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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2516 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive the individual mandate 
in areas with no Exchange plans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2017 
Mr. YOUNG of Iowa (for himself, Mr. KING of Iowa, and Mr. BLUM) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive 
the individual mandate in areas with no Exchange plans. 
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 ‘‘Freedom from the 
ACA Tax Penalty Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF INDIVIDUAL MANDATE IN AREAS WITH 
NO EXCHANGE PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5000A(d)(1) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘or (4)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(4), or (5)’’. 
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(b) INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN EXEMPTED AREAS.— 
Section 5000A(d) of such Code is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) INDIVIDUALS
RESIDING
IN
EXEMPTED 
AREAS.—For purposes of months beginning after 
December 31, 2017, such term shall not include an 
individual who resides in a rating area in which the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies 
for purposes of this section that no qualified health 
plans are offered through an Exchange established 
under section 1311 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable and plan years begin-
ning after December 31, 2017. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2517 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for requirements relating 
to the reassignment of Department of Veterans Affairs senior executive 
employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2017 
Mr. TAYLOR (for himself and Mr. TAKANO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for re-
quirements relating to the reassignment of Department 
of Veterans Affairs senior executive employees. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON REASSIGNMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SEN-
IOR EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 7 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
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year 2018 and an end-of-year strength for such per-
sonnel of 44,500 for fiscal year 2019’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2016 and 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 and 
2019’’. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
SEC. 201. TRAINING; PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 155. Training; public safety personnel 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant may, on a re-
imbursable or a non-reimbursable basis, make training 
available to public safety personnel whenever the Com-
mandant determines that— 
‘‘(1) a member of the Coast Guard, who is sched-
uled to participate in such training, is unable or un-
available to participate in such training; 
‘‘(2) no other member of the Coast Guard, who 
is assigned to the unit to which the member of the 
Coast Guard who is unable or unavailable to partici-
pate in such training is assigned, is able or available 
to participate in such training; and 
‘‘(3) such training, if made available to such 
public safety personnel, would further the goal of 
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section (a) may enter into an order or a cost-plus-in-
centive-fee order in accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) If such parties enter into such an order or 
a 
cost-plus-incentive-fee 
order, 
an 
agreed-upon 
amount of any adjustment described in subsection (a) 
may be distributed as an incentive to the wage-grade 
industrial employees who complete the order. 
‘‘(3) Before entering into such an order or cost- 
plus-incentive-fee order such parties must agree that 
the wage-grade employees of the Coast Guard Yard or 
Coast Guard industrial establishment will take action 
to improve the delivery schedule or technical perform-
ance agreed to in the order for industrial work to 
which such parties initially agreed. 
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if the industrial workforce of the Coast Guard Yard 
or such Coast Guard industrial establishment satisfies 
the performance target established in such an order or 
cost-plus-incentive-fee order— 
‘‘(A) the adjustment to be made pursuant to 
this subsection shall be reduced by such agreed- 
upon amount and distributed to such wage-grade 
industrial employees; and 
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(2) REFUND.—If the Secretary collects amounts 
from the Post under paragraph (1) before the Sec-
retary incurs the actual costs and the amount col-
lected by the Secretary exceeds the costs actually in-
curred by the Secretary to carry out the land ex-
change under this section, the Secretary shall provide 
to the Post a refund of the excess amount paid by the 
Post. 
(3) TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
AMOUNTS
RE-
CEIVED.—Amounts received by the Secretary from the 
Post as reimbursement for costs incurred under para-
graph (1) shall be— 
(A) credited to the fund or account from 
which amounts were used to pay the costs in-
curred by the Secretary in carrying out the land 
exchange; 
(B) merged with amounts in the fund or ac-
count to which the amounts were credited under 
subparagraph (A); and 
(C) available for the same purposes as, and 
subject to the same conditions and limitations 
applicable to, amounts in the fund or account to 
which the amounts were credited under subpara-
graph (A). 
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paragraph (36) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(37) the employer dependent care assistance 
matching contribution credit determined under sec-
tion 45S(a).’’. 
(2) The table of sections for subpart D of part 
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 45R the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45S. Credit for employer dependent care assistance program matching 
contributions.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2017. 
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(9) REPAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE AND PREVEN-
TION OF UNDUE BENEFITS.— 
(A) REPAYMENT.—If a recipient, or a 
project sponsor receiving funds from the recipi-
ent, receives assistance under subsection (b) for 
use pursuant to paragraph (2) of such sub-
section for the construction, acquisition, or re-
habilitation of supportive housing for very low- 
income veteran families and the project ceases 
to provide permanent housing, the Secretary 
shall require the recipient, or such project spon-
sor, to repay the following percentage of such 
assistance: 
(i) In the case of a project that ceases 
to be used for such supportive housing be-
fore the expiration of the 10-year period 
beginning upon commencement of the op-
eration of the project, 100 percent. 
(ii) In the case of a project that 
ceases to be used for such supportive hous-
ing on or after the expiration of the 10- 
year period beginning upon commencement 
of the operation of the project, but before 
the expiration of the 15-year period begin-
ning upon such commencement, 20 percent 
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other than of pigskin (other than work 
footwear, tennis shoes, basketball shoes, 
gym shoes, training shoes and the like, and 
other than slip-on footwear), covering the 
ankle, valued at more than $18 per pair, 
designed to be worn in lieu of, but not 
over, other footwear as a protection 
against water, oil, grease, or chemicals or 
cold or inclement weather where such pro-
tection includes protection against water 
that is imparted by the use of a laminated 
textile fabric (provided for in subheading 
6403.91.90 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States). 
‘‘(xii) Footwear for men, with uppers 
of leather other than of pigskin (other than 
house slippers, work footwear, tennis 
shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, train-
ing shoes and the like, and other than slip- 
on footwear), not covering the ankle, val-
ued at more than $27 per pair, designed to 
be worn in lieu of, but not over, other foot-
wear as a protection against water, oil, 
grease, or chemicals or cold or inclement 
weather where such protection includes 
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Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 
seq.); 
(8) the supportive housing for very low-income 
veteran families program under section 2 of this Act; 
(9) the rental assistance payments program 
under section 521(a)(2)(A) of the Housing Act of 
1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)(A)); 
(10) the rental assistance program under sec-
tion 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–1); 
(11) the rural housing programs under sections 
515 and 538 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1485, 1490p–2); 
(12) the HOME investment partnerships pro-
gram under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 
seq.); 
(13) the block grant programs for affordable 
housing for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians 
under titles I through IV and VIII of the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-
tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq., 4221 et 
seq.); 
(14) any other program for housing assistance 
administered by the Secretary of Housing and 
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and inserting ‘‘foreign financial agency transactions and 
foreign nonfinancial trade or business transactions’’. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7081 
AN ACT 
To seek immediate bilateral, multilateral, and commercial 
debt service payment relief for Ukraine. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6824 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
Agency of the Department of Homeland Security to hold 
an annual cybersecurity competition relating to offensive 
and defensive cybersecurity disciplines, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘President’s Cup Cyber-
security Competition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESIDENT’S CUP CYBERSECURITY COMPETITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Director’’) of the Department of Home-
land Security is authorized to hold an annual cybersecu-
rity competition to be known as the ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Se-
curity Agency’s President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competi-
tion’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘competition’’) for 
the purpose of identifying, challenging, and competitively 
awarding prizes, including cash prizes, to the United 
States Government’s best cybersecurity practitioners and 
teams across offensive and defensive cybersecurity dis-
ciplines. 
(b) COMPETITION DESIGN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Director, 
in carrying out the competition, may consult with, 
and consider advice from, any person who has expe-
rience or expertise in the development, design, or 
execution of cybersecurity competitions.
(2) LIMITATION.—The Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to con-
sultations pursuant to this section. 
(3) PROHIBITION.—A person with whom the 
Director consults under paragraph (1) may not— 
(A) receive pay by reason of being so con-
sulted; or 
(B) be considered an employee of the Fed-
eral Government by reason of so consulting. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the 
competition, an individual shall be a Federal civilian em-
ployee or member of the uniformed services (as such term 
is defined in section 2101(3) of title 5, United States 
Code) and shall comply with any rules promulgated by the 
Director regarding the competition. 
(d) COMPETITION ADMINISTRATION.—The Director 
may enter into a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, 
or other agreement with a private sector for-profit or non-
profit entity or State or local government agency to ad-
minister the competition. 
(e) COMPETITION PARAMETERS.—Each competition 
shall incorporate the following elements: 
(1) Cybersecurity skills outlined in the National 
Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Framework, 
or any successor framework.
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 
of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion, the 
Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue the following 
coins: 
(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 
coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 
$1 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 
(3) HALF-DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more 
than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 
(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 
(C) be minted to the specifications for half- 
dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 
31, United States Code. 
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2520 
To require providers of broadband internet access service and edge services 
to clearly and conspicuously notify users of the privacy policies of such 
providers, to give users opt-in or opt-out approval rights with respect 
to the use of, disclosure of, and access to user information collected 
by such providers based on the level of sensitivity of such information, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2017 
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. FLORES) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require providers of broadband internet access service 
and edge services to clearly and conspicuously notify 
users of the privacy policies of such providers, to give 
users opt-in or opt-out approval rights with respect to 
the use of, disclosure of, and access to user information 
collected by such providers based on the level of sensi-
tivity of such information, 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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protection against water that is imparted 
by the use of a laminated textile fabric 
(provided for in subheading 6403.99.60 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States). 
‘‘(xiii) Footwear for women, with up-
pers of leather other than of pigskin (other 
than house slippers, work footwear, tennis 
shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, train-
ing shoes and the like, and other than slip- 
on footwear), not covering the ankle, val-
ued at more than $27 per pair, designed to 
be worn in lieu of, but not over, other foot-
wear as a protection against water, oil, 
grease, or chemicals or cold or inclement 
weather where such protection includes 
protection against water that is imparted 
by the use of a laminated textile fabric 
(provided for in subheading 6403.99.90 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States). 
‘‘(xiv) Footwear for persons other 
than men or women, with uppers of leather 
other than of pigskin (other than house 
slippers, work footwear, tennis shoes, bas-
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2521 
AN ACT 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 to include South Carolina as a part of the 
Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region for purposes 
of appointment to the Peanut Standards Board. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs 
(B) and (C)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C)(i) The terms ‘employee pension benefit plan’ 
and ‘pension plan’ do not include an individual retirement 
plan (as defined in section 7701(a)(37) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986) established and maintained pursu-
ant to a payroll deduction savings program of a State or 
qualified political subdivision of a State, provided that— 
‘‘(I) the program is specifically established pur-
suant to State or qualified political subdivision law; 
‘‘(II) the program is implemented and adminis-
tered by the State or qualified political subdivision 
establishing the program (or by a governmental 
agency or instrumentality of either), which is re-
sponsible for investing the employee savings or for 
selecting investment alternatives for employees to 
choose; 
‘‘(III) the State or qualified political subdivision 
(or governmental agency or instrumentality of ei-
ther) assumes responsibility for the security of pay-
roll deductions and employee savings, including by 
requiring that amounts withheld from wages by the 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘South Carolina Peanut 
Parity Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUSION IN VIRGINIA/CARO-
LINA PEANUT PRODUCING REGION. 
Section 1308(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the Farm Security and 
Rural 
Investment 
Act 
of 
2002 
(7 
U.S.C. 
7958(c)(2)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘Virginia and 
North Carolina’’ and inserting ‘‘Virginia, North Carolina, 
and South Carolina’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 31, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2521 
AN ACT 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 to include South Carolina as a part 
of the Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region 
for purposes of appointment to the Peanut 
Standards Board.
(2) Individual and team events. 
(3) Categories demonstrating offensive and de-
fensive cyber operations, such as software reverse 
engineering and exploitation, network operations, 
forensics, big data analysis, cyber analysis, cyber de-
fense, cyber exploitation, secure programming, ob-
fuscated coding, or cyber-physical systems. 
(4) Any other elements related to paragraphs 
(1), (2), or (3) as determined necessary by the Di-
rector. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Director may use amounts 
made available to the Director for the competition 
for the following: 
(A) Advertising, marketing, and promoting 
the competition. 
(B) Meals for participants and organizers 
of the competition if attendance at the meal 
during the competition is necessary to maintain 
the integrity of the competition. 
(C) Promotional items, including merchan-
dise and apparel.
(D) Monetary and nonmonetary awards for 
competition participants, including members of 
the uniformed services. 
(E) Necessary expenses for the honorary 
recognition of competition participants, includ-
ing members of the uniformed services. 
(F) Any other appropriate activity nec-
essary to carry out the competition, as deter-
mined by the Director. 
(2) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall apply 
to amounts appropriated on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(g) PRIZE LIMITATION.—The Director may make one 
or more awards per competition, except that the amount 
or value of each shall not exceed $10,000. The Secretary 
of Homeland Security may make one or more awards per 
competition, except the amount or the value of each shall 
not to exceed $25,000. A monetary award under this sec-
tion shall be in addition to the regular pay of the recipient. 
(h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Director shall 
annually provide to the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a report that includes the following:
(1) A description of available funds under sub-
section (f) for each competition conducted in the 
preceding year. 
(2) A description of expenditures authorized in 
subsection (g) for each competition. 
(3) Information relating to the participation of 
each competition. 
(4) Information relating to lessons learned from 
each competition and how such lessons may be ap-
plied to improve cybersecurity operations and re-
cruitment of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6824 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency of the Department of Homeland 
Security to hold an annual cybersecurity competi-
tion relating to offensive and defensive cybersecu-
rity disciplines, and for other purposes.