datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(2) The term ‘urgent care’ has the meaning 
given that term by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘urgent care provider’ means a 
health care provider that provides urgent care at a 
non-Department facility.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1725 the following new item: 
‘‘1725A. Payment of reasonable costs of urgent care.’’. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is 
encouraged to contract with urgent care centers that 
are accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting 
body or organization to carry out section 1725A of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by paragraph 
(1). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF COST-SHARING AMOUNT 
FOR VETERANS RECEIVING EMERGENCY ROOM CARE 
FROM DEPARTMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall es-
tablish a cost-sharing amount that veterans shall 
pay to the Secretary to receive care at an emergency 
room of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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(2) EXCEPTION.—The cost-sharing amount es-
tablished under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a 
veteran if the veteran— 
(A) receives care for a service-connected 
(as defined in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code) disability or condition; 
(B) meets a hardship exception established 
by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection; 
or 
(C) is admitted to a hospital for treatment 
or observation after receiving care at an emer-
gency room of the Department. 
(c) LIMITATION ON COST-SHARING AMOUNTS.—The 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not require a veteran 
to pay multiple cost-sharing amounts if the veteran seeks 
urgent care under section 1725A of title 38, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a)(1), and care at an emer-
gency room of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the 
same condition during a period determined by the Sec-
retary for purposes of this subsection. 
(d) REPORT ON USE BY VETERANS OF URGENT AND 
EMERGENCY ROOM CARE.—Not later than two years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less fre-
quently than once every two years thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committee 
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on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 
on the use by veterans eligible for health care under the 
laws administered by the Secretary of— 
(1) urgent care facilities; and 
(2) emergency room facilities of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
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(1) A description of available funds under sub-
section (f) for each competition conducted in the 
preceding year. 
(2) A description of expenditures authorized in 
subsection (g) for each competition. 
(3) Information relating to the participation of 
each competition. 
(4) Information relating to lessons learned from 
each competition and how such lessons may be ap-
plied to improve cybersecurity operations and re-
cruitment of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘President’s Cup Cyberse-
curity Competition Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESIDENT’S CUP CYBERSECURITY COMPETITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Cybersecurity 
and Infrastructure Security Agency (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Director’’) of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity is authorized to hold an annual cybersecurity competi-
tion to be known as the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Presi-
dent’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition’’ (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘competition’’) for the purpose of identi-
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fying, challenging, and competitively awarding prizes, in-
cluding cash prizes, to the best cybersecurity practitioners 
and teams of the United States Government across offensive 
and defensive cybersecurity disciplines. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the 
competition, an individual shall be a Federal employee in 
a position of civil service or a member of the uniformed 
services (as such terms are defined in section 2101 of title 
5, United States Code) and shall comply with any rules 
promulgated by the Director regarding the competition. 
(c) COMPETITION
ADMINISTRATION.—The Director 
may award a grant to, or enter into a contract, cooperative 
agreement, or other agreement with a private sector for- 
profit or nonprofit entity or State or local government 
agency to administer the competition. 
(d) COMPETITION PARAMETERS.—Each competition 
shall incorporate the following elements: 
(1) Cybersecurity skills outlined in the National 
Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Framework, or 
any successor framework. 
(2) Individual and team events. 
(3) Categories demonstrating offensive and defen-
sive cyber operations, such as software reverse engi-
neering 
and 
exploitation, 
network 
operations, 
forensics, big data analysis, cyber analysis, cyber de-
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(8) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(k) TREATMENT.—Nonprofit organizations deter-
mined by the Secretary to be at risk of extremist attacks 
other than terrorist attacks and threats under subsection (a) 
are deemed to satisfy the conditions specified in subsection 
(b) if protecting such organizations against such other ex-
tremist attacks would help protect such organizations 
against such terrorist attacks and threats.’’. 
(b) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a plan for the administra-
tion of the program office for the Nonprofit Security Grant 
Program established under subsection (f) of section 2009 of 
the Homeland Security Act 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a), as 
amended by subsection (a), including a staffing plan for 
such program office. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2008 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is amend-
ed— 
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SECTION 1. QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILI-
TIES. 
Section 30(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
823a(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘45 days’’ 
and inserting ‘‘30 days’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C)— 
(A) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(B) by striking clause (ii); and 
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(ii). 
Passed the House of Representatives July 18, 2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2786 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Power Act with respect to 
the criteria and process to qualify as a qualifying 
conduit hydropower facility.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2786 
To amend the Federal Power Act with respect to the criteria and process 
to qualify as a qualifying conduit hydropower facility. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2017 
Mr. HUDSON (for himself and Ms. DEGETTE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Power Act with respect to the criteria 
and process to qualify as a qualifying conduit hydropower 
facility. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILI-
TIES. 
Section 30(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
823a(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘45 days’’ 
and inserting ‘‘15 days’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C)— 
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(A) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(B) by striking clause (ii); and 
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(ii). 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2786 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 19, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Power Act with respect to the criteria 
and process to qualify as a qualifying conduit hydropower 
facility. 
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. QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILI-
TIES. 
Section 30(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
823a(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘45 days’’ 
and inserting ‘‘30 days’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C)— 
(A) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(B) by striking clause (ii); and 
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(ii). 
Passed the House of Representatives July 18, 2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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identified by the Inspector General of the De-
partment under section 7412 of title 38, United 
States Code, as having a staffing shortage. 
(3) ASSIGNMENT TO MEDICAL CENTERS.—The 
Secretary shall assign students selected under para-
graph (1) to medical centers selected under sub-
section (b) without regard for whether such medical 
centers have staffing shortages in any health profes-
sional occupation pursuant to section 7412 of title 
38, United States Code. 
(e) OTHER MATTERS.—In carrying out the pilot pro-
gram under this section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) establish a formal status to facilitate the ac-
cess to medical centers of the Department by stu-
dent observers participating in the pilot program; 
(2) establish standardized legal, privacy, and 
ethical requirements for the student observers, in-
cluding with respect to— 
(A) ensuring that no student observer pro-
vides any care to patients while participating as 
an observer; and 
(B) ensuring the suitability of a student to 
participate in the pilot program to ensure that 
the student poses no risk to patients;
IB 
Union Calendar No. 149 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2786 
[Report No. 115–213] 
To amend the Federal Power Act with respect to the criteria and process 
to qualify as a qualifying conduit hydropower facility. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2017 
Mr. HUDSON (for himself and Ms. DEGETTE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JULY 12, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 6, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Federal Power Act with respect to the criteria 
and process to qualify as a qualifying conduit hydropower 
facility. 
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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. QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILI-
TIES. 
Section 30(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
823a(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘45 days’’ 
and inserting ‘‘30 days’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(C)— 
(A) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(B) by striking clause (ii); and 
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(ii). 
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Union Calendar No. 149 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2786 
[Report No. 115–213] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Power Act with respect to 
the criteria and process to qualify as a qualifying 
conduit hydropower facility. 
JULY 12, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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II 
Calendar No. 511 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2786 
[Report No. 115–297] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 19, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
JULY 11, 2018 
Reported by Ms. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment 
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Power Act with respect to the criteria 
and process to qualify as a qualifying conduit hydropower 
facility. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILI-
TIES. 
Section 30(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
823a(a)) is amended— 
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(C) ensure that the clinical observation 
sessions provided at a medical center have mini-
mal overlap. 
(2) SESSIONS.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
the pilot program consists of clinical observation ses-
sions as follows: 
(A) Each session shall allow for not fewer 
than five students nor greater than 15 students 
to participate in the session. 
(B) Each session shall consist of not fewer 
than 20 observational hours nor greater than 
40 observational hours. 
(C) A majority of the observational hours 
shall be spent observing a health professional. 
The other observational hours shall be spent in 
a manner that ensures a robust, well rounded 
experience that exposes the students to a vari-
ety of aspects of medical care and health care 
administration. 
(D) Each session shall provide a diverse 
clinical observation experience. 
(d) STUDENTS.— 
(1) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall select to 
participate in the pilot program under subsection (a) 
students who are— 
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Calendar No. 511 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2786 
[Report No. 115–297] 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Power Act with respect to 
the criteria and process to qualify as a qualifying 
conduit hydropower facility. 
JULY 11, 2018 
Reported with an amendment 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2789 
To amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize and improve the Small 
Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Tech-
nology Transfer Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2017 
Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, and Mr. 
LIPINSKI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, 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 amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize and improve 
the Small Business Innovation Research Program and 
the Small Business Technology Transfer 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 ‘‘Support Startup Busi-
nesses Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENTS TO TECHNICAL AND BUSINESS AS-
SISTANCE. 
Section 9(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(q)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND BUSINESS’’ after ‘‘TECHNICAL’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a vendor selected 
under paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or 
more vendors selected under paragraph 
(2)(A)’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and business’’ before 
‘‘assistance services’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘assistance with 
product sales, intellectual property protec-
tions, market research, market validation, 
and development of regulatory plans and 
manufacturing 
plans,’’ 
after 
‘‘tech-
nologies,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, 
including intellectual property protections’’ be-
fore the period at the end; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
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(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the ven-
dor’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more vendors’’; 
and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) MULTIPLE AWARD RECIPIENTS.—The 
Administrator shall establish a limit on the 
amount of technical and business assistance 
services that may be received or purchased 
under subparagraph (B) by a small business 
concern that has received multiple Phase II 
SBIR or STTR awards for a fiscal year.’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 278 
To amend the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to complete the required 
700-mile southwest border fencing by December 31, 2016, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2017 
Mr. ROSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to complete the required 700-mile southwest 
border fencing by December 31, 2016, 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 ‘‘Finish the Fence Act of 
2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. FENCING ALONG AND OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF 
THE SOUTHWEST BORDER. 
(a) FENCING.—Paragraph (1) of section 102(b) of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, not 
later than December 31, 2017,’’ before ‘‘construct’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 
(D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively. 
(b) OPERATIONAL CONTROL.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 2 the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
Public Law 109–367) is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2017,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, in consultation with State 
and local officials along the international border be-
tween the United States and Mexico, including bor-
der State governors, mayors of border towns and cit-
ies, and border sheriffs,’’ before ‘‘shall’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2790 
To phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on 
animals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2017 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. BEYER, Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, 
Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. DONOVAN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. YODER, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. KATKO, and Mr. DEUTCH) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of 
cosmetics tested on animals, 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 referred to as the ‘‘Humane Cos-
metics Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
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(1) COSMETIC.—The term ‘‘cosmetic’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 201 of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(2) COSMETIC
ANIMAL
TESTING.—The term 
‘‘cosmetic animal testing’’ means the internal or ex-
ternal application or exposure of any cosmetic to the 
skin, eyes, or other body part of a live non-human 
vertebrate for purposes of evaluating the safety or 
efficacy of a cosmetic. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS. 
(a) TESTING.—It shall be unlawful for any entity, 
whether private or governmental, to conduct or contract 
for cosmetic animal testing that occurs in the United 
States and is for the purpose of developing a cosmetic for 
sale in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce. 
(b) SALE OR TRANSPORT.—It shall be unlawful to 
sell, offer for sale, or knowingly transport in interstate 
commerce any cosmetic if the final product or any compo-
nent thereof was developed or manufactured using cos-
metic animal testing conducted or contracted for after the 
effective date specified in section 5(a). 
SEC. 4. CIVIL PENALTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other penalties 
applicable under law, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall assess whoever violates any provision of this 
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