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(3) INTRODUCTION.—During the period of 30 
calendar days provided for under subsection (b)(1), 
including any additional period as applicable under 
the exception provided in subsection (b)(2), a joint 
resolution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval may be introduced— 
(A) in the House of Representatives, by 
the majority leader or the minority leader; and 
(B) in the Senate, by the majority leader 
(or the majority leader’s designee) or the mi-
nority leader (or the minority leader’s des-
ignee). 
(4) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.—If a committee of the House of 
Representatives to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval has been re-
ferred has not reported the joint resolution within 
10 calendar days after the date of referral, that 
committee shall be discharged from further consider-
ation of the joint resolution. 
(5) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
(A) COMMITTEE REFERRAL.—A joint reso-
lution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval introduced in the Senate shall be— 
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‘‘(1) all necessary equitable and legal relief, in-
cluding, where appropriate, declaratory relief and 
compensatory damages, to prevent the occurrence, 
continuance, or repetition of the designated violation 
and to compensate for losses resulting from the des-
ignated violation; and 
‘‘(2) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable attor-
neys’ fees and litigation expenses as part of the 
costs.’’. 
SEC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
rule entitled ‘‘Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contrac-
tors’’ published by the Department of Labor in the Fed-
eral Register on October 7, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 60634), 
with respect to Federal contracts, permits, or other con-
tract-like instruments entered into with the Federal Gov-
ernment in connection with Federal property or lands, spe-
cifically related to offering seasonal recreational services 
or seasonal recreation equipment rental for the general 
public: Provided, That this section shall not apply to lodg-
ing and food services associated with seasonal recreation 
services. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 538. $0. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 176 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3358 
[Report No. 115–244] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2018, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 24, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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(ii) an evaluation of the progress 
made by the Federal agency at national 
and regional levels regarding implementa-
tion of the environmental justice strategy, 
including— 
(I) metrics used by the Federal 
agency to measure performance; and 
(II) the progress made by the 
Federal agency toward— 
(aa) the achievement of the 
metrics described in subclause 
(I); and 
(bb) mitigating identified in-
stances of environmental injus-
tice; 
(iii) a description of the participation 
by the Federal agency in interagency col-
laboration; 
(iv) responses to recommendations 
submitted by members of the public to the 
Federal agency relating to the environ-
mental justice strategy of the Federal 
agency and the implementation by the 
Federal agency of this Act; and 
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(i) referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs if 
the joint resolution relates to a report 
under subsection (a)(3)(A) that relates to 
an action that is not intended to signifi-
cantly alter United States foreign policy 
with regard to the Russian Federation; 
and 
(ii) referred to the Committee on For-
eign Relations if the joint resolution relates 
to a report under subsection (a)(3)(B) that 
relates to an action that is intended to sig-
nificantly alter United States foreign policy 
with respect to the Russian Federation. 
(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
committee to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval was re-
ferred has not reported the joint resolution 
within 10 calendar days after the date of refer-
ral of the joint resolution, that committee shall 
be discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(C) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.— 
Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 
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‘‘Sec. 2224. Protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information. 
‘‘Sec. 2225. No private right of action.’’. 
SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF OTHER ENTITIES. 
(a) OFFICE
OF BIOMETRIC IDENTITY MANAGE-
MENT.—The Office of Biometric Identity Management of 
the Department of Homeland Security located in the Na-
tional Protection and Programs Directorate of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act is hereby transferred to the 
Management Directorate of the Department. 
(b) FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security is authorized to transfer the Fed-
eral Protective Service, as authorized under section 1315 
of title 40, United States Code, to any component, direc-
torate, or other office of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity that the Secretary determines appropriate. 
SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed as— 
(1) conferring new authorities to the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, including programmatic, reg-
ulatory, or enforcement authorities, outside of the 
authorities in existence on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act; 
(2) reducing or limiting the programmatic, reg-
ulatory, or enforcement authority vested in any 
other Federal agency by statute; or 
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‘‘(ii) treat information in such data-
bases in a manner that complies with ap-
plicable Federal law on privacy. 
‘‘(N) To coordinate training and other sup-
port to the elements and personnel of the De-
partment, other Federal Government agencies, 
and State, local, tribal, and territorial govern-
ment agencies that provide information to the 
Department, or are consumers of information 
provided by the Department, in order to facili-
tate the identification and sharing of informa-
tion revealed in their ordinary duties and the 
optimal utilization of information received from 
the Department. 
‘‘(O) To coordinate with Federal, State, 
local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement 
agencies, and the private sector, as appropriate. 
‘‘(P) To exercise the authorities and over-
sight of the functions, personnel, assets, and li-
abilities of those components transferred to the 
Department pursuant to section 201(g). 
‘‘(Q) To carry out the functions of the na-
tional cybersecurity and communications inte-
gration center under section 2209. 
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‘‘(II) A sole community hospital 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
1886(d)(5)(D)(iii)). 
‘‘(III) A home telehealth site (as 
defined in subparagraph (G)(i)). 
‘‘(IV) A site described in clause 
(ii) that is located in a county with a 
population of less than 25,000, ac-
cording to the most recent decennial 
census or in an area that was not in-
cluded in a Metropolitan Statistical 
Area on any date in 2000. 
‘‘(V) A site described in clause 
(ii) with respect to services related to 
the evaluation or treatment of an 
acute stroke.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(G) HOME TELEHEALTH SITE.— 
‘‘(i) HOME TELEHEALTH SITE.—The 
term ‘home telehealth site’ means, with re-
spect to a telehealth service described in 
clause (ii) furnished to an individual, the 
in a place of residence used as the home of 
such individual. 
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poses of determining eligibility for receipt of 
birthing network services under this section. 
‘‘(2) BIRTHING NETWORK.—The term ‘birthing 
network’ means a designated provider (including a 
provider that operates in coordination with a team 
of health care professionals) or a health team se-
lected by an eligible individual to provide birthing 
network services. 
‘‘(3) BIRTHING NETWORK SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘birthing 
network services’ means comprehensive and 
timely high-quality services described in sub-
paragraph (B) that are provided by a des-
ignated provider, a team of health care profes-
sionals operating with such a provider, or a 
health team and are identified in a provider 
registry. 
‘‘(B) SERVICES DESCRIBED.—The services 
described in this subparagraph are— 
‘‘(i) comprehensive care coordination; 
‘‘(ii) health promotion; 
‘‘(iii) a call center to offer 24-hour 
physician support for consultations with 
maternal-fetal medicine specialists, when 
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‘‘(regardless of the location of such providers)’’ after 
‘‘health care providers’’. 
Æ 
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Rules of the Senate, it is in order at any time 
after the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs or the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, as the case may be, reports a joint reso-
lution of approval or joint resolution of dis-
approval to the Senate or has been discharged 
from consideration of such a joint resolution 
(even though a previous motion to the same ef-
fect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed 
to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 
all points of order against the joint resolution 
(and against consideration of the joint resolu-
tion) are waived. The motion to proceed is not 
debatable. The motion is not subject to a mo-
tion to postpone. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is agreed to or dis-
agreed to shall not be in order. 
(D) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE-
DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 
relating to the application of the rules of the 
Senate, as the case may be, to the procedure re-
lating to a joint resolution of approval or joint 
resolution of disapproval shall be decided with-
out debate. 
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priated or otherwise made available under this heading in 
this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams submitted pursuant to section 7015 of this Act, sec-
tion 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706), or any operating plan sub-
mitted pursuant to section 7076 of this Act, shall include 
an estimate of all known credits currently attributable to 
the United States and provide updated assessment costs, 
including offsets from available credits and updated for-
eign currency exchange rates: Provided further, That any 
payment of arrearages under this heading shall be directed 
to activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United 
States and the respective international organization and 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for a United States contribution to an inter-
national organization for the United States share of inter-
est costs made known to the United States Government 
by such organization for loans incurred on or after Octo-
ber 1, 1984, through external borrowings. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 335 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide parity among 
States in the timing of the application of higher Federal Medicaid match-
ing rates for the ACA-expansion population. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2017 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 
parity among States in the timing of the application 
of higher Federal Medicaid matching rates for the ACA- 
expansion population. 
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 ‘‘Medicaid Expansion 
Parity Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. PARITY IN THE TIMING OF THE APPLICATION OF 
HIGHER 
MEDICAID 
FEDERAL 
MATCHING 
RATES FOR ACA NEWLY ELIGIBLE INDIVID-
UALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(y)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(y)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for cal-
endar quarters in 2014, 2015, and 2016’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for calendar quarters in the 12-calendar- 
quarter period beginning with the first calendar 
quarter in which the State provides medical assist-
ance to newly eligible individuals’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘for cal-
endar quarters in 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘for the next 
4 calendar quarters for such State’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘for cal-
endar quarters in 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘for the next 
4 calendar quarters for such State’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘for cal-
endar quarters in 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘for the next 
4 calendar quarters for such State’’; and 
(5) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘for cal-
endar quarters in 2020 and each year thereafter’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for each succeeding calendar quarter 
for such State’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
Æ 
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1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), $4,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, including not more 
than $4,000 for representation expenses. 
COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN 
EUROPE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu-
rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 
Law 94–304, $2,579,000, including not more than $4,000 
for representation expenses, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu-
tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au-
thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,000,000, including not 
more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY 
REVIEW COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States-China 
Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 
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147 
(1) APPLICABLE
UNITED
NATIONS
SECURITY 
COUNCIL RESOLUTION; LUXURY GOODS.—The terms 
‘‘applicable United Nations Security Council resolu-
tion’’ and ‘‘luxury goods’’ have the meanings given 
those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the North 
Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 
2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202), as amended by subsection 
(a). 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES; GOVERNMENT
OF
NORTH
KOREA; UNITED 
STATES PERSON.—The terms ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’, ‘‘Government of North Korea’’, 
and ‘‘United States person’’ have the meanings 
given those terms, respectively, in section 3 of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 
of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202). 
(3) FOREIGN
PERSON; NORTH
KOREAN
PER-
SON.—The terms ‘‘foreign person’’ and ‘‘North Ko-
rean person’’ have the meanings given those terms, 
respectively, in paragraph (5) and paragraph (13) of 
section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy 
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202(5) and 
9202(13)), as added by subsection (a). 
(4) PROHIBITED
WEAPONS
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘prohibited weapons program’’ means— 
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(1) by striking the section designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘Except as’’ in 
subsection (a)(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 402. NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMI-
NATION SYSTEM. 
‘‘(a) PERMITS ISSUED BY ADMINISTRATOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘upon condition that 
such discharge will meet either (A) all’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘subject to the 
conditions that— 
‘‘(A) the discharge will achieve compliance 
with, as applicable— 
‘‘(i) all’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘403 of this Act, or 
(B) prior’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘403; or 
‘‘(ii) prior’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘this Act.’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘this Act; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to the issuance or re-
newal of the permit— 
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176 
(A) include a determination whether each 
person identified in section 302(b)(3) of such 
Act (as amended by paragraph (1)) who is a 
national or a citizen of such identified country 
meets the criteria for sanctions under— 
(i) section 111 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7108) (relating to the prevention of traf-
ficking in persons); or 
(ii) section 104(a) or 104(b)(1) of the 
North Korea Sanctions and Policy En-
hancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 
9214(a)), as amended by section 101 of 
this Act; 
(B) be included in the report required 
under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)) 
(relating to the annual report on trafficking in 
persons); and 
(C) be considered in any determination 
that the government of such country has made 
serious and sustained efforts to eliminate severe 
forms of trafficking in persons, as such term is 
defined for purposes of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000. 
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HR 3364 RDS
(i) referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs if 
the joint resolution relates to a report 
under subsection (a)(3)(A) that relates to 
an action that is not intended to signifi-
cantly alter United States foreign policy 
with regard to the Russian Federation; 
and 
(ii) referred to the Committee on For-
eign Relations if the joint resolution relates 
to a report under subsection (a)(3)(B) that 
relates to an action that is intended to sig-
nificantly alter United States foreign policy 
with respect to the Russian Federation. 
(B) REPORTING AND DISCHARGE.—If the 
committee to which a joint resolution of ap-
proval or joint resolution of disapproval was re-
ferred has not reported the joint resolution 
within 10 calendar days after the date of refer-
ral of the joint resolution, that committee shall 
be discharged from further consideration of the 
joint resolution and the joint resolution shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(C) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.— 
Notwithstanding Rule XXII of the Standing 
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‘‘(i) no advance refundings of such 
bond would be allowed under this title on 
or after the applicable disaster date, 
‘‘(ii) the advance refunding bond is 
the only other outstanding bond with re-
spect to the refunded bond, and 
‘‘(iii) the requirements of section 148 
are met with respect to all bonds issued 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(F) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
subsection— 
‘‘(i) 
FEDERALLY
DECLARED
DIS-
ASTER; DISASTER AREA.—The terms ‘fed-
erally declared disaster’ and ‘disaster area’ 
have the meanings given such terms under 
section 165(i)(5). 
‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE DISASTER DATE.— 
The term ‘applicable disaster date’ means, 
with respect to any federally declared dis-
aster, the date on which such federally de-
clared disaster occurs. 
‘‘(iii) APPLICABLE STATE.—The term 
‘applicable State’ means, with respect to 
any federally declared disaster, any State 
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(2) establish uniform continuing education re-
quirements for licensed independent claims adjusters 
for each line of insurance under paragraph (1) that 
a State chooses to regulate; 
(3) establish uniform ethics course require-
ments for licensed independent claims adjusters in 
conjunction with the continuing education require-
ments under paragraph (2); 
(4) do not impose any requirement upon any 
independent claims adjuster to be licensed or other-
wise qualified to do business as a nonresident that 
has the effect of limiting or conditioning that inde-
pendent claims adjuster’s activities because of its 
residence or place of operations; and 
(5) utilize a uniform license application. 
(c) 
RECIPROCITY
REQUIRED.—States 
shall 
be 
deemed to have established the reciprocity required to 
comply with subsection (a)(2) if the following conditions 
are met: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
LICENSING
PROCE-
DURES.—Each State that licenses independent 
claims adjusters permits an independent claims ad-
juster that has a license for adjusting insurance 
claims in their home State to receive a license to ad-
just insurance claims in those other States as a non-
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