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556 and 557 shall apply, and paragraph (4), the re-
quirements of subsection (e) to receive comment out-
side of the procedures of sections 556 and 557, and 
the petition procedures of subsection (e)(6) shall not 
apply. 
The agency shall provide not fewer than 60 days for inter-
ested persons to submit written data, views, or argument 
(or 120 days in the case of a proposed major or high- 
impact rule). 
‘‘(4)(A) Within 30 days of publication of notice of 
proposed rule making, a member of the public may peti-
tion for a hearing in accordance with section 556 to deter-
mine whether any evidence or other information upon 
which the agency bases the proposed rule fails to comply 
with the Information Quality Act. 
‘‘(B)(i) The agency may, upon review of the petition, 
determine without further process to exclude from the rule 
making the evidence or other information that is the sub-
ject of the petition and, if appropriate, withdraw the pro-
posed rule. The agency shall promptly publish any such 
determination. 
‘‘(ii) If the agency does not resolve the petition under 
the procedures of clause (i), it shall grant any such peti-
tion that presents a prima facie case that evidence or other 
information upon which the agency bases the proposed 
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(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘after at-
taining age 50 if she was entitled before such mar-
riage occurred’’ and inserting ‘‘after having been en-
titled’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘after at-
taining age 50’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR WIDOWER’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—Section 202(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘has at-
tained age 50 but has not attained age 60 and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘after at-
taining age 50 if he was entitled before such mar-
riage occurred’’ and inserting ‘‘after having been en-
titled’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘after at-
taining age 50’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM REDUCTIONS IN BENEFITS. 
Section 202(q) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(q)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘age 50’’ 
and inserting ‘‘age 60’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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‘‘(12) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, there shall be no reduction under this subsection 
in the widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit of an indi-
vidual for any month in which such individual is under 
a disability (as defined in section 223(d)); and none of 
the provisions of this subsection shall apply with respect 
to such benefit even though such benefit may have been 
so reduced prior to the onset of such disability.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND REDETERMINATION OF BEN-
EFITS. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to monthly insurance benefits payable under title 
II of the Social Security Act for months after the month 
in which this Act is enacted. The Commissioner of Social 
Security (without the necessity of any application there-
for) shall redetermine the amount of any widow’s or wid-
ower’s insurance benefit which is payable for the month 
in which this Act is enacted in order to reflect such 
amendments as provided in the preceding sentence. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4594 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in 
widow’s and widower’s insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2017 
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide 
for increases in widow’s and widower’s insurance benefits 
by reason of delayed retirement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN WIDOW’S AND WIDOWER’S INSUR-
ANCE BENEFITS BY REASON OF DELAYED RE-
TIREMENT. 
(a) DELAYED RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR WIDOW’S 
AND WIDOWER’S BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(w) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(w)) is amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘old-age 
insurance benefit’’ and inserting ‘‘old-age, wid-
ow’s, or widower’s insurance benefit’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 
number of increment months for any indi-
vidual’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) and inserting ‘‘the number of increment 
months for any individual to whom an old-age, 
widow’s, or widower’s insurance benefit is pay-
able as described in paragraph (1)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2)(A), and by striking paragraph (2)(B) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) with respect to which— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an individual to whom 
an old-age insurance benefit is payable, such in-
dividual was a fully insured individual (as de-
fined in section 214(a)) and— 
‘‘(I) was not entitled to such a ben-
efit, or 
‘‘(II) was so entitled but did not re-
ceive benefits pursuant to a request by 
such individual that benefits not be paid, 
or 
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‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual to whom 
a widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit is pay-
able, such individual satisfied subparagraphs 
(A), (B), and (D) of subsection (e)(1) or (f)(1) 
and— 
‘‘(I) was not entitled to such a ben-
efit, 
‘‘(II) was so entitled but suffered de-
ductions under section 203(b) or 203(c) in 
amounts equal to the amount of such ben-
efit, or 
‘‘(III) was so entitled but did not re-
ceive benefits pursuant to a request by 
such individual that benefits not be paid, 
and 
‘‘(C) with respect to which such individual was 
not subject to a penalty under section 1129A.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
TO
SECTION 
202(w).— 
(A) Section 202(w)(3) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(w)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘old- 
age’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘old- 
age, widow’s, or widower’s’’. 
(B) Section 202(w)(5) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(w)(5)) is amended— 
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SEC. 2. STUDENT LOAN DEFERMENT FOR BORROWERS EN-
ROLLED IN A DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) DIRECT LOANS.—Section 455(f) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(f)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) DEFERMENT FOR BORROWERS ENROLLED 
IN A DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) EFFECT ON PRINCIPAL AND INTER-
EST.—A borrower of a loan made under this 
part who meets the requirements of subpara-
graph (B) shall be eligible for a deferment, dur-
ing which periodic installments of principal 
need not be paid, and interest shall not accrue. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—A borrower of a loan 
made under this part shall be eligible for a 
deferment during— 
‘‘(i) any period in which such bor-
rower is enrolled in a drug treatment pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(ii) the 30 days after such period. 
‘‘(C) DRUG
TREATMENT
PROGRAM
DE-
FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘drug 
treatment program’ means a program certified 
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or licensed by a State to provide drug treat-
ment in the State. 
‘‘(D) 
APPLICABILITY.—This 
paragraph 
shall apply with respect to loans— 
‘‘(i) made on or after the date of the 
enactment of this paragraph; or 
‘‘(ii) in repayment on the date of the 
enactment of this paragraph.’’. 
(b) TERMS
OF
FEDERALLY
INSURED
STUDENT 
LOANS.—Section 427(a)(2)(C) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1077(a)(2)(C)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and insert-
ing a semicolon; 
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; and 
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 
‘‘(iv) in which the borrower is enrolled 
in a drug treatment program (as defined in 
section 455(f)(3)(C)), and the 30 days 
after such period.’’. 
(c) FFEL PROGRAM.—Section 428(b)(1)(M) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(M)) 
is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or (II); or’’ and 
inserting ‘‘or (II);’’; 
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(B) Section 202(f)(1)(C)(ii)(III) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(2)(C)(ii)(III)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘paragraph (8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (6)’’. 
(C) Section 226(e)(1)(A)(i) of such Act (as 
amended by subsection (a)(2)) is further 
amended by striking ‘‘202(f)(1)(B)(ii), and 
202(f)(4)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘and 
202(f)(1)(B)(ii)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to benefits for months 
after December 2017 for which applications are filed or 
pending on or after January 1, 2018. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4597 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow for the deferment 
of certain student loans during a period in which a borrower is enrolled 
in a drug treatment program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2017 
Mr. MACARTHUR (for himself, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. FOSTER, and 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow for 
the deferment of certain student loans during a period 
in which a borrower is enrolled in a drug treatment 
program. 
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 ‘‘College Loan 
Deferment for Recovery Act’’. 
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Interest’’ 
and inserting, ‘‘Except as provided in subparagraph 
(C), interest’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) Interest shall not accrue on a loan de-
ferred 
under 
section 
428(b)(1)(M)(v) 
or 
427(a)(2)(C)(iv).’’. 
(f) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
Act shall apply with respect to loans— 
(1) made on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act; or 
(2) in repayment on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4598 
To amend the Small Business Act to require public communications about 
disaster assistance resources to be made in multiple languages. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2017 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SOTO, and Miss GONZA´LEZ- 
COLO´N of Puerto Rico) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to require public commu-
nications about disaster assistance resources to be made 
in multiple languages. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS 
ABOUT DISASTER ASSISTANCE RESOURCES 
TO BE MADE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. 
Section 7(b)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(b)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘in multiple lan-
guages,’’ after ‘‘web-based outlets,’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4599 
To redesignate Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia as Rock Creek 
National Park. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2017 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To redesignate Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia 
as Rock Creek National Park. 
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 ‘‘Rock Creek National 
Park Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF ROCK CREEK PARK AS ROCK 
CREEK NATIONAL PARK. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—In recognition of its nationally 
significant natural, cultural, and historical resources, and 
important recreational opportunities, Rock Creek Park in 
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the District of Columbia, established by the Act of Sep-
tember 27, 1890 (26 Stat. 492), is redesignated as ‘‘Rock 
Creek National Park’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 40, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 8104(b), by striking ‘‘Rock Creek 
Park’’ and inserting ‘‘Rock Creek National Park’’; 
and 
(2) in section 8501(a)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘Rock 
Creek Park’’ and inserting ‘‘Rock Creek National 
Park’’. 
(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia 
is deemed to be a reference to Rock Creek National Park. 
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(c) RULEMAKINGS.—The Secretary shall amend— 
(1) section 396.17 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, and appendix G to subchapter B of 
chapter III of that title, in accordance with section 
30129(d)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code (as 
added by subsection (a)); 
(2) section 398.8 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, by revising Form MCS 64 in accord-
ance with section 30129(d)(1)(C)(ii) of title 49, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)); 
(3) section 396.11 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
30129(d)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code (as 
added by subsection (a)); and 
(4) appendix G to subchapter B of chapter III 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs 6 through 
14 as paragraphs 7 through 15, respectively; 
and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph 5 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) REAR
IMPACT
GUARDS
AND
REAR
END 
PROTECTION.—Any trailer or semitrailer required 
under section 393.86 to be equipped with a rear im-
pact guard or rear end protection— 
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ments, nongovernmental agencies, child-serving 
professionals, and other individuals involved in 
the location and recovery of missing and ab-
ducted children nationally and, in cooperation 
with the Department of State, internationally; 
‘‘(J) provide support and technical assist-
ance to child-serving professionals involved in 
helping to recover missing and exploited chil-
dren by searching public records databases to 
help in the identification, location, and recovery 
of such children, and help in the location and 
identification of potential abductors and offend-
ers; 
‘‘(K) provide forensic and direct on-site 
technical assistance and consultation to fami-
lies, law enforcement agencies, child-serving 
professionals, and nongovernmental organiza-
tions in child abduction and exploitation cases, 
including facial reconstruction of skeletal re-
mains and similar techniques to assist in the 
identification of unidentified deceased chil-
dren;’’; 
(F) by striking subparagraphs (L) and 
(M); 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4600 
To waive and repay certain debts relating to assistance provided to individuals 
and households. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2017 
Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KING of New York, 
Mr. SIRES, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY 
of New York, Mr. PASCRELL, Miss RICE of New York, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. LOBIONDO, 
Mr. NADLER, Ms. CLARKE of New York, and Mr. GOTTHEIMER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To waive and repay certain debts relating to assistance 
provided to individuals and households. 
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 ‘‘Disaster Assistance 
Recoupment Fairness Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. DEBTS ARISING SINCE 2012. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
assistance’’ means assistance provided— 
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(1) under section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5174); and 
(2) in relation to a major disaster declared by 
the President under section 401 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) during the period beginning 
on January 1, 2012, and ending on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall waive a 
debt owed to the United States related to covered assist-
ance provided to an individual or household, unless the 
debt involves fraud, the intentional presentation of a false 
claim, or intentional misrepresentation by the debtor or 
any party having an interest in the claim. 
(c) REPAYMENT AUTHORITY.—The Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall reim-
burse a debtor for any payments made by the debtor on 
a debt owed to the United States related to covered assist-
ance, if the Administrator would have otherwise been re-
quired to waive the debt under subsection (b). 
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(4) not later than 1 year after such date, report 
to the Congress on— 
(A) the number of full-time equivalent em-
ployees associated with each program or project 
authorized under Federal law and administered 
by the agency; 
(B) the number of full-time equivalent em-
ployees who were determined to be associated 
with eliminated or consolidated programs or 
projects described in paragraph (2); 
(C) how the head of the agency has re-
duced the number of full-time equivalent em-
ployees as described in paragraph (3); 
(D) the average salary of the full-time 
equivalent employees described in subparagraph 
(B) whose positions were eliminated; and 
(E) the average salary of the full-time 
equivalent employees who work on or admin-
ister a program or project authorized under 
Federal law, disaggregated by employee func-
tion within each such program or project. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4605 
To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural gas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2017 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio (for himself, Mr. LATTA, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. FLORES, 
Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. RYAN of Ohio) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To repeal restrictions on the export and import of natural 
gas. 
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 ‘‘Unlocking Our Domes-
tic LNG Potential Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPORT AND EXPORT OF NATURAL GAS. 
Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a) through (c); 
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(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (a) and (b), respectively; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (c), and moving such subsection after sub-
section (b), as so redesignated; 
(4) in subsection (a), as so redesignated, by 
amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: ‘‘(1) The 
Commission shall have the exclusive authority to ap-
prove or deny an application for the siting, construc-
tion, expansion, or operation of a facility to export 
natural gas from the United States to a foreign 
country or import natural gas from a foreign coun-
try, including an LNG terminal. Except as specifi-
cally provided in this Act, nothing in this Act is in-
tended to affect otherwise applicable law related to 
any Federal agency’s authorities or responsibilities 
related to facilities to import or export natural gas, 
including LNG terminals.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) Nothing in this Act limits the authority of the 
President under the Constitution, the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), part 
B of title II of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
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HR 4606 RFS
statement or an environmental assessment under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 6, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(42 U.S.C. 6271 et seq.), the Trading With the Enemy 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.), or any other provision 
of law that imposes sanctions on a foreign person or for-
eign government (including any provision of law that pro-
hibits or restricts United States persons from engaging 
in a transaction with a sanctioned person or government), 
including a foreign government that is designated as a 
state sponsor of terrorism, to prohibit imports or ex-
ports.’’. 
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