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SEC. 2. MEDICAID STATE PLAN OPTION TO ENTER INTO 
PROVIDER AGREEMENTS WITH RESIDENTIAL 
PEDIATRIC RECOVERY CENTERS. 
(a) STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.—Section 1902(a) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (82), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (83), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (83), the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(84) provide, at the option of the State, for 
making medical assistance available on an inpatient 
or outpatient basis at a residential pediatric recovery 
center (as defined in subsection (nn)) to infants with 
neonatal abstinence syndrome.’’. 
(b) RESIDENTIAL PEDIATRIC RECOVERY CENTER 
DEFINED.—Section 1902 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(nn) RESIDENTIAL PEDIATRIC RECOVERY CENTER 
DEFINED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of section 
1902(a)(84), the term ‘residential pediatric recovery 
center’ means a center or facility that furnishes 
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items and services for which medical assistance is 
available under the State plan to infants with the di-
agnosis of neonatal abstinence syndrome without any 
other significant medical risk factors. 
‘‘(2) COUNSELING AND SERVICES.—A residen-
tial pediatric recovery center may offer counseling 
and other services to mothers (and other appropriate 
family members and caretakers) of infants receiving 
treatment at such centers if such services are other-
wise covered under the State plan under this title or 
under a waiver of such plan. Such other services 
may include the following: 
‘‘(A) Counseling or referrals for services. 
‘‘(B) Activities to encourage caregiver-in-
fant bonding. 
‘‘(C) Training on caring for such infants.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act and shall apply to medical assistance furnished on or 
after that date, without regard to final regulations to carry 
out such amendments being promulgated as of such date. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6008 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to withdraw the outer 
Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic planning area from disposition, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2018 
Mr. MCEACHIN (for himself and Mr. JONES) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to with-
draw the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic 
planning area from disposition, 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 ‘‘Defend our Coast 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPOSITION OF MID-ATLAN-
TIC OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. 
Section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1341) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(g) WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPOSITION OF MID-AT-
LANTIC OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.—The Secretary 
may not issue a lease for the exploration, development, 
or production of oil or gas on the outer Continental Shelf 
in the Mid-Atlantic planning area.’’. 
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erate or repeated offensive comments or 
gestures of a sexual nature if any— 
‘‘(I) submission to such conduct 
is made either explicitly or implicitly a 
term or condition of employment, pay, 
career, benefits, or entitlements of the 
individual; 
‘‘(II) submission to, or rejection, 
of such conduct by an individual is 
used as a basis for decisions affecting 
that individual’s job, pay, career, ben-
efits, or entitlements; 
‘‘(III) such conduct has the pur-
pose or effect of unreasonably inter-
fering with an individual’s work per-
formance or creates an intimidating, 
hostile, or offensive work environment; 
or 
‘‘(IV) conduct may have been by 
an individual’s supervisor, a super-
visor in another area, a co-worker, or 
another credentialed mariner; and 
‘‘(ii) is so severe or pervasive that a 
reasonable person would perceive, and the 
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victim does perceive, the environment as 
hostile or offensive; 
‘‘(B) any use or condonation associated 
with firsthand or personal knowledge, by any 
individual in a supervisory or command posi-
tion, of any form of sexual behavior to control, 
influence, or affect the career, pay, benefits, en-
titlements, or employment of a subordinate; and 
‘‘(C) any deliberate or repeated unwelcome 
verbal comment or gesture of a sexual nature 
by any fellow employee of the complainant.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate a report describing any changes the Commandant 
may propose to the definitions added by the amendments 
in subsection (a). 
SEC. 502. CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER AS GROUNDS FOR 
DENIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 75 of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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† HR 601 EAS 
(13) The Security Assistance Appropriations 
Act, 2017 (division B of Public Law 114–254). 
(b) The rate for operations provided by subsection (a) 
is hereby reduced by 0.6791 percent. 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail-
able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 
Department of Defense shall be used for: (1) the new produc-
tion of items not funded for production in fiscal year 2017 
or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above 
those sustained with fiscal year 2017 funds; or (3) the initi-
ation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, 
operation, or organization (defined as any project, sub-
project, activity, budget activity, program element, and sub-
program within a program element, and for any investment 
items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within 
an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that in-
cludes a program element and subprogram element within 
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, 
or other authority were not available during fiscal year 
2017. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or au-
thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 
of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements 
utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order
developing countries by 2020 in both urban and 
rural areas; 
(2) Internet deployment and related coordina-
tion, capacity building, and build once policies and 
approaches in developing countries, including actions 
to encourage— 
(A) standardization of build once policies 
and approaches for the inclusion of broadband 
conduit in rights-of-way projects that are fund-
ed, co-funded, or partially financed by the 
United States or any international organization 
that includes the United States as a member, in 
consultation with telecommunications providers, 
unless a cost-benefit analysis determines that 
the cost of such approach outweighs the bene-
fits; 
(B) adoption and integration of build once 
policies and approaches into the development 
and investment strategies of national and local 
government agencies of developing countries 
and donor governments and organizations that 
will enhance coordination with the private sec-
tor for road building, pipe laying, and other 
major infrastructure projects; and 
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(1) 
BROADBAND.—The 
term 
‘‘broadband’’ 
means an Internet Protocol-based transmission serv-
ice that enables users to send and receive voice, 
video, data, graphics, or a combination thereof. 
(2) 
BROADBAND
CONDUIT.—The 
term 
‘‘broadband conduit’’ means a conduit for fiber optic 
cables that support broadband or wireless facilities 
for broadband service. 
(3) BUILD ONCE POLICIES AND APPROACHES.— 
The term ‘‘build once policies and approaches’’ 
means policies or practices that minimize the num-
ber and scale of excavation and construction activi-
ties when installing telecommunications infrastruc-
ture in rights-of-way. 
(4) CYBERSPACE.—The term ‘‘cyberspace’’ 
means the interdependent network of information 
technology infrastructures, and includes the Inter-
net, telecommunications networks, computer sys-
tems, and embedded processors and controllers in 
critical industries, and includes the virtual environ-
ment of information and interactions between peo-
ple. 
(5) STAKEHOLDERS.—The term ‘‘stakeholders’’ 
means the private sector, the public sector, coopera-
tives, civil society, the technical community that de-
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velops Internet technologies, standards, implementa-
tion, operations, and applications, and other groups 
that are working to increase Internet access or are 
impacted by the lack of Internet access in their com-
munities. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 24, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6011 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize a court to reduce 
the term of imprisonment imposed on certain defendants convicted as 
an adult for an offense committed and completed before the defendant 
attained 18 years of age, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2018 
Mr. WESTERMAN (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, and Ms. JENKINS 
of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize a court 
to reduce the term of imprisonment imposed on certain 
defendants convicted as an adult for an offense com-
mitted and completed before the defendant attained 18 
years of age, 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. PAROLE FOR JUVENILES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 403 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5032 
the following: 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6013 
AN ACT 
To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to estab-
lish January 31 of each year as the Federal 
framework closing date for the duck hunting sea-
son and to establish special duck hunting days 
for youths, veterans, and active military per-
sonnel, and for other purposes.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6015 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the tax on certain 
global intangible income. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2018 
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. NORTON, and 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) 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 tax on certain global intangible 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 ‘‘Per-Country Minimum 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN TAX ON GLOBAL INTANGIBLE IN-
COME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) REDUCTION IN DEDUCTION FOR TAXABLE 
YEARS BEFORE 2026.—Section 250(a)(1)(B) of the 
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Union Calendar No. 757 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6013 
[Report No. 115–969] 
A BILL 
To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to estab-
lish January 31 of each year as the Federal clos-
ing date for duck hunting season and to establish 
special duck hunting days for youths, veterans, 
and active military personnel, and for other pur-
poses. 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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SECTION 1. FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERV-
ICES. 
Section 303 of the Family Violence Prevention and 
Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10403) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘2011 
through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2011 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2011 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6014 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and 
Services Act.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6014 
To reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2018 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. MOORE, Ms. STEFANIK, and 
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERV-
ICES. 
Section 303 of the Family Violence Prevention and 
Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10403) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘2011 
through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2011 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2011 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’. 
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II 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6014 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 1 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 28), 2018 
Received 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Family Violence Prevention and Services 
Act. 
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. FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERV-
ICES. 
Section 303 of the Family Violence Prevention and 
Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10403) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘2011 
through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2011 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2011 through 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 2023’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6017 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to provide for necessary payments from the Spectrum 
Relocation Fund for costs of spectrum research and development and 
planning activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2018 
Mr. GUTHRIE (for himself and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act to provide for necessary 
payments from the Spectrum Relocation Fund for costs 
of spectrum research and development and planning ac-
tivities. 
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 ‘‘Supplementing the 
Pipeline for Efficient Control of The Resources for Users 
Making New Opportunities for Wireless Act’’ or the 
‘‘SPECTRUM NOW Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COSTS OF SPECTRUM RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT AND PLANNING ACTIVITIES. 
Section 118(g) of the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration Organization Act (47 
U.S.C. 928(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the Director of OMB may make a 
payment described in paragraph (2) from 
amounts in the Fund other than amounts made 
available under subparagraphs (A) and (B) if, 
before making the payment, the Director of 
OMB, in consultation with NTIA, determines 
and submits to the congressional committees 
described in subsection (d)(2)(C) a certification 
that— 
‘‘(i) the conditions described in sub-
clauses (I) and (II) of paragraph (2)(D)(i) 
have been met; 
‘‘(ii) as of the date of the certification, 
amounts made available under subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) are insufficient to 
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make the payment requested by the Fed-
eral entity in the plan approved under 
paragraph (2)(E) by the Technical Panel 
established under section 113(h)(3); and 
‘‘(iii) the payment will leave sufficient 
amounts in the Fund to pay the relocation 
or sharing costs that will be incurred by el-
igible Federal entities to complete the im-
plementation of all transition plans that, 
as of the date of the certification, have 
been found sufficient by the Technical 
Panel under section 113(h)(4).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(D)(ii), by inserting after 
‘‘60 days’’ the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of a pay-
ment under paragraph (1)(C), 30 days)’’. 
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In the Senate of the United States, 
August 1, 2017. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 601) entitled ‘‘An Act to enhance the trans-
parency and accelerate the impact of assistance provided 
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to promote quality 
basic education in developing countries, to better enable such 
countries to achieve universal access to quality basic edu-
cation and improved learning outcomes, to eliminate duplica-
tion and waste, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the 
following 
AMENDMENTS: 
Ω1æOn page 8, line 20, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert ‘‘;’’ 
Ω2æOn page 8, line 23, strike the period at the end and 
insert ‘‘; and’’. 
Ω3æOn page 8, between lines 23 and 24, insert the fol-
lowing:
† HR 601 EAS 
‘‘(E) promote United States values, espe-
cially respect for all persons and freedoms of re-
ligion, speech, and the press. 
Ω4æOn page 12, line 14, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert ‘‘;’’ 
Ω5æOn page 12, strike line 17 and insert ‘‘educational sys-
tems; and’’. 
Ω6æOn page 12, between lines 17 and 18, insert the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) there is the greatest opportunity to re-
duce childhood and adolescence exposure to or 
engagement in violent extremism or extremist 
ideologies.’’. 
Ω7æOn page 12, line 20, strike everything after ‘‘Not’’ to 
line 25 and insert the following: later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a com-
prehensive United States strategy to be carried out during 
the following five fiscal years to promote quality basic edu-
cation in partner countries by— 
Ω8æOn page 18, line 11, strike everything after ‘‘Not’’ to 
line 14 and insert the following: later than 180 days after 
the end of each fiscal year during which the strategy devel-
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regarding all disaster recovery activities assisted with these 
funds, and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
of funds: Provided further, That prior to the obligation of 
funds a grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for 
approval detailing the proposed use of all funds, including 
criteria for eligibility and how the use of these funds will 
address long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure 
and housing and economic revitalization in the most im-
pacted and distressed areas: Provided further, That such 
funds may not be used for activities reimbursable by, or 
for which funds are made available by, the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency or the Army Corps of Engineers: 
Provided further, That funds allocated under this heading 
shall not be considered relevant to the non-disaster formula 
allocations made pursuant to section 106 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5306): Provided further, That a State or subdivision thereof 
may use up to 5 percent of its allocation for administrative 
costs: Provided further, That in administering the funds 
under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive, or specify alternative require-
ments for, any provision of any statute or regulation that 
the Secretary administers in connection with the obligation 
by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of these funds 
(except for requirements related to fair housing, non-
† HR 601 EAS 
oped pursuant to section 4(a) is carried out, the President 
shall— 
Attest: 
Secretary.
particular focus on the activities carried out under 
the strategy; 
(2) a description of the extent to which each 
partner country selected to receive assistance for 
basic education meets the priority criteria specified 
in section 105(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act, as 
added by section 3; and 
(3) a description of the progress achieved over 
the reporting period toward meeting the goals, objec-
tives, benchmarks, and timeframes specified in the 
strategy developed pursuant to section 4 at the pro-
gram level, as developed pursuant to monitoring and 
evaluation specified in section 6, with particular em-
phasis on whether there are demonstrable student 
improvements in literacy, numeracy, or other basic 
skills development that prepare an individual to be 
an active, productive member of society and the 
workforce. 
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