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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1834
5	5	To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
6	6	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7	7	MARCH4, 2025
8	8	Mr. M
9	9	CGOVERNintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
10	10	mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Natural
11	11	Resources, House Administration, Transportation and Infrastructure, Ag-
12	12	riculture, Science, Space, and Technology, Education and Workforce,
13	13	Foreign Affairs, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Small Business, the Ju-
14	14	diciary, Homeland Security, Financial Services, Veterans’ Affairs, Ways
15	15	and Means, Rules, Ethics, Energy and Commerce, the Budget, Oversight
16	16	and Government Reform, and Appropriations, for a period to be subse-
17	17	quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
18	18	provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
19	19	A BILL
20	20	To advance policy priorities that will break the gridlock.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Breaking the Gridlock 4
25	25	Act’’. 5
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29	29	TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL TIME 1
30	30	CAPSULE 2
31	31	SEC. 101. SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CONGRESSIONAL TIME 3
32	32	CAPSULE. 4
33	33	(a) C
34	34	REATION BYARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.— 5
35	35	The Architect of the Capitol shall create a congressional 6
36	36	time capsule, to be known as the ‘‘Semiquincentennial 7
37	37	Congressional Time Capsule’’ (in this title referred to as 8
38	38	the ‘‘Time Capsule’’). 9
39	39	(b) C
40	40	ONTENTS.— 10
41	41	(1) D
42	42	ETERMINATION BY CONGRESSIONAL LEAD -11
43	43	ERSHIP.—The Office of the Speaker of the House of 12
44	44	Representatives, Office of the Minority Leader of the 13
45	45	House of Representatives, Office of the Majority 14
46	46	Leader of the Senate, and Office of the Minority 15
47	47	Leader of the Senate shall jointly determine the con-16
48	48	tents of the Time Capsule, taking into account the 17
49	49	requirements of paragraph (2). 18
50	50	(2) S
51	51	PECIFICATIONS.—The contents of the 19
52	52	Time Capsule shall include— 20
53	53	(A) a representative portion of all books, 21
54	54	manuscripts, miscellaneous printed matter, 22
55	55	memorabilia, relics, and other materials relating 23
56	56	to the United States Semiquincentennial; 24
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60	60	(B) copies or representations of important 1
61	61	legislative and institutional milestones of Con-2
62	62	gress during the time before the Time Capsule 3
63	63	is buried; 4
64	64	(C) a message from Congress to the future 5
65	65	Congress when the Time Capsule will be 6
66	66	opened; and 7
67	67	(D) such other content as the offices de-8
68	68	scribed in paragraph (1) consider appropriate. 9
69	69	(3) C
70	70	ONSULTATION.—In carrying out this sub-10
71	71	section, the offices described in paragraph (1) may 11
72	72	consult with the Architect of the Capitol, the Sec-12
73	73	retary of the Smithsonian Institution, and such 13
74	74	other entities of the Federal Government as the of-14
75	75	fices consider appropriate. 15
76	76	(c) D
77	77	UTIES OFARCHITECT.—The Architect of the 16
78	78	Capitol shall— 17
79	79	(1) prepare the Time Capsule to be sealed and 18
80	80	buried on the West Lawn of the Capitol, at a loca-19
81	81	tion specified by the Architect, on or before July 4, 20
82	82	2026, at a time which would permit individuals at-21
83	83	tending this event to also attend the burial of a time 22
84	84	capsule in Independence Mall in Philadelphia, Penn-23
85	85	sylvania, under section 7(f)(1) of the United States 24
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89	89	Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (36 1
90	90	U.S.C. 101 note prec.); and 2
91	91	(2) install a plaque to provide such information 3
92	92	about the Time Capsule as the Architect considers 4
93	93	appropriate. 5
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95	95	NSEALING.—The Time Capsule shall be sealed 6
96	96	until July 4, 2276, on which date the Speaker of the 7
97	97	House of Representatives shall present the Time Capsule 8
98	98	to the 244th Congress, and such Congress shall determine 9
99	99	how the contents within should be preserved or used. 10
100	100	(e) A
101	101	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 11
102	102	are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 12
103	103	necessary to carry out this title, and any amounts so ap-13
104	104	propriated shall remain available until expended. 14
105	105	TITLE II—FIRE SUPPRESSION 15
106	106	COST SHARE AGREEMENTS 16
107	107	SEC. 201. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN FIRE 17
108	108	SUPPRESSION COST SHARE AGREEMENTS. 18
109	109	(a) E
110	110	STABLISHMENT OF STANDARDOPERATING 19
111	111	P
112	112	ROCEDURES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 20
113	113	the enactment of this section, the Secretaries shall— 21
114	114	(1) establish standard operating procedures re-22
115	115	lating to payment timelines for fire suppression cost 23
116	116	share agreements established under the Act of May 24
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120	120	27, 1955 (42 U.S.C. 1856a) (commonly known as 1
121	121	the ‘‘Reciprocal Fire Protection Act’’); and 2
122	122	(2) with respect to each fire suppression cost 3
123	123	share agreement in operation on such date— 4
124	124	(A) review each such agreement; and 5
125	125	(B) modify each agreement as necessary to 6
126	126	comply with the standard operating procedures 7
127	127	required under paragraph (1). 8
128	128	(b) A
129	129	LIGNMENT OFFIRESUPPRESSIONCOSTSHARE 9
130	130	A
131	131	GREEMENTS WITHCOOPERATIVEFIREPROTECTION 10
132	132	A
133	133	GREEMENTS.—The standard operating procedures re-11
134	134	quired under subsection (a)(1) shall include a requirement 12
135	135	that each fire suppression cost share agreement be aligned 13
136	136	with each of the cooperative fire protection agreements ap-14
137	137	plicable to the entity subject to such fire suppression cost 15
138	138	share agreement. 16
139	139	(c) P
140	140	AYMENTSPURSUANT TOCOSTSHAREAGREE-17
141	141	MENTS.—With respect to payments made pursuant to fire 18
142	142	suppression cost share agreements, the standard operating 19
143	143	procedures required under subsection (a)(1) shall require 20
144	144	that the Federal paying entity reimburse a local fire de-21
145	145	partment if such fire department submits an invoice in 22
146	146	accordance with cost settlement procedures. 23
147	147	(d) S
148	148	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-24
149	149	gress that the Secretaries should carry out reciprocal fire 25
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153	153	suppression cost share agreement repayments to local fire 1
154	154	suppression organizations as soon as practicable after fire 2
155	155	suppression occurs but not later than 1 year after fire sup-3
156	156	pression occurs. 4
157	157	(e) S
158	158	ECRETARIESDEFINED.—In this section, the 5
159	159	term ‘‘Secretaries’’ means— 6
160	160	(1) the Secretary of Agriculture; 7
161	161	(2) the Secretary of the Interior; 8
162	162	(3) the Secretary of Homeland Security; and 9
163	163	(4) the Secretary of Defense. 10
164	164	TITLE III—UDALL FOUNDATION 11
165	165	FUNDING 12
166	166	SEC. 301. FUNDING. 13
167	167	Section 13 of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 14
168	168	Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5609) is amended— 15
169	169	(1) by striking ‘‘through 2023’’ each place it 16
170	170	appears and inserting ‘‘through 2029’’; 17
171	171	(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ 18
172	172	and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’; and 19
173	173	(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the fiscal 20
174	174	year in which this subsection is enacted’’ and insert-21
175	175	ing ‘‘fiscal year 2026’’. 22
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179	179	TITLE IV—STRATEGY ON BOKO 1
180	180	HARAM 2
181	181	SEC. 401. REGIONAL STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE THREAT 3
182	182	POSED BY BOKO HARAM. 4
183	183	(a) S
184	184	TRATEGYREQUIRED.— 5
185	185	(1) I
186	186	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 6
187	187	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-7
188	188	retary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall 8
189	189	jointly develop and submit to the appropriate com-9
190	190	mittees of Congress a five-year strategy to help en-10
191	191	able the Government of Nigeria, members of the 11
192	192	Multinational Joint Task Force to Combat Boko 12
193	193	Haram (MNJTF) authorized by the African Union, 13
194	194	and relevant partners to counter the regional threat 14
195	195	of Boko Haram and assist the Government of Nige-15
196	196	ria and its neighbors to accept and address legiti-16
197	197	mate grievances of vulnerable populations in areas 17
198	198	affected by Boko Haram. 18
199	199	(2) E
200	200	LEMENTS.—At a minimum, the strategy 19
201	201	must address the following elements: 20
202	202	(A) Enhance, pursuant to existing authori-21
203	203	ties and restrictions, the institutional capacity, 22
204	204	including military capabilities, of the Govern-23
205	205	ment of Nigeria and partner nations in the re-24
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209	209	gion, as appropriate, to counter the threat 1
210	210	posed by Boko Haram. 2
211	211	(B) Provide humanitarian support to civil-3
212	212	ian populations impacted by Boko Haram’s ac-4
213	213	tivity. 5
214	214	(C) Specific activities through which the 6
215	215	United States Government intends to improve 7
216	216	and enhance the capacity of Multinational Joint 8
217	217	Task Force to Combat Boko Haram partner 9
218	218	nations to investigate and prosecute human 10
219	219	rights abuses by security forces and promote re-11
220	220	spect for the rule of law within the military. 12
221	221	(D) A means for assisting Nigeria, and as 13
222	222	appropriate, Multinational Joint Task Force to 14
223	223	Combat Boko Haram nations, to counter vio-15
224	224	lent extremism, including efforts to address un-16
225	225	derlying societal factors shown to contribute to 17
226	226	the ability of Boko Haram to radicalize and re-18
227	227	cruit individuals. 19
228	228	(E) A plan to strengthen and promote the 20
229	229	rule of law, including by improving the capacity 21
230	230	of the civilian police and judicial system in Ni-22
231	231	geria, enhancing public safety, and responding 23
232	232	to crime (including gender-based violence), 24
233	233	while respecting human rights and strength-25
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237	237	ening accountability measures, including meas-1
238	238	ures to prevent corruption. 2
239	239	(F) Strengthen the long-term capacity of 3
240	240	the Government of Nigeria to enhance security 4
241	241	for schools such that children are safer and 5
242	242	girls seeking an education are better protected, 6
243	243	and to combat gender-based violence and gen-7
244	244	der inequality. 8
245	245	(G) Identify and develop mechanisms for 9
246	246	coordinating the implementation of the strategy 10
247	247	across the inter-agency and with the Govern-11
248	248	ment of Nigeria, regional partners, and other 12
249	249	relevant foreign partners. 13
250	250	(H) Identify the resources required to 14
251	251	achieve the strategy’s objectives. 15
252	252	(b) A
253	253	SSESSMENT.—The Director of National Intel-16
254	254	ligence shall submit, to the appropriate committees of 17
255	255	Congress, an assessment regarding— 18
256	256	(1) the willingness and capability of the Govern-19
257	257	ment of Nigeria and regional partners to implement 20
258	258	the strategy developed under subsection (a), includ-21
259	259	ing the capability gaps, if any, of the Government 22
260	260	and military forces of Nigeria that would need to be 23
261	261	addressed to enable the Government of Nigeria and 24
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265	265	the governments of its partner countries in the re-1
266	266	gion— 2
267	267	(A) to counter the threat of Boko Haram; 3
268	268	and 4
269	269	(B) to address the legitimate grievances of 5
270	270	vulnerable populations in areas affected by 6
271	271	Boko Haram; and 7
272	272	(2) significant United States intelligence gaps 8
273	273	concerning Boko Haram or on the willingness and 9
274	274	capacity of the Government of Nigeria and regional 10
275	275	partners to implement the strategy developed under 11
276	276	subsection (a). 12
277	277	(c) S
278	278	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-13
279	279	gress that lack of economic opportunity and access to edu-14
280	280	cation, justice, and other social services contributes to the 15
281	281	ability of Boko Haram to radicalize and recruit individ-16
282	282	uals. 17
283	283	(d) A
284	284	PPROPRIATECOMMITTEES OF CONGRESSDE-18
285	285	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit-19
286	286	tees of Congress’’ means— 20
287	287	(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 21
288	288	Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 22
289	289	Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intel-23
290	290	ligence of the Senate; and 24
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294	294	(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 1
295	295	Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 2
296	296	Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Com-3
297	297	mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representa-4
298	298	tives. 5
299	299	TITLE V—VETERANS 6
300	300	INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE 7
301	301	SEC. 501. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR VETERANS 8
302	302	INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 9
303	303	Section 32(c) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 10
304	304	657b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 11
305	305	‘‘(4) R
306	306	EPORT.—Along with the budget justifica-12
307	307	tion documents for the Small Business Administra-13
308	308	tion submitted to Congress in connection with the 14
309	309	budget for a fiscal year submitted under section 15
310	310	1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Adminis-16
311	311	trator shall submit a report— 17
312	312	‘‘(A) discussing the appointments made to 18
313	313	and activities of the task force; and 19
314	314	‘‘(B) identifying and outlining a plan for 20
315	315	outreach and promotion of the programs and 21
316	316	services for veterans, including Veteran Busi-22
317	317	ness Outreach Centers, Boots to Business, 23
318	318	Boots to Business Reboot, Service-Disabled En-24
319	319	trepreneurship Development Training Program, 25
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323	323	Veteran Institute for Procurement, Women Vet-1
324	324	eran Entrepreneurship Training Program, and 2
325	325	Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepre-3
326	326	neurship.’’. 4
327	327	TITLE VI—VETERANS PILOT 5
328	328	PROGRAM 6
329	329	SEC. 601. VETERANS PILOT PROGRAM ON PROMISING RE-7
330	330	TENTION MODELS. 8
331	331	(a) E
332	332	STABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General, acting 9
333	333	through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, 10
334	334	shall carry out a pilot program to make grants to eligible 11
335	335	units of local government to improve retention in veterans 12
336	336	treatment court programs (as such term is defined in sec-13
337	337	tion 2991 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 14
338	338	Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10651)) and drug court programs. 15
339	339	(b) E
340	340	LIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for a grant 16
341	341	under subsection (a), a unit of local government shall op-17
342	342	erate a veterans treatment court program or a drug court. 18
343	343	(c) A
344	344	PPLICATION.—A unit of local government seek-19
345	345	ing a grant through the pilot program under subsection 20
346	346	(a) shall submit to the Attorney General an application 21
347	347	at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-22
348	348	mation as the Attorney General may reasonably require, 23
349	349	including— 24
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353	353	(1) a description of the therapeutic or treat-1
354	354	ment modality that the unit of local government 2
355	355	plans to implement and data to support the use of 3
356	356	the therapeutic or treatment modality, including in-4
357	357	formation showing how the therapeutic or treatment 5
358	358	modality will promote retention in and completion of 6
359	359	veterans treatment court programs and drug court 7
360	360	programs; and 8
361	361	(2) detailed plans on how the applicant would 9
362	362	test the efficacy of the therapeutic or treatment mo-10
363	363	dality. 11
364	364	(d) R
365	365	EPORTINGMETRICS.—Not later than 180 days 12
366	366	after receiving a grant under subsection (a), a unit of local 13
367	367	government shall submit to the Attorney General a report, 14
368	368	which includes demographic information of participants in 15
369	369	the veterans treatment court program, and completion 16
370	370	rates of such participants. The Attorney General shall de-17
371	371	velop guidelines for the report required under this sub-18
372	372	section. 19
373	373	TITLE VII—TSA COMMUTING 20
374	374	BENEFITS 21
375	375	SEC. 701. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON TSA COMMUTING BENE-22
376	376	FITS. 23
377	377	(a) I
378	378	NGENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 24
379	379	date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 25
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383	383	the Transportation Security Administration shall submit 1
384	384	to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 2
385	385	Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 3
386	386	Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Home-4
387	387	land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 5
388	388	study on the feasibility of treating as on-duty hours the 6
389	389	time Transportation Security Administration employees 7
390	390	working at airport locations spend traveling between reg-8
391	391	ular duty locations and airport parking lots and bus and 9
392	392	transit stops. 10
393	393	(b) C
394	394	ONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the feasibility 11
395	395	study required under subsection (a), the Administrator of 12
396	396	the Transportation Security Administration shall consider 13
397	397	the following with respect to Transportation Security Ad-14
398	398	ministration employees: 15
399	399	(1) The amount of time needed by such employ-16
400	400	ees to travel between regular duty locations and air-17
401	401	port parking lots and bus and transit stops at small 18
402	402	hub airports, medium hub airports, and large hub 19
403	403	airports (as such terms are defined in section 40102 20
404	404	of title 49, United States Code). 21
405	405	(2) The amount of time such employees spend 22
406	406	commuting, on average, exclusive of the time de-23
407	407	scribed in paragraph (1). 24
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411	411	(3) The potential benefits to such employees 1
412	412	and the Administration of treating as on-duty hours 2
413	413	the time described in such paragraph. 3
414	414	(4) The feasibility of using mobile phones, loca-4
415	415	tion data, and any other means to allow such em-5
416	416	ployees to report their arrival to and departure from 6
417	417	the airport parking lots and bus and transit stops 7
418	418	concerned. 8
419	419	(5) The estimated costs of treating as on-duty 9
420	420	hours the time described in such paragraph, includ-10
421	421	ing by considering such hours creditable as basic pay 11
422	422	for retirement purposes. 12
423	423	(6) Other considerations determined appro-13
424	424	priate by the Administrator. 14
425	425	TITLE VIII—CHINA FINANCIAL 15
426	426	THREAT MITIGATION 16
427	427	SEC. 801. CHINA FINANCIAL THREAT MITIGATION. 17
428	428	(a) R
429	429	EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 18
430	430	of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treas-19
431	431	ury, in consultation with the Chairman of the Board of 20
432	432	Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Chairman 21
433	433	of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Chair-22
434	434	man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and 23
435	435	the Secretary of State, shall conduct a study and issue 24
436	436	a report on the exposure of the United States to the finan-25
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440	440	cial sector of the People’s Republic of China that in-1
441	441	cludes— 2
442	442	(1) an assessment of the effects of reforms to 3
443	443	the financial sector of the People’s Republic of 4
444	444	China on the United States and global financial sys-5
445	445	tems; 6
446	446	(2) a description of the policies the United 7
447	447	States Government is adopting to protect the inter-8
448	448	ests of the United States while the financial sector 9
449	449	of the People’s Republic of China undergoes such re-10
450	450	forms; 11
451	451	(3) a description and analysis of any risks to 12
452	452	the financial stability of the United States and the 13
453	453	global economy emanating from the People’s Repub-14
454	454	lic of China; and 15
455	455	(4) recommendations for additional actions the 16
456	456	United States Government, including United States 17
457	457	representatives at relevant international organiza-18
458	458	tions, should take to strengthen international co-19
459	459	operation to monitor and mitigate such financial sta-20
460	460	bility risks and protect United States interests. 21
461	461	(b) T
462	462	RANSMISSION OF REPORT.—The Secretary of 22
463	463	the Treasury shall transmit the report required under sub-23
464	464	section (a) not later than one year after the date of enact-24
465	465	ment of this Act to the Committees on Financial Services 25
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469	469	and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the 1
470	470	Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and 2
471	471	Foreign Relations of the Senate, and to the United States 3
472	472	representatives at relevant international organizations, as 4
473	473	appropriate. 5
474	474	(c) C
475	475	LASSIFICATION OF REPORT.—The report re-6
476	476	quired under subsection (a) shall be unclassified, but may 7
477	477	contain a classified annex. 8
478	478	(d) P
479	479	UBLICATION OFREPORT.—The Secretary of the 9
480	480	Treasury shall publish the report required under sub-10
481	481	section (a) (other than any classified annex) on the 11
482	482	website of the Department of the Treasury not later than 12
483	483	one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 13
484	484	TITLE IX—SERVICEMEMBERS’ 14
485	485	AND VETERANS’ GROUP LIFE 15
486	486	INSURANCE 16
487	487	SEC. 901. PERIODIC REVIEW OF AUTOMATIC MAXIMUM 17
488	488	COVERAGE UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS’ 18
489	489	GROUP LIFE INSURANCE AND VETERANS’ 19
490	490	GROUP LIFE INSURANCE. 20
491	491	(a) I
492	492	NGENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 19 of 21
493	493	title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 22
494	494	end the following new section: 23
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498	498	‘‘§ 1980B. Periodic review of automatic maximum cov-1
499	499	erage 2
500	500	‘‘(a) I
501	501	NGENERAL.—On January 1, 2026, and every 3
502	502	three years thereafter, the Secretary shall— 4
503	503	‘‘(1) complete a review of how the amount spec-5
504	504	ified in section 1967(a)(3)(A)(i) compares to the 6
505	505	amount described in subsection (b); and 7
506	506	‘‘(2) submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-8
507	507	fairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate 9
508	508	the results of the review. 10
509	509	‘‘(b) A
510	510	MOUNTDESCRIBED.—The amount described 11
511	511	in this subsection is the amount equal to— 12
512	512	‘‘(1) $400,000; multiplied by 13
513	513	‘‘(2) the percentage of the increase (if any) in 14
514	514	the average of the Consumer Price Index for the fis-15
515	515	cal year ending during the preceding calendar year 16
516	516	compared to the average of the Consumer Price 17
517	517	Index for fiscal year 2005. 18
518	518	‘‘(c) C
519	519	ONSUMERPRICEINDEXDEFINED.—In this 19
520	520	section, the term ‘Consumer Price Index’ means the Con-20
521	521	sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by 21
522	522	the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of 22
523	523	Labor.’’. 23
524	524	(b) C
525	525	LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 24
526	526	at the beginning of chapter 19 of such title is amended 25
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530	530	by inserting after the item relating to section 1980A the 1
531	531	following new item: 2
532	532	‘‘1980B. Periodic review of automatic maximum coverage.’’.
533	533	TITLE X—RESTORATION OF 3
534	534	AMOUNTS TO VETERANS 4
535	535	SEC. 1001. RESTORATION OF AMOUNTS IMPROPERLY WITH-5
536	536	HELD FOR TAX PURPOSES FROM SEVERANCE 6
537	537	PAYMENTS TO VETERANS WITH COMBAT-RE-7
538	538	LATED INJURIES. 8
539	539	(a) I
540	540	NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 9
541	541	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 10
542	542	shall— 11
543	543	(1) identify— 12
544	544	(A) the severance payments— 13
545	545	(i) that the Secretary paid after Janu-14
546	546	ary 17, 1991; 15
547	547	(ii) that the Secretary computed 16
548	548	under section 1212 of title 10, United 17
549	549	States Code; 18
550	550	(iii) that were not considered gross in-19
551	551	come pursuant to section 104(a)(4) of the 20
552	552	Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 21
553	553	(iv) from which the Secretary withheld 22
554	554	amounts for tax purposes; and 23
555	555	(B) the individuals to whom such sever-24
556	556	ance payments were made; and 25
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560	560	(2) with respect to each person identified under 1
561	561	paragraph (1)(B), provide— 2
562	562	(A) notice of— 3
563	563	(i) the amount of severance payments 4
564	564	in paragraph (1)(A) which were improperly 5
565	565	withheld for tax purposes; and 6
566	566	(ii) such other information determined 7
567	567	to be necessary by the Secretary of the 8
568	568	Treasury to carry out the purposes of this 9
569	569	section; and 10
570	570	(B) instructions for filing amended tax re-11
571	571	turns to recover the amounts improperly with-12
572	572	held for tax purposes. 13
573	573	(b) E
574	574	XTENSION OFLIMITATION ONTIME FORCRED-14
575	575	IT ORREFUND.— 15
576	576	(1) P
577	577	ERIOD FOR FILING CLAIM.—If a claim for 16
578	578	credit or refund under section 6511(a) of the Inter-17
579	579	nal Revenue Code of 1986 relates to a specified 18
580	580	overpayment, the 3-year period of limitation pre-19
581	581	scribed by such subsection shall not expire before 20
582	582	the date which is 1 year after the date the informa-21
583	583	tion return described in subsection (a)(2) is pro-22
584	584	vided. The allowable amount of credit or refund of 23
585	585	a specified overpayment shall be determined without 24
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589	589	regard to the amount of tax paid within the period 1
590	590	provided in section 6511(b)(2). 2
591	591	(2) S
592	592	PECIFIED OVERPAYMENT .—For purposes 3
593	593	of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘specified overpayment’’ 4
594	594	means an overpayment attributable to a severance 5
595	595	payment described in subsection (a)(1). 6
596	596	TITLE XI—HEARINGS BY HOUSE 7
597	597	COMMITTEES 8
598	598	SEC. 1101. HEARINGS. 9
599	599	(a) I
600	600	NGENERAL.—Each standing committee of the 10
601	601	House of Representatives shall hold a hearing on the im-11
602	602	plementation of this Act within one year of enactment. 12
603	603	(b) E
604	604	XERCISE OFRULEMAKINGAUTHORITY.—Sub-13
605	605	section (a) is enacted— 14
606	606	(1) as an exercise of rulemaking power of the 15
607	607	House of Representatives, and, as such, shall be con-16
608	608	sidered as part of the rules of the House, and such 17
609	609	rules shall supersede any other rule of the House 18
610	610	only to the extent that rule is inconsistent therewith; 19
611	611	and 20
612	612	(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 21
613	613	right of either House to change such rules (so far 22
614	614	as relating to the procedure in such House) at any 23
615	615	time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 24
616	616	as in the case of any other rule of the House. 25
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620	620	TITLE XII—CODE OF OFFICIAL 1
621	621	CONDUCT 2
622	622	SEC. 1201. CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT. 3
623	623	In rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Rep-4
624	624	resentatives, strike clause 20 and insert the following: 5
625	625	‘‘20. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 6
626	626	officer, or employee of the House may not, directly or indi-7
627	627	rectly, take any actions to prevent any individual from or 8
628	628	retaliate against any individual for providing truthful in-9
629	629	formation to the Committee on Ethics, the Office of Con-10
630	630	gressional Conduct, the Office of Congressional Workplace 11
631	631	Rights, or any law enforcement official, provided that the 12
632	632	disclosure of such information is not otherwise prohibited 13
633	633	by law or House rules.’’. 14
634	634	TITLE XIII—PROHIBITING 15
635	635	TRANSFER OF SENSITIVE 16
636	636	DATA TO FOREIGN ADVER-17
637	637	SARIES 18
638	638	SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF PERSONALLY 19
639	639	IDENTIFIABLE SENSITIVE DATA OF UNITED 20
640	640	STATES INDIVIDUALS TO FOREIGN ADVER-21
641	641	SARIES. 22
642	642	(a) P
643	643	ROHIBITION.—It shall be unlawful for a data 23
644	644	broker to sell, license, rent, trade, transfer, release, dis-24
645	645	close, provide access to, or otherwise make available per-25
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649	649	sonally identifiable sensitive data of a United States indi-1
650	650	vidual to— 2
651	651	(1) any foreign adversary country; or 3
652	652	(2) any entity that is controlled by a foreign ad-4
653	653	versary. 5
654	654	(b) E
655	655	NFORCEMENT BY FEDERALTRADECOMMIS-6
656	656	SION.— 7
657	657	(1) U
658	658	NFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC -8
659	659	TICES.—A violation of this section shall be treated 9
660	660	as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or a de-10
661	661	ceptive act or practice under section 18(a)(1)(B) of 11
662	662	the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 12
663	663	57a(a)(1)(B)). 13
664	664	(2) P
665	665	OWERS OF COMMISSION .— 14
666	666	(A) I
667	667	N GENERAL.—The Commission shall 15
668	668	enforce this section in the same manner, by the 16
669	669	same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 17
670	670	powers, and duties as though all applicable 18
671	671	terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 19
672	672	Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in-20
673	673	corporated into and made a part of this section. 21
674	674	(B) P
675	675	RIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .—Any 22
676	676	person who violates this section shall be subject 23
677	677	to the penalties and entitled to the privileges 24
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681	681	and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 1
682	682	Commission Act. 2
683	683	(3) A
684	684	UTHORITY PRESERVED .—Nothing in this 3
685	685	section may be construed to limit the authority of 4
686	686	the Commission under any other provision of law. 5
687	687	(c) D
688	688	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
689	689	(1) C
690	690	OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 7
691	691	means the Federal Trade Commission. 8
692	692	(2) C
693	693	ONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN ADVERSARY .— 9
694	694	The term ‘‘controlled by a foreign adversary’’ means, 10
695	695	with respect to an individual or entity, that such in-11
696	696	dividual or entity is— 12
697	697	(A) a foreign person that is domiciled in, 13
698	698	is headquartered in, has its principal place of 14
699	699	business in, or is organized under the laws of 15
700	700	a foreign adversary country; 16
701	701	(B) an entity with respect to which a for-17
702	702	eign person or combination of foreign persons 18
703	703	described in subparagraph (A) directly or indi-19
704	704	rectly own at least a 20 percent stake; or 20
705	705	(C) a person subject to the direction or 21
706	706	control of a foreign person or entity described 22
707	707	in subparagraph (A) or (B). 23
708	708	(3) D
709	709	ATA BROKER.— 24
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713	713	(A) IN GENERAL .—The term ‘‘data 1
714	714	broker’’ means an entity that, for valuable con-2
715	715	sideration, sells, licenses, rents, trades, trans-3
716	716	fers, releases, discloses, provides access to, or 4
717	717	otherwise makes available data of United States 5
718	718	individuals that the entity did not collect di-6
719	719	rectly from such individuals to another entity 7
720	720	that is not acting as a service provider. 8
721	721	(B) E
722	722	XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘data broker’’ 9
723	723	does not include an entity to the extent such 10
724	724	entity— 11
725	725	(i) is transmitting data of a United 12
726	726	States individual, including communica-13
727	727	tions of such an individual, at the request 14
728	728	or direction of such individual; 15
729	729	(ii) is providing, maintaining, or offer-16
730	730	ing a product or service with respect to 17
731	731	which personally identifiable sensitive data, 18
732	732	or access to such data, is not the product 19
733	733	or service; 20
734	734	(iii) is reporting or publishing news or 21
735	735	information that concerns local, national, 22
736	736	or international events or other matters of 23
737	737	public interest; 24
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741	741	(iv) is reporting, publishing, or other-1
742	742	wise making available news or information 2
743	743	that is available to the general public— 3
744	744	(I) including information from— 4
745	745	(aa) a book, magazine, tele-5
746	746	phone book, or online directory; 6
747	747	(bb) a motion picture; 7
748	748	(cc) a television, internet, or 8
749	749	radio program; 9
750	750	(dd) the news media; or 10
751	751	(ee) an internet site that is 11
752	752	available to the general public on 12
753	753	an unrestricted basis; and 13
754	754	(II) not including an obscene vis-14
755	755	ual depiction (as such term is used in 15
756	756	section 1460 of title 18, United States 16
757	757	Code); or 17
758	758	(v) is acting as a service provider. 18
759	759	(4) F
760	760	OREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRY .—The term 19
761	761	‘‘foreign adversary country’’ means a country speci-20
762	762	fied in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10, United States 21
763	763	Code. 22
764	764	(5) P
765	765	ERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE SENSITIVE 23
766	766	DATA.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable sensitive 24
767	767	data’’ means any sensitive data that identifies or is 25
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771	771	linked or reasonably linkable, alone or in combina-1
772	772	tion with other data, to an individual or a device 2
773	773	that identifies or is linked or reasonably linkable to 3
774	774	an individual. 4
775	775	(6) P
776	776	RECISE GEOLOCATION INFORMATION .— 5
777	777	The term ‘‘precise geolocation information’’ means 6
778	778	information that— 7
779	779	(A) is derived from a device or technology 8
780	780	of an individual; and 9
781	781	(B) reveals the past or present physical lo-10
782	782	cation of an individual or device that identifies 11
783	783	or is linked or reasonably linkable to 1 or more 12
784	784	individuals, with sufficient precision to identify 13
785	785	street level location information of an individual 14
786	786	or device or the location of an individual or de-15
787	787	vice within a range of 1,850 feet or less. 16
788	788	(7) S
789	789	ENSITIVE DATA.—The term ‘‘sensitive 17
790	790	data’’ includes the following: 18
791	791	(A) A government-issued identifier, such as 19
792	792	a Social Security number, passport number, or 20
793	793	driver’s license number. 21
794	794	(B) Any information that describes or re-22
795	795	veals the past, present, or future physical 23
796	796	health, mental health, disability, diagnosis, or 24
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800	800	health care condition or treatment of an indi-1
801	801	vidual. 2
802	802	(C) A financial account number, debit card 3
803	803	number, credit card number, or information 4
804	804	that describes or reveals the income level or 5
805	805	bank account balances of an individual. 6
806	806	(D) Biometric information. 7
807	807	(E) Genetic information. 8
808	808	(F) Precise geolocation information. 9
809	809	(G) An individual’s private communica-10
810	810	tions such as voice mails, emails, texts, direct 11
811	811	messages, mail, voice communications, and 12
812	812	video communications, or information identi-13
813	813	fying the parties to such communications or 14
814	814	pertaining to the transmission of such commu-15
815	815	nications, including telephone numbers called, 16
816	816	telephone numbers from which calls were 17
817	817	placed, the time calls were made, call duration, 18
818	818	and location information of the parties to the 19
819	819	call. 20
820	820	(H) Account or device log-in credentials, or 21
821	821	security or access codes for an account or de-22
822	822	vice. 23
823	823	(I) Information identifying the sexual be-24
824	824	havior of an individual. 25
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828	828	(J) Calendar information, address book in-1
829	829	formation, phone or text logs, photos, audio re-2
830	830	cordings, or videos, maintained for private use 3
831	831	by an individual, regardless of whether such in-4
832	832	formation is stored on the individual’s device or 5
833	833	is accessible from that device and is backed up 6
834	834	in a separate location. 7
835	835	(K) A photograph, film, video recording, or 8
836	836	other similar medium that shows the naked or 9
837	837	undergarment-clad private area of an indi-10
838	838	vidual. 11
839	839	(L) Information revealing the video con-12
840	840	tent requested or selected by an individual. 13
841	841	(M) Information about an individual under 14
842	842	the age of 17. 15
843	843	(N) An individual’s race, color, ethnicity, 16
844	844	or religion. 17
845	845	(O) Information identifying an individual’s 18
846	846	online activities over time and across websites 19
847	847	or online services. 20
848	848	(P) Information that reveals the status of 21
849	849	an individual as a member of the Armed 22
850	850	Forces. 23
851	851	(Q) Any other data that a data broker 24
852	852	sells, licenses, rents, trades, transfers, releases, 25
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856	856	discloses, provides access to, or otherwise makes 1
857	857	available to a foreign adversary country, or en-2
858	858	tity that is controlled by a foreign adversary, 3
859	859	for the purpose of identifying the types of data 4
860	860	listed in subparagraphs (A) through (P). 5
861	861	(8) S
862	862	ERVICE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘service 6
863	863	provider’’ means an entity that— 7
864	864	(A) collects, processes, or transfers data on 8
865	865	behalf of, and at the direction of— 9
866	866	(i) an individual or entity that is not 10
867	867	a foreign adversary country or controlled 11
868	868	by a foreign adversary; or 12
869	869	(ii) a Federal, State, Tribal, terri-13
870	870	torial, or local government entity; and 14
871	871	(B) receives data from or on behalf of an 15
872	872	individual or entity described in subparagraph 16
873	873	(A)(i) or a Federal, State, Tribal, territorial, or 17
874	874	local government entity. 18
875	875	(9) U
876	876	NITED STATES INDIVIDUAL .—The term 19
877	877	‘‘United States individual’’ means a natural person 20
878	878	residing in the United States. 21
879	879	(d) E
880	880	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 22
881	881	on the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment 23
882	882	of this Act. 24
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886	886	TITLE XIV—DETERMINATION OF 1
887	887	BUDGETARY EFFECTS 2
888	888	SEC. 1401. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 3
889	889	The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 4
890	890	complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of 2010, 5
891	891	shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 6
892	892	titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 7
893	893	Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 8
894	894	by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-9
895	895	vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 10
896	896	vote on passage. 11
897	897	TITLE XV—DOMESTICALLY 12
898	898	MADE UNITED STATES FLAGS 13
899	899	SEC. 1501. REQUIREMENT FOR AGENCIES TO BUY DOMESTI-14
900	900	CALLY MADE UNITED STATES FLAGS. 15
901	901	(a) R
902	902	EQUIREMENT FOR AGENCIESTOBUYDOMES-16
903	903	TICALLYMADEUNITEDSTATESFLAGS.— 17
904	904	(1) I
905	905	N GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 41, 18
906	906	United States Code, is amended by adding at the 19
907	907	end the following new section: 20
908	908	‘‘§ 6310. Requirement for agencies to buy domesti-21
909	909	cally made United States flags 22
910	910	‘‘(a) R
911	911	EQUIREMENT.—Except as provided in sub-23
912	912	sections (b) through (d), funds appropriated or otherwise 24
913	913	available to an agency may not be used for the procure-25
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917	917	ment of any flag of the United States, unless such flag 1
918	918	has been 100 percent manufactured in the United States 2
919	919	from articles, materials, or supplies that have been grown 3
920	920	or 100 percent produced or manufactured in the United 4
921	921	States. 5
922	922	‘‘(b) A
923	923	VAILABILITYEXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) 6
924	924	does not apply to the extent that the head of the agency 7
925	925	concerned determines that satisfactory quality and suffi-8
926	926	cient quantity of a flag described in such subsection can-9
927	927	not be procured as and when needed at United States 10
928	928	market prices. 11
929	929	‘‘(c) E
930	930	XCEPTION FOR CERTAINPROCUREMENTS.— 12
931	931	Subsection (a) does not apply to the following: 13
932	932	‘‘(1) Procurements by vessels in foreign waters. 14
933	933	‘‘(2) Procurements for resale purposes in any 15
934	934	military commissary, military exchange, or non-16
935	935	appropriated fund instrumentality operated by an 17
936	936	agency. 18
937	937	‘‘(3) Procurements for amounts less than the 19
938	938	simplified acquisition threshold. 20
939	939	‘‘(d) P
940	940	RESIDENTIALWAIVER.— 21
941	941	‘‘(1) I
942	942	N GENERAL.—The President may waive 22
943	943	the requirement in subsection (a) if the President 23
944	944	determines a waiver is necessary to comply with any 24
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948	948	trade agreement to which the United States is a 1
949	949	party. 2
950	950	‘‘(2) N
951	951	OTICE OF WAIVER.—Not later than 30 3
952	952	days after granting a waiver under paragraph (1), 4
953	953	the President shall publish a notice of the waiver in 5
954	954	the Federal Register. 6
955	955	‘‘(e) D
956	956	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
957	957	‘‘(1) A
958	958	GENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the 8
959	959	meaning given the term ‘executive agency’ in section 9
960	960	102 of title 40. 10
961	961	‘‘(2) S
962	962	IMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD .— 11
963	963	The term ‘simplified acquisition threshold’ has the 12
964	964	meaning given that term in section 134.’’. 13
965	965	(2) C
966	966	LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of sec-14
967	967	tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 15
968	968	by adding at the end the following new item: 16
969	969	‘‘6310. Requirement for agencies to buy domestically made United States
970	970	flags.’’.
971	971	(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 6310 of title 41, United 17
972	972	States Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), shall apply 18
973	973	with respect to any contract entered into on or after the 19
974	974	date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 20
975	975	this Act. 21
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979	979	TITLE XVI—APPROPRIATIONS 1
980	980	SEC. 1601. APPROPRIATIONS. 2
981	981	The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 3
982	982	any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 4
983	983	for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for 5
984	984	other purposes, namely: 6
985	985	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 7
986	986	SERVICES 8
987	987	HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES 9
988	988	ADMINISTRATION 10
989	989	RURAL HEALTH 11
990	990	For an additional amount for the Telehealth Re-12
991	991	source Center of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy 13
992	992	of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, to pro-14
993	993	vide assistance with respect to technical, legal, regulatory 15
994	994	service delivery or other related barriers to the develop-16
995	995	ment of telehealth technologies for skilled nursing facilities 17
996	996	(as defined in section 1819 of the Social Security Act) and 18
997	997	nursing facilities (as defined in section 1919 of such Act), 19
998	998	$1,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 20
999	999	2026. 21
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1003	1003	DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 1
1004	1004	EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 2
1005	1005	OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 3
1006	1006	For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 4
1007	1007	the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, $1,000,000. 5
1008	1008	DEPARTMENT OF STATE 6
1009	1009	CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND 7
1010	1010	For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 8
1011	1011	the Capital Investment Fund, as authorized, $1,000,000, 9
1012	1012	to remain available until expended. 10
1013	1013	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 11
1014	1014	OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 12
1015	1015	OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE , ARMY 13
1016	1016	For an additional amount for expenses, not otherwise 14
1017	1017	provided for, necessary for the operation and maintenance 15
1018	1018	of the Army, as authorized by law, $1,000,000. 16
1019	1019	DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 17
1020	1020	DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INTEL-18
1021	1021	LIGENCE, SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, AND 19
1022	1022	OVERSIGHT 20
1023	1023	MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 21
1024	1024	OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 22
1025	1025	For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 23
1026	1026	the Management Directorate for operations and support, 24
1027	1027	$1,000,000. 25
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1031	1031	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1
1032	1032	ENERGY PROGRAMS 2
1033	1033	ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION 3
1034	1034	For an additional amount for Department of Energy 4
1035	1035	expenses necessary in carrying out the activities of the En-5
1036	1036	ergy Information Administration, $1,000,000, to remain 6
1037	1037	available until expended. 7
1038	1038	Æ
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