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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4884 
To direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Home-
land Security, to reinstate the Cuban Family Reunification Program, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2019 
Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL (for herself, Mr. CRIST, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Ms. SHALALA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, to reinstate the Cuban 
Family Reunification Program, 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 ‘‘Cuban Family Reunifi-
cation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF THE CUBAN FAMILY REUNIFI-
CATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
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in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
shall— 
(1) reinstate processing of applications for pa-
role under the Cuban Family Reunification Program 
at the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba; and 
(2) prioritize and process applications described 
in paragraph (1) that were filed before the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—To carry out sub-
section (a), the Secretary of State shall assign to the 
United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba, appropriate 
temporary duty personnel. The Secretary shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to ensure the safety of such 
personnel to ensure that such personnel are available a 
minimum of one business day each week. 
(c) ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall, 
to the extent practicable, make available to applicants for 
parole under the Cuban Family Reunification Program 
video teleconference capabilities. In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretary shall ensure appropriate privacy and 
security requirements are satisfied. 
(d) DURATION.—Parole granted under the Cuban 
Family Reunification Program shall be valid for an initial 
period of two years. 
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020 
through 2023.’’. 
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(e) EXPEDITIOUS PROCESSING.—The Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, shall ensure that applications for parole under the 
Cuban Family Reunification Program that were filed be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act are processed 
not later than 60 days after such date of enactment. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4885 
To amend Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis 
Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a–7) to provide for equal treat-
ment of the District of Columbia with respect to funds made available 
under that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2019 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the 
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 
582a–7) to provide for equal treatment of the District 
of Columbia with respect to funds made available under 
that 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 ‘‘McIntire-Stennis Act 
District of Columbia Equality Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR PUR-
POSES OF FUNDING UNDER MCINTIRE-STEN-
NIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ACT. 
Section 8 of Public Law 87–788 (commonly known 
as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 
U.S.C. 582a–7) is amended by inserting ‘‘the District of 
Columbia,’’ after ‘‘include’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4888 
To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2019 
Mr. SCHRADER (for himself, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. BLU-
MENAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation 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. GRAND RONDE RESERVATION ACT AMEND-
MENT. 
Section 1(d) of Public Law 100–425 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Grand Ronde Reservation Act’’) (102 Stat. 
1594) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘lands within 
the State of Oregon’’ and inserting ‘‘the 84 acres 
known as the Thompson Strip’’; 
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) GAMING PROHIBITION.—Any real property 
obtained by the Tribes as part of a land claim settle-
ment approved by the United States shall not be eli-
gible, or used, for any class II gaming or class III 
gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2701, et seq.) (as those terms are de-
fined in section 4 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703)).’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATY RIGHTS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED 
TRIBES. 
Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 
Act, shall be construed to enlarge, confirm, adjudicate, af-
fect, or modify any treaty right of an Indian tribe (as de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 488 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that an employ-
ee’s ‘‘regular rate’’ for purposes of calculating overtime compensation 
will not be affected by certain additional payments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 11, 2019 
Mr. CALVERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide 
that an employee’s ‘‘regular rate’’ for purposes of calcu-
lating overtime compensation will not be affected by cer-
tain additional payments. 
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 ‘‘Employee Bonus Pro-
tection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REGULAR RATE FOR OVERTIME PURPOSES. 
Section 7(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
is amended— 
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(2) publish such report on a publicly accessible 
website of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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(1) by inserting before the semicolon at the end 
of paragraph (3) the following: ‘‘; or (d) the pay-
ments are made to reward an employee or group of 
employees for meeting or exceeding the productivity, 
quality, efficiency, or sales goals as specified in a 
gainsharing plan, incentive bonus plan, commission 
plan, or performance contingent bonus plan’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘A plan described in clause (d) of paragraph (3) shall 
be in writing and made available to employees, provided 
that the amount of the payments to be made under the 
plan be based upon a formula that is stated in the plan, 
and be established and maintained in good faith for the 
purpose of distributing to employees additional remunera-
tion over and above the wages and salaries that are not 
dependent upon the existence of such plan or payments 
made pursuant to such plan.’’. 
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of Public Law 97–444, and subsection (r) as subsections (r) 
and (s), respectively. 
(aa) Section 22(b)(3) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 25(b)(3)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘of registered’’ and inserting ‘‘of 
a registered’’. 
(bb) Section 22(b)(4) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 25(b)(4)) 
is amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘entity’’. 
SEC. 213. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 14(e). 
Section 14(e) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 18(e)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; 
(2) in the 1st sentence— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘final’’ after ‘‘Any’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘hereunder’’ and inserting 
‘‘under this section’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the appellee’’ and inserting 
‘‘an appellee’’; 
(3) in the 2nd sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Such appeal’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘If the order requires the petitioner to pay 
reparation, or upholds a prior order requiring 
such a payment, the petition for review’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘appellant’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘petitioner’’; 
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‘‘(A) to assist States and water users in 
complying with interstate compacts through tem-
porary, voluntary, and compensated transactions 
that decrease consumptive water use at a re-
gional or watershed scale;’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘to prevent’’ and inserting 
‘‘to achieve the prevention of’’; 
(F) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘to accelerate’’ and inserting 
‘‘to achieve the acceleration of’’; and 
(G) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) by striking clause (i) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(i) to increase ecological resilience to 
climate change, including by enhancing 
natural water recharge infrastructure with-
in a floodplain or riparian wetland, by ad-
dressing climate-related impacts or vulner-
ability to the water supply of the United 
States;’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
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SEC. 304. SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY DURING DROUGHTS. 
Section 9503(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10363(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(D), by inserting ‘‘and na-
tive biodiversity’’ after ‘‘wildlife habitat’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ‘‘and 
drought biodiversity plans to address sustaining na-
tive biodiversity during periods of drought’’ after 
‘‘restoration plans’’. 
SEC. 305. REAUTHORIZATION OF COOPERATIVE WATER-
SHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 6002(g)(4) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1015a(g)(4)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’. 
TITLE IV—EFFECT ON EXISTING 
LAW 
SEC. 401. EFFECT ON EXISTING LAW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An action taken by the Secretary 
or another entity under this Act or an amendment made 
by this Act shall comply with applicable State laws in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) STATE LAW.—Nothing in this Act or an amend-
ment made by this Act affects, is intended to affect, or 
interferes with a law of the State relating to the control, 
appropriation, use, or distribution of water, or any vested 
right acquired under the law. 
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(c) RIO GRANDE COMPACT.—Nothing in this Act or 
an amendment made by this Act affects or is intended to 
affect or interfere with any obligation of a State under 
the Rio Grande Compact or any litigation relating to the 
Rio Grande Compact. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4893 
To provide for appropriations for title I of the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2019 
Ms. WILD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide for appropriations for title I of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment 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 ‘‘Keeping Our Children 
Safe Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE I OF CAPTA. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, and there is appro-
priated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to carry out title I of the Child Abuse Pre-
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vention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.), 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024, 
to be available until expended. 
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‘‘(A) establish and maintain a program of 
risk analysis and oversight to identify and mini-
mize sources of operational risk, through— 
‘‘(i) the implementation of appropriate 
controls and procedures; and 
‘‘(ii) the development and operation of 
automated systems that— 
‘‘(I) are reliable, secure, and re-
silient; 
‘‘(II) have adequate scalable ca-
pacity; and 
‘‘(III) maintain the confiden-
tiality, integrity, and availability of 
the data they contain; 
‘‘(B) establish and maintain emergency 
procedures, backup facilities, and a plan for dis-
aster recovery that allow for— 
‘‘(i) the timely recovery and resump-
tion of operations; and 
‘‘(ii) the fulfillment of the responsibil-
ities and obligations of the swap data re-
pository; and 
‘‘(C) periodically conduct tests to— 
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HR 4894 PCS
lating to making available materials under subpara-
graph (A), which shall include guidelines for making 
budget justification materials available in a format 
aligned with the requirements of section 3(b)(2)(C) 
of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans-
parency Act of 2006 and using a uniform resource 
locator that is in a consistent format across agencies 
and is descriptive, memorable, and pronounceable, 
such as the format of ‘agencyname.gov/budget’. 
‘‘(C) If the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget maintains a public website that 
contains the budget of the United States Govern-
ment submitted under subsection (a) and any re-
lated materials, such website shall also contain a 
link to the tabular list required under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘budget justification 
materials’ has the meaning given that term in section 3 
of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 
Act of 2006.’’. 
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
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HR 4894 PCS
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 533 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4894 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget 
justifications and appropriation requests of agen-
cies be made publicly available. 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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(3) Section 4k(5)(A) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
6k(5)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘, (d), (e), and (g)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and (e)’’. 
(4) Section 5f(b)(1)(A) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7b– 
1(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘, (e), and (g)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and (e)’’. 
(5) Section 9(a)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
13(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘through (e) of sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘through (c) of section’’. 
SEC. 203. UPDATED TRADE DATA PUBLICATION REQUIRE-
MENT. 
Section 4g(e) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 6g(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘the exchange’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each designated contract market and swap execu-
tion facility’’. 
SEC. 204. FLEXIBILITY FOR ALL REGISTERED ENTITIES. 
(a) Section 5c(b) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 7a–2(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘contract market, 
derivatives transaction execution facility, or electronic trad-
ing facility’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘registered 
entity’’. 
(b) Section 5c(b)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7a–2(b)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A’’ and in-
serting the following: 
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tious scanning of commercial and passenger vehicles enter-
ing the United States at land ports of entry along the bor-
der using large-scale non-intrusive inspection systems or 
similar technology in accordance with such plan, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall report to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate on progress implementing the 
plan. Each such report at a minimum shall include the 
following information: 
(1) An inventory of large-scale non-intrusive in-
spection systems or similar technology operated by 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection at each land 
port of entry. 
(2) For each system or technology identified in 
the inventory required under paragraph (1), the fol-
lowing information: 
(A) The scanning method of such system 
or technology. 
(B) The location of such system or tech-
nology at each land port of entry that specifies 
whether in use in pre-primary, primary, or sec-
ondary inspection area, or some combination 
thereof.
containing such information as the Secretary may reason-
ably require, including— 
‘‘(1) an indication of the estimated cost of the 
equipment and staffing needed by the department 
for the first year of the award to set up the activities 
and services under this section; 
‘‘(2) a demonstration that the department has, 
on the date on which the application is submitted, 
a facility operating that is located in a covered rural 
area; and 
‘‘(3) a demonstration that, on the date on 
which the application is submitted, the depart-
ment— 
‘‘(A) has a nursing staff and medical 
equipment; and 
‘‘(B) agrees to use such staff and equip-
ment towards providing the services and car-
rying out the activities under this section. 
‘‘(d) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL
AWARDS.—The funds awarded 
through a grant under this section to a rural health 
department shall be awarded on an annual basis for 
each of 5 years. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—The funds awarded 
through a grant under this section to a rural health 
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over balance that exceeds the amount available to 
carry out the TIFIA program for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFERS.—For each fiscal year, not 
later than 60 days after the date on which the Sec-
retary receives the responses to the solicitations 
under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall transfer 
from the TIFIA program to the program an amount 
of contract authority and equal amount of obligation 
limitation that is equal to the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) the total amount requested by all Ap-
palachian States for the fiscal year under sub-
section (c)(1)(B)(i); 
‘‘(B) the total amount requested by all Ap-
palachian States for grants under subsection 
(c)(1)(B)(ii); and 
‘‘(C) the amount reserved under paragraph 
(1).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 170 the following: 
‘‘171. Balance exchanges for infrastructure program.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4897 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount excluded 
from gross income by reason of distributions from governmental retire-
ment plans for health and long-term care insurance for public safety 
officers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 29, 2019 
Mr. LIPINSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase 
the amount excluded from gross income by reason of 
distributions from governmental retirement plans for 
health and long-term care insurance for public safety 
officers. 
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 ‘‘Public Safety Retirees 
Healthcare Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AMOUNT EXCLUDED FROM GROSS IN-
COME BY REASON OF DISTRIBUTIONS FROM 
GOVERNMENTAL RETIREMENT PLANS FOR 
HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE 
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 402(l) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,000’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply to distributions in taxable years 
beginning after December 31, 2019. 
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