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<dc:title>119 HR 876 IH: To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-01-31</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 876</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250131">January 31, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="M001219">Mr. Moylan</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HED00">Committee on Education and Workforce</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Defense Base Act to exclude Guam.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H878F51CAC5014B20AB68744EDB332D46" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H42913B96E23844C8AB3A55B3A4E10FA9" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Inapplicability of Defense Base Act to Guam</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 1 of the Defense Base Act (Chapter 357; 55 Stat. 622; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1651">42 U.S.C. 1651</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H921B9179AE56470193A347D2EEDDA4DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>and Guam;</quote>; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H2C8C9CA652A24DD48648AC3D7482AB5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9122D527F75D4C778021D1FF52BA446A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H1876039B0D9C4CEA8A2ED170251FA2A4"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>Territory or possession outside the continental United States</quote> does not include Guam.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> 
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