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percentage equal to or greater than 15 percent 
but less than 20 percent, 75 percent, and 
‘‘(C) in the case of a taxable prescription 
drug which has been subject to a price spike 
percentage equal to or greater than 20 percent, 
100 percent. 
‘‘(c) CUMULATIVE PRICE SPIKE TAX.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the cumu-
lative price spike tax shall be equal to the applicable 
percentage of the cumulative price spike revenue re-
ceived by the applicable entity on the sale of the tax-
able prescription drug during the calendar year. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the applicable percentage shall be 
equal to— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a taxable prescrip-
tion drug which has been subject to a cu-
mulative price spike percentage greater 
than the cumulative price increase allow-
ance but less than the first compounded 
percentage, 50 percent, 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a taxable prescrip-
tion drug which has been subject to a cu-
mulative price spike percentage equal to or 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2962 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to prohibiting the 
use of electronic cigarettes on passenger flights, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to 
prohibiting the use of electronic cigarettes on passenger 
flights, 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 ‘‘Banning the Use of 
Electronic Cigarettes on Airplanes Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST SMOKING ON PASSENGER 
FLIGHTS. 
Section 41706 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES.— 
‘‘(1) INCLUSION.—The use of an electronic cig-
arette shall be treated as smoking for purposes of 
this section. 
‘‘(2) ELECTRONIC
CIGARETTE
DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘electronic cigarette’ means a 
device that delivers nicotine or other substances to 
a user of the device in the form of a vapor that is 
inhaled to simulate the experience of smoking.’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2963 
To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to provide investment authority 
to support rural infrastructure development, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Mr. POLIQUIN (for himself and Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to provide 
investment authority to support rural infrastructure de-
velopment, 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. COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS THAT SUPPORT 
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
Section 11 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 
U.S.C. 1431) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(m) COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS THAT SUPPORT 
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.—Each Fed-
eral Home Loan Bank is authorized to purchase invest-
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ment-grade securities from nonmember lenders that are 
organized as cooperatives and that have received financing 
from the Federal Financing Bank and that have dem-
onstrated experience in making loans to cooperatives that 
are eligible to receive loans or commitments for loans from 
the Rural Utilities Service (or any successor agency). Such 
securities shall be secured investments collateralized by 
loans of the cooperative lender. The purchase of such secu-
rities shall be at the sole discretion of each Federal Home 
Loan Bank, consistent with such regulations, restrictions, 
and limitations as may be prescribed by the Agency.’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2964 
To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to stop a scheduled increase 
in the minimum wage applicable to American Samoa and to provide 
that any future increases in such minimum wage shall be determined 
by the Secretary of Labor. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Mrs. RADEWAGEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 to stop 
a scheduled increase in the minimum wage applicable 
to American Samoa and to provide that any future in-
creases in such minimum wage shall be determined by 
the Secretary of Labor. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MINIMUM WAGE APPLICABLE TO AMERICAN 
SAMOA. 
Section 8103(b)(2) of the Fair Minimum Wage Act 
of 2007 (29 U.S.C. 206(b)(2) note) is amended by striking 
subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(B) increased thereafter by such amount 
and at such time as determined by the Sec-
retary of Labor through special industry com-
mittees as in place prior to July 24, 2007.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2968 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of 
Education to provide each borrower with an individualized repayment guide. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Mr. SWALWELL of California (for himself, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, and Mr. MOULTON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the 
Secretary of Education to provide each borrower with 
an individualized repayment guide. 
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 ‘‘Know Your Repayment 
Options Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INDIVIDUALIZED REPAYMENT PLAN GUIDE. 
(a) EXIT COUNSELING.—Section 485(b)(1)(A)(i) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092(b)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting, ‘‘or, if avail-
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able, the information described in subsection (n)(1),’’ after 
‘‘monthly payments;’’. 
(b) INDIVIDUALIZED REPAYMENT PLAN GUIDE.— 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) INDIVIDUALIZED REPAYMENT PLAN GUIDE.— 
Beginning 1 year after a borrower receives exit counseling 
under subsection (b), and annually thereafter until the 
borrower has repaid each loan of the borrower that is 
made, insured, or guaranteed under part B (other than 
loans made pursuant to section 428C or loans under sec-
tion 428B made on behalf of a student) or made under 
part D (other than Federal Direct Consolidation Loans 
or Federal Direct PLUS Loans made on behalf of a stu-
dent), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) provide the borrower (based on the bor-
rower’s annual income and the outstanding balance 
of principal and interest due on all such loans), for 
each repayment plan available for such loans— 
‘‘(A) the average anticipated monthly pay-
ment amount; 
‘‘(B) the yearly payment amount; 
‘‘(C) the lifetime payment amount; 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2973 
To provide for the issuance of an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Semipostal 
Stamp. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. 
YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. COLE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. EVANS, Ms. CLARKE 
of New York, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. KEATING, Mr. HIGGINS of 
New York, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 
Mr. PAYNE, Ms. LEE, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. 
TONKO, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. 
SIRES, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 
Mr. SOTO, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ELLISON, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. SERRANO, 
Mr. PETERSON, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, 
Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. BLUM, 
Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. KING of New 
York, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, and Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, 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 provide for the issuance of an Alzheimer’s Disease 
Research Semipostal Stamp. 
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to the National Institutes of Health for research and de-
velopment of drugs. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE RESEARCH SEMIPOST-
AL STAMP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to afford a convenient 
way for members of the public to contribute to funding 
for medical research relating to Alzheimer’s disease, the 
United States Postal Service shall issue a semipostal 
stamp (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Alzheimer’s Disease 
Research Semipostal Stamp’’) in accordance with the pro-
visions of this section. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The issuance and sale of the 
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Semipostal Stamp 
shall be governed by the provisions of section 416 of 
title 39, United States Code, and regulations issued 
under such section, subject to the requirements of 
this subsection. 
(2) DURATION.—The Alzheimer’s Disease Re-
search Semipostal Stamp shall be made available to 
the public for a period of 6 years, beginning no later 
than 12 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(3) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.—All amounts 
becoming available from the sale of the Alzheimer’s 
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Disease Research Semipostal Stamp (as determined 
under section 416(d) of such title 39) shall be trans-
ferred to the National Institutes of Health, for the 
purpose described in subsection (a), through pay-
ments which shall be made at least twice a year. 
(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘semipostal stamp’’ refers to a stamp described in section 
416(a)(1) of title 39, United States Code. 
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154 
† HR 2 EAS 
‘‘(ii) OWNERS
AND
OPERATORS.—An 
owner and (if applicable) an operator of eli-
gible land enrolled in the program under 
this section may terminate an agreement 
described in subsection (b) before the end of 
the term described in subparagraph (A) if 
the owner and (if applicable) the operator 
pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the 
amount of rental payments received under 
the agreement. 
‘‘(5) BEGINNING, SMALL, SOCIALLY
DISADVAN-
TAGED, YOUNG, OR VETERAN FARMERS AND RANCH-
ERS.—With respect to a beginning, small, socially 
disadvantaged, young, or veteran farmer or rancher, 
as determined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) an agreement described in subsection 
(b) shall provide that, during the term of the 
agreement, the beginning, underserved, or young 
farmer or rancher shall pay 50 percent of the 
cost of planting the conserving use cover crop 
under paragraph (1)(B)(i); and 
‘‘(B) the annual rental rate for a payment 
under an agreement described in subsection (b) 
shall be equal to 75 percent of the average rental
tification of the Attorney General under this 
section or under section 8 or 13 shall be effec-
tive upon publication in the Federal Register.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 4(a) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 10303(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence 
of the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘any State with respect to which’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘unless’’ and inserting 
‘‘any State to which this subsection applies dur-
ing a calendar year pursuant to determinations 
made under subsection (b), or in any political 
subdivision of such State (as such subdivision 
existed on the date such determinations were 
made with respect to such State), though such 
determinations were not made with respect to 
such subdivision as a separate unit, or in any 
political subdivision with respect to which this 
subsection applies during a calendar year pur-
suant to determinations made with respect to 
such subdivision as a separate unit under sub-
section (b), unless’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1) in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking the second 
sentence; 
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‘‘(C) Interest shall not accrue on a loan de-
ferred 
under 
section 
428(b)(1)(M)(v) 
or 
427(a)(2)(C)(iv).’’. 
(f) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
Act shall apply with respect to loans— 
(1) made on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act; or 
(2) in repayment on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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† HR 2 EAS 
rate for the applicable county under section 
1234(d), as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(6) HARVESTING, HAYING, AND GRAZING OUT-
SIDE APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The harvesting for seed, 
haying, or grazing of eligible land under paragraph 
(1)(B)(iii) outside of the nesting and brood-rearing 
period established for the applicable county shall be 
subject to the conditions that— 
‘‘(A) with respect to eligible land that is so 
hayed or grazed, adequate stubble height shall be 
maintained to protect the soil on the eligible 
land, as determined by the applicable State con-
servationist after considering the advice of the 
applicable State technical committee; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to eligible land that is so 
harvested for seed— 
‘‘(i) the eligible land shall not be eligi-
ble to be insured or reinsured under the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.); and 
‘‘(ii) the rental payment otherwise ap-
plicable to the eligible land under this sub-
section shall be reduced by 25 percent.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2979 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Jack H. Brown 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. JACK H. BROWN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San 
Bernardino, California, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Jack H. Brown 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 ‘‘Jack H. Brown Post 
Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 16, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2979 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San 
Bernardino, California, as the ‘‘Jack H. Brown 
Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 2979 
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 390 West 
5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the ‘‘Jack H. Brown Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. JACK H. BROWN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, Cali-
fornia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Jack H. Brown 
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 ‘‘Jack H. Brown Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2979 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, California, as the ‘‘Jack H. 
Brown Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Mr. AGUILAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Jack H. Brown 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. JACK H. BROWN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San 
Bernardino, California, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Jack H. Brown 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 ‘‘Jack H. Brown Post 
Office Building’’. 
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II 
Calendar No. 594 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2979 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 17, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 
Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 390 West 5th Street in San Bernardino, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Jack H. Brown 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. JACK H. BROWN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San 
Bernardino, California, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Jack H. Brown Post Office Building’’. 
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(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 ‘‘Jack H. Brown Post 
Office Building’’. 
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Calendar No. 594 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2979 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 390 West 5th Street in San 
Bernardino, California, as the ‘‘Jack H. Brown 
Post Office Building’’. 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2980 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the 
types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting 
property from the estate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Mr. COLLINS of New York (for himself and Mr. LATTA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include 
firearms in the types of property allowable under the 
alternative provision for exempting property from the 
estate. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Gun Own-
ers in Bankruptcy Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTIONS. 
Section 522 of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (d) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(13) The debtor’s aggregate interest, not to 
exceed $3,000 in value, in a single firearm or fire-
arms.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(4)(A)— 
(A) in clause (xiv) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (xv) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xvi) The debtor’s aggregate interest, not to 
exceed $3,000 in value, in a single firearm or fire-
arms.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS