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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2892 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 10, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
conduct a study on the effectiveness of emergency alert-
ing systems, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Weather Alert Re-
sponse and Notification Act’’ or the ‘‘WARN Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVENESS OF LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL 
ALERTING SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study on the effectiveness 
of local, State, and Federal emergency alerting systems 
in disseminating timely and relevant information during 
weather-related emergencies to help communities develop 
better policies and procedures for emergency response and 
enhance public safety in the event of a weather-related 
emergency. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General shall— 
(1) evaluate the efficacy of various alert medi-
ums, including platforms such as social media, to 
disseminate emergency alerts, including travel bans 
and mass power outages, during extreme weather 
events; 
(2) assess the extent that guidance and training 
exists for developing alert content, such as ensuring 
alerts are clear, relevant, and provide the public with 
actionable information; and 
(3) determine whether improvements could be 
made to public alerting based on input from a se-
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lected sample of emergency managers, local officials, 
and community groups. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a report on the study conducted under subsection (a). 
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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serting 
‘‘section 
2539(c)(3) 
(34 
U.S.C. 
41501(c)(3))’’. 
(99) Section 609M(c)(6) of the Justice Assist-
ance Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 50101(c)(6)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.)’’ after 
‘‘title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968’’. 
(100) Section 609P(b) of the Justice Assistance 
Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 50104(b)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10228(c)(3), (4))’’ after ‘‘Para-
graph (3) and paragraph (4) of section 809(c) of 
part H of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968’’. 
(101) Section 609Q (matter before paragraph 
(1)) of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (34 
U.S.C. 50105 (matter before paragraph (1))) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10231)’’ after 
‘‘Section 812 of part H of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968’’. 
(102) Section 2(4) of the Rafael Ramos and 
Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 (34 
U.S.C. 50501(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘(42 
U.S.C. 3796b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(34 U.S.C. 10284)’’. 
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(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1905(p)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396d(p)(1)(C)) by striking ‘‘life insurance policy exclu-
sion’’ and inserting ‘‘exclusions’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to plan years begin-
ning on or after January 1, 2025. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2896 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a separation oath for 
members of the Armed Forces who are separating from military service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2023 
Mr. MAST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a separa-
tion oath for members of the Armed Forces who are 
separating from military 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 ‘‘Oath of Exit Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATION OATH FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The United States Armed Forces is the 
largest, all-volunteer military force in the world, yet 
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(B) in each of subparagraphs (F)(iii)(I) 
and (G)(i), by striking ‘‘(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d), 
(g),’’; 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘receipt of a 
firearm by a prospective transferee would violate 
subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘the knowing sale or 
disposition of a firearm to, or the possession or re-
ceipt of a firearm by, a prospective transferee would 
violate subsection (d), (g),’’; and 
(3) in subsection (i)(2), by striking ‘‘prohibited 
by section 922 (g) or (n) of title 18, United States 
Code or State law, from receiving a firearm.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to whom the knowing sale or disposition 
of, or for whom the possession or receipt of, a fire-
arm is prohibited by subsection (d), (g), or (n) of 
section 922 of title 18, United States Code, or State 
law.’’. 
(e) Section 101(b) of the NICS Improvement Amend-
ments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘a person 
is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm 
under subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘the knowing 
sale or disposition of a firearm to, or the possession 
or receipt of a firearm by, a person is prohibited 
under subsection (d), (g),’’; and 
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less than 1 percent of the American population 
serves in the Armed Forces. 
(2) Each branch of the Armed Forces (Army, 
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and 
Coast Guard) instills in its members a sense of duty 
and obligation to the United States, their branch of 
service, and their comrades-in-arms. 
(3) The Department of Veterans Affairs esti-
mates that approximately 20 veterans of the Armed 
Forces commit suicide each day, and a veteran’s risk 
of suicide is 21 percent higher than an adult who 
has not served in the Armed Forces. 
(4) The Department of Veterans Affairs is ag-
gressively undertaking measures to prevent these 
tragic outcomes, yet suicide rates among veterans 
remain unacceptably high. 
(5) Upon enlistment or appointment in the 
Armed Forces, a new member is obligated to take an 
oath of office or oath of enlistment. 
(6) Most members of the Armed Forces view 
this oath not as an imposition, but as a promise that 
they are bound to fulfill. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATION OATH.—Sec-
tion 502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The oath’’ 
and inserting ‘‘An oath established by this section’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b), as amend-
ed, as subsection (c); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) SEPARATION OATH.—Prior to retirement or 
other separation from the armed forces, other than sepa-
ration pursuant to the sentence of a court-martial, a mem-
ber of an armed force may take the following oath: 
‘‘ ‘I, llllllllll, recognizing that 
my oath to support and defend the Constitution of 
the United States against all enemies, foreign and 
domestic, has involved me and my fellow members in 
experiences that few persons, other than our peers, 
can understand, do solemnly swear (or affirm) to 
continue to be the keeper of my brothers- and sis-
ters-in-arms and protector of the United States and 
the Constitution; to preserve the values I have 
learned; to maintain my body and my mind; to give 
help to, and seek help from, my fellow veterans; and 
to not bring harm to myself or others. I take this 
oath freely and without purpose of evasion, so help 
me God.’ ’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 502. Enlistment oath and separation oath: who 
may administer’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 31 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 502 and inserting the following new 
item: 
‘‘502. Enlistment oath and separation oath: who may administer.’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2898 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person who fails 
to meet age and residential requirements from shipping, transporting, 
possessing, or receiving firearms and ammunition, to increase the pen-
alties for transfer of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2023 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. 
CORREA, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CARSON, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. JOHNSON
of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a person 
who fails to meet age and residential requirements from 
shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving firearms 
and ammunition, to increase the penalties for transfer 
of a firearm to any person who is under indictment, 
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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Background 
Checks Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. AGE AND RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT. 
Section 922(g) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the comma at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) who fails to meet the age requirement— 
‘‘(A) described in subsection (b)(1); and 
‘‘(B) in the person’s State of residence; or 
‘‘(11) who— 
‘‘(A) does not reside in (or if the person is 
a corporation or other business entity, does not 
maintain a place of business in) the State in 
which the licensee’s place of business is located; 
and 
‘‘(B) is not subject to an exception under 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(3),’’. 
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SEC. 3. PENALTIES. 
Section 924(a)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘, or (o)’’ and inserting ‘‘(n), or (o)’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2899 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for additional grant amounts for protection against mass violence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2023 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. CORREA, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CAR-
SON, Ms. WILLIAMS
of Georgia, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. TITUS, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. JOHNSON
of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, and Ms. 
STANSBURY) 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 provide for additional grant amounts 
for protection against mass violence. 
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 ‘‘Strengthen and Tackle 
Opportunities to Prevent Violence Act of 2023’’ or as the 
‘‘STOP Violence Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 4. ADJUSTMENT OF COST REQUIREMENTS. 
The operation and maintenance costs required to be 
paid by Central Valley Project water contractors and the 
Bureau of Reclamation shall be reversed, such that— 
(1) the allocation percentage obligation held by 
the Bureau of Reclamation on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act shall be held by 
Central Valley Project water contractors; and 
(2) the allocation percentage obligation held by 
the Central Valley Project water contractors on the 
day before the date of the enactment of this Act 
shall be held by the Bureau of Reclamation. 
SEC. 5. REPORT. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re-
port that includes an account of amounts that irrigation 
districts and water user associations contracted with the 
Bureau of Reclamation for agricultural water deliveries 
owe to the Bureau of Reclamation related to debt incurred 
for construction of facilities and other aspects of the 
Klamath River Basin Reclamation Project. 
SEC. 6. WATER OPERATIONS IN UPPER KLAMATH LAKE. 
When operating the Klamath River Basin Reclama-
tion Project, the Secretary, in accordance with State-adju-
dicated water rights, shall— 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL GRANT AMOUNTS FOR PROTECTION 
AGAINST MASS VIOLENCE. 
Section 506 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10157) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking the 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) $20,000,000, to be granted by the Attor-
ney General to States, units of local governments, 
and other nonprofit organizations that serve victims 
of crime to provide compensation, training, and tech-
nical assistance to public assembly facilities to pre-
pare against mass violence and to protect public as-
sembly facilities from mass violence.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘mass violence’ includes active 
shooter incidents and targeted violence. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘active shooter’ means an indi-
vidual actively engaged in the unauthorized killing or 
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attempting to kill a person or persons in a confined 
and populated area with a firearm. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘target violence’ means an inci-
dent of violence where an assailant who is known or 
knowable to a law enforcement agency for a jurisdic-
tion where the assailant resides, identifies a par-
ticular target prior to a violent attack, which may be 
one or more individuals, a class or category of indi-
viduals, or an institution, without regard to whether 
the assailant is able to successfully harm the chosen 
target. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘public assembly facility’ means 
a permanent or temporary structure or facility, 
place, or activity where concentrations of people 
gather in reasonably close quarters for purposes in-
cluding deliberation, education, worship, shopping, 
employment, entertainment, recreation, sporting 
events, or similar activities.’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 28 
To require the national instant criminal background check system to notify 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the relevant State 
and local law enforcement agencies whenever the information available 
to the system indicates that a person illegally or unlawfully in the 
United States may be attempting to receive a firearm. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, and Mr. FITZGERALD) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To require the national instant criminal background check 
system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce-
ment and the relevant State and local law enforcement 
agencies whenever the information available to the sys-
tem indicates that a person illegally or unlawfully in 
the United States may be attempting to receive a fire-
arm. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Illegal Alien NICS 
Alert Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT NICS NOTIFY ICE AND STATE 
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
OF ATTEMPTED RECEIPT OF FIREARM BY 
PERSON ILLEGALLY OR UNLAWFULLY IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 103(e) of the Brady Handgun Violence Pre-
vention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY ICE AND STATE 
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF AT-
TEMPTED RECEIPT OF FIREARM BY PERSON ILLE-
GALLY OR UNLAWFULLY IN THE UNITED STATES.— 
The Attorney General shall ensure that, whenever 
the information available to the system established 
under this section indicates that a prospective fire-
arm transferee is illegally or unlawfully in the 
United States, the system shall transmit to the Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement Agency and to 
relevant State and local law enforcement agencies a 
notice that the person may have attempted to receive 
a firearm in violation of section 922(g)(5) of title 
18, United States Code, and shall include with the 
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notice all relevant information possessed by the sys-
tem.’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2900 
To promote registered apprenticeships, including registered apprenticeships 
within in-demand industry sectors, through the support of workforce 
intermediaries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2023 
Mr. NORCROSS (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. BUDZINSKI, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. 
LYNCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To promote registered apprenticeships, including registered 
apprenticeships 
within 
in-demand 
industry 
sectors, 
through the support of workforce intermediaries, 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 ‘‘Apprenticeship Hubs 
Across America Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Registered apprenticeship programs provide 
apprentices employment with structured on-the-job 
training, little to no student loan debt, competitive 
wages, industry-recognized credentials, direct access 
to jobs and careers, and in some cases, the potential 
to earn college credit toward an associate’s or bach-
elor’s degree. 
(2) According to the Department of Labor, the 
average salary for an individual who completes an 
apprenticeship program is $77,000 annually. Ap-
prentices who complete their program earn approxi-
mately $300,000 more during their career than 
peers who did not complete an apprenticeship. 
(3) There are still very few apprenticeship posi-
tions in sectors with high projected job growth. Ac-
cording to data from the Department of Labor, pro-
fessional, scientific, and technical services—all in-
dustries with high projected job growth—had only 
1,827 apprentices in fiscal year 2021. The field of 
health care and social assistance had less than 
14,000 apprentices, much lower than the future pro-
jected need in the field. 
(4) A major barrier to expanding registered ap-
prenticeships in high-growth job sectors is employ-
ers’ lack of familiarity with the process to establish, 
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A BILL 
To amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the 
Nation Act to extend certain contract prepayment authority. 
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‘‘(II) A United States worker is not 
laid off for purposes of this clause if— 
‘‘(aa) at the time such worker’s 
employment is terminated, such work-
er is not employed in the same occu-
pation and in the same metropolitan 
statistical area where the registered 
position is located. A United States 
worker is not laid off for purposes of 
this clause if, in the 45 calendar days 
before the hiring of an H–2C non-
immigrant, the employer adds another 
United States worker so that the total 
number of United States workers em-
ployed by such employer in the same 
occupation 
as 
such 
H–2C 
non-
immigrant and in the same metropoli-
tan statistical area where the reg-
istered position is located has not de-
creased; or 
‘‘(bb) in the 45 calendar days 
after the hiring of an H–2C non-
immigrant, the employer adds another 
United States worker within 5 busi-
ness days after laying off a United 
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