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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5680 
To provide for the establishment of the Taiwan Defense Assessment 
Commission, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2018 
Mr. BACON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 
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 provide for the establishment of the Taiwan Defense 
Assessment Commission, 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 ‘‘Taiwan Defense As-
sessment Commission Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to reinforce its 
commitments to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act 
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and consistent with the ‘‘Six Assurances’’ as both govern-
ments work to improve Taiwan’s self-defense capability. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should— 
(1) strengthen and enhance its longstanding 
partnership and cooperation with Taiwan; 
(2) continue to conduct regular transfers of de-
fense articles and defense services necessary to en-
able Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense ca-
pability, based solely on the needs of Taiwan; 
(3) continue to conduct bilateral military exer-
cises and exchanges of senior military officers and 
senior officials with Taiwan to improve military-to- 
military relations, as expressed in section 1284 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2544); 
and 
(4) provide regular consultation and advice to 
Taiwan on other matters that will improve the effi-
ciency, effectiveness, readiness and resilience of Tai-
wan’s defense establishment. 
SEC. 4. TAIWAN DEFENSE ASSESSMENT COMMISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
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recidivism reduction programming and productive activi-
ties that shall be assigned for each prisoner, including— 
‘‘(1) programs in which the Bureau of Prisons 
shall assign the prisoner to participate, according to 
the prisoner’s specific criminogenic needs; and 
‘‘(2) information on the best ways that the Bu-
reau of Prisons can tailor the programs to the spe-
cific criminogenic needs of each prisoner so as to 
most effectively lower each prisoner’s risk of recidi-
vism. 
‘‘(c) HOUSING AND ASSIGNMENT DECISIONS.—The 
System shall provide guidance on program grouping and 
housing assignment determinations and, after accounting 
for the safety of each prisoner and other individuals at 
the prison, provide that prisoners with a similar risk level 
be grouped together in housing and assignment decisions 
to the extent practicable. 
‘‘(d) EVIDENCE-BASED
RECIDIVISM
REDUCTION 
PROGRAM INCENTIVES AND PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES RE-
WARDS.—The System shall provide incentives and rewards 
for prisoners to participate in and complete evidence-based 
recidivism reduction programs as follows: 
‘‘(1) PHONE AND VISITATION PRIVILEGES.—A 
prisoner who is successfully participating in an evi-
Defense shall establish a commission, to be known as the 
‘‘Taiwan Defense Assessment Commission’’, to conduct a 
comprehensive assessment of Taiwan’s defense establish-
ment and provide recommendations to improve the effi-
ciency, effectiveness, readiness, and resilience of Taiwan’s 
self-defense capability in the following areas: 
(1) Strategic planning and resource manage-
ment. 
(2) Personnel management and force develop-
ment. 
(3) Joint operational planning and assessment. 
(4) Military readiness measurement and assess-
ment. 
(5) Command, control, communications, and in-
telligence. 
(6) Technology research and development. 
(7) Defense article procurement and logistics. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
on which the commission is established under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Taiwan’s De-
fense Minister and the congressional defense committees 
a report on the recommendations of the Commission under 
subsection (a). 
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‘‘(C) the name and rank of the crew mem-
ber that used the master key; and 
‘‘(4) make the list under paragraph (2) and the 
log book under paragraph (3) available upon request 
to any agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
any member of the Coast Guard, and any law en-
forcement officer performing official duties in the 
course and scope of an investigation. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITED USE.—Crew not included on the 
list described in subsection (a)(2) shall not have access 
to or use the master key unless in an emergency and shall 
immediately notify the master and owner of the vessel fol-
lowing use of such key. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR LOG BOOK.—The log book 
described in subsection (a)(3) and required to be included 
in 
a 
safety 
management 
system 
under 
section 
3203(a)(6)— 
‘‘(1) may be electronic; and 
‘‘(2) shall be located in a centralized location 
that is readily accessible to law enforcement per-
sonnel. 
‘‘(d) PENALTY.—Any crew member who uses the 
master key without having been granted access pursuant 
to subsection (a)(2) shall be liable to the United States 
Government for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000
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and may be subject to suspension or revocation under sec-
tion 7703. 
‘‘(e) EXEMPTION.—This section shall not apply to 
vessels subject to section 3507(f).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 31 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘3106. Master key control system.’’. 
SEC. 609. SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. 
Section 3203 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 
(6) as paragraphs (7) and (8); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
‘‘(5) with respect to sexual harassment and sex-
ual assault, procedures for, and annual training re-
quirements for all shipboard personnel on— 
‘‘(A) prevention; 
‘‘(B) bystander intervention; 
‘‘(C) reporting; 
‘‘(D) response; and 
‘‘(E) investigation; 
‘‘(6) the log book required under section 
3106;’’;
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(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) 
PROCEDURES
AND
TRAINING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In prescribing regulations for the procedures 
and training requirements described in subsection (a)(5), 
such procedures and requirements shall be consistent with 
the requirements to report sexual harassment or sexual 
assault under section 10104.’’. 
SEC. 610. REQUIREMENT TO REPORT SEXUAL ASSAULT 
AND HARASSMENT. 
Section 10104 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) MANDATORY REPORTING BY CREW MEMBER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A crew member of a docu-
mented vessel shall report to the Secretary any com-
plaint or incident of sexual harassment or sexual as-
sault of which the crewmember has first-hand or 
personal knowledge. 
‘‘(2) PENALTY.—A crew member with first- 
hand or personal knowledge of a sexual assault or 
sexual harassment incident on a documented vessel 
who knowingly fails to report in compliance with
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 ‘‘Lieutenant Osvaldo 
Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 
2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108–277; 118 Stat. 865) gives 
certain law enforcement officers, including certain 
correctional officers of the Bureau of Prisons, the 
right to carry a concealed firearm in all 50 States 
for self-protection; 
(2) the purpose of that Act is to allow certain 
law enforcement officers to protect themselves while 
off duty; 
(3) correctional officers of the Bureau of Pris-
ons have been the targets of assaults and murders 
while off duty; and 
(4) while that Act allows certain law enforce-
ment officers to protect themselves off duty, the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Prisons allows correctional 
officers of the Bureau of Prisons to securely store
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6140 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish and 
carry out a program to support the availability of 
HA–LEU for domestic commercial use, and for 
other purposes.
‘‘(C) an evaluation to ensure that the risk 
and needs assessment system bases the assess-
ment of each prisoner’s risk of recidivism on in-
dicators of progress, and of regression that are 
dynamic and that can reasonably be expected to 
change while in prison; 
‘‘(D) statistical validation of any tools that 
the risk and needs assessment system uses; and 
‘‘(E) an evaluation of the rates of recidi-
vism among similarly classified prisoners to 
identify any unwarranted disparities, including 
disparities among similarly classified prisoners 
of different demographic groups, in such rates; 
‘‘(5) make any revisions or updates to the risk 
and needs assessment system that the Attorney Gen-
eral determines appropriate pursuant to the review 
under paragraph (4), including updates to ensure 
that any disparities identified in paragraph (4)(E) 
are reduce to the greatest extent possible; and 
‘‘(6) report to Congress in accordance with sec-
tion 3634. 
‘‘§ 3632. Development of risk and needs assessment 
system 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of the FIRST STEP Act, the 
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‘‘(xxi) Section 2119(3), relating to 
taking a motor vehicle (commonly referred 
to as ‘carjacking’) that results in death. 
‘‘(xxii) Any section of chapter 105, re-
lating to sabotage, except for section 2152. 
‘‘(xxiii) Any section of chapter 109A, 
relating to sexual abuse, except that with 
regard to section 2244, only a conviction 
under subsection (c) of that section (relat-
ing to abusive sexual contact involving 
young children) shall make a prisoner in-
eligible under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(xxiv) Section 2251, relating to the 
sexual exploitation of children. 
‘‘(xxv) Section 2251A, relating to the 
selling or buying of children. 
‘‘(xxvi) 
Any 
of 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (3) of section 2252(a), relating to 
certain activities relating to material in-
volving the sexual exploitation of minors. 
‘‘(xxvii) A second or subsequent con-
viction under any of paragraphs (1) 
through (6) of section 2252A(a), relating 
to certain activities relating to material 
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‘‘(vi) Represents both the buyer and 
the seller in the same transaction without 
providing clear written disclosure as to the 
parties the broker represents and obtaining 
written consent from both parties to the 
joint representation. 
‘‘(vii) Facilitates a transaction with a 
group of buyers formed with the assistance 
of the M&A broker to acquire the eligible 
privately held company. 
‘‘(viii) Engages in a transaction in-
volving the transfer of ownership of an eli-
gible privately held company to a passive 
buyer or group of passive buyers. For pur-
poses of the preceding sentence, a buyer 
that is actively involved in managing the 
acquired company is not a passive buyer, 
regardless of whether such buyer is itself 
owned by passive beneficial owners. 
‘‘(ix) Binds a party to a transfer of 
ownership of an eligible privately held com-
pany. 
‘‘(C) 
DISQUALIFICATIONS.—An 
M&A 
broker is not exempt from registration under 
this paragraph if such broker is subject to—
sive, destructive devices, and weapons of 
mass destruction, but only if the conviction 
involved a weapon of mass destruction (as 
defined in section 2332a(c)(2) of such title). 
‘‘(x) Subsection (f)(3), (h), or (i) of sec-
tion 844, relating to the use of fire or an ex-
plosive. 
‘‘(xi) Section 924(e), relating to unlaw-
ful possession of a firearm by a person with 
3 or more convictions for a violent felony. 
‘‘(xii) Section 1030(a)(1), relating to 
fraud and related activity in connection 
with computers. 
‘‘(xiii) Any section of chapter 51, relat-
ing to homicide, except for section 1112 (re-
lating to manslaughter), 1113 (relating to 
attempt to commit murder or manslaughter, 
but only if the conviction was for an at-
tempt to commit manslaughter), 1115 (re-
lating to misconduct or neglect of ship offi-
cers), or 1122 (relating to protection 
against 
the 
human 
immunodeficiency 
virus). 
‘‘(xiv) Any section of chapter 55, relat-
ing to kidnapping. 
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A BILL 
To provide for programs to help reduce the risk that pris-
oners will recidivate upon release from prison, and for 
other purposes. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICATION THER-
APY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS UNDER PART 
D. 
Section 1860D–4(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–104(c)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subclauses (I) through 
(III) as items (aa) through (cc), respectively, and 
adjusting the margins accordingly; 
(2) by striking ‘‘are part D eligible individuals 
who—’’ and inserting ‘‘are the following: 
‘‘(I) Part D eligible individuals 
who—’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
clause: 
‘‘(II) 
Beginning 
January 
1, 
2021, at-risk beneficiaries for pre-
scription drug abuse (as defined in 
paragraph (5)(C)).’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5687 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act to require improved packaging and disposal 
methods with respect to certain drugs, and for 
other purposes.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5687 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require improved 
packaging and disposal methods with respect to certain drugs, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2018 
Mr. HUDSON (for himself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, and Mr. BUDD) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
require improved packaging and disposal methods with 
respect to certain drugs, 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 ‘‘Securing Opioids and 
Unused Narcotics with Deliberate Disposal and Packaging 
Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘SOUND Disposal and Packaging 
Act’’. 
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(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) COLLABORATION SET ASIDE.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall use not less than 8 percent of funds appropriated 
to provide technical assistance to State and local govern-
ments receiving grants under this part to foster collabora-
tion between such governments in furtherance of the pur-
poses set forth in section 3 of the Mentally Ill Offender 
Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 
10651 note).’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 541 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5682 
[Report No. 115–699] 
A BILL 
To provide for programs to help reduce the risk 
that prisoners will recidivate upon release from 
prison, and for other purposes. 
MAY 22, 2018 
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 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5684 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligibility for 
medication therapy management programs established under part D of 
the Medicare program to include certain individuals who are at risk 
for prescription drug abuse. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2018 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS, and Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand 
eligibility for medication therapy management programs 
established under part D of the Medicare program to 
include certain individuals who are at risk for prescrip-
tion drug abuse. 
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 Seniors 
From Opioid Abuse Act’’. 
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paragraph (a)(1) is liable to the United States Gov-
ernment for a civil penalty of not more than $5,000. 
‘‘(3) AMNESTY.—A crew member who fails to 
make the required reporting under paragraph (1) 
shall not be subject to the penalty described in para-
graph (2) if— 
‘‘(A) the crew member is the victim of such 
sexual assault or sexual harassment incident; 
‘‘(B) the complaint is shared in confidence 
with the crew member directly from the victim; 
or 
‘‘(C) the crew member is a victim advocate 
as defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)). 
‘‘(b) MANDATORY REPORTING BY VESSEL OWNER.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A vessel owner or man-
aging operator of a documented vessel or the em-
ployer of a seafarer on that vessel shall report to the 
Secretary any complaint or incident of harassment, 
sexual harassment, or sexual assault in violation of 
employer policy or law, of which such vessel owner 
or managing operator of a vessel engaged in com-
mercial service, or the employer of the seafarer is 
made aware. Such reporting shall include results of
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7190 
To permit a State to impose a sales tax on qualifying purchases at any 
gift shop on Federal property, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2022 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To permit a State to impose a sales tax on qualifying pur-
chases at any gift shop on Federal property, 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 ‘‘Federal Gift Shop Tax 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SALES TAX IN GIFT SHOPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State may levy a sales tax on 
qualifying purchases made from any gift shop located on 
Federal property. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Opioid Safety 
Education Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING OPIOID 
USE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT AS PART OF 
MEDICARE & YOU HANDBOOK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1804 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–2) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) The notice provided under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
‘‘(1) educational resources, compiled by the Sec-
retary, regarding opioid use and pain management; 
and 
‘‘(2) a description of alternative, non-opioid 
pain management treatments covered under this 
title.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to notices distributed prior to 
each Medicare open enrollment period beginning after 
January 1, 2019. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5685 
AN ACT 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
provide educational resources regarding opioid 
use and pain management as part of the Medi-
care & You handbook.
IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5685 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 13, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
educational resources regarding opioid use and pain man-
agement as part of the Medicare & You handbook. 
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 ‘‘Medicare Opioid Safety 
Education Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING OPIOID 
USE AND PAIN MANAGEMENT AS PART OF 
MEDICARE & YOU HANDBOOK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1804 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b–2) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) The notice provided under subsection (a) shall 
include— 
‘‘(1) educational resources, compiled by the Sec-
retary, regarding opioid use and pain management; 
and 
‘‘(2) a description of alternative, non-opioid 
pain management treatments covered under this 
title.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to notices distributed prior to 
each Medicare open enrollment period beginning after 
January 1, 2019. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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