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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Agency Mail 
Management Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. RECORD MANAGEMENT. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 9 of the Presidential and 
Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 (44 U.S.C. 101 
note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph 
(3) to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘the Adminis-
trator or the Archivist’ and inserting ‘the Archivist 
or the Administrator’.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘ ‘(a) The Archivist shall provide guidance and assist-
ance to Federal agencies with respect to ensuring— 
‘‘ ‘(1) economical and effective records manage-
ment; 
‘‘ ‘(2) adequate and proper documentation of 
the policies and transactions of the Federal Govern-
ment; and 
‘‘ ‘(3) proper records disposition.’;’’;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1), the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘effective 
records management by such agencies’ and inserting 
‘effective processing of mail by Federal agencies’;’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘ ‘subsections (a) and (b)’ ’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘ ‘subsection (a)’ ’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(E) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 
by striking the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘; and’’; and 
(F) by inserting at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) by inserting at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘ ‘(e) The Administrator, in carrying out subsection 
(b), shall have the responsibility to promote economy and 
efficiency in the selection and utilization of space, staff, 
equipment, and supplies for processing mail at Federal fa-
cilities.’.’’;
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) by inserting at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘ ‘(c) The Administrator (or the Administrator’s des-
ignee) may inspect the mail processing practices and pro-
grams of any Federal agency for the purpose of rendering 
recommendations for the improvement of mail processing 
practices and programs. Officers and employees of such 
agencies shall cooperate fully in such inspections of mail 
processing practices and programs.’.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (f); and 
(5) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the Presi-
dential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 
(Public Law 113–187). 
Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 194 
AN ACT 
To ensure the effective processing of mail by 
Federal agencies, and for other purposes.
II 
Calendar No. 250 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 194 
[Report No. 115–176] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 18, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
OCTOBER 19, 2017 
Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To ensure the effective processing of mail by Federal 
agencies, 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 ‘‘Federal Agency Mail 
Management Act of 2017’’. 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) by inserting at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘ ‘(c) The Administrator (or the Administrator’s des-
ignee) may inspect the mail processing practices and pro-
grams of any Federal agency for the purpose of rendering 
recommendations for the improvement of mail processing 
practices and programs. Officers and employees of such 
agencies shall cooperate fully in such inspections of mail 
processing practices and programs.’.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (f); and 
(5) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the Presi-
dential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014 
(Public Law 113–187). 
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Calendar No. 250 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 194 
[Report No. 115–176] 
AN ACT 
To ensure the effective processing of mail by 
Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 19, 2017 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1950 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Police Offi-
cer Scott Bashioum Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. PERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. COSTELLO
of Pennsylvania, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. MARINO, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. 
ROTHFUS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MICHAEL F. 
DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. DENT, Mr. SMUCKER, and Mr. CART-
WRIGHT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 120 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsyl-
vania, as the ‘‘Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office 
Building’’. 
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. POLICE OFFICER SCOTT BASHIOUM POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 120 West Pike Street in 
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘Police Officer Scott Bashioum Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Police Officer Scott 
Bashioum Post Office Building’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1952 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the revocation or 
suspension of drivers’ licenses of individuals convicted of drug offenses, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Mr. O’ROURKE (for himself, Mr. AMASH, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER, Mr. NADLER, and Mrs. LOVE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to 
the revocation or suspension of drivers’ licenses of indi-
viduals convicted of drug offenses, 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Better Drive Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF DRIVERS’ LI-
CENSES OF INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF 
DRUG OFFENSES. 
Section 159 of title 23, United States Code, and the 
item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 
1 of such title, are repealed. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1956 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amounts of educational 
assistance payable under Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assist-
ance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the 
amounts of educational assistance payable under Sur-
vivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance Program 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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 ‘‘Caring for the Families 
of our Wounded and Fallen Heroes Act’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1958 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to include retrofit loans such as property 
assessed clean energy loans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Mr. SHERMAN (for himself and Mr. ROYCE of California) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to include retrofit 
loans such as property assessed clean energy loans, 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 Americans 
from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘PACE 
Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REAL PROPERTY RETROFIT LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103 of the Truth in Lend-
ing Act (15 U.S.C. 1602) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (g), in the last sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘and a person who lends money to con-
sumers for real property retrofit loans’’ before ‘‘for 
purposes’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (cc) (relating to 
definitions relating to mortgage origination and resi-
dential mortgage loans) and (dd) as subsections (dd) 
and (ee), respectively; and 
(3) adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ff) The term ‘consumer credit transaction’ includes 
a real property retrofit loan extended to a consumer. 
‘‘(gg) The term ‘real property retrofit loan’ means a 
financing instrument— 
‘‘(1) secured by an interest in real property; 
‘‘(2) that is repayable in installments through 
payments made concurrently with the payment of 
property taxes on the real property; and 
‘‘(3) that is used to finance real property retro-
fits, including property assessed clean energy loans 
for the purposes of energy efficiency upgrades, re-
newable energy installations, windproofing or seismic 
retrofits, water conservation upgrades, septic tanks, 
or other similar real property improvements or retro-
fits to a particular parcel of property.’’. 
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(b) REAL
PROPERTY
RETROFIT
LOAN
DISCLO-
SURE.—Section 128 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 
U.S.C. 1638) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) REAL PROPERTY RETROFIT LOAN DISCLO-
SURE.—At the time of application for a real property ret-
rofit loan, the creditor shall disclose that the real property 
retrofit loan will result in a lien on the real property secur-
ing the loan’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1959 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion 
for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2017 
Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER) 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 exclusion for employer-provided dependent care as-
sistance. 
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 ‘‘Child and Dependent 
Care FSA Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN EXCLUSION FOR EMPLOYER-PRO-
VIDED DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 129(a)(2)(A) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000 
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($2,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,500 (half such dollar 
amount’’. 
(b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 129(a)(2) of 
such Code is amended by redesignating subparagraph (C) 
as subparagraph (D) and by inserting after subparagraph 
(B) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—In the 
case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar 
year after 2016, the $7,500 amount in subpara-
graph (A) shall be increased by an amount 
equal to— 
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year in which the taxable year be-
gins, determined by substituting ‘calendar 
year 2015’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in sub-
paragraph (B) thereof. 
Any increase determined under the preceding 
sentence shall be rounded to the nearest mul-
tiple of $100.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2017. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1979 
To increase the evidentiary standard required to convict a person for a 
drug offense, to require screening of law enforcement officers or others 
acting under color of law participating in drug task forces, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To increase the evidentiary standard required to convict a 
person for a drug offense, to require screening of law 
enforcement officers or others acting under color of law 
participating in drug task 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 ‘‘No More Tulias: Drug 
Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement 
Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1980 
To require non-Federal prisons and detention facilities holding Federal pris-
oners under a contract with the Federal Government to make available 
to the public the same information pertaining to facility operations and 
to prisoners held in such facilities that Federal prisons and detention 
facilities are required to make available. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2017 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require non-Federal prisons and detention facilities hold-
ing Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal 
Government to make available to the public the same 
information pertaining to facility operations and to pris-
oners held in such facilities that Federal prisons and 
detention facilities are required to make available. 
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 ‘‘Private Prison Infor-
mation Act of 2017’’. 
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ing to the use of tracking devices established by the 
Attorney General in accordance with subsection (a). 
(2) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.—The At-
torney General, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, shall determine whether 
an entity that receives a grant under subsection 
(a)(2) of section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), 
as added by this title, acts in compliance with the 
standards and best practices described in paragraph 
(1). 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS AND BEST PRAC-
TICES.—The standards and best practices established by the 
Attorney General under subsection (a) shall apply only to 
the grant programs authorized under subsection (a)(2) of 
section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control and Law En-
forcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621), as added by this 
title. 
(d) LIMITATIONS ON PROGRAM.— 
(1) DATA
STORAGE.—Any tracking data pro-
vided by tracking devices issued under this program 
may not be used by a Federal entity to create a data-
base. 
(2) VOLUNTARY
PARTICIPATION.—Nothing in 
this title may be construed to require that a parent
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or guardian use a tracking device to monitor the loca-
tion of a child or adult under that parent or guard-
ian’s supervision if the parent or guardian does not 
believe that the use of such device is necessary or in 
the interest of the child or adult under supervision. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
In the Senate of the United States, 
January 22, 2018. 
Resolved, That the Senate agree to the amendment of 
the House of Representatives to the amendment of the Sen-
ate to the bill (H.R. 195) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 44, 
United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free print-
ed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress 
and other officers and employees of the United States, and 
for other purposes.’’, with the following 
SENATE AMENDMENT TO HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT: 
On page 1, line 6, strike øFebruary 16¿ and insert: 
February 8. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H.R. 195 
SENATE AMENDMENT TO 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 195 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the dis-
tribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register 
to Members of Congress and other officers and employees 
of the United States, 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 ‘‘Federal Register Print-
ing Savings Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINT-
ED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO MEM-
BERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EMPLOY-
EES. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 1506 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrative Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) COMPOSITION; DUTIES.— 
The Administrative Committee’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘the num-
ber of copies’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 
(b), the number of copies’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS
ON DISTRIBUTION
OF FREE 
PRINTED COPIES TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OFFI-
CERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITING SUBSCRIPTION TO PRINTED 
COPIES WITHOUT REQUEST.—Under the regulations 
prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Direc-
tor of the Government Publishing Office may not 
provide a printed copy of the Federal Register with-
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manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. Such an 
election, once made, shall be irrevocable.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2017. 
SEC. 13402. REHABILITATION CREDIT LIMITED TO CER-
TIFIED HISTORIC STRUCTURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 47 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 46, 
for any taxable year during the 5-year period begin-
ning in the taxable year in which a qualified reha-
bilitated building is placed in service, the rehabilita-
tion credit for such year is an amount equal to the 
ratable share for such year. 
‘‘(2) RATABLE SHARE.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the ratable share for any taxable year dur-
ing the period described in such paragraph is the 
amount equal to 20 percent of the qualified rehabili-
tation expenditures with respect to the qualified reha-
bilitated building, as allocated ratably to each year 
during such period.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 47(c) is amended—
out charge to any Member of Congress or any other 
office of the United States during a year unless— 
‘‘(A) the Member or office requests a 
printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal 
Register; or 
‘‘(B) during that year or during the pre-
vious year, the Member or office requested a 
subscription to printed copies of the Federal 
Register for that year, as described in para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION
OF
SUBSCRIPTIONS.— 
The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection 
(a)(4) shall include— 
‘‘(A) provisions regarding notifications to 
offices of Members of Congress and other of-
fices of the United States of the restrictions of 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) provisions describing the process by 
which Members and other offices may request a 
specific issue of the Federal Register for pur-
poses of paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(C) provisions describing the process by 
which Members and other offices may request a 
subscription to the Federal Register for pur-
poses of paragraph (1)(B), except that such
regulations shall limit the period for such a 
subscription to not longer than 1 year.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect January 1, 2018. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 195 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict 
the distribution of free printed copies of the Fed-
eral Register to Members of Congress and other 
officers and employees of the United States, and 
for other purposes.