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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2466 
To facilitate the expedited review of applications of aliens applying for admis-
sion to the United States under section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act who are coming to the United States to participate 
in a program under which they will receive graduate medical education 
or training, require the Secretary of State to provide relevant Foreign 
Service officers with training regarding such aliens, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2017 
Ms. MENG (for herself and Mr. EMMER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To facilitate the expedited review of applications of aliens 
applying for admission to the United States under sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act who are coming to the United States to participate 
in a program under which they will receive graduate 
medical education or training, require the Secretary of 
State to provide relevant Foreign Service officers with 
training regarding such aliens, 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 ‘‘Grant Residency for 
Additional Doctors Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘GRAD Act of 
2017’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF CERTAIN J–1 VISAS AND 
TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS. 
(a) EXPEDITED REVIEW.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall designate an officer or employee of the De-
partment of State whose sole responsibility during the 
months of March, April, May, June, and any other period 
of time as determined appropriate by the Secretary, shall 
be to facilitate the expedited review of applications of 
aliens applying for admission to the United States under 
section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)) who are coming to the 
United States to participate in a program under which 
such aliens will receive graduate medical education or 
training. 
(b) TRAINING.—Beginning not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall provide to relevant Foreign Service officers 
training related to medical graduates and medical grad-
uate programs in the countries in which such officers are 
serving. Such training shall be part of the training pro-
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vided to such officers under section 701 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021). 
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and agencies, among and between State, local, tribal, 
and territorial governments, including law enforce-
ment, and with foreign partners and the private sec-
tor. 
‘‘(5) An assessment and description of how the 
dissemination to the intelligence community (as such 
term is defined in section 3(4) of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))) and Federal 
law enforcement of homeland security information 
and terrorism information assists such entities in 
carrying out their respective missions. 
‘‘(c) FORM.—The guidance required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REVIEW.—For each of the five fiscal 
years beginning with the fiscal year that begins after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
conduct a review of the guidance required under sub-
section (a) and, as appropriate, revise such guidance.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
210F the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 210G. Homeland intelligence doctrine.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2467 
To amend title 4, United States Code, to permit the flag of the United 
States to be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2017 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 4, United States Code, to permit the flag 
of the United States to be flown at half-staff in the 
event of the death of the Mayor of the District of Colum-
bia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FLYING FLAG OF UNITED STATES AT HALF- 
STAFF IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF THE 
MAYOR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
Section 7(m) of title 4, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘Govern-
ment and the Governor of a State, territory, or pos-
session,’’ and inserting ‘‘Government, the Governor 
of a State, territory, or possession, and the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia,’’; and 
(2) in the eighth sentence, by striking ‘‘or the 
Governor of a State, territory, or possession;’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, the Governor of a State, territory, or 
possession, or the Mayor of the District of Colum-
bia;’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2468 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a homeland 
intelligence doctrine for the Department of Homeland Security, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2017 
Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
a homeland intelligence doctrine for the Department of 
Homeland Security, 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 ‘‘Unifying DHS Intel-
ligence Enterprise Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HOMELAND INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 210G. HOMELAND INTELLIGENCE DOCTRINE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, 
acting through the Chief Intelligence Officer of the De-
partment, shall develop and disseminate written Depart-
ment-wide guidance for the processing, analysis, produc-
tion, and dissemination of homeland security information 
(as such term is defined in section 892) and terrorism in-
formation (as such term is defined in section 1016 of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004 (6 U.S.C. 485)). 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The guidance required under sub-
section (a) shall, at a minimum, include the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of guiding principles and 
purposes of the Department’s intelligence enterprise. 
‘‘(2) A summary of the roles and responsibil-
ities of each intelligence component of the Depart-
ment and programs of the intelligence components of 
the Department in the processing, analysis, produc-
tion, or dissemination of homeland security informa-
tion and terrorism information. 
‘‘(3) Rules and regulations for the processing, 
analysis, and production of such information. 
‘‘(4) Rules and regulations for the dissemina-
tion of such information, including within the De-
partment, among and between Federal departments 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2469 
To establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off the 
coastline of the State of Florida, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2017 
Mr. POSEY (for himself, Mr. MAST, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Mr. HASTINGS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic 
activities off the coastline of the State of Florida, 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 ‘‘Seismic Moratorium 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 3. ANALYSTS FOR THE CHIEF INTELLIGENCE OFFI-
CER. 
Paragraph (1) of section 201(e) of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121(e)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary 
shall also provide the Chief Intelligence Officer with a 
staff having appropriate expertise and experience to assist 
the Chief Intelligence Officer.’’. 
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SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS-RELATED SEISMIC 
ACTIVITIES IN THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC 
ZONE OFF THE COASTLINE OF THE STATE OF 
FLORIDA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
person may conduct geological or geophysical activities (as 
those terms are described in the final programmatic envi-
ronmental impact statement of the Bureau of Ocean En-
ergy Management entitled ‘‘Atlantic OCS Proposed Geo-
logical and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South 
Atlantic Planning Areas’’ and completed February 2014) 
in support of oil or gas exploration and development in 
any area located within the exclusive economic zone (as 
defined in section 107 of title 46, United States Code) 
located off the coastline of the State of Florida. 
(b) TERMINATION OF MORATORIUM.—The morato-
rium described in subsection (a) shall only be terminated 
if the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration determines that the reasonably 
foreseeable impacts of the geological or geophysical activi-
ties described in subsection (a) to individuals or popu-
lations of marine mammals, sea turtles, or fish are mini-
mal. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 246 
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2017 
Mrs. NOEM (for herself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. CARTER of 
Texas, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. 
JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, 
Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LANCE, 
Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MESSER, Mr. MULLIN, 
Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. 
ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mrs. WALORSKI, 
Mr. BARR, Mr. KATKO, Mr. TURNER, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. HILL, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. REED, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. 
SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. YOHO, Mr. HURD, Mr. ZELDIN, 
Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. LONG, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. JONES, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. BRAT, Mr. 
WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. NUNES, Mr. POE of Texas, 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. BISHOP of 
Michigan, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. EMMER, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, 
Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. 
WESTERMAN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, and Mr. YODER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
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A BILL 
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers 
enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF ANNUAL FEE ON HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE PROVIDERS. 
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is 
amended by striking section 9010. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2471 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to share with 
State, local, and regional fusion centers release informa-
tion from a Federal correctional facility, including name, 
charging date, and expected place and date of release, 
of certain individuals who may pose a terrorist threat, 
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 ‘‘Terrorist Release An-
nouncements to Counter Extremist Recidivism Act’’ or the 
‘‘TRACER Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TERROR INMATE INFORMATION SHARING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in coordination with the Attorney General and in con-
sultation with other appropriate Federal officials, shall, as 
appropriate, share with State, local, and regional fusion 
centers through the Department of Homeland Security 
Fusion Center Partnership Initiative under section 210A 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h), 
as well as other relevant law enforcement entities, release 
information from a Federal correctional facility, including 
the name, charging date, and expected place and date of 
release, of certain individuals who may pose a terrorist 
threat. 
(b) SCOPE.—The information shared pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) for homeland security purposes; and 
(2) regarding individuals convicted of a Federal 
crime of terrorism (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 2332b of title 18, United States Code). 
(c) PERIODIC THREAT ASSESSMENTS.—Consistent 
with the protection of classified information and controlled 
unclassified information, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall coordinate with appropriate Federal officials to 
provide State, local, and regional fusion centers described 
in subsection (a) with periodic assessments regarding the 
overall threat from known or suspected terrorists currently 
incarcerated in a Federal correctional facility, including 
the assessed risks of such populations engaging in ter-
rorist activity upon release. 
(d) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Prior to affecting the in-
formation sharing described in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall receive input and advice from the Officer for 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Officer for Privacy, 
and the Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed as requiring the establishment of 
a list or registry of individuals convicted of terrorism. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2471 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
share with State, local, and regional fusion cen-
ters release information from a Federal correc-
tional facility, including name, charging date, 
and expected place and date of release, of certain 
individuals who may pose a terrorist threat, and 
for other purposes.
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2471 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to share with State, local, 
and regional fusion centers release information from a Federal correc-
tional facility, including name, charging date, and expected place and 
date of release, of certain individuals who may pose a terrorist threat, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2017 
Mr. RUTHERFORD (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to share with 
State, local, and regional fusion centers release informa-
tion from a Federal correctional facility, including name, 
charging date, and expected place and date of release, 
of certain individuals who may pose a terrorist threat, 
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 ‘‘Terrorist Release An-
nouncements to Counter Extremist Recidivism Act’’ or the 
‘‘TRACER Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TERROR INMATE INFORMATION SHARING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in consultation with appropriate Federal officials, 
shall, as appropriate, share with State, local, and regional 
fusion centers through the Department of Homeland Se-
curity State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative 
established in section 210A of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h) release information from a Fed-
eral correctional facility, including the name, charging 
date, and expected place and date of release, of certain 
individuals who may pose a terrorist threat. 
(b) SCOPE.—The information shared pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) for homeland security purposes; and 
(2) regarding individuals convicted of a Federal 
crime of terrorism (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 2332b of title 18, United States Code). 
(c) PERIODIC THREAT ASSESSMENTS.—Consistent 
with the protection of classified information and controlled 
unclassified information, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall coordinate with appropriate Federal officials to 
provide State, local, and regional fusion centers described 
in subsection (a) with periodic assessments regarding the 
overall threat from known or suspected terrorists currently 
incarcerated in a Federal correctional facility, including 
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the assessed risks of such populations engaging in ter-
rorist activity upon release. 
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‘‘(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), the lim-
itation amount allocated to a State under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be allocated by the State 
educational agency (or such other agency as is 
authorized under State law to make such alloca-
tion) to issuers within such State in accordance 
with the priorities described in section 103(c) 
the of the Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 
2017 (as in effect on the date of the enactment 
of this section) and the eligibility requirements 
described in section 103(b) of such Act, except 
that paragraph (1)(C) of such section shall not 
apply to the determination of eligibility for such 
allocation. 
‘‘(C) Up to 10 percent of the limitation 
amount allocated to a State under subpara-
graph (A) may be allocated by the State to 
issuers within such State to carry out activities 
to improve digital learning in accordance with 
section 301(b) of the Rebuild America’s Schools 
Act of 2017 (as in effect on the date of the en-
actment of this section). 
‘‘(2) 
ALLOCATIONS
TO
CERTAIN
POSSES-
SIONS.—The amount to be allocated under para-
graph (1) to possessions of the United States other 
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HR 2473 RFS
justice system, or the criminal justice system to 
identify child victims of trafficking and connect them 
with appropriate services, including appropriate 
housing and services from trained trauma-informed 
care service providers, and to try to identify foreign 
nationals who may be victims of trafficking. 
(4) Ensure that child victims of trafficking are 
provided with a range of protections, including ac-
cess to child welfare services, trauma-informed pro-
gramming, and the same legal rights afforded to 
other children who experience sexual abuse, rape, or 
incest, including ensuring that— 
(A) criminals who exploit child victims of 
sex trafficking, including offenders who pur-
chase, solicit, or obtain a child for purposes of 
engaging in a commercial sex act, face serious 
penalties and sentences under sex trafficking 
laws, and are not given lesser sentences; and 
(B) child victims of trafficking are never 
referred to as ‘‘child prostitutes’’ or ‘‘underage 
sex workers’’ in law or official documents and 
proceedings. 
(5) Develop a 24-hour emergency response plan 
to provide victims trafficking with immediate protec-
tion and support when they are first identified, 
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of in-home care to veterans under the Home Maker 
and Home Health Aide program but were not ex-
pended for such provision, disaggregated by medical 
center of the Department for which such unex-
pended funds were budgeted. 
(2) An identification of the number of veterans 
for whom, during such period, the hours during 
which a home health aide was authorized to provide 
services to the veteran under the Home Maker and 
Home Health Aide program were reduced for a rea-
son other than a change in the health care needs of 
the veteran, and a detailed description of the reasons 
why any such reductions may have occurred. 
(c) UPDATED GUIDANCE ON PROGRAM.—Not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall issue updated guidance for the Home 
Maker and Home Health Aide program. Such updated 
guidance shall include the following: 
(1) A process for the transition of veterans 
from the Home Maker and Home Health Aide pro-
gram to other covered programs. 
(2) A requirement for the directors of the med-
ical facilities of the Department to complete such 
process whenever a veteran with care needs has been 
denied services from home health agencies under the 
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