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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2750 
To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to preserve the independent 
funding the Office of Financial Research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2017 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself and Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to preserve 
the independent funding the Office of Financial Research. 
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 ‘‘Protecting the Inde-
pendent Funding of the Office of Financial Research 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESERVING INDEPENDENT FUNDING. 
The Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5311 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 152— 
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(A) by amending subsection (c) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(c) BUDGET.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall have 
sole discretion to establish the annual budget of the 
Office. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM FUNDING LEVEL OF THE BUDG-
ET.—The annual budget of the Office in any given 
fiscal year shall not be less than a dollar amount 
equal to the budget of the Office in fiscal year 2017. 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT
OF
MINIMUM
FUNDING 
LEVEL.—The dollar amount referred to in para-
graph (2) shall be adjusted annually by the Director, 
using the percent increase, if any, in the employ-
ment cost index for total compensation for State and 
local government workers published by the Federal 
Government, or the successor index thereto, for the 
12-month period ending September 30 of the year 
preceding the annual budget.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘, in con-
sultation with the Chairperson,’’ each place 
such term appears; 
(C) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘, in con-
sultation with the Chairperson,’’; and 
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(D) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘, in con-
sultation with the Chairperson,’’; 
(2) in section 155— 
(A) in subsection (d), by inserting before 
the period the following: ‘‘, as determined in the 
sole discretion of the Director’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REVIEWABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this subtitle, the funding pursuant to sub-
section (d) shall not be subject to review by the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
‘‘(f) PRESERVATION OF THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL 
RESEARCH’S INDEPENDENCE.—Nothing in this section 
shall authorize the Secretary to influence the budget or 
the number or compensation of employees of the Office.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2751 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish U.S. Immigration 
and Customs and Enforcement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2017 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, and Mr. GARRETT) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, 
and 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 amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement, 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 ‘‘U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement Authorization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUS-
TOMS ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 442 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 252) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 442. ESTABLISHMENT OF U.S. IMMIGRATION AND 
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Department an agency to be known as U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR OF U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS 
ENFORCEMENT.—There shall be at the head of U.S. Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement a Director of U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Director’). 
‘‘(c) DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director 
shall— 
‘‘(1) have a minimum of five years— 
‘‘(A) professional experience in law en-
forcement, which may include law enforcement 
as it relates to the immigration laws, as defined 
in paragraph (17) of section 101(a) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(17)) or the customs and trade laws of 
the United States, as defined in section 2 of the 
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‘‘(4) advise the Secretary with respect to any 
policy or operation of United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services that may significantly affect 
another component or office of the Department; 
‘‘(5) carry out— 
‘‘(A) the adjudication of nonimmigrant and 
immigrant visa petitions; 
‘‘(B) the adjudication of naturalization ap-
plications; 
‘‘(C) the adjudication of asylum and ref-
ugee applications; 
‘‘(D) adjudications performed at United 
States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
service centers; and 
‘‘(E) all other adjudications formerly per-
formed pursuant to this section by the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service, the Bureau 
of Citizenship and Immigration Services, or 
United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, as the case may be, on the day before 
the date of the enactment of the United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services Author-
ization Act; and 
‘‘(6) carry out other duties and powers pre-
scribed by law or delegated by the Secretary. 
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(c)(2) is not available before May 1 of any year, the 
Secretary may use the list for the year preceding the 
year for which the determination is made to make 
such service determination. 
‘‘(2) CONTINUING
ELIGIBILITY.—Any teacher 
who performs service in a school during which time 
their service meets the requirements of subsection 
(c)(2) in any year, and, in a subsequent year, fails 
to meet the requirements of such subsection, may 
continue to teach in such school and shall be eligible 
for loan cancellation pursuant to this section in sub-
sequent years. 
‘‘(3) CHOICE
OF
LOAN
REPAYMENT
PRO-
GRAM.—An individual who, on the date of enactment 
of the Teacher Loan Repayment Act of 2017, is par-
ticipating in a loan repayment program under sec-
tion 428J, 428K, or 460, may choose to continue to 
participate in such program or may enter into par-
ticipation in the program under this section if eligi-
ble to participate in the program under this section. 
‘‘(e) TERMS OF LOAN REPAYMENT.— 
‘‘(1) BORROWER AGREEMENT.—The Secretary 
and an individual who desires to receive student loan 
repayment under this section shall enter into an 
agreement that includes a provision that to remain 
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‘‘SEC. 454. EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary may impose disciplinary action on any employee of 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services who 
knowingly deceives Congress or agency leadership on any 
matter.’’. 
(i) COMBINATION PROHIBITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 471 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 471. COMBINATION PROHIBITION. 
‘‘The authority provided by section 1502 may be used 
to reorganize functions or organizational units within U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement or United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services, but may not be 
used to combine the two components into a single agency 
or otherwise to combine, join, or consolidate functions or 
organizational units of the two components with each 
other.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 is amended by amending the item relating 
to section 471 to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 471. Combination prohibition.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2754 
To authorize the award of a military service medal to members of the 
Armed Forces who were exposed to ionizing radiation as a result of 
participation in the testing of nuclear weapons or under other cir-
cumstances. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2017 
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. EMMER, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
MOULTON, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. 
JONES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the award of a military service medal to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces who were exposed to ionizing 
radiation as a result of participation in the testing of 
nuclear weapons or under other circumstances. 
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 ‘‘Atomic Veterans Serv-
ice Medal Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ATOMIC VETERANS SERVICE MEDAL. 
(a) SERVICE MEDAL REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall design and produce a military service medal, 
to be known as the ‘‘Atomic Veterans Service Medal’’, to 
honor retired and former members of the Armed Forces 
who are radiation-exposed veterans (as such term is de-
fined in section 1112(c)(3) of title 38, United States 
Code). 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF MEDAL.— 
(1) ISSUANCE TO RETIRED AND FORMER MEM-
BERS.—At the request of a radiation-exposed vet-
eran, the Secretary of Defense shall issue the Atom-
ic Veterans Service Medal to the veteran. 
(2) ISSUANCE TO NEXT-OF-KIN.—In the case of 
a radiation-exposed veteran who is deceased, the 
Secretary may provide for issuance of the Atomic 
Veterans Service Medal to the next-of-kin of the per-
son. 
(3) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall prepare 
and disseminate as appropriate an application by 
which radiation-exposed veterans and their next-of- 
kin may apply to receive the Atomic Veterans Serv-
ice Medal. 
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Congressional Trade Enforcer may be removed by either 
the House of Representatives or the Senate by resolution. 
(c) COMPENSATION.—The Congressional Trade En-
forcer shall receive compensation at an annual rate of pay 
that is equal to the lower of— 
(1) the highest annual rate of compensation of 
any officer of the Senate; or 
(2) the highest annual rate of compensation of 
any officer of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 103. PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Congressional Trade En-
forcer shall appoint and fix the compensation of such per-
sonnel as may be necessary to carry out the functions de-
scribed in section 104. All personnel of the Office shall 
be appointed without regard to political affiliation and 
solely on the basis of their fitness to perform their duties. 
The Congressional Trade Enforcer may prescribe the du-
ties and responsibilities of the personnel of the Office, and 
delegate to them authority to perform any of the duties, 
powers, and functions imposed on the Office. 
(b) COVERAGE UNDER CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNT-
ABILITY ACT OF 1995.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES AS COVERED 
EMPLOYEES.—Section 101(3) of the Congressional 
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Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301(3)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (H); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (I) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(J) the Office of the Congressional Trade 
Enforcer.’’. 
(2) TREATMENT OF OFFICE AS EMPLOYING OF-
FICE.—Subparagraph (D) of section 101(9) of such 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1301(9)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
the Office of Technology Assessment’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Office of Technology Assessment, and the Of-
fice of the Congressional Trade Enforcer’’. 
SEC. 104. FUNCTIONS. 
(a) PRINCIPLE FUNCTION.—The principle function 
of the Congressional Trade Enforcer shall be to ensure 
compliance by trading partners of the United States with 
trade agreements to which the United States is a party. 
(b) OTHER FUNCTIONS; ACTIONS BY USTR.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Congressional Trade 
Enforcer shall have the authority to investigate for-
eign trade practices that are barriers to United 
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nation on ground and surface water resources as 
well as public and ecosystem health in coastal com-
munities. 
(3) FEDERAL ACTIONS.—The report shall high-
light necessary Federal actions to help advance the 
availability of information and tools to assess and 
mitigate these effects in order to protect public and 
ecosystem health. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—In developing the report, 
the Administrator shall work in consultation with 
agencies active in the development of the National 
Water Quality Monitoring Network and the imple-
mentation of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and 
Implementation Strategy. 
SEC. 13. IMPACT OF EXCESS NUTRIENTS ON COASTAL 
RECREATION WATERS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator shall conduct a 
study to review the available scientific information per-
taining to the impacts of excess nutrients on coastal recre-
ation waters. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall transmit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent-
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atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate a report on the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a). 
(2) IMPACTS.—Such report shall include infor-
mation on any adverse impacts of excess nutrients 
on coastal recreation waters, including adverse im-
pacts caused by algal blooms resulting from excess 
nutrients. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Such report shall in-
clude recommendations for action to address adverse 
impacts of excess nutrients and algal blooms on 
coastal recreation waters, including the establish-
ment and implementation of numeric water quality 
criteria for nutrients. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—In developing such re-
port, the Administrator shall consult with the heads 
of other appropriate Federal agencies (including the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), 
States, and local government entities. 
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have received hospital care or medical services at non-De-
partment facilities— 
(1) the factors considered by the veteran with 
respect to choosing whether to receive hospital care 
or medical services at a facility of the Department 
or at a non-Department facility; 
(2) the quality of hospital care or medical serv-
ices the veteran has received at non-Department fa-
cilities; and 
(3) the differences in the cost to the veteran of 
receiving hospital care or medical services at non- 
Department facilities and hospital care or medical 
services at medical facilities of the Department. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—The contract entered into 
under subsection (a) shall provide that in designing and 
conducting the surveys for each medical facility of the De-
partment pursuant to such contract, the non-government 
entity shall consult with veterans service organizations. 
(d) CERTIFICATION.—The contract entered into 
under subsection (a) shall provide that— 
(1) before conducting a survey pursuant to the 
contract, the non-government entity shall submit the 
proposed survey to the Comptroller General who 
shall assess whether the survey is scientifically valid 
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SEC. 14. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ANNUAL
REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Section 
9(b)(7) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(b)(7)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘to report not less than annually’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to submit a report not later than December 
31 of each year’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT TO SBA AND THE OFFICE OF 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY.—Section 9(g)(9) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(g)(9)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘make an annual report’’ and 
inserting ‘‘not later than March 30 of each year, 
submit a report’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee 
on Small Business of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepre-
neurship of the Senate’’. 
SEC. 15. SBIR PHASE FLEXIBILITY. 
Section 9(cc) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(cc)) is amended by striking ‘‘During fiscal years’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘may each provide’’ and inserting 
‘‘During fiscal years 2018 through 2022, all agencies par-
ticipating in the SBIR program may provide’’.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2759 
To establish naturalization offices at initial military training sites. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2017 
Mr. VARGAS (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. CLARKE of New York, 
Mr. CORREA, Mr. VELA, and Mr. EVANS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To establish naturalization offices at initial military training 
sites. 
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 ‘‘Naturalization At 
Training Sites Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘NATS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF NATURALIZATION OF-
FICES AT INITIAL MILITARY TRAINING SITES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast 
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Guard, shall establish a naturalization office at each initial 
military training site of the Armed Forces. 
(b) OUTREACH.—The Secretary concerned shall take 
steps to identify members of the Armed Forces who are 
not citizens of the United States and to inform such mem-
bers of the availability and services of a naturalization of-
fice at initial military training sites. 
(c) TRAINED PERSONNEL.—The Secretary concerned 
shall retain trained personnel at a naturalization office at 
an initial military training site to provide services to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces who are not citizens of the 
United States. 
(d) ASSIGNMENT PREFERENCE.—Pending the estab-
lishment of a naturalization office at all initial military 
training sites, the Secretary concerned, to the extent prac-
ticable, shall assign a new member of the Armed Forces 
who is not a citizen of the United States to an initial mili-
tary training site that has a naturalization office. 
(e) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7518 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, Michigan, as the ‘‘Roy E. Dickens 
Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2022 
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel Park, Michigan, 
as the ‘‘Roy E. Dickens Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ROY E. DICKENS POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 23200 John R Road in Hazel 
Park, Michigan, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Roy E. Dickens Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2760 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify aliens who have 
served, or are serving, in the Armed Forces of the United States when 
those aliens apply for an immigration benefit or are placed in an immi-
gration enforcement proceeding, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2017 
Mr. VARGAS (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. DAVIS of 
California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. CORREA, Mr. VELA, 
and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify 
aliens who have served, or are serving, in the Armed 
Forces of the United States when those aliens apply 
for an immigration benefit or are placed in an immigra-
tion enforcement proceeding, 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 ‘‘Immigrant Veterans 
Eligibility Tracking System (I–VETS) Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING ALIENS CONNECTED TO THE ARMED 
FORCES. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall— 
(1) identify aliens, when those aliens apply for 
an immigration benefit or are placed in an immigra-
tion enforcement proceeding, who are serving, or 
have served, as a member of a regular or reserve 
component of the Armed Forces of the United 
States on active duty or as a member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces in an active status; 
and 
(2) annotate all immigration and naturalization 
records of the Department of Homeland Security re-
lating to an alien identified pursuant to paragraph 
(1) so as to reflect that identification and afford an 
opportunity to track the outcomes for such aliens. 
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