datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
provided by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics of the Department of Labor, 
that is provided for the December 
that immediately precedes the start of 
the award year. 
‘‘(4) ACTUAL ENROLLMENT FIGURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—By not later than No-
vember 1 of the second award year for which an 
eligible institution receives a grant under this 
section, such eligible institution shall report to 
the Secretary its actual full-time equivalent eli-
gible students figure for the preceding award 
year. 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS.—If the actual full- 
time equivalent eligible students figure for the 
preceding award year reported under subpara-
graph (A)— 
‘‘(i) exceeds the projected enrollment 
that was used for determining the allot-
ment under subparagraph (2)(B) for the 
preceding award year, notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, the allotment 
for the award year in which the November 
1 date falls for the eligible institution shall 
be increased to reflect such actual enroll-
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1101. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 1102. During the current fiscal year, provisions 
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is com-
puted under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United 
States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase 
provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employ-
ees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section 
shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service 
national employees serving at United States diplomatic 
missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the 
limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign na-
tional employees of the Department of Defense in the Re-
public of Turkey.
HR 1873 RFS
agement needs, lower ratepayer energy costs, and re-
duce the risk of wildfires. 
‘‘(h) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
‘‘(1) not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this section, prescribe regulations, 
or amend existing regulations, to implement this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(2) not later than two years after the date of 
the enactment of this section, finalize regulations, or 
amend existing regulations, to implement this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(i) EXISTING VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, FACIL-
ITY INSPECTION
AND OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE 
PLANS.—Nothing in this section requires an owner or op-
erator to develop and submit a vegetation management, 
facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan if 
one has already been approved by the Secretary or Sec-
retary of Agriculture before the date of the enactment of 
this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.), is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 511 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 512. Vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and main-
tenance relating to electric transmission and distribution facil-
ity rights-of-way.’’. 
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SEC. 3. NO LOSS OF FUNDS FOR WILD-FIRE SUPPRESSION. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act shall detract from the availability of funds or other 
resources for wild-fire suppression. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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from filling vacant Federal civilian employee positions or 
creating new such positions, shall have no force or effect 
with respect to positions within the Small Business Ad-
ministration. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1879 
To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for an exception from 
infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 4, 2017 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 
COHEN, and Mr. PERRY) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for an 
exception from infringement for certain component parts 
of motor vehicles. 
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 ‘‘Promoting Automotive 
Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘PARTS 
Act’’. 
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subsection (d) for the preceding award 
year, award year 2015–2016; or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a State that has 
eliminated tuition and required fees as de-
scribed in such paragraphs, the last award 
year that the State charged tuition and re-
quired fees; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible Indian enti-
ty, from all eligible students at 2-year Tribal 
Colleges and Universities of the eligible Indian 
entity and from working class and middle class 
eligible students, as described in subsection 
(d)(3), at 4-year Tribal Colleges and Univer-
sities of the eligible Indian entity, in the form 
of tuition and required fees for— 
‘‘(i) with respect to an eligible Indian 
entity that did not eliminate tuition and 
required fees as described in paragraphs 
(2) and (3) of subsection (d) for the pre-
ceding award year, award year 2015–2016; 
or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to an eligible Indian 
entity that has eliminated tuition and re-
quired fees as described in such para-
graphs, the last award year for which the 
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SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) Federal and State agencies and licensing 
boards should cooperate to facilitate the timely 
movement of properly licensed volunteer health care 
professionals to areas affected by a disaster; and 
(2) the appropriate licensing entities should 
verify the licenses of volunteer health care profes-
sionals serving disaster victims as soon as is reason-
ably practical following a disaster. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1878 
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Small Business 
Administration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 4, 2017 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. EVANS, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mrs. 
MURPHY of Florida, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali-
fornia, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting the Small 
Business Administration. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON HIRING FREEZE FROM AF-
FECTING SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. 
The memorandum titled ‘‘Presidential Memorandum 
Regarding the Hiring Freeze’’ published on January 23, 
2017, or any other substantially similar memorandum, 
Executive order, or other action by the President to pre-
vent a department or agency of the Federal Government 
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271 
ACO participating under this section under a 
payment model described in clause (i) or (ii) of 
paragraph (2)(B) may apply to establish an 
ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program to provide 
incentive payments to such beneficiaries who are 
furnished qualifying services in accordance with 
this subsection. The Secretary shall permit such 
an ACO to establish such a program at the Sec-
retary’s discretion and subject to such require-
ments, including program integrity require-
ments, as the Secretary determines necessary. 
‘‘(B) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall implement this subsection on a date deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary. Such date 
shall be no earlier than January 1, 2019, and no 
later than January 1, 2020. 
‘‘(2) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) DURATION.—Subject to subparagraph 
(H), an ACO Beneficiary Incentive Program es-
tablished under this subsection shall be conducted 
for such period (of not less than 1 year) as the 
Secretary may approve. 
‘‘(B) SCOPE.—An ACO Beneficiary Incen-
tive Program established under this subsection 
shall provide incentive payments to all of the fol-
272 
lowing Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who 
are furnished qualifying services by the ACO: 
‘‘(i) With respect to the Track 2 and 
Track 3 payment models described in sec-
tion 425.600(a) of title 42, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or in any successor regula-
tion), Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries 
who are preliminarily prospectively or pro-
spectively assigned (or otherwise assigned, 
as determined by the Secretary) to the ACO. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to any future pay-
ment models involving two-sided risk, Medi-
care fee-for-service beneficiaries who are as-
signed to the ACO, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFYING SERVICE.—For purposes 
of this subsection, a qualifying service is a pri-
mary care service, as defined in section 425.20 
of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or in 
any successor regulation), with respect to which 
coinsurance applies under part B, furnished 
through an ACO by— 
‘‘(i) an ACO professional described in 
subsection (h)(1)(A) who has a primary 
care specialty designation included in the
279 
other applicable providers working with a Medicare 
beneficiary to engage in the care planning process 
and complete the necessary documentation to support 
the treatment and care plan of the beneficiary and 
provide such documentation to other providers and 
the beneficiary or the beneficiary’s representative. 
(4) Any barriers to providers, other than the pro-
vider furnishing longitudinal comprehensive care 
planning services, accessing the care plan and associ-
ated documentation for use related to the care of the 
Medicare beneficiary. 
(5) Potential options for ensuring that applica-
ble providers are notified of a patient’s existing longi-
tudinal care plan and that applicable providers con-
sider that plan in making their treatment decisions, 
and what the challenges might be in implementing 
such options. 
(6) Stakeholder’s views on the need for the devel-
opment of quality metrics with respect to longitudinal 
comprehensive care planning services, such as meas-
ures related to— 
(A) the process of eliciting input from the 
Medicare beneficiary or from a legally author-
ized representative and documenting in the med-
ical record the patient-directed care plan;
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1890 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to strengthen equal pay 
requirements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 4, 2017 
Mr. KNIGHT (for himself, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, and Mr. YOUNG of Iowa) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to 
strengthen equal pay requirements. 
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 ‘‘Workplace Advance-
ment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF EQUAL PAY ACT RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
Section 15(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 215(a)) is amended— 
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certificates for radio stations and 40 certificates for 
television stations. 
(6) The Commission can also support minority- 
and women-owned entrants into the broadcasting in-
dustry by implementing an incubator program in 
which existing licensees assist new entrants in the 
operation of broadcast stations. 
SEC. 3. FCC REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) BIENNIAL REPORT CONTAINING RECOMMENDA-
TIONS
FOR INCREASING NUMBER
OF MINORITY- AND 
WOMEN-OWNED BROADCAST STATIONS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
not less frequently than every 2 years thereafter, the Com-
mission shall submit to Congress a report containing rec-
ommendations for how to increase the total number of 
broadcast stations that are owned or controlled by mem-
bers of minority groups or women, or by both members 
of minority groups and women. 
(b) BIENNIAL REPORT ON NUMBER OF MINORITY- 
AND WOMEN-OWNED BROADCAST STATIONS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and not less frequently than every 2 years thereafter, the 
Commission shall submit to Congress a report that states 
the total number of broadcast stations that are owned or 
controlled by members of minority groups or women, or 
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was less than the revenue received from such Program 
during such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCESS REVENUE.—If the Secretary determines, 
for any fiscal year, that the amount of Federal funds ex-
pended to carry out such Federal Direct Loan Program, 
as described in subsection (a), during such fiscal year was 
less than the revenue received from such Program during 
such fiscal year, the Secretary shall use the revenue in 
excess of the funds expended to carry out the Federal Pell 
Grant Program under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et 
seq.) for the succeeding fiscal year. 
TITLE IV—SNYDER ACT 
SEC. 401. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING THE SNY-
DER ACT. 
Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this 
Act, shall be construed to change or abrogate the Federal 
Government’s responsibilities under the Act of November 
2, 1921 (commonly known as the ‘‘Snyder Act’’) (25 
U.S.C. 13). 
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United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(c)(1) With regard to an employee in fire protection 
activities, a disease specified in paragraph (3) shall be pre-
sumed to be proximately caused by the employment of 
such employee, subject to the length of service require-
ments specified. The disability or death of an employee 
in fire protection activities due to such a disease shall be 
presumed to result from personal injury sustained while 
in the performance of such employee’s duty. Such pre-
sumptions may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evi-
dence. 
‘‘(2) Such presumptions apply only if the employee 
in fire protection activities is diagnosed with the disease 
for which presumption is sought within 10 years of the 
last active date of employment as an employee in fire pro-
tection activities. 
‘‘(3) The following diseases shall be presumed to be 
proximately caused by the employment of the employee in 
fire protection activities: 
‘‘(A) If the employee has been employed for a 
minimum of 5 years in aggregate as an employee in 
fire protection activities: 
‘‘(i) Heart disease. 
‘‘(ii) Lung disease. 
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$194,897,000) (increased by $194,897,000) (reduced by 
$26,200,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$4,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$20,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$1,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$10,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$2,500,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$2,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$8,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$6,250,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$10,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $30,000,000) (reduced by 
$34,734,000) (reduced by $60,000,000): Provided, That not 
more than $15,000,000 may be used for the Combatant 
Commander Initiative Fund authorized under section 166a 
of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $36,000,000 can be used for emergencies and ex-
traordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or au-
thority of the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be 
made on his certificate of necessity for confidential military 
purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading, not less than $38,458,000 shall be made 
available for the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooper-
ative Agreement Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 
shall be available for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 
2411(1)(D): Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
used to plan or implement the consolidation of a budget 
or appropriations liaison office of the Office of the Secretary
ommendation is approved by a unanimous vote of 
the Commissioners at a meeting where a quorum is 
present pursuant to section 6(d). 
(3) 
REQUIREMENT.—The 
recommendations 
submitted under this subsection shall be made avail-
able to the public. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the first meeting of the Commission, the Com-
mission shall also disseminate to the Federal Gov-
ernment, as well as to State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments, a report that details the findings and sup-
plemental guidance of the Commission regarding the 
criminal justice system at all levels of government. 
(2) MAJORITY
VOTE
REQUIRED.—Commission 
findings and supplemental guidance may be adopted 
and included in the report required under paragraph 
(1) if the findings or guidance is approved by a ma-
jority vote of the Commissioners at a meeting where 
a quorum is present pursuant to section 6(d), except 
that any Commissioners dissenting from particular 
finding or supplemental guidance shall have the 
right to state the reason for their dissent in writing 
and such dissent shall be included in the report of 
the Commission. 
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(c) SCREENING AS PART OF ROUTINE SCREENING.— 
Section 4014(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such rules shall 
also provide that the initial test under this section be per-
formed as part of the routine health screening conducted 
at intake.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORT ON HEPATITIS AND OTHER DISEASES.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Bureau shall provide a report to the Congress 
on Bureau policies and procedures to provide testing, 
treatment, and prevention education programs for hepa-
titis and other diseases transmitted through sexual activ-
ity and intravenous drug use. The Bureau shall consult 
with appropriate officials of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, the Office of National Drug Control Pol-
icy, the Office of National AIDS Policy, and the Centers 
for Disease Control regarding the development of this re-
port. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) GENERALLY.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and then an-
nually thereafter, the Bureau shall report to Con-
gress on the incidence among inmates of diseases 
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transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous 
drug use. 
(2) MATTERS
PERTAINING
TO
VARIOUS
DIS-
EASES.—Reports under paragraph (1) shall dis-
cuss— 
(A) the incidence among inmates of HIV/ 
AIDS, hepatitis, and other diseases transmitted 
through sexual activity and intravenous drug 
use; and 
(B) updates on Bureau testing, treatment, 
and prevention education programs for these 
diseases. 
(3) 
MATTERS
PERTAINING
TO
HIV/AIDS 
ONLY.—Reports under paragraph (1) shall also in-
clude— 
(A) the number of inmates who tested 
positive for HIV upon intake; 
(B) the number of inmates who tested 
positive prior to reentry; 
(C) the number of inmates who were not 
tested prior to reentry because they were re-
leased without sufficient notice; 
(D) the number of inmates who opted-out 
of taking the test; 
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(E) the number of inmates who were test-
ed under section 4014(b) of title 18, United 
States Code; and 
(F) the number of inmates under treat-
ment for HIV/AIDS. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—The Bureau shall consult 
with appropriate officials of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy, the Office of National AIDS 
Policy, and the Centers for Disease Control regard-
ing the development of reports under paragraph (1). 
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