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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9336 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the individuals who 
fought for or with the United States against the armed forces of Imperial 
Japan in the Pacific theater and the impacted Saskinax people on Attu, 
whose lives, culture, and community were irrevocably changed from De-
cember 8, 1941, to August 15, 1945. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 9, 2024 
Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ (for herself, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. 
BROWNLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House 
Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the 
individuals who fought for or with the United States 
against the armed forces of Imperial Japan in the Pacific 
theater and the impacted Saskinax people on Attu, whose 
lives, culture, and community were irrevocably changed 
from December 8, 1941, to August 15, 1945. 
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 ‘‘Defenders of Bataan, 
Corregidor, and Attu Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Hours after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, 
Hawaii Territory, on December 7, 1941, Imperial 
Japanese 
forces 
launched 
coordinated 
attacks 
throughout Asia, striking Malaya, Thailand, Singa-
pore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and 
the United States territories of Guam, Midway Is-
land, Wake Island, and Howland Island. 
(2) For the next 7 months, undermanned 
United States forces in the Pacific fought with out-
dated weapons, expired ammunition, and without re-
inforcement or resupply to their besieged island 
posts. 
(3) On the first day of United States participa-
tion in World War II, December 8, 1941, the ‘‘first 
to fire’’ in the Philippines at the Imperial Japanese 
were the New Mexico National Guardsmen from the 
200th and 515th Coast Artillery (AA) regiments, the 
successors to the famed ‘‘Rough Riders’’ of the 
Spanish-American War, who had only recently ar-
rived in the Philippines where they were stationed at 
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ure held on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS.—The 
assets, contracts, property, and records associated with 
the functions transferred by this Act shall be transferred 
to the Department of the Treasury. 
(c) CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall ensure that the transferred functions 
continue without interruption during and after the trans-
fer process. 
(d) DETERMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall make such determinations as are necessary with 
respect to— 
(1) which functions related to the investigation 
of payment and financial systems are transferred 
under this Act, and 
(2) the personnel, assets, and obligations associ-
ated with such functions that are transferred under 
this Act. 
SEC. 6. BUDGET REALLOCATION. 
Funds appropriated to the United States Secret Serv-
ice for the purposes of the functions transferred by this 
Act shall be transferred to the Department of the Treas-
ury. 
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SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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History of the Smithsonian Institution, where it 
shall be displayed as appropriate and made available 
for research. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the National Museum of American 
History of the Smithsonian Institution should make 
the gold medal received under paragraph (1) avail-
able for display at other locations, particularly at lo-
cations that are associated with— 
(A) the defensive battles of World War II 
in the Pacific theater from December 8, 1941, 
to August 15, 1945; 
(B) the prisoners of war of Imperial 
Japan; 
(C) the impacted Saskinaxˆ people; and 
(D) the defense of the Philippines, Guam, 
Wake Island, Midway Island, Java, and the 
Aleutian Islands. 
SEC. 5. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck under section 4, at a price 
sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
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SEC. 6. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—Medals struck under this 
Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 
31, United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 
struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 
items. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 
SALE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under 
this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
5 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9359 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in 
gross income of Social Security benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 13, 2024 
Mr. VAN DREW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF INCLUSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY 
BENEFITS IN ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 86 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to social security benefits) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9338 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the advanced 
manufacturing production credit with respect to components produced 
by, or in connection with, foreign entities of concern. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 9, 2024 
Mr. MILLER of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict 
the advanced manufacturing production credit with re-
spect to components produced by, or in connection with, 
foreign entities of concern. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RESTRICTION ON ADVANCED MANUFACTURING 
PRODUCTION CREDIT WITH RESPECT TO 
FOREIGN ENTITIES OF CONCERN. 
(a) CREDIT NOT ALLOWED FOR COMPONENTS PRO-
DUCED BY FOREIGN ENTITIES OF CONCERN.—Section 
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45X(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) CREDIT NOT ALLOWED FOR COMPONENTS 
PRODUCED BY FOREIGN ENTITIES OF CONCERN.— 
No credit shall be allowed under this section with re-
spect to any eligible component which is produced by 
a foreign entity of concern (as defined in section 
9901(8) of the William M. Mac Thornberry National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 
U.S.C. 4651(8))).’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
QUALIFYING BATTERY COMPONENTS.—Section 45X(c)(5) 
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN INVOLVE-
MENT OF FOREIGN ENTITIES OF CONCERN.— 
The term ‘qualifying battery component’ shall 
not include any battery component produced 
using technology designed, developed, manufac-
tured, licensed, or supplied by a foreign entity 
of concern (as defined in section 9901(8) of the 
William M. Mac Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (15 
U.S.C. 4651(8))).’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to components produced and sold 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9339 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to approve interstate commerce carrier apprenticeship programs 
for purposes of veterans educational assistance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 9, 2024 
Mr. PAPPAS (for himself and Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to approve interstate com-
merce carrier apprenticeship programs for purposes of 
veterans educational assistance, 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 ‘‘Veterans’ Transition 
to Trucking Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS TO APPROVE INTERSTATE COM-
MERCE 
CARRIER 
APPRENTICESHIP 
PRO-
GRAMS FOR PURPOSES OF VETERANS EDU-
CATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 3672(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); 
(2) in subparagraph (A), in the matter before 
clause (i), by striking ‘‘The State’’ and inserting 
‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
State’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph (B): 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may act in the role of a State 
approving agency for purposes of approval of a multi-State 
apprenticeship program.’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 933 
To designate the Staten Island Unit of the Gateway National Recreation 
Area as the ‘‘Senator James L. Buckley Seashore’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 
Ms. MALLIOTAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the Staten Island Unit of the Gateway National 
Recreation Area as the ‘‘Senator James L. Buckley Sea-
shore’’. 
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 ‘‘Senator James L. 
Buckley Seashore Designation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF SENATOR JAMES L. BUCKLEY 
SEASHORE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Staten Island Unit of the 
Gateway National Recreation Area described in subsection 
(a)(4) of the first section of Public Law 92–592 (16 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who violates sub-
section (b), (c), (e), (f), or (h) shall be liable to the 
United States for a civil penalty in an amount that 
is not more than the greater of— 
‘‘(A) $100,000; or 
‘‘(B) the amount of compensation that the 
person received or was offered for the conduct 
in violation of subsection (b), (c), (e), or (f), or 
the employment described in subsection (h), as 
the case may be. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL PENALTIES.—In addition to 
the penalty provided for under paragraph (1), a per-
son who violates subsection (b), (c), (e), or (f) shall, 
for a period of not longer than five years— 
‘‘(A) be prohibited from accepting employ-
ment or compensation or a payment or award 
from any foreign government; 
‘‘(B) be prohibited from— 
‘‘(i) accepting employment with the 
Federal Government; 
‘‘(ii) providing services under a con-
tract awarded by the Federal Government; 
or 
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U.S.C. 460cc) is designated as the ‘‘Senator James L. 
Buckley Seashore’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States to the unit of the Gateway National Recreation 
Area described in subsection (a) shall be considered to be 
a reference to the ‘‘Senator James L. Buckley Seashore’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9340 
To appropriate more funds for the Federal Communication Commission’s 
‘‘rip and replace’’ program, to require a spectrum auction, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 9, 2024 
Mr. PFLUGER (for himself and Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To appropriate more funds for the Federal Communication 
Commission’s ‘‘rip and replace’’ program, to require a 
spectrum auction, 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 ‘‘Supporting National 
Security with Spectrum Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ‘‘RIP AND REPLACE’’ FUNDING. 
Section 4(k) of the Secure and Trusted Communica-
tions Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1603(k)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘$1,900,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$4,980,000,000’’. 
SEC. 3. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. 
There is appropriated to the Federal Communica-
tions Commission for fiscal year 2024, out of amounts in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $3,080,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out section 
4 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1603). 
SEC. 4. FCC AUCTION 97 REAUCTION OF CERTAIN LI-
CENSES; COMPLETION OF REAUCTION. 
(a) FCC AUCTION 97 REAUCTION OF CERTAIN LI-
CENSES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commis-
sion shall initiate a system of competitive bidding under 
section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 309(j)) to grant licenses for spectrum in the inven-
tory of the Commission within the bands of frequencies 
referred to by the Commission as the ‘‘AWS–3 bands’’, 
without regard to whether the authority of the Commis-
sion under paragraph (11) of that section has expired. 
(b) COMPLETION
OF
REAUCTION.—The Federal 
Communications Commission shall complete the system of 
competitive bidding described in subsection (a), including 
receiving payments, processing applications, and granting 
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licenses, without regard to whether the authority of the 
Commission under paragraph (11) of section 309(j) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) has ex-
pired. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9343 
To prohibit any electric vehicle mandate, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 9, 2024 
Ms. TENNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit any electric vehicle mandate, 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 ‘‘Federal Electric Vehi-
cle Mandate Prohibition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Consumer choice in the automotive market 
is paramount. 
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(2) Federal mandates on electric vehicles (EV) 
impose undue burdens on consumers and manufac-
turers. 
(3) Such mandates disrupt market dynamics 
and inhibit technological innovation. 
(4) Federal EV mandates undermine free mar-
ket principles and impose unnecessary costs on 
American consumers and businesses. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTING SALE OF VEHICLES 
BASED ON MODE OF PROPULSION. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Federal Government, a 
State, and local government may not prohibit the sale of 
gas and hybrid powered vehicles sold based on the mode 
of propulsion, including through the following: 
(1) Any regulation or enforcement of a regula-
tion that requires the production, sale, or purchase 
of electric vehicles. 
(2) A mandate that requires a specific percent-
age of vehicles produced or sold to be electric vehi-
cles, including any school bus or other vehicle use by 
a public safety official. 
(3) A financial penalty for failing to meet elec-
tric vehicle production or sales targets. 
(b) PENALTY.—With respect to a State (or local gov-
ernment in a State) that takes an action prohibited by 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9346 
To provide that persons having seriously delinquent tax debts shall be 
ineligible for employment by the Internal Revenue Service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 13, 2024 
Mr. FEENSTRA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide that persons having seriously delinquent tax debts 
shall be ineligible for employment by the Internal Rev-
enue Service. 
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 ‘‘Audit the IRS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS HAVING SERIOUSLY 
DELINQUENT TAX DEBTS FOR EMPLOYMENT 
BY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘seriously delinquent tax debt’’ 
means an outstanding debt under the Internal Rev-
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enue Code of 1986 for which a notice of lien has 
been filed in public records pursuant to section 6323 
of such Code, except that such term does not in-
clude— 
(A) a debt that is being paid in a timely 
manner pursuant to an agreement under sec-
tion 6159 or section 7122 of such Code; and 
(B) a debt with respect to which a collec-
tion due process hearing under section 6330 of 
such Code, or relief under subsection (a), (b), 
or (f) of section 6015 of such Code, is re-
quested or pending; and 
(2) the term ‘‘applicable employee’’ means an 
officer, employee, or contract employee of the Inter-
nal Revenue Service. 
(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR EMPLOYMENT BY IRS.—An 
individual who has a seriously delinquent tax debt shall 
be ineligible to be appointed, or to continue serving, as 
an applicable employee. 
(c) VERIFICATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue 
shall verify that each applicable employee is not in 
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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 934 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities to suppress 
wildfires, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition 
to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out activities 
to suppress wildfires, 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. SUPPRESSION OF WILDFIRES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to covered National 
Forest System lands, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Chief of the Forest Service— 
(1) shall— 
(A) use all available resources to carry out 
wildfire suppression with the purpose of extin-
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violation of the requirement described in subsection 
(b). 
(2) APPLICANTS.—In the case of any individual 
who is applying for a position with the Internal Rev-
enue Service as an applicable employee, the Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue shall verify that such in-
dividual is not in violation of the requirement de-
scribed in subsection (b) prior to such individual 
being appointed as an applicable employee. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Office of Personnel Man-
agement shall, for purposes of carrying out this section 
with respect to the Internal Revenue Service, prescribe 
any regulations which the Office considers necessary. 
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