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H. R. 3207 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 Mill 
Street in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post 
Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STAFF SERGEANT DYLAN ELCHIN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin 
Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Staff 
Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Dylan 
Elchin Post Office Building’’. 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3207 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 17, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, 
as the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
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. STAFF SERGEANT DYLAN ELCHIN POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, 
Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Staff 
Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Dylan 
Elchin Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 16, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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II 
Calendar No. 446 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3207 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 17, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
MARCH 12, 2020 
Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, Pennsylvania, 
as the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STAFF SERGEANT DYLAN ELCHIN POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 114 Mill Street in Hookstown, 
Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Staff 
Sergeant Dylan Elchin Post Office Building’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Dylan 
Elchin Post Office Building’’. 
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Calendar No. 446 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3207 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 114 Mill Street in 
Hookstown, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Staff Sergeant 
Dylan Elchin Post Office Building’’. 
MARCH 12, 2020 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3210 
To require the Commandant of the Coast Guard to take certain steps to 
improve Coast Guard shore infrastructure, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2019 
Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL (for herself and Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Commandant of the Coast Guard to take 
certain steps to improve Coast Guard shore infrastruc-
ture, 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 ‘‘Coast Guard Shore 
Infrastructure Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SHORE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of 
the Coast Guard shall— 
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(1) develop a plan to standardize Coast Guard 
facility condition assessments; 
(2) establish shore infrastructure performance 
goals, measures, and baselines to track the effective-
ness of maintenance and repair investments and pro-
vide feedback on progress made; 
(3) develop a process to routinely align the 
Coast Guard shore infrastructure portfolio with mis-
sion needs, including disposing of unneeded assets; 
(4) establish guidance for planning boards to 
document 
inputs, 
deliberations, 
and 
project 
prioritization decisions for infrastructure mainte-
nance projects; 
(5) employ models for Coast Guard infrastruc-
ture asset lines for— 
(A) predicting the outcome of investments 
in shore infrastructure; 
(B) analyzing tradeoffs; and 
(C) optimizing decisions among competing 
investments; 
(6) include supporting details about competing 
project alternatives and report tradeoffs in congres-
sional budget requests and related reports; and 
(7) explore the development of real property 
management expertise within the Coast Guard work-
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force, including members of the Senior Executive 
Service. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than December 31, 2020, 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall brief the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate on the status 
of the actions required under subsection (a). 
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(A) the extent to which rebates are passed 
on to qualified health plans offered on such Ex-
changes and whether such rebates are passed 
on to individuals enrolled in such plans; 
(B) the extent to which rebates are kept by 
such pharmacy benefit managers; and 
(C) the role of any fees charged by such 
pharmacy benefit managers. 
(4) Whether pharmacy benefit managers struc-
ture their formularies with respect to such Ex-
changes in favor of high-rebate prescription drugs 
over lower-cost, lower-rebate alternatives. 
(5) The average prior authorization approval 
time for pharmacy benefit managers with respect to 
such Exchanges. 
(6) Factors affecting the use of step therapy by 
pharmacy benefit managers with respect to such Ex-
changes. 
(7) The extent to which the price that phar-
macy benefit managers charge private payors on 
such Exchanges for a drug is more than such phar-
macy benefit managers pay the pharmacy for the 
drug. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than the date that is three 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3213 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of 
certain retirement plan contributions picked up by governmental employers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2019 
Mr. DAVID
P. ROE
of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. BURCHETT, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. GREEN
of Tennessee, Mr. 
KUSTOFF of Tennessee, and Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify 
the treatment of certain retirement plan contributions 
picked up by governmental employers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN 
RETIREMENT PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS PICKED 
UP BY GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 414(h)(2) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘For purposes of paragraph 
(1)’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1)’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT
OF
ELECTIONS
BE-
TWEEN ALTERNATIVE BENEFIT FORMULAS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), a contribution shall not 
fail to be treated as picked up by an em-
ploying unit merely because the employee 
may make an irrevocable election between 
the application of two alternative benefit 
formulas involving the same or different 
levels of employee contributions. 
‘‘(ii) APPLICATION TO EXISTING EM-
PLOYEES.—Clause (i) shall be applied 
without regard to whether the employee is 
already covered by one of the benefit for-
mulas referred to therein.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to years ending after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3214 
To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, and provide 
for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in 
civil proceedings. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2019 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. CROW, Mr. EVANS, 
Mr. BEYER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, 
and provide for the discoverability and admissibility of 
gun trace information in civil proceedings. 
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 ‘‘Equal Access to Jus-
tice for Victims of Gun Violence Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PROTEC-
TION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT. 
Sections 2 through 4 of the Protection of Lawful 
Commerce in Arms Act (15 U.S.C. 7901–7903) are re-
pealed. 
SEC. 3. DISCOVERABILITY AND ADMISSIBILITY OF GUN 
TRACE 
INFORMATION 
IN 
CIVIL 
PRO-
CEEDINGS. 
The contents of the Firearms Trace System database 
maintained by the National Trace Center of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shall not be 
immune from legal process, shall be subject to subpoena 
or other discovery, shall be admissible as evidence, and 
may be used, relied on, or disclosed in any manner, and 
testimony or other evidence may be permitted based on 
the data, on the same basis as other information, in a civil 
action in any State (including the District of Columbia) 
or Federal court or in an administrative proceeding. 
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‘‘(b) OFFICE OF WOMEN’S HEALTH.—Each report 
under subsection (a) shall include a description of— 
‘‘(1) actions taken by the Office of Women’s 
Health in the preceding fiscal year to improve the 
Department’s provision of health care to women vet-
erans; 
‘‘(2) any identified deficiencies related to the 
Department’s provision of health care to women vet-
erans and the standards of care established in sec-
tion 7310 of this title, and the Department’s plan to 
address such deficiencies; 
‘‘(3) the funding and personnel provided to the 
Office and whether additional funding or personnel 
are needed to meet the requirements of such section; 
and 
‘‘(4) other information that would be of interest 
to the appropriate congressional committees with re-
spect to oversight of the Department’s provision of 
health care to women veterans. 
‘‘(c) ACCESS
TO GENDER-SPECIFIC SERVICES.— 
Each report under subsection (a) shall include an analysis 
of the access of women veterans to gender-specific services 
under contracts, agreements, or other arrangements with 
non-Department medical providers entered into by the 
Secretary for the provision of hospital care or medical
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 321 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to create a National Neuromyelitis 
Optica Consortium to provide grants and coordinate research with respect 
to the causes of, and risk factors associated with, neuromyelitis optica, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2019 
Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to create a National 
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium to provide grants and 
coordinate research with respect to the causes of, and 
risk factors associated with, neuromyelitis optica, 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 ‘‘Neuromyelitis Optica 
Consortium Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘seven days’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘14 days’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the health care services provided 
under subsection (a) during such fiscal year, including the 
number of newborn children who received such services 
during such fiscal year.’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO FURNISH MEDICALLY NEC-
ESSARY TRANSPORTATION FOR NEWBORN CHILDREN OF 
CERTAIN WOMEN VETERANS.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and transportation 
necessary to receive such services’’ after 
‘‘described in subsection (b)’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, except as provided 
in subsection (e),’’ after ‘‘14 days’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’;
SEC. 2. STUDY BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall, in consultation with appropriate 
stakeholders, conduct a study on the role of pharmacy 
benefit managers with respect to federally facilitated Ex-
changes operated pursuant to section 1321(c) of the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
18041(c)). 
(b) PERMISSIBLE EXAMINATION.—In conducting the 
study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller Gen-
eral may examine various qualitative and quantitative as-
pects of the role of pharmacy benefit managers with re-
spect to federally facilitated Exchanges described in such 
subsection, such as the following: 
(1) The role that pharmacy benefit managers 
play in the pharmaceutical supply chain of such Ex-
changes. 
(2) The state of competition among pharmacy 
benefit managers on such Exchanges, including the 
market share for the Nation’s largest pharmacy ben-
efit managers. 
(3) The use of rebates and fees by pharmacy 
benefit managers with respect to such Exchanges, 
including— 
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ceiving grants through the NNO Consortium. At the 
discretion of the Secretary, such report may be com-
bined with other similar or existing reports. 
‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2019 through 2022, to remain available 
until expended, to carry out this section. 
‘‘(B) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS.—It is the 
sense of Congress that funds appropriated to 
carry out this section should be in addition to 
funds otherwise available or appropriated to 
carry out the activities described in this section. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) CATCHMENT AREA.—The term ‘catchment 
area’ means a defined area for which population 
data are available. 
‘‘(2) CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘consortium’ 
means a partnership of two or more universities, 
health care organizations, or government agencies, 
or any combination of such entities, serving a des-
ignated catchment area.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3220 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow certain 
institutions to use geographic preference for procurement of certain 
foods, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2019 
Ms. PINGREE (for herself, Mr. FORTENBERRY, and Mr. HARDER of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act to allow certain institutions to use geographic pref-
erence for procurement of certain foods, 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 ‘‘Kids Eat Local Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GEOGRAPHIC PREFERENCE AND IDENTIFICATION 
FOR SCHOOL FOOD. 
Paragraph (3) of section 9(j) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(j)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) allow institutions receiving funds under 
this Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), including the Department of 
Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program— 
‘‘(A) to use a geographic preference for the 
procurement of unprocessed agricultural prod-
ucts, both locally grown and locally raised; or 
‘‘(B) to use locally grown, locally raised, or 
locally caught as a product specification.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3221 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to create a dependency and indemnity 
compensation allowance for surviving spouses receiving dependency and 
indemnity compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2019 
Mrs. HAYES (for herself, Mr. KILMER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. 
HIMES, and Ms. WILD) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to create a depend-
ency and indemnity compensation allowance for surviving 
spouses receiving dependency and indemnity compensa-
tion from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘Dependency and In-
demnity Compensation Improvement Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COMPENSATION AL-
LOWANCE FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES RECEIV-
ING DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY COM-
PENSATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) ALLOWANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 13 
of title 38, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after section 1311 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1311A. Dependency and indemnity compensation 
allowance for surviving spouses 
‘‘A dependency and indemnity compensation allow-
ance shall be paid to a surviving spouse who is entitled 
to receive dependency and indemnity compensation under 
section 1311(a) of this title at the monthly rate equal to 
the amount by which— 
‘‘(1) the amount that is 55 percent of the rate 
of monthly compensation in effect under section 
1114(j) of this title, exceeds 
‘‘(2) the amount of dependency and indemnity 
compensation the surviving spouse is entitled to re-
ceive under section 1311(a) of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 13 of such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1311 the following new item: 
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‘‘1311A. Dependency and indemnity compensation allowance for surviving 
spouses.’’. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 
1311A of such title, as added by subsection (a)(1), shall 
be construed to have an effect on any amount of payment 
under section 1450 of title 10, United States Code. 
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