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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5163 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale 
or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, trans-
portation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individ-
uals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2018 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. COHEN, Mr. BRENDAN F. 
BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. RYAN of 
Ohio, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. MOULTON, 
Ms. NORTON, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, 
and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt 
of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals. 
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 ‘‘Keeping Guns from 
High-Risk Individuals Act’’. 
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case related to that arrest or prosecution is disposed 
of. 
‘‘(b) SEALING PETITION ELIGIBILITY.—A youth may 
petition a district court of the United States, for sealing— 
‘‘(1) of the record of any nonviolent conviction 
5 years after the youth has completed every term of 
imprisonment related to that nonviolent conviction; 
‘‘(2) of the record of any person who has not 
attained the age of 18 at the time of committing the 
conduct resulting in conviction for any offense 10 
years after the person has completed every term of 
imprisonment related to that offense conviction; and 
‘‘(3) of the record of an arrest or prosecution 
for any nonviolent offense on the date on which the 
case related to that arrest or prosecution is disposed 
of. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE
OF OPPORTUNITY TO FILE PETI-
TION.—A youth shall be informed of the eligibility to, pro-
cedures for, and benefits of filing an expungement or seal-
ing petition— 
‘‘(1) by the District Court on the date of con-
viction; 
‘‘(2) by the Office of Probation and Pretrial 
Services on the date the youth completes every term 
of imprisonment; or 
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SEC. 2. FIREARM PROHIBITIONS APPLICABLE WITH RE-
SPECT TO CERTAIN HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) SALES
OR
OTHER
DISPOSITIONS.—Section 
922(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the 
first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(8); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (9) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) in the most recent 10-year period, has 
been convicted in any court of a crime of violence 
(as defined in section 16); 
‘‘(11) has not attained 25 years of age, and has 
been adjudicated by any court as having committed 
an offense that would have been a crime of violence 
(as defined in section 16) if committed by an adult; 
‘‘(12) in any period of 3 consecutive years in 
the most recent 10-year period, has been convicted 
in any court, on 2 separate occasions, of an offense 
that has, as an element, the possession or distribu-
tion of, or the intent to possess or distribute, alcohol 
or a controlled substance (as so defined); or 
‘‘(13) has been convicted in any court of stalk-
ing.’’. 
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(b) POSSESSION, SHIPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, OR 
RECEIPT.—Section 922(g) of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(8); 
(2) by striking the comma at the end of para-
graph (9) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) who, in the most recent 10-year period, 
has been convicted in any court of a crime of vio-
lence (as defined in section 16); 
‘‘(11) who has not attained 25 years of age and 
has been adjudicated by any court as having com-
mitted an offense that would have been a crime of 
violence (as defined in section 16) if committed by 
an adult; 
‘‘(12) who, in any period of 3 consecutive years 
in the most recent 10-year period, has been con-
victed in any court, on 2 separate occasions, of an 
offense that has, as an element, the possession or 
distribution of, or the intent to possess or distribute, 
alcohol or a controlled substance (as so defined); or 
‘‘(13) who has been convicted in any court of 
stalking,’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Consumer 
Information Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR CYBERSECURITY SAFEGUARDS 
FOR CERTAIN CONSUMER REPORTING AGEN-
CIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
(a) REVIEW
OF STANDARDS; POTENTIAL REVI-
SION.— 
(1) REVIEW.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 
shall complete a review of the standards contained in 
the regulations issued by the Commission under sec-
tion 501 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 
6801) to determine whether such standards require 
covered consumer reporting agencies and covered 
service providers to maintain sufficient safeguards to 
protect customer records and information against 
cyber attacks and related threats. 
(2) REVISION.—If the Commission determines 
in the review completed under paragraph (1) that 
the standards contained in the regulations issued by 
the Commission under section 501 of the Gramm- 
Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6801) do not require 
covered consumer reporting agencies and covered 
service providers to maintain sufficient safeguards to 
protect customer records and information against 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5167 
To provide for the termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and 
telephone service contracts for Foreign Service officers, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2018 
Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. CASTRO of Texas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide for the termination of residential or motor vehicle 
leases and telephone service contracts for Foreign Service 
officers, 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 ‘‘Foreign Service Officer 
Civil Relief Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF RULES FOR CERTAIN QUALIFIED 
FILM AND TELEVISION AND LIVE THEAT-
RICAL PRODUCTIONS TO PUERTO RICO. 
(a) 
INCLUSION
OF
PUERTO
RICO.—Section 
181(d)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by inserting ‘‘(including Puerto Rico)’’ after 
‘‘United States’’. 
(b) EXTENSION FOR PUERTO RICO.—Section 181(g) 
of such Code is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) UNITED
STATES
OTHER
THAN
PUERTO 
RICO.—In the case of any production commencing 
after December 31, 2017, subsection (d)(3)(A) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘Puerto Rico’ for ‘United 
States (including Puerto Rico)’. 
‘‘(2) FINAL TERMINATION.—This section shall 
not apply to productions commencing after Decem-
ber 31, 2021.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to productions com-
mencing after December 31, 2016. 
(2) EXTENSION
FOR
PUERTO
RICO.—The 
amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to 
productions commencing after December 31, 2017. 
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SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL OR MOTOR VEHI-
CLE LEASES AND TELEPHONE SERVICE CON-
TRACTS FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN SERVICE OF-
FICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 907. TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL OR MOTOR VE-
HICLE LEASES AND TELEPHONE SERVICE 
CONTRACTS. 
‘‘The terms governing the termination of residential 
or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts de-
scribed in sections 305 and 305A, respectively of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955 and 
3956) with respect to servicemembers who receive military 
orders described in such Act shall apply in the same man-
ner and to the same extent to members of the Service who 
are posted abroad at a Foreign Service post in accordance 
with this Act.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 906 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 907. Termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone 
service contracts.’’. 
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tion Bureau’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘Chair of the Financial Product Safety Commission’’. 
(f) FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINA-
TION COUNCIL ACT OF 1978.—Section 1004(a)(4) of the 
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 
1978 (12 U.S.C. 3303(a)(4)), as amended by section 1091 
of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Financial 
Product Safety Commission’’. 
(g) FINANCIAL
LITERACY
AND
EDUCATION
IM-
PROVEMENT ACT.—Section 513 of the Financial Literacy 
and Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C. 9702), as 
amended by section 1013(d)(5) of the Consumer Financial 
Protection Act of 2010, is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Chair of the 
Financial Product Safety Commission’’. 
(h) HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1975.— 
Section 307 of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 
1975, as amended by section 1094(6) of the Consumer 
Financial Protection Act of 2010, is amended by striking 
‘‘Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec-
tion’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Finan-
cial Product Safety Commission’’. 
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(i) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604, 4605, 4606)’’ after ‘‘sections 5, 
6, and 7’’; and 
(ii) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604(a), 4605(a), 4606(a))’’ after 
‘‘sections 5(a), 6(a), and 7(a)’’. 
(C) Subsection (a)(3) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
4604(b))’’ after ‘‘section 5(b)’’. 
(D) Subsection (a)(4) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
4604(c)(3))’’ after ‘‘section 5(c)(3)’’. 
(E) Subsection (a)(5) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
4604(d))’’ after ‘‘section 5(d)’’. 
(F) Subsection (a)(6) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
4604(e))’’ after ‘‘section 5(e)’’. 
(G) Subsection (a)(7) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604(f))’’ 
after ‘‘section 5(f)’’. 
(H) Subsection (a)(8) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
4604(f)(6))’’ after ‘‘section 5(f)(6)’’. 
(I) Subsection (a)(9) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604(g))’’ 
after ‘‘section 5(g)’’. 
(J) Subsection (a)(10) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
4604(h))’’ after ‘‘section 5(h)’’. 
(K) Subsection (a)(11) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4605)’’ 
after ‘‘section 6’’. 
(L) Subsection (a)(12) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4606)’’ 
after ‘‘section 7’’. 
(M) Subsection (a)(13) (matter before subparagraph (A)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4606(b)(2))’’ after ‘‘section 7(b)(2)’’. 
(N) Subsection (a)(14) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
4602(5))’’ after ‘‘section 3(5) of this Act’’. 
(O) Subsection (a)(15) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4609)’’ 
after ‘‘section 10’’. 
(P) Subsection (a)(16) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
4603(e))’’ after ‘‘section 4(e) of this Act’’. 
(Q) Subsection (a)(18) is amended by— 
(i) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4614(d))’’ after ‘‘section 12(d)’’; and 
(ii) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4614(e))’’ after ‘‘section 12(e)’’. 
(R) Subsection (a)(19) is amended by— 
(i) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4610)’’ after ‘‘section 11’’; and 
(ii) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4614)’’ after ‘‘section 12’’. 
(S) Subsection (a)(20) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
4615(b))’’ after ‘‘section 13(b)’’. 
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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 ‘‘Puerto Rico Small 
Business Contracting Assistance Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF PUERTO RICO BUSINESS. 
Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(ee) PUERTO RICO BUSINESS.—In this Act, the 
term ‘Puerto Rico business’ means a small business con-
cern that has its principal office located in the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico.’’. 
SEC. 3. SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT FOR PUERTO RICO BUSI-
NESSES. 
Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(w) SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT FOR PUERTO RICO 
BUSINESSES.— 
‘‘(1) CREDIT
FOR
MEETING
CONTRACTING 
GOALS.—If an agency awards a prime contract to 
Puerto Rico business during the period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this subsection and ending 
on the date that is 4 years after such date of enact-
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(2) filed for such license in April of 2017. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5168 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
to establish seaweed as a high-priority research and extension area, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2018 
Mr. SOTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 to establish seaweed as a high-priority re-
search and extension area, 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. ESTABLISHING SEAWEED AS A HIGH-PRIORITY 
RESEARCH AND EXTENSION AREA. 
Effective on October 1, 2018, section 1672 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 5925) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(11) 
SEAWEED.—Research 
and 
extension 
grants may be made under this section for the pur-
pose of carrying out or enhancing research with re-
spect to the harvesting of seaweed for voluntary use 
for the livestock, poultry, and food animal produc-
tion industries for purposes of the reduction of 
methane emissions.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5169 
To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act to 
prioritize research on sensor and imager technology in agriculture, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2018 
Mr. SOTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research 
Grant Act to prioritize research on sensor and imager 
technology in agriculture, 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. SENSOR AND IMAGER TECHNOLOGY IN AGRI-
CULTURE. 
(a) AGRICULTURE
AND FOOD RESEARCH INITIA-
TIVE.—Section 2(b)(2)(E) of the Competitive, Special, 
and 
Facilities 
Research 
Grant 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
3157(b)(2)(E)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as 
clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iii) sensor and imager technology;’’. 
(b) SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH INITIATIVE.—Para-
graph (4) of section 412(b) of the Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7632(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) new innovations and technology, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) improved mechanization and tech-
nologies that delay or inhibit ripening; and 
‘‘(B) sensor and imager technology.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5231 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to prohibit a Member or Member- 
elect of Congress from mailing as franked mail any material with a 
photographic image, to establish an annual limit on the amount of 
funds which may be expended on franked mail by a Member or Member- 
elect of Congress, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2018 
Ms. ROSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to prohibit a Member 
or Member-elect of Congress from mailing as franked 
mail any material with a photographic image, to establish 
an annual limit on the amount of funds which may 
be expended on franked mail by a Member or Member- 
elect of Congress, 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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(T) Subsection (b) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4602)’’ after 
‘‘section 3 of this Act’’. 
(U) Subsection (c) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604(i))’’ 
after ‘‘section 5(i)’’. 
(V) Subsection (d) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4614(c))’’ 
after ‘‘section 12(c) of this Act’’. 
(153) Section 15 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4617) is amended as follows: 
(A) Subsection (b) is amended by— 
(i) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604(a), 4605(a), 4606(a), 4607(b))’’ 
after ‘‘section 5(a), 6(a), 7(a), or 8(b)’’; 
(ii) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604)’’ after ‘‘carry out the provisions 
of section 5’’; 
(iii) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4603(a))’’ after ‘‘section 4(a)’’; and 
(iv) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604)’’ after ‘‘administering the pro-
visions of section 5’’. 
(B) Subsection (c) is amended by— 
(i) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604(h))’’ after ‘‘section 5(h) of this 
Act’’; and 
(ii) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4603, 4604)’’ after ‘‘sections 4 and 
5 of this Act’’. 
(154) Section 16(6) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4618(6)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604(b)(1))’’ after ‘‘section 
5(b)(1) of this Act’’. 
(155) Section 17(d) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4619(d)) is amended as follows: 
(A) Paragraph (1) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4604, 
4605)’’ after ‘‘section 5 or 6 of this Act’’. 
(B) Paragraph (2) is amended by— 
(i) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4609)’’ after ‘‘section 10 of this Act’’; 
and 
(ii) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4609(j))’’ after ‘‘section 10(j) of this 
Act’’. 
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ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture not 
more than $500,000 for each fiscal year. 
SEC. 2. PARITY FOR TRIBAL REGULATORY COMMISSIONS. 
Section 306(a)(20)(E) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(20)(E)) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and tribal’’ after ‘‘State’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘states’’ and inserting ‘‘States 
and tribal lands’’. 
SEC. 3. SUBSTANTIALLY UNDERSERVED TRUST AREAS. 
Section 306F of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 936f) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) REFINANCING LOANS IN SUBSTANTIALLY UN-
DERSERVED TRUST AREAS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, the Secretary or a designee of the 
Secretary may make or guarantee a loan to refinance a 
loan made to any person who has applied for, or has out-
standing, a loan or loan guarantee from the Rural Utilities 
Service for a project under an eligible program, to improve 
or continue the availability of projects that serve commu-
nities in substantially underserved trust areas.’’. 
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SEC. 4. DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE GRANTS 
ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. 
Section 2333(d)(5) of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa– 
2(d)(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including on and off 
an Indian reservation)’’ after ‘‘geographical diversity’’. 
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H5172
amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with BILLS