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Union Calendar No. 294 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5163 
[Report No. 119–342] 
To prohibit camping on public property in the District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 
Mr. TIMMONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
OCTOBER 14, 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 4, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To prohibit camping on public property in the District of 
Columbia. 
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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 ‘‘Clean and Managed 
Public Spaces Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY 
IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
Section 824 of the Act to establish a code of law for 
the District of Columbia, as approved March 3, 1901 (sec. 
22–3302, D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) Any person who, without lawful authority, en-
gages in camping outdoors on public property in the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall be fined not more than $500, impris-
oned for not more than 30 days, or both. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘camp-
ing’ means erecting, placing, maintaining, or using tem-
porary structures, including tents, tarps, and other tem-
porary shelters for living accommodation activities, includ-
ing sleeping or making preparations to sleep, sleeping in-
side or outside of a motor vehicle or making preparations 
to sleep outside of a motor vehicle, including laying down 
a sleeping bag, blanket, or other material used for bed-
ding.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 294 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 5163 
[Report No. 119–342] 
A BILL 
To prohibit camping on public property in the 
District of Columbia. 
OCTOBER 14, 2025 
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 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5164 
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 to eliminate the prohibition on indirect costs with respect 
to aquaculture assistance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 
Ms. TOKUDA (for herself and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to eliminate the prohi-
bition on indirect costs with respect to aquaculture as-
sistance, 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 ‘‘Promoting American 
Competition in Aquaculture Research Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZING AQUACULTURE ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS; TREATMENT OF INDIRECT COSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1477(a) of the Food and 
Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3324) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 
through 2030.’’. 
(b) INDIRECT COSTS.—Section 1477 of the Food and 
Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3324) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) INDIRECT COSTS.—Effective beginning on the 
date of the enactment of the Promoting American Com-
petition in Aquaculture Research Act, the limitation with 
respect to indirect costs— 
‘‘(1) under section 1462 shall apply with re-
spect to awards made under this subtitle; and 
‘‘(2) under section 1473 shall not apply with re-
spect to such awards.’’. 
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in title 51) before section 30101 as follows: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER 
I—GENERAL 
PROVI-
SIONS’’; and 
(B) inserting a subchapter heading (in 
typeface styled like other subchapter headings 
in title 51) before section 30121 (as redesig-
nated and transferred by paragraph (3)(A)) as 
follows: ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—BUDGET PRO-
VISIONS’’. 
(5) REVISION
OF
SECTION
30103.—Section 
30103 (Baselines and cost controls) of title 51, 
United States Code (as redesignated by paragraph 
(3)(B)), is amended by striking ‘‘Committee on 
Science and Technology’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology’’ in— 
(A) subsection (b)(2); 
(B) subsection (c)(1); 
(C) subsection (d)(3); 
(D) subsection (e)(1)(A) (matter before 
clause (i)); and 
(E) subsection (e)(2). 
(6) ENACTMENT
OF
SECTIONS
30104
AND 
30105.—Chapter 301 of title 51, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 30103 (Base-
lines and cost controls) (as redesignated by para-
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(A) by striking ‘‘the date of enactment of 
the Commercial Space Launch Amendments 
Act of 2004,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 23, 
2004,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Commercial Space Launch Amendments 
Act of 2004’’; and 
(6) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘the date 
of enactment of the Commercial Space Launch 
Amendments Act of 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
23, 2004,’’. 
(s) REVISION OF CHAPTER 515.— 
(1) TABLE
OF
CONTENTS.—Chapter 515 of 
title 51, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after the chapter heading the following: 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘51501. Establishment of Office of Spaceports.’’. 
(2) REVISION
OF
SECTION
51501.—Section 
51501 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), 
(c), (d), and (e) as subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), 
and (a), respectively, and transferring sub-
section (a), as redesignated, to appear at the 
beginning of the section; 
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of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the District of 
Columbia Circuit’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capital Cir-
cuit’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DIS-
TRICT COURT.—Title 28, United States Code, is amended 
as follows: 
(1) APPOINTMENT AND NUMBER OF DISTRICT 
COURT
JUDGES.—Section 133(a) of such title is 
amended in the first column by striking ‘‘District of 
Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, Douglass 
Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 
(2) DISTRICT
COURT
JURISDICTION
OF
TAX 
CASES BROUGHT AGAINST UNITED STATES.—Section 
1346(e) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘the 
District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘Washington, 
Douglass Commonwealth and the Capital’’. 
(3) DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER PRO-
CEEDINGS
FOR
FORFEITURE
OF
FOREIGN
PROP-
ERTY.—Section 1355(b)(2) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and the 
Capital’’. 
(4) DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION OVER CIVIL 
ACTIONS BROUGHT AGAINST A FOREIGN STATE.— 
Section 1391(f)(4) of such title is amended by strik-
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‘‘Subtitle D—Strategies, Reports, 
and Oversight 
‘‘SEC. 431. NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE OUTLOOK 
AND LONG-TERM STRATEGY REPORT. 
‘‘Not less than once every five years, the Director of 
the National Counterintelligence Center shall submit to the 
congressional intelligence committees a national counter-
intelligence outlook and long-term strategy report. Such re-
port shall include— 
‘‘(1) an overall forecast of the counterintelligence 
outlook and long-term strategy for the United States; 
‘‘(2) an explanation of the strategic context of 
the outlook and strategy; 
‘‘(3) an explanation of key drivers and trends of 
the outlook and strategy; 
‘‘(4) projected counterintelligence capabilities of 
the United States and of adversary foreign entities; 
‘‘(5) an identification of any risks or uncertain-
ties with respect to the outlook and strategy; 
‘‘(6) an identification of metrics or indicators 
with respect to the outlook and strategy; and 
‘‘(7) any recommendations of the Director for 
policy changes to meet future counterintelligence chal-
lenges. 
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vetting, and suspicious activity reporting for counter-
intelligence purposes. 
‘‘SEC. 413. AUTHORITY TO DIRECT AND CARRY OUT COUN-
TERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.—In carrying out the 
mission and duties of the National Counterintelligence Cen-
ter, the Director of the National Counterintelligence Center 
may— 
‘‘(1) carry out a counterintelligence activity; 
‘‘(2) direct the head of an element of the intel-
ligence community to carry out a counterintelligence 
activity; 
‘‘(3) direct the head of an element of the intel-
ligence community to receive the concurrence of the 
Director before such element carries out a counter-
intelligence activity; 
‘‘(4) access all counterintelligence information, 
including investigative and operational information, 
in the possession of an element of the intelligence com-
munity; 
‘‘(5) direct the head of department or agency of 
the Federal Government to provide the Director with 
information the Director considers necessary to carry 
out a damage assessment under section 415 or in any 
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other circumstance where the Director determines a 
damage assessment is appropriate; 
‘‘(6) direct the head of an element of the intel-
ligence community to embed within such element an 
individual designated by the Director to serve as a li-
aison between such element and the Director with re-
spect to counterintelligence activities; 
‘‘(7) delegate authority to carry out a counter-
intelligence activity to the head of an element of the 
intelligence community; and 
‘‘(8) transfer funds made available to the Na-
tional Counterintelligence Center to another depart-
ment or agency of the Federal Government to support 
counterintelligence activities of that department or 
agency. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES OF ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY.—The head of each element of the intelligence 
community— 
‘‘(1) shall carry out each counterintelligence ac-
tivity that the Director of the National Counterintel-
ligence Center directs the head of such element to 
carry out; 
‘‘(2) may not carry out a counterintelligence ac-
tivity with respect to which the Director of the Na-
tional Counterintelligence Center directs the head of 
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such element to receive the concurrence of the Director 
before such element carries out such counterintel-
ligence activity until the head of such element receives 
such concurrence; 
‘‘(3) provide access to all counterintelligence in-
formation in the possession of such element that is re-
quested by the Director of the National Counterintel-
ligence Center; 
‘‘(4) provide information as the Director of the 
National Counterintelligence Center considers nec-
essary to carry out a damage assessment under sec-
tion 415 or in any other circumstance where the Di-
rector determines a damage assessment is appro-
priate; 
‘‘(5) embed within such element an individual 
designated by the Director to serve as a liaison be-
tween such element and the Director with respect to 
counterintelligence activities; and 
‘‘(6) promptly notify the Director of the National 
Counterintelligence Center of— 
‘‘(A) each counterintelligence investigation 
initiated by the head of such element; and 
‘‘(B) any intended or pending arrest of a 
person in a counterintelligence investigation. 
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(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) $6,000,000 for the period beginning 
on October 1, 2025, and ending on November 
21, 2025.’’. 
SEC. 211. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND. 
Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year 2027’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$1,804,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$664,000,000’’. 
TITLE III—HUMAN SERVICES 
SEC. 301. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION EXTEN-
SION. 
Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
710) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘2023, for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending 
on November 17, 2023, for the period be-
ginning on November 18, 2023, and end-
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5169 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide 
a clear definition of adequate consideration for certain closely held stock, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 
Mr. ALLEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 to provide a clear definition of adequate consid-
eration for certain closely held stock, 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 ‘‘Retire through Owner-
ship Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDING ADEQUATE CONSIDERATION DEFINI-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(18) of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
1002(18)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as sub-
clauses (I) and (II), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘The term’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) For purposes of clause (ii) of subparagraph (A), 
a fiduciary of an employee stock ownership plan (as de-
fined in section 407(d)(6)) may in good faith rely upon 
a valuation provided by an independent valuation or busi-
ness appraiser if such expert or appraiser relied upon the 
principles and methodologies set forth in Internal Revenue 
Service Revenue Ruling 59–60 (as amplified, clarified, dis-
tinguished, or modified from time to time) in determining 
the fair market value of the asset.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to determinations 
described in section 3(18)(B) of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002(18)(B)) (as 
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added by such subsection) that are made on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 516 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track 
maintenance credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2025 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of California) 
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 modify 
the railroad track maintenance credit. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF RAILROAD TRACK MAINTE-
NANCE CREDIT. 
(a) INCREASE IN CREDIT AMOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 45G(b)(1)(A) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$3,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,100’’. 
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(2) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 45G of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a taxable 
year beginning after 2025, the $6,100 amount in 
subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be increased by an 
amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-
mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 
year in which the taxable year begins, deter-
mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2024’ for 
‘calendar year 2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) 
thereof. 
‘‘(2) ROUNDING.—Any increase determined 
under paragraph (1) which is not a multiple of $100 
shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED RAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE 
EXPENDITURES.—Section 45G(d) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2015’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2024’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred 
in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5170 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to preserve cable franchising 
authority, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 
Mr. BALDERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to preserve 
cable franchising authority, 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 ‘‘Cable Access for 
Broadband and Local Economic Leadership Act’’ or the 
‘‘CABLE Leadership Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUEST FOR NEW FRANCHISE. 
Section 621 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 541) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(g) TIMING OF DECISION ON REQUEST FOR FRAN-
CHISE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date on which a franchising authority re-
ceives a complete request for the grant of a fran-
chise (other than a renewal thereof), the franchising 
authority shall approve or deny such request. 
‘‘(2) DEEMED GRANT OF NEW FRANCHISE.—If 
the franchising authority does not approve or deny 
a request under paragraph (1) by the day after the 
date on which the time period ends under such para-
graph, such request shall be deemed granted on such 
day. 
‘‘(3) 
APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding 
any 
provision of this title, the timeframe under para-
graph (1) shall apply collectively to all proceedings 
required by a franchising authority for the approval 
of the request. 
‘‘(4) NO TOLLING.—The timeframe under para-
graph (1) may not be tolled by any moratorium, 
whether express or de facto, imposed by a fran-
chising authority on the consideration of any request 
for a franchise. 
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A BILL 
To increase the mandatory minimum sentences applicable 
to certain crimes in the District of Columbia, and for 
other purposes. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5171 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule relating 
to gray wolves. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 
Mr. BENTZ (for himself and Mr. NEWHOUSE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final 
rule relating to gray wolves. 
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 ‘‘Pacific Northwest 
Gray Wolves Relief Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE RELATING TO GRAY 
WOLVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall reissue the final rule titled ‘‘Endangered and 
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Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf 
(Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threat-
ened Wildlife’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 69778; November 3, 2020). 
(b) APPLICATION.—The final rule reissued under 
subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to gray wolf 
populations in the States of Oregon and Washington. 
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‘‘(i) an agent or broker act in accord-
ance with a standard of conduct that in-
cludes a duty of such agent or broker to 
act in the best interests of the enrollee; 
‘‘(ii) a field marketing organization or 
third-party marketing organization agree 
to report the termination of an agent or 
broker to the applicable State and the Sec-
retary, including the reason for termi-
nation; and 
‘‘(iii) an agent, broker, field mar-
keting organization, or third-party mar-
keting organization— 
‘‘(I) meet such marketing re-
quirements as are required by the 
Secretary; 
‘‘(II) meet marketing require-
ments in accordance with other appli-
cable Federal or State law; 
‘‘(III) does not employ practices 
that are confusing or misleading, as 
determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(IV) submit all marketing mate-
rials to the Secretary for, as deter-
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