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HR 1628 PCS
SEC. 117. PERMITTING STATES TO APPLY A WORK RE-
QUIREMENT 
FOR 
NONDISABLED, 
NON-
ELDERLY, NONPREGNANT ADULTS UNDER 
MEDICAID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a), as previously amended, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(oo) WORK
REQUIREMENT
OPTION
FOR
NON-
DISABLED, NONELDERLY, NONPREGNANT ADULTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning October 1, 
2017, subject to paragraph (3), a State may elect to 
condition medical assistance to a nondisabled, non-
elderly, nonpregnant individual under this title upon 
such an individual’s satisfaction of a work require-
ment (as defined in paragraph (2)). 
‘‘(2) WORK REQUIREMENT DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘work requirement’ means, with re-
spect to an individual, the individual’s participation 
in work activities (as defined in section 407(d)) for 
such period of time as determined by the State, and 
as directed and administered by the State. 
‘‘(3) REQUIRED
EXCEPTIONS.—States admin-
istering a work requirement under this subsection 
may not apply such requirement to— 
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‘‘(A) a woman during pregnancy through 
the end of the month in which the 60-day pe-
riod (beginning on the last day of her preg-
nancy) ends; 
‘‘(B) an individual who is under 19 years 
of age; 
‘‘(C) an individual who is the only parent 
or caretaker relative in the family of a child 
who has not attained 6 years of age or who is 
the only parent or caretaker of a child with dis-
abilities; or 
‘‘(D) an individual who is married or a 
head of household and has not attained 20 
years of age and who— 
‘‘(i) maintains satisfactory attendance 
at secondary school or the equivalent; or 
‘‘(ii) participates in education directly 
related to employment.’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN MATCHING RATE FOR IMPLEMEN-
TATION.—Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(aa) The Federal matching percentage otherwise ap-
plicable under subsection (a) with respect to State admin-
istrative expenditures during a calendar quarter for which 
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the State receives payment under such subsection shall, 
in addition to any other increase to such Federal matching 
percentage, be increased for such calendar quarter by 5 
percentage points with respect to State expenditures at-
tributable to activities carried out by the State (and ap-
proved by the Secretary) to implement subsection (oo) of 
section 1902.’’. 
Subtitle C—Per Capita Allotment 
for Medical Assistance 
SEC. 121. PER CAPITA ALLOTMENT FOR MEDICAL ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Title XIX of the Social Security Act is amended— 
(1) in section 1903 (42 U.S.C. 1396b)— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the matter before 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and section 
1903A(a)’’ after ‘‘except as otherwise provided 
in this section’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘to 
which’’ and inserting ‘‘to which, subject to sec-
tion 1903A(a),’’; and 
(2) by inserting after such section 1903 the fol-
lowing new section: 
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Subtitle B—Repeal of Certain 
Consumer Taxes 
SEC. 221. REPEAL OF TAX ON PRESCRIPTION MEDICA-
TIONS. 
Subsection (j) of section 9008 of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(j) REPEAL.—This section shall apply to calendar 
years beginning after December 31, 2010, and ending be-
fore January 1, 2017.’’. 
SEC. 222. REPEAL OF HEALTH INSURANCE TAX. 
Subsection (j) of section 9010 of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(j) REPEAL.—This section shall apply to calendar 
years beginning after December 31, 2013, and ending be-
fore January 1, 2017.’’. 
Subtitle C—Repeal of Tanning Tax 
SEC. 231. REPEAL OF TANNING TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking chapter 49. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to services performed after June 
30, 2017. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1625 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to include 
severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of 
transnational organized crime for purposes of the rewards program of 
the Department of State, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2017 
Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to include severe forms of trafficking in persons 
within the definition of transnational organized crime 
for purposes of the rewards program of the Department 
of State, 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 ‘‘Targeted Rewards for 
the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking’’ or the 
‘‘TARGET Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) 
Trafficking 
in 
persons 
is 
a 
major 
transnational crime that threatens United States na-
tional security and humanitarian interests. 
(2) Trafficking in persons is increasingly per-
petrated by organized, sophisticated criminal enter-
prises. 
(3) Combating trafficking in persons requires a 
global approach to identifying and apprehending the 
world’s worst human trafficking rings. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Department of State’s rewards program is 
a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international 
crime and that the Department of State and Federal law 
enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that 
target human traffickers who threaten United States na-
tional security and humanitarian interests by preying on 
the most vulnerable people around the world. 
SEC. 3. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 
Paragraph (5) of section 36(k) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘means’’; 
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(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving 
such clauses, as so redesignated, two ems to the 
right; 
(3) by inserting before clause (i), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(A) means—’’; 
(4) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(B) includes severe forms of trafficking in 
persons, as such term is defined in section 103 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 
Æ 
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HR 1628 PCS
‘‘SEC. 1903A. PER CAPITA-BASED CAP ON PAYMENTS FOR 
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATION OF PER CAPITA CAP ON PAY-
MENTS FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a State has excess ag-
gregate medical assistance expenditures (as defined 
in paragraph (2)) for a fiscal year (beginning with 
fiscal year 2020), the amount of payment to the 
State under section 1903(a)(1) for each quarter in 
the following fiscal year shall be reduced by 1⁄4 of 
the excess aggregate medical assistance payments 
(as defined in paragraph (3)) for that previous fiscal 
year. In this section, the term ‘State’ means only the 
50 States and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(2) EXCESS AGGREGATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
EXPENDITURES.—In this subsection, the term ‘ex-
cess aggregate medical assistance expenditures’ 
means, for a State for a fiscal year, the amount (if 
any) by which— 
‘‘(A) the amount of the adjusted total med-
ical assistance expenditures (as defined in sub-
section (b)(1)) for the State and fiscal year; ex-
ceeds 
‘‘(B) the amount of the target total med-
ical assistance expenditures (as defined in sub-
section (c)) for the State and fiscal year. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1625 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 23, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to include severe forms of trafficking in persons 
within the definition of transnational organized crime 
for purposes of the rewards program of the Department 
of State, 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 ‘‘Targeted Rewards for 
the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking’’ or the 
‘‘TARGET Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) 
Trafficking 
in 
persons 
is 
a 
major 
transnational crime that threatens United States na-
tional security and humanitarian interests. 
(2) Trafficking in persons is increasingly per-
petrated by organized, sophisticated criminal enter-
prises. 
(3) Combating trafficking in persons requires a 
global approach to identifying and apprehending the 
world’s worst human trafficking rings. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Department of State’s rewards program is 
a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international 
crime and that the Department of State and Federal law 
enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that 
target human traffickers who threaten United States na-
tional security and humanitarian interests by preying on 
the most vulnerable people around the world. 
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HR 1625 RFS 
SEC. 3. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 
Paragraph (5) of section 36(k) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘means’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving 
such clauses, as so redesignated, two ems to the 
right; 
(3) by inserting before clause (i), as so redesig-
nated, the following: 
‘‘(A) means—’’; 
(4) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(B) includes severe forms of trafficking in 
persons, as such term is defined in section 103 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 22, 2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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II 
Calendar No. 311 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1625 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 23, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
FEBRUARY 12, 2018 
Reported by Mr. CORKER, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to include severe forms of trafficking in persons 
within the definition of transnational organized crime 
for purposes of the rewards program of the Department 
of State, 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 ‘‘Targeted Rewards for 
the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking’’ or the 
‘‘TARGET Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1)
Trafficking
in
persons
is
a
major 
transnational crime that threatens United States na-
tional security and humanitarian interests. 
(2) Trafficking in persons is increasingly per-
petrated by organized, sophisticated criminal enter-
prises. 
(3) Combating trafficking in persons requires a 
global approach to identifying and apprehending the 
world’s worst human trafficking rings. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Department of State’s rewards program is 
a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international 
crime and that the Department of State and Federal law 
enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that 
target human traffickers who threaten United States na-
tional security and humanitarian interests by preying on 
the most vulnerable people around the world. 
SEC. 3. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 
Paragraph (5) of section 36(k) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘means’’; 
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‘‘(3) EXCESS AGGREGATE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
PAYMENTS.—In this subsection, the term ‘excess ag-
gregate medical assistance payments’ means, for a 
State for a fiscal year, the product of— 
‘‘(A) the excess aggregate medical assist-
ance expenditures (as defined in paragraph (2)) 
for the State for the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) the Federal average medical assist-
ance matching percentage (as defined in para-
graph (4)) for the State for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(4) FEDERAL AVERAGE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
MATCHING
PERCENTAGE.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘Federal average medical assistance matching 
percentage’ means, for a State for a fiscal year, the 
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of— 
‘‘(A) the amount of the Federal payments 
that would be made to the State under section 
1903(a)(1) for medical assistance expenditures 
for calendar quarters in the fiscal year if para-
graph (1) did not apply; to 
‘‘(B) the amount of the medical assistance 
expenditures for the State and fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) ADJUSTED TOTAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE EX-
PENDITURES.—Subject to subsection (g), the following 
shall apply: 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘adjusted total medical assistance expenditures’ 
means, for a State— 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2016, the product of— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the medical assist-
ance expenditures (as defined in paragraph 
(2)) for the State and fiscal year, reduced 
by the amount of any excluded expendi-
tures (as defined in paragraph (3)) for the 
State and fiscal year otherwise included in 
such medical assistance expenditures; and 
‘‘(ii) the 1903A FY16 population per-
centage (as defined in paragraph (4)) for 
the State; or 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2019 or a subsequent 
fiscal year, the amount of the medical assist-
ance expenditures (as defined in paragraph (2)) 
for the State and fiscal year that is attributable 
to 1903A enrollees, reduced by the amount of 
any excluded expenditures (as defined in para-
graph (3)) for the State and fiscal year other-
wise included in such medical assistance ex-
penditures and includes non-DSH supplemental 
payments 
(as 
defined 
in 
subsection 
(d)(4)(A)(ii)) and payments described in sub-
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gibility of the borrower for other forms of stu-
dent financial assistance. 
‘‘(B) An explanation of the use of the mas-
ter promissory note. 
‘‘(C) An explanation that the borrower is 
not required to accept the full amount of the 
loan offered to the borrower. 
‘‘(D) An explanation that the borrower 
should consider accepting any grant, scholar-
ship, or State or Federal work-study jobs for 
which the borrower is eligible prior to accepting 
Federal student loans. 
‘‘(E) A recommendation to the borrower to 
exhaust the borrower’s Federal student loan op-
tions prior to taking out private education 
loans, an explanation that Federal student 
loans typically offer better terms and conditions 
than private education loans, an explanation of 
treatment of loans made under part D and pri-
vate education loans in bankruptcy, and an ex-
planation that if a borrower decides to take out 
a private education loan— 
‘‘(i) the borrower has the ability to se-
lect a private educational lender of the bor-
rower’s choice; 
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is receiving counseling under this sub-
section; 
‘‘(ii) based on such anticipated bal-
ance, the anticipated monthly payment 
amount under the standard repayment 
plan; and 
‘‘(iii) an estimate of the projected 
monthly payment amount under the stand-
ard repayment plan, based on the average 
cumulative indebtedness of other borrowers 
of Federal Direct PLUS Loans made on 
behalf of dependent students who are in 
the same program of study as the student 
on whose behalf the borrower borrowed the 
loan. 
‘‘(D) For a borrower with an outstanding 
balance of principal or interest due on such 
loan— 
‘‘(i) a statement of the amount of 
such outstanding balance; 
‘‘(ii) based on such outstanding bal-
ance, the anticipated monthly payment 
amount under the standard repayment 
plan; and 
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‘‘(5)(A) An individual’s excess average indexed 
monthly earnings shall be equal to the amount of the indi-
vidual’s average indexed monthly earnings that would be 
determined under this subsection by substituting ‘excess 
wages’ for ‘basic wages’ and ‘excess self-employment in-
come’ for ‘basic self-employment income’ each place such 
terms appear in this subsection (except in this paragraph). 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘basic wages’ means that portion 
of the wages of an individual paid in a year that 
does not exceed the contribution and benefit base for 
the year; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘basic self-employment income’ 
means that portion of the self-employment income of 
an individual credited to a year that does not exceed 
an amount equal to the contribution and benefit 
base for the year minus the amount of the wages 
paid to the individual in the year; 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘excess wages’ means that por-
tion of the wages of an individual paid in a year 
after 2017 in excess of the higher of $300,000 or 
the contribution and benefit base for the year; and 
‘‘(iv) the term ‘excess self-employment income’ 
means that portion of the self-employment income of 
an individual credited to a year after 2017 in excess 
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exceeding twenty-nine days)’’ and inserting ‘‘(not exceed-
ing 90 days)’’. 
Æ 
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SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) FEES.—The term ‘‘fees’’ means— 
(A) fees normally assessed a full-time stu-
dent, as determined by an institution of higher 
education, including— 
(i) costs for the rental or purchase of 
any equipment, materials, or supplies re-
quired of all students in the same course 
of study; and 
(ii) an allowance for room and board 
at such institution; and 
(B) travel expenses to such institution 
from Haiti and, upon the completion of a de-
gree at such institution, from such institution 
to Haiti. 
(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(3) SCHOLARSHIP.—The term ‘‘scholarship’’ 
means an amount awarded to a Haitian student 
under this section that shall only be used to pay 
costs related to the tuition and fees at the institu-
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tion of higher education in which the student is en-
rolled as a full-time student. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1632 
To prohibit the use of Federal money for print, radio, television or any 
other media advertisement, campaign, or form of publicity against the 
use of a food or beverage that is lawfully marketed under the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 20, 2017 
Mr. DESJARLAIS (for himself, Mr. BARR, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, and Mr. 
ROE of Tennessee) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of Federal money for print, radio, tele-
vision or any other media advertisement, campaign, or 
form of publicity against the use of a food or beverage 
that is lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Foods and 
Beverages from Government Attack Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. FUNDING RESTRICTION. 
No part of any appropriation contained in any Act 
may be used for print, radio, television or any other media 
advertisement, campaign, or form of publicity against the 
use of a food or beverage that is lawfully marketed under 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 
et seq.). 
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