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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2216 
To provide that certain project works on the St. Croix River, Maine, are 
not required to be licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2017 
Mr. POLIQUIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide that certain project works on the St. Croix River, 
Maine, are not required to be licensed by the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FEDERAL POWER ACT LICENSE NOT REQUIRED 
FOR CERTAIN PROJECT WORKS ON THE ST. 
CROIX RIVER, MAINE. 
Any project works in existence as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act, or as may later be modified, that are 
licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
under Commission Project numbers 2492, 2618, and 
2660, as in effect on such date of enactment, shall not 
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be required to be licensed under part I of the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.). 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6813 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Director of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct a study 
on the neurological impacts of COVID–19 on individuals with a neuro-
logical disease. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 22, 2022 
Mr. KEATING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Director of the National Institutes 
of Health, to conduct a study on the neurological impacts 
of COVID–19 on individuals with a neurological disease. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STUDY ON THE NEUROLOGICAL IMPACTS OF 
COVID–19 ON INDIVIDUALS WITH A NEURO-
LOGICAL DISEASE. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, acting through the Director of the National In-
stitutes of Health, shall conduct a study on the neuro-
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logical impacts of COVID–19 on individuals with a neuro-
logical disease. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall complete the study under subsection 
(a) and submit to the Congress a report on the results 
of such study. 
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HR 2219 RFS
SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT UNDER 
THE 
TRAFFICKING 
VICTIMS 
PROTECTION 
ACT OF 2000. 
Section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘the Committee on Finan-
cial Services,’’ after ‘‘the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs,’’ after ‘‘the 
Committee on Foreign Relations,’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (Q)(vii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) in subparagraph (R), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(S) the efforts of the United States to 
eliminate money laundering relating to severe 
forms of trafficking in persons and the number 
of investigations, arrests, indictments, and con-
victions in money laundering cases with a nexus 
to severe forms of trafficking in persons.’’. 
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SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENT UNDER 
THE 
TRAFFICKING 
VICTIMS 
PROTECTION 
ACT OF 2000. 
Section 105(d)(7) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘the Committee on Finan-
cial Services,’’ after ‘‘the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs,’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs,’’ after ‘‘the 
Committee on Foreign Relations,’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (Q)(vii), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) in subparagraph (R), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(S) the efforts of the United States to 
eliminate money laundering relating to severe 
forms of trafficking in persons and the number 
of investigations, arrests, indictments, and con-
victions in money laundering cases with a nexus 
to severe forms of trafficking in persons.’’.
SEC. 5. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 
TRAFFICKING. 
Section 108(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) Whether the government of the country, 
consistent with the capacity of the country, has in 
effect a framework to prevent financial transactions 
involving the proceeds of severe forms of trafficking 
in persons, and is taking steps to implement such a 
framework, including by investigating, prosecuting, 
convicting, and sentencing individuals who attempt 
or conduct such transactions.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 10, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2219 
AN ACT 
To increase the role of the financial industry in 
combating human trafficking.
IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2219 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 11, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To increase the role of the financial industry in combating 
human trafficking. 
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 2288 EAS 
‘‘§ 5104C. Options following decision by agency of 
original jurisdiction 
‘‘(a) WITHIN ONE YEAR OF DECISION.—(1) Subject to 
paragraph (2), in any case in which the Secretary renders 
a decision on a claim, the claimant may take any of the 
following actions on or before the date that is one year after 
the date on which the agency of original jurisdiction issues 
a decision with respect to that claim: 
‘‘(A) File a request for higher-level review under 
section 5104B of this title. 
‘‘(B) File a supplemental claim under section 
5108 of this title. 
‘‘(C) File a notice of disagreement under section 
7105 of this title. 
‘‘(2)(A) Once a claimant takes an action set forth in 
paragraph (1), the claimant may not take another action 
set forth in that paragraph with respect to the same claim 
or same issue contained within the claim until— 
‘‘(i) the higher-level review, supplemental claim, 
or notice of disagreement is adjudicated; or 
‘‘(ii) the request for higher-level review, supple-
mental claim, or notice of disagreement is withdrawn. 
‘‘(B) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a claim-
ant from taking any of the actions set forth in paragraph 
(1) in succession with respect to a claim or an issue con-
tained within the claim.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7314 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress 
a report on the People’s Republic of China’s support 
to the Russian Federation with respect to its unprovoked 
invasion of and full-scale war against Ukraine, 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 ‘‘Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Amendments Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES 
IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1998. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATIONS.—Section 306 of the Hydro-
graphic Services Improvement Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 
892d) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before ‘‘There are authorized’’ 
the following: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para-
graph (1))— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sur-
veys—’’ and all that follows through the end of 
the 
paragraph 
and 
inserting 
‘‘surveys, 
$70,814,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘ves-
sels—’’ and all that follows through the end of 
the 
paragraph 
and 
inserting 
‘‘vessels, 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Admin-
istration—’’ and all that follows through the 
end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘Adminis-
tration, $29,932,000 for each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2023.’’; 
(D) 
in 
paragraph 
(4), 
by 
striking 
‘‘title—’’ and all that follows through the end 
of 
the 
paragraph 
and 
inserting 
‘‘title, 
$26,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023.’’; and 
(E) 
in 
paragraph 
(5), 
by 
striking 
‘‘title—’’ and all that follows through the end 
of 
the 
paragraph 
and 
inserting 
‘‘title, 
$30,564,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) ARCTIC PROGRAMS.—Of the amount authorized 
by this section for each fiscal year— 
‘‘(1) $10,000,000 is authorized for use to ac-
quire hydrographic data, provide hydrographic serv-
ices, conduct coastal change analyses necessary to 
ensure safe navigation, and improve the manage-
ment of coastal change in the Arctic; and 
‘‘(2) $2,000,000 is authorized for use to ac-
quire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic 
services in the Arctic necessary to delineate the 
United States extended Continental Shelf.’’.
(b) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR 
SURVEYS.—Section 306 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 892d) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION
ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
FOR SURVEYS.—Of amounts authorized by this section for 
each fiscal year for hydrographic surveys, not more than 
5 percent is authorized for administrative costs.’’. 
SEC. 3. GAO STUDY. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall, 
by not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act— 
(1) conduct a study comparing the unit costs of 
hydrographic surveys conducted by the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the 
unit costs of procuring performance of such surveys; 
and 
(2) report to the Congress on the findings of 
such study. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 221 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act of 1998, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Pay Protec-
tion Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO PRO-
VIDE PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES AND SUPPORTING 
CIVILIAN 
AND 
CONTRACTOR 
PERSONNEL 
DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 
(a) EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION.—During a Gov-
ernment shutdown, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
make available to the Secretary of Defense (and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast 
Guard), out of any amounts in the general fund of the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as the 
Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity in the case of the Coast Guard) determines to be 
necessary to continue to provide the following: 
(1) Pay and allowances (without interruption) 
to the following: 
(A) Members of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, includ-
ing reserve components thereof, who perform 
active service during the Government shutdown. 
(B) At the discretion of the Secretary of 
Defense, such civilian personnel of the Depart-
ment of Defense who are providing support to 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2220 
To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members 
of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, and sup-
porting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay and 
allowances for active service performed when a Government shutdown 
occurs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2017 
Ms. SINEMA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, 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 appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure 
that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve 
components thereof, and supporting civilian and con-
tractor personnel continue to receive pay and allowances 
for active service performed when a Government shut-
down occurs, 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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the members of the Armed Forces described in 
paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
(C) At the discretion of the Secretary of 
Defense, such personnel of contractors of the 
Department of Defense who are providing di-
rect support to the members of the Armed 
Forces described in paragraph (1) as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
(2) Funding necessary to prevent interruptions 
or delays in the performance of domestic disaster re-
lief and recovery operations by military, civilian, and 
contractor personnel during the Government shut-
down. 
(b) GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘Government shutdown’’ means any por-
tion of a fiscal year for which funds have not been appro-
priated for the purposes specified in subsection (a) for the 
entire fiscal year and an Act or joint resolution making 
continuing appropriations for such purposes for that por-
tion of the fiscal year is not in effect. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2222 
To amend section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to 
provide incentives to grantees under the Continuum of Care program 
to re-house all former members of the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2017 
Mr. STIVERS (for himself and Mrs. BEATTY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend section 428 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act to provide incentives to grantees under 
the Continuum of Care program to re-house all former 
members of the Armed Forces, 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 ‘‘Housing Our Military 
Servicemembers Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘HOMeS Act of 
2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCENTIVE FOR PROVEN STRATEGIES. 
Subsection (d) of section 428 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386b(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and former servicemembers’’ before the semi-
colon at the end; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and former servicemembers’’ before the first 
comma; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) FORMER SERVICEMEMBER.—For purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘former servicemember’ 
means a person who served in the active or inactive 
military, naval, or air service, and who was dis-
charged or released therefrom.’’. 
SEC. 3. STRATEGY TO END HOMELESS AMONG FORMER 
SERVICEMEMBERS. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall develop a strategy to identify and eliminate homeless-
ness among former servicemembers who are not eligible 
for the veterans affairs supported housing program under 
section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19); known as HUD–VASH) and 
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other housing programs of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. Not later than the expiration of the 12-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
submit a report to the Committees on Financial Services 
and Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
and Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate setting forth such 
strategy and a schedule for implementing such strategy. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2223 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for a rail spill preparedness 
fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2017 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Ms. 
BONAMICI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for a 
rail spill preparedness fund, 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 ‘‘Community Protection 
and Preparedness Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. RAIL SPILL PREPAREDNESS FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 51 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5110 
the following: 
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into a contract under this section access to a training area 
in a facility of the Department that would be appropriate 
for use in educating veterans with mental health condi-
tions in the art and science of service dog training and 
handling. Such training area shall— 
(1) include a dedicated space that is suitable 
for grooming and training dogs indoors; 
(2) be wheelchair accessible; 
(3) include classroom or lecture space; 
(4) include office space for staff; 
(5) include a suitable space for storing training 
equipment; 
(6) provide for periodic use of other training 
areas for training the dogs with wheelchairs and 
conducting other exercises; 
(7) include outdoor exercise and toileting space 
for dogs; and 
(8) provide transportation for weekly field trips 
to train dogs in other environments. 
(f) DESIGN OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Each contract en-
tered into under subsection (a) shall provide that the non- 
government entity shall— 
(1) employ at least one person with clinical ex-
perience related to mental health; 
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(J) The average number of days between 
the date on which the Board remands a claim 
to obtain an advisory medical opinion under 
section 5109(d) of such title, as so added, and 
the date on which the advisory medical opinion 
is obtained. 
(K) The average number of days between 
the date on which the Board remands a claim 
to obtain an advisory medical opinion under 
section 5109(d) of such title, as so added, and 
the date on which the agency of original juris-
diction issues a decision taking that advisory 
opinion into account. 
(L) The number of appeals that are grant-
ed, the number of appeals that are remanded, 
and the number of appeals that are denied by 
the Board disaggregated by docket. 
(M) The number of claimants each year 
that take action within the period set forth in 
section 5110(a)(2) of such title, as added by 
section 2(l), to protect their effective date under 
such section 5110(a)(2), disaggregated by the 
status of the claimants taking the actions, such 
as whether the claimant is represented by a vet-
erans service organization, the claimant is rep-
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(A) railroad track inspections, including 
the frequency of inspections; 
(B) training provided to railroad track in-
spectors and related railroad personnel; 
(C) railroad compliance with Federal track 
safety regulations; and 
(D) Federal oversight of railroads with re-
spect to track safety; and 
(2) an evaluation on the leading causes of track 
defects, particularly along routes where passenger 
trains, high-hazardous flammable trains, or trains 
carrying poisonous or toxic-by-inhalation materials, 
explosives, or radioactive material traverse. 
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