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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5475 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 108 North Macon Street in Bevier, Missouri, 
as the ‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SO2 NAVY SEAL ADAM OLIN SMITH POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 108 North Macon Street in 
Bevier, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL 
Adam Olin Smith Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5475 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 108 North Macon Street in 
Bevier, Missouri, as the ‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL Adam 
Olin Smith Post Office’’.
H. R. 5475 
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 108 North 
Macon Street in Bevier, Missouri, as the ‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith 
Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SO2 NAVY SEAL ADAM OLIN SMITH POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 108 North Macon Street in Bevier, Missouri, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL Adam 
Olin Smith Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
II 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5475 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 12, 2018 
Received 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 108 North Macon Street in Bevier, Missouri, 
as the ‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 5475 RDS
SECTION 1. SO2 NAVY SEAL ADAM OLIN SMITH POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 108 North Macon Street in 
Bevier, Missouri, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL Adam Olin Smith Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘SO2 Navy SEAL 
Adam Olin Smith Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5478 
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to make funds available for the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands pilot project for fiscal 
years 2019 through 2023. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 11, 2018 
Mr. SABLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to make funds avail-
able for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands pilot project for fiscal years 2019 through 2023. 
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 ‘‘Northern Mariana Is-
lands Enhanced Nutrition Assistance Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 4031(e)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113–79; 48 U.S.C. 1841 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (C)’’; 
(B) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(C) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) $8,500,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2019 through 2023.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘If’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (C), if’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (B), no funds available under sub-
paragraph (A)(iii) may be provided under sub-
paragraph (B) for a fiscal year if the amount 
of unexpended funds that remain available 
under subparagraph (B)(ii) as of January 1 im-
mediately preceding the first day of such fiscal 
year exceeds $8,500,000.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5479 
To direct the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service to establish 
a special unit within the office of Stakeholder Partnership, Education 
and Communication to provide members of the uniformed services with 
tax assistance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 11, 2018 
Mr. WALZ (for himself and Mr. KIND) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To direct the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service 
to establish a special unit within the office of Stakeholder 
Partnership, Education and Communication to provide 
members of the uniformed services with tax assistance, 
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 ‘‘Military Taxpayer As-
sistance Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SPECIAL UNIT WITHIN THE OFFICE OF STAKE-
HOLDER 
PARTNERSHIP, 
EDUCATION 
AND 
COMMUNICATION TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF 
THE UNIFORMED SERVICES WITH TAX AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commissioner of the In-
ternal Revenue Service shall establish a special unit within 
the office of Stakeholder Partnership, Education and 
Communication in the Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The unit established under 
subsection (a) shall be responsible for developing and con-
ducting outreach, education, and assistance concerning 
the tax issues applicable to members of the uniformed 
services and the organizations that provide tax assistance 
to these taxpayers. 
(c) STAFFING.—To the extent possible, the unit es-
tablished under subsection (a) shall be staffed with vet-
erans. 
(d) FUNDING FOR VITA TRAINING OVERSEAS.—The 
Commissioner shall ensure that ample funding is allocated 
to the unit established under subsection (a) to provide 
face-to-face training for the military volunteers providing 
income tax assistance in overseas locations. 
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SEC. 3. OTHER ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNI-
FORMED SERVICES. 
(a) TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE LINE.—The Commis-
sioner of the Internal Revenue Service shall establish and 
maintain a toll-free telephone number for members of the 
uniformed services and their families to answer tax law 
and filing questions and to resolve their tax account and 
compliance issues. 
(b) WEBSITE.—The Commissioner shall ensure that 
the information on the website of the Internal Revenue 
Service relating to military taxpayers is current. 
SEC. 4. UNFORMED SERVICES. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘uniformed serv-
ices’’ has the meaning given such term by section 
101(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code. 
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Secretary an amended State or Tribal plan that 
complies with subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 
provide technical assistance to a State or Indian tribe in 
the development of a State or Tribal plan under subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(d) VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A violation of a State or 
Tribal plan approved under subsection (b) shall be 
subject to enforcement solely in accordance with this 
subsection. 
‘‘(2) NEGLIGENT VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A hemp producer in a 
State or the territory of an Indian tribe for 
which a State or Tribal plan is approved under 
subsection (b) shall be subject to subparagraph 
(B) of this paragraph if the State department 
of agriculture or Tribal government, as applica-
ble, determines that the hemp producer has 
negligently violated the State or Tribal plan, in-
cluding by negligently— 
‘‘(i) failing to provide a legal descrip-
tion of land on which the producer pro-
duces hemp; 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 553 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5480 
[Report No. 115–718] 
To improve programs and activities relating to women’s entrepreneurship 
and economic empowerment that are carried out by the United States 
Agency for International Development, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2018 
Mr. ROYCE of California (for himself, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. WAGNER, and Ms. KELLY of Illinois) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on For-
eign Affairs 
JUNE 8, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MCCAUL, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. TITUS, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana 
JUNE 8, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 12, 2018] 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5500 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct outreach to veterans 
regarding the effect of delayed payments of claims for emergency medical 
care furnished by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical providers 
by the Office of Community Care and to direct the Secretary to submit 
to Congress an annual report regarding such delayed payments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2018 
Mr. ROUZER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct out-
reach to veterans regarding the effect of delayed pay-
ments of claims for emergency medical care furnished 
by non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical providers 
by the Office of Community Care and to direct the 
Secretary to submit to Congress an annual report regard-
ing such delayed payments. 
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 ‘‘Veterans’ Credit Pro-
tection Act’’. 
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ketability requirement under clause (i)(I) 
in the case of a policy or pilot program re-
lating to the production of hemp.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) in the case of reviewing policies 
and other materials relating to the produc-
tion of hemp, may waive the viability and 
marketability requirement under subpara-
graph (A)(ii)(I).’’. 
(d) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—Section 518 of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1518) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘hemp,’’ before ‘‘aquacultural species’’. 
(e) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.— 
Section 522(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1522(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(K) WAIVER
FOR
HEMP.—The Board 
may waive the viability and marketability re-
quirements under this paragraph in the case of 
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research and development relating to a policy to 
insure the production of hemp.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Corporation’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Corporation’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) WAIVER FOR HEMP.—The Corpora-
tion may waive the marketability requirement 
under subparagraph (A) in the case of research 
and development relating to a policy to insure 
the production of hemp.’’. 
SEC. 6. CONFORMING CHANGES TO CONTROLLED SUB-
STANCES ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(16) of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(16)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(16) The’’ and inserting 
‘‘(16)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Such term does not include 
the’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) The term ‘marihuana’ does not include— 
‘‘(i) hemp, as defined in section 297A of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; or 
‘‘(ii) the’’. 
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‘‘3123. Child care assistance for veterans receiving training or vocational reha-
bilitation.’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5483 
AN ACT 
To impose a deadline for the promulgation of interim final 
regulations in accordance with section 311(h) of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 831(h)) specifying the 
circumstances in which a special registration may be 
issued to a practitioner to engage in the practice of 
telemedicine, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5484 
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit a court from 
making an award of costs to a defendant except on a finding that 
an action was brought in bad faith. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2018 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself and Ms. JACKSON LEE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit 
a court from making an award of costs to a defendant 
except on a finding that an action was brought in bad 
faith. 
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 ‘‘Fair Debt Collections 
Practices Clarification Act of 2018’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Special Registration 
for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR INTERIM FINAL REGULATIONS FOR 
A SPECIAL REGISTRATION TO ENGAGE IN 
THE PRACTICE OF TELEMEDICINE. 
Section 311(h)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 831(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘The Attor-
ney General shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary, 
promulgate regulations’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Special Registra-
tion for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018, the Attor-
ney General shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary, 
promulgate interim final regulations’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5483 
AN ACT 
To impose a deadline for the promulgation of in-
terim final regulations in accordance with section 
311(h) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 831(h)) specifying the circumstances in 
which a special registration may be issued to a 
practitioner to engage in the practice of telemedi-
cine, and for other purposes.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5483 
To impose a deadline for the promulgation of interim final regulations in 
accordance with section 311(h) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 831(h)) specifying the circumstances in which a special registra-
tion may be issued to a practitioner to engage in the practice of telemedi-
cine, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2018 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. HAN-
DEL, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, and Mr. RUSH) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To impose a deadline for the promulgation of interim final 
regulations in accordance with section 311(h) of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 831(h)) specifying the 
circumstances in which a special registration may be 
issued to a practitioner to engage in the practice of 
telemedicine, 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 ‘‘Special Registration 
for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR INTERIM FINAL REGULATIONS FOR 
A SPECIAL REGISTRATION TO ENGAGE IN 
THE PRACTICE OF TELEMEDICINE. 
Section 311(h)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 831(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘The Attor-
ney General shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary, 
promulgate regulations’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of the Special Registra-
tion for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018, the Attor-
ney General shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary, 
promulgate interim final regulations’’. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5483 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 13, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To impose a deadline for the promulgation of interim final 
regulations in accordance with section 311(h) of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 831(h)) specifying the 
circumstances in which a special registration may be 
issued to a practitioner to engage in the practice of 
telemedicine, 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 ‘‘Special Registration 
for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR INTERIM FINAL REGULATIONS FOR 
A SPECIAL REGISTRATION TO ENGAGE IN 
THE PRACTICE OF TELEMEDICINE. 
Section 311(h)(2) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 831(h)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘The Attor-
ney General shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary, 
promulgate regulations’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the Special Registra-
tion for Telemedicine Clarification Act of 2018, the Attor-
ney General shall, with the concurrence of the Secretary, 
promulgate interim final regulations’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION THAT NO AWARD OF COSTS MAY BE 
MADE AGAINST CONSUMERS EXCEPT WHERE 
ACTION BROUGHT IN BAD FAITH. 
Section 813(a)(3) of the Fair Debt Collection Prac-
tices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692k(a)(3)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘A court may make an award 
of costs or attorney fees to the defendant only after find-
ing that an action under this section was brought in bad 
faith and for the purpose of harassment, and may not 
make an award of costs or attorney fees otherwise.’’. 
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493 
† HR 5515 PAP
(1) A description of the total number of Armored 
Brigade Combat Teams required to support the Na-
tional Defense Strategy (NDS). 
(2) A description of the manner in which the 
Army plans to equip and field future Armored Bri-
gade Combat Teams. 
(3) A description of the total number of mecha-
nized infantry companies required in support of the 
Armored Brigade Combat Teams. 
(4) A description of steps being taken to improve 
the number and quality of live-fire gunnery exercises 
executed each year, including improving execution of 
battalion and brigade-level combined arms live-fire 
exercises both at home station and at the Combat 
Training Centers. 
(5) A description of training being conducted to 
train Armored Brigade Combat Teams in combined 
arms for air defense and to counter unmanned aerial 
vehicles with organic weapons and tactics. 
(6) A plan to improve personnel preparedness by 
the reduction of non-deployable soldiers and improve-
ments in combat vehicle crew stability and material 
readiness of key combat systems.
(b) TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL.—Schedule I, as set 
forth in section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 812(c)), is amended in subsection (c)(17) by 
inserting after ‘‘Tetrahydrocannabinols’’ the following: ‘‘, 
except for tetrahydrocannabinols in hemp (as defined 
under section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946)’’. 
SEC. 7. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act authorizes interference with the 
interstate commerce of hemp (as defined in section 297A 
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as added by 
section 2). 
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