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Union Calendar No. 119 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1501 
[Report No. 118–151] 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from operating or procuring 
certain foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2023 
Mr. GUEST (for himself, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. EZELL, Mr. 
D’ESPOSITO, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. GIMENEZ, and Mr. PFLUGER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land Security 
JULY 19, 2023 
Additional sponsors: Ms. LEE of Florida, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. CUELLAR, and 
Mr. LALOTA 
JULY 19, 2023 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 9, 2023] 
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A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from oper-
ating or procuring certain foreign-made unmanned air-
craft systems, and for other purposes. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Stolen Trademarks 
Honored in America Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION. 
Section 211 of the Department of Commerce and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in 
section 101(b) of division A of Public Law 105–277; 112 
Stat. 2681–88) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or entity of the executive 
branch’’ after ‘‘U.S. court’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘by a designated national’’; 
and 
(C) by inserting before the period ‘‘that 
was used in connection with a business or as-
sets that were confiscated unless the original 
owner of the mark, trade name, or commercial 
name, or the bonafide successor-in-interest has 
expressly consented’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or entity of the executive 
branch’’ after ‘‘U.S. court’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘by a designated national 
or its successor-in-interest’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e);
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) Subsections (a)(2) and (b) of this section shall 
apply only if the person or entity asserting the rights knew 
or had reason to know at the time when the person or 
entity acquired the rights asserted that the mark, trade 
name, or commercial name was the same as or substan-
tially similar to a mark, trade name, or commercial name 
that was used in connection with a business or assets that 
were confiscated.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘In this section:’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(2) The term’’ and inserting ‘‘In this sec-
tion, the term’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2023. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1505 
AN ACT 
To modify the prohibition on recognition by United 
States courts of certain rights relating to certain 
marks, trade names, or commercial names.
I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1505 
To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain 
rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2023 
Mr. ISSA (for himself and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States 
courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade 
names, or commercial names. 
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 Stolen Trademarks 
Honored in America Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION. 
Section 211 of the Department of Commerce and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in 
section 101(b) of division A of Public Law 105–277; 112 
Stat. 2681–88) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or entity of the executive 
branch’’ after ‘‘U.S. court’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘by a designated national’’; 
and 
(C) by inserting before the period ‘‘that 
was used in connection with a business or as-
sets that were confiscated unless the original 
owner of the mark, trade name, or commercial 
name, or the bonafide successor-in-interest has 
expressly consented’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or entity of the executive 
branch’’ after ‘‘U.S. court’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘by a designated national 
or its successor-in-interest’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); 
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) Subsections (a)(2) and (b) of this section shall 
apply only if the person or entity asserting the rights knew 
or had reason to know at the time when the person or 
entity acquired the rights asserted that the mark, trade 
name, or commercial name was the same as or substan-
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tially similar to a mark, trade name, or commercial name 
that was used in connection with a business or assets that 
were confiscated.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘In this section:’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(2) The term’’ and inserting ‘‘In this sec-
tion, the term’’. 
Æ 
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‘‘(2) A conflict described in this subsection means a 
study or research for which— 
‘‘(A) not less than 10 percent of the funding for 
the study or research is from an entity subject to 
the jurisdiction of the agency with respect to that 
rulemaking; or 
‘‘(B) an entity subject to the jurisdiction of the 
agency with respect to that rulemaking that is regu-
lated by the agency exercises editorial control over 
the study or research. 
‘‘(i) In the case of a violation of the requirement to 
make a disclosure— 
‘‘(1) under subsection (c)(2) or subsection (f) 
with respect to a submission; or 
‘‘(2) under subsection (h) with respect to a con-
flict related to a submission referred to under sub-
section (g), 
the agency may exclude from consideration or otherwise 
disregard the submission, and the agency has no obliga-
tion to respond to the submission, except that the submis-
sion may be remade with required disclosures during the 
opportunity for participation referred to in subsection 
(c)(1). Nothing in this subsection may be construed to af-
fect the level of deference (in accordance with applicable 
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IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1505 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 14 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 13), 2023 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States 
courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade 
names, or commercial names. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 1505 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Stolen Trademarks 
Honored in America Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION. 
Section 211 of the Department of Commerce and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in 
section 101(b) of division A of Public Law 105–277; 112 
Stat. 2681–88) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or entity of the executive 
branch’’ after ‘‘U.S. court’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘by a designated national’’; 
and 
(C) by inserting before the period ‘‘that 
was used in connection with a business or as-
sets that were confiscated unless the original 
owner of the mark, trade name, or commercial 
name, or the bonafide successor-in-interest has 
expressly consented’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or entity of the executive 
branch’’ after ‘‘U.S. court’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘by a designated national 
or its successor-in-interest’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); 
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(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) Subsections (a)(2) and (b) of this section shall 
apply only if the person or entity asserting the rights knew 
or had reason to know at the time when the person or 
entity acquired the rights asserted that the mark, trade 
name, or commercial name was the same as or substan-
tially similar to a mark, trade name, or commercial name 
that was used in connection with a business or assets that 
were confiscated.’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘In this section:’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘(2) The term’’ and inserting ‘‘In this sec-
tion, the term’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2023. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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any supplemental application submitted under section 
505(b), 510(k), or 515 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(b), 360, 360e) for a self- 
administered contraceptive method to be marketed without 
being subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)) or treated 
as a prescription device. 
(b) FEE WAIVER.—The Secretary shall waive the fee 
under section 736(a)(1) or 738(a)(2) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(1); 
379j(a)(2)) (as applicable) with respect to a supplemental 
application that receives priority review under subsection 
(a). 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies with re-
spect to a supplemental application described in subsection 
(a) that— 
(1) is submitted before the date of enactment of 
this Act and remains pending as of such date of en-
actment; or 
(2) is submitted after such date of enactment. 
(d) SELF-ADMINISTERED CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD 
DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘self-administered con-
traceptive method’’ means a drug or device (as those terms 
are defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)) or combination product ap-
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 150 
To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. PERRY, Mr. ESTES, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. NOR-
MAN, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mr. CARL, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. KUSTOFF, 
Mr. ARMSTRONG, and Mr. WOMACK) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing. 
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 American 
Energy Production Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTING AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that States should maintain primacy for the regula-
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tion of hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas produc-
tion on State and private lands. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON DECLARATION OF A MORATO-
RIUM
ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the President may not declare 
a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing unless 
such moratorium is authorized by an Act of Congress. 
Æ 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1511 
To amend section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to render 
available to certain long-term residents of the United States the benefit 
under that section. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2023 
Ms. LOFGREN (for herself, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
CORREA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
PANETTA, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. ROSS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mr. LIEU, Ms. BUSH, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. LEE of California, 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. OMAR, 
Mr. SOTO, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
TRONE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE of 
Wisconsin, Ms. CHU, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. SCAN-
LON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Ms. TOKUDA, and Mr. 
CASAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to render available to certain long-term residents 
of the United States the benefit under that section. 
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 ‘‘Renewing Immigration 
Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929’’. 
SEC. 2. REGISTRY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 249 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1259) is amended— 
(1) in the section header, by striking ‘‘EN-
TERED THE UNITED STATES PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1924 
OR JANUARY 1, 1972’’; and inserting ‘‘ARE LONG- 
TERM RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) entered the United States at least 7 years before 
the application date;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1512 
To allow women greater access to a wider range of self-administered 
contraceptives approved under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2023 
Ms. MACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To allow women greater access to a wider range of self- 
administered contraceptives approved under the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
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 ‘‘Greater Access to Con-
traceptive Options Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICATIONS FOR NON-PRESCRIPTION CONTRA-
CEPTIVE METHODS. 
(a) PRIORITY REVIEW OF APPLICATION.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall give priority review to 
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proved for use under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321 et seq.) as a method of contra-
ception that is administered without the intervention of 
a health care professional, including the birth control pill, 
patch, vaginal ring, or injection, such as depot 
medroxyprogesterone acetate. 
Æ 
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local governments, and Tribal Governments to 
leverage such technology, including with regard 
to siting, deployment, and adoption. 
(2) DRAFT REPORT; PUBLIC COMMENT.—The 
Task Force shall— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the Task Force is established under 
subsection (a), publish in the Federal Register 
and on the website of the Commission a draft 
of the report required by paragraph (1); and 
(B) accept public comments on such draft 
and take such comments into consideration in 
preparing the final version of such report. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHAIR.—The term ‘‘Chair’’ means the 
Chair of the Commission. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) NOT TRUSTED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 
means, with respect to an entity, that— 
(i) the Chair has made a public deter-
mination that such entity is owned by, con-
trolled by, or subject to the influence of a 
foreign adversary; or
(ii) the Chair otherwise determines 
that such entity poses a threat to the na-
tional security of the United States. 
(B) CRITERIA
FOR
DETERMINATION.—In 
making a determination under subparagraph 
(A)(ii), the Chair shall use the criteria de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 
2(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communica-
tions Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 
1601(c)), as appropriate. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 
(5) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 
means the 6G Task Force established under sub-
section (a). 
Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1513 
AN ACT 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission 
to establish a task force to be known as the ‘‘6G 
Task Force’’, and for other purposes.
(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘farm prod-
uct’’ includes— 
(i) forages; 
(ii) sod crops; 
(iii) grains; 
(iv) food crops; 
(v) dairy products; 
(vi) poultry and poultry products; 
(vii) bees; 
(viii) livestock and livestock products; 
(ix) products of aquaculture; 
(x) fruits; 
(xi) berries; 
(xii) vegetables; 
(xiii) flowers; 
(xiv) seeds; 
(xv) grasses; 
(xvi) Christmas trees; and 
(xvii) other similar products, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(5) PERFLUOROALKYL OR POLYFLUOROALKYL 
SUBSTANCE; PFAS.—The term ‘‘perfluoroalkyl or 
polyfluoroalkyl substance’’ or ‘‘PFAS’’ means a 
chemical that— 
(A) contains at least one of— 
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(5) whether the covered rule overlaps with a 
covered rule to be issued by the agency. 
(d) PUBLICATION OF COVERED RULES IN UNIFIED 
AGENDA.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Each agency shall, on a 
semiannual basis, submit jointly and without delay 
to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
for publication in the Unified Agenda a list con-
taining— 
(A) each covered rule that the agency in-
tends to issue during the 6-month period fol-
lowing the date of submission; 
(B) each covered rule that the agency in-
tends to repeal or amend in accordance with 
subsection (b) during the 6-month period fol-
lowing the date of submission; and 
(C) the cost of each covered rule described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(2) PROHIBITION.—An agency may not issue a 
covered rule unless the agency complies with the re-
quirements under paragraph (1). 
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the proportion of the unpaid principal bal-
ance of the loan under section 428C or the 
Federal Direct Consolidation Loan that 
each component loan represents; 
‘‘(ii) use the proportions determined 
in accordance with clause (i) and the inter-
est rate applicable for each component 
loan, as determined under subparagraph 
(B), to calculate the weighted average of 
the interest rates on the loans consolidated 
into the loan under section 428C or the 
Federal Direct Consolidation Loan; and 
‘‘(iii) make the applicable interest rate 
for the refinanced Federal Direct Consoli-
dation Loan the lesser of— 
‘‘(I) the weighted average cal-
culated under clause (ii); or 
‘‘(II) 5.0 percent. 
‘‘(B) INTEREST
RATES
FOR
COMPONENT 
LOANS.—The interest rates for the component 
loans of a loan made under section 428C or a 
Federal Direct Consolidation Loan shall be the 
following: 
‘‘(i) The interest rate for any loan 
under section 428, 428B, 428H, Federal 
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ation of the bill and it shall be placed without 
amendment on the appropriate calendar. 
(2) 
EXPEDITED
CONSIDERATION
IN
THE 
HOUSE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than five leg-
islative days after the bill introduced under 
paragraph (1)(A) is reported or the committees 
of referral have been discharged from further 
consideration thereof, it shall be in order to 
move to proceed to consider the bill in the 
House. Such a motion shall be in order only at 
a time designated by the Speaker in the legisla-
tive schedule within two legislative days after 
the day on which the proponent announces an 
intention to the House to offer the motion. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the motion to its adoption without inter-
vening motion. 
(B) CONSIDERATION.—If the motion to 
proceed is agreed to, the House shall imme-
diately proceed to consider the bill introduced 
under paragraph (1)(A) in the House without 
intervening motion. Such bill shall be consid-
ered as read. All points of order against such 
bill and against its consideration are waived. 
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The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on such bill to its passage without inter-
vening motion except 2 hours of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent and one motion to limit debate on the 
bill. 
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