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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2530 
To provide temporary authority to the general counsel of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board to grant stays of personnel actions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2019 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and Mr. CUMMINGS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To provide temporary authority to the general counsel of 
the Merit Systems Protection Board to grant stays of 
personnel actions, 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 ‘‘Interim Stay Authority 
To Protect Whistleblowers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR MSPB GENERAL 
COUNSEL TO ISSUE STAYS OF PERSONNEL 
ACTIONS. 
During the period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ending on the first date after such 
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date of enactment that an individual is confirmed by the 
Senate as a member of the Merit Systems Protection 
Board under section 1201 of title 5, United States Code, 
the general counsel of the Board shall carry out the func-
tions and authorities relating to stays of personnel actions 
provided to a member of the Board under subparagraph 
(A), or to the Board under subparagraph (B), (C), or (D), 
of section 1214(b)(1) of such title. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY FOR MSPB MEMBER TO CARRY OUT DU-
TIES OF THE BOARD IN THE EVENT OF A 
LACK OF QUORUM. 
Section 1214(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after 
‘‘The Board’’ the following: ‘‘, or, if the Board lacks 
the number of members appointed under section 
1201 required to constitute a quorum, any remain-
ing member of the Board,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘A stay may be termi-
nated by the Board at any time, except that a stay 
may not be terminated by the Board’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘A stay may be terminated by the 
Board, or, if the Board lacks the number of mem-
bers appointed under section 1201 required to con-
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stitute a quorum, any remaining member of the 
Board, at any time, except that a stay may not be 
terminated by the Board or any remaining member 
of the Board (as the case may be)’’. 
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(g) FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commis-
sion’’ means the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission. 
(B) COVERED
APPLICATION.—The term 
‘‘covered application’’ means an application 
submitted to the Commission relating to the 
construction, leasing, or operation of 1 or more 
pipelines. 
(2) REVIEW OF COVERED APPLICATIONS PRE-
VIOUSLY DENIED.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission 
shall review and reconsider, in light of the national 
security implications of the energy independence of 
the United States, all covered applications denied by 
the Commission during the 10-year period ending on 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) PRESUMPTION
APPLICABLE
TO
COVERED 
APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Commission shall— 
(i) presume that all covered applica-
tions received by the Commission during 
the period beginning on the date that is 1 
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(D) 
REQUIRED
DETERMINATION.—The 
Secretary shall not pursue adjudication for any 
instream flow water rights unless the Secretary 
makes a determination pursuant to subpara-
graph (E)(ii) or (F). 
(E) COOPERATIVE ENFORCEMENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
not pursue adjudication of any Federal 
instream flow water rights established 
under this paragraph if— 
(I) the Secretary determines, 
upon adjudication of the water rights 
by the Colorado Water Conservation 
Board, that the Board holds water 
rights sufficient in priority, amount, 
and timing to fulfill the purposes of 
this subsection; and 
(II) the Secretary has entered 
into a perpetual agreement with the 
Colorado Water Conservation Board 
to ensure full exercise, protection, and 
enforcement of the State water rights 
within the wilderness to reliably fulfill 
the purposes of this subsection.
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(1) in section 21(d)(2), by inserting ‘‘, section 
16A of this title’’ after ‘‘section 10(b) of this title,’’; 
(2) in section 21A— 
(A) in subsection (g)(1), by inserting ‘‘and 
section 16A,’’ after ‘‘thereunder,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h)(1), by inserting ‘‘and 
section 16A,’’ after ‘‘thereunder,’’; and 
(3) in section 21C(f), by inserting ‘‘or section 
16A,’’ after ‘‘section 10(b)’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 5, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2535 
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure that 
child protective services systems do not permit the separation of children 
from parents on the basis of poverty, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2019 
Ms. MOORE (for herself and Ms. FUDGE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
to ensure that child protective services systems do not 
permit the separation of children from parents on the 
basis of poverty, 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 ‘‘Family Poverty is Not 
Child Neglect Act’’. 
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reational river to be administered by the Sec-
retary through a cooperative management 
agreement with the State of California. 
‘‘(B) The 6.1-mile segment from the south-
ern boundary of the South Fork Eel Wilderness 
to the northern boundary of the South Fork 
Eel Wilderness in section 29, T. 23 N., R. 16 
W., as a wild river. 
‘‘(255) ELDER
CREEK.—The following seg-
ments to be administered by the Secretary of the In-
terior through a cooperative management agreement 
with the State of California: 
‘‘(A) The 3.6-mile segment from its source 
north of Signal Peak in section 6, T. 21 N., R. 
15 W. to the confluence with the unnamed trib-
utary near the center of section 28, T. 22 N., 
R. 16 W., as a wild river. 
‘‘(B) The 1.3-mile segment from the con-
fluence with the unnamed tributary near the 
center of section 28, T. 22 N., R. 15 W. to the 
confluence with the South Fork Eel River, as a 
recreational river. 
‘‘(C) The 2.1-mile segment of Paralyze 
Canyon from its source south of Signal Peak in 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2536 
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care- 
related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 
of 2010, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2019 
Mr. FLORES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Education and Labor, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural Re-
sources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, and the Budget, 
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 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
and health care-related provisions in the Health Care 
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, 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. REPEAL OF PPACA AND HEALTH CARE-RE-
LATED PROVISIONS IN THE HEALTH CARE 
AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 
2010. 
(a) PPACA.—Effective January 1, 2023, the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 
148) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or 
repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such 
Act had not been enacted. 
(b) HEALTH CARE-RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE 
HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 
2010.—Effective January 1, 2023, title I and subtitle B 
of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152) are repealed, and the 
provisions of law amended or repealed by such title or sub-
title, respectively, are restored or revived as if such title 
and subtitle had not been enacted. 
SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered 
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec-
tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
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(iii) not a multiyear scholarship; and 
(iv) portable throughout the school 
year if the student changes to another 
qualified school, and may be prorated ac-
cording to the time frame left in the school 
year. 
(C) SUBMISSION
OF
DATA.—Submitting, 
on an annual basis, the following data (which 
contains no identifiable student information) to 
the finance authority: 
(i) Amount of scholarship provided. 
(ii) Data on type of school. 
(iii) Data on the safety issue. 
(d) AUDITS.—The finance authority will review the 
scholarship granting organization financial audits and ter-
minate the organization if proper guidelines are not fol-
lowed or remedied in a timely manner. 
SEC. 8. DC TAX CREDITS. 
(a) DC TAX CREDIT FOR CERTIFIED DONATIONS.— 
There is established in the District of Columbia a program 
to provide tax credits against income taxes imposed by the 
District of Columbia for certified donations described in 
section 5. Such program shall be administered by the 
Mayor consistent with the following: 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 253 
To modify the process of the Secretary of the Interior for examining certain 
mining claims on Federal lands in Storey County, Nevada, to facilitate 
certain pinyon-juniper-related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to 
modify the boundaries of certain wilderness areas in the State of Nevada, 
to fully implement the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, 
and Development Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2019 
Mr. AMODEI (for himself and Mr. HORSFORD) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To modify the process of the Secretary of the Interior for 
examining certain mining claims on Federal lands in 
Storey County, Nevada, to facilitate certain pinyon-juni-
per-related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to mod-
ify the boundaries of certain wilderness areas in the 
State of Nevada, to fully implement the White Pine 
County Conservation, Recreation, and Development 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, 
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SEC. 7. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) REVIEW.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an individual or entity who has been harmed by 
a violation of this Act may file an action in an appropriate 
district court of the United States to seek declaratory or 
injunctive relief. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to preclude an action filed pursuant to 
subsection (a) from proceeding as a class action (as such 
term is defined in section 1711 of title 28, United States 
Code). 
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(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—In mak-
ing determinations regarding road decommis-
sioning under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall consult with— 
(i) appropriate State, Tribal, and local 
governmental entities; and 
(ii) members of the public. 
(C) DEFINITION.—As used in subpara-
graph (A), the term ‘‘decommission’’ means— 
(i) to reestablish vegetation on a road; 
and 
(ii) to restore any natural drainage, 
watershed function, or other ecological 
processes that are disrupted or adversely 
impacted by the road by removing or 
hydrologically 
disconnecting 
the 
road 
prism. 
(6) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graphs (B), (C), and (D), the Secretary may 
conduct vegetation management projects in the 
restoration area only where necessary to— 
(i) maintain or restore the character-
istics of ecosystem composition and struc-
ture;
(b) INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS.—Officers and intel-
ligence analysts assigned to locations with participating 
State, local, and regional fusion centers under this section 
shall participate in the generation and dissemination of 
transportation security intelligence products, with an em-
phasis on terrorist and other threats to surface transpor-
tation assets that— 
(1) assist State, local, and Tribal law enforce-
ment agencies in deploying their resources, including 
personnel, most efficiently to help detect, prevent, 
investigate, apprehend, and respond to terrorist and 
other threats; 
(2) promote more consistent and timely sharing 
of threat information among jurisdictions; and 
(3) enhance the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity’s situational awareness of such terrorist and 
other threats. 
(c) CLEARANCES.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall make available to appropriate owners and opera-
tors of surface transportation assets, and to any other per-
son that the Secretary determines appropriate to foster 
greater sharing of classified information relating to ter-
rorist and other threats to surface transportation assets, 
the process of application for security clearances under 
Executive Order No. 13549 (75 Fed. Reg. 162; relating 
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to a classified national security information program) or 
any successor Executive order. 
SEC. 4. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SECURITY TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in consultation with public and private sector stake-
holders, may develop, through the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers, a training program to enhance the 
protection, preparedness, and response capabilities of law 
enforcement agencies with respect to terrorist and other 
threats at a surface transportation asset. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—If the Secretary of Homeland 
Security develops the training program described in sub-
section (a), such training program shall— 
(1) be informed by current information regard-
ing terrorist tactics; 
(2) include tactical instruction tailored to the 
diverse nature of the surface transportation asset 
operational environment; and 
(3) prioritize training officers from law enforce-
ment agencies that are eligible for or receive grants 
under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) and offi-
cers employed by railroad carriers that operate pas-
senger service, including interstate passenger service. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2540 
To alleviate the ethanol blend wall under the renewable fuel program, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2019 
Mr. FLORES (for himself, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WOMACK, and Mr. COSTA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To alleviate the ethanol blend wall under the renewable fuel 
program, 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 ‘‘Food and Fuel Con-
sumer Protection Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ALLEVIATING ETHANOL BLEND WALL. 
Section 211(o)(3)(B) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7545(o)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) LIMITATION.— 
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(b) INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS.—Officers and intel-
ligence analysts assigned to locations with participating 
State, local, and regional fusion centers under this section 
shall participate in the generation and dissemination of 
transportation security intelligence products, with an em-
phasis on terrorist and other threats to surface transpor-
tation assets that— 
(1) assist State, local, and Tribal law enforce-
ment agencies in deploying their resources, including 
personnel, most efficiently to help detect, prevent, 
investigate, apprehend, and respond to terrorist and 
other threats; 
(2) promote more consistent and timely sharing 
of threat information among jurisdictions; and 
(3) enhance the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity’s situational awareness of such terrorist and 
other threats. 
(c) CLEARANCES.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall make available to appropriate owners and opera-
tors of surface transportation assets, and to any other per-
son that the Secretary determines appropriate to foster 
greater sharing of classified information relating to ter-
rorist and other threats to surface transportation assets, 
the process of application for security clearances under 
Executive Order No. 13549 (75 Fed. Reg. 162; relating 
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to a classified national security information program) or 
any successor Executive order. 
SEC. 4. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SECURITY TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, in consultation with public and private sector stake-
holders, may develop, through the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Centers, a training program to enhance the 
protection, preparedness, and response capabilities of law 
enforcement agencies with respect to terrorist and other 
threats at a surface transportation asset. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—If the Secretary of Homeland 
Security develops the training program described in sub-
section (a), such training program shall— 
(1) be informed by current information regard-
ing terrorist tactics; 
(2) include tactical instruction tailored to the 
diverse nature of the surface transportation asset 
operational environment; and 
(3) prioritize training officers from law enforce-
ment agencies that are eligible for or receive grants 
under sections 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) and offi-
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cers employed by railroad carriers that operate pas-
senger service, including interstate passenger service. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 68 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2539 
[Report No. 116–93] 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize the assignment 
of certain officers and intelligence analysts from the Transportation 
Security Administration and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of 
the Department of Homeland Security to locations with participating 
State, local, and regional fusion centers in jurisdictions with a high- 
risk surface transportation asset in order to enhance the security of 
such assets, including by improving timely sharing of classified informa-
tion regarding terrorist and other threats, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2019 
Ms. BARRAGA´N introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
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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A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize 
the assignment of certain officers and intelligence ana-
lysts from the Transportation Security Administration 
and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security to locations with partici-
pating State, local, and regional fusion centers in juris-
dictions with a high-risk surface transportation asset in 
order to enhance the security of such assets, including 
by improving timely sharing of classified information re-
garding terrorist and other threats, and for other pur-
poses. 
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(ii) reduce wildfire risk to commu-
nities by promoting forests that are fire re-
silient; 
(iii) improve the habitat of threatened, 
endangered, or sensitive species; 
(iv) protect or improve water quality; 
or 
(v) enhance the restoration of lands 
within the restoration area. 
(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(i) SHADED FUEL BREAKS.—In car-
rying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall prioritize, as practicable, the estab-
lishment of a network of shaded fuel 
breaks within— 
(I) the portions of the wildland- 
urban interface that are within 150 
feet from private property contiguous 
to Federal land; 
(II) 150 feet from any road that 
is open to motorized vehicles as of the 
date of enactment of this Act— 
(aa) except that, where to-
pography or other conditions re-
quire, the Secretary may estab-