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mous Region and in other Tibetan communities in 
China. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $6,000,000 shall be made available for 
programs to promote and preserve Tibetan culture 
and language in the refugee and diaspora Tibetan 
communities, development, and the resilience of Ti-
betan communities and the Central Tibetan Admin-
istration in India and Nepal, and to assist in the 
education and development of the next generation of 
Tibetan leaders from such communities: Provided, 
That such funds are in addition to amounts made 
available in subparagraph (A) for programs inside 
Tibet. 
(C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 
less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
programs to strengthen the capacity of the Central 
Tibetan Administration: Provided, That such funds 
shall be administered by the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
(h) VIETNAM.—Funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act and made available for assistance for 
Vietnam shall be made available for— 
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such expenditures and commitments without regard to fis-
cal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 
31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Cor-
poration: Provided, That for necessary expenses of the ac-
tivities described in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) 
of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 
of Public Law 115–254) and for administrative expenses 
to carry out authorized activities and project-specific 
transaction costs described in section 1434(d) of such Act, 
$598,000,000: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided— 
(1) $148,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for administrative expenses to 
carry out authorized activities (including an amount 
for official reception and representation expenses 
which shall not exceed $25,000) and project-specific 
transaction costs as described in section 1434(k) of 
such Act, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026; 
(2) $450,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for the activities described in 
subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) of section 1421 
of the BUILD Act of 2018, except such amounts ob-
ligated in a fiscal year for activities described in sec-
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4374 
To bolster certain rural broadband programs of the Department of 
Agriculture. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2021 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, 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 bolster certain rural broadband programs of the 
Department of Agriculture. 
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 ‘‘Broadband Internet 
Connections for Rural America Act’’. 
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† HR 4521 EAS 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; 
(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate; 
(3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate; 
(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; 
(5) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives; and 
(6) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, working through the Assistant Secretary of 
State for Intelligence and Research, and in coordina-
tion with the Director of National Intelligence and 
the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that assesses the nature, intent, and impact to 
United States strategic interests of Chinese diplomatic 
activity aimed at influencing the decisions, proce-
dures, and programs of multilateral organizations in 
Latin America and the Caribbean, including the
meet the following access to care standards when fur-
nishing non-Department hospital care, medical services, or 
extended care services to a covered veteran through the 
Veterans Community Care Program under section 1703 
of this title: 
‘‘(A) With respect to an appointment for pri-
mary care, mental health care, or non-institutional 
extended care services— 
‘‘(i) within 30 minutes average driving 
time from the residence of the veteran unless a 
longer driving time has been agreed to by the 
veteran; and 
‘‘(ii) within 20 days of the date of request 
for such an appointment unless a later date has 
been agreed to by the veteran. 
‘‘(B) With respect to an appointment for spe-
cialty care or specialty services— 
‘‘(i) within 60 minutes average driving 
time from the residence of the veteran unless a 
longer driving time has been agreed to by the 
veteran; and 
‘‘(ii) within 28 days of the date of request 
for such an appointment unless a later date has 
been agreed to by the veteran. 
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(A) derives all of the power of the vehicle 
from electricity; and 
(B)(i) has a gross vehicle weight rating 
of— 
(I) less than 26,000 pounds; but 
(II) not less than 10,000 pounds; or 
(ii) is an off-road vehicle with a gross vehi-
cle weight rating of more than 4,200 pounds. 
(9) MULTI-PORT LEVEL 2 CHARGER.—The term 
‘‘multi-port level 2 charger’’ means networked level 
2 charging equipment that is capable of charging 
more than 1 medium-duty electric vehicle or heavy- 
duty electric vehicle simultaneously. 
(10) NETWORKED
DIRECT
CURRENT
FAST 
CHARGING EQUIPMENT.—The term ‘‘networked di-
rect current fast charging equipment’’ means electric 
vehicle supply equipment that— 
(A) provides a direct current power source; 
and 
(B) is able to connect to a network to fa-
cilitate— 
(i) data collection; and 
(ii) access to the data collected. 
(11) NETWORKED LEVEL 2 CHARGING EQUIP-
MENT.—The term ‘‘networked level 2 charging 
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(1) The results of such analysis. 
(2) An assessment of the number of veterans 
who are enrolled in the patient enrollment system 
and who have a diagnosis of treatment-resistant de-
pression per Veterans Integrated Service Network 
during the two-year period preceding the date of the 
report. 
(3) An assessment of the number of the vet-
erans who are enrolled in the patient enrollment sys-
tem who have a diagnosis of treatment-resistant de-
pression and who have received or are currently re-
ceiving repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation 
or electro-convulsive therapy as a treatment modality 
during the two-year period preceding the date of the 
report. 
(4) An assessment of the number and locations 
of medical centers of the Department that currently 
provide repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation 
to veterans who are enrolled in the patient enroll-
ment system and who have a diagnosis of treatment- 
resistant depression. 
(5) An assessment of the number and locations 
of medical centers of the Department that currently 
provide electro-convulsive therapy to veterans who 
are enrolled in the patient enrollment system and 
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‘‘(B) a Federal agency may adopt as an 
environmental impact statement, environmental 
assessment, or other environmental document 
to achieve compliance with this title— 
‘‘(i) an environmental document pre-
pared under the law of the applicable State 
if the head of the Federal agency deter-
mines that the environmental laws of the 
applicable State— 
‘‘(I) provide the same level of en-
vironmental analysis as the analysis 
required under this title; and 
‘‘(II) allow for the opportunity of 
public comment; or 
‘‘(ii) subject to paragraph (3), an en-
vironmental document prepared by a quali-
fied third party chosen by the project spon-
sor, at the expense of the project sponsor, 
if the head of the Federal agency— 
‘‘(I) provides oversight of the 
preparation of the environmental doc-
ument by the third party; and 
‘‘(II) independently evaluates the 
environmental document for the com-
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‘‘(i) for the continuous or routine 
monitoring and assessment the perform-
ance of the artificial intelligence against 
the objectives and metrics established for 
the artificial intelligence under subpara-
graph (A) to ensure that the artificial in-
telligence functions as intended and carries 
out the goals and objectives of using the 
artificial intelligence; and 
‘‘(ii) that includes a plan to systemati-
cally identify, analyze, and mitigate any 
risks associated with the artificial intel-
ligence; and 
‘‘(C) documentation demonstrating that 
the artificial intelligence relies on high quality, 
reliable, representative data, including— 
‘‘(i) the sources and origins of data 
used to train each artificial intelligence; 
and 
‘‘(ii) assessments of the reliability, 
quality, and representativeness of— 
‘‘(I) data used to train the artifi-
cial intelligence; 
‘‘(II) attributes used to cat-
egorize data; 
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‘‘(B) submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate a report that describes 
the results of the study.’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECT ON MANAGEMENT. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
not interfere with the current management of the area of 
the Kissimmee River described in section 5(a)(l) of the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, nor shall the fact that such 
area is listed for study under the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) be used as justification for 
more restrictive management until Congress acts on the 
study recommendations. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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† HR 4521 EAS 
sistance on all financial matters and fiscal im-
plications of the crisis at hand; 
(D) the Department of Commerce, for the 
purposes of providing economic analysis and as-
sistance in market development relevant to the 
partner country’s response to the crisis at hand, 
technology security as appropriate, and other 
matters that may be relevant; 
(E) the Department of Energy, for the pur-
poses of providing advisory services and tech-
nical assistance with respect to energy needs as 
affected by the crisis at hand; 
(F) the Department of Homeland Security, 
for the purposes of providing assistance with re-
spect to digital and cybersecurity matters, and 
assisting in the development of any contingency 
plans referred to in paragraphs (3) and (6) of 
subsection (a) as appropriate; 
(G) the Department of Agriculture, for pro-
viding advisory and other assistance with respect 
to responding to coercive measures such as arbi-
trary market closures that affect the partner 
country’s agricultural sector; 
(H) the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative with respect to providing support
required to fully fund each project approved as 
of June 30, 2023, under the pilot program de-
scribed in such section 779 for which amounts 
were not obligated or partially obligated as of 
such date. 
SEC. 4. COMMUNITY CONNECT GRANTS. 
Section 604(g) of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–3(g)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2030, to remain available for 2 fiscal years after 
the fiscal year for which appropriated’’. 
SEC. 5. DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE LOANS 
AND GRANTS. 
Section 2335A of the Food Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa–5) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$82,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000, to re-
main available for 2 fiscal years after the fiscal year for 
which appropriated’’. 
SEC. 6. EXPANSION OF MIDDLE MILE INFRASTRUCTURE 
INTO RURAL AREAS. 
Section 602(g) of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–1(g)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2023’’ 
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(g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in title III of this Act and prior Acts 
making funds available for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs that are made avail-
able for a trust fund held by an international financial 
institution shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations and such no-
tification shall include the information specified under this 
section in the report accompanying this Act. 
(h) OTHER
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(1) DIPLOMATIC
PROGRAMS.—Funds appro-
priated under title I of this Act under the heading 
‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ that are made available for 
lateral entry into the Foreign Service shall be sub-
ject to prior consultation with, and the regular noti-
fication procedures of, the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(2) OTHER PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act that are made available for the following 
programs and activities shall be subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations: 
(A) the Global Engagement Center, except 
that the Secretary of State shall consult with 
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(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 to carry 
out this section. 
Æ 
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† HR 4521 EAS 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RE-
SILIENCE STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date on which the Secretary delivers 
each report required under paragraph (1), the 
President shall deliver to majority and minority 
leaders of the Senate, the Speaker and minority 
leader of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives a national critical infrastructure resilience 
strategy designed to address the risks identified 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) ELEMENTS.—Each strategy delivered 
under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) identify, assess, and prioritize 
areas of risk to critical infrastructure that 
would compromise or disrupt national crit-
ical functions impacting national security, 
economic security, or public health and 
safety; 
‘‘(ii) assess the implementation of the 
previous national critical infrastructure re-
silience strategy, as applicable;
‘‘(4) to implement accountability measures and 
related activities authorized under title VI; and 
‘‘(5) to carry out this section.’’. 
Æ 
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riod under subsection (a)(2)(B) if the Secretary de-
termines, after notice and an opportunity for a hear-
ing, that the State apprenticeship agency has failed 
for one of the reasons described in paragraph (2), 
and has not been in compliance with the perform-
ance improvement plan under paragraph (3) to rem-
edy such failure. 
‘‘(2) DERECOGNITION CRITERIA.—The recogni-
tion of a State apprenticeship agency under this sec-
tion may be withdrawn under paragraph (1) in a 
case in which the State apprenticeship agency fails 
to— 
‘‘(A) adopt or properly enforce a State 
plan; 
‘‘(B) properly carry out its role as the sole 
registration agency in the State; 
‘‘(C) submit a report under section 
131(b)(1)(B) for any program year; 
‘‘(D) meet the State levels of performance 
as described in subsection (c)(8)(A) or dem-
onstrate improvements in performance for 3 
consecutive program years; or 
‘‘(E) otherwise fulfill or operate in compli-
ance with the requirements of this Act. 
‘‘(3) DERECOGNITION PROCESS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State apprentice-
ship agency fails for any of the reasons de-
scribed in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to such agency for 
corrective action to remedy such failure, includ-
ing assistance in the development of a perform-
ance improvement plan. 
‘‘(B) REDUCTION OF FUNDS.—Except in 
the case of exceptional circumstances as deter-
mined by the Administrator, in a case in which 
such a State apprenticeship agency continues 
such failure after the provision of the technical 
assistance under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) the percentage of the funds to be 
allotted to the State apprenticeship agency 
under subsection (f) for each fiscal year 
following the fiscal year in which such fail-
ure has been identified shall be reduced by 
5 percentage points; and 
‘‘(ii) the Administrator shall provide 
notice to the State apprenticeship agency 
that the agency’s recognition under this 
section may be withdrawn if the agency 
fails to remedy the failure.
IB 
Calendar No. 466 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4374 
[Report No. 117–113, Part I] 
To bolster certain rural broadband programs of the Department of 
Agriculture. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2021 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, 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 
AUGUST 6, 2021 
Reported from the Committee on Agriculture with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AUGUST 6, 2021 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than September 24, 2021 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than October 28, 2021 
OCTOBER 28, 2021 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than November 5, 2021 
NOVEMBER 5, 2021 
Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period 
ending not later than November 18, 2021 
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Competitive Licensing Act of 2021) but less 
than 15 percent, 50 percent, 
‘‘(B) in the case of a taxable prescription 
drug which has been subject to a price spike 
percentage equal to or greater than 15 percent 
but less than 20 percent, 75 percent, and 
‘‘(C) in the case of a taxable prescription 
drug which has been subject to a price spike 
percentage equal to or greater than 20 percent, 
100 percent. 
‘‘(c) CUMULATIVE PRICE SPIKE TAX.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the cumu-
lative price spike tax shall be equal to the applicable 
percentage of the cumulative price spike revenue re-
ceived by the applicable entity on the sale of the tax-
able prescription drug during the calendar year. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the applicable percentage shall be 
equal to— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a taxable prescrip-
tion drug which has been subject to a cu-
mulative price spike percentage greater 
than the cumulative price increase allow-
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‘‘(5) QUALIFIED
DAM.—The term ‘qualified 
dam’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) A hydroelectric dam which is licensed 
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
or legally operating without such a license and 
was placed in service before the date of the en-
actment of this section. 
‘‘(B) A hydroelectric dam which— 
‘‘(i) was licensed by the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission before De-
cember 31, 2020, 
‘‘(ii) is under active license from the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on 
the date of enactment of this section, 
‘‘(iii) meets the requirements of sub-
clauses 
(I) 
and 
(III) 
of 
sections 
242(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15881), 
‘‘(iv) is placed in service on or after 
the date of the enactment of this section, 
and 
‘‘(v) does not contribute to atmos-
pheric pollution. 
‘‘(C) Any dam which— 
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(b) LIMITATION
ON TRANSFERS
OF FUNDS BE-
TWEEN AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—None of the funds made 
available under titles II through V of this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer author-
ity provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 
Act. 
(2) ALLOCATION
AND
TRANSFERS.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 
made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 
appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allo-
cated or transferred to agencies of the United States 
Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 
109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 
2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254). 
(3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered 
into by the United States Agency for International 
Development or the Department of State with any 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 
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