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(h) FUNDING.—Section 5012(o)(4) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 16538(o)(4)), as redesignated by subsection (f)(1), 
is amended by striking ‘‘during the 5-year period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act’’. 
(i) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 5012(g)(3)(A)(iii) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 16538(g)(3)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘subpart’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph’’. 
(2) Section 5012(o)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
16538(o)(2)), as redesignated by subsection (f)(1), 
is amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (4) and (5)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5907 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 28, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To provide directors of the National Laboratories signature 
authority for certain agreements, 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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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5907 
AN ACT 
To provide directors of the National Laboratories 
signature authority for certain agreements, and 
for other purposes.
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cluding any conduct related to activities protected 
under the First Amendment; and 
‘‘(5) the aggregate number of arrests, trials, 
and convictions, resulting from investigations in 
which orders under this section were obtained, in-
cluding the offenses for which individuals were ar-
rested, tried, or convicted. 
The Attorney General shall include in the report under 
this subsection a description of the process and the infor-
mation used to determine the numbers for each of para-
graphs (1) through (5).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
By KEVIN MCCUMBER, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 590 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 24, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
FEBRUARY 10, 2017 
Committee discharged; referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works 
AN ACT 
To foster civilian research and development of advanced nu-
clear energy technologies and enhance the licensing and 
commercial deployment of such technologies. 
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 ‘‘Advanced Nuclear 
Technology Development Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Nuclear energy generates approximately 20 
percent of the total electricity and approximately 60 
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‘‘(3) BACKLOG SCHEDULE.—The term ‘backlog 
schedule’ means a comprehensive, regularly updated 
compendium of petitioned-for species that are the 
subject of a 90-day petition backlog or a 12-month 
petition backlog— 
‘‘(A) that consists of— 
‘‘(i) a list of petitions to add a species 
to a list of species under section 4(c), in-
cluding petitions to move a species from 
the list of threatened species to the list of 
endangered species; and 
‘‘(ii) a list of petitions to remove a 
species from a list of species under section 
4(c), including petitions to move a species 
from the list of endangered species to the 
list of threatened species; and 
‘‘(B) in which the petitions in each such 
list appear in the order in which the petitions 
were submitted to the Secretary. 
‘‘(4) BACKLOG PROCEDURES.—The term ‘back-
log procedures’ means the actions taken by the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(A) under section 4(b)(3)(G) following 
the declaration of a 90-day petition backlog; or 
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tionally approve partial applications, early design in-
formation, and submittals that contain design cri-
teria and processes to be used to develop information 
to support a later phase of the design review. 
(7) The extent to which NRC action or modi-
fication of policy is needed to implement any part of 
the plan required by this subsection. 
(8) The role of licensing advanced reactors 
within NRC long-term strategic resource planning, 
staffing, and funding levels. 
(9) Options to provide cost-sharing financial 
structures for license applicants in a phased licens-
ing process. 
(b) COORDINATION AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT RE-
QUIRED.—In developing the plan required by subsection 
(a), the NRC shall seek input from the Department, the 
nuclear industry, and other public stakeholders. 
(c) COST AND SCHEDULE ESTIMATE.—The plan re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include proposed cost esti-
mates, budgets, and specific milestones for implementing 
the advanced reactor regulatory framework by September 
30, 2019. 
(d) DESIGN CERTIFICATION STATUS.—In the NRC’s 
first budget request after the acceptance of any design cer-
tification application for an advanced nuclear reactor, and 
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annually thereafter, the NRC shall provide the status of 
performance metrics and milestone schedules. The budget 
request shall include a plan to correct or recover from any 
milestone schedule delays, including delays because of 
NRC’s inability to commit resources for its review of the 
design certification applications. 
SEC. 6. USER FEES AND ANNUAL CHARGES. 
Section 6101(c)(2)(A) of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2214(c)(2)(A)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (iii); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 
(iv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) for fiscal years ending before Oc-
tober 1, 2020, amounts appropriated to 
the Commission for activities related to the 
development of regulatory infrastructure 
for 
advanced 
nuclear 
reactor 
tech-
nologies.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 23, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 590 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 24, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To foster civilian research and development of advanced nu-
clear energy technologies and enhance the licensing and 
commercial deployment of such technologies. 
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 ‘‘Advanced Nuclear 
Technology Development Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Nuclear energy generates approximately 20 
percent of the total electricity and approximately 60 
percent of the carbon-free electricity of the United 
States. 
(2) Nuclear power plants operate consistently at 
a 90 percent capacity factor, and provide consumers 
and businesses with reliable and affordable elec-
tricity. 
(3) Nuclear power plants generate billions of 
dollars in national economic activity through nation-
wide procurements and provide thousands of Ameri-
cans with high paying jobs contributing substantially 
to the local economies in communities where they 
operate. 
(4) The United States commercial nuclear in-
dustry must continue to lead the international civil-
ian nuclear marketplace, because it is one of our 
most powerful national security tools, guaranteeing 
the safe, secure, and exclusively peaceful use of nu-
clear energy. 
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(5) Maintaining the Nation’s nuclear fleet of 
commercial light water reactors and expanding the 
use of new advanced reactor designs would support 
continued production of reliable baseload electricity 
and maintain United States global leadership in nu-
clear power. 
(6) Nuclear fusion technology also has the po-
tential to generate electricity with significantly in-
creased safety performance and no radioactive waste. 
(7) The development of advanced reactor de-
signs would benefit from a performance-based, risk- 
informed, efficient, and cost-effective regulatory 
framework with defined milestones and the oppor-
tunity for applicants to demonstrate progress 
through Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTOR.—The term 
‘‘advanced nuclear reactor’’ means— 
(A) a nuclear fission reactor with signifi-
cant improvements over the most recent genera-
tion of nuclear fission reactors, which may in-
clude inherent safety features, lower waste 
yields, greater fuel utilization, superior reli-
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ment has occurred and determine whether such 
lack of payment is due to an undue restriction 
placed on the prime contractor by an action of 
the Federal agency. 
‘‘(C) CURE
PERIOD.—If the OSDBU 
verifies the lack of payment under clause (ii) 
and determines that such lack of payment is 
not due to an action of the Federal agency, the 
OSDBU shall notify the prime contractor and 
provide the prime contractor with a 15-day pe-
riod in which the primae contractor may make 
the payment owed to the subcontractor. 
‘‘(D) RESULT OF NONPAYMENT.—If, after 
notifying the prime contractor under clause 
(iii), the OSDBU determines that the prime 
contractor has not fully paid the amount owed 
within the 15-day cure period described under 
clause (iii), the OSDBU shall ensure that such 
failure to pay is reflected in the Contractor Per-
formance Assessment Reporting system.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5915 
To amend the TRIO programs to require priority to be given to homeless 
children and youth, and students in foster care. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2018 
Mr. MITCHELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the TRIO programs to require priority to be 
given to homeless children and youth, and students in 
foster care. 
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 ‘‘Foster Youth Success 
in College Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRIORITY FOR HOMELESS CHILD AND YOUTH AND 
STUDENTS IN FOSTER CARE. 
(a) TALENT SEARCH.—Section 402B(d)(1) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 
12(d)(1)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at 
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(B) before the commencement of water-
borne operations, a crew member shall visually 
check that the seatbelt of each passenger is un-
buckled; and 
(C) operators or crew maintain a log re-
cording the actions described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B). 
(4) A requirement for annual training for oper-
ators and crew of DUKW-type amphibious pas-
sengers vessels, including— 
(A) training for personal flotation and 
seatbelt requirements, verifying the integrity of 
the vessel at the onset of each waterborne de-
parture, identification of weather hazards, and 
use of National Weather Service resources prior 
to operation; and 
(B) training for crew to respond to emer-
gency situations, including flooding, engine 
compartment fires, man-overboard situations, 
and in water emergency egress procedures. 
(d) CONSIDERATION.—In issuing the regulations re-
quired under subsection (a), the Commandant shall con-
sider whether personal flotation devices should be required 
for the duration of the waterborne transit of a DUKW- 
type amphibious passenger vessel. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7073 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a grant program 
for screening, assessment, and treatment services for maternal mental 
health and substance use disorders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2022 
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for herself, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. MAT-
SUI, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, and Mrs. KIM of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a 
grant program for screening, assessment, and treatment 
services for maternal mental health and substance use 
disorders, 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 ‘‘Into the Light for Ma-
ternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Act 
of 2022’’ or the ‘‘Into the Light for MMH and SUD Act 
of 2022’’. 
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SECTION 1. DELAY IN REDUCTION OF FMAP FOR MEDICAID 
PERSONAL 
CARE 
SERVICES 
AND 
HOME 
HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED WITHOUT AN 
ELECTRONIC VISIT VERIFICATION SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1903(l) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(l)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2019’’ and in-
serting ‘‘January 1, 2020’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 
‘‘2019 and’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘cal-
endar quarters in 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar 
quarters in 2020’’. 
(b) REVISED REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services shall issue, using formal 
rulemaking procedures including notice and an oppor-
tunity for an agency hearing on the record in accordance 
with section 556 of title 5, United States Code, revised 
regulations relating to the requirement under section 
1903(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(l)) 
that States establish electronic visit verification systems 
for personal care services or home health services requir-
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ing an in-home visit by a provider that are provided under 
a State Medicaid plan. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5913 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation 
on the State and local tax deduction for married individuals, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2018 
Mr. MACARTHUR (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) 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 increase 
the limitation on the State and local tax deduction for 
married individuals, 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 ‘‘Family Tax Deduction 
Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON STATE AND LOCAL 
TAX DEDUCTION FOR MARRIED INDIVID-
UALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 164(b)(6)(B) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘($5,000 in the case of a married individual filing a sepa-
rate return).’’ and inserting ‘‘(twice such amount in the 
case of a joint return)’’. 
(b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 164(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of 
any taxable year beginning after 2019, the $10,000 
amount in paragraph (6)(B) shall be increased by an 
amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-
mined under section (1)(f)(3) for the calendar 
year in which the taxable year begins, deter-
mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2018’ for 
‘calendar year 2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) 
thereof. 
If any increase under this subparagraph is not a 
multiple of $100, such increase shall be rounded to 
the next lowest multiple of $100.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to taxable years begin-
ning after December 31, 2018. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5914 
To require a study and report on policy and regulatory changes that may 
have contributed to the opioid epidemic. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2018 
Mr. MEADOWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require a study and report on policy and regulatory 
changes that may have contributed to the opioid epidemic. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON POLICY CHANGES 
THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE 
OPIOID EPIDEMIC. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall complete a study and submit a report to Congress 
on health care policy changes that may have contributed 
to the increase in opioid overdoses and deaths during the 
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10 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act. Such 
study shall include— 
(1) a review of health care-related legislative, 
administrative, and judicial decisions by officers and 
employees of the Federal Government that have af-
fected access to pain management strategies with an 
emphasis on pharmaceuticals; 
(2) an analysis of what is known about the 
costs and benefits, whether financial or nonfinancial, 
of reversing or revising such decisions individually or 
in combination, including whether the reversals or 
revisions would be expected to achieve a reduction in 
abuse of, addiction to, overdose on, and death from 
opioids; 
(3) an analysis of the differences among State- 
based prescription drug monitoring programs, in-
cluding an analysis of what is known about the ef-
fects of such differences on monitoring for abuse of, 
addiction to, overdose on, and death from opioids; 
(4) an analysis of what is known about positive 
and negative impacts that prescribing limitations, 
both State and Federal, have on patient medical out-
comes, including for chronic pain patients; and 
(5) an analysis of what is known about the 
costs and benefits to payers of using abuse-deterrent 
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the end the following: ‘‘, and that priority will be given 
to homeless children and youth (as such term is defined 
in section 725 of the McKinney Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)) and students in foster care 
or who are aging out of the foster care system’’. 
(b) UPWARD BOUND.—Section 402C(e)(1) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting 
before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and that 
priority will be given to homeless children and youth (as 
such term is defined in section 725 of the McKinney Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a)) and stu-
dents in foster care or who are aging out of the foster 
care system’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5918 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program on service dog 
training for members of the Armed Forces with post-traumatic stress 
disorder or other post-deployment mental health conditions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2018 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER (for herself, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. WALZ, 
and Mr. JONES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program 
on service dog training for members of the Armed Forces 
with post-traumatic stress disorder or other post-deploy-
ment mental health conditions. 
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 ‘‘Department of Defense 
Service Dog Training Therapy Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SERVICE DOG TRAINING THERAPY FOR MEMBERS 
WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 
OR 
OTHER 
POST-DEPLOYMENT 
MENTAL 
HEALTH CONDITIONS. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall 
carry out a program under which members of the Armed 
Forces with post-traumatic stress disorder or other post- 
deployment mental health conditions train service dogs for 
veterans with disabilities. The Secretary shall carry out 
the program in a manner that ensures that such training 
is a form of therapy that addresses such post-traumatic 
stress disorder or other post-deployment mental health 
conditions. 
(b) APPROPRIATE NONGOVERNMENT ENTITIES.— 
The Secretary shall carry out the program under sub-
section (a) by entering into a contract with one or more 
appropriate nongovernment entities that are certified in 
the training and handling of service dogs and have experi-
ence carrying out such a program. 
(c) MEMBER ELIGIBILITY.—A member of the Armed 
Forces may participate in the program under subsection 
(a) if the Secretary determines that— 
(1) such member has post-traumatic stress dis-
order or other post-deployment mental health condi-
tions; and 
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