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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal and Ocean 
Acidification Stressors and Threats Research Act of 
2021’’ or the ‘‘COAST Research Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12402(a) of the Federal 
Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 
(33 U.S.C. 3701(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘development and coordina-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘coordination and imple-
mentation’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘acidification on marine organisms’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘acidification and coastal acidification on 
marine organisms’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘es-
tablish’’ and all that follows through the semi-
colon and inserting ‘‘maintain and advise an 
interagency research, monitoring, and public 
outreach program on ocean acidification and 
coastal acidification;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘establish-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘maintenance’’; 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the term ‘‘sex’’, as used within the Equal Credit 
Opportunity Act, includes an individual’s sexual orienta-
tion and gender identity, and that this Act, in part, clari-
fies that the sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity of 
the principal owners of a business should be collected under 
section 704B of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act as three 
separate forms of information. 
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Union Calendar No. 46 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1443 
[Report No. 117–65] 
A BILL 
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to re-
quire the collection of small business loan data 
related to LGBTQ-owned businesses. 
JUNE 17, 2021 
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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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1444 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 132 North Loudoun Street, Suite 1 in Win-
chester, Virginia, as the ‘‘Patsy Cline Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PATSY CLINE POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 132 North Loudoun Street, Suite 
1 in Winchester, Virginia, shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘Patsy Cline Post Office’’. 
(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 ‘‘Patsy Cline Post Of-
fice’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 20, 
2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1444 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 132 North Loudoun Street, 
Suite 1 in Winchester, Virginia, as the ‘‘Patsy 
Cline Post Office’’.
‘‘(aa) certifies that such other person 
has no reason to believe that such other 
person is prohibited by Federal, State, or 
local law from purchasing or possessing a 
firearm; and 
‘‘(bb) requests that the system re-
spond to the contact referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) within 10 business days 
after the date the petition was submitted 
(or, if the petition is submitted by first- 
class mail, the date the letter containing 
the petition is postmarked); and 
‘‘(II) 10 business days have elapsed since 
the other person so submitted the petition, and 
the system has not notified the licensee that the 
receipt of a firearm by such other person would 
violate subsection (g) or (n) of this section; 
and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) The Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(A) prescribe the form on which a petition 
shall be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)(ii); 
‘‘(B) make the form available electronically, and 
provide a copy of the form to all licensees referred 
to in paragraph (1);
IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1444 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 21, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 132 North Loudoun Street, Suite 1 in Win-
chester, Virginia, as the ‘‘Patsy Cline Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. PATSY CLINE POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 132 North Loudoun Street, Suite 
1 in Winchester, Virginia, shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘Patsy Cline Post Office’’. 
(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 ‘‘Patsy Cline Post Of-
fice’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 20, 
2021. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1445 
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from changing the names of certain 
memorials or move any statues related to certain wars, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2021 
Mr. CARL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from changing 
the names of certain memorials or move any statues 
related to certain wars, 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 ‘‘American Heritage 
Protection Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CHANGING NAMES AND MOVING 
STATUES. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall not— 
(1) change the name of or alter in any way— 
(A) the Lincoln Memorial; 
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(B) the Jefferson Memorial; 
(C) the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memo-
rial; 
(D) the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial; 
(E) the Theodore Roosevelt Island; or 
(F) the Washington Monument; or 
(2) move, or alter in any way, any statue lo-
cated on Federal land related to— 
(A) the War of 1812; 
(B) the Civil War; or 
(C) the Revolutionary War. 
Æ 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1446 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
strengthen the background check procedures to be fol-
lowed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer 
a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
prising approximately 7,000 acres as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 
llllll, which shall be known as the Cobalt 
Wilderness. 
(50) JUREANO WILDERNESS.—Certain Federal 
land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest com-
prising approximately 25,000 acres as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 
llllll, which shall be known as the Jureano 
Wilderness. 
(51) SOUTH PANTHER WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Salmon-Challis 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 South Panther Wilderness. 
(52) MUSGROVE
WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 
comprising approximately 8,000 acres as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 
dated llllll, which shall be known as the 
Musgrove Wilderness. 
(53) TAYLOR
MOUNTAIN
WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain Federal land within the Salmon-Challis Na-
tional Forest comprising approximately 63,000 acres 
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as 
generally 
depicted 
on 
the 
map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 
shall be known as the Taylor Mountain Wilderness. 
(54) MARTIN
CREEK
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 
Forest comprising approximately 99,000 acres as 
generally 
depicted 
on 
the 
map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 
shall be known as the Martin Creek Wilderness. 
(55) WHITE KNOB WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 
comprising approximately 65,000 acres as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 
dated llllll, which shall be known as the 
White Knob Wilderness. 
(56) PORPHYRY
PEAK
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 
Forest comprising approximately 47,000 acres as 
generally 
depicted 
on 
the 
map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 
shall be known as the Porphyry Peak Wilderness. 
(57) GREYLOCK
WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land within the Salmon-Challis National Forest 
comprising approximately 12,000 acres as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 
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local law for receiving or attempting to receive a 
firearm. 
SEC. 5. REPORT TO THE CONGRESS. 
Within 150 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the 
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Fire-
arms, shall submit to the Congress a report analyzing the 
effect, if any, of this Act on the safety of victims of domes-
tic violence, domestic abuse, dating partner violence, sex-
ual assault, and stalking, disaggregated by State, and 
whether any further amendments to the background check 
process, including amendments to the conditions that 
must be met under this Act for a firearm to be transferred 
when the system has not notified the licensee that such 
transfer would not violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 
922 of title 18, United States Code, would likely result 
in a reduction in the risk of death or great bodily harm 
to victims of domestic violence, domestic abuse, dating 
partner violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect 210 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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SEC. 7. REPORT ON FIREARM TRANSFERS DENIED AS A RE-
SULT OF A NICS CHECK. 
Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Inspector General, Department of Justice, 
shall prepare and submit to the Congress a written report 
on the number of firearm transactions with respect to 
which the national instant criminal background check sys-
tem established under the Brady Handgun Violence Pre-
vention Act has determined that receipt of a firearm by 
the prospective firearm transferee would violate Federal 
or State law, and which have been referred to the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for inves-
tigation. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 11, 
2021. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 391 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1446 
AN ACT 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States 
Code, to strengthen the background check proce-
dures to be followed before a Federal firearms li-
censee may transfer a firearm to a person who 
is not such a licensee. 
MAY 25, 2022 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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dated llllll, which shall be known as the 
Greylock Wilderness. 
(58) COPPER
BASIN
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 
Forest comprising approximately 11,000 as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 
and dated llllll, which shall be known as 
the Copper Basin Wilderness. 
(59) COLD
SPRINGS
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Salmon-Challis National 
Forest comprising approximately 9,000 acres as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 
and dated llllll, which shall be known as 
the Cold Springs Wilderness. 
(60) PIONEER MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS.—Cer-
tain Federal land within the Sawtooth National For-
est and the Salmon-Challis National Forest and on 
land administered by the Shoshone Field Office of 
the Bureau of Land Management comprising ap-
proximately 308,000 acres as generally depicted on 
the 
map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ 
and 
dated 
llllll, which shall be known as the Pioneer 
Mountain Wilderness. 
(61) RAILROAD RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Sawtooth National Forest 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1450 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide emergency savings 
accounts for small businesses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2021 
Mr. CLOUD (for himself, Mrs. HINSON, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. OWENS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
emergency savings accounts for small businesses. 
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 ‘‘Small Business Emer-
gency Savings Accounts Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SMALL BUSI-
NESS EMERGENCY SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VI of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to 
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(F) as subparagraphs (E), (F), and (G), respectively, and 
by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) section 224(i) (relating to emergency 
savings accounts),’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
is amended by striking the last item and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 224. Emergency savings accounts. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Cross reference.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2020. 
Æ 
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IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 144 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 19, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To forestall the loss of research talent by establishing a 
temporary early career research fellowship program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘TITLE III—ENCOURAGEMENT OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE 
PROGRAMS. 
‘‘Sec. 301. ’’. 
(2) in section 4(b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Director’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘of his subordinates’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘functions.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subordinate of the Director the authority 
to perform any such functions.’’; 
(3) in section 7— 
(A) in subsection (a), by moving the mar-
gins of paragraphs (7) and (8) two ems to the 
left; and 
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b); 
(4) in section 8A(d)(2), by inserting ‘‘the’’ be-
fore ‘‘information’’; 
(5) in section 8C, in the heading of subsection 
(a), by striking ‘‘VICTIMS’’ and inserting ‘‘VICTIM’’; 
(6) in section 8E— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c),,’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c),’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (e)(1)(F), by striking 
‘‘Corp’s’’ and inserting ‘‘Corps’ ’’; 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1452 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish the formula 
the Secretary uses to determine the allocation of COVID–19 vaccines, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2021 
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. JACKSON, and 
Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
publish the formula the Secretary uses to determine the 
allocation of COVID–19 vaccines, 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. PUBLICATION OF VACCINE DISTRIBUTION FOR-
MULA. 
The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall— 
(1) publish the formula the Secretary uses to 
determine the allocation of COVID–19 vaccines to 
States, localities, the Department of Defense, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, the Indian Health 
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Service, the Department of Homeland Security, and 
other Federal agencies, as appropriate; and 
(2) in publishing such formula, include the 
sources of data used for determining such formula. 
Æ 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1454 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require firearm assembly kits 
to be considered to be firearms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2021 
Mr. ESPAILLAT (for himself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SOTO, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. 
DEAN, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. CASE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. MEEKS, 
Ms. MENG, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 
RYAN, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. CHU, Mrs. 
DEMINGS, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. POCAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. KEATING, Mrs. 
TORRES of California, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
BROWN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. 
LEVIN of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. PORTER, Mr. 
VARGAS, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. TRONE, Mr. LIEU, Mr. SEAN PATRICK 
MALONEY of New York, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CARSON, 
Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. HAYES, and Ms. STRICK-
LAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require firearm 
assembly kits to be considered to be firearms. 
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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 ‘‘Ghost Guns Are Guns 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FIREARM ASSEMBLY KITS CONSIDERED TO BE 
FIREARMS. 
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or (D) any 
destructive device’’ and inserting ‘‘; (D) any destruc-
tive device; or (E) any combination of parts designed 
or intended for use in converting any device into a 
firearm and from which a firearm may be readily as-
sembled’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C). 
Æ 
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fault of the volunteer or trainee, the Director of the Peace 
Corps shall— 
‘‘(1) waive such non-medical or non-security ap-
plication requirements as the Director may determine 
for the re-enrollment of each such volunteer and train-
ee during the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
such involuntary end of service; 
‘‘(2) prioritize the medical clearance for each 
such volunteer and trainee to facilitate re-enrollment; 
and 
‘‘(3) permit each such volunteer and trainee, to 
the extent practicable and in consideration of the 
needs of overseas posts and the suitability of the vol-
unteer or trainee to meet those needs, to resume the 
activity of each such volunteer and trainee at the time 
of the involuntary end of service. 
‘‘(q) The Director of the Peace Corps may authorize 
separation allowances, in amounts determined by the Direc-
tor, to Peace Corps volunteers and trainees whose service 
ended involuntarily as a result of an emergency, suspension 
of operations, or otherwise through no fault of the volunteer 
or trainee.’’. 
(b) VOLUNTEER LEADERS.—Section 6 of the Peace 
Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2505) is amended— 
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