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plans offered through an Exchange as part 
of the chain of enrollment. 
‘‘(iii) MARKETING.—The term ‘mar-
keting’ means the use of marketing mate-
rials to provide information to current and 
prospective enrollees in a qualified health 
plan offered through an Exchange. 
‘‘(iv) MARKETING
MATERIALS.—The 
term ‘marketing materials’ means mate-
rials relating to a qualified health plan of-
fered through an Exchange or benefits of-
fered through an Exchange that— 
‘‘(I) are intended— 
‘‘(aa) to draw an individual’s 
attention to such plan or the pre-
mium tax credits or cost-sharing 
reductions for such plan or plans 
offered through an Exchange; 
‘‘(bb) to influence an indi-
vidual’s decision-making process 
when selecting a qualified health 
plan in which to enroll; or 
‘‘(cc) to influence an enroll-
ee’s decision to stay enrolled in 
such plan; and 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 287 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5349 
[Report No. 119–335] 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve services provided 
to taxpayers by the Internal Revenue Service by providing greater judicial 
review. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2025 
Mr. MORAN (for himself and Ms. SEWELL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
OCTOBER 3, 2025 
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 September 15, 2025] 
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U.S.C. 60101 note; Public Law 107–355), 
shall be used to carry out section 12 of 
such Act; and 
‘‘(ii) $12,000,000 shall be used for 
making grants; and 
‘‘(D) $31,500,000 for fiscal year 2029, of 
which— 
‘‘(i) $2,000,000, pursuant to the au-
thority in section 12(f) of the Pipeline 
Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (49 
U.S.C. 60101 note; Public Law 107–355), 
shall be used to carry out section 12 of 
such Act; and 
‘‘(ii) $12,500,000 shall be used for 
making grants. 
‘‘(3) UNDERGROUND
NATURAL
GAS
STORAGE 
FACILITY
SAFETY
ACCOUNT.—From fees collected 
under section 60302, there is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary to carry out section 
60141 $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2029. 
‘‘(4) RECRUITMENT
AND
RETENTION.—From 
amounts made available to the Secretary under 
paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary shall use, to 
carry out section 104(a) of the PIPES Act of 2025 
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SEC. 5. REGULATORY UPDATES. 
(a) DEFINITION OF OUTSTANDING MANDATE.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘outstanding mandate’’ means— 
(1) a final rule required to be issued under the 
Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Cre-
ation Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–90) that has not 
been published in the Federal Register; 
(2) a final rule required to be issued under the 
PIPES Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–183) that has 
not been published in the Federal Register; 
(3) a final rule required to be issued under the 
PIPES Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–260) that has 
not been published in the Federal Register; and 
(4) any other final rule regarding gas or haz-
ardous liquid pipeline facilities that— 
(A) has not been published in the Federal 
Register; and 
(B) is required to be issued under this Act 
or any other Act. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) PERIODIC
UPDATES.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 30 days thereafter until each outstanding 
mandate is published in the Federal Register, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall publish on a pub-
licly available website of the Department of Trans-
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(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate. 
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‘‘(1) has demonstrated experience in supporting 
or implementing service-learning programs; and 
‘‘(2) is a community-based entity, a non-profit 
organization that provides training or direct support 
to teachers, youth workers, and students, or the 
State Commission on National and Community 
Service established for the State under section 
178.’’. 
(c) AWARDS.—Section 112A of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12524) is 
amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ALLOT-
MENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘AWARDS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘through fis-
cal year 2025’’ after ‘‘any fiscal year’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for the fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘for any fiscal year through 
fiscal year 2025’’; and 
(B) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
inserting 
‘‘through fiscal year 2025’’ after ‘‘any fiscal 
year’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘before fiscal 
year 2026’’ after ‘‘a fiscal year’’; and 
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retary shall carry out a program under which 
the Secretary makes allocations to States, in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (B), to carry out 
the scholarship program under subsection (b). 
(B) ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.—From the 
amount appropriated to carry out this section 
for each fiscal year and not reserved under 
paragraph (2), each State that has an applica-
tion approved by the Secretary under subpara-
graph (C) shall be allocated an amount in pro-
portion to number of students enrolled in the 
public elementary schools and secondary schools 
in the State for the previous school year relative 
to the total number of students enrolled in the 
public elementary schools and secondary schools 
for such school year in every State that has an 
application approved by the Secretary under 
such subparagraph. 
(C) STATE APPLICATION.—To be eligible 
to receive an allocation under subparagraph 
(B), a State shall submit an application to the 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary 
may require. 
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‘‘(i) shall consider historical practices 
and all available research conducted re-
garding minimum pressure and contem-
poraneous records on transmission pipe-
lines; and 
‘‘(ii) may consider the need for any 
additional research or analyses needed to 
demonstrate the adequacy of any strength 
testing performed. 
‘‘(D) APPLICABILITY
OF
FACA.—Chapter 
10 of title 5 shall not apply to the Working 
Group. 
‘‘(E) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
the PIPES Act of 2025, the Working Group 
shall submit to the Secretary the report pro-
duced under paragraph (2), including any mi-
nority views. 
‘‘(3) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days 
after receiving the report described in paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding 
under section 60102 to revise, or make a technical 
correction to, the maximum allowable operating 
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pressure reconfirmation regulations issued pursuant 
to this section.’’. 
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INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 
$665,329,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 
of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 
Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe-
ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 
health, $312,700,000. 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 
the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 
151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to global health, $473,200,000, of which 
$293,200,000 shall remain available through September 
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shall be available for the period April 1, 2026 
through June 30, 2027; 
(D) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 
Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 
169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027; and 
(E) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities 
through apprenticeships only registered under 
the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 
to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-
able to the Secretary to carry out activities 
through grants, cooperative agreements, con-
tracts and other arrangements, with States and 
other appropriate entities, including equity 
intermediaries and business and labor industry 
partner intermediaries, which shall be available 
for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 
2027. 
Provided, That of the amounts made available for this 
heading by section 1112 of Public Law 119–4 on October 
1, 2025, $712,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$6,582,279,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
general 
medical 
sciences, 
$3,265,679,000, of which $1,365,002,000 shall be from 
funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-
vided, That not less than $455,956,000 is provided for the 
Institutional Development Awards program. 
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 
CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,759,078,000: Provided, That amounts made available 
for the Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy 
Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative shall 
come from amounts made available solely under this head-
ing. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$896,549,000. 
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(6) VOLUNTEER
SERVICE
WORK.—The term 
‘‘volunteer service work’’— 
(A) means unpaid acts of volunteer service 
conducted for or on behalf of a government or 
other nonprofit organization, which may include 
a community-based organization, faith-based or-
ganization, school, national service program, 
civic or fraternal service organization, local gov-
ernment agency, or other such organization; 
and 
(B) does not include acts of proselytizing, 
conducting worship services, religious instruc-
tion, political lobbying, court ordered service, or 
service conducted primarily for the benefit of 
the family of a student eligible for a scholarship 
under section 3. 
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SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LIMITS ON PAYMENTS OF 
PENSION. 
Section 5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2031’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2031’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 530 
AN ACT 
To provide for a study by the National Academies 
of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on the 
prevalence and mortality of cancer among indi-
viduals who served as active duty aircrew in the 
Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
and after such lapse, to carry out section 27 of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036). 
(c) EXCEPTED FROM FURLOUGH.—Any services of 
an officer, employee, or contractor to carry out section 27 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036) 
(including with respect to executing orders for the dis-
tribution of commodities) shall be deemed, for purposes 
of section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, as services 
for emergencies involving the safety of human life or the 
protection of property. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect as if enacted on September 
30, 2025. 
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(B) documentation and development infor-
mation sufficient to access any such interface 
and feature. 
(3) COMPLIANCE.—A covered company shall be 
in compliance with the requirements described under 
paragraph (2) if that company— 
(A) licenses any intellectual property that 
the developer of an app needs to access any 
interface or hardware or software feature of 
such operating system; or 
(B) limits the interfaces and hardware and 
software features of the operating system gen-
erally available to the covered company and any 
businesses partner of the company to interfaces 
and hardware and software features that do not 
implicate such intellectual property rights. 
(b) PROHIBITIONS.— 
(1) EXCLUSIVITY AND TYING.—A covered com-
pany may not— 
(A) require, as a condition for an app to 
be accessible on an operating system or distrib-
uted through an app store that is owned or con-
trolled by the covered company, that— 
(i) a developer of the app use or en-
able an in-app payment system owned or 
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controlled by the covered company or any 
business partner of the covered company; 
or 
(ii) pricing or other terms of sale be 
equal to or more favorable on such oper-
ating system or app store than on another 
operating system or app store; or 
(B) take punitive action or otherwise im-
pose less favorable terms and conditions against 
a developer of an app distributed outside of an 
app store that is owned or controlled by the 
covered company— 
(i) for using or offering different pric-
ing or other terms of sale on an app store 
or through an in-app payment system that 
is not owned or controlled by the covered 
company; or 
(ii) on the basis that such app pro-
vides access to a third-party app that is 
not owned or controlled by the covered 
company through remote electronic services 
rather than through download from an op-
erating system or an app store that is 
owned or controlled by the covered com-
pany. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES TO PER-
MIT WITHOUT RESTRICTION VISITATION BY 
CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) MEDICARE.—Section 1819(c)(3) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–3(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) permit immediate access to a resident 
by not less than 1 individual that such resident 
designates, subject to the right of such resident 
to deny or withdraw consent or such designa-
tion at any time, but not subject to any other 
restriction or limitation on such access.’’. 
(b) MEDICAID.—Section 1919(c)(3) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396l(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in subsection (E), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve 
services provided to taxpayers by the Internal Revenue 
Service by providing greater judicial review. 
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(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘local educational agency’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) a local educational agency, or a con-
sortium of 2 or more local educational agencies, 
in the State.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 112(d) of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12523(d)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational agency 
described in section 111A(3)(A) may designate, to receive 
an allotment or competitive grant for the State edu-
cational agency in accordance with section 112A, and 
carry out the functions of the agency under this part, a 
statewide entity that— 
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(B) recommend additional areas for the 
development of national standards for the ac-
creditation of law enforcement agencies in con-
sultation with existing law enforcement accredi-
tation organizations, professional law enforce-
ment associations, labor organizations, commu-
nity-based organizations, and professional civil-
ian oversight organizations. 
(3) CONTINUING
ACCREDITATION
PROCESS.— 
The Attorney General shall adopt policies and proce-
dures to partner with law enforcement accreditation 
organizations, professional law enforcement associa-
tions, labor organizations, community-based organi-
zations, and professional civilian oversight organiza-
tions to— 
(A) continue the development of further 
accreditation standards consistent with para-
graph (2); and 
(B) encourage the pursuit of accreditation 
of Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforce-
ment agencies by certified law enforcement ac-
creditation organizations. 
(b) USE
OF
FUNDS
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
502(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5305 
To require any amounts remaining in the Members’ Representational Allow-
ance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and 
used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. VINDMAN, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. GROTHMAN) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
House Administration 
A BILL 
To require any amounts remaining in the Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to 
be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduc-
tion or to reduce the Federal debt, 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 ‘‘Congressional Money 
Returned to America Act’’ or the ‘‘Congressional MRA 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL 
ALLOWANCE 
TO 
BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO RE-
DUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any amounts appropriated for the Members’ 
Representational Allowance of the House of Representa-
tives for a fiscal year which remain after all payments are 
made under such Allowance for the year shall be deposited 
in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there 
is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have 
been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 
authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2026 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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‘‘(2) COVERED
COURSE
OR
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘covered course or program’ means a course or 
program that is offered by the Academy— 
‘‘(A) in-person and on-campus; 
‘‘(B) in-person and off-campus; or 
‘‘(C) through synchronous or asynchronous 
virtual instruction. 
‘‘(3) COVERED EXPENSE.—The term ‘covered 
expense’ means any expense that a fire department 
incurred for the planned participation of the per-
sonnel of such fire department in a covered course 
or program, including the following: 
‘‘(A) Any travel expense. 
‘‘(B) Any backfill expense. 
‘‘(4) GOOD CAUSE.—The term ‘good cause’ in-
cludes the following: 
‘‘(A) The closure of a facility of the Acad-
emy. 
‘‘(B) The illness or unavailability of an in-
structor of the Academy. 
‘‘(C) A national emergency that impedes 
access to a facility of the Academy by a student 
or faculty member of the Academy. 
‘‘(5) LARGE-SCALE
CANCELLATION
ACTION.— 
The term ‘large-scale cancellation action’ means an 
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