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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4505 
To direct the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide information on 
best practices and strategies for responding in the event of a robbery 
of a pharmacy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 
Mr. SMUCKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Drug Enforcement Administration to provide 
information on best practices and strategies for respond-
ing in the event of a robbery of a pharmacy, 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 ‘‘Preventing Pharmacy 
Robbery Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. PHARMACY ROBBERY PREVENTION. 
The Drug Enforcement Administration, as part of 
the diversion control program of the Administration, shall 
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disseminate to pharmacies information on best practices 
and strategies on how employees of a pharmacy might best 
respond to an attempted robbery of that pharmacy. The 
Administration shall consult with local law enforcement 
agencies to customize such strategies for particular phar-
macies based on the practices of criminal actors in the 
locality. 
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whereabouts and claimed the allegations were 
‘‘false’’ and ‘‘baseless’’. However, on October 20, 
2018, state television in Saudi Arabia reported that 
the journalist was murdered in a ‘‘rogue operation’’ 
under the orders of intelligence officers. 
(6) Though Saudi Arabia has detained 21 peo-
ple, dismissed two senior officials, and charged elev-
en people for Khashoggi’s murder, the Government 
of Saudi Arabia has denied that Saudi leadership or-
dered the killing and has refused to extradite any 
suspects to Turkey. 
(7) To date the United States Government has 
taken no actions to force an independent, inter-
national investigation of the killing of Jamal 
Khashoggi nor shown any willingness to hold ac-
countable the highest levels of Saudi leadership. 
SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS OF DEFENSE ARTI-
CLES AND SERVICES, ANY DESIGN AND CON-
STRUCTION SERVICES, AND ANY MAJOR DE-
FENSE EQUIPMENT TO SAUDI ARABIA. 
(a) INITIAL PERIOD.—During the 120-day period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President may not transfer, sell, or authorize a license for 
export of any defense articles or services, any design and 
construction services, or any major defense equipment 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6931 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify 
the boundary of, and reauthorize, the Baltimore National Heritage Area, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2022 
Mr. MFUME (for himself, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to modify the boundary of, and reauthorize, the 
Baltimore National Heritage Area, 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 ‘‘Baltimore National 
Heritage Area Reauthorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BOUNDARY MODIFICATION AND REAUTHORIZATION 
OF BALTIMORE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) BOUNDARY MODIFICATION.— 
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(1) MAP.—Section 8005(a)(4) of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 
320101 note; Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1247) 
is amended by striking ‘‘entitled’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘entitled ‘Baltimore National Heritage Area Pro-
posed Boundary’, numbered T10/179,623, and dated 
February 2022.’’. 
(2) BOUNDARIES.—Section 8005(b)(2)(A) of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 111–11; 123 
Stat. 1247) is amended by striking ‘‘October 2001’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘July 2020.’’. 
(b) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 8005(i) of the Om-
nibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 
320101 note; Public Law 111–11; 123 Stat. 1253) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 15 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘March 30, 
2036’’. 
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(G) conveys to the Partnership any land 
use or other regulatory authority; 
(H) shall be construed to cause any Fed-
eral, State, or local regulation or permit re-
quirement intended to apply to units of the Na-
tional Park System to affect the Federal lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of De-
fense or non-Federal lands within the bound-
aries of the recreation area; or 
(I) requires any local government to par-
ticipate in any program administered by the 
Secretary. 
(2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary is encour-
aged to work with owners of non-Federal land who 
have agreed to cooperate with the Secretary to ad-
vance the purposes of this title. 
(3) BUFFER ZONES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title es-
tablishes any protective perimeter or buffer 
zone around the Recreation Area. 
(B) ACTIVITIES OR USES UP TO BOUND-
ARIES.—The fact that an activity or use of land 
can be seen or heard from within the Recre-
ation Area shall not preclude the activity or 
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land use up to the boundary of the Recreation 
Area. 
(4) FACILITIES.—Nothing in this title affects 
the operation, maintenance, modification, construc-
tion, destruction, removal, relocation, improvement 
or expansion of any water resource facility or public 
water system, or any solid waste, sanitary sewer, 
water or waste-water treatment, groundwater re-
charge or conservation, hydroelectric, conveyance 
distribution system, recycled water facility, or utility 
facility located within or adjacent to the Recreation 
Area. 
(5) EXEMPTION.—Section 100903 of title 54, 
United States Code, shall not apply to the Puente 
Hills landfill, materials recovery facility, or inter-
modal facility. 
(d) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than 3 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
and the Advisory Council shall establish a com-
prehensive management plan for the Recreation 
Area that supports the purposes described in section 
101. 
(2) USE OF EXISTING PLANS.—In developing 
the management plan, to the extent consistent with 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4508 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 4, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani 
women under the Merit and Needs-Based Scholarship 
Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(c) FOREIGN CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORA-
TION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘foreign con-
trolled foreign corporation’ means a foreign corporation, 
other than a controlled foreign corporation, which would 
be a controlled foreign corporation if section 957(a) were 
applied— 
‘‘(1) by substituting ‘foreign controlled United 
States shareholders’ for ‘United States share-
holders’, and 
‘‘(2) by substituting ‘section 958(b) (other than 
paragraph (4) thereof)’ for ‘section 958(b)’. 
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary 
or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, 
including regulations or other guidance— 
‘‘(1) to treat a foreign controlled United States 
shareholder or a foreign controlled foreign corpora-
tion as a United States shareholder or as a con-
trolled foreign corporation, respectively, for purposes 
of provisions of this title other than this subpart, 
and 
‘‘(2) to prevent the avoidance of the purposes of 
this section.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart F of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Crimes 
Against Veterans Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TOOL TO PREVENT CERTAIN FRAUDS 
AGAINST VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1352. Fraud regarding veterans’ benefits 
‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to exe-
cute, any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of 
veterans’ benefits, or in connection with obtaining vet-
eran’s benefits for that individual, shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101 of title 38; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘veterans’ benefits’ means any 
benefit provided by Federal law for a veteran or a 
dependent or survivor of a veteran.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 63 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘1352. Fraud regarding veterans’ benefits.’’.
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 450 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide 
an additional tool to prevent certain frauds 
against veterans, and for other purposes.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 450 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an additional tool to 
prevent certain frauds against veterans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 10, 2019 
Mr. DEUTCH (for himself and Mr. MEADOWS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an addi-
tional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, 
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 ‘‘Preventing Crimes 
Against Veterans Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TOOL TO PREVENT CERTAIN FRAUDS 
AGAINST VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 1352. Fraud regarding veterans’ benefits 
‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to exe-
cute, any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of 
veterans’ benefits, or in connection with obtaining vet-
eran’s benefits for that individual, shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101 of title 38; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘veterans’ benefits’ means any 
benefit provided by Federal law for a veteran or a 
dependent or survivor of a veteran.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 63 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘1352. Fraud regarding veterans’ benefits.’’. 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 450 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an addi-
tional tool to prevent certain frauds against veterans, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(i) a State; 
(ii) a political subdivision of a State, 
including— 
(I) a city; and 
(II) a county; 
(iii) a special purpose district, includ-
ing park districts; and 
(iv) an Indian tribe (as defined in sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5304)). 
(B) POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND INDIAN 
TRIBES.—A political subdivision of a State or 
an Indian tribe shall be considered an eligible 
entity only if the political subdivision or Indian 
tribe represents or otherwise serves a qualifying 
urban area. 
(2) OUTDOOR RECREATION LEGACY PARTNER-
SHIP GRANT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Outdoor Recre-
ation Legacy Partnership Grant Program’’ means 
the program established under section 3(a). 
(3) QUALIFYING
URBAN
AREA.—The term 
‘‘qualifying urban area’’ means an area identified by 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Crimes 
Against Veterans Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL TOOL TO PREVENT CERTAIN FRAUDS 
AGAINST VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1352. Fraud regarding veterans’ benefits 
‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to exe-
cute, any scheme or artifice to defraud an individual of 
veterans’ benefits, or in connection with obtaining vet-
eran’s benefits for that individual, shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101 of title 38; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘veterans’ benefits’ means any 
benefit provided by Federal law for a veteran or a 
dependent or survivor of a veteran.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 63 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘1352. Fraud regarding veterans’ benefits.’’. 
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SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 7, 
2019. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4513 
To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to designate the Illinois Air 
National Guard 126th Air Refueling Wing at Scott Air Force Base 
as a Center of Excellence for KC-135R maintenance operations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 
Mr. BOST (for himself, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. KINZINGER, Ms. KELLY of 
Illinois, and Mr. LAHOOD) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to designate 
the Illinois Air National Guard 126th Air Refueling 
Wing at Scott Air Force Base as a Center of Excellence 
for KC-135R maintenance operations. 
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 ‘‘Air National Guard 
Air Refueling Wing Center of Excellence Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The 126th Air Refueling Wing has a long, 
decorated history of exceeding its fiscal year goals in 
Mission Capable Rate, Aircraft Availability, Hourly 
Use, Home Station Logistics Departure Reliability, 
flying hours, sorties, and fuel offloaded. 
(2) The 126th Air Refueling Wing was the top 
performing KC-135R unit in 2016, receiving the Air 
Force Outstanding Unit Award. 
(3) The 126th Air Refueling Wing had the 
highest mission capable rating for all KC-135R air-
craft, Active, Guard and Reserve for fiscal years 
2016, 2017, and 2018, and is on track for fiscal 
year 2019, with a 89.06 percent mission capable rat-
ing. 
(4) The 126th Air Refueling Wing set the bar 
for home station departure reliability rate, exceeding 
Air Mobility Command’s goal of 78 percent with a 
three-year average of 98.16 percent. 
(5) The 126th Maintenance Group won the cov-
eted Maintenance Effectiveness Award for being the 
top Maintenance Group in best Small Aircraft Main-
tenance unit category (<300 personnel) in the Air 
National Guard for fiscal year 2017. 
(6) The 126th Maintenance Group was the vi-
sionary of ‘‘Project 14’’, which is the premier 14-day 
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‘‘(2) AMOUNT
DESCRIBED.—The amount de-
scribed in this paragraph with respect to a court and 
a fiscal year is the amount that bears the same ratio 
to the total of the amounts reserved under sections 
436(b)(2) and 437(b)(2) for grants under this sec-
tion for the fiscal year (after applying paragraphs 
(1)(A) and (3) of this subsection) as the number of 
individuals in the State in which the court is located 
who have not attained 21 years of age bears to the 
total number of such individuals in all States with 
a highest State court that has an approved applica-
tion under this section for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBES.—From the amounts re-
served under section 436(b)(2) for a fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall, before applying paragraph (1) of 
this subsection, allocate $1,000,000 for grants to be 
awarded on a competitive basis among the highest 
courts of Indian tribes or tribal consortia that— 
‘‘(A) are operating a program under part 
E, in accordance with section 479B; 
‘‘(B) are seeking to operate a program 
under part E and have received an implementa-
tion grant under section 476; or 
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KC-135 periodic inspection model championed by 
the National Guard Bureau. 
(7) The 126th Maintenance Group completed 
17 periodic inspections of aircraft and nine periodic 
inspections on other units’ KC-135s, increasing the 
mission capable rating by 8 percent and potentially 
setting the standard for periodic inspection regional-
ization. 
(8) The 126th Air Refueling Wing flew 27 
black letter flights (aircraft with zero discrepancies), 
including one flight in CENTCOM to support the 
warfighter. 
(9) Air Mobility Command awarded the 126th 
Air Refueling Wing was the top tanker wing in fuel 
efficiency for fiscal year 2016 and 2017. 
(10) The 126th Maintenance Group spear-
headed the modeling of conditioned based mainte-
nance plus, the benchmark for all KC-135 units. 
(11) The 126th Air Refueling Wing supported 
the Illinois State Partnership Program, strength-
ening ties with the Polish Air Force during Joint 
Exercises BALTOPS/Clear Sky in 2018, flying 23 
sorties while offloading 875,000 pounds of fuel to 
102 receivers. 
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(12) The 126th Air Refueling Wing supported 
Joint Forces Domestic Operations in support of 
Hurricane Irma relief efforts in 2017. 
(13) The 126th Mission Support Group’s Logis-
tics Readiness Squadron was awarded the Air Na-
tional Guard’s Base Logistics Activity of the Year in 
2017. 
(14) The 126th Maintenance Group mantra of 
‘‘Fix It Today Safely’’, combined with the overall 
126th Air Refueling Wing efforts, enabled aircraft to 
safely fly over 3,500 sorties and over 16,000 hours 
to refuel more than 2,700 U.S. Air Force and Allied 
aircraft in fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018. 
(15) Several members of the 126th Air Refuel-
ing Wing have received honors for their superior 
work, including: 
(A) #1 Paralegal in a Reserve Component 
for 2018 as awarded by Air Mobility Command 
and recognized by Judge Advocate General 
Corps; 
(B) #1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Re-
connaissance Senior Noncommissioned Officer 
in Air Mobility Command for 2017; 
(C) #1 Noncommissioned Officer in the 
State of Illinois for 2018; 
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(D) #1 1st Sergeant in the State of Illi-
nois for 2018; and 
(E) #1 Airman in the State of Illinois for 
2017. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE A CENTER OF EXCEL-
LENCE FOR KC-135R MAINTENANCE. 
The Secretary of the Air Force may designate the 
Illinois Air National Guard 126th Air Refueling Wing at 
Scott Air Force Base as a Center of Excellence for KC- 
135R maintenance operations. 
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