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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1259 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to continue to implement 
the Migrant Protection Protocols, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2021 
Mr. ROSENDALE (for himself, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BISHOP of 
North Carolina, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. GREENE of 
Georgia, Mr. HARRIS, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. PERRY, Mr. 
POSEY, Mr. ROY, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. NORMAN, Mrs. 
BOEBERT, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, and Mr. 
PALAZZO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to continue 
to implement the Migrant Protection Protocols, 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 ‘‘Return Excessive Mi-
grants and Asylees to International Neighbors in Mexico 
Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. MIGRANT PROTECTION PROTOCOLS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall implement the Migrant 
Protection Protocols in accordance with the memorandum 
of Secretary of Homeland Security Nielsen entitled ‘‘Pol-
icy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protec-
tion Protocols’’, dated January 25, 2019. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1261 
To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 
to reauthorize the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2021 
Mr. RYAN (for himself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, and Ms. 
KAPTUR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Manage-
ment Act of 1996 to reauthorize the Ohio & Erie Na-
tional Heritage Canalway, 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. REAUTHORIZATION OF OHIO & ERIE NATIONAL 
HERITAGE CANALWAY. 
Division II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333; 110 Stat. 
4274; 122 Stat. 824; 122 Stat. 826; 127 Stat. 3801; 127 
Stat. 420; 128 Stat. 314; 133 Stat. 778) is amended— 
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(1) in section 809, by striking ‘‘2021’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2036’’; and 
(2) 
in 
section 
810(a), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 
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public office in the area served by the agency in developing 
the initiatives the agency will carry out with the funds. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the terms ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
SEC. 3. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORTS BY RECIPIENTS OF FUNDS.—Not later 
than the expiration of the 90-day period which begins on 
the date of the receipt of the funds, each local educational 
agency receiving funds under the pilot program under this 
Act shall submit a report to the Commission describing 
the initiatives carried out with the funds and analyzing 
their effectiveness. 
(b) REPORT BY COMMISSION.—Not later than the ex-
piration of the 60-day period which begins on the date 
the Commission receives the final report submitted by a 
local educational agency under subsection (a), the Com-
mission shall submit a report to Congress on the pilot pro-
gram under this Act. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
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(B) moving a Federal agency or any com-
ponent of a Federal agency if such move, by 
itself or in conjunction with other related 
moves, involves moving the positions of more 
than the lesser of 5 percent or 100 of the em-
ployees of the Federal agency outside the com-
muting area of such employees or under the ju-
risdiction of another Federal agency; or 
(C) a combination of related redelegations 
and moves which together involve the positions 
of more than the lesser of 5 percent or 100 of 
the employees of the relevant Federal agency 
being moved to or replaced with new positions 
located outside the commuting area of such em-
ployees or moved under the jurisdiction of an-
other Federal agency. 
(3) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 
an employee or officer of a Federal agency. 
(4) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 
in section 902 of title 5, United States Code. 
(5) NATIONAL
CAPITAL
REGION.—The term 
‘‘National Capital Region’’ has the meaning given 
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SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION REGARDING USE OF INFORMATION 
REPORTED. 
Information reported under subsection (j) or (k) of 
section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(52 U.S.C. 30104), as added by section 2, or under section 
3(a), may not be used to enforce the provisions under 
chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) relating to the removal of un-
documented aliens. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 126 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out a pilot program 
under which the Commission shall provide funds to local educational 
agencies for initiatives to provide voter registration information to sec-
ondary school students in the 12th grade. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2021 
Mr. GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To direct the Election Assistance Commission to carry out 
a pilot program under which the Commission shall pro-
vide funds to local educational agencies for initiatives 
to provide voter registration information to secondary 
school students in the 12th grade. 
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 ‘‘Students Voicing Opin-
ions in Today’s Elections (VOTE) Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING VOTER REG-
ISTRATION INFORMATION TO SECONDARY 
SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIOR TO GRADUATION. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Election Assistance Com-
mission (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commis-
sion’’) shall carry out a pilot program under which the 
Commission shall provide funds during fiscal year 2021 
to eligible local educational agencies for initiatives to pro-
vide information on registering to vote in elections for pub-
lic office to secondary school students in the 12th grade. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A local educational agency is eligi-
ble to receive funds under the pilot program under this 
Act if the agency submits to the Commission, at such time 
and in such form as the Commission may require, an ap-
plication containing— 
(1) a description of the initiatives the agency 
intends to carry out with the funds; 
(2) an estimate of the costs associated with 
such initiatives; and 
(3) such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
(c) CONSULTATION WITH ELECTION OFFICIALS.—A 
local educational agency receiving funds under the pilot 
program shall consult with the State and local election of-
ficials who are responsible for administering elections for 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1275 
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, 
join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2021 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. PERRY, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 
BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. 
COLE, Mr. BANKS, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. BUR-
GESS, Mr. KELLER, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. GOSAR, 
Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. HILL, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mrs. 
CAMMACK, Mr. ISSA, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. BUCK, Mr. 
PALAZZO, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 
RUTHERFORD, Mr. MANN, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. 
HICE of Georgia, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. CARTER of 
Texas, Mr. PENCE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. PALMER, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. DUN-
CAN, Mr. ROY, Mr. CLINE, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
BUDD, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. HERN, Mrs. MILLER- 
MEEKS, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. CARL, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. GUEST, Mr. CAL-
VERT, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. 
SCHWEIKERT, Mrs. LESKO, Ms. MACE, and Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
A BILL 
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employ-
ees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to 
refrain from such activities. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Right-to- 
Work Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELA-
TIONS ACT. 
(a) Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking ‘‘except to’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘authorized in section 8(a)(3)’’. 
(b) Section 8(a)(3) of the National Labor Relations 
Act (29 U.S.C. 158(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘: Pro-
vided, That’’ and all that follows through ‘‘retaining mem-
bership’’. 
(c) Section 8(b) of the National Labor Relations Act 
(29 U.S.C. 158(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or to dis-
criminate’’ and all that follows through ‘‘retaining 
membership’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘covered by 
an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3)’’. 
(d) Section 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act 
(29 U.S.C. 158(f)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) 
and redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
(2) and (3), respectively. 
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SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT. 
Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) 
is amended by striking paragraph Eleventh. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1692 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enable 
secure and trustworthy technology through other trans-
action contracting 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,
expended, for the Federal administrative costs of carrying 
out subsections (c) and (d). 
SEC. 2206. CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, the following amounts, to re-
main available through September 30, 2023: 
(1) $250,000,000 for carrying out the program 
authorized under section 201 of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116), 
which shall be allocated without regard to section 
204(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d(4)) and shall 
be allotted to States in accordance with section 203 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b), except that— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A) of such section 
203, ‘‘70 percent’’ shall be deemed to be ‘‘100 
percent’’; and 
(B) subsections (b)(1)(B) and (c) of such 
section 203 shall not apply; and 
(2) $100,000,000 for carrying out the State 
grant program authorized under section 106 of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 
U.S.C. 5106a), which shall be allocated without re-
SEC. 2. MINIMUM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VOT-
ERS 
AFFECTED 
BY 
POLLING 
PLACE 
CHANGES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 302 of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) MINIMUM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
VOTERS AFFECTED BY POLLING PLACE CHANGES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a State assigns an indi-
vidual who is a registered voter in a State to a poll-
ing place with respect to an election for Federal of-
fice which is not the same polling place to which the 
individual was previously assigned with respect to 
the most recent election for Federal office in the 
State in which the individual was eligible to vote— 
‘‘(A) the State shall notify the individual of 
the location of the polling place not later than 
7 days before the date of the election; or 
‘‘(B) if the State makes such an assign-
ment fewer than 7 days before the date of the 
election and the individual appears on the date 
of the election at the polling place to which the 
individual was previously assigned, the State 
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shall make every reasonable effort to enable the 
individual to vote on the date of the election. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 
apply with respect to elections held on or after Janu-
ary 1, 2022.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 302(e) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21082(f)), as redesignated by sub-
section (a), is amended by striking ‘‘Each State’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (d)(2), each 
State’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1279 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the establishment of 
a corporation to conceal election contributions and donations by foreign 
nationals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2021 
Mr. ALLRED (for himself and Mr. LEVIN of Michigan) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the estab-
lishment of a corporation to conceal election contribu-
tions and donations by foreign nationals. 
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 ‘‘Shell Company Abuse 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 29 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 612. Establishment of corporation to conceal elec-
tion contributions and donations by for-
eign nationals 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for an owner, 
officer, attorney, or incorporation agent of a corporation, 
company, or other entity to establish or use the corpora-
tion, company, or other entity with the intent to conceal 
an activity of a foreign national (as defined in section 319 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30121)) prohibited under such section 319. 
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 
(a) shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, fined 
under this title, or both.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections for 
chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 611 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘612. Establishment of corporation to conceal election contributions and dona-
tions by foreign nationals.’’. 
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125 
and administration, including activities related to 
distribution of ancillary medical products and sup-
plies related to vaccines; and 
(2) provide technical assistance, guidance, and 
support to, and award grants or cooperative agree-
ments to, State, local, Tribal, and territorial public 
health departments for enhancement of COVID–19 
vaccine distribution and administration capabilities, 
including— 
(A) the distribution and administration of 
vaccines licensed under section 351 of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) or au-
thorized under section 564 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–3) 
and ancillary medical products and supplies re-
lated to vaccines; 
(B) the establishment and expansion, in-
cluding staffing support, of community vaccina-
tion centers, particularly in underserved areas; 
(C) the deployment of mobile vaccination 
units, particularly in underserved areas; 
(D) information technology, data, and re-
porting enhancements, including improvements 
necessary to support sharing of data related to 
vaccine distribution and vaccinations and sys-
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which shall be in addition to other amounts 
made available under this subsection for Urban 
Indian organizations (as defined in section 4 of 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1603)); 
(E) $600,000,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses to plan, prepare for, promote, dis-
tribute, administer, and track COVID–19 vac-
cines, for the purposes described in subpara-
graphs (F) and (G), and for other vaccine-re-
lated activities; 
(F) $1,500,000,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses to detect, diagnose, trace, and monitor 
COVID–19 infections, activities necessary to 
mitigate the spread of COVID–19, supplies nec-
essary for such activities, for the purposes de-
scribed in subparagraphs (E) and (G), and for 
other related activities; 
(G) $240,000,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses to establish, expand, and sustain a 
public health workforce to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to COVID–19, other public health 
workforce-related activities, for the purposes de-
scribed in subparagraphs (E) and (F), and for 
other related activities; and
resent a covered individual in immigration 
matters. 
‘‘(B) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘cov-
ered individual’ means an individual subject to 
secondary or deferred inspection who is— 
‘‘(i) a national of the United States; 
‘‘(ii) an immigrant, lawfully admitted 
for permanent residence, who is returning 
from a temporary visit abroad; 
‘‘(iii) an alien seeking admission as an 
immigrant in possession of a valid unex-
pired immigrant visa; 
‘‘(iv) an alien seeking admission as a 
nonimmigrant in possession of a valid un-
expired nonimmigrant visa; 
‘‘(v) a refugee; 
‘‘(vi) a returning asylee; or 
‘‘(vii) an alien who has been approved 
for parole under section 212(d)(5)(A), in-
cluding an alien who is returning to the 
United States in possession of a valid ad-
vance parole document. 
‘‘(C) INTERESTED PARTY.—The term ‘inter-
ested party’ means— 
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this subsection $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2027. 
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(1) in accordance with the Study, the Southern 
Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Cor-
ridor, an 8-mile-wide corridor, provides operational 
efficiency in connecting the greatest concentration of 
the Carolinas’ Revolutionary War sites including 
battlefields, historic communities, farmsteads, and 
landscapes that reflect the cultural and natural envi-
ronments of North Carolina and South Carolina in 
the latter half of the 18th century; 
(2) there is a national interest in protecting, 
conserving, restoring, promoting, and interpreting 
the benefits of the Corridor for the residents of, and 
visitors to, the Corridor; 
(3) a primary responsibility for conserving, pre-
serving, protecting, and promoting the benefits re-
sides with the Managing Entity having jurisdiction 
over the Corridor; and 
(4) in view of the longstanding Federal practice 
of assisting States in creating, protecting, con-
serving, preserving, and interpreting areas of signifi-
cant natural and cultural importance, and in view of 
the national significance of the Corridor, the Federal 
Government has an interest in assisting the States 
and the Managing Entity in fulfilling the respon-
sibilities described in paragraph (3). 
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(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to protect, preserve, conserve, restore, pro-
mote, interpret, and make available for the benefit 
of the public the historic, cultural, and natural re-
sources of the Corridor; 
(2) to encourage and support, through financial 
and technical assistance, the Managing Entity in the 
development of a Management Action Plan for the 
Corridor to ensure coordinated public and private 
action in the Corridor in a manner consistent with 
subsection (a); 
(3) to provide, during the development of an in-
tegrated Corridor Management Action Plan, Federal 
financial and technical assistance for the protection, 
preservation, and conservation of land and water 
areas in the Corridor that are in danger of being ad-
versely affected or destroyed; 
(4) to encourage and assist Managing Entity to 
identify the full range of public and private technical 
and financial assistance programs and services avail-
able to implement the Corridor Management Action 
Plan; and 
(5) to encourage adequate coordination of all 
government programs affecting the historic, cultural, 
and natural resources of the Corridor. 
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