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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1546 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish a methodology 
for the collection by the Commission of mobile service coverage data. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2017 
Mr. LOEBSACK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to estab-
lish a methodology for the collection by the Commission 
of mobile service coverage data. 
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 ‘‘Rural Wireless Access 
Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. METHODOLOGY FOR COLLECTION OF MOBILE 
SERVICE COVERAGE DATA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu-
nications Commission shall promulgate regulations to es-
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tablish a methodology that shall apply to any collection 
by the Commission of coverage data relating to commer-
cial mobile service or commercial mobile data service. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The methodology established 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) contain standard definitions for different 
speed tiers (such as the 2G, 3G, 4G, 4G LTE, and 
5G tiers); 
(2) ensure that data is collected in a consistent 
and robust way; 
(3) improve the validity and reliability of data; 
and 
(4) increase the efficiency of data collection. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMERCIAL MOBILE DATA SERVICE.—The 
term ‘‘commercial mobile data service’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 6001 of the Mid-
dle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 
(47 U.S.C. 1401). 
(2) COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘commercial mobile service’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 332 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332). 
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(3) COVERAGE
DATA.—The term ‘‘coverage 
data’’ means, with respect to commercial mobile 
service or commercial mobile data service— 
(A) information regarding whether such 
service is available in a particular geographic lo-
cation in the United States; and 
(B) if such service is available, information 
about such service, which may include available 
speed tiers and performance characteristics. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Udall Park Land Ex-
change Completion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Tucson, Arizona. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 172.8-acre par-
cel of City land identified in the patent numbered 
02–90–0001 and dated October 4, 1989, and more 
particularly described as lots 3 and 4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, 
sec. 5, T.14S., R.15 E., Gila and Salt River Merid-
ian, Arizona. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL REVERSIONARY INTER-
EST IN LAND LOCATED IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without 
consideration, the reversionary interests of the United 
States in and to the non-Federal land for the purpose of 
unencumbering the title to the non-Federal land to enable 
economic development of the non-Federal land. 
(b) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the exact legal
descriptions of the non-Federal land shall be determined 
in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions to the conveyance under subsection (a), consistent 
with that subsection, as the Secretary considers appro-
priate to protect the interests of the United States. 
(d) COSTS.—The City shall pay all costs associated 
with the conveyance under subsection (a), consistent with 
that subsection, including the costs of any surveys, record-
ing costs, and other reasonable costs. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 2, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1547 
AN ACT 
To provide for the unencumbering of title to non- 
Federal land owned by the city of Tucson, Ari-
zona, for purposes of economic development by 
conveyance of the Federal reversionary interest 
to the City.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1547 
To provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal land owned by 
the city of Tucson, Arizona, for purposes of economic development by 
conveyance of the Federal reversionary interest to the City. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2017 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. FRANKS of Ari-
zona, Mr. BIGGS, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. O’HALLERAN, and Mr. GALLEGO) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal 
land owned by the city of Tucson, Arizona, for purposes 
of economic development by conveyance of the Federal 
reversionary interest to the City. 
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 ‘‘Udall Park Land Ex-
change Completion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Tucson, Arizona. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 172.8-acre par-
cel of City land identified in the patent numbered 
02–90–0001 and dated October 4, 1989, and more 
particularly described as lots 3 and 4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, 
sec. 5, T.14S., R.15 E., Gila and Salt River Merid-
ian, Arizona. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL REVERSIONARY INTER-
EST IN LAND LOCATED IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without 
consideration, the reversionary interests of the United 
States in and to the non-Federal land for the purpose of 
unencumbering the title to the non-Federal land to enable 
economic development of the non-Federal land. 
(b) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the exact legal 
descriptions of the non-Federal land shall be determined 
in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
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tions to the conveyance under subsection (a), consistent 
with that subsection, as the Secretary considers appro-
priate to protect the interests of the United States. 
(d) COSTS.—The City shall pay all costs associated 
with the conveyance under subsection (a), consistent with 
that subsection, including the costs of any surveys, record-
ing costs, and other reasonable costs. 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1547 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 3, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal 
land owned by the city of Tucson, Arizona, for purposes 
of economic development by conveyance of the Federal 
reversionary interest to the City. 
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 ‘‘Udall Park Land Ex-
change Completion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Tucson, Arizona. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 172.8-acre par-
cel of City land identified in the patent numbered 
02–90–0001 and dated October 4, 1989, and more 
particularly described as lots 3 and 4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, 
sec. 5, T.14S., R.15 E., Gila and Salt River Merid-
ian, Arizona. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL REVERSIONARY INTER-
EST IN LAND LOCATED IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without 
consideration, the reversionary interests of the United 
States in and to the non-Federal land for the purpose of 
unencumbering the title to the non-Federal land to enable 
economic development of the non-Federal land. 
(b) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the exact legal 
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descriptions of the non-Federal land shall be determined 
in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions to the conveyance under subsection (a), consistent 
with that subsection, as the Secretary considers appro-
priate to protect the interests of the United States. 
(d) COSTS.—The City shall pay all costs associated 
with the conveyance under subsection (a), consistent with 
that subsection, including the costs of any surveys, record-
ing costs, and other reasonable costs. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 2, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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II 
Calendar No. 526 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1547 
[Report No. 115–307] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 3, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
JULY 23, 2018 
Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal 
land owned by the city of Tucson, Arizona, for purposes 
of economic development by conveyance of the Federal 
reversionary interest to the City. 
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 ‘‘Udall Park Land Ex-
change Completion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Tucson, Arizona. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the approximately 172.8-acre par-
cel of City land identified in the patent numbered 
02–90–0001 and dated October 4, 1989, and more 
particularly described as lots 3 and 4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, 
sec. 5, T.14S., R.15 E., Gila and Salt River Merid-
ian, Arizona. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF FEDERAL REVERSIONARY INTER-
EST IN LAND LOCATED IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary shall convey to the City, without 
consideration, the reversionary interests of the United 
States in and to the non-Federal land for the purpose of 
unencumbering the title to the non-Federal land to enable 
economic development of the non-Federal land. 
(b) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the exact legal 
descriptions of the non-Federal land shall be determined 
in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
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tions to the conveyance under subsection (a), consistent 
with that subsection, as the Secretary considers appro-
priate to protect the interests of the United States. 
(d) COSTS.—The City shall pay all costs associated 
with the conveyance under subsection (a), consistent with 
that subsection, including the costs of any surveys, record-
ing costs, and other reasonable costs. 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The damages that a 
plaintiff may obtain in an action under this 
subsection may be equal to the higher of the 
two following amounts that are established by 
the plaintiff’s allegations and proof: 
‘‘(i) The total amount of the contract 
or agreement that the defendant gained in 
obtaining or retaining business by means 
of the violation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(ii) The total amount of the contract 
or agreement that the plaintiff failed to 
gain because of the defendant’s obtaining 
or retaining business by means of the vio-
lation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) TREBLE
DAMAGES.—In assessing 
damages under subparagraph (A), the court 
shall enter judgment for three times the 
amount determined under clause (i) or (ii) of 
such subparagraph (whichever is greater), to-
gether with a reasonable attorney’s fee and 
costs, for the violation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION FOR ROUTINE GOVERNMENTAL 
ACTION.—The exception in subsection (b) shall apply 
to an action under this subsection. 
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Calendar No. 526 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1547 
[Report No. 115–307] 
AN ACT 
To provide for the unencumbering of title to non- 
Federal land owned by the city of Tucson, Ari-
zona, for purposes of economic development by 
conveyance of the Federal reversionary interest 
to the City. 
JULY 23, 2018 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1550 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make perma-
nent the exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and 
emergency medical responders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2017 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
KIND, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. RENACCI, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
LANCE, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BARLETTA, 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. 
SHEA-PORTER, Mr. KING of New York, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. 
ELLISON, Mr. BOST, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. COLE, Mr. 
WALBERG, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. 
ESTY, and Mrs. WALORSKI) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase 
and make permanent the exclusion for benefits provided 
to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical respond-
ers. 
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 ‘‘Volunteer Responder 
Incentive Protection Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
BENEFITS 
PROVIDED 
TO 
VOLUNTEER 
FIRE-
FIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL RE-
SPONDERS. 
(a) INCREASE IN DOLLAR LIMITATION ON QUALI-
FIED
PAYMENTS.—Subparagraph 
(B) 
of 
section 
139B(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘$30’’ and inserting ‘‘$50’’. 
(b) REIMPLEMENTING
AND MAKING PERMANENT 
BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 139B of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking sub-
section (d). 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by this subsection shall apply with respect to taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2017. 
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274 
the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear 
contract executed after the date of the enactment of this Act 
unless in the case of any such contract— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 
Congress a budget request for full funding of units to 
be procured through the contract and, in the case of 
a contract for procurement of aircraft, that includes, 
for any aircraft unit to be procured through the con-
tract for which procurement funds are requested in 
that budget request for production beyond advance 
procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by 
the budget, full funding of procurement of such unit 
in that fiscal year; 
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not 
include consideration of recurring manufacturing 
costs of the contractor associated with the production 
of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the 
contractor under the contract shall not be made in 
advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 
(4) the contract does not provide for a price ad-
justment based on a failure to award a follow-on con-
tract. 
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be 
used for a multiyear procurement contract as follows: V–
‘‘(B) For each fiscal year after that first 
fiscal year, the level calculated for that fiscal 
year under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION
OF
CURRENT
FISCAL 
YEAR AND PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.—In this 
paragraph: 
‘‘(i) CURRENT
FISCAL
YEAR.—The 
term ‘current fiscal year’ means the fiscal 
year for which the calculation of the nu-
merical limits under this paragraph is 
being performed. 
‘‘(ii) PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR.—The 
term ‘preceding fiscal year’ means the fis-
cal year immediately preceding the current 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—Subject to 
subparagraph (D), the maximum number of 
registered positions that may be approved by 
the Secretary for a fiscal year after the first fis-
cal year referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall 
be equal to— 
‘‘(i) 65,000 for the first fiscal year in 
which the program is implemented; and 
‘‘(ii) in any subsequent fiscal year— 
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national megawatt capacity limitation’ means 
the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) 6,000 megawatts, over 
‘‘(ii) the aggregate amount of national 
megawatt capacity limitation allocated by 
the Secretary before January 1, 2021, re-
duced by any amount of such limitation 
which was allocated to a facility which was 
not placed in service before such date. 
‘‘(C) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVI-
SIONS.—In the case of any unutilized national 
megawatt capacity limitation allocated by the 
Secretary pursuant to this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) such allocation shall be treated 
for purposes of this section in the same 
manner as an allocation of national mega-
watt capacity limitation; and 
‘‘(ii) subsection (d)(1)(B) shall not 
apply to any facility which receives such al-
location.’’. 
(b) TRANSFER OF CREDIT BY CERTAIN PUBLIC EN-
TITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 45J of such Code is 
amended— 
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‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(A) APPLICATION TO PARTNERSHIPS.—In 
the case of a credit under subsection (a) which 
is determined at the partnership level— 
‘‘(i) for purposes of paragraph (1)(A), 
a qualified public entity shall be treated as 
the taxpayer with respect to such entity’s 
distributive share of such credit; and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘eligible project partner’ 
shall include any partner of the partner-
ship. 
‘‘(B) TAXABLE
YEAR
IN
WHICH
CREDIT 
TAKEN
INTO
ACCOUNT.—In the case of any 
credit (or portion thereof) with respect to which 
an election is made under paragraph (1), such 
credit shall be taken into account in the first 
taxable year of the eligible project partner end-
ing with, or after, the qualified public entity’s 
taxable year with respect to which the credit 
was determined. 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT
OF
TRANSFER
UNDER 
PRIVATE USE RULES.—For purposes of section 
141(b)(1), any benefit derived by an eligible 
project partner in connection with an election
under this subsection shall not be taken into ac-
count as a private business use.’’. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR PROCEEDS OF TRANS-
FERS
FOR
MUTUAL
OR
COOPERATIVE
ELECTRIC 
COMPANIES.—Section 501(c)(12) of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) In the case of a mutual or cooperative 
electric company described in this paragraph or 
an organization described in section 1381(a)(2), 
income received or accrued in connection with 
an election under section 45J(e)(1) shall be 
treated as an amount collected from members 
for the sole purpose of meeting losses and ex-
penses.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) TREATMENT
OF
UNUTILIZED
LIMITATION 
AMOUNTS.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) TRANSFER OF CREDIT BY CERTAIN PUBLIC 
ENTITIES.—The amendments made by subsection
(b) shall apply to taxable years beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 20, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1551 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
modify the credit for production from advanced 
nuclear power facilities.
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify 
the credit for production from advanced nuclear power 
facilities. 
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(A) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f), and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (d) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) TRANSFER OF CREDIT BY CERTAIN PUBLIC EN-
TITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, with respect to a credit 
under subsection (a) for any taxable year— 
‘‘(A) the taxpayer would be a qualified 
public entity, and 
‘‘(B) such entity elects the application of 
this paragraph for such taxable year with re-
spect to all (or any portion specified in such 
election) of such credit, 
the eligible project partner specified in such election 
(and not the qualified public entity) shall be treated 
as the taxpayer for purposes of this title with re-
spect to such credit (or such portion thereof). 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) QUALIFIED
PUBLIC
ENTITY.—The 
term ‘qualified public entity’ means— 
‘‘(i) a Federal, State, or local govern-
ment entity, or any political subdivision, 
agency, or instrumentality thereof, 
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