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‘‘(4) EXCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
PROVIDERS.— 
The Secretary shall exclude from participation under 
the public health insurance option a health care pro-
vider that is excluded from participation in a Fed-
eral health care program (as defined in section 
1128B(f) of the Social Security Act). 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION OF FRAUD AND ABUSE PROVI-
SIONS.—Provisions of law (other than criminal law provi-
sions) identified by the Secretary by regulation, in con-
sultation with the Inspector General of the Department 
of Health and Human Services, that impose sanctions 
with respect to waste, fraud, and abuse under Medicare, 
such as the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729 et seq.), 
shall also apply to the public health insurance option. 
‘‘(g) MEDICARE DEFINED.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘Medicare’ means the health insurance pro-
grams under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
TREATMENT
AS
QUALIFIED
HEALTH 
PLAN.—Section 1301(a)(2) of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, THE 
PUBLIC
HEALTH
INSURANCE
OPTION,’’ before 
‘‘AND’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘the public health insur-
ance option under section 1325,’’ before ‘‘and a 
multi-State plan’’. 
(2) LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.—Section 1324(a) 
of such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘the public 
health insurance option under section 1325,’’ before 
‘‘or a multi-State qualified health plan’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6784 
To amend chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, to establish the style 
for amending laws. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2022 
Mr. MOONEY (for himself, Mr. TONKO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. 
CLINE, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MASSIE, 
Mr. BIGGS, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. GAETZ) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 2 of title 1, United States Code, to 
establish the style for amending laws. 
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 ‘‘Readable Legislation 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDING LAWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 1, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘§ 115. Amending laws 
‘‘No section of an Act shall be revised or amended 
by mere reference to it. Every bill or joint resolution which 
amends an existing section of any Act shall set forth the 
entire section, showing the omissions and insertions pro-
posed by appropriate typographical devices.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 2 of title 1, United 
States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating 
to section 114 the following new item: 
‘‘115. Amending laws.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by it shall take 
effect on January 1, 2023. 
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tion’’, which shall carry out such duties of the Commission 
under this section, and such other duties relating to facili-
tation of independent research on covered platforms, as 
the Commission considers appropriate. 
(b) RESEARCHER CERTIFICATION PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall issue regulations under section 
553 of title 5, United States Code, to establish a 
process by which— 
(A) an organization may, upon application 
to the Commission, be qualified as a host orga-
nization; and 
(B) an individual who is affiliated with a 
host organization may, upon application to the 
Commission, be certified in order to obtain ac-
cess to information under this section for the 
purposes described in paragraph (2). 
(2) PURPOSES OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION.— 
The purposes described in this paragraph are to 
gain understanding and measure the impacts of the 
content moderation, product design decisions, and 
algorithms of covered platforms on society, politics, 
the spread of hate, harassment, and extremism, se-
curity, privacy, and physical and mental health. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 130 
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. COLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the author-
ity of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into 
trust for Indian tribes, 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. AUTHORITY REAFFIRMED. 
(a) REAFFIRMATION.—Section 19 of the Act of June 
18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization 
Act’’; 25 U.S.C. 479), is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting 
‘‘Effective beginning on June 18, 1934, the 
term’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘any recognized Indian 
tribe now under Federal jurisdiction’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any federally recognized Indian tribe’’; 
and 
(2) by striking the third sentence and inserting 
the following: ‘‘In said sections, the term ‘Indian 
tribe’ means any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, 
band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the 
Secretary of the Interior acknowledges to exist as an 
Indian tribe.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the Act of 
June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorga-
nization Act’’; 25 U.S.C. 479), on the date of enactment 
of that Act. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1310 
To support programs for mosquito-borne and other vector-borne disease 
surveillance and control. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. SOTO (for himself, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 
GAETZ, Mr. CRIST, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. FRANKEL of Flor-
ida, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, 
Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Ms. WILSON of Flor-
ida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To support programs for mosquito-borne and other vector- 
borne disease surveillance and control. 
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 Mos-
quito Abatement for Safety and Health Act’’ or the 
‘‘SMASH Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF MOSQUITO ABATEMENT FOR 
SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Section 317S of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247b–21) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘including programs to 
address emerging infectious mosquito-borne dis-
eases,’’ after ‘‘control programs,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or improving existing 
control programs’’ before the period at the end; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding improvement,’’ after ‘‘operation’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(II) in clause (iii), by striking the 
semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘, 
including an emerging infectious mos-
quito-borne disease that presents a se-
rious public health threat; or’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iv) a public health emergency due to 
the incidence or prevalence of a mosquito- 
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borne disease that presents a serious pub-
lic health threat.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 
‘‘or that demonstrates to the Secretary 
that the control program is consistent with 
existing State mosquito control plans, or 
policies, or other applicable State pre-
paredness plans’’ before the period at the 
end; 
(C) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ‘‘that 
extraordinary’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘that— 
‘‘(i) extraordinary economic conditions 
in the political subdivision or consortium of 
political subdivisions involved justify the 
waiver; or 
‘‘(ii) the geographical area covered by 
a political subdivision or consortium for a 
grant under paragraph (1) has an extreme 
need due to— 
‘‘(I) the size or density of the 
human population; 
‘‘(II) the size or density of the 
mosquito population; or 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1312 
To amend the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 to require 
an annual review by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the 
annual government-business forum on capital formation that is held 
pursuant to such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. POLIQUIN (for himself and Mr. VARGAS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 
1980 to require an annual review by the Securities and 
Exchange Commission of the annual government-business 
forum on capital formation that is held pursuant to 
such 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 ‘‘Small Business Capital 
Formation Enhancement Act’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1311 
To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid 
vapor pressure limitations under such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of 
Illinois, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. PETER-
SON, Mr. POCAN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, and Mr. WALZ) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol 
waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations under such 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 ‘‘Consumer and Fuel 
Retailer Choice Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ETHANOL WAIVER. 
(a) REID VAPOR PRESSURE LIMITATION.—Section 
211(h) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(h)) is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘or more’’ after ‘‘10 percent’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘ad-
ditional alcohol or’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘or more’’ 
after ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(b) EXISTING WAIVERS.—Section 211(f)(4) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(f)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrator, upon’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(A) The Administrator, upon’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) A fuel or fuel additive that has been granted 
a waiver under subparagraph (A) prior to January 1, 
2017, and meets all of the conditions of that waiver, other 
than the waiver’s limits for Reid Vapor Pressure, may be 
introduced into commerce if the fuel or fuel additive meets 
all other applicable Reid Vapor Pressure requirements.’’. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1312 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 2, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 
1980 to require an annual review by the Securities and 
Exchange Commission of the annual government-business 
forum on capital formation that is held pursuant to 
such Act. 
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 ‘‘Small Business Capital 
Formation Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REVIEW OF GOVERNMENT-BUSINESS 
FORUM ON CAPITAL FORMATION. 
Section 503 of the Small Business Investment Incen-
tive Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 80c–1) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) The Commission shall— 
‘‘(1) review the findings and recommendations 
of the forum; and 
‘‘(2) each time the forum submits a finding or 
recommendation to the Commission, promptly issue 
a public statement— 
‘‘(A) assessing the finding or recommenda-
tion of the forum; and 
‘‘(B) disclosing the action, if any, the Com-
mission intends to take with respect to the find-
ing or recommendation. 
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‘‘(f) FORUM FINDINGS.—Nothing in this section shall 
require the Commission to agree to or act upon any find-
ing or recommendation of the forum.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 1, 2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 61 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1312 
[Report No. 115–104] 
To amend the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980 to require 
an annual review by the Securities and Exchange Commission of the 
annual government-business forum on capital formation that is held 
pursuant to such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. POLIQUIN (for himself and Mr. VARGAS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
MAY 1, 2017 
Additional sponsor: Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH 
MAY 1, 2017 
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 March 2, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 
1980 to require an annual review by the Securities and 
Exchange Commission of the annual government-business 
forum on capital formation that is held pursuant to 
such Act. 
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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 ‘‘Small Business Capital 
Formation Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
ANNUAL 
REVIEW 
OF 
GOVERNMENT-BUSINESS 
FORUM ON CAPITAL FORMATION. 
Section 503 of the Small Business Investment Incen-
tive Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 80c–1) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) The Commission shall— 
‘‘(1) review the findings and recommendations of 
the forum; and 
‘‘(2) each time the forum submits a finding or 
recommendation to the Commission, promptly issue a 
public statement— 
‘‘(A) assessing the finding or recommenda-
tion of the forum; and 
‘‘(B) disclosing the action, if any, the Com-
mission intends to take with respect to the find-
ing or recommendation. 
‘‘(f) FORUM FINDINGS.—Nothing in this section shall 
require the Commission to agree to or act upon any finding 
or recommendation of the forum.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 61 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1312 
[Report No. 115–104] 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Investment Incentive 
Act of 1980 to require an annual review by the 
Securities and Exchange Commission of the an-
nual government-business forum on capital for-
mation that is held pursuant to such Act. 
MAY 1, 2017 
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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‘‘(6) REGULAR
UPDATE
OF
PRESCRIPTION 
DRUG PRICING STANDARD.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the PDP sponsor of 
a prescription drug plan (or MA organization 
offering an MA–PD plan) uses a standard for 
reimbursement (as described in subparagraph 
(B)) of pharmacies based on the cost of a drug, 
each contract entered into with such sponsor 
under this part (or organization under part C) 
with respect to the plan shall provide that the 
sponsor (or organization) shall— 
‘‘(i) update such standard not less fre-
quently than once every 7 days, beginning 
with an initial update on January 1 of 
each year, to accurately reflect the market 
price of acquiring the drug; 
‘‘(ii) disclose to applicable pharmacies 
and the contracting entities of such phar-
macies the sources used for making any 
such update immediately without require-
ment of request; 
‘‘(iii) if the source for such a standard 
for reimbursement is not publicly available, 
disclose to the applicable pharmacies and 
the respective contracting entities of such 
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Union Calendar No. 341 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1313 
[Report No. 115–459, Part I] 
A BILL 
To clarify rules relating to nondiscriminatory 
workplace wellness programs. 
DECEMBER 11, 2017 
Reported from the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce with an amendment 
DECEMBER 11, 2017 
The Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways 
and Means discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1314 
To repeal the renewable fuel program of the Environmental Protection 
Agency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2017 
Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, 
Mr. YOHO, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. ROE 
of Tennessee, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BRAT, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. COLLINS 
of Georgia, Ms. FOXX, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, 
Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. LABRADOR, 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. OLSON, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 
Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. LAM-
BORN, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. BARTON, Mr. JODY 
B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. DENT, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BABIN, 
Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida, Mr. POE of Texas, 
Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. HOLD-
ING, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. MEADOWS, 
Mr. COLE, Mr. STEWART, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 
FASO, Ms. GRANGER, and Mr. WILLIAMS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To repeal the renewable fuel program of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
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 ‘‘Renewable Fuel Stand-
ard Elimination Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF RENEWABLE FUEL PROGRAM. 
Section 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)) is repealed. 
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H. R. 1318 
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 
An Act 
To support States in their work to save and sustain the health of mothers during 
pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postpartum period, to eliminate disparities 
in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated 
deaths, to identify solutions to improve health care quality and health outcomes 
for mothers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Maternal Deaths 
Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. SAFE MOTHERHOOD. 
Section 317K of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b– 
12) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘purpose of this subsection is to 
develop’’ and inserting ‘‘purposes of this subsection are 
to establish or continue a Federal initiative to support 
State and tribal maternal mortality review committees, 
to improve data collection and reporting around 
maternal mortality, and to develop or support’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘population at risk of death and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘populations at risk of death and severe’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(A) The Secretary may continue and improve activities 
related to a national maternal mortality data collection 
and surveillance program to identify and support the 
review of pregnancy-associated deaths and pregnancy- 
related deaths that occur during, or within 1 year following, 
pregnancy.’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) The Secretary may, in cooperation with States, 
Indian tribes, and tribal organizations, develop a program 
to support States, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations 
in establishing or operating maternal mortality review 
committees, in accordance with subsection (d).’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)—