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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2726 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
plan to reduce the backlog of requests for information 
made to the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant 
to section 552 of title 5, United States Code, 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 ‘‘VA FOIA Reform Act 
of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. PLAN FOR REDUCTION OF BACKLOG OF FOIA RE-
QUESTS. 
(a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
establish and carry out a plan for the Secretary to meet, 
by not later than five years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the requirements of section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code, with respect to providing documents 
and information under such section within the timeframes 
required by such section. The plan shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Improving and acquiring technology, includ-
ing with respect to searching email and other elec-
tronic information, and the timelines for such im-
provement, to ensure that the information tech-
nology of the Department of Veterans Affairs is ca-
pable of carrying out the plan. 
(2) Identification of efficient procedures, poli-
cies, and systems of the Department that could be 
developed to allow employees of the Department re-
sponsible for replying to requests under such section 
552 to search and review documents rather than 
other employees of the Department.
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate annual reports on— 
(A) carrying out the plan under subsection 
(a), including any updates or changes made to 
the plan; and 
(B) the compliance by the Department as 
described in subsection (b). 
(3) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall make 
publicly available on the internet website of the De-
partment the reports under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
by not later than 30 days after the date on which 
the Secretary submits the reports to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
(d) BACKLOG OF FOIA REQUESTS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘backlog of FOIA requests’’ means 
the number of requests, as reported by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to the Attorney General in the Annual 
FOIA Report, made by individuals to the Secretary pursu-
ant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code, for docu-
IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2726 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 16, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
plan to reduce the backlog of requests for information 
made to the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant 
to section 552 of title 5, United States Code, 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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ing class and middle class eligible students, 
as described in subsection (d)(3), for the 
award year; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible Indian 
entity, at 2-year Tribal Colleges and Uni-
versities of the eligible Indian entity for all 
eligible students and at 4-year Tribal Col-
leges and Universities of the eligible Indian 
entity for working class and middle class 
eligible students, as described in subsection 
(d)(3), for the award year. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE REQUIREMENT 
FOR CERTAIN ELIGIBLE INDIAN ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an 
eligible Indian entity that receives a grant 
under this section for an award year for 
which not less than 75 percent of the stu-
dents enrolled in the 2-year Tribal Colleges 
and Universities and 4-year Tribal Colleges 
and Universities of the eligible Indian enti-
ty are low-income students, such eligible 
Indian entity shall provide a non-Federal 
share of funds from non-Federal sources in 
an amount that is equal to not more than 
5 percent of the amount necessary to elimi-
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 272 
To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe an additional 
requirement for the designation of marine sanctuaries off the coast 
of Alaska, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2021 
Mr. YOUNG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to prescribe 
an additional requirement for the designation of marine 
sanctuaries off the coast of Alaska, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE 
MARINE SANCTUARIES. 
Section 303 of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1433) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary may’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection 
(c), the Secretary may’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not designate 
as a national marine sanctuary any area of the marine 
environment off the coast of Alaska seaward of the high 
tide line unless an Act of Congress— 
‘‘(1) requires the Secretary to make such a des-
ignation; and 
‘‘(2) prescribes the boundaries of the area to be 
given such designation by the Secretary.’’. 
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non-Department providers, disaggregated by age, 
race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orienta-
tion, marital status, type of disability (if applicable), 
geographic location, era of military service, and, to 
the extent possible to determine, the cause of infer-
tility of such veterans. 
(3) The number of veterans who self-reported 
difficulty becoming pregnant or successfully carrying 
a pregnancy to term to a health care provider of the 
Department or a non-Department provider, disag-
gregated by age, race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, 
sexual orientation, marital status, type of disability 
(if applicable), and geographic location of such vet-
erans. 
(4) The number of veterans who were exposed 
to hazardous chemical or biological agents during 
service in the Armed Forces who— 
(A) received a clinical diagnosis of infer-
tility; or 
(B) self-reported difficulty becoming preg-
nant or successfully carrying a pregnancy to 
term. 
(5) The number of spouses, partners, and ges-
tational surrogates of veterans who received fertility 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2731 
To establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National 
Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, 
to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, 
innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply 
chain resiliency program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2021 
Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Ms. WILD, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
BOWMAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Ms. SHERRILL) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, 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 establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innova-
tion in the National Science Foundation, to establish 
a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy 
and report on economic security, science, research, inno-
vation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a 
critical supply chain resiliency program, 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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treatment or counseling furnished by the Depart-
ment, including through non-Department providers. 
(6) The cost to the Department of furnishing 
fertility treatment and counseling, including through 
non-Department providers, disaggregated by cost of 
services and administration. 
(7) The average cost to the Department per re-
cipient of fertility treatment and counseling. 
(8) In cases in which the Department furnished 
fertility treatment through the use of assisted repro-
ductive technology, including through non-Depart-
ment providers, the average number of cycles per 
person furnished, disaggregated by type of treat-
ment. 
(9) A description of how fertility treatment and 
counseling services of the Department, including 
those services provided through non-Department 
providers, are coordinated with similar services of 
the Department of Defense, including the average 
wait time for veterans to transfer from the health 
system of the Department of Defense to the Vet-
erans Health Administration. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘as-
sisted reproductive technology’’ and ‘‘partner’’ have the 
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‘‘(III) location information; 
‘‘(D) the term ‘electronic device’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘computer’ in section 
1030(e); 
‘‘(E) the term ‘illegitimately obtained in-
formation’ means a covered record that— 
‘‘(i) was obtained— 
‘‘(I) from a provider of an elec-
tronic communication service to the 
public or a provider of a remote com-
puting service in a manner that— 
‘‘(aa) violates the service 
agreement between the provider 
and customers or subscribers of 
the provider; or 
‘‘(bb) is inconsistent with 
the privacy policy of the provider; 
‘‘(II) by deceiving the covered 
person whose covered record was ob-
tained; or 
‘‘(III) through the unauthorized 
accessing of an electronic device or 
online account; or 
‘‘(ii) was— 
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IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 609 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1232) to require a five-year 
staffing plan for the Department of State, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 31, 2021 
Mr. MAST submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1232) to require 
a five-year staffing plan for the Department of State, 
and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That immediately upon adoption of this res-
olution, the House shall proceed to the consideration in 
the House of the bill (H.R. 1232) to require a five-year 
staffing plan for the Department of State, and for other 
purposes. All points of order against consideration of the 
bill are waived. An amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute consisting of the text of H.R. 5127, as introduced, 
shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall 
be considered as read. All points of order against provi-
sions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous 
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H. Res. 658 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 20, 2021. 
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is 
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET: Mrs. Miller of West Vir-
ginia. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
(2) The table of subchapters for chapter 36 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to subchapter B the 
following new item: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER C. TAX ON TRADING TRANSACTIONS’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to transactions after December 31, 
2021. 
SEC. 4. OFFSETTING CREDIT FOR FINANCIAL TRANS-
ACTION TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by inserting after section 25D the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 25E. FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX PAYMENTS. 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—In the case of an eli-
gible individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against 
the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an 
amount equal to the tax paid during the taxable year 
under section 4475 with respect to any covered trans-
action in which the taxpayer is a beneficial owner of the 
security transferred in such covered transaction. 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE.—If the tax imposed under sec-
tion 4475(a) with respect to any covered transaction is 
paid by any person other than 1 or more beneficial owners 
of the security transferred in such covered transaction, the 
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IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 673 
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H. R. 1259) to direct the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to continue to implement the Migrant Protection 
Protocols, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 
Mr. BIGGS (for himself and Mr. ROSENDALE) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H. R. 1259) 
to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to continue 
to implement the Migrant Protection Protocols, and for 
other purposes. 
Resolved, That immediately upon adoption of this res-
olution, the House shall proceed to the consideration in 
the House of the bill (H. R. 1259) to direct the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to continue to implement the Mi-
grant Protection Protocols, and for other purposes. All 
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous 
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ticable, coordinate with the steering committee established 
under section 236(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283). 
SEC. 12. COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES. 
The Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, the Director of the National Economic Council, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Di-
rector of the National Science Foundation, the Secretary 
of Commerce, and the Secretary of Energy shall, as appli-
cable, coordinate with respect to activities of— 
(1) the university technology centers established 
under section 8A(d)(6) of the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950; 
(2) the regional technology hubs under section 
28 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation 
Act of 1980, as added by section 7; 
(3) the Manufacturing USA Program estab-
lished under section 34(b)(1) of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 
278s(b)(1)); 
(4) Federally funded research and development 
centers; 
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(5) National Laboratories, as defined in section 
2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
15801); and 
(6) Federal laboratories, as defined in section 4 
of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act 
of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703). 
SEC. 13. PERSON OR ENTITY OF CONCERN PROHIBITION. 
No person published on the list under section 1237(b) 
of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 50 U.S.C. 
1701 note) or entity identified under section 1260H of 
the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 
283) may receive or participate in any grant, award, pro-
gram, support, or other activity under— 
(1) section 8A of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950 (Public Law 81–507), as added by 
section 3; 
(2) the Endless Frontier Fund under section 4; 
(3) the supply chain resiliency program under 
section 6; 
(4) section 28(b)(1) of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96– 
480), as added by section 7(a); 
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(5) section 29 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Innovation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96– 
480), as added by section 8; or 
(6) the Manufacturing USA Program, as im-
proved and expanded under section 9. 
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TITLE 
I—REPRODUCTIVE 
AND 
FERTILITY 
PRESERVATION 
ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘active duty’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101(d)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘‘armed forces’’ in section 101(a)(4) 
of such title. 
SEC. 102. PROVISION OF FERTILITY TREATMENT AND 
COUNSELING TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES AND SPOUSES, PARTNERS, 
AND GESTATIONAL SURROGATES OF SUCH 
MEMBERS. 
(a) FERTILITY TREATMENT AND COUNSELING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall furnish fertility treatment and counseling, in-
cluding through the use of assisted reproductive 
technology, to a covered member of the Armed 
Forces or a spouse, partner, or gestational surrogate 
of such a member. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3579 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements to the Veterans Readiness and Employ-
ment program of Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 679 
Impeaching Kamala Devi Harris, Vice President of the United States, for 
the high crimes and misdemeanors of betrayal of the public trust. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 
Mrs. BOEBERT (for herself and Mr. NORMAN) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Kamala Devi Harris, Vice President of the 
United States, for the high crimes and misdemeanors 
of betrayal of the public trust. 
Resolved, That Kamala Devi Harris, Vice President 
of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and 
misdemeanors and that the following Article of Impeach-
ment be exhibited to the United States Senate: 
Article of Impeachment exhibited by the House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in the 
name of itself and of the people of the United States of 
America, against Kamala Devi Harris, Vice President of 
the United States, in maintenance and support of its im-
peachment against her for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
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average of 15 percent over a 5-year period of 
amounts apportioned to a State, territory, or the 
District of Columbia from the Subaccount shall be 
used for purposes described in paragraph (4)(C). 
The Secretary may reduce the minimum requirement 
of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia on 
an annual basis if the Secretary determines that the 
State, territory, or the District of Columbia is meet-
ing the conservation and recovery needs of all spe-
cies described in paragraph (4)(C). 
‘‘(6) PUBLIC ACCESS TO PRIVATE LANDS NOT 
REQUIRED.—Funds apportioned from the Sub-
account shall not be conditioned upon the provision 
of public access to private lands, waters, or holdings. 
‘‘(7) REQUIREMENTS FOR MATCHING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) For the purposes of the non-Federal 
fund matching requirement for a wildlife con-
servation or restoration program or project 
funded by the Subaccount, a State, territory, or 
the District of Columbia may use as matching 
non-Federal funds— 
‘‘(i) funds from Federal agencies 
other than the Department of the Interior 
and the Department of Agriculture;
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2744 
To provide hazardous duty pay for Federal employees who may be exposed 
to COVID–19, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2021 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. NEWMAN, and Mr. CARSON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form 
A BILL 
To provide hazardous duty pay for Federal employees who 
may be exposed to COVID–19, 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 ‘‘Hazardous Duty Pay 
for Frontline Federal Workers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PAY DIFFERENTIAL FOR DUTY RELATED TO COVID– 
19. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5545 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e)(1) The Office shall establish a schedule or sched-
ules of pay differentials for duty during which an employee 
is exposed to an individual who has (or who has been ex-
posed to) COVID–19. 
‘‘(2) Under such regulations as the Office may pre-
scribe, during the period beginning on March 15, 2020, 
and ending on September 30, 2020, an employee to whom 
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 applies, and 
an employee appointed under chapter 73 or 74 of title 38, 
is entitled to be paid the differential under paragraph (1) 
for any period in which the employee is carrying out the 
duty described in such paragraph.’’. 
(b) TSA EMPLOYEES.—Section 111(d)(2) of the 
Aviation and Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 
44935 note) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY FOR COVID– 
19.—The provisions of section 5545(e) of title 
5, United States Code, shall to apply to any in-
dividual appointed under paragraph (1).’’. 
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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 359 
AN ACT 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require reporting 
relating to certain cost-share requirements, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,