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H. R. 7607 
One Hundred Eighteenth 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 twenty-four 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at Block 1025, 
Lots 18 & 19, Northeast Corner of US Route 9 South and Main Street in the 
Township of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jersey, as the ‘‘George Henry 
White Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GEORGE HENRY WHITE POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, Northeast Corner 
of US Route 9 South and Main Street in the Township of Middle, 
County of Cape May, New Jersey, shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘George Henry White Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘George Henry White Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7607 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, Northeast Corner of US Route 9 South 
and Main Street in the Township of Middle, County of Cape May, 
New Jersey, as the ‘‘George Henry White Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2024 
Mr. VAN DREW (for himself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. KEAN of New 
Jersey, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. SHERRILL, 
and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, Northeast Corner 
of US Route 9 South and Main Street in the Township 
of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jersey, as the 
‘‘George Henry White Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GEORGE HENRY WHITE POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, 
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Northeast Corner of US Route 9 South and Main Street 
in the Township of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jer-
sey, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George Henry 
White Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘George Henry White 
Post Office Building’’. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7608 
To impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate in a sector of 
the People’s Republic of China’s economy in which the person has en-
gaged in a pattern of significant theft of the intellectual property of 
a United States person, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2024 
Mr. CURTIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
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 impose sanctions with respect to persons that operate 
in a sector of the People’s Republic of China’s economy 
in which the person has engaged in a pattern of signifi-
cant theft of the intellectual property of a United States 
person, 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 ‘‘Combatting China’s 
Pilfering of Intellectual Property Act’’ or the ‘‘CCP IP 
Act’’. 
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IIB 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7607 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 4, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, Northeast Corner 
of US Route 9 South and Main Street in the Township 
of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jersey, as the 
‘‘George Henry White Post Office Building’’. 
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. GEORGE HENRY WHITE POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, 
Northeast Corner of US Route 9 South and Main Street 
in the Township of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jer-
sey, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George Henry 
White Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘George Henry White 
Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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II 
Calendar No. 543 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7607 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 4, 2024 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 
Reported by Mr. PETERS, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, Northeast Corner 
of US Route 9 South and Main Street in the Township 
of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jersey, as the 
‘‘George Henry White Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GEORGE HENRY WHITE POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, 
Northeast Corner of US Route 9 South and Main Street 
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in the Township of Middle, County of Cape May, New Jer-
sey, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George Henry 
White Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘George Henry White 
Post Office Building’’. 
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Calendar No. 543 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7607 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at Block 1025, Lots 18 & 19, 
Northeast Corner of US Route 9 South and 
Main Street in the Township of Middle, County 
of Cape May, New Jersey, as the ‘‘George Henry 
White Post Office Building’’. 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 
Reported without amendment 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7610 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line 
technicians qualify as emergency response providers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2024 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. NORCROSS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify 
that utility line technicians qualify as emergency re-
sponse providers. 
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 ‘‘Linemen Legacy Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS. 
Section 2(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 101(6)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘includes Federal’’ and inserting 
‘‘includes— 
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ceeds are expended efficiently and ef-
fectively; and 
(III) has met such other criteria 
as may be established and published 
by the Secretary; and 
(ii) the amount of the loan (when 
combined with amounts available to the 
loan recipient from other sources) will be 
sufficient to carry out the eligible project 
for which the loan is provided. 
(B) REASONABLE
PROSPECT
OF
REPAY-
MENT.—The Secretary shall base a determina-
tion of whether there is a reasonable prospect 
of repayment of the principal and interest on a 
loan under subparagraph (A)(i)(I) on a com-
prehensive evaluation of whether the loan re-
cipient has a reasonable prospect of repaying 
the principal and interest, including, as applica-
ble, an evaluation of— 
(i) the strength of the contractual 
terms of the applicable eligible project (if 
commercially reasonably available); 
(ii) the forecast of noncontractual 
cash flows supported by market projections 
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‘‘(A) Federal’’; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) utility line technicians responding to 
a major disaster or an emergency declared by 
the President under section 501 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191).’’. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7614 
To prohibit the payment of the salaries of the President and members of 
the cabinet if the President fails to submit the annual budget to Congress 
before the first Monday in February of any year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2024 
Ms. MACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To prohibit the payment of the salaries of the President 
and members of the cabinet if the President fails to 
submit the annual budget to Congress before the first 
Monday in February of any year, 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 ‘‘Presidential Budget 
Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PAY FOR PRESIDENT AND SENIOR 
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS IF PRESI-
DENT’S BUDGET NOT SUBMITTED ON TIME. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, if the President does not submit to Congress 
the budget for any fiscal year on or before the first Mon-
day in February of any calendar year as required under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, during 
the period described in subsection (b)(2) the President and 
any senior official may not receive any pay. In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘senior official’’ means any member of 
the President’s cabinet. 
(b) ESCROW FOR PRESIDENTIAL PAY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to ensure that this 
section is carried out in a manner that shall not 
vary the compensation of the President in violation 
of clause 7 of section 1 of article II of the Constitu-
tion of the United States, if by the first Monday in 
February of any calendar year the President has not 
submitted the annual budget for the fiscal year be-
ginning on October 1 of that year as required under 
such section 1105(a), during the period described in 
paragraph (2) the appropriate payroll administrator 
shall deposit in an escrow account all payments oth-
erwise required to be made during such period for 
the compensation of the President, and shall release 
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such payments to the President upon the expiration 
of such period. 
(2) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 
in this paragraph is the period which begins on Feb-
ruary 6 of such calendar year and ending on May 
6 of such calendar year. 
(c) APPLICATION.—This Act shall apply with respect 
to the President’s annual budget submission under such 
section 1105(a) for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7615 
To allow States to elect to observe daylight savings time for the duration 
of the year, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2024 
Ms. MALOY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To allow States to elect to observe daylight savings time 
for the duration of the year, 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 ‘‘Daylight Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OPTIONAL YEAR-LONG APPLICATION OF DAYLIGHT 
SAVINGS TIME. 
Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 
U.S.C. 260a) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or may by law apply the ad-
vancement of time described in this section for the 
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duration of the year,’’ after ‘‘may by law exempt 
itself from the provisions of this subsection providing 
for the advancement of time,’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the standard time otherwise 
applicable during that period’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
same standard time’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘may by law exempt either the 
entire State as provided in (1) or’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
by law, may apply either standard time provided for 
in paragraph (1) to the entire State,’’; and 
(4) by inserting ‘‘, or may apply the advance-
ment of time for the duration of the year to the en-
tire area of the State lying within any time zone’’ 
before the period at the end. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7616 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide assistance for building 
in, or rebuilding Gaza, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2024 
Mr. MAST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide assistance 
for building in, or rebuilding Gaza, 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. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING. 
No Federal funds are authorized to be appropriated 
or otherwise made available to build in, or rebuild the 
Gaza strip on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7619 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance 
to States on strategies under Medicaid and CHIP to increase mental 
health and substance use disorder care provider education, training, 
recruitment, and retention. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2024 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself and Mr. ZINKE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to issue guidance to States on strategies under Medicaid 
and CHIP to increase mental health and substance use 
disorder care provider education, training, recruitment, 
and retention. 
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 ‘‘Expand the Behavioral 
Health Workforce Now Act’’. 
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Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 2000ff et 
seq.); 
(ee) section 6(d) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 206(d)); 
(ff) sections 501 and 505 of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 791; 793); and 
(gg) the Pregnant Workers 
Fairness Act (division II of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117–328)); 
(III) the lack of any potential 
discriminatory impact of the system, 
including discriminatory impact based 
on race, color, religion, sex (including 
pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gen-
der identity), national origin, age, or 
disability and genetic information (in-
cluding family medical history); and 
(IV) the compliance of the sys-
tem with the Artificial Intelligence 
Risk Management Framework re-
leased by the National Institute of 
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SEC. 2. GUIDANCE TO STATES ON STRATEGIES UNDER 
MEDICAID AND CHIP TO INCREASE MENTAL 
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 
CARE PROVIDER EDUCATION, TRAINING, RE-
CRUITMENT, AND RETENTION. 
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall issue guidance to States on strategies under Med-
icaid and CHIP to increase education, training, recruit-
ment, and retention of mental health and substance use 
disorder care providers that participate in Medicaid or 
CHIP, with a focus on improving the capacity of the men-
tal health and substance use disorder care workforce in 
rural and underserved areas. Such guidance shall include, 
and not be limited to, strategies on how States may utilize 
waivers under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1315) and authorities under titles XIX and XXI 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., 1397aa et seq.) for 
such purposes. 
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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7620 
To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to require the 
acceptance of cash payments for entrance fees at units of the National 
Park System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2024 
Mr. NORMAN (for himself, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ROSE, Mr. 
ROUZER, Mr. LAMBORN, Ms. MACE, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. ZINKE, 
Mr. ROSENDALE, and Ms. BOEBERT) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act 
to require the acceptance of cash payments for entrance 
fees at units of the National Park System. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Access to 
Recreation with Cash Act’’ or the ‘‘PARC Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF CASH PAYMENTS FOR ENTRANCE 
FEES AT UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYS-
TEM. 
Section 803(e) of the Federal Lands Recreation En-
hancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6802(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ACCEPTANCE
OF
CASH
PAYMENTS
RE-
QUIRED.—The Secretary of the Interior shall require 
that any unit of the National Park System at which 
an entrance fee is charged in accordance with para-
graph (1) accept cash as a form of payment for the 
entrance fee.’’. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7626 
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or enforcing energy 
conservation standards for room air conditioners that are not cost-effec-
tive or technologically feasible, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2024 
Mr. CRENSHAW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from prescribing or 
enforcing energy conservation standards for room air 
conditioners that are not cost-effective or technologically 
feasible, 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 ‘‘Affordable Air Condi-
tioning Act’’. 
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SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF AND REPORT ON PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director, in coordination with 
the Office of Naval Research, non-Federal owners of ves-
sels of the Academic Research Fleet, users of the U.S. 
Academic Research Fleet, or any combination thereof, 
may support upgrades to the cyberinfrastructure and cy-
bersecurity of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet con-
sistent with the plan required by section 3. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 2 years 
after the submission of the plan required by section 3, the 
Director shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Space, Science, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives a report describing the progress made 
in implementing the plan. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 23, 
2024. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7630 
AN ACT 
To require a plan to improve the cybersecurity and 
telecommunications of the U.S. Academic Re-
search Fleet, and for other purposes.