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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4753 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 11, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from oper-
ating or procuring foreign-made unmanned aircraft sys-
tems, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drone Origin Security 
Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON OPERATION OR PROCUREMENT 
OF FOREIGN-MADE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 
SYSTEMS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON AGENCY OPERATION OR PRO-
CUREMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
not operate, provide financial assistance for, or enter into 
or renew a contract for the procurement of— 
(1) an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that— 
(A) is manufactured in a covered foreign 
country or by a corporation domiciled in a cov-
ered foreign country; 
(B) uses flight controllers, radios, data 
transmission devices, cameras, or gimbals man-
ufactured in a covered foreign country or by a 
corporation domiciled in a covered foreign coun-
try; 
(C) uses a ground control system or oper-
ating software developed in a covered foreign 
country or by a corporation domiciled in a cov-
ered foreign country; or 
(D) uses network connectivity or data stor-
age located in or administered by a corporation 
domiciled in a covered foreign country; or 
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TITLE V—IMPLEMENTATION 
Sec. 501. Definition. 
Sec. 502. Reorganization plan. 
Sec. 503. Transitional authorities. 
Sec. 504. Savings provisions. 
Sec. 505. Conforming amendments. 
Sec. 506. Additional technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 507. Regulations. 
Sec. 508. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 509. Limitation on authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the safety of the food supply of the United 
States is vital to the public health, to public con-
fidence in the food supply, and to the success of the 
food sector of the Nation’s economy; 
(2) lapses in the protection of the food supply 
and loss of public confidence in food safety are dam-
aging to consumers and the food industry, and place 
a burden on interstate commerce; 
(3) the safety and security of the food supply 
requires an integrated, systemwide approach to pre-
venting foodborne illness, a thorough and broad- 
based approach to basic and applied research, and 
intensive, effective, and efficient management of the 
Nation’s food safety program; 
(4) the task of preserving the safety of the food 
supply of the United States faces tremendous pres-
sures with regard to— 
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(2) a system manufactured in a covered foreign 
country or by a corporation domiciled in a covered 
foreign country for the detection or identification of 
covered unmanned aircraft systems. 
(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) on a case 
by case basis by certifying in writing to the Committee 
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate that the operation or procure-
ment that is the subject of such a waiver is required— 
(1) in the national interest of the United 
States; 
(2) for counter-UAS surrogate testing and 
training; or 
(3) for intelligence, electronic warfare, or infor-
mation warfare operations, testing, analysis, and or 
training. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED FOREIGN COUNTRY.—The term 
‘‘covered foreign country’’ means a country labeled 
as a strategic competitor in the ‘‘Summary of the 
2018 National Defense Strategy of the United 
States of America: Sharpening the American Mili-
tary’s Competitive Edge’’ issued by the Department 
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of Defense pursuant to section 113 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) COVERED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 331 of the FAA 
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 
112–95; 49 U.S.C. 44802 note). 
Passed the House of Representatives February 10, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
By ROBERT F. REEVES, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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for sales promotion, marketing, and after-sales 
service personnel. 
(D) Product liability insurance. 
(E) Rent and depreciation of sales pro-
motion, marketing, and after-sales service of-
fices and distribution centers. 
(F) Payments by the producer to other 
persons for warranty repairs. 
(G) If the costs are identified separately 
for sales promotion, marketing, or after-sales 
service of goods on the financial statements or 
cost accounts of the producer, the following: 
(i) Property insurance premiums, 
taxes, utilities, and repair and maintenance 
of sales promotion, marketing, and after- 
sales service offices and distribution cen-
ters. 
(ii) Recruiting and training of sales 
promotion, marketing, and after-sales serv-
ice personnel, and after-sales training of 
customers’ employees. 
(iii) Office supplies for sales pro-
motion, marketing, and after-sales service 
of goods. 
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‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2022, 
$1,820,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; 
‘‘(IV) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2023, 
$2,510,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority; and 
‘‘(V) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$3,250,000,000 in additional new 
budget authority. 
‘‘(ii) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, OF-
FICE OF SCIENCE.—If a bill or joint reso-
lution making appropriations for a fiscal 
year is enacted that specifies amounts for 
the Office of Science at the Department of 
Energy, then the adjustments for that fis-
cal year shall be the amount of additional 
new budget authority provided in that Act 
for such programs for that fiscal year, but 
shall not exceed— 
‘‘(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2020, 
$461,000,000 in additional new budg-
et authority; 
‘‘(II) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2021, 
$954,000,000 in additional new budg-
et authority; 
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of small business development centers for the costs relat-
ing to the services provided under the section.’’. 
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‘‘(ii) the project sponsor has identified 
the reasonable availability of funds suffi-
cient to complete the project; 
‘‘(iii) the project is not a covered 
project (as defined in section 41001 of the 
FAST Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m)); and 
‘‘(iv)(I) the head of the lead agency 
has determined that an environmental im-
pact statement is required; or 
‘‘(II) the head of the lead agency has 
determined that an environmental assess-
ment is required, and the project sponsor 
requests that the project be treated as a 
major project. 
‘‘(B) CLARIFICATION.—In this section, the 
term ‘major project’ does not have the same 
meaning as the term ‘major project’ as de-
scribed in section 106(h).’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, including major 
projects,’’ after ‘‘all projects’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘as requested by a project 
sponsor and’’ after ‘‘applied,’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (6)— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—After the transfer of func-
tions from a Federal agency under this Act, any ref-
erence in any other Federal law, Executive order, 
rule, regulation, directive, document, or other mate-
rial to that Federal agency or the head of that agen-
cy in connection with the administration or enforce-
ment of the food safety laws shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the Administration or the Adminis-
trator, respectively. 
(2) STATUTORY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
Statutory reporting requirements that applied in re-
lation to such an agency on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act shall continue to apply fol-
lowing such transfer if the reporting requirements 
refer to the agency by name. 
SEC. 505. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
Section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Administrator of Food Safety.’’. 
SEC. 506. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS. 
Not later than 60 days after the submission of the 
reorganization plan under section 502, the President shall 
prepare and submit proposed legislation to Congress con-
taining necessary and appropriate technical and con-
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forming amendments to any food safety law to reflect the 
changes made by this Act. 
SEC. 507. REGULATIONS. 
The Administrator may promulgate such regulations 
as the Administrator determines are necessary or appro-
priate to perform the duties of the Administrator. 
SEC. 508. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 509. LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
For the fiscal year that includes the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the amount authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act shall not exceed— 
(1) the amount appropriated for that fiscal year 
for the Federal agencies identified in section 102(b) 
for the purpose of administering or enforcing the 
food safety law; or 
(2) the amount appropriated for those agencies 
for that purpose for the preceding fiscal year, if, as 
of the date of enactment of this Act, appropriations 
for those agencies for the fiscal year that includes 
that date of enactment have not yet been made. 
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‘‘(E) any natural person the Commission 
determines, by regulation, to have demonstrable 
education or job experience to qualify such per-
son as having professional knowledge of a sub-
ject related to a particular investment, and 
whose education or job experience is verified by 
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or 
an equivalent self-regulatory organization (as 
defined in section 3(a)(26) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934); or’’. 
(b) RULEMAKING.—The Commission shall revise the 
definition of accredited investor under Regulation D (17 
CFR 230.501 et seq.) to conform with the amendments 
made by subsection (a). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4759 
To increase emergency and disaster relief response, build safer communities, 
strengthen Second Amendment rights, streamline administrative reviews, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 18, 2019 
Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To increase emergency and disaster relief response, build 
safer 
communities, 
strengthen 
Second 
Amendment 
rights, streamline administrative reviews, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Withdrawing from Overburdensome Reviews and Keep-
ing us Safe Act’’ or the ‘‘WORKS Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Effective date. 
TITLE 
I—EMERGENCY 
AND 
DISASTER 
RELIEF 
THROUGH 
INCENTIVIZING BETTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE EF-
FORTS 
Sec. 1001. National Highway Performance Program. 
Sec. 1002. Emergency relief. 
Sec. 1003. Disaster relief mobilization pilot program. 
Sec. 1004. Improved benefit feasibility assessments for emergency projects. 
Sec. 1005. Enhanced emergency communication of risk. 
TITLE 
II—CREATING 
SAFER 
COMMUNITIES 
BY 
REDUCING 
THREATS 
AND 
INCREASING 
COORDINATION 
WHILE 
PRO-
TECTING SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS 
Sec. 2001. Safe Routes to School program. 
Sec. 2002. Safety incentive programs. 
Sec. 2003. Stopping threats on pedestrians. 
Sec. 2004. Cyber security tool; cyber coordinator. 
Sec. 2005. Increased self defense on recreational lands. 
TITLE III—STREAMLINING FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY FOR EFFI-
CIENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS ON FEDERAL AND TRIBAL 
TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES 
Sec. 3001. Efficient environmental reviews for project decision making and one 
Federal decision. 
Sec. 3002. Environmental reviews for certain tribal transportation facilities. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Transportation. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Transportation. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act take 
effect on October 1, 2020. 
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residence in which the number of bedrooms 
would not require— 
‘‘(I) more than two members of 
the household to share a bedroom, 
‘‘(II) children of different gen-
ders to share a bedroom with one an-
other, or 
‘‘(III) a household member with 
a disability requiring medical equip-
ment to share a bedroom, or 
‘‘(B) the rent paid during the taxable year 
by the individual (and, if married, the individ-
ual’s spouse) for the principal residence of the 
individual, over 
‘‘(2) an amount equal to 30 percent of the ad-
justed gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable 
year. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible indi-
vidual’ means any individual if the rent paid during 
the taxable year by the individual (and, if married, 
the individual’s spouse) for the principal residence of 
the individual exceeds 30 percent of the adjusted 
gross income of the taxpayer for the taxable year. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 475 
To adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 10, 2019 
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. TIPTON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To adjust the boundary of the Arapaho National Forest, 
Colorado, 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 ‘‘Arapaho National For-
est Boundary Adjustment Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ARAPAHO NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY ADJUST-
MENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Arapaho Na-
tional Forest in the State of Colorado is adjusted to incor-
porate the approximately 92.95 acres of land generally de-
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picted as ‘‘The Wedge’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Arapaho Na-
tional Forest Boundary Adjustment’’ and dated November 
6, 2013, and described as lots three, four, eight, and nine 
of section 13, Township 4 North, Range 76 West, Sixth 
Principal Meridian, Colorado. A lot described in this sub-
section may be included in the boundary adjustment only 
after the Secretary of Agriculture obtains written permis-
sion for such action from the lot owner or owners. 
(b) BOWEN GULCH PROTECTION AREA.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall include all Federal land within 
the boundary described in subsection (a) in the Bowen 
Gulch Protection Area established under section 6 of the 
Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 539j). 
(c) LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For 
purposes of section 200306(a)(2)(B)(i) of title 54, United 
States Code, the boundaries of the Arapaho National For-
est, as modified under subsection (a), shall be considered 
to be the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest as 
in existence on January 1, 1965. 
(d) PUBLIC MOTORIZED USE.—Nothing in this Act 
opens privately owned lands within the boundary described 
in subsection (a) to public motorized use. 
(e) ACCESS
TO NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—Notwith-
standing the provisions of section 6(f) of the Colorado Wil-
derness Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 539j(f)) regarding motor-
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ized travel, the owners of any non-Federal lands within 
the boundary described in subsection (a) who historically 
have accessed their lands through lands now or hereafter 
owned by the United States within the boundary described 
in subsection (a) shall have the continued right of motor-
ized access to their lands across the existing roadway. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4760 
To bolster the domestic workforce by encouraging communication between 
career and technical education institutions and emphasizing potential 
employment opportunities, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to treat certain costs relating to career and technical education as quali-
fied higher education expenses for purposes of section 529 programs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 18, 2019 
Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, 
Armed Services, and Small Business, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To bolster the domestic workforce by encouraging commu-
nication between career and technical education institu-
tions and emphasizing potential employment opportuni-
ties, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
treat certain costs relating to career and technical edu-
cation as qualified higher education expenses for pur-
poses of section 529 programs, 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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(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘appro-
priate and relevant to the unique needs of chil-
dren exposed to family violence, domestic vio-
lence, or dating violence.’’ and inserting ‘‘rel-
evant to the unique needs of children and youth 
exposed to family violence, domestic violence, or 
dating violence, and address the parent’s or 
caregiver’s ongoing caregiving capacity; and’’; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) a description of prevention activities tar-
geting child and youth victims of family violence, do-
mestic violence, or dating violence.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘community-based program de-
scribed in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘cul-
turally specific, community-based program’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘victims of family vio-
lence, domestic violence, or dating violence 
and their children’’ and inserting ‘‘child 
and adult victims of family violence, do-
mestic violence, or dating violence’’; and 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4761 
AN ACT 
To ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, 
agents, and other personnel have adequate synthetic 
opioid detection equipment, that the Department of 
Homeland Security has a process to update synthetic 
opioid detection capability, 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 ‘‘DHS Opioid Detection 
Resilience Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. STRATEGY TO ENSURE DETECTION OF ALL OPIOID 
PURITY LEVELS AT PORTS OF ENTRY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) shall— 
(1) implement a strategy to ensure deployed 
chemical screening devices are able to identify in an 
operational environment narcotics at purity levels 
less than or equal to 10 percent, or provide ports of 
entry with an alternate method for identifying nar-
cotics at lower purity levels; and 
(2) require testing of any new chemical screen-
ing devices to understand the abilities and limita-
tions of such devices relating to identifying narcotics 
at various purity levels before CBP commits to the 
acquisition of such devices. 
SEC. 3. PLAN TO ENSURE OPIOID DETECTION EQUIPMENT 
RESILIENCY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall implement a plan for the long-term development of 
a centralized spectral database for chemical screening de-
vices. Such plan shall address the following:
(1) How newly identified spectra will be col-
lected, stored, and distributed to such devices in 
their operational environment, including at ports of 
entry. 
(2) Identification of parties responsible for up-
dates and maintenance of such database. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4761 
AN ACT 
To ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection of-
ficers, agents, and other personnel have adequate 
synthetic opioid detection equipment, that the 
Department of Homeland Security has a process 
to update synthetic opioid detection capability, 
and for other purposes.