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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7251 
To provide for reductions in the Members’ Representational Allowance of 
Members of the House of Representatives who fail to appear to cast 
votes or record presence in the House at any time during which proxy 
voting is permitted in the House. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana (for himself and Mrs. LESKO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To provide for reductions in the Members’ Representational 
Allowance of Members of the House of Representatives 
who fail to appear to cast votes or record presence in 
the House at any time during which proxy voting is 
permitted in the House. 
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 ‘‘Proxy Vote Windfall 
Prohibition Act’’. 
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II 
Calendar No. 488 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7259 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 29, 2020 
Received; read the first time 
JUNE 30, 2020 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents 
for Humanity Program to be transferable. 
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 ‘‘Patents for Humanity 
Program Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFERABILITY OF ACCELERATION CERTIFI-
CATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A holder of an acceleration certifi-
cate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Pro-
gram (established in the notice entitled ‘‘Humanitarian 
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with paragraph (2), except that such 
reduction shall not exceed 25 percent 
in any fiscal year. 
‘‘(II) LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS.— 
Beginning in the first fiscal year be-
ginning after the first fiscal year de-
scribed in clause (i)(II) in which a 
unit of local government fails to com-
ply with paragraph (2), the percent-
age by which the funds described in 
clause (i)(II) are reduced shall be in-
creased by 5 percent each fiscal year 
the unit of local government fails to 
comply with paragraph (2), except 
that such reduction shall not exceed 
25 percent in any fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allo-
cated under a program referred to in subpara-
graph (A) to a State or unit of local govern-
ment for failure to comply with paragraph (2) 
shall be reallocated under the program to 
States or units of local government that have 
complied with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(5) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY
OF
DATA.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
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‘‘(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section does not apply 
with regard to any conduct, or a visual depiction of 
that conduct, that is— 
‘‘(A) a customary and normal veterinary, 
agricultural husbandry, or other animal man-
agement practice; 
‘‘(B) the slaughter of animals for food; 
‘‘(C) hunting, trapping, fishing, a sporting 
activity not otherwise prohibited by Federal 
law, predator control, or pest control; 
‘‘(D) medical or scientific research; 
‘‘(E) necessary to protect the life or prop-
erty of a person; or 
‘‘(F) performed as part of euthanizing an 
animal. 
‘‘(2) GOOD-FAITH DISTRIBUTION.—This section 
does not apply to the good-faith distribution of an 
animal crush video to— 
‘‘(A) a law enforcement agency; or 
‘‘(B) a third party for the sole purpose of 
analysis to determine if referral to a law en-
forcement agency is appropriate. 
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‘‘(3) UNINTENTIONAL CONDUCT.—This section 
does not apply to unintentional conduct that injures 
or kills an animal. 
‘‘(4) CONSISTENCY WITH RFRA.—This section 
shall be enforced in a manner that is consistent with 
section 3 of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act 
of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb–1). 
‘‘(e) NO PREEMPTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to preempt the law of any State or local sub-
division thereof to protect animals. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘animal crushing’ means actual 
conduct in which one or more living non-human 
mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians is purposely 
crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled, or 
otherwise subjected to serious bodily injury (as de-
fined in section 1365 and including conduct that, if 
committed against a person and in the special mari-
time and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, 
would violate section 2241 or 2242); 
‘‘(2) the term ‘animal crush video’ means any 
photograph, motion-picture film, video or digital re-
cording, or electronic image that— 
‘‘(A) depicts animal crushing; and 
‘‘(B) is obscene; and 
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‘‘(3) the term ‘euthanizing an animal’ means 
the humane destruction of an animal accomplished 
by a method that— 
‘‘(A) produces rapid unconsciousness and 
subsequent death without evidence of pain or 
distress; or 
‘‘(B) uses anesthesia produced by an agent 
that causes painless loss of consciousness and 
subsequent death.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 48 and inserting the following: 
‘‘48. Animal crushing.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7250 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the surface 
transportation block grant program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Mr. HASTINGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to expand eligibility 
for the surface transportation block grant 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 ‘‘Farm-to-Market Road 
Repair Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) roads in rural areas that primarily 
serve to transport agricultural products from a 
farm or ranch to a marketplace.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) for a project described in subsection 
(b)(1)(G); and’’. 
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SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL AL-
LOWANCE OF MEMBERS FAILING TO APPEAR 
WHILE PROXY VOTING IS PERMITTED. 
Section 101 of the House of Representatives Admin-
istrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 
5341) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 
as subsections (d) through (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) REDUCTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FAILURE TO APPEAR TO CAST VOTES OR 
RECORD PRESENCE IN HOUSE AT ANY TIME DURING 
WHICH PROXY VOTING IS PERMITTED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, at any time during 
which proxy voting is permitted in the House of 
Representatives, including during a covered pe-
riod under House Resolution 965, One Hun-
dred Sixteenth Congress, a Member of the 
House fails to appear in person in the House to 
cast a vote or record the Member’s presence in 
response to a quorum call, the Committee on 
House Administration shall reduce the Mem-
bers’ Representational Allowance for such Mem-
ber for the remainder of the fiscal year by the 
amount which would have been paid from the 
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Allowance for the Member’s travel expenses if 
the Member had been present in the House to 
cast the vote or to record the Member’s pres-
ence at the quorum call. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR FAILURE RESULT-
ING FROM CARRYING OUT OTHER OFFICIAL AND 
REPRESENTATIONAL
DUTIES.—Subparagraph 
(A) does not apply if, at the time of a vote or 
quorum call, a Member is in the District of Co-
lumbia but fails to appear in person in the 
House to cast a vote or record the Member’s 
presence in response to the quorum call because 
the Member is carrying out other official and 
representational duties. 
‘‘(2) CORRESPONDING REDUCTION TO AGGRE-
GATE MRA FUNDS.—The aggregate amount available 
under the Members’ Representational Allowances for 
the House of Representatives for a fiscal year shall 
be reduced by the amount of any reductions made 
under paragraph (1) for the fiscal year.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7253 
To amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act to 
extend the authorization of appropriations for the Lead Exposure Reg-
istry, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. UPTON, Mr. 
LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. WALBERG, 
Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. BERGMAN, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the 
Nation Act to extend the authorization of appropriations 
for the Lead Exposure Registry, 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 ‘‘Flint Registry Reau-
thorization Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR LEAD 
EXPOSURE REGISTRY. 
Section 2203(d) of the Water Infrastructure Im-
provements for the Nation Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–21(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), and adjusting the mar-
gins appropriately; 
(2) by striking ‘‘There’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) FISCAL
YEARS
2017
THROUGH
2021.— 
There’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) FISCAL
YEARS
2022
THROUGH
2031.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated for the period 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2031 $50,000,000 to 
carry out subsection (b).’’. 
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‘‘(A) through the use of Federal depart-
ments, agencies, and instrumentalities provide 
every individual access to potable water and 
basic sanitation; and 
‘‘(B) make grants to States, local govern-
ments, Indian tribal governments, and owners 
or operators of private nonprofit facilities to as-
sist in carrying out subparagraph (A), which 
may include— 
‘‘(i) installation of mobile water sta-
tions; 
‘‘(ii) installation of handwashing fa-
cilities; 
‘‘(iii) distribution or delivery of emer-
gency bottled water and personal and home 
sanitization products; 
‘‘(iv) reconnection of water utility 
service, regardless of when such service 
was discontinued or for what reason; and 
‘‘(v) moratorium on water utility shut-
offs. 
‘‘(2) STATE
AND
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
CON-
TRACTS
OR
REIMBURSEMENT.—The Administrator 
shall also provide reimbursement to a State, local 
government, or Indian tribal government that pro-
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SEC. 5. COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON HEALTH CARE WORK-
ER MENTAL HEALTH AND BURNOUT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-
ity, in collaboration with one or more national medical pro-
fessional organizations, shall commission a comprehensive 
study on health care worker mental health and burnout. 
(b) FOCUS AREAS.—The study under subsection (a) 
shall focus on identifying— 
(1) the factors that contribute to poor mental 
health and burnout among health care workers; 
(2) the barriers to health care workers seeking 
and accessing mental health treatment; 
(3) the implications of poor mental health and 
burnout among health care workers for the health 
care system and patient outcomes; 
(4) the best ways to prevent and address the 
problems described in paragraphs (1) through (3); 
(5) the impact of the SARS–CoV–2 pandemic 
on the mental health of health care workers and re-
lated preparedness strategies for future health emer-
gencies; and 
(6) the efficacy of programs funded pursuant to 
section 4. 
(c) COMPLETION; REPORT.—The Secretary shall— 
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(1) ensure that the study commissioned under 
subsection (a) is completed not later than the day 
that is 1 year after the date of on which the Sec-
retary makes the final expenditure of funds for such 
study; and 
(2) submit a report to the Congress not later 
than such day on the findings and conclusions of 
such study, including recommendations for address-
ing health care worker mental health and burnout. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for the period of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2025. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Patents for Humanity 
Program Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFERABILITY OF ACCELERATION CERTIFI-
CATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A holder of an acceleration certifi-
cate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Pro-
gram (established in the notice entitled ‘‘Humanitarian 
Awards Pilot Program’’, published at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 
(February 8, 2012)), or any successor thereto, of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, may transfer 
(including by sale) the entitlement to such acceleration 
certificate to another person. 
(b) 
REQUIREMENT.—An 
acceleration 
certificate 
transferred under subsection (a) shall be subject to any 
other applicable limitations under the notice entitled ‘‘Hu-
manitarian Awards Pilot Program’’, published at 77 Fed. 
Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012), or any successor thereto. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7259 
AN ACT 
To allow acceleration certificates awarded under the 
Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable.
H. R. 7259 
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 allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity Program 
to be transferable. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Patents for Humanity Program 
Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFERABILITY OF ACCELERATION CERTIFICATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A holder of an acceleration certificate issued 
pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Program (established in 
the notice entitled ‘‘Humanitarian Awards Pilot Program’’, pub-
lished at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012)), or any successor 
thereto, of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, may 
transfer (including by sale) the entitlement to such acceleration 
certificate to another person. 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—An acceleration certificate transferred 
under subsection (a) shall be subject to any other applicable limita-
tions under the notice entitled ‘‘Humanitarian Awards Pilot Pro-
gram’’, published at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012), or 
any successor thereto. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7259 
To allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents for Humanity 
Program to be transferable. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2020 
Mrs. MCBATH (for herself, Mr. CLINE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Mrs. 
ROBY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To allow acceleration certificates awarded under the Patents 
for Humanity Program to be transferable. 
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 ‘‘Patents for Humanity 
Program Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFERABILITY OF ACCELERATION CERTIFI-
CATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A holder of an acceleration certifi-
cate issued pursuant to the Patents for Humanity Pro-
gram (established in the notice entitled ‘‘Humanitarian 
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Awards Pilot Program’’, published at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 
(February 8, 2012)), or any successor thereto, of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, may transfer 
(including by sale) the entitlement to such acceleration 
certificate to another person. 
(b) 
REQUIREMENT.—An 
acceleration 
certificate 
transferred under subsection (a) shall be subject to any 
other applicable limitations under the notice entitled ‘‘Hu-
manitarian Awards Pilot Program’’, published at 77 Fed. 
Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012), or any successor thereto. 
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year the State fails to comply 
with subparagraph (A) with re-
spect to a State law enforcement 
agency, except that such reduc-
tion shall not exceed 25 percent 
in any fiscal year. 
‘‘(bb) 
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENTS.—Beginning in the first 
fiscal year beginning after the 
first fiscal year described in sub-
clause (I)(bb) in which a unit of 
local government fails to comply 
with subparagraph (A), the per-
centage by which the funds de-
scribed in subclause (I)(bb) are 
reduced shall be increased by 5 
percent each fiscal year the unit 
of local government fails to com-
ply with subparagraph (A), ex-
cept that such reduction shall not 
exceed 25 percent in any fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(ii) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not 
allocated by reason of clause (i) to a State 
or unit of local government for failure to 
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HR 7259 PCS
Awards Pilot Program’’, published at 77 Fed. Reg. 6544 
(February 8, 2012)), or any successor thereto, of the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office, may transfer 
(including by sale) the entitlement to such acceleration 
certificate to another person. 
(b) 
REQUIREMENT.—An 
acceleration 
certificate 
transferred under subsection (a) shall be subject to any 
other applicable limitations under the notice entitled ‘‘Hu-
manitarian Awards Pilot Program’’, published at 77 Fed. 
Reg. 6544 (February 8, 2012), or any successor thereto. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 488 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7259 
AN ACT 
To allow acceleration certificates awarded under the 
Patents for Humanity Program to be transferable. 
JUNE 30, 2020 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 725 
To amend chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify that Federal 
employees excepted from a furlough are eligible for unemployment com-
pensation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2019 
Mrs. DINGELL (for herself and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 85 of title 5, United States Code, to 
clarify that Federal employees excepted from a furlough 
are eligible for unemployment compensation, 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 ‘‘Pay Federal Workers 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES EXCEPTED FROM 
FURLOUGH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8502 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f)(1) With respect to any lapse in appropriations 
beginning on or after December 22, 2018, each excepted 
Federal employee shall be, solely for the purpose of deter-
mining eligibility for unemployment compensation under 
this subchapter, deemed for the duration of the lapse in 
appropriations to be— 
‘‘(A) totally separated from Federal service; and 
‘‘(B) eligible for unemployment compensation 
benefits under this subchapter with no waiting pe-
riod for such eligibility to accrue. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘excepted Federal 
employee’ means a Federal employee who— 
‘‘(A) is an excepted employee or an employee 
performing emergency work, as such terms are de-
fined by the Office of Personnel Management; and 
‘‘(B) is not being paid due to a lapse in appro-
priations.’’. 
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(b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment begin-
ning on or after December 22, 2018. 
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