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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2447 
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Mr. BRINDISI (for himself and Mr. MARCHANT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers 
enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
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 ‘‘Jobs and Premium 
Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROTECTING PATIENTS FROM HIGHER PREMIUMS. 
Section 9010 of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act (26 U.S.C. 4001 note prec.) is repealed. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2449 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for limitations on duty 
hours for yardmaster employees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Mr. CARBAJAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for limita-
tions on duty hours for yardmaster employees, 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 ‘‘Railroad Yardmaster 
Protection Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON DUTY HOURS OF YARDMASTER 
EMPLOYEES. 
(a) LIMITATIONS ON DUTY HOURS OF YARDMASTER 
EMPLOYEES.—Section 21103 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
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(1) in the heading of such section, by inserting 
‘‘AND YARDMASTER EMPLOYEES’’ after ‘‘TRAIN 
EMPLOYEES’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or yardmaster employee’’ after 
‘‘train employee’’ each place it appears; and 
(3) 
in 
subsection 
(e), 
by 
inserting 
‘‘or 
yardmaster’’ after ‘‘During a train’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 21101 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘a yardmaster 
employee,’’ after ‘‘dispatching service employee,’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) ‘yardmaster employee’ means an indi-
vidual responsible for supervising and coordi-
nating the control of trains and engines oper-
ating within a rail yard.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 211 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 21103 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘21103. Limitations on duty hours of train employees and yardmaster employ-
ees.’’. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2451 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 575 Dexter Street in Cen-
tral Falls, Rhode Island, as the ‘‘Elizabeth 
Buffum Chace Post Office’’.
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subsection (b)(1)(A) or the 36-month period de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1)(B), as applicable; 
‘‘(C) the identity of the initial developer of 
the drug; 
‘‘(D) a description of the history of the 
manufacturer’s price increases for the drug 
since the approval of the application for the 
drug under section 505 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act or the issuance of the 
license for the drug under section 351, or since 
the manufacturer acquired such approved appli-
cation or license; 
‘‘(E) the current list price of the drug; 
‘‘(F) the total expenditures of the manu-
facturer on— 
‘‘(i) materials and manufacturing for 
such drug; and 
‘‘(ii) acquiring patents and licensing 
for such drug; 
‘‘(G) the percentage of total expenditures 
of the manufacturer on research and develop-
ment for such drug that was derived from Fed-
eral funds; 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2451 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 575 Dexter Street in Central Falls, Rhode 
Island, as the ‘‘Elizabeth Buffum Chace Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIZABETH BUFFUM CHACE POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 575 Dexter Street in Central 
Falls, Rhode Island, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Elizabeth Buffum Chace Post Office’’. 
(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 ‘‘Elizabeth Buffum 
Chace Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 16, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
H. R. 2451 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 575 Dexter 
Street in Central Falls, Rhode Island, as the ‘‘Elizabeth Buffum Chace Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIZABETH BUFFUM CHACE POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 575 Dexter Street in Central Falls, Rhode Island, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Elizabeth Buffum Chace 
Post Office’’. 
(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 ‘‘Elizabeth Buffum Chace Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
II 
Calendar No. 247 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2451 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 17, 2019 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 575 Dexter Street in Central Falls, Rhode 
Island, as the ‘‘Elizabeth Buffum Chace Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIZABETH BUFFUM CHACE POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 575 Dexter Street in Central 
Falls, Rhode Island, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Elizabeth Buffum Chace Post Office’’. 
(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 
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be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Elizabeth Buffum 
Chace Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 16, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 247 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2451 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 575 Dexter Street in Cen-
tral Falls, Rhode Island, as the ‘‘Elizabeth 
Buffum Chace Post Office’’. 
OCTOBER 17, 2019 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9429 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of 
Education to publish requirements for financial aid offers to be provided 
by institutions of higher education to enrolled and prospective students, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 5, 2022 
Mrs. MCCLAIN (for herself and Ms. FOXX) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the 
Secretary of Education to publish requirements for finan-
cial aid offers to be provided by institutions of higher 
education to enrolled and prospective students, 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 ‘‘College Cost Trans-
parency and Student Protection Act’’. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9442 
To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs located 
in Anchorage, Alaska, as the ‘‘Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus 
of the Alaska VA Healthcare System’’, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2022 
Mrs. PELTOLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To designate the medical center of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs located in Anchorage, Alaska, as the ‘‘Colo-
nel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA 
Healthcare System’’, 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 ‘‘Colonel Mary Louise 
Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) to identify obstacles to safe, humane, and 
market-efficient transport of livestock, insects, and 
agricultural commodities; and 
(2) to develop guidelines and recommended reg-
ulatory or legislative actions to improve the safe, hu-
mane, and efficient transport of livestock, insects, 
and agricultural commodities. 
(c) OUTREACH.—In carrying out the duties of the 
working group under subsection (b), the working group 
shall consult with— 
(1) interested Governors; 
(2) representatives of State and local agricul-
tural and highway safety agencies; 
(3) other representatives of relevant State and 
local agencies; 
(4) members of the public with experience in— 
(A) the livestock, insect, and agricultural 
commodities industries; 
(B) the livestock trucking industry; or 
(C) transportation safety; and 
(5) any other groups or stakeholders that the 
working group determines to be appropriate. 
(d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out the duties of 
the working group under subsection (b), the working 
group shall— 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2453 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight 
limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, and Mr. GOLDEN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to 
vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, 
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 ‘‘Safe Routes Act of 
2019’’. 
SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT EXEMPTIONS. 
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) CERTAIN LOGGING VEHICLES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall waive, 
with respect to a covered logging vehicle, the appli-
cation of any vehicle weight limit established under 
this section. 
‘‘(2) COVERED LOGGING VEHICLE DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘covered logging vehicle’ 
means a vehicle that— 
‘‘(A) is transporting raw or unfinished for-
est products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, 
or wood chips; 
‘‘(B) is traveling a distance not greater 
than 150 air miles on the Interstate from origin 
to a storage or processing facility; and 
‘‘(C) meets State legal weight tolerances 
and vehicle configurations for transporting raw 
or unfinished forest products within the State 
boundaries in which the vehicle is operating. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF WEIGHT TOLERANCES.— 
The waiver in this subsection shall only apply with 
respect to a State legal weight tolerance in effect on 
the date of enactment of this subsection.’’. 
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SECTION 1. BEN REIFEL POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 123 East Sharpfish Street in 
Rosebud, South Dakota, shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘Ben Reifel 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 ‘‘Ben Reifel Post Office 
Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 30, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2454 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 123 East Sharpfish Street 
in Rosebud, South Dakota, as the ‘‘Ben Reifel 
Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 2454 
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 123 East 
Sharpfish Street in Rosebud, South Dakota, as the ‘‘Ben Reifel Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BEN REIFEL POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 123 East Sharpfish Street in Rosebud, South 
Dakota, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Ben Reifel 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 ‘‘Ben Reifel Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2454 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
123 East Sharpfish Street in Rosebud, South Dakota, as the ‘‘Ben 
Reifel Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 123 East Sharpfish Street in Rosebud, South 
Dakota, as the ‘‘Ben Reifel Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BEN REIFEL POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 123 East Sharpfish Street in 
Rosebud, South Dakota, shall be known and designated 
as the ‘‘Ben Reifel Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Ben Reifel Post Office 
Building’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2456 
To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution 
of 2002. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILI-
TARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 
2002. 
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against 
Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243; 50 U.S.C. 
1541 note) is hereby repealed. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2458 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require a certain 
percentage of funds appropriated for revolving fund capitalization grants 
be used for green projects, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2019 
Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require 
a certain percentage of funds appropriated for revolving 
fund capitalization grants be used for green projects, 
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 ‘‘Water Infrastructure 
Sustainability and Efficiency Act’’ or the ‘‘WISE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CAPITALIZATION GRANTS. 
Section 602(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1382(c)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) beginning on the date of enactment of 
this paragraph, to the extent there are sufficient eli-
gible project applications and with respect to any 
funds for capitalization grants made available in any 
appropriations Act that the State receives, the State 
will use not less than 20 percent of such funds for 
projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally innovative activities.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 245 
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
to repeal provisions relating only to the Allegheny National Forest. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2019 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER, and Mr. MEUSER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act and the Energy Policy 
Act of 1992 to repeal provisions relating only to the 
Allegheny National Forest. 
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 ‘‘Cooperative Manage-
ment of Mineral Rights Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS REGARDING THE ALLE-
GHENY NATIONAL FOREST. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subsection (o) of section 17 of the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226) and section 2508 
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of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–486; 
106 Stat. 3108) are repealed. 
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT NOT AFFECTED.—Noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed or interpreted— 
(1) to limit, modify, or otherwise affect the ex-
isting requirement to provide in writing 60-day ad-
vance notice of specific activities in accordance with 
the order dated December 16, 1980, in the case 
United States of America v. Minard Run Oil Com-
pany, 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9570 (W.D. Pa., Dec. 
16, 1980); or 
(2) to limit existing authority of the Forest 
Service under provisions of law codified in section 
551 of title 16, United States Code. 
(c) PERMITTING AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed or interpreted to 
alter, repeal, or otherwise limit the existing authority of 
the Forest Service to permit the harvest or sale of timber 
derived from the Allegheny National Forest. 
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‘‘(e) Notwithstanding chapter 1 of title 9, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘Federal Arbitration 
Act’), or any other provision of law, it shall be an unfair 
labor practice under subsection (a)(1) for any employer— 
‘‘(1) to enter into or attempt to enforce any 
agreement, express or implied, whereby prior to a 
dispute to which the agreement applies, an employee 
undertakes or promises not to pursue, bring, join, 
litigate, or support any kind of joint, class, or collec-
tive claim arising from or relating to the employ-
ment of such employee in any forum that, but for 
such agreement, is of competent jurisdiction; 
‘‘(2) to coerce an employee into undertaking or 
promising not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or sup-
port any kind of joint, class, or collective claim aris-
ing from or relating to the employment of such em-
ployee; or 
‘‘(3) to retaliate or threaten to retaliate against 
an employee for refusing to undertake or promise 
not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or support any 
kind of joint, class, or collective claim arising from 
or relating to the employment of such employee: 
Provided, That any agreement that violates this sub-
section or results from a violation of this subsection 
shall be to such extent unenforceable and void: Pro-