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SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION FOR FRAUD AND ABUSE LAWS RE-
GARDING 
TECHNOLOGIES 
PROVIDED 
TO 
BENEFICIARIES. 
Section 1128A(i)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320a–7a(i)(6)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(K) the provision of technologies (as de-
fined by the Secretary) on or after the date of 
the enactment of this subparagraph, by a pro-
vider of services or supplier (as such terms are 
defined for purposes of title XVIII) directly to 
an individual who is entitled to benefits under 
part A of title XVIII, enrolled under part B of 
such title, or both, for the purpose of furnishing 
telehealth services, remote patient monitoring 
services, or other services furnished through the 
use of technology (as defined by the Secretary), 
if— 
‘‘(i) the technologies are not offered 
as part of any advertisement or solicita-
tion; and 
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‘‘(ii) the provision of the technologies 
meets any other requirements set forth in 
regulations 
promulgated 
by 
the 
Sec-
retary.’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4041 
To terminate the order requiring persons to wear masks while on conveyances 
and at transportation hubs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2021 
Mr. CRENSHAW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To terminate the order requiring persons to wear masks 
while on conveyances and at transportation hubs. 
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 ‘‘Stop Mandating Addi-
tional Requirements for Travel Act’’ or the ‘‘SMART 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF CDC ORDER. 
Effective on July 4, 2021, the order issued on Janu-
ary 29, 2021, by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention under section 361 of the Public Health Service 
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Act (42 U.S.C. 264) establishing a requirement for per-
sons to wear masks while on conveyances and at transpor-
tation hubs shall have no force or effect. 
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(3) assure that no less than 25 percent of the 
grant funds will be used to support apprenticeships 
in underserved or rural communities. 
(e) GRANT TERM AND LIMITATION.— 
(1) TERM.—The term of a grant made under 
this Act shall be 3 years. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall award no 
greater than 20 grants each fiscal year. 
(f) COST-SHARING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
cost of any activity carried out using a grant made 
under this Act shall be not more than 75 percent. 
(2) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Fed-
eral share of the total cost of any activity carried 
out using a grant made under this Act may be in 
the form of donations or in-kind contributions of 
goods or services fairly valued. 
(g) STATE EVALUATION
AND REPORT
TO SEC-
RETARY.— 
(1) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Not later than 
1 year after receiving a grant under this Act, and 
annually thereafter for the duration of the grant, a 
State shall submit to the Secretary a report con-
taining an evaluation of the apprenticeships to deter-
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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 ‘‘NTIA Policy and Cyber-
security Coordination Act’’. 
SEC. 2. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBERSE-
CURITY.—Part A of title I of the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration Organization Act 
(47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 106. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER-
SECURITY. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be within the 
NTIA an office to be known as the Office of Policy Develop-
ment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to as the 
‘Office’). 
‘‘(b) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of the Of-
fice shall be an Associate Administrator for Policy Develop-
ment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to as the 
‘Associate Administrator’), who shall report to the Assistant 
Secretary. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Administrator 
shall oversee and conduct national communications 
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(D) how to best work with entities across 
the Federal Government, State governments, 
local governments, and Tribal Governments to le-
verage such technology, including with regard to 
siting, deployment, and adoption. 
(2) DRAFT
REPORT; PUBLIC
COMMENT.—The 
Task Force shall— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the Task Force is established under 
subsection (a), publish in the Federal Register 
and on the website of the Commission a draft of 
the report required by paragraph (1); and 
(B) accept public comments on such draft 
and take such comments into consideration in 
preparing the final version of such report. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHAIR.—The term ‘‘Chair’’ means the Chair 
of the Commission. 
(2) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) NOT TRUSTED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘not trusted’’ 
means, with respect to an entity, that— 
(i) the Chair has made a public deter-
mination that such entity is owned by, con-
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trolled by, or subject to the influence of a 
foreign adversary; or 
(ii) the Chair otherwise determines 
that such entity poses a threat to the na-
tional security of the United States. 
(B) CRITERIA
FOR
DETERMINATION.—In 
making a determination under subparagraph 
(A)(ii), the Chair shall use the criteria described 
in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 2(c) of 
the Secure and Trusted Communications Net-
works Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1601(c)), as appro-
priate. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 3 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 
(5) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘‘Task Force’’ 
means the 6G Task Force established under subsection 
(a). 
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Union Calendar No. 135 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4045 
[Report No. 117–185] 
A BILL 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission 
to establish a task force to be known as the ‘‘6G 
Task Force’’, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 30, 2021 
Reported with an amendment; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4046 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to establish the Office of Policy Development and 
Cybersecurity, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2021 
Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Ms. WILD, and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act to establish the Office 
of Policy Development and Cybersecurity, 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 ‘‘NTIA Policy and Cy-
bersecurity Coordination Act’’. 
SEC. 2. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER-
SECURITY.—Part A of title I of the National Tele-
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communications and Information Administration Organi-
zation Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 106. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER-
SECURITY. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be within the 
NTIA an office to be known as the Office of Policy Devel-
opment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to as 
the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(b) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of the 
Office shall be an Associate Administrator for Policy De-
velopment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to 
as the ‘Associate Administrator’), who shall report to the 
Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis-
trator shall oversee and conduct national commu-
nications and information policy analysis and devel-
opment for the internet and communications tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(2) PARTICULAR
DUTIES.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Office shall— 
‘‘(A) develop, analyze, and advocate for 
market-based policies that promote innovation, 
competition, consumer access, digital inclusion, 
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(B) striking ‘‘such State or political sub-
division’’ and inserting ‘‘such State, political 
subdivision, or Indian tribe’’. 
(2) GOVERNMENTAL PLAN.—The last sentence 
of section 414(d) of such Code (defining govern-
mental plan) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The 
term ‘governmental plan’ includes a plan established 
or maintained for its employees by an Indian tribal 
government (as defined in section 7701(a)(40)), a 
subdivision of an Indian tribal government (deter-
mined in accordance with section 7871(d)), an agen-
cy, instrumentality, or subdivision of an Indian trib-
al government, or an entity established under Fed-
eral, State, or tribal law which is wholly owned or 
controlled by any of the foregoing.’’. 
(3) DOMESTIC
RELATIONS
ORDER.—Section 
414(p)(1)(B)(ii) of such Code (defining domestic re-
lations order) is amended by inserting ‘‘or tribal’’ 
after ‘‘State’’. 
(4) EXEMPT GOVERNMENTAL DEFERRED COM-
PENSATION PLAN.—Section 3121(v)(3) of such Code 
(defining governmental deferred compensation plan) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘by an Indian tribal govern-
ment or subdivision thereof,’’ after ‘‘political subdivi-
sion thereof,’’. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 402 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 404 
[Report No. 117–561] 
To improve the management of driftnet fishing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2021 
Mr. LIEU (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 
Ms. LEE of California, Mr. MAST, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. CASE, Mr. SCHIFF, 
Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 
Ms. NORTON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BUCHANAN, 
and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. RICE of South 
Carolina, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. MATSUI, 
and Mr. MCGOVERN 
NOVEMBER 16, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 21, 2021] 
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Union Calendar No. 487 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4046 
[Report No. 117–668] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act to 
establish the Office of Policy Development and 
Cybersecurity, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 30, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To improve the management of driftnet fishing. 
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U.S.C. 703 et seq.) and any other authority, may 
develop and implement measures, including by 
issuing regulations, to prevent, minimize, or miti-
gate— 
(A) the take of covered albatrosses and 
petrels— 
(i) on lands or in waters subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States; and 
(ii) by vessels and nationals of the 
United States located outside the jurisdic-
tion of the United States; and 
(B) the disturbance of covered albatrosses 
and petrels— 
(i) on lands or in waters subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States; and 
(ii) by vessels and nationals of the 
United States located outside the jurisdic-
tion of the United States; and 
(2) shall— 
(A) notify the Secretary of the department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating of any 
actions taken under this subsection, to ensure a 
coordinated effort to prevent, minimize, or miti-
gate the taking of covered albatrosses and 
petrels; and 
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SEC. 6. NONIMMIGRANT STATUS FOR ALIEN PARENT OF 
ADULT UNITED STATES CITIZENS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (U), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (V), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(W) Subject to section 214(s), an alien who is 
a parent of a citizen of the United States, if the cit-
izen is at least 21 years of age.’’. 
(b) CONDITIONS ON ADMISSION.—Section 214 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(s)(1) The initial period of authorized admission for 
a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(W) shall 
be 5 years. Such period may be extended by the Secretary 
of Homeland Security so long as the United States citizen 
son or daughter of the nonimmigrant is residing in the 
United States. 
‘‘(2) 
A 
nonimmigrant 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15)(W) is not authorized to be employed in the 
United States and is not eligible, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, for any Federal, State, or local pub-
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lic benefit. In the case of such a nonimmigrant, the United 
States citizen son or daughter shall be responsible for the 
support of the nonimmigrant, regardless of the resources 
of the nonimmigrant. 
‘‘(3) An alien is ineligible to receive a visa and ineli-
gible to be admitted into the United States as a non-
immigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(W) unless the 
alien provides satisfactory proof that the United States 
citizen son or daughter has arranged for the provision to 
the alien, at no cost to the alien, of health insurance cov-
erage applicable during the period of the alien’s presence 
in the United States.’’. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on the first day of the second fiscal year that begins after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the fol-
lowing shall be considered invalid: 
(1) Any petition under section 204 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) seeking 
classification of an alien under a family-sponsored 
immigrant category eliminated by the amendments 
made by this Act that is filed after the date of the 
introduction of this Act. 
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(2) Any application for an immigrant visa based 
on a petition described in paragraph (1). 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4051 
To make opioid treatment programs eligible for grants under section 2008 
of the Social Security Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2021 
Mr. HIGGINS of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To make opioid treatment programs eligible for grants under 
section 2008 of the Social Security Act. 
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 ‘‘Opioid Treatment Pro-
viders Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS 
FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS OPPORTUNITY 
GRANTS. 
Section 2008(a)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397g(a)(4)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘or a com-
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munity-based organization’’ and inserting ‘‘, a community- 
based organization, or an opioid treatment program (as 
defined in section 1861(jjj)(2))’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 2021. 
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vided by the United States to Indians because 
of their status as Indians.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall apply to obligations issued in 
calendar years beginning after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The repeals made by 
subsection (b) shall apply to transactions after, and 
obligations issued in calendar years beginning after, 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF PENSION AND EMPLOYEE BENEFIT 
PLANS MAINTAINED BY TRIBAL GOVERN-
MENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE INTERNAL REVENUE 
CODE OF 1986.— 
(1) QUALIFIED PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE.— 
Section 72(t)(10)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (defining qualified public safety employee) is 
amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘or political subdivision of a 
State’’ and inserting ‘‘, political subdivision of 
a State, or Indian tribe’’; and 
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7003(a)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)). 
‘‘(2) MILITARY
IMPACTED
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘military impacted community’, when used with 
respect to a school, means a school served by a local 
educational agency for which not less than 20 per-
cent (as rounded to the nearest whole percent) of 
the students in average daily attendance in all 
schools served by the local educational agency during 
the preceding school year were military dependent 
students for such year. 
‘‘(3) YEAR.—The term’’. 
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(B) if determined necessary, request that 
the applicable Secretary take additional action 
to prevent or minimize take of covered 
albatrosses and petrels. 
(c) MEASURES TO ADDRESS BYCATCH
IN FISH-
ERIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce, 
in consultation with the Regional Fishery Manage-
ment Council with jurisdiction over the relevant fish-
ery under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, may develop 
and undertake measures to minimize the bycatch of 
covered albatrosses and petrels in the fishery. 
(2) MONITORING.—The Secretary of Com-
merce, in consultation with such Regional Fishery 
Management Council, may engage in— 
(A) 
regional 
assessments 
of 
covered 
albatrosses and petrels interactions with fishing 
gear to determine the extent and nature of such 
interactions; 
(B) collection of covered albatrosses and 
petrels bycatch data, including through on-
board-observer programs— 
(i) to determine the nature and extent 
of covered albatrosses and petrels inter-
actions with United States fisheries; and 
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SEC. 7. RECOGNIZING INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS FOR 
PURPOSES OF DETERMINING UNDER THE 
ADOPTION CREDIT WHETHER A CHILD HAS 
SPECIAL NEEDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 23(d)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (defining child with special needs) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or In-
dian tribal government’’ after ‘‘a State’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or In-
dian tribal government’’ after ‘‘such State’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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