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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2983 
To direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
to release an interim report related to aquatic nuisance species control, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. JOYCE of 
Ohio, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. TROTT, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. 
MOOLENAAR, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. UPTON, Mr. SCHNEIDER, 
Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mrs. DINGELL, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. WALZ, 
Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. COL-
LINS of New York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, 
Mr. AMASH, and Ms. STEFANIK) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, to release an interim report related 
to aquatic nuisance species control, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Stop the Asian Carp 
Now Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. BRANDON ROAD STUDY. 
Not later than 7 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of Engineers, shall release for public comment the 
interim report relating to the Tentatively Selected Plan 
for the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin 
Study Brandon Road Study that was scheduled for release 
on February 27, 2017. 
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partnership with participating entities, the purposes of this 
title. 
‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF COORDINATORS.—The head of 
each participating entity, and the head of any bureau or 
subdivision of each participating entity, shall designate a 
21CSC coordinator to coordinate any activity of the 21CSC 
or a 21CSC project carried out by the participating entity 
or the bureau or subdivision of the participating entity. 
‘‘(c) PARTICIPATING ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The 21CSC shall be imple-
mented jointly by the heads of the participating enti-
ties, who may support the 21CSC by carrying out the 
activities described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) LIST
OF
PARTICIPATING
ENTITIES.—The 
participating entities shall be— 
‘‘(A) the Department of the Interior; 
‘‘(B) the Department of Agriculture; 
‘‘(C) the Department of Transportation; 
‘‘(D) the Department of Labor; 
‘‘(E) the Department of Energy; 
‘‘(F) the Department of Defense; 
‘‘(G) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
‘‘(H) the Department of Commerce; 
‘‘(I) the Department of Education; 
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available for obligation only for the purposes of car-
rying out the program until expended. 
‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION
OF
FUNDS.—To the max-
imum extent practicable, of projects receiving funds 
or acres transferred under paragraph (1) from a pro-
gram described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 
that paragraph, the percentage of projects that shall 
have purposes similar to the purposes of the applica-
ble program from which funds or acres were trans-
ferred shall be approximately equal to the percentage 
of funds or acres transferred from the applicable pro-
gram.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘25 per-
cent of the funds and acres to projects based on 
a State competitive process administered by the 
State Conservationist, with the advice of the 
State technical committee’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘40 percent of the funds and acres to 
projects based on a State or multistate competi-
tive process administered by the Secretary at the 
local level with the advice of the applicable State 
technical committees’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2);
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 ‘‘Susquehanna National 
Heritage Area Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The term ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ means the Susquehanna National Heritage 
Area established by section 3(a). 
(2) LOCAL
COORDINATING
ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘local coordinating entity’’ means the local coordi-
nating entity for the Heritage Area designated by sec-
tion 4(a). 
(3) MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the plan developed by the local co-
ordinating entity under section 5(a). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Pennsylvania. 
SEC. 3. SUSQUEHANNA NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Sus-
quehanna National Heritage Area in the State. 
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(2) in paragraph (4)(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(3) in paragraph (5) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, a 
process under which the Administrator shall con-
tinue to comply with the requirements of this section 
before the date of transfer (as defined in section 
90101(a)).’’. 
SEC. 227. AVIATION FACILITIES BEFORE DATE OF TRANS-
FER. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 44502(a) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration may’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Before the date of transfer (as de-
fined in section 90101(a)), the Secretary of Trans-
portation may’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘The cost’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Before the date of transfer (as de-
fined in section 90101(a)), the cost’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Before the date of transfer 
(as defined in section 90101(a)), the Secretary’’; 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2988 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to remove the requirement that 
residents of residential reentry facilities pay 25 percent of any gross 
income earned during work release to offset the cost of being housed, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to remove the re-
quirement that residents of residential reentry facilities 
pay 25 percent of any gross income earned during work 
release to offset the cost of being housed, 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 ‘‘Ensuring Successful 
Reentry Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT PRISONERS ON WORK RE-
LEASE PAY PART OF THEIR GROSS INCOME 
OVER FOR HOUSING. 
Section 3622(c) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking all that follows after ‘‘facility if’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘the rates of pay and other condi-
tions of employment will not be less than those paid or 
provided for work of a similar nature in the community.’’. 
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(1) To study activities that may be carried out 
by the Federal Government to determine whether 
the activities are fitting and proper to honor Fred-
erick Douglass on the occasion of the bicentennial 
anniversary of Douglass’ birth, including— 
(A) the issuance of a Frederick Douglass 
bicentennial postage stamp; 
(B) the convening of a joint meeting or 
joint session of Congress for ceremonies and ac-
tivities relating to Frederick Douglass; 
(C) a rededication of the Frederick Doug-
lass National Historic Site, or other activity 
with respect to the Site; and 
(D) the acquisition and preservation of ar-
tifacts associated with Frederick Douglass. 
(2) To recommend to Congress the activities 
that the Commission considers most fitting and 
proper to honor Frederick Douglass on such occa-
sion, and the entity or entities in the Federal Gov-
ernment that the Commission considers most appro-
priate to carry out such activities. 
SEC. 5. MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Commission 
shall be composed of 16 members appointed as follows: 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2989 
AN ACT 
To establish the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial 
Commission
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 298 
To require additional entities to be subject to the requirements of section 
552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom 
of Information Act), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2017 
Mr. CHAFFETZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require additional entities to be subject to the require-
ments of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information 
Act), 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 ‘‘Fannie Mae and 
Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF FOIA. 
Notwithstanding section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code, during any period that the Federal National Mort-
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gage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation is under conservatorship or receivership pur-
suant to section 1367 of the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 
4617), such enterprise shall be considered to be an agency 
for purposes of section 552 of such title. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The local coordinating entity 
shall not use Federal funds received under this Act 
to acquire real property or any interest in real prop-
erty. 
(2) OTHER SOURCES.—Nothing in this Act pre-
cludes the local coordinating entity from using Fed-
eral funds from other sources for authorized pur-
poses, including the acquisition of real property or 
any interest in real property. 
SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 
date on which funds are first made available to carry out 
this Act, the local coordinating entity shall prepare and 
submit to the Secretary a management plan for the Herit-
age Area. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The management plan for the Her-
itage Area shall— 
(1) include comprehensive policies, strategies, 
and recommendations for the conservation, funding, 
management, and development of the Heritage Area; 
(2) take into consideration existing State, coun-
ty, and local plans; 
(3) specify the existing and potential sources of 
funding to protect, manage, and develop the Herit-
age Area; 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2991 
AN ACT 
To establish the Susquehanna National Heritage 
Area in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other 
purposes.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2993 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to make available to Congress certain 
information relating to individuals formerly detained at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Mrs. WALORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to make available to 
Congress certain information relating to individuals for-
merly detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, 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 ‘‘Guantanamo Recidi-
vism Reduction Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RELATING TO AC-
TIVITIES OF INDIVIDUALS FORMERLY DE-
TAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, 
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall provide to the following congressional committees an-
nual briefings on the current activities and locations of 
covered individuals who the Secretary determines have en-
gaged in acts of terrorism or support for terrorism after 
their transfer or release from detention at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: 
(1) The Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) The Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AGREEMENTS RELATING TO 
FORMER DETAINEES.—The Secretary of State shall— 
(1) maintain written records containing the 
exact terms of any bilateral agreement between the 
United States and a country to which a covered indi-
vidual is transferred or released relating to such 
transfer or release; and 
(2) make such records available to Congress not 
later than 90 days after the conclusion of any such 
agreement. 
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(c) COVERED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an individual 
who— 
(1) is not a member or former member of the 
Armed Forces; 
(2) on or after September 11, 2011, was de-
tained by or otherwise under the effective control of 
the Department of Defense at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and 
(3) was transferred or released from such de-
tention. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2994 
To state the policy of the United States on the minimum number of available 
battle force ships. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2017 
Mr. WITTMAN (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. FRANKS of Ari-
zona, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. BANKS
of Indiana, Mr. SHUSTER, Ms. 
HANABUSA, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To state the policy of the United States on the minimum 
number of available battle force ships. 
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 ‘‘Securing the Home-
land by Increasing our Power on the Seas Act’’ or the 
‘‘SHIPS Act’’. 
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‘‘(vii) 
complementing 
and 
supplementing other clean energy and en-
ergy efficiency legislation at the regional, 
State, municipal, and county level. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) BANK.—The term ‘Bank’ means the 
United States Green Bank established under sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(2) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the 
Board of Directors of the Bank. 
‘‘(3) CLEAN
ENERGY
PROJECT.—The term 
‘clean energy project’ means any electricity genera-
tion, transmission, storage, heating, cooling, trans-
portation, distribution, industrial process, or manu-
facturing project whose primary purpose is the de-
ployment, development, or production of an energy 
system or technology that avoids, reduces, or seques-
ters air pollutants or anthropogenic greenhouse 
gases, including the following: 
‘‘(A) Solar. 
‘‘(B) Wind. 
‘‘(C) Geothermal. 
‘‘(D) Biomass. 
‘‘(E) Hydropower. 
‘‘(F) Ocean and hydrokinetic. 
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SEC. 2. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES ON MINIMUM NUM-
BER OF BATTLE FORCE SHIPS. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to have 
available, as soon as practicable, not fewer than 355 battle 
force ships, comprised of the optimal mix of platforms, 
with funding subject to the annual authorization of appro-
priation and the annual appropriation of funds. 
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(4) by striking paragraph (4); 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4); and 
(6) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘The Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘Before 
the date of transfer (as defined in section 90101(a)), 
the Secretary of Transportation’’. 
(b) 
CERTIFICATION
OF
NECESSITY.—Section 
44502(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Except’’ and inserting ‘‘Before 
the date of transfer (as defined in section 90101(a)), 
except’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary of Transportation’’. 
(c) ENSURING CONFORMITY WITH PLANS AND POLI-
CIES.—Section 44502(c) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration’’ the second, third, 
and fourth places it appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation’’; 
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‘‘(8) PROMOTING WORK.—As a condition of re-
ceiving supplemental nutrition assistance program 
funds under this Act, a State agency shall provide 
each individual subject to the work requirement of 
this subsection with the opportunity to participate in 
an activity selected by the State from among the op-
tions described in subparagraphs (B), (C), and (E) 
of paragraph (2). 
‘‘(9) PENALTIES FOR INADEQUATE STATE PER-
FORMANCE.—If a State agency fails to fully comply 
with this section, including the requirement to termi-
nate the benefits of individuals who fail to fulfill the 
work requirements described in paragraph (2) dur-
ing a fiscal quarter, the funding allotment of the 
State for the supplemental nutrition assistance pro-
gram shall be reduced by 10 percent for the quarter 
that begins 180 days after the first day of the quar-
ter in which the noncompliance occurred.’’. 
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(2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘watershed 
protection’’ after ‘‘emergency’’. 
(b) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—Title IV of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 403 (16 U.S.C. 2203) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 403A. PAYMENT LIMITATION. 
‘‘The maximum payment made under the emergency 
conservation program to an agricultural producer under 
this title may not exceed $500,000.’’. 
(c) FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION.—Section 404 of 
the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2204) is 
amended— 
(1) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘The Cor-
poration’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion’’; 
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘In imple-
menting the provisions of’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—In 
implementing’’; 
(3) by striking the second sentence; 
(4) by striking the section designation and all 
that follows through ‘‘There are authorized’’ in the 
first sentence and inserting the following:
I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2618 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study 
on the response time of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration to requests from Members of Congress, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2023 
Ms. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States 
to conduct a study on the response time of the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration to requests 
from Members of Congress, 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 ‘‘Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration Engagement and Transparency Act’’. 
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‘‘(1) NO EFFECT ON ENROLLED ACREAGE, ECO-
LOGICAL FUNCTIONS AND VALUES.—A modification or 
exchange under subsection (b) shall not— 
‘‘(A) result in a net loss of acreage enrolled 
in the covered program; or 
‘‘(B) adversely affect any ecological or con-
servation function or value for which the appli-
cable easement was established. 
‘‘(2) EXCHANGED ACRES.—Any land for which 
an exchange is made under subsection (b) shall satisfy 
all requirements for enrollment in the covered pro-
gram. 
‘‘(3) RESTRICTION ON PAYMENTS.—In modifying 
any easement under the covered program, the Sec-
retary shall not increase any payment to any party 
to the easement. 
‘‘(d) COSTS.—A party to an easement under the cov-
ered program that requests a modification or exchange 
under subsection (b) shall be responsible for all costs of the 
modification or exchange, including— 
‘‘(1) an appraisal to determine whether the eco-
nomic value of the land for which an exchange is 
made under subsection (b) is equal to or greater than 
the value of the land removed from the covered pro-
gram;