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I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2385 
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 to extend and permanently authorize the Agriculture Ad-
vanced Research and Development Authority, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2023 
Mr. PANETTA (for himself and Mr. FEENSTRA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to extend and perma-
nently authorize the Agriculture Advanced Research and 
Development Authority, 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 ‘‘Advancing Cutting 
Edge Agriculture Act’’ or the ‘‘ACE Agriculture Act’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3205 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension 
of the Veterans’ Advisory Committee on Education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2017 
Mr. DELANEY (for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, and Mr. CARTWRIGHT) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a 
five-year extension of the Veterans’ Advisory Committee 
on Education. 
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 ‘‘Veterans’ Advisory 
Committee on Education Reauthorization Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF VETERANS’ ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. 
Section 3692(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3210 
AN ACT 
To require the Director of the National Background Inves-
tigations Bureau to submit a report on the backlog of 
personnel security clearance investigations, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3206 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require quarterly reporting, im-
provement of consumer confidence reports, establishment of a nation 
consumer confidence report, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2017 
Mrs. DINGELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require quarterly 
reporting, improvement of consumer confidence reports, 
establishment of a nation consumer confidence report, 
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 ‘‘Consumer Confidence 
Reports for Tomorrow Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVED CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORTS. 
(a) REVISIONS.—Section 1414(c)(4) of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)(4)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) REVISIONS.—Not later than 24 
months after the date of enactment of this sub-
paragraph, the Administrator, in consultation 
with the groups identified in subparagraph (A), 
shall promulgate revisions to the regulations 
issued pursuant to subparagraph (A) to in-
crease the effectiveness and understandability 
of consumer confidence reports.’’. 
(b) QUARTERLY ISSUANCE.—The Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall require con-
sumer confidence reports to be issued quarterly each year 
for drinking water systems. 
(c) INCLUSIONS.—The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall require all consumer con-
fidence reports to include— 
(1) corrosion control efforts; and 
(2) exceedances and violations of all kinds must 
be clearly identified. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVING EPA DATABASE FOR CONSUMER CON-
FIDENCE REPORTS. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall maintain and keep current a searchable 
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website providing access to consumer confidence reports, 
sortable by zip code and water system. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall issue a national consumer confidence report 
to Congress every 2 years. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3207 
To protect victims of stalking from gun violence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2017 
Mrs. DINGELL (for herself and Mr. DONOVAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To protect victims of stalking from gun violence. 
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 ‘‘Zero Tolerance for Do-
mestic Abusers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF DATING PARTNERS AND INDIVIDUALS 
SUBJECT TO RESTRAINING ORDERS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 921(a) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (32) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(32) The term ‘intimate partner’— 
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‘‘(A) means with respect to a person, the spouse 
of the person, a former spouse of the person, an in-
dividual who is a parent of a child of the person, and 
an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with 
the person; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) a dating partner (as defined in section 
2266); and 
‘‘(ii) any other person similarly situated to 
a spouse who is protected by the domestic or 
family violence laws of the State or tribal juris-
diction in which the injury occurred or where 
the victim resides.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (33)(A)(ii)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘intimate partner,’’ after 
‘‘former spouse,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘intimate partner,’’ after 
‘‘a spouse,’’ each place it appears. 
(b) ADDITION OF STALKING.—Section 922 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (8)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis-
demeanor crime of stalking.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) has been convicted in any court of a mis-
demeanor crime of stalking,’’. 
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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2494 
AN ACT 
To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a 
deportable offense, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3208 
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to authorize road repair under 
good neighbor agreements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2017 
Mr. DUFFY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
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 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to authorize road 
repair under good neighbor agreements. 
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 ‘‘Repair Our Aging 
Drives Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘ROAD Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. ROAD REPAIR UNDER GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREE-
MENTS AUTHORIZED. 
Section 8206(a)(3) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)(3)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(iv); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) construction, reconstruction, re-
pair, or restoration of paved or permanent 
roads or parking areas; and’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) 
EXCLUSION.—The 
term 
‘forest, 
rangeland, and watershed restoration services’ 
does not include construction, alteration, repair 
or replacement of public buildings or works.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 320 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to give members of the United States 
Capitol Police the option to delay mandatory retirement until age 60. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2017 
Mr. CAPUANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to give members 
of the United States Capitol Police the option to delay 
mandatory retirement until age 60. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. OPTIONAL DELAY IN MANDATORY RETIRE-
MENT AGE FOR MEMBERS OF CAPITOL PO-
LICE. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—The sec-
ond sentence of section 8335(c) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘At the request of 
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such a member, the Capitol Police Board shall exempt the 
member from automatic separation under this subsection 
until that member becomes 60 years of age, so long as 
the member undergoes a physical examination during the 
6-month period which ends on the day the member turns 
57 years of age and, on the basis of the examination, 
meets appropriate physical fitness criteria (as determined 
by the Board in consultation with the Chief of the Capitol 
Police and the exclusive representative of the Capitol Po-
lice under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, with 
respect to collective bargaining).’’. 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
The second sentence of section 8425(c) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘At the re-
quest of such a member, the Capitol Police Board shall 
exempt the member from automatic separation under this 
subsection until that member becomes 60 years of age, 
so long as the member undergoes a physical examination 
during the 6-month period which ends on the day the 
member turns 57 years of age and, on the basis of the 
examination, meets appropriate physical fitness criteria 
(as determined by the Board in consultation with the 
Chief of the Capitol Police and the exclusive representative 
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of the Capitol Police under chapter 71 of title 5, United 
States Code, with respect to collective bargaining).’’. 
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investigations for personnel of the Executive Office of the 
President, including White House personnel. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON DUPLICATIVE COSTS. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the National Background In-
vestigations Bureau of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall submit to Congress a report on the cost of du-
plicating resources under the control or direction of the 
National Background Investigations Bureau for imple-
mentation of the plan referenced in section 951(a)(1) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (10 U.S.C. 1564 note). 
Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3210 
AN ACT 
To require the Director of the National Back-
ground Investigations Bureau to submit a report 
on the backlog of personnel security clearance in-
vestigations, 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 ‘‘Securely Expediting 
Clearances Through Reporting Transparency Act of 2017’’ 
or the ‘‘SECRET Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON BACKLOG OF PERSONNEL SECURITY 
CLEARANCE INVESTIGATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and quarterly thereafter for 5 years, the Director 
of the National Background Investigations Bureau of the 
Office of Personnel Management shall submit to Congress 
a report on the backlog of security clearance investigations 
that includes— 
(1) the size of the personnel security clearance 
investigation process backlog; and 
(2) the average length of time, for each sensi-
tivity level, to carry out an initial investigation and 
a periodic investigation. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON SECURITY CLEARANCE INVESTIGA-
TIONS OF PERSONNEL OF THE EXECUTIVE 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the National Background Investiga-
tions Bureau of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
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H. R. 3210—4 
(C) includes all persons, not excluded under subpara-
graph (D), who require eligibility for access to classified 
information or eligibility to hold a sensitive position, 
including, but not limited to, contractors, subcontractors, 
licensees, certificate holders, grantees, experts, consultants, 
and government employees; and 
(D) does not include— 
(i) the President; 
(ii) employees of the President under section 105 
or 107 of title 3, United States Code (except to the 
extent otherwise directed by the President); 
(iii) the Vice President; or 
(iv) employees of the Vice President under section 
106 of title 3, United States Code, or an annual legisla-
tive branch appropriations Act (except to the extent 
otherwise directed by the Vice President). 
(b) REVIEW AND UPDATING.— 
(1) INITIAL REVIEW AND UPDATE OF GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Director and the Director of the Office shall review and make 
recommendations to Congress and the President as appropriate 
to issue guidance to assist agencies in determining— 
(A) position sensitivity designation; and 
(B) the appropriate background investigation to initiate 
for each position designation. 
(2) REVIEWS AND REVISIONS OF POSITION DESIGNATIONS.— 
Not less frequently than every 4 years, the President, acting 
through relevant agencies (as determined by the President) 
and in accordance with the guidance described in paragraph 
(1), shall review and, if necessary, revise the position designa-
tion of positions within agencies. 
(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days after com-
pleting a review under subsection (b)(2), the President shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— 
(1) any issues identified in the review; and 
(2) the number of position designations revised as a result 
of the review.
H. R. 3210—5 
(d) NO CHANGE IN AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this section limits 
or expands the authority of any agency to designate a position 
as sensitive or as requiring its occupant to have access to classified 
information. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3210 
To require the Director of the National Background Investigations Bureau 
to submit a report on the backlog of personnel security clearance inves-
tigations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2017 
Mr. KNIGHT (for himself and Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the National Background Inves-
tigations Bureau to submit a report on the backlog of 
personnel security clearance investigations, 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 ‘‘Securely Expediting 
Clearances Through Reporting Transparency Act of 
2017’’ or the ‘‘SECRET Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON BACKLOG OF PERSONNEL SECURITY 
CLEARANCE INVESTIGATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and quarterly thereafter for 5 years, the Direc-
tor of the National Background Investigations Bureau of 
the Office of Personnel Management shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the backlog of security clearance inves-
tigations that includes— 
(1) the size of the personnel security clearance 
investigation process backlog; and 
(2) the average length of time, for each sensi-
tivity level, to carry out an initial investigation and 
a periodic investigation. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3210 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 27, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To require the Director of the National Background Inves-
tigations Bureau to submit a report on the backlog of 
personnel security clearance investigations, and for other 
purposes. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securely Expediting 
Clearances Through Reporting Transparency Act of 
2017’’ or the ‘‘SECRET Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON BACKLOG OF PERSONNEL SECURITY 
CLEARANCE INVESTIGATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and quarterly thereafter for 5 years, the Direc-
tor of the National Background Investigations Bureau of 
the Office of Personnel Management shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the backlog of security clearance inves-
tigations that includes— 
(1) the size of the personnel security clearance 
investigation process backlog; and 
(2) the average length of time, for each sensi-
tivity level, to carry out an initial investigation and 
a periodic investigation. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON SECURITY CLEARANCE INVESTIGA-
TIONS OF PERSONNEL OF THE EXECUTIVE 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the National Background In-
vestigations Bureau of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall submit to Congress a report that explains the 
process for conducting and adjudicating security clearance 
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Union Calendar No. 188 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3210 
[Report No. 115–258] 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the National Back-
ground Investigations Bureau to submit a report 
on the backlog of personnel security clearance in-
vestigations, and for other purposes. 
JULY 25, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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lations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the 
amendments made by this section. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘1171. Illegal exportation of Native American cultural heritage.’’. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation 
Act (25 U.S.C. 3001). 
(2) NATIVE
AMERICAN.—The term ‘‘Native 
American’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 2 of the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001). 
(3) NATIVE
HAWAIIAN
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 2 of the Native Amer-
ican Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 
U.S.C. 3001). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) TANGIBLE
CULTURAL
HERITAGE.—The 
term ‘‘tangible cultural heritage’’ means— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘$788’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,224’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$592’’ and inserting 
‘‘$967’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘$394’’ and inserting 
‘‘$710’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 
‘‘$788’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,224’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$788’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,224’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a month that 
begins on or after October 1, 2018. 
TITLE III—ADMINISTRATION OF 
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 301. STATE APPROVING AGENCY FUNDING. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 3674(a) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘out of 
amounts available for the payment of readjustment 
benefits’’ and inserting ‘‘out of amounts in the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs readjustment benefits 
account and amounts appropriated to the Sec-
retary’’; 
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