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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4345 
To provide for the acquisition of non-Federal land for inclusion in the Fort 
Monroe National Monument in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 
Mrs. LURIA (for herself, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. WITTMAN, and Mr. 
MCEACHIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the acquisition of non-Federal land for inclu-
sion in the Fort Monroe National Monument in the 
State of Virginia, 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 ‘‘Fort Monroe National 
Monument Land Acquisition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map 
prepared by the National Park Service entitled 
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‘‘Fort Monroe National Monument Proposed Land 
Conveyance’’, numbered 250/154572A, and dated 
July 2019. 
(2) 
MONUMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Monument’’ 
means the Fort Monroe National Monument in the 
State. 
(3) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 44 acres of land 
in the State depicted on the map as ‘‘Commonwealth 
of Virginia Land (Fee) Proposed for Conveyance to 
the NPS’’ and ‘‘Commonwealth of Virginia Interest 
(Easement) Proposed for Conveyance to the NPS’’. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Virginia. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF NON-FEDERAL LAND FOR THE 
FORT MONROE NATIONAL MONUMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the State offers to convey to 
the United States the non-Federal land— 
(1) the Secretary shall accept the offer; and 
(2) on conveyance to the United States of the 
non-Federal land, the non-Federal land shall be 
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added to, and administered by the Secretary as part 
of, the Monument. 
(b) CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary and the State 
may, by mutual agreement— 
(1) make minor boundary adjustments to the 
non-Federal land to be conveyed under subsection 
(a); and 
(2) correct any minor errors in the map. 
(c) RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.—As part of the con-
veyance of the non-Federal land to the United States 
under subsection (a), the State may reserve and retain the 
rights of the State under any leases in existence on the 
non-Federal land on the day before the date of the convey-
ance. 
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SEC. 7. MEETINGS. 
Not later than 6 months after the publication of each 
inventory under section 6, the Interagency Council shall 
convene a meeting of representatives of the offices, cen-
ters, and programs included in such inventory and invite 
other local and regional stakeholders to participate and 
develop plans to coordinate the efforts of such offices, cen-
ters, and programs and facilitate efficient services to 
stakeholders. At such meetings, such representatives 
shall— 
(1) share information regarding their office, 
center, or program’s extreme weather resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk identification and management 
efforts; 
(2) identify opportunities for collaboration and 
coordination of research agendas, extreme weather 
assessment activities, vulnerability assessments, data 
collection and analysis, and planning and imple-
menting extreme weather resilience, preparedness, 
and risk identification and management projects; 
(3) identify extreme weather resilience, pre-
paredness, and risk identification and management 
information needs, research gaps, and decision sup-
port needs that are not met by any of the offices, 
centers, or programs included in the inventory under 
section 6 and make available such identification for 
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ministrative or judicial appeal is pending. Once 
the entity has complied with the reclamation re-
quirement or other standard concerned an oil or 
gas lease may be issued to such entity under 
this Act. 
‘‘(D) LIMITATION
ON
BONDS.—A bond, 
surety, or other financial arrangement described 
in subparagraph (A) shall not be adequate if it 
is less than— 
‘‘(i) $50,000 in the case of an ar-
rangement for an individual surface-dis-
turbing activity of an entity; 
‘‘(ii) $250,000 in the case of an ar-
rangement for all surface-disturbing activi-
ties of an entity in a State; or 
‘‘(iii) $1,000,000 in the case of an ar-
rangement for all surface-disturbing activi-
ties of an entity in the United States. 
‘‘(E) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—In 
the application of subparagraph (B), the Secre-
taries concerned shall jointly at least once every 
three years adjust the dollar amounts in sub-
paragraph (B) to account for inflation based on 
the Consumer Price Index for all urban con-
sumer published by the Department of Labor. 
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‘‘(5) STANDARDS.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall, by regu-
lation, establish uniform standards for all Interim 
and Final Reclamation Plans. The goal of such 
plans shall be the restoration of the affected eco-
system to a condition approximating or equal to that 
which existed prior to the surface disturbance. Such 
standards shall include restoration of natural vegeta-
tion and hydrology, habitat restoration, salvage, 
storage and reuse of topsoils, erosion control, control 
of invasive species and noxious weeds and natural 
contouring. 
‘‘(6) MONITORING.—The Secretary concerned 
shall not approve final abandonment and shall not 
release any bond required by this Act until the 
standards and requirement for final reclamation es-
tablished pursuant to this Act have been met.’’. 
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5(c)(ll)(B) available for public inspection in 
the appropriate offices of the Secretary.’’. 
(b) STUDY OF EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC 
TRAIL.—Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(ll)(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Emancipation 
National Historic Trail, extending approximately 51 
miles from the Osterman Building and Reedy Chapel 
in Galveston, Texas, along Texas State Highway 3 
and Interstate Highway 45 North, to Freedmen’s 
Town and Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas. 
‘‘(B) MAP.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
include in the study a map of the trail described in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) COMPLETION DATE.—The study shall be 
completed not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this paragraph.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized $5,000,000 for purposes of this Act. 
(d) DATE OF ENACTMENT OF DESIGNATION.—Sub-
section (a) shall be enacted upon the date that the study 
required by the amendment made in subsection (b) has 
been submitted to Congress. 
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‘‘United States Global Change Research Program 
Annual Report’’ means the report required by sec-
tion 102(e)(7) of the Global Change Research Act of 
1990 (15 U.S.C. 2932(e)(7)). 
SEC. 10. REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE AGENCY EXTREME 
WEATHER PLAN IN AGENCY PERFORMANCE 
PLAN. 
A description of the most recent agency extreme 
weather plan, as required under section 3, shall be in-
cluded in the performance plan of an agency (as defined 
in section 9) required pursuant to section 1115(b) of title 
31, United States Code. 
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Union Calendar No. 546 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4347 
[Report No. 116–662, Part I] 
A BILL 
To enhance the Federal Government’s planning and 
preparation for extreme weather and the Federal 
Government’s dissemination of best practices to 
respond to extreme weather, thereby increasing 
resilience, improving regional coordination, and 
mitigating the financial risk to the Federal Gov-
ernment from such extreme weather, and for 
other purposes. 
DECEMBER 17, 2020 
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
DECEMBER 17, 2020 
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology for a period ending not later than December 17, 
2020, for consideration of such provisions of the bill as 
fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant 
to clause 1(p) of rule X 
DECEMBER 17, 2020 
Committees on Oversight and Reform and Science, 
Space, and Technology discharged; committed to the 
Committee 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. 4348 
To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Commerce relating to endangered and threatened species, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 
CASE, Mr. COHEN, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. TED LIEU of 
California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Ms. PORTER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 
SHALALA, Mr. SOTO, and Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources 
A BILL 
To terminate certain rules issued by the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Commerce relating to en-
dangered and threatened species, 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 ‘‘Protect America’s 
Wildlife and Fish in Need of Conservation Act of 2019’’ 
or the ‘‘PAW and FIN Conservation Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO EN-
DANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES AND 
RESTORATION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments to parts 17, 
402, and 424 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, 
made by the following final rules are void: 
(1) The final rule promulgated by the Secretary 
of the Interior entitled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened 
Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Prohibitions to 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants’’ (84 Fed. Reg. 
44753 (August 27, 2019)). 
(2) The final rule promulgated by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce enti-
tled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
Plants; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation’’ 
(84 Fed. Reg. 44976 (August 27, 2019)). 
(3) The final rule promulgated by the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce enti-
tled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 
Plants; Regulations for Listing Species and Desig-
nating Critical Habitat’’ (84 Fed. Reg. 45020 (Au-
gust 27, 2019)). 
(b) EFFECTIVENESS.—Parts 17, 402, and 424 of 
title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, shall be in effect 
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as if the amendments voided under subsection (a) had not 
been made. 
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‘‘(H) Ensuring historic preservation re-
quirements and other land use policies or re-
quirements are coordinated to encourage cre-
ation of housing in historic buildings and his-
toric districts. 
‘‘(I) Increasing the allowable floor area 
ratio in multifamily housing areas. 
‘‘(J) Creating transit-oriented development 
zones. 
‘‘(K) Streamlining or shortening permit-
ting processes and timelines, including through 
one-stop and parallel-process permitting. 
‘‘(L) Eliminating or reducing off-street 
parking requirements. 
‘‘(M) Ensuring impact and utility invest-
ment fees accurately reflect required infrastruc-
ture needs and related impacts on housing af-
fordability are otherwise mitigated. 
‘‘(N) Allowing prefabricated construction. 
‘‘(O) Reducing or eliminating minimum 
unit square footage requirements. 
‘‘(P) Allowing the conversion of office units 
to apartments. 
‘‘(Q) Allowing the subdivision of single- 
family homes into duplexes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emancipation National 
Historic Trail Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL STUDY. 
Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(47) 
EMANCIPATION
NATIONAL
HISTORIC 
TRAIL.—The Emancipation National Historic Trail, 
extending 
approximately 
miles 
from 
the 
Osterman Building and Reedy Chapel in Galveston, 
Texas, along Texas State Highway 3 and Interstate 
Highway 45 North, to Freedmen’s Town, then to 
Independence Heights and Emancipation Park in 
Houston, Texas, following the migration route taken 
by newly freed slaves and other persons of African 
descent from the major 19th century seaport town 
of Galveston to the burgeoning community of Freed-
men’s Town, located in the 4th Ward of Houston, 
Texas.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 434 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to pro-
vide for the study of the Emancipation National 
Historic Trail, and for other purposes.
H. R. 434 
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 amend the National Trails System Act to provide for the study of the Emanci-
pation National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emancipation National Historic 
Trail Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL STUDY. 
Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 
1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(47) 
EMANCIPATION
NATIONAL
HISTORIC
TRAIL.—The 
Emancipation National Historic Trail, extending approximately 
51 miles from the Osterman Building and Reedy Chapel in 
Galveston, Texas, along Texas State Highway 3 and Interstate 
Highway 45 North, to Freedmen’s Town, then to Independence 
Heights and Emancipation Park in Houston, Texas, following 
the migration route taken by newly freed slaves and other 
persons of African descent from the major 19th century seaport 
town of Galveston to the burgeoning community of Freedmen’s 
Town, located in the 4th Ward of Houston, Texas.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 434 
To designate the Emancipation National Historic Trail, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 10, 2019 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. BASS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. HURD of 
Texas, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. HIGGINS of New York) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the Emancipation National Historic Trail, 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 ‘‘Emancipation National 
Historic Trail Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HIS-
TORIC TRAIL. 
(a) DESIGNATION OF EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HIS-
TORIC TRAIL.—Section 5(a) of the National Trails System 
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Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(ll) EMANCIPATION
NATIONAL
HISTORIC 
TRAIL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 
results of the study conducted under subsection 
(c)(ll), the Emancipation National Historic 
Trail, extending approximately 51 miles from 
the Osterman Building and Reedy Chapel in 
Galveston, Texas, along Texas State Highway 3 
and Interstate Highway 45 North, to Freed-
men’s Town and Emancipation Park in Hous-
ton, Texas, following the migration route taken 
by newly freed slaves and other persons of Afri-
can descent from the major 19th century sea-
port town of Galveston to the burgeoning com-
munity of Freedmen’s Town, located in the 4th 
Ward of Houston, Texas. 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be 
administered by the National Park Service, in 
cooperation with the relevant Federal, State, 
and local authorities. 
‘‘(C) MAP.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall make the map described in section 
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‘‘(R) Allowing accessory dwelling units, in-
cluding detached accessory dwelling units, on all 
lots with single-family homes. 
‘‘(S) Establishing density bonuses. 
‘‘(T) Eliminating or relaxing residential 
property height limitations. 
‘‘(U) Using property tax abatements to en-
able higher density and mixed-income commu-
nities. 
‘‘(V) Donating vacant land for affordable 
housing development. 
‘‘(3) EFFECT OF SUBMISSION.—A submission 
under this subsection shall not be binding with re-
spect to the use or distribution of amounts received 
under section 106. 
‘‘(4) ACCEPTANCE
OR
NONACCEPTANCE
OF 
PLAN.—The acceptance or nonacceptance of any 
plan submitted under this subsection in which the 
information required under this subsection is pro-
vided is not an endorsement or approval of the plan, 
policies, or methodologies, or lack thereof.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements under 
subsection (n) of section 104 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304), as added 
by subsection (a), shall—
IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 434 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 25, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to provide for 
the study of the Emancipation National Historic Trail, 
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 ‘‘Emancipation National 
Historic Trail Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EMANCIPATION NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL STUDY. 
Section 5(c) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(47) 
EMANCIPATION
NATIONAL
HISTORIC 
TRAIL.—The Emancipation National Historic Trail, 
extending 
approximately 
miles 
from 
the 
Osterman Building and Reedy Chapel in Galveston, 
Texas, along Texas State Highway 3 and Interstate 
Highway 45 North, to Freedmen’s Town, then to 
Independence Heights and Emancipation Park in 
Houston, Texas, following the migration route taken 
by newly freed slaves and other persons of African 
descent from the major 19th century seaport town 
of Galveston to the burgeoning community of Freed-
men’s Town, located in the 4th Ward of Houston, 
Texas.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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(1) take effect on the date that is 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) apply to recipients of a grant under sub-
section (b), (d)(1), or (d)(2)(B) of section 106 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5306) before, on, and after such date. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 2, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4351 
AN ACT 
To require certain grantees under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 to submit a plan to track discriminatory 
land use policies, and for other purposes.
SEC. 4. ADVISORY PANEL ON HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT PAY-
MENT REPRESENTATION. 
(a) ASC REPRESENTATIVE.—The second sentence of 
section 1833(t)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(t)(9)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and sup-
pliers subject to the prospective payment system (includ-
ing at least one ambulatory surgical center representa-
tive)’’ after ‘‘an appropriate selection of representatives of 
providers’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. REASONS FOR EXCLUDING ADDITIONAL PROCE-
DURES FROM ASC APPROVED LIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(i)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(i)(1)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: ‘‘In updating such lists for 
application in years beginning after the date of the enact-
ment of this sentence, for each procedure that was re-
quested to be included in such lists during the public com-
ment period but which the Secretary does not propose (in 
the final rule updating such lists) to so include in such 
lists, the Secretary shall cite in such final rule the specific 
criteria in paragraph (b) or (c) of section 416.166 of title 
42, Code of Federal Regulations, based on which the pro-
cedure was excluded. If paragraph (b) of such section is 
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cited for exclusion of a procedure, the Secretary shall iden-
tify the peer reviewed research or the evidence upon which 
such determination is based.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to lists of ambulatory surgery 
procedures for application in years beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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