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SEC. 103. ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE PAYMENT LIMITA-
TION FOR PEANUTS. 
(a) UNIFORM PAYMENT LIMITATIONS FOR COVERED 
COMMODITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001(b) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘(OTHER THAN PEANUTS)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(other than for peanuts)’’; 
and 
(2) PAYMENT LIMITATION FOR PEANUTS.—Sec-
tion 1001(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1308(c)) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title X of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 is amended— 
(1) in section 1001 (7 U.S.C. 1308)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’; 
(B) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘Sub-
sections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsection 
(b)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) or (c)’’ 
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’; 
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(D) in subsection (f)(5)(B), by striking 
‘‘subsection (b), (c), or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b) or (d)’’; and 
(E) in subsection (f)(6)(B), by striking 
‘‘subsections (b), (c), and (d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsections (b) and (d)’’; 
(2) in section 1001A (7 U.S.C. 1308–1)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b) or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’; and 
(3) in section 1001B(a) (7 U.S.C. 1308–2(a)), 
by striking ‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (b)’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply beginning with the 2019 crop year. 
SEC. 104. TERMINATING USE OF COMMODITY CERTIFI-
CATES TO PAY OFF MARKETING ASSISTANCE 
LOANS. 
(a) TERMINATING USE
OF COMMODITY CERTIFI-
CATES.—Subtitle G of the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7286(c)(3)) is 
amended— 
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Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a 
progress report of activities under the study during the 
immediately preceding year. 
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the completion of the study under subsection (a), the Sec-
retaries of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Labor, and the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration, shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives and the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives a report of final findings and recommendations based 
on the study. 
(d) ELEMENTS.—The final report under subsection 
(c) shall include information regarding the following: 
(1) The percentage of each cohort that received 
unemployment benefits during the study. 
(2) The numbers of months members of each 
cohort were employed during the study. 
(3) Annual starting and ending salaries of 
members of each cohort who were employed during 
the study. 
(4) How many members of each cohort enrolled 
in an institution of higher learning, as that term is 
defined in section 3452(f) of title 38, United States 
Code.
‘‘(G) Health (including mental health). 
‘‘(H) Military occupational specialty. 
‘‘(I) Whether the member intends, after 
separation, retirement, or discharge, to— 
‘‘(i) seek employment; 
‘‘(ii) enroll in a program of higher 
education; 
‘‘(iii) enroll in a program of vocational 
training; or 
‘‘(iv) become an entrepreneur. 
‘‘(J) The educational history of the mem-
ber. 
‘‘(K) The employment history of the mem-
ber. 
‘‘(L) Whether the member has secured— 
‘‘(i) employment; 
‘‘(ii) enrollment in a program of edu-
cation; or 
‘‘(iii) enrollment in a program of voca-
tional training. 
‘‘(M) Other factors the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in consultation with the Secretaries of Labor 
and Veterans Affairs, determine appropriate. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5625 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to align open 
enrollment periods for Exchange plans with the deadline for filing Fed-
eral income tax returns, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2018 
Mr. BERA (for himself, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 
DELANEY, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to align open enrollment periods for Exchange plans 
with the deadline for filing Federal income tax returns, 
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 ‘‘Easy Enrollment Act 
of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. ALIGNING OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIODS FOR EX-
CHANGE PLANS WITH DEADLINE FOR FILING 
FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
1311(c)(6) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(c)(6)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(B) annual open enrollment periods— 
‘‘(i) for calendar years after the initial 
enrollment period and before 2020, as de-
termined by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) for 2020 and subsequent cal-
endar years, that begin on a date specified 
by the Secretary and end on April 15 of 
such calendar year;’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall issue regulations to 
carry out the amendment made by subsection (a). 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5626 
AN ACT 
To amend the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to require 
the Secretary of State to report on intercountry adop-
tions from countries which have significantly reduced 
adoption rates involving immigration to 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 ‘‘Intercountry Adoption 
Information Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 
ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOP-
TIONS. 
(a) REPORT ELEMENTS.—Section 104(b) of the 
Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(9) A list of countries that established or 
maintained a law or policy that prevented or prohib-
ited adoptions involving immigration to the United 
States, regardless of whether such adoptions oc-
curred under the Convention. 
‘‘(10) For each country listed under paragraph 
(9), the date on which the law or policy was initially 
implemented. 
‘‘(11) Information on efforts taken with respect 
to a country listed under paragraph (9) to encourage 
the resumption of halted or stalled adoption pro-
ceedings involving immigration to the United States, 
regardless of whether the adoptions would have oc-
curred under the Convention. 
‘‘(12) Information on any action the Secretary 
carried out that prevented, prohibited, or halted any
adoptions involving immigration to the United 
States, regardless of whether the adoptions occurred 
under the Convention.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—Section 104 
of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
14914) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The Sec-
retary shall make the information contained in the report 
required under subsection (a) available to the public on 
the website of the Department of State.’’. 
(c) PRIVACY CONCERNS.—In complying with the 
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), the Sec-
retary shall avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, dis-
closing any personally identifiable information relating to 
United States citizens or the adoptees of such citizens. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 104(a) of 
the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
14914(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘International Rela-
tions’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign Affairs’’. 
(e) APPLICATION DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to reports required 
to be submitted under section 104 of the Intercountry 
Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914) beginning on the
date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5626 
AN ACT 
To amend the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 
to require the Secretary of State to report on 
intercountry adoptions from countries which have 
significantly reduced adoption rates involving im-
migration to the United States, and for other 
purposes.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 
ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOP-
TIONS. 
(a) REPORT ELEMENTS.—Section 104(b) of the 
Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(9) A list of countries that established and 
carried out a policy or law that, with respect to 
adoptions involving immigration to the United 
States, regardless of whether the adoptions occurred 
under the Convention— 
‘‘(A) reduced the number of such adop-
tions; or 
‘‘(B) prevented or prohibited such adop-
tions. 
‘‘(10) Information on efforts taken with respect 
to a country listed under paragraph (9) to encourage 
the resumption of halted or stalled adoption pro-
ceedings involving immigration to the United States, 
regardless of whether the adoptions would have oc-
curred under the Convention.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—Section 104 
of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
14914) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
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‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The Sec-
retary shall make the information contained in the report 
required under subsection (a) available to the public on 
the website of the Department of State.’’. 
(c) PRIVACY CONCERNS.—In complying with the 
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), the Sec-
retary shall avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, dis-
closing any personally identifiable information relating to 
United States citizens or the adoptees of such citizens. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 104(a) of 
the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
14914(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘International Rela-
tions’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign Affairs’’. 
(e) APPLICATION DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to reports required 
to be submitted under section 104 of the Intercountry 
Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914) beginning on the 
date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 562 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to flatline the individual 
mandate penalty. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2017 
Mr. MESSER 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 flatline 
the individual mandate penalty. 
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 ‘‘Obamacare Regressive 
Tax Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FLATLINING THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE PENALTY. 
(a) 
PERCENTAGE
OF
INCOME.—Section 
5000A(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(B) 
PERCENTAGE
OF
INCOME.—An 
amount equal to 1 percent of the excess of the 
taxpayer’s household income for the taxable 
year over the amount of gross income specified 
in section 6012(a)(1) with respect to the tax-
payer for the taxable year.’’. 
(b) 
APPLICABLE
DOLLAR
AMOUNT.—Section 
5000A(c)(3) of such Code is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (D), 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (B), and 
(3) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the applicable dollar amount 
is $95.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5630 
To amend the Clayton Act to clarify that an acquisition that tends to 
create a monopsony violates the Clayton Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2018 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ELLISON, and Mr. CROWLEY) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force, 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 amend the Clayton Act to clarify that an acquisition 
that tends to create a monopsony violates the Clayton Act. 
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 ‘‘Economic Freedom 
and Financial Security for Working People Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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construction, maintenance, and structural modifica-
tion using grant funds; and 
‘‘(3) the number of communications towers on 
which service, construction, maintenance, or struc-
tural modification was performed by individuals or 
crews while participating in job training programs 
receiving grant funds. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNICATIONS
TOWER.—The term 
‘communications tower’ means a structure that 
transmits broadcast radio signals, commercial mobile 
service (as defined in section 332) signals, or com-
mercial mobile data service (as defined in section 
6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Cre-
ation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401)) signals. 
‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a junior or community college (as de-
fined in section 312(f) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f))); 
‘‘(B) a postsecondary vocational institution 
(as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))); 
‘‘(C) an area career and technical edu-
cation school (as defined in section 3 of the 
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(1) Competition is a critical for promoting inno-
vation and entrepreneurship, creating economic op-
portunity and spurring growth, promoting an equi-
table distribution of wealth, and ensuring choice for 
consumers and workers. 
(2) Growing concerns over declining competition 
are driven by evidence of higher levels of concentra-
tion, slower rates of market entry, and widening in-
equality gaps. Evidence also shows a decline in busi-
ness dynamism, which reduces the mobility of work-
ers. 
(3) In competitive labor markets, employers 
compete hard to provide better wages, benefits, and 
conditions for workers. In the absence of competi-
tion, employers in concentrated labor markets have 
monopsony power. If exercised, monopsony power al-
lows employers to dictate wages and other critical 
factors to the detriment of workers. Employers with 
market power may also use anticompetitive contracts 
to restrict the opportunity and mobility of workers. 
(4) Much like monopoly power, the exercise of 
monopsony power can harm workers, consumers, in-
novation, and economic growth. 
(5) The antitrust laws are an important tool for 
promoting competition in all markets, including mar-
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kets for consumer goods and services, and for in-
puts, including labor. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to promote 
working Americans’ economic opportunity by ensuring 
that they have the full benefit of competition by amending 
the Clayton Act to include the term ‘‘monopsony’’ to clar-
ify that an acquisition that tends to create a monopsony 
violates the Clayton Act. 
SEC. 3. UNLAWFUL ACQUISITIONS THAT TEND TO CREATE 
A MONOPSONY. 
Section 7 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or a monopsony’’ after ‘‘monopoly’’ 
each place that term appears. 
SEC. 4. STUDY ON MONOPSONY POWER IN LABOR MAR-
KETS. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct and publish a study incorporating public 
comment on the economic and social effect of rising con-
centration in labor markets, including the impact of mo-
nopsony power on the wages and benefits, mobility, and 
income equality of workers, including employees and inde-
pendent contractors. 
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1008 
State, broken down by each such authority and 
agency. 
(3) The number of such individuals whose voter 
registration application forms were accepted and 
who were registered to vote in the State and the 
number of such individuals whose forms were re-
jected and who were not registered to vote in the 
State, broken down by each such authority and 
agency. 
(4) The number of change of address forms and 
other forms of information indicating that an indi-
vidual’s identifying information has been changed 
that were transmitted by such motor vehicle authori-
ties and voter registration agencies to the chief State 
election official of the State, broken down by each 
such authority and agency and the type of form 
transmitted. 
(5) The number of individuals on the Statewide 
computerized voter registration list (as established 
and maintained under section 303 of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002) whose voter registration 
information was revised by the chief State election 
official as a result of the forms transmitted to the 
official by such motor vehicle authorities and voter 
registration agencies (as described in paragraph 
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tween an employer and an employee that restricts 
such employee from performing— 
(A) any work for another employer for a 
specified period of time; 
(B) any work in a specified geographical 
area; or 
(C) any work for another employer that is 
similar to such employee’s work for the em-
ployer that is a party to such agreement. 
(4) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203). 
(5) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203). 
(6) STATE.—The term State means any of the 
several States or the District of Columbia. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5633 
To repeal debt collection amendments made by the Bipartisan Budget Act 
of 2015, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2018 
Ms. ESHOO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To repeal debt collection amendments made by the 
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, 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 ‘‘Help Americans Never 
Get Unwanted Phone Calls Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘HANG-
UP Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DEBT COLLECTION AMENDMENTS; 
CLARIFYING COVERAGE WITH RESPECT TO 
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3, by striking paragraph (39) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(39) PERSON.—The term ‘person’— 
‘‘(A) includes an individual, partnership, 
association, joint-stock company, trust, or cor-
poration; and 
‘‘(B) for the purposes of section 227, in-
cludes a contractor of the United States Gov-
ernment with respect to a call that is made 
solely to collect a debt owed to or guaranteed 
by the United States.’’; and 
(2) in section 227(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘, unless such call is made solely to 
collect a debt owed to or guaranteed by the 
United States’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘, is made solely pursuant to the collection 
of a debt owed to or guaranteed by the 
United States,’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (H). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Section 301(b) of the Bipartisan 
Budget Act of 2015 (47 U.S.C. 227 note; Public Law 
114–74) is repealed. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5644 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the Veterans Economic 
Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2018 
Mr. WENSTRUP (for himself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, and Mr. 
TAKANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the 
Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Adminis-
tration, 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 ‘‘Veterans’ Education, 
Transition, and Opportunity Prioritization Plan Act of 
2018’’ or the ‘‘VET OPP Act’’. 
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