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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1614 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to establish additional registration 
requirements for prescribers of opioids, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2019 
Mr. KATKO (for himself and Mr. SUOZZI) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 Controlled Substances Act to establish addi-
tional registration requirements for prescribers of 
opioids, 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 ‘‘John S. McCain Opioid 
Addiction Prevention Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESCRIBERS. 
Section 303 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 823) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(l)(1) Creating obligations for practitioners, only as 
described herein, the Attorney General shall not register, 
or renew the registration of, a practitioner under sub-
section (f) who is licensed under State law to prescribe 
controlled substances in schedule II, III, or IV, unless the 
practitioner submits to the Attorney General, for each 
such registration or renewal request, a certification that 
the practitioner, during the applicable registration period, 
will not prescribe any schedule II, III, or IV opioid, other 
than an opioid prescription described in paragraph (3), for 
the initial treatment of acute pain in an amount in excess 
of the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) a 7-day supply (for which no refill is avail-
able); or 
‘‘(B) an opioid prescription limit established 
under State law. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘acute pain’— 
‘‘(A) means pain with abrupt onset and caused 
by an injury or other process that is not ongoing; 
and 
‘‘(B) does not include— 
‘‘(i) chronic pain; 
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‘‘(ii) pain being treated as part of cancer 
care; 
‘‘(iii) hospice or other end-of-life care; or 
‘‘(iv) pain being treated as part of pallia-
tive care. 
‘‘(3) An opioid prescription described in this para-
graph is a prescription— 
‘‘(A) for a schedule II, III, or IV opioid drug 
approved by the Food and Drug Administration for 
an indication for the treatment of addiction; and 
‘‘(B) that is for the treatment of addiction.’’. 
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(c) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The following 
amendments shall take effect on the transfer date: 
(1) 
SMALL
BUSINESS
ACT.—Section 
3(q)(2)(C)(i)(III) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(q)(2)(C)(i)(III)) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 8127(f) of title 38, United States Code’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 36’’. 
(2) TITLE 38.—Section 8128 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 
8127(f) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 36 of 
the Small Business Act’’. 
SEC. 4. DOLLAR THRESHOLD FOR SOLE SOURCE AWARDS 
TO SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN OWNED AND 
CONTROLLED BY SERVICE-DISABLED VET-
ERANS. 
(a) SMALL BUSINESS ACT.—Effective on the transfer 
date, section 36(c) of the Small Business Act, as redesig-
nated by section 6(a)(2), is amended— 
(1) by striking the first dollar figure and insert-
ing ‘‘$7,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking the second dollar figure and in-
serting ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 
(b) TITLE 38.—Effective on the transfer date, para-
graph (2) of section 8127(c) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(A) section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(B) sections 3729 through 3733 of title 
31, United States Code; and 
‘‘(C) section 8127(g) of title 38, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(i) PROVISION OF DATA.—Upon the request of the 
Administrator, the head of any Federal department or 
agency shall promptly provide to the Administrator such 
information as the Administrator determines to be nec-
essary to carry out subsection (b) or to be able to certify 
the status of the concern as a small business concern 
owned and controlled by veterans under section 36A.’’. 
(b) PENALTIES FOR MISREPRESENTATION.—Section 
16 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 645) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, a’’ and inserting ‘‘, a 
‘small business concern owned and controlled by 
service-disabled veterans’, a ‘small business con-
cern owned and controlled by veterans’, a’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘9, 15, 
or 31’’ and inserting ‘‘8, 9, 15, 31, 36, or 
36A’’; and 
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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: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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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 Sec-
tor Risk Management Agencies, to ensure that, to the max-
imum extent possible, military policies and procedures, and 
research, development, testing, and evaluation activities re-
lating to the deterrence, detection, prevention, 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.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 241 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6873 
[Report No. 117–322] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish the Office for Bombing Prevention to 
address terrorist explosive threats, and for other 
purposes. 
MAY 13, 2022 
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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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 161 
To prohibit immediate family members of heads of certain agencies and 
departments from soliciting or otherwise raising funds from certain for-
eign entities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2019 
Mr. FITZPATRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit immediate family members of heads of certain 
agencies and departments from soliciting or otherwise 
raising funds from certain foreign entities. 
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 ‘‘Cabinet Service Integ-
rity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CLOSE ASSOCIATE.—The term ‘‘close asso-
ciate’’ means, with respect to a senior foreign polit-
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heater, fireplace, or any other apparatus, appli-
ance, or device that burns fuel; or 
(B) which has an attached garage; and 
(2) has developed a strategy to protect vulner-
able populations such as children, the elderly, or 
low-income households. 
(e) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible State receiving a 
grant under this section may use such grant— 
(A) to purchase and install compliant car-
bon monoxide alarms in the dwelling units of 
low-income families or elderly persons, facilities 
that commonly serve children or the elderly, in-
cluding childcare facilities, public schools, and 
senior centers, or student dwelling units owned 
by public universities; 
(B) to train State or local fire code en-
forcement officials in the proper enforcement of 
State or local laws concerning compliant carbon 
monoxide alarms and the installation of such 
alarms in accordance with NFPA 72, the IFC, 
or the IRC; 
(C) for the development and dissemination 
of training materials, instructors, and any other
costs related to the training sessions authorized 
by this subsection; and 
(D) to educate the public about the risk 
associated with carbon monoxide as a poison 
and the importance of proper carbon monoxide 
alarm use. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—Not more 
than 10 percent of any grant amount received 
under this section may be used to cover admin-
istrative costs not directly related to training 
described in paragraph (1)(B). 
(B) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—Not more than 
25 percent of any grant amount received under 
this section may be used to cover costs of activi-
ties described in paragraph (1)(D). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Com-
mission, for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 
2024, $2,000,000, which shall remain available until 
expended to carry out this Act. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—Not more than 10 percent of the amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available to carry
out this section may be used for administrative ex-
penses. 
(3) RETENTION OF AMOUNTS.—Any amounts 
appropriated pursuant to this subsection that re-
main unexpended and unobligated on September 30, 
2024, shall be retained by the Commission and cred-
ited to the appropriations account that funds the en-
forcement of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2051). 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the last 
day of each fiscal year for which grants are awarded under 
this section, the Commission shall submit to Congress a 
report that evaluates the implementation of the grant pro-
gram required by this section. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1618 
AN ACT 
To encourage States to require the installation of 
residential carbon monoxide detectors in homes, 
and for other purposes.
IB 
Union Calendar No. 269 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1620 
[Report No. 116–338] 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
Chesapeake Bay Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2019 
Mrs. LURIA (for herself, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mr. SAR-
BANES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Additional sponsors: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. BROWN of 
Maryland, Mr. TRONE, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. HOYER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. 
SPANBERGER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. WEXTON, and Mr. 
BEYER 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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(C) for the development and dissemination 
of training materials, instructors, and any other 
costs related to the training sessions authorized 
by this subsection; and 
(D) to educate the public about the risk 
associated with carbon monoxide as a poison 
and the importance of proper carbon monoxide 
alarm use. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—Not more 
than 10 percent of any grant amount received 
under this section may be used to cover admin-
istrative costs not directly related to training 
described in paragraph (1)(B). 
(B) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—Not more than 
25 percent of any grant amount received under 
this section may be used to cover costs of activi-
ties described in paragraph (1)(D). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Com-
mission, for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 
2024, $2,000,000, which shall remain available until 
expended to carry out this Act. 
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(2) LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—Not more than 10 percent of the amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available to carry 
out this section may be used for administrative ex-
penses. 
(3) RETENTION OF AMOUNTS.—Any amounts 
appropriated pursuant to this subsection that re-
main unexpended and unobligated on September 30, 
2024, shall be retained by the Commission and cred-
ited to the appropriations account that funds the en-
forcement of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2051). 
(4) OFFSET.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Government Publishing Office for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 the amount 
that is $2,000,000 less than the amount appro-
priated for such Office for fiscal year 2017. 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the last 
day of each fiscal year for which grants are awarded under 
this section, the Commission shall submit to Congress a 
report that evaluates the implementation of the grant pro-
gram required by this section. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1619 
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from taking any action relating to 
the licensing, planning, development, or construction of a nuclear waste 
repository until the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
submits to Congress a study on the economic viability and job-creating 
benefits of alternative uses of the Yucca Mountain site, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2019 
Mrs. LEE of Nevada (for herself, Mr. HORSFORD, and Mr. AMODEI) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Energy from taking any action 
relating to the licensing, planning, development, or con-
struction of a nuclear waste repository until the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget submits to 
Congress a study on the economic viability and job- 
creating benefits of alternative uses of the Yucca Moun-
tain site, 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 ‘‘Jobs, Not Waste Act 
of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDYING THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF ALTER-
NATIVE USES OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE. 
(a) DEFINITION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE.—In this 
Act, the term ‘‘Yucca Mountain site’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy 
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 
(b) STUDY; HEARINGS.—The Secretary of Energy 
may not take any action relating to the licensing, plan-
ning, development, or construction of a nuclear waste re-
pository at the Yucca Mountain site until— 
(1) the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget submits to Congress, and makes avail-
able to the public, a study on the economic viability 
and job-creating benefits of alternative uses of the 
Yucca Mountain site as described in the report of 
the Government Accountability Office numbered 
GAO–11–847 and dated September 2011, includ-
ing— 
(A) defense activities, such as a command 
facility for unmanned aircraft systems; 
(B) a secure electronic data center; 
(C) the development of renewable energy 
sources; and 
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(D) scientific research; and 
(2) each of the appropriate committees of Con-
gress holds a hearing on the alternative uses of the 
Yucca Mountain site described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of paragraph (1). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1620 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
Chesapeake Bay Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2019 
Mrs. LURIA (for herself, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mr. SAR-
BANES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program. 
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 ‘‘Chesapeake Bay Pro-
gram Reauthorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHESAPEAKE BAY PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 117(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1267(j)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, 
$90,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, $91,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2022, $91,500,000 for fiscal year 2023, and 
$92,000,000 for fiscal year 2024’’. 
Æ 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1620 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program. 
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 ‘‘Chesapeake Bay Pro-
gram Reauthorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHESAPEAKE BAY PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 117(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1267(j)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, 
$90,500,000 for fiscal year 2022, $91,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2023, $91,500,000 for fiscal year 2024, and 
$92,000,000 for fiscal year 2025’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 5, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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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 ‘‘Chesapeake Bay Pro-
gram Reauthorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHESAPEAKE BAY PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 117(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1267(j)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, 
$90,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, $91,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2022, $91,500,000 for fiscal year 2023, and 
$92,000,000 for fiscal year 2024’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 269 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1620 
[Report No. 116–338] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program. 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National 
Seashore Advisory Commission. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1622 
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to limit experimentation on cats. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2019 
Mr. PANETTA (for himself, Mr. MAST, Ms. SLOTKIN, and Mr. HURD of Texas) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ag-
riculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to limit experimentation 
on cats. 
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 ‘‘Kittens In Traumatic 
Testing Ends Now Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘KITTEN Act 
of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON EXPERIMENTATION ON CATS. 
Section 14 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 
2144) is amended— 
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(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Any de-
partment’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any department’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) (as so designated), in the 
second sentence, by striking ‘‘Any department’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) EXHIBITING ANIMALS.—Any department’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE EXPERIMEN-
TATION ON CATS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall not 
purchase, breed, transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose 
of, or conduct an experiment on a cat as part of any study 
or research that would subject that cat to a procedure that 
may cause pain or stress, including pain or stress that 
may be mitigated by anesthetics, analgesics, or tranquil-
izer drugs, unless the pain or stress is a result of a phys-
ical exam or training program.’’. 
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