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(ii) to an entity, such as a common 
carrier, that makes the property available 
to the general public as of right, such as 
a railroad or public facility; 
(iii) for use as a road or other right 
of way or means, open to the public for 
transportation, whether free or by toll; and 
(iv) for use as an aqueduct, flood con-
trol facility, pipeline, or similar use; 
(B) removing harmful uses of land pro-
vided such uses constitute an immediate threat 
to public health and safety; 
(C) leasing property to a private person or 
entity that occupies an incidental part of public 
property or a public facility, such as a retail es-
tablishment on the ground floor of a public 
building; 
(D) acquiring abandoned property; 
(E) clearing defective chains of title; 
(F) taking private property for use by a 
utility providing electric, natural gas, tele-
communication, water, wastewater, or other 
utility services either directly to the public or 
indirectly through provision of such services at 
the wholesale level for resale to the public; and 
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(G) redeveloping of a brownfield site as de-
fined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 
Brownfields Revitalization Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601(39)). 
(2) 
FEDERAL
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS.—The term ‘‘Federal economic development 
funds’’ means any Federal funds distributed to or 
through States or political subdivisions of States 
under Federal laws designed to improve or increase 
the size of the economies of States or political sub-
divisions of States. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other terri-
tory or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 15. LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to supersede, 
limit, or otherwise affect any provision of the Uniform Re-
location Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies 
Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.). 
SEC. 16. BROAD CONSTRUCTION. 
This Act shall be construed in favor of a broad pro-
tection of private property rights, to the maximum extent 
permitted by the terms of this Act and the Constitution. 
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SEC. 17. SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) SEVERABILITY.—The provisions of this Act are 
severable. If any provision of this Act, or any application 
thereof, is found unconstitutional, that finding shall not 
affect any provision or application of the Act not so adju-
dicated. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect 
upon the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, but shall not apply 
to any project for which condemnation proceedings have 
been initiated prior to the date of enactment. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1689 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 24, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To protect private property rights. 
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 ‘‘Private Property 
Rights Protection Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE BY 
STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No State or political subdivision 
of a State shall exercise its power of eminent domain, or 
allow the exercise of such power by any person or entity 
to which such power has been delegated, over property to 
be used for economic development or over property that 
is used for economic development within 7 years after that 
exercise, if that State or political subdivision receives Fed-
eral economic development funds during any fiscal year 
in which the property is so used or intended to be used. 
(b) INELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.—A viola-
tion of subsection (a) by a State or political subdivision 
shall render such State or political subdivision ineligible 
for any Federal economic development funds for a period 
of 2 fiscal years following a final judgment on the merits 
by a court of competent jurisdiction that such subsection 
has been violated, and any Federal agency charged with 
distributing those funds shall withhold them for such 2- 
year period, and any such funds distributed to such State 
or political subdivision shall be returned or reimbursed by 
such State or political subdivision to the appropriate Fed-
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States Code, to subsection (n) of such section, as added 
by subsection (a). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall be effective on the date 
that is six months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and shall apply with respect to any request filed under 
section 552(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, on or 
after such effective date, relating to any record created 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. COMMERCIAL REQUESTERS. 
For purposes of subsection (n) of section 552 of title 
5, United States Code, as added by section 2(a), each en-
terprise described in such subsection shall establish a fee 
schedule such that in the first year the fees collected from 
requests for records intended for a commercial use cover 
the costs of administering such subsection (n), which shall 
be estimated as $40,000,000 in the first year. In each sub-
sequent year, each such enterprise shall evaluate whether 
the fees collected under the prior year’s fee schedule were 
sufficient to recover all actual costs of administering sub-
section (n) and revise the fee schedule to recover the costs 
of administering subsection (n) in the following year and 
any outstanding costs of administering subsection (n) 
from the prior year not collected through fees in the prior 
year. Each such enterprise shall make the revised fee
meaning they have in section 101 of the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601); 
‘‘(2) ‘hazardous substance’ has the same mean-
ing it has in section 101 of the Comprehensive Envi-
ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9601), except that it also includes 
the meaning given ‘oil’ in section 311 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321); and 
‘‘(3) ‘pollutant’ has the same meaning it has in 
section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1362). 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) The Secretary shall carry out a program 
of environmental compliance and restoration at cur-
rent and former Coast Guard facilities. 
‘‘(2) Program goals include: 
‘‘(A) Identifying, investigating, and clean-
ing up contamination from hazardous sub-
stances and pollutants. 
‘‘(B) Correcting other environmental dam-
age that poses an imminent and substantial 
danger to the public health or welfare or to the 
environment.
(2) Not later than 120 days after the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall compile 
a list of the Federal laws under which Federal eco-
nomic development funds are distributed. The Attor-
ney General shall compile annual revisions of such 
list as necessary. Such list and any successive revi-
sions of such list shall be communicated by the At-
torney General to the chief executive officer of each 
State and also made available on the Internet 
website maintained by the United States Depart-
ment of Justice for use by the public and by the au-
thorities in each State and political subdivisions of 
each State empowered to take private property and 
convert it to public use subject to just compensation 
for the taking. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS AND TEN-
ANTS.—Not later than 30 days after the enactment of this 
Act, the Attorney General shall publish in the Federal 
Register and make available on the Internet website main-
tained by the United States Department of Justice a no-
tice containing the text of this Act and a description of 
the rights of property owners and tenants under this Act. 
SEC. 7. REPORTS. 
(a) BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every subse-
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Union Calendar No. 666 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1689 
[Report No. 115–859] 
To protect private property rights. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2017 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, and 
Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
JULY 23, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To protect private property rights. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2443 
AN ACT 
To require an inventory of all facilities certified by 
the Department of Homeland Security to host in-
frastructure or systems classified above the Se-
cret level, and for other purposes.
A BILL 
To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide additional 
responsibilities for the Register of Copyrights, and for 
other purposes. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 168 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate 
overpayments of income tax for disaster relief. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. HASTINGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow indi-
viduals to designate overpayments of income tax for dis-
aster relief. 
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 ‘‘Donate for Disaster 
Relief Act of 2017’’. 
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‘‘(b) S CORPORATION BUILT-IN GAIN AMOUNT.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘S corporation built- 
in gain amount’ means the lesser of— 
‘‘(1) the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(A) the basis of the stock referred to in 
subsection (a) as determined under section 
1014(a), over 
‘‘(B) the adjusted basis of such stock im-
mediately before the death of the decedent, or 
‘‘(2) the pro rata share (determined as of the 
applicable valuation date) of— 
‘‘(A) the aggregate fair market value of all 
property held by the S corporation which is of 
a character subject to depreciation or amortiza-
tion, over 
‘‘(B) the aggregate adjusted basis of all 
such property held by the S corporation as of 
such date. 
‘‘(c) ELECTING S CORPORATION.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘electing S corporation’ means, with 
respect to any shareholder, any S corporation which elects 
the application of this section with respect to such share-
holder at such time and in such form and manner as the 
Secretary may prescribe. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1694 
AN ACT 
To require additional entities to be subject to the require-
ments of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information 
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,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fannie and Freddie 
Open Records Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF FOIA. 
(a) APPLICABILITY
TO GOVERNMENT SPONSORED 
ENTITIES IN CONSERVATORSHIP.—Section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom 
of Information Act), is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(n)(1) This section shall apply to the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation during any period either such en-
terprise is under conservatorship or receivership pursuant 
to section 1367 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Fi-
nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 
4617). 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the exemption 
described in subsection (b)(4), relating to trade secrets 
and commercial or financial information, shall apply with-
out regard to whether such information was obtained from 
a person outside the Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, as 
the case may be.’’. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed as precluding the application of any of 
the exemptions described in section 552 of title 5, United
schedule and a detailed explanation of the prior year’s 
costs and projections of future costs that were used to jus-
tify the fee schedule publicly available online for 10 days 
prior to the fee schedule going into effect. 
SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act, or the amendment made by this 
Act, may be construed as precluding or restricting the dis-
closure of information regarding any proposed new prod-
uct or significant new product term prior to loan pur-
chasing, or substantive negotiation with an interested 
party regarding purchase of loans with such new product 
or significant new product term. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1694 
AN ACT 
To require additional entities to be subject to the 
requirements of section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the Free-
dom of Information Act), and for other purposes.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1694 
To require additional entities to be subject to the requirements of section 
552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom 
of Information Act), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2017 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. DUNCAN of 
Tennessee, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. COMER, Mr. BLUM, and 
Mr. ISSA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require additional entities to be subject to the require-
ments of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information 
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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fannie and Freddie 
Open Records Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF FOIA. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF AGENCY.—Sec-
tion 552(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘or other establishment in the executive 
branch of the Government (including the Executive Office 
of the President), or any independent regulatory agency’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘any other establishment in 
the executive branch of the Government (including the Ex-
ecutive Office of the President), any independent regu-
latory agency, and the Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 
during any period such enterprise is under conservatorship 
or receivership pursuant to section 1367 of the Federal 
Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4617)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall be effective on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect 
to any request filed under section 552(a)(3) of title 5, 
United States Code, on or after such effective date, relat-
ing to any record created before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1694 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 28, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To require additional entities to be subject to the require-
ments of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information 
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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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Register of Copyrights 
Selection and Accountability Act of 2017’’. 
SECTION 2. REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 701 of title 17, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) All administrative’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) REGISTER AND DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—All administrative’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘director’’ and inserting 
‘‘Director’’; 
(C) by inserting after the first sentence the 
following: ‘‘The Register of Copyrights shall be a 
citizen of the United States with a professional 
background and experience in copyright law and 
shall be appointed by the President from the in-
dividuals recommended under paragraph (6), by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate.’’; 
and 
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(QQ) 
(4-Methyl-1-naphthyl)(2-methyl-1- 
pent-4-enyl-1H-indol-3-yl)methanone. 
(RR) (2-Methylphenyl)[1-(5-fluoropentyl)- 
1H-indol-3-yl]methanone. 
(SS) 
(2-Ethylphenyl)[1-(5-fluoropentyl)- 
1H-indol-3-yl]methanone. 
(TT) [1-(5-Chloropentyl)-1H-indol-3-yl](1- 
naphthyl)methanone. 
(UU) [1-(5-Bromopentyl)-1H-indol-3-yl](1- 
naphthyl)methanone. 
(VV) {1-[(1-Methyl-2-piperidinyl)methyl]- 
1H-indol-3-yl}(2,2,3,3- 
tetramethylcyclopropyl)methanone. 
(WW) [1-(1-Methylazepan-2-yl)-1H-indol- 
3-yl](2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropyl)methanone. 
(XX) 
4-Hydroxy-3,3,4-trimethyl-1-(1- 
pentyl-1H-indol-3-yl)-1-pentanone. 
(YY) [1-(4-Fluoropentyl)-1H-indol-3-yl](1- 
naphthyl)methanone. 
(ZZ) 
2-(2-Iodophenyl)-1-(1-pentyl-1H- 
indol-3-yl)-1-ethanone. 
(AAA) (2,2,3,3-Tetramethylcyclopropyl)(1- 
butyl-1H-indol-3-yl)methanone. 
(BBB) (2,2,3,3-Tetramethylcyclopropyl)[1- 
(4,4,4-trifluorobutyl)-1H-indol-3-yl]methanone. 
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HR 1698 RFS
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate. 
(2) CREDIBLE INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘cred-
ible information’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 14 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 
(3) GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.—The term ‘‘Gov-
ernment of Iran’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 560.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, as such section was in effect on January 1, 
2016. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 26, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(CCC) 
7-Methoxy-1-[2-(4- 
morpholinyl)ethyl]-N-[(1S,4R)-1,3,3- 
trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl]-1H-indole-3 
-carboxamide. 
(DDD) 8-Quinolinyl 1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1H- 
indole-3-carboxylate. 
(EEE) 1-Naphthyl 1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1H- 
indole-3-carboxylate. 
(FFF) 
N-(1-Amino-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxo-2- 
butanyl)-1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1H-indole-3- 
carboxamide. 
(GGG) 
[1-(4-Fluoropentyl)-1H-indol-3- 
yl](2,2,3,3-tetramethylcyclopropyl)methanone. 
(HHH) 1-Naphthyl(1-pentyl-1H-indazol-3- 
yl)methanone. 
(III) N-(1-Naphthyl)-1-pentyl-1H-indazole- 
3-carboxamide. 
(JJJ) 1-Naphthyl 1-(5-fluoropentyl)-1H- 
indole-3-carboxylate. 
(KKK) 
Methyl 
3-methyl-2-[(1- 
pentylindazole-3-carbonyl)amino]butanoate. 
(LLL) 
Methyl 
2-[[1-(5- 
fluoropentyl)indazole-3-carbonyl]amino]-3- 
methylbutanoate. 
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(2) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may contain a classified annex. 
(d) INVESTIGATIONS.—Section (4)(e) of the Iran 
Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 
1701 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 5(b)’’ after ‘‘sec-
tion 5(a)’’ each place it appears. 
(e) SANCTIONABLE ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO 
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 5(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104–172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘EXPORTS, 
TRANSFERS, AND TRANSSHIPMENTS’’ and inserting 
‘‘WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; BALLISTIC MIS-
SILES; CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Except as’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.— 
Except as’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(A) on or after the date of the 
enactment of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria 
Human Rights Act of 2012’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1698 
AN ACT 
To expand sanctions against Iran with respect to 
the ballistic missile program of Iran, and for 
other purposes.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1699 
AN ACT 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to modify the definitions 
of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage, to 
amend the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage 
Licensing Act of 2008 to modify the definition of a 
loan originator, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,