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(i) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘may, subject to ap-
proval under section 155 of the Trade Act 
of 1974,’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b), in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
approval under section 155 of the Trade 
Act of 1974’’ after ‘‘section 104’’. 
(F) UNITED STATES-CHILE FREE TRADE 
AGREEMENT
IMPLEMENTATION
ACT.—Section 
201 of the United States-Chile Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 
108–77; 19 U.S.C. 3805 note) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘may, subject to ap-
proval under section 155 of the Trade Act 
of 1974,’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (b), in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
approval under section 155 of the Trade 
Act of 1974’’ after ‘‘section 103(a)’’. 
(G) UNITED
STATES-SINGAPORE
FREE 
TRADE
AGREEMENT
IMPLEMENTATION
ACT.— 
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(d) CONSIDERATION.—In issuing the regulations re-
quired under subsection (a), the Commandant shall con-
sider whether personal flotation devices should be required 
for the duration of the waterborne transit of a DUKW- 
type amphibious passenger vessel. 
(e) INTERIM REQUIREMENTS.—Beginning on the 
date on which the regulations under subsection (a) are 
issued, the Commandant shall require that operators of 
DUKW-type amphibious passenger vessels that are not in 
compliance with such regulations shall be subject to the 
following requirements: 
(1) Remove the canopies and any window cov-
erings of such vessels for waterborne operations, or 
install in such vessels a canopy that does not restrict 
horizontal or vertical escape by passengers in the 
event of flooding or sinking. 
(2) If a canopy and window coverings are re-
moved from any such vessel pursuant to paragraph 
(1), require that all passengers wear a personal flo-
tation device approved by the Coast Guard before 
the onset of waterborne operations of such vessel. 
(3) Reengineer such vessels to permanently 
close all unnecessary access plugs and reduce all 
through-hull penetrations to the minimum number 
and size necessary for operation.
(4) Install in such vessels independently pow-
ered electric bilge pumps that are capable of 
dewatering such vessels at the volume of the largest 
remaining penetration in order to supplement an op-
erable Higgins pump or a dewatering pump of equiv-
alent or greater capacity. 
(5) Install in such vessels not fewer than 4 
independently powered bilge alarms. 
(6) Conduct an in-water inspection of any such 
vessel after each time a through-hull penetration of 
such vessel has been removed or uncovered. 
(7) Verify through an in-water inspection the 
watertight integrity of any such vessel at the outset 
of each waterborne departure of such vessel. 
(8) Install underwater LED lights that activate 
automatically in an emergency. 
(9) Otherwise comply with any other provisions 
of relevant Coast Guard guidance or instructions in 
the inspection, configuration, and operation of such 
vessels. 
SEC. 306. EXONERATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 
FOR SMALL PASSENGERS VESSELS. 
(a) RESTRUCTURING.—Chapter 305 of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended—
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Resource Offi-
cer Assessment Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. SURVEY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
Education shall jointly conduct and submit to Congress, 
a survey of the assignment of school resource officers at 
public elementary schools and secondary schools, which 
shall include, with respect to each such school that chose 
to respond to such survey, a determination of whether— 
(1) on or after January 1, 2018, such a school 
has been assigned a school resource officer; and 
(2) in the case of a school that has been as-
signed such an officer— 
(A) the number of such assignments; and 
(B) whether each such assignment is on a 
full-time or part-time basis. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 
given the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801).
(2) SCHOOL
RESOURCE
OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘school resource officer’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10389(4)). 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5242 
AN ACT 
To require the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of Education to conduct a survey of all public 
schools to determine the number of school re-
source officers at such schools.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5242 
To require the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to conduct 
a survey of all public schools to determine the number of school resource 
officers at such schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2018 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 require the Attorney General and the Secretary of Edu-
cation to conduct a survey of all public schools to deter-
mine the number of school resource officers at such 
schools. 
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 ‘‘School Resource Offi-
cer Assessment Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. MANDATORY SURVEY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
Education shall jointly conduct and submit to Congress, 
a survey of the assignment of school resource officers at 
public elementary schools and secondary schools, which 
shall include a determination of whether each such 
school— 
(1) on or after January 1, 2018, has been as-
signed a school resource officer; and 
(2) in the case of a school that has been as-
signed such an officer— 
(A) the number of such assignments; and 
(B) whether each such assignment is on a 
full-time or part-time basis. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 
given the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
(2) SCHOOL
RESOURCE
OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘school resource officer’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Con-
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trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10389(4)). 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5242 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 16, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions 
AN ACT 
To require the Attorney General and the Secretary of Edu-
cation to conduct a survey of all public schools to deter-
mine the number of school resource officers at such 
schools. 
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 5242 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Resource Offi-
cer Assessment Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. SURVEY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
Education shall jointly conduct and submit to Congress, 
a survey of the assignment of school resource officers at 
public elementary schools and secondary schools, which 
shall include, with respect to each such school that chose 
to respond to such survey, a determination of whether— 
(1) on or after January 1, 2018, such a school 
has been assigned a school resource officer; and 
(2) in the case of a school that has been as-
signed such an officer— 
(A) the number of such assignments; and 
(B) whether each such assignment is on a 
full-time or part-time basis. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 
given the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
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(2) SCHOOL
RESOURCE
OFFICER.—The term 
‘‘school resource officer’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10389(4)). 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5243 
To direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Education to develop 
and implement national standards and best practices for school resource 
officers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2018 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Edu-
cation to develop and implement national standards and 
best practices for school resource officers. 
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 ‘‘School Watch and 
Training Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STAND-
ARDS AND BEST PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall de-
velop and implement— 
(1) national standards for school resource offi-
cers, including— 
(A) a requirement that all school resource 
officers complete any training recommended by 
the Attorney General and the Secretary; 
(B) standards governing the quality of se-
curity training and active shooter training pro-
vided to school resource officers; and 
(C) any other standards the Attorney Gen-
eral and the Secretary determine to be nec-
essary to ensure the competence of school re-
source officers; and 
(2) best practices for school resource officers. 
(b) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘school resource officer’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 1709(4) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10389(4)). 
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SEC. 3. REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Education, shall submit to Congress 
a report that includes— 
(1) the standards and best practices developed 
under section 2; and 
(2) a plan for implementing such standards and 
best practices. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5244 
To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2018 
Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. CLARK of Mas-
sachusetts, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. MEEKS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To reaffirm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, 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 ‘‘Mashpee Wampanoag 
Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF INDIAN TRUST LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The taking of land into trust by 
the United States for the benefit of the Mashpee 
Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts as described in the 
final Notice of Reservation Proclamation published at 81 
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Federal Register 948 (January 8, 2016) is reaffirmed as 
trust land, and the actions of the Secretary of the Interior 
in taking that land into trust are ratified and confirmed. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, an action (including an action pending in a 
Federal court as of the date of enactment of this Act) re-
lating to the land described in subsection (a) shall not be 
filed or maintained in a Federal court and shall be 
promptly dismissed. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (including 
regulations) of the United States of general applicability 
to Indians or nations, Indian Tribes, or bands of Indians 
(including the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et 
seq.)) shall be applicable to the Tribe and Tribal members. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5245 
To transfer Coast Guard property in the Town of Jupiter Island, Florida, 
for inclusion in Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2018 
Mr. MAST (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS, and Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
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 transfer Coast Guard property in the Town of Jupiter 
Island, Florida, for inclusion in Hobe Sound National 
Wildlife Refuge. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF COAST GUARD PROPERTY IN JU-
PITER ISLAND, FLORIDA, FOR INCLUSION IN 
HOBE SOUND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(a) TRANSFER.—Administrative jurisdiction over the 
property described in subsection (b) is transferred to the 
Secretary of the Interior. 
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(b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property referred 
to in subsection (a) is real property administered by the 
Coast Guard in the Town of Jupiter Island, Florida, com-
prising Parcel #35–38–42–004–000–02590–6 (Bon Air 
Beach lots 259 and 260 located at 83 North Beach Road) 
and Parcel #35–38–42–004–000–02610–2 (Bon Air 
Beach lots 261 to 267), including any improvements 
thereon that are not authorized or required by another 
provision of law to be conveyed to another person. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The property described in 
subsection (b) is included in Hobe Sound National Wildlife 
Refuge, and shall be administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior acting through the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service. 
(d) COAST GUARD REIMBURSEMENT.—The Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard is authorized reimbursement 
of funds allocated to the General Services Administration 
to complete due diligence requirements prior to final dis-
position of the property described in subsection (b). 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5246 
To require directors of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to submit plans to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on how 
to improve such facilities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2018 
Mr. RUSSELL (for himself, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. COLE, and Mr. LUCAS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To require directors of medical facilities of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to submit plans to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs on how to improve such facilities, 
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 ‘‘VA Medical Center 
Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PLANS TO IMPROVE MEDICAL FACILITIES OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall require each director of a medical facil-
ity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit 
to the Secretary, not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, a plan to improve 
such facility in such a fashion as would result in the 
facility obtaining a Department five-star rating. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that each plan submitted under paragraph (1) in-
cludes sufficient detail regarding resources, per-
sonnel changes, hiring authorities, additional staff-
ing, and changes to information systems as is nec-
essary to obtain the rating described in such para-
graph. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that, in the first fiscal year beginning after the date that 
is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
not less frequently than once each fiscal year thereafter, 
each director of a medical facility of the Department which 
does not have a Department five-star rating submits to 
the Secretary a report on the actions taken by the director 
to carry out the plan submitted by the director under sub-
section (a)(1) and to obtain the rating described in such 
subsection. 
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(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF AUTHORITIES 
TO INVESTIGATE MEDICAL CENTERS OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should make 
full use of the authorities provided by section 2 of the En-
hancing Veteran Care Act (Public Law 115–95). 
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(1) in section 111(b)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘Direc-
tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Financial Product 
Safety Commission’’; and 
(2) in section 1447, by striking ‘‘Director of the 
Bureau’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘Financial Product Safety Commission’’. 
(c) ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER ACT.—Section 
920(a)(4)(C) of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 
U.S.C. 1693o–2(a)(4)(C)), as added by section 1075(a)(2) 
of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection’’ and inserting ‘‘Financial Product 
Safety Commission’’. 
(d) EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT.—The 
Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 4001 et 
seq.), as amended by section 1086 of the Consumer Finan-
cial Protection Act of 2010, is amended by striking ‘‘Di-
rector of the Bureau’’ each place such term appears and 
inserting ‘‘Financial Product Safety Commission’’. 
(e) FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT.—Section 2 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1812), 
as amended by section 336(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is amended 
by striking ‘‘Director of the Consumer Financial Protec-
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as set forth in 
paragraphs (1) and (2), nothing in this section 
shall be construed to modify or otherwise affect 
the right of any person to bring a private action 
against a manufacturer or sponsor (or their 
agent or representative), physician, clinical in-
vestigator, hospital, prescriber, dispenser, or 
other entity under any State or Federal product 
liability, tort, consumer protection, or warranty 
law. 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to modify or oth-
erwise affect the authority of the Federal Gov-
ernment to bring suit under any Federal law.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 21, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5247 
AN ACT 
To authorize the use of eligible investigational 
drugs by eligible patients who have been diag-
nosed with a stage of a disease or condition in 
which there is reasonable likelihood that death 
will occur within a matter of months, or with an-
other eligible illness, and for other purposes.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5251 
To make demonstration grants to eligible local educational agencies or con-
sortia of eligible local educational agencies for the purpose of increasing 
the numbers of school nurses in public elementary schools and secondary 
schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2018 
Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, 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 make demonstration grants to eligible local educational 
agencies or consortia of eligible local educational agencies 
for the purpose of increasing the numbers of school 
nurses in public elementary schools and secondary 
schools. 
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 ‘‘Nurses for Under- 
Resourced Schools Everywhere Act’’ or the ‘‘NURSE 
Act’’. 
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