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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3373 
To establish the Office of International Disability Rights, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2019 
Ms. TITUS (for herself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish the Office of International Disability Rights, 
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 ‘‘Office of International 
Disability Rights Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has shown leadership do-
mestically on disability rights with the Americans 
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with Disabilities Act, and this leadership should be 
leveraged to support international disability rights. 
(2) There are more than one billion persons 
with disabilities around the world, and 80 percent 
live in developing countries. 
(3) 60 percent of persons with disabilities are 
women. 
(4) Women with disabilities are more likely to 
experience sexual violence than women without dis-
abilities. 
(5) There are more than 90 million children 
with disabilities worldwide. 
(6) Children with disabilities are more likely to 
be malnourished than children without disabilities. 
(7) Persons with disabilities are subject to eco-
nomic and social marginalization. The World Bank 
has estimated the Gross Domestic Product loss due 
to disability to be between $1.71 trillion and $2.23 
trillion annually. 
(8) The inclusion of persons with disabilities is 
a fundamental part of democracy and essential to 
the full realization of human rights. 
(9) The political participation and leadership of 
persons with disabilities, including those who ac-
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SEC. 7. REGULATIONS RELATING TO EFFECTIVE CALL AU-
THENTICATION TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall pre-
scribe regulations in WC Docket No. 17–97. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR EFFECTIVE CALL AUTHEN-
TICATION TECHNOLOGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The regulations required by 
subsection (a) shall— 
(A) require providers of voice service to im-
plement, within 6 months after the date on 
which such regulations are prescribed, an effec-
tive call authentication technology; and 
(B) ensure that voice service providers that 
have implemented the effective authentication 
technology attest that such provider has deter-
mined, when originating calls on behalf of a 
calling party, that the calling party number 
transmitted with such calls has been appro-
priately authenticated. 
(2) REASSESSMENT
OF
REGULATIONS.—The 
Commission shall reassess such regulations, at least 
once every 2 years, to ensure the regulations remain 
effective and up to date with technological capabili-
ties. 
(3) EXEMPTION.—
fined in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1981, including any revision re-
quired by such section applicable to a family of the 
size involved). 
‘‘(6) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.— 
The terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘tribal organization’ 
have the meaning given the terms in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
‘‘(7) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965. 
‘‘(8) MIDWIFE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘midwife’ 
means a certified midwife, certified professional 
midwife, licensed midwife, and tribally-recog-
nized midwife. 
‘‘(B) CERTIFIED
MIDWIFE.—The term 
‘certified midwife’ means an individual who is 
certified by the American Midwifery Certifi-
cation Board to practice midwifery. 
‘‘(C) 
CERTIFIED
PROFESSIONAL
MID-
WIFE.—The term ‘certified professional mid-
wife’ means an individual who— 
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(B) access and inclusion at the Depart-
ment’s headquarters and United States diplo-
matic posts. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing and adopt-
ing such policy, the Secretary shall consult with— 
(A) disabled person’s organizations and 
international 
nongovernmental 
organizations 
working on disability rights; and 
(B) the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) 
to promote coherence of such policy with 
USAID’s formal disability policy. 
(4) 
PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The 
Secretary 
shall publish such policy on a publicly available 
website of the Department. 
SEC. 6. REPORT AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall submit a report and provide 
a briefing to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate on the steps taken to implement 
this Act. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report and 
briefing required by subsection (a) shall include— 
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(1) an explanation of policies and programs to 
fulfill— 
(A) the duties of the Office of Inter-
national Disability Rights under section 3; and 
(B) the training requirements under sec-
tion 4; 
(2) the status of efforts to mainstream dis-
ability rights throughout Department of State pro-
gramming without regard to whether such program-
ming is specifically directed toward persons with dis-
abilities; 
(3) explanation of disability-specific program-
ming across the Department; 
(4) any policy, programming, or human re-
sources gaps to mainstreaming disability rights 
throughout the Department and plans to address 
gaps through appropriate mechanisms; 
(5) progress made on the realization of the 
rights of persons with disabilities as a result of De-
partment policies and programming; and 
(6) recommendations for legislative actions to 
fully implement the matters described in paragraphs 
(1) through (5). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3374 
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the collection of 
small business loan data related to LGBTQ-owned businesses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2019 
Mr. ROUDA (for himself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. 
HAALAND, and Mr. COX of California) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to require the 
collection of small business loan data related to LGBTQ- 
owned businesses. 
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 ‘‘LGBTQ Business 
Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS LOAN DATA COLLECTION. 
Section 704B of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1691c–2) is amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘LGBTQ-owned,’’ after ‘‘mi-
nority-owned,’’ each place such term appears; 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(G), by inserting ‘‘(in-
cluding sexual orientation and gender identity),’’ 
after ‘‘sex’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(7) LGBTQ-OWNED
BUSINESS.—The term 
‘LGBTQ-owned business’ means a business— 
‘‘(A) more than 50 percent of the owner-
ship or control of which is held by 1 or more 
individuals self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bi-
sexual, transgender, or queer; and 
‘‘(B) more than 50 percent of the net prof-
it or loss of which accrues to 1 or more individ-
uals self-identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, or queer.’’. 
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V 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6908 
For the relief of Mykhaylo Gnatyuk and Melnik Gnatyuk. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2022 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Mykhaylo Gnatyuk and Melnik Gnatyuk. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
PERMANENT 
RESIDENT 
STATUS 
FOR 
MYKHAYLO 
GNATYUK 
AND 
MELNIK 
GNATYUK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Mykhaylo Gnatyuk and Melnik Gnatyuk shall each 
be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjust-
ment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence upon filing an application for 
issuance of an immigrant visa under section 204 of such 
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Act or for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resi-
dent. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Mykhaylo Gnatyuk 
or Melnik Gnatyuk enters the United States before the 
filing deadline specified in subsection (c), he or she shall 
be considered to have entered and remained lawfully and 
shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment of 
status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Mykhaylo Gnatyuk and Melnik Gnatyuk, the 
Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to re-
duce by 2, during the current or next following fiscal year, 
the total number of immigrant visas that are made avail-
able to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth under 
section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act or, 
if applicable, the total number of immigrant visas that are 
made available to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth 
under section 202(e) of such Act. 
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HR 3375 RDS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping Bad 
Robocalls Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATIONS RELATING 
TO MAKING ROBOCALLS. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and as appropriate thereafter to ensure 
that the consumer protection and privacy purposes of sec-
tion 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
227) remain effective, the Commission shall prescribe such 
regulations, or amend such existing regulations, regarding 
calls made or text messages sent using automatic tele-
phone dialing systems and calls made using an artificial 
or prerecorded voice as will, in the judgment of the Com-
mission, clarify descriptions of automatic telephone dialing 
systems and ensure that— 
(1) the consumer protection and privacy pur-
poses of such section are effectuated; 
(2) calls made and text messages sent using 
automatic telephone dialing systems and calls made 
using an artificial or prerecorded voice are made or 
sent (as the case may be) with consent, unless con-
sent is not required under or the call or text mes-
sage is exempted by paragraph (1), (2)(B), or (2)(C) 
of subsection (b) of such section; 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3375 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clar-
ify the prohibitions on making robocalls, and for 
other purposes.
HR 3375 RDS
‘‘(B) if the violation was made with the in-
tent to cause such violation, 4 years prior to the 
date of issuance of the notice required by para-
graph (3) of such section or the notice of ap-
parent liability required by paragraph (4) of 
such section (as the case may be).’’. 
(2) FOR
CALLER
IDENTIFICATION
INFORMA-
TION VIOLATIONS.—Section 227(e)(5)(A)(iv) of the 
Communications 
Act 
of 
1934 
(47 
U.S.C. 
227(e)(5)(A)(iv)) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2-YEAR’’ 
and inserting ‘‘4-YEAR’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘4 
years’’. 
(c) INCREASED PENALTY
FOR ROBOCALL VIOLA-
TIONS WITH INTENT.—Section 227(b) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(b)), as amended by sub-
sections (a) and (b), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(6) INCREASED
PENALTY
FOR
VIOLATIONS 
WITH INTENT.—In the case of a forfeiture penalty 
for violation of this subsection that is determined or 
imposed under section 503(b), if such violation was 
made with the intent to cause such violation, the 
amount of such penalty shall be equal to an amount 
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‘‘(iii) Complaints alleging that a con-
sumer received a call in connection with 
which misleading or inaccurate caller iden-
tification information was transmitted in 
violation of subsection (e). 
‘‘(B) The number of citations issued by the 
Commission pursuant to section 503(b) during 
the preceding calendar year to enforce subsection 
(d), and details of each such citation. 
‘‘(C) The number of notices of apparent li-
ability issued by the Commission pursuant to 
section 503(b) during the preceding calendar 
year to enforce subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), 
and details of each such notice including any 
proposed forfeiture amount. 
‘‘(D) The number of final orders imposing 
forfeiture penalties issued pursuant to section 
503(b) during the preceding calendar year to en-
force such subsections, and details of each such 
order including the forfeiture imposed. 
‘‘(E) The amount of forfeiture penalties or 
criminal fines collected, during the preceding 
calendar year, by the Commission or the Attor-
ney General for violations of such subsections, 
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in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2018, 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 ‘‘Lady Liberty Act of 
2019’’. 
SEC. 2. MINIMUM NUMBER OF REFUGEES TO BE ADMITTED. 
Section 207(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘in 
any fiscal year after fiscal year 1982 shall be such number 
as the President determines,’’ the following: ‘‘except that 
in any fiscal year after fiscal year 2020, such number may 
not be less than 110,000’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3376 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a minimum 
number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year after fiscal 
year 2018, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2019 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. 
DINGELL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. 
GALLEGO, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. HAALAND, 
Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 
JAYAPAL, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAP-
TUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. LEE 
of California, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. 
LUJA´N, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. NOR-
TON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
RYAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
SERRANO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. 
SOTO, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. 
WELCH, and Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
for a minimum number of refugees who may be admitted 
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—On October 1, 
2019, and on each October 1 thereafter, 
out of any funds in the Treasury not oth-
erwise appropriated, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary 
such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this section, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(ii) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.— 
The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, 
shall accept, and shall use to carry out this 
section the funds transferred under clause 
(i), without further appropriation. 
‘‘(G) REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Oc-
tober 1, 2019, the Secretary shall issue 
regulations to carry out this paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) 
REQUIREMENTS.—Regulations 
issued under this subparagraph shall re-
quire that— 
‘‘(I) children shall be eligible to 
participate and shall be enrolled into 
the program under this paragraph for 
a summer without further application 
if the children are enrolled to partici-
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(3) provides a description of the agreement or 
arrangement with the government of each partner 
country, if practicable; 
(4) provides budget information related to ex-
penditures in support of BITMAP, including the 
source of funding and anticipated expenditures; 
(5) sets forth Department of Homeland Secu-
rity personnel, equipment, and infrastructure sup-
port to be used by BITMAP, broken down by coun-
try and number; 
(6) includes the number of individuals each 
partner country enrolled into BITMAP during the 
reporting period, broken down by key categories, as 
determined by U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement; 
(7) includes the training, guidance, and best 
practices recommendations provided pursuant to 
subsection (b)(4) of such section 447; 
(8) includes a review of the redress process for 
BITMAP; and 
(9) details the effectiveness of BITMAP oper-
ations in enhancing national security, border secu-
rity, and counterterrorism operations. 
(c) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 days after each 
report is submitted pursuant to subsection (b), the Sec-
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retary of Homeland Security shall brief the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives regarding— 
(1) individuals enrolled in BITMAP who have 
been apprehended at the United States border or in 
the interior of the United States; and 
(2) asylum claims that were submitted by indi-
viduals who are enrolled in BITMAP. 
(d) GAO AUDIT.—Not later than six months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and every three years 
thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall— 
(1) conduct an audit that analyzes the effective-
ness of BITMAP operations; and 
(2) submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives a report containing the results of 
such audit. 
(e) SUNSET.—Section 447 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002, as added by subsection (a), shall be repealed 
on the date that is six years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
446 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 447. Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3379 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to shorten the exclusivity period 
for brand name biological products from 12 to 5 years. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2019 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. WESTERMAN, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. CRAIG, 
Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. JAYAPAL, 
Ms. TLAIB, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to shorten the 
exclusivity period for brand name biological products 
from 12 to 5 years. 
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 ‘‘Price Relief, Innova-
tion, and Competition for Essential Drugs Act’’ or the 
‘‘PRICED Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSIVITY PERIOD FOR BRAND NAME BIOLOGI-
CAL PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 351(k)(7)(A) of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(k)(7)(A)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘12 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 
(b) CONFORMING CHANGES.—Paragraphs (2)(A) and 
(3)(A) of section 351(m) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 262(m)) is amended by striking ‘‘12 years’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This Act and the amendments 
made by this Act apply only with respect to a biological 
product for which the reference product (as such term is 
used in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 262)) is licensed under subsection (a) of such sec-
tion on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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