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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the pro-
gram $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 
through 2028. 
‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amounts made 
available under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year, 
not less than 50 percent shall be reserved for eligible 
entities that primarily produce theater.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
contained in section 1(b) of the Public Works and Eco-
nomic Development Act of 1965 (Public Law 89–136; 79 
Stat. 552; 112 Stat. 3597; 118 Stat. 1761) is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 207 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 208. Professional nonprofit theater grants.’’. 
SEC. 3. STUDY ON SUSTAINING THE NONPROFIT ARTS SEC-
TOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the President’s Committee 
on the Arts and the Humanities, in consultation with the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, the 
Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Human-
ities, and the Director of the Institute of Museum and Li-
brary Services, shall conduct a study on Federal support 
for the nonprofit arts sectors. 
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(b) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study under sub-
section (a), the President’s Committee on the Arts and 
the Humanities shall consider, and include recommenda-
tions regarding, the steps the Federal Government can 
take to sustain the nonprofit arts sector and bolster the 
economic impact of that sector for workers, small busi-
nesses, and communities, including rural and underserved 
communities. 
(c) STAKEHOLDER INPUT.—In conducting the study 
under subsection (a), the President’s Committee on the 
Arts and the Humanities shall solicit input from stake-
holders, including artists, nonprofit arts organizations and 
employees of nonprofit arts organizations, small busi-
nesses, organized labor organizations representing workers 
in the nonprofit arts sector, and State, local, and Tribal 
governments. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the President’s Committee on 
the Arts and the Humanities shall— 
(1) submit to Congress a report on the results 
of the study conducted under subsection (a); and 
(2) make the report publicly available. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out this 
section. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7896 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the criteria for approval 
of certain independent study programs for purposes of the educational 
assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. CISCOMANI (for himself, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, and 
Mr. VAN ORDEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the criteria 
for approval of certain independent study programs for 
purposes of the educational assistance programs of the 
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 ‘‘Veterans Education 
and Technical Skills Opportunity Act of 2024’’ or the 
‘‘VETS Opportunity Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INDEPENDENT STUDY 
PROGRAMS UNDER EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3680A(4)(B)(iii)(II) of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(II) an institution of higher 
education, as such term is defined in 
section 102 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002), that is 
qualified to participate in the student 
financial assistance programs author-
ized by title IV of that Act; and’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to a quarter, semester, 
or term, as applicable, that begins on or after August 1, 
2024. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7897 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to finalize a proposed rule to remove 
the Apache trout from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened 
Wildlife. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. CRANE (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, and Mr. GOSAR) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to finalize a proposed 
rule to remove the Apache trout from the Federal List 
of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINALIZATION OF PROPOSED RULE TO RE-
MOVE APACHE TROUT FROM FEDERAL LIST 
OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILD-
LIFE. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the United States Fish and Wild-
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7906 
To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State and tribal child 
support enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. HERN (for himself, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. SMUCKER, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. LAHOOD) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To improve the effectiveness and available tools of State 
and tribal child support enforcement agencies, 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 ‘‘Strengthening State 
and Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act’’. 
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life Service, shall finalize the proposed rule titled ‘‘Endan-
gered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the 
Apache Trout From the List of Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 54548; published August 11, 
2023). 
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897 
(2) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of De-
fense, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs and the Secretary of State, shall award 
grants to eligible entities to carry out collaborative 
research between the United States and Israel with 
respect to post-traumatic stress disorders. The Sec-
retary of Defense shall carry out the grant program 
under this subsection in accordance with the agree-
ment titled ‘‘Agreement Between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government 
of Israel on the United States-Israel Binational 
Science Foundation’’, dated September 27, 1972. 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall 
be an academic institution or a nonprofit entity lo-
cated in the United States. 
(4) AWARD.—The Secretary shall award grants 
under this subsection to eligible entities that— 
(A) carry out a research project that— 
(i) addresses a requirement in the 
area of post-traumatic stress disorders that 
the Secretary determines appropriate to re-
search using such grant; and
985 
spect to all cloud-based platforms, services, and ap-
plications capabilities operating across accredited 
cloud environments of the military departments, to 
the extent practicable. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Authorization to Operate’’ has 
the meaning given such term in the Office of Man-
agement and Budget Circular A-130; 
(2) the term ‘‘authorizing official’’ means an of-
ficer who is authorized to assume responsibility for 
operating an information system at an acceptable 
level of risk to organizational operations (including 
mission, functions, image, or reputation), organiza-
tional assets, individuals, other organizations and 
the United States; 
(3) the term ‘‘military departments’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101(a) of title 
10, United States Code; 
(4) the term ‘‘mission owner’’ means the user 
of a cloud-based platform, service, or application; 
and 
(5) the term ‘‘system owner’’ means the ele-
ment of the Department of Defense responsible for 
acquiring a cloud-based platform, service, or applica-
‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall carry out, on a random-sam-
pling basis, post-payment audits to ensure compliance 
with all requirements described in clause (i).’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘obliga-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘loan’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(10)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘forebearance’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘forbearance’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) The Secretary may prescribe loss mitigation pro-
cedures, including a mandatory sequence in which the 
holder of a loan guaranteed under this chapter shall offer 
loss mitigation options to veterans, to help prevent the 
foreclosure of any such loan.’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 3722 the following new items: 
‘‘3723. Partial Claim Program. 
‘‘3724. Civil penalties with respect to loan holders.’’. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7899 
To direct the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, to promulgate the final regulations relating to 
special registration for telemedicine. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. EZELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judi-
ciary, 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 committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, to promulgate 
the final regulations relating to special registration for 
telemedicine. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REGULATIONS RELATING TO SPECIAL REG-
ISTRATION FOR TELEMEDICINE. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall promul-
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gate the final regulations required under section 311(h)(2) 
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 831(h)(2)). 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 78 
To provide that the final rule of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 
titled ‘‘Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C)’’ shall have no force 
or effect. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide that the final rule of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection titled ‘‘Home Mortgage Disclosure 
(Regulation C)’’ shall have no force or effect. 
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 ‘‘Let Lenders Lend 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE RULE. 
The final rule issued by the Bureau of Consumer Fi-
nancial Protection titled ‘‘Home Mortgage Disclosure 
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(Regulation C)’’ (October 28, 2015; 80 Fed. Reg. 66128) 
shall have no force or effect. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7901 
To authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for rental vouchers for 
high population areas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. GALLEGO (for himself and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the appropriation of $2,000,000,000 for rental 
vouchers for high population areas, 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 ‘‘Housing Vouchers 
Fairness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RENTAL VOUCHERS FOR HIGH GROWTH POPU-
LATION AREAS. 
Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(23) RENTAL VOUCHERS FOR HIGH GROWTH 
POPULATION AREAS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, 
each year, using amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to subparagraph (B), provide additional as-
sistance in an equitable manner to each eligible 
public housing agency for tenant-based assist-
ance, based on the population in the eligible 
public housing agency, the extent to which ex-
isting voucher allocations of the eligible public 
housing agency do not meet its housing afford-
ability needs, and historical shortfalls in pro-
viding assistance to such eligible public housing 
agency as a result of voucher formula alloca-
tions not keeping pace with population growth 
over the period identified in subparagraph 
(C)(ii). 
‘‘(B) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to Secretary to carry out this paragraph 
$2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, and for re-
newals in each fiscal year thereafter. 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY 
DEFINED.—For the purposes of this paragraph, 
the term ‘eligible public housing agency’ means 
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a public housing agency that administers Fed-
eral housing assistance for an area that, as de-
termined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) has a population of greater than 
100,000; and 
‘‘(ii) is one of 25 areas in the United 
States that experienced the highest popu-
lation growth between 2012 to 2022.’’. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7905 
To prohibit States from imposing a tax on the retail sale of menstrual 
products. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2024 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. MENG, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 
BOWMAN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CASTEN, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. 
CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mrs. 
FOUSHEE, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. LEE 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 
MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. PETTERSEN, Ms. ROSS, 
Mr. RUIZ, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. TLAIB, 
Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. SWALWELL) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit States from imposing a tax on the retail sale 
of menstrual products. 
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 ‘‘Stop Taxes Against 
Menstrual Products Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘STAMP Act 
of 2024’’. 
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appointed from the independent category of the ap-
proved 
selection 
pool 
described 
in 
section 
202(b)(1)(C) to serve as chair of the commission. 
The commission may not take any action to develop 
a redistricting plan for the State under section 203 
until the appointment of the commission’s chair. 
(2) REQUIRING MAJORITY APPROVAL FOR AC-
TIONS.—The independent redistricting commission 
of a State may not publish and disseminate any 
draft or final redistricting plan, or take any other 
action, without the approval of at least— 
(A) a majority of the whole membership of 
the commission; and 
(B) at least one member of the commission 
appointed from each of the categories of the ap-
proved selection pool described in section 
202(b)(1). 
(3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the commission shall constitute a quorum. 
(c) STAFF; CONTRACTORS.— 
(1) STAFF.—Under a public application process 
in which all application materials are available for 
public inspection, the independent redistricting com-
mission of a State shall appoint and set the pay of 
technical experts, legal counsel, consultants, and 
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dertaken by the State pursuant to this section dur-
ing the period covered by the report, which shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) the total amount expended in the 
State for each type of use described in para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (b); 
‘‘(B) the total number of non-State organi-
zations in the State to which grant funds were 
provided, and the amount so provided to each 
such organization; 
‘‘(C) the change in the number of individ-
uals working in each job category described in 
subsection (f)(2) in an eligible setting in the 
State; 
‘‘(D) the average duration of employment 
for each such job category; 
‘‘(E) the average annual wage of workers 
in each job category described in subsection 
(f)(2) in an eligible setting in the State; 
‘‘(F) the average amount of paid time off 
to which a worker in each job category de-
scribed in subsection (f)(2) in an eligible setting 
in the State is entitled by their contract; and 
‘‘(G) such other data elements as the Sec-
retary deems relevant. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against 
Women by Illegal Aliens Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 
TO SEX OFFENSES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
STALKING, CHILD ABUSE, OR VIOLATION OF 
PROTECTION ORDER. 
(a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) SEX OFFENSES.—Any alien who has 
been convicted of, who admits having com-
mitted, or who admits committing acts which 
constitute the essential elements of a sex of-
fense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) 
of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 
Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))), or a con-
spiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmis-
sible. 
‘‘(K) DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, 
STALKING, 
CHILD ABUSE, OR VIOLATION OF PROTECTION 
ORDER.—Any alien who has been convicted of, 
who admits having committed, or who admits 
committing acts which constitute the essential 
elements of—
‘‘(i) a crime of domestic violence (as 
such 
term 
is 
defined 
in 
section 
237(a)(2)(E)); 
‘‘(ii) a crime of stalking; 
‘‘(iii) a crime of child abuse, child ne-
glect, or child abandonment; or 
‘‘(iv) a crime of violating the portion 
of a protection order (as such term is de-
fined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves 
protection against credible threats of vio-
lence, repeated harassment, or bodily in-
jury to the person or persons for whom the 
protection order was issued, 
is inadmissible.’’. 
(b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRIMES 
AGAINST CHILDREN AND’’ and inserting ‘‘AND 
CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN’’; and 
(B) in clause (i), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following ‘‘, and includes 
any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as 
such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a), regardless of 
whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding 
under that Act’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) SEX OFFENSES.—Any alien who has 
been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is 
defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 
U.S.C. 20911(5))) or a conspiracy to commit 
such an offense, is deportable.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7909 
AN ACT 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
provide that aliens who have been convicted of or 
who have committed sex offenses or domestic vio-
lence are inadmissible and deportable.