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SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF FULL-SERVICE HOSPITAL OF THE 
VETERANS 
HEALTH 
ADMINISTRATION 
IN 
CERTAIN STATES OR PROVISION OF COM-
PARABLE SERVICES THROUGH CONTRACT 
WITH OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN 
THE STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1716 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1716A. Access to full-service hospitals in certain 
States or comparable services through 
contract 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—With respect to each of the 48 
contiguous States, the Secretary shall ensure that veterans 
in the State eligible for hospital care and medical services 
under section 1710 of this title shall receive such hospital 
care and medical services at not fewer than one full-service 
hospital of the Veterans Health Administration located 
within the geographic boundaries of the State. 
‘‘(b) RULE
OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub-
section (a) shall be construed to restrict the ability of the 
Secretary to provide enhanced care to an eligible veteran 
who resides in one State in a hospital of the Veterans 
Health Administration in another State.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO VETERANS COM-
MUNITY CARE PROGRAM.—Section 1703(d)(1) of such 
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title is amended in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘as of 
the date of the enactment of the Veterans Full-Service 
Care and Access Act of 2025’’ before the semicolon at the 
end. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1716 the following new 
item: 
‘‘1716A. Access to full-service hospitals in certain States or comparable services 
through contract.’’. 
(d) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a 
report describing the extent to which the Secretary has 
complied with the requirement imposed by section 1716A 
of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a), including the effect of such requirement on improving 
the quality and standards of care provided to veterans. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4064 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the 
types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting 
property from the estate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2025 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. OWENS, and Mr. WEBER of 
Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include 
firearms in the types of property allowable under the 
alternative provision for exempting property from the 
estate. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Gun Own-
ers in Bankruptcy Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS. 
Section 522 of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (d) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(13) The debtor’s aggregate interest, not to 
exceed $3,000 in value, in a single firearm or fire-
arms.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(4)(A)— 
(A) in clause (xiv) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (xv) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xvi) The debtor’s aggregate interest, not to 
exceed $3,000 in value, in a single firearm or fire-
arms.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4065 
To require the Discovery space shuttle to be transferred from the Smithsonian 
Institution to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2025 
Mr. WEBER of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the 
Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Discovery space shuttle to be transferred 
from the Smithsonian Institution to NASA’s Johnson 
Space Center in Houston, Texas. 
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 ‘‘Bring the Space Shut-
tle Home Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF DISCOVERY SPACE SHUTTLE TO 
JOHNSON 
SPACE 
CENTER 
IN 
HOUSTON, 
TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, under the direction 
of the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Ad-
ministrator’’), the Discovery space shuttle shall be trans-
ferred from the Smithsonian Institution’s Steven F. Udvar 
Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum, near 
Washington, DC, to the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, 
Texas. 
(b) PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator and the 
Smithsonian Institution shall jointly develop a plan 
to transfer the Discovery space shuttle under sub-
section (a), which shall include an estimated timeline 
and cost estimate for such transfer. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator and the Smithsonian Institution 
shall submit to Congress the plan developed under 
paragraph (1). 
(c) TRANSFER OF TITLE TO NASA.—Not later than 
1 year after the date on which the Discovery space shuttle 
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which shall be in addition to any amounts authorized to 
be appropriated by any other Act, and may be requested 
by the President as supplemental requirements, if needed, 
in the appropriate fiscal years. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4067 
To prohibit the Federal Government from using funds to contract with or 
make awards to certain entities engaging in censorship, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2025 
Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas (for himself and Mr. MCCORMICK) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Federal Government from using funds to 
contract with or make awards to certain entities engag-
ing in censorship, 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 ‘‘Protect the First 
Amendment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING 
FOR COVERED ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT 
ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT 
ENGAGE IN COVERED BEHAVIOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No funds are authorized to be 
used by the Federal Government, to contract with or grant 
awards to— 
(1) a covered entity; or 
(2) a nonprofit organization or other entity that 
engages in covered behavior. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means— 
(A) NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing 
business as ‘‘NewsGuard’’), or any successor 
thereto; or 
(B) 
Disinformation 
Index, 
Inc., 
Disinformation 
Index, 
Ltd., 
or 
Global 
Disinformation Index gUG (collectively doing 
business as ‘‘Global Disinformation Index’’), or 
and successor thereto. 
(2) COVERED BEHAVIOR.—The term ‘‘covered 
behavior’’ means operations, activities, or products, 
the function of which is to demonetize or rate the 
credibility of a domestic entity (including news and 
other information outlets) based on the lawful 
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speech of such domestic entity by purporting to 
evaluate whether such speech is misinformation, 
disinformation, or malinformation. 
(3) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 
is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and that is exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4068 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to identify existing and potential 
categorical exclusions related to the production and export of coal. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2025 
Mr. COLLINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to identify existing 
and potential categorical exclusions related to the produc-
tion and export of coal. 
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 ‘‘Streamlining NEPA 
for Coal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF EXISTING AND POTENTIAL 
CATEGORICAL 
EXCLUSIONS 
RELATED 
TO 
THE PRODUCTION AND EXPORT OF COAL. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall identify to 
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the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate any existing and potential cat-
egorical exclusions pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), in-
creased reliance on and adoption of which by other Fed-
eral agencies pursuant to section 109 of the National En-
vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4336c) could 
further the production and export of coal. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 406 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of 
higher education, as a condition of participation in programs under 
title IV of such Act, to include a prohibition of antisemitic conduct 
in all documents relating to student or employee conduct. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2025 
Mr. YAKYM (for himself and Ms. SCHOLTEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 
institutions of higher education, as a condition of partici-
pation in programs under title IV of such Act, to include 
a prohibition of antisemitic conduct in all documents 
relating to student or employee conduct. 
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 ‘‘Promote Restoring 
Order To End Campus Targeting of Jewish Students and 
Faculty Act’’ or the ‘‘PROTECT Jewish Student and 
Faculty Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF ANTISEMITIC CONDUCT. 
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(30) The institution will include, in all docu-
ments and other resources relating to student or em-
ployee conduct on campus— 
‘‘(A) a definition of antisemitism which 
states that— 
‘‘(i) antisemitism is a certain percep-
tion of Jews, which may be expressed as 
hatred toward Jews; and 
‘‘(ii) rhetorical and physical mani-
festations of antisemitism may be directed 
toward— 
‘‘(I) Jewish or non-Jewish indi-
viduals, including the property of such 
individuals; and 
‘‘(II) Jewish community institu-
tions and religious facilities; and 
‘‘(B) a statement that antisemitic conduct 
is prohibited on campus, and that such con-
duct— 
‘‘(i) by a student may result in the ex-
pulsion of the student from the institution; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) by an employee may result in the 
termination of the employee’s employment 
at the institution.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4070 
To require a homeland security border threat assessment on Tren de Aragua 
and associated strategic plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2025 
Mr. KNOTT (for himself, Mr. GUEST, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. OGLES, Mr. CRANE, 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. MACKENZIE, Mr. 
STRONG, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. 
EVANS of Colorado, Mr. MCDOWELL, and Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To require a homeland security border threat assessment 
on Tren de Aragua and associated strategic plan, 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 ‘‘Tren de Aragua Bor-
der Security Threat Assessment Act’’. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4071 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
enhance the operations of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection in foreign countries, and for 
other purposes.
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘current,’’ after ‘‘sea level,’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and volcanic eruptions’’ and inserting 
‘‘volcanic eruptions, or other sources’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘buoy data and tidal’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
coastal’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘Integrated Ocean Observing System of 
the Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘United 
States and global ocean and coastal observ-
ing system’’; 
(v) in subparagraph (H), by inserting 
‘‘monitoring needs,’’ after ‘‘response,’’; and 
(vi) by amending subparagraph (I) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(I) Providing a Tsunami Warning Coordi-
nator to coordinate with partners and stake-
holders products and services of the centers 
supported or maintained under paragraph (1).’’; 
(C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) FAIL-SAFE
WARNING
CAPABILITY.—The 
Administrator shall support and maintain fail-safe 
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in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House. 
‘‘§ 256. Termination of authority 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any exercise of authority speci-
fied by the President in a proclamation made under sub-
section (b) of section 254 shall terminate on the earliest 
of— 
‘‘(1) the date provided for in section 255(a); 
‘‘(2) the date provided for in section 255(b); 
‘‘(3) the date specified in an Act of Congress 
terminating the authority; 
‘‘(4) the date specified in a proclamation of the 
President terminating the emergency; or 
‘‘(5) the date of a revocation of a request for 
assistance under this chapter by the chief executive 
of the State in question. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the 
termination of authority under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) except as provided by paragraph (2), 
any powers or authorities exercised by reason of 
the authority shall cease to be exercised; 
‘‘(B) any amounts reprogrammed or trans-
ferred under any provision of law with respect 
to the exercise of authority that remain unobli-
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reimbursement is made under section 1729C of title 
38, United States Code,’’ after ‘‘section 1880(e),’’. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR RECOVERY BY 
UNITED STATES OF REASONABLE CHARGES 
FOR CERTAIN CARE OR SERVICES FUR-
NISHED TO VETERANS FOR NON-SERVICE- 
CONNECTED DISABILITIES. 
Section 1729 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1)(A) Subject to the provisions of this section, the 
United States has the right to recover or collect the rea-
sonable charges for care or services that the United States 
is required by law to furnish or pay for under this chapter 
for a non-service-connected disability. 
‘‘(B) The United States has the right to recover or 
collect from a third party the reasonable charges for care 
or services furnished as described in subparagraph (A) to 
the extent that the recipient or provider of the care or 
services would be eligible to receive payment from a third 
party. 
‘‘(C) The right to recover or collect reasonable 
charges for care or services under this section shall apply 
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opened the joint account, provide to such consenting 
cohabitating adults— 
(A) information related to the joint ac-
count, including— 
(i) bills; 
(ii) copies of paper and electronic 
mail; and 
(iii) any information about products 
or services provided; and 
(B) access to any online portal for the 
joint account. 
(4) NOTIFICATION
REQUIRED.—Each covered 
company shall provide a notice to each cohabitating 
adult that opens a joint account with the covered 
company that explains what information will be 
shared by the covered company with each of the con-
senting cohabitating adults. 
(5) REGULATION P.—If a covered company is 
required by Regulation P (part 1016 of title 12, 
Code of Federal Regulations) to provide certain pri-
vacy notices such covered company shall provide 
such privacy notices to each of the consenting co-
habitating adults who opened the joint account. 
(6) CIVIL
ACTIONS.—Any cohabitating adult 
who is harmed by a failure of a covered company to 
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Park Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, For-
est Service, United States Fire Administration, and 
the Department of Defense. 
(3) 
WILDLAND
FIREFIGHTER.—The 
term 
‘‘wildland firefighter’’ means any person who partici-
pates in wildland firefighting activities. 
(4) 
FIRE
MANAGEMENT
RESPONSE
OFFI-
CIALS.—The term ‘‘fire management response offi-
cials’’ means regional fire directors, deputy regional 
fire directors, agency officials who directly oversee 
fire operations, fire management officers, and indi-
viduals serving on incident management teams. 
(5) TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURERS.—The term 
‘‘technology manufacturers’’ means private sector 
entities that manufacture communications tech-
nologies used by Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
wildland fire authorities. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) FIRE ENVIRONMENT.—The term ‘‘fire envi-
ronment’’ means— 
(A) the environmental conditions, such as 
soil moisture, vegetation, topography, snowpack, 
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atmospheric temperature, moisture, and wind, 
that influence— 
(i) fuel and fire behavior; and 
(ii) smoke dispersion and transport; 
and 
(B) the associated environmental impacts 
occurring during and after fire events. 
(2) FIRE WEATHER.—The term ‘‘fire weather’’ 
means the weather conditions that influence the 
start, spread, character, or behavior of wildfires or 
fires at the wildland-urban interface and relevant 
meteorological and chemical phenomena, including 
air quality, smoke, and meteorological parameters 
such as relative humidity, air temperature, wind 
speed and direction, and atmospheric composition 
and chemistry, including emissions and mixing 
heights. 
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‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—The provisions of subsection (a) 
shall apply to Medicare Advantage and prescription drug 
plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT
OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts reim-
bursed to the Secretary under subsection (a) shall be de-
posited in the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Care Collections Fund under section 1729A of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1729B 
the following new item: 
‘‘1729C. Cost-recovery from Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription 
drug plans.’’. 
(b) MEDICARE CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) PART A.—Section 1814(c) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(c)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and section 1729C of title 38, United 
States Code’’ after ‘‘section 1880’’. 
(2) PART B.—Section 1835(d) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395n(d)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and section 1729C of title 38, United 
States Code’’ after ‘‘section 1880’’. 
(3) EXCLUSIONS
FROM
COVERAGE.—Section 
1862(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395y(a)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘in the case of 
items and services and prescription drugs for which 
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