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(ii), of the financial impacts determined in 
accordance with paragraph (4)(G) for such 
hospital and data collection period with re-
spect to each performance category de-
scribed in paragraph (5). 
‘‘(ii) PERFORMANCE CATEGORY CON-
TRIBUTION UPPER LIMIT.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—In the case 
that the financial impact for such a 
performance category, as determined 
in accordance with paragraph (4)(G) 
for a hospital and hospital data collec-
tion period, exceeds the amount cal-
culated under subclause (II) with re-
spect to such hospital and period, the 
Secretary shall, in applying clause (i) 
with respect to such hospital and pe-
riod, substitute the amount calculated 
under such subclause for the financial 
impact that is so determined with re-
spect to such performance category. 
‘‘(II) 
CALCULATION
OF 
AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall, with 
respect to a hospital for an applicable 
prospective 
period, 
calculate 
an 
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(8) LAREDO SECTOR.—For the Laredo sector, the 
following: 
(A) Tower-based surveillance technology. 
(B) Maritime detection resources for the 
Falcon Lake region. 
(C) Increased flight hours for aerial detec-
tion, interdiction, and monitoring operations ca-
pability. 
(D) Increased monitoring for cross-river 
dams, culverts, and footpaths. 
(E) Ultralight aircraft detection capability. 
(F) Advanced unattended surveillance sen-
sors. 
(G) A rapid reaction capability supported 
by aviation assets. 
(H) Man-portable unmanned aerial vehi-
cles. 
(I) Improved agent communications capa-
bilities. 
(9) RIO GRANDE VALLEY SECTOR.—For the Rio 
Grande Valley sector, the following: 
(A) Tower-based surveillance technology. 
(B) Deployable, lighter-than-air ground sur-
veillance equipment. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3540 
To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to replace the current 
requirement for a biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy 
Review, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. RUSH (for himself and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to 
replace the current requirement for a biennial energy 
policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review, 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 ‘‘Quadrennial Energy 
Review Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDING. 
Congress finds that the development of an energy pol-
icy resulting from a Quadrennial Energy Review would— 
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‘‘(i) points of maximum leverage for 
policy intervention to achieve outcomes; 
and 
‘‘(ii) areas of energy policy that can 
be most effective in meeting national goals 
for the energy sector; and 
‘‘(M) 
recommendations 
for 
executive 
branch organization changes to facilitate the 
development and implementation of Federal en-
ergy policies. 
‘‘(d) REVIEW DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall 
provide the necessary analytical, financial, and adminis-
trative support for the conduct of each Quadrennial En-
ergy Review required under this section as may be re-
quested by the cochairpersons of the Task Force.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The item 
relating to section 801 in the table of contents of the De-
partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 801. Quadrennial Energy Review.’’. 
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(C) Increased flight hours for aerial detec-
tion, interdiction, and monitoring operations ca-
pability. 
(D) Ultralight aircraft detection capability. 
(E) Advanced unattended surveillance sen-
sors. 
(F) Increased monitoring for cross-river 
dams, culverts, footpaths. 
(G) A rapid reaction capability supported 
by aviation assets. 
(H) Increased maritime interdiction capa-
bilities. 
(I) Mobile vehicle-mounted and man-port-
able surveillance capabilities. 
(J) Man-portable unmanned aerial vehicles. 
(K) Improved agent communications capa-
bilities. 
(10) BLAINE SECTOR.—For the Blaine sector, the 
following: 
(A) Increased flight hours for aerial detec-
tion, interdiction, and monitoring operations ca-
pability. 
(B) Coastal radar surveillance systems. 
(C) Increased maritime interdiction capa-
bilities. 
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nurse examiners working in the multidisciplinary 
setting, in responding to abuse of both children and 
adolescents’’. 
SEC. 4. PROSECUTION OF DNA COLD CASES. 
(a) DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(9) To increase the capacity of State and local 
prosecution offices to address the backlog of violent 
crime cases in which suspects have been identified 
through DNA evidence.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) ALLOCATION
OF
GRANT
AWARDS
FOR 
PROSECUTORS.—For each fiscal year, not less than 
5 percent, but not more than 7 percent, of the grant 
amounts distributed under paragraph (1) shall, if 
sufficient applications to justify such amounts are 
received by the Attorney General, be awarded for 
purposes described in subsection (a)(9), provided 
that none of the funds required to be distributed 
under this paragraph shall decrease or otherwise 
limit the availability of funds required to be awarded 
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to States or units of local government under para-
graph (3).’’. 
(b) JUSTICE FOR ALL REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 
2016.—Section 3(a) of the Justice for All Reauthorization 
Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324; 130 Stat. 1949) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) not less than 5 percent, but not more than 
7 percent, of such amounts shall be provided for 
grants for prosecutors to increase the capacity of 
State and local prosecution offices to address the 
backlog of violent crime cases in which suspects have 
been identified through DNA evidence.’’. 
SEC. 5. REDUCING THE RAPE KIT BACKLOG. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 2(c)(4) of the DNA 
Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
14135(c)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2022’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUNSET.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1006 of the SAFER 
Act of 2013 (42 U.S.C. 14135 note) is repealed. 
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(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—The table of contents for the Violence 
Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 
Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54) is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 1006. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3542 
To impose sanctions against Hamas for gross violations of internationally 
recognized human rights by reason of the use of civilians as human 
shields, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, and Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions against Hamas for gross violations of 
internationally recognized human rights by reason of the 
use of civilians as human shields, 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 ‘‘Hamas Human Shields 
Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Human shields are civilians, prisoners of 
war, and other noncombatants whose presence is de-
signed to protect combatants and military objects 
from attack, and the use of human shields violates 
international law. 
(2) Throughout the 2006–2007 takeover of 
Gaza by Hamas, the organization engaged in sum-
mary executions and torture, and put the lives of ci-
vilians at constant risk. 
(3) Since that 2006–2007 takeover of Gaza, 
Hamas forces have repeatedly fired rockets at the 
Israeli Defense Forces and at Israeli civilian areas, 
from civilian areas predominantly occupied by Pal-
estinians including hospitals, mosques, and schools, 
putting Palestinian lives at constant risk. 
(4) It is common practice for the Israeli De-
fense Forces to drop aerial leaflets, make announce-
ments over radio, place phone calls, and send text 
messages warning of a coming military strike before 
targeting terrorists operating near Palestinian civil-
ian areas. 
(5) Hamas leaders routinely discourage Pales-
tinian civilians from heeding these warnings, in-
structing them to remain in their homes, and, in 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3543 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion 
for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish 
or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. STEWART (for himself and Mr. TIPTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categor-
ical exclusion for covered vegetative management activi-
ties carried out to establish or improve habitat for great-
er sage-grouse and mule deer, 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 ‘‘Sage-Grouse and Mule 
Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) COVERED VEGETATION MANAGEMENT AC-
TIVITY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
vegetation management activity’’ means any ac-
tivity described in subparagraph (B) that— 
(i) meets the objectives of the order of 
the Secretary numbered 3336 and dated 
January 5, 2015; 
(ii) conforms to an applicable land use 
plan; 
(iii) protects, restores, or improves 
greater sage-grouse or mule deer habitat; 
(iv) will not permanently impair— 
(I) the natural state of the treat-
ed area; 
(II) outstanding opportunities for 
solitude; 
(III) outstanding opportunities 
for primitive, unconfined recreation; 
or 
(IV) the identified values of a 
unit of the National Landscape Con-
servation System; and 
(v)(I) restores native vegetation fol-
lowing a natural disturbance; 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3542 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To impose sanctions against Hamas for violating universally 
applicable international laws of armed conflict by inten-
tionally using civilians and civilian property to shield 
military objectives from lawful attack, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Hamas Human Shields 
Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The international law of armed conflict pro-
hibits, during any armed conflict, the exploitation of 
the presence of civilians, or movement of civilians, in 
an effort to impede attack on or otherwise shield 
lawful targets from attack. 
(2) Violation of this obligation is commonly re-
ferred to as using persons as ‘‘human shields’’, the 
unlawful exploitation of civilian persons or property 
in an attempt to impede attack on or otherwise 
shield lawful targets from attack. 
(3) The international law of armed conflict also 
prohibits exposing prisoners of war, other detainees, 
or the wounded and sick to unnecessary risks result-
ing from the conduct of hostilities, which clearly in-
cludes a prohibition against using such personnel in 
an effort to impede attack on or otherwise shield 
lawful targets from attack. 
(4) Under the international law of armed con-
flict, the use of human shields is a critical consider-
ation when assessing whether infliction of civilian 
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(II) prevents the expansion into great-
er sage-grouse or mule deer habitat of— 
(aa) juniper, pin˜on pine, or any 
other conifer; or 
(bb) nonnative or invasive vegeta-
tion; 
(III) reduces the risk of loss of great-
er sage-grouse or mule deer habitat from 
wildfire or any other natural disturbance; 
or 
(IV) provides emergency stabilization 
of soil resources after a natural disturb-
ance. 
(B) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—An ac-
tivity referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 
(i) manual cutting and removal of ju-
niper trees, pin˜on pine trees, other coni-
fers, or other nonnative or invasive vegeta-
tion; 
(ii) mechanical mastication, cutting, 
or mowing, mechanical piling and burning, 
chaining, broadcast burning, or yarding; 
(iii) removal of cheat grass, medusa 
head rye, other nonnative vegetation, or an 
invasive species; 
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(G) Mobile vehicle-mounted and man-port-
able surveillance capabilities. 
(H) Man-portable unmanned aerial vehi-
cles. 
(I) Improved agent communications capa-
bilities. 
(7) DEL RIO SECTOR.—For the Del Rio sector, 
the following: 
(A) Tower-based surveillance technology. 
(B) Increased monitoring for cross-river 
dams, culverts, and footpaths. 
(C) Improved agent communications capa-
bilities. 
(D) Improved maritime capabilities in the 
Amistad National Recreation Area. 
(E) Advanced unattended surveillance sen-
sors. 
(F) A rapid reaction capability supported 
by aviation assets. 
(G) Mobile vehicle-mounted and man-port-
able surveillance capabilities. 
(H) Man-portable unmanned aerial vehi-
cles. 
(I) Improved agent communications capa-
bilities. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3546 
To prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service and 
commercial mobile data service through the Lifeline program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Mr. POSEY, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. 
RICE of South Carolina, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. COOK, 
Mr. CHABOT, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. BRAT, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. FERGUSON, 
Mr. DUNN, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, and Mr. CRAWFORD) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile 
service and commercial mobile data service through the 
Lifeline program. 
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 ‘‘End Taxpayer Funded 
Cell Phones Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON LIFELINE SUPPORT FOR MOBILE 
SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on January 1, 2018, 
a provider of commercial mobile service or commercial mo-
bile data service may not receive universal service support 
under sections 214(e) and 254 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(e); 254) for the provision of such 
service through the Lifeline program of the Federal Com-
munications Commission. 
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS.—For calendar year 2018, the 
amount that telecommunications carriers that provide 
interstate telecommunications services and other providers 
of interstate telecommunications are required to con-
tribute under section 254(d) of the Communications Act 
of 1934 to Federal universal service support mechanisms 
shall be determined— 
(1) without regard to subsection (a); and 
(2) as if the same amount of support for the 
provision of commercial mobile service and commer-
cial mobile data service through the Lifeline pro-
gram that is provided in calendar year 2017 is pro-
vided in calendar year 2018. 
(c) EXCESS COLLECTIONS.—The amount collected 
pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall be deposited in the 
general fund of the Treasury of the United States, for the 
sole purpose of deficit reduction. No portion of such 
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(D) Mobile vehicle-mounted and man-port-
able surveillance capabilities. 
(E) Advanced unattended surveillance sen-
sors. 
(F) Ultralight aircraft detection capabili-
ties. 
(G) Man-portable unmanned aerial vehicles. 
(H) Improved agent communications capa-
bilities. 
(11) SPOKANE SECTOR.—For the Spokane sector, 
the following: 
(A) Increased flight hours for aerial detec-
tion, interdiction, and monitoring operations ca-
pability. 
(B) Increased maritime interdiction capa-
bilities. 
(C) Mobile vehicle-mounted and man-port-
able surveillance capabilities. 
(D) Advanced unattended surveillance sen-
sors. 
(E) Ultralight aircraft detection capabili-
ties. 
(F) Completion of six miles of the Bog 
Creek road. 
(G) Man-portable unmanned aerial vehicles. 
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amount may be treated as a credit toward future contribu-
tions required under section 254(d) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMERCIAL MOBILE DATA SERVICE.—The 
term ‘‘commercial mobile data service’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 6001 of the Mid-
dle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 
(47 U.S.C. 1401). 
(2) COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘commercial mobile service’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 332 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332). 
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acute care episode period that is with 
respect to the initial discharge. 
‘‘(III) The individual did not 
have a readmission that is not a po-
tentially-avoidable readmission during 
the post-acute care episode period 
that is with respect to the initial dis-
charge. 
‘‘(IV) The initial discharge was 
not a documented discharge that was 
initiated by the individual contrary to 
medical advice provided to such indi-
vidual during the episode of care with 
respect to such initial discharge. 
‘‘(V) Such other requirements as 
the Secretary may specify. 
‘‘(ii) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Such 
category 
shall not include expenditures with respect 
to any of the following: 
‘‘(I) Expenditures that are with 
respect to readmissions of an indi-
vidual that occur during the 30-day 
period following an inpatient dis-
charge of such an individual. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3549 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit 
with respect to any stillborn child of a taxpayer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2017 
Mr. PAULSEN 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 allow a 
refundable credit with respect to any stillborn child of 
a taxpayer. 
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 ‘‘Savannah Hope Still-
birth Child Tax Credit Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STILLBORN CHILD CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 24 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) REFUNDABLE STILLBORN CHILD CREDIT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The aggregate credits al-
lowed to a taxpayer under subpart C (determined 
after the application of subsection (d)) shall be in-
creased by $2,000 for each birth by the taxpayer of 
a stillborn child during the taxable year. 
‘‘(2) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—No increase 
shall be allowed under paragraph (1), unless— 
‘‘(A) the stillborn child would have been a 
qualifying child (as defined in section 152(c)) of 
the taxpayer for the taxable year but for such 
stillbirth, and 
‘‘(B) the taxpayer includes with the return 
of tax for the taxable year with respect to the 
birth a death certificate, a certificate of birth 
resulting in stillbirth, or such other documenta-
tion as the Secretary may prescribe. 
‘‘(3) INCREASE NOT TREATED AS CREDIT AL-
LOWED UNDER THIS SUBPART.—The amount of the 
credit allowed under this subsection shall not be 
treated as a credit allowed under this subpart.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is amended by inserting 
‘‘24(h),’’ after ‘‘24(d),’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2016. 
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