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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1540 
To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress 
regarding incidents of terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2021 
Mr. AGUILAR (for himself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. PAYNE, Miss RICE 
of New York, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. 
FLETCHER, Mr. LIEU, Mr. PANETTA, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
RYAN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. KAHELE, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. LANGEVIN, and Ms. SCANLON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies 
to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, 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 ‘‘Reporting Efficiently 
to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2021’’ 
or the ‘‘REPORT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DUTY TO REPORT. 
(a) DUTY IMPOSED.—Whenever an incident of ter-
rorism occurs in the United States, it shall be the duty 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination 
with the Attorney General and the Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, to submit to Congress, not later 
than upon completion of the investigation relating to such 
incident by the primary United States Government agency 
conducting such investigation, an unclassified report 
(which may be accompanied by a classified annex) con-
cerning such incident. 
(b) CONTENT OF REPORTS.—A report under this sec-
tion shall contain— 
(1) a statement of the facts of the incident of 
terrorism that is the subject of such report, as 
known at the time of such report; and 
(2) any recommendations for changes in prac-
tices or law, consistent with the Constitution, with 
particular attention to changes that could help pre-
vent future incidents of terrorism. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘incident 
of terrorism’’ means an event declared by the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation to be an act of terrorism. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1541 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide support to State 
and local governments in their efforts to counter violent extremist 
threats, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2021 
Mr. AGUILAR (for himself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. PAYNE, Miss RICE 
of New York, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. 
FLETCHER, Mr. LIEU, Mr. PANETTA, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. 
RYAN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. KAHELE, 
and Ms. MENG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 
support to State and local governments in their efforts 
to counter violent extremist threats, 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 ‘‘Preventing Radical Ex-
tremist’s Violent Endeavors Now and Tomorrow Act of 
2021’’ or the ‘‘PREVENT Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUPPORT TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN 
THEIR EFFORTS TO COUNTER VIOLENT EX-
TREMIST THREATS. 
Subsection (b) of section 801 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) for the purposes of countering violent ex-
tremist threats— 
‘‘(A) 
provide 
training 
from 
specially 
trained clinical social workers, psychologists, re-
ligious leaders, community leaders, and law en-
forcement personnel, to assist local efforts at 
securing the homeland; and 
‘‘(B) in coordination with the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, provide to State and local 
governments specialists, analysts, and agents 
trained to counter terrorism and White nation-
alism to assist, in the manner and degree nec-
essary, local efforts at responding to such 
threats.’’. 
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‘‘(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than July 1 of each 
year, the Commandant shall submit to Congress a 
report on the icebreaking operations conducted by 
the Coast Guard in the Great Lakes for the fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(2) CONTENT.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the total number of 
hours that United States icebreakers conducted 
icebreaking operations in each of the types of Great 
Lakes waters described in paragraph (3) and the 
total number of hours that Canadian icebreakers 
conducted icebreaking operations in the type of 
Great Lakes waters described in subparagraphs 
(3)(A) and (3)(C). 
‘‘(3) TYPES OF GREAT LAKES WATERS.—The 
types of waters described in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(A) United States waters, excluding 
waters described in subparagraph (C); 
‘‘(B) Canadian waters, excluding waters 
described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) frequent border crossing waters. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH INDUSTRY.—The Com-
mandant shall coordinate Great Lakes icebreaking oper-
ations with operators of commercial vessels. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(J) Pacific Islands. 
(K) South Atlantic-Gulf. 
(L) Upper Colorado-Basin. 
(6) NATIVE PLANT SPECIES.—The term ‘‘native 
plant species’’ means, with respect to a particular 
ecosystem, a species that, other than as a result of 
an introduction, historically occurred or currently oc-
curs in that ecosystem. 
(7) NONNATIVE OR ALIEN.—The term ‘‘non-
native or alien’’ means, with respect to a particular 
ecosystem, an organism, including the seeds, eggs, 
spores, or other biological material of the organism 
capable of propagating that species, that occurs out-
side of the natural range of the organism. 
(8) PLANT MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘plant mate-
rial’’ means a plant or the seeds, eggs, spores, or 
other biological material of a plant capable of propa-
gating the species of the plant. 
(9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM FOR NATIVE PLANT SPECIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
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matching funds, from non-Federal sources, in an amount 
equal to 25 percent of the amount of grant funds provided 
to the State educational agency to carry out the activities 
supported by the grant. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 
provided under this section shall be used to supplement, 
not supplant, other Federal or State funds available to 
carry out activities described in this section. 
(f) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may 
be necessary for fiscal year 2022 and each of the 4 suc-
ceeding fiscal years. 
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‘‘(A) the potential impact of climate risk 
on the financial stability of the United States; 
‘‘(B) the extent to which Federal and 
State financial regulatory agencies have suffi-
cient expertise on climate risk; 
‘‘(C) the quality of data available to Coun-
cil members to properly assess climate financial 
risk and any gaps in data that exist; 
‘‘(D) the extent to which supervised finan-
cial institutions are engaging in sound climate 
risk management; 
‘‘(E) the degree of coordination among 
Federal and State financial regulatory agencies 
on climate risk; 
‘‘(F) the degree of coordination by Federal 
and State financial regulatory agencies with 
international financial regulatory authorities on 
climate financial risk; 
‘‘(G) how U.S. climate financial risk disclo-
sure requirements compare to climate financial 
risk disclosure regimes in other countries and to 
other regimes that are available; and 
‘‘(H) any other areas the Council believes 
are important; and 
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vate professionals to effectively respond to sen-
ior financial exploitation. 
(c) SENIOR CITIZEN DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘senior citizen’’ means an individual over 
the age of 65. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 20, 2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
(4) any statutory or regulatory changes that 
the Comptroller believes may be needed to encourage 
more such loans. 
(c) BLOCKCHAIN STUDY.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall carry out a study on blockchain 
technology and whether such technology could be used to 
increase investment by lower-income individuals in start- 
ups and other crowd-funded companies. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) BLACK
BANK.—The term ‘‘Black bank’’ 
means an insured depository institution— 
(A) more than 50 percent of the ownership 
or control of which is held by 1 or more Black 
individuals; and 
(B) more than 50 percent of the net profit 
or loss of which accrues to 1 or more Black in-
dividuals. 
(2) CDFI.—The term ‘‘CDFI’’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘‘community development finan-
cial institution’’ under section 103 of the Commu-
nity Development Banking and Financial Institu-
tions Act of 1994. 
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(3) COMMUNITY BANK.—The term ‘‘community 
bank’’ means an insured depository institution with 
less than $100,000,000 in consolidated assets. 
(4) COMPTROLLER.—The term ‘‘Comptroller’’ 
means the Comptroller of the Currency, except when 
used in the context of the Comptroller General of 
the United States. 
(5) INSURED CREDIT UNION.—The term ‘‘in-
sured credit union’’ has the meaning given such 
term under section 101 of the Federal Credit Union 
Act. 
(6) INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘insured depository institution’’— 
(A) has the meaning given such term 
under section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Act; and 
(B) includes an insured credit union. 
(7) SECURITIES LAWS.—The term ‘‘securities 
laws’’ has the meaning given such term under sec-
tion 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78c). 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7740 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide 
that any mandatory predispute or coerced postdispute arbitration clause, 
class action waiver, representation waiver, or discretionary clause with 
respect to a plan is unenforceable, to prohibit any such clause or waiver 
from being included in a plan document or other agreement with plan 
participants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2022 
Mr. DESAULNIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 to provide that any mandatory predispute or 
coerced postdispute arbitration clause, class action waiv-
er, representation waiver, or discretionary clause with 
respect to a plan is unenforceable, to prohibit any such 
clause or waiver from being included in a plan document 
or other agreement with plan participants, 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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Medicine, including health care providers and public 
health associations, nonprofit organizations (includ-
ing those that represent communities most impacted 
by HPV-associated cancers and communities with 
low vaccination rates), State and local public health 
departments, elementary and secondary education 
organizations (including student and parent organi-
zations), and institutions of higher education, to so-
licit advice on evidence-based information for policy 
development and program development, implementa-
tion, and evaluation. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The national campaign 
required by paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) include the use of evidence-based 
media and public engagement; 
‘‘(B) be carried out through competitive 
grants or cooperative agreements awarded to 
one or more private, nonprofit entities with a 
history developing and implementing similar 
campaigns; 
‘‘(C) include the development of culturally 
and linguistically competent resources that shall 
be tailored for— 
‘‘(i) communities with high rates of— 
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of the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act of 2021, 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate a report that— 
‘‘(i) summarizes the activities of dem-
onstration projects under subparagraph 
(A); 
‘‘(ii) evaluates the extent to which the 
projects were effective in increasing aware-
ness and knowledge of risk factors and 
early warning signs in the populations to 
which the projects were directed; and 
‘‘(iii) identifies barriers to early detec-
tion and appropriate treatment of such 
cancers. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
For the purpose of carrying out this subsection,
there is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 
2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1550 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
for a public awareness campaign with respect to 
human papillomavirus, and for other purposes.
(ii) by striking ‘‘which are furnished 
by’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting ‘‘which are furnished— 
‘‘(A) by a registered dietitian or nutrition 
professional (as defined in paragraph (2)); 
‘‘(B) pursuant to a referral by— 
‘‘(i) a physician (as defined in sub-
section (r)(1)); or 
‘‘(ii) a psychologist (or other mental 
health professional to the extent authorized 
under State law); and 
‘‘(C) in the case of such services furnished 
to an individual for the purpose of management 
of such an eating disorder, at the times speci-
fied in paragraph (4).’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1)(C), the times 
specified in this paragraph are, with respect to medical 
nutrition therapy services furnished to an individual for 
purposes of management of an eating disorder, at least 
the following: 
‘‘(i) 13 hours (including a 1-hour initial assess-
ment and 12 hours of reassessment and interven-
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(A) the activities conducted under sub-
section (o) of section 317 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b), as added by sec-
tion 3; 
(B) research conducted under subsection 
(k) of such section, pursuant to the amend-
ments made by section 4; and 
(C) section 409K of the Public Health 
Service Act, as added by section 5. 
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(1) LAKE FORK WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 
land within the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 
comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 
dated llllll, which shall be known as the 
Lake Fork Wilderness. 
(2) CASTLE RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land within the Wallowa-Whitman National 
Forest comprising approximately 7,000 acres as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 
and dated llllll, which shall be known as 
the Castle Ridge Wilderness. 
(3) HOMESTEAD
WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land within the Wallowa-Whitman National 
Forest comprising approximately 6,000 acres as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 
and dated llllll, which shall be known as 
the Homestead Wilderness. 
SEC. 107. ISLANDS IN THE SKY WILDERNESS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In order to protect the unique 
and increasingly isolated ecological treasure of island 
mountain ranges in the Northern Rockies Bioregion, the 
areas described in this section are hereby designated as 
wilderness. 
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tion) during the 1-year period beginning on the date 
such individual is first furnished such services. 
‘‘(ii) Subject to subparagraph (B), 4 hours dur-
ing each subsequent 1-year period. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may apply such other reasonable 
limitations with respect to the furnishing of medical nutri-
tion therapy services for purposes of management of an 
eating disorder during a period described in subparagraph 
(A)(ii) as the Secretary determines appropriate.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1552 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, as the ‘‘Specialist Matthew 
R. Turcotte Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2021 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself and Mr. LANGEVIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, Rhode Island, 
as the ‘‘Specialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SPECIALIST MATTHEW R. TURCOTTE POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 42 Main Street in Slatersville, 
Rhode Island, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Spe-
cialist Matthew R. Turcotte Post Office’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Specialist Matthew 
R. Turcotte Post Office’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1555 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to issue final rules 
to promote and incentivize the widespread adoption of broadband con-
sumer labels, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2021 
Ms. CRAIG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to issue 
final rules to promote and incentivize the widespread 
adoption of broadband consumer labels, 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 ‘‘Broadband Consumer 
Transparency Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. ADOPTION OF CONSUMER BROADBAND LABELS. 
(a) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
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promulgate regulations to promote and incentivize the 
widespread adoption of broadband consumer labels, as de-
scribed in the Public Notice of the Commission issued on 
April 4, 2016 (DA 16–357), to disclose to consumers in-
formation regarding broadband internet access service 
plans. 
(b) HEARINGS.—In issuing the final rule under sub-
section (a), the Commission shall conduct a series of pub-
lic hearings to assess, at the time of the proceeding— 
(1) how consumers evaluate broadband internet 
access service plans; and 
(2) whether disclosures to consumers informa-
tion regarding broadband internet access service 
plans, including those required under section 8.1 of 
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, are available, 
effective, and sufficient. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘broadband internet access service’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 8.1 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
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SEC. 2. GREAT LAKES ICEBREAKING OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 5 of 
title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 564. Great Lakes icebreaking operations 
‘‘(a) ICEBREAKING OPERATIONS.—The Commandant 
shall conduct icebreaking operations in the Great Lakes 
in accordance with the standard for icebreaking operations 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) STANDARD FOR ICEBREAKING OPERATIONS.— 
In carrying out subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Commandant shall keep ice-covered waterways in the 
Great Lakes open to navigation not less than 90 
percent of the hours that commercial vessels and fer-
ries attempt to transit such ice-covered waterways; 
and 
‘‘(2) in a year in which the Great Lakes are not 
open to navigation because of ice of a thickness that 
occurs on average only once every 10 years, the 
Coast Guard shall keep ice-covered waterways in the 
Great Lakes open to navigation at least 70 percent 
of the hours that commercial vessels and ferries at-
tempt to transit such ice-covered waterways. 
‘‘(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1912 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
repayment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of bene-
fits misused by a fiduciary, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,