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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2715 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for State approval 
and implementation of specified waivers under the Medicaid program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2019 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. 
NORMAN, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide 
for State approval and implementation of specified waiv-
ers under the Medicaid program. 
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 ‘‘Medicaid Improvement 
and State Flexibility Act of 2019’’. 
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propriate by the State for purposes of pur-
chasing primary care services and medications 
during such year; 
‘‘(II) are furnished a cash payment by the 
State equal to the amount of funds remaining 
on the individual’s electronic benefits transfer 
card at the end of such year; and 
‘‘(III) are enrolled in a catastrophic insur-
ance program determined appropriate by the 
State for purposes of covering services not de-
scribed in subclause (I) and covering services 
that are described in such subclause if such in-
dividual exceeds the amount of funds provided 
to such individual on such card for such year; 
and 
‘‘(iii) Federal expenditures under such title for 
the period during which such project is in effect are 
equal to or lesser than what such expenditures would 
have been during such period if such project were 
not in effect. 
‘‘(C)(i) In no case may a project described in sub-
paragraph (B) result in an expenditure to pay for any 
abortion or to assist in the purchase, in whole or in part, 
of health benefit coverage that includes coverage of abor-
tion. 
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‘‘(ii) Clause (i) shall not apply to an abortion only 
if necessary to save the life of the mother or if the preg-
nancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. 
‘‘(D) For purposes of a State’s approval or renewal 
of an experimental, pilot, or demonstration project under 
subparagraph (A), each reference to ‘the Secretary’ in 
subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to ‘the 
State’.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘(other than 
such a project that is described in paragraph 
(4)(B))’’ before the period at the end. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2716 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to not apply changes under 
Public Law 115–97 pertaining to the kiddie tax to children receiving 
certain military survivor benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2019 
Mr. GREEN of Tennessee 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 not apply 
changes under Public Law 115–97 pertaining to the 
kiddie tax to children receiving certain military survivor 
benefits. 
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 Gold Star 
Children Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF PERMANENT KIDDIE TAX RATES 
TO CHILDREN RECEIVING CERTAIN MILI-
TARY SURVIVOR BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(j)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) TREATMENT
OF
CHILDREN
WITH 
CERTAIN MILITARY SURVIVOR BENEFITS.—Sub-
paragraph (A) shall not apply to any child who 
received a benefit under laws administered by 
the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs which— 
‘‘(i) is received by a child by reason of 
the child being the survivor of a deceased 
member of the Armed Forces or of a de-
ceased veteran, and 
‘‘(ii) is included in the gross income of 
such child.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2017. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2717 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the San Felipe 
Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval County, New Mexico, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2019 
Ms. HAALAND introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the 
San Felipe Pueblo certain Federal land in Sandoval 
County, New Mexico, 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. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means the approximately 7,167 acres of land man-
aged by the Bureau of Land Management des-
ignated as ‘‘Proposed Conveyance—San Felipe 
Pueblo’’ on the map. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2719 
To provide for the issuance of a Stamp Out Elder Abuse Semipostal Stamp. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2019 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Ms. BONAMICI) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and 
in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, 
Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 a Stamp Out Elder Abuse 
Semipostal Stamp. 
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 ‘‘Stamp Out Elder 
Abuse Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. STAMP OUT ELDER ABUSE SEMIPOSTAL STAMP. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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(2) MAP.—The term ‘‘map’’ means the map ti-
tled ‘‘Ball Ranch ACEC & Additional BLM Land’’ 
and dated October 26, 2018. 
(3) PUEBLO.—The term ‘‘Pueblo’’ means the 
San Felipe Pueblo in Sandoval County, New Mexico. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE TO SAN FELIPE PUEBLO. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceives a request from the Pueblo to convey, for no consid-
eration, all of the Federal land (including mineral rights), 
subject to valid existing rights and notwithstanding the 
land use planning requirements of sections 202 and 203 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1712, 1713), the Secretary shall convey to the 
Pueblo all right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to the Federal land. 
(b) EASEMENTS.—The conveyance under subsection 
(a) shall be subject to the following conditions which shall 
be part of the deed for the conveyed Federal land: 
(1) Perpetual easements shall allow for the fol-
lowing access roads on the Federal land to the same 
extent as such access roads exist on the date of the 
enactment of this Act: 
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(A) An access road of approximately 2.4 
miles to the ‘‘Hamaatsa’’ inholding. 
(B) An access road of approximately 1.8 
miles to the ‘‘Baca Family’’ inholding. 
(2) Subject to agreement with the Pueblo, a 
perpetual easement to allow federally recognized In-
dian Tribes to access and be on the conveyed Fed-
eral land in order to access cultural sites and for 
cultural and religious practices on the Federal land. 
(3) A requirement that the Pueblo maintain the 
access roads referred to in paragraph (1) to the 
same engineering standards that the Bureau of 
Land Management was required to maintain such 
roads on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) GRAZING.—If Federal land is subject to a lease, 
permit, or contract for the grazing of domestic livestock 
in effect on the date of the conveyance of the Federal land 
under this Act, the grazing may, at the discretion of the 
Pueblo, continue for the remainder of the term of the 
lease, permit, or contract, subject to the related terms and 
conditions of user agreements, including permitted stock-
ing rates, grazing fee levels, access, and ownership and 
use of range improvements. 
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(d) COSTS.—The United States shall pay all costs of 
the conveyance under subsection (a). 
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time after the ballot has been cast, to asso-
ciate a voter with the record of the voter’s 
vote without the voter’s consent. 
‘‘(ii) PRESERVATION
AS
OFFICIAL 
RECORD.—The individual, durable, voter- 
verified paper ballot used in accordance 
with clause (i) shall constitute the official 
ballot and shall be preserved and used as 
the official ballot for purposes of any re-
count or audit conducted with respect to 
any election for Federal office in which the 
voting system is used. 
‘‘(iii) MANUAL
COUNTING
REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR RECOUNTS AND AUDITS.—(I) 
Each paper ballot used pursuant to clause 
(i) shall be suitable for a manual audit, 
and shall be counted by hand in any re-
count or audit conducted with respect to 
any election for Federal office. 
‘‘(II) In the event of any inconsist-
encies or irregularities between any elec-
tronic vote tallies and the vote tallies de-
termined by counting by hand the indi-
vidual, durable, voter-verified paper ballots 
used pursuant to clause (i), and subject to 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 271 
Making appropriations for Federal employees working during the Government 
shutdown beginning on or about December 22, 2018, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2019 
Mr. BROOKS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. POSEY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Federal employees working during 
the Government shutdown beginning on or about Decem-
ber 22, 2018, 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 ‘‘No Work Without Pay 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF SALARIES OF EXCEPTED GOVERN-
MENT EMPLOYEES. 
There are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are 
necessary to pay, during the period of a lapse in discre-
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tionary appropriations beginning on or about December 
22, 2018, the salaries and expenses of any officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government who is excepted from 
the furlough resulting from such lapse. 
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HR 2722 RFS
ANCE COMMISSION.—Section 214(a) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 20944(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘37 members’’ and inserting 
‘‘38 members’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(17) The Secretary of Homeland Security or 
the Secretary’s designee.’’. 
(c) REPRESENTATIVE OF DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY ON TECHNICAL GUIDELINES DEVELOP-
MENT COMMITTEE.—Section 221(c)(1) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 20961(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (F); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) A representative of the Department 
of Homeland Security.’’. 
(d) GOALS OF PERIODIC STUDIES OF ELECTION AD-
MINISTRATION ISSUES; CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY 
OF HOMELAND SECURITY.—Section 241(a) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 20981(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘the Commission shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
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of an individual, durable, voter-verified 
paper ballot of the voter’s vote that shall be 
marked and made available for inspection 
and verification by the voter before the vot-
er’s vote is cast and counted, and which 
shall be counted by hand or read by an op-
tical character recognition device or other 
counting device. For purposes of this sub-
clause, the term ‘individual, durable, voter- 
verified paper ballot’ means a paper ballot 
marked by the voter by hand or a paper 
ballot marked through the use of a nontab-
ulating ballot marking device or system, so 
long as the voter shall have the option to 
mark his or her ballot by hand. 
‘‘(II) The voting system shall provide 
the voter with an opportunity to correct 
any error on the paper ballot before the per-
manent voter-verified paper ballot is pre-
served in accordance with clause (ii). 
‘‘(III) The voting system shall not pre-
serve the voter-verified paper ballots in any 
manner that makes it possible, at any time 
after the ballot has been cast, to associate a 
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‘‘SEC. 3404. ALLOCATIONS. 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATION.—For the purpose of providing 
allocations for States (including pursuant to section 
3403(b)) under this title there is appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$2,500,000,000 for each of years 2022 through 2024. 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENT.—From amounts appropriated 
under subsection (a) for a year (beginning with 
2022 and ending with 2024), the Administrator 
shall, with respect to a State and not later than 
January 1 of such year, allocate for such State (in-
cluding pursuant to section 3403(b)) the amount de-
termined for such State and year under paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(2) 
ALLOCATION
AMOUNT
DETERMINA-
TIONS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the amount 
determined under this paragraph for a year for a 
State is an amount determined in accordance with 
an allocation methodology specified by the Adminis-
trator. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PREVIOUS YEAR’S 
REMAINING FUNDS.—In carrying out subsection (b), the 
Administrator shall, with respect to a year (beginning with 
2023 and ending with 2025), not later than March 31 of 
such year— 
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‘‘(1) determine the amount of funds, if any, 
from the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) 
for the previous year but not allocated for such pre-
vious year; and 
‘‘(2) if the Administrator determines that any 
funds were not so allocated for such previous year, 
allocate such remaining funds, in accordance with 
the allocation methodology specified pursuant to 
subsection (b)(2)— 
‘‘(A) to States that have submitted an ap-
plication approved under section 3403(a) for 
such previous year for any purpose for which 
such an application was approved; and 
‘‘(B) for States for which allocations were 
made pursuant to section 3403(b) for such pre-
vious year, to be used by the Administrator for 
such States, to carry out the purpose described 
in section 3402(2) in such State by providing 
payments to appropriate entities described in 
such section 3402(2) with respect to claims that 
exceed $1,000,000, 
with, respect to a year before 2025, any remaining 
funds being made available for allocations to States 
for the subsequent year. 
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I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7463 
To protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 7, 2022 
Mr. HARDER of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and 
other fuels, 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 ‘‘Gas Price Gouging 
Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. UNCONSCIONABLE PRICING OF GASOLINE AND 
OTHER PETROLEUM DISTILLATES DURING 
EMERGENCIES. 
(a) UNCONSCIONABLE PRICING.— 
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subparagraph (B), the individual, durable, 
voter-verified paper ballots shall be the 
true and correct record of the votes cast. 
‘‘(iv) APPLICATION
TO
ALL
BAL-
LOTS.—The requirements of this subpara-
graph shall apply to all ballots cast in elec-
tions for Federal office, including ballots 
cast by absent uniformed services voters 
and overseas voters under the Uniformed 
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 
and other absentee voters. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR TREATMENT OF 
DISPUTES WHEN PAPER BALLOTS HAVE BEEN 
SHOWN TO BE COMPROMISED.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In the event 
that— 
‘‘(I) there is any inconsistency 
between any electronic vote tallies and 
the vote tallies determined by count-
ing by hand the individual, durable, 
voter-verified paper ballots used pur-
suant to subparagraph (A)(i) with re-
spect to any election for Federal of-
fice; and 
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amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 27, 2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2722 
AN ACT 
To protect elections for public office by providing 
financial support and enhanced security for the 
infrastructure used to carry out such elections, 
and for other purposes.
597 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 
or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 
103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec-
tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of
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MACHINE.—For purposes of clause (i), 
only the paper ballots deemed com-
promised, if any, shall be considered in the 
calculation of whether or not the result of 
the election could be changed due to the 
compromised paper ballots.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT CLARIFYING APPLI-
CABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY.— 
Section 301(a)(4) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21081(a)(4)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(including the paper ballots re-
quired to be used under paragraph (2))’’ after ‘‘voting sys-
tem’’. 
(c) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 
301(a)(1) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21081(a)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘count-
ed’’ and inserting ‘‘counted, in accordance with 
paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘count-
ed’’ and inserting ‘‘counted, in accordance with 
paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking ‘‘count-
ed’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘counted, in 
accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 
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otherwise been required to cast a pro-
visional ballot. 
‘‘(III) POSTING
OF
NOTICE.— 
The appropriate election official shall 
ensure there is prominently displayed 
at each polling place a notice that de-
scribes the obligation of the official to 
offer individuals the opportunity to 
cast votes using a pre-printed blank 
paper ballot. 
‘‘(IV) TRAINING
OF
ELECTION 
OFFICIALS.—The chief State election 
official shall ensure that election offi-
cials at polling places in the State are 
aware of the requirements of this 
clause, including the requirement to 
display a notice under subclause (III), 
and are aware that it is a violation of 
the requirements of this title for an 
election official to fail to offer an indi-
vidual the opportunity to cast a vote 
using a blank pre-printed paper ballot. 
‘‘(V) 
PERIOD
OF
APPLICA-
BILITY.—The requirements of this 
clause apply only during the period in 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2722 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 28 (legislative day, JUNE 27), 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
Administration 
AN ACT 
To protect elections for public office by providing financial 
support and enhanced security for the infrastructure 
used to carry out such elections, 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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