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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1053 
To provide that a project to remove and replace communications equipment 
or services listed under the Secure and Trusted Communications Net-
works Act of 2019 is not subject to requirements to prepare certain 
environmental or historical preservation reviews. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2021 
Mr. GUTHRIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, 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 provide that a project to remove and replace communica-
tions equipment or services listed under the Secure and 
Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 is not 
subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental 
or historical preservation reviews. 
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 ‘‘Timely Replacement 
Under Secure and Trusted for Early and Dependable 
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Broadband Networks Act’’ or the ‘‘TRUSTED Broadband 
Networks Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF NEPA AND NHPA TO COVERED 
COMMUNICATIONS 
EQUIPMENT 
OR 
SERV-
ICES. 
(a) NEPA EXEMPTION.—A covered project shall not 
be subject to the requirements of section 102(2)(C) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)). 
(b) NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT EX-
EMPTION.—A covered project shall not be considered an 
undertaking under section 300320 of title 54, United 
States Code. 
(c) COVERED PROJECT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered project’’ means a project to perma-
nently remove covered communications equipment or serv-
ices (as defined in section 9 of the Secure and Trusted 
Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608)) 
and to replace such covered communications equipment or 
services with communications equipment or services that 
are not covered communications equipment or services (as 
so defined). 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1055 
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information to submit a plan to Congress to track requests for commu-
nications use authorization on Federal land. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2021 
Mr. HUDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Commu-
nications and Information to submit a plan to Congress 
to track requests for communications use authorization 
on Federal land. 
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 Broadband 
Deployment Tracking Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON TRACKING FORM 299 REQUESTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 
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(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate. 
(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information. 
(3) FORM 299.—The term ‘‘Form 299’’ means 
the 
form 
developed 
pursuant 
to 
section 
6409(b)(2)(A) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
Job 
Creation 
Act 
of 
2012 
(47 
U.S.C. 
1455(b)(2)(A)), or any successor form. 
(4) NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘National Forest System’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1609(a)). 
(5) PUBLIC
LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 
means land under the management of— 
(A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
(B) the National Park Service; 
(C) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; or 
(D) the Bureau of Reclamation. 
(6) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
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(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public land; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land. 
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(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 
the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 
shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Friends 
of the National World War II Memorial to support the 
National Park Service in maintaining and repairing the 
National World War II Memorial, and for educational and 
commemorative programs. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Friends of the National World 
War II Memorial shall be subject to the audit require-
ments of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States 
Code, with regard to the amounts received under sub-
section (b). 
(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 
under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 
of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 
would result in the number of commemorative coin pro-
grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 
commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 
section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec-
retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 
this subsection. 
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violation of this Act against an employee described 
in section 5(3)(B), except as provided in paragraphs 
(2) and (3) of this subsection. 
(2) COSTS AND FEES.—The powers, remedies, 
and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 722 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 
1988) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures 
this Act provides to the Board or any person alleg-
ing such practice. 
(3) DAMAGES.—The powers, remedies, and pro-
cedures provided in section 1977A of the Revised 
Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), including the limita-
tions contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 
1977A, shall be the powers, remedies, and proce-
dures this Act provides to the Board or any person 
alleging such practice (not an employment practice 
specifically excluded from coverage under section 
1977A(a)(1) of the Revised Statutes). 
(4) OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—With re-
spect to a claim alleging a practice described in 
paragraph (1), title III of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) 
shall apply in the same manner as such title applies 
with respect to a claim alleging a violation of section 
201(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1311(a)(1)). 
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(c) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 
3, UNITED STATES CODE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in chapter 5 of title 3, United 
States Code, to the President, the Commission, the 
Merit Systems Protection Board, or any person al-
leging a violation of section 411(a)(1) of such title 
shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this 
Act provides to the President, the Commission, the 
Board, or any person, respectively, alleging an un-
lawful employment practice in violation of this Act 
against an employee described in section 5(3)(C), ex-
cept as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this 
subsection. 
(2) COSTS AND FEES.—The powers, remedies, 
and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 722 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 
1988) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures 
this Act provides to the President, the Commission, 
the Board, or any person alleging such practice. 
(3) DAMAGES.—The powers, remedies, and pro-
cedures provided in section 1977A of the Revised 
Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), including the limita-
tions contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 
1977A, shall be the powers, remedies, and proce-
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 105 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto 
Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2021 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N (for herself and Mr. SOTO) 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 make 
residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income 
tax credit. 
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 ‘‘Earned Income Tax 
Credit Equity for Puerto Rico Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. PUERTO RICO RESIDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR EARNED 
INCOME TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 32 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
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‘‘(n) RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of residents of 
Puerto Rico— 
‘‘(A) the United States shall be treated as 
including Puerto Rico for purposes of sub-
sections (c)(1)(A)(ii)(I) and (c)(3)(C), 
‘‘(B) subsection (c)(1)(D) shall not apply 
to nonresident alien individuals who are resi-
dents of Puerto Rico, and 
‘‘(C) adjusted gross income and gross in-
come shall be computed without regard to sec-
tion 933 for purposes of subsections (a)(2)(B) 
and (c)(2)(A)(i). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The credit allowed under 
this section by reason of this subsection for any tax-
able year shall not exceed the amount, determined 
under regulations or other guidance promulgated by 
the Secretary, that a similarly situated taxpayer 
would receive if residing in a State.’’. 
(b) CHILD TAX CREDIT NOT REDUCED.—Subclause 
(II) of section 24(d)(1)(B)(ii) of such Code is amended 
by inserting before the period ‘‘(determined without re-
gard to section 32(n) in the case of residents of Puerto 
Rico)’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021. 
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‘‘(bb) supported by substan-
tial evidence contained in a writ-
ten record; and 
‘‘(cc) publicly released, con-
temporaneously with the decision. 
‘‘(C) WHEN REQUEST CONSIDERED COM-
PLETE; RECEIVED.— 
‘‘(i) WHEN
REQUEST
CONSIDERED 
COMPLETE.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—For the pur-
poses of this subparagraph (B), a re-
quest to a franchising authority shall 
be considered complete if the request-
ing party has not received a written 
notice from the franchising authority 
within 10 business days after the date 
on which the request is received by 
the franchising authority— 
‘‘(aa) stating that all the in-
formation (including any form or 
other document) required by the 
franchising authority to be sub-
mitted for the request to be con-
sidered complete has not been 
submitted; and 
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authorized device that does not re-
quire an individual license; and 
‘‘(II) does not include the provi-
sion of direct-to-home satellite serv-
ices, as defined in section 303(v). 
‘‘(xi) WIRELINE
BACKHAUL
FACIL-
ITY.—The term ‘wireline backhaul facility’ 
means an above-ground or underground 
wireline facility used to transport commu-
nications service or other electronic com-
munications from a small personal wireless 
service facility or the adjacent network 
interface device of such facility to a com-
munications network.’’. 
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scribed in section 5(3)(D) except as provided in 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. 
(2) COSTS AND FEES.—The powers, remedies, 
and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 722 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 
1988) shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures 
this Act provides to the Commission or any person 
alleging such practice. 
(3) DAMAGES.—The powers, remedies, and pro-
cedures provided in section 1977A of the Revised 
Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), including the limita-
tions contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 
1977A, shall be the powers, remedies, and proce-
dures this Act provides to the Commission or any 
person alleging such practice (not an employment 
practice specifically excluded from coverage under 
section 1977A(a)(1) of the Revised Statutes). 
(e) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY SECTION 717 OF THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in section 717 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) to the 
Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of 
Congress, or any person alleging a violation of that 
section shall be the powers, remedies, and proce-
come received or accrued in connection with the 
credit under this section shall be treated as an 
amount collected from members for the sole purpose 
of meeting losses and expenses.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subchapter B of chapter 65 of such Code is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 6431. Elective payment for carbon oxide sequestration.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to credits determined for taxable 
years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. ALLOWANCE OF THE CARBON OXIDE SEQUESTRA-
TION CREDIT AGAINST THE BASE EROSION 
MINIMUM TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 59A(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and the carbon dioxide se-
questration credit determined under section 45Q’’ 
after ‘‘section 41(a)’’ in paragraph (1)(B)(ii)(I), and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(other than the credit allowed 
under section 38 for the taxable year which is prop-
erly allocable to the credit for carbon oxide seques-
tration determined under section 45Q)’’ after ‘‘cred-
its allowed under this chapter’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in section 
41119 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. 
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able accommodation, can perform the essential func-
tions of the employment position, except that an em-
ployee or applicant shall be considered qualified if— 
(A) any inability to perform an essential 
function is for a temporary period; 
(B) the essential function could be per-
formed in the near future; and 
(C) the inability to perform the essential 
function can be reasonably accommodated; and 
(7) the terms ‘‘reasonable accommodation’’ and 
‘‘undue hardship’’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 101 of the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111) and shall be 
construed as such terms are construed under such 
Act and as set forth in the regulations required by 
this Act, including with regard to the interactive 
process that will typically be used to determine an 
appropriate reasonable accommodation. 
SEC. 6. WAIVER OF STATE IMMUNITY. 
A State shall not be immune under the 11th Amend-
ment to the Constitution from an action in a Federal or 
State court of competent jurisdiction for a violation of this 
Act. In any action against a State for a violation of this 
Act, remedies (including remedies both at law and in eq-
uity) are available for such a violation to the same extent
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (5); 
(2) in section 602(9)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘initial’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, or renewal thereof (in-
cluding a renewal of an authorization which has 
been granted subject to section 626),’’; 
(3) in section 611(b), by striking ‘‘and may re-
quire as part of a cable operator’s proposal for a 
franchise renewal, subject to section 626’’; 
(4) in section 612(b)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or as part of a proposal 
for renewal, subject to section 626,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, or proposal for renewal 
thereof,’’; 
(5) in section 621(b)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘or franchise renewal’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘initial’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, a franchise re-
newal,’’; 
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(6) in section 624— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘(in-
cluding requests for renewal proposals, subject 
to section 626)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘or 
renewal thereof’’; 
(7) in section 627— 
(A) by striking subsection (a); 
(B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, as de-
scribed in section 626(b)(2)(B),’’ after ‘‘for 
cause’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘(b) If’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’; 
and 
(8) in section 635A(a), by striking ‘‘renewal,’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section, and the 
amendments made by this section, shall take effect 
6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) 
APPLICATION.—This 
section, 
and 
the 
amendments made by this section, shall apply to a 
franchise granted— 
(A) on or after the effective date estab-
lished by paragraph (1); or 
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(B) before such date, if such franchise (in-
cluding, notwithstanding the amendment made 
by subsection (c)(2)(B), any renewal thereof) is 
in effect on such date. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6996 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the 
accelerated approval of a product for a serious or life-threatening disease 
or condition, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2022 
Mrs. RODGERS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to the accelerated approval of a product for a 
serious or life-threatening disease or condition, 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 ‘‘Accelerating Access 
for Patients Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. ACCELERATED APPROVAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 506 of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
356) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) ACCELERATED APPROVAL OF A DRUG FOR A SE-
RIOUS OR LIFE-THREATENING DISEASE OR CONDITION, 
INCLUDING A FAST TRACK PRODUCT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) ACCELERATED APPROVAL.—The Sec-
retary may approve an application for approval 
of a product for a serious or life-threatening 
disease or condition, including a fast track 
product, under section 505(c) of this Act or sec-
tion 351(a) of the Public Health Service Act 
upon a determination— 
‘‘(i) that the product has an effect on 
a surrogate endpoint that is reasonably 
likely to predict clinical benefit, or on a 
clinical endpoint that can be measured ear-
lier than irreversible morbidity or mor-
tality, that is reasonably likely to predict 
an effect on irreversible morbidity or mor-
tality or other clinical benefit, taking into 
account the severity, rarity, or prevalence 
of the disease or condition and the avail-
ability or lack of alternative treatments; or 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7735 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the 
appraisal requirements for certain loans guaranteed by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
218 
† HR 1319 EAS 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(3) COMMUNITY
NAVIGATOR
SERVICES.—The 
term ‘‘community navigator services’’ means the out-
reach, education, and technical assistance provided by 
community navigators that target eligible businesses 
to increase awareness of, and participation in, pro-
grams of the Small Business Administration. 
(4) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity navigator’’ means a community organization, 
community financial institution as defined in section 
7(a)(36)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)(A)), or other private nonprofit organiza-
tion engaged in the delivery of community navigator 
services. 
(5) ELIGIBLE
BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘eligible 
business’’ means any small business concern, with 
priority for small business concerns owned and con-
trolled by women (as defined in section 3(n) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(n))), small busi-
ness concerns owned and controlled by veterans (as 
defined in section 3(q) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(q))), and socially and economically disadvan-
taged small business concerns (as defined in section
as such remedies are available for such a violation in an 
action against any public or private entity other than a 
State. 
SEC. 7. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to invalidate 
or limit the powers, remedies, and procedures under any 
Federal law or law of any State or political subdivision 
of any State or jurisdiction that provides greater or equal 
protection for individuals affected by pregnancy, child-
birth, or related medical conditions. 
SEC. 8. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application of that 
provision to particular persons or circumstances is held 
invalid or found to be unconstitutional, the remainder of 
this Act and the application of that provision to other per-
sons or circumstances shall not be affected. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1065 
AN ACT 
To eliminate discrimination and promote women’s 
health and economic security by ensuring reason-
able workplace accommodations for workers 
whose ability to perform the functions of a job 
are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related 
medical condition.