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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8620 
To permit payments for certain business software or cloud computing services 
as allowable uses of a loan made under the Paycheck Protection Program 
of the Small Business Administration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 16, 2020 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To permit payments for certain business software or cloud 
computing services as allowable uses of a loan made 
under the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small 
Business Administration. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE EXPENSES. 
(a) ALLOWABLE
USE
OF
PPP LOAN.—Section 
7(a)(36)(F)(i) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)(F)(i)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (VI), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
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(2) in subclause (VII), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(VIII) covered operations ex-
penditures, as defined in section 
1106(a) of the CARES Act (15 
U.S.C. 9005(a)).’’. 
(b) LOAN
FORGIVENESS.—Section 1106 of the 
CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9005) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (9), re-
spectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) the term ‘covered operations expenditure’ 
means a payment for any business software or cloud 
computing service that facilitates business oper-
ations, product or service delivery, the processing, 
payment, or tracking of payroll expenses, human re-
sources, sales and billing functions, or accounting or 
tracking of supplies, inventory, records and ex-
penses;’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated— 
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(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) 
covered 
operations 
expenditures; 
and’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) Any covered operations expenditure.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(8), by inserting ‘‘any pay-
ment on any covered operations expenditure,’’ after 
‘‘rent obligation,’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘pay-
ments on covered operations expenditures,’’ 
after ‘‘lease obligations,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting 
‘‘make payments on covered operations expendi-
tures,’’ after ‘‘rent obligation,’’; and 
(5) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘payments 
on covered operations expenditures,’’ after ‘‘lease ob-
ligations,’’ each place it appears. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8629 
To require employee consent for any deferral of payroll taxes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2020 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. 
COSTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require employee consent for any deferral of payroll taxes. 
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 Employees 
from Surprise Taxes Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF EMPLOYEE CONSENT FOR ANY 
DEFERRAL OF PAYROLL TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an employee of any 
employer, including any Federal Government employer, 
the withholding and payment of the tax imposed by section 
3101(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and so 
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much of the tax imposed by section 3201 of such Code 
as is attributable to the rate in effect under such section 
3101(a), with respect to such employee shall not be de-
ferred pursuant to section 7508A of such Code for any 
pay period ending after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, unless the employee provides written consent to such 
deferral to the employer. 
(b) LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO REMIT TAXES.—In 
the case of any employee who does not provide the written 
consent required under subsection (a), the employer of 
such employee shall be solely liable according to the rules 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any failure to 
withhold and remit the taxes described in such subsection. 
(c) NOTICE.—Each employer who participates in any 
deferral of the withholding and payment of the taxes im-
posed by sections 3101(a) and 3201 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 pursuant to section 7508A of such 
Code shall provide notice, in such manner as the Secretary 
of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) may pre-
scribe as soon as possible after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, to each employee of the employer of the em-
ployee’s right to provide or withhold written consent under 
this section, and of the future tax liability which would 
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be incurred as a result of providing consent to the deferral 
of such taxes. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 862 
To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2019 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio (for himself and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the 
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, 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 ‘‘Eastern Legacy Exten-
sion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL HIS-
TORIC TRAIL. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 5(a)(6) of the National 
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)) is amended, in 
the first sentence— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘three thousand seven hundred’’ 
and inserting ‘‘4,900’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Wood River, Illinois,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania,’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘maps identified as, ‘Vicinity 
Map, Lewis and Clark Trail’ study report dated 
April 1977’’ and inserting ‘‘the map entitled Lewis 
and Clark National Historic Trail Authorized Trail 
Including Proposed Eastern Legacy Extension, 
dated April 2018, and numbered 648/143721’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on the date that is 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8630 
To amend the National Forest Organization Camp Fee Improvement Act 
of 2003 to modify the calculation of land use fees in counties with 
less than two percent farm land, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2020 
Mr. COOK 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 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the National Forest Organization Camp Fee Im-
provement Act of 2003 to modify the calculation of land 
use fees in counties with less than two percent farm 
land, 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 ‘‘Organizational Fee 
Fairness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FEES FOR OCCUPANCY AND USE OF NATIONAL FOR-
EST SYSTEM AND FACILITIES BY ORGANIZA-
TIONAL CAMPS. 
Section 503(a) of The National Forest Organiza-
tional Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6232(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting 
‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (5), the’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) RULE FOR COVERED COUNTIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to an or-
ganizational camp in a covered county, para-
graph (1)(B) shall be applied by substituting 
‘State’ for ‘county’. 
‘‘(B) COVERED COUNTY DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘covered county’ means a 
county in which less than 2 percent of land is 
used for farming as reported in the most recent 
Census of Agriculture conducted by the Na-
tional Agricultural Statistics Service.’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8837 
To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration to develop celestial time standardization to support future oper-
ations and infrastructure on and around the Moon and other celestial 
bodies other than Earth, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2024 
Ms. MCCLELLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration to develop celestial time stand-
ardization to support future operations and infrastruc-
ture on and around the Moon and other celestial bodies 
other than Earth, 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 ‘‘Celestial Time Stand-
ardization Act’’. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 62
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring),
SECTION 1. USE OF EMANCIPATION HALL FOR UNVEILING 
OF BARBARA ROSE JOHNS STATUE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Emancipation Hall in the 
Capitol Visitor Center is authorized to be used for an
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 74 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the two Houses of Congress assemble 
in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 
February 24, 2026, at 9 p.m., for the purpose of receiving
•HCON 74 EH 
such communication as the President of the United States 
shall be pleased to make to them. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 10, 
2026. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IA 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 18 
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United 
States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection 
Agency relating to ‘‘National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for 
Lead and Copper: Improvements (LCRI)’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2025 
Mr. PALMER submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by 
the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘Na-
tional Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead 
and Copper: Improvements (LCRI)’’. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the En-
vironmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘National Pri-
mary Drinking Water Regulations for Lead and Copper: 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of a 
United States shareholder of a foreign corpora-
tion which— 
‘‘(i) is not a qualified corporation but 
with respect to which the ownership re-
quirements of paragraph (1)(B)(ii) are 
met, and 
‘‘(ii) has an eligible foreign business 
unit which, if such unit were a corporation, 
would be a qualified corporation with re-
spect to which such ownership require-
ments would be met, 
then, for purposes of this section, the United 
States shareholder may elect to treat such unit 
as a separate foreign corporation which meets 
the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) and with 
respect to which such shareholder is a United 
States shareholder. 
‘‘(B) 
ELIGIBLE
FOREIGN
BUSINESS 
UNIT.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘eligible foreign business unit’ means a 
separate and clearly identified foreign unit of a 
trade or business, including a partnership or an 
entity treated as disregarded as a separate enti-
ty from its owner (under section 7701 or other 
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‘‘(i) which is used by the qualified cor-
poration in a possession of the United 
States in the active conduct of a trade or 
business within such possession, 
‘‘(ii) to which section 168 applies, and 
‘‘(iii) which is not 3-year property for 
purposes of such section. 
‘‘(d) 
INTANGIBLE
LOW-TAXED
INCOME
TAX 
AMOUNT.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The intangible low-taxed 
income tax amount is an amount equal to the lesser 
of— 
‘‘(A) the eligible possession intangible low- 
tax income tax amount, or 
‘‘(B) the global intangible low-taxed in-
come tax amount. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE POSSESSION INTANGIBLE LOW- 
TAXED INCOME TAX AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The eligible possession 
intangible low-taxed income tax amount is an 
amount equal to the excess of— 
‘‘(i) the product of— 
‘‘(I) the rate in effect under sec-
tion 11 for the taxable year, and 
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‘‘(II) the sum of the possession 
intangible low-taxed income amount 
for such taxable year and the amount 
which would be treated as a dividend 
under section 78 if only amounts at-
tributable to such possession intan-
gible low-tax income amount were 
taken into account under such section 
for such taxable year, reduced by the 
possession ILTI deduction for such 
taxable year, over 
‘‘(ii) an amount equal to the amount 
described in section 960(d), determined— 
‘‘(I) by substituting ‘possession 
intangible low-taxed income amount 
(as defined in section 30E(d)(2)(B))’ 
for ‘global intangible low-taxed income 
(as defined in section 951A(b))’ in 
paragraph (2)(A) thereof, and 
‘‘(II) by only taking into account 
income from the active conduct of a 
trade or business and from sources 
(determined under rules similar to the 
rules of part I of chapter N) within 
possessions of the United States for 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8636 
To amend section 230(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent 
immunity for interactive computer services for certain claims, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2020 
Mr. MALINOWSKI (for himself and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend section 230(c) of the Communications Act of 
1934 to prevent immunity for interactive computer serv-
ices for certain claims, 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 ‘‘Protecting Americans 
from Dangerous Algorithms Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 
Section 230(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 230(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) ALGORITHMIC AMPLIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), an interactive computer service shall 
be considered to be an information content pro-
vider and the protection under such paragraph 
shall not apply for any claim described in sub-
paragraph (B). 
‘‘(B) CONDITIONS FOR CLAIM.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A claim in this 
subparagraph requires the following: 
‘‘(I) A claim in a civil action is 
brought under— 
‘‘(aa) section 1980 or 1981 
of the Revised Statutes (42 
U.S.C. 1985; 42 U.S.C. 1986); 
or 
‘‘(bb) section 2333 of title 
18, United States Code. 
‘‘(II) Except as provided in 
clause (ii), the claim involves a case in 
which the interactive computer service 
used an algorithm, model, or other 
computational process to rank, order, 
promote, 
recommend, 
amplify, 
or 
similarly alter the delivery or display 
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of information (including any text, 
image, audio, or video post, page, 
group, account, or affiliation) pro-
vided to a user of the service if the in-
formation is directly relevant to the 
claim. 
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding 
clause (i)(II), the requirement is not met 
if— 
‘‘(I) the information delivery or 
display is ranked, ordered, promoted, 
recommended, amplified, or similarly 
altered in a way that is obvious, un-
derstandable, and transparent to a 
reasonable user based only on the de-
livery or display of the information 
(without the need to reference the 
terms of service or any other agree-
ment), 
including 
sorting 
informa-
tion— 
‘‘(aa) chronologically or re-
verse chronologically; 
‘‘(bb) by average user rating 
or number of user reviews; 
‘‘(cc) alphabetically; and 
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‘‘(dd) randomly; or 
‘‘(II) the algorithm, model, or 
other computational process is used 
for information a user specifically 
searches for. 
‘‘(C) SMALL BUSINESS EXCEPTION.—This 
paragraph shall not apply to an interactive 
computer service that (in combination with each 
subsidiary and affiliate of the service) has 
50,000,000 or fewer unique monthly visitors or 
users for a majority of the preceding 12 
months.’’. 
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(A) by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘5 percent’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$150,000’’. 
SEC. 203. AMENDMENTS TO MARINE TURTLE CONSERVA-
TION ACT OF 2004. 
(a) PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) of the Marine Turtle 
Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601(b)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to as-
sist in the conservation of marine turtles, freshwater tur-
tles, and tortoises in foreign countries and territories of 
the United States, the conservation of the nesting habitats 
of marine turtles, and the conservation of the habitats of 
freshwater turtles and tortoises, by supporting and pro-
viding financial resources for projects— 
‘‘(1) to conserve those nesting habitats and 
habitats in foreign countries and territories of the 
United States; 
‘‘(2) to conserve marine turtles, freshwater tur-
tles, and tortoises in those habitats; and 
‘‘(3) to address other threats to the survival of 
marine turtles, freshwater turtles, and tortoises in 
foreign countries and territories of the United 
States.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8644 
To ensure the availability of critical medications in the event of public health 
emergencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2020 
Mr. SMITH of Missouri (for himself and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To ensure the availability of critical medications in the event 
of public health emergencies, 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; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure America’s Med-
icine Act of 2020’’. 
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be separate from any universal service program es-
tablished under section 254. 
‘‘(c) STATE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A State 
seeking funding under the program established under sub-
section (b) shall create a program that— 
‘‘(1) implements the requirements of this sec-
tion; 
‘‘(2) does not favor the use of any particular 
technology or any particular eligible entity; 
‘‘(3) encourages small broadband providers to 
participate in the program through streamlined reg-
ulatory requirements for all broadband funding part-
ners; 
‘‘(4) takes into account— 
‘‘(A) the size and scope of each unserved 
area, and the number of locations, proposed to 
be served by each project carried out using the 
funds; and 
‘‘(B) the speed of the broadband service 
provided by eligible entities seeking funding for 
projects under the program; 
‘‘(5) may take into account— 
‘‘(A) the size and proportion of the match-
ing funds proposed to be committed by the eli-
gible entities seeking funding for projects under 
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the program, which may not be provided from 
any funds derived from government grants, 
loans, or subsidies; 
‘‘(B) the speed with which the eligible enti-
ties seeking funding for projects under the pro-
gram can complete the proposed deployment 
and provision of broadband service to house-
holds under those projects; and 
‘‘(C) whether an eligible entity seeking 
funding for a project under the program has 
the ability to leverage nearby or adjacent 
broadband service provided by the eligible entity 
to facilitate the deployment and provision of 
broadband service proposed under that project; 
‘‘(6) establishes— 
‘‘(A) periodic buildout milestones, report-
ing 
requirements, 
and 
certification 
by 
broadband funding partners; and 
‘‘(B) a maximum buildout timeframe for a 
broadband funding partner of 3 years, begin-
ning on the date on which funding is provided 
to the broadband funding partner to undertake 
a project, except that the State may extend that 
timeframe if the broadband funding partner es-
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