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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. EXTENSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time period 
specified in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply to the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission project numbered 12740, the 
Commission may, at the request of the licensee for the 
project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with 
the good faith, due diligence, and public interest require-
ments of that section and the Commission’s procedures 
under that section, extend the time period during which 
the licensee is required to commence the construction of 
the project for up to 3 consecutive 2-year periods from 
the date of the expiration of the extension originally issued 
by the Commission. 
(b) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE.—If the 
period required for commencement of construction of the 
project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission may 
reinstate the license for the project effective as of the date 
of its expiration and the first extension authorized under 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of such expira-
tion. 
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Union Calendar No. 114 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 447 
[Report No. 115–170] 
A BILL 
To extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project. 
JUNE 12, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4480 
To provide for a study by the National Academies on workplace challenges. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
KILMER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. HIMES, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. SOTO, 
and Mr. FERGUSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide for a study by the National Academies on 
workplace challenges. 
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 ‘‘Exploring the Future 
of Work Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL ACADEMIES STUDY ON WORKER DIS-
PLACEMENT DUE TO TECHNOLOGICAL INNO-
VATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor shall 
enter into an arrangement with the National Academies 
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to conduct a study of shifting workforce industry chal-
lenges and opportunities related to the displacement of 
United States workers due to technological innovation. 
Such study shall— 
(1) assess demographic, training, technology, 
and workforce needs; 
(2) identify industry sectors likely to be signifi-
cantly impacted by automation; and 
(3) provide recommendations for policy solu-
tions. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress and make publicly available a report on 
the results of the study described in subsection (a). 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4481 
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to prohibit the 
use of public funds to make payments of awards and settlements in 
connection with violations of such Act which are committed by employing 
offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 
Mr. LANCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to 
prohibit the use of public funds to make payments of 
awards and settlements in connection with violations of 
such Act which are committed by employing offices of 
the House of Representatives and Senate, 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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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4484 
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to prohibit the 
imposition of a nondisclosure agreement as a condition of the payment 
of any award or settlement in connection with a violation of such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 
Mr. STEWART (for himself and Ms. BONAMICI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to 
prohibit the imposition of a nondisclosure agreement as 
a condition of the payment of any award or settlement 
in connection with a violation of such 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 ‘‘Victims’ Voice and 
Transparency Act’’. 
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SECTION 1. PROHIBITING USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO PAY 
SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS FOR CLAIMS 
UNDER CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY 
ACT OF 1995 INVOLVING EMPLOYING OF-
FICES OF HOUSE AND SENATE. 
(a) PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 415 of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415) 
is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c) and 
(d)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) NO USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR PAYMENTS OF 
AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS INVOLVING EMPLOYING OF-
FICES OF HOUSE OR SENATE.—No funds of the Treasury 
of the United States, including the account described in 
subsection (a), an account of the House of Representatives 
or Senate, or any other account of the Federal Govern-
ment, may be used for the payment of an award or settle-
ment in connection with a violation of section 201(a)(1) 
by an employing office of the House of Representatives 
or an employing office of the Senate.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to settle-
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ments and awards paid on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) REPORT ON AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY PAID.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Com-
pliance shall submit to Congress and make available 
to the public on the Office’s public website a report 
on all payments made with public funds prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act for awards and 
settlements in connection with violations of section 
201(a)(1) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 by employing offices of the House of Rep-
resentatives and employing offices of the Senate, and 
shall include in the report the following information: 
(A) The amount paid for each such award 
or settlement. 
(B) The source of the public funds used 
for the award or settlement, without regard to 
whether the funds were paid from the account 
described in section 415(a) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 1415(a)), an account of the House of 
Representatives or Senate, or any other account 
of the Federal Government. 
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(C) The identification of the employing of-
fice involved and any individual who committed 
the violation involved. 
(2) PROTECTION OF IDENTITY OF INDIVIDUALS 
RECEIVING
AWARDS
AND
SETTLEMENTS.—In pre-
paring and submitting the report required under this 
subsection, the Office of Compliance shall ensure 
that the identity of any individual who received an 
award or settlement, or who made an allegation of 
a violation against an employing office, is not dis-
closed. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4483 
To abolish the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 
Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia (for himself, Mr. WALKER, and Mr. DAVIDSON) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services 
A BILL 
To abolish the Federal Insurance Office of the Department 
of the Treasury, 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 ‘‘Federal Insurance Of-
fice Abolishment Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. ABOLISHMENT OF FEDERAL INSURANCE OFFICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Insurance Office of 
the Department of the Treasury, and the position of the 
Director of the Federal Insurance Office, are hereby abol-
ished. 
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(b) AMENDMENT.—Title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking section 313; and 
(2) in the table of sections for subchapter I of 
chapter 3, by striking the item relating to section 
313. 
(c) TREASURY AUTHORITY.—This section, and the 
amendment made by this section, may not be construed 
to repeal or otherwise limit any authority of the Secretary 
of the Treasury with respect matters relating to insurance. 
SEC. 3. RELATED AMENDMENTS. 
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act is amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
111(b)(2) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
5321(b)(2))— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), 
(D), and (E) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and 
(D), respectively; 
(2) 
in 
section 
112(d)(2) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
5322(d)(2)), by striking ‘‘any member agency, and 
the Federal Insurance Office,’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
any member agency’’; 
(3) in section 165(i) (12 U.S.C. 5365(i))— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘and 
the Federal Insurance Office’’ and inserting 
‘‘and the Secretary of the Treasury’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘and 
the Federal Insurance Office’’ and inserting 
‘‘and the Secretary of the Treasury’’; and 
(4) in section 203(a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘the Di-
rector of the Federal Insurance Office and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and the Secretary of the Treasury and’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF NONDISCLOSURE 
AGREEMENT AS CONDITION OF AWARD OR 
SETTLEMENT UNDER CONGRESSIONAL AC-
COUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 401 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1401) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Except as otherwise provided’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(a) PROCEDURES AVAILABLE.—Ex-
cept as otherwise provided’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITING IMPOSITION OF NONDISCLOSURE 
AGREEMENTS.—A nondisclosure agreement may not be 
imposed on any party as a condition of the payment of 
any award or settlement in connection with a violation of 
part A of title II.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to awards and set-
tlements paid in connection with the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995 on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4486 
To amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain 
contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related 
dollar threshold. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, 
to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation 
adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold. 
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. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS FROM 
THE PERIODIC INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS TO 
THE 
ACQUISITION-RELATED 
DOLLAR 
THRESHOLD. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 1908(b)(2) of title 41, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘3131 to 
3134,’’ after ‘‘sections’’. 
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‘‘(D) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; 
‘‘(E) the United States Virgin Islands; and 
‘‘(F) any other territory or possession of 
the United States.’’. 
(3) MARINE
TURTLE
CONSERVATION
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 4 of the Marine Turtle Conservation 
Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6603) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting 
‘‘or a territory of the United States’’ after ‘‘for-
eign country’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘foreign 
countries’’ and inserting ‘‘a foreign country or 
a territory of the United States’’. 
(4) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Section 
5(b)(2) of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 
2004 (16 U.S.C. 6604(b)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$80,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000’’. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 7 of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 
2004 (16 U.S.C. 6606) is amended by striking 
‘‘each of fiscal years 2005 through 2009’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’. 
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shall determine whether an applicant for assistance 
under this subtitle has developed, and identified ade-
quate revenues to implement, a plan for operating, 
maintaining, and repairing the project over the use-
ful life of the project.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘Secretary 
or the Administrator, as applicable,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator and the Secretary’’. 
(d) SECURED LOANS.—Section 5029 of the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 
U.S.C. 3908) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Secretary 
or the Administrator, as applicable’’ and inserting 
‘‘Administrator’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary or the Administrator, as applicable,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary or the Administrator, as applicable,’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
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‘‘(B) Innovative curriculum, teaching, and 
learning strategies, including the following: 
‘‘(i) New initiatives for collaborations 
of disciplinary programs with foreign lan-
guage, area, global, and international stud-
ies, and education abroad programs that 
address the internationalization of such 
disciplinary studies with the purpose of 
producing globally competent graduates. 
‘‘(ii) Innovative collaborations between 
established centers of international and 
foreign language education excellence and 
underrepresented institutions and popu-
lations seeking to further their goals for 
strengthening international, area, global, 
and foreign language studies, including at 
minority-serving institutions or community 
colleges. 
‘‘(iii) Teaching and learning collabora-
tions among foreign language, area, global, 
or other international studies with diaspora 
communities, including heritage students. 
‘‘(iv) New approaches and methods to 
teaching emerging global issues, cross-re-
gional interactions, and underrepresented 
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SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE FINANCING PILOT PROJECTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—Section 
5023 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3902) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Secretary 
and the’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED APPROVAL OF CERTAIN PROJECTS 
BY SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall approve 
projects under this subtitle that are eligible under 
section 5026(1) or, as appropriate, section 5026(8). 
‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall issue 
guidance on information required to be included in 
applications for projects requiring approval from the 
Secretary under this subsection.’’. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 5024 of the Water In-
frastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 
U.S.C. 3903) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To receive assistance under this 
subtitle, an eligible entity shall submit to the Adminis-
trator, and the Secretary, if applicable, an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4493 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the impaneling of a 
new jury if a jury fails to recommend by unanimous vote a sentence 
for conviction of a crime punishable by death. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 30, 2017 
Mr. MARINO (for himself and Mr. BARLETTA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the 
impaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to recommend 
by unanimous vote a sentence for conviction of a crime 
punishable by death. 
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 ‘‘Eric’s Law’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO IMPANEL A NEW JURY IN CER-
TAIN CASES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL GROUND FOR IMPANELING JURY.— 
Section 3593(b)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(C); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) a new special hearing is required pur-
suant to subsection (g); or’’. 
(b) IMPANELING OF NEW JURY WHEN JURY DOES 
NOT REACH A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION.—Section 
3593 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULE WHEN JURY DOES NOT RE-
TURN A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a jury described in sub-
section (b)(1) or subparagraphs (A) through (D) of 
subsection (b)(2) does not, by unanimous vote, make 
a recommendation whether the defendant should be 
sentenced to death, to life imprisonment without 
possibility of release, or some other lesser sentence 
pursuant to subsection (e), the court, upon motion 
of the attorney for the government, shall order a 
new special hearing and impanel a new jury pursu-
ant to subsection (b). 
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‘‘(2) IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE.—If the jury 
impaneled pursuant to paragraph (1) does not reach 
a unanimous recommendation as to sentence, the 
court shall impose a sentence other than death au-
thorized by law.’’. 
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tively pursued through the entity, compared to 
existing or potential bilateral approaches; and 
(B) an evaluation of whether relevant 
United States foreign policy objectives are pur-
sued on a cost-effective basis through the enti-
ty, compared to existing or potential bilateral 
approaches. 
(6) REDUNDANCIES AND OVERLAP.—The extent 
to which the mission, goals, and objectives of the en-
tity overlap with the mission, goals, and objectives of 
other multilateral institutions to which United 
States Government entities contribute voluntary or 
assessed funding, whether cash or in-kind, includ-
ing— 
(A) an identification of significant redun-
dancies or overlap with the mission, goals, and 
objectives of other multilateral entities to which 
United States Government entities contribute 
voluntary or assessed funding, whether cash or 
in-kind; and 
(B) a comparison of the extent to which 
relevant United States foreign policy objectives 
are effectively pursued on a cost-effective basis 
through each of the overlapping entities. 
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