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‘‘(3) to provide guidance on a public agency’s re-
sponsibilities when operating an unmanned aircraft 
without a civil airworthiness certificate issued by the 
Administration. 
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with each appropriate public agen-
cy to simplify the process for issuing a certificate of 
waiver or a certificate of authorization with respect 
to an application for authorization to operate a pub-
lic unmanned aircraft system in the national air-
space system. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An agreement under para-
graph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) with respect to an application de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(i) provide for an expedited review of 
the application; 
‘‘(ii) require a decision by the Admin-
istrator on approval or disapproval not 
later than 60 business days after the date of 
submission of the application; and 
‘‘(iii) allow for an expedited appeal if 
the application is disapproved;
making a permanent connection with 
a caring adult.’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (H), by striking 
‘‘adolescents’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘youth’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (K)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘an adolescent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a youth’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the adolescent’’ 
each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘the youth’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
October 1, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate a report on the National Youth in Tran-
sition Database and any other databases in which 
States report outcome measures relating to children 
in foster care and children who have aged out of fos-
ter care or left foster care for kinship guardianship 
or adoption. The report shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) A description of the reasons for entry 
into foster care and of the foster care experi-
A BILL 
To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow 
certain issuers to be exempt from registration require-
ments, and for other purposes. 
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‘‘(4) TIME LIMIT ON INTERIM WORK ACTIVA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible participant 
shall not participate in interim work activation 
for more than 3 months. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL TIME.—After an eligible 
participant has participated in interim work ac-
tivation for 3 months, the State agency shall re-
quire the eligible participant— 
‘‘(i) to maintain at least 100 hours of 
employment per month; or 
‘‘(ii) to participate in full work activa-
tion. 
‘‘(d) FULL WORK ACTIVATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 
supplemental nutrition assistance program funds 
under this Act, a State agency shall require all or 
part of the eligible participants in the State to en-
gage in full work activation under this section. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible participant 
who is required to participate in full work activation 
in a month shall be required to engage in one or 
more work and work preparation activities for an av-
erage of 100 hours per month. 
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pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, including— 
‘‘(A) the unobligated balance of funds to be 
carried over from the prior fiscal year to the 
budget year; 
‘‘(B) the unobligated balance of funds to be 
carried over from the budget year to the year 
after the budget year; 
‘‘(C) the amount of obligations for noncata-
strophic events for the budget year; 
‘‘(D) the amount of obligations for the budg-
et year for catastrophic events, as defined under 
the National Response Framework, delineated by 
event and by State; 
‘‘(E) the total amount that has been pre-
viously obligated or will be required for cata-
strophic events delineated by event and by State 
for all prior years, the current fiscal year, the 
budget year, and each fiscal year thereafter; 
‘‘(F) the amount of previously obligated 
funds that will be recovered for the budget year; 
‘‘(G) the amount that will be required for 
obligations for emergencies, major disasters, fire 
management assistance grants, as described in 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to assist the 
Agency in discharging the responsibilities of the 
Agency under this section, personnel of the Fed-
eral agencies described in subparagraph (B) may 
be detailed to the Agency for the performance of 
analytic functions and related duties. 
‘‘(B) AGENCIES.—The Federal agencies de-
scribed in this subparagraph are— 
‘‘(i) the Department of State; 
‘‘(ii) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
‘‘(iii) the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion; 
‘‘(iv) the National Security Agency; 
‘‘(v) the National Geospatial-Intel-
ligence Agency; 
‘‘(vi) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 
‘‘(vii) Sector-Specific Agencies; and 
‘‘(viii) any other agency of the Federal 
Government that the President considers 
appropriate. 
‘‘(C) 
INTERAGENCY
AGREEMENTS.—The 
Secretary and the head of a Federal agency de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) may enter into 
agreements for the purpose of detailing personnel 
under this paragraph. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on the results of the task force’s assess-
ment. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report shall include an ex-
planation of how the Administrator will— 
(A) implement the recommendations of the 
task force; 
(B) measure progress in implementing the 
recommendations; and 
(C) measure the effectiveness of the imple-
mented recommendations. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION
OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not 
later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator shall implement the recommenda-
tions made under this section. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘part 91’’ 
means part 91 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(f) APPLICABLE LAW.—Public Law 92–463 shall not 
apply to the task force. 
(g) SUNSET.—The task force shall terminate on the 
day the Administrator submits the report required under 
subsection (c).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF EXEMPTION. 
The Securities and Exchange Commission shall 
amend— 
(1) section 230.251 of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to remove the requirement that the issuer 
not be subject to section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) imme-
diately before the offering; and 
(2) section 230.257 of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations, with respect to an offering described in 
section 230.251(a)(2) of title 17, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, to deem any issuer that is subject to section 
13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as 
having met the periodic and current reporting re-
quirements of section 230.257 of title 17, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, if such issuer meets the reporting re-
quirements of section 13 of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934. 
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under this section systems capabilities for auditing and en-
suring the security of information included in such frame-
work. Such capabilities shall include the following: 
(1) Mechanisms for identifying insider threats. 
(2) Mechanisms for identifying security risks. 
(3) Safeguards for privacy, civil rights, and civil 
liberties. 
(e) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 
2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall ensure the data frame-
work required under this section has the ability to include 
the information described in subsection (a). 
(f) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) STATUS UPDATES.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees regular updates on the status of 
the data framework until such framework is fully 
operational. 
(2) OPERATIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Not 
later 
than 60 days after the date on which the data frame-
work required under this section is fully operational, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide no-
tice to the appropriate congressional committees that 
the data framework is fully operational. 
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section 420, surge activities, and disaster readi-
ness and support activities; and 
‘‘(H) the amount required for activities not 
covered under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii)); 
‘‘(2) a summary of the amount for disaster relief 
of— 
‘‘(A) appropriations made available by 
source; 
‘‘(B) the transfers executed; 
‘‘(C) the previously allocated funds recov-
ered; and 
‘‘(D) the commitments, allocations, and ob-
ligations made; 
‘‘(3) a table of disaster relief activity delineated 
by month, including— 
‘‘(A) the beginning and ending balances; 
‘‘(B) the total obligations to include 
amounts obligated for fire assistance, emer-
gencies, surge, and disaster support activities; 
‘‘(C) the obligations for catastrophic events 
delineated by event and by State; and 
‘‘(D) the amount of previously obligated 
funds that are recovered; 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to sales after December 31, 2017. 
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report to the policyholder and Administrator de-
scribing the condition; and 
‘‘(C) impose a surcharge on each policy de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in such amount 
that the Administrator determines is appro-
priate to cover the costs of investigations and 
inspections performed pursuant to such policies 
and reimburse Write Your Own companies par-
ticipating in the program under this subsection 
for such costs. 
‘‘(3) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2021, the Administrator shall submit a re-
port to the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
describing the operation of the pilot program to that 
date. 
‘‘(4) SUNSET.—The Administrator may not 
provide any policy for flood insurance described in 
paragraph (2)(A) after December 31, 2022. 
‘‘(5) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than March 
31, 2023, the Administrator shall submit a final re-
port regarding the pilot program under this section 
to the Committee on Financial Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Banking,
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7181 
AN ACT 
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
to direct the Secretary of Transportation to seek to 
provide for the posting of contact information of the 
national human trafficking hotline in the restrooms of 
each aircraft, airport, over-the-road bus, bus station, pas-
senger train, and passenger railroad station operating 
within the United States, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. EXTENSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time period 
specified in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply to the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission project numbered 12569, the 
Commission shall, at the request of the licensee for the 
project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with 
the good faith, due diligence, and public interest require-
ments of that section and the Commission’s procedures 
under that section, extend the time period during which 
the licensee is required to commence the construction of 
the project for up to three consecutive 2-year periods from 
the date of the expiration of the extension originally issued 
by the Commission under that section. 
(b) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE.—If the 
period required for commencement of construction of the 
project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
reinstate the license effective as of the date of its expira-
tion and the first extension authorized under subsection 
(a) shall take effect on the date of such expiration. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 18, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2828 
AN ACT 
To extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2828 
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric 
project. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2017 
Mr. NEWHOUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction 
of a hydroelectric project. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time period 
specified in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply to the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission project numbered 12569, the 
Commission shall, at the request of the licensee for the 
project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with 
the good faith, due diligence, and public interest require-
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ments of that section and the Commission’s procedures 
under that section, extend the time period during which 
the licensee is required to commence the construction of 
the project for up to three consecutive 2-year periods from 
the date of the expiration of the extension originally issued 
by the Commission under that section. 
(b) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE.—If the 
period required for commencement of construction of the 
project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
reinstate the license effective as of the date of its expira-
tion and the first extension authorized under subsection 
(a) shall take effect on the date of such expiration. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2828 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 19, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To extend the deadline for commencement of construction 
of a hydroelectric project. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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following new sentence: ‘‘The spouse of a servicemember 
may elect to use the same residence for purposes of tax-
ation as the servicemember regardless of the date on which 
the marriage of the spouse and the servicemember oc-
curred.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to any return of State 
or local income tax filed for any taxable year beginning 
with the taxable year that includes the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. RESIDENCE OF SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS 
FOR VOTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 705(b) of such Act is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘State or local office’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘State or local office—’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) a person who is absent from a State be-
cause the person is accompanying the person’s 
spouse who is absent from that same State in com-
pliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely 
by reason of that absence— 
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HR 2828 RFS
SECTION 1. EXTENSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time period 
specified in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply to the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission project numbered 12569, the 
Commission shall, at the request of the licensee for the 
project, and after reasonable notice, in accordance with 
the good faith, due diligence, and public interest require-
ments of that section and the Commission’s procedures 
under that section, extend the time period during which 
the licensee is required to commence the construction of 
the project for up to three consecutive 2-year periods from 
the date of the expiration of the extension originally issued 
by the Commission under that section. 
(b) REINSTATEMENT OF EXPIRED LICENSE.—If the 
period required for commencement of construction of the 
project described in subsection (a) has expired prior to the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
reinstate the license effective as of the date of its expira-
tion and the first extension authorized under subsection 
(a) shall take effect on the date of such expiration. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 18, 2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2829 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen enforcement of spousal 
court-ordered property distributions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2017 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. 
SHEA-PORTER, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. NADLER, and Mr. COSTA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen en-
forcement of spousal court-ordered property distribu-
tions, 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 ‘‘Jane’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. SPOUSAL OBLIGATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 228A. Failure to pay legal spousal court-ordered 
property distribution 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly, travels in inter-
state or foreign commerce, with the intent to evade compli-
ance with a court ordered property distribution as part 
of a separation or divorce settlement involving more than 
$5,000, with respect to a spouse or former spouse, shall 
be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 
two years or both. 
‘‘(b) MANDATORY RESTITUTION.—Upon a conviction 
under this section, the court shall order restitution under 
section 3663A in an amount equal to the total unpaid 
property distribution. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘court ordered property 
distribution’ means any amount determined under a court 
order pursuant to the law of a State or of an Indian tribe 
to be due from a spouse or former spouse as an equitable 
or other distribution to a spouse or former spouse of assets 
in connection with a separation or divorce.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 11A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item: 
‘‘228A. Failure to pay legal spousal court-ordered property distribution.’’. 
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(2) TABLE
OF
CHAPTERS.—The item in the 
table of chapters for part I of title 18, United States 
Code, relating to chapter 11A is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘11A. Child support and spousal obligations .........................
228’’. 
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‘‘(2) administer the Program (including, where 
appropriate, in coordination with States), including 
relating to— 
‘‘(A) outreach, engagement, education, and 
technical assistance and support to eligible non-
profit organizations described in subsection (b), 
with particular attention to those organizations 
in underserved communities, before, during, and 
after the awarding of grants, including web- 
based training videos for eligible nonprofit orga-
nizations that provide guidance on preparing an 
application and the environmental planning and 
historic preservation process; 
‘‘(B) the establishment of mechanisms to en-
sure program office processes are conducted in 
accordance with constitutional, statutory, and 
regulatory requirements that protect civil rights 
and civil liberties and advance equal access for 
members of underserved communities; 
‘‘(C) the establishment of mechanisms for 
the Administrator to provide feedback to eligible 
nonprofit organizations that do not receive 
grants; 
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‘‘(D) the establishment of mechanisms to 
identify and collect data to measure the effective-
ness of grants under the Program; 
‘‘(E) the establishment and enforcement of 
standardized baseline operational requirements 
for States, including requirements for States to 
eliminate or prevent any administrative or oper-
ational obstacles that may impact eligible non-
profit organizations described in subsection (b) 
from receiving grants under the Program; 
‘‘(F) carrying out efforts to prevent waste, 
fraud, and abuse, including through audits of 
grantees; and 
‘‘(G) promoting diversity in the types and 
locations of eligible nonprofit organizations that 
are applying for grants under the Program. 
‘‘(g) GRANT GUIDELINES.—For each fiscal year, before 
awarding grants under this section, the Administrator— 
‘‘(1) shall publish guidelines, including a notice 
of funding opportunity or similar announcement, as 
the Administrator determines appropriate; and 
‘‘(2) may prohibit States from closing applica-
tion processes before the publication of those guide-
lines. 
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