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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2535 
To prohibit Federal funds from being used to violate the terms of the 
Flores settlement agreement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2021 
Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. MEEKS, 
Ms. CHU, and Mr. SUOZZI) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit Federal funds from being used to violate the 
terms of the Flores settlement agreement, 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 ‘‘Protecting Flores 
Agreement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FLORES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. 
No Federal funds may be used to violate the terms 
of the stipulated settlement agreement filed on January 
17, 1997, in the United States District Court for the Cen-
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tral District of California in Flores v. Reno, CV 85–4544– 
RJK (commonly known as the ‘‘Flores settlement agree-
ment’’). 
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‘‘(2) not later than 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this section, publish versions of such 
documents translated into at least 4 additional lan-
guages spoken by individuals with limited English 
proficiency that are regionally prevalent in the 
United States, as determined by the Director of the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection using in-
formation published by the Director of the Bureau 
of the Census. 
‘‘(d) RULEMAKING.—The Director of the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection shall, not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, issue regu-
lations to implement this section that shall take effect not 
later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of 
this section.’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICERS.—Section 6 of 
the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) LANGUAGE ACCESS REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) 
INCLUSION
IN
NOTICES.—Each 
servicer shall include the standard language 
preference form established by the Director of 
the Bureau under subsection (a) with—
‘‘(I) who are dependent students, 
whose parents’ adjusted gross income for 
the taxable year that is 1 year prior to the 
taxable year that ends immediately prior to 
the beginning of the award year is equal to 
or less than the applicable amount; and 
‘‘(II) who are independent students, 
whose adjusted gross income for the tax-
able year that is 1 year prior to the taxable 
year that ends immediately prior to the be-
ginning of the award year is equal to or 
less than the applicable amount. 
‘‘(B)(i) In this paragraph, the term ‘applicable 
amount’ means an amount equal to, for any award 
year beginning after the calendar year that precedes 
the calendar year in which the first award year of 
the program under this section begins, the greater 
of— 
‘‘(I) the amount determined under this 
subparagraph for the preceding award year, or 
‘‘(II) an amount equal to the product of— 
‘‘(aa) $125,000, and 
‘‘(bb) the ratio of— 
‘‘(AA) the national average wage 
index (as defined in section 209(k)(1) 
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IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 931 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the 
participation of members from certain countries in the decision-making 
processes of the International Olympic Committee. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2022 
Mrs. HINSON (for herself, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. 
WALTZ, Mr. BUDD, Mr. BABIN, and Mr. JOYCE of Ohio) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with 
respect to the participation of members from certain 
countries in the decision-making processes of the Inter-
national Olympic Committee. 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the International Olympic Committee should 
remove from the International Olympic Committee 
Executive Board, and revoke the privileges of par-
ticipation during sessions or any other decision-mak-
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2543 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to add additional demographic reporting 
requirements, to modify the goals of the Federal Reserve System, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2021 
Ms. WATERS (for herself, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, and Mrs. BEATTY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to add additional demo-
graphic reporting requirements, to modify the goals of 
the Federal Reserve System, 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 ‘‘Federal Reserve Racial 
and Economic Equity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DUTY TO MINIMIZE AND ELIMINATE RACIAL DIS-
PARITIES. 
The Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 2B the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 2C. DUTY TO MINIMIZE AND ELIMINATE RACIAL DIS-
PARITIES. 
‘‘The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem and the Federal Open Market Committee shall exer-
cise all duties and functions in a manner that fosters the 
elimination of disparities across racial and ethnic groups 
with respect to employment, income, wealth, and access 
to affordable credit, including actions in carrying out— 
‘‘(1) monetary policy; 
‘‘(2) regulation and supervision of banks, 
thrifts, bank holding companies, savings and loan 
holding companies, and nonbank financial companies 
and systemically important financial market utilities 
designated by the Financial Stability Oversight 
Council; 
‘‘(3) operation of payment systems; 
‘‘(4) implementation of the Community Rein-
vestment Act of 1977; 
‘‘(5) enforcement of fair lending laws; and 
‘‘(6) community development functions.’’. 
SEC. 3. APPEARANCES BEFORE AND REPORTS TO THE CON-
GRESS. 
Section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 
225b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
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all oral communications between the cred-
itor and the borrower; and 
‘‘(ii) 
may 
provide 
such 
services 
through qualified staff of the creditor or a 
third party. 
‘‘(C) AMERICAN
SIGN
LANGUAGE
INTER-
PRETATION SERVICES.—If a creditor is required 
under subparagraph (A) to provide oral inter-
pretation services to a consumer, and if such 
consumer has indicated a preference for Amer-
ican Sign Language, such creditor shall ensure 
qualified American Sign Language interpreta-
tion services, as defined by the Director of the 
Bureau, are made available to the consumer for 
all oral communications between such creditor 
and the consumer, where such American Sign 
Language interpretation services may be pro-
vided by qualified staff of the creditor or a 
qualified third party. 
‘‘(4) NOTICE OF AVAILABLE LANGUAGE SERV-
ICES.—If a creditor receives information about a 
language preference of a consumer through the 
standard language preference form from another 
creditor or a servicer or a borrower, such creditor 
shall not later than 30 business days after receiving 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) economic developments and prospects 
for the future described in the report required 
in subsection (b), including a discussion of dis-
parities in employment, income, and wealth 
across racial and ethnic groups as well as other 
specific segments of the population; and 
‘‘(C) plans, activities, and actions of the 
Board and the Federal Open Market Committee 
to minimize and eliminate racial disparities in 
employment, wages, wealth, and access to af-
fordable credit pursuant to section 2C.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TREND INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each report required 
under paragraph (1) shall include recent trends 
in the unemployment rate, labor force participa-
tion rate, employment to population ratio, me-
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dian household income, and change in real 
earnings. 
‘‘(B) DEMOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION.—The 
trends required to be reported under subpara-
graph (A) shall include a comparison among 
different demographic groups, including race 
(White, 
African-American, 
Latino, 
Native 
American, and Asian populations), ethnicity, 
gender, and educational attainment.’’. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2916 
AN ACT 
To authorize, ratify, and confirm the Agreement of Settle-
ment and Compromise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mo-
hawk Land Claim in the State of New York, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(d) PROBATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a State is placed on pro-
bation by the Secretary due to a breach of a term 
of the partnership, the State shall develop a plan to 
remedy the breach. 
‘‘(2) WITHHOLDING.—With respect to a State 
that is placed on probation by the Secretary due to 
a breach of a term of the partnership, the Secretary 
shall withhold half of the State’s partnership grant 
award until the breach has been remedied or the 
State has demonstrated credible progress towards 
remedying the breach. 
‘‘(e) INELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a State is deemed ineli-
gible to continue to participate in a partnership due 
to a breach of a term of the partnership, the State 
shall not receive its partnership grant award for the 
subsequent year. 
‘‘(2) REMAINING INELIGIBLE.—A State that is 
deemed ineligible to continue to participate in a 
partnership due to a breach of a term of the part-
nership, shall remain ineligible for participation until 
the State has demonstrated that the State meets the 
partnership’s requirements. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2915 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the procurement 
of certain items related to national security interests for Department 
of Homeland Security frontline operational components, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2021 
Mr. CORREA (for himself, Mr. MAST, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. PAPPAS, and Mr. 
THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding 
the procurement of certain items related to national secu-
rity interests for Department of Homeland Security 
frontline operational components, 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 ‘‘Homeland Procure-
ment Reform Act’’ or the ‘‘HOPR Act’’. 
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SECTION 1. AGREEMENT AND TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED, 
RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED. 
The following are hereby authorized, ratified, and 
confirmed: 
(1) The Agreement of Settlement and Com-
promise to Resolve the Akwesasne Mohawk Land 
Claim in the State of New York (hereafter in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Settlement Agreement’’), en-
tered into by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, the 
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, the State of New 
York, the Counties of Franklin and Saint Lawrence, 
New York, the Towns of Fort Covington and Bom-
bay, New York, and the New York Power Authority. 
(2) Any transfer of land, right-of-way, or ease-
ment that is the subject of the claims in the Cana-
dian Saint Regis Band of Mohawk Indians v. New 
York et al. (82–CV–783); the Canadian Saint Regis 
Band of Mohawk Indians v. New York et al. (82– 
CV–1114); and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, by 
the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council and the 
People of the Longhouse at Akwesasne, by Mohawk 
Nation Council of Chiefs v. The State of New York, 
et al. (89–CV–829).
(1) by striking ‘‘Within five days’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘debt,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘NOTICE OF DEBT; CONTENTS.—Within five days 
after the initial communication with a consumer in 
connection with the collection of any debt,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘, unless the following informa-
tion is contained in the initial communication or the 
consumer has paid the debt,’’. 
(e) IMPROVED LIMITATIONS ON DEBT COLLECTION 
RULES.—Section 814(d) of the Fair Debt Collection Prac-
tices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692l(d)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: ‘‘Such rules— 
‘‘(1) may not allow a debt collector to send un-
limited electronic communications to a consumer; 
‘‘(2) shall require debt collectors to obtain con-
sent directly from consumers before contacting them 
using a method other than by postal mail or by 
phone; 
‘‘(3) may not waive the requirements of the 
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Com-
merce Act (15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq.); and 
‘‘(4) shall allow consumers to opt out of any 
method of communication that the debt collector 
uses to communicate with consumers, including a 
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(4) how the fees described in paragraph (3) 
vary from State to State; 
(5) consumer protection at the State level that 
offer recourse to those whom debts have been wrong-
fully attributed; 
(6) the revenues received by debt collectors 
from Federal, State, and local government agencies; 
(7) the amount of any revenue sharing agree-
ments between debt collectors and Federal, State, 
and local government agencies; 
(8) the difference in debt collection procedures 
across geographic regions, including the extent to 
which debt collectors pursue court judgments to col-
lect debts; 
(9) information regarding the amount collected 
by Federal, State, and local government agencies 
through debt collectors, including the total amount 
and the percentage of the amount referred to the 
debt collectors; 
(10) the full cost of outsourcing collection to 
debt collectors; 
(11) government agency oversight of debt col-
lectors to ensure that the rights of a consumer (as 
defined in section 803(3) of the Fair Debt Collection 
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692a(3))) are protected 
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and that any debt relief and payment options legally 
available to consumers is effectively communicated 
and made available; 
(12) the extent to which Federal, State, and 
local contracts with debt collectors reflect or omit ef-
fective measures to encourage debt collectors to 
align their practices with public policy concerns (in-
cluding relief for consumers experiencing financial 
hardship) beyond maximizing debt collection; 
(13) the extent to which debt collectors induce 
payment through use or threat of adverse govern-
ment actions, such as arrest warrants or suspension 
of licenses or vehicle registration; and 
(14) demographic data, including race and in-
come information, regarding the individuals subject 
to private collection of debts owed to government en-
tities. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to Congress a report on the 
completed study required under subsection (a). 
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TITLE VII—DEBT COLLECTION 
PRACTICES HARMONIZATION 
ACT 
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Debt Collection Prac-
tices Harmonization Act’’. 
SEC. 702. AWARD OF DAMAGES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL DAMAGES INDEXED
FOR INFLA-
TION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 813 of the Fair 
Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692k) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘with re-
spect to any one action taken by a debt 
collector in violation of this subchapter; 
or’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘or 1 per centum of the net worth of 
the debt collector; and’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘or 5 percent of the gross an-
nual revenue of the debt collector: and’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘the 
maximum amount of statutory damages at the 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 700 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the ‘‘Lawrence M. 
‘Larry’ Walsh Sr. Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2021 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself and Mr. RUSH) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illi-
nois, as the ‘‘Lawrence M. ‘Larry’ Walsh Sr. Post Of-
fice’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LAWRENCE M. ‘‘LARRY’’ WALSH SR. POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in 
Elwood, Illinois, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Lawrence M. ‘Larry’ Walsh Sr. Post Office’’. 
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(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 ‘‘Lawrence M. ‘Larry’ 
Walsh Sr. Post Office’’. 
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SECTION 1. ROLE OF DOCTORS OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE 
IN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE.—Section 7306 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘a Direc-
tor of Podiatric Service,’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 
paragraph (11); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) A Podiatric Medical Director, who shall 
be a qualified doctor of podiatric medicine and who 
shall be responsible to the Under Secretary for 
Health for the operation of the Podiatric Service.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘podiatric 
medicine,’’ after ‘‘doctors of medicine,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘and (8)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(8), and (10)’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF PAY GRADE.—Section 7404 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, podia-
trists,’’ after ‘‘physicians’’ ; and
(2) in subsection (b), in the first heading of the 
list following the colon, by striking ‘‘PODIATRIST’’ 
and inserting ‘‘PODIATRIST (DPM)’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 15, 2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2545 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify 
the role of doctors of podiatric medicine in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.
H. R. 2545 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two 
An Act 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the role of doctors of podiatric 
medicine in the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ROLE OF DOCTORS OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE IN DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF ROLE.—Section 7306 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘a Director of Podiatric 
Service,’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); 
and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(10) A Podiatric Medical Director, who shall be a qualified 
doctor of podiatric medicine and who shall be responsible to 
the Under Secretary for Health for the operation of the 
Podiatric Service.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘podiatric medicine,’’ 
after ‘‘doctors of medicine,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘and (8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(8), and (10)’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF PAY GRADE.—Section 7404 of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘, podiatrists,’’ after 
‘‘physicians’’; and
H. R. 2545—2 
(2) in subsection (b), in the first heading of the list following 
the colon, by striking ‘‘PODIATRIST’’ and inserting ‘‘PODIA-
TRIST (DPM)’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.