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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6348 
To adjust the real estate appraisal thresholds under the section 504 program 
to bring them into line with the thresholds used by the Federal banking 
regulators, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2018 
Mr. CURTIS (for himself and Mr. EVANS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To adjust the real estate appraisal thresholds under the 
section 504 program to bring them into line with the 
thresholds used by the Federal banking regulators, 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 Business Access 
to Capital and Efficiency Act’’ or the ‘‘Small Business 
ACE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPRAISAL THRESHOLDS. 
Section 502(3)(E)(ii) of the Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(3)(E)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as 
items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and adjusting the 
margins of such items accordingly; 
(2) by striking ‘‘With respect to’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—With respect 
to’’; 
(3) in item (aa), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘is more than $250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘is more 
than the Federal banking regulator appraisal thresh-
old’’; 
(4) in item (bb), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘is $250,000 or less’’ and inserting ‘‘is equal to or 
less than the Federal banking regulator appraisal 
threshold’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) FEDERAL BANKING REGU-
LATOR
APPRAISAL
THRESHOLD
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this clause, 
the term ‘Federal banking regulator 
appraisal threshold’ means the lesser 
of the threshold amounts set by the 
Board of Governors of the Federal 
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Reserve System, the Comptroller of 
the Currency, and the Federal De-
posit Insurance Corporation for when 
a federally related transaction that is 
a commercial real estate transaction 
requires an appraisal prepared by a 
State licensed or certified appraiser.’’. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6348 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To adjust the real estate appraisal thresholds under the 
section 504 program to bring them into line with the 
thresholds used by the Federal banking regulators, 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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HR 6348 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Access 
to Capital and Efficiency Act’’ or the ‘‘Small Business 
ACE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPRAISAL THRESHOLDS. 
Section 502(3)(E)(ii) of the Small Business Invest-
ment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(3)(E)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as 
items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and adjusting the 
margins of such items accordingly; 
(2) by striking ‘‘With respect to’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—With respect 
to’’; 
(3) in item (aa), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘is more than $250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘is more 
than the Federal banking regulator appraisal thresh-
old’’; 
(4) in item (bb), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘is $250,000 or less’’ and inserting ‘‘is equal to or 
less than the Federal banking regulator appraisal 
threshold’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) FEDERAL BANKING REGU-
LATOR
APPRAISAL
THRESHOLD
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this clause, 
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HR 6348 RFS
the term ‘Federal banking regulator 
appraisal threshold’ means the lesser 
of the threshold amounts set by the 
Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, the Comptroller of 
the Currency, and the Federal De-
posit Insurance Corporation for when 
a federally related transaction that is 
a commercial real estate transaction 
requires an appraisal prepared by a 
State licensed or certified appraiser.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6349 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the income limit 
of the simplified needs test. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2018 
Mr. KINZINGER (for himself, Mrs. BEATTY, and Ms. TENNEY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase 
the income limit of the simplified needs test. 
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 ‘‘Improving Middle 
Class Access to Higher Education Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SIMPLIFIED NEEDS TEST. 
Section 479(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ss(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
subparagraph 
(A)(ii), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’; and 
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(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
with respect to award year 2018–2019, and each suc-
ceeding award year. 
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SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ACCESSING AND USING IN-
FORMATION OF UNITED STATES PERSONS 
WITHOUT WARRANT. 
(a) WARRANT REQUIRED.—Section 702(f) of the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
1881a(f)) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) WARRANT
REQUIRED.—Information con-
cerning a United States person acquired under sub-
section (a), regardless of whether such information 
is incidentally collected, may not be accessed unless 
pursuant to a warrant of a district court of the 
United States.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE.—Paragraph (2) of section 
706(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1881e(a)(2)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) UNITED STATES PERSONS.—Any informa-
tion concerning a United States person acquired 
under section 702 shall not be used in evidence 
against that United States person under paragraph 
(1) in any criminal proceeding unless pursuant to a 
warrant of a district court of the United States.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6353 
To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to prohibit 
the United States Government from accessing and using information 
of United States persons collected under section 702 of such Act without 
a warrant. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2018 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subse-
quently 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 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
to prohibit the United States Government from accessing 
and using information of United States persons collected 
under section 702 of such Act without a warrant. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(2) To limit unnecessary legal liability of the 
Federal Government arising from any backlog of pe-
titions received under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973. 
(3) To prevent adverse court orders and settle-
ments arising when such liability is exploited in liti-
gation. 
(4) To accomplish all of the foregoing by reduc-
ing and eliminating the backlog of excess petitions 
received by the Service under the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before the text the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS RELATED TO PETITIONS.—In this 
Act: 
‘‘(1) 90-DAY
PETITION
BACKLOG.—The term 
‘90-day petition backlog’ means such a backlog de-
clared by the Secretary under section 4(b)(3)(E). 
‘‘(2) 12-MONTH PETITION BACKLOG.—The term 
‘12-month petition backlog’ means such a backlog 
declared by the Secretary under section 4(b)(3)(E). 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6354 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit designation as 
critical habitat of certain areas in artificial water diversion or delivery 
facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2018 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. BIGGS, 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. 
NOEM, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ESTES of Kansas, Mr. GOHMERT, and Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to prohibit 
designation as critical habitat of certain areas in artifi-
cial water diversion or delivery facilities. 
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 ‘‘Stop Takings On Re-
serves Antithetical to Germane Encapsulation Act of 
2018’’ or the ‘‘STORAGE Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN HABI-
TAT IN AN ARTIFICIAL WATER DELIVERY OR 
STORAGE FACILITY AS CRITICAL HABITAT. 
Section 4(a)(3) of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall not designate as critical 
habitat any area in a water storage reservoir, water diver-
sion structure, canal, or other water storage, diversion, or 
delivery facility, where habitat is periodically created and 
destroyed as a result of changes in water levels caused 
by the operation of such facility.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6357 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to assess and make 
recommendations related to disaster medical assistance teams, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2018 
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
assess and make recommendations related to disaster 
medical assistance teams, 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. GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON DISASTER MED-
ICAL ASSISTANCE TEAMS. 
(a) STUDY AND REPORT.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study on the mission 
readiness of disaster medical assistance teams with 
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respect to current and emerging natural and man-
made threats. 
(2) COMPONENTS.—The study conducted pur-
suant to paragraph (1) shall include an assessment, 
in relation to disaster medical assistance teams, of— 
(A) whether the mission readiness of such 
teams, and the needs relating to such readiness, 
have changed over time; 
(B) the standards the Assistant Secretary 
for Preparedness and Response of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services uses to de-
termine— 
(i) the training needs of such teams; 
and 
(ii) whether such teams are mission 
ready; 
(C) how to improve the determinations de-
scribed in subparagraph (B); 
(D) the extent to which the provision of 
additional resources (including personnel, train-
ing, and equipment) has addressed mission 
readiness concerns; and 
(E) the extent to which the Assistant Sec-
retary has developed plans to address mission 
readiness issues. 
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(3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate a report containing— 
(A) the findings of the study conducted 
pursuant to paragraph (1); and 
(B) related recommendations. 
(b) DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘disaster medical assist-
ance team’’ means a disaster medical assistance team op-
erating pursuant to the National Disaster Medical System 
established under section 2812 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11). 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6358 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit gay and trans panic 
defenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2018 
Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. NORTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. NADLER, 
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. TAKANO) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit gay 
and trans panic defenses. 
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 ‘‘Gay and Trans Panic 
Defense Prohibition Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GAY AND TRANS PANIC DE-
FENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 28. Prohibition on gay and trans panic defenses 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No nonviolent sexual advance or 
perception or belief, even if inaccurate, of the gender, gen-
der identity or expression, or sexual orientation of an indi-
vidual may be used to excuse or justify the conduct of an 
individual or mitigate the severity of an offense. 
‘‘(b) PAST TRAUMA.—Notwithstanding the prohibi-
tion in subsection (c), a court may admit evidence, in ac-
cordance with the Federal Rules of Evidence, of prior 
trauma to the defendant for the purpose of excusing or 
justifying the conduct of the defendant or mitigating the 
severity of an offense.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 1 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘28. Prohibition on gay and trans panic defenses.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—The Attorney General shall submit to 
Congress an annual report that details prosecutions in 
Federal court involving capital and noncapital crimes com-
mitted against lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender indi-
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viduals that were motivated by the victim’s gender, gender 
identity or expression, or sexual orientation. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6359 
To direct the head of each department and agency of the United States 
to submit annual reports to Congress on the security clearances to 
individuals by reason of the individuals’ affiliation with hate groups, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2018 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To direct the head of each department and agency of the 
United States to submit annual reports to Congress on 
the security clearances to individuals by reason of the 
individuals’ affiliation with hate groups, 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. REPORTS ON SECURITY CLEARANCES OF INDI-
VIDUALS WITH HATE GROUP AFFILIATION. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 
1 of each year, the head of each department and agency 
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of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 
that includes— 
(1) the number of individuals who, during the 
preceding calendar year, were denied a security 
clearance by reason of an affiliation with a hate 
group; and 
(2) the number of individuals who, during the 
preceding calendar year, received a security clear-
ance despite an affiliation with a hate group. 
(b) LIST OF HATE GROUPS.—For purposes of car-
rying out subsection (a), the Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation, in coordination with the heads of 
other appropriate Federal agencies, shall establish and 
maintain a list of hate groups, which shall be made avail-
able to the head of each department and agency of the 
United States. 
(c) HATE GROUP DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘hate group’’ means an organization that based on 
official statements or principles, the statements of its lead-
ers, or its activities has beliefs or practices that attack 
or malign a group of people based on immutable charac-
teristics, including race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orienta-
tion, and gender identity. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6360 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for greater 
certainty and improved planning for incidental take permit holders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2018 
Mr. NORMAN (for himself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, 
Mr. CRAMER, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. LUETKE-
MEYER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. STEW-
ART, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. ESTES of Kansas, Mr. GOH-
MERT, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and Mr. WALDEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide 
for greater certainty and improved planning for inci-
dental take permit holders. 
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 ‘‘Permit Reassurances 
Enabling Direct Improvements for Conservation, Tenants, 
and Species Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘PREDICTS Act of 
2018’’. 
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State, Indian Tribe, local government, or non-Fed-
eral person— 
‘‘(A) for the management of a species or 
group of species listed as endangered species or 
threatened species under section 4, a species or 
group of species proposed to be listed under 
section 4, or species or group of species that 
are candidates for listing; or 
‘‘(B) for the management or acquisition of 
an area that provides habitat for a species. 
‘‘(2) SCOPE
OF
COOPERATIVE
MANAGEMENT 
AGREEMENTS.—(A) 
A 
cooperative 
management 
agreement entered into under this subsection— 
‘‘(i) may provide for the management of a 
species or group of species on both public and 
private lands and waters that are under the au-
thority, control, or ownership of a State or 
group of States, political subdivision of a State, 
Indian Tribe, local government, or non-Federal 
person and that are affected by a listing deter-
mination, proposed determination, or proposed 
candidacy for determination; and 
‘‘(ii) may include the acquisition or man-
agement of land as habitat for species. 
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‘‘(B) A cooperative management agreement 
may not restrict private or non-Federal property un-
less written consent to such restrictions by the non- 
Federal owner is given either to the Secretary or the 
State, political subdivision, local government, or non- 
Federal person who is a party to the agreement. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary may grant to a party to an 
agreement the authority to undertake programs to 
enhance the population or habitat of a species on 
federally owned lands, except that such authority 
shall not otherwise conflict with other uses of such 
land that are approved by the Secretary or author-
ized by the Congress. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary is authorized, in conjunc-
tion with entering into and as a part of any agree-
ment under this section, to provide funds to carry 
out the agreement to a non-Federal person, as pro-
vided in paragraph (11). 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after submission of a request to enter into a cooper-
ative management agreement, the party submitting 
the request shall provide notice of the request to any 
non-Federal person or Federal power marketing ad-
ministration that would be subject to the proposed 
cooperative management agreement. 
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