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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1965 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an annual increase 
in stipend for books, supplies, equipment, and other educational costs 
under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2025 
Mr. VASQUEZ (for himself and Mr. VALADAO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an 
annual increase in stipend for books, supplies, equip-
ment, and other educational costs under Post-9/11 Edu-
cational Assistance Program of Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
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 ‘‘Veteran Education As-
sistance Adjustment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL INCREASE IN STIPEND FOR BOOKS, SUP-
PLIES, 
EQUIPMENT, 
AND 
OTHER 
EDU-
CATIONAL COSTS UNDER POST-9/11 EDU-
CATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Section 3313 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(B)(iv)(I), by striking 
‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,400’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,400’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(m) ANNUAL INCREASE IN STIPEND FOR BOOKS, 
SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, 
AND
OTHER
EDUCATIONAL 
COSTS.—With respect to fiscal year 2026 and each subse-
quent fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide a percentage 
increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) in the amounts 
payable under subsections (c)(1)(B)(iv)(I), (e)(2)(B)(i), 
and (g)(3)(A)(iii), equal to the percentage by which— 
‘‘(1) the Consumer Price Index for all urban 
consumers (U.S. city average) for the 12-month pe-
riod ending on the June 30 preceding the beginning 
of the fiscal year for which the increase is made, ex-
ceeds 
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‘‘(2) the Consumer Price Index for the 12- 
month period preceding the 12-month period de-
scribed in paragraph (1).’’. 
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HR 2483 RFS
open standards, such as in accordance with sections 
3001 and 3004.’’. 
SEC. 106. FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING PROGRAM. 
Section 546 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290ee–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘tribes and 
tribal’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribes and Tribal’’; 
(2) in subsections (a), (c), and (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘approved or cleared’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘approved, 
cleared, or otherwise legally marketed’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘opioid’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘approved or cleared’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘approved, 
cleared, or otherwise legally marketed’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘opioid’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘opioid and heroin’’ 
and inserting ‘‘opioid, heroin, and other 
drug’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘opioid overdose’’ and 
inserting ‘‘overdose’’; and 
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(B) inspections or examinations of non- 
high-risk dealers (as described in paragraph 
(1)); 
(C) security inspections (as described in 
paragraph (2)); and 
(D) follow-up security inspections (as de-
scribed in paragraph (2)); and 
(4) an analysis of the most frequently cited vio-
lations and corrective actions or penalties imposed in 
each inspection or examination described in para-
graph (1) or security inspection described in para-
graph (2), including— 
(A) the number of licenses recommended 
to be suspended or revoked; 
(B) the number of licensees sent notices of 
suspension or revocation; 
(C) the number of hearings requested by 
licensees on receipt of a notice of suspension or 
revocation; 
(D) the number of suspension or revoca-
tion hearings initiated during a prior 12-month 
period that remain ongoing during the 12- 
month period covered by the report; and 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 196 
To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue Service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. HUDSON, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mrs. MILLER of 
West Virginia, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. 
FINSTAD, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. GUEST, 
Mr. HIGGINS
of Louisiana, Ms. VAN
DUYNE, Mr. BACON, Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. ESTES, Mr. BOST, Mr. 
MOOLENAAR, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. STAUBER, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. 
MURPHY, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. CLINE, Ms. LETLOW, 
and Mr. ELLZEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal 
Revenue 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 ‘‘Family and Small 
Business Taxpayer Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN BALANCES MADE AVAIL-
ABLE TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. 
The unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for activities of the Internal Rev-
enue Service by paragraphs (1)(A)(ii), (1)(A)(iii), (1)(B), 
(2), (3), (4), and (5) of section 10301 of Public Law 117– 
169 (commonly known as the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 
2022’’) as of the date of the enactment of this Act are 
rescinded. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1970 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to reimburse State homes for the cost of, or to furnish to 
State homes, certain costly medications provided to veterans who receive 
nursing home care in such State homes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2025 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself and Mr. PAPPAS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to reimburse State homes 
for the cost of, or to furnish to State homes, certain 
costly medications provided to veterans who receive nurs-
ing home care in such State homes, 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 ‘‘Providing Veterans 
Essential Medications Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT OF A STATE HOME FOR HIGH 
COST MEDICATIONS. 
Section 1745(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Payment’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
Subject to subparagraph (B), payment’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(B) In addition to payment described in subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall, at the election of a covered 
State home— 
‘‘(i) reimburse the covered State home for a 
costly medication; or 
‘‘(ii) furnish such costly medication to the cov-
ered State home. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘costly medication’ means a drug 
or medicine for which the average wholesale price for 
one month’s supply, plus a 3 percent transaction fee, 
exceeds 8.5 percent of the payment under subpara-
graph (A) by the Secretary to a covered State home 
for care provided to the veteran who receives such 
costly medication during such month. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘covered State home’ means a 
State home that, in the course of nursing home care 
provided pursuant to a contract (or agreement) 
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under paragraph (1), provides to a veteran a costly 
medication.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1971 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive prostheses and 
terminal devices for sports and other recreational activities in the medical 
services furnished to eligible veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2025 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to include adaptive 
prostheses and terminal devices for sports and other 
recreational activities in the medical services furnished 
to eligible veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
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 ‘‘Veterans Supporting 
Prosthetics Opportunities and Recreational Therapy Act’’ 
or the ‘‘Veterans SPORT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF ADAPTIVE PROSTHESES AND TER-
MINAL DEVICES FOR SPORTS AND OTHER 
RECREATIONAL 
ACTIVITIES 
IN 
MEDICAL 
SERVICES FURNISHED TO ELIGIBLE VET-
ERANS BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
Section 1701 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended, in paragraph (6)(F)(i), by inserting ‘‘(including 
adaptive prostheses and terminal devices for sports and 
other recreational activities)’’ after ‘‘artificial limbs’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1972 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the period during which 
the referral of a veteran, made by a health care provider of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, to a non-Department provider, for care or 
services under the Community Care Program of such Department, re-
mains valid. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2025 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the 
period during which the referral of a veteran, made by 
a health care provider of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, to a non-Department provider, for care or serv-
ices under the Community Care Program of such Depart-
ment, remains valid. 
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 ‘‘Standardizing Treat-
ment and Referral Times Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘START 
Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PERIOD DURING WHICH A RE-
FERRAL UNDER THE COMMUNITY CARE PRO-
GRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS REMAINS VALID. 
Section 1703(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) Ensuring that the period during which the 
referral of a covered veteran, made by a health care 
provider of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 
a non-Department provider, for care or services 
under this section, is valid, begins on the day that 
the covered veteran has the first appointment with 
such non-Department provider.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1973 
To reduce the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress if the public 
debt limit is reached or a Government shutdown occurs during a year, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2025 
Mr. VINDMAN (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and 
in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To reduce the annual rate of pay of Members of Congress 
if the public debt limit is reached or a Government 
shutdown occurs during a year, 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 ‘‘No Pay for Congress 
During Default or Shutdown Act’’. 
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‘‘March 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 
2025, $23,125,000’’. 
(b) 
AREA
AGENCIES
ON
AGING.—Subsection 
(b)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended by striking 
‘‘March 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 
2025, $23,125,000’’. 
(c) AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.— 
Subsection (c)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended 
by striking ‘‘March 31, 2025, $8,500,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘April 11, 2025, $8,708,333’’. 
(d) COORDINATION OF EFFORTS TO INFORM OLDER 
AMERICANS ABOUT BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER FED-
ERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS.—Subsection (d)(2)(xiv) of 
such section 119 is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2025, 
$22,500,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘April 
11, 
2025, 
$23,125,000’’. 
SEC. 2116. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 
FLOOR. 
Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘April 
1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’. 
SEC. 2117. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TELEHEALTH FLEXI-
BILITIES. 
(a) REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS
AND 
EXPANDING
ORIGINATING
SITES
FOR
TELEHEALTH 
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SERVICES.—Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘end-
ing March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending April 
11, 2025’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘ending 
on March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on April 
11, 2025’’. 
(b) EXPANDING PRACTITIONERS ELIGIBLE TO FUR-
NISH TELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(4)(E) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(E)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ending on April 11, 2025’’. 
(c) EXTENDING TELEHEALTH SERVICES FOR FED-
ERALLY
QUALIFIED
HEALTH
CENTERS
AND
RURAL 
HEALTH CLINICS.—Section 1834(m)(8)(A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(8)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘end-
ing on April 11, 2025’’. 
(d) DELAYING
THE
IN-PERSON
REQUIREMENTS 
UNDER MEDICARE
FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
FURNISHED
THROUGH
TELEHEALTH
AND
TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.— 
(1) DELAY
IN
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
MENTAL 
HEALTH
SERVICES
FURNISHED
THROUGH
TELE-
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(c) 
DETERMINATION
OF
GOVERNMENT
SHUT-
DOWN.—For purposes of this section, a Government shut-
down shall be considered to be in effect if there is a lapse 
in appropriations for any Federal agency or department 
as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations 
bill or continuing resolution. 
SEC. 4. ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the pay-
roll administrators of the Houses of Congress with such 
assistance as may be necessary to enable the payroll ad-
ministrators to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘Member of Congress’’ means an individual serving in a 
position under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 
601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 4501). 
(b) PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR.—In this Act, the 
‘‘payroll administrator’’ of a House of Congress means— 
(1) in the case of the House of Representatives, 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives, or an employee of the Office of the 
Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by 
the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 
Act; and 
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(2) in the case of the Senate, the Secretary of 
the Senate, or an employee of the Office of the Sec-
retary of the Senate who is designated by the Sec-
retary to carry out this Act. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1975 
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to require States 
and political subdivisions of States to streamline certain fees relating 
to broadband infrastructure in order to receive grant funds under the 
Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2025 
Mr. ALLEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to 
require States and political subdivisions of States to 
streamline certain fees relating to broadband infrastruc-
ture in order to receive grant funds under the Broadband 
Equity, Access, and Deployment 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 ‘‘Broadband Expansion 
And Deployment Fee Equity and Efficiency Act of 2025’’ 
or the ‘‘BEAD FEE Act of 2025’’. 
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‘‘(A) a full comprehensive list of all foreign 
countries of concern and foreign entities of con-
cern; and 
‘‘(B) the date on which the last update was 
made to such list; and 
‘‘(4) not later than 7 days after making an up-
date to the list maintained under paragraph (3)(A), 
notify each institution required to comply with the 
section listed in paragraph (1) of such update. 
‘‘(c) INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLI-
ANCE OFFICERS AND INSTITUTIONAL POLICY REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An institution that is sub-
ject to the requirements of section 117A shall, not 
later than the date on which the institution first ful-
fills the requirements of such section— 
‘‘(A) establish an institutional policy that 
the institution shall follow in meeting the re-
quirements of such section; and 
‘‘(B) designate and maintain at least one, 
but not more than three, current employees or 
legally authorized agents of such institution to 
serve as compliance officers to carry out the re-
quirements listed in paragraph (2). 
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SEC. 2. STREAMLINING OF CERTAIN FEES RELATING TO 
BROADBAND 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
REQUIRED 
TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDS UNDER BEAD 
PROGRAM. 
Section 60102(e) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1702(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) STREAMLINING OF CERTAIN FEES RELAT-
ING TO BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED.— 
After the date of the enactment of this paragraph, 
the Assistant Secretary may not make available to 
an eligible entity grant funds under this section (ex-
cept for grant funds under paragraph (1)(C)) if the 
eligible entity, or any political subdivision of the eli-
gible entity, charges a fee to consider a request for 
authorization to place, construct, or modify infra-
structure for the provision of broadband service, or 
a fee for use of a right-of-way or infrastructure in 
a right-of-way owned or managed by the entity or 
political subdivision for the placement, construction, 
or modification of infrastructure for the provision of 
broadband service, unless such fee is— 
‘‘(A) competitively neutral, technology neu-
tral, and nondiscriminatory; 
‘‘(B) publicly disclosed; 
‘‘(C) calculated— 
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‘‘(i) based on actual and direct costs, 
such as costs for— 
‘‘(I) review and processing of re-
quests; and 
‘‘(II) repairs and replacement 
of— 
‘‘(aa) components and mate-
rials resulting from and affected 
by the placement, construction, 
or modification (including the in-
stallation or improvement) of in-
frastructure for the provision of 
broadband service; or 
‘‘(bb) equipment that facili-
tates the placement, construction, 
or modification (including the in-
stallation or improvement) of 
such infrastructure; and 
‘‘(ii) using, for purposes of clause (i), 
only costs that are objectively reasonable; 
and 
‘‘(D) described to a requesting party in a 
manner that distinguishes between— 
‘‘(i) nonrecurring fees and recurring 
fees; and 
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‘‘(ii) the use of infrastructure on 
which infrastructure for the provision of 
broadband service is already located and 
infrastructure on which there is no infra-
structure for the provision of broadband 
service as of the date on which the request 
is received by the eligible entity or political 
subdivision.’’. 
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kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB