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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5794 
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy to continue disaster relief, recovery, and mitigation operations funded 
through the Disaster Relief Fund in the event of a lapse in appropria-
tions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2025 
Mr. BELL (for himself, Mr. MOULTON, and Mr. FIELDS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to continue disaster relief, recovery, 
and mitigation operations funded through the Disaster 
Relief Fund in the event of a lapse in appropriations, 
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 ‘‘FEMA Operations 
Continuity Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF FEMA OPERATIONS DURING A 
LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 
event of a lapse in appropriations, the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall be au-
thorized to— 
(1) continue all disaster relief, recovery, and 
mitigation operations funded through the Disaster 
Relief Fund; 
(2) obligate and disburse Disaster Relief Fund 
balances for all existing and future disaster declara-
tions, including individual and public assistance 
under sections 403, 406, 407, 408, and 502 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5172, 5173, 5174, 
and 5192); and 
(3) maintain personnel and contract support 
necessary to ensure uninterrupted processing of 
claims and payments. 
SEC. 3. USE OF DISASTER RELIEF FUND. 
(a) AVAILABILITY.—All unobligated balances in the 
Disaster Relief Fund shall remain available to the Admin-
istrator for expenditure during a lapse in appropriations. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON DIVERSION.—No funds from 
the Disaster Relief Fund may be withheld, sequestered, 
or reprogrammed during a lapse in appropriations, except 
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as necessary to comply with section 1341 of title 31, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Anti- 
Deficiency Act’). 
SEC. 4. EXCEPTION FROM GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN RE-
STRICTIONS. 
For purposes of section 1341 of title 31, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Anti-Deficiency 
Act’), operations of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency authorized under this Act shall be considered es-
sential to protect human life and property, and therefore 
exempt from shutdown restrictions. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5795 
To make orders of removal publicly available, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2025 
Mr. BIGGS of Arizona introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To make orders of removal publicly available, 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 ‘‘Deportation Disclosure 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ORDERS OF REMOVAL. 
Section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1229a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) PUBLICATION
OF
FINAL
ORDERS
OF
RE-
MOVAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall pub-
lish on the website of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity the name of each individual who has received a final 
order of removal after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, along with— 
‘‘(1) a photograph of the individual; 
‘‘(2) any aliases of the individual; and 
‘‘(3) the last known State in which the indi-
vidual resided.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5821 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the treatment 
of certain hospitals as critical access hospitals under the Medicare program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2025 
Mr. LAMALFA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for the treatment of certain hospitals as critical access 
hospitals under the Medicare program. 
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 ‘‘Rural Hospital Fair-
ness Act’’. 
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(1) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) include in the report submitted pursuant 
to paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2025 or any suc-
ceeding fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) State-by-State data on the number, 
demographics, and characteristics of foster and 
adoptive families in the State, and the number 
of potential foster and adoptive families not 
being utilized in the State and the reasons why; 
‘‘(B) a summary of the challenges of, and 
barriers to, being a foster or adoptive parent, 
including with respect to recruitment, licensure, 
engagement, retention, and why parents stop 
fostering, adoptions disrupt or dissolve, or fos-
ter or adoptive families struggle, as reported by 
States based on surveys of foster and adoptive 
parents; and 
‘‘(C) a summary of the challenges and bar-
riers States reported on efforts to recruit a pool 
of families that reflect the racial and ethnic 
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background of children in foster care in the 
State, and efforts to overcome those barriers.’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5803 
To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to require certain reporting 
by power reactor licensees that use decommissioning trust funds, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2025 
Mr. LAWLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to require 
certain reporting by power reactor licensees that use 
decommissioning trust funds, 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 ‘‘Reactor Expenditure 
Accountability and Compliance Transparency Act’’ or the 
‘‘REACT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRED REPORTING FOR POWER REACTOR LI-
CENSEES 
THAT 
USE 
DECOMMISSIONING 
TRUST FUNDS. 
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall revise sec-
tion 50.82 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, to re-
quire each power reactor licensee that uses a decommis-
sioning trust fund to report to the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission in each financial assurance status report of 
such licensee— 
(1) any earned interest of the decommissioning 
trust fund; 
(2) the projected annual rate of return of the 
decommissioning trust fund; and 
(3) a detailed list of expenditures made for de-
commissioning activities using withdrawals from the 
decommissioning trust fund. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5828 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a 
public awareness campaign to increase awareness of the importance of 
father inclusion and engagement in improving overall health outcomes 
during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2025 
Mr. VINDMAN (for himself and Mr. CISCOMANI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to carry out a public awareness campaign to increase 
awareness of the importance of father inclusion and en-
gagement in improving overall health outcomes during 
pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum, 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 ‘‘Dads Matter Act of 
2025’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5804 
To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to 
reauthorize the Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2025 
Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. CARSON, and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Office of Urban Agri-
culture and Innovative Production. 
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 ‘‘Providing Robust 
Organics and Diets for Urban Communities Everywhere 
Act’’ or the ‘‘PRODUCE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF OFFICE OF URBAN AGRI-
CULTURE AND INNOVATIVE PRODUCTION. 
Section 222 of the Department of Agriculture Reor-
ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(5)(B), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2030’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2030’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 
through 2030’’. 
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I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5805 
To require a report on expenditures for contracts for advertising services, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 21, 2025 
Ms. NORTON (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Mr. FIELDS, and Mrs. BEATTY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Budget 
A BILL 
To require a report on expenditures for contracts for 
advertising services, 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 Government 
Advertising Equity Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON EXPENDITURES FOR CONTRACTS FOR 
ADVERTISING SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(40) the following information with respect to 
each executive agency: 
‘‘(A) Expenditures of the executive agency 
for the prior fiscal year for— 
‘‘(i) all contracts for advertising serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(ii) contracts for the advertising 
services of— 
‘‘(I) socially and economically 
disadvantaged small business concerns 
(as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the 
Small 
Business 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
637(a)(4))); and 
‘‘(II) women- and minority-owned 
businesses. 
‘‘(B) Estimated expenditures of the execu-
tive agency for the fiscal year for which the 
budget is submitted for— 
‘‘(i) all contracts for advertising serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(ii) contracts for the advertising 
services of— 
‘‘(I) socially and economically 
disadvantaged small business concerns 
(as defined in section 8(a)(4) of the 
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Small 
Business 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
637(a)(4))); and 
‘‘(II) women- and minority-owned 
businesses.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION DATE.—The amendment made by 
this Act shall apply to the report submitted under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 
2027, and each fiscal year thereafter. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 381 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 580 
[Report No. 119–446, Part I] 
To amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 to provide for 
regulatory impact analyses for certain rules, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2025 
Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Mrs. HINSON, 
and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 
the Committees on Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
JANUARY 13, 2026 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JANUARY 13, 2026 
Committees on Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 21, 2025] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
to provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain 
rules, and for other purposes. 
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culture, water supply, public health, and public safe-
ty; and 
(7) there is bipartisan support for pursuing ef-
forts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through 
economically viable, broadly supported private and 
public policies and solutions. 
Subtitle A—Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions 
SEC. 10101. TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC GREENHOUSE GAS 
EMISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle L—Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions 
‘‘PART 1—TAXATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS 
EMISSIONS 
‘‘Sec. 9901. Imposition of tax on combusted fossil fuel greenhouse gas emis-
sions. 
‘‘Sec. 9902. Imposition of tax on greenhouse gas emissions from certain indus-
trial processes. 
‘‘Sec. 9903. Imposition of tax on greenhouse gas emissions from certain prod-
uct uses. 
‘‘Sec. 9904. Calculation of taxable emissions. 
‘‘Sec. 9905. Credit for state payments. 
‘‘Sec. 9906. Penalties for nonpayment. 
‘‘Sec. 9907. Definitions. 
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trial sector meets the criteria of this clause 
if the United States industrial sector has a 
greenhouse gas intensity of at least 5 per-
cent, calculated by dividing— 
‘‘(I) the number of metric tons of 
carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse 
gas emissions (including direct emis-
sions from fuel combustion, process 
emissions, and indirect emissions from 
the generation of electricity used to 
produce the output of the sector) of 
the sector based on data described in 
subparagraph (C), multiplied by the 
applicable rate in section 9901(b)(2), 
by 
‘‘(II) the value of the shipments 
of the sector, based on data described 
in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(iii) TRADE
INTENSITY.—As deter-
mined by the Secretary, an industrial sec-
tor meets the criteria of this clause if the 
industrial sector has a trade intensity of at 
least 15 percent, calculated by dividing— 
‘‘(I) the value of the total im-
ports and exports of the sector, by 
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$500,000 from the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.). 
(B) A Tribally designated housing entity 
from an Indian Tribe that, in at least 1 of the 
5 fiscal years immediately before the fiscal year, 
received a final allocation of less than $500,000 
from the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development under the Native American Hous-
ing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.). 
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given such term under section 4 of 
the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 
(3) NECESSARY
FEATURE.—The term ‘‘nec-
essary feature’’ means any feature that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, would improve a residential 
dwelling unit or would be necessary to build a resi-
dential dwelling unit. 
(4) RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT.—The term 
‘‘residential dwelling unit’’ means a dwelling unit 
that is owned or leased, or intended to be owned or 
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(4) A United States patent secures a private 
property right to an inventor. 
(5) This Act restores the patent system as envi-
sioned by the Constitution of the United States. 
SEC. 3. RESTORING THE RIGHT OF THE FIRST INVENTOR 
TO SECURE A PATENT. 
(a) REPEAL OF FIRST-TO-FILE SYSTEM UNDER THE 
AMERICA INVENTS ACT.—Section 3 of the Leahy-Smith 
America Invents Act (Public Law 112–29), including each 
amendment made by such section, is repealed and any 
amendment made by such section to any provision shall 
be effective as if the provision had not been amended by 
such section. 
(b) FIRST-TO-INVENT.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision under title 35, United States Code, a person 
shall be entitled to a patent where the inventor is first 
to conceive of the invention and diligently reduces the in-
vention to practice. 
(c) ONE-YEAR GRACE PERIOD.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision under title 35, United States Code, 
a person shall be entitled to a one-year grace period before 
filing an application for a patent, as the grace period ex-
isted before the date of the enactment of the Leahy-Smith 
America Invents Act under section 102 of title 35, United 
States Code, and with the same meaning of the terms ‘‘in 
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(1) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by 
striking ‘‘this title’’ and everything that follows 
through ‘‘shall be 70 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘title 
XXI, the Federal medical assistance percentage for 
the District of Columbia shall be 70 percent, and for 
purposes of this title, for fiscal years before 2030, 
the Federal medical assistance percentage for the 
District of Columbia shall be equal to the percentage 
that would otherwise be determined under this sub-
section without application of this clause or the per-
centage specified in subsection (ll) for such fiscal 
year (whichever is greater), and for fiscal year 2030 
and each subsequent fiscal year, the Federal medical 
assistance percentage for the District of Columbia 
shall be equal to the percentage that would other-
wise be determined under this subsection without 
application of this clause’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(ll) FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGE 
FOR
THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.—For purposes of 
clause (3) of the first sentence of subsection (b), the per-
centage specified in this subsection for a fiscal year is— 
‘‘(1) for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2027, 70 
percent; 
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‘‘(2) for fiscal year 2027, 65 percent; 
‘‘(3) for fiscal year 2028, 60 percent; and 
‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2029, 55 percent.’’. 
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higher education formed to organize, regu-
late, or commercialize intercollegiate var-
sity athletics competition, including any 
media-rights or data-rights affiliate. 
‘‘(iv) ‘Total annual compensation’— 
means wages, salaries, stipends, allow-
ances, incentive or performance bonuses, 
signing or retention bonuses, deferred com-
pensation, employer retirement contribu-
tions above standard plan matches, sever-
ance, buyouts, cancellation or mitigation 
payments, in-kind compensation, appear-
ance fees, debt servicing, debt relief, and 
any other compensation paid by or through 
a related organization (including a founda-
tion, booster organization, media arm, or 
affiliate) or a third party under an ar-
rangement to perform services for the in-
stitution.’’. 
SEC. 4. LIABILITY LIMITATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Adoption of, agreement to, com-
pliance with, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, re-
quirement, standard, or other provision established pursu-
ant to, or in compliance with, section 3 of this Act shall 
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be treated as lawful under the antitrust laws and any simi-
lar State provision having the force and effect of law. 
(b) ANTITRUST LAWS.—The term ‘‘antitrust laws’’ 
in sub-paragraph (a) has the meaning given such term in 
the 1st section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12) and in-
cludes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 45) to the extent that such section 5 applies to 
unfair methods of competition. 
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