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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2774 
To amend section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 to impose a deadline 
for initiating the repair or restoration of project under such section, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Mr. HARDER of California (for himself and Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 to 
impose a deadline for initiating the repair or restoration 
of project under such section, 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 ‘‘Safeguarding Our Lev-
ees Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS. 
Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 (33 
U.S.C. 701n(a)) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(6) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days 
after receiving from a non-Federal sponsor of a 
project a request to repair or rehabilitate a flood 
control work described in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall initiate the repair or restoration of such 
flood control work.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(2) by inserting ‘‘25 per-
cent of’’ before ‘‘the difference’’. 
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land grant-merced for historical or tradi-
tional use on Federal land under the juris-
diction of the Secretary concerned; 
(vi) a description of the process for 
determining the permissible use of non-
native material by a community user or the 
governing body of a qualified land grant- 
merced for any of the uses described in 
subparagraphs (C) and (D) on Federal 
land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
concerned; 
(vii) a description of any applicable 
restrictions and prohibitions on historical 
or traditional uses conducted by a qualified 
land grant-merced on Federal land under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned; 
and 
(viii) a description of the process, in 
accordance with applicable law, for con-
sulting with 1 or more Indian Tribes that 
would be directly affected by a proposed 
historical or traditional use on Federal 
land by a qualified land grant-merced. 
(C) ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND MINOR 
IMPROVEMENTS.—A memorandum of under-
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2775 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess drone deployment 
to improve border security and disrupt maritime or low-altitude drug 
smuggling along the United States coastline, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Mr. HERNA´NDEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess 
drone deployment to improve border security and disrupt 
maritime or low-altitude drug smuggling along the 
United States coastline, 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 ‘‘Coastal Drone Surveil-
lance and Interdiction Assessment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT OF DRONE DEPLOYMENT TO IMPROVE 
BORDER SECURITY AND DISRUPT MARITIME 
OR LOW-ALTITUDE DRUG SMUGGLING ALONG 
THE UNITED STATES COASTLINE. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the heads of relevant Federal depart-
ments or agencies as the Secretary determines appro-
priate, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate an assessment of the effectiveness, risks, and po-
tential of drone deployment to improve border security and 
disrupt maritime or low-altitude drug smuggling along the 
United States coastline. Such assessment shall focus on 
major trafficking corridors across the United States, as 
well as on communities in remote, insular, or hard-to- 
reach areas. 
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record was received or the status of the case to 
which the record pertains; and 
(2) any report, document, or other record gen-
erated by the Department of Education in the 
course of an investigation into the compliance of an 
institution with such section. 
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‘‘(C) carry out any other activities as de-
termined necessary by the Secretary to ensure 
the safety of seafood imported or offered for 
import into the United States. 
‘‘(c) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 
grants to States to carry out the cooperative seafood 
inspection program established under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under paragraph (1), a State shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2777 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the number of 
eligible shareholders of an S corporation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Mr. HILL of Arkansas (for himself and Mr. CAREY) 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 increase 
the number of eligible shareholders of an S corporation. 
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 ‘‘S-Corporation Addi-
tional Participation Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘S-CAP Act of 
2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SHAREHOLDERS TO 
QUALIFY AS AN S CORPORATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1361(b)(1)(A) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘100’’ and inserting ‘‘250’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2025. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 277 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide protections for nonviolent 
political protesters, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2025 
Ms. GREENE of Georgia (for herself and Mr. MASSIE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addi-
tion to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide protec-
tions for nonviolent political protesters, 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 ‘‘Matthew Lawrence 
Perna Act of 2025’’. 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A non-governmental orga-
nization that applies for a grant under this section 
may only be awarded a grant under subsection (b) 
to acquire property or an interest in property if such 
organization, with respect to the property or interest 
in property— 
‘‘(A) provides such documentation as the 
Secretary determines appropriate to dem-
onstrate that the agency that is primarily re-
sponsible for managing the Coastal and Estua-
rine Resilience and Restoration Program of the 
State in which the property or interest in prop-
erty is located has provided written support of 
such agency for the grant application of such 
organization; 
‘‘(B) either— 
‘‘(i) ensures that the property or in-
terest in property is, or will be made, ac-
cessible to the public; or 
‘‘(ii) provides documentation showing 
that public access to the property or inter-
est in property is required to be restricted 
to maintain the biological integrity, biologi-
cal diversity, or environmental health of 
the property or interest in property; and 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2780 
To temporarily expand the supplemental nutrition assistance program income 
eligibility of households that include certain veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Mr. KENNEDY of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To temporarily expand the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program income eligibility of households that include cer-
tain veterans. 
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 ‘‘Setting the Table for 
Transition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXPANDED SNAP INCOME ELIGIBILITY 
OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT INCLUDE CERTAIN 
VETERANS. 
For the purpose of determining income under the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (D)(iii), the term ‘eligible 
small business’ means, with respect to any 
proceeding commenced in a taxable year— 
‘‘(I) a corporation the stock of 
which is not publicly traded, 
‘‘(II) a partnership, or 
‘‘(III) a sole proprietorship, 
if the average annual gross receipts of such 
corporation, partnership, or sole propri-
etorship for the 3-taxable-year period pre-
ceding such taxable year does not exceed 
$50,000,000. For purposes of applying the 
test under the preceding sentence, rules 
similar to the rules of paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of section 448(c) shall apply. 
‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.— 
In the case of any calendar year after 
2025, the $50,000,000 amount in clause 
(i) shall be increased by an amount equal 
to— 
‘‘(I) such dollar amount, multi-
plied by 
‘‘(II) the cost-of-living adjust-
ment determined under section 1(f)(3) 
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during the 100-day period that begins on the date a vet-
eran receives a Report of Separation (DD form 214) of 
a household that includes a member who is a veteran, only 
the income of such veteran shall be considered. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘veteran’’ means 
an individual who served in the active military, naval, or 
air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom 
under conditions other than dishonorable. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2781 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require certain secondary schools 
to display information regarding military recruiting. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia (for herself and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require certain 
secondary schools to display information regarding mili-
tary recruiting. 
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 ‘‘Engaging Next-genera-
tion Leaders in Information about Service and Training 
Act’’ or the ‘‘ENLIST Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISPLAY AT CERTAIN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF IN-
FORMATION REGARDING MILITARY RECRUIT-
ING. 
Section 503(c)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iv) shall display and make accessible to stu-
dents, during school hours, information regarding 
military recruiting.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2784 
To amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
destruction of broadband internet access service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Ms. LEE of Florida (for herself and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, 
to prohibit the destruction of broadband internet access 
service. 
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 ‘‘Stopping the Theft 
and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
PROHIBITING 
DESTRUCTION 
OF 
BROADBAND 
INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE. 
Section 1362 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘, including facilities used to 
provide broadband internet access service’’ after 
‘‘means of communication’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or by any other person or en-
tity’’ after ‘‘operated or controlled by the United 
States’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘used or intended to be used for 
the military or civil defense functions of the United 
States’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘For purposes of this section, the term ‘broadband 
internet access service’— 
‘‘(1) means a mass-market retail service by wire 
or radio that provides the capability to transmit data 
to and receive data from all or substantially all 
internet endpoints, including any capabilities that 
are incidental to and enable the operation of the 
communications service, but excluding dial-up inter-
net access service; and 
‘‘(2) includes any service that the Federal Com-
munications Commission finds to be providing a 
functional equivalent of the service described in 
paragraph (1).’’. 
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‘‘(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF WITHHELD 
FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) FUNDS WITHHELD ON OR BEFORE 
SEPTEMBER
30, 
2028.—Any funds withheld 
under subsection (a) from apportionment to any 
State on or before September 30, 2028, shall 
remain available until the end of the third fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which the 
funds are authorized to be appropriated. 
‘‘(B) FUNDS
WITHHELD
AFTER
SEP-
TEMBER
30, 2028.—No funds withheld under 
this section from apportionment to any State 
after September 30, 2028, shall be available for 
apportionment to the State. 
‘‘(2) APPORTIONMENT
OF
WITHHELD
FUNDS 
AFTER COMPLIANCE.—If, before the last day of the 
period for which funds withheld under subsection (a) 
from apportionment are to remain available for ap-
portionment to a State under paragraph (1)(A), the 
State meets the requirements of subsection (a)(3), 
the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the 
State meets the requirements, apportion to the State 
the funds withheld under subsection (a) that remain 
available for apportionment to the State. 
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‘‘(D) as determined appropriate by the 
one-stop operator or eligible provider of adult 
education and literacy activities involved, is re-
sponsible for recruitment of students in adult 
education and literacy activities and partici-
pants in workforce investment activities, provi-
sion of intensive case management, provision of 
career exploration services, and data collection 
associated with an activity specified in this sub-
paragraph.’’; 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (12) 
through (14), (15) through (21), (22) through 
(26), and (27) through (71), as paragraphs 
(13) through (15), (17) through (23), (25) 
through (29), and (31) through (75), respec-
tively; 
(E) by inserting after paragraph (11) the 
following: 
‘‘(12) CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT.—The term 
‘concurrent enrollment’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 203.’’; 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (15), as 
redesignated by subparagraph (D), the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘SEC. 253. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS TO ENTRY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—No State or local statute or reg-
ulation, or other State or local legal requirement, may pro-
hibit or have the effect of prohibiting the ability of any 
entity to provide or enhance the provision of any interstate 
or intrastate telecommunications service. 
‘‘(b) PLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, OR MODIFICA-
TION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION.—The 
regulation of the placement, construction, or modi-
fication of a telecommunications service facility by a 
State or local government or instrumentality thereof 
may not discriminate— 
‘‘(A) among telecommunications service fa-
cilities— 
‘‘(i) based on the technology used to 
provide services; or 
‘‘(ii) based on the services provided; 
or 
‘‘(B) against telecommunications service 
facilities, as compared to the regulation of the 
placement, construction, or modification of 
other facilities. 
‘‘(2) TIMEFRAME
TO
GRANT
OR
DENY
RE-
QUESTS.— 
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agency involved in the deter-
mination being appealed or 
mediated; 
‘‘(BB) provides an op-
portunity for a fair hearing 
for any institution or family 
or group day care home de-
termined to have a serious 
deficiency finding or inad-
equate 
corrective 
action 
plan; and 
‘‘(CC) provides for the 
evaluation and resolution of 
disputes over State agency 
requirements on institutions 
or family or group day care 
homes that are in addition 
to those required under Fed-
eral law; 
‘‘(cc) timeframes for accept-
able corrective action plans for 
group or family day care homes 
that are consistent with correc-
tive action timeframes for child 
care centers; and 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2791 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount 
of housing loan guaranty entitlement available to certain veterans under 
the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Mr. MILLER of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the 
maximum amount of housing loan guaranty entitlement 
available to certain veterans under the laws administered 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INCREASE TO MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF HOUSING 
LOAN GUARANTY ENTITLEMENT AVAILABLE 
TO CERTAIN VETERANS. 
Clause (ii) of section 3703(a)(1)(C) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent 
of the Freddie Mac conforming loan limit’’ and inserting 
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‘‘25 percent of the product of the Freddie Mac conforming 
loan limit multiplied by 1.5’’. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2793 
To allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2025 
Mr. PALMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare 
part A benefit. 
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 ‘‘Retirement Freedom 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS TO CHOOSE TO OPT OUT 
OF THE MEDICARE PART A BENEFIT. 
Any individual who is otherwise entitled to benefits 
under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act may 
elect (in such form and manner as may be specified by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to opt out 
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of such entitlement. Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, in the case of an individual who makes such an 
election, such individual— 
(1) may (in such form and manner as may be 
specified by the Secretary) subsequently choose to 
end such election and opt back into such entitlement 
(in accordance with a process determined by the 
Secretary) without being subject to any penalty; 
(2) shall not be required to opt out of benefits 
under title II of such Act as a condition for making 
such election; and 
(3) shall not be required to repay any amount 
paid under such part A for items and services fur-
nished prior to making such election. 
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