 
Section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3842(h)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) OFFICE OF CONSERVATION INNOVATION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
establish within the Office of the Chief of the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service an Of-
fice of Conservation Innovation (referred to in 
this paragraph as the ‘Office’) which shall be 
under the direct supervision of the Chief. 
‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The Office shall— 
‘‘(i) provide support to the Chief in 
meeting the requirements of this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(ii) encourage innovation in con-
servation practices through— 
‘‘(I) revisions of existing con-
servation practice standards; 
‘‘(II) recommendations of interim 
conservation practice standards; and 
‘‘(III) recommendations of new 
conservation practice standards. 
‘‘(C) STAFF.—The Chief shall detail to the 
Office not more than 6 employees of the De-
partment of Agriculture who are technical spe-
cialists that possess an understanding of con-
ventional, organic, and other production tech-
niques representing— 
‘‘(i) agronomy and agroecology; 
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‘‘(ii) grazing lands ecology (including 
rangeland, pastureland, and grazed forest 
land); 
‘‘(iii) animal husbandry (including 
animal nutrition and feed management); 
‘‘(iv) water conservation, drainage 
water management, and irrigation engi-
neering technology; 
‘‘(v) agricultural engineering (includ-
ing animal waste management, energy, and 
structural measures); and 
‘‘(vi) forest ecology. 
‘‘(6) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use fund-
ing from the annual appropriations for conservation 
operations of the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service to carry out this subsection.’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6868 
To require the Attorney General to conduct a review and submit a report 
to the Congress on grant and other assistance programs of the Depart-
ment of Justice to support victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, 
dating violence, or stalking. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Mr. NUNN of Iowa (for himself and Ms. CARAVEO) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Attorney General to conduct a review and 
submit a report to the Congress on grant and other 
assistance programs of the Department of Justice to 
support victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dat-
ing violence, or stalking. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Women and 
Children Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVIEW OF AND REPORT ON PROGRAMS SUP-
PORTING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
SEXUAL ASSAULT, DATING VIOLENCE, OR 
STALKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of 
the United States shall— 
(1) complete a review of all grant and other as-
sistance programs of the Department of Justice that 
support victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, 
dating violence, or stalking, including such programs 
under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 
U.S.C. 12291 et seq.) and the Victims of Crime Act 
of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 20101 et seq.); 
(2) submit to the Congress a report on the re-
sults of such review. 
(b) REPORT CONTENTS.—The report required by 
subsection (a)(2) shall include recommendations for 
changes to the grant and other assistance programs re-
ferred to in such subsection— 
(1) to increase protection and other support of 
victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating 
violence, or stalking, particularly in rural areas; and 
(2) to provide such victims with pathways out 
of the environment in which the victims have been 
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mentally, verbally, physically, or sexually abused; 
and 
(3) to encourage and increase long-term sup-
port for such victims. 
(c) PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.—The Attorney 
General of the United States shall publish the report re-
quired by subsection (a)(2) and take such other steps as 
may be appropriate to increase awareness of the programs 
described in subsection (a)(1) among State agencies, non-
profit organizations, and other entities eligible to apply for 
assistance through such programs. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6869 
To withdraw certain land within the San Bernardino National Forest in 
California from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Mr. OBERNOLTE (for himself and Mr. AGUILAR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To withdraw certain land within the San Bernardino Na-
tional Forest in California from location, entry, and pat-
ent under mining laws, 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. WITHDRAWAL OF CERTAIN LAND WITHIN SAN 
BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Department of Agriculture, acting 
through the Forest Service, has implemented a 
strategy known as the Carbonate Habitat Manage-
ment Strategy to conserve listed threatened and en-
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dangered species where minerals co-occur with those 
species’ habitats to allow for species conservation 
and efficient administration of mining activities on 
the San Bernardino National Forest. 
(2) The withdrawal of certain land in the San 
Bernardino National Forest will help preserve habi-
tat to protect 4 listed threatened and endangered 
plant species from the effects of mineral develop-
ment and other forms of entry, appropriation, and 
disposal under the public land laws. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
the Proposed Withdrawal is withdrawn from all forms 
of— 
(1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the 
public land laws; 
(2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws; and 
(3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral 
materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The withdrawal under sub-
section (b) shall take effect— 
(1) on the date of the enactment of this section, 
with respect to Federal land; and 
(2) on the date the land is acquired by the 
United States, with respect to non-Federal land. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6871 
To require the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Energy, to establish a grant program to demonstrate the performance 
and reliability of heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles that use hydrogen as 
a fuel source, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Ms. PORTER (for herself and Mr. BILIRAKIS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Energy, to establish a grant pro-
gram to demonstrate the performance and reliability of 
heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel 
source, 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 ‘‘Hydrogen for Trucks 
Act’’. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the approximately 2,775 acres of land gen-
erally depicted on the Map as ‘‘National Forest 
Land’’ within the Proposed Withdrawal. 
(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘Proposed Mineral Withdrawal, San Bernardino 
National Forest, Mountaintop Ranger District’’ and 
dated October 19, 2020. 
(3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 280 acres of 
land generally depicted on the Map as ‘‘Non-Na-
tional Forest Land’’ within the Proposed With-
drawal. 
(4) PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL.—The term ‘‘Pro-
posed Withdrawal’’ means the approximately 3,055 
acres of land generally depicted on the Map as ‘‘Pro-
posed Withdrawal’’. 
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garding suicide mortality of ‘‘veterans’’, defined as 
persons who— 
(A) were activated for Federal military 
service; and 
(B) were not performing such Federal mili-
tary service at the time of death. 
(2) Since 2020, the National Veteran Suicide 
Prevention Annual Report of the Office of Mental 
Health and Suicide Prevention of the Department 
has not included information relating to the rate of 
suicide among former members of the Guard or Re-
serve who were never activated for Federal military 
service. 
(3) In 2018, there were 538 suicides among 
former members of the Armed Forces who were 
never activated for Federal military service, an aver-
age of 1.5 suicide deaths per day according to the 
2020 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual 
Report. 
(4) According to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, there is ongoing collaboration between sui-
cide prevention and surveillance scientists in the De-
partment of Defense and the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs with respect to suicide mortality 
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among former members of the Armed Forces who 
were never activated for Federal military service. 
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF RATE OF SUICIDE AMONG COVERED 
RESERVES IN NATIONAL VETERAN SUICIDE 
PREVENTION ANNUAL REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
include the rate of suicide among covered Reserves in each 
National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report of the 
Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention of the De-
partment (or any successor document). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘active military, naval, air, or 
space service’’ and ‘‘reserve component’’ have the 
meanings given such terms in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered Reserve’’ means a 
former member of a reserve component of one of the 
Armed Forces who did not serve in the active mili-
tary, naval, air, or space service. 
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(2) the number of submissions made using a cov-
ered feature; 
(3) software updates or other modifications to a 
covered feature or underlying interface or system; 
(4) needs, deficiencies, or obsolescence of a cov-
ered feature or underlying interface or system; 
(5) adverse events, including— 
(A) the date and time of any such adverse 
event; 
(B) the number of users of the covered 
website who were affected by the adverse event; 
(C) the number of submissions affected by 
the adverse event; and 
(D) any factor related to an underlying 
interface or system that caused or contributed to 
the adverse event; and 
(6) any other factors, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(c) NOTICE AND REPORT REGARDING CERTAIN AD-
VERSE EVENTS.— 
(1) NOTICE.—In the case of any significant ad-
verse event affecting the covered website, not later 
than 30 days after the date of such event, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ 
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives 
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Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report about the exercise of such authority. Such report 
shall include— 
(1) the cost of implementing the system or 
process developed under subsection (a); 
(2) a description of any modernization or re-
placement of an underlying interface or system nec-
essary to implement the system or process; 
(3) an identification of any ways in which the 
covered website and any underlying interface or sys-
tem is susceptible to any adverse event; and 
(4) a description of how the Secretary plans to 
eliminate or mitigate, to the extent possible, any 
such susceptibility. 
(e) TESTING STRATEGY.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant 
Secretary for Information and Technology of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a strategy to reduce the occurrence of adverse 
events by improving testing for each modification or soft-
ware update to a covered feature or underlying system or 
interface. 
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(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘adverse event’’ means, with re-
spect to the covered website, including covered fea-
tures— 
(A) a failure to properly receive or process 
a submission; 
(B) a system outage; 
(C) an error in an underlying interface or 
system that prevents the transmission of data; 
(D) a deficiency in information storage ca-
pacity; 
(E) a loss of data; 
(F) a presentation of incorrect informa-
tion; 
(G) an error regarding a status notifica-
tion; or 
(H) any similar event that affects a func-
tion of the covered website, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered feature’’ means any fea-
ture or function of the covered website for use in the 
facilitation of the application, maintenance, or re-
ceipt of benefits under the laws administered by the 
Secretary. 
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(3) The term ‘‘covered website’’ means the 
main internet website of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
(4) The term ‘‘significant adverse event’’, with 
respect to the covered website, including covered fea-
tures, means an adverse event that affects 1,000 or 
more users of, or submissions to, the covered 
website. 
(5) The term ‘‘underlying interface or system’’ 
means— 
(A) any information technology system 
that transmits data through, or accepts data 
from, a covered feature; or 
(B) any mechanism through which any 
such information technology system connects 
and interacts with the covered website. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6879 
To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for the diagnosis, 
maintenance, and repair of certain digital electronic agricultural equipment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2023 
Mrs. SPARTZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for the 
diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain digital elec-
tronic agricultural equipment. 
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 ‘‘Farm Freedom to Re-
pair Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DIAGNOSIS, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OF CER-
TAIN DIGITAL ELECTRONIC AGRICULTURAL 
EQUIPMENT. 
Section 1201 of title 17, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) DIAGNOSIS, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR
OF 
DIGITAL ELECTRONIC AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT.—(1) 
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a)(1)(A), it 
is not a violation of that subsection for a person, for the 
purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair of digital 
electronic agricultural equipment, to circumvent a techno-
logical measure that effectively controls access to a work 
protected under this title. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 
(a)(2), it is not a violation of that subsection for a person, 
for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair 
of digital electronic agricultural equipment, to manufac-
ture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traf-
fic in any technology, product, service, device, component, 
or part thereof described in that subsection. 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 
(b)(1), it is not a violation of that subsection for a person, 
for the purpose of the diagnosis, maintenance, or repair 
of digital electronic agricultural equipment, to manufac-
ture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traf-
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fic in any technology, product, service, device, component, 
or part thereof described in that subsection. 
‘‘(4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘digital electronic agricultural equipment’ means any agri-
cultural product dependent, in whole or in part, upon at-
tached or embedded digital electronics to function.’’. 
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