datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
thereafter, the Committee shall submit to the Sec-
retary a report on the progress of achieving the pur-
poses of the program. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 
(1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) a description of any technology inno-
vation opportunities identified by the Com-
mittee; 
‘‘(B) a description of any technology gaps 
identified by the Committee under subsection 
(d)(1)(B)(ii); 
‘‘(C) recommendations for improving tech-
nology screening criteria and management of 
the program; 
‘‘(D) an evaluation of the progress of the 
program and the research and development 
funded under the program; 
‘‘(E) any recommended changes to the 
focus areas of the program described in section 
454(c); 
‘‘(F) a description of the manner in which 
the Committee has carried out the duties de-
scribed in subsection (d)(1) and any relevant 
findings as a result of carrying out those duties; 
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tial price applicability year, the Secretary shall pub-
lish in the Federal Register a list of negotiation-eli-
gible drugs with respect to such selected drug publi-
cation date. 
‘‘(e) QUALIFYING SINGLE SOURCE DRUG.—For pur-
poses of this part, the term ‘qualifying single source drug’ 
means any of the following: 
‘‘(1) DRUG PRODUCTS.—A drug that— 
‘‘(A) is approved under section 505(c) of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and 
continues to be marketed pursuant to such ap-
proval; and 
‘‘(B) is not the listed drug for any drug 
that is approved and continues to be marketed 
under section 505(j) of such Act. 
‘‘(2) BIOLOGICAL
PRODUCTS.—A biological 
product that— 
‘‘(A) is licensed under section 351(a) of 
the Public Health Service Act, including any 
product that has been deemed to be licensed 
under section 351 of such Act pursuant to sec-
tion 7002(e)(4) of the Biologics Price Competi-
tion and Innovation Act of 2009, and continues 
to be marketed under section 351 of such Act; 
and
(4) that the PDMP make available a quarterly 
de-identified data set and an annual report for pub-
lic and private use, including use by healthcare pro-
viders, health plans and health benefits administra-
tors, State agencies, and researchers, which shall, at 
a minimum, meet requirements established by the 
Attorney General, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services; 
(5) each State agency that administers the 
PDMP to— 
(A) proactively analyze data available 
through the PDMP; and 
(B) provide reports to law enforcement 
agencies and prescriber licensing boards de-
scribing any prescribing practitioner that re-
peatedly fall outside of expected norms or 
standard practices for the prescribing practi-
tioner’s field; and 
(6) that the data contained in the PDMP of the 
covered State be made available to other States. 
(c) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If a covered State fails to 
comply with subsection (a), the Attorney General or the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services may withhold 
grant funds from being awarded to the covered State 
under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring 
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Program established under the Departments of Com-
merce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–77; 
115 Stat. 748), or under the controlled substance moni-
toring program under section 399O of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–3). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3975 
To amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to modernize 
verification of contact lens prescriptions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2019 
Mr. RUSH (for himself and Mr. BURGESS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act 
to modernize verification of contact lens prescriptions, 
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 ‘‘Contact Lens Prescrip-
tion Verification Modernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 4 of the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers 
Act (15 U.S.C. 7603) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(B) by moving such redesignated subpara-
graphs 2 ems to the right; 
(C) by striking ‘‘A seller may’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) SELLERS GENERALLY.—A seller may’’; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) ONLINE
SELLERS.—An online seller of 
contact lenses shall provide a method that enables 
an individual to electronically transmit, in accord-
ance with HIPAA privacy regulation (as defined in 
section 1180(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320d–9(b)(3))), a copy of a contact lens 
prescription for such individual. 
‘‘(3) ENCRYPTION
REQUIRED.—Any protected 
health information (as defined for purposes of the 
HIPAA privacy regulation) that an online seller 
sends pursuant to this section by email shall be 
encrypted.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(6), by striking ‘‘and tele-
phone number’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘, tele-
phone number, and email address’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (g), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘but does not 
include a call made using an artificial or prerecorded 
voice.’’. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3976 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, 
Michigan, as the ‘‘Aretha Franklin Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ARETHA FRANKLIN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in 
Detroit, Michigan, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Aretha Franklin 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 ‘‘Aretha Franklin Post 
Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 5, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3976 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Ave-
nue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ‘‘Aretha Frank-
lin Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 3976 
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 designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12711 
East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the ‘‘Aretha Franklin Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ARETHA FRANKLIN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, 
Michigan, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Aretha Franklin 
Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
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 ‘‘Aretha Franklin Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3976 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 
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 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, 
Michigan, as the ‘‘Aretha Franklin Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
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. ARETHA FRANKLIN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 12711 East Jefferson Avenue in 
Detroit, Michigan, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Aretha Franklin 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 ‘‘Aretha Franklin Post 
Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 5, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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(A) not be lower than the rate of interest 
on 30-year Treasury securities on the first day 
of the calendar year in which the loan is issued; 
and 
(B) not exceed the greater of— 
(i) a rate 0.2 percentage points higher 
than such rate of interest on such date; or 
(ii) the rate necessary to collect reve-
nues sufficient to administer the program 
under this section. 
(c) LOAN APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In applying for a loan under 
subsection (a), the plan sponsor shall— 
(A) demonstrate that, except as provided 
in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) the loan will enable the plan to 
avoid insolvency for at least the 30-year 
period described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of subsection (b)(1) or, in the case of 
a plan which is already insolvent, to 
emerge from insolvency within and avoid 
insolvency for the remainder of such pe-
riod; and 
(ii) the plan is reasonably expected to 
be able to pay benefits and the interest on
(A) by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ each 
place the term appears and inserting ‘‘tribal’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(ii) by striking the paragraph designa-
tion and heading and all that follows 
through ‘‘A participating’’ in clause (i) of 
subparagraph (A) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION FOR NON-INDIAN VICTIM AND 
DEFENDANT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A participating’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘(ii) DEFINITION OF 
VICTIM.—In this subparagraph’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(B) DEFINITION
OF
VICTIM.—In this 
paragraph’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘domestic violence’’ and inserting 
‘‘tribal’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘VIOLENCE AND DATING’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, DATING, AND SEXUAL’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or dating violence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, dating violence, or sexual 
violence’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) STALKING.—An act of stalking that occurs 
in the Indian country of the participating tribe. 
‘‘(4) SEX TRAFFICKING.—An act of sex traf-
ficking that occurs in the Indian country of the par-
ticipating tribe. 
‘‘(5) RELATED CONDUCT.—An act of related 
conduct that occurs in the Indian country of the 
participating tribe.’’; 
(5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘domestic vio-
lence’’ each place the term appears and inserting 
‘‘tribal’’; and 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘special domestic violence’’ 
each place the term appears and inserting ‘‘spe-
cial tribal’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pros-
ecutes’’ and all that follows through the semi-
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colon at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘prosecutes— 
‘‘(A) a crime of domestic violence; 
‘‘(B) a crime of dating violence; 
‘‘(C) a crime of sexual violence; 
‘‘(D) a criminal violation of a protection 
order; 
‘‘(E) a crime of stalking; 
‘‘(F) a crime of sex trafficking; or 
‘‘(G) a crime of related conduct;’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘sexual 
violence, stalking, sex trafficking,’’ after ‘‘dat-
ing violence,’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 532 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3977 
[Report No. 116–648] 
A BILL 
To amend the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 to 
extend the jurisdiction of tribal courts to cover 
crimes involving sexual violence, and for other 
purposes. 
DECEMBER 15, 2020 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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SEC. 6. ISSUANCE OF TREASURY BONDS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall from time to time 
transfer from the general fund of the Treasury to the Pen-
sion Rehabilitation Trust Fund established under section 
9512 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 such amounts 
as are necessary to fund the loan program under section 
4 of this Act, including from proceeds from the Secretary’s 
issuance of obligations under chapter 31 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 7. REPORTS OF PLANS RECEIVING PENSION REHA-
BILITATION LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart E of part III of sub-
chapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 6059A. REPORTS OF PLANS RECEIVING PENSION RE-
HABILITATION LOANS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a plan receiving 
a loan under section 4(a) of the Rehabilitation for Multi-
employer Pensions Act of 2019, with respect to the first 
plan year beginning after the date of the loan and each 
of the 29 succeeding plan years, not later than the 90th 
day of each such plan year the plan sponsor shall file with 
the Secretary a report (including appropriate documenta-
tion and actuarial certifications from the plan actuary, as 
required by the Secretary) that contains—
(1) by striking ‘‘Industrial Technologies Pro-
gram’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Ad-
vanced Manufacturing Office’’; and 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘Office of Energy’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Office of Science’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of Energy’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3979 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any estimate 
prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee 
on Taxation shall include costs relating to servicing the public debt, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2019 
Mr. MEUSER (for himself and Mr. WOMACK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide 
that any estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget 
Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation shall include 
costs relating to servicing the public debt, 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 ‘‘Budgetary Accuracy 
in Scoring Interest Costs Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘BASIC 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CBO AND JCT ESTIMATES TO INCLUDE DEBT SERV-
ICING COSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 402 the following: 
‘‘ESTIMATES TO INCLUDE DEBT SERVICING COSTS 
‘‘SEC. 403. Any estimate prepared by the Congres-
sional Budget Office under section 402, and any estimate 
prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation, shall in-
clude, to the extent practicable, the costs (if any) of serv-
icing the public debt.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 402 the following: 
‘‘403. Estimates to include debt servicing costs.’’. 
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‘‘(III) are dependent on such in-
dividual or such individual’s spouse 
who is living in the same household 
for at least one-half of their financial 
support.’’. 
(3) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1860D–14(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w–114(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘(as de-
termined under paragraph (3)(G))’’ after ‘‘fam-
ily of the size involved’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), as amended by para-
graphs (1) and (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 
preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(E)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by insert-
ing ‘‘(as determined under subparagraph 
(G))’’ after ‘‘family of the size involved’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by strik-
ing ‘‘or (E)’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (B)(v), in the 
matter preceding subclause (I), by striking 
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(A) not be lower than the rate of interest 
on 30-year Treasury securities on the first day 
of the calendar year in which the loan is issued; 
and 
(B) not exceed the greater of— 
(i) a rate 0.2 percentage points higher 
than such rate of interest on such date; or 
(ii) the rate necessary to collect reve-
nues sufficient to administer the program 
under this section. 
(c) LOAN APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In applying for a loan under 
subsection (a), the plan sponsor shall— 
(A) demonstrate that, except as provided 
in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) the loan will enable the plan to 
avoid insolvency for at least the 30-year 
period described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of subsection (b)(1) or, in the case of 
a plan which is already insolvent, to 
emerge from insolvency within and avoid 
insolvency for the remainder of such pe-
riod; and 
(ii) the plan is reasonably expected to 
be able to pay benefits and the interest on 
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cations required to be filed, and notices required to be pro-
vided, after December 31, 2019. 
SEC. 12. INCREASE INFORMATION SHARING TO ADMIN-
ISTER EXCISE TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6103(o) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) TAXES IMPOSED BY SECTION 4481.—Re-
turns and return information with respect to taxes 
imposed by section 4481 shall be open to inspection 
by or disclosure to officers and employees of United 
States Customs and Border Protection of the De-
partment of Homeland Security whose official duties 
require such inspection or disclosure for purposes of 
administering such section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Paragraph (4) of 
section 6103(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘or (o)(1)(A)’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘, (o)(1)(A), or (o)(3)’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 390 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 397 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to 
establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration 
within the Department of the Treasury to make 
loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and 
for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 19, 2019 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3980 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the impaneling of a 
new jury if a jury fails to recommend by unanimous vote a sentence 
for conviction of a crime punishable by death. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2019 
Mr. KELLER (for himself, Mr. BOST, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the 
impaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to recommend 
by unanimous vote a sentence for conviction of a crime 
punishable by death. 
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 ‘‘Eric’s Law’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO IMPANEL A NEW JURY IN CER-
TAIN CASES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL GROUND FOR IMPANELING JURY.— 
Section 3593(b)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(C); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) a new special hearing is required pur-
suant to subsection (g); or’’. 
(b) IMPANELING OF NEW JURY WHEN JURY DOES 
NOT REACH A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION.—Section 
3593 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULE WHEN JURY DOES NOT RE-
TURN A UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a jury described in sub-
section (b)(1) or subparagraphs (A) through (D) of 
subsection (b)(2) does not, by unanimous vote, make 
a recommendation whether the defendant should be 
sentenced to death, to life imprisonment without 
possibility of release, or some other lesser sentence 
pursuant to subsection (e), the court, upon motion 
of the attorney for the government, shall order a 
new special hearing and impanel a new jury pursu-
ant to subsection (b). 
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‘‘(2) IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE.—If the jury 
impaneled pursuant to paragraph (1) does not reach 
a unanimous recommendation as to sentence, the 
court shall impose a sentence other than death au-
thorized by law.’’. 
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H3980
pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS