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(2) DISSEMINATION
TO
INSTALLATION
COM-
MANDERS.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
memoranda, directives, and guidance issued under 
paragraph (1), and any subsequent memoranda, di-
rectives and guidance, are included in pre-briefings 
for any officers that assume command of a military 
installation in the United States on or after July 1, 
2025. 
(3) STANDARD
OPERATING
PROCEDURES
FOR 
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 
after the issuance of the memoranda, directives, 
and guidance required by paragraph (1), each 
commander of a military installation shall issue 
operating procedures specific to their military 
installation for countering unmanned aircraft 
systems at the installation. 
(B) EXTENSION DURING CHANGES IN COM-
MAND.—If there is a change of command of a 
military installation during the 60-day period 
described in subparagraph (A), the incoming 
commander of the installation shall issue oper-
ating procedures specific to their military instal-
lation required by that subparagraph not later
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the first day of the 
first calendar quarter beginning more than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) 
REGULATORY
EXEMPTIONS.—Subsection 
(d) shall take effect as if such subsection were an 
amendment to which paragraph (1) applies. 
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HR 5490 PCS
(4) The map entitled ‘‘Calf Islands Unit CT– 
20P’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(5) The map entitled ‘‘Malibu Beach Unit NJ– 
19P’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(6) The map entitled ‘‘Egg Island Unit NJ– 
22P (1 of 2)’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(7) The map entitled ‘‘Egg Island Unit NJ– 
22P (2 of 2) Dix Unit NJ–23P (1 of 3)’’ and dated 
December 18, 2020. 
(8) The map entitled ‘‘Dix Unit NJ–23P (2 of 
3)’’ and dated December 18, 2020. 
(9) The map entitled ‘‘Dix Unit NJ–23P (3 of 
3) Greenwich Unit NJ–24P’’ and dated December 
18, 2020. 
(10) The map entitled ‘‘Woodland Beach Unit 
DE–09P Fraland Beach Unit DE–10 Bombay Hook 
Unit DE–11P (1 of 2)’’ and dated December 18, 
2020. 
(11) The map entitled ‘‘Swan Point Unit MD– 
65 Lower Cedar Point Unit MD–66’’ and dated De-
cember 18, 2020. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall keep the maps described in subsections (a) and (b) 
on file and available for inspection in accordance with sec-
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to the appropriate congressional committees a list of 
foreign persons that are determined— 
(A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or 
to have directly or indirectly engaged in, any 
action or policy that threatens the peace, secu-
rity, stability, or territorial integrity of Bosnia 
and Herzegovina, including actions that seek to 
undermine 
the 
authority 
of 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina’s state-level institutions, such as 
forming illegal parallel institutions or actions 
that threaten the Office of the High Represent-
ative; 
(B) to be responsible for or complicit in, or 
to have directly or indirectly engaged in, any 
action or policy that undermines democratic 
processes 
or 
institutions 
in 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina; 
(C) to be responsible for or complicit in, or 
to have directly or indirectly engaged in, or to 
have attempted, a violation of, or an act that 
has obstructed or threatened the implementa-
tion of, the Dayton Peace Agreement or the 
Conclusions of the Peace Implementation Con-
ference Council held in London in December 
1995, including the decisions or conclusions of 
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‘‘(32) DIGITAL
ASSET-RELATED
TERMS.—The 
terms ‘digital commodity’ and ‘permitted payment 
stablecoin’ have the meaning given those terms, re-
spectively, under section 2(a) of the Securities Act 
of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77b(a)).’’. 
(d) INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940.—Section 
2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 
80a–2) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (36), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The term does not include a digital com-
modity or permitted payment stablecoin.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(55) DIGITAL
ASSET-RELATED
TERMS.—The 
terms ‘digital commodity’ and ‘permitted payment 
stablecoin’ have the meaning given those terms, re-
spectively, under section 2(a) of the Securities Act 
of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77b(a)).’’. 
SEC. 302. ANTIFRAUD AUTHORITY OVER PERMITTED PAY-
MENT STABLECOINS. 
Section 10 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78j) is amended— 
(1) by moving subsection (c) so as to appear 
after subsection (b); 
(2) by designating the undesignated matter at 
the end of that section as subsection (d); and 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4724 
To authorize the court to depart from a statutory minimum in the case 
of a juvenile offender, youthful victim offender, and certain other minors, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2023 
Mr. WESTERMAN
(for himself, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. TRONE, and Ms. 
KAMLAGER-DOVE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the court to depart from a statutory minimum 
in the case of a juvenile offender, youthful victim of-
fender, and certain other minors, 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 ‘‘Sara’s Law and the 
Preventing Unfair Sentencing Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. SENTENCING YOUTHFUL VICTIM OFFENDERS WHO 
HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED, ABUSED, OR AS-
SAULTED. 
(a) SENTENCING YOUTHFUL VICTIM OFFENDERS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3553 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(h) SENTENCING
YOUTHFUL
VICTIM
OFFEND-
ERS.— 
‘‘(1) STATUTORY MINIMUMS.—In the case of a 
youthful victim offender, the court shall have the au-
thority to impose a sentence that is below a level es-
tablished by statute as a minimum sentence so as to 
consider the effect of trauma on the offender’s con-
duct. 
‘‘(2) SUSPENSION OF SENTENCE.—In the case 
of a youthful victim offender, the court shall have 
the authority to suspend any portion of an imposed 
sentence. 
‘‘(3) 
YOUTHFUL
VICTIM
OFFENDER
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘youthful vic-
tim offender’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) has not attained the age of 18; and 
‘‘(B) has been convicted of a violent of-
fense against a person who the court finds, by 
clear and convincing evidence, engaged in con-
duct against such individual, not earlier than 1 
year before such violent offense, that is an of-
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fense under section 1591 or an offense under 
chapter 71, 109A, 110, or 117.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply only to a conviction entered 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) DIRECTIVE TO SENTENCING COMMISSION.—Pur-
suant to its authority under section 994(p) of title 28, 
United States Code, and in accordance with this section, 
the United States Sentencing Commission shall review and 
amend, if appropriate, its guidelines and its policy state-
ments with respect to youthful victim offenders (as such 
term is defined in section 3553 of title 18, United States 
Code) to ensure that the guidelines and policy statements 
are consistent with the amendments made by subsection 
(a). 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4726 
To terminate the COVID–19 vaccination requirement for aliens, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2023 
Mr. MASSIE (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. 
BURLISON, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. 
GOOD of Virginia, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mrs. 
LUNA, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. POSEY, Mr. 
ROY, Ms. SALAZAR, Mrs. SPARTZ, Mr. MCCORMICK, and Mr. GOSAR) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, 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 terminate the COVID–19 vaccination requirement for 
aliens, 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. TERMINATING COVID–19 VACCINATION RE-
QUIREMENT FOR ALIENS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the COVID–19 vaccination require-
ment for aliens shall have no force or effect. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING.—Beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may 
be used to administer, implement, or enforce the COVID– 
19 vaccination requirement for aliens. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘COVID–19 
vaccination requirement for aliens’’ means any require-
ment of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
or the Department of Homeland Security, including pur-
suant to part G of title III of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 264 et seq.) or part 34 of subchapter C 
of chapter I of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, 
that— 
(1) an alien be vaccinated against COVID–19 
as a condition of being issued a visa or entering the 
United States; 
(2) a nonimmigrant alien be vaccinated against 
COVID–19 as a condition of adjusting status to that 
of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence; or 
(3) an alien lawfully admitted to the United 
States for permanent residence be vaccinated 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4740 
To streamline the budget process at the Department of Defense, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2023 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. DAVID-
SON, and Mr. MOULTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To streamline the budget process at the Department of 
Defense, 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 ‘‘Streamline Pentagon 
Budgeting Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATED 
TO UNFUNDED PRIORITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by repealing section 222a; 
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(2) by repealing section 222b; and 
(3) in the table of sections at the beginning of 
the chapter, by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 222a and 222b. 
(b) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—Section 
2806 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 10 
U.S.C. 222a note) is hereby repealed. 
(c) NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4716 of the Atomic 
Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2756) is hereby re-
pealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents at the beginning of the Atomic Energy Defense 
Act is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 4716. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4734 
To require preference to be given to applicants for health profession oppor-
tunity grants under section 2008 of the Social Security Act who have 
certain kinds of business and community partners. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2023 
Mr. EVANS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require preference to be given to applicants for health 
profession opportunity grants under section 2008 of the 
Social Security Act who have certain kinds of business 
and community partners. 
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 ‘‘Making Opportunities 
Reachable for Everyone Act’’ or the ‘‘MORE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREFERENCE FOR HEALTH PROFESSION OPPOR-
TUNITY GRANT APPLICANTS WHO HAVE CER-
TAIN KINDS OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY 
PARTNERS. 
Section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397g) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and 
(d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and inserting 
after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE FOR GRANT APPLICANTS WHO 
HAVE CERTAIN PARTNERS.—In considering applications 
for a grant under this section, the Secretary shall give 
preference to applications submitted by applicants who 
have business and community partners in each of the fol-
lowing categories: 
‘‘(1) State and local government agencies and 
social service providers, including a State or local 
entity that administers a State program funded 
under part A of this title; 
‘‘(2) institutions of higher education, appren-
ticeship programs, and local workforce development 
boards established under section 107 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act; and 
‘‘(3) health care employers, health care industry 
or sector partnerships, labor unions, and labor-man-
agement partnerships.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 2023. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4735 
To provide for the use of peer support, peer mentoring, and career coaching 
in demonstration projects conducted under the health profession oppor-
tunity grant program under section 2008 of the Social Security Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2023 
Mr. EVANS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for the use of peer support, peer mentoring, 
and career coaching in demonstration projects conducted 
under the health profession opportunity grant program 
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 ‘‘Mentoring and Sup-
porting Families Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF PEER SUPPORT, PEER MENTORING, AND CA-
REER COACHING. 
Section 2008 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397g) is amended by redesignating subsections (c) and 
(d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and by insert-
ing after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) USE OF PEER SUPPORT, PEER MENTORING, 
AND CAREER COACHING.— 
‘‘(1) PREFERENCE IN CONSIDERING APPLICA-
TIONS.—In considering applications for a grant 
under this section, the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to— 
‘‘(A) applications that include opportuni-
ties for mentoring or peer support, and make 
career coaching available, as part of the case 
management plan; and 
‘‘(B) applications that include a commit-
ment to providing project participants with a 
monthly cash stipend or wage supplement. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION AMONG SUPPORT SERVICES.— 
A project for which a grant is made under this sec-
tion shall include case management plans that in-
clude career coaching (with the option to offer ap-
propriate peer support and mentoring opportunities 
to help develop soft skills and social capital), which 
may be offered on an ongoing basis before, during, 
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and after initial training as part of a career pathway 
model.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 2023. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4736 
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to provide 
support for facilities providing healthcare, education, child care, public 
safety, and other vital services in rural areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2023 
Mrs. FISCHBACH (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, Mr. FINSTAD, 
and Ms. CARAVEO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act to provide support for facilities providing healthcare, 
education, child care, public safety, and other vital serv-
ices in rural areas. 
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 ‘‘Investing in Rural 
America Act’’. 
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102 
‘‘(B) traded through a digital asset trading 
system (as defined under section 242.301 of 
title 17, Code of Federal Regulations).’’. 
SEC. 309. DUAL REGISTRATION. 
Any person that is registered with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission as a digital asset broker, digital 
asset dealer, or digital asset trading system may register 
with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as ap-
propriate, as— 
(1) a digital commodity exchange under section 
5i of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et 
seq.), as added by this Act, if the person offers or 
seeks to offer a cash or spot market in at least one 
digital commodity; 
(2) a digital commodity broker under section 4u 
of the Commodity Exchange Act, as added by this 
Act, if the person is engaged in soliciting or accept-
ing orders in digital commodity cash or spot mar-
kets; or 
(3) a digital commodity dealer under section 4u 
of the Commodity Exchange Act, as added by this 
Act, if the person holds themself out as a dealer in 
digital commodity cash or spot markets. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF FARM CREDIT SYSTEM INSTITU-
TIONS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR 
ESSENTIAL RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES 
PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 306(a) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926(a)) by adding at the end of the following: 
‘‘(27) SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL RURAL COMMUNITY 
FACILITIES PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to make available 
capital to develop, build, maintain, improve, or pro-
vide other support for essential community facilities 
in our Nation’s rural communities, institutions char-
tered and operating under title I, II, or III of the 
Farm Credit Act of 1971 may provide financing and 
technical assistance for projects eligible for financing 
under this subsection for community facilities, sub-
ject to subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—An institution referred to 
in subparagraph (A) shall not provide financing 
under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) in an amount that exceeds 15 percent 
of the total assets of the institution; or 
‘‘(ii) unless the institution— 
‘‘(I) has offered, under reasonable 
terms and conditions acceptable to the bor-
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rower involved, an interest in the financing 
to at least 1 lending institution not re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(II) has reported the offer to the 
Farm Credit Administration. 
‘‘(C) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Within 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, and annually thereafter, the Farm Credit Ad-
ministration shall provide a report on the activities 
undertaken under this paragraph by Farm Credit 
System institutions during the period covered by the 
report, including through partnerships between such 
an institution and other lending institutions, and a 
copy of each report provided pursuant to subpara-
graph (B)(ii)(II) during the period, which shall also 
be posted on the website of the Farm Credit Admin-
istration.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2023. 
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109 
‘‘(V) an agreement, contract, or 
transaction described in subparagraph 
(C)(i) or (D)(i) of subsection (c)(2) of 
this section; or 
‘‘(VI) a leverage transaction au-
thorized under section 19 of this Act; 
or 
‘‘(ii) the activities of any person with 
respect to any such an agreement, con-
tract, or transaction.’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(c)(1) of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 2(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) permitted payment stablecoins.’’. 
(c) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(c)(2) of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 2(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D)(ii)— 
(A) in subclause (III), in the matter that 
precedes item (aa), by inserting ‘‘of a com-
modity, other than a digital commodity,’’ before 
‘‘that’’; and 
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average adjusted gross income (as defined in such 
section) of which 75 percent or greater derives from 
farming, ranching, or silviculture activities.’’. 
(f) NOTICE
OF
APPLICATION
STATUS.—Section 
1501(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9801(e)) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) NOTICE
OF
APPLICATION
STATUS.—Not 
later than 120 days after receiving an application 
for assistance under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) approve or deny such application; and 
‘‘(B) notify the applicant of such approval 
or denial.’’. 
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H4739
pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB