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‘‘(6) DANGEROUS
WEAPON.—The term ‘dan-
gerous weapon’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 930(g)(2).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 45 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘971. Transnational repression.’’. 
(c) PREDICATE OFFENSES.—Part I of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 1956(c)(7)(D), by inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 971 (relating to transnational repression),’’ be-
fore ‘‘section 1005 (relating to fraudulent bank en-
tries),’’; 
(2) in section 1961(1), by inserting ‘‘section 
971 (relating to transnational repression),’’ before 
‘‘section 1028 (relating to fraud and related activity 
in connection with identification documents),’’; and 
(3) in section 2516(1)— 
(A) in paragraph (t), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(B) in paragraph (u), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) any violation of section 951 of title 18 
(relating to agents of foreign governments); any 
violation 
of 
section 
971 
of 
title 
(transnational repression); and any felony viola-
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5903 
To authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to accept 
funds for activities relating to wastewater treatment and flood control 
works, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2023 
Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself and Mr. ROUZER) introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize the International Boundary and Water Commis-
sion to accept funds for activities relating to wastewater 
treatment and flood control works, 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, 
SECTION 1. INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COM-
MISSION AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Commission is authorized 
to accept funds from a Federal or non-Federal entity, in-
cluding through a grant or funding agreement, to study, 
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design, construct, operate, and maintain wastewater treat-
ment and flood control works and related structures, con-
sistent with the functions of the Commission. 
(b) DEPOSIT.—Any funds accepted by the Commis-
sion under this section shall be deposited into the account 
in the Treasury of the United States entitled ‘‘Inter-
national Boundary and Water Commission, United States 
and Mexico’’ and shall be available until expended to carry 
out the activities described in subsection (a). 
(c) COMMISSION DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Commission’’ means the United States Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commission, United 
States and Mexico. 
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to forebear from exercising their First 
Amendment rights or any other right guar-
anteed to the person by the Constitution or 
laws of the United States, or to retaliate 
against a person for having exercised such 
a right; 
‘‘(iii) an extrajudicial killing; or 
‘‘(iv) any act intended to further the 
efforts specified in clause (i), (ii), or (iii). 
‘‘(B) The activity is engaged in for or in 
the interests of a foreign government. 
‘‘(C) The activity— 
‘‘(i) occurs, in whole or in part, in the 
United States; or 
‘‘(ii) is committed against— 
‘‘(I) a United States person; or 
‘‘(II) a person in the United 
States. 
‘‘(5) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 1637(d)(10) of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 
1708(d)(10)). 
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(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means the Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs. 
(3) DIETARY SUPPLEMENT.—The term ‘‘dietary 
supplement’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 201(ff) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(ff)). 
(4) DIETARY INGREDIENT.—The term ‘‘dietary 
ingredient’’ means a dietary ingredient as such term 
is used in section 201(ff)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(ff)(1)). 
(5) FOOD.—The term ‘‘food’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 201(f) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(f)). 
(6) KRATOM.—The term ‘‘kratom’’ means the 
botanical Mitragyna speciosa. 
(7) NEW
DIETARY
INGREDIENT.—The term 
‘‘new dietary ingredient’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 413(d) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 350b(d)). 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5906 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude expenditures attrib-
utable to a State medicaid fraud control unit from the payment limits 
under Medicaid for Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
Samoa. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2023 
Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Mr. MOYLAN, Ms. PLASKETT, and Mrs. 
RADEWAGEN) introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to exclude 
expenditures attributable to a State medicaid fraud con-
trol unit from the payment limits under Medicaid for 
Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
Samoa. 
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 ‘‘Medicaid Account-
ability Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF EXPENDITURES ATTRIBUTABLE TO 
STATE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT 
FROM PAYMENT LIMITS. 
Section 1108(g)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1308(g)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and with 
respect to fiscal years beginning on or after the date of 
the enactment of the Medicaid Accountability Act of 2023, 
if Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American 
Samoa qualify for a payment under section 1903(a)(6) for 
a calendar quarter of such fiscal year,’’ before ‘‘the pay-
ment shall not be taken into account’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5908 
To provide funding to summer youth employment programs to expand the 
availability of subsidized jobs for youths and to develop innovative pro-
gram activities that improve academic, economic, and criminal justice 
outcomes for youths, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2023 
Ms. SHERRILL (for herself, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mrs. 
FOUSHEE, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. MANNING, 
Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. TRONE) introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide funding to summer youth employment programs 
to expand the availability of subsidized jobs for youths 
and to develop innovative program activities that improve 
academic, economic, and criminal justice outcomes for 
youths, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Commu-
nities through Summer Employment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; DISTRIBU-
TION OF FUNDS . 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Labor 
to carry out this Act— 
(1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(2) $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
(3) $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
(4) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; and 
(5) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts ap-
propriated under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor 
shall use— 
(1) 45 percent of such amount to award grants 
under section 3; 
(2) 45 percent of such amount to award grants 
under section 4; 
(3) 5 percent of such amount to carry out eval-
uation activities under section 5(b); and 
(4) 5 percent of such amount to fund the Advi-
sory Board under section 6. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION AND SCALING OF SUMMER YOUTH EM-
PLOYMENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amounts avail-
able under section 2(b)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities 
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(1) PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS.—A fiduciary 
shall not permit the Fund to engage in any of the 
following transactions, except in exchange for ade-
quate consideration: 
(A) A transfer of any assets of the Fund 
to any person the fiduciary knows or should 
know to be a party in interest or the use of 
such assets by any such persons. 
(B) An acquisition of any property from or 
sale of any property to the Fund by any person 
the fiduciary knows or should know to be a 
party in interest. 
(C) A transfer or exchange of services be-
tween the Fund and any person the fiduciary 
knows or should know to be a party in interest. 
(2) PROHIBITED
ACTIONS.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), a fiduciary with respect to the Fund 
shall not— 
(A) deal with any assets of the Fund in 
the fiduciary’s own interest or for the fidu-
ciary’s own account; 
(B) act, in an individual capacity or any 
other capacity, in any transaction involving the 
Fund on behalf of a party, or representing a 
party, whose interests are adverse to the inter-
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‘‘SEC. 139J. COMPENSATION FOR LOST WAGES RELATING 
TO A STRIKE. 
‘‘In the case of an individual, gross income shall not 
include compensation provided to a member of a labor or-
ganization described in section 501(c)(5) if such com-
pensation is provided as a replacement for compensation 
not received by such member from such member’s em-
ployer as the result of a strike.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
is amended by inserting the following new item after the 
item relating to section 139I: 
‘‘Sec. 139J. Compensation for lost wages relating to a strike.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to compensation received after 
January 1, 2023. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5911 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude strike benefits 
from gross income. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 6, 2023 
Mr. THANEDAR (for himself and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude 
strike benefits from gross income. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STRIKE BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5914 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve 
the processes to approve programs of education 
for purposes of the educational assistance pro-
grams of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes.
(3) The rate of appeals of denial of such assist-
ance. 
(4) The amount of time the Agency takes to 
issue a decision regarding eligibility for individual 
assistance, disaggregated by each such major dis-
aster. 
(5) Information on the use of Disaster Legal 
Services and the number of applicants who were eli-
gible for such services. 
(6) The total number of Disaster Legal Services 
volunteers as of such date of enactment. 
(7) The number of such volunteers who were 
activated for each such major disaster. 
(8) The amount of time taken after the declara-
tion of each such major disaster to set up disaster 
recovery centers that provide access to individual as-
sistance. 
(9) The number of disaster recovery centers 
opened for each such major disaster. 
(10) The process used for selecting the location 
of such disaster recovery centers. 
(11) The average amount of time disaster re-
covery centers remained open. 
(12) The average amount of time individual 
survivors spend at such centers. 
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proving agency or the Secretary when acting in the 
role of a State approving agency. 
‘‘(B)(i) In order for a commercial driver education 
program of an educational institution offered at a branch 
described in paragraph (1)(B) to be exempt under sub-
paragraph (A) of this paragraph, the educational institu-
tion shall submit to the Secretary each year that para-
graph (1)(B) would otherwise apply a report that dem-
onstrates that the curriculum at the new branch is the 
same as the curriculum at the primary location. 
‘‘(ii) Reporting under clause (i) shall be submitted 
in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary 
shall establish in consultation with the State approving 
agencies. 
‘‘(C)(i) The Secretary may withhold an exemption 
under subparagraph (A) for any educational institution or 
branch of an educational institution as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(ii) In making any determination under clause (i), 
the Secretary may consult with the Secretary of Transpor-
tation on the performance of a provider of a commercial 
driver program, including the status of the provider within 
the Training Provider Registry of the Federal Motor Car-
rier Safety Administration when appropriate. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5914 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processes to approve 
programs of education for purposes of the educational assistance pro-
grams of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2023 
Mr. VAN ORDEN introduced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
processes to approve programs of education for purposes 
of the educational assistance programs of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. PROCESSES TO APPROVE PROGRAMS OF EDU-
CATION 
FOR 
PURPOSES 
OF 
THE 
EDU-
CATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) LIMITATION OF DISAPPROVAL OF PROGRAMS OF 
EDUCATION
FOR
FAILURE
TO
PROVIDE
CERTAIN 
FORMS.—Section 3679(f)(1)(A) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘to the maximum extent 
practicable,’’ before ‘‘provide’’. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT TRAIN-
ING
FOR SCHOOL CERTIFYING OFFICIALS.—The Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a website to serve 
as a central location for the publication of information 
about the training that the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs provides for school certifying officials and shall up-
date such information on a regular basis. 
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IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5917 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 17, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To amend the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defense-
less Shields Act to modify and extend that Act, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Tools 
to Counter the Use of Human Shields Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to fully 
implement and enforce sanctions against terrorist organi-
zations and other malign actors that use innocent civilians 
as human shields. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF SANCTIONING 
THE USE OF CIVILIANS AS DEFENSELESS 
SHIELDS ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Sanctioning the 
Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Public Law 
115–348; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) Each foreign person that the President de-
termines, on or after the date of the enactment of 
the Strengthening Tools to Counter the Use of 
Human Shields Act— 
‘‘(A) is a member of Palestine Islamic 
Jihad or is knowingly acting on behalf of Pal-
estine Islamic Jihad; and 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 591 
To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas production 
under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction with a 
drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2023 
Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil 
and gas production under oil and gas leases of Federal 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the 
Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction 
with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve. 
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 ‘‘Strategic Production 
Response and Implementation Act’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5918 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2024. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 10, 2023 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MILLER of Ohio, Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Mr. LAWLER, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Ms. 
SALAZAR, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. BANKS, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. GOODEN of Texas) intro-
duced the following bill 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2024. 
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 ‘‘ ‘Operation Swords of 
Iron’ Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. 
There is appropriated, out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000,000, for an 
additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, for the Secretary of Defense 
to provide to the Government of Israel for the procure-
ment of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short- 
range rocket threats: Provided, That such funds shall be 
provided to address emergent requirements in support of 
Operation Swords of Iron: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be transferred pursuant to an exchange of let-
ters and are in addition to funds provided pursuant to the 
U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as 
amended: Provided further, That nothing in the preceding 
provisos may be construed to apply to amounts made 
available in prior appropriations Acts for the procurement 
of the Iron Dome defense system. 
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(b) CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to diminish or infringe upon 
any right protected under the First Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 1, 2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY PRODUCTION INCREASE PLAN. 
Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6241) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of a se-
vere energy supply interruption described in sub-
section (d), the Secretary may not execute the first 
drawdown of petroleum products in the Reserve 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
whether through sale, exchange, or loan, until the 
Secretary has developed and implemented a plan to 
increase the percentage of Federal lands (including 
submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf) 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense leased for 
oil and gas production by the same percentage as 
the percentage of petroleum in the Strategic Petro-
leum Reserve that is to be drawn down in that first 
and subsequent drawdowns, subject to the limitation 
under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) shall not provide for a total increase in 
the percentage of Federal lands described in para-
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graph (1) leased for oil and gas production in excess 
of 10 percent. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall pre-
pare the plan required by paragraph (1) in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 
of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense.’’. 
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