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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1796 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a sickle cell disease 
prevention and treatment demonstration program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2025 
Mr. JAMES (for himself, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. DAVIS 
of Illinois, and Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a 
sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstra-
tion program. 
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 ‘‘Sickle Cell Disease 
and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveil-
lance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. SICKLE CELL DISEASE TREATMENT PREVENTION 
AND TREATMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300b–5(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), by striking ‘‘pre-
vention and treatment of sickle cell disease’’ and in-
serting ‘‘treatment of sickle cell disease and the pre-
vention and treatment of complications of sickle cell 
disease’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking ‘‘preven-
tion and treatment of sickle cell disease’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘treatment of sickle cell disease and the preven-
tion and treatment of complications of sickle cell dis-
ease’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘enter into a contract with’’ and inserting 
‘‘make a grant to, or enter into a contract or 
cooperative agreement with,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), in each of 
clauses (ii) and (iii), by striking ‘‘prevention 
and treatment of sickle cell disease’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘treatment of sickle cell disease and the 
prevention and treatment of complications of 
sickle cell disease’’; and 
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(4) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘$4,455,000 
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$8,205,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 
through 2029’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that further research should be undertaken to ex-
pand the understanding of the causes of, and to find cures 
for, heritable blood disorders, including sickle cell disease. 
Æ 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1797 
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2025 
Ms. KING-HINDS (for herself and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American 
Samoa, 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 ‘‘Employment Services 
and Jobs Parity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2(5) of the Wagner- 
Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49a(5)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 
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(b) UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 5(b)(1) of such Act is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
American Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 
(c) ALLOTMENTS.—Section 6 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
49e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘except for Guam’’ and in-
serting ‘‘except for Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
Samoa’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘first allot to Guam and 
the Virgin Islands’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘first allot— 
‘‘(1) to Guam and the Virgin Islands’’; 
(C) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) beginning with the first fiscal year for 
which the total amount available for allotments 
under this section is greater than the total amount 
available for allotments under this section for fiscal 
year 2025, and for each succeeding fiscal year, to 
each of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands and American Samoa, an amount which is 
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‘‘(III) an identification of geo-
graphic areas where working water-
fronts are, as of the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection, under threat 
of conversion to uses incompatible 
with commercial and recreational fish-
ing, recreational fishing and boating 
businesses, aquaculture, boatbuilding, 
or other water-dependent, coastal-re-
lated business, and the level of that 
threat; 
‘‘(IV) an identification of geo-
graphic areas with a historical connec-
tion to working waterfronts where 
working waterfronts are not, as of the 
date of the enactment of this section, 
available, and, where appropriate, an 
assessment of the environmental im-
pacts of any expansion or new devel-
opment of working waterfronts on the 
coastal ecosystems of such geographic 
areas; 
‘‘(V) an identification of addi-
tional working waterfronts needs, in-
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equal to one-half of the amount allotted to Guam 
under paragraph (1) for the corresponding fiscal 
year.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter following 
subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American 
Samoa,’’ after ‘‘Guam’’. 
Æ 
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American Kenda Importer No. 31–132072100 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Solidify Iran Sanctions 
Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) requires the 
imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran’s illicit 
weapons programs, conventional weapons and bal-
listic missile development, and support for terrorism, 
including Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. 
(2) The Government of Iran has acquired de-
stabilizing conventional weapons systems from the 
Russian Federation and other malign actors, and is 
funneling weapons and financial support to its ter-
rorist proxies throughout the Middle East, threat-
ening allies and partners of the United States, such 
as Israel. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to fully imple-
ment and enforce the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF SUNSET. 
Section 13 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘; SUN-
SET’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (b). 
Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1800 
AN ACT 
To repeal the sunset provision of the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996, and for other purposes.
I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1800 
To repeal the sunset provision of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2025 
Mr. MACKENZIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Finan-
cial Services, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal the sunset provision of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996, 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 ‘‘Solidify Iran Sanctions 
Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) requires the 
imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran’s illicit 
weapons programs, conventional weapons and bal-
listic missile development, and support for terrorism, 
including Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. 
(2) The Government of Iran has acquired de-
stabilizing conventional weapons systems from the 
Russian Federation and other malign actors, and is 
funneling weapons and financial support to its ter-
rorist proxies throughout the Middle East, threat-
ening allies and partners of the United States, such 
as Israel. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to fully imple-
ment and enforce the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF SUNSET. 
Section 13 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘; SUN-
SET’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (b). 
Æ 
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IIB 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1800 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 6, 2025 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To repeal the sunset provision of the Iran Sanctions Act 
of 1996, and for other purposes. 
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 1800 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Solidify Iran Sanctions 
Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) requires the 
imposition of sanctions with respect to Iran’s illicit 
weapons programs, conventional weapons and bal-
listic missile development, and support for terrorism, 
including Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. 
(2) The Government of Iran has acquired de-
stabilizing conventional weapons systems from the 
Russian Federation and other malign actors, and is 
funneling weapons and financial support to its ter-
rorist proxies throughout the Middle East, threat-
ening allies and partners of the United States, such 
as Israel. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to fully imple-
ment and enforce the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF SUNSET. 
Section 13 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘; SUN-
SET’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (b). 
Passed the House of Representatives May 5, 2025. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1801 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the exclusion for 
certain employer payments of student loans under educational assistance 
programs permanent. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2025 
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS (for herself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
the exclusion for certain employer payments of student 
loans under educational assistance programs permanent. 
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 ‘‘Employer Participation 
in Repayment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYER PAYMENTS 
OF STUDENT LOANS UNDER EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS MADE PERMANENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 127(c)(1)(B) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘in the 
case of payments made before January 1, 2026,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to payments made after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘7(a) Loan Agent Over-
sight Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON 7(a) AGENTS. 
Section 47 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657t) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(j) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall submit 
to Congress, in addition to the report required under 
subsection (h)(2), an annual report including, for 
the calendar year covered by the report— 
‘‘(A) the number of 7(a) agents assisting 
applicants 
for 
loans 
under 
section 
7(a), 
disaggregated by the type of 7(a) agents con-
sistent with information reported on the Fee 
Disclosure and Compensation Agreement, or 
any subsequent agreement forms that collect 
such information; 
‘‘(B) the number of fraudulent loans made 
for which an applicant used services of a 7(a) 
agent; 
‘‘(C) the purchase rate by the Adminis-
trator of loans for which an applicant used 
services of a 7(a) agent;
‘‘(D) the number and aggregate dollar 
value of referral fees paid to 7(a) agents, 
disaggregated by whether the applicant or 7(a) 
lender paid such fees; 
‘‘(E) without identifying individual 7(a) 
agents by name, a consolidated analysis of the 
risk created by the individual 7(a) agents re-
sponsible for not less than 1 percent of— 
‘‘(i) the dollar value of loans made 
with the assistance of 7(a) agents; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of loans made with 
the assistance of 7(a) agents; 
‘‘(F) an analysis of interest rates on loans 
for which an applicant or 7(a) lender used serv-
ices of an agent; and 
‘‘(G) a description of how the Adminis-
trator communicates with 7(a) agents. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 7(A) AGENT.—The term ‘7(a) agent’ 
means a person who provides covered services 
on behalf of a lender or applicant. 
‘‘(B) COVERED SERVICES.—The term ‘cov-
ered services’ means— 
‘‘(i) assistance with completing an ap-
plication for a loan under section 7(a) (in-
cluding preparing a business plan, cash 
flow projections, financial statements, and 
related documents); or 
‘‘(ii) consulting, broker, or referral 
services with respect to a loan under sec-
tion 7(a).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1804 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to require a 
report on 7(a) agents, and for other purposes.
I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1804 
To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on 7(a) agents, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2025 
Mr. MEUSER (for himself and Mrs. MCIVER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to require a report on 
7(a) agents, 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 ‘‘7(a) Loan Agent Over-
sight Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON 7(a) AGENTS. 
Section 47 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657t) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(j) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1805 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend Medicare-dependent 
hospital and Medicare low-volume hospital payments, and to direct the 
Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a report on 
Medicare rural hospital classifications. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2025 
Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia (for herself and Ms. SEWELL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend 
Medicare-dependent hospital and Medicare low-volume 
hospital payments, and to direct the Comptroller General 
of the United States to carry out a report on Medicare 
rural hospital classifications. 
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 ‘‘Assistance for Rural 
Community Hospitals Act’’ or the ‘‘ARCH Act’’. 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall submit 
to Congress, in addition to the report required under 
subsection (h)(2), an annual report including, for 
the calendar year covered by the report— 
‘‘(A) the number of 7(a) agents assisting 
applicants 
for 
loans 
under 
section 
7(a), 
disaggregated by the type of 7(a) agents con-
sistent with information reported on the Fee 
Disclosure and Compensation Agreement, or 
any subsequent agreement forms that collect 
such information; 
‘‘(B) the number of fraudulent loans made 
for which an applicant used services of a 7(a) 
agent; 
‘‘(C) the purchase rate by the Adminis-
trator of loans for which an applicant used 
services of a 7(a) agent; 
‘‘(D) the number and aggregate dollar 
value of referral fees paid to 7(a) agents, 
disaggregated by whether the applicant or 7(a) 
lender paid such fees; 
‘‘(E) without identifying individual 7(a) 
agents by name, a consolidated analysis of the 
risk created by the individual 7(a) agents re-
sponsible for not less than 1 percent of— 
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‘‘(i) the dollar value of loans made 
with the assistance of 7(a) agents; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of loans made with 
the assistance of 7(a) agents; 
‘‘(F) an analysis of interest rates on loans 
for which an applicant or 7(a) lender used serv-
ices of an agent; and 
‘‘(G) a description of how the Adminis-
trator communicates with 7(a) agents. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 7(A) AGENT.—The term ‘7(a) agent’ 
means a person who provides covered services 
on behalf of a lender or applicant. 
‘‘(B) COVERED SERVICES.—The term ‘cov-
ered services’ means— 
‘‘(i) assistance with completing an ap-
plication for a loan under section 7(a) (in-
cluding preparing a business plan, cash 
flow projections, financial statements, and 
related documents); or 
‘‘(ii) consulting, broker, or referral 
services with respect to a loan under sec-
tion 7(a).’’. 
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