datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
under the preceding sentence shall apply to periods 
after May 8, 2014. 
(2) EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SENIOR MAN-
AGEMENT.—The regulations prescribed under para-
graph (1) shall provide that the management and 
control of an expanded affiliated group shall be 
treated as occurring, directly or indirectly, primarily 
within the United States if substantially all of the 
executive officers and senior management of the ex-
panded affiliated group who exercise day-to-day re-
sponsibility for making decisions involving strategic, 
financial, and operational policies of the expanded 
affiliated group are based or primarily located within 
the United States. Individuals who in fact exercise 
such day-to-day responsibilities shall be treated as 
executive officers and senior management regardless 
of their title. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3803 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude Federal Pell Grants 
from gross income. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2019 
Mr. DESAULNIER (for himself, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mr. KING of New York) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude 
Federal Pell Grants from gross income. 
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 ‘‘Pell Grant Flexibility 
Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF FEDERAL PELL GRANTS FROM 
GROSS INCOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
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‘‘(e) FEDERAL PELL GRANTS.—Gross income does 
not include any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant 
awarded under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to amounts received in taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2018. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3804 
To amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, to ensure pay 
equity for amateur athletes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2019 
Ms. FRANKEL (for herself, Ms. HAALAND, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code, 
to ensure pay equity for amateur athletes, 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 ‘‘Athletics Fair Pay Act 
of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. PAY EQUITY FOR AMATEUR ATHLETES. 
(a) EQUITABLE COMPENSATION.—Section 220524(6) 
of title 36, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘, wages and other compensation,’’ after ‘‘support’’. 
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(b) REPORTS ON PAY EQUITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 
2205 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘§ 220530A. Reports on pay equity 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each national governing body 
shall submit to Congress a report on the compensation of 
amateur athletes in the sport governed by the national 
governing body for— 
‘‘(1) each of the two consecutive calendar years 
ending immediately before the date of the enactment 
of this section; and 
‘‘(2) each calendar year beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the 
applicable sport, for the calendar year covered by the re-
port— 
‘‘(1) the median compensation for amateur ath-
letes, disaggregated by race and gender; and 
‘‘(2) the minimum and maximum compensation 
paid to amateur athletes, disaggregated by race and 
gender.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 2205 of title 36, United States 
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Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 220530A. Reports on pay equity.’’. 
(c) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 
that is 2 years before the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(d) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, an 
amendment made by this Act, or the application of such 
provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is 
held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act, and the application of 
the provision or amendment to any other person or cir-
cumstance, shall not be affected. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3806 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the grounds of 
deportability for certain relatives of members of the Armed Forces and 
veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2019 
Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Mr. SOTO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GONZALEZ of 
Texas, and Ms. ESCOBAR) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit 
the grounds of deportability for certain relatives of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and veterans, 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 ‘‘Protecting Immigrant 
Gold Star and Military Families Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITING GROUNDS OF DEPORTABILITY FOR REL-
ATIVES 
OF 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES AND VETERANS. 
Section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1227) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) ALIEN
RELATIVES
OF
MEMBERS
OF
THE 
ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS.—The provisions of this 
section shall not apply to an alien who— 
‘‘(1) is— 
‘‘(A) the spouse, widow or widower, parent, 
son or daughter, or sibling of— 
‘‘(i) a member of the Armed Forces of 
the United States; or 
‘‘(ii) a veteran (as that term is de-
fined in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code); or 
‘‘(B) eligible for the Gold Star lapel button 
under section 1126 of title 10, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(2) has not been convicted of— 
‘‘(A) a felony; 
‘‘(B) a significant misdemeanor (as such 
term is defined in section 2 of the Restoring 
Respect for Immigrant Service in Uniform Act); 
or 
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‘‘(C) three or more misdemeanors that are 
not significant misdemeanors, each of which oc-
curred on a different date, and arose out of sep-
arate conduct; and 
‘‘(3) is not otherwise a threat to national secu-
rity or public safety.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 380 
To amend the Federal Power Act to require the consideration of invasive 
species when prescribing fishways, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2019 
Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself and Mr. POCAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Power Act to require the consideration 
of invasive species when prescribing fishways, 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. CONSIDERATION OF INVASIVE SPECIES. 
Section 18 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 811) 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘the Secretary of Com-
merce.’’ the following: ‘‘In prescribing a fishway, the Sec-
retary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior, as 
appropriate, shall consider the threat of invasive species.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3810 
To modify the penalties for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection 
Act of 1993. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2019 
Mrs. LEE of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To modify the penalties for violations of the Telephone 
Consumer Protection Act of 1993. 
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 ‘‘Deter Obnoxious, Ne-
farious, and Outrageous Telephone Calls Act of 2019’’ or 
the ‘‘DO NOT Call Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE TELEPHONE 
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 1993. 
(a) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 227 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), any person who willfully and knowingly 
violates this section shall be imprisoned for not more 
than 1 year, fined under title 18, United States 
Code, or both. 
‘‘(2) AGGRAVATED OFFENSE.—Any person who 
willfully and knowingly violates this section shall be 
imprisoned for not more than 3 years, fined under 
title 18, United States Code, or both if— 
‘‘(A) the person has previously been con-
victed under this subsection; 
‘‘(B) the offense involved initiating more 
than— 
‘‘(i) 100,000 calls in a 24-hour period; 
‘‘(ii) 1,000,000 calls in a 30-day pe-
riod; or 
‘‘(iii) 10,000,000 calls in a 1-year pe-
riod; 
‘‘(C) the person committed the offense 
with the intent to use the calls in furtherance 
of a felony or conspiracy to commit a felony; or 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3812 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to approval 
of abbreviated new drug applications. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2019 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to approval of abbreviated new drug applications. 
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 ‘‘Reforming Evergreen-
ing and Manipulation that Extends Drug Years Act’’ or 
the ‘‘REMEDY Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ANDA APPROVAL PROVISION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 505 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) is amended— 
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‘‘(D) the offense caused loss to 1 or more 
persons aggregating $5,000 or more in value 
during any 1-year period. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘call’ includes a message or 
other communication; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘initiate’, with respect to a 
call, includes the act of sending, making, or 
transmitting a call, message, or other commu-
nication, as applicable.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENT.—Section 227(e)(5)(B) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(5)(B)) is 
amended, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 501’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (i)’’. 
(b) INCREASED PENALTIES FOR PROVISION OF INAC-
CURATE CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.—Sec-
tion 227(e)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 227(e)(5)) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
subparagraph 
(A)(i), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), in the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000’’. 
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355(j)(7)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iv) In the case of a listed drug for which the 
list under clause (i) includes a patent that claims the 
drug or a use for such drug, and where the Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and 
Director of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office has cancelled any claim of the patent 
relating to such drug or such use pursuant to a de-
termination by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board 
in an inter partes review conducted under chapter 
31 of title 35, United States Code, or a post-grant 
review conducted under chapter 32 of that title, and 
any such cancellation, if appealed, has been upheld 
upon appeal, the holder of the applicable approved 
application shall notify the Secretary of such can-
cellation, and the revisions required under clause 
(iii) shall include striking the patent from the list 
with respect to such drug.’’. 
(2) NO EFFECT ON FIRST APPLICANT EXCLU-
SIVITY
PERIOD.—Section 
505(j)(5)(B)(iv)(I) 
is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘This 
subclause shall apply even if a patent is stricken 
from the list under paragraph (7)(A), pursuant to 
the second sentence of clause (iii) of such paragraph, 
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provided that, at the time that the first applicant 
submitted an application under this subsection con-
taining a certification described in paragraph 
(2)(A)(vii)(IV), the patent that was the subject of 
such certification was included in such list with re-
spect to the listed drug.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3814 
To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2019 
Mr. RICHMOND (for himself and Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, 
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 ‘‘Domestic Offshore En-
ergy Reinvestment Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE GULF OF MEXICO ENERGY 
SECURITY ACT OF 2006. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Gulf of 
Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
note) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘50’’ and in-
serting ‘‘37.5’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘62.5’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘75’’ 
and inserting ‘‘80’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘25’’ 
and inserting ‘‘20’’. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(d) of the Gulf of 
Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 
note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after sub-
paragraph (E): 
‘‘(F) planning, engineering, design, con-
struction, operations, and maintenance of one 
or more projects that are specifically authorized 
by any other Act for ecosystem restoration, hur-
ricane protection, or flood damage prevention.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts received by 
a Gulf producing State or coastal political subdivi-
sion under subsection (b)— 
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‘‘(A) not more than 3 percent may be used 
for the purposes described in paragraph (1)(E); 
and 
‘‘(B) not less than 25 percent may be used 
for the purposes described in paragraph (1)(F), 
and shall be applied proportionally to the appli-
cable Federal and non-Federal share pursuant 
to such specific project authorization.’’. 
(c) IN GENERAL.—Section 105(f) of the Gulf of Mex-
ico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note) 
is amended by striking section 105(f). 
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(1) strike ‘‘Negro or Black’’ and insert ‘‘Black 
or African American’’; 
(2) strike ‘‘Spanish Surname’’ and insert ‘‘His-
panic’’; and 
(3) strike ‘‘Oriental’’ and insert ‘‘Asian Amer-
ican or Pacific Islander’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATOR OF GENERAL SERVICES.—The 
Administrator of General Services shall amend section 
906.2(k) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, to— 
(1) strike ‘‘Negro’’, each place it appears, and 
insert ‘‘Black or African American’’; 
(2) strike paragraph (1) (the definition of 
‘‘Negro’’) and insert the following: ‘‘(1) Black or Af-
rican American—is an individual having origins in 
any of the Black racial groups of Africa’’; 
(3) strike ‘‘Oriental’’, each place it appears, and 
insert ‘‘Asian American or Pacific Islander’’; 
(4) strike ‘‘Eskimo’’, each place it appears, and 
insert ‘‘Alaska Native’’; and 
(5) strike ‘‘Aleut’’, each place it appears, and 
insert ‘‘Alaska Native’’. 
SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act, or the amendments required by 
this Act, shall be construed to affect Federal law, except 
with respect to the use of terms by the Secretary of Agri-
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culture and the Administrator of General Services, respec-
tively, to the regulations affected by this Act. 
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(6) in section 134(i)(5)(A), by inserting ‘‘air 
quality, public health, housing, transportation,’’ 
after ‘‘conservation,’’; 
(7) in section 135(d)(1)(E)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘promote energy conserva-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘promote energy conserva-
tion, reduce greenhouse gas emissions’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and public health’’ after 
‘‘quality of life’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, including housing and 
land use patterns’’ after ‘‘development pat-
terns’’; 
(8) in section 135(d)(1)(I), by striking ‘‘miti-
gate 
stormwater’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘mitigate 
stormwater and climate change’’; 
(9) in section 135(f)(2)(D)(i), by inserting ‘‘air 
quality, public health, housing, transportation,’’ 
after ‘‘conservation,’’; 
(10) in section 135(f)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘have 
the greatest potential to’’ and inserting ‘‘have the 
greatest potential to reduce greenhouse gas emis-
sions and’’; and 
(11) in section 135(f)(8), by striking ‘‘play in 
reducing congestion, pollution,’’ and inserting ‘‘play 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3817 
To cancel the registration of all uses of the pesticide paraquat, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2019 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, and Mr. DANNY K. 
DAVIS of Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To cancel the registration of all uses of the pesticide 
paraquat, 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 ‘‘Protect Against 
Paraquat Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF PARAQUAT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 6(b) of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 
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U.S.C. 136d(b)), effective on the date of the enactment 
of this Act— 
(1) paraquat shall be deemed to generally cause 
unreasonable adverse effects to humans in part due 
to its acute systemic toxicity and for being a known 
neurotoxin which causes Parkinson’s disease; 
(2) the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall cancel the registration of all 
uses of paraquat; and 
(3) following such cancellation, the Adminis-
trator shall, in accordance with section 408(l)(2) of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 346a(l)(2)), revoke any tolerance or exemp-
tion that allows the presence of paraquat or any pes-
ticide chemical residue that results from its use, in 
or on food. 
(b) USE
OF EXISTING STOCKS.—Notwithstanding 
section 6(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136d(a)), effective on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the continued sale and use 
of existing stocks of paraquat is prohibited. 
(c) REREGISTRATION.—Effective on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may not reregister paraquat 
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under section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a–1). 
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pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS