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authorities, public tolling authorities, metropolitan 
planning organizations, public utility commissions, 
and public service companies), and businesses that 
sell motor vehicles through the websites of the De-
partment of Transportation and the Department of 
Energy, social media, and other methods— 
(A) to provide the resource guide under 
paragraph (1) to interested stakeholders, in-
cluding relevant consumer groups and transpor-
tation-related organizations; 
(B) to promote the use of electric vehicles 
in both government and industry fleets; and 
(C) to educate individuals involved in the 
sale of motor vehicles about the benefits of elec-
tric vehicles. 
(5) SUBSEQUENT RESOURCE GUIDES.—Not less 
frequently than every 2 years for the duration of the 
working group, the working group shall publish an 
update to the resource guide under paragraph (1), 
as appropriate based on technological innovation and 
subsequent information. 
(6) ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretaries shall each 
maintain the resource guide under paragraph (1) on 
a designated website, which may be an existing 
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website, of each Secretary relating to electric vehi-
cles. 
(d) COORDINATION.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretaries and the working group shall carry 
out this section using all available existing resources, 
websites, and databases of Federal agencies, such as the 
Alternative Fuels Data Center, the Energy Efficient Mo-
bility Systems program, and the Clean Cities Coalition 
Network. 
(e) FUNDING.—The Secretaries shall carry out this 
section using existing funds made available to the Secre-
taries and not otherwise obligated, of which— 
(1) 50 percent shall be from funds made avail-
able to the Secretary of Transportation; and 
(2) 50 percent shall be from funds made avail-
able to the Secretary of Energy. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi-
nate on the date on which the third report under sub-
section (b) is submitted. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4924 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to ensure 
representatives of aviation roundtables may participate in the NextGen 
performance-based navigation implementation process of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2021 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to ensure representatives of aviation roundtables 
may participate in the NextGen performance-based navi-
gation implementation process of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, 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 ‘‘All Participating in 
Process Reaching Informed Solutions for Everyone Act’’ 
or the ‘‘APPRISE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PERFORMANCE-BASED NAVIGATION IMPLEMENTA-
TION PROCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the implementa-
tion process for NextGen performance-based navigation 
(as described in FAA Order JO7100.41A, or any subse-
quent similar order), the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall ensure that any covered 
aviation roundtable may appoint a technical representative 
or consultant to participate as member of the core working 
group or the full working group of such process on the 
same terms and conditions as a representative of the in-
dustry, an airport, or a participating proponent of a proce-
dure. 
(b) COVERED AVIATION ROUNDTABLE DEFINED.— 
The term ‘‘covered aviation roundtable’’ means an aviation 
roundtable— 
(1) that is the actual or de facto proponent of 
a proposed new or modified performance-based navi-
gation flight procedure; or 
(2) for which the modified procedure path to be 
implemented in the process described in subsection 
(a) is within 5 miles of the jurisdictional area of the 
aviation roundtable. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
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participating provider or eligible partici-
pating partner that— 
‘‘(I)(aa) is licensed under State 
law as a risk-bearing entity eligible to 
offer health insurance or health bene-
fits coverage in each State in which 
the Organization participates in the 
demonstration under this section; or 
‘‘(bb) is otherwise authorized by 
each state in which the Organization 
participates 
in 
the 
demonstration 
under this section to bear risk for of-
fering health insurance or health ben-
efits; 
‘‘(II) agrees to bear risk under 
the Organization; and 
‘‘(III) has the capacity to bear 
risk commensurate with the Organiza-
tion’s expected expenditures under an 
agreement under this section. 
‘‘(iii) DISCLOSURE.—Each Organiza-
tion with an agreement under this section 
shall, in accordance with current regula-
tions of the Secretary that govern similar 
disclosures, report to the Secretary finan-
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frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report on the progress made toward imple-
menting the requirements under subsection (a). 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4925 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand the priorities of the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in developing plans 
and policy for the use of the navigable airspace. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2021 
Ms. SPEIER (for herself, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to expand the prior-
ities of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration in developing plans and policy for the use of 
the navigable airspace. 
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 ‘‘Fairness in Airspace 
Includes Residents Act’’ or the ‘‘F-AIR Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SOVEREIGNTY AND USE OF AIRSPACE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40103(b)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1)(A) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall develop plans and policy for the use 
of the navigable airspace and assign by regulation or order 
the use of the airspace necessary to ensure— 
‘‘(i) as a primary priority, the safety of aircraft; 
and 
‘‘(ii) as secondary co-equal priorities— 
‘‘(I) the efficient use of airspace; and 
‘‘(II) the minimization of the impact of 
aviation noise, and other health impacts, on 
residents and communities, and other impacts 
of the use of airspace on the environment. 
‘‘(B) The Administrator may modify or revoke an as-
signment when required in the public interest.’’. 
(b) UPDATES TO FAA PRIORITIES.—Not later than 
12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall— 
(1) review the regulations, policies, procedures, 
and processes of the Administration and modify 
them as necessary to reflect the priorities in clauses 
(i) and (ii) of section 40103(b)(1)(A) of title 49, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a); and 
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(2) update the mission statement of the Admin-
istration to reflect such priorities. 
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(ii) the qualified utility discontinues 
water service or refuses to establish new 
water service to any residential water con-
sumer of the qualified utility due to the 
nonpayment of rates or charges or the 
nonpayment of a deposit for the provision 
of water service; 
(iii) the qualified utility sells any un-
collected residential water consumer debt; 
(iv) the qualified utility places, sells, 
or initiates the collection of a lien on the 
residence of a residential water consumer 
to collect outstanding rates or charges for 
water service; 
(v) the qualified utility files an ad-
verse report on a residential water con-
sumer to a credit reporting agency due to 
the nonpayment of rates or charges for the 
provision of water service; or 
(vi) the qualified utility charges a 
service restoration fee for the restoration 
of service described in subparagraph (B). 
(B) Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the qualified utility receives the loan, 
the qualified utility fails to restore (except for 
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) FLIGHT
PROCEDURE.—The term ‘‘flight 
procedure’’ means a preplanned Instrument Flight 
Rules (IFR) procedure published for pilot use, in 
graphic or textual format, that provides obstruction 
clearance from the terminal area to the en route 
structure (departure) or from the en route structure 
to the terminal area (arrival). 
(2) PROCEDURE PROPONENT.—The term ‘‘pro-
cedure proponent’’ means a person or entity pro-
posing a new or modified flight procedure. 
(3) AVIATION ROUNDTABLE.—The term ‘‘Avia-
tion Roundtable’’ means an organization designed to 
address community concerns over a sustained period 
of time regarding aircraft operations often associ-
ated with a nearby airport. 
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bility to vote, wherein such a change would have a 
statistically significant disparate impact on the re-
moval from voter rolls of members of racial groups 
or language minority groups that constitute greater 
than 5 percent of the voting-age population— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a political subdivision 
imposing such change if— 
‘‘(i) two or more racial groups or lan-
guage minority groups each represent 20 
percent or more of the voting-age popu-
lation of the political subdivision; or 
‘‘(ii) a single language minority group 
represents 20 percent or more of the vot-
ing-age population on Indian lands located 
in whole or in part in the political subdivi-
sion; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a State imposing such 
change, if two or more racial groups or lan-
guage minority groups each represent 20 per-
cent or more of the voting-age population of— 
‘‘(i) the State; or 
‘‘(ii) a political subdivision in the 
State, except that the requirements under 
subsections (a) and (c) shall apply only 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 492 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the authority 
of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance for 
supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent 
housing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2021 
Mr. ZELDIN (for himself, Mr. SUOZZI, and Ms. STEFANIK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent 
the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
provide financial assistance for supportive services for 
very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. 
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 ‘‘Supporting Veteran 
Families in Need Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
SUPPORTIVE 
SERVICES 
FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES 
IN PERMANENT HOUSING. 
Paragraph (1) of section 2044(e) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) The amounts that are appropriated to 
carry out such subsections for fiscal year 2023 
and each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 
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ance, child health assistance, or preg-
nancy-related assistance (as applica-
ble) is approved or denied. 
‘‘(6) SURVIVOR.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘survivor’ 
means, with respect to a disaster, an individual 
who is described in subparagraph (B) or (C). 
‘‘(B) RESIDENTS AND EVACUEES OF DI-
RECT IMPACT AREAS.—An individual described 
in this subparagraph is an individual who, on 
any day during the 7-day period preceding the 
date on which a disaster is declared (as de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A)), has a primary 
residence in the disaster’s direct impact area. 
‘‘(C) INDIVIDUALS
WHO
LOST
EMPLOY-
MENT.—An individual described in this sub-
paragraph is an individual— 
‘‘(i) whose worksite, on any day dur-
ing the 7-day period preceding the date on 
which a disaster is declared (as so de-
scribed), was located in the disaster’s di-
rect impact area; 
‘‘(ii) who was employed by an em-
ployer that— 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Social Security Trust Fund’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health 
and Human Services’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
missioner of Social Security’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Federal Disability In-
surance Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social 
Security Trust Fund’’. 
(4) RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD.—Section 7 
of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 
231f) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Fed-
eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Social Security 
Trust Fund’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare’’ each time it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Commissioner of So-
cial Security’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Fed-
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‘‘(2) SPECIFIED MATERIAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘specified 
material’ means minerals that are necessary— 
‘‘(i) for the energy infrastructure of 
the United States, including— 
‘‘(I) pipelines; 
‘‘(II) refining capacity; 
‘‘(III) electrical power generation 
and transmission; and 
‘‘(IV) renewable energy produc-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) for community resiliency, coastal 
restoration, and ecological sustainability 
for the coastal United States; 
‘‘(iii) to support domestic manufac-
turing, agriculture, housing, telecommuni-
cations, healthcare, and transportation in-
frastructure; or 
‘‘(iv) for the economic security of, and 
balance of trade in, the United States. 
‘‘(B) MATERIALS NEEDED FOR NATIONAL 
DEFENSE.—The term ‘specified material’ shall 
include all Materials of Interest listed by the 
Defense Logistics Agency. 
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‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘specified 
material’ shall not include— 
‘‘(i) fuel minerals, including oil, nat-
ural gas, or any other fossil fuels; 
‘‘(ii) water, ice, or snow; or 
‘‘(iii) sand, stone, gravel, pumice, 
pumicite, cinders, or clay. 
‘‘(c) DOMESTIC SMELTER OR PROCESSOR.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘domestic smelter or proc-
essor’ means, with respect to any specified material, the 
person performing the activity described in subsection 
(b)(1) with respect to such material.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
181 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 182. Additional deduction for cost of certain materials purchased directly 
from a domestic smelter or processor.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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1180 
‘‘(4) A description of how underserved commu-
nities will benefit from the strategic plan. 
‘‘(5) A description of the role of the entities de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2) in developing the stra-
tegic plan. 
‘‘(6) A description of projects under the stra-
tegic plan to facilitate the community’s economic ad-
justment to the impact of trade, including projects 
to— 
‘‘(A) develop public facilities, public serv-
ices, jobs, and businesses (including establishing 
a revolving loan fund); 
‘‘(B) provide for planning and technical as-
sistance; 
‘‘(C) provide for training; 
‘‘(D) provide for the demolition of vacant 
or abandoned commercial, industrial, or resi-
dential property; 
‘‘(E) redevelop brownfields; 
‘‘(F) establish or support land banks; 
‘‘(G) support energy conservation; and 
‘‘(H) support historic preservation. 
‘‘(7) A strategy for continuing the community’s 
economic adjustment to the impact of trade after the 
completion of such projects.
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4934 
To establish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 3, 2021 
Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. RUSH, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of 
Illinois, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. DEAN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
Mr. CARSON, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. BASS, Mr. 
GREEN
of Texas, Mr. LARSON
of Connecticut, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
TLAIB, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BOWMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. TORRES of New York, Ms. OMAR, Ms. 
BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. COHEN, Ms. KELLY of 
Illinois, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. STRICKLAND, and Mr. MCGOVERN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task 
Force, 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 ‘‘Equal Pay for Equal 
Work Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL EQUAL PAY ENFORCEMENT TASK 
FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the National 
Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force, consisting of rep-
resentatives from the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, the Department of Justice, the Department 
of Labor, and the Office of Personnel Management. 
(b) MISSION.—In order to improve compliance, public 
education, and enforcement of equal pay laws, the Na-
tional Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force will ensure that 
the agencies in subsection (a) are coordinating efforts and 
limiting potential gaps in enforcement. 
(c) DUTIES.—The National Equal Pay Enforcement 
Task Force shall investigate challenges related to pay in-
equity pursuant to its mission in subsection (b), advance 
recommendations to address those challenges, and create 
action plans to implement the recommendations. 
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(A) ensure maintenance of and access to 
services and supports; and 
(B) enable those individuals and adults to 
return to their communities in a timely manner 
as compared with the general population; 
(2) during the recovery and mitigation phases 
of disaster response, all buildings and services 
should be designed, and constructed or recon-
structed, according to principles of universal design 
and to the standards established by the Architec-
tural and Transportation Barriers Compliance 
Board in order to ensure access for individuals with 
disabilities, older adults, and all individuals; 
(3) individuals with disabilities and older adults 
should have access to shelters and other services 
during disasters in the same locations and settings 
as the general population; 
(4) individuals with disabilities and older adults 
should receive information about preparation for, re-
sponse to, recovery from, and mitigation of disasters 
in formats accessible to them, including in American 
Sign Language, Braille, and plain language, as well 
as captioned video messages; 
(5) individuals with disabilities and older adults 
must be included as key speakers, essential stake-
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service providers, not individuals with disabilities 
and older adults. 
(16) Thousands of individuals with disabilities 
have been denied their civil rights because they do 
not receive accessible notice during disasters— 
(A) of spoken instructions via phone or 
video; or 
(B) of instructions regarding evacuations, 
sheltering, and other procedures during disas-
ters. 
(17) Disaster shelters and services do not rou-
tinely have American Sign Language interpreters 
nor procedures written or presented in plain lan-
guage. 
(18) Individuals with disabilities and older 
adults are more at risk for loss of life, loss of inde-
pendence, or violation of civil rights than the general 
population during times of disasters, response, and 
recovery. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) individuals with disabilities and older adults 
should be supported during times of disasters, and 
during disaster preparedness, response, recovery, 
and mitigation in order to— 
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