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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2070 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 22, 2017 

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, 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 

AN ACT 

To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

Act of 1994, to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program, and to promote initiatives 

that will reduce the risk of injury and death relating 

to the wandering characteristics of some children with 

autism. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s 

5 Law of 2017’’. 

6 TITLE I—MISSING ALZHEIMER’S 

7 DISEASE PATIENT ALERT 

8 PROGRAM REAUTHORIZA9 TION 

10 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

11 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Missing Americans 

12 Alert Program Act of 2017’’. 

13 SEC. 102. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MISSING ALZ14 HEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENT ALERT PRO15 GRAM. 

16 (a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 240001 of the Violent 

17 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 

18 U.S.C. 12621) is amended— 

19 (1) in the section header, by striking ‘‘ALZ20 HEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENT’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘AMERICANS’’; 

22 (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM TO REDUCE INJURY AND

25 DEATH OF MISSING AMERICANS WITH DEMENTIA AND


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1 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.—Subject to the avail2 ability of appropriations to carry out this section, the At3 torney General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance 

4 and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

5 Human Services— 

6 ‘‘(1) shall award competitive grants to health 

7 care agencies, State and local law enforcement agen8 cies, or public safety agencies and nonprofit organi9 zations to assist such entities in planning, designing, 

10 establishing, or operating locally based, proactive 

11 programs to prevent wandering and locate missing 

12 individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alz13 heimer’s Disease, or developmental disabilities, such 

14 as autism, who, due to their condition, wander from 

15 safe environments, including programs that— 

16 ‘‘(A) provide prevention and response in17 formation, including online training resources, 

18 and referrals to families or guardians of such 

19 individuals who, due to their condition, wander 

20 from a safe environment; 

21 ‘‘(B) provide education and training, in22 cluding online training resources, to first re23 sponders, school personnel, clinicians, and the 

24 public in order to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) increase the safety and reduce the 

2 incidence of wandering of persons, who, 

3 due to their dementia or developmental 

4 disabilities, may wander from safe environ5 ments; 

6 ‘‘(ii) facilitate the rescue and recovery 

7 of individuals who, due to their dementia 

8 or developmental disabilities, wander from 

9 safe environments; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) recognize and respond to and 

11 appropriately interact with endangered 

12 missing individuals with dementia or devel13 opmental disabilities who, due to their con14 dition, wander from safe environments; 

15 ‘‘(C) provide prevention and response 

16 training and emergency protocols for school ad17 ministrators, staff, and families or guardians of 

18 individuals with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s 

19 Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as 

20 autism, to help reduce the risk of wandering by 

21 such individuals; and 

22 ‘‘(D) develop, operate, or enhance a notifi23 cation or communications systems for alerts, 

24 advisories, or dissemination of other informa25 tion for the recovery of missing individuals with 


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1 forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, 

2 or with developmental disabilities, such as au3 tism; and 

4 ‘‘(2) shall award grants to health care agencies, 

5 State and local law enforcement agencies, or public 

6 safety agencies to assist such agencies in designing, 

7 establishing, and operating locative tracking tech8 nology programs for individuals with forms of de9 mentia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or children 

10 with developmental disabilities, such as autism, who 

11 have wandered from safe environments.’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘competitive’’ after ‘‘to re14 ceive a’’; 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘agency or’’ before ‘‘orga16 nization’’ each place it appears; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘The Attorney General shall periodically solicit 

19 applications for grants under this section by 

20 publishing a request for applications in the 

21 Federal Register and by posting such a request 

22 on the website of the Department of Justice.’’; 

23 and 

24 (4) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in25 serting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under sub2 section (a)(1), the Attorney General shall give preference 

3 to law enforcement or public safety agencies that partner 

4 with nonprofit organizations that appropriately use per5 son-centered plans minimizing restrictive interventions 

6 and that have a direct link to individuals, and families of 

7 individuals, with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s 

8 Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism. 

9 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

11 $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 

12 ‘‘(e) GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded 

13 by the Attorney General under this section shall be subject 

14 to the following accountability provisions: 

15 ‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 

16 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

17 term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding 

18 in the final audit report of the Inspector Gen19 eral of the Department of Justice that the au20 dited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 

21 unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallow22 able cost that is not closed or resolved within 

23 12 months from the date when the final audit 

24 report is issued. 


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1 ‘‘(B) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fis2 cal year beginning after the date of enactment 

3 of this subsection, and in each fiscal year there4 after, the Inspector General of the Department 

5 of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of 

6 grants under this section to prevent waste, 

7 fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The In8 spector General shall determine the appropriate 

9 number of grantees to be audited each year. 

10 ‘‘(C) MANDATORY EXCLUSION.—A recipi11 ent of grant funds under this section that is 

12 found to have an unresolved audit finding shall 

13 not be eligible to receive grant funds under this 

14 section during the first 2 fiscal years beginning 

15 after the end of the 12-month period described 

16 in subparagraph (A). 

17 ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 

18 under this section, the Attorney General shall 

19 give priority to eligible applicants that did not 

20 have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 

21 fiscal years before submitting an application for 

22 a grant under this section. 

23 ‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is 

24 awarded grant funds under this section during 

25 the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity 


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1 is barred from receiving grants under subpara2 graph (C), the Attorney General shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the 

4 amount of the grant funds that were im5 properly awarded to the grantee into the 

6 General Fund of the Treasury; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 

8 repayment to the fund from the grant re9 cipient that was erroneously awarded grant 

10 funds. 

11 ‘‘(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIRE12 MENTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF NONPROFIT ORGANI14 ZATION.—For purposes of this paragraph and 

15 the grant programs under this section, the term 

16 ‘nonprofit organization’ means an organization 

17 that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the In18 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt 

19 from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

20 Code. 

21 ‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney Gen22 eral may not award a grant under this section 

23 to a nonprofit organization that holds money in 

24 offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding 


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1 paying the tax described in section 511(a) of 

2 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

3 ‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit orga4 nization that is awarded a grant under this sec5 tion and uses the procedures prescribed in regu6 lations to create a rebuttable presumption of 

7 reasonableness for the compensation of its offi8 cers, directors, trustees, and key employees, 

9 shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the 

10 application for the grant, the process for deter11 mining such compensation, including the inde12 pendent persons involved in reviewing and ap13 proving such compensation, the comparability 

14 data used, and contemporaneous substantiation 

15 of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, 

16 the Attorney General shall make the informa17 tion disclosed under this subparagraph available 

18 for public inspection. 

19 ‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 

20 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts made 

21 available to the Department of Justice under 

22 this section may be used by the Attorney Gen23 eral, or by any individual or entity awarded dis24 cretionary funds through a cooperative agree25 ment under this section, to host or support any 


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1 expenditure for conferences that uses more than 

2 $20,000 in funds made available by the Depart3 ment of Justice, unless the head of the relevant 

4 agency or department, provides prior written 

5 authorization that the funds may be expended 

6 to host the conference. 

7 ‘‘(B) WRITTEN APPROVAL.—Written ap8 proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 

9 written estimate of all costs associated with the 

10 conference, including the cost of all food, bev11 erages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for 

12 speakers, and entertainment. 

13 ‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen14 eral shall submit an annual report to the Com15 mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 

16 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 

17 Representatives on all conference expenditures 

18 approved under this paragraph. 

19 ‘‘(4) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—Beginning in 

20 the first fiscal year beginning after the date of en21 actment of this subsection, the Attorney General 

22 shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and 

23 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 

24 the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 


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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

2 an annual certification— 

3 ‘‘(A) indicating whether— 

4 ‘‘(i) all audits issued by the Office of 

5 the Inspector General under paragraph (1) 

6 have been completed and reviewed by the 

7 appropriate Assistant Attorney General or 

8 Director; 

9 ‘‘(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 

10 under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(iii) all reimbursements required 

13 under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(B) that includes a list of any grant re16 cipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the 

17 previous year. 

18 ‘‘(f) PREVENTING DUPLICATIVE GRANTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before the Attorney Gen20 eral awards a grant to an applicant under this sec21 tion, the Attorney General shall compare potential 

22 grant awards with other grants awarded by the At23 torney General to determine if grant awards are or 

24 have been awarded for a similar purpose. 


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1 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—If the Attorney General awards 

2 grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose 

3 the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 

4 on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 

5 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a 

6 report that includes— 

7 ‘‘(A) a list of all such grants awarded, in8 cluding the total dollar amount of any such 

9 grants awarded; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the reason the Attorney General 

11 awarded multiple grants to the same applicant 

12 for a similar purpose.’’. 

13 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act and every year there15 after, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee 

16 on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of 

17 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the 

18 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa19 tives a report on the Missing Americans Alert Program, 

20 as amended by subsection (a), which shall address— 

21 (1) the number of individuals who benefitted 

22 from the Missing Americans Alert Program, includ23 ing information such as the number of individuals 

24 with reduced unsafe wandering, the number of peo25 ple who were trained through the program, and the 


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1 estimated number of people who were impacted by 

2 the program; 

3 (2) the number of State, local, and tribal law 

4 enforcement or public safety agencies that applied 

5 for funding under the Missing Americans Alert Pro6 gram; 

7 (3) the number of State, local, and tribal local 

8 law enforcement or public safety agencies that re9 ceived funding under the Missing Americans Alert 

10 Program, including— 

11 (A) the number of State, local, and tribal 

12 law enforcement or public safety agencies that 

13 used such funding for training; and 

14 (B) the number of State, local, and tribal 

15 law enforcement or public safety agencies that 

16 used such funding for designing, establishing, 

17 or operating locative tracking technology; 

18 (4) the companies, including the location (city 

19 and State) of the headquarters and local offices of 

20 each company, for which their locative tracking tech21 nology was used by State, local, and tribal law en22 forcement or public safety agencies; 

23 (5) the nonprofit organizations, including the 

24 location (city and State) of the headquarters and 

25 local offices of each organization, that State, local, 


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1 and tribal law enforcement or public safety agencies 

2 partnered with and the result of each partnership; 

3 (6) the number of missing children with autism 

4 or another developmental disability with wandering 

5 tendencies or adults with Alzheimer’s being served 

6 by the program who went missing and the result of 

7 the search for each such individual; and 

8 (7) any recommendations for improving the 

9 Missing Americans Alert Program. 

10 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

11 section 2 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce12 ment Act of 1994 is amended by striking the item relating 

13 to section 240001 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 240001. Missing Americans Alert Program.’’. 

14 TITLE II—EDUCATION AND 

15 OUTREACH 

16 SEC. 201. ACTIVITIES BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISS17 ING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. 

18 Section 404(b)(1)(H) of the Missing Children’s As19 sistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11293(b)(1)(H)) is amended by 

20 inserting ‘‘, including cases involving children with devel21 opmental disabilities such as autism’’ before the semi22 colon. 


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1 TITLE III—PRIVACY 

2 PROTECTIONS 

3 SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this title: 

5 (1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi6 vidual who is less than 18 years of age. 

7 (2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 

8 has the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of 

9 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist10 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)). 

11 (3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The term 

12 ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means an agency of a 

13 State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe that 

14 is authorized by law or by a government agency to 

15 engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, in16 vestigation, or prosecution of any violation of crimi17 nal law. 

18 (4) NON-INVASIVE AND NON-PERMANENT.—The 

19 term ‘‘non-invasive and non-permanent’’ means, with 

20 regard to any technology or device, that the proce21 dure to install the technology or device does not cre22 ate an external or internal marker or implant a de23 vice, such as a microchip, or other trackable items. 

24 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

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1 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 

2 Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Common3 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

4 (6) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 

5 ‘‘unit of local government’’ means a county, munici6 pality, town, township, village, parish, borough, or 

7 other unit of general government below the State 

8 level. 

9 SEC. 302. STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR USE OF 

10 NON-INVASIVE AND NON-PERMANENT TRACK11 ING DEVICES. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney 

15 General, in consultation with the Secretary of 

16 Health and Human Services and leading research, 

17 advocacy, self-advocacy, and service organizations, 

18 shall establish standards and best practices relating 

19 to the use of non-invasive and non-permanent track20 ing technology, where a guardian or parent has de21 termined that a non-invasive and non-permanent 

22 tracking device is the least restrictive alternative, to 

23 locate individuals as described in subsection (a)(2) of 

24 section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and 


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1 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), 

2 as added by this Act. 

3 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the 

4 standards and best practices required under para5 graph (1), the Attorney General shall— 

6 (A) determine— 

7 (i) the criteria used to determine 

8 which individuals would benefit from the 

9 use of a tracking device; 

10 (ii) the criteria used to determine who 

11 should have direct access to the tracking 

12 system; and 

13 (iii) which non-invasive and non-per14 manent types of tracking devices can be 

15 used in compliance with the standards and 

16 best practices; and 

17 (B) establish standards and best practices 

18 the Attorney General determines are necessary 

19 to the administration of a tracking system, in20 cluding procedures to— 

21 (i) safeguard the privacy of the data 

22 used by the tracking device such that— 

23 (I) access to the data is re24 stricted to law enforcement and health 


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1 agencies determined necessary by the 

2 Attorney General; and 

3 (II) collection, use, and retention 

4 of the data is solely for the purpose of 

5 preventing injury to or death of the 

6 individual wearing the tracking device; 

7 (ii) establish criteria to determine 

8 whether use of the tracking device is the 

9 least restrictive alternative in order to pre10 vent risk of injury or death before issuing 

11 the tracking device, including the previous 

12 consideration of less restrictive alter13 natives; 

14 (iii) provide training for law enforce15 ment agencies to recognize signs of abuse 

16 during interactions with applicants for 

17 tracking devices; 

18 (iv) protect the civil rights and lib19 erties of the individuals who use tracking 

20 devices, including their rights under the 

21 Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of 

22 the United States; 

23 (v) establish a complaint and inves24 tigation process to address— 


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1 (I) incidents of noncompliance by 

2 recipients of grants under subsection 

3 (a)(2) of section 240001 of the Vio4 lent Crime Control and Law Enforce5 ment Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), 

6 as added by this Act, with the best 

7 practices established by the Attorney 

8 General or other applicable law; and 

9 (II) use of a tracking device over 

10 the objection of an individual; and 

11 (vi) determine the role that State 

12 agencies should have in the administration 

13 of a tracking system. 

14 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The standards and best 

15 practices established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 

16 take effect 90 days after publication of such stand17 ards and practices by the Attorney General. 

18 (b) REQUIRED COMPLIANCE.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each entity that receives a 

20 grant under subsection (a)(2) of section 240001 of 

21 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

22 Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), as added by this 

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1 lished by the Attorney General in accordance with 

2 subsection (a). 

3 (2) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.—The 

4 Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary 

5 of Health and Human Services, shall determine 

6 whether an entity that receives a grant under sub7 section (a)(2) of section 240001 of the Violent 

8 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 

9 (34 U.S.C. 12621), as added by this Act, acts in 

10 compliance with the standards and best practices de11 scribed in paragraph (1). 

12 (c) APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS AND BEST PRAC13 TICES.—The standards and best practices established by 

14 the Attorney General under subsection (a) shall apply only 

15 to the grant programs authorized under subsection (a)(2) 

16 of section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

17 Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), as added 

18 by this Act. 

19 (d) LIMITATIONS ON PROGRAM.— 

20 (1) DATA STORAGE.—Any tracking data pro21 vided by tracking devices issued under this program 

22 may not be used by a Federal entity to create a 

23 database. 

24 (2) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—Nothing in 

25 this Act may be construed to require that a parent 


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1 or guardian use a tracking device to monitor the lo2 cation of a child or adult under that parent or 

3 guardian’s supervision if the parent or guardian 

4 does not believe that the use of such device is nec5 essary or in the interest of the child or adult under 

6 supervision. 

7 TITLE IV—OFFSET BY RESTRICT8 ING DISTRIBUTION OF FREE 

9 PRINTED COPIES OF FED10 ERAL REGISTER 

11 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Register 

13 Printing Savings Act of 2017’’. 

14 SEC. 402. RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE 

15 PRINTED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO 

16 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EM17 PLOYEES. 

18 (a) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 1506 of title 44, United 

19 States Code, is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administrative Com21 mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) COMPOSITION; DUTIES.— 

22 The Administrative Committee’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘the num24 ber of copies’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 

25 (b), the number of copies’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE

4 PRINTED COPIES TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OFFI5 CERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 

6 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITING SUBSCRIPTION TO PRINTED

7 COPIES WITHOUT REQUEST.—Under the regulations 

8 prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Direc9 tor of the Government Publishing Office may not 

10 provide a printed copy of the Federal Register with11 out charge to any Member of Congress or any other 

12 office of the United States during a year unless— 

13 ‘‘(A) the Member or office requests a 

14 printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal 

15 Register; or 

16 ‘‘(B) during that year or during the pre17 vious year, the Member or office requested a 

18 subscription to printed copies of the Federal 

19 Register for that year, as described in para20 graph (2). 

21 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.— 

22 The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection 

23 (a)(4) shall include— 

24 ‘‘(A) provisions regarding notifications to 

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1 fices of the United States of the restrictions of 

2 paragraph (1); 

3 ‘‘(B) provisions describing the process by 

4 which Members and other offices may request a 

5 specific issue of the Federal Register for pur6 poses of paragraph (1)(A); and 

7 ‘‘(C) provisions describing the process by 

8 which Members and other offices may request a 

9 subscription to the Federal Register for pur10 poses of paragraph (1)(B), except that such 

11 regulations shall limit the period for such a 

12 subscription to not longer than 1 year.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

14 subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2018. 

Passed the Senate December 21, 2017. 

Attest: JULIE E. ADAMS, 

Secretary. 


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