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I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5230 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2023 Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary enters into a contract for the calculation, using industry standard machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms, of the monthly rates of basic allowance for housing for certain military housing areas, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Basic Allowance for Housing Calculation Improvement Act of 2023 . 2. Basic allowance for housing: pilot program to outsource rate calculation (a) In general Not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with a covered entity pursuant to which the covered entity shall calculate, using industry standard machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms, the monthly rates of BAH for not fewer than 15 MHAs. (b) Report Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing the evaluation of the Secretary of the rates calculated by a covered entity pursuant to an agreement under subsection (a). (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term BAH means the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services under section 403 of title 37, United States Code. (2) The term covered entity means a nationally recognized entity in the field of single-family housing that has data on local rental rates in real estate markets across the United States. (3) The term MHA means military housing area.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5231 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2023 Mr. Bacon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to develop a force design for the Air Force and Space Force.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of the Air Force Future Force Design Act of 2023 . 2. Future force design of the Department of the Air Force (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Department of the Air Force has made significant progress in organizing, training, and equipping the Air Force and Space Force to address the needs of the Joint Force and align with the current National Defense Strategy and National Military Strategy; and (2) to be prepared to effectively deter and defeat a peer adversary, the Department must address force design requirements that will enable equipment modernization, organizational restructure, and capacity adjustments to meet the challenges presented by the People’s Republic of China. (b) Force design required Not later than August 31, 2024, the Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a force design for the Air Force and Space Force projected through 2050. (c) Elements The force design under subsection (b) shall address— (1) the concepts, capabilities, and structural elements (including size and form) of the Air Force and Space Force that are necessary to ensure those forces effectively execute their core functions through 2050 in support of the National Defense Strategy and the National Military Strategy; (2) force structure, including the development of capabilities (including platforms and systems) at the right level of capacity to address the challenges outlined by the National Defense Strategy and National Military Strategy; (3) force composition, including recruitment and development of the human capital, effective distribution of forces in the total force and policies to increase career flexibility across the different components; (4) organizational design, including development of potential models to increase agility and operational effectiveness across the Air Force and Space Force; and (5) such other matters as the Secretary of the Air Force determines to be relevant. (d) Information to Congress Not later than 60 days after completion of the force design required under subsection (b), the Secretary of the Air Force shall— (1) submit a summary of the force design to the congressional defense committees; and (2) provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the force design. (e) Congressional defense committees defined In this section, the term congressional defense committees has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5234 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2023 Mr. Cleaver (for himself, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia , and Mr. David Scott of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to permit certain non-designated clearinghouses access to a deposit account at a Federal reserve bank, to apply certain risk management standards to non-designated clearinghouses receiving certain services from a Federal reserve bank, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Risk Management for Derivatives Clearing Organizations Act . 2. Access to Federal reserve bank accounts and services Section 806 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( 12 U.S.C. 5465 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking a designated financial market utility and and inserting a designated financial market utility, a derivatives clearing organization registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act that has been approved to hold such an account by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or a clearing agency registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that has been approved to hold such an account by the Commission, and ; (B) by striking designated financial market utility that and inserting financial market utility that ; and (C) by inserting after by the Board of Governors the following: , as well as any applicable rules, orders, standards, or guidelines, including, in particular, liquidity requirements, prescribed by the financial market utility’s primary financial regulatory agency. Access to discount and borrowing privileges may only be provided to a financial market utility in accordance with subsection (b) ; (2) in subsection (c), by striking designated financial market utility and inserting financial market utility ; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking designated financial market utility each place such term appears and inserting financial market utility .
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5237 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2023 Mr. Fry (for himself, Mr. Gallego , Mr. Lamborn , and Mr. Santos ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report on the effects of the fentanyl crisis, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fentanyl Crisis Research and Evaluation Act . 2. Report on the fentanyl crisis (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the fentanyl crisis. (b) Report The report shall include information related to the fentanyl crisis, including the following: (1) The effects, and implications of such effects, on— (A) the general labor market, disaggregated by race and gender, including— (i) the unemployment rate; (ii) the employment to total population ratio; (iii) the population that is age 16 or older; and (iv) the population that is not younger than age 25 or older than age 54; (B) industry sectors, such as construction and finance; (C) Federal tax revenue; (D) means-tested Federal benefits programs, including Medicaid; (E) Federal health programs, including Medicare; (F) housing instability, including evictions, foreclosures, and homelessness, and the economic effect on individuals experiencing such instability; and (G) State finances, including the resulting effect on the Federal Government. (2) Information on— (A) the availability of each Federally assisted rental housing program to individuals with a known drug conviction; (B) the number of individuals age 18 or younger who have died from a fentanyl overdose; and (C) actions the Federal Government can take to— (i) mitigate the burden of the fentanyl crisis on States; and (ii) efficiently address such crisis. (c) Definitions In this Act: (1) Federally assisted rental housing The term Federally assisted rental housing means a residential dwelling unit that is made available for rent and for which assistance is provided, or that is part of a housing project for which assistance is provided, under any program administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) State The term State means each of the 50 States.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5239 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2023 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Dunn of Florida , Mrs. Luna , Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida , and Mr. Webster of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule that establishes a vessel slowdown zone in the Gulf of Mexico until the Secretary of Commerce completes a study demonstrating that proposed mitigation efforts would have no negative impact on supply chains, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The Gulf of Mexico Commerce Protection Act . 2. Prohibition on issuance of rule relating to vessel slowdown zone in Gulf of Mexico (a) In general The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall not issue an interim or final rule that establishes a vessel slowdown zone in the Gulf of Mexico until the Secretary of Commerce— (1) completes a study demonstrating that mitigation protocols developed under subsection (b) would have no net negative impact on supply chains or maritime commerce; and (2) not later than 60 days after completing such study, submits to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing the findings of such study. (b) Mitigation protocols required (1) In general The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of the Interior, and with input from affected stakeholders, shall develop mitigation protocols that make use of any monitoring system designed under section 11303 of the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 ( 16 U.S.C. 1391 ) to direct sector-specific mitigation measures that reduce risk of serious injury and mortality to Rice’s whales in the Gulf of Mexico. (2) Prohibitions The mitigation protocols developed under paragraph (1) may not include any prohibitions on transit at night or implementation of a static vessel slowdown zone.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5240 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2023 Mr. Lieu (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer , Mr. Raskin , and Mrs. Hayes ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce , and Transportation and Infrastructure , 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 limit the extent to which certain Federal law enforcement agencies may be permitted to conduct law enforcement functions in a jurisdiction without the approval of such jurisdiction, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Peaceful Protests Act . 2. Law enforcement authority (a) Powers of enforcement personnel Section 508(a)(5) of the Controlled Substances Act is amended to read as follows: (5) perform such law enforcement duties as the Attorney General may designate as necessary to enforce the controlled substances laws of the United States, which shall not include any law enforcement duty that does not relate to, arise from, or supplement investigations of matters concerning drugs. . (b) U.S. Marshals Service powers and duties Section 566(c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the period at the end the following: The United States Marshals Service may not deputize a law enforcement officer of a State (or any unit of local government within a State), Indian tribe, territory, or the District of Columbia, unless pursuant to a request by the chief executive of the appropriate State, Indian tribe, territory, or the District of Columbia. The United States Marshals Service may not deputize any other law enforcement officer of the Federal Government, unless pursuant to a request by the chief executive of the appropriate State, Indian tribe, territory, or the District of Columbia. . (c) Law enforcement authority of Secretary of Homeland Security Section 1315(b) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking The Secretary and inserting Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) Protests The Secretary may not designate additional employees of the Department of Homeland Security as officers and agents for duty in connection with the protection of property owned or occupied by the Federal Government, or persons on the property, in any area in which protest activity is occurring, unless pursuant to a request by the chief executive of the appropriate State, Indian tribe, territory, or the District of Columbia. This paragraph shall not apply to the designation of employees transferred to the Department of Homeland Security from the Office of the Federal Protective Service of the General Services Administration pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002. .
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5243 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 18, 2023 Mr. Santos introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations , Energy and Commerce , Transportation and Infrastructure , and Natural Resources , 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 rescind certain amounts appropriated for Internal Revenue Service enforcement and COVID–19 relief and authorize such amounts to be redirected to water-related projects, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Less Talk More Action Water Modernization Act of 2023 . 2. Rescission and redirection of certain amounts to water-related projects (a) Rescission of unexpended IRS funds The unexpended balance of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for activities of the Internal Revenue Service by section 10301 of Public Law 117–169 on the date of the enactment of this Act are hereby permanently rescinded. (b) Rescission of unexpended COVID-19 funds The unexpended balance of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for COVID–19 relief by each of Public Laws 116–123, 116–127, 116–136, 116–139, 117–2, and divisions M and N of Public Law 116–260 on the date of the enactment of this Act are hereby permanently rescinded. (c) Authorization of appropriations (1) In general There are authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026, provided that such funds are fully obligated by December 13, 2023— (A) to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency— (i) for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, $1,103,000,000; and (ii) for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, $665,400,000; and (B) for projects pertaining to water infrastructure, water conveyance and storage, safety, hydropower generation, water treatment and water contamination remediation, modernization projects, and dam development— (i) under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army, $1,900,000,000; and (ii) to the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Reclamation, $1,163,400,000, provided that at least $200,000,000 of such amounts shall be allocated to the Northeast region of the United States, including Long Island and New York City, for water-related projects. (2) Chinese debt obligations In the event that the amounts rescinded under subsections (a) and (b) are not equal to or greater than the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), amounts necessary to equal amounts authorized under such paragraph shall be authorized to be paid before amounts necessary for payments with respect to Federal Government notes, bonds, and other securities held by the People’s Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5247 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Mr. Cartwright (for himself, Mr. Amodei , Mr. Connolly , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Peters , Ms. Titus , and Mr. Moylan ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire psychiatrists.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Expedited Hiring for VA Trained Psychiatrists Act of 2023 . 2. Appointment of psychiatrists by Veterans Health Administration (a) In general Chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7406 the following new section: 7406A. Appointment of certain psychiatrists who complete residencies (a) In general (1) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may appoint, without regard to civil service or classification laws, a psychiatrist who completes a residency under section 7406 of this title to a position under section 7401 or 7405 immediately after such residency, if the psychiatrist meets the qualifications established in regulations prescribed by the Secretary for such position. (2) The Secretary may begin the process of appointing a psychiatrist under paragraph (1) before the psychiatrist completes a residency. (b) Positions permitted The Secretary may appoint a psychiatrist under subsection (a) if the position to which the psychiatrist is appointed has been unfilled for not less than 35 days as of the date of the appointment. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7406 the following new item: 7406A. Appointment of certain psychiatrists who complete residencies. .
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5249 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Mr. Courtney (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Carbajal , and Ms. Barragán ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 to include the Coast Guard Academy in the safe-to-report minor collateral misconduct policy of the Armed Forces.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coast Guard Academy Safe-to-Report Parity Act . 2. Applicability of safe-to-report minor collateral misconduct policy of the Armed Forces to the Coast Guard Academy Section 539A of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 117–283 ; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting (and, with respect to the Coast Guard Academy, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating) after Secretary of Defense ; and (2) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (D) The United States Coast Guard Academy. .
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5251 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Mr. Ferguson (for himself and Ms. Sánchez ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for investment advisory expenses of certain funeral and cemetery trusts during suspension of miscellaneous itemized deductions, and for other purposes.

1. Deduction for investment advisory expenses of certain funeral and cemetery trusts allowed during suspension of miscellaneous itemized deductions (a) In general Section 67(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— (1) by striking Notwithstanding and inserting the following: (1) In general Notwithstanding , and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Deduction for investment advisory expenses of certain funeral and cemetery trusts allowed during suspension In the case of any qualified funeral trust (as defined in section 685(b)) or cemetery perpetual care fund (described in section 642(i) and meeting the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) thereof), subsection (a) and paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to any deduction allowed for investment advisory expenses for a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2023, and before January 1, 2030. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023. 2. Special rule for distributions by cemetery perpetual funds indexed to inflation (a) In general Section 642(i) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (i) Certain distributions by cemetery perpetual care funds (1) In general In the case of a cemetery perpetual care fund which— (A) was created pursuant to local law by a taxable cemetery corporation for the care and maintenance of cemetery property, and (B) is treated for the taxable year as a trust for purposes of this subchapter, any amount distributed by such fund for the care and maintenance of gravesites which have been purchased from the cemetery corporation before the beginning of the taxable year of the trust and with respect to which there is an obligation to furnish care and maintenance shall be considered to be a distribution solely for purposes of sections 651 and 661, but only to the extent that the aggregate amount so distributed during the taxable year does not exceed $25 multiplied by the aggregate number of such gravesites. (2) Inflation adjustment In the case of any taxable year to which this subsection applies and which begins after 2024, the $25 amount in paragraph (1)(A) shall be increased by an amount equal to— (A) such dollar amount, multiplied by (B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting calendar year 2023 for calendar year 2016 in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5252 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Mrs. Hayes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to make adjustments to the environmental quality incentives program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the EQIP Improvement Act of 2023 . 2. Environmental Quality Incentives Program reforms (a) In general Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Limitation on payments A payment to a producer for performing a practice may not exceed, as determined by the Secretary— (A) except as provided in subparagraphs (B) through (D), 75 percent of the costs associated with planning, design, materials, equipment, installation, labor, management, maintenance, or training; (B) 40 percent of the costs associated with planning, design, materials, equipment, installation, labor, management, maintenance, or training for— (i) an access road; (ii) an animal mortality facility; (iii) an aquaculture pond; (iv) clearing and snagging; (v) a dam; (vi) a dam using a diversion; (vii) a dike; (viii) a diversion; (ix) a fish raceway or tank; (x) an irrigation pipeline; (xi) an irrigation reservoir; (xii) land clearing; (xiii) land smoothing; (xiv) a livestock pipeline; (xv) obstruction removal; (xvi) a pond; (xvii) a pumping plant; (xviii) spoil spreading; (xix) a surface drain using a field ditch; (xx) a main or lateral surface drain; (xxi) a vertical drain; (xxii) a waste facility closure; (xxiii) a waste storage facility; (xxiv) waste transfer; or (xxv) a waste treatment lagoon; (C) 100 percent of income foregone by the producer; or (D) in the case of a practice that includes 1 or more elements described in subparagraphs (A) through (C)— (i) 75 percent of the costs incurred with respect to any elements described in subparagraph (A); (ii) 40 percent of the costs incurred with respect to any elements described in subparagraph (B); and (iii) 100 percent of the income forgone with respect to any elements described in subparagraph (C). ; and (2) in subsection (f), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through For each in paragraph (2)(B) and inserting the following: (f) Allocation of funding for wildlife habitat For each . (b) Limitation on payments Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7 ) is amended by striking $450,000 and inserting $150,000 . (c) Report to Congress Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Annual report to Congress Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing— (1) the amount obligated under the program with respect to each category of practice, with information categorized by fiscal year and State; and (2) the amount obligated under the program in each State, with information categorized by fiscal year and the size of the operation of each producer. .
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5253 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Ms. Lee of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct certain studies relating to members of the Air Force assigned to Creech Air Force Base, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creech Airmen Economic Security and Resilience Act of 2023 . 2. Feasibility study regarding assignment incentive pay for members of the Air Force assigned to Creech Air Force Base Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the feasibility of paying assignment incentive pay under section 307a of title 37, United States Code, to members of the Air Force assigned to Creech Air Force Base. The study shall include— (1) an assessment of the financial stress experienced by such members, especially junior members with families, associated with— (A) the daily commute to and from the base; (B) the unique demands of the mission to remotely pilot aircraft; and (C) limited access to essential services, including childcare, housing, and readily accessible health care; and (2) the overall cost to the United States, and financial relief provided by, such assignment incentive pay authorized by the Secretary of the Air Force in 2008 for such members. 3. Epidemiological consultation regarding members of the Air Force assigned to Creech Air Force Base (a) Consultation The Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall conduct a behavioral health epidemiological consultation on unique social and occupational stressors affecting members of the Air Force assigned to Creech Air Force Base and dependents of such members. (b) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report that includes— (1) an executive summary of findings from consultation; and (2) recommendations regarding how to address key findings to improve the quality of life and resiliency of such members and dependents.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5256 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Mr. Moolenaar (for himself and Mr. Huffman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act of 2023 . 2. Medicare part A payment for anesthesiologist services in certain rural hospitals based on CRNA pass-through rules (a) In General Section 1814 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395f ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (m) Anesthesiologist Services Provided in Certain Rural Hospitals (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, coverage and payment shall be provided under this part for physicians’ services that are anesthesia services furnished by a physician who is an anesthesiologist in a rural hospital described in paragraph (3) in the same manner as payment is made under the exception provided in section 9320(k) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as amended by section 6132 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 ( 42 U.S.C. 1395k note) (relating to payment on a reasonable cost, pass-through basis), for certified registered nurse anesthetist services furnished by a certified registered nurse anesthetist in a hospital described in such section. (2) No payment shall be made under any other provision of this title for physicians’ services for which payment is made under this subsection. (3) A rural hospital described in this paragraph is a hospital described in section 9320(k) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, as so amended ( 42 U.S.C. 1395k note), except that— (A) any reference in such section to a certified registered nurse anesthetist or anesthetist is deemed a reference to a physician who is an anesthesiologist or anesthesiologist , respectively; and (B) any reference to January 1, 1988 or 1987 is deemed a reference to such date and year as the Secretary shall specify. . (b) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished during cost reporting periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5257 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Mr. Nunn of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina , and Mr. Jackson of Illinois ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to enhance the long-term protection of watersheds, and for other purposes.

1. Short title Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2203 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Level of restoration The Secretary may allow restoration above pre-disaster conditions if that restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and protection of the watershed. .
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5261 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Mr. Posey , Mr. Turner , and Mr. Bergman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide to each health care provider of the Department of Defense training regarding the potential health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the PFAS Training For DoD Providers and Servicemembers Act . 2. Mandatory training on health effects of perfluoroalkyl or poly­fluor­o­al­kyl substances The Secretary of Defense shall provide to each health care provider of the Department of Defense mandatory training regarding the potential health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5262 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Mr. Posey , Ms. Houlahan , and Mr. Bergman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to publish information regarding the status of certain cleanup efforts of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the DoD PFAS Cleanup Transparency Act of 2023 . 2. Publication of information regarding status of certain cleanup efforts of Department of Defense Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall publish on the publicly available website established under section 331(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) timely and regularly updated information on the status of the cleanup of sites for which the Secretary has obligated amounts for environmental restoration activities.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5263 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Mr. Posey , and Mr. Khanna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure , and 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 direct the Secretary of Defense to ensure that removal and remedial actions relating to PFAS contamination result in levels meeting or exceeding certain standards, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the PFAS Strictest Standard Act . 2. Standards for response actions with respect to PFAS contamination (a) In general In conducting a response action to address perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance contamination from Department of Defense or National Guard activities, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct such actions to achieve a level of such substances in the environmental media that meets or exceeds the most stringent of the following standards for each applicable perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance in any environmental media: (1) A State standard, in effect in the State in which the response action is being conducted, as described in section 121(d)(2)(A)(ii) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9621(d)(2)(A)(ii) ). (2) A Federal standard, as described in section 121(d)(2)(A)(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9621(d)(2)(A)(i) ). (3) A health advisory under section 1412(b)(1)(F) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300g–1(b)(1)(F) ). (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance The term perfluoroalkyl or poly­fluo­ro­al­kyl substance means any man-made chemical with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. (2) Response action The term response action means an action taken pursuant to section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 ). (c) Savings clause Except with respect to the specific level required to be met under subsection (a), nothing in this section affects the application of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9607 ).
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5264 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2023 Ms. Tenney (for herself and Mr. Garbarino ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services , and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture , 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 incentivize States to provide robust qualified immunity to law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Law Enforcement Protection Act . 2. Qualified immunity requirement for receipt of certain grant funds (a) Requirement Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, in order to be eligible to receive a grant under a covered grant program, a State or unit of local government must certify, along with the application for each such grant, that the State or unit of local government does not have in place a law that provides less qualified immunity to law enforcement officers than is described in the holding in Saucier v. Katz (533 U.S. 194 (2001)). (b) Covered grant program In this section, the term covered grant program means each of the following: (1) The Community Development Block Grant Program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. ). (2) Community facility direct and guaranteed loans under paragraph (1) of section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5267 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 25, 2023 Mr. Biggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit Federal funds from being awarded or otherwise made available to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Withholding Investments from Lawless Litigators In States Act or the WILLIS Act . 2. Prohibition on Federal funding with respect to Fulton County District Attorney (a) Prohibition on Federal funding Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be awarded or otherwise made available to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. (b) Rescission and repayment of Federal funding The unobligated balances of all amounts allocated for or otherwise made available to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office is hereby rescinded, and the Attorney General shall take such steps as may be necessary and practicable to require the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office to reimburse the Federal Government for all amounts expended for such Office after the date of January 1, 2021.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5270 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 25, 2023 Mr. Deluzio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the Secretary of Defense to carry out certain environmental restoration projects at facilities of the National Guard and the Air National Guard.

1. Equivalent authority to carry out certain projects at facilities of the National Guard and the Air National Guard (a) Revision of definition Paragraph (4) of section 2700 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking State-owned ; (2) by striking owned and operated by a State when such land is ; and (3) by striking even though such land is not under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and inserting: without regard to— (A) the owner or operator of the facility; or (B) whether the facility is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense or a military department. . (b) Inclusion under defense environmental restoration program Section 2701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), by striking State-owned ; (2) in subparagraph (D) of subsection (c)(1), by striking State-owned ; and (3) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) by inserting or at a National Guard facility after Secretary’s jurisdiction . (c) Environmental restoration accounts Section 2703(g)(1) of such title is amended by inserting , a National Guard facility, after Department of Defense . (d) Technical and conforming amendments (1) Repeal of provision Section 2707 of such title is amended by striking subsection (e). (2) Reference update Section 345(f)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81 ; 135 Stat. 1646; 10 U.S.C. 2715 note) is amended by striking facility where military activities are conducted by the National Guard of a State pursuant to section 2707(e) of title 10, United States Code and inserting National Guard Facility, as such term is defined in section 2700 of title 10, United States Code .
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5271 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 25, 2023 Mr. Deluzio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend section 3702 of title 10, United States Code, to reduce the dollar threshold for requiring certified cost and pricing data, and for other purposes.

1. Reduce threshold for certified cost and pricing data (a) In general Section 3702 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking $2,000,000 each place it appears and inserting $750,000 ; and (B) in paragraph (1), by striking contract if and all that follows and inserting the following: contract if the price of the contract to the United States is expected to exceed $750,000. ; and (2) by repealing subsection (f). (b) Modification of prior contracts Under subsection (a) of 3702 of title 10, United States Code, in connection with a prime contract with respect to which such subsection applies and that was entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the agency that entered into such contract shall modify the contract as soon as practicable to reflect paragraphs (2) and (3) of such subsection, as amended by subsection (a) of this Act, without requiring consideration. (c) Applicability The amendments made by subsection (a) of this Act to paragraph (1) of section 3702(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall apply only with respect to contracts entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5272 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 25, 2023 Mr. Deluzio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the requirements relating to truthful cost or pricing data submissions, and for other purposes.

1. Modification to truthful cost or pricing data submissions Section 3705(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the second sentence, by inserting and shall identify such offerors that incur a delay greater than 200 days in submitting such cost or pricing data after should-cost analysis ; and (2) by amending the third sentence to read as follows: The Secretary of Defense shall include a public notation on such offerors in the system used by the Federal Government to monitor or record contractor integrity and performance. .
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5273 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 25, 2023 Mr. Garbarino introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To permit a registered investment company to omit certain fees from the calculation of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, and for other purposes.

1. Amendments to acquired fund fees and expenses reporting on investment company registration statements (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Acquired fund The term Acquired Fund has the meaning given the term in Forms N–1A, N–2, and N–3. (2) Acquired fund fees and expenses The term Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses means the Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses sub-caption in the Fee Table Disclosure. (3) Business development company The term business development company has the meaning given the term in section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–2(a) ). (4) Fee table disclosure The term Fee Table Disclosure means the fee table described in Item 3 of Form N–1A, Item 3 of Form N–2, or Item 4 of Form N–3 (as applicable, and with respect to each, in any successor fee table disclosure that the Securities and Exchange Commission adopts). (5) Form N–1a The term Form N–1A means the form described in section 274.11A of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (6) Form N–2 The term Form N–2 means the form described in section 274.11a–1 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (7) Form N–3 The term Form N–3 means the form described in section 274.11b of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. (8) Registered investment company The term registered investment company means an investment company, as defined under section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under such Act. (b) Excluding business development companies from acquired fund fees and expenses A registered investment company may, on any investment company registration statement filed pursuant to section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–8(b) ), omit from the calculation of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses those fees and expenses that the investment company incurred indirectly as a result of investment in shares of one or more Acquired Funds that is a business development company.
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5274 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 25, 2023 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself and Mr. Nehls ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand working hours for employees between the ages of 14 and 16 years during periods in which schools are in session, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills Act or the TEENS Act . 2. Child labor hours and exemptions Section 3(l) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(l) ) is amended— (1) by striking virture and inserting virtue ; and (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting , except that in no case may the Secretary provide that employment of such employees is deemed to constitute oppressive child labor due to the number of hours an employee works if such employee— (1) in a week during any part of which school is in session, works 24 hours or less; and (2) begins work at a time that is not earlier than 7:00 a.m. (in the time zone in which the employment is performed) and ends work at a time that is not later than 9:00 p.m. (in such time zone). .
I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5275 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 25, 2023 Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Higgins of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the taxable REIT subsidiary asset test.

1. Restoration of taxable REIT subsidiary asset test (a) In general Section 856(c)(4)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 20 percent and inserting 25 percent . (b) Effective date The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2023.