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SEC. 2. PROVIDING FOR THE TREATMENT OF A PHARMACY 
COUNTER REFUSAL AS A COVERAGE DETER-
MINATION UNDER MEDICARE PART D. 
Section 1860D–4(g) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–104(g)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF PHARMACY COUNTER RE-
FUSAL
AS
COVERAGE
DETERMINATION.—For plan 
years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, the re-
fusal by a pharmacy to fill a prescription for a cov-
ered part D drug under a prescription drug plan 
shall be treated as a coverage determination subject 
to reconsideration and appeal pursuant to this sub-
section and subsection (h).’’. 
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in raw materials and finished tampons, this informa-
tion is not readily available to the public. The FDA 
should consider whether to expand regulation to in-
clude other types of feminine hygiene products and 
a broader list of contaminants. 
SEC. 3. RESEARCH ON DIOXIN AND OTHER POTENTIALLY 
HARMFUL COMPONENTS OF FEMININE HY-
GIENE PRODUCTS. 
Part F of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 287d et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following section: 
‘‘SEC. 486C. RESEARCH ON DIOXIN AND OTHER POTEN-
TIALLY HARMFUL COMPONENTS OF FEMI-
NINE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. 
‘‘(a) RESEARCH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH, in 
collaboration with the Director of the Office, shall 
provide for the conduct or support of research to de-
termine the extent to which the presence of dioxins, 
synthetic fibers, chlorine, and other components (in-
cluding contaminants and substances used as fra-
grances, colorants, dyes, and preservatives) in tam-
pons and other feminine hygiene products— 
‘‘(A) poses any risks to the health of 
women who use the products, including risks re-
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lating to cervical cancer, endometriosis, infer-
tility, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, immune 
system deficiencies, pelvic inflammatory disease, 
toxic shock syndrome, and bacterial and yeast 
infections; and 
‘‘(B) poses any risks to the health of chil-
dren of women who used such products during 
or before the pregnancies involved, including 
risks relating to fetal and childhood develop-
ment. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT
REGARDING
DATA
FROM 
MANUFACTURERS.—Research under paragraph (1) 
shall include research to confirm the data on tam-
pons and other feminine hygiene products submitted 
to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs by manu-
facturers of such products. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), the term ‘feminine hygiene products’ means 
tampons, pads, liners, cups, sponges, douches, wipes, 
sprays, and similar products used by women with re-
spect to menstruation or other genital-tract secre-
tions. 
‘‘(b) REPORTS.—Reports on the results of research 
under subsection (a) shall be periodically submitted to the 
Congress, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Ad-
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ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 
the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion. Such reports shall be made available to the public 
through the data system and clearinghouse program es-
tablished under section 486A, or through other appro-
priate means. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2024.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3866 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service- 
connection for certain veterans with tinnitus or hearing loss, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2019 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ (for herself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. JAYAPAL, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. SERRANO, and Mr. KHANNA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a pre-
sumption of service-connection for certain veterans with 
tinnitus or hearing loss, 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 ‘‘Hear our Heroes Act 
of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRESUMPTION OF SERVICE-CONNECTION FOR 
HEARING LOSS AND TINNITUS. 
Section 1112 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d)(1) For purposes of section 1110 of this title, and 
subject to the provisions of section 1113 of this title, diag-
nosed hearing loss, tinnitus, or both of a veteran described 
in paragraph (2) shall be considered to have been incurred 
in or aggravated by the active military, naval, or air serv-
ice of the veteran, notwithstanding that there is no record 
of evidence of such hearing loss or tinnitus, as the case 
may be, during the period of such service. 
‘‘(2) A veteran described in this paragraph is a vet-
eran who while on active military, naval, or air service— 
‘‘(A) was assigned to a military occupational 
specialty or equivalent described in paragraph (3); 
or 
‘‘(B) served in combat. 
‘‘(3) A military occupational specialty or equivalent 
referred to in paragraph (2)(A) is a military occupational 
specialty or equivalent in which individuals assigned to 
such military occupational specialty or equivalent in the 
active military, naval, or air service are or were likely to 
be exposed to a sufficiently high level of acoustic trauma 
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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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as to result in permanent hearing loss, tinnitus, or both, 
as determined by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO SCHEDULE FOR RATES FOR DIS-
ABILITY COMPENSATION. 
Pursuant to section 1155 of title 38, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall adjust the 
schedule of rating disabilities to establish a minimum dis-
ability rating for a veteran who requires a hearing aid be-
cause of a service-connected disability, including pursuant 
to section 1112(d) of such title, as amended by section 
2. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 386 
To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage available for 
inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2019 
Mr. LAMBORN (for himself, Mr. NEGUSE, and Mr. TIPTON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To update the map of, and modify the maximum acreage 
available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds 
National Monument. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MAP UPDATE; MAXIMUM ACREAGE AVAILABLE 
FOR INCLUSION IN THE FLORISSANT FOSSIL 
BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT. 
The first section of Public Law 91–60 (83 Stat. 101) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘entitled ‘Proposed Florissant 
Fossil Beds National Monument’, numbered NM– 
FFB–7100, and dated March 1967, and more par-
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ticularly described by metes and bounds in an at-
tachment to that map,’’ and inserting ‘‘entitled 
‘Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument Pro-
posed 
Boundary 
Adjustment’, 
numbered 
171/ 
132,544, and dated May 3, 2016,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘six thousand acres’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘6,300 acres’’. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3870 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 511 West 165th Street in New York, New 
York, as the ‘‘Normandia Maldonado Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NORMANDIA MALDONADO POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 511 West 165th Street in New 
York, New York, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Normandia Maldonado Post Office Building’’. 
(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 ‘‘Normandia 
Maldonado Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3870 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 511 West 165th Street in 
New York, New York, as the ‘‘Normandia 
Maldonado Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 3870 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 511 West 
165th Street in New York, New York, as the ‘‘Normandia Maldonado Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NORMANDIA MALDONADO POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 511 West 165th Street in New York, New York, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Normandia Maldonado Post 
Office Building’’. 
(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 ‘‘Normandia Maldonado Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3870 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
511 West 165th Street in New York, New York, as the ‘‘Normandia 
Maldonado Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2019 
Mr. ESPAILLAT (for himself, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. MENG, Mr. SERRANO, and Mrs. LOWEY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 511 West 165th Street in New York, New 
York, as the ‘‘Normandia Maldonado Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NORMANDIA MALDONADO POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 511 West 165th Street in New 
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York, New York, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Normandia Maldonado Post Office Building’’. 
(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 ‘‘Normandia 
Maldonado Post Office Building’’. 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3870 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 511 West 165th Street in New York, New 
York, as the ‘‘Normandia Maldonado Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
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. NORMANDIA MALDONADO POST OFFICE BUILD-
ING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 511 West 165th Street in New 
York, New York, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Normandia Maldonado Post Office Building’’. 
(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 ‘‘Normandia 
Maldonado Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3871 
To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to preserve the independent 
funding of the Office of Financial Research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2019 
Mr. FOSTER 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 of 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.’’; 
(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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HR 3877 PCS
lists submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chair of the Committee on the Budget— 
(1) for fiscal year 2022, under the heading ‘‘Ac-
counts Identified for Advance Appropriations’’ in an 
aggregate amount not to exceed $28,852,000,000 in 
new budget authority, and for fiscal year 2023, ac-
counts separately identified under the same heading; 
and 
(2) for fiscal year 2022, under the heading 
‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance Appro-
priations’’. 
(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appropriation’’ 
means any new discretionary budget authority provided in 
a general appropriation bill or bill or joint resolution con-
tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, or any amend-
ment thereto or conference report thereon, that first be-
comes available following fiscal year 2021. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—The preceding subsections of this 
section shall expire if a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et for fiscal year 2021 is agreed to by the Senate and 
the House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
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by striking ‘‘September 6, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2022’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 
(Public Law 116–127). 
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ered by the grazing permit or lease waived, notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
(b) SECURING RETIRED ALLOTMENTS AGAINST UN-
AUTHORIZED USE.—The Secretary shall ensure that graz-
ing allotments retired from grazing under this Act are ren-
dered reasonably secure from trespass grazing by domestic 
livestock. 
(c) RELATION TO OTHER AUTHORITY.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to affect the Secretary’s au-
thority to modify or terminate any grazing permit or lease 
in accordance with other law. 
(d) RELATION TO VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.—Noth-
ing in this Act affects the allocation, ownership, interest, 
or control, in existence on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, of any water, water right, or any other valid ex-
isting right held by the United States, an Indian Tribe, 
State, county or municipality, or private individual, part-
nership, or corporation. 
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SEC. 2. PAY EQUITY FOR AMATEUR ATHLETES AND OTHER 
PERSONNEL. 
(a) PURPOSES OF THE U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.— 
Section 220503(12) of the title 36, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘including investment, working 
conditions, wages and other compensation, equal to that 
afforded to amateur athletic activities for men’’ before the 
semicolon. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
AMATEUR 
SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS AS NATIONAL GOVERNING BOD-
IES.—Section 220522(a)(8) of the title 36, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘an equal opportunity’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and demonstrates equal opportunity, includ-
ing in investment, working conditions, and wages 
and other compensation’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and other activities’’ after 
‘‘athletic competition’’. 
(c) GENERAL DUTIES
OF NATIONAL GOVERNING 
BODIES.—Section 220524(6) of the title 36, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including equi-
table investment, working conditions, and wages and other 
compensation’’ before the semicolon. 
(d) REPORTS ON PAY EQUITY.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 
2205 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘§ 220530A. Reports on pay equity 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each national governing body 
shall submit to Congress a report on the compensation of 
amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, managers, administra-
tors, and officials in the sport governed by the national 
governing body for— 
‘‘(1) each of the two consecutive calendar years 
ending immediately before the date of the enactment 
of this section; and 
‘‘(2) each calendar year beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the 
applicable sport, for the calendar year covered by the re-
port— 
‘‘(1) the median compensation for amateur ath-
letes, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators, 
and officials disaggregated by race, gender, and em-
ployment category; and 
‘‘(2) the minimum and maximum compensation 
paid to amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, man-
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3876 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure the solvency of 
the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund by extending the excise tax on coal. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2019 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself and Ms. ADAMS) 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 ensure 
the solvency of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund 
by extending the excise tax on coal. 
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 ‘‘Black Lung Benefits 
Disability Trust Fund Solvency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST 
FUND EXCISE TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4121(e)(2)(A) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2029’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply on and after the first day of the 
first calendar month beginning after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3877 
AN ACT 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, to establish a congressional budget 
for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to temporarily suspend 
the debt limit, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,