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The House of Representatives voted today in a strong bipartisan manner to pass the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA, which provides the annual budget for the Department of Defense (DOD), included key provisions authored by Representative Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation.

.—Today, Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH) released the following statement in response to final rulemaking released Friday by the Trump Administration to modernize the Stark and Anti-Kickback statutes that work to prevent health care fraud and abuse:

The House of Representatives voted today to pass Rep. Ami Bera's (D-CA) resolution recognizing the 70^th anniversary of the start of the Korean War and the strong alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea.

The House of Representatives today passed Rep. Ami Bera's (D-CA) Securing America From Epidemics (SAFE) Act. The SAFE Act would authorize United States participation in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a public-private partnership developing vaccines for coronavirus and other highly infectious pathogens.

U.S. Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN), today introduced bipartisan legislation to provide critical relief to physicians responding to the COVID-19 pandemic who are scheduled to receive Medicare payment cuts next year. The Holding Providers Harmless From Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act of 2020 would ensure payments to these providers are kept stable at 2020 levels for the next two years.

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. last week (CA-07) introduced the Tools to Educate All Children at Home (TEACH) Act to support educators during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-07) today sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger urging the release of CFPB guidance for lenders and credit reporting agencies to protect consumers who pay their bills by mail and are being impacted by United States Postal Service (USPS) delays.

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation and the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities today held a joint hearing on biosecurity and emerging biological threats.