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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6517 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Organ Procurement 
and Transplantation Network to establish and implement reforms to 
the criteria for liver allocation so that such allocation is not based 
on the donor candidate’s place of residence or listing, except to the 
extent necessary to avoid wasting organs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2018 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. VALADAO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Organ 
Procurement and Transplantation Network to establish 
and implement reforms to the criteria for liver allocation 
so that such allocation is not based on the donor can-
didate’s place of residence or listing, except to the extent 
necessary to avoid wasting organs, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 in Liver Allo-
cation Act of 2018’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6520 
To designate certain public lands in the Sonoran Desert of the State of 
Arizona as national conservation areas and wilderness areas, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2018 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate certain public lands in the Sonoran Desert 
of the State of Arizona as national conservation areas 
and wilderness areas, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act of 2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Belmont-Harquahala and Gila Bend National Conservation Areas. 
Sec. 4. Designation of wilderness areas. 
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SEC. 2. CRITERIA FOR LIVER ALLOCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 372 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) LIVER ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) REFORM BY NETWORK.—Not later than 
December 31, 2018, the Organ Procurement and 
Transplantation Network shall establish and imple-
ment reforms to the criteria for liver allocation by 
the Network so that such allocation is not based on 
the donor candidate’s place of residence or listing, 
except to the extent necessary to avoid wasting or-
gans. 
‘‘(B) REFORM BY SECRETARY IN CASE OF FAIL-
URE.—If the Organ Procurement and Transplan-
tation Network fails to establish and implement re-
forms by December 31, 2018, as required by sub-
paragraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the Health Resources and Serv-
ices Administration, shall establish criteria for 
liver allocation by the Network consistent with 
subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) not later than June 30, 2019, the 
Network shall begin implementing such cri-
teria.’’. 
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(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Paragraph (3) of sec-
tion 372(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
274(b)) is amended by moving the indentation of such 
paragraph 2 ems to the left. 
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(3) INTERN.—The term ‘‘intern’’ means an in-
dividual who performs uncompensated voluntary 
service for an employer, to earn credit awarded by 
an educational institution or to learn a trade or oc-
cupation. 
(4) QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUAL
WITH
A
DIS-
ABILITY.—The term ‘‘qualified individual with a dis-
ability’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
101 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12111). 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in— 
(A) section 701 of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e) with respect to dis-
crimination based on race, color, religion, sex, 
or national origin, 
(B) section 11 of the Age Discrimination 
in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 630) 
with respect to discrimination based on age, or 
(C) section 4 of the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12103) with 
respect to discrimination based on disability. 
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(c) EMPLOYER
COMPLIANCE
AND
ALLOWABLE 
GRANT COST.—Included in developing the final regulation 
under section 2(a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) require any employer who has 1 or more 
employees who holds a commercial driver’s license 
with a school bus endorsement, pursuant to section 
383.123 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
participate in the employer notification service; and 
(2) ensure that State implementation of the em-
ployer notification service is an allowable cost for 
commercial driver’s license program implementation 
grant awards under section 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
(d) ANNUAL INQUIRY EXEMPTION.—In keeping with 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulatory 
guidance set forth on page 13069 of volume 80 of the Fed-
eral Register, the Secretary shall ensure that employers 
participating in the employer notification service are ex-
empt from the requirements for annual inquiry and review 
of driving record, pursuant to part 391.25 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DIS-
TRICTS. 
For purposes of this Act, a school district, local edu-
cational agency, or school shall be considered an ‘‘em-
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ployer’’ for purposes of the national employer notification 
service if it organizes, sponsors, or pays for the transpor-
tation of preprimary, primary, and secondary students to 
or from school or on extracurricular trips. In the case of 
a school district, local educational agency, or school that 
pays a private company or proprietorship to provide trans-
portation services for students traveling to or from school 
or on a extracurricular trip, both the private company or 
proprietorship and the school district, local educational 
agency, or school shall be considered ‘‘employers’’ for pur-
poses of the national employer notification service. 
SEC. 5. SIMULTANEOUS DRIVER NOTIFICATION. 
Included in developing the final regulation under sec-
tion 2(a), the Secretary shall ensure that whenever the 
national employer notification service furnishes an em-
ployer with a report on an employee, such employee shall 
receive simultaneous notification and a copy of the report. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6519 
To withdraw certain Federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa 
Cruz counties, Arizona, from the mining and mineral leasing laws of 
the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2018 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To withdraw certain Federal lands and interests located in 
Pima and Santa Cruz counties, Arizona, from the mining 
and mineral leasing laws of the United States, 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 ‘‘Southern Arizona Pub-
lic Lands Protection Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LANDS AND INTERESTS 
LOCATED IN PIMA AND SANTA CRUZ COUN-
TIES, ARIZONA. 
Subject to valid existing rights, after the date of en-
actment of this Act— 
(1) all federally owned interests in National 
Forest lands in Santa Cruz County and Pima Coun-
ty, Arizona, are withdrawn from— 
(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, and 
disposal under the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
(C) operation of the mineral leasing and 
geothermal leasing laws, and the mineral mate-
rials laws; 
(2) all federally owned subsurface interests 
under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau 
of Land Management in lands in Pima County, Ari-
zona, with respect to which the surface interests are 
owned by such county, including in such lands lo-
cated in Davidson Canyon, are withdrawn from— 
(A) all forms of entry, appropriation and 
disposal under the public land laws; 
(B) location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws; and 
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(C) operation of the mineral leasing and 
geothermal leasing laws, and the mineral mate-
rials laws; and 
(3) all federally owned interests in Bureau of 
Land Management lands in Pima County, Arizona, 
are withdrawn from entry, location, or patent under 
the general mining laws. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 651 
To protect unpaid interns from workplace harassment and discrimination. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2017 
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Ms. MENG, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Ms. NOR-
TON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To protect unpaid interns from workplace harassment and 
discrimination. 
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 ‘‘Unpaid Intern Protec-
tion Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST INTERNS. 
It shall be unlawful for an employer to discriminate 
against an intern on the basis of— 
(1) race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or 
age, or 
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(2) disability if such intern is a qualified indi-
vidual with a disability. 
SEC. 3. PROCEDURES. 
The procedures applicable to a claim for a violation 
of this Act are— 
(1) with respect to alleged discrimination based 
on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, the 
procedures applicable for a claim for a violation of 
title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000e et seq.), 
(2) with respect to alleged discrimination based 
on age, the procedures applicable for a violation of 
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 
U.S.C. 621 et seq.), and 
(3) with respect to alleged discrimination based 
on a disability, the procedures applicable for a viola-
tion of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12111 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. REMEDIES. 
The district courts of the United States shall have 
jurisdiction to grant such legal and equitable relief as may 
be appropriate for a violation of this Act. 
SEC. 5. STATE IMMUNITY. 
A State shall not be immune under the eleventh arti-
cle of amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
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Heritage Area and encouraging long-term resource 
protection, enhancement, interpretation, funding, 
management, and development of the National Her-
itage Area; 
(2) include a description of actions and commit-
ments that Federal, State, Tribal, and local govern-
ments, private organizations, and citizens will take 
to protect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and de-
velop the natural, historical, cultural, educational, 
scenic, and recreational resources of the National 
Heritage Area; 
(3) specify existing and potential sources of 
funding or economic development strategies to pro-
tect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and develop 
the National Heritage Area; 
(4) include an inventory of the natural, histor-
ical, cultural, educational, scenic, and recreational 
resources of the National Heritage Area related to 
the national importance and themes of the National 
Heritage Area that should be protected, enhanced, 
interpreted, managed, funded, and developed; 
(5) recommend policies and strategies for re-
source management, including the development of 
intergovernmental and interagency agreements to 
protect, enhance, interpret, fund, manage, and de-
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(1) by inserting before ‘‘The 44.5-mile’’ the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) DESIGNATIONS.—’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively; 
(3) in clause (i), as redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘25.5-mile’’ and inserting 
‘‘27.5-mile’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Boulder Creek at the 
Kalmiopsis Wilderness boundary’’ and inserting 
‘‘Mislatnah Creek’’; 
(4) in clause (ii), as redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘8’’ and inserting ‘‘7.5’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Boulder Creek’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Mislatnah Creek’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Steel Bridge’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Eagle Creek’’; 
(5) in clause (iii), as redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘11’’ and inserting ‘‘9.5’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Steel Bridge’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Eagle Creek’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid ex-
isting rights, the Federal land within the 
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‘‘(bb) drug and violence preven-
tion programs; 
‘‘(cc) counseling programs; 
‘‘(dd) art, music, physical fitness, 
and recreational programs; 
‘‘(ee) technology education pro-
grams; 
‘‘(ff) character education pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(gg) service-learning programs; 
‘‘(II) the roles and responsibilities of 
the partners in providing such services; 
and 
‘‘(III) how such services enhance an 
existing expanded learning time program; 
and 
‘‘(v) an assurance that the program 
will provide a nutritious snack or meal that 
meets nutrition standards established by 
the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) an assurance that the proposed pro-
gram was developed, and will be carried out, in 
active collaboration with the schools the stu-
dents attend; 
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and management of the national monument. The cat-
egories referred to in this subsection are the following: 
(1) CATEGORY ONE.—Representatives of affili-
ated tribes. 
(2) CATEGORY TWO.—Public land ranchers, ir-
rigation districts, and representatives of organiza-
tions associated with agriculture, energy and mineral 
development, transportation or rights-of-way, off- 
highway vehicle use, and commercial recreation. 
(3) CATEGORY THREE.—Representatives of na-
tionally or regionally recognized environmental orga-
nizations, archaeological and historical organiza-
tions, and dispersed recreation activities. 
(4) CATEGORY FOUR.— 
(A) Representatives of State, county, or 
local elected office. 
(B) Representatives and employees of a 
State agency responsible for the management of 
natural resources. 
(C) Representatives and employees of aca-
demic institutions who are involved in natural 
sciences. 
(D) The public at large. 
(e) REPRESENTATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the membership of the Council is fairly balanced in 
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terms of the points of view represented and the functions 
to be performed by the Council. 
(f) DURATION.—The Council shall terminate on the 
date that is one year from the date on which the manage-
ment plan is adopted by the Secretary. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6523 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the United States 
Postal Service may not close or consolidate any postal facility located 
in a ZIP code with a high rate of population growth, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2018 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself and Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that 
the United States Postal Service may not close or con-
solidate any postal facility located in a ZIP code with 
a high rate of population growth, 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 ‘‘Defending Quality 
Postal Delivery for the Future Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLOSURE OR CONSOLIDATION OF POSTAL FACILI-
TIES IN ZIP CODES WITH HIGH POPULATION 
GROWTH. 
Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, the Postal Service may not close or consolidate any 
post office or other postal facility that is located in a ZIP 
code that has a high rate of population growth. 
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this subsection, and not later than 60 days 
after the end of each year thereafter, the Postmaster Gen-
eral shall determine, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Commerce, whether a ZIP code has a high rate of popu-
lation growth for purposes of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) In making the annual determination required 
under subparagraph (A), the Postmaster General shall, 
using population data available from the Bureau of the 
Census, compare the population of a ZIP code at the end 
of such year with the population of such ZIP code at the 
beginning of such year.’’. 
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‘‘(A) has received the documents as re-
quired under such paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) has been provided meaningful time to 
review and assess such documents.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE AUTHORITY OF 
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO APPOINT COUNSEL
TO 
ALIENS IN IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS.—Section 292 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1362) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In any’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In any proceeding conducted 
under section 235, 236, 238, 240, 241, or any other sec-
tion of this Act, including’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), as redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(at no expense to the Gov-
ernment)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘he shall’’ and inserting 
‘‘the person shall’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) ACCESS TO COUNSEL.—The Attorney General 
may appoint or provide counsel to aliens in any proceeding 
conducted under section 235, 236, 238, 240, or 241 or 
any other section of this Act. The Secretary of Homeland 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6535 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent certain alcohol 
and substance misuse. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2018 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prevent 
certain alcohol and substance misuse. 
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 ‘‘Campus Prevention 
and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 120 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011i) is amended— 
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‘‘(C) an assurance that funds provided 
under this section will be used to increase the 
level of State, local, and other non-Federal 
funds that would, in the absence of funds under 
this section, be made available for programs 
and activities authorized under this section, and 
in no case supplant Federal, State, local, or 
non-Federal funds; 
‘‘(D) a description of the partnership be-
tween a local educational agency, a community- 
based organization, or another public entity or 
private entity, if applicable; and 
‘‘(E) such additional assurances as the 
Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure 
compliance with this section. 
‘‘(i) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give priority to 
applications that— 
‘‘(1) propose partnerships between 2 or more el-
igible entities; or 
‘‘(2) propose that a majority of the students 
participating in the expanded learning time program 
are eligible for free or reduced price school meals 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and section 4 of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 
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‘‘(j) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to alter or otherwise affect the rights, remedies, 
and procedures afforded to employees of a school or local 
educational agency under Federal, State, or local laws (in-
cluding applicable regulations or court orders as well as 
requirements that school districts negotiate and meet and 
confer in good faith) or under the terms of collective bar-
gaining agreements, memoranda of understanding, or 
other agreements between such employers and their em-
ployees. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(2) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(3) such sums as are necessary for each of fis-
cal years 2021 through 2023.’’. 
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