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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7116 
To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 
to make certain technical corrections. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2020 
Mr. WALDEN (for himself and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement 
Act of 2000 to make certain technical corrections. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. KLAMATH BASIN WATER SUPPLY ENHANCE-
MENT ACT OF 2000 TECHNICAL CORREC-
TIONS. 
Section 4(b) of the Klamath Basin Water Supply En-
hancement Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2222; 132 Stat. 3887) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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‘‘(II) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of 
the Chance to Compete Act of 2022, 
the Director shall issue guidance to 
examining agencies on how to effi-
ciently and effectively share assess-
ments using the platform established 
under subclause (I). 
‘‘(C) ADOPTION OF DETERMINATIONS BY 
OTHER
AGENCIES.—For purposes of sections 
3318(b) and 3319(c), an appointing authority, 
other than the appointing authority requesting 
a certificate of eligibles, that selects an indi-
vidual from that certificate in accordance with 
such section 3318(b) or 3319(c) may adopt the 
determination described in subparagraph (A) of 
this paragraph of a subject matter expert em-
ployed by the requesting appointing authority 
instead of administering an additional technical 
assessment of the individual.’’. 
(2) ALTERNATIVE
RANKING
AND
SELECTION 
PROCEDURES.—Section 3319(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘To be placed in a quality category under 
the preceding sentence, an applicant shall be re-
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† HR 748 EAS 
provisions of section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(4) POLITICAL ACTIVITY.—For purposes of sec-
tion 7324 of title 5, United States Code, the Special 
Inspector General shall not be considered an employee 
who determines policies to be pursued by the United 
States in the nationwide administration of Federal 
law. 
(5) BASIC PAY.—The annual rate of basic pay of 
the Special Inspector General shall be the annual rate 
of basic pay for an Inspector General under section 
3(e) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.). 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the 
Special Inspector General to, in accordance with sec-
tion 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), conduct, supervise, and coordinate au-
dits and investigations of the making, purchase, man-
agement, and sale of loans, loan guarantees, and other 
investments made by the Secretary of the Treasury 
under any program established by the Secretary 
under this Act, and the management by the Secretary 
of any program established under this Act, including
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dentiary or exculpatory value in an ongoing in-
vestigation; 
(B) any uniformed officer who is a subject 
of the video footage, if that officer reasonably 
asserts the video footage has evidentiary or ex-
culpatory value; 
(C) any superior officer of a uniformed of-
ficer whose body camera recorded the video 
footage or who is a subject of the video footage, 
if that superior officer reasonably asserts the 
video footage has evidentiary or exculpatory 
value; 
(D) any uniformed officer, if the video 
footage is being retained solely and exclusively 
for police training purposes; 
(E) any member of the public who is a 
subject of the video footage; 
(F) any parent or legal guardian of a 
minor who is a subject of the video footage; or 
(G) a deceased subject’s spouse, next of 
kin, or legally authorized designee. 
(k) PUBLIC REVIEW.—For purposes of subpara-
graphs (E), (F), and (G) of subsection (j)(2), any member 
of the public who is a subject of video footage, the parent 
or legal guardian of a minor who is a subject of the video 
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‘‘(4) complying with the requirements for use of 
recorded data under subsection (f). 
‘‘(c) REQUIRED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—An 
entity receiving a grant under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) develop with community input and publish 
for public view policies and protocols for— 
‘‘(A) the safe and effective use of body- 
worn cameras; 
‘‘(B) the secure storage, handling, and de-
struction of recorded data collected by body- 
worn cameras; 
‘‘(C) protecting the privacy rights of any 
individual who may be recorded by a body-worn 
camera; 
‘‘(D) protecting the constitutional rights of 
any individual on whom facial recognition tech-
nology is used; 
‘‘(E) limitations on the use of body-worn 
cameras in conjunction with facial recognition 
technology for instances, including— 
‘‘(i) the use of facial recognition tech-
nology only with judicial authorization; 
‘‘(ii) the use of facial recognition tech-
nology only for imminent threats or serious 
crimes; and 
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PART V—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULATIONS AND REPORTS ON 
RACIAL PROFILING IN THE UNITED STATES 
Sec. 351. Attorney General to issue regulations and reports. 
Subtitle B—Additional Reforms 
Sec. 361. Training on racial bias and duty to intervene. 
Sec. 362. Ban on no-knock warrants in drug cases. 
Sec. 363. Incentivizing banning of chokeholds and carotid holds. 
Sec. 364. PEACE Act. 
Sec. 365. Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act. 
Sec. 366. Best practices for local law enforcement agencies. 
Subtitle C—Law Enforcement Body Cameras 
PART I—FEDERAL POLICE CAMERA AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 
Sec. 371. Short title. 
Sec. 372. Requirements for Federal uniformed officers regarding the use of 
body cameras. 
Sec. 373. Patrol vehicles with in-car video recording cameras. 
Sec. 374. Facial recognition technology. 
Sec. 375. GAO study. 
Sec. 376. Regulations. 
Sec. 377. Rule of construction. 
PART II—POLICE CAMERA ACT 
Sec. 381. Short title. 
Sec. 382. Law enforcement body-worn camera requirements. 
TITLE IV—JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF LYNCHING ACT 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Findings. 
Sec. 403. Lynching. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 501. Severability. 
Sec. 502. Savings clause. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
BYRNE
GRANT
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘‘Byrne grant program’’ means any grant program 
under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), without regard to whether 
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SEC. 502. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed— 
(1) to limit legal or administrative remedies 
under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (42 U.S.C. 1983), section 210401 of 
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12601), title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10101 et seq.), or title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); 
(2) to affect any Federal, State, or Tribal law 
that applies to an Indian Tribe because of the polit-
ical status of the Tribe; or 
(3) to waive the sovereign immunity of an In-
dian Tribe without the consent of the Tribe. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7120 
AN ACT 
To hold law enforcement accountable for mis-
conduct in court, improve transparency through 
data collection, and reform police training and 
policies.
‘‘(h) PROHIBITION ON OWNERSHIP OF CONTROLLED 
PROPERTY.—A Federal or State agency that receives con-
trolled property under this section may not take ownership 
of the property. 
‘‘(i) NOTICE
TO CONGRESS
OF PROPERTY DOWN-
GRADES.—Not later than 30 days before downgrading the 
classification of any item of personal property from con-
trolled or Federal Supply Class, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress notice of the proposed downgrade. 
‘‘(j) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF PROPERTY CANNIBAL-
IZATION.—Before the Defense Logistics Agency authorizes 
the recipient of property transferred under this section to 
cannibalize the property, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress notice of such authorization, including the name of 
the recipient requesting the authorization, the purpose of 
the proposed cannibalization, and the type of property pro-
posed to be cannibalized. 
‘‘(k) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON USE OF CONTROLLED 
EQUIPMENT.—Not later than 30 days after the last day of 
a fiscal quarter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on any uses of controlled property transferred under 
this section during that fiscal quarter. 
‘‘(l) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the last day of a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit 
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to Congress a report on the following for the preceding fiscal 
year: 
‘‘(1) The percentage of equipment lost by recipi-
ents of property transferred under this section, in-
cluding specific information about the type of prop-
erty lost, the monetary value of such property, and 
the recipient that lost the property. 
‘‘(2) The transfer of any new (condition code A) 
property transferred under this section, including spe-
cific information about the type of property, the re-
cipient of the property, the monetary value of each 
item of the property, and the total monetary value of 
all such property transferred during the fiscal year.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to any 
transfer of property made after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 366. PUBLIC SAFETY INNOVATION GRANTS. 
(a) BYRNE GRANTS USED FOR LOCAL TASK FORCES 
ON PUBLIC SAFETY INNOVATION.—Section 501(a) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10151(a)), as amended by this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LOCAL TASK FORCES ON PUBLIC SAFETY IN-
NOVATION.— 
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(1) a list of each foreign person with respect to 
which the President imposed sanctions under sub-
section (b) during the year preceding the submission 
of the report; 
(2) a description of the type of sanctions im-
posed with respect to each such person; 
(3) the number of foreign persons with respect 
to which the President— 
(A) imposed sanctions under subsection (b) 
during that year; or 
(B) terminated sanctions under subsection 
(h) during that year; 
(4) the dates on which such sanctions were im-
posed or terminated, as the case may be; 
(5) the reasons for imposing or terminating 
such sanctions; and 
(6) a description of the efforts of the President 
to encourage the governments of other countries to 
impose sanctions that are similar to the sanctions 
authorized by this section. 
(h) TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.—The President 
may terminate the application of sanctions under this sec-
tion with respect to a person if the President determines 
and reports to the appropriate congressional committees 
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technologies designated by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
(I) Trade associations representing air car-
riers, including, major air carriers, low cost car-
riers, regional air carriers, cargo air carriers, 
and foreign air carriers, designated by the Sec-
retary of Transportation in consultation with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(J) Trade associations representing airport 
operators designated by the Secretary of Trans-
portation in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security. 
(3) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the member-
ship of the Advisory Committee shall not affect its 
responsibilities, but shall be filled in the same man-
ner as the original appointment and in accordance 
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.). 
(4) DUTIES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Advisory Com-
mittee shall develop and submit policy rec-
ommendations to the Joint Task Force regard-
ing the recommended requirements, plans, and 
guidelines to be developed by the Joint Task 
Force under subsection (b). 
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tion 104 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 
U.S.C. 7214). 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the terms ‘audit report’ and ‘reg-
istered public accounting firm’ have the mean-
ings given the terms in section 2(a) of the Sar-
banes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7201(a)); 
and 
‘‘(ii) the terms ‘covered foreign public ac-
counting firm’ and ‘foreign issuer’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 2 of the 
EQUITABLE Act.’’. 
(2) RULES.— 
(A) PROPOSALS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
national securities exchange shall, in accordance 
with section 19(b) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78s(b)) and any rules 
prescribed by the Commission under that sec-
tion, file with the Commission any proposed 
change to the rules of the exchange that is re-
quired as a result of the amendments made by 
this section. 
(B) ADOPTION.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
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(6) the term ‘‘covered form’’— 
(A) means— 
(i) the form described in section 
249.310 of title 17, Code of Federal Regu-
lations, or any successor regulation; and 
(ii) the form described in section 
249.220f of title 17, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, or any successor regulation; and 
(B) includes a form that— 
(i) is the equivalent of, or substan-
tially similar to, the form described in 
clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) a foreign issuer files with the 
Commission under the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) or 
rules issued under that Act; 
(7) the term ‘‘covered jurisdiction’’ means the 
foreign jurisdiction in which the position described 
in paragraph (5) is taken with respect to a covered 
foreign public accounting firm that prepares an 
audit report for an applicable foreign issuer; 
(8) the term ‘‘exchange’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a(a)); 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7121 
To authorize appropriations for the Community Development Financial Insti-
tutions Fund providing financial assistance and technical assistance for 
the benefit of certain minority communities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2020 
Ms. ADAMS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the Community Development 
Financial Institutions Fund providing financial assist-
ance and technical assistance for the benefit of certain 
minority communities, 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. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Community Development Financial Institu-
tions Fund, out of amounts in the general fund not other-
wise appropriated, $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, 
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for providing financial assistance and technical assistance 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 108(a)(1) of 
the Community Development Banking and Financial In-
stitutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)), except that 
subsections (d) and (e) of such section 108 shall not apply 
to the provision of such assistance, for the Bank Enter-
prise Award program, and for financial assistance, tech-
nical assistance, training, and outreach programs designed 
to benefit Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska 
Native communities and provided primarily through quali-
fied community development lender organizations with ex-
perience and expertise in community development banking 
and lending in Indian country, Native American organiza-
tions, Tribes and Tribal organizations, and other suitable 
providers. Of the amount appropriated pursuant to this 
heading, not less than $2,000,000,000 shall be for pro-
viding financial assistance, technical assistance, awards, 
training, and outreach programs described above to recipi-
ents that are minority lending institutions. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) MINORITY
LENDING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority lending institution’’ means any de-
pository institution, loan fund, or other financial in-
stitution that— 
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the college or university with which the collegiate 
housing property is associated. A grant shall not be 
treated as a collegiate housing and infrastructure 
grant for purposes of paragraph (1) to the extent 
that such grant is used to provide physical fitness 
facilities. 
‘‘(3) COLLEGIATE
HOUSING
PROPERTY.—For 
purposes of this subsection, collegiate housing prop-
erty is property in which, at the time of a grant or 
following the acquisition, lease, construction, or 
modification of such property using such grant, sub-
stantially all of the residents are full-time students 
at the college or university in the community where 
such property is located. 
‘‘(4) GRANTS
TO
CERTAIN
ORGANIZATIONS 
HOLDING TITLE TO PROPERTY, ETC.—For purposes 
of this subsection, a collegiate housing and infra-
structure grant to an organization described in sub-
section (c)(2) or (c)(7) holding title to property ex-
clusively for the benefit of an organization described 
in subsection (c)(7) shall be considered a grant to 
the organization described in subsection (c)(7) for 
whose benefit such property is held.’’. 
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(A) if a privately owned institution, 51 
percent is owned by one or more socially and 
economically disadvantaged individuals; 
(B) if publicly owned, 51 percent of the 
stock is owned by one or more socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals; and 
(C) in the case of a mutual institution, 
where the majority of the Board of Directors, 
account holders, and the community which it 
services is predominantly minority. 
(2) MINORITY.—The term ‘‘minority’’ means 
any black American, Native American, Hispanic 
American, or Asian American. 
Æ 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7122 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide estimates of the use 
of taxpayer funds by the United States Government, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2020 
Mr. ARRINGTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide estimates 
of the use of taxpayer funds by the United States Gov-
ernment, 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 ‘‘Taxpayer Receipt 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s del-
egate, shall provide, to each individual filing a Federal in-
come tax return for a calendar year, a one-page estimate 
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of how the taxpayer’s money was spent by the Government 
during the immediately preceding calendar year. 
Æ 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7124 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for additional requirements 
for the use of authority under the Insurrection Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2020 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. TED 
LIEU of California, and Mr. MOULTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for addi-
tional requirements for the use of authority under the 
Insurrection Act, 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 ‘‘Limitations on the In-
surrection act including Mechanisms for Invoking its Ter-
mination Act’’ or the ‘‘LIMIT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF AUTHOR-
ITY UNDER INSURRECTION ACT. 
(a) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 256. Requirements for use of authority 
‘‘The authority under section 251, 252, or 253 of this 
title— 
‘‘(1) may only be exercised after the President 
declares a national emergency under the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) applicable 
to the situation for which the authority is exercised; 
and 
‘‘(2) may not be exercised if the national emer-
gency has been terminated.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 255 
the following new item: 
‘‘256. Requirements for use of authority.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such chapter is 
further amended— 
(1) in section 251, by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Subject to the requirements under section 
256 of this title, whenever’’; 
(2) in section 252, by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Subject to the requirements under section 
256 of this title, whenever’’; and 
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(3) in section 253, by striking ‘‘The President’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subject to the requirements under 
section 256 of this title, the President’’. 
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