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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1743 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate 
for election to the office or Representative in Congress or Senator from 
accepting contributions from any political committee other than an au-
thorized committee of the candidate and from establishing a leadership 
PAC. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2017 
Mr. O’ROURKE (for himself and Mr. KHANNA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
prohibit a candidate for election to the office or Rep-
resentative in Congress or Senator from accepting con-
tributions from any political committee other than an 
authorized committee of the candidate and from estab-
lishing a leadership PAC. 
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 ‘‘No PAC Act’’. 
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(34) Section 1212(b)(2)(B)(ii) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an estate or trust, 
the deduction allowed for such year under 
section 642(b).’’. 
(35) Section 1361(c)(1)(C) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 152(f)(1)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
7706(f)(1)(C)’’. 
(36) Section 1402(a) is amended by striking 
paragraph (7). 
(37) Section 2032A(c)(7)(D) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 152(f)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
7706(f)(2)’’. 
(38) Section 3402(m)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘other than the deductions referred to in section 
151 and’’. 
(39) Section 3402(r)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘the sum of—’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘the standard deduction in effect under section 
63(c)(1)(B).’’. 
(40) Section 5000A(b)(3)(A) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 152’’ and inserting ‘‘section 7706’’. 
(41) Section 5000A(c)(4)(A) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the number of individuals for whom the 
taxpayer is allowed a deduction under section 151 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS 
FROM 
PACS 
BY 
CANDIDATES 
FOR 
REP-
RESENTATIVE OR SENATOR. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN POLIT-
ICAL COMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(1) ACCEPTANCE
OF
CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM 
PACS.—A candidate for election for the office of 
Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the Congress, may not accept 
a contribution with respect to the election from any 
political committee other than an authorized com-
mittee of the candidate. 
‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEADERSHIP PAC.—A 
candidate for election for the office of Senator or 
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress may not establish a leader-
ship PAC (as defined in subparagraph (B) of section 
304(i)(8)).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur-
ring after 2018. 
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101(40)(D)) with respect to con-
tamination found at the site. 
‘‘(cc) The eligible entity held 
a public hearing with respect to 
the grant application and no sub-
stantive testimony was offered 
that indicates that the eligible 
entity caused or exacerbated con-
tamination found at the site or 
failed to exercise appropriate care 
(as 
required 
under 
section 
101(40)(D)) with respect to con-
tamination found at the site. 
‘‘(dd) There are other cir-
cumstances that make compli-
ance with the elements set forth 
in section 101(40) impractical 
and not in the public interest. 
‘‘(III) To make a grant or loan 
under this subsection to an eligible 
entity if such entity— 
‘‘(aa) acquired ownership of 
the brownfield site at least 30 
years prior to the date of the 
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(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
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HR 1761 RFS 
commission of an offense set forth in paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of this subsection; or 
‘‘(5) transports any minor in or affecting inter-
state or foreign commerce with the intent that such 
minor be used in the production or live transmission 
of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in any sexu-
ally explicit conduct, 
shall be punished as provided under subsection (e). 
‘‘(b) Any parent, legal guardian, or person having 
custody or control of a minor who, in a circumstance de-
scribed in subsection (f), knowingly permits such minor 
to engage in, or to assist any other person to engage in, 
sexually explicit conduct knowing that a visual depiction 
of such conduct will be produced or transmitted shall be 
punished as provided under subsection (e).’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘employs, uses, per-
suades, induces, entices, or coerces any 
minor to engage in, or who has a minor as-
sist any other person to engage in, any 
sexually explicit conduct’’ and inserting 
‘‘engages in any conduct described in para-
graphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a)’’; 
and 
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formed Care for Children and Families Act of 
2017).’’. 
(f) 
CHILD
WELFARE
SERVICES.—Section 
422(b)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
622(b)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting before the semi-
colon ‘‘(which may include training in the best practices 
developed under section 101 of the Trauma-Informed Care 
for Children and Families Act of 2017)’’. 
(g) FEDERAL PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND 
ADOPTION ASSISTANCE.—Section 474(a)(3)(A) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(3)(A)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘, and including training in the best practices 
developed under section 101 of the Trauma-Informed Care 
for Children and Families Act of 2017’’ after ‘‘enrolled 
in such institutions’’. 
(h) HEALTHY START INITIATIVE.—Section 330H(e) 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–8(e)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) TRAINING PROVIDERS IN BEST PRACTICES 
RELATING TO TRAUMA.—Any of the funds appro-
priated under paragraph (1) may be used to provide 
training for providers in the best practices developed 
under section 101 of the Trauma-Informed Care for 
Children and Families Act of 2017.’’. 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘, for the purpose of 
producing any visual depiction of such con-
duct,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting after 
‘‘transported’’ the following: ‘‘or transmitted’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘transports’’ the following; ‘‘or transmits’’; 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) The circumstances referred to in subsections (a) 
and (b) are— 
‘‘(1) that the person knows or has reason to 
know that such visual depiction will be— 
‘‘(A) transported or transmitted using any 
means or facility of interstate or foreign com-
merce; 
‘‘(B) transported or transmitted in or af-
fecting interstate or foreign commerce; or 
‘‘(C) mailed; 
‘‘(2) the visual depiction was produced or trans-
mitted using materials that have been mailed, or 
shipped or transported in or affecting interstate or 
foreign commerce by any means, including by com-
puter; 
‘‘(3) such visual depiction has actually been— 
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SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS 
CHARGED WITH A CRIME RESULTING IN 
DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. 
Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 
striking the comma at the end of each subpara-
graph and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘sentence’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘sentenced’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, or’’ and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following: 
‘‘(E)(i)(I) was not inspected and admitted 
into the United States; 
‘‘(II) held a nonimmigrant visa (or other 
documentation authorizing admission into the 
United States as a nonimmigrant) that has 
been revoked under section 221(i); or 
‘‘(III) 
is 
described 
in 
section 
237(a)(1)(C)(i); and 
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(1) The 2007 Great Smoky Mountains Study, a 
representative longitudinal study of children, found 
that by age 16, more than 67 percent of the children 
had been exposed to 1 or more traumatic events, 
such as child maltreatment, domestic violence, or 
sexual assault. 
(2) According to a 2009 Office of Juvenile Jus-
tice and Delinquency Prevention study of children 
ages 0 through 17, more than 60 percent of the chil-
dren surveyed were exposed to violence within the 
past year, either directly or indirectly. 
(3) According to the Administration for Chil-
dren and Families, the rate of substantiated reports 
of child maltreatment in fiscal year 2015 was 9.2 
per 1,000 children ages 0 through 17, with children 
under age 1 having the highest rate of 24.2 per 
1,000 children. 
(4) According to the Office of Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention, a longitudinal study of 
youth detained at a juvenile detention center in Chi-
cago showed that 92.5 percent of youth had experi-
enced at least 1 trauma, and 84 percent had experi-
enced more than 1 trauma. 
(5) The National Intimate Partner and Sexual 
Violence Survey conducted by the Centers for Dis-
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 174 
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody 
certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime 
that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. GOSAR, 
Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. JONES, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. BROOKS of Ala-
bama, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, and Mr. PALMER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to 
take into custody certain aliens who have been charged 
in the United States with a crime that resulted in the 
death or serious bodily injury of another person, 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 ‘‘Sarah’s Law’’. 
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‘‘(iv) training for providers in the best 
practices developed under section 101 of 
the Trauma-Informed Care for Children 
and Families Act of 2017.’’. 
(d) MATERNAL
AND
CHILD
HEALTH
SERVICES 
BLOCK GRANT.—Section 504 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 704) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) A State may use a portion of the amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a) for the purpose of providing 
training for licensed health care providers and public 
health agencies in the best practices developed under sec-
tion 101 of the Trauma-Informed Care for Children and 
Families Act of 2017.’’. 
(e) MATERNAL, INFANT, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD 
HOME VISITING (MIECHV).—Section 511(i)(2) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 711(i)(2)) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(D) 
through (G) as subparagraphs (E) through (H), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) Section 504(e) (relating to the use of 
funds for training in the best practices devel-
oped under section 101 of the Trauma-In-
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‘‘(ii) has been charged by a prosecuting au-
thority in the United States with any crime 
that resulted in the death or serious bodily in-
jury (as defined in section 1365(h)(3) of title 
18, United States Code) of another person,’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Upon en-
countering or gaining knowledge of an alien de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement shall make reasonable efforts— 
‘‘(A) to obtain information from law en-
forcement agencies and from other available 
sources regarding the identity of any victims of 
the crimes for which such alien was charged or 
convicted; and 
‘‘(B) to provide the victim or, if the victim 
is deceased, a parent, guardian, spouse, or clos-
est living relative of such victim, with informa-
tion, on a timely and ongoing basis, including— 
‘‘(i) the alien’s full name, aliases, date 
of birth, and country of nationality; 
‘‘(ii) the alien’s immigration status 
and criminal history; 
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‘‘(iii) the alien’s custody status and 
any changes related to the alien’s custody; 
and 
‘‘(iv) a description of any efforts by 
the United States Government to remove 
the alien from the United States.’’. 
SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISION. 
Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 
Act, may be construed to limit the rights of crime victims 
under any other provision of law, including section 3771 
of title 18, United States Code. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1750 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand certain exceptions 
to the private activity bond rules for first-time farmers, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2017 
Mr. YOUNG of Iowa (for himself, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
PETERSON, Mr. BLUM, and Mr. LAHOOD) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand 
certain exceptions to the private activity bond rules for 
first-time farmers, 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 ‘‘Facilitating Farmers’ 
Access to Resources and Machinery Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THE PRI-
VATE ACTIVITY BOND RULES FOR FIRST- 
TIME FARMERS. 
(a) INCREASE IN DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 147(c)(2)(A) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$450,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$524,200’’. 
(2) REPEAL OF SEPARATE LOWER DOLLAR LIM-
ITATION
ON
USED
FARM
EQUIPMENT.—Section 
147(c)(2) of such Code is amended by striking sub-
paragraph (F) and by redesignating subparagraphs 
(G) and (H) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respec-
tively. 
(3) QUALIFIED SMALL ISSUE BOND LIMITATION 
CONFORMED TO INCREASED DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 
Section 144(a)(11)(A) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$524,200’’. 
(4) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 147(c)(2)(G) of 
such Code, as redesignated by paragraph (2), is 
amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘after 2008, the dollar 
amount in subparagraph (A) shall be in-
creased’’ and inserting ‘‘after 2018, the 
dollar amounts in subparagraph (A) and 
section 144(a)(11)(A) shall each be in-
creased’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2007’’ in clause (ii) 
and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
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(B) 
CROSS-REFERENCE.—Section 
144(a)(11) of such Code is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—For infla-
tion adjustment of dollar amount contained in 
subparagraph (A), see section 147(c)(2)(G).’’. 
(b) SUBSTANTIAL
FARMLAND
DETERMINED
ON 
BASIS
OF AVERAGE RATHER THAN MEDIAN FARM 
SIZE.—Section 147(c)(2)(E) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘median’’ and inserting ‘‘average’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ 
and dated llllll, which shall be known as 
the North Mountain Wilderness. 
(26) GRAYBACK
RIDGE
EAST
WILDERNESS.— 
Certain Federal land within the Bridger-Teton Na-
tional Forest consisting of approximately 18,000 
acres as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 
shall be known as the Grayback Ridge East Wilder-
ness. 
(27) PALISADES
WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed-
eral land within the Bridger-Teton National Forest 
and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest com-
prising approximately 224,000 acres as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 
llllll, which shall be known as the Pali-
sades Wilderness. 
(28) GANNETT
HILLS
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land within the Bridger-Teton National For-
est, and the Caribou-Targhee National Forest com-
prising approximately 63,000 acres as generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 
llllll, which shall be known as the Gannett 
Hills Wilderness. 
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that enters into the contract or agreement shall 
produce to the Board accurate records that account 
for all funds received under the contract or agree-
ment, including any goods or services provided or 
costs incurred in connection with the contract or 
agreement. 
(2) MAINTENANCE
OF
RECORDS.—A Board 
shall maintain any records received under paragraph 
(1). 
(d) PUBLICATION
OF BUDGETS
AND DISBURSE-
MENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall publish and 
make available for public inspection all budgets and 
disbursements of funds entrusted to the Board that 
are approved by the Secretary, immediately on ap-
proval by the Secretary. 
(2) REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Board shall disclose— 
(A) the amount of the disbursement; 
(B) the purpose of the disbursement, in-
cluding the activities to be funded by the dis-
bursement; 
(C) the identity of the recipient of the dis-
bursement; and 
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(b) ALLOCATION OF PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of covered leas-
ing revenues received by the United States with re-
spect to a leased tract that are required to be paid 
to States in accordance with this subsection each fis-
cal year shall be allocated among and paid to af-
fected States that are within 200 miles of the leased 
tract, in amounts that are inversely proportional to 
the respective distances between the point on the 
coastline of each such affected State that is closest 
to the geographic center of the lease tract, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(2) MINIMUM
AND
MAXIMUM
ALLOCATION.— 
The amount allocated to a State under paragraph 
(1) each fiscal year with respect to a leased tract 
shall be— 
(A) in the case of a State that is the near-
est State to the geographic center of the leased 
tract, not less than 25 percent of the total 
amounts allocated with respect to the leased 
tract; and 
(B) in the case of any other State, not less 
than 10 percent, and not more than 15 percent, 
of the total amounts allocated with respect to 
the leased tract. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1753 
To prohibit certain practices relating to certain commodity promotion pro-
grams, to require greater transparency by those programs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2017 
Mr. BRAT (for himself and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To prohibit certain practices relating to certain commodity 
promotion programs, to require greater transparency by 
those programs, 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 ‘‘Opportunities for Fair-
ness in Farming Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the generic programs to promote and pro-
vide research and information for an agricultural 
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begins on or after the effective date of the amend-
ments made by this section. 
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commodity (commonly known as ‘‘checkoff pro-
grams’’) are intended to increase demand for all of 
that agricultural commodity and benefit all assessed 
producers of that agricultural commodity; 
(2) although the laws establishing checkoff pro-
grams broadly prohibit the use of funds in any man-
ner for the purpose of influencing legislation or gov-
ernment action, checkoff programs have repeatedly 
been shown to use funds to influence policy directly 
or by partnering with organizations that lobby; 
(3) the unlawful use of checkoff programs funds 
benefits some agricultural producers while harming 
many others; 
(4) to more effectively prevent Boards from 
using funds for unlawful purposes, strict separation 
of engagement between the Boards and policy enti-
ties is necessary; 
(5) conflicts of interest in the checkoff pro-
grams allow special interests to use checkoff pro-
gram funds for the benefit of some assessed agricul-
tural producers at the expense of many others; 
(6) prohibiting conflicts of interest in checkoff 
programs is necessary to ensure the proper and law-
ful operation of the checkoff programs; 
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