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(29) RAYMOND
MOUNTAIN
NORTH
WILDER-
NESS.—Certain Federal land within the Bridger- 
Teton National Forest and land administered by the 
Kemmerer Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement comprising approximately 19,000 acres as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘llll’’ 
and dated llll, which shall be known as the 
Raymond Mountain North Wilderness. 
(30) RAYMOND
MOUNTAIN
SOUTH
WILDER-
NESS.—Certain Federal land administered by the 
Kemmerer Field Office of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement comprising approximately 24,000 acres as 
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘llll’’ 
and dated llll, which shall be known as the 
Raymond Mountain South Wilderness. 
(31) LAKE
MOUNTAIN
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National For-
est and land administered by the Pinedale Field Of-
fice of the Bureau of Land Management comprising 
approximately 17,000 acres as generally depicted on 
the 
map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ 
and 
dated 
llllll, which shall be known as the Lake 
Mountain Wilderness. 
(32) GARNS MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Caribou-Targhee National 
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Consumers (CPI–U, published by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor) be-
tween the 2 months immediately preceding the date 
this section begins to be in effect; 
‘‘(ii) in the absence of such an Act, 100 percent 
of the rate of operations provided for such program, 
project, or activity pursuant to a joint resolution 
making continuing appropriations for such preceding 
fiscal year, increased by the percent increase (if any) 
in the CPI–U between the 2 months immediately 
preceding the date this section begins to be in effect; 
or 
‘‘(iii) 100 percent of the annualized rate of op-
erations provided for in the most recently enacted 
joint resolution making continuing appropriations 
for part of that fiscal year or any funding levels es-
tablished under the provisions of this Act, increased 
by the percent increase (if any) in the CPI–U be-
tween the 2 months immediately preceding the date 
this section begins to be in effect. 
‘‘(B) During the period in which this section is in 
effect in a fiscal year, the applicable rate of operations 
under subparagraph (A) shall be increased by the percent 
increase (if any) in the CPI–U. The increase provided 
under this subparagraph shall— 
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† HR 1158 EAS 
the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using 
amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Secretary 
of the Department of Homeland Security,’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4). 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to distilled spirits re-
moved after December 31, 2017. 
(h) BULK DISTILLED SPIRITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5212 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 
13808 of Public Law 115–97, is amended— 
(A) by striking the last two sentences; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Bulk distilled spirits on 
which’’ and inserting ‘‘Distilled spirits on 
which’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘bulk distilled spirits for’’ 
and inserting ‘‘distilled spirits for’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to distilled spirits 
transferred in bond after December 31, 2017. 
(i) 
SIMPLIFICATION
OF
RULES
REGARDING 
RECORDS, STATEMENTS, AND RETURNS.— 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1166 
To support carbon dioxide utilization and direct air capture research, to 
facilitate the permitting and development of carbon capture, utilization, 
and sequestration projects and carbon dioxide pipelines, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2019 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, 
and Mrs. BUSTOS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 
on Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, and Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To support carbon dioxide utilization and direct air capture 
research, to facilitate the permitting and development 
of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration projects 
and carbon dioxide pipelines, 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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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1217 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit a State 
from registering an individual to vote in elections for Federal office 
held in the State unless the individual provides documentary proof that 
the individual is a citizen of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2019 
Mr. GIBBS (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. DUN-
CAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to 
prohibit a State from registering an individual to vote 
in elections for Federal office held in the State unless 
the individual provides documentary proof that the indi-
vidual is a citizen of the United States. 
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 American 
Voters Act of 2019’’. 
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(1) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv), by inserting ‘‘, 
including cybersecurity specialists’’ after ‘‘entities’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (f) through 
(m) as subsections (g) through (n), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall maintain 
cyber hunt and incident response teams for the pur-
pose of providing, as appropriate and upon request, 
assistance, including the following: 
‘‘(A) Assistance to asset owners and opera-
tors in restoring services following a cyber inci-
dent. 
‘‘(B) The identification of cybersecurity 
risk and unauthorized cyber activity. 
‘‘(C) Mitigation strategies to prevent, 
deter, and protect against cybersecurity risks. 
‘‘(D) Recommendations to asset owners 
and operators for improving overall network 
and control systems security to lower cybersecu-
rity risks, and other recommendations, as ap-
propriate. 
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‘‘(E) Such other capabilities as the Under 
Secretary appointed under section 103(a)(1)(H) 
determines appropriate. 
‘‘(2) CYBERSECURITY SPECIALISTS.—The Sec-
retary may include cybersecurity specialists from the 
private sector on cyber hunt and incident response 
teams. 
‘‘(3) ASSOCIATED METRICS.—The Center shall 
continually assess and evaluate the cyber incident re-
sponse teams and their operations using robust 
metrics. 
‘‘(4) SUBMITTAL
OF
INFORMATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—Upon the conclusion of each of the first 
four fiscal years ending after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection, the Center shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs Committee of the Senate, in-
formation on the metrics used for evaluation and as-
sessment of the cyber incident response teams and 
operations pursuant to paragraph (3), including the 
resources and staffing of such cyber incident re-
sponse teams. Such information shall include each of 
the following for the period covered by the report: 
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‘‘(A) The total number of incident re-
sponse requests received. 
‘‘(B) The number of incident response 
tickets opened. 
‘‘(C) All interagency staffing of incident 
response teams. 
‘‘(D) The interagency collaborations estab-
lished to support incident response teams.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para-
graph (2)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or 
any team or activity of the Center,’’ after ‘‘Cen-
ter’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or 
any team or activity of the Center,’’ after ‘‘Cen-
ter’’. 
(b) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No ad-
ditional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out the requirements of this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out 
using amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated. 
Æ 
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II 
Calendar No. 113 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1158 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 11, 2019 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To authorize cyber incident response teams at 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 ‘‘DHS Cyber Incident 
Response Teams Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CYBER IN-
CIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2209 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv), by inserting ‘‘, 
including cybersecurity specialists’’ after ‘‘entities’’; 
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(2) by redesignating subsections (f) through 
(m) as subsections (g) through (n), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) CYBER INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall maintain 
cyber hunt and incident response teams for the pur-
pose of providing, as appropriate and upon request, 
assistance, including the following: 
‘‘(A) Assistance to asset owners and opera-
tors in restoring services following a cyber inci-
dent. 
‘‘(B) The identification of cybersecurity 
risk and unauthorized cyber activity. 
‘‘(C) Mitigation strategies to prevent, 
deter, and protect against cybersecurity risks. 
‘‘(D) Recommendations to asset owners 
and operators for improving overall network 
and control systems security to lower cybersecu-
rity risks, and other recommendations, as ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(E) Such other capabilities as the Under 
Secretary appointed under section 103(a)(1)(H) 
determines appropriate. 
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before the date that is 180 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
Æ 
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‘‘(2) CYBERSECURITY SPECIALISTS.—The Sec-
retary may include cybersecurity specialists from the 
private sector on cyber hunt and incident response 
teams. 
‘‘(3) ASSOCIATED METRICS.—The Center shall 
continually assess and evaluate the cyber incident re-
sponse teams and their operations using robust 
metrics. 
‘‘(4) SUBMITTAL
OF
INFORMATION
TO
CON-
GRESS.—Upon the conclusion of each of the first 4 
fiscal years ending after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection, the Center shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs Committee of the Senate, in-
formation on the metrics used for evaluation and as-
sessment of the cyber incident response teams and 
operations pursuant to paragraph (3), including the 
resources and staffing of such cyber incident re-
sponse teams. Such information shall include each of 
the following for the period covered by the report: 
‘‘(A) The total number of incident re-
sponse requests received. 
‘‘(B) The number of incident response 
tickets opened. 
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‘‘(C) All interagency staffing of incident 
response teams. 
‘‘(D) The interagency collaborations estab-
lished to support incident response teams.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para-
graph (2)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or 
any team or activity of the Center,’’ after ‘‘Cen-
ter’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or 
any team or activity of the Center,’’ after ‘‘Cen-
ter’’. 
(b) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No ad-
ditional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out the requirements of this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out 
using amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘(aa) TERM.—A member of 
the Board shall serve for a term 
of 6 years. 
‘‘(bb) VACANCIES.—A va-
cancy on the Board— 
‘‘(AA) shall not affect 
the powers of the Board; 
and 
‘‘(BB) shall be filled in 
the same manner as the 
original 
appointment 
was 
made. 
‘‘(IV) INITIAL
MEETING.—Not 
later than 30 days after the date on 
which all members of the Board have 
been appointed, the Board shall hold 
the initial meeting of the Board. 
‘‘(V) 
MEETINGS.—The 
Board 
shall meet at the call of the Chair-
person or on the request of the Ad-
ministrator. 
‘‘(VI) QUORUM.—A majority of 
the members of the Board shall con-
stitute a quorum, but a lesser number 
of members may hold hearings. 
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Calendar No. 113 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1158 
AN ACT 
To authorize cyber incident response teams at the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 11, 2019 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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Union Calendar No. 64 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1158 
[Report No. 116–89] 
A BILL 
To authorize cyber incident response teams at the 
Department of Homeland Security, and for other 
purposes. 
MAY 30, 2019 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1159 
To encourage the research and use of innovative materials and associated 
techniques in the construction and preservation of the domestic transpor-
tation and water infrastructure system, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2019 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. LARSEN of 
Washington, and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To encourage the research and use of innovative materials 
and associated techniques in the construction and preser-
vation of the domestic transportation and water infra-
structure system, 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 ‘‘Innovative Materials 
for America’s Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded 
Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘IMAGINE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to encourage the research and use of inno-
vative materials, in concert with traditional mate-
rials, and associated techniques in the construction 
and preservation of the domestic infrastructure net-
work; 
(2) to accelerate the deployment and extend the 
service life, improve the performance, and reduce the 
cost of infrastructure projects; and 
(3) to improve the economy, resilience, main-
tainability, sustainability, and safety of the domestic 
infrastructure network. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF INNOVATIVE MATERIAL. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘innovative material’’, with re-
spect to an infrastructure project, includes high perform-
ance asphalt mixtures and concrete formulations, 
geosynthetic materials, advanced insulating materials, ad-
vanced alloys and metals, reinforced polymer composites, 
advanced polymers, nanocellulose and wood-based compos-
ites, coatings, highly functional adhesives, or other corro-
sion prevention methods used in conjunction with those 
materials, and any other material or aggregate materials, 
as determined by the appropriate agency or department 
head. 
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SEC. 4. INTERAGENCY INNOVATIVE MATERIALS STAND-
ARDS TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology shall establish an Interagency Innovative Ma-
terials Standards Task Force (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Task Force’’) composed of the heads 
of Federal agencies responsible for significant civil 
infrastructure projects, including— 
(A) the Administrator of the Federal High-
way Administration; 
(B) the Commanding General and Chief of 
Engineers of the Corps of Engineers; 
(C) the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works; and 
(D) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology shall 
serve as Chairperson of the Task Force. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The Task Force shall coordinate and 
improve, with respect to infrastructure construction, retro-
fitting, rehabilitation, and other improvements— 
(1) Federal testing standards; 
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(2) Federal design and use guidelines; 
(3) Federal regulations; and 
(4) other applicable standards. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Task 
Force shall conduct, and submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report that describes the 
results of, a study— 
(A) to assess the standards for the use of 
innovative materials in infrastructure projects; 
(B) to identify any barriers, regulatory or 
otherwise, relating to the standards described in 
subparagraph (A) that preclude the use of cer-
tain products or associated techniques; and 
(C) to identify opportunities for the devel-
opment of standardized designs that use inno-
vative materials to reduce costs, improve per-
formance, and extend the service life of infra-
structure assets. 
(2) REPORT.—The report under paragraph (1) 
shall— 
(A) identify any non-Federal entities or 
other organizations, including the American As-
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sociation of State Highway and Transportation 
Officials, that develop relevant standards; and 
(B) outline a strategy to improve coordina-
tion and information sharing between the enti-
ties described in subparagraph (A) and any rel-
evant Federal agencies. 
(d) IMPROVED COORDINATION.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Task 
Force shall collaborate with any non-Federal entity identi-
fied under subsection (c)(2)(A)— 
(1) to identify and carry out appropriate re-
search, testing methods, and processes relating to 
the development and use of innovative materials; 
(2) to develop new methods and processes relat-
ing to the development and use of innovative mate-
rials, as the applicable agency head determines to be 
necessary; 
(3) to contribute to the development of stand-
ards and guidelines for the use of innovative mate-
rials and approaches in civil infrastructure projects; 
(4) to develop a plan for addressing potential 
barriers, regulatory or otherwise, identified in sub-
section (c)(1)(B); and 
(5) to develop a plan for the development of 
standardized designs that use innovative materials to 
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reduce costs, improve performance, and extend the 
service life of infrastructure assets. 
SEC. 5. INNOVATIVE MATERIAL INNOVATION HUBS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HUB.—The term ‘‘Hub’’ means an Innova-
tive Material Innovation Hub established under this 
section. 
(2) QUALIFYING
ENTITY.—The term ‘‘quali-
fying entity’’ means— 
(A) an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))); 
(B) an appropriate Federal or State entity, 
including a federally funded research and devel-
opment center of the Department of Transpor-
tation; 
(C) a university transportation center 
under section 5505 of title 49, United States 
Code; 
(D) an Innovative Material Innovation 
Hub in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(E) any other relevant entity the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate. 
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