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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4375 
AN ACT 
To provide for a report on broadening participation in certain 
National Science Foundation research and education pro-
grams, to collect data on Federal research grants to 
science agencies, 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 ‘‘STEM Research and 
Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEM PROGRAM 
EFFECTIVENESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall submit a report to Con-
gress on the effectiveness of all National Science Founda-
tion research and education programs for broadening the 
participation of women and other historically underrep-
resented individuals in STEM studies and careers, includ-
ing— 
(1) development or identification of perform-
ance metrics to evaluate such programs; 
(2) information on student outcomes using all 
available data, including dropout rates, enrollment in 
graduate programs, internships or apprenticeships, 
and employment; 
(3) identification of any data gaps for evalu-
ating the effectiveness and outcomes of National 
Science Foundation programs to broaden participa-
tion; and 
(4) recommendations for maintaining, trans-
lating, and disseminating outcomes data for STEM
programs funded by the National Science Founda-
tion. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF STEM.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘STEM’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
2 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 
2010 (42 U.S.C. 6621 note). 
SEC. 3. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF DATA ON FED-
ERAL RESEARCH GRANTS. 
(a) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal science agency 
shall collect standardized record-level annual infor-
mation on demographics, primary field, award type, 
review rating, budget request, funding outcome, and 
awarded budget for all applications for merit-re-
viewed research and development grants to institu-
tions of higher education and Federal laboratories 
supported by that agency. 
(2) UNIFORMITY AND STANDARDIZATION.—The 
Director shall establish a policy to ensure uniformity 
and standardization of the data collection required 
under paragraph (1). 
(3) RECORD-LEVEL DATA.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—On an annual basis, 
beginning with the deadline under subpara-
graph (C), each Federal science agency shall
(ii) by striking ‘‘thrifty food plan’’ 
and inserting ‘‘low-cost food plan’’; and 
(4) 
in 
section 
19(a)(2)(A) 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2028(a)(2)(A))— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘each fiscal year there-
after’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the fiscal 
years 2004 through 2018’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2019, 
$2,650,000,000; and 
‘‘(iv) subject to the availability of ap-
propriations under section 18(a), for fiscal 
year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the amount determined under clause (iii), 
as adjusted by the percentage by which the 
low-cost food plan has been adjusted under 
section 3(n)(4) between June 30, 2019, 
and June 30 of the immediately preceding 
fiscal year.’’. 
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(2) FEDERAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Fed-
eral laboratory’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 4 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Inno-
vation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3703). 
(3) FEDERAL
SCIENCE
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘Federal science agency’’ means any Federal agency 
with at least $100,000,000 in research and develop-
ment expenditures in fiscal year 2017. 
(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4375 
AN ACT 
To provide for a report on broadening participation 
in certain National Science Foundation research 
and education programs, to collect data on Fed-
eral research grants to science agencies, and for 
other purposes.
HR 4376 RFS
carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Union Calendar No. 350 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4375 
[Report No. 115–471] 
A BILL 
To provide for a study on broadening participation 
in certain National Science Foundation research 
and education programs, to collect data on Fed-
eral research grants to science agencies, and for 
other purposes. 
DECEMBER 18, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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(A) by striking ‘‘of the opposite sex’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or (in cases not involving 
remarriage) has not since the death of the vet-
eran, and after September 19, 1962, lived with 
another person and held himself or herself out 
openly to the public to be the spouse of such 
other person’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (31), by striking ‘‘of the oppo-
site sex’’. 
(b) SPECIAL
PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
MAR-
RIAGES.—Section 103 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and holding himself or herself out 
openly to the public as that person’s spouse’’. 
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(11) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2028. 
SEC. 6. SPENDING LIMITATION. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be 
carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4377 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out cer-
tain upgrades to research equipment and con-
struct research user facilities, and for other pur-
poses.
HR 4377 RFS
SEC. 4. SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCE PROTON POWER 
UPGRADE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
provide for a proton power upgrade to the Spallation Neu-
tron Source. 
(b) DEFINITION OF PROTON POWER UPGRADE.— 
For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘proton power 
upgrade’’ means the Spallation Neutron Source power up-
grade described in— 
(1) the publication of the Office of Science of 
the Department of Energy titled ‘‘Facilities for the 
Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook’’, pub-
lished December 2003; 
(2) the publication of the Office of Science of 
the Department of Energy titled ‘‘Four Years Later: 
An Interim Report on Facilities for the Future of 
Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook’’, published August 
2007; and 
(3) the publication approved by the Basic En-
ergy Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, 
titled ‘‘Report on Facility Upgrades’’. 
(c) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 
full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs 
before December 31, 2025. 
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SEC. 4. FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
provide for a Facility for Rare Isotope Beams to advance 
the understanding of rare nuclear isotopes and the evo-
lution of the cosmos. 
(b) FACILITY CAPABILITY.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall provide for, at a minimum, 
a rare isotope beam facility capable of 400 kW of beam 
power. 
(c) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 
full operations of the facility under this section occurs be-
fore June 30, 2022, with early operation in 2018. 
(d) FUNDING.—Out of funds appropriated to the Of-
fice of Science, there shall be made available to the Sec-
retary to carry out activities, including construction of the 
facility, under this section— 
(1) $101,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; 
(2) $103,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
(3) $104,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
(4) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and 
(5) $106,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
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Union Calendar No. 418 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4376 
[Report No. 115–556] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out cer-
tain upgrades to research equipment and the 
construction of a research user facility, and for 
other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 13, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 340 
AN ACT 
To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for ter-
rorist organizations, including Hamas and the Pales-
tinian Islamic Jihad. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
2018 following the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 417 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4377 
[Report No. 115–555] 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out an upgrade to research 
equipment and construct research user facilities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2017 
Mr. HULTGREN (for himself, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. LIPIN-
SKI, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. KNIGHT) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology 
FEBRUARY 13, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. FLEISCHMANN and Mrs. NOEM 
FEBRUARY 13, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out an upgrade 
to research equipment and construct research user facili-
ties, and for other purposes. 
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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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerating American 
Leadership in Science Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE UPGRADE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
provide for the upgrade to the Advanced Photon Source 
described in the publication approved by the Basic Energy 
Sciences Advisory Committee on June 9, 2016, titled ‘‘Re-
port on Facility Upgrades’’, including the development of 
a multi-bend achromat lattice to produce a high flux of 
coherent x-rays within the hard x-ray energy region and 
a suite of beamlines optimized for this source. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FLUX.—The term ‘‘flux’’ means the rate of 
flow of photons. 
(2) HARD
X-RAY.—The term ‘‘hard x-ray’’ 
means a photon with energy greater than 20 
kiloelectron volts. 
(c) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 
full operations of the upgrade under this section occurs 
before December 31, 2025. 
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SEC. 102. ELECTION OF SHORTER RECOVERY PERIOD FOR 
PURPOSE OF DETERMINING DEPRECIATION 
DEDUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(o) ELECTION OF SHORTER RECOVERY PERIOD.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
sections (c), (e), (g), and (j), for purposes of sub-
section (a), the applicable recovery period for any 
property placed in service during a taxable year end-
ing on or after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection shall not exceed such period as the tax-
payer may elect with respect to such property. 
‘‘(2) ELECTION.—An election made under this 
subsection shall be made at such time and in such 
form and manner as the Secretary may require. An 
election under this subsection, once made, shall 
apply to the taxable year for which made and all 
subsequent taxable years unless revoked with the 
consent of the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) TRANSITION RULE.—In the case of any 
property placed in service during a taxable year end-
ing before January 1, 2017, paragraph (1) shall 
apply with respect to the adjusted basis of such 
property in the same manner as if such property 
(with such adjusted basis) were placed in service on 
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close of the taxable year referred to in subsection 
(a)) greater than zero. 
‘‘(2) ACCUMULATED POST-1986 DEFERRED FOR-
EIGN
INCOME.—The term ‘accumulated post-1986 
deferred foreign income’ means the post-1986 earn-
ings and profits except to the extent such earnings— 
‘‘(A) are attributable to income of the 
specified foreign corporation which is effectively 
connected with the conduct of a trade or busi-
ness within the United States and subject to 
tax under this chapter, 
‘‘(B) if distributed, would— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a controlled foreign 
corporation, be excluded from the gross in-
come of a United States shareholder under 
section 959, or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any passive foreign 
investment company (as defined in section 
1297) other than a controlled foreign cor-
poration, be treated as a distribution which 
is not a dividend, or 
‘‘(C) in the case of any passive foreign in-
vestment company (as so defined), is properly 
attributable to an unreversed inclusion of a 
United States person under section 1296. 
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Union Calendar No. 417 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4377 
[Report No. 115–555] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out an 
upgrade to research equipment and construct re-
search user facilities, and for other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 13, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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governmental entities to participate as observers of the 
Task Force.’’. 
(c) AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES TASK FORCE.— 
Section 1201(b) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4721(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (10); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) the Director of the National Park Service; 
‘‘(8) the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement; 
‘‘(9) the Commissioner of Reclamation; and’’. 
(d) AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 1202 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Preven-
tion and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4722) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (e) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AND
REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—The Task Force may provide 
technical assistance and recommendations for best
I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7132 
To preserve safe access to communications services for survivors of domestic 
violence and other crimes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2022 
Ms. KUSTER (for herself and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To preserve safe access to communications services for sur-
vivors of domestic violence and other crimes, 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 Connections Act 
of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, terms used 
in this Act that are defined in section 345(a) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934, as added by section 4 of this 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Energy Re-
search Infrastructure Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. VERSATILE NEUTRON SOURCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
provide for a versatile reactor-based fast neutron source, 
which shall operate as a national user facility. The Sec-
retary shall consult with the private sector, universities, 
National Laboratories, and relevant Federal agencies to 
ensure that the versatile neutron source is capable of 
meeting Federal research needs for neutron irradiation 
services. 
(b) FACILITY CAPABILITIES.— 
(1) CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the facility described in subsection (a) will pro-
vide, at a minimum, the following capabilities: 
(A) Fast neutron spectrum irradiation ca-
pability. 
(B) Capacity for upgrades to accommodate 
new or expanded research needs. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall consider the following: 
(A) Capabilities that support experimental 
high-temperature testing. 
(B) Providing a source of fast neutrons at 
a neutron flux higher than that at which exist-
ing research facilities operate, sufficient to en-
able research for an optimal base of prospective 
users. 
(C) Maximizing irradiation flexibility and 
irradiation volume to accommodate as many 
concurrent users as possible. 
(D) Capabilities for irradiation with neu-
trons of a lower energy spectrum. 
(E) Multiple loops for fuels and materials 
testing of different coolants. 
(F) Capabilities that support irradiating 
and processing targets for isotope production. 
(G) Additional pre-irradiation and post-ir-
radiation examination capabilities. 
(H) Lifetime operating costs and lifecycle 
costs. 
(c) START OF OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, ensure that the start of 
full operations of the facility under this section occurs be-
fore December 31, 2025. 
(d) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary for the Office of Nuclear Energy 
to carry out to completion the construction of the facility 
under this section— 
(1) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;
(2) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
(3) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
(4) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
(5) $340,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(6) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(7) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 
(8) $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 
SEC. 3. SPENDING LIMITATION. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act, and this Act and such amendments shall be 
carried out using amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 13, 
2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4378 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out the 
construction of a versatile reactor-based fast neu-
tron source, and for other purposes.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4378 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out the construction of a versatile 
reactor-based fast neutron source, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2017 
Mr. WEBER of Texas (for himself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, 
Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. KNIGHT, and Mr. HULTGREN) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out the construc-
tion of a versatile reactor-based fast neutron source, 
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 ‘‘Nuclear Energy Re-
search Infrastructure Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. VERSATILE NEUTRON SOURCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
provide for a versatile reactor-based fast neutron source, 
which shall operate as a national user facility. The Sec-
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retary shall consult with the private sector, universities, 
National Laboratories, and relevant Federal agencies to 
ensure that the versatile neutron source is capable of 
meeting Federal research needs for neutron irradiation 
services. 
(b) FACILITY CAPABILITIES.— 
(1) CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the facility described in subsection (a) will pro-
vide, at a minimum, the following capabilities: 
(A) Fast neutron spectrum irradiation ca-
pability. 
(B) Capacity for upgrades to accommodate 
new or expanded research needs. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall consider the following: 
(A) Capabilities that support experimental 
high-temperature testing. 
(B) Providing a source of fast neutrons at 
a neutron flux higher than that at which exist-
ing research facilities operate, sufficient to en-
able research for an optimal base of prospective 
users. 
(C) Maximizing irradiation flexibility and 
irradiation volume to accommodate as many 
concurrent users as possible. 
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so much of taxable income as exceeds $37,650 but does 
not exceed $415,050, plus 29 percent of so much of tax-
able income as exceeds $415,050.’’. 
(d) MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY.—Section 1(d) is 
amended by striking ‘‘in accordance with the following 
table’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘as follows: 12 
percent of so much of taxable income as does not exceed 
$37,650, plus 25 percent of so much of taxable income 
as exceeds $37,650 but does not exceed $233,475, plus 
29 percent of so much of taxable income as exceeds 
$233,475.’’. 
(e) ESTATES AND TRUSTS.—Section 1(e) is amended 
by striking ‘‘in accordance with the following table’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘as follows: 12 percent of 
so much of taxable income as does not exceeds $5,000, 
plus 25 percent of so much of taxable income as exceeds 
$5,000 but does not exceed $10,000, plus 29 percent of 
so much of taxable income as exceeds $15,000.’’ 
(f) 
INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—Section 
1(f) 
is 
amended by striking by striking paragraphs (7) and (8) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) APPLICATION TO TAXABLE YEARS AFTER 
2017.—In prescribing tables under paragraph (1) 
which apply to any taxable year beginning in a cal-
endar year after 2017, paragraph (3) shall be ap-
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