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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5668 
For the relief of Mykhaylo Gnatyuk and Melnik Gnatyuk. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2018 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Mykhaylo Gnatyuk and Melnik Gnatyuk. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
PERMANENT 
RESIDENT 
STATUS 
FOR 
MYKHAYLO 
GNATYUK 
AND 
MELNIK 
GNATYUK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Mykhaylo Gnatyuk and Melnik Gnatyuk shall each 
be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for adjust-
ment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence upon filing an application for 
issuance of an immigrant visa under section 204 of such 
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whether the sanctuary jurisdiction has issued a writ 
or warrant. 
(2) TRANSFER
OF
CUSTODY
OF
CERTAIN 
ALIENS
PROHIBITED.—The Secretary shall not 
transfer an alien with a final order of removal pur-
suant to paragraph (1)(A) or (5) of section 241(a) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1231(a)) to a sanctuary jurisdiction. 
(3) ANNUAL DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
shall determine for each calendar year which States 
or political subdivision of States are sanctuary juris-
dictions and shall report such determinations to 
Congress by March 1 of each succeeding calendar 
year. 
(4) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall issue a report concerning a particular 
sanctuary jurisdiction at the request of the House or 
the Senate Judiciary Committee. Any sanctuary ju-
risdiction shall be ineligible to receive Federal finan-
cial assistance as provided in paragraph (1) for a 
minimum period of 1 year, and shall only become el-
igible again after the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity certifies that the jurisdiction is not a sanctuary 
jurisdiction. 
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‘‘(B)(i) develop performance goals and 
measures to track progress on achieving the 
strategic objective of the Commission of ensur-
ing that all tribal libraries have affordable ac-
cess to broadband Internet access service tech-
nologies for educational purposes for students, 
teachers, librarians, and members of the com-
munity; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, submit to Con-
gress and make public a report on the goals 
and measures developed under clause (i).’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5662 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to equalize the charitable 
mileage rate with the business travel rate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2018 
Mr. NOLAN (for himself and Mr. PETERSON) 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 equalize 
the charitable mileage rate with the business travel rate. 
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 ‘‘Volunteer Driver Tax 
Appreciation Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN CHARITABLE MILEAGE RATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (i) of section 170 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘14 cents per mile’’ and inserting ‘‘the rate determined 
by the Secretary, which rate shall not be less than the 
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standard mileage rate used for purposes of sections 162 
and 212’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable year beginning after De-
cember 31, 2017. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5663 
To cut federal funding of Sanctuary Cities and use those funds for building 
a wall on the border with Mexico, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2018 
Mr. PITTENGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, Financial Services, and Homeland Security, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To cut federal funding of Sanctuary Cities and use those 
funds for building a wall on the border with 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Make Sanctuary Cities 
Pay for the Wall Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WALL ACCOUNT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall establish an account within the Department 
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of Homeland Security from which he may expend funds 
for the planning, design and construction of a border bar-
rier between the United States and Mexico. 
(b) NOT SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS.—Any amounts 
appropriated from this fund shall not be subject to the 
limitations set forth in section 230 of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018. 
SEC. 3. DEFUNDING OF SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated for sanc-
tuary cities, localities or States for fiscal year 2018 and 
all subsequent fiscal years as set forth in subsection (b) 
shall be withheld and deposited into the account estab-
lished in section 2. 
(b) APPLICATION.—This subsection applies to all 
amounts made available under— 
(1) title II of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965; and 
(2) title I of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974. 
(c) CUSTODY OF ALIENS.— 
(1) TRANSFER OF CUSTODY OF ALIENS PEND-
ING REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.—The Secretary, at the 
Secretary’s discretion, may decline to transfer an 
alien in the custody of the Department of Homeland 
Security to a sanctuary jurisdiction, regardless of 
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‘‘(iv) assess the total amounts spent by the 
Department on hospital care, medical services, 
and extended care services furnished through 
such networks; 
‘‘(v) assess the timeliness of the Depart-
ment in referring hospital care, medical serv-
ices, and extended care services to such net-
works; and 
‘‘(vi) assess the timeliness of such net-
works in— 
‘‘(I) accepting referrals; and 
‘‘(II) scheduling and completing ap-
pointments. 
‘‘(B) Report the number of medical service lines 
the Secretary has determined under subsection 
(e)(1) not to be providing hospital care, medical 
services, or extended care services that comply with 
the standards for quality established by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(C) Assess the use of academic affiliates and 
centers of excellence of the Department to furnish 
hospital care, medical services, and extended care 
services to covered veterans under this section. 
‘‘(D) Assess the hospital care, medical services, 
and extended care services furnished to covered vet-
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(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
require law enforcement officials from States, or from po-
litical subdivisions of States, to report or arrest victims 
or witnesses of a criminal offense. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘sanctuary juris-
diction’’ means any State or political subdivision of a State 
that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice 
that prohibits or restricts any government entity or official 
from— 
(1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchang-
ing with any Federal, State, or local government en-
tity information regarding the citizenship or immi-
gration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; 
or 
(2) complying with a request lawfully made by 
the Department of Homeland Security under section 
236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer 
for, or notify about the release of, an individual. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5665 
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 
to clarify the term labor organization. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2018 
Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure 
Act of 1959 to clarify the term labor organization. 
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 ‘‘Accountability for Rep-
resented Workers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM LABOR ORGANIZA-
TION. 
Section 3 of the Labor-Management Reporting and 
Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 402) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (i)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘(including any effort to 
discuss or communicate with an employer the 
establishment of, or changes to, particular 
terms and conditions of employment, or to take 
any action to pressure an employer into accept-
ing the establishment of, or changes to, such 
terms and conditions of employment)’’ after 
‘‘conditions of employment’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(who may include any in-
dividual who is an employee without regard to 
whether the labor organization deals with the 
employer of such individual)’’ after ‘‘employ-
ees’’; and 
(2) in subsection (j)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), 
respectively, and indenting appropriately; 
(B) by striking ‘‘(j)’’ and inserting ‘‘(j) 
(1)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not be considered an 
exhaustive list of the labor organizations that shall 
be deemed to be engaged in an industry affecting 
commerce.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5667 
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to reauthorize the Acer Access 
and Development Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2018 
Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. COURTNEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to reauthorize the 
Acer Access and Development 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 ‘‘Acer Access and Devel-
opment Program Reauthorization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ACER ACCESS AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM REAU-
THORIZED. 
Section 12306(f) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 1632c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014 through 
2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018 through 2023’’. 
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Act or for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resi-
dent. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Mykhaylo Gnatyuk 
or Melnik Gnatyuk enters the United States before the 
filing deadline specified in subsection (c), he or she shall 
be considered to have entered and remained lawfully and 
shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment of 
status under section 245 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Mykhaylo Gnatyuk and Melnik Gnatyuk, the 
Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to re-
duce by 2, during the current or next following fiscal year, 
the total number of immigrant visas that are made avail-
able to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth under 
section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act or, 
if applicable, the total number of immigrant visas that are 
made available to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth 
under section 202(e) of such Act. 
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(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural 
parents, brothers, and sisters of Mykhaylo Gnatyuk and 
Melnik Gnatyuk shall not, by virtue of such relationship, 
be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act. 
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145 
which it transmits its recommendations to the Presi-
dent under paragraph (2). 
(4) PROVISION
OF
INFORMATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—After the Commission transmits its report 
to the President, the Commission shall promptly 
provide, upon request, to any Member of Congress, 
information used by the Commission in making its 
recommendations. 
(d) REVIEW BY THE PRESIDENT.— 
(1) REPORT.—The President shall, not later 
than February 15, 2023, transmit to the Commis-
sion and to the Congress a report containing the 
President’s approval or disapproval of the Commis-
sion’s recommendations. 
(2) PRESIDENTIAL
APPROVAL.—If the Presi-
dent approves all the recommendations of the Com-
mission, the President shall transmit a copy of such 
recommendations to the Congress, together with a 
certification of such approval. 
(3) 
PRESIDENTIAL
DISAPPROVAL.—If 
the 
President disapproves the recommendations of the 
Commission, in whole or in part, the President shall 
transmit to the Commission and the Congress, not 
later than March 1, 2023, the reasons for that dis-
approval. The Commission, after consideration of the 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5670 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities 
and Exchange Commission to issue regulations to require public corpora-
tions to disclose political expenditures, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2018 
Mr. CARBAJAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct 
the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue regula-
tions to require public corporations to disclose political 
expenditures, 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 ‘‘Corporate Political 
Disclosure Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE EXPENDITURES FOR 
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(s) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO EX-
PENDITURES FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTS
REQUIRED.—Each issuer re-
quired to file an annual report under this section 
shall disclose in that report, and publish on an inter-
net website accessible to the shareholders of such 
issuer and to the public, a summary of expenditures 
for political activities made during the preceding 
year. 
‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘expenditure 
for political activities’ means any— 
‘‘(A) independent expenditure (as defined 
in section 301(17) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971); 
‘‘(B) electioneering communication (as de-
fined in section 304(f)(3) of that Act) and any 
other public communication (as defined in sec-
tion 301(22) of that Act) that would be an elec-
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tioneering communication if it were a broad-
cast, cable, or satellite communication; or 
‘‘(C) dues or other payments to trade asso-
ciations or organizations described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
that Code that are, or could reasonably be an-
ticipated to be, used or transferred to another 
association or organization for a use described 
in paragraphs (1), (2), or (4) of such section 
501(c).’’. 
(b) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 90 days after the 
enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission shall issue regulations to carry out the amend-
ment made by subsection (a). 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5673 
To extend the Hardest Hit Fund of the Department of the Treasury, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2018 
Mrs. TORRES (for herself and Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To extend the Hardest Hit Fund of the Department of 
the Treasury, 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 ‘‘Keep Your Home Act 
of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF HARDEST HIT FUND. 
The last sentence of subsection (b) of section 120 of 
the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 
U.S.C. 5230(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘on December 31, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘upon the expiration of the 12-month pe-
riod that begins upon the date of the enactment of 
the Keep Your Home Act of 2018’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 
and 
(4) by striking ‘‘following such extension shall 
not exceed $2,000,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘after the 
date of the enactment of the Keep Your Home Act 
of 2018 shall not be less than $4,000,000,000 nor 
exceed $5,500,000,000, (3) in obligating funds fol-
lowing such date of enactment the Secretary shall 
give preference for allocation for States that, as of 
the expiration of the 6-month period that begins 
upon such date of enactment, have disbursed 95 per-
cent or more of the funds previously made available 
to the State through such Innovation Fund pro-
gram, (4) the Secretary shall allocate for States all 
such funds referred to in clause (2) not later than 
the expiration of the 12-month period that begins 
upon such date of enactment, and (5) the Secretary 
shall establish an expiration date by which States re-
ceiving funds from such Innovation Fund shall dis-
burse such amounts, which shall be based on the 
specific amount of funding made available for such 
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Innovation Fund by the Keep Your Home Act of 
2018 and the rate of spending of funds made avail-
able for such Innovation Fund before enactment of 
such Act’’. 
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SEC. 3. CONSOLIDATION OF REDUNDANT REPORTS; CON-
FORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) ORBIT ACT REPORT.—Section 646 of the Com-
munications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 765e; 114 
Stat. 57) is repealed. 
(b) SATELLITE COMPETITION REPORT.—Section 4 of 
Public Law 109–34 (47 U.S.C. 703) is repealed. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL BROADBAND DATA REPORT.— 
Section 103 of the Broadband Data Improvement Act (47 
U.S.C. 1303) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (b) through (d), respectively. 
(d) STATUS OF COMPETITION IN THE MARKET FOR 
THE DELIVERY OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING REPORT.—Sec-
tion 628 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
548) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (g); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub-
section (g); and 
(3) by transferring subsection (g) (as redesig-
nated) so that it appears after subsection (f). 
(e) REPORT ON CABLE INDUSTRY PRICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 623 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 543) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (k); and
formation considered or used by the agency in 
connection with its determination to propose 
the rule; 
‘‘(E)(i) a reasoned preliminary determination of 
need for the rule based on the information described 
under subparagraph (D); 
‘‘(ii) an additional statement of whether a rule 
is required by statute; and 
‘‘(iii) an achievable objective for the rule and 
metrics by which the agency will measure progress 
toward that objective; 
‘‘(F) a reasoned preliminary determination that 
the benefits of the proposed rule meet the relevant 
statutory objectives and justify the costs of the pro-
posed rule (including all costs to be considered under 
subsection (b)(6)), based on the information de-
scribed under subparagraph (D); 
‘‘(G) a discussion of— 
‘‘(i) the alternatives to the proposed rule, 
and other alternative responses, considered by 
the agency under subsection (b); 
‘‘(ii) the costs and benefits of those alter-
natives (including all costs to be considered 
under subsection (b)(6)); 
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