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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4785 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1305 U.S. Highway 90 West in Castroville, Texas, as the ‘‘Lance Cor-
poral Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Mr. HURD of Texas (for himself, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. TAY-
LOR, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. WRIGHT, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. 
BRADY, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. CONAWAY, Ms. 
GRANGER, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. GONZALEZ of 
Texas, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. FLORES, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. ARRINGTON, 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. ROY, Mr. OLSON, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. WIL-
LIAMS, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, 
Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. 
VEASEY, Mr. VELA, Mr. DOGGETT, and Mr. BABIN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1305 U.S. Highway 90 West in Castroville, 
Texas, as the ‘‘Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan 
Post Office’’. 
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. LANCE CORPORAL RHONALD DAIN RAIRDAN 
POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1305 U.S. Highway 90 West in 
Castroville, Texas, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lance Corporal 
Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office’’. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4791 
To amend the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to permit 
the construction of certain noise barriers with funds from the Highway 
Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Mr. LEWIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the National Highway System Designation Act 
of 1995 to permit the construction of certain noise bar-
riers with funds from the Highway Trust Fund, 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 ‘‘Neighborhood Noise 
Barriers Act of 2019’’. 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4785 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1305 U.S. Highway 90 West in Castroville, 
Texas, as the ‘‘Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan 
Post Office’’. 
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. LANCE CORPORAL RHONALD DAIN RAIRDAN 
POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1305 U.S. Highway 90 West in 
Castroville, Texas, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lance Corporal 
Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 14, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4786 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 3-year recovery 
period for all race horses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Mr. BARR 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 a 
3-year recovery period for all race horses. 
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 ‘‘Race Horse Cost Re-
covery Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. THREE-YEAR DEPRECIATION FOR RACE HORSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(e)(3)(A)(i) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(i) any race horse,’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to property placed in service after 
December 31, 2017. 
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SEC. 2. PERMITTING USE OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND FOR 
CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN NOISE BAR-
RIERS. 
Section 339(b)(1) of the National Highway System 
Designation Act of 1995 (23 U.S.C. 109 note) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—No funds made avail-
able out of the Highway Trust Fund may be used 
to construct a Type II noise barrier (as defined by 
section 772.5(I) of title 23, Code of Federal Regula-
tions) pursuant to subsections (h) and (I) of section 
109 of title 23, United States Code, unless— 
‘‘(A) such a barrier is part of a project ap-
proved by the Secretary before November 28, 
1995; or 
‘‘(B) such a barrier separates a highway or 
other noise corridor from a group of structures 
of which the majority of those closest to the 
highway or noise corridor— 
‘‘(i) are residential in nature; and 
‘‘(ii) either— 
‘‘(I) were constructed before the 
construction or most recent widening 
of the highway or noise corridor; or 
‘‘(II) are at least 10 years old.’’. 
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SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION 
BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. 
Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(16) Planning, design, or construction of a 
Type II noise barrier (as described in section 772.5 
of title 23, Code of Federal Regulations).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2) by inserting ‘‘and para-
graph (16)’’ after ‘‘(11)’’. 
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II 
Calendar No. 449 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4794 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
MARCH 12, 2020 
Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, 
as the ‘‘Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MOTHER FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, 
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Mother 
Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building’’. 
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H. R. 4794 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8320 13th 
Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the ‘‘Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post 
Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MOTHER FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini 
Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4794 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, as the ‘‘Mother Frances 
Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2019 
Mr. ROSE of New York (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. MORELLE, 
Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SEAN PAT-
RICK MALONEY of New York, and Mr. NADLER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, 
as the ‘‘Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MOTHER FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, 
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New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Mother 
Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Mother Frances Xa-
vier Cabrini Post Office Building’’. 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4794 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, 
as the ‘‘Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office 
Building’’. 
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. MOTHER FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brooklyn, 
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Mother 
Frances Xavier Cabrini Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Mother Frances Xa-
vier Cabrini Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 5, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Mother Frances Xa-
vier Cabrini Post Office Building’’. 
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Calendar No. 449 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4794 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 8320 13th Avenue in Brook-
lyn, New York, as the ‘‘Mother Frances Xavier 
Cabrini Post Office Building’’. 
MARCH 12, 2020 
Reported without amendment 
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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) WORLDWIDE
LEVEL
OF
DIVERSITY
IMMI-
GRANTS.—Section 201 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by striking subsection (e). 
(b) ALLOCATION OF DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISAS.— 
Section 203 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c),’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b),’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2) 
and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’; and 
(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), and 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) and (b)’’. 
(c) PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING IMMIGRANT STA-
TUS.—Section 204 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) is amend-
ed— 
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‘‘(C) REPORT.—On an annual basis, the 
Director shall submit to Congress a report on 
the receipt of driver’s licenses or other State 
photo identification documents by prisoners de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) that includes, for 
the previous year— 
‘‘(i) the number of prisoners who re-
ceived such an identification document; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the number of prisoners released 
without receiving such an identification 
document, and the reasons that such pris-
oners did not receive such an identification 
document.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 479 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity 
immigrant program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 10, 2019 
Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate 
the diversity immigrant 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— 
(1) the ‘‘Security and Fairness Enhancement 
for America Act of 2019’’; or 
(2) the ‘‘SAFE for America Act’’. 
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(1) by striking subsection (a)(1)(I); and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(a), (b), or 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) or (b)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2019. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING SALE OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING 
TO HUMAN FETAL TISSUE. 
Section 498B(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 298g–2(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘valuable consideration’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) any payment made or debt incurred; 
‘‘(B) any gift, honorarium, or recognition 
of value bestowed; 
‘‘(C) any price, charge, or fee which is 
waived, forgiven, reduced, or indefinitely de-
layed, 
‘‘(D) any loan or debt which is canceled or 
otherwise forgiven; 
‘‘(E) the transfer of any item from one 
person to another or provision of any service or 
granting of any opportunity for which a charge 
is customarily made, without charge or for a re-
duced charge; and 
‘‘(F) any payments associated with the 
transportation, implantation, processing, preser-
vation, quality control, or storage of human 
fetal tissue.’’. 
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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. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE RE-
WARDS PROGRAM. 
Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(13) the identification or location of an indi-
vidual or entity that— 
‘‘(A) knowingly, directly or indirectly, im-
ports, exports, or reexports to, into, or from 
any country any goods, services, or technology 
controlled for export by the United States be-
cause of the use of such goods, services, or 
technology in contravention of a United States 
or United Nations sanction; or 
‘‘(B) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pro-
vides training, advice, or other services or as-
sistance, or engages in significant financial
transactions, relating to any such goods, serv-
ices, or technology in contravention of such 
sanction.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4802 
AN ACT 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 to authorize rewards under the De-
partment of State’s rewards program relating to 
information regarding individuals or entities en-
gaged in activities in contravention of United 
States or United Nations sanctions, and for 
other purposes.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4802 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize 
rewards under the Department of State’s rewards program relating to 
information regarding individuals or entities engaged in activities in 
contravention of United States or United Nations sanctions, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2019 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to authorize rewards under the Department of 
State’s rewards program relating to information regard-
ing individuals or entities engaged in activities in con-
travention of United States or United Nations sanctions, 
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. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE RE-
WARDS PROGRAM. 
Subsection (b) of section 36 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(13) the identification or location of an indi-
vidual or entity that— 
‘‘(A) knowingly, directly or indirectly, im-
ports, exports, or reexports to, into, or from 
any country any goods, services, or technology 
controlled for export by the United States be-
cause of the use of such goods, services, or 
technology in contravention of a United States 
or United Nations sanction; or 
‘‘(B) knowingly, directly or indirectly, pro-
vides training, advice, or other services or as-
sistance, or engages in significant financial 
transactions, relating to any such goods, serv-
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ices, or technology in contravention of such 
sanction.’’. 
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SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS REGARDING TAKING AND IMPORT-
ING OF ENDANGERED SPECIES AND THREAT-
ENED SPECIES TROPHIES. 
(a) PROHIBITION OF TAKING OR IMPORTING.—Sec-
tion 9 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1538) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) TROPHIES.—It is unlawful for any person sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the United States— 
‘‘(1) to take for a trophy within the United 
States or the territorial sea of the United States any 
species of fish or wildlife listed under section 4 as 
a threatened species; or 
‘‘(2) to import into the United States any tro-
phy of any species of fish or wildlife listed under sec-
tion 4 as a threatened species.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION OF PERMITS.—Section 10(a) of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary may permit’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as other-
wise provided in this subsection, the Secretary may 
permit’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may not permit or otherwise 
allow— 
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