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teacher professional development program 
with proven outcomes within a four-year 
institution of higher education that pro-
vides intensive and sustained collaboration 
between faculty and local educational agen-
cies consistent with the requirements of 
this title; and 
‘‘(v) a school or department of arts 
and sciences within such partner institu-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) may include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) The Governor of the State. 
‘‘(ii) The State educational agency. 
‘‘(iii) The State board of education. 
‘‘(iv) The State agency for higher edu-
cation. 
‘‘(v) A business. 
‘‘(vi) A public or private nonprofit 
educational organization. 
‘‘(vii) An educational service agency. 
‘‘(viii) A teacher, principal, or school 
leader organization. 
‘‘(ix) A high-performing local edu-
cational agency, or a consortium of such 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘The Office of Elec-
tronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Office of the Federal Chief Information 
Officer’’. 
(F) PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT
IMPROVE-
MENT OFFICERS AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
POLICY COUNCIL.—Section 1126(b)(3)(A)(i)(II) 
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘The Administrator of the Office of 
Electronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Federal Chief Information Officer’’. 
(G) ELECTRONIC
GOVERNMENT
AND
IN-
FORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 305 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘the Administrator of the Office of 
Electronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Federal Chief Information Officer’’. 
(H) CAPITAL PLANNING AND INVESTMENT 
CONTROL.—Section 11302(c)(4) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘the Administrator of the Office of Electronic 
Government’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘the Federal Chief Information Officer’’. 
(I) RESOURCES, PLANNING, AND
PORT-
FOLIO
MANAGEMENT.—Section 11319(d) of 
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(f) AMOUNT OF GRANT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States a sep-
arate account to be known as the ‘‘Job Guarantee 
Program Trust Fund’’ (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Fund’’), consisting of— 
(A) amounts deposited in the Fund under 
subsection (l); and 
(B) any interest earned on investment of 
amounts in the Fund. 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall use 
amounts in the Fund to make payments to grantees 
under grants under this section in accordance with 
paragraph (3). 
(3) PAYMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall de-
termine the annual amount of a grant under 
this section based on a formula to be developed 
by the Secretary. 
(B) 
PAYMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
make payments to grantees under this section 
in a manner determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary. The Secretary shall not make subse-
quent payments to a grantee after the initial 
payment until the grantee certifies to the Sec-
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6450 
To prohibit the flying of any flag other than the United States flag over 
United States diplomatic and consular posts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2018 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. 
NORMAN, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. BABIN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. JODY B. HICE 
of Georgia, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. WEBER of 
Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. BUCK, Mr. 
LOUDERMILK, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. RICE of 
South Carolina, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. 
KELLY of Mississippi, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. BRAT, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. DESANTIS) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the flying of any flag other than the United 
States flag over United States diplomatic and consular 
posts, 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 ‘‘Old Glory Only Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FLYING OF CERTAIN FLAGS OVER 
UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
POSTS. 
The Secretary of State shall ensure that no United 
States diplomatic or consular post flies any flag other than 
the United States flag over such post. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6454 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require regional centers of air 
transportation excellence to conduct research on the impacts of aircraft 
noise on humans and effective methods for mitigating such impacts, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2018 
Ms. MENG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require regional 
centers of air transportation excellence to conduct re-
search on the impacts of aircraft noise on humans and 
effective methods for mitigating such impacts, 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 ‘‘Airplane Noise Re-
search and Mitigation Act of 2018’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6452 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a corporate responsibility 
investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2018 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CAPUANO, and Mr. CICILLINE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 
corporate responsibility investment option under the 
Thrift Savings Plan. 
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 ‘‘Federal Employees 
Sustainable Investment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Department of Labor has asserted that 
socially responsible investments meet the fiduciary 
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SEC. 3. BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 9008 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8108) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) carbon dioxide that— 
‘‘(i) is intended for permanent seques-
tration or utilization; and 
‘‘(ii) is a byproduct of the production 
of the products described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B).’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2)(A)— 
(A) in clause (xii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating clause (xiii) as clause 
(xiv); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (xii) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xiii) an individual with expertise in 
carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and se-
questration; and’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6453 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
445 Main Street in Laceyville, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Melinda ‘Mindy’ 
Gene Picotti Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2018 
Mr. MARINO (for himself and Mr. BARLETTA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 445 Main Street in Laceyville, Pennsylvania, 
as the ‘‘Melinda ‘Mindy’ Gene Picotti Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MELINDA ‘‘MINDY’’ GENE PICOTTI POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 445 Main Street in Laceyville, 
Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Melinda ‘Mindy’ Gene Picotti Post Office’’. 
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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 ‘‘Melinda ‘Mindy’ Gene 
Picotti Post Office’’. 
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SEC. 2. AIRCRAFT NOISE RESEARCH REQUIRED. 
Section 44513(b)(1)(A) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in clause (v) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (v) the following: 
‘‘(vi) the impacts of aircraft noise on hu-
mans and effective methods for mitigating such 
impacts; and’’. 
Æ 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6455 
To reauthorize funding for the Urban Search and Rescue Response System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2018 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Mr. KING of New York, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. SOTO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
SUOZZI, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, Mrs. WATSON
COLEMAN, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 
O’HALLERAN, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. SERRANO, and Ms. TITUS) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To reauthorize funding for the Urban Search and Rescue 
Response System. 
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 ‘‘National Urban Search 
and Rescue Response System Reauthorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING. 
Section 634(b) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Man-
agement Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 722(b)) is amend-
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ed by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 
Æ 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6456 
To amend section 38 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 relating 
to small public housing agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2018 
Mr. PALAZZO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend section 38 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 relating to small public housing agencies, 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 ‘‘Small Public Housing 
Regulatory Relief Expansion Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SMALL PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY. 
Paragraph (2) of section 38(a) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–10(a)(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B); 
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(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘agency—’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘for which’’ in subparagraph (A) and in-
serting ‘‘agency for which’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘China Trade Relations 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS 
TREATMENT FROM THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 
OF CHINA. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of title I of Public 
Law 106–286 (114 Stat. 880) or any other provision of 
law, effective on the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) normal trade relations treatment shall not 
apply pursuant to section 101 of that Act to the 
products of the People’s Republic of China; 
(2) normal trade relations treatment may there-
after be extended to the products of the People’s Re-
public of China only in accordance with the provi-
sions of chapter 1 of title IV of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), as in effect with re-
spect to the products of the People’s Republic of 
China on the day before the effective date of the ac-
cession of the People’s Republic of China to the 
World Trade Organization; and 
(3) the extension of waiver authority that was 
in effect with respect to the People’s Republic of 
China under section 402(d)(1) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2432(d)(1)) on the day before the 
effective date of the accession of the People’s Repub-
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6460 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion of 
certain fringe benefit expenses for which a deduction is disallowed in 
unrelated business taxable income. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2018 
Mr. WALKER (for himself, Mr. BARR, Mrs. HARTZLER, and Mr. ROUZER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the inclusion of certain fringe benefit expenses for which 
a deduction is disallowed in unrelated business taxable 
income. 
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 ‘‘Lessen Impediments 
from Taxes for Charities Act’’ or the ‘‘LIFT for Charities 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF INCLUSION OF CERTAIN FRINGE BEN-
EFIT EXPENSES IN UNRELATED BUSINESS 
TAXABLE INCOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 512(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking paragraph 
(7). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the amend-
ments made by section 13703 of Public Law 115–97. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6461 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish in the 
Transportation Security Administration a National De-
ployment Office, 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 ‘‘TSA National Deploy-
ment Force Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL DEPLOYMENT OFFICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 449 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 44947. National Deployment Office 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Transportation Security Administration a National 
Deployment Office, to be headed by an individual with su-
pervisory experience. Such individual shall be designated 
by the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The individual designated as the head 
of the National Deployment Office shall be responsible for 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Maintaining a National Deployment Force 
within the Transportation Security Administration 
that is comprised of transportation security officers, 
including supervisory transportation security officers 
and lead transportation security officers, to provide 
the Administration with rapid and efficient response 
capabilities and augment the Department of Home-
land Security’s homeland security operations to miti-
gate and reduce risk, including for the following: 
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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 ‘‘TSA National Deploy-
ment Force Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL DEPLOYMENT OFFICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 449 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 44947. National Deployment Office 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Transportation Security Administration a National 
Deployment Office, to be headed by an individual with su-
pervisory experience. Such individual shall be designated 
by the Administrator of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The individual designated as the head 
of the National Deployment Office shall be responsible for 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Maintaining a National Deployment Force 
within the Transportation Security Administration 
that is comprised of transportation security officers, 
including supervisory transportation security officers 
and lead transportation security officers, to provide 
the Administration with rapid and efficient response 
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by satellite carriers of such multiple stations as is provided 
by cable systems under section 615. 
‘‘(d) CHANNEL POSITIONING.—No satellite carrier 
shall be required to provide the signal of a qualified non-
commercial educational television station to subscribers in 
that station’s local market on any particular channel num-
ber or to provide the signals in any particular order, ex-
cept that the satellite carrier shall retransmit the signal 
of the qualified noncommercial educational television sta-
tion to subscribers in the station’s local market on chan-
nels reasonably contiguous with other television broadcast 
channels and provide access to such station’s signals at 
a nondiscriminatory price and in a nondiscriminatory 
manner on any navigational device, on-screen program 
guide, or menu. 
‘‘(e) COMPENSATION
FOR CARRIAGE.—A satellite 
carrier shall not accept or request monetary payment or 
other valuable consideration in exchange either for car-
riage of qualified noncommercial educational television 
stations in fulfillment of the requirements of this section 
or for channel positioning rights provided to such stations 
under this section, except that any such station may be 
required to bear the costs associated with delivering a good 
quality signal to the local receive facility of the satellite 
carrier. 
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(b) FURTHER ADDITIONS.—The following lands in 
the State of Colorado administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management or the United States Forest Service are here-
by designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components 
of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) Certain lands managed by the Colorado 
River Valley Field Office of the Bureau of Land 
Management or located in the White River National 
Forest, which comprise approximately 25,232 acres, 
as generally depicted on a map titled ‘‘Assignation 
Ridge Proposed Wilderness’’, dated July 11, 2018, 
which shall be known as the Assignation Ridge Wil-
derness. 
(2) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge 
Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or 
located in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, 
which comprise approximately 25,192 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map titled ‘‘Badger Creek Pro-
posed Wilderness Area’’, dated June 15, 2018, 
which shall be known as the Badger Creek Wilder-
ness. 
(3) Certain lands managed by the Royal Gorge 
Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management or 
located in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, 
which comprise approximately 38,253 acres, as gen-
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‘‘(1) CHAIR.—The steering committee shall be 
chaired by the Assistant Administrator of the Office 
of Research and Development of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The steering committee 
shall be composed of 15 members, all of whom shall 
be active, full-time employees of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, with at least one member rep-
resenting each relevant program office and each re-
gional office of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy. The members of the steering committee shall be 
appointed by the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. Any vacancy shall be 
filled in the same manner as the initial appointment. 
‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The steering committee shall meet 
at least once each calendar year. 
‘‘(e) THIRD-PARTY ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
The requirements specified in this subsection with respect 
to a third-party assessment of a chemical substance are 
that the assessment— 
‘‘(1) is conducted using scientific standards 
specified in section 7B; 
‘‘(2) has undergone independent scientific re-
view for transparency, completeness, and quality; 
and 
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