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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2436 
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise the definitions 
of a ‘‘small business’’ and ‘‘small organization’’ for purposes of assessing 
the impact of the Commission’s rulemakings under the Investment Advis-
ers Act of 1940. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Mr. SAN NICOLAS (for himself and Mr. HUIZENGA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise 
the definitions of a ‘‘small business’’ and ‘‘small organi-
zation’’ for purposes of assessing the impact of the Com-
mission’s rulemakings under the Investment Advisers Act 
of 1940. 
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 ‘‘Investment Adviser 
Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS OF SMALL ORGA-
NIZATION. 
Not later than the end of the 1-year period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Securities 
and Exchange Commission shall revise the definitions of 
a ‘‘small business’’ and ‘‘small organization’’ under section 
275.0–7 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, to pro-
vide alternative methods under which a business or organi-
zation may qualify as a ‘‘small business’’ or ‘‘small organi-
zation’’ under such section. In making such revision, the 
Commission shall consider whether such alternative meth-
ods should include a threshold based on the number of 
nonclerical employees of the business or organization. 
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(i) the numerator of which is the 
number of hours in the employee’s normal 
work week; and 
(ii) the denominator of which is 30 
hours. 
(C) SPECIAL
RULES.—Under rules pre-
scribed by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in consultation with the Secretary of 
the Treasury, in the case of an employee for an 
employer whose defined work week for full-time 
employees is less than 30 hours, any reference 
in this subsection to 30 hours is deemed a ref-
erence to the number of hours in the work week 
so defined. 
(D) CONVERSION TO HOURS OF EMPLOY-
MENT.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in consultation with the Secretary of 
the Treasury, shall establish rules for the con-
version of compensation to hours of employ-
ment, for purposes of this subsection in the 
case of employees that receive compensation on 
a salaried basis, or on the basis of a commis-
sion, or other contingent or bonus basis, rather 
than based on an hourly wage. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 243 
To exempt certain wildfire mitigation activities from certain environmental 
requirements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2019 
Mr. LAMALFA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To exempt certain wildfire mitigation activities from certain 
environmental requirements, 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 ‘‘Combustion Avoidance 
along Rural Roads Act’’ or the ‘‘CARR Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN WILDFIRE MITIGATION 
ACTIVITIES FROM CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL 
REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Wildfire mitigation activities of 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may be carried out without regard to the provi-
sions of law specified in subsection (b). 
(b) PROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIFIED.—The provisions 
of law specified in this section are all Federal, State, or 
other laws, regulations, and legal requirements of, deriving 
from, or related to the subject of, the following laws: 
(1) Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 
(2) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
(c) WILDFIRE MITIGATION ACTIVITY.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘wildfire mitigation activity’’— 
(1) is an activity conducted on Federal land 
that is— 
(A) under the administration of the Direc-
tor of the National Park System, the Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management, or the 
Chief of the Forest Service; and 
(B) within 300 feet of any permanent or 
temporary road, as measured from the center of 
such road; and 
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(2) includes forest thinning, hazardous fuel re-
duction, prescribed burning, and vegetation manage-
ment. 
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116 
‘‘(2) includes actual direct care registered 
nurse-to-patient ratios during each shift; 
‘‘(3) includes the actual number and titles of di-
rect care registered nurses assigned during each 
shift; and 
‘‘(4) is visible, conspicuous, and accessible to 
staff, patients, and the public. 
‘‘(b) RECORDS.— 
‘‘(1) MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.—Each hos-
pital shall maintain accurate records of actual direct 
care registered nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit 
for each shift for no less than 3 years. Such records 
shall include— 
‘‘(A) the number of patients in each unit; 
‘‘(B) the identity and duty hours of— 
‘‘(i) each direct care registered nurse 
assigned to each patient in each unit in 
each shift; and 
‘‘(ii) ancillary staff who are under the 
coordination of the direct care registered 
nurse; 
‘‘(C) certification that each nurse received 
rest and meal breaks and the identity and duty 
hours of each direct care registered nurse who 
provided such relief; and 
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‘‘(i) that was satisfied by the borrower 
through a payment made after October 1, 
2007; and 
‘‘(ii) attributable to a period during 
which the borrower was employed full-time 
by a qualifying employer. 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on July 1, 2019, 
the Secretary shall forgive the applicable percentage 
described in paragraph (3) of the balance of prin-
cipal and interest due on a loan made under this 
part for a borrower who has satisfied 60 or 120 
qualifying monthly payment obligations on a loan 
made under this part and submitted any certifi-
cation of employment required under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) LOAN FORGIVENESS AFTER 60 PAYMENT 
OBLIGATIONS
AND
120
PAYMENT
OBLIGATIONS.— 
The applicable percentages under this paragraph 
shall be— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a borrower who satis-
fies 60 qualifying monthly payment obligations 
on a loan made under this part that is not in 
default (as defined in section 435), 50 percent 
of the total amount of the balance of principal 
and interest due on such loan as of the date of 
the loan forgiveness; and 
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Union Calendar No. 100 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2440 
[Report No. 116–136, Part 1] 
A BILL 
To provide for the use of funds in the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund for the purposes for 
which the funds were collected and to ensure that 
funds credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund are used to support navigation, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 2, 2019 
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
JULY 2, 2019 
Committee on the Budget discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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(1) by striking ‘‘$50.33’’ in paragraph (1) and 
inserting ‘‘$100.66’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$105.69’’ in paragraph (2) and 
inserting ‘‘$211.38’’. 
(c) PIPE TOBACCO.—Section 5701(f) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘$2.8311 
cents’’ and inserting ‘‘$50.00’’. 
(d) ROLL-YOUR-OWN TOBACCO.—Section 5701(g) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘$24.78’’ and inserting 
‘‘$49.56’’. 
(e) LARGE
CIGARS.—Paragraph (2) of section 
5701(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by striking ‘‘52.75 percent’’ and all that follows through 
the period and inserting ‘‘$24.78 per pound (and a propor-
tionate tax at the like rate on all fractional parts of a 
pound) but not less than 5.033 cents per cigar.’’. 
(f) SMOKELESS TOBACCO.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5701(e) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$1.51’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$28.04’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘50.33 
cents’’ and inserting ‘‘$12.42’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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medicine or osteopathy described in subpara-
graph (A); or 
‘‘(C) any other person determined by the 
Director of the Bureau of Prisons to be capable 
of providing health care services. 
‘‘(2) HIGH-RISK PREGNANCY.—The term ‘high- 
risk pregnancy’ means, with respect to an incarcer-
ated woman, that the pregnancy threatens the health 
or life of the woman or pregnancy, as determined by 
a health care professional. 
‘‘(3) 
POSTPARTUM
RECOVERY.—The 
term 
‘postpartum recovery’ means the 3-month period be-
ginning on the date on which an incarcerated preg-
nant woman gives birth, or longer as determined by 
a health care professional following delivery, and 
shall include the entire period that the incarcerated 
pregnant woman is in the hospital or infirmary. 
‘‘(4) RESIDENTIAL REENTRY CENTER.—The term 
‘Residential Reentry Center’ means a Bureau of Pris-
ons contracted residential reentry center.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘4052. Treatment of incarcerated pregnant women.’’. 
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SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENT REGARDING CLAIMS 
FILED BY PREGNANT INMATES. 
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons shall 
make publicly available on the website of the Federal Bu-
reau of Prisons on an annual basis the following informa-
tion: 
(1) The total number of Administrative Remedy 
appeals related to pregnant inmates that were filed 
during the previous year. 
(2) The total number of institution-level Requests 
for Administrative Remedy related to pregnant in-
mates that were filed during the previous year. 
(3) The total number of informal requests for ad-
ministrative remedy related to pregnant inmates that 
were filed during the previous year. 
(4) The total number of requests or appeals re-
lated to pregnant inmates during the previous year 
that were not resolved before the inmate gave birth or 
that were mooted because the inmate’s pregnancy 
ended. 
(5) The average amount of time that each cat-
egory of request or appeal took to resolve during the 
previous year. 
(6) The shortest and longest amounts of time 
that a request or appeal in each category that was re-
solved in the last year took to resolve. 
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Fair Market Rent System; Using Small 
Area Fair Market Rents in the Housing 
Choice Voucher Program Instead of the 
Current 50th Percentile FMRs’, published 
in the Federal Register on November 16, 
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 80567). 
‘‘(iii) HOLD HARMLESS.—If the appli-
cation of clause (ii) would cause a decrease 
in the payment standard used to calculate 
the amount of tenant-based assistance pro-
vided to a family under this subsection, a 
public housing agency shall continue to use 
the existing higher payment standard to 
calculate the amount of such assistance for 
the family for as long as the family con-
tinues to receive such assistance in the 
same dwelling unit.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 8(o)(1)(B) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘subsection 
(c)’’ the following: ‘‘(subject to subparagraph (F) of this 
paragraph)’’. 
SEC. 8. SECTION 8 MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Section 
8 Management Assessment Program’’ means the program 
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‘‘(4) PROFESSIONAL STADIUM BOND.—Any pro-
fessional stadium bond.’’. 
(b) PROFESSIONAL STADIUM BOND DEFINED.—Sec-
tion 103(c) of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PROFESSIONAL
STADIUM
BOND.—The 
term ‘professional stadium bond’ means any bond 
issued as part of an issue any proceeds of which are 
used to finance or refinance capital expenditures al-
locable to a facility (or appurtenant real property) 
which, during at least 5 days during any calendar 
year, is used as a stadium or arena for professional 
sports exhibitions, games, or training.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2444 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 10, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of State to make direct loans 
under section 23 of the Arms Export Control 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eastern European Se-
curity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that it is in the national 
security interest of the United States to— 
(1) deter aggression against North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) allies by Russia or any 
other adversary; 
(2) assist NATO allies in acquiring and deploy-
ing modern, NATO interoperable military equipment 
and reducing their dependence on Russian or former 
Soviet-era defense articles; 
(3) ensure that NATO allies meet alliance de-
fense commitments, including through adequate in-
vestments in national defense; 
(4) supplement existing grant assistance to key 
allies through foreign military financing loans, at 
rates competitive with those already available on 
commercial markets, to purchase NATO-interoper-
able military equipment; and 
(5) work to maintain and strengthen the demo-
cratic institutions and practices of all NATO allies, 
in accordance with the goals of Article 2 of the 
North Atlantic Treaty. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2450 
To establish a demonstration program at a military installation in the United 
States to evaluate the feasibility and benefits of using innovative tech-
nologies and systems to assist in the management of military installa-
tions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Mr. CARTER of Texas (for himself and Mr. VELA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To establish a demonstration program at a military installa-
tion in the United States to evaluate the feasibility and 
benefits of using innovative technologies and systems to 
assist in the management of military installations, 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 ‘‘Military Base Oper-
ations and Infrastructure Innovative Management Act’’. 
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SEC. 3. FOREIGN MILITARY LOAN AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 2021, 
subject to the notification requirements under subsection 
(b) and to the availability of appropriations, the President, 
acting through the Secretary of State, is authorized— 
(1) to make direct loans under section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) to 
NATO member countries that joined the alliance 
after March 1, 1999, notwithstanding the minimum 
interest rate required by subsection (c)(1) of such 
section; and 
(2) to charge fees for such loans under para-
graph (1), which shall be collected from borrowers in 
accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, and which may be used to 
cover the costs of such loans as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—A loan may not be made under 
the authority provided by subsection (a) unless the Sec-
retary of State submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a certification, not fewer than fifteen days be-
fore entering into an agreement to make such loan, that— 
(1) the recipient country is making demon-
strable progress toward meeting its defense spending 
commitments in accordance with the 2014 NATO 
Wales Summit Declaration; and 
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(2) the government of such recipient country is 
respecting that country’s constitution and upholds 
democratic values such as freedom of religion, free-
dom of speech, freedom of the press, the rule of law, 
and the rights of religious minorities. 
(c) REPAYMENT.—A loan made under the authority 
provided by subsection (a) shall be repaid in not more than 
12 years, but may include a grace period of up to 1 year 
on the repayment of the principal. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 9, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2445 
To provide minimum standards for transactions secured by a dwelling, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Mr. EMMER (for himself and Mr. FOSTER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide minimum standards for transactions secured by 
a dwelling, 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 ‘‘Self-Employed Mort-
gage Access Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ABILITY TO REPAY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Appendix Q’’ means Appendix Q 
to part 1026 of title 12, Code of Federal Regula-
tions; 
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(2) the term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection; 
(3) the terms ‘‘consumer’’ and ‘‘creditor’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 1026.2 of 
title 12, Code of Federal Regulations; 
(4) the term ‘‘enterprise’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 1303 of the Federal Hous-
ing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502); and 
(5) the term ‘‘Federal Home Loan Bank’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Fed-
eral Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1422). 
(b) 
DETERMINATION
OF
CREDITOR
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Bureau shall amend section 1026.43 
of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, to provide that, 
with respect to any creditor requirements under clauses 
(v) and (vi) of subsection (e)(2) of that section, the cred-
itor may, in satisfying those requirements, rely on— 
(1) the standards under Appendix Q; or 
(2) a guide or handbook that— 
(A) provides standards with respect to de-
termining income and debt; and 
(B) is maintained by— 
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(i) an enterprise or a Federal Home 
Loan Bank, subject to the approval of the 
Federal Housing Finance Agency; 
(ii) the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development with respect to car-
rying out a program under title II of the 
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1707 et 
seq.); 
(iii) the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs; 
(iv) the Department of Agriculture 
with respect to carrying out the Doug Be-
reuter Section 502 Single Family Housing 
Loan Guarantee Act (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)); 
or 
(v) the Rural Housing Service. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2446 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that bonds used 
to finance professional stadiums are not treated as tax-exempt bonds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, and Mr. BEYER) 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 ensure 
that bonds used to finance professional stadiums are 
not treated as tax-exempt bonds. 
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 ‘‘No Tax Subsidies for 
Stadiums Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. NO TAX-EXEMPT BONDS FOR PROFESSIONAL STA-
DIUMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
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