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‘‘(2) VERIFICATION
LIMITATION
AND
DEAD-
LINE.—The verification by the Secretary under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) be limited to confirming compliance 
with the membership criteria set out in the con-
stitution of the Tribe adopted on November 16, 
2001; and 
‘‘(B) be completed not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION TO TAKE LAND INTO TRUST. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may take into 
trust for the benefit of the Tribe land of the Tribe. 
‘‘(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LAND.—An applica-
tion to take into trust land located within Robeson Coun-
ty, North Carolina, under this section shall be treated by 
the Secretary as an ‘on reservation’ trust acquisition 
under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or a successor regulation). 
‘‘SEC. 7. JURISDICTION OF STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to land located 
within the State of North Carolina that is owned by, or 
held in trust by the United States for the benefit of, the 
Tribe, or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe, 
the State of North Carolina shall exercise jurisdiction 
over— 
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‘‘(1) all criminal offenses that are committed; 
and 
‘‘(2) all civil actions that arise. 
‘‘(b) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary may accept on behalf of the United 
States, after consulting with the Attorney General of 
the United States, any transfer by the State of 
North Carolina to the United States of any portion 
of the jurisdiction of the State of North Carolina de-
scribed in subsection (a) pursuant to an agreement 
between the Tribe and the State of North Carolina. 
‘‘(2) RESTRICTION.—A transfer of jurisdiction 
described in paragraph (1) may not take effect until 
2 years after the effective date of the agreement de-
scribed in that paragraph. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section affects the ap-
plication of section 109 of the Indian Child Welfare Act 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1919). 
‘‘SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act.’’. 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1964 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs 
AN ACT 
To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North 
Carolina, 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 ‘‘Lumbee Tribe of North 
Carolina Recognition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
The Act of June 7, 1956 (70 Stat. 254, chapter 375), 
is amended— 
(1) by striking section 2; 
(2) in the first sentence of the first section, by 
striking ‘‘That the Indians’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF LUMBEE INDIANS. 
‘‘The Indians’’; 
(3) in the preamble— 
(A) by inserting before the first undesig-
nated clause the following: 
‘‘SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
‘‘Congress finds that—’’; 
(B) 
by 
designating 
the 
undesignated 
clauses as paragraphs (1) through (4), respec-
tively, and indenting appropriately; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Whereas’’ each place it 
appears; 
(D) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
at the end of each of paragraphs (1) and (2) 
(as so designated); and 
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(E) in paragraph (4) (as so designated), by 
striking ‘‘: Now, therefore,’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; 
(4) by moving the enacting clause so as to ap-
pear before section 1 (as so designated); 
(5) by striking the last sentence of section 3 (as 
designated by paragraph (2)); 
(6) by inserting before section 3 (as designated 
by paragraph (2)) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act: 
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
‘‘(2) TRIBE.—The term ‘Tribe’ means the 
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina or the Lumbee In-
dians of North Carolina.’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 4. FEDERAL RECOGNITION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Federal recognition is extended 
to the Tribe (as designated as petitioner number 65 by 
the Office of Federal Acknowledgment). 
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws and regula-
tions of the United States of general application to Indi-
ans and Indian tribes shall apply to the Tribe and its 
members. 
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(b) CONSTITUTION OF STATE.—The State Constitu-
tion shall always be republican in form and shall not be 
repugnant to the United States Constitution and the prin-
ciples of the Declaration of Independence. The current 
Puerto Rico Constitution is deemed to be republican in 
form and in conformity with the United States Constitu-
tion and is hereby accepted as the constitution of the State 
of Puerto Rico. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after en-
actment of this Act, the President shall issue a proclama-
tion announcing that Puerto Rico is admitted into the 
Union on equal footing with other States in all respects. 
(b) ADMISSION OF STATE UPON ISSUANCE OF PROC-
LAMATION.—Upon the issuance of the proclamation under 
subsection (a), the State shall be deemed admitted into 
the Union as provided in section 4. 
SEC. 6. STATE OF PUERTO RICO. 
Upon the admission of Puerto Rico into the Union 
as a State, the following apply: 
(1) TERRITORY.—The newly admitted State of 
Puerto Rico shall consist of all its islands, together 
with the appurtenant reefs and territorial waters in 
the seaward boundary, presently under the jurisdic-
tion of the territory of Puerto Rico. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1972 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1100 West Kent Avenue in Missoula, Montana, as the ‘‘Jeannette Rankin 
Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. GIANFORTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1100 West Kent Avenue in Missoula, Mon-
tana, as the ‘‘Jeannette Rankin Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. JEANNETTE RANKIN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1100 West Kent Avenue in Mis-
soula, Montana, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Jeannette Rankin Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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riers to participation in federally funded cancer 
clinical trials by populations that have been tra-
ditionally underrepresented in such trials; and 
(2) submit a report to the Congress on the re-
sults of such study, including recommendations on 
potential changes in practices and policies to im-
prove participation in such trials by such popu-
lations. 
(b) INCLUSION OF CLINICAL TRIALS.—The study 
under subsection (a)(1) shall include review of cancer clin-
ical trials that are largely funded by Federal agencies. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1966 
AN ACT 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United 
States to complete a study on barriers to partici-
pation in federally funded cancer clinical trials by 
populations that have been traditionally under-
represented in such trials.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1966 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to complete a study 
on barriers to participation in federally funded cancer clinical trials 
by populations that have been traditionally underrepresented in such 
trials. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Mr. SARBANES, and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, 
and Veterans’ Affairs, 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 concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
complete a study on barriers to participation in federally 
funded cancer clinical trials by populations that have 
been traditionally underrepresented in such trials. 
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 ‘‘Henrietta Lacks En-
hancing Cancer Research Act of 2019’’. 
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‘‘(ii) the aggregate amount of the 
credit allowed under this section for such 
taxable year to both spouses shall not ex-
ceed the amount that would have been al-
lowed if the spouses had filed a joint re-
turn. 
‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
prescribed such regulations or other guidance 
as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
subsection.’’. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—Section 21 of 
such Code is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g), and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a calendar 
year beginning after 2020, the $120,000 amount in 
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) and the dollar 
amounts in subsection (c) shall each be increased by 
an amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-
mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 
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States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Jeannette Rankin 
Post Office Building’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1971 
To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to 
make grants to eligible entities to carry out full-day kindergarten pro-
grams, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. GALLEGO
(for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. 
O’HALLERAN, and Mr. STANTON) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant 
program to make grants to eligible entities to carry out 
full-day kindergarten programs, 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 ‘‘Universal Full-Day 
Kindergarten Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
grant program to make grants on a competitive basis to 
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prison, jail, or other place of incarceration, any Federal 
funds unless that person has in effect a program under 
which each individual incarcerated in that person’s juris-
diction who is a citizen of the United States is notified, 
upon release from such incarceration, of that individual’s 
rights under section 3. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply to citizens of the United States 
voting in any election for Federal office held after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1972 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1100 West Kent Avenue in Missoula, Mon-
tana, as the ‘‘Jeannette Rankin Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. JEANNETTE RANKIN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1100 West Kent Avenue in Mis-
soula, Montana, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Jeannette Rankin 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 ‘‘Jeannette Rankin 
Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 16, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1972 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 17, 2019 
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 1100 West Kent Avenue in Missoula, Mon-
tana, as the ‘‘Jeannette Rankin Post Office Building’’. 
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. JEANNETTE RANKIN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1100 West Kent Avenue in Mis-
soula, Montana, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Jeannette Rankin 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 ‘‘Jeannette Rankin 
Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 16, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1973 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide authority to add 
additional vaccines to the list of taxable vaccines. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. HIGGINS of New York (for himself and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
authority to add additional vaccines to the list of taxable 
vaccines. 
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 ‘‘Vaccine Access Im-
provement Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITION OF NEW VACCINES TO LIST OF TAXABLE 
VACCINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4132(a)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(Q) Any vaccine which is not described in 
any other subparagraph of this paragraph and 
which is included on the Vaccine Injury Table 
under section 2114 of the Public Health Service 
Act.’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services adds a vaccine 
to the Vaccine Injury Table pursuant of section 2114 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa–14), the 
Secretary shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives of such designation. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) SALES, ETC.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to sales and uses on or 
after the date on which the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services lists any new vaccine pursuant to 
section 2114 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
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U.S.C. 300aa–14) for purposes of compensation for 
any vaccine-related injury or death through the Vac-
cine Injury Compensation Trust Fund. 
(2) DELIVERIES.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1) and section 4131 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, in the case of sales on or before the effec-
tive date described in such paragraph for which de-
livery is made after such date, the delivery date shall 
be considered the sale date. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1974 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
mine rescue team training credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. HORSFORD 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 permanently 
extend the mine rescue team training credit. 
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 ‘‘Mine Rescue Team 
Training Credit’’. 
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF MINE RESCUE TEAM 
TRAINING CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45N of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (e). 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2017. 
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(2) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives; 
(3) the Senators of each State in which the Di-
rector carried out the sampling; and 
(4) each Member of the House of Representa-
tives that represents a district in which the Director 
carried out the sampling. 
SEC. 5. DATA USAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide the 
sampling data collected under section 4 to— 
(1) the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency; and 
(2) other Federal and State regulatory agencies 
on request. 
(b) USAGE.—The sampling data provided under sub-
section (a) shall be used to inform and enhance assess-
ments of exposure, likely health and environmental im-
pacts, and remediation priorities. 
SEC. 6. COLLABORATION. 
In carrying out this Act, the Director shall collabo-
rate with— 
(1) appropriate Federal and State regulators; 
(2) institutions of higher education; 
(3) research institutions; and 
(4) other expert stakeholders. 
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subcommittees and shall ensure that each member 
appointed to a subcommittee has subject matter ex-
pertise relevant to the subject matter of the sub-
committee. 
‘‘(e) NONAPPLICABILITY
OF FACA.—The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 
to the Advisory Committee and its subcommittees.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2214 the following new item: 
‘‘2215. Cybersecurity Advisory Committee.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1977 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for 2 years the 
exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence 
indebtedness. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. REED, and Mr. COURTNEY) 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 extend 
for 2 years the exclusion from gross income of discharges 
of qualified principal residence indebtedness. 
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 ‘‘Mortgage Forgiveness 
Tax Relief Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF EXCLUSION FROM GROSS 
INCOME OF DISCHARGE OF QUALIFIED PRIN-
CIPAL RESIDENCE INDEBTEDNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 108(a)(1)(E) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘Janu-
ary 1, 2018’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘January 
1, 2020’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to discharges of indebtedness after 
December 31, 2017. 
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