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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1433 
To reauthorize the Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults 
Who Are Deaf-Blind. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2021 
Mr. POCAN (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. SUOZZI, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Helen Keller National Center for Youths 
and Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind. 
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 ‘‘Helen Keller National 
Center Reauthorization Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER REAUTHOR-
IZED. 
The first sentence of section 205(a) of the Helen Kel-
ler National Center Act (29 U.S.C. 1904(a)) is amended 
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by striking ‘‘1999 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2021 
through 2025’’. 
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IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1433 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Helen Keller National Center for Youths 
and Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(B) is not inadmissible under section 
212(a)(2), unless eligible for a waiver pursuant 
to subsection (6) of this section; and 
‘‘(C) has not ordered, incited assisted or 
otherwise participated in the persecution of any 
person on account of race, religion, nationality, 
membership in a particular social group, or po-
litical opinion. 
‘‘(2) CREDIBLE
EVIDENCE
CONSIDERED.—In 
acting on any petition filed under this subsection, 
the consular officer, Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, or the Attorney General, as appropriate, shall 
consider any credible evidence relevant to the peti-
tion. 
‘‘(3) WORK AUTHORIZATION.—In the case of a 
nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(W), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize 
the alien to engage in employment in the United 
States during the period of authorized admission 
and shall provide the alien with an ‘employment au-
thorized’ endorsement or other appropriate docu-
ment signifying authorization of employment. Work 
authorization provided under this paragraph shall be 
effective throughout the period the alien is in tem-
porary resident status. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Helen Keller National 
Center Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER REAUTHOR-
IZED. 
The first sentence of section 205(a) of the Helen Kel-
ler National Center Act (29 U.S.C. 1904(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘1999 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 
through 2027’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 20, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
By KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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(1) LOCHSA FACE ADDITION.—Certain Federal 
land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For-
ests comprising approximately 75,000 acres as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 
and dated llllll, which shall be added to 
and administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot 
Wilderness. 
(2) ELK
SUMMIT/SNEAKFOOT/NORTH
FORK 
SPRUCE ADDITION.—Certain Federal land within the 
Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests comprising 
approximately 59,000 acres as generally depicted on 
the 
map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ 
and 
dated 
llllll, which shall be added to and adminis-
tered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. 
(3) 
RACKLIFF-GEDNEY
ADDITION.—Certain 
Federal land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater Na-
tional Forests comprising approximately 90,000 
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 
shall be added to and administered as part of the 
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. 
(4) MEADOW CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Fed-
eral land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National 
Forests and on land administered by the Cottonwood 
Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 6 
AN ACT 
To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment 
of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(i) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘database 
development’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘data management’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (H) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(J) assessment of adaptation and mitiga-
tion strategies; and 
‘‘(K) education and outreach activities;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘set 
forth’’ and inserting ‘‘ensure an appropriate 
balance of contribution in establishing’’; 
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘reports’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the best available peer-reviewed 
scientific reports’’; 
(F) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and coastal acidifica-
tion’’ after ‘‘ocean acidification’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘of the United States’’ 
and inserting ‘‘within the United States’’; 
(G) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘outline 
budget requirements’’ and inserting ‘‘estimate 
costs associated for full implementation of each 
element of the plan by fiscal year’’; 
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and submit to Congress a final report 
on the program. 
‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—The evalua-
tion and reports under clause (i) shall con-
sider how the program has impacted the 
continuity of stockpiling and readiness for 
the stockpile under paragraph (1), implica-
tions of the program on the domestic sup-
ply chain, cost effectiveness of the pro-
gram, and access to covered testing equip-
ment and personal protective equipment 
for the Federal agencies and health care 
facilities 
pursuant 
to 
subparagraph 
(B)(i)(II). 
‘‘(E) COVERED TESTING EQUIPMENT AND 
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, the term ‘covered test-
ing equipment and personal protective equip-
ment’ means diagnostic supplies (which may in-
clude test kits, reagents, and swabs), res-
pirators, masks, gloves, eye and face protection, 
gowns, and any other appropriate ancillary 
medical equipment or supplies related to testing 
or personal protection that meet the Secretary’s 
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requirements for inclusion in the stockpile 
under paragraph (1).’’. 
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date includes estimates that incorporate assumptions 
of non-stationarity; 
‘‘(2) coordinate with partners to conduct re-
search in the field of extreme precipitation esti-
mation, in accordance with the research needs iden-
tified in such report; 
‘‘(3) make publicly available, in a searchable, 
interoperable format, all probable maximum precipi-
tation studies developed by the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration that the Administrator 
has the legal right to redistribute and deemed to be 
at an appropriate state of development on an inter-
net website of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration; and 
‘‘(4) ensure all probable maximum precipitation 
estimate data, products, and supporting documenta-
tion and metadata developed by the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration are preserved, 
curated, and served by the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration, as appropriate. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR THE DE-
VELOPMENT
OF PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION 
ESTIMATES.—The Administrator, in collaboration with 
Federal agencies, State, territorial, Tribal and local gov-
ernments, academia, and other partners the Administrator
deems appropriate, shall develop a National Guidance 
Document that— 
‘‘(1) provides best practices that can be fol-
lowed by Federal and State regulatory agencies, pri-
vate meteorological consultants, and other users that 
perform probable maximum precipitation studies; 
‘‘(2) considers the recommendations provided in 
the National Academies study under section 601; 
‘‘(3) facilitates review of probable maximum 
precipitation studies by regulatory agencies; 
‘‘(4) provides confidence in regional and site- 
specific probable maximum precipitation estimates; 
and 
‘‘(5) includes such other topics as the Adminis-
trator deems appropriate. 
‘‘(c) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date on which the National Academies makes public the 
report under section 601, the Administrator shall make 
publicly available the National Guidance Document under 
subsection (b) on an internet website of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration. 
‘‘(d) UPDATES.—The Administrator shall update the 
National Guidance Document not less than once every 10 
years after the publication of the National Guidance Docu-
port under section 601, the Administrator shall make pub-
licly available the National Guidance Document under sub-
section (b) on an internet website of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration. 
‘‘(d) UPDATES.—The Administrator shall update the 
National Guidance Document not less than once every 10 
years after the publication of the National Guidance Docu-
ment under subsection (c) and publish such updates in ac-
cordance with such subsection. 
‘‘SEC. 603. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL ACADEMIES.—The term ‘National 
Academies’ 
means 
the 
National 
Academies 
of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 
‘‘(3) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United States’ 
means, collectively, each State of the United States, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands 
of the United States, and any other territory or pos-
session of the United States.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 
(15 U.S.C. 8501 note) is amended in the table of contents 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE VI—IMPROVING FEDERAL PRECIPITATION INFORMATION 
‘‘Sec. 601. Study on precipitation estimation. 
‘‘Sec. 602. Improving probable maximum precipitation estimates. 
‘‘Sec. 603. Definitions.’’. 
Attest: 
Clerk. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H.R. 1437 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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In the Senate of the United States, 
November 17, 2022. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1437) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Weather 
Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 to direct 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to pro-
vide comprehensive and regularly updated Federal precipita-
tion information, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the 
following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Research and 
Estimates of Changes In Precipitation Act’’ or the 
‘‘PRECIP Act’’.
ment under subsection (c) and publish such updates in 
accordance with such subsection. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration to carry out this section: 
‘‘(1) $13,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
‘‘(2) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 
‘‘(3) $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 
‘‘(4) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 
‘‘(5) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2026. 
‘‘(6) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2027. 
‘‘SEC. 603. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘ In this title: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL
ACADEMIES.—The term ‘Na-
tional Academies’ means the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 
‘‘(3) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘United 
States’ means, collectively, each State of the United 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
H. R. 1437—5 
16, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,380,822 for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2022 and ending on December 23, 2022’’. 
SEC. 302. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE BEST PHARMACEUTICALS FOR 
CHILDREN PROGRAM. 
Section 409I(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
284m(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,273,973 for the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2022 and ending on December 16, 2022’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$5,753,425 for the period beginning on October 1, 2022 
and ending on December 23, 2022’’. 
SEC. 303. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HUMANITARIAN DEVICE EXEMP-
TION INCENTIVE. 
Section 520(m)(6)(A)(iv) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 360j(m)(6)(A)(iv)) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 17, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 
SEC. 304. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE PEDIATRIC DEVICE CONSORTIA 
PROGRAM. 
Section 305(e) of the Pediatric Medical Device Safety and 
Improvement Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–85; 42 U.S.C. 282 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$1,107,534 for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2022, and ending on December 16, 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,610,959 for the period beginning on October 1, 2022 and ending 
on December 23, 2022’’. 
SEC. 305. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROVISION PERTAINING TO DRUGS 
CONTAINING SINGLE ENANTIOMERS. 
Section 505(u)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 355(u)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 17, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 
SEC. 306. REAUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN DEVICE INSPECTIONS. 
Section 704(g)(11) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 374(g)(11)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 17, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 
SEC. 307. REAUTHORIZATION OF ORPHAN DRUG GRANTS. 
Section 5(c) of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee(c)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$6,328,767 for the period beginning on 
October 1, 2022, and ending on December 16, 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘$6,904,110 for the period beginning on October 1, 2022 and ending 
on December 23, 2022’’. 
SEC. 
308. 
REAUTHORIZATION 
OF 
REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS 
RELATED TO PENDING GENERIC DRUG APPLICATIONS 
AND PRIORITY REVIEW APPLICATIONS. 
Section 807 of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Public 
Law 115–52) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘December 16, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 23, 2022’’. 
SEC. 309. REAUTHORIZATION OF THIRD-PARTY REVIEW PROGRAM. 
Section 523(c) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
(21 U.S.C. 360m(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘December 17, 2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 24, 2022’’.
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of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands 
of the United States, and any other territory or pos-
session of the United States.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 
(15 U.S.C. 8501 note) is amended in the table of contents 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE VI—IMPROVING FEDERAL PRECIPITATION INFORMATION 
‘‘Sec. 601. Study on precipitation estimation. 
‘‘Sec. 602. Improving probable maximum precipitation estimates. 
‘‘Sec. 603. Definitions.’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
comprising approximately 215,000 acres as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 
dated llllll, which shall be added to and 
administered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wil-
derness. 
(5) LOLO CREEK ADDITION.—Certain Federal 
land within the Nez Perce-Clearwater National For-
ests and the Lolo National Forest comprising ap-
proximately 18,000 acres as generally depicted on 
the 
map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ 
and 
dated 
llllll, which shall be added to and adminis-
tered as part of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. 
(6) BITTERROOT
ADDITION.—Certain Federal 
land within the Bitterroot National Forest and the 
Nez-Perce National Forest comprising approximately 
123,000 acres as generally depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 
shall be added to and administered as part of the 
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. 
(e) SAWTOOTH WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Boise National Forest, Sawtooth 
National Forest and the Salmon-Challis National Forest 
comprising approximately 540,000 acres as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 
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‘‘(C) provide the petitioner and the licensee in-
volved written notice of receipt of the petition, either 
electronically or by first-class mail; and 
‘‘(D) respond on an expedited basis to any such 
petition received by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(8)(A) If, after 3 business days have elapsed since 
the licensee initially contacted the system about a firearm 
transaction, the system notifies the licensee that the re-
ceipt of a firearm by such other person would not violate 
subsection (g) or (n), the licensee may continue to rely 
on that notification for the longer of— 
‘‘(i) an additional 25 calendar days after the li-
censee receives the notification; or 
‘‘(ii) 30 calendar days after the date of the ini-
tial contact. 
‘‘(B) If such other person has met the requirements 
of paragraph (1)(B)(ii) before the system destroys the 
records related to the firearm transaction, the licensee 
may continue to rely on such other person having met the 
requirements for an additional 25 calendar days after the 
date such other person first met the requirements.’’. 
SEC. 3. GAO REPORTS. 
Within 90 days after the end of each of the 1-year, 
3-year, and 5-year periods that begin with the effective 
date of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
SEC. 4. EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 701 of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (j) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after 
‘‘(j)’’; 
(2) in subsection (j)(1) by inserting ‘‘, after ini-
tiating and engaging in an affirmative and bona fide 
effort,’’ after ‘‘unable’’; 
(3) in subsection (j)(1) by striking ‘‘an employ-
ee’s’’ and all that follows through ‘‘religious’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an employee’s religious’’; 
(4) by adding at the end of subsection (j)(1) 
the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) In this subsection, the term ‘employee’ 
includes an employee (as defined in subsection (f)), 
or a prospective employee, who, with or without rea-
sonable accommodation, is qualified to perform the 
essential functions of the employment position that 
such individual holds or desires. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘perform the 
essential functions’ includes carrying out the core re-
quirements of an employment position and does not 
include carrying out practices relating to clothing, 
practices relating to taking time off, or other prac-
tices that may have a temporary or tangential im-
pact on the ability to perform job functions, if any 
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determined confidence interval and supplementary in-
formation on temporal distribution of heavy precipi-
tation, analysis of seasonality, and trends in annual 
maximum series data. 
‘‘(4) PRECIPITATION
FREQUENCY
ESTIMATE.— 
The term ‘precipitation frequency estimate’ means the 
magnitude associated with specific average recurrence 
interval or annual exceedance probability for a given 
duration. 
‘‘(5) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘United States’ 
means, collectively, each State of the United States, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands 
of the United States, and any other territory or pos-
session of the United States.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of the 
Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017 
(15 U.S.C. 8501 note) is amended in the table of contents 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE VI—IMPROVING FEDERAL PRECIPITATION INFORMATION 
‘‘Sec. 601. Study on precipitation estimation. 
‘‘Sec. 602. Improving precipitation frequency estimates. 
‘‘Sec. 603. Improving probable maximum precipitation estimates. 
‘‘Sec. 604. Definitions.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 224 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1437 
[Report No. 117–304] 
A BILL 
To amend the Weather Research and Forecasting 
Innovation Act of 2017 to direct the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to pro-
vide comprehensive and regularly updated Fed-
eral precipitation information, and for other pur-
poses. 
MAY 3, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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spect to which a determination was not made within the 
10-day period referred to in subclause (II) of such section 
922(t)(1)(B)(ii). The report shall include the following, 
which shall be disaggregated by State: 
(1) The number of petitions submitted under 
such section that were received by the national in-
stant criminal background check system established 
under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence 
Prevention Act. 
(2) The number of petitioners who were discov-
ered to be ineligible under Federal or State law dur-
ing that 10-day period. 
(3) The number of petitioners who were discov-
ered to be ineligible under Federal or State law after 
that 10-day period. 
(4) The basis of the ineligibility of the peti-
tioners discovered to be ineligible under Federal or 
State law during that 10-day period, and the basis 
of the ineligibility of the petitioners discovered to be 
ineligible under Federal or State law after that 10- 
day period. 
(5) The number of the petitioners whose peti-
tions were denied and who, within 12 months after 
the denial, were prosecuted under Federal, State, or 
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