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‘‘(xxv) Weaver Arms Nighthawk. 
‘‘(xxvi) Wilkinson Arms Linda Carbine. 
‘‘(I) All of the following pistols, copies, dupli-
cates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capa-
bility of any such weapon thereof: 
‘‘(i) All AK–47 types, including the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) Centurion 39 AK pistol. 
‘‘(II) CZ Scorpion pistol. 
‘‘(III) Draco AK–47 pistol. 
‘‘(IV) HCR AK–47 pistol. 
‘‘(V) IO Inc. Hellpup AK–47 pistol. 
‘‘(VI) Krinkov pistol. 
‘‘(VII) Mini Draco AK–47 pistol. 
‘‘(VIII) PAP M92 pistol. 
‘‘(IX) Yugo Krebs Krink pistol. 
‘‘(ii) All AR–15 types, including the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) American Spirit AR–15 pistol. 
‘‘(II) Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol. 
‘‘(III) Chiappa Firearms M4 Pistol 
GEN II. 
‘‘(IV) CORE Rifle Systems CORE15 
Roscoe pistol. 
‘‘(V) Daniel Defense MK18 pistol. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7262 
To remove the discretionary inflater from the baseline and to provide that 
the salaries of Members of a House of Congress will be held in escrow 
if that House has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2023. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2022 
Mr. BIGGS (for himself and Mr. NORMAN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the 
Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Reform, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To remove the discretionary inflater from the baseline and 
to provide that the salaries of Members of a House 
of Congress will be held in escrow if that House has 
not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2023. 
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 ‘‘Budget Process En-
hancement Act’’. 
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settlement agreement is filed with a court, the agen-
cy seeking to enter the covered consent decree or 
settlement agreement shall publish in the Federal 
Register and online— 
(A) the proposed covered consent decree or 
settlement agreement; and 
(B) a statement providing— 
(i) the statutory basis for the covered 
consent decree or settlement agreement; 
and 
(ii) a description of the terms of the 
covered consent decree or settlement agree-
ment, including whether it provides for the 
award of attorneys’ fees or costs and, if so, 
the basis for including the award. 
(2) PUBLIC COMMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An agency seeking to 
enter a covered consent decree or settlement 
agreement shall accept public comment during 
the period described in paragraph (1) on any 
issue relating to the matters alleged in the com-
plaint in the applicable civil action or addressed 
or affected by the proposed covered consent de-
cree or settlement agreement. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4675 
AN ACT 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide 
for a low-dose radiation basic research program.
2021(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF AUTHORITY
FOR HOMELESS 
WOMEN VETERANS
AND HOMELESS VETERANS WITH 
CHILDREN
REINTEGRATION
PROGRAM.—Section 
2021A(f)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE REFER-
RAL
AND COUNSELING SERVICES
FOR CERTAIN VET-
ERANS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.—Section 2023(d) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
(d) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT 
AND REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR SERIOUSLY MEN-
TALLY ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS.— 
(1) GENERAL TREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL SERVICES AT CERTAIN LOCA-
TIONS.—Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2020’’. 
(e) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE HOUS-
ING ASSISTANCE
FOR HOMELESS VETERANS.—Section 
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States humanitarian assistance and how the United 
States is working to overcome such challenges. 
(8) A description of the strategy of the United 
States to deliver humanitarian assistance to areas of 
Syria controlled by the Government of Syria or asso-
ciated forces and in which the Government of Syria 
or associated forces is impeding access to such 
areas. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ and ‘‘associated forces’’ 
have the meanings given such terms in section 4(f). 
Passed the House of Representatives April 24, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
Union Calendar No. 97 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 467 
[Report No. 115–149, Part I] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to en-
sure that each medical facility of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs complies with requirements 
relating to scheduling veterans for health care 
appointments, to improve the uniform application 
of directives of the Department, and for other 
purposes. 
MAY 23, 2017 
Reported from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
MAY 23, 2017 
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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basic freedoms as specified in the Universal Declara-
tion of Human Rights; 
(7) is taking steps to verifiably fulfill its com-
mitments under the Convention on the Prohibition 
of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and 
Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction 
and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
Weapons, is making tangible progress toward becom-
ing a signatory to the Convention on the Prohibition 
of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of 
Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and 
on their Destruction, and adhering to the Missile 
Technology Control Regime and other control lists, 
as necessary; 
(8) has halted the development and deployment 
of ballistic and cruise missiles; 
(9) is taking verifiable steps to remove from po-
sitions of authority within the intelligence and secu-
rity services as well as the military those individuals 
who were in a position of authority or responsibility 
during the conflict or who are in a position of au-
thority or responsibility during a transition and who 
under the authority of their position are implicated 
in or complicit in the torture, extrajudicial killing, or 
execution of civilians, to include those who were in-
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‘‘(i) of a nature or type that poses a 
greater risk to aviation security than fire-
arms typically identified at passenger 
screening checkpoints; or 
‘‘(ii) identified with ammunition that 
is of a nature or type that poses a greater 
risk to aviation security than ammunition 
typically identified at passenger screening 
checkpoints. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—An individual sub-
ject to a minimum civil monetary penalty amount pursu-
ant to subsection (a) may appeal such penalty amount or 
seek a reduction in such penalty amount in the case of such 
individual’s particular violation, including based on miti-
gating factors (including in accordance with subsection (e)) 
pursuant to procedures provided for in the Transportation 
Security Administration’s security regulations. The Admin-
istrator of the Transportation Security Administration 
may, if the Administrator determines such is appropriate, 
grant such appeal or reduce such penalty amount, as the 
case may be. 
‘‘(e) SELF-DISCLOSURE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the Administrator of the Transpor-
tation Security Administration may consider self-disclosure 
as a mitigating factor when determining the amount of a 
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ing and aerial bombardment, as demanded in United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 2254 (2015); 
(2) is taking verifiable steps to release all polit-
ical prisoners and is providing full access to Syrian 
prisons for investigations by appropriate inter-
national human rights organizations; 
(3) is taking verifiable steps to remove senior 
officials of the Government of Syria who are 
complicit in the planning, implementation, or cover-
up of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or 
human rights abuses and any person subject to 
sanctions under any provision of law from govern-
ment positions; 
(4) is in the process of organizing free and fair 
elections for a new government to be held in a timely 
manner and to be conducted under the supervision 
of United Nations observers with all Syrians, includ-
ing members of the diaspora, eligible to participate, 
as supported in United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 2254 (2015); 
(5) is making tangible progress toward estab-
lishing an independent judiciary; 
(6) is demonstrating respect for and compliance 
with internationally recognized human rights and 
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‘‘Harrington & Richardson Ultra Varmint Rifle 
‘‘Harrington & Richardson Ultra Varmint 
Thumbhole Stock 
‘‘Krieghoff Hubertus Single Shot 
‘‘Meacham High Wall 
‘‘Merkel K1 Lightweight Stalking Rifle 
‘‘Merkel K2 Custom Stalking Rifle 
‘‘Model 1885 High Wall Rifle 
‘‘Navy Arms #2 Creedmoor Rifle 
‘‘Navy Arms 1873 John Bodine Rolling Black 
Rifle 
‘‘Navy Arms 1873 Springfield Cavalry Carbine 
‘‘Navy Arms 1874 Sharps Rifles 
‘‘Navy Arms 1874 1885 High Wall Rifles 
‘‘Navy Arms Rolling Block Buffalo Rifle 
‘‘Navy Arms Sharps ‘Quigley’ Rifle 
‘‘Navy Arms Sharps Cavalry Carbine 
‘‘Navy Arms Sharps Plains Rifle 
‘‘New England Firearms Handi-Rifle 
‘‘New England Firearms Sportster/Versa Pack 
Rifle 
‘‘New England Firearms Survivor Rifle 
‘‘Red Willow Armory Ballard No. 1.5 Hunting 
Rifle 
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(1) the number, identity, and content of covered 
civil actions brought against and covered consent de-
crees or settlement agreements entered against or 
into by the agency; and 
(2) a description of the statutory basis for— 
(A) each covered consent decree or settle-
ment agreement entered against or into by the 
agency; and 
(B) any award of attorneys fees or costs in 
a civil action resolved by a covered consent de-
cree or settlement agreement entered against or 
into by the agency. 
SEC. 104. MOTIONS TO MODIFY CONSENT DECREES. 
If an agency moves a court to modify a covered con-
sent decree or settlement agreement and the basis of the 
motion is that the terms of the covered consent decree or 
settlement agreement are no longer fully in the public in-
terest due to the obligations of the agency to fulfill other 
duties or due to changed facts and circumstances, the 
court shall review the motion and the covered consent de-
cree or settlement agreement de novo. 
SEC. 105. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title shall apply to— 
(1) any covered civil action filed on or after the 
date of enactment of this title; and 
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‘‘(f) BROADBAND TO BE CONSIDERED INFORMATION 
SERVICE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the provision of broadband internet access service or any 
other mass-market retail service providing advanced tele-
communications capability (as defined in section 706 of 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 1302)) 
shall be considered to be an information service. 
‘‘(g) REASONABLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT.—For 
purposes of subsection (a), a network management prac-
tice is reasonable if it is primarily used for and tailored 
to achieving a legitimate network management purpose, 
taking into account the particular network architecture 
and technology of the broadband internet access service. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BROADBAND
INTERNET
ACCESS
SERV-
ICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘broadband 
internet access service’ means a mass-market 
retail service by wire or radio that provides the 
capability to transmit data to and receive data 
from all or substantially all internet endpoints, 
including any capabilities that are incidental to 
and enable the operation of the communications 
service, but excluding dial-up internet access 
service. 
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‘‘(B) 
FUNCTIONAL
EQUIVALENT; 
EVA-
SION.—Such term includes any service that— 
‘‘(i) the Commission finds to be pro-
viding a functional equivalent of the service 
described in subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(ii) is used to evade the obligations 
set forth in subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) NETWORK MANAGEMENT PRACTICE.—The 
term ‘network management practice’ means a prac-
tice that has a primarily technical network manage-
ment justification. Such term does not include other 
business practices. 
‘‘(3) SPECIALIZED SERVICES.—The term ‘spe-
cialized 
services’ 
means 
services 
other 
than 
broadband internet access service that are offered 
over the same network as, and that may share net-
work capacity with, broadband internet access serv-
ice.’’. 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS 
SERVICES FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS. 
Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 254) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(4) BROADBAND
INTERNET
ACCESS
SERV-
ICES.—Broadband internet access services (as de-
fined in section 13) shall be eligible to receive fund-
ing from Federal universal service support mecha-
nisms authorized by this section.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or 
a provider of broadband internet access service 
(as defined in section 13)’’ after ‘‘section 
214(e)’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
‘‘or provider’’ after ‘‘carrier’’. 
Æ 
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civil monetary penalty if an individual, in good faith, vol-
untarily discloses a violation of subsection (a) of section 
1540.111 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to the 
Transportation Security Administration, an entity author-
ized to conduct screening pursuant to section 44920 of title 
49, United States Code, a Government representative, an 
employee or contractor of an airline or airport, or other 
appropriate authority, after the individual is present for 
screening at a passenger screening checkpoint but prior to 
the detection of such violation. The Administrator shall in-
form appropriate Administration passenger screening 
checkpoint personnel, entities authorized to conduct screen-
ing pursuant to section 44920 of title 49, United States 
Code, Government representatives, employees or contractors 
of an airline or airport, and other appropriate authorities 
regarding appropriate procedures for handling the self-dis-
closure of such a violation, including procedures for con-
tacting law enforcement. 
‘‘(f) PAYMENT PLANS.—The Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration may provide pay-
ment plans for payment of civil monetary penalty amounts 
under this section for a violation of subsection (a) of section 
1540.111 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, in the 
event an individual provides documentation of hardship. 
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‘‘(g) USE OF AMOUNTS FROM CIVIL MONETARY PEN-
ALTIES.—The Administrator shall obligate and expend 
amounts received from the imposition of civil monetary 
penalties under this section for repeat or egregious viola-
tions of subsection (a) of section 1540.111 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, involving a firearm for the acquisi-
tion and deployment of passenger screening checkpoint tech-
nology. 
‘‘(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be interpreted as— 
‘‘(1) limiting the authority of the Administrator 
of the Transportation Security Administration to 
issue civil monetary penalty amounts that are greater 
than those established as minimum civil monetary 
penalty amounts pursuant to this section; 
‘‘(2) limiting the authority of the Administrator 
to 
establish 
minimum 
civil 
monetary 
penalty 
amounts with respect to first-time or non-egregious 
violations of section 1540.111 of title 49, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations; or 
‘‘(3) instructing the Administrator to establish a 
minimum civil monetary penalty amount with re-
spect to violations involving unloaded replicas of fire-
arms not capable of discharge. 
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port containing the plan developed under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(c) REPORT OF THE COMMANDANT.—No later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on 
cargo backlogs that includes— 
(1) an explanation of the extent to which ves-
sels carrying cargo are complying with the require-
ments of chapter 700 of title 46, United States 
Code; 
(2) the status of the investigation on the cause 
of the oil spill that occurred in October 2021 on the 
waters over the San Pedro Shelf related to an an-
chor strike, including the expected date on which the 
Marine Casualty Investigation Report with respect 
to such spill will be released; and 
(3) with respect to such vessels, a summary of 
actions taken or planned to be taken by the Com-
mandant to— 
(A) provide additional protections against 
oil spills caused by anchor strikes; and
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Access to 
Quality Sober Living Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL RECOVERY HOUSING BEST PRACTICES. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 399V–7. NATIONAL RECOVERY HOUSING BEST PRAC-
TICES. 
‘‘(a) BEST PRACTICES.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary 
for Housing and Urban Development, patients with a his-
tory of opioid use disorder, and other stakeholders, which 
may include State accrediting entities and reputable pro-
viders, analysts, and stakeholders of recovery housing 
services, such as the National Alliance for Recovery Resi-
dences, shall identify or facilitate the development of best 
practices, which may include model laws for implementing 
suggested minimum standards, for operating recovery 
housing. 
‘‘(b) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall dissemi-
nate the best practices identified or developed under sub-
section (a) to— 
‘‘(1) State agencies, which may include the pro-
vision of technical assistance to State agencies seek-
ing to adopt or implement such best practices; 
‘‘(2) recovery housing entities; and
‘‘(3) the public, as appropriate. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘recovery housing’ means a 
shared living environment free from alcohol and il-
licit drug use and centered on peer support and con-
nection to services, including medication-assisted 
treatment services, that promote sustained recovery 
from substance use disorders. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘State’ includes any of the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, each Indian 
tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act), and any territory or 
possession of the United States. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $3,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 
through 2021.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4684 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to identify or facilitate the development 
of best practices for operating recovery housing, 
and for other purposes.