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educational organization or institution for the purpose of 
carrying out activities assisted with such grant amounts. 
(d) REPORT.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall submit a report to the Congress on a bi-
ennial basis that provides a detailed summary of the results 
of the comprehensive studies and pilot projects carried out 
under subsection (a), together with any recommendations 
or proposals for legislative or administrative actions to ad-
dress any issues raised by such studies. The Secretary may 
submit the reports required under this subsection as part 
of the reports prepared in accordance with paragraphs (2) 
and (6) of section 808(e) of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
3608(e)) and section 561(j) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(j)). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions 
of this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 
through 2025. 
SEC. 6. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
None of the funds made available under this Act, or 
the amendments made by this Act, may be used for any 
political activities, political advocacy, or lobbying (as such 
terms are defined by Circular A–122 of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, entitled ‘‘Cost Principles for Non- 
Profit Organizations’’), or for expenses for travel to engage 
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in political activities or preparation of or provision of ad-
vice on tax returns. 
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Union Calendar No. 548 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 149 
[Report No. 116–664] 
A BILL 
To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimina-
tion through the use of nationwide testing, to in-
crease funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives 
Program, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 17, 2020 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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ments, or any other services, offered by the Of-
fice, and an explanation relating thereto. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2238 the following new items: 
‘‘Subtitle D—Bombing Prevention 
‘‘Sec. 2241. Office for Bombing Prevention. 
‘‘Sec. 2242. Countering explosive devices technical assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 2243. Relationship to other Department components and Federal agen-
cies.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXPLOSIVES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 323. EXPLOSIVES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and in 
coordination with the head of the Office for Bombing Pre-
vention and the Assistant Secretary for the Countering 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, and in consultation 
with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, and 
the head of any other relevant Federal department or 
agency, including Sector Risk Management Agencies, shall 
ensure coordination and information sharing regarding 
nonmilitary research, development, testing, and evaluation 
activities of the Federal Government relating to the deter-
rence, detection, prevention, protection against, mitigation 
of, and response to terrorist explosive threats and attacks 
in the United States. 
‘‘(b) LEVERAGING MILITARY RESEARCH.—The Sec-
retary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology, and in coordination with the head of the 
Office for Bombing Prevention and the Assistant Sec-
retary for the Countering of Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Office, shall consult with the Secretary of Defense and the 
head of any other relevant Federal department or agency, 
including Sector Risk Management Agencies, to ensure 
that, to the maximum extent possible, military policies and 
procedures, and research, development, testing, and eval-
uation activities relating to the deterrence, detection, pre-
vention, protection against, mitigation of, and response to 
terrorist explosive threats and attacks in the United 
States are adapted to nonmilitary uses.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
322 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 323. Explosives research and development.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2022. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6873 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish the Office for Bombing Prevention to 
address terrorist explosive threats, and for other 
purposes.
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4824 
AN ACT 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the 
Secretary of Energy to carry out terrestrial carbon se-
questration research and development activities, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(A) The extent to which the owners or op-
erators of the facilities are affiliated or associ-
ated with each other, or are under the control 
of the same company or person. 
(B) The extent to which the owners or op-
erators of the facilities have treated the facili-
ties as a single project for purposes of other 
regulatory filings or applications. 
(C) Whether the facilities use the same en-
ergy resource. 
(D) Whether the facilities have a common 
generator lead line or connect at the same or 
nearby interconnection points or substations. 
(E) The extent to which the owners or op-
erators of the facilities have a common land 
lease or land rights with respect to land on 
which the facilities are located. 
(F) The extent to which the owners or op-
erators of the facilities have common financing 
with respect to the facilities. 
(G) The extent to which the facilities are 
part of a common development plan or permit-
ting effort, even if the interconnection of the fa-
cilities occurs at separate points. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1501 
To allow certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement 
officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2019 
Mrs. HARTZLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To allow certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired 
law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm 
to protect children in a school zone. 
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 ‘‘Police Officers Pro-
tecting Children Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CERTAIN OFF-DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 
AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 
ALLOWED TO CARRY A CONCEALED FIRE-
ARM, AND DISCHARGE A FIREARM, IN A 
SCHOOL ZONE. 
Section 922(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(vi); and 
(B) by redesignating clause (vii) as clause 
(ix) and inserting after clause (vi) the following: 
‘‘(vii) by an off-duty law enforcement offi-
cer who is a qualified law enforcement officer 
(as defined in section 926B) and is authorized 
under such section to carry a concealed firearm, 
if the firearm is concealed; 
‘‘(viii) by a qualified retired law enforce-
ment officer (as defined in section 926C) who 
is authorized under such section to carry a con-
cealed firearm, if the firearm is concealed; or’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(iii); 
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(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iv) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) by an off-duty law enforcement officer 
who is a qualified law enforcement officer (as 
defined in section 926B) and is authorized 
under such section to carry a concealed firearm; 
or 
‘‘(vi) by a qualified retired law enforcement 
officer (as defined in section 926C) who is au-
thorized under such section to carry a concealed 
firearm.’’. 
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(3) businesses involved in the sale of hemp-de-
rived cannabidiol (‘‘CBD’’) products are particularly 
affected, due to confusion about their legal status. 
(b) FEDERAL BANKING REGULATOR HEMP BANKING 
GUIDANCE.—Not later than the end of the 90-day period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Fed-
eral banking regulators shall jointly issue guidance to fi-
nancial institutions— 
(1) confirming the legality of hemp, hemp-de-
rived CBD products, and other hemp-derived 
cannabinoid products, and the legality of engaging 
in financial services with businesses selling hemp, 
hemp-derived CBD products, and other hemp-de-
rived cannabinoid products, after the enactment of 
the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; and 
(2) to provide recommended best practices for 
financial institutions to follow when providing finan-
cial services and merchant processing services to 
businesses involved in the sale of hemp, hemp-de-
rived CBD products, and other hemp-derived 
cannabinoid products. 
(c) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘financial institution’’ means any person 
providing financial services.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM TO REDUCE EUROPEAN RELIANCE ON 
RUSSIAN ENERGY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish and carry out a program to reduce the reli-
ance of allied European countries on natural gas, petro-
leum, and nuclear fuel produced in Russia by— 
(1) developing, producing, or procuring re-
sources, materials, or equipment that can reduce an 
allied European country’s reliance on natural gas, 
petroleum, or nuclear fuel produced in Russia; 
(2) providing to an allied European country, 
under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of 
Energy determines appropriate, resources, materials, 
or equipment that can reduce the allied European 
country’s reliance on natural gas, petroleum, or nu-
clear fuel produced in Russia; 
(3) issuing grants, loans, or loan guarantees to 
carry out projects that can reduce an allied Euro-
pean country’s reliance on natural gas, petroleum, or 
nuclear fuel produced in Russia; and 
(4) providing technical assistance to an allied 
European country, as the Secretary of Energy deter-
mines necessary to reduce the allied European coun-
try’s reliance on natural gas, petroleum, or nuclear 
fuel produced in Russia. 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1503 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 9, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act regard-
ing the list under section 505(j)(7) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 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 ‘‘Orange Book Trans-
parency Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ORANGE BOOK. 
(a) SUBMISSION
OF PATENT INFORMATION
FOR 
BRAND NAME DRUGS.—Paragraph (1) of section 505(b) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
355(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1) Any person may file with the Secretary an 
application with respect to any drug subject to the provi-
sions of subsection (a). Such persons shall submit to the 
Secretary as part of the application— 
‘‘(A) full reports of investigations which have 
been made to show whether or not such drug is safe 
for use and whether such drug is effective in use; 
‘‘(B) a full list of the articles used as compo-
nents of such drug; 
‘‘(C) a full statement of the composition of such 
drug; 
‘‘(D) a full description of the methods used in, 
and the facilities and controls used for, the manufac-
ture, processing, and packing of such drug; 
‘‘(E) such samples of such drug and of the arti-
cles used as components thereof as the Secretary 
may require; 
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‘‘(F) specimens of the labeling proposed to be 
used for such drug; 
‘‘(G) any assessments required under section 
505B; and 
‘‘(H) patent information, with respect to each 
patent for which a claim of patent infringement 
could reasonably be asserted if a person not licensed 
by the owner engaged in the manufacture, use, or 
sale of the drug, and consistent with the following 
requirements: 
‘‘(i) The applicant shall file with the appli-
cation the patent number and the expiration 
date of— 
‘‘(I) any patent which claims the drug 
for which the applicant submitted the ap-
plication and is a drug substance (includ-
ing active ingredient) patent or a drug 
product (including formulation and com-
position) patent; and 
‘‘(II) any patent which claims the 
method of using such drug. 
‘‘(ii) If an application is filed under this 
subsection for a drug and a patent of the type 
described in clause (i) which claims such drug 
or a method of using such drug is issued after 
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(b) CONTENTS.—The Comptroller General shall in-
clude in the report under subsection (a)— 
(1) data on the number of— 
(A) patents included in the list published 
under paragraph (7) of section 505(j) of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
355(j)), that claim the active ingredient or for-
mulation of a drug in combination with a device 
that is used for delivery of the drug, together 
comprising the finished dosage form of the drug; 
and 
(B) claims in each patent that claim a de-
vice that is used for the delivery of the drug, but 
do not claim such device in combination with an 
active ingredient or formulation of a drug; 
(2) data on the date of inclusion in the list 
under paragraph (7) of such section 505(j) for all 
patents under such list, as compared to patents that 
claim a method of using the drug in combination 
with a device; 
(3) an analysis regarding the impact of includ-
ing on the list under paragraph (7) of such section 
505(j) certain types of patent information for drug 
product applicants and approved application holders, 
including an analysis of whether— 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1504 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish minimum 
notification requirements for voters affected by polling place changes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2019 
Mr. ALLRED (for himself, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish 
minimum notification requirements for voters affected 
by polling place changes. 
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 ‘‘Know Your Polling 
Place Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MINIMUM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VOT-
ERS 
AFFECTED 
BY 
POLLING 
PLACE 
CHANGES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 302 of the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21082) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) MINIMUM NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
VOTERS AFFECTED BY POLLING PLACE CHANGES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a State assigns an indi-
vidual who is a registered voter in a State to a poll-
ing place with respect to an election for Federal of-
fice which is not the same polling place to which the 
individual was previously assigned with respect to 
the most recent election for Federal office in the 
State in which the individual was eligible to vote— 
‘‘(A) the State shall notify the individual of 
the location of the polling place not later than 
7 days before the date of the election; or 
‘‘(B) if the State makes such an assign-
ment fewer than 7 days before the date of the 
election and the individual appears on the date 
of the election at the polling place to which the 
individual was previously assigned, the State 
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shall make every reasonable effort to enable the 
individual to vote on the date of the election. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 
apply with respect to elections held on or after Janu-
ary 1, 2020.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 302(e) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 21082(f)), as redesignated by sub-
section (a), is amended by striking ‘‘Each State’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (d)(2), each 
State’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1505 
To amend title IV–A of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2019 
Mr. ARRINGTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title IV–A of the Social Security Act, 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 ‘‘Protecting Family Re-
sources and Training Options Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING PROGRAM INTEGRITY THROUGH 
IMPROPER PAYMENTS REVIEW. 
Section 404 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
604) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) 
APPLICABILITY
OF
IMPROPER
PAYMENTS 
LAWS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Improper Payments 
Information Act of 2002 and the Improper Pay-
ments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 shall 
apply to a State in respect of the State program 
funded under this part in the same manner in which 
such Acts apply to a Federal agency. 
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—Within 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall prescribe regulations governing how a 
State reviews and reports improper payments under 
the State program funded under this part.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 2019. 
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† HR 150 EAS 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the terms ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘Director’’, ‘‘Federal 
award’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 6401 of title 31, United States Code, as 
added by section 4(a) of this Act. 
SEC. 4. DATA STANDARDS FOR GRANT REPORTING. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle V of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 63 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘CHAPTER 64—DATA STANDARDS FOR 
GRANT REPORTING 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘6401. Definitions. 
‘‘6402. Data standards for grant reporting. 
‘‘6403. Guidance applying data standards for grant reporting. 
‘‘6404. Agency requirements. 
‘‘§ 6401. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 552(f) of title 5. 
‘‘(2) CORE
DATA
ELEMENTS.—The term ‘core 
data elements’ means data elements relating to finan-
cial management, administration, or management 
that— 
‘‘(A) are not program-specific in nature or 
program-specific outcome measures, as defined in 
section 1115(h) of this title; and