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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Justice Served Act 
of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. PROSECUTION OF DNA COLD CASES. 
(a) DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(9) To increase the capacity of State and local 
prosecution offices to address the backlog of violent 
crime cases in which suspects have been identified 
through DNA evidence.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) ALLOCATION
OF
GRANT
AWARDS
FOR 
PROSECUTORS.—For each fiscal year, not less than 
5 percent, but not more than 7 percent, of the grant 
amounts distributed under paragraph (1) shall, if 
sufficient applications to justify such amounts are 
received by the Attorney General, be awarded for 
purposes described in subsection (a)(9), provided 
that none of the funds required to be distributed 
under this paragraph shall decrease or otherwise 
limit the availability of funds required to be awarded
to States or units of local government under para-
graph (3).’’. 
(b) PROSECUTION OF COLD CASES.—Of the amounts 
made available to the Attorney General for a DNA Anal-
ysis and capacity enhancement program and for other 
local, State, and Federal forensic activities for the purpose 
described in section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) under the heading 
‘‘STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’ 
under the heading ‘‘OFFICE
OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS’’ 
under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’’ in 
fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, not less than 
5 percent, but not more than 7 percent, of such amounts 
shall be provided for grants for prosecutors to increase 
the capacity of State and local prosecution offices to ad-
dress cold cases involving violent crime, where suspects 
have been identified through DNA evidence. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2018. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4854 
AN ACT 
To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 
Act of 2000 to provide additional resources to 
State and local prosecutors, and for other pur-
poses.
II 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4854 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 16, 2018 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 
2000 to provide additional resources to State and local 
prosecutors, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Justice Served Act 
of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. PROSECUTION OF DNA COLD CASES. 
(a) DEBBIE SMITH DNA BACKLOG GRANT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(9) To increase the capacity of State and local 
prosecution offices to address the backlog of violent 
crime cases in which suspects have been identified 
through DNA evidence.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) ALLOCATION
OF
GRANT
AWARDS
FOR 
PROSECUTORS.—For each fiscal year, not less than 
5 percent, but not more than 7 percent, of the grant 
amounts distributed under paragraph (1) shall, if 
sufficient applications to justify such amounts are 
received by the Attorney General, be awarded for 
purposes described in subsection (a)(9), provided 
that none of the funds required to be distributed 
under this paragraph shall decrease or otherwise 
limit the availability of funds required to be awarded 
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to States or units of local government under para-
graph (3).’’. 
(b) PROSECUTION OF COLD CASES.—Of the amounts 
made available to the Attorney General for a DNA Anal-
ysis and capacity enhancement program and for other 
local, State, and Federal forensic activities for the purpose 
described in section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (34 U.S.C. 40701) under the heading 
‘‘STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE’’ 
under the heading ‘‘OFFICE
OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS’’ 
under the heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’’ in 
fiscal years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, not less than 
5 percent, but not more than 7 percent, of such amounts 
shall be provided for grants for prosecutors to increase 
the capacity of State and local prosecution offices to ad-
dress cold cases involving violent crime, where suspects 
have been identified through DNA evidence. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4855 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide an incentive 
for households participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables that are bene-
ficial to good health. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2018 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. POCAN, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. CA´RDENAS, 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. RYAN 
of Ohio, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. POLIS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. SOTO, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. SHEA- 
PORTER, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, and Mr. LAWSON of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to provide 
an incentive for households participating in the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program to purchase certain 
nutritious fruits and vegetables that are beneficial to 
good health. 
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 ‘‘SNAP Healthy Incen-
tives Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 3 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (k) by inserting ‘‘, unless the 
context specifies otherwise,’’ after ‘‘means’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (u) and (v) as 
subsections (v) and (w), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (t) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(u) ‘Supplemental fruits and vegetables’ means 
those fruits and vegetables containing nutrients that pro-
mote the health of the population served by the supple-
mental nutrition assistance program, as determined by the 
Secretary by rule.’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN VALUE OF ALLOTMENT.—Section 
8 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) INCREASE
IN VALUE
OF ALLOTMENT.—The 
value of an allotment, determined under this section with-
out regard to this subsection and issued to a household 
for a month, shall be increased by 30 percent of the cost 
of supplemental fruits and vegetables purchased by such 
household during such month, but not to exceed an aggre-
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gate monthly amount determined by the Secretary on the 
basis of household size.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on October 1, 2018. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4858 
To clarify section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934 as not limiting 
the ability of a State to adopt a one touch make ready policy for 
pole attachments, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2018 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mr. MCKINLEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To clarify section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934 
as not limiting the ability of a State to adopt a one 
touch make ready policy for pole attachments, 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 ‘‘Clearing Local Impedi-
ments Makes Broadband Open to New Competition and 
Enhancements’’ or the ‘‘CLIMB ONCE Act’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4856 
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley 
Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2018 
Ms. CLARKE of New York (for herself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 
EVANS, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 
HIGGINS of New York, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. 
LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RYAN 
of Ohio, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Ala-
bama, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali-
fornia, Mr. CLAY, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CRIST, 
and Mr. CARSON of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain 
a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United 
States Capitol. 
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. PLACEMENT OF STATUE OF SHIRLEY CHIS-
HOLM IN UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 
(a) OBTAINING STATUE.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library shall enter into an agreement to 
obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm, under such terms and 
conditions as the Joint Committee considers appropriate 
consistent with applicable law. The Joint Committee may 
authorize the Architect of the Capitol to enter into the 
agreement and related contracts required under this sub-
section on its behalf, under such terms and conditions as 
the Joint Committee may require. 
(b) PLACEMENT.—The Joint Committee on the Li-
brary shall place the statue obtained under subsection (a) 
in a suitable permanent location in the United States Cap-
itol. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act, and any amounts so ap-
propriated shall remain available until expended. 
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(2) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Chair’s’’. 
(r) SARBANES-OXLEY
ACT
OF
2002.—Section 
101(e)(4)(A) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 
U.S.C. 7211(e)(4)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘Chairman 
of the Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the 
Board of Governors’’. 
(s) SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.—Section 
17A(f)(4)(C) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78q–1(f)(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘Chairman 
of the Board of Governors’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the 
Board of Governors’’. 
(t) TITLE 31.—Title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 1344(b)(7), by striking ‘‘Chair-
man of the Board of Governors’’ and inserting 
‘‘Chair of the Board of Governors’’; and 
(2) in section 5318A, by striking ‘‘Chairman of 
the Board of Governors’’ each place such term ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Board of Gov-
ernors’’. 
(u) TRADE ACT OF 1974.—Section 163(b)(3) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2213(b)(3)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Chairman of the Board of Governors’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Chair of the Board of Governors’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE ADOPTION OF ONE TOUCH MAKE READY 
POLICY FOR POLE ATTACHMENTS. 
(a) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 224 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 224) or the im-
plementing rules of the Federal Communications Commis-
sion shall be construed to limit the ability of a State to 
adopt a one touch make ready policy with respect to pole 
attachments. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF MODEL POLICY.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Commission shall publish recommendations on best 
practices, including a model policy, relating to the imple-
mentation of a one touch make ready policy by a State. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) ONE
TOUCH
MAKE
READY
POLICY.—The 
term ‘‘one touch make ready policy’’ means, with re-
spect to the addition or modification of a pole at-
tachment, regulations relating to the activity under-
taken in order to prepare the pole, duct, conduit, or 
right-of-way for the addition of a new attachment in-
cluding the ability of an attacher to perform all 
make ready work in a single trip to the pole and a 
requirement of the designation by a pole owner or 
utility of a list of at least two approved contractors 
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for each pole, duct, conduit, or right-of-way to per-
form all such activity. 
(3) POLE ATTACHMENT; STATE; UTILITY.—The 
terms ‘‘pole attachment’’, ‘‘State’’, and ‘‘utility’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 
224(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 224(a)). 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4859 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain payments 
made by public service employees to qualify for public service repayment, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2018 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, and Mr. 
SWALWELL of California) 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 allow certain 
payments made by public service employees to qualify 
for public service repayment, 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 ‘‘Public Service Loan 
Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. QUALIFYING PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 455(m) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘subject to 
paragraph (5),’’ before ‘‘has made’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) FIRST 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of 
meeting the requirement under subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (1), the first 60 monthly pay-
ments may be payments under a repayment 
plan under subsection (d)(1) or (g). 
‘‘(B) 
APPLICABILITY.—This 
paragraph 
shall apply to borrowers who on or after the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph have 
made less than 120 monthly payments under 
paragraph (1)(A).’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO BORROWERS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Education shall— 
(1) inform each borrower of a loan made under 
part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) of— 
(A) paragraph (5) of section 455(m) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(m)), as amended by this Act; and 
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(B) the effect of such paragraph on loan 
cancellation under such section 455(m) (20 
U.S.C. 1087e(m)); and 
(2) provide information to such borrowers on 
how to change repayment plans. 
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Union Calendar No. 688 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4861 
[Report No. 115–890] 
To nullify certain guidance on deposit advance products, to require the Fed-
eral banking agencies to establish standards for short-term, small-dollar 
loans made by insured depository institutions, to exempt insured deposi-
tory institutions and insured credit unions from the payday lending 
rule of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2018 
Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
AUGUST 3, 2018 
Additional sponsor: Mr. BARR 
AUGUST 3, 2018 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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† HR 5515 PAP
above the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior 
grade), as applicable. 
‘‘(b) LIMITED AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF MILI-
TARY DEPARTMENT TO MODIFY NUMBER OF OPPORTUNI-
TIES.—The Secretary of a military department may modify 
the number of opportunities for consideration for promotion 
to be afforded officers of an armed force within a competi-
tive category for promotion to a particular grade, as pre-
viously specified by the Secretary pursuant subsection (a) 
or this subsection, not more frequently than once every five 
years. 
‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 
DEFENSE TO MODIFY NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES.—The 
Secretary of Defense may modify the number of opportuni-
ties for consideration for promotion to be afforded officers 
of an armed force within a competitive category for pro-
motion to a particular grade, as previously specified or 
modified pursuant to any provision of this section, at the 
discretion of the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION
ON NUMBER
OF OPPORTUNITIES 
SPECIFIED.—The number of opportunities for consider-
ation for promotion to be afforded officers of an armed force 
within a competitive category for promotion to a particular 
grade, as specified or modified pursuant to any provision 
of this section, may not exceed five opportunities.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4862 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow section 529 education 
accounts to be used for homeschooling expenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 19, 2018 
Mr. MESSER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow sec-
tion 529 education accounts to be used for homeschooling 
expenses. 
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 ‘‘Enhancing Edu-
cational Opportunities for Home School Students Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS FROM SECTION 529 
EDUCATION 
ACCOUNTS 
FOR 
HOMESCHOOLING EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 529(c)(7) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘include 
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a reference to’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘include 
a reference to— 
‘‘(A) expenses for tuition in connection 
with enrollment or attendance at an elementary 
or secondary public, private, or religious school, 
and 
‘‘(B) expenses for— 
‘‘(i) curriculum and curricular mate-
rials, 
‘‘(ii) books or other instructional ma-
terials, 
‘‘(iii) online educational materials, 
‘‘(iv) tuition for tutoring or edu-
cational classes outside of the home (but 
only if the tutor or instructor is not related 
(within the meaning of section 152(d)(2)) 
to the student), 
‘‘(v) dual enrollment in an institution 
of higher education, and 
‘‘(vi) educational therapies for stu-
dents with disabilities, 
in connection with a homeschool (whether treat-
ed as a homeschool or a private school for pur-
poses of applicable State law).’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to distributions made after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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propriations Act, 2018 (division B of Public Law 115– 
96) may be obligated and expended notwithstanding sec-
tion 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
‘‘SEC. 149. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition 
Service—Child Nutrition Programs’ to carry out section 
749(g) of the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–80) may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to ensure that the program can 
be fully operational by May 2018. 
‘‘SEC. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration—Ex-
ploration’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
ations necessary to maintain the planned launch capability 
schedules for the Space Launch System launch vehicle, 
Exploration Ground Systems, and Orion Multi-Purpose 
Crew Vehicle programs. 
‘‘SEC. 151. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Office of 
the Inspector General’ may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to sustain staffing levels achieved 
on June 30, 2017. 
‘‘SEC. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 
for ‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Pro-
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