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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6050 
To allow all individuals purchasing health insurance in the individual market 
the option to purchase a lower premium copper plan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2018 
Mr. BURGESS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To allow all individuals purchasing health insurance in the 
individual market the option to purchase a lower pre-
mium copper 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 ‘‘Increasing Access to 
Care Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ALLOWING ALL INDIVIDUALS PURCHASING HEALTH 
INSURANCE IN THE INDIVIDUAL MARKET 
THE OPTION TO PURCHASE A LOWER PRE-
MIUM COPPER PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1302(e) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18022(e)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of 
subparagraph (B) as subparagraphs (A) and 
(B), respectively, and adjusting the margins ac-
cordingly; 
(B) by striking ‘‘plan year if—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘the plan provides—’’ and 
inserting ‘‘plan year if the plan provides—’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(b) RISK POOLS.—Section 1312(c)(1) of the Patient 
Protection 
and 
Affordable 
Care 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
18032(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and including en-
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rollees in catastrophic plans described in section 1302(e)’’ 
after ‘‘Exchange’’. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1312(d)(3)(C) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(C)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, except that in the case of a catastrophic plan de-
scribed in section 1302(e), a qualified individual may en-
roll in the plan only if the individual is eligible to enroll 
in the plan under section 1302(e)(2)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to plan years begin-
ning on or after January 1, 2019. 
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(e) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—The Secretary may not 
make— 
(1) more than 3 grants under this section; or 
(2) more than 1 grant under this section to the 
same eligible entity. 
(f) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of each grant 
awarded under this section may not exceed $10,000,000. 
(g) REPORTS.— 
(1) BY ELIGIBLE ENTITIES TO SECRETARY.— 
(A) INTERIM REPORTS.—An eligible entity 
that is awarded a grant under this section shall 
submit to the Secretary, not later than 6 
months, 18 months, and 2 years after the date 
on which such grant is awarded, an interim re-
port that contains a description of the activities 
carried out using grant funds. 
(B) FINAL
REPORT.—An eligible entity 
that is awarded a grant under this section shall 
submit to the Secretary, not later than 39 
months after the date on which such grant is 
awarded, a final report that contains a descrip-
tion of— 
(i) the activities carried out using 
grant funds; 
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SEC. 2. INTERFERENCE WITH PROTECTED RIGHTS WHILE 
IN DISGUISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 13 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 249 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 250. Interference with protected rights while in 
disguise 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whoever, whether or not acting 
under color of law, while in disguise, including while wear-
ing a mask, injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates 
any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Pos-
session, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of 
any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution 
or laws of the United States, or because of his having so 
exercised the same, shall be fined under this title, impris-
oned not more than 15 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed so as to deter any law enforcement 
officer from lawfully carrying out the duties of his office; 
and no law enforcement officer shall be considered to be 
in violation of this section for lawfully carrying out the 
duties of his office or lawfully enforcing ordinances and 
laws of the United States, the District of Columbia, any 
of the several States, or any political subdivision of a 
State. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 
‘law enforcement officer’ means any officer of the United 
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States, the District of Columbia, a State, or political sub-
division of a State, who is empowered by law to conduct 
investigations of, or make arrests because of, offenses 
against the United States, the District of Columbia, a 
State, or a political subdivision of a State.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 13 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item related to section 249 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘250. Interference with protected rights while in disguise.’’. 
SEC. 3. DESTROYING BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY WITHIN 
SPECIAL MARITIME AND TERRITORIAL JU-
RISDICTION WHILE IN DISGUISE. 
Section 1363 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Whoever, 
during the commission of an offense under this section, 
wears a disguise, including a mask, shall, in addition to 
any term of imprisonment otherwise imposed under this 
section, be imprisoned for 2 years.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6055 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to indemnify government 
employees, and employees entities that have contracts with such govern-
ments, from certain judgements for acting within their capacity to comply 
with their official duties and responsibilities, and other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2018 
Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, and Mr. QUIGLEY) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to indemnify 
government employees, and employees entities that have 
contracts with such governments, from certain judge-
ments for acting within their capacity to comply with 
their official duties and responsibilities, and other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Keep Our Cities Safe 
Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. INDEMNIFICATION FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 
Section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1324) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
officer or employee of the Federal Government, or of a 
State or local government, or to an officer or employee 
of an entity with which such a government has a contract, 
who is acting in accordance with the law of the State or 
locality in which the employee engaged in conduct which 
would otherwise violate this section.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6056 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish rules for payment 
for graduate medical education (GME) costs for hospitals that establish 
a new medical residency training program after hosting resident rotators 
for short durations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2018 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. NOR-
CROSS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Mr. LANCE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish 
rules for payment for graduate medical education (GME) 
costs for hospitals that establish a new medical residency 
training program after hosting resident rotators for short 
durations. 
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 ‘‘Advancing Medical 
Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2018’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6059 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, 
as the ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6057 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for enhanced penalties 
for trafficking in fentanyl, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2018 
Mr. GROTHMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for en-
hanced penalties for trafficking in fentanyl, 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. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN 
FENTANYL. 
Section 401(b)(1)(B) of the Controlled Substances 
Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
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(3) in clause (viii), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
and 
(4) by inserting after clause (viii) the following: 
‘‘(ix) 2 grams or more of a mixture or 
substance containing a detectable amount 
of fentanyl, its salts, optical and geometric 
isomers, and salts of isomers;’’. 
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SECTION 1. THOMAS P. COSTIN, JR. POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Mas-
sachusetts, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Thomas 
P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
(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 ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, 
Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6059 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, 
Massachusetts, as the ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, Jr. 
Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 6059 
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 51 Willow 
Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, as the ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. THOMAS P. COSTIN, JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office 
Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
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 ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
(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 ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, 
Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
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II 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6059 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 12, 2018 
Received 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, 
as the ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
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. THOMAS P. COSTIN, JR. POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Mas-
sachusetts, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Thomas 
P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
(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 ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, 
Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6061 
To require the head of each agency to submit to the Government 
Accountability Office a monthly travel log, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2018 
Mr. NORMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require the head of each agency to submit to the Govern-
ment Accountability Office a monthly travel log, 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 ‘‘Formally List Your 
Travel Act’’ or the ‘‘FLY Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT MONTHLY TRAVEL 
LOGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning October 1, 2018, on 
the first day of each month, an agency head shall submit 
to the Comptroller General of the United States a record 
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of any official travel itinerary (referred to in this section 
as a ‘‘travel log’’) of the agency head for the previous 
month. 
(b) PENALTY.—(1) Beginning with the fiscal quarter 
beginning on January 1, 2019, an agency head shall, out 
of funds appropriated specifically for the office of the 
agency head, pay to the general fund of the Treasury an 
amount equal to one percent of the annual budget of such 
office for each month during the previous quarter with re-
spect to which the agency head has not submitted a travel 
log by the last day of such previous quarter. 
(2) Beginning with fiscal year 2020, in the case of 
an agency head who has not submitted any travel log dur-
ing the previous fiscal year, the annual budget for the of-
fice of such agency head for the fiscal year shall be re-
duced by 15 percent. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than September 30 
of each fiscal year, an agency head shall submit to the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
a report on the total amount of official travel expenses 
incurred by the agency head during such fiscal year. 
(d) PROHIBITION.—Any agency head who holds a 
Senate-confirmed position may not purchase a first class 
seat on an airplane using Federal funds. 
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(e) AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 551 
of title 5, United States Code. 
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(2) The State of New York designated Oyster 
Bay a significant coastal fish and wildlife habitat. It 
is especially important for wintering waterfowl such 
as black duck, greater scaup, bufflehead, canvasback 
and long-tailed ducks. Management activities include 
wetland restoration and protection of the natural 
shoreline and vegetation. 
(3) The refuge is unique in consisting solely of 
bay bottom and adjacent shoreline up to the mean 
high-tide mark. Ninety percent of New York’s com-
mercial oyster harvest comes from the refuge. Visi-
tors enjoy fishing, wildlife observation, photography 
and environmental education. The refuge is truly a 
national treasure. 
(4) Many visitors are unaware that were it not 
for the tireless work and advocacy of then-freshman 
Congressman Lester Wolff, this area would today be 
an 8.5-mile causeway and bridge across Long Island 
Sound between Oyster Bay and Rye, New York, con-
necting Nassau and Westchester Counties. 
(5) The bridge was first proposed by Robert 
Moses, the well-known New York City Planner, to 
divert traffic from New York City. Former Governor 
Nelson Rockefeller signed into law legislation cre-
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ating the bridge authorized by the New York State 
Legislature in 1967. 
(6) Congressman Wolff, elected in 1964, quick-
ly decided the bridge would be an intrusion in a pris-
tine area, and that Long Island Sound was a very 
precious resource that was despoiled. The conserva-
tion threats in the mid-1960s were suburban devel-
opment, wetland filling, and industrial pollution. The 
fight to preserve this land became an enormous po-
litical fight and is considered to be a turning point 
in New York State’s environmental legacy. 
(7) With State and local political and commu-
nity leaders, and especially the North Shore leaders 
and the Committee to Save the Long Island Sound, 
Congressman Wolff arranged a meeting with De-
partment of the Interior representatives and local 
leaders where the idea of creating a wildlife refuge 
from municipal and privately owned wetlands was 
created. 
(8) The Town of Oyster Bay, in which one end 
of the bridge was to be located, deeded 5,000 acres 
of wetlands to the United States to be maintained 
as a Federal wildlife preserve. It was stipulated that 
if the Department of the Interior agreed to an intru-
sion of the property, it would revert to the town. 
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Creating a Federal wildlife preserve provided the 
land with Federal protection. 
(9) Because of the vision, dedication, and perse-
verance of Congressman Lester Wolff, all of us and 
future generations can enjoy the beauty and mag-
nificence of this refuge. 
SEC. 2. RENAMING THE OYSTER BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE 
REFUGE AS THE CONGRESSMAN LESTER 
WOLFF NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(a) RENAMING.—The unit of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System known as the Oyster Bay National Wildlife 
Refuge and located near Oyster Bay, New York, shall be 
known as the ‘‘Congressman Lester Wolff National Wild-
life Refuge’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
known as the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge is 
deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Congressman Lester 
Wolff National Wildlife Refuge’’. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6064 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To rename the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the 
Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge. 
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. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge 
was created in 1968. It is located on the north shore 
of Long Island in eastern Nassau County, is the 
largest refuge in the Long Island National Wildlife 
Refuge Complex, and receives the most public use of 
all the refuges in the Complex. 
(2) The State of New York designated Oyster 
Bay a significant coastal fish and wildlife habitat. It 
is especially important for wintering waterfowl such 
as black duck, greater scaup, bufflehead, canvasback 
and long-tailed ducks. Management activities include 
wetland restoration and protection of the natural 
shoreline and vegetation. 
(3) The refuge is unique in consisting solely of 
bay bottom and adjacent shoreline up to the mean 
high-tide mark. Ninety percent of New York’s com-
mercial oyster harvest comes from the refuge. Visi-
tors enjoy fishing, wildlife observation, photography 
and environmental education. The refuge is truly a 
national treasure. 
(4) Many visitors are unaware that were it not 
for the tireless work and advocacy of then-freshman 
Congressman Lester Wolff, this area would today be 
an 8.5-mile causeway and bridge across Long Island 
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