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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5115 
To ensure funding for the improvement of the Coast Guard Yard in 
Baltimore, Maryland. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 27, 2021 
Mrs. LURIA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To ensure funding for the improvement of the Coast Guard 
Yard in Baltimore, Maryland. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. COAST GUARD YARD IMPROVEMENT. 
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by sec-
tion 4902(2)(A)(ii) of title 14, United States Code for 
each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $175,000,000 shall 
be made available to the Commandant to improve facilities 
at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland, includ-
ing improvements to dock, dry dock, capital equipment im-
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provements, or dredging necessary to facilitate access to 
such Yard. 
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(3) the factors, including open textbooks, that 
have contributed to the change of the cost of text-
books; 
(4) the extent to which open textbooks are used 
at institutions of higher education; and 
(5) how institutions are tracking the impact of 
open textbooks on instruction and student learning 
outcomes. 
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abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother 
whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical 
illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering 
physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy 
itself, but not including psychological or emotional condi-
tions. 
‘‘(b) DEFENDANT MAY SEEK HEARING.—A defend-
ant indicted for an offense under this section may seek 
a hearing before the State Medical Board on whether the 
physician’s conduct was necessary to save the life of the 
mother whose life was endangered by a physical disorder, 
physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endan-
gering physical condition caused by or arising from the 
pregnancy itself, but not including psychological or emo-
tional conditions. The findings on that issue are admissible 
on that issue at the trial of the defendant. Upon a motion 
of the defendant, the court shall delay the beginning of 
the trial for not more than 30 days to permit such a hear-
ing to take place. 
‘‘(c) NO LIABILITY FOR THE MOTHER ON WHOM 
ABORTION IS PERFORMED.—A mother upon whom an 
abortion is performed may not be prosecuted under this 
section, for a conspiracy to violate this section, or for an 
offense under section 2, 3, or 4 of this title based on a 
violation of this section. 
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‘‘(d) REQUIREMENT FOR DATA RETENTION.—The 
physician shall include in the medical file of the mother 
documentation of the determination, according to stand-
ard medical practice, of whether the fetus has a detectable 
heartbeat, the results of that determination, notification 
of the mother of those results, and any information en-
tered into evidence in any proceedings under subsection 
(b). Paragraph (j)(2) of section 164.530 of title 45, Code 
of Federal Regulations, shall apply to such documentation. 
‘‘(e) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section 
or the application of such provision to any person or cir-
cumstance is held to be invalid, the remainder of this sec-
tion and the application of the provisions of the remainder 
to any person or circumstance shall not be affected there-
by.’’; and 
(3) in the table of sections, by inserting after 
the item pertaining to section 1841 the following: 
‘‘1532. Abortions prohibited without a check for fetal heartbeat, or if a fetal 
heartbeat is detectable.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
for part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended, 
in the item relating to chapter 74, to read as follows: 
‘‘74. Abortions .......................................................................................... 1531’’. 
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Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) with respect to a person 
that knowingly violates, attempts to violate, conspires to 
violate, or causes a violation of regulations promulgated 
to carry out the Executive order referred to in section 2(a) 
and enacted into law by such section to the same extent 
that such penalties apply to a person that knowingly com-
mits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of such 
Act. 
SEC. 4. CONTINUING SANCTIONS AGAINST ENTITIES DES-
IGNATED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13876. 
All entities designated under Executive Order 13876 
(84 Fed. Reg. 30573; relating to imposing sanctions with 
respect to Iran) on the following dates shall continue to 
be sanctioned pursuant to such designations, as in effect 
on such respective dates: 
(1) July 31, 2019. 
(2) November 4, 2019. 
(3) January 10, 2020. 
(4) February 20, 2020. 
(5) November 18, 2020. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5117 
To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to the Government of Afghanistan 
until United States persons and allies have been fully evacuated from 
the country, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 27, 2021 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to the Government 
of Afghanistan until United States persons and allies 
have been fully evacuated from the country, 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 ‘‘Ensuring Evacuation 
from Afghanistan Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING TO THE GOVERNMENT 
OF AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds may be made 
available to provide funding to the Government of Afghan-
istan until such time as the President makes a certifi-
cation described in subsection (c). 
(b) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President shall exercise 
all of the powers granted to the President under the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block and prohibit 
all transactions in property and interests in property of 
the Government of Afghanistan if such property and inter-
ests in property are in the United States, come within the 
United States, or are or come within the possession or 
control of a United States person until such time as the 
President makes a certification described in subsection (c). 
(c) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—A certification de-
scribed in this subsection is a written certification sub-
mitted to Congress that all United States citizens, United 
States legal permanent residents, coalition partners, and 
Afghan allies who would like to evacuate from Afghanistan 
have been evacuated from the country. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7153 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to 
Congress a plan to modernize the information technology 
systems of the Veterans Benefits Administration, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
ration under section 8425 if such individual had re-
mained in the former covered position. 
‘‘(E) In accordance with procedures established by 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, an 
affected individual may file an election to have any cred-
itable service performed by the affected individual treated 
in accordance with this chapter without regard to subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(F) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 
to apply to such affected individual any other pay-related 
laws or regulations applicable to a covered position.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(A) Chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in section 8414(b)(3), by inserting 
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
(ii) in section 8415— 
(I) in subsection (e), in the mat-
ter preceding paragraph (1), by in-
serting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
and 
(II) in subsection (h)(2)(A), by 
striking 
‘‘(d)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(d)(1)(B)’’;
2009 
with respect to such initial price applica-
bility year. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENT DESCRIBED.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable percent 
described in this paragraph is the following: 
‘‘(A) SHORT-MONOPOLY DRUGS.—With re-
spect to a selected drug (other than a post-ex-
clusivity drug and a long-monopoly drug), 75 
percent. 
‘‘(B) POST-EXCLUSIVITY DRUGS.—With re-
spect to a post-exclusivity drug, 65 percent. 
‘‘(C) LONG-MONOPOLY DRUGS.—With re-
spect to a long-monopoly drug, 40 percent. 
‘‘(3) POST-EXCLUSIVITY DRUG DEFINED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this part, subject 
to subparagraph (B), the term ‘post-exclusivity 
drug’ means, with respect to an initial price ap-
plicability year, a selected drug for which at 
least 12 years, but fewer than 16 years, have 
elapsed since the date of approval of such drug 
under section 505(c) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act or since the date of li-
censure of such drug under section 351(a) of 
the Public Health Service Act, as applicable.
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(41) Section 1308(c)(5) of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
7958(c)(5)) is amended— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ and in-
serting ‘‘CHAPTER
OF
TITLE
5, UNITED 
STATES CODE’’; and 
(B) in text, by striking ‘‘The Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5, United States 
Code,’’. 
(42) Section 1210(d)(3)(B) of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
8740(d)(3)(B)) is amended— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ and 
inserting ‘‘CHAPTER
OF
TITLE
5, UNITED 
STATES CODE’’; and 
(B) in text, by striking ‘‘The Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5, United States 
Code,’’. 
(43) Section 1210(d)(3)(B) of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9040(d)(3)(B)) is amended— 
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(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ and 
inserting ‘‘CHAPTER
OF
TITLE
5, UNITED 
STATES CODE’’; and 
(B) in text, by striking ‘‘The Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5, United States 
Code,’’. 
(44) Section 286(k) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(k)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, United States 
Code,’’. 
(45) Section 343(e)(9) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), other than 
section 14’’and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5, 
other than section 1013 of title 5’’. 
(46) Section 946(j) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT’’ and 
inserting ‘‘CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5’’; and 
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2067 
‘‘(h) IMPLEMENTATION FOR 2023 AND 2024.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this section, the Sec-
retary shall implement this section for 2023 and 2024 by 
program instruction or otherwise.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TO
PART
B
ASP
CALCULATION.—Section 
1847A(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w–3a(c)(3)), 
as 
amended 
by 
section 
139101(c)(1), is further amended by striking ‘‘sub-
section (h) or section 1927’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (h), section 1927, or section 1860D–14B’’. 
(2) EXCLUDING PART D DRUG INFLATION RE-
BATE
FROM
BEST
PRICE.—Section 
1927(c)(1)(C)(ii)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396r–8(c)(1)(C)(ii)(I)), as amended by sec-
tion 139101(c)(2), is further amended by striking 
‘‘or section 1847A(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘, section 
1847A(h), or section 1860D–14B’’. 
(3) COORDINATION WITH MEDICAID REBATE IN-
FORMATION DISCLOSURE.—Section 1927(b)(3)(D)(i) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r– 
8(b)(3)(D)(i)), as amended by section 139101(c)(3), 
is further amended by striking ‘‘or to carry out sec-
tion 1847B’’ and inserting ‘‘or to carry out section 
1847B or section 1860D–14B’’.
390 
(B) in text, by striking ‘‘The Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5’’. 
(291) Section 9307 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 10(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.).’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
1009(c) of title 5.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘The 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5’’. 
(292) Section 51313(d) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5’’. 
(293) Section 109(a)(2) of the Maritime Trans-
portation Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 
295, 46 U.S.C. 70101 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.),’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 10 of title 5, United 
States Code,’’. 
(294) Section 70112(b)(4)(B) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 
10(c) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
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‘‘(8) post the curriculum for each elementary 
and secondary school grade level on a publicly acces-
sible website of the agency.’’. 
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‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—No credit shall be determined 
under this section with respect to any vehicle acquired 
after December 31, 2031.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 38(b) is amended by striking para-
graph (30) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(30) the qualified commercial electric vehicle 
credit determined under section 45U,’’. 
(2) Section 6213(g)(2), as amended by the pre-
ceding provisions of this Act, is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (S), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end, 
(B) in subparagraph (T), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(U) an omission of a correct vehicle iden-
tification number required under section 45U(e) 
(relating to commercial electric vehicle credit) 
to be included on a return.’’. 
(3) The table of sections for subpart D of part 
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45U. Qualified commercial electric vehicle credit.’’. 
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406 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1996 (Public Law 104–106, 110 Stat. 394) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 5(a)(3) of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 405(b)(3) of title 5, United States 
Code,’’. 
(10) Section 2 of Public Law 106–422 (114 
Stat. 1873) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.).’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code.’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2) (matter before 
subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘section 11 of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 401 of title 5, 
United States Code’’; 
(C) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 
‘‘the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.).’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code.’’; 
(D) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.).’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 4 of title 5, 
United States Code.’’; 
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HR 5376 PCS
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
may issue licenses under this subsection to ap-
plicants— 
‘‘(i) that do not satisfy the qualifica-
tion 
requirements 
under 
paragraph 
(3)(A)(ii) to the extent that such require-
ments relate to investment experience and 
track record, including any such require-
ments further set forth in section 107.305 
of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any successor regulation; 
‘‘(ii) that would otherwise be issued a 
license under this subsection, except that 
the management of the applicant does not 
satisfy the requirements under paragraph 
(3)(A)(ii) to the extent that such require-
ments relate to investment experience and 
track record, including any such require-
ments further set forth in section 107.305 
of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any successor regulation; 
‘‘(iii) for which the managers of such 
applicant have— 
‘‘(I) a documented record of suc-
cessful business experience; 
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101 
HR 5118 RDS
NATURE.—Section 104(g)(1) of the Water Resources Re-
search Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(g)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2023 through 2032’’. 
(c) GRANTS.—Section 104(c) of the Water Resources 
Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(c)) is amended 
by— 
(1) redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph 
(4); and 
(2) inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—From the sums appro-
priated, the Secretary shall allocate a minimum of— 
‘‘(A) 80 percent of the sums to base grants 
consistent with subsection (f)(1); and 
‘‘(B) 20 percent of the sums to research 
focused on water problems of interstate nature 
consistent with subsection (g)(1). 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL
SPECIAL
PROJECTS.—Any 
sums Congress delineates for specific topics and 
water priorities shall fall under subsection (g)(1). All 
sums under subsection (g)(1), including congression-
ally delineated sums for specific topics and water 
priorities, shall not exceed 20 percent of the sums 
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‘‘(i) shall not be included in the 
amount determined under subsection (a) 
with respect to the organization for the 
taxable year, and 
‘‘(ii) shall be included in the amount 
determined under subsection (a) for the 
first taxable year of each patron ending on 
or after the last day of the payment period 
(as defined in section 1382(d)) for the tax-
able year of the organization or, if earlier, 
for the taxable year of each patron ending 
on or after the date on which the patron 
receives notice from the cooperative of the 
apportionment. 
‘‘(C) SPECIAL RULES FOR DECREASE IN 
CREDITS FOR TAXABLE YEAR.—If the amount 
of the credit of a cooperative organization de-
termined under subsection (a) for a taxable 
year is less than the amount of such credit 
shown on the return of the cooperative organi-
zation for such year, an amount equal to the 
excess of— 
‘‘(i) such reduction, over 
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to this section with respect to a preliminary in-
vestigation of any matter with respect to which 
a request is made under subparagraph (A), 
such notification, application, or other docu-
ment, material, or memorandum shall be sup-
plied to the committee making the request, or 
to the committee on which the persons making 
the request serve. If no application for the ap-
pointment of an independent counsel is made to 
the division of the court under this subsection 
pursuant to such a preliminary investigation, 
the Attorney General shall submit a report to 
that committee stating the reasons why such 
application was not made, addressing each mat-
ter with respect to which the congressional re-
quest was made. 
(D) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.—Any 
report, notification, application, or other docu-
ment, material, or memorandum supplied to a 
committee under this paragraph shall not be re-
vealed to any third party, except that the com-
mittee may, either on its own initiative or upon 
the request of the Attorney General, make pub-
lic such portion or portions of such report, noti-
fication, application, document, material, or 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 
HUMAN SERVICES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS 
TO PAYMENT RATES FOR SKILLED NURSING 
FACILITIES UNDER THE MEDICARE PRO-
GRAM TO ACCOUNT FOR CERTAIN UNIQUE 
CIRCUMSTANCES. 
Section 1888(e)(4)(G) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395yy(e)(4)(G)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) ADJUSTMENT FOR UNIQUE CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—The Secretary may provide 
for such adjustments as determined appro-
priate by the Secretary to take into ac-
count the unique circumstances of skilled 
nursing facilities located in Alaska or Ha-
waii.’’. 
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Justice for purposes of sections 202 through 209 of 
title 18, United States Code. 
(10) STANDARDS OF CONDUCT APPLICABLE TO 
INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, PERSONS SERVING IN THE 
OFFICE OF AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL, AND THEIR 
LAW FIRMS.— 
(A) 
RESTRICTIONS
ON
EMPLOYMENT 
WHILE
INDEPENDENT
COUNSEL
AND
AP-
POINTEES ARE SERVING.— 
(i) During the period in which an 
independent counsel is serving under this 
section, such independent counsel and any 
person associated with a firm with which 
such independent counsel is associated may 
not represent in any matter any person in-
volved in any investigation or prosecution 
under this section. 
(ii) During the period in which any 
person appointed by an independent coun-
sel under paragraph (3) is serving in the 
office of independent counsel, such person 
may not represent in any matter any per-
son involved in any investigation or pros-
ecution under this section. 
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