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ated in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty; 
and 
(D) the House of Representatives— 
(i) strongly supports the decision at 
the NATO Wales Summit in 2014 that 
each alliance member would aim to spend 
at least 2 percent of its nation’s gross do-
mestic product on defense by 2024; 
(ii) condemns any threat to the sov-
ereignty, territorial integrity, freedom and 
democracy of any NATO ally; and 
(iii) welcomes the Republic of Monte-
negro as the 29th member of the NATO 
Alliance. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the President shall not withdraw the United 
States from NATO; and 
(2) the case Goldwater v. Carter is not control-
ling legal precedent with respect to the withdrawal 
of the United States from a treaty. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to remain a member in good standing of 
NATO; 
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by the outbreak and response to COVID-19: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts distributed under paragraph (1) or (2) 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any non- 
Federal funds that a State or such other jurisdiction 
would otherwise provide to cities, counties, parishes, or 
other units of general local government of the State or 
other jurisdiction: Provided further, That nothing in para-
graph (1) or (2) shall be construed as prohibiting a metro-
politan city and a county or parish that have formed a 
consolidated government from each receiving a distribu-
tion under paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this heading, the population 
of an entity shall be determined based on the most recent 
year for which data are available from the Bureau of the 
Census: Provided further, That, except as provided in 
paragraphs (1) and (2), no requirement or limitation ap-
plicable to funds provided under title I of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.) shall apply to funds made available under this head-
ing and distributed under such paragraphs: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 674 
To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety 
or gun violence prevention. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2019 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. KING of New York, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. TORRES 
of California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. LEVIN of 
Michigan, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Ms. SHALALA, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LANGEVIN, 
Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. FOSTER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
BEYER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. TONKO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. JOHNSON 
of Texas, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. CLAY, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. ROUDA, 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. WEXTON, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. WILSON of Flor-
ida, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. WELCH, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SOTO, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
HILL of California, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 
PANETTA, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. NADLER, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. DEAN, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, and Ms. 
ROYBAL-ALLARD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or sup-
porting research on firearms safety or gun violence pre-
vention. 
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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 ‘‘Gun Violence Preven-
tion Research Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH BY CDC ON FIREARMS 
SAFETY OR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention $50,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2020 through 2025 for the purpose of con-
ducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun 
violence prevention under the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). The amount authorized to be ap-
propriated by the preceding sentence is in addition to any 
other amounts authorized to be appropriated for such pur-
pose. 
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such manner, and containing such information as 
the Attorney General may require, which shall in-
clude— 
(A) a proposal for the evaluation required 
in accordance with subsection (a)(1); and 
(B) the amount of assistance under sub-
section (a)(2) the entity is requesting, if any. 
(2) REVIEW AND ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An employee of the De-
partment of Justice, after consultation with an 
employee of the Department of Health and 
Human Services with expertise in evaluation 
methodology, shall review each application de-
scribed in subsection (b) and determine whether 
the methodology described in the proposal 
under paragraph (1)(A) is adequate to gather 
meaningful information. 
(B) DENIAL.—If the reviewing employee 
determines the methodology described in such 
proposal is inadequate, the reviewing employee 
shall recommend that the Attorney General 
deny the application for the grant, or make rec-
ommendations for how the application should 
be modified. 
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(C) NOTICE TO APPLICANT.—If the Attor-
ney General denies the application on the basis 
of such proposal, the Attorney General shall in-
form the applicant of the reasons the applica-
tion was denied, and offer assistance to the ap-
plicant in modifying the proposal. 
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(iii) a description of how the project 
will meet the purposes described in section 
203D(d)(3) of the Emergency Food Assist-
ance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)(3)); 
and 
(iv) a timeline of when the project will 
begin operating. 
(B) REALLOCATION.—If the Secretary de-
termines that a State will not expend all the 
funds allocated to the State under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall reallocate the un-
expended funds to other eligible States. 
(C) REPORT.—Each State that receives 
funds allocated under this paragraph shall sub-
mit to the Secretary financial reports on a reg-
ular basis describing the use of the funds. 
(4) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives 
funds under section 203D(d)(5) of the Emer-
gency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
7507(d)(5)) may— 
(i) receive funds under this section; 
and 
(ii) use funds received under this sec-
tion— 
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IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1268 
Of inquiry directing the President to provide certain documents in the Presi-
dent’s possession to the House of Representatives relating to actions 
taken by the Secretary of Health and Human Services related to the 
COVID–19 pandemic response. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2022 
Mr. GUTHRIE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Of inquiry directing the President to provide certain docu-
ments in the President’s possession to the House of 
Representatives relating to actions taken by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services related to the 
COVID–19 pandemic response. 
Resolved, That, not later than 14 days after the adop-
tion of this resolution, the President is directed to furnish 
to the House of Representatives copies of any document 
or communication in the President’s possession that refers 
or relates to actions taken by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services related to the COVID–19 pandemic re-
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‘‘(B) PROVISION
TO
NON-PROFIT
ENTI-
TIES.—NCMEC may provide hash values or 
similar technical identifiers associated with vis-
ual depictions provided in a CyberTipline report 
or submission to the child victim identification 
program described in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) 
of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention 
Act 
of 
1974 
(34 
U.S.C. 
11293(b)(1)(K)(ii)) to a non-profit entity for 
the sole and exclusive purpose of preventing 
and curtailing the online sexual exploitation of 
children.’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after 
‘‘(1)’’; 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or submission 
to the child victim identification pro-
gram 
described 
in 
section 
404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention Act 
of 
1974 
(34 
U.S.C. 
11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’ 
after 
‘‘CyberTipline report’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The elements authorized 
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under paragraph (1)(B) shall be lim-
ited to hash values or similar tech-
nical identifiers associated with visual 
depictions provided in a CyberTipline 
report or submission to the child vic-
tim identification program described 
in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Ju-
venile Justice and Delinquency Pre-
vention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 
11293(b)(1)(K)(ii)).’’; and 
(C) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or to 
the child victim identification program de-
scribed in section 404(b)(1)(K)(ii) of the Juve-
nile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (34 U.S.C. 11293(b)(1)(K)(ii))’’ after 
‘‘CyberTipline’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6754 
To provide clarification regarding the tax treatment of expenses paid or 
incurred with proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program loans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2020 
Mrs. FLETCHER (for herself, Ms. CRAIG, and Mr. KIM) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide clarification regarding the tax treatment of ex-
penses paid or incurred with proceeds from Paycheck 
Protection Program loans. 
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 the Pay-
check Protection Program Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF TAX TREATMENT OF EXPENSES 
PAID OR INCURRED WITH PROCEEDS FROM 
PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and notwithstanding any other provi-
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sion of law, any deduction and the basis of any property 
shall be determined without regard to whether any amount 
is excluded from gross income under section 1106(i) of 
the CARES Act. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF EXCLUSION OF LOAN FOR-
GIVENESS.—Section 1106(i) of the CARES Act is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) TAXABILITY.—For purposes of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, no amount shall be included in the 
gross income of the eligible recipient by reason of forgive-
ness of indebtedness described in subsection (b).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Subsection (a) and the 
amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect as 
if included in section 1106 of the CARES Act. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6761 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to 
provide financial assistance to States in eradicating the Asian giant 
hornet, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2020 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant 
program to provide financial assistance to States in 
eradicating the Asian giant hornet, 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 ‘‘Murder Hornet Eradi-
cation Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. MURDER HORNET ERADICATION PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall establish a program to provide financial assist-
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ance to States for management, research, and public edu-
cation activities necessary to— 
(1) eradicate the Asian giant hornet; and 
(2) restore bee populations damaged by the 
Asian giant hornet. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A State is eligible to receive funds 
under this section if such State has demonstrated to the 
Secretary sufficient need for a program to implement 
measures to eradicate the Asian giant hornet. 
(c) COST SHARING.— 
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs of the program may not exceed 75 percent 
of the total costs of the program. 
(2) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Fed-
eral share of the costs of the program may be pro-
vided in the form of in-kind contributions of mate-
rials or services. 
(d) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
Not more than 5 percent of financial assistance provided 
by the Secretary under this section may be used for ad-
ministrative expenses. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For fi-
nancial assistance under this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary $4,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 
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(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ASIAN GIANT HORNET.—The term ‘‘Asian 
giant hornet’’ means a Vespa mandarinia. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and the 
territories and insular possessions of the United 
States. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6762 
To provide COVID–19 related assistance through a special earned income 
rule for purposes of the refundable child and earned income credits 
for taxable year 2020. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2020 
Mr. HIGGINS of New York (for himself and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To provide COVID–19 related assistance through a special 
earned income rule for purposes of the refundable child 
and earned income credits for taxable year 2020. 
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 ‘‘COVID-19 Earned In-
come Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR DETERMINING EARNED IN-
COME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the earned income (as defined 
in section 32(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) 
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of a taxpayer for the applicable taxable year is less than 
the earned income (as so defined) of the taxpayer for the 
preceding taxable year, the credits allowed under sections 
24(d) and 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may, 
at the election of the taxpayer, be determined by sub-
stituting— 
(1) such earned income for the preceding tax-
able year; for 
(2) such earned income for the applicable tax-
able year. 
(b) APPLICABLE TAXABLE YEAR.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘applicable taxable year’’ means tax-
able year 2020. 
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spect to activities carried out, on or after the date 
of the conveyance, on real property conveyed. The 
United States shall remain responsible for any liabil-
ity with respect to activities carried out, before such 
date, on the real property conveyed. 
(c) PROPERTY.—The property to be conveyed is part 
of Sections 1 and 12 Township 45 North Range 6 West 
of the 5th P.M. in Montgomery Co. Mo. described as fol-
lows: 
(1) A tract of land being 60’ wide and lying 
South and East of and adjoining the centerline of 
the existing levee and being described as follows: 
Commencing at the NW corner of Section 12, thence 
S 87° 52’ 35’’ E 587.4’, thence S 01° 29’ 25’’ W 
453.68’ to the point of the beginning; said point 
being in the center of the levee, thence with the cen-
terline of the levee N 77° 01’ 30’’ E 164.92’, thence 
N 74° 26’ 55’’ E 250.0’, thence N 72° 27’ 55’’ E 
270.0’, thence N 69° 06’ 10’’ E 300.0’, thence N 
66° 42’ 15’’ E 500.0’, thence N 64° 14’ 30’’ E 
270.0’, thence N 61° 09’ 10’’ E 800.0’, thence N 
60° 58’ 15’’ E 1724.45’, thence leaving the center-
line S 01° 10’ 35’’ W 69.43’, thence parallel with 
the above described centerline S 60° 58’ 15’’ W 
1689.62’, thence S 61° 09’ 10’’ W 801.71’, thence 
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President declares the end of the COVID–19 public 
health emergency first declared by the Secretary on 
January 31, 2020. 
(2) SUCCESSOR.—Upon the termination of the 
task force under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
establish a permanent Infectious Disease Racial and 
Ethnic Disparities Task Force based on the mem-
bership, convening, and reporting requirements rec-
ommended by the task force in reports submitted 
under this section. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated, such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
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extent practicable, that recipients of covered grants 
represent— 
(A) diverse geographical areas of the 
United States; and 
(B) States, political subdivisions of States, 
and Indian Tribes of varying population sizes. 
(4) FREE TO TENANTS.—A tenant may not be 
charged for participating in landlord-tenant medi-
ation funded by a covered grant. 
(e) OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS.—For each year of 
a covered grant received by an eligible entity, the eligible 
entity shall submit to the Secretary a report that— 
(1) describes how the eligible entity used the 
grant funds during that year; and 
(2) includes any performance data, relating to 
programs funded by the covered grant, that the eli-
gible entity submitted to a State or political subdivi-
sion thereof, if applicable. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6765 
To cancel and waive certain debts owed to the United States with respect 
to Hurricane Sandy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2020 
Mr. KIM (for himself, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. SIRES) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Fi-
nancial Services, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To cancel and waive certain debts owed to the United States 
with respect to Hurricane Sandy, 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 ‘‘Security After Sandy 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY DISASTER LOAN FORGIVENESS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, repay-
ment shall be canceled for all uncollected amounts owed 
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with respect to loans made by the Federal Government 
between January 1, 2006, and January 1, 2020, under 
section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184) with respect 
to any major disaster declared under section 401 of such 
Act. 
SEC. 3. WAIVER OF DEBT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subchapter II of 
chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Adminis-
tration, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-
ministration— 
(1) subject to paragraph (2), shall waive a debt 
owed to the United States related to covered assist-
ance provided to an individual or household if— 
(A) such debt owed is a result of an unau-
thorized use of funds for such covered assist-
ance; and 
(B) the use of funds related to the same 
recovery for which the covered assistance was 
provided; and 
(2) may not waive a debt under paragraph (1) 
if the debt involves fraud by the debtor. 
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(b) COVERED ASSISTANCE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered assistance’’ means Federal assist-
ance provided in relation to a major disaster declared by 
the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170) between January 1, 2006, and January 1, 2020. 
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