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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2847 
To amend the Revised Statutes to remove the defense of qualified immunity 
in the case of any action under section 1979, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2023 
Ms. PRESSLEY (for herself, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. BUSH, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASAR, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. 
CROCKETT, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. 
FROST, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
IVEY, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 
KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LEE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
TOKUDA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of 
Georgia, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Revised Statutes to remove the defense of 
qualified immunity in the case of any action under sec-
tion 1979, 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 ‘‘Ending Qualified Im-
munity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) In 1871, Congress passed the Ku Klux 
Klan Act to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment and 
combat rampant violations of civil and constitu-
tionally secured rights across the Nation, particu-
larly those of newly freed slaves and other Black 
Americans in the post-Civil War South. 
(2) Included in the Act was a provision, now 
codified at section 1983 of title 42, United States 
Code, which provides a cause of action for persons 
to file lawsuits against people acting under color of 
State law, including State or local officials, who vio-
late their Federal legal and constitutionally secured 
rights. 
(3) Under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes 
(42 U.S.C. 1983) a person may be held liable for 
acting under color of State or local law, even if they 
are not acting in accordance with State law. 
(4) Section 1979 has never included a defense 
or immunity for government officials who act in 
good faith when violating rights, nor has it ever had 
a defense or immunity based on whether the right 
was ‘‘clearly established’’ at the time of the viola-
tion. 
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(A) the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 4. FLIGHT EDUCATION PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNER-
SHIP GRANT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EDUCATIONAL PARTNER.—The term ‘‘edu-
cational partner’’ means— 
(A) a local educational agency (as defined 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801)); 
(B) a State educational agency (as defined 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801)); 
(C) an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 102 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)) with an eligible 
undergraduate flight education and training 
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(5) From the law’s beginning in 1871, through 
the 1960s, government actors were not afforded 
qualified immunity for violating rights. 
(6) In 1967, the Supreme Court in Pierson v. 
Ray, 386 U.S. 547, suddenly found that government 
actors had a good faith defense for making arrests 
under unconstitutional statutes based on a common 
law defense for the tort of false arrest. 
(7) The Court later extended this beyond false 
arrests, turning it into a general good faith defense 
for government officials. 
(8) Finally, in Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 
800 (1982), the Court found the subjective search 
for good faith in the government actor unnecessary, 
and replaced it with an ‘‘objective reasonableness’’ 
standard that requires that the right be ‘‘clearly es-
tablished’’ at the time of the violation for the de-
fendant to be liable. 
(9) This doctrine of qualified immunity has se-
verely limited the ability of many plaintiffs to re-
cover damages under section 1983 when their rights 
have been violated by State and local officials. As a 
result, the intent of Congress in passing the law has 
been frustrated, and Americans’ rights secured by 
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the Constitution have not been appropriately pro-
tected. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that we must correct 
the erroneous interpretation of section 1979 of the Revised 
Statutes which provides for qualified immunity, and reit-
erate the standard found on the face of the statute, which 
does not limit liability on the basis of the defendant’s good 
faith beliefs or on the basis that the right was not ‘‘clearly 
established’’ at the time of the violation. 
SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF QUALIFIED IMMUNITY. 
Section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 
1983) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘In 
any suit pending on, or filed after, the effective date of 
the Ending Qualified Immunity Act of 2021, it shall not 
be a defense or immunity to any action brought under this 
section that the defendant was acting in good faith, or 
that the defendant believed, reasonably or otherwise, that 
his or her conduct was lawful at the time when it was 
committed. Nor shall it be a defense or immunity that the 
rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitu-
tion or Federal laws were not clearly established at the 
time of their deprivation by the defendant, or that the 
state of the law was otherwise such that the defendant 
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could not reasonably have been expected to know whether 
his or her conduct was lawful.’’. 
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(2) to improve third-party tourism to the 
United States and Mexico through joint inter-
national promotional efforts; and 
(3) to seek to prioritize and expand the tourism 
industries in both countries by emphasizing ex-
changes in various international economic sectors, 
including relating to— 
(A) hospitality and accommodation; 
(B) retail; and 
(C) cultural education. 
SEC. 3. STRATEGY TO EXPAND BILATERAL TOURISM 
THROUGH COOPERATION WITH MEXICO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall de-
velop a strategy through the High Level Economic Dia-
logue (HLED) platform to carry out the bilateral tourism 
policy described in section 2 and to encourage the Govern-
ment of Mexico to take reciprocal action relating to bilat-
eral tourism. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) encourage more joint tourism initiatives be-
tween the United States and Mexico, including col-
laborations between governmental and nongovern-
mental entities; and 
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(2) encourage United States and Mexican non-
profit institutions and private businesses to assist 
prospective 
and 
developing 
entrepreneurs 
in 
strengthening their business skills in the United 
States and Mexico. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to Congress a report on the strategy required 
under subsection (a). 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2854 
To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development to submit a report on progress relating to malaria reduc-
tion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2023 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. HILL, and Ms. 
WILD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development to submit a report on 
progress relating to malaria reduction, 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. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) April 25 of each year is recognized inter-
nationally as ‘‘World Malaria Day’’. 
(2) Malaria is a leading cause of death and dis-
ease in many developing countries, with nearly half 
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‘‘(II) does not limit the number 
of such patients served at any clinical 
site owned or controlled by such orga-
nization, and 
‘‘(iii) spends an amount which meets 
or exceeds the expenditure threshold for 
the taxable year on any combination of— 
‘‘(I) training, education, or re-
search designed to improve patient 
care, 
‘‘(II) improvements to facilities 
and equipment except as provided in 
subparagraph (C), and 
‘‘(III) free or discounted care 
pursuant to a financial assistance pol-
icy. 
‘‘(B) 
EXPENDITURE
THRESHOLD.—For 
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘expendi-
ture threshold’ means 100 percent of the value 
of the Federal, State, and local tax exemptions 
of the hospital organization for the taxable 
year. 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES FOR IMPROVEMENTS 
TO FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.— 
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(3) collisions between advanced air mobility and 
unmanned aircraft systems of various sizes, traveling 
at various speeds, and blimps of various sizes, trav-
eling at various speeds; 
(4) collisions between advanced air mobility and 
unmanned aircraft systems of various sizes, traveling 
at various speeds, and rotorcraft of various sizes, 
traveling at various speeds; and 
(5) collisions between advanced air mobility and 
unmanned aircraft systems and various parts of the 
aircraft specified in paragraph (1) through (4), in-
cluding— 
(A) windshields; 
(B) noses; 
(C) engines; 
(D) radomes; 
(E) propellers; and 
(F) wings. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report sum-
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and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a report on how the Agency 
carries out subsection (n) of section 2209 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to coordinate vulnerability disclo-
sures, including disclosures of cybersecurity vulnerabilities 
(as such term is defined in such section), and subsection 
(t) of such section (as added by section 2) to disseminate 
actionable 
protocols 
to 
mitigate 
cybersecurity 
vulnerabilities to information systems and industrial con-
trol systems, that includes the following: 
(1) A description of the policies and procedures 
relating to the coordination of vulnerability disclo-
sures. 
(2) A description of the levels of activity in fur-
therance of such subsections (n) and (t) of such sec-
tion 2209. 
(3) Any plans to make further improvements to 
how information provided pursuant to such sub-
sections can be shared (as such term is defined in 
such section 2209) between the Department and in-
dustry and other stakeholders. 
(4) Any available information on the degree to 
which such information was acted upon by industry 
and other stakeholders. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2856 
To give the Federal Trade Commission authority over certain tax-exempt 
organizations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2023 
Mrs. SPARTZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To give the Federal Trade Commission authority over certain 
tax-exempt organizations. 
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 ‘‘Combatting Hospital 
Monopolies Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 
OVER 
CERTAIN 
TAX-EXEMPT 
ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 44) is amended, in the undesignated paragraph re-
lating to the definition of the term ‘‘Corporation’’— 
(1) by striking ‘‘, and any’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
any’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘, and any hospital organization or coop-
erative hospital service organization that is described 
in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such Code’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2858 
To amend the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 to repeal the antitrust 
exemption applicable to graduate medical resident matching programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2023 
Mrs. SPARTZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 to repeal 
the antitrust exemption applicable to graduate medical 
resident matching programs. 
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 ‘‘Restoring Rights of 
Medical Residents Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEALER. 
Section 207 of the Pension Funding Equity Act of 
2004 (15 U.S.C. 37B) is repealed. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the March 18 that 1st 
occurs after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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trolled by such a health insurance issuer or by a 
subsidiary or affiliate of such a health insurance 
issuer, other than to the extent such a health insur-
ance issuer— 
‘‘(aa) may participate in the group or asso-
ciation as a member; and 
‘‘(bb) may provide services such as assist-
ance with plan development, marketing, and ad-
ministrative services to such group or associa-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) meets any set of criteria to qualify for 
such treatment in an advisory opinion issued by the 
Secretary prior to the date of enactment of the As-
sociation Health Plans Act; or 
‘‘(iii) meets any other set of criteria to qualify 
for such treatment that the Secretary by regulation 
may provide. 
‘‘(C)(i) For purposes of subparagraph (B), a self-em-
ployed individual shall be treated as— 
‘‘(I) an employer who may become a member of 
a group or association of employers; 
‘‘(II) an employee who may participate in an 
employee welfare benefit plan established and main-
tained by such group or association; and 
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(B) restricts the ability of a health insur-
ance carrier, a health plan administrator, or a 
health care provider to disclose out-of-pocket 
costs to an enrollee. 
(5) 
TIERED
NETWORK
PLAN.—The 
term 
‘‘tiered network plan’’ means a health benefit plan 
that sorts some or all types of health care providers 
into specific groups to which different provider reim-
bursement, enrollee cost sharing, health care pro-
vider access requirements, or a combination thereof, 
are applied for the same services. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2862 
To eliminate the inpatient-only service list. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2023 
Mrs. SPARTZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 committee concerned 
A BILL 
To eliminate the inpatient-only service list. 
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 ‘‘Empowering Patient 
Choice of Medical Care Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF INPATIENT-ONLY SERVICE LIST. 
Beginning January 1, 2024, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services may not refuse to designate an out-
patient 
hospital 
service 
pursuant 
to 
section 
1833(t)(1)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
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1395l(t)(1)(B)(i)) based solely on a determination by the 
Secretary that such service may only be øsafely¿ furnished 
in an inpatient setting. 
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IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2864 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To amend the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
Act of 2019 to provide for the addition of certain equip-
ment and services produced or provided by DJI Tech-
nologies to the list of covered communications equipment 
or services published under such Act, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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ensure effective implementation of the anti- 
fraud strategy described in subparagraph (G). 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Countering CCP 
Drones Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES 
OF DJI TECHNOLOGIES TO COVERED LIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(c) of the Secure and 
Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 
U.S.C. 1601(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) The communications equipment or service 
being— 
‘‘(A) telecommunications or video surveil-
lance equipment produced by Shenzhen Da- 
Jiang Innovations Sciences and Technologies 
Company Limited (commonly known as ‘DJI 
Technologies’) (or any subsidiary or affiliate 
thereof); or 
‘‘(B) telecommunications or video surveil-
lance services, including software, provided by 
an entity described in subparagraph (A) or 
using equipment described in such subpara-
graph.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2 of the 
Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 
2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601) is amended by striking ‘‘para-
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graphs (1) through (4)’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (5)’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 9, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2865 
To provide for the closure of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic 
of China and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office located in 
New York City, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2023 
Mr. TIFFANY (for himself and Mr. GOODEN of Texas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the closure of the Consulate General of the 
People’s Republic of China and the Hong Kong Eco-
nomic and Trade Office located in New York City, 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. CLOSURE OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF 
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE 
HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE 
LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY. 
The President shall, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, take such actions as may be necessary to— 
(1) provide for the closure of the Consulate 
General of the People’s Republic of China located in 
New York City and the expulsion of all diplomatic 
personnel assigned to that mission by not later than 
72 hours after the date of the enactment of this Act; 
and 
(2) notwithstanding section 1 of Public Law 
105–22 (‘‘an Act to extend certain privileges, exemp-
tions, and immunities to the Hong Kong Economic 
and Trade Offices’’), provide for the closure of the 
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office located in 
New York City and the cancellation of the visas or 
other entry documentation of all personnel assigned 
to that Office who are citizens of the People’s Re-
public of China by not later than 72 hours after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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A of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act as incor-
porated by reference into this Act through section 715. 
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