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‘‘(2) The known efficacy or usefulness of the 
substance for the marketed, advertised or labeled 
purpose. 
‘‘(3) The difference between the price at which 
the substance is sold and the price at which the sub-
stance it is purported to be or advertised as is nor-
mally sold. 
‘‘(4) The diversion of the substance from legiti-
mate channels and the clandestine importation, man-
ufacture, or distribution of the substance. 
‘‘(5) Whether the defendant knew or should 
have known the substance was intended to be con-
sumed by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any 
other immediate means. 
‘‘(6) Any controlled substance analogue that is 
manufactured, formulated, sold, distributed, or mar-
keted with the intent to avoid the provisions of exist-
ing drug laws. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—For purposes of this section, evi-
dence that a substance was not marketed, advertised, or 
labeled for human consumption, by itself, shall not be 
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sufficient to establish that the substance was not intended 
for human consumption.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 15, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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tion 215(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(a)(1)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) 2 percent of the individual’s excess aver-
age indexed monthly earnings (as defined in sub-
section (b)(5)(A)).’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF EXCESS AVERAGE INDEXED 
MONTHLY EARNINGS.—Section 215(b) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 415(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘wages’’ and ‘‘self-employment 
income’’ each place such terms appear and inserting 
‘‘basic wages’’ and ‘‘basic self-employment income’’, 
respectively; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5)(A) An individual’s excess average indexed 
monthly earnings shall be equal to the amount of the indi-
vidual’s average indexed monthly earnings that would be 
determined under this subsection by substituting ‘excess 
wages’ for ‘basic wages’ and ‘excess self-employment in-
come’ for ‘basic self-employment income’ each place such 
terms appear in this subsection (except in this paragraph). 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this subsection— 
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ance regulator of a State, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Is-
lands, American Samoa, or any federally- 
recognized Indian tribe; 
(iii) one representative of the financial 
or insurance sectors who is involved in risk 
transfers, including reinsurance, resilience 
bonds, and other insurance-linked securi-
ties; 
(iv) one actuary with demonstrated 
high-level knowledge of catastrophic risk 
insurance; 
(v) two insurance professionals with 
demonstrated experience with the sale of 
flood insurance under the National Flood 
Insurance Program; 
(vi) two representatives of cata-
strophic risk insurance programs; 
(vii) one insurance claims specialist; 
(viii) one representative of a recog-
nized consumer advocacy organization;
age during the month in which the deceased in-
dividual referred to in paragraph (1) became 
entitled to old-age or disability insurance bene-
fits, or died (before becoming entitled to such 
benefits); and 
‘‘(B) to whom wages and self-employment 
income were credited in each of such hypo-
thetical individual’s elapsed years (within the 
meaning of section 215(b)(2)(B)(iii)) in an 
amount equal to the national average wage 
index (as described in section 209(k)(1)) for 
each such year.’’. 
(c) REDUCTION OF BENEFIT FOR INDIVIDUALS EN-
TITLED
TO
SIMULTANEOUS
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(k)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(k)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘If an in-
dividual’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (C), if an individual’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) If an individual is entitled for any month to a 
widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit and is also entitled 
to an old-age or disability insurance benefit for such 
month that is greater than such widow’s or widower’s in-
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surance benefit, the reduction described in subparagraph 
(A), with respect to such widow’s or widower’s insurance 
benefit, shall be carried out by substituting an amount 
equal to the primary insurance amount of the deceased 
individual referred to in subsection (e)(1) or (f)(1) (as de-
termined for purposes of subsection (e)(2)(A)(i) or 
(f)(2)(A)(i)) for the amount equal to the old-age or dis-
ability insurance benefit of the individual entitled to the 
widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to widow’s insurance 
benefits and widower’s insurance benefits that are payable 
for months beginning after December 31, 2017. 
SEC. 8. HOLDING SSI, MEDICAID, AND CHIP BENEFICIARIES 
HARMLESS. 
For purposes of determining the income of an indi-
vidual to establish eligibility for, and the amount of, bene-
fits payable under title XVI of the Social Security Act, 
eligibility for medical assistance under the State plan 
under title XIX (or a waiver of such plan), or eligibility 
for child health assistance under the State child health 
plan under title XXI (or a waiver of the plan), the amount 
of any benefit to which the individual is entitled under 
title II of such Act shall be deemed not to exceed the 
amount of the benefit that would be determined for such 
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individual under such title as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing the Check-
point Property Screening System (S-CPSS) Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT AND DEPLOYMENT EFFORTS OF 
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT AT 
AIRPORT CHECKPOINTS. 
(a) TSA BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-
after for five years, the Administrator shall brief the ap-
propriate congressional committees regarding planned 
procurement and deployment efforts of computed tomog-
raphy equipment at airport checkpoints through the 
Checkpoint Property Screening System program to en-
hance detection capabilities for carry-on baggage. Such 
briefing shall include information relating to the following: 
(1) The amount of computed tomography 
equipment TSA could procure under the authoriza-
tion of appropriations in each of fiscal years 2022, 
2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. 
(2) The amount of computed tomography 
equipment TSA could deploy in each of such fiscal 
years. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2857 
To support foster care maintenance payments for children with parents in 
a licensed residential family-based treatment facility for substance abuse. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2017 
Mrs. NOEM (for herself and Ms. JUDY CHU of California) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To support foster care maintenance payments for children 
with parents in a licensed residential family-based treat-
ment facility for substance abuse. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Families 
in Substance Abuse Treatment Act’’. 
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‘‘(Q) an assurance that the eligible entity 
will use data to— 
‘‘(i) ensure that each competency-edu-
cation program under the demonstration 
project meets the benchmarks established 
in accordance with subsection (c)(2)(E); 
and 
‘‘(ii) improve each such program; 
‘‘(R) an assurance that the eligible entity 
has an agreement with the accrediting agency 
or association of the eligible entity to establish 
the standards described in subsection (c); and 
‘‘(S) such other elements as the Secretary 
may require. 
‘‘(c) RECOGNITION BY ACCREDITING AGENCY OR AS-
SOCIATION.—To carry out a competency-based education 
program under a demonstration project under this section, 
an eligible entity shall ensure that before, on, or after the 
date of approval of the eligible entity’s application under 
subsection (b), the accrediting agency or association of the 
eligible entity will establish the following standards with 
respect to such competency-based education program: 
‘‘(1) Standards for determining whether the eli-
gible entity or the program requires students to 
demonstrate competencies that are— 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2857 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To support foster care maintenance payments for children 
with parents in a licensed residential family-based treat-
ment facility for substance abuse. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(A) capable of being validly and reliably 
assessed; and 
‘‘(B) appropriate in scope and rigor for the 
award of the relevant recognized educational 
credential. 
‘‘(2) Standards for determining whether the eli-
gible entity or the program demonstrate— 
‘‘(A) the administrative capacity and ex-
pertise that will ensure— 
‘‘(i) the validity and reliability of as-
sessments of competencies; and 
‘‘(ii) good practices in assessment and 
measurement; 
‘‘(B) sufficient educational content, activi-
ties, and resources (including faculty sup-
port)— 
‘‘(i) to enable students to learn or de-
velop what is required to demonstrate or 
attain mastery of competencies; and 
‘‘(ii) that are consistent with the 
qualifications of graduates of traditional 
programs; 
‘‘(C) that the quality of demonstration of 
competence is judged at mastery for each com-
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‘‘(A) with respect to Federal land de-
scribed in section 3(7)(A), the applicable Re-
gional Forester; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to Federal land de-
scribed in section 3(7)(B), the applicable Bu-
reau of Land Management State Director.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘15 
members’’ and inserting ‘‘9 members’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘5 per-
sons’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘3 
persons’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the Secretary concerned’’ 
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘the appli-
cable department official’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary concerned’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the applicable department offi-
cial’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the applicable department official’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 201(3)(A) 
of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121(3)(A)) is amended 
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by inserting ‘‘or applicable department official (as defined 
in section 205(c)(6))’’ after ‘‘Secretary concerned’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 285 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual and 
employer health insurance mandates. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2017 
Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, 
Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama) 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 repeal 
the individual and employer health insurance mandates. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthcare Tax Relief 
and Mandate Repeal Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE MAN-
DATE. 
Section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply 
with respect to any month beginning after December 31, 
2013.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE MAN-
DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 43 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 4980H. 
(b) REPEAL
OF RELATED REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Subpart D of part III of subchapter A of chap-
ter 61 of such Code is amended by striking section 6056. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 6724(d)(1)(B) of such Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(xxiii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (xxiv), 
and by striking clause (xxv). 
(2) Section 6724(d)(2) of such Code is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(GG) and by striking subparagraph (HH). 
(3) The table of sections for chapter 43 of such 
Code is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 4980H. 
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(4) The table of sections for subpart D of part 
III of subchapter A of chapter 61 of such Code is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
6056. 
(5) Section 1513 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act is amended by striking sub-
section (c). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months and other periods 
beginning after December 31, 2013. 
(2) REPEAL
OF
STUDY
AND
REPORT.—The 
amendment made by subsection (c)(5) shall take ef-
fect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2862 
To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2017 
Mr. SIMPSON (for himself, Mr. SCHRADER, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. WALDEN, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Mr. AMODEI, Mr. COSTA, Mr. LABRADOR, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. NEWHOUSE, 
Mr. KILMER, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. POLIS, Ms. SINEMA, and Mr. STIVERS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wildfire Disaster 
Funding Act’’. 
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tion program under this subsection shall 
submit an application to the eligible part-
nership. 
‘‘(ii) SELECTION.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible 
partnership shall select applicants for 
participation in the career and tech-
nical education teacher preparation 
program based on the career and 
technical education program needs of 
any high-need local educational agen-
cies in the partnership. 
‘‘(II) REQUIREMENT
FOR
VA-
CANT POSITIONS.—Any vacant career 
and technical educator positions or 
positions with a demonstrated connec-
tion to the needs assessment described 
in paragraph (2) within the high-need 
local educational agency in an eligible 
partnership that receives a grant 
under this section to carry out a pro-
gram for the preparation of career 
and technical education teachers shall 
be filled with career and technical 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 210 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2864 
[Report No. 115–292] 
To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow certain issuers 
to be exempt from registration requirements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2017 
Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. HILL, Mr. MESSER, and Mr. 
SHERMAN 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 8, 2017] 
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(3) A procurement and deployment plan, to-
gether with a funding and execution plan, to com-
plete the deployment of computed tomography equip-
ment, disaggregated by all base, mid, and full sized 
units of such equipment, at airport checkpoints by 
not later than September 30, 2026. 
(4) Whether additional funding will be nec-
essary in fiscal year 2026. 
(5) A plan for maximizing competition and in-
novation within the Checkpoint Property Screening 
System program, including by supporting the par-
ticipation of small businesses. 
(6) A plan to set aside funds for small busi-
nesses within the Checkpoint Property Screening 
System program, to the extent practicable, as deter-
mined by the Administrator, or if not practicable a 
description of challenges in doing so. 
(7) A description of how each award made 
under the Checkpoint Property Screening System 
program within the immediately preceding year sat-
isfies Department of Homeland Security and TSA 
operational requirements, including requirements for 
detection, 
safety, 
cybersecurity, 
interoperability, 
availability, and throughput, as well as other rel-
evant standards. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7323 
To amend the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act to codify the Depart-
ment of Labor’s Reentry Employment Opportunities grants, authorizing 
a competitive grant program that aims to assist justice-involved adults 
and youth returning from incarceration with achieving academic success, 
employment, reducing the involvement of youth in crime and violence, 
and avoiding recidivism. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2022 
Mr. ESPAILLAT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act to cod-
ify the Department of Labor’s Reentry Employment Op-
portunities grants, authorizing a competitive grant pro-
gram that aims to assist justice-involved adults and 
youth returning from incarceration with achieving aca-
demic success, employment, reducing the involvement of 
youth in crime and violence, and avoiding recidivism. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF EXEMPTION. 
The Securities and Exchange Commission shall 
amend— 
(1) section 230.251 of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to remove the requirement that the 
issuer not be subject to section 13 or 15(d) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et 
seq.) immediately before the offering; and 
(2) section 230.257 of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations, with respect to an offering described in 
section 230.251(a)(2) of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to deem any issuer that is subject to 
section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 as having met the periodic and current re-
porting requirements of section 230.257 of title 17, 
Code of Federal Regulations, if such issuer meets 
the reporting requirements of section 13 of the Se-
curities Exchange Act of 1934. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 5, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2864 
AN ACT 
To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission 
to allow certain issuers to be exempt from reg-
istration requirements, and for other purposes.