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States to promoting international religious freedom 
to advance the security, economic, and other na-
tional interests of the United States. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to consider— 
(1) any alien who, while serving as an official 
of the Government of Russia, was responsible for or 
directly or indirectly carried out particularly severe 
violations of religious freedom in the territory of 
Ukraine that Russia occupies and controls, or con-
trols through non-state armed groups it commands; 
and 
(2) the spouse and children, if any, of such 
alien, 
to have committed particularly severe violations of reli-
gious 
freedom 
for 
purposes 
of 
applying 
section 
212(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(G)) with respect to any such alien and 
spouse and children of such alien. 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF RUSSIA AS A COUNTRY OF PAR-
TICULAR CONCERN FOR RELIGIOUS FREE-
DOM. 
For purposes of making a determination of whether 
to designate Russia as a country of particular concern for 
religious freedom under section 402 of the International 
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Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6442), the 
President shall consider any particularly severe violation 
of religious freedom in the territory of Ukraine that Rus-
sia occupies and exercises controls, or controls through 
non-state armed groups it commands, during the period 
of time that is the basis for the determination and des-
ignation, to be a particularly severe violation of religious 
freedom that the Government of Russia has engaged in 
or tolerated. 
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SECTION 1. LOUISE AND BOB SLAUGHTER POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, 
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Louise 
and Bob Slaughter Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Louise and Bob 
Slaughter Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 2, 2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 540 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in 
Fairport, New York, as the ‘‘Louise and Bob 
Slaughter Post Office’’.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 540 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as the ‘‘Louise and Bob 
Slaughter Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2019 
Mr. MORELLE (for himself, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. SUOZZI, 
Miss RICE of New York, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ROSE of New 
York, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. 
OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. SEAN 
PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. TONKO, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. REED, Mr. KATKO, and Mr. HIGGINS of 
New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, 
as the ‘‘Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LOUISE AND BOB SLAUGHTER POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, 
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New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Louise 
and Bob Slaughter Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Louise and Bob 
Slaughter Post Office’’. 
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IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 540 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 3, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, 
as the ‘‘Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 540 RFS
SECTION 1. LOUISE AND BOB SLAUGHTER POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, 
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Louise 
and Bob Slaughter Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Louise and Bob 
Slaughter Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 2, 2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Louise and Bob 
Slaughter Post Office’’. 
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Calendar No. 87 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 540 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in 
Fairport, New York, as the ‘‘Louise and Bob 
Slaughter Post Office’’. 
MAY 15, 2019 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5412 
To direct the National Council on Disability to conduct a review of the 
implementation of standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 in the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the National Council on Disability to conduct a 
review of the implementation of standards under the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 in the travel, 
tourism, and hospitality industries. 
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 ‘‘Travel and Tourism 
for All Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVIEW AND REPORT BY NATIONAL COUNCIL ON 
DISABILITY. 
The National Council on Disability established under 
section 400 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
780) shall— 
(1) review the progress on the implementation, 
with respect to the travel, tourism, and hospitality 
industries, of— 
(A) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and 
(B) the revised standards relating to such 
Act issued in 2010 for public accommodations 
and commercial facilities under subpart D of 
part 36 of title 28, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and appendices B and D of part 1191 of 
title 36, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(2) not later than 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, submit to Congress a report 
on— 
(A) the review conducted under paragraph 
(1); and 
(B) recommendations for increasing com-
pliance with the Act and regulations described 
in paragraph (1). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5415 
To provide the Food and Drug Administration with authority to conduct 
microbial sampling on concentrated animal feeding operations as nec-
essary to facilitate a foodborne illness outbreak investigation, determine 
the root cause of an outbreak of foodborne illness, or address other 
public health needs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide the Food and Drug Administration with authority 
to conduct microbial sampling on concentrated animal 
feeding operations as necessary to facilitate a foodborne 
illness outbreak investigation, determine the root cause 
of an outbreak of foodborne illness, or address other 
public health needs. 
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 ‘‘Expanded Food Safety 
Investigation Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. MICROBIAL SAMPLING ON CONCENTRATED ANIMAL 
FEEDING OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter IV of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 424. MICROBIAL SAMPLING ON CONCENTRATED ANI-
MAL FEEDING OPERATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may request ac-
cess to a concentrated animal feeding operation in order 
to conduct microbial sampling, if the Secretary determines 
that such microbial sampling is necessary in order to fa-
cilitate a foodborne illness outbreak investigation, deter-
mine the root cause of an outbreak of foodborne illness, 
or address other public health needs. 
‘‘(b) GRANTING OF REASONABLE ACCESS.—A con-
centrated animal feeding operation that receives a request 
for access under paragraph (a) shall provide reasonable 
access to the Secretary to conduct such microbial sam-
pling, including sampling of plants, animals, water, and 
the environment, as the Secretary determines appropriate 
to address the public health need. Such operation may 
place reasonable conditions on access to the operation, in-
cluding by specifying a time, place, and manner for sam-
pling, provided that any such conditions do not prevent 
the Secretary from conducting appropriate sampling with-
in a reasonable period of time. 
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‘‘(b) PRODUCTS AND INVESTMENT TYPES.—The fi-
nance and investment division of the Bank may provide 
capital to qualified projects in the form of— 
‘‘(1) senior, mezzanine, and subordinated debt; 
‘‘(2) credit enhancements including loan loss re-
serves and loan guarantees; 
‘‘(3) aggregation and warehousing; 
‘‘(4) equity capital; and 
‘‘(5) any other financial product approved by 
the Board. 
‘‘(c) STATE AND LOCAL GREEN BANK CAPITALIZA-
TION.—The finance and investment division of the Bank 
shall make capital available to State and local green banks 
to enable such banks to finance qualifying projects in their 
markets that are better served by a locally based entity, 
rather than through direct investment by the Bank. 
‘‘(d) INVESTMENT COMMITTEE.—The debt, risk miti-
gation, and equity investments made by the Bank shall 
be— 
‘‘(1) approved by the investment committee of 
the Board; and 
‘‘(2) consistent with an investment policy that 
has been established by the investment committee of 
the Board in consultation with the risk management 
committee of the Board. 
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‘‘(c) AUTHORITY OVER FOODS REGULATED BY THE 
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to impose additional requirements by 
the Secretary, beyond microbial sampling, with respect to 
food that is within the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Ag-
riculture pursuant to the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the 
Poultry Products Inspection Act, or the Egg Products In-
spection Act. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH 
AGENCIES.—The Secretary shall ensure that data col-
lected under this section are made available to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture and relevant State and Federal pub-
lic health agencies in order to facilitate work in detecting, 
investigating, or preventing foodborne illness. Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to limit the rights and ex-
emptions otherwise available under section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘con-
centrated animal feeding operation’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 122.23(b) of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any successor regulations).’’. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 301 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(fff) The refusal to provide reasonable access for mi-
crobial sampling in accordance with section 424.’’. 
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(1) hire and fix the compensation of up to 5 ad-
ditional full-time officers or employees of the De-
partment of Labor; and 
(2) detail or assign such officers or employees 
to the United States Embassy or a United States 
Consulate in Mexico to carry out the duties de-
scribed in section 722. 
SEC. 722. DUTIES. 
The duties described in this section are the following: 
(1) Assisting the Interagency Labor Committee 
to monitor and enforce the labor obligations of Mex-
ico. 
(2) Submitting to the Interagency Labor Com-
mittee on a quarterly basis reports on the efforts un-
dertaken by Mexico to comply with its labor obliga-
tions. 
SEC. 723. STATUS. 
Any officer or employee, while detailed or assigned 
under this subtitle, shall be considered, for the purpose 
of preserving their allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, 
and other benefits as such, an officer or employee of the 
United States Government and of the agency of the 
United States Government from which detailed or as-
signed, and shall continue to receive compensation, allow-
ances, and benefits from program funds appropriated to
‘‘SEC. 1631. OVERSIGHT. 
‘‘(a) EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT.—The inspector general 
of the Department of Energy shall have oversight respon-
sibilities over the Bank. 
‘‘(b) REPORTS AND AUDIT.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Bank shall pub-
lish an annual report which shall be transmitted by 
the Bank to the President and the Congress. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.—The ac-
counts of the Bank shall be audited annually. Such 
audits shall be conducted in accordance with gen-
erally accepted auditing standards by independent 
certified public accountants who are certified by a 
regulatory authority of the jurisdiction in which the 
audit is undertaken. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AUDITS.—In addition to the 
annual audits under paragraph (2), the financial 
transactions of the Bank for any fiscal year during 
which Federal funds are available to finance any 
portion of its operations may be audited by the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office in accordance with 
such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by 
the Comptroller General of the United States. 
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‘‘SEC. 1632. MAXIMUM CONTINGENT LIABILITY. 
‘‘The maximum contingent liability of the Bank that 
may be outstanding at any time shall be not more than 
$70,000,000,000 in the aggregate.’’. 
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propriate monitoring or enforcement actions under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
(f) LACEY ACT.—The Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the 
Treasury have authority to take appropriate monitoring 
or enforcement actions under the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.). 
(g) MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT.—The Secretary 
of the Interior has authority to take appropriate moni-
toring or enforcement actions under the Migratory Bird 
Treaty Act of 1918 (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.). 
(h) ELIMINATE, NEUTRALIZE, AND DISRUPT WILD-
LIFE TRAFFICKING ACT.—The Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of the Interior, the Attorney General, and Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development have authority to take appropriate moni-
toring or enforcement actions under the Eliminate, Neu-
tralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016 (16 
U.S.C. 7601 et seq.). 
(i) WILD BIRD CONSERVATION ACT.—The Secretary 
of the Interior has authority to take appropriate moni-
toring or enforcement actions under the Wild Bird Con-
servation Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 4901 et seq.).
nating section 3128 as section 3129 and by inserting after 
section 3127 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 3128. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LARGE EMPLOYERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a person who has 
at least $100,000,000 in gross receipts for a calendar 
year, and with whom at least 10,000 individuals contract 
to provide services other than as an employee during the 
calendar year— 
‘‘(1) any remuneration paid by such person to 
any such individual with respect to such services 
(and any payment made by such person to any such 
individual in settlement of a transaction for the pro-
vision of such services) shall be treated in the same 
manner as wages with respect to employment of 
such individual for purposes of subchapter B and 
chapter 2, and 
‘‘(2) section 3111 shall be applied — 
‘‘(A) by substituting ‘12.4 percent’ for ‘6.2 
percent’ in subsection (a) thereof, and 
‘‘(B) by substituting ‘2.9 percent’ for ‘1.45 
percent’ in subsection (b) thereof. 
‘‘(b) AGGREGATION RULES.—All persons treated as 
a single employer under subsections (a) and (b) of section 
52 shall be treated as a single employer for purposes of 
this section.’’. 
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ignation, or determination in response to a petition 
for revocation.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 219 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 219A. Designation of significant transnational criminal organizations.’’. 
(c) PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES 
TO SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Section 2339B of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or a significant transnational 
criminal organization’’ after ‘‘foreign terrorist orga-
nization’’ each place such term appears; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by amending the sec-
ond sentence to read as follows: ‘‘A person may not 
be prosecuted for violating this paragraph unless the 
person has knowledge that the organization referred 
to in the previous sentence— 
‘‘(A) is a designated terrorist organization; 
‘‘(B) is a significant transnational criminal 
organization; 
‘‘(C) has engaged or engages in terrorist 
activity (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act); or 
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‘‘(D) has engaged or engages in terrorism 
(as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 
and 1989).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (7); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 
following: 
‘‘(6) the term ‘significant transnational criminal 
organization’ means an organization so designated 
under section 219A of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act; and’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5418 
To require executive agencies to reduce cost-sharing requirements for certain 
grants with certain nonprofit organizations 25 percent, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico (for herself, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, and Mr. 
SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To require executive agencies to reduce cost-sharing require-
ments for certain grants with certain nonprofit organiza-
tions 25 percent, 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 ‘‘Empowering Non-
profits Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS 
FOR GRANTS. 
(a) REDUCTION OF COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 
Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending 5 years thereafter, the head of an executive agency 
shall reduce any cost-sharing requirement 25 percent for 
an eligible nonprofit organization for grants made directly 
to that organization. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘‘eligible nonprofit organization’’ means a non-
profit organization that is located in a State with 
more than 20 percent of individuals living below the 
Federal poverty line. 
(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given in section 133 of 
title 41, United States Code. 
(3) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 
is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1968 and exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of such Code. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
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commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States, and each federally recognized Tribe. 
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