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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Community Parks Revitalization Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
TITLE I—COMMUNITY PARKS REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Purposes. 
Sec. 103. Community parks revitalization program. 
Sec. 104. Requirements for rehabilitation and construction grants. 
Sec. 105. Requirements for innovation and recreation program grants. 
Sec. 106. Local commitments to system recovery and maintenance. 
Sec. 107. Matching of State amounts, State action incentive. 
Sec. 108. Conversion of recreation property. 
Sec. 109. Coordination of program. 
Sec. 110. Reports; recordkeeping; audit and examination. 
Sec. 111. Reports to Congress. 
Sec. 112. Definitions. 
Sec. 113. Regulations. 
Sec. 114. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—SECURED LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES FOR PARKS 
AND RECREATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 
Sec. 201. Purposes. 
Sec. 202. Authority to provide assistance. 
Sec. 203. Eligible entities. 
Sec. 204. Projects eligible for assistance. 
Sec. 205. Activities eligible for assistance. 
Sec. 206. Applications. 
Sec. 207. Determination of eligibility and project selection. 
Sec. 208. Secured loans and loan guarantees. 
Sec. 209. Program administration. 
Sec. 210. State and local permits. 
Sec. 211. Definitions. 
Sec. 212. Regulations. 
Sec. 213. Funding. 
Sec. 214. Report to Congress. 
TITLE I—COMMUNITY PARKS 
REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(ii) The number of participants en-
rolled in the pilot program who are vet-
erans. 
(iii) The number of persons des-
ignated under subsection (a)(1)(A). 
(iv) The number of such persons who 
opted in or out of the pilot program under 
subsection (a)(8). 
(v) The average period such persons 
remained in the pilot program. 
(vi) An assessment of the feasibility 
and advisability of making the pilot pro-
gram permanent. 
(vii) Identification of legislative or ad-
ministrative action that may be necessary 
if the pilot program is made permanent. 
(viii) A plan to expand the pilot pro-
gram if the pilot program is made perma-
nent. 
(ix) If the Secretary finds under 
clause (vi) that making the pilot program 
permanent is not feasible or advisable, a 
justification for such finding. 
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borrower defense prior to the date of enactment of 
this section, or a parent borrower who took out an 
eligible loan on behalf of such an eligible borrower, 
the Secretary of Education shall, not later than 20 
days after the date of enactment of this section, no-
tify such borrower or parent borrower in writing 
of— 
(A) the relief to which the borrower is enti-
tled pursuant to subsection (c); 
(B) the time in which such relief will be 
provided pursuant to subsection (c); 
(C) the borrower’s eligibility to receive as-
sistance under title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) after re-
ceiving relief pursuant to subsection (c); and 
(D) any further relief to such borrower or 
parent borrower as the Secretary of Education 
determines is appropriate; and 
(2) an eligible borrower described in subsection 
(b)(1)(A)(iii) who did not apply for borrower defense 
prior to the date of enactment of this section, or a 
parent borrower who took out an eligible loan on be-
half of such an eligible borrower, the Secretary of 
Education shall, not later than 20 days after such 
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necessary for each Federal agency subject to the lapse in 
appropriations that began on or about December 22, 
2018, for adjustments in the price of contracts of such 
agency under section 3. 
SEC. 3. BACK COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL CONTRAC-
TORS IN CONNECTION WITH THE LAPSE IN 
APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency subject to 
the lapse in appropriations that began on or about Decem-
ber 22, 2018, shall adjust the price of any contract of such 
agency for which the contractor was ordered to suspend, 
delay, or interrupt all or part of the work of such contract, 
or stop all or any part of the work called for in such con-
tract, as a result of the lapse in appropriations to com-
pensate the contractor for reasonable costs incurred— 
(1) to provide compensation, at an employee’s 
standard rate of compensation, to any employee who 
was furloughed or laid off, or who was not working, 
who experienced a reduction of hours, or who experi-
enced a reduction in compensation, as a result of the 
lapse in appropriations (for the period of the lapse); 
or 
(2) to restore paid leave taken by any employee 
during the lapse in appropriations, if the contractor 
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paragraph (B), one or more partnership, owner-
ship, or co-ownership agreements with one or 
more eligible participating partners to establish 
an Organization or to offer one or more ESRD 
Fee-For-Service Integrated Care Models in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may specify a limita-
tion on the number of Organizations in which 
an eligible participating partner may participate 
for purposes of offering one or more ESRD 
Fee-For-Service Integrated Care Models under 
partnership, ownership, or co-ownership agree-
ments described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) MINIMUM PROGRAM ELIGIBLE BENE-
FICIARY PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), the Secretary may not enter into or 
continue an agreement with an Organiza-
tion unless the Organization has at least 
350 Program-eligible beneficiaries, or at 
least 60 percent of Program-eligible bene-
ficiaries receiving care from the Organiza-
tion’s facilities, who are assigned to or 
elect an ESRD Fee-For-Service Integrated 
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representative of its employees in the occu-
pational classification and area for which 
aliens are sought; or 
‘‘(ii) if such employees do not have a 
bargaining representative, has provided no-
tice of filing in the occupational classifica-
tion through methods such as— 
‘‘(I) physical posting in con-
spicuous locations at the place of em-
ployment; or 
‘‘(II) electronic notification to 
employees in the occupational classi-
fication 
for 
which 
H–1B 
non-
immigrants are sought. 
‘‘(D) The application contains— 
‘‘(i) the specific dollar value of the re-
quired wage, in accordance with subpara-
graph (A); 
‘‘(ii) the specific number of non-
immigrant employees sought; and 
‘‘(iii) the occupational classification in 
which the nonimmigrant employees will be 
employed. 
‘‘(E)(i) The petitioner employer— 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 824 
To provide back pay to Federal contractors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2019 
Mr. NORCROSS (for himself and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and 
in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To provide back pay to Federal contractors, 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 ‘‘Fairness for Federal 
Contractors Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATION. 
There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2019, such sums as may be 
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required employees to use paid leave as a result of 
the lapse in appropriations. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON AMOUNT
OF WEEKLY COM-
PENSATION COVERED BY ADJUSTMENT.—The maximum 
amount of weekly compensation of an employee for which 
an adjustment may be made under subsection (a) may not 
exceed the lesser of— 
(1) the employee’s actual weekly compensation; 
or 
(2) $1,400. 
(c) TIMING OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustments re-
quired by subsection (a) shall be made as soon as prac-
ticable after the end of the lapse in appropriations de-
scribed in that subsection. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘compensation’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 6701 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘employee’’ means the following: 
(A) A ‘‘service employee’’ as that term is 
defined in section 6701(3) of title 41, United 
States Code, except that the term also includes 
service employees described in subparagraph 
(C) of that section notwithstanding that sub-
paragraph. 
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(B) A ‘‘laborer or mechanic’’ covered by 
section 3142 of title 40, United States Code. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8252 
To require the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to require 
each enterprise to include a military service question on the form known 
as the Uniform Residential Loan Application above the signature line 
of such application, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 
Mr. GREEN of Texas (for himself and Mr. ROUDA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency to require each enterprise to include a military 
service question on the form known as the Uniform Resi-
dential Loan Application above the signature line of such 
application, 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. MILITARY SERVICE QUESTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part 2 of subtitle 
A of title 13 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4541 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 1329. UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL LOAN APPLICATION. 
‘‘The Director shall, not later than 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this section, require each en-
terprise to— 
‘‘(1) include a military service question on the 
form known as the Uniform Residential Loan Appli-
cation; and 
‘‘(2) position such question above the signature 
line of the Uniform Residential Loan Application.’’. 
(b) RULEMAKING.—The Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency shall, not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this section, issue a 
rule to carry out the amendment made by this section. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8253 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require 30 percent 
of revenues from offshore wind energy to be deposited in the National 
Oceans and Coastal Security Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 
Mr. BEYER (for himself and Mr. ROONEY of Florida) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require 
30 percent of revenues from offshore wind energy to 
be deposited in the National Oceans and Coastal Security 
Fund, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Coastal 
Communities Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. OFFSHORE WIND REVENUES. 
Section 8(p)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)(2)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(C) With respect to any lease under this 
subsection for the production of wind energy, 
30 percent of the revenue from such lease shall 
be deposited in the National Oceans and Coast-
al Security Fund established by section 904 of 
the National Oceans and Coastal Security Act 
(16 U.S.C. 7503).’’. 
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for not fewer than 15 total days in a country or territory 
listed under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of section 
1119(a) of title 38, in support of a military operation de-
scribed in that paragraph. 
‘‘(2) Disability or death from a disease described in 
paragraph (2) of such section suffered by a covered em-
ployee is deemed to have resulted from personal injury 
sustained while in the performance of the duty of the cov-
ered employee, whether or not the covered employee was 
engaged in the course of employment when the disability 
or disability resulting in death occurred.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8255 
To clarify the status of gaming conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. 
ADAMS, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, 
Mr. TIMMONS, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To clarify the status of gaming conducted by the Catawba 
Indian Nation, 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 ‘‘Catawba Indian Nation 
Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF CURRENT LAW. 
(a) LANDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.—Section 14 of the 
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Claims Settle-
ment Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–116) shall only apply 
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fiscal year 2021 and 2022 may be up to 100 percent, at 
the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation. 
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to gaming conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation on 
lands located in South Carolina. 
(b) LANDS IN STATES OTHER THAN SOUTH CARO-
LINA.—Gaming conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation 
on lands located in States other than South Carolina shall 
be subject to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and sections 1166 through 1168 of 
title 18, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. REAFFIRMATION OF STATUS AND ACTIONS. 
(a) RATIFICATION OF TRUST STATUS.—The action 
taken by the Secretary on July 10, 2020, to place approxi-
mately 17 acres of land located in Cleveland County, 
North Carolina, into trust for the benefit of the Catawba 
Indian Nation is hereby ratified and confirmed as if that 
action had been taken under a Federal law specifically au-
thorizing or directing that action. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The land placed into trust for 
the benefit of the Catawba Indian Nation by the Secretary 
on July 10, 2020, shall— 
(1) be a part of the Catawba Reservation and 
administered in accordance with the laws and regu-
lations generally applicable to land held in trust by 
the United States for an Indian Tribe; and 
(2) be deemed to have been acquired and taken 
into trust as part of the restoration of lands for an 
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Indian tribe that is restored to Federal recognition 
pursuant to section 20(b)(1)(B)(iii) of the Indian 
Gaming 
Regulatory 
Act 
(25 
U.S.C. 
2719(b)(1)(B)(iii)). 
(c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall— 
(1) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any 
right or claim of the Catawba Indian Nation to any 
land or interest in land in existence before the date 
of the enactment of this Act; 
(2) affect any water right of the Catawba In-
dian Nation in existence before the date of the en-
actment of this Act; 
(3) terminate or limit any access in any way to 
any right-of-way or right-of-use issued, granted, or 
permitted before the date of the enactment of this 
Act; or 
(4) alter or diminish the right of the Catawba 
Indian Nation to seek to have additional land taken 
into trust by the United States for the benefit of the 
Catawba Indian Nation. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8256 
To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to provide a 
rule to determine venue for a proceeding for judicial review of certain 
agency actions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 
Ms. CHENEY (for herself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. 
PERRY, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. KEVIN 
HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. WESTERMAN, and Mr. JOHN-
SON of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
to provide a rule to determine venue for a proceeding 
for judicial review of certain agency actions. 
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 ‘‘Recognition of Local 
Interests in NEPA Decision Making’’. 
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SEC. 2. VENUE FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
Title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 106. VENUE FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A proceeding for judicial review 
of an agency action when there is an alleged failure to 
fulfill the requirements of section 102(2)(C) shall be 
brought exclusively in any of the following: 
‘‘(1) A United States district court for a dis-
trict in which the authorized activity is proposed to 
be carried out. 
‘‘(2) The United States district court for the 
District of Columbia. 
‘‘(b) AGENCY ACTION DEFINED.—The term ‘agency 
action’ has the meaning given such term in section 551 
of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8257 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide to a member of the uniformed services who is denied 
a traumatic injury protection claim under Servicemembers’ Group Life 
Insurance certain information related to that denial. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 
Mr. KILDEE (for himself and Mr. BERGMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide to a member of 
the uniformed services who is denied a traumatic injury 
protection claim under Servicemembers’ Group Life In-
surance certain information related to that denial. 
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 ‘‘Transparency for 
Wounded Warriors Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DENIAL OF CLAIMS FOR TRAUMATIC INJURY PRO-
TECTION UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP 
LIFE INSURANCE. 
Section 1980A of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) If a claim for benefits under this section is de-
nied, the Secretary concerned shall provide to the member 
at the same time as the member is informed of such denial 
a report describing each reason for that denial, including 
a description of all the information upon which the denial 
is based and a description of the applicable laws, regula-
tions, or policies, with appropriate citations, and an expla-
nation of how such laws, regulations, or policies affected 
the denial. Any reason, information, or explanation that 
is not so provided may not be used by the Secretary con-
cerned as the basis to deny a subsequent review or appeal 
by the member of a denial of a claim for benefits.’’. 
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