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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8936 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide enhanced Federal 
matching payments for homecare worker training programs, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2020 
Mrs. DINGELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 
enhanced Federal matching payments for homecare 
worker training programs, 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 ‘‘Homecare Worker 
Training Improvement Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. MEDICAID FUNDING FOR HOMECARE WORKER 
TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396b) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) for calendar quarters beginning on or 
after January 1, 2021, amount equal to 75 percent 
of so much of the sums expended during such quar-
ter for homecare worker training programs described 
in subsection (bb) (including the costs for eligible 
homecare workers (as defined in such subsection) to 
complete such programs); plus’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(bb) HOMECARE WORKER TRAINING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A homecare worker train-
ing program described in this subsection is a pro-
gram approved by the State under which eligible 
homecare workers are provided with— 
‘‘(A) training in the core training com-
petencies for personal or homecare aides de-
scribed in section 2008(b)(3)(A); and 
‘‘(B) opportunities for education, training, 
and career advancement. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE HOMECARE WORKER.—The term 
‘eligible homecare worker’ means a personal or 
homecare aide (as such term is defined in section 
2008(b)(6)(C)) who— 
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‘‘(A) has at least 30 percent of the work-
er’s patient volume (as estimated in accordance 
with a methodology established by the Sec-
retary) attributable to individuals who are re-
ceiving medical assistance under this title; or 
‘‘(B) is employed by an agency that is a 
provider of personal or homecare services that 
has at least 30 percent of the agency’s patient 
volume (as so estimated) attributable to such 
individuals.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8939 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn 
children, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2020 
Ms. GABBARD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain- 
capable unborn children, 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 ‘‘Late Term Abortion 
Ban Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF 
CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY FOR ENACT-
MENT. 
Congress finds and declares the following: 
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SEC. 103. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO 
COMPOSITE PLANS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT 
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.— 
(1) TREATMENT FOR PURPOSES OF FUNDING NO-
TICES.—Section 101(f) of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1021(f)) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘title IV 
applies’’ and inserting ‘‘title IV applies or which 
is a composite plan’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) APPLICATION TO COMPOSITE PLANS.—The 
provisions of this subsection shall apply to a com-
posite plan only to the extent prescribed by the Sec-
retary in regulations that take into account the dif-
ferences between a composite plan and a defined ben-
efit plan that is a multiemployer plan.’’. 
(2) TREATMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ANNUAL RE-
PORT.—Section 103 of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1023) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (d) by adding at the end 
the following sentence: ‘‘The provisions of this 
subsection shall apply to a composite plan only 
to the extent prescribed by the Secretary in regu-
(A) a general, special, primary, or runoff 
election; 
(B) a convention or caucus of a political 
party held to nominate a candidate; 
(C) a primary election held for the selec-
tion of delegates to a national nominating con-
vention of a political party; or 
(D) a primary election held for the expres-
sion of a preference for the nomination of per-
sons for election to the office of President. 
(3) FEDERAL OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Federal of-
fice’’ means the office of President or Vice President 
of the United States, or of Senator or Representa-
tive in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress of the United States. 
(4) PROBATION.—The term ‘‘probation’’ means 
probation, imposed by a Federal, State, or local 
court, with or without a condition on the individual 
involved concerning— 
(A) the individual’s freedom of movement; 
(B) the payment of damages by the indi-
vidual; 
(C) periodic reporting by the individual to 
an officer of the court; or 
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(2) Section 7(d) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1756(d)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘or 11’’. 
(3) Section 8(g) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1757(g)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and under section 11 of this 
Act’’. 
(4) Section 12(f) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(f)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘11,’’. 
(5) Section 7(a) of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘4, 
11, and 17’’ and inserting ‘‘4 and 17’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tions 4 and 11’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4’’. 
(6) Section 1101(j)(3) of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; 
Public Law 116–127) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or served under section 
11(a)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School 
Lunch 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1760(d), 
1759(a)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1760(d))’’; and 
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‘‘(12) REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGMENT.—The 
term ‘reasonable medical judgment’ means a medical 
judgment that would be made by a reasonably pru-
dent physician, knowledgeable about the case and 
the treatment possibilities with respect to the med-
ical conditions involved. 
‘‘(13) UNBORN
CHILD.—The term ‘unborn 
child’ means an individual organism of the species 
homo sapiens, beginning at fertilization, until the 
point of being born alive as defined in section 8(b) 
of title 1. 
‘‘(14) WOMAN.—The term ‘woman’ means a fe-
male human being whether or not she has reached 
the age of majority.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 74 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘1532. Pain-capable unborn child protection.’’. 
(c) CHAPTER HEADING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CHAPTER
HEADING
IN
CHAPTER.—The 
chapter heading for chapter 74 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Partial-Birth 
Abortions’’ and inserting ‘‘Abortions’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CHAPTERS FOR PART I.—The 
item relating to chapter 74 in the table of chapters 
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at the beginning of part I of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Partial-Birth Abor-
tions’’ and inserting ‘‘Abortions’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 893 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to direct the Bureau of Prisons 
to provide certain voting information to Federal prisoners upon their 
release from prison. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2019 
Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself, Ms. MENG, and Ms. BARRAGA´N) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to direct the Bureau 
of Prisons to provide certain voting information to Fed-
eral prisoners upon their release from prison. 
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 ‘‘Ex-Offender Voter 
Registration Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF VOTING INFORMATION TO FEDERAL 
PRISONERS. 
Section 4042(a)(E) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after clause (vii) the following: 
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‘‘(viii) The laws and regulations gov-
erning the right of an individual convicted 
of a felony who has been released from 
prison to vote in each of the 50 States, 
and, for the State in which the prisoner 
will reside upon release, any voter registra-
tion or application forms that the prisoner 
will need to complete in order to vote.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8940 
To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who are citizens 
of certain countries which exert malign foreign influences in the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2020 
Mr. GOODEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To prohibit offices of Congress from appointing interns who 
are citizens of certain countries which exert malign for-
eign influences in the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITING APPOINTMENT OF INTERNS WHO 
ARE CITIZENS OF COUNTRIES EXERTING MA-
LIGN FOREIGN INFLUENCES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—An office of Congress, including 
an office of a joint committee of Congress, may not ap-
point an individual as a paid or unpaid intern if the indi-
vidual is a citizen of a covered foreign country. 
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(D) supervision of the individual by an of-
ficer of the court. 
SEC. 5. RELATION TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) STATE LAWS RELATING TO VOTING RIGHTS.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the 
States from enacting any State law which affords the right 
to vote in any election for Federal office on terms less 
restrictive than those established by this Act. 
(b) CERTAIN FEDERAL ACTS.—The rights and rem-
edies established by this Act are in addition to all other 
rights and remedies provided by law, and neither rights 
and remedies established by this Act shall supersede, re-
strict, or limit the application of the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.) or the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). 
SEC. 6. FEDERAL PRISON FUNDS. 
No State, unit of local government, or other person 
may receive or use, to construct or otherwise improve a 
prison, jail, or other place of incarceration, any Federal 
funds unless that person has in effect a program under 
which each individual incarcerated in that person’s juris-
diction who is a citizen of the United States is notified, 
upon release from such incarceration, of that individual’s 
rights under section 1. 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered foreign country’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 119C(e)(1) of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3059(e)(1)); and 
(2) the term ‘‘intern’’ means, with respect to an 
office of Congress, an individual who serves in the 
office for not more than 120 days in a 12-month pe-
riod and whose service is primarily for the edu-
cational experience of the individual. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress and 
each succeeding Congress. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8944 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Emergency 
Paid Sick Leave Act to include leave for employees who are unable 
to work due to minor children in optional virtual or hybrid learning, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2020 
Ms. MENG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House 
Administration, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and 
the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act to include leave 
for employees who are unable to work due to minor 
children in optional virtual or hybrid learning, 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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date on which the entitlement community re-
ceived the amounts. 
(3) NONENTITLEMENT COMMUNITIES.—Of the 
amounts that a unit of general local government, or 
an entity designated thereby, located in a nonentitle-
ment area receives from a State under section 
5(d)(2)(A)(i)— 
(A) any amounts that the unit of general 
local government entity provides to a civil un-
rest business recovery fund under section 
5(e)(1) shall be obligated by the civil unrest 
business recovery fund for expenditure not later 
than 60 days after the date on which the unit 
of general local government or entity received 
the amounts; and 
(B) any amounts that the unit of general 
local government or entity community chooses 
to provide to a support organization under sec-
tion 5(e)(2), or to use to pay for administrative 
costs under section 5(e)(3), shall be obligated 
by the unit of general local government or enti-
ty for expenditure not later than 60 days after 
the date on which the unit of general local gov-
ernment or entity received the amounts. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8945 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to provide flexibility with the cost share for fire management assist-
ance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2020 
Mr. NEGUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to provide flexibility with the cost 
share for fire management assistance, 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wildfire Recovery 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COST SHARE. 
Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of assist-
ance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent 
of the eligible cost, as set forth in the regulations, of such 
assistance.’’. 
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the President, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and 
in consultation with the heads of relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, including the United States Forest 
Service and Department of Interior, shall conduct and 
complete a rulemaking to develop guidelines and a rule 
that establishes thresholds for cases in which the Federal 
cost share for section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5187) may be increased. Such thresholds shall use a fire- 
specific metric to determine fire damage referred to in 
subsection (a) of such section, and recommend a Federal 
cost share adjustment for fire damage that meets the es-
tablished thresholds. The Administrator shall follow all no-
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tice and comment requirements set forth in section 553 
of title 5, United States Code, for such rulemaking. 
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(2) EXCEPTION.—Before the conveyance of the 
omitted land under subsection (b), from any funds 
appropriated to the State of Louisiana by the Lou-
isiana Legislature, the State of Louisiana shall pay 
to the Secretary any costs incurred by the Secretary 
relating to any survey, platting, legal description, or 
associated activities required to prepare and issue a 
patent under that subsection. 
(d) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall file, and make available for public inspec-
tion in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land and 
Management, the Map and legal descriptions of the omit-
ted land to be conveyed under subsection (b). 
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the Bureau of the Census, as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(19) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
(20) 
WOMEN-OWNED
ENTITY.—The 
term 
‘‘women-owned entity’’ means an entity— 
(A) more than 50 percent of the ownership 
or control of which is held by not less than 1 
woman; and 
(B) more than 50 percent of the net profit 
or loss of which accrues to not less than 1 
woman. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8947 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, South Carolina, as the ‘‘Joseph 
Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2020 
Mr. RICE of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. DUNCAN, and Mr. 
CUNNINGHAM) 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 1101 Charlotte Street in Georgetown, South 
Carolina, as the ‘‘Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post 
Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. JOSEPH HAYNE RAINEY MEMORIAL POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1101 Charlotte Street in George-
town, South Carolina, shall be known and designated as 
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the ‘‘Joseph Hayne Rainey Memorial Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
(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 ‘‘Joseph Hayne Rainey 
Memorial Post Office Building’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8949 
To authorize the President to provide disaster assistance to States and Indian 
Tribes under a major disaster recovery program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2020 
Mr. ROUZER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the President to provide disaster assistance 
to States and Indian Tribes under a major disaster re-
covery program, 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 ‘‘Natural Disaster Re-
covery Program Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. NATURAL DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM. 
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end of title IV the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 431. NATURAL DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY; USE.—The President may provide 
assistance under this section to States and Indian Tribes 
for unmet need, including necessary expenses for activities 
related to disaster relief, resiliency, long-term recovery, 
restoration of infrastructure and housing, mitigation, and 
economic revitalization after a major disaster is declared 
under section 401. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION OF DISASTER BENEFITS AND 
DATA WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall coordi-
nate with other agencies to obtain data on recovery 
needs and unmet need, including the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration and other 
agencies when necessary regarding disaster benefits. 
Not later than 90 days after a major disaster is de-
clared, the President shall make publicly available all 
data collected, possessed, or analyzed during the 
course of a disaster recovery for which assistance is 
provided under this section, including— 
‘‘(A) all data on damage caused by the dis-
aster; 
‘‘(B) information on how any Federal as-
sistance provided in connection with the dis-
aster is expended; 
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