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TITLE V—FEDERAL RESOURCES 
SEC. 501. OCCUPATIONAL SERIES RELATING TO ALGO-
RITHM AUDITING. 
Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall exercise the authority of the Director under 
section 5105 of title 5, United States Code, to establish 
a new occupational series and associated policies covering 
Federal Government positions in the field of algorithm au-
diting (as described in the report of the Government Ac-
countability Office entitled ‘‘Artificial Intelligence: An Ac-
countability Framework for Federal Agencies and Other 
Entities’’ (GAO–21–519SP), dated June 30, 2021), which 
shall include algorithm auditing practices, platform audit-
ing, evaluation and assessment of artificial intelligence 
systems, computer security, independent evaluation and 
audits of computer systems, data science, statistics, audit-
ing of anticompetitive practices, and related fields. 
SEC. 502. ADDITIONAL FEDERAL RESOURCES. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Commission and 
other Federal agencies enumerated in this Act such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 
(b) COMMISSION PERSONNEL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Commission may hire not more 
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than 500 additional personnel to accomplish the work of 
the Commission with respect to unfair or deceptive acts 
or practices relating to the development or deployment of 
covered algorithms in accordance with this Act. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pregnant Students’ 
Rights Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NOTICE OF PREGNANT STUDENT RIGHTS, ACCOM-
MODATIONS, AND RESOURCES. 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) PREGNANT STUDENTS’ RIGHTS, ACCOMMODA-
TIONS, AND RESOURCES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each institution of higher 
education participating in any program under this 
title shall carry out the information dissemination 
activities described in paragraph (3) for prospective 
and enrolled students (including those attending or 
planning to attend less than full time) regarding the 
information described in paragraph (2) on the rights 
of, and resources (including protections and accom-
modations) for, pregnant students to carry a baby to 
term and students who may become pregnant while 
enrolled at such institution of higher education to 
carry a baby to term. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
CONTENT.—The informa-
tion described in this paragraph is the following: 
‘‘(A) A list of resources on campus and in 
the community that exist to help a pregnant
student in carrying the baby to term and caring 
for the baby after birth. 
‘‘(B) Information about the accommoda-
tions available to help a pregnant student carry 
the baby to term and parent the baby after 
birth. 
‘‘(C) Information on how to file a com-
plaint with— 
‘‘(i) the Department of Education, if 
a student believes there was a violation by 
the institution of title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 
seq.) on account of such student’s deter-
mination to carry a baby to term; and 
‘‘(ii) the institution, if a student be-
lieves the student has been discriminated 
against in violation of such title IX on ac-
count of the student’s determination to 
carry a baby to term. 
‘‘(3) INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The information dissemination activities de-
scribed in this paragraph shall include— 
‘‘(A) an email to each enrolled student at 
least once each academic year; and 
‘‘(B) the provision of information—
‘‘(i) in student handbooks, if any; 
‘‘(ii) at each orientation for enrolled 
students; 
‘‘(iii) at student health or counseling 
centers, if any; and 
‘‘(iv) on the publicly available website 
of the institution of higher education. 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to authorize the 
Secretary to require the dissemination of additional 
information, or establish additional rights, beyond 
the information and rights included in this sub-
section.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 22, 
2026. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6359 
AN ACT 
To require institutions of higher education to dis-
seminate information on the rights of, and ac-
commodations and resources for, pregnant stu-
dents, and for other purposes.
I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 635 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase 
Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2025 
Ms. STANSBURY (for herself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, and Mr. 
NEGUSE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to increase Tribal access to water conservation 
and efficiency grants, 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 ‘‘WaterSMART Access 
for Tribes Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT. 
Section 9504(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Omnibus Public 
Land 
Management 
Act 
of 
2009 
(42 
U.S.C. 
10364(a)(3)(E)(i)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘subclause 
(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘subclauses (II) and (III)’’; and 
(2) after subclause (II), by inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(III) WAIVER; 
REDUCTION.— 
With respect to a grant or other 
agreement entered into under para-
graph (1) between the Secretary and 
an Indian Tribe, the Secretary may 
reduce or waive the non-Federal share 
(and increase the Federal share ac-
cordingly) of the cost of any infra-
structure improvement or activity that 
is the subject of that grant or other 
agreement if the Secretary determines 
that contribution of the non-Federal 
share would result in a financial hard-
ship for the Indian Tribe.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6360 
To provide that the Executive order entitled ‘‘Launching the Genesis Mission’’ 
shall have the force and effect of law, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2025 
Mr. KENNEDY of Utah introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To provide that the Executive order entitled ‘‘Launching 
the Genesis Mission’’ shall have the force and effect 
of law, 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 ‘‘Growth, Energy, and 
National Excellence through Science, Innovation, and Se-
curity Act’’ or the ‘‘GENESIS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LEGAL EFFECT. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Execu-
tive order, Executive Order 14363 (90 Fed. Reg. 55035), 
signed on November 24, 2025, and entitled ‘‘Launching 
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the Genesis Mission’’, shall have the force and effect of 
law. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTER FOR 
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID INNOVATION MOD-
ELS TESTING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION UNDER 
TRADITIONAL MEDICARE. 
(a) PROHIBITING
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
WISER 
MODEL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
may not implement the innovative payment and service de-
livery model described in the notice titled ‘‘Medicare Pro-
gram; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select 
Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Re-
duction (WISeR) Model’’ (90 Fed. Reg. 28749 (July 1, 
2025)), or any substantially similar model. 
(b) PROHIBITING IMPLEMENTATION
OF FUTURE 
CMI MODELS TESTING PRIOR AUTHORIZATION (INCLUD-
ING THROUGH THE USE OF AI) UNDER TRADITIONAL 
MEDICARE.—Section 1115A(b)(2) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1315a(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall select’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to the 
limitation under subparagraph (D), the Secretary 
shall select’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) LIMITATION
ON
MODELS
TO
BE 
TESTED.—Beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this subparagraph, the Secretary may 
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not select a model to be tested under subpara-
graph (A) if such model would provide for the 
implementation of prior authorization (includ-
ing through the use of artificial intelligence) 
with respect to items or services for which pay-
ment may be made under part A or part B of 
title XVIII.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6364 
To amend titles XI, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act with respect 
to screening for childhood onset fluency disorders, and to require cov-
erage of certain speech therapy services under Medicaid and CHIP. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2025 
Mr. MCDOWELL (for himself, Mr. FIGURES, and Mr. VINDMAN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend titles XI, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security 
Act with respect to screening for childhood onset fluency 
disorders, and to require coverage of certain speech ther-
apy services under Medicaid and CHIP. 
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 ‘‘Kidd’s Stuttering 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANDING SCREENING AND REQUIRING COV-
ERAGE OF CERTAIN SPEECH THERAPY SERV-
ICES UNDER MEDICAID AND CHIP. 
(a) INCLUSION
OF SCREENING
FOR STUTTERING 
AND SPEECH FLUENCY IN CORE SET OF CHILD HEALTH 
QUALITY MEASURES.—Section 1139A(b)(5) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a(b)(5)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Beginning no later than’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning no later 
than’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) SCREENING
FOR
STUTTERING
AND 
SPEECH FLUENCY.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 
January 1, 2026, the Secretary shall pub-
lish changes to the core measures de-
scribed in subsection (a) to include meas-
ures of screening for childhood-onset flu-
ency disorders, including stuttering, for 
children who have attained the age of 2 
(and have not attained the age of 6). 
‘‘(ii) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary 
shall publish the changes required by 
clause (i) at the same time and in the 
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reasonable attorney’s fees and litigation 
costs. 
(iii) TEMPORARY RELIEF FOR WHIS-
TLEBLOWERS.—In a civil action brought 
under subparagraph (A) regarding a viola-
tion of section 6, the court may award the 
covered individual or labor organization 
temporary relief while the case is pending, 
including reinstatement. 
(iv) 
STATUTORY
DAMAGES.—The 
court may, in accordance with clause (v), 
award statutory damages under clause 
(i)(II) against a person in the following 
amounts: 
(I) USING AN AUTOMATED DECI-
SION
SYSTEM
FOR
PROHIBITED
AC-
TIVITIES.—For each violation of sec-
tion 3 by an employer with respect to 
a covered individual, the court may, 
subject to clause (vi), award— 
(aa) damages of an amount 
not less than $5,000 and not 
more than $20,000; or 
(bb) for any willful or re-
peated violation by the employer, 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6365 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an 
emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of 
Virginia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2025 
Mr. MCGUIRE (for himself, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. GRIFFITH, 
Mr. VINDMAN, Mr. CLINE, Mr. WALKINSHAW, and Mrs. KIGGANS of Vir-
ginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right- 
of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park 
Service land in the State of Virginia, 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 ‘‘Wintergreen Emer-
gency Egress Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR EMERGENCY EXIT, BLUE RIDGE 
PARKWAY. 
Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2041, 
chapter 883; 54 Stat. 250, chapter 277; 16 U.S.C. 460a– 
3), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior may 
issue’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Secretary of the 
Interior— 
‘‘(1) may issue’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) shall issue the right-of-way generally de-
picted as ‘Proposed Egress’ on the map entitled 
‘Blue Ridge Parkway, Proposed Wintergreen Emer-
gency Egress Near Milepost 9.6’, numbered 601/ 
194,694, and dated September 2024, if the Sec-
retary certifies that— 
‘‘(A) an evaluation has been completed of 
alternatives to the right-of-way for egress that 
do not cross Federal land that includes evalu-
ating whether existing trails can be converted to 
roads; 
‘‘(B) an analysis of expected fire ecology 
behavior in the event of a fire emergency has 
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been completed with respect to the right-of-way; 
and 
‘‘(C) any required reviews with respect to 
the right-of-way have been completed in accord-
ance with— 
‘‘(i) the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
and 
‘‘(ii) division A of subtitle III of title 
54, United States Code.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6366 
To amend the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 and 
the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to re-
peal cost-sharing with respect to the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship 
Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2025 
Mr. RILEY of New York (for himself and Mr. KENNEDY of Utah) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology 
A BILL 
To amend the National Science Foundation Authorization 
Act of 2002 and the Research and Development, Com-
petition, and Innovation Act to repeal cost-sharing with 
respect to the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Pro-
gram, 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 ‘‘Boosting the Rural 
STEM Pipeline Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF COST-SHARING WITH RESPECT TO THE 
ROBERT 
NOYCE 
TEACHER 
SCHOLARSHIP 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10A of the National 
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
1862n–1a) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (i); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as 
subsections (i) and (j), respectively. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 10320 of 
the Research and Development, Competition, and Innova-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 18998) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘requirements’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘requirement’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘forthe’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
the’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘and under’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘are’’ and inserting ‘‘is’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘waivers’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘waiver’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6368 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the thrifty food 
plan to apply to the urban and rural parts of the State of Hawaii. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2025 
Ms. TOKUDA (for herself and Mr. CASE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify 
the thrifty food plan to apply to the urban and rural 
parts of the State of Hawaii. 
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 ‘‘Feeding Rural Fami-
lies Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 
Section 3(u)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(u)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘urban and rural parts of’’ be-
fore ‘‘Hawaii’’ the 1st place it appears, and 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘urban and rural’’ before ‘‘Ha-
waii’’ the 2d place it appears. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6369 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program for making 
payments to covered producers for the cost of carrying out GAP audits, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2025 
Mr. VINDMAN (for himself and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program 
for making payments to covered producers for the cost 
of carrying out GAP audits, 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 ‘‘Cutting Cumbersome 
Overhead for Small-farm Testing Savings Act of 2025’’ 
or the ‘‘Cutting COSTS Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES PAYMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a 
program for making payments to covered producers in an 
amount that is equal to the full cost incurred by each such 
producer for carrying out a GAP audit. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and annually for each of the four 
years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
the Senate a report regarding activities under the program 
established under subsection (a), including— 
(1) the number and type of covered producers 
who received payments under such program; and 
(2) the extent to which such payment increased, 
for each such producer, market access to a retail 
food store that requires a GAP audit as a condition 
for such access. 
(c) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use the funds of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this sec-
tion. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) COVERED PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘covered 
producer’’ means a person— 
(A) that— 
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procedures provided in the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) to the Board (as de-
fined in section 101 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 1301)), or any 
person, alleging a violation of section 202(a)(1) of that 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1312(a)(1)) shall be the powers, remedies, 
and procedures this Act provides to that Board, or any 
person, with regard to an allegation of a violation of sec-
tion 3 or 6 against a covered individual described in sec-
tion 2(4)(A)(iii) or described in section 2(4)(B) with re-
spect to an employer described in section 2(6)(A)(i)(III). 
(c) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 
3, UNITED STATES CODE.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in chapter 5 of title 3, United States 
Code, to the President, the Merit Systems Protection 
Board, or any person, alleging a violation of section 
412(a)(1) of that title, shall be the powers, remedies, and 
procedures this Act provides to the President, that Board, 
or any person, respectively, with regard to an allegation 
of a violation of section 3 or 6 against a covered individual 
described in section 2(4)(A)(iv) or described in section 
2(4)(B) with respect to an employer described in section 
2(6)(A)(i)(IV). 
(d) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 
5, UNITED STATES CODE.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in title 5, United States Code, to an 
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(i) operates a small farm with an av-
erage adjusted gross income (as defined in 
section 1001D(a) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(a))) of less 
than $350,000 each year; or 
(ii) is a beginning farmer or rancher 
(as defined in section 3430.602 of title 7, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or a suc-
cessor regulation)); and 
(B) meets such other requirements as the 
Secretary may determine appropriate. 
(2) GAP AUDIT.—The term ‘‘GAP audit’’ 
means an audit under the Agricultural Marketing 
Service Audit Verification and Accreditation Pro-
grams described in part 62 of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or successor regulations), as such 
programs relate to good agricultural practices and 
guidance published by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under section 419(e)(1) of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
350h(e)(1)). 
(3) RETAIL
FOOD
STORE.—The term ‘‘retail 
food store’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2012). 
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(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(e) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 
terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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