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‘‘(1) For the purposes of enforcing section 
302(a), upon the engrossment of any appropriation 
bill by the House of Representatives or Senate, as 
applicable, the amount of budget authority and out-
lays calculated pursuant to subsection (c)(3) shall be 
counted against the 302(a) allocation provided to the 
Committee on Appropriations as if the amount cal-
culated pursuant to subsection (c)(3) was included 
in the bill just engrossed. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of enforcing section 302(b), 
upon the engrossment of any appropriation bill by 
the House of Representatives or Senate, as applica-
ble, the 302(b) allocation provided to the sub-
committee for the bill just engrossed shall be deemed 
to have been reduced by the amount of budget au-
thority and outlays calculated, pursuant to sub-
section (c)(3). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘appropriation bill’ means any general or special appro-
priation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making sup-
plemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2882 
To authorize Federal agencies to establish prize competitions for innovation 
or adaptation management development relating to ocean acidification. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2017 
Mr. KILMER (for himself and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology 
A BILL 
To authorize Federal agencies to establish prize competitions 
for innovation or adaptation management development 
relating to ocean acidification. 
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 ‘‘Ocean Acidification 
Innovation Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PRIZE COMPETITIONS. 
Section 12404 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re-
search and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(d) PRIZE COMPETITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any Federal agency with a 
representative serving on the interagency working 
group established under this section may, either in-
dividually or in cooperation with one or more agen-
cies, carry out a program to award prizes competi-
tively under section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3719). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—Any prize competition carried 
out under this subsection shall be for the purpose of 
stimulating innovation to advance our Nation’s abil-
ity to understand, research, or monitor ocean acidifi-
cation or its impacts, or to develop management or 
adaptation options for responding to ocean acidifica-
tion. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITY
PROGRAMS.—Priority shall be 
given to establishing programs under this section 
that address communities, environments, or indus-
tries that are in distress due to the impacts of ocean 
acidification, including— 
‘‘(A) the development of monitoring or 
management options for communities or indus-
tries that are experiencing significant financial 
hardship; 
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‘‘(B) the development of adaptation op-
tions to alleviate economic harm and job loss 
caused by ocean acidification; 
‘‘(C) the development of measures to help 
vulnerable communities or industries, with an 
emphasis on rural communities and businesses; 
and 
‘‘(D) the development of adaptation and 
management options for impacted shellfish in-
dustries.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2897 
To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Director of 
the National Park Service to enter into cooperative management agree-
ments for the operation, maintenance, and management of units of the 
National Park System in the District of Columbia, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2017 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, 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 authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and 
the Director of the National Park Service to enter into 
cooperative management agreements for the operation, 
maintenance, and management of units of the National 
Park System in the District of Columbia, 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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HR 2897 RFS
tive management agreement entered into under this 
Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 16, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(1) the term ‘‘border-crossing facility’’ means the 
portion of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric 
transmission facility that is located at an inter-
national boundary of the United States; 
(2) the term ‘‘modification’’ includes a reversal 
of flow direction, change in ownership, change in flow 
volume, addition or removal of an interconnection, or 
an adjustment to maintain flow (such as a reduction 
or increase in the number of pump or compressor sta-
tions); 
(3) the term ‘‘natural gas’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 2 of the Natural Gas Act 
(15 U.S.C. 717a); 
(4) the term ‘‘oil’’ means petroleum or a petro-
leum product; 
(5) the terms ‘‘Electric Reliability Organization’’ 
and ‘‘regional entity’’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 215 of the Federal Power Act (16 
U.S.C. 824o); and 
(6) the terms ‘‘Independent System Operator’’ 
and ‘‘Regional Transmission Organization’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 
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Union Calendar No. 160 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2883 
[Report No. 115–225, Part I] 
A BILL 
To establish a more uniform, transparent, and 
modern process to authorize the construction, 
connection, operation, and maintenance of inter-
national border-crossing facilities for the import 
and export of oil and natural gas and the trans-
mission of electricity. 
JULY 17, 2017 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
with an amendment 
JULY 17, 2017 
The Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure 
and Natural Resources 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 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2884 
To amend section 2201 of title 44, United States Code, to require the 
preservation of Presidential social media accounts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2017 
Mr. QUIGLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend section 2201 of title 44, United States Code, 
to require the preservation of Presidential social media 
accounts, 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 ‘‘Communications Over 
Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement Act of 
2017’’ or the ‘‘COVFEFE Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR PRESERVATION OF SOCIAL 
MEDIA ACCOUNTS. 
Section 2201 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘social 
media,’’ after ‘‘films,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2); 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
but’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C); 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) includes any personal and official so-
cial media account; but’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig-
nated, by inserting after ‘‘(ii) personal records’’ 
the following: ‘‘, except as provided for in sub-
paragraph (B)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The term ‘social media’ means any form of 
electronic communication (such as a website for so-
cial networking and microblogging) through which 
users create an online community to share informa-
tion, ideas, personal messages, and other content 
(such as videos).’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2885 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States Army Dust 
Off crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, in recognition of their extraor-
dinary heroism and life-saving actions in Vietnam. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2017 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. KILMER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the United States 
Army Dust Off crews of the Vietnam War, collectively, 
in recognition of their extraordinary heroism and life- 
saving actions in Vietnam. 
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 ‘‘Dust Off Crews of 
the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
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measures for evaluating the effectiveness of 
the program activity; and 
‘‘(ii) substantially change (or propose 
to substantially change) a program activity 
to contain— 
‘‘(I) performance measures for 
evaluating the effectiveness of the pro-
gram activity as changed (or proposed 
to be changed); or 
‘‘(II) a finding that existing per-
formance measures will effectively 
evaluate the program activity as 
changed (or proposed to be changed). 
‘‘(3) INQUIRY.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Commis-
sion shall complete an inquiry to seek public com-
ment on whether and how the Commission should— 
‘‘(A) establish procedures for allowing a bi-
partisan majority of Commissioners to place an 
order, decision, report, or action on the agenda 
of an open meeting; 
‘‘(B) establish procedures for informing all 
Commissioners of a reasonable number of op-
tions available to the Commission for resolving 
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II 
Calendar No. 542 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2897 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 17, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
JULY 30, 2018 
Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment and an amendment to the 
title 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Mayor of the District of Columbia and 
the Director of the National Park Service to enter into 
cooperative management agreements for the operation, 
maintenance, and management of units of the National 
Park System in the District of Columbia, 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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or use of a product, regardless of whether the tax 
is imposed on the person making the sale or the pur-
chaser, with the right or obligation of the person 
making the sale to obtain reimbursement for the 
amount of the tax from the purchaser at the time 
of the transaction. 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other terri-
tory or possession of the United States and includes 
any political subdivision thereof. 
(10) TAX.—The term ‘‘tax’’ means to— 
(A) impose an obligation on a person for— 
(i) the collection of a sales, use, or 
similar tax; or 
(ii) the reporting of any information 
with respect thereto; 
(B) assess a sales, use or similar tax on a 
person; 
(C) treat a person as doing business in a 
State for purposes of such a tax; or 
(D) impose on a business or its non-resi-
dent owners, directly or indirectly through 
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mechanisms such as combined reporting or con-
solidated returns, a net income tax or any other 
business activity tax measured by the amount 
of, or economic results of, business or related 
activity conducted in or derived from sources in 
the State. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall apply with re-
spect to calendar quarters beginning on or after January 
1, 2018. 
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the benefit of present and future generations the 
themes of French settlement, vernacular architec-
ture, and community form and farming on the fron-
tier associated with Ste. Genevieve. 
(2) CONDITIONS
FOR
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Historical Park shall not be established until the 
date on which the Secretary determines that— 
(A) sufficient land has been acquired for 
the Historical Park to constitute a manageable 
unit; and 
(B) the Secretary has entered into a writ-
ten agreement providing that land owned by the 
State, the City of Ste. Genevieve, or other enti-
ty within the Historic District shall be managed 
consistent with the purposes of this Act. 
(b) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries of the Historical 
Park shall be the boundaries generally depicted on the 
Map. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 
and available for public inspection in the appropriate of-
fices of the National Park Service. 
(d) ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may acquire 
any land or interest in land located within the 
boundary of the Historical Park or any nationally 
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under a cooperative agreement entered into 
under this subsection may be in the form of do-
nated property, goods, or services fairly valued. 
(4) CHANGES OR ALTERATIONS.—No changes 
or alterations shall be made to any property or 
project covered by a cooperative agreement entered 
into under paragraph (1) unless the Secretary and 
the other party to the agreement agree to the 
changes or alterations. 
(5) CONVERSION, USE, OR
DISPOSAL.—Any 
payment by the Secretary under this subsection shall 
be subject to an agreement that the conversion, use, 
or disposal of a property or project for purposes con-
trary to the purposes of this section, as determined 
by the Secretary, shall entitle the United States to 
reimbursement in any amount equal to the greater 
of— 
(A) the amounts made available to the 
property or project by the United States; or 
(B) the portion of the increased value of 
the property or project attributable to the 
amounts made available under this subsection, 
as determined at the time of the conversion, 
use, or disposal.
(g) LIMITED ROLE OF THE SECRETARY.—Nothing in 
this Act authorizes the Secretary to assume overall finan-
cial responsibility for the operation, maintenance, or man-
agement of the Historic District. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 5, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2888 
AN ACT 
To establish the Ste. Genevieve National Historic 
Site in the State of Missouri, and for other pur-
poses.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2889 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to limit the orphan 
drug exclusion under the drug discount program under section 340B 
of such title. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2017 
Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. HARPER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to 
limit the orphan drug exclusion under the drug discount 
program under section 340B of such title. 
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 ‘‘Closing Loopholes for 
Orphan Drugs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITING THE ORPHAN DRUG EXCLUSION UNDER 
340B DRUG DISCOUNT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 340B(e) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(e)) is amended by 
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inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘when 
transferred, prescribed, sold, or otherwise used for the 
rare condition or disease for which such drug is so des-
ignated’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to covered out-
patient drugs purchased on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business 
Broadband Deployment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO ENHANCEMENT TO TRANSPARENCY 
REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The enhancements to the trans-
parency rule of the Federal Communications Commission 
under section 8.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as described in paragraphs 162 through 184 of the Report 
and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order of 
the Federal Communications Commission with regard to 
protecting and promoting the open Internet (adopted Feb-
ruary 26, 2015) (FCC 15–24), shall not apply to any 
small business. 
(b) SUNSET.—Subsection (a) shall not have any force 
or effect after the date that is 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) REPORT BY FCC.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu-
nications Commission shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report that contains the rec-
ommendations of the Commission (and data supporting 
such recommendations) regarding—
(1) whether the exception provided by sub-
section (a) should be made permanent; and 
(2) whether the definition of the term ‘‘small 
business’’ for purposes of such exception should be 
modified from the definition in subsection (d)(2). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘broadband Internet access service’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 8.2 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ means any provider of broadband Internet ac-
cess service that has not more than 250,000 sub-
scribers. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 10, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 288 
AN ACT 
To ensure that small business providers of 
broadband Internet access service can devote re-
sources to broadband deployment rather than 
compliance with cumbersome regulatory require-
ments.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 288 
To ensure that small business providers of broadband Internet access service 
can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than compliance 
with cumbersome regulatory requirements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2017 
Mr. WALDEN (for himself and Mr. LOEBSACK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To ensure that small business providers of broadband Inter-
net access service can devote resources to broadband 
deployment rather than compliance with cumbersome 
regulatory requirements. 
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 ‘‘Small Business 
Broadband Deployment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO ENHANCEMENT TO TRANSPARENCY 
REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The enhancements to the trans-
parency rule of the Federal Communications Commission 
under section 8.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as described in paragraphs 162 through 184 of the Report 
and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order of 
the Federal Communications Commission with regard to 
protecting and promoting the open Internet (adopted Feb-
ruary 26, 2015) (FCC 15–24), shall not apply to any 
small business. 
(b) SUNSET.—Subsection (a) shall not have any force 
or effect after the date that is 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) REPORT BY FCC.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu-
nications Commission shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report that contains the rec-
ommendations of the Commission (and data supporting 
such recommendations) regarding— 
(1) whether the exception provided by sub-
section (a) should be made permanent; and 
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(2) whether the definition of the term ‘‘small 
business’’ for purposes of such exception should be 
modified from the definition in subsection (d)(2). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘broadband Internet access service’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 8.2 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ means any provider of broadband Internet ac-
cess service that has not more than 250,000 sub-
scribers. 
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