datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
vanced engineered soundtracks, and skillfully crafted 
radio trickery to create the illusion of sizable Amer-
ican forces where there were none and to draw the 
enemy away from Allied troops. 
(10) The 3132d and the 3133d Signal Service 
Companies, activated in Pine Camp (now Fort 
Drum), New York, at the Army Experimental Sta-
tion in March 1944, were the only two active duty 
‘‘sonic deception’’ ground combat units in World 
War II. 
(11) Soldiers of the 23d Headquarters, Special 
Troops, impersonated other, larger Army units by 
sewing counterfeit patches onto their uniforms, 
painting false markings on their vehicles, and cre-
ating phony headquarters staffed by fake generals, 
all in an effort to feed false information to Axis 
spies. 
(12) During the Battle of the Bulge, the 23d 
Headquarters, Special Troops, created counterfeit 
radio traffic to mask the efforts of General George 
Patton’s Third Army as it mobilized to break 
through to the 101st Airborne and elements of 10th 
Armored Division in the besieged Belgian town of 
Bastogne.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2409 
To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and 
Internet access service contracts while deployed. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2017 
Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. KILMER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite 
television, and Internet access service contracts while 
deployed. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PRO-
GRAMMING AND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
305A 
of 
the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3956) is 
amended— 
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CableCARDs, converters, digital adapters, remote 
controls, and any other equipment provided.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE HEADING.—The heading for title III 
of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘TELEPHONE’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘COMMUNICATIONS’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Re-
lief Act is amended— 
(A) by striking the item relating to title III 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘TITLE 
III—RENT, 
INSTALLMENT 
CONTRACTS, 
MORTGAGES, 
LIENS, ASSIGNMENT, LEASES, COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE CON-
TRACTS’’; 
and 
(B) by striking the item relating to section 
305A and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 305A. Termination of telephone, multichannel video programming, and 
Internet access service contracts.’’. 
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‘‘(B) if later, the date such application was 
completed. 
‘‘(2) At least 14 days before submitting an applica-
tion for partition of a plan under paragraph (1), the plan 
sponsor of the plan shall notify all participants and bene-
ficiaries of such application, in the form and manner pre-
scribed by regulations issued by the corporation. 
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, a multiemployer 
plan is an eligible multiemployer plan if— 
‘‘(1) the plan is in critical status and is pro-
jected to become insolvent within the meaning of 
section 4245— 
‘‘(A) during the current plan year or any 
of the 14 succeeding plan years; or 
‘‘(B) during the current plan year or any 
of the 19 succeeding plan years, if the plan has 
a ratio of inactive participants to active partici-
pants that exceeds 2 to 1 and the funded per-
centage of the plan is less than 80 percent; 
‘‘(2) the corporation determines, after consulta-
tion with the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advo-
cate selected under section 4004, that the plan spon-
sor has taken (or is taking concurrently with an ap-
plication for partition) all reasonable measures de-
scribed in section 432(e)(3)(A) of the Internal Rev-
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2411 
To provide that certain current and former Federal employees and members 
of the Armed Forces may enroll in the Federal Employees Health Bene-
fits Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2017 
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, 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 provide that certain current and former Federal employ-
ees and members of the Armed Forces may enroll in 
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, 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. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FOR 
THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENE-
FITS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any current or former Federal employee who 
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is not otherwise eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees 
Health Benefits Program under chapter 89 of title 5, 
United States Code, may enroll in such Program begin-
ning in calendar year 2018. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Except as provided under this 
section, the Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe regulations to apply the provisions of such chapter 
to the greatest extent practicable to individuals enrolled 
under this section. 
(c) DENTAL
AND VISION BENEFITS.—The Office 
shall issue regulations necessary to enroll such individuals 
in dental or vision benefits plans offered under chapter 
89A or 89B of title 5, United States Code, respectively, 
consistent with the requirements of such section. 
(d) RISK POOL.—The Office shall ensure that indi-
viduals enrolled under this section shall be in the same 
risk pool maintained for employees (as that term is de-
fined in section 8901(1) of chapter 89 of such title). 
(e) PROHIBITION
ON
GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBU-
TION.—No Government contribution shall be made for any 
individual enrolled under this section. 
(f) AVAILABILITY OF TAX CREDIT.—For purposes of 
section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any 
coverage under this section shall be treated as coverage 
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under a health plan offered in the individual market within 
a State. 
(g) DEFINITION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEE.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘Federal employee’’ includes any mem-
ber of the Armed Forces or veteran (as that term is de-
fined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code) of 
the Armed Forces. 
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2008’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,903,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2022’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2413 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an investment 
tax credit related to the production of electricity from offshore wind. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2017 
Mr. LANGEVIN 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 provide 
for an investment tax credit related to the production 
of electricity from offshore wind. 
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 ‘‘Offshore Wind Incen-
tives for New Development Act’’ or the ‘‘Offshore WIND 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENERGY CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WIND 
FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 48 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)(i)— 
(i) in subclause (III), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subclause: 
‘‘(V) 
qualified 
offshore 
wind 
property, and’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(i) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (vii), by adding ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(viii) qualified offshore wind prop-
erty, but only with respect to periods end-
ing before January 1, 2026,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) QUALIFIED OFFSHORE WIND PROPERTY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
offshore wind property’ means a facility 
which— 
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‘‘(i) uses wind to produce electricity, 
and 
‘‘(ii) is located in the inland navigable 
waters of the United States, including the 
Great Lakes, or in the coastal waters of 
the United States, including the territorial 
seas of the United States, the exclusive 
economic zone of the United States, and 
the outer Continental Shelf of the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR QUALIFIED SMALL 
WIND ENERGY PROPERTY.—The term ‘qualified 
offshore wind property’ shall not include any 
property described in paragraph (4).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2415 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to expedite completion of the reports 
for certain projects included in the Comprehensive Everglades Restora-
tion Plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2017 
Mr. MAST (for himself, Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida, Mr. CURBELO of 
Florida, Mr. POSEY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. TENNEY, 
Mr. RUTHERFORD, and Mr. ROHRABACHER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to expedite completion 
of the reports for certain projects included in the Com-
prehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, 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; PURPOSES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Everglades Flow Increases Rely on Storage and Treat-
ment Act’’ or the ‘‘Everglades FIRST Act’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act include— 
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(1) improving surface water reservoir storage 
capacity in South Florida to meet the goals of the 
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan; 
(2) achieving the full benefits of the Central 
Everglades Planning Project; and 
(3) 
producing 
environmentally 
beneficial 
changes in flow volumes in the Caloosahatchee 
River, St. Lucie River, Loxahatchee River, and 
Shark River Slough. 
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED COMPLETION OF REPORTS AND CON-
STRUCTION FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS IN-
CLUDED IN COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES 
RESTORATION PLAN, FLORIDA. 
The Secretary shall expedite completion of the re-
ports for each of the following projects and, if the Sec-
retary determines that a project is feasible in the com-
pleted report, expedite completion of construction of the 
project: 
(1) Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Res-
ervoirs, Florida. 
(2) Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration 
Project, Florida. 
(3) Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration 
Project, Florida. 
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(4) Western Everglades Restoration Project, 
Florida. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2416 
To require menstrual product ingredient list labels. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2017 
Ms. MENG (for herself and Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require menstrual product ingredient list labels. 
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 ‘‘Menstrual Products 
Right to Know Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. LABELING REQUIREMENT FOR MENSTRUAL PROD-
UCTS. 
(a) Menstrual products, such as menstrual cups; 
scented, scented deodorized, or unscented menstrual pads 
or tampons; therapeutic vaginal douche apparatuses; or 
obstetrical and gynecological devices described in section 
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884.5400, 884.5425, 884.5435, 884.5460, 884.5470, or 
884.5900 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
successor regulation), shall be deemed to be misbranded 
under section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 352) unless it bears a label listing 
the name of each ingredient or component of the device 
in order of the most predominant ingredient or component 
to the least predominant ingredient or component. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
only with respect to a device manufactured more than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2419 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the process by which 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pays non-Department of Veterans Af-
fairs health care providers for hospital care or medical services furnished 
to veterans pursuant to the laws administered by the Secretary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2017 
Mr. ROUZER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
process by which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pays 
non-Department of Veterans Affairs health care pro-
viders for hospital care or medical services furnished 
to veterans pursuant to the laws administered by the 
Secretary. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF NON-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. 
(a) PAYMENT OF PROVIDERS.— 
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703 
(19) $977,289 from Public Law 113–76 under 
the heading ‘‘Science and Technology—Research, De-
velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’; 
(20) $5,000,000 from Public Law 114–4 under 
the heading ‘‘Science and Technology—Research, De-
velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’; and 
(21) $1,522,711 from Public Law 114–113 under 
the heading ‘‘Science and Technology—Research, De-
velopment, Acquisition, and Operations’’. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 535. Of the funds transferred to the Department 
of Homeland Security when it was created in 2003, the fol-
lowing funds are hereby rescinded from the following ac-
counts and programs in the specified amounts: 
(1) $277,827 from ‘‘Customs and Border Protec-
tion—Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(2) $621,375 from ‘‘Immigrations and Customs 
Enforcement’’; 
(3) $84,268 from ‘‘Immigrations and Customs 
Enforcement—Violent Crime Fund’’; 
(4) $499,074 from ‘‘Transportation Security Ad-
ministration—Salaries and Expenses’’; 
(5) 
$244,764 
from 
‘‘United 
States 
Coast 
Guard—Acquisition, 
Construction 
and 
Improve-
ments—IDS Aircraft’’;
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2421 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to amend the definition of the 
term ‘‘spouse’’ to recognize new State definitions of such term for the 
purpose of the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2017 
Ms. TITUS (for herself, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. O’ROURKE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. WALZ, Mr. 
SWALWELL of California, Mr. RUSH, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. CLARK of Mas-
sachusetts, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. COFFMAN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to amend the defini-
tion of the term ‘‘spouse’’ to recognize new State defini-
tions of such term for the purpose of the laws adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 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 ‘‘Veteran Spouses Equal 
Treatment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SPOUSE FOR PURPOSES OF VET-
ERAN BENEFITS TO REFLECT NEW STATE 
DEFINITIONS OF SPOUSE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘of the oppo-
site sex’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (31), by striking ‘‘of the oppo-
site sex who is a wife or husband’’ and inserting ‘‘in 
a marriage recognized under section 103 of this 
title’’. 
(b) DETERMINATION.—Subsection (c) of section 103 
of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c)(1) For the purposes of all laws administered by 
the Secretary, the Secretary shall recognize a marriage 
based on the law of the State where the marriage oc-
curred. In the case of a marriage that occurred outside 
a State, the Secretary shall recognize the marriage if the 
marriage was lawful in the place where it occurred and 
could have been entered into under the laws of any State. 
Except in the case of a purported marriage deemed valid 
under subsection (a), the Secretary may not recognize 
more than one marriage for any person at the same time. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘State’ has the 
meaning given that the term in section 101(20) of this 
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title, except that such term also includes the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2422 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve essential 
oral health care for low-income and other underserved 
individuals by breaking down barriers to care, 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 ‘‘Action for Dental 
Health Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. VOLUNTEER DENTAL PROJECTS AND ACTION FOR 
DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Section 317M of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247b–14) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) ACTION FOR DENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the Administrator of the 
Health Resources and Service Administration, may 
award grants to or enter into contracts with eligible 
entities to collaborate with State, county, or local 
public officials and other stakeholders to develop and 
implement initiatives to accomplish any of the fol-
lowing goals: 
‘‘(A) To improve oral health education and 
dental disease prevention, including through 
community-wide prevention programs, through 
the use of dental sealants and fluoride varnish, 
and by increasing oral health literacy.
‘‘(B) To reduce geographic barriers, lan-
guage barriers, cultural barriers, and other 
similar barriers to the provision of dental serv-
ices. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘eligible entity’ means an entity that is— 
‘‘(A) a State or local dental association; 
‘‘(B) a State oral health program; 
‘‘(C) a dental education, dental hygiene, or 
postdoctoral dental education program accred-
ited by the Commission on Dental Accredita-
tion; or 
‘‘(D) 
a 
community-based 
organization 
that— 
‘‘(i) partners with an academic insti-
tution; 
‘‘(ii) is exempt from tax under section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; and 
‘‘(iii) partners with public and private 
stakeholders to facilitate the provision of 
dental services for underserved popu-
lations.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
(1) be deposited in the special account estab-
lished for that Federal land management agency; 
and 
(2) remain available for expenditure under sub-
section (c), to the extent and in such amounts as are 
provided in advance in appropriation Acts. 
(c) EXPENDITURE OF RETAINED FEES.—Amounts 
deposited in the special account for a Federal land man-
agement agency shall be used for Federal land manage-
ment agency activities related to communications sites, in-
cluding the following: 
(1) Administering communications use author-
izations, including cooperative agreements under sec-
tion 4. 
(2) Preparing needs assessments or other pro-
grammatic analyses necessary to designate commu-
nications sites and authorize communications uses 
on or adjacent to Federal lands. 
(3) Developing management plans for commu-
nications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands. 
(4) Training for management of communica-
tions sites on or adjacent to Federal lands. 
(5) Obtaining or improving access to commu-
nications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands. 
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