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A BILL 
To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform 
Act of 1998 to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary 
of Labor, and for other purposes. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Civil Works, shall establish an advisory committee broadly 
representative of the United States farming and ranching 
sectors to study and develop recommendations to address 
the impact of WOTUS regulations on United States agri-
culture and environmental protection. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) COMPOSITION.—The advisory committee 
shall be composed of 32 members, all of whom are 
farmers or ranchers, to be appointed as follows: 
(A) FARMER ASSOCIATION-NOMINATED AP-
POINTEES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—16 members shall 
be appointed by the Secretary from a list 
of candidates nominated under clause (ii). 
(ii) NOMINATIONS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall select 16 entities described in 
subclause (II), each of which shall 
nominate 1 candidate for membership 
in the advisory committee. 
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(1) The term ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection facility’’ means any of the following facilities 
that typically detain migrants on behalf of U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection: 
(A) U.S. Border Patrol stations. 
(B) Ports of entry. 
(C) Checkpoints. 
(D) Forward operating bases. 
(E) Secondary inspection areas. 
(F) Short-term custody facilities. 
(2) The term ‘‘forward operating base’’ means 
a permanent facility established by U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection in forward or remote loca-
tions, and designated as such by U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection. 
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Henry Parham was born in Emporia, Vir-
ginia, in November 1921. 
(2) At age 21, Henry Parham was drafted into 
the Army and shipped out to England in 1943 with 
the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion in preparation 
for the D-Day invasions. 
(3) The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a 
segregated Army unit, consisted of approximately 
700 African-American soldiers with the mission of 
hoisting barrage balloons designed to entangle in-
coming German planes and prevent them from con-
ducting strafing runs on ground troops. 
(4) On June 6, 1944, Private First Class 
Henry Parham and his section of the 320th Barrage 
Balloon Battalion landed at Omaha Beach. With the 
threat of enemy sniper and rifle fire ever present, 
PFC Parham’s unit performed their duties, hoisting 
their barrage balloons 2,000 feet into the air over 
the beachhead in Normandy. 
(5) For two months, Private First Class Henry 
Parham and the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion 
stood watch at Omaha Beach, keeping the pipeline 
of incoming supplies and Allied troops secure before 
returning to the United States in September 1944.
(6) After his service, Henry Parham moved to 
Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, where he lived and 
worked as a heavy equipment operator until 1986. 
There, he met and married his wife, Ethel Parham, 
to whom he was married for more than 45 years. 
(7) Henry Parham died on July 4, 2021, in 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of 99. He was 
survived by his wife, Ethel, both of whom served for 
decades as volunteers at the medical center of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, and local chapters of veterans service 
organizations. 
(8) Henry Parham was the last surviving Afri-
can-American combat veteran who took part in the 
D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF HENRY PARHAM DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINIC. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The community-based outpatient 
clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroe-
ville, Pennsylvania, shall after the date of the enactment 
of this Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Henry 
Parham Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic’’ or the 
‘‘Henry Parham VA Clinic’’. 
(b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the community-based outpatient clinic referred 
to in subsection (a) shall be considered to be a reference 
to the Henry Parham VA Clinic. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 16, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4955 
AN ACT 
To name the community-based outpatient clinic of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroe-
ville, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Henry Parham VA 
Clinic’’.
H. R. 4955 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 
An Act 
To name the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Henry Parham VA Clinic’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Henry Parham was born in Emporia, Virginia, in 
November 1921. 
(2) At age 21, Henry Parham was drafted into the Army 
and shipped out to England in 1943 with the 320th Barrage 
Balloon Battalion in preparation for the D-Day invasions. 
(3) The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a segregated 
Army unit, consisted of approximately 700 African-American 
soldiers with the mission of hoisting barrage balloons designed 
to entangle incoming German planes and prevent them from 
conducting strafing runs on ground troops. 
(4) On June 6, 1944, Private First Class Henry Parham 
and his section of the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion landed 
at Omaha Beach. With the threat of enemy sniper and rifle 
fire ever present, PFC Parham’s unit performed their duties, 
hoisting their barrage balloons 2,000 feet into the air over 
the beachhead in Normandy. 
(5) For two months, Private First Class Henry Parham 
and the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion stood watch at Omaha 
Beach, keeping the pipeline of incoming supplies and Allied 
troops secure before returning to the United States in Sep-
tember 1944. 
(6) After his service, Henry Parham moved to Wilkinsburg, 
Pennsylvania, where he lived and worked as a heavy equipment 
operator until 1986. There, he met and married his wife, Ethel 
Parham, to whom he was married for more than 45 years. 
(7) Henry Parham died on July 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, at the age of 99. He was survived by his wife, 
Ethel, both of whom served for decades as volunteers at the 
medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Pitts-
burgh, Pennsylvania, and local chapters of veterans service 
organizations. 
(8) Henry Parham was the last surviving African-American 
combat veteran who took part in the D-Day landings on June 
6, 1944.
H. R. 4955—2 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF HENRY PARHAM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS CLINIC. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The community-based outpatient clinic of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 
shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and 
designated as the ‘‘Henry Parham Department of Veterans Affairs 
Clinic’’ or the ‘‘Henry Parham VA Clinic’’. 
(b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the commu-
nity-based outpatient clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
considered to be a reference to the Henry Parham VA Clinic. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
‘‘(2) $1,962,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 
through 2031.’’. 
TITLE II—CHANGES TO JOHN H. 
CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER 
RESOURCES SYSTEM MAPS 
SEC. 201. CHANGES TO JOHN H. CHAFEE COASTAL BARRIER 
RESOURCES SYSTEM MAPS. 
(a) REPLACEMENT MAPS DESCRIBED.—Each map 
included in the set of maps referred to in section 4(a)(1) 
of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 
3503(a)(1)), as amended by this section, that relates to 
a unit of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 
System established by section 4 of the Coastal Barrier Re-
sources Act (16 U.S.C. 3503) referred to in this sub-
section is replaced in such set with the map described in 
the following list with respect to that unit and any other 
new or reclassified units depicted on that map panel: 
(1) The map entitled ‘‘Salisbury Beach Unit 
MA–01P Plum Island Unit MA–02P (1 of 2)’’ and 
dated December 18, 2020. 
(2) The map entitled ‘‘Clark Pond Unit C00 
Plum Island Unit MA–02P (2 of 2) Castle Neck 
Unit MA–03 Wingaersheek Unit C01 (1 of 2)’’ and 
dated December 18, 2020.
I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4957 
To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 
to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of Labor, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Mr. KILEY (for himself and Ms. FOXX) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform 
Act of 1998 to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary 
of Labor, 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 ‘‘Department of Labor 
Succession Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLYING VACANCIES ACT TO VACANCY IN OFFICE 
OF SECRETARY OF LABOR. 
Section 1 of the Act of April 17, 1946 (60 Stat. 91; 
29 U.S.C. 552) is amended by striking the second and 
third sentences and inserting the following: ‘‘The Deputy 
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Secretary is authorized to exercise the functions and per-
form the duties of the first assistant of the Secretary of 
Labor within the meaning of section 3345 of title 5, 
United States Code, and shall perform such other duties 
as may be required by law or prescribed by the Secretary 
of Labor.’’. 
Æ 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 204 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4957 
[Report No. 118–254] 
To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 
to a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of Labor, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Mr. KILEY (for himself and Ms. FOXX) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Additional sponsor: Mrs. MILLER of Illinois 
OCTOBER 25, 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 July 27, 2023] 
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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 ‘‘Department of Labor 
Succession Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VACANCIES 
ACT TO VACANCY IN OFFICE OF SECRETARY 
OF LABOR. 
The first section of the Act of April 17, 1946 (60 Stat. 
91; 29 U.S.C. 552) is amended by striking the second and 
third sentences and inserting the following: ‘‘The Deputy 
Secretary is authorized to exercise the functions and per-
form the duties of the first assistant of the Secretary of 
Labor within the meaning of section 3345 of title 5, United 
States Code, and shall perform such other duties as may 
be required by law or prescribed by the Secretary of 
Labor.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 204 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4957 
[Report No. 118–254] 
A BILL 
To apply the requirements of the Federal Vacancies 
Reform Act of 1998 to a vacancy in the office of 
the Secretary of Labor, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4958 
To provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple possession offenders an 
opportunity to expunge records of disposition after successful completion 
of court-imposed probation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Mr. IVEY (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. LEE of Florida, Ms. 
SCANLON, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, and Mr. MOORE 
of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide first-time, low-level, nonviolent simple possession 
offenders an opportunity to expunge records of disposi-
tion after successful completion of court-imposed proba-
tion. 
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 ‘‘Kenneth P. Thompson 
Begin Again Act’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
ELIMINATING 
AGE 
REQUIREMENT 
FOR 
EXPUNGEMENT OF CERTAIN RECORDS OF 
DISPOSITION FOR SIMPLE POSSESSION OF 
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BY NONVIOLENT 
OFFENDERS. 
Section 3607(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and the person was less than twen-
ty-one years old at the time of the offense,’’. 
Æ 
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‘‘§ 4016. Oversight 
‘‘(a) COMMUNITY MONITORING BODY.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Attorney General, in consultation with the Assistant 
Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of 
Justice, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the 
Department of Homeland Security, and Director of the 
Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Health and 
Human Services, shall establish a community monitoring 
body that shall operate independently of the Attorney Gen-
eral and of any other unit or division within the Depart-
ment of Justice and any other Federal agency. 
‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.—The Attorney General, in con-
sultation with the Assistant Attorney General for Civil 
Rights at the Department of Justice, Officer for Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties at the Department of Homeland 
Security, and Director of the Office for Civil Rights at 
the Department of Health and Human Services, and after 
obtaining input and recommendations from community or-
ganizations that provide educational services and legal 
support to incarcerated persons or otherwise advocate for 
the rights of incarcerated people and an end to solitary 
confinement, shall appoint no less than 15 people to serve 
as members of the community monitoring body. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.—Each member of the community 
monitoring body shall be a person who has survived soli-
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4977 
To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development 
Act of 2018 to provide support in high-income economy countries for 
projects involving development or processing of certain critical materials. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading 
to Development Act of 2018 to provide support in high- 
income economy countries for projects involving develop-
ment or processing of certain critical materials. 
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 ‘‘Critical Mineral Access 
Act’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4961 
To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as 
many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Mr. ARMSTRONG (for himself, Mr. FULCHER, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, 
Mr. ZINKE, and Mr. ROSENDALE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to 
the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 require ports of entry along the northern border to re-
main open as many hours per day as they were open 
prior to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MINIMUM HOURS OF OPERATION FOR PORTS 
OF ENTRY ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Com-
missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall 
ensure that the operating hours of all United States ports 
of entry located on the border between the United States 
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and Canada are equal to or greater than the operating 
hours in effect immediately before the declaration of a 
public health emergency pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result 
of confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID– 
19). 
Æ 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4964 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require adjustments 
to the thrifty food plan to be budget-neutral, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Mr. BRECHEEN (for himself and Mr. BURLISON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require 
adjustments to the thrifty food plan to be budget-neutral, 
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 ‘‘Thrifty Food Plan Ac-
countability Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO THE THRIFTY FOOD PLAN IN THE 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
NUTRITION 
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 3(u) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2012(u)) is amended in the matter preceding 
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paragraph (1) by inserting after the second sentence the 
following: ‘‘Each re-evaluation shall be budget-neutral and 
adjust the cost of the diet only in accordance with para-
graphs (1) through (4), as applicable.’’. 
Æ 
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graph (1) granted with respect to a physician 
for an item, service, or group of similar services 
for a plan year only if— 
‘‘(i) the MA organization— 
‘‘(I) determines that— 
‘‘(aa) less than 90 percent 
of claims submitted by such phy-
sician for such item, service, or 
group during the 90-day period 
ending on the date of such rev-
ocation would have been ap-
proved under the prior authoriza-
tion process employed by such 
plan had such process applied 
with respect to such claims; or 
‘‘(bb) in the case that fewer 
than 10 claims were submitted 
by such physician for such item, 
service, or group during the 90- 
day period ending on the date of 
such revocation, less than 90 per-
cent of the last 10 claims sub-
mitted by such physician for such 
item, service, or group as of the 
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(B) is secured by a combination lock, key 
lock, or lock based on biometric information; 
and 
(C) once locked, is incapable of being 
opened without the combination, key, or biomet-
ric information, respectively. 
(2) SAFE FIREARM STORAGE ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘Safe Firearm Storage Assistance 
Program’’ means a program— 
(A) carried out by a unit of local govern-
ment or an Indian tribe; and 
(B) solely for the purpose of acquiring and 
distributing safe firearm storage devices to the 
public. 
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