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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8854 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the provision of certain 
additional burial benefits for individuals for whom an urn or plaque 
is furnished, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2024 
Mr. YAKYM 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 
provision of certain additional burial benefits for individ-
uals for whom an urn or plaque is furnished, 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 ‘‘Ensuring Veterans’ 
Final Resting Place Act of 2024’’. 
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(1) ELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—Not later than 60 
days before each date that is the final date of the 
term described in subsection (d)(2), a recipient of a 
subgrant under subsection (c) shall submit to the 
State that awarded the subgrant a report includ-
ing— 
(A) a description of how the subgrant was 
used; 
(B) an identification of the cosmetology 
schools that the eligible entity worked with to 
provide the education and technical training re-
quired under subsection (c)(3)(A); 
(C) the number of instructors that the eli-
gible entity trained to provide the education 
and technical training required under sub-
section (c)(3)(A); and 
(D) the number of students that received 
the education and technical training required 
under subsection (c)(3)(A). 
(2) STATES.—Not later than 60 days after each 
date that is the final date of the term described in 
subsection (d)(1), a State that receives a grant 
under this section shall submit to the Secretary a re-
port including— 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8861 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the destruc-
tion authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to articles 
that present a significant public health concern, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2024 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. CARTER of Louisiana) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
extend the destruction authority of the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to articles that present a 
significant public health concern, 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 ‘‘Destruction of Haz-
ardous Imports Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN REFUSED ARTICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 801(a) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the seventh sentence, by striking ‘‘as de-
scribed under subsection (b).’’ and inserting ‘‘as de-
scribed under subsection (b), or any article refused 
admission under this section, if the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services determines that such 
article presents a significant public health concern.’’; 
and 
(2) in the eighth, ninth, and tenth sentences, by 
striking ‘‘drug or device’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘drug, device, or other article’’. 
(b) PROHIBITED ACTS.—Section 301 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(jjj) The unauthorized movement, or introduction or 
delivery for introduction into interstate commerce, includ-
ing export, of an article that the Secretary has decided 
to destroy under the seventh sentence of section 801(a).’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall apply to articles beginning on 
the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
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(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of 
Food and Drugs, shall— 
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, finalize such revisions to regula-
tions as may be necessary to implement the amend-
ments made by subsections (a) and (b); and 
(2) ensure that such regulations are consistent 
with any applicable international agreements. 
Æ 
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‘‘(ii) the amount and percentage of 
such institution’s revenues received from 
other sources.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF EXISTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1094) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (24); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (25) 
through (29) as paragraphs (24) through (28), 
respectively; 
(C) in paragraph (24)(A)(ii) (as redesig-
nated by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (26) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subsection (h)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (e) through (j) 
as subsections (d) through (i), respectively; 
(4) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 
subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (3)), 
by striking ‘‘(a)(25)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(24)’’; 
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(5) in subsection (f)(1) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (3)), by striking ‘‘subsection (e)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’; and 
(6) in subsection (g)(1) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (3)), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(27)’’ in 
the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a)(26)’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 152 (20 U.S.C. 1019a)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘subsections (a)(27) and (h) of section 487’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsections (a)(26) and (g) of 
section 487’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i)(I), by strik-
ing ‘‘section 487(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
487(d)’’; 
(2) 
in 
section 
153(c)(3) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1019b(c)(3)), by striking ‘‘section 487(a)(25)’’ each 
place the term appears and inserting ‘‘section 
487(a)(24)’’; 
(3) 
in 
section 
496(c)(3)(A) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1099b(c)(3)(A)), by striking ‘‘section 487(f)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 487(e)’’; and 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 886 
AN ACT 
To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the admin-
istration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend 
the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration 
of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8865 
To nullify Executive Order 14072 and prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior from implementing, administering, 
or enforcing such Executive Order or any substantially similar executive 
order. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2024 
Mr. LAMALFA (for himself, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and Mr. TIFFANY) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Foreign Af-
fairs, and Ways and Means, 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 nullify Executive Order 14072 and prohibit the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from 
implementing, administering, or enforcing such Executive 
Order or any substantially similar executive order. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 1. NULLIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14072. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Executive Order 14072 (87 Fed. 
Reg. 24851) shall have no force or effect. 
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(b) PROHIBITION ON IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall not— 
(1) implement, administer, or enforce any rule 
or regulation issued for the purpose of carrying out 
Executive Order 14072 (87 Fed. Reg. 24851) or any 
substantially similar executive order; or 
(2) develop, finalize, or issue a rule or regula-
tion for the purpose of carrying out Executive Order 
14072 or any substantially similar executive order. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON TAKING PROPOSED ACTIONS.— 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall not— 
(1) finalize the environmental impact statement 
No. 20240110 included in the Forest Service notice 
entitled ‘‘Land Management Plan Direction for Old- 
Growth Forest Conditions Across the National For-
est System’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 52039 (June 21, 2024)); 
or 
(2) take the proposed actions included in such 
notice or any substantially similar actions. 
Æ 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8867 
To amend the REAL ID Act of 2005 to allow States to determine whether 
to require licenses and other identification to list a gender or sex, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2024 
Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. FROST) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To amend the REAL ID Act of 2005 to allow States to 
determine whether to require licenses and other identi-
fication to list a gender or sex, 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 ‘‘REAL ID Gender Re-
quirement Reform Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 202(b) of the REAL ID 
Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); 
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(9) as paragraphs (3) through (8), respectively; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) STATE DETERMINATION
OF LISTING GEN-
DER.—A State may determine whether to include a gender 
or sex field required for a driver’s license and identifica-
tion card issued to a person by the State. If a State in-
cludes any such gender or sex identification, a person shall 
indicate the appropriate designation without any addi-
tional documentation requirement (such as a doctor’s 
note) and the State shall include an unspecified or other 
designation in the gender or sex field in addition to male 
or female.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 508(a)(1) of the Court Security Improvement Act 
of 2007 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 202(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 202(b)(5)’’. 
Æ 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8868 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in Greenland, New 
Hampshire, as the ‘‘Chief Michael Maloney Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CHIEF MICHAEL MALONEY POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in 
Greenland, New Hampshire, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Chief Michael Maloney Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Chief Michael Maloney 
Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 4, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8868 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in 
Greenland, New Hampshire, as the ‘‘Chief Mi-
chael Maloney Post Office Building’’.
ignated as the ‘‘Chief Michael Maloney Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Chief Michael Maloney 
Post Office Building’’. 
Æ 
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IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8868 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 5, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in Greenland, New 
Hampshire, as the ‘‘Chief Michael Maloney Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 8868 RFS
SECTION 1. CHIEF MICHAEL MALONEY POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 609 Portsmouth Avenue in 
Greenland, New Hampshire, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Chief Michael Maloney Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Chief Michael Maloney 
Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 4, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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HR 886 PCS
to appear after section 6 of the Marine Debris Act (P.L. 
109-449). 
(b) STATUS OF FOUNDATION.—Section 111(a) of the 
Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109–449), as transferred 
by this Act, is amended, in the second sentence, by strik-
ing ‘‘organization’’ and inserting ‘‘corporation’’. 
(c) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(1) 
APPOINTMENT, 
VACANCIES, 
AND
RE-
MOVAL.—Section 112(b) of the Marine Debris Act 
(Public Law 109–449), as transferred by this Act, 
is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (6) re-
spectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(1) RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOARD REGARD-
ING
APPOINTMENTS.—For 
appointments 
made 
under paragraph (2), the Board shall submit to the 
Under Secretary recommendations on candidates for 
appointment.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, in 
the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and considering’’ and 
inserting ‘‘considering’’; and 
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‘‘(2) any State or local government (or any po-
litical subdivision thereof); 
‘‘(3) any Indian tribe; 
‘‘(4) any foreign government or international 
organization; 
‘‘(5) any public or private organization; or 
‘‘(6) any individual.’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF INDIAN TRIBE.—Section 7 of 
such Act (33 U.S.C. 1956) is amended by inserting after 
paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(1A) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).’’. 
Æ 
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‘‘Sam Johnson Highway’’, shall, after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, be known and designated as the ‘‘U.S. 
Congressman and Prisoner of War Sam Johnson Memo-
rial Highway’’. 
(b) REFERENCE.—Any reference in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the portion of the highway referred to in sub-
section (a) shall be considered to be a reference to the 
U.S. Congressman and Prisoner of War Sam Johnson Me-
morial Highway. 
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(A) an identification of the State agency 
that awards subgrants under this section; and 
(B) a summary of the information sub-
mitted under paragraph (1). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘cosme-
tology school’’ means a school that provides training 
to prepare students for gainful employment in an oc-
cupation related to cosmetology. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’— 
(A) means a corporation, limited liability 
company, association, or company that— 
(i) was established not less than 5 
years before the date of enactment of this 
Act; 
(ii) has experience in providing the 
education and technical training required 
under subsection (c)(3)(A); 
(iii) has an employer identification 
number issued by the Internal Revenue 
Service; and 
(iv) has a Minority- or Women-owned 
Business Enterprise certificate; and 
(B) does not include— 
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curriculum that is substantially similar to that 
curriculum; 
(C) any benefits of, and barriers to, deliv-
ering such curriculum to law enforcement per-
sonnel; 
(D) recommendations for improving the 
curriculum developed under section 2; and 
(E) recommendations for improving the 
grant program under this section. 
(d) FUNDING.—No additional funds are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this Act. The Attorney 
General shall carry out this Act using unobligated 
amounts that are otherwise made available to the Depart-
ment of Justice. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS.—The 
term ‘‘community-based organization’’ means a 
grassroots organization that— 
(A) works in communities to improve po-
lice accountability and transparency; and 
(B) has a national presence and member-
ship. 
(2) PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSO-
CIATION.—The term ‘‘professional law enforcement 
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association’’ means a law enforcement membership 
association that works for the needs of Federal, 
State, local, or Indian Tribal law enforcement 
groups and with the civilian community on matters 
of common interest. 
(3) SCENARIO-BASED
TRAINING.—The term 
‘‘scenario-based training’’ means the use of live-ac-
tion simulations and role playing to place law en-
forcement personnel in an interactive learning envi-
ronment to replicate real-life scenarios or teach par-
ticular skills or techniques. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession 
of the United States. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8874 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on expanding the 
use of certain automation tools in the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2024 
Mr. VALADAO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on 
expanding the use of certain automation tools in the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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 ‘‘Modernizing All Vet-
erans and Survivors Claims Processing Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PLAN TO EXPAND USE OF AUTOMATION TOOLS TO 
PROCESS CLAIMS UNDER LAWS ADMINIS-
TERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and twice annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
House of Representatives the plan of the Secretary to 
make available, to the maximum extent practicable, auto-
mation tools described in subsection (b) to other subdivi-
sions of the Department of Veterans Affairs, for the pur-
pose of processing claims under laws administered by the 
Secretary. 
(b) AUTOMATION TOOLS DESCRIBED.—An automa-
tion tool described in this subsection is a technology devel-
oped for the Compensation Service of the Veterans Bene-
fits Administration that— 
(1) automates the retrieval of the service record 
or health records of a veteran; 
(2) compiles evidence relevant to the determina-
tion of a claim for benefits under laws administered 
by the Secretary; 
(3) provides automated decision support rel-
evant to such a determination; 
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viding status updates during and after a crisis 
situation. 
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