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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1893 
To reform sentencing, prisons, re-entry of prisoners, and law enforcement 
practices, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2019 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Agriculture, Natural Re-
sources, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Armed Services, 
Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reform sentencing, prisons, re-entry of prisoners, and 
law enforcement practices, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Next Step Act of 2019’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
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the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate information on the degree to which the find-
ings and recommendations developed in the quadrennial 
homeland security review that is the subject of such report 
were integrated into the acquisition strategy and expendi-
ture plans for the Department.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to a quadrennial home-
land security review conducted after December 31, 2021. 
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ployed, used, held, available, or to be made available in 
connection with a function transferred to an official or 
agency by this Act shall be available to the official or the 
head of that agency, respectively, at such time or times 
as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
directs for use in connection with the functions trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 11. DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT. 
Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by law, an 
official to whom functions are transferred under this Act 
(including the head of any office to which functions are 
transferred under this Act) may delegate any of the func-
tions so transferred to such officers and employees of the 
office of the official as the official may designate, and may 
authorize successive redelegations of such functions as 
may be necessary or appropriate. No delegation of func-
tions under this section or under any other provision of 
this Act shall relieve the official to whom a function is 
transferred under this Act of responsibility for the admin-
istration of the function. 
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‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
subsection— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘qualified distribution’ 
means a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer 
described in paragraph (31)(A) to an eligi-
ble retirement plan (as defined in section 
402(c)(8)(B)), 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘lifetime income invest-
ment’ means an investment option which is 
designed to provide an employee with elec-
tion rights— 
‘‘(I) which are not uniformly 
available with respect to other invest-
ment options under the plan, and 
‘‘(II) which are to a lifetime in-
come feature available through a con-
tract or other arrangement offered 
under the plan (or under another eli-
gible retirement plan (as so defined), 
if paid by means of a direct trustee- 
to-trustee transfer described in para-
graph (31)(A) to such other eligible 
retirement plan), 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘lifetime income fea-
ture’ means— 
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(A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4); 
and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(5) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
SEC. 4. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ASSETS FORFEITURE 
FUND DEPOSITS. 
Section 524(c)(4) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 
(D) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively. 
SEC. 5. STRUCTURING TRANSACTIONS TO EVADE REPORT-
ING REQUIREMENT PROHIBITED. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31.—Section 5324 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘knowingly’’ after ‘‘Public Law 
91–508’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘of 
funds not derived from a legitimate source’’ 
after ‘‘any transaction’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘knowingly’’ after ‘‘such 
section’’; and 
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‘‘(2) 90 percent for calendar quarters there-
after.’’. 
(B) CHIP.—Section 2105(c) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(c)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(12) ENHANCED
PAYMENT
FOR
EXTENDED 
ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED
TO
PREGNANT
WOMEN.— 
Notwithstanding 
subsection 
(b), 
the 
enhanced 
FMAP, with respect to payments under subsection 
(a) for expenditures under the State child health 
plan (or a waiver of such plan) for assistance pro-
vided under the plan (or waiver) to a woman who is 
eligible for such assistance on the basis of being 
pregnant (including pregnancy-related assistance 
provided to a targeted low-income pregnant woman 
(as defined in section 2112(d)), pregnancy-related 
assistance provided to a woman who is eligible for 
such assistance through application of section 
1902(v)(4)(A)(i) under section 2107(e)(1), or any 
other assistance under the plan (or waiver) provided 
to a woman who is eligible for such assistance on the 
basis of being pregnant) during the 305-day period 
that begins on the 60th day after the last day of her 
pregnancy (including any such assistance provided 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1896 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand 
the military student identifier program to cover students with a parent 
who serves in the reserve component of the Armed Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2019 
Mr. CORREA (for himself, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GOMEZ, 
Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Mr. WALTZ, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. CA´RDENAS, and Mr. 
FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to expand the military student identifier pro-
gram to cover students with a parent who serves in 
the reserve component of the Armed Forces. 
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 Children 
of the National Guard and Reserve Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL STATE REPORT CARD. 
Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(h)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘on active duty 
(as defined in section 101(d)(5) of such title)’’. 
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HR 1957 PCS
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Notification made 
under section 42121(b)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be made to the 
person named in the complaint and to the 
employer. 
‘‘(iii) BURDENS OF PROOF.—An ac-
tion brought under subparagraph (A)(ii) 
shall be governed by the legal burdens of 
proof set forth in section 42121(b) of title 
49, United States Code, except that in ap-
plying such section— 
‘‘(I) ‘behavior described in para-
graph (1)’ shall be substituted for ‘be-
havior described in paragraphs (1) 
through (4) of subsection (a)’ each 
place it appears in paragraph (2)(B) 
thereof; and 
‘‘(II) ‘a violation of paragraph 
(1)’ shall be substituted for ‘a viola-
tion of subsection (a)’ each place it 
appears. 
‘‘(iv) STATUTE
OF
LIMITATIONS.—A 
complaint under subparagraph (A)(i) shall 
be filed not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the violation occurs. 
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(II) preparing and presenting fi-
nancial statements; and 
(III) managing cash flow and 
other financial operations of a busi-
ness; 
(ii) management education, including 
training and counseling in planning, orga-
nization, staffing, directing, and controlling 
each major activity or function of a busi-
ness or startup; and 
(iii) marketing education, including 
training and counseling in— 
(I) identifying and segmenting 
domestic and international market op-
portunities; 
(II) 
preparing 
and 
executing 
marketing plans; 
(III) locating contract opportuni-
ties; 
(IV) negotiating contracts; and 
(V) using varying public relations 
and advertising techniques; 
(E) provide direct mentorship or assistance 
finding mentors in the industry in which the 
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HR 1957 PCS
‘‘(D) RESTRICTION ON USE OF DISCLOSED 
INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(i) DESIGNATED THIRD PARTIES.— 
Any return information received by a per-
son described in subparagraph (B)(i)(I) 
shall be used only for the purposes of and 
to the extent necessary in— 
‘‘(I) performing the function such 
person is designated to perform under 
such subparagraph; 
‘‘(II) facilitating disclosures au-
thorized under subparagraph (A) to 
persons described in subparagraph 
(B)(i)(II); and 
‘‘(III) facilitating disclosures au-
thorized under subsection (d) to par-
ticipants in such information sharing 
and analysis center. 
‘‘(ii) RETURN
PREPARERS.—Any re-
turn information received by a person de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)(i)(II) shall be 
treated for purposes of section 7216 as in-
formation furnished to such person for, or 
in connection with, the preparation of a re-
turn of the tax imposed under chapter 1. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1904 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make 
the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2019 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. GABBARD, and 
Mr. O’HALLERAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to make the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund 
permanent. 
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 ‘‘Indian Water Rights 
Settlement Extension Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RECLAMATION WATER SETTLEMENTS FUND. 
Section 10501 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 407) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘For each 
of fiscal years 2020 through 2029’’ and inserting 
‘‘For fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year there-
after’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2034’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal 
year thereafter’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘for 
any authorized use’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘for any use authorized under paragraph (2).’’; 
and 
(3) by striking subsection (f). 
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such plan attributable to employees of the 
employer. 
‘‘(B) FAILURES
BY
POOLED
PLAN
PRO-
VIDERS.—If the pooled plan provider of a plan 
described in paragraph (1)(B) does not perform 
substantially all of the administrative duties 
which are required of the provider under para-
graph (3)(A)(i) for any plan year, the Sec-
retary, in the Secretary’s own discretion, may 
provide that the determination as to whether 
the plan meets the requirements under this title 
applicable to a plan described in section 401(a) 
or to a plan that consists of individual retire-
ment accounts described in section 408 of such 
Code (including by reason of subsection (c) 
thereof), whichever is applicable, shall be made 
in the same manner as would be made without 
regard to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) POOLED PLAN PROVIDER.—For purposes 
of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘pooled plan 
provider’ means, with respect to any plan, a 
person who— 
‘‘(i) is designated by the terms of the 
plan as a named fiduciary (as defined in 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1906 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
nonbusiness energy property credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2019 
Mr. CROW 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 permanently 
extend the nonbusiness energy property credit. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF NONBUSINESS EN-
ERGY PROPERTY CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 25C(g)(2) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection 
(g). 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
December 31, 2017. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1908 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick ‘‘Roddie’’ 
Edmonds in recognition of his heroic actions during World War II. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2019 
Mr. BURCHETT
(for himself, Mr. DAVID
P. ROE
of Tennessee, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of 
Tennessee, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, and 
Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Master Sergeant 
Rodrick ‘‘Roddie’’ Edmonds in recognition of his heroic 
actions during World War II. 
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 ‘‘Master Sergeant 
Roddie Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall withhold from a State, in accordance with 
this paragraph, each grant under this sub-
section for a fiscal year if the State does not 
appear on the most recent list provided to the 
Secretary under subparagraph (B)(ii)(I). 
‘‘(B) LIST.— 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT.—The Attorney 
General shall provide to the Secretary a 
list identifying each State that, in the de-
termination of the Attorney General, is en-
suring, through law or policy, that all 
State and local law enforcement agencies 
in that State are appropriately reporting 
covered arrests to the appropriate Federal 
repository (which the Attorney General 
may determine to be the National Crime 
Information Center or the Next Generation 
Identification system). 
‘‘(ii) TIMING.—Each year, the Attor-
ney General shall provide the list required 
under clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) during the 30-day period 
ending on September 30; and 
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(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR DRUG IN-
VESTIGATIONS.—Section 509 of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 879) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘A search warrant’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) A search warrant’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) A Federal law enforcement officer (as defined 
in section 2 of the Law Enforcement Congressional Badge 
of Bravery Act of 2008 (34 U.S.C. 50301)) may not make 
a no-knock entry (as defined in section 2 of the Amir 
Locke End Deadly No-Knock Warrants Act).’’. 
(b) PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF ALL COVERED 
FEDERAL WARRANTS.— 
(1) EXECUTION DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a covered Federal warrant 
shall only authorize execution of the covered 
Federal warrant during daylight hours not later 
than 7 days after such warrant is issued, and 
such a warrant shall only be executed by a Fed-
eral law enforcement officer or covered law en-
forcement task force during such hours. 
(B) COURT AUTHORIZATION FOR NIGHT-
TIME SERVICE.—A court may authorize a cov-
ered Federal warrant to be executed outside of 
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daylight hours if the court determines that the 
application for such warrant contains particu-
larized facts indicating that nighttime execution 
is necessary because execution of the warrant 
during daylight hours would substantially en-
danger the life or safety of law enforcement of-
ficers or other persons. 
(2) APPLICATION FOR A WARRANT.— 
(A) APPROVAL.—An application for a cov-
ered Federal warrant may not be submitted for 
consideration by a court unless the head of the 
law enforcement agency approves such an appli-
cation. The authority for approval described in 
this subparagraph may not be delegated. 
(B) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—An ap-
plication for a covered Federal warrant shall in-
clude— 
(i) a description of what investigative 
activities have been undertaken to support 
the request for such a warrant, or why no 
such investigative activity is needed; and 
(ii) in the case of an application for a 
no-knock warrant, an explanation for why 
the applicant is unable to detain the sus-
pect or search the premises without knock-
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 190 
To amend the Small Business Act to eliminate the inclusion of option years 
in the award price for sole source contracts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2019 
Mr. MARSHALL (for himself and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to eliminate the inclusion 
of option years in the award price for sole source con-
tracts, 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 ‘‘Expanding Contracting 
Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTING AUTHORITY FOR 
CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. 
(a) QUALIFIED HUBZONE SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERNS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 31(b)(2) of the 
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Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(b)(2)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS.—A con-
tracting officer may award sole source contracts 
under this section to any qualified HUBZone 
small business concern, if— 
‘‘(i) the qualified HUBZone small 
business concern is determined to be a re-
sponsible contractor with respect to per-
formance of such contract opportunity; 
‘‘(ii) the contracting officer does not 
have a reasonable expectation that two or 
more qualified HUBZone small business 
concerns will submit offers for the con-
tracting opportunity; 
‘‘(iii) the anticipated award price of 
the contract will not exceed— 
‘‘(I) $7,000,000, in the case of a 
contract opportunity assigned a stand-
ard industrial classification code for 
manufacturing; or 
‘‘(II) $4,000,000, in the case of 
all other contract opportunities; and 
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‘‘(II) on the date that is 90 days 
after the date on which the list is pro-
vided pursuant to subclause (I). 
‘‘(iii) AVAILABILITY
TO
THE
PUB-
LIC.—The Attorney General shall make 
available to the public on an appropriate 
Federal website each list provided to the 
Secretary under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(C) WITHHOLDING.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall withhold grants under subparagraph 
(A) in accordance with the following: 
‘‘(I) If the applicable State is 
subject to withholding under subpara-
graph (A) for the first time, the Sec-
retary shall withhold 25 percent of the 
amount of the grant that would other-
wise be made available to the State. 
‘‘(II) If the applicable State is 
subject to withholding under subpara-
graph (A) for the second time, the 
Secretary shall withhold 50 percent of 
the amount of the grant that would 
otherwise be made available to the 
State. 
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HR 1912 RFS
‘‘(D) a cost-benefit analysis with sup-
porting documentation; and 
‘‘(E) a schedule, including, as appropriate, 
an integrated master schedule; 
‘‘(2) prepare cost estimates and schedules for 
major acquisition programs, as required under sub-
paragraphs (B) and (E), in a manner consistent 
with best practices as identified by the Comptroller 
General of the United States; and 
‘‘(3) submit certain acquisition documentation 
to the Secretary to produce for submission to Con-
gress an annual comprehensive report on the status 
of departmental acquisitions. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—On a case-by-case basis with respect 
to any major acquisition program under this section, the 
Secretary may waive the requirement under paragraph (3) 
of subsection (a) for a fiscal year if either— 
‘‘(1) such program has not— 
‘‘(A) entered the full rate production phase 
in the acquisition lifecycle; 
‘‘(B) had a reasonable cost estimate estab-
lished; and 
‘‘(C) had a system configuration defined 
fully; or 
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