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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5050 
To direct the Attorney General, in enforcing the provisions of the Controlled 
Substances Act relating to marijuana, to focus on certain enforcement 
priorities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Mr. CORREA (for himself, Mr. GAETZ, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General, in enforcing the provisions 
of the Controlled Substances Act relating to marijuana, 
to focus on certain enforcement priorities. 
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 ‘‘Sensible Enforcement 
of Cannabis Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. MARIJUANA ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In enforcing the provisions of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) relating 
to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, possession, 
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or use of marijuana, the Attorney General of the United 
States shall not prosecute for any conduct that— 
(1) concerns marihuana for medicinal or rec-
reational use; and 
(2) is authorized by the laws of the State in-
volved. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply with 
respect to prosecution for prevention of the following: 
(1) Distribution of marijuana to minors. 
(2) Revenue from the sale of marijuana from 
going to criminal enterprises, gangs, and cartels. 
(3) Diversion of marijuana from States where it 
is legal under State law in some form to other 
States. 
(4) State-authorized marijuana activity from 
being used as a cover or pretext for the trafficking 
of other illegal drugs or other illegal activity. 
(5) Violence and the use of firearms in the cul-
tivation and distribution of marijuana. 
(6) Drugged driving and the exacerbation of 
other adverse public health consequences associated 
with marijuana use. 
(7) The growing of marijuana on public lands 
and the attendant public safety and environmental 
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dangers posed by marijuana production on public 
lands. 
(8) Marijuana possession or use on Federal 
property. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5051 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise the shareholder 
threshold for registration under such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Mr. DUFFY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to revise 
the shareholder threshold for registration under such 
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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Company Reg-
istration Threshold Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SHAREHOLDER THRESHOLD FOR REGISTRATION. 
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 12(g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘register such security’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall, not later than 120 
days after the last day of its first fiscal 
year ended after the effective date of this 
subsection on which the issuer has total as-
sets exceeding $10,000,000 (or such great-
er amount of assets as the Commission 
may establish by rule) and a class of eq-
uity security (other than an exempted se-
curity) held of record by 2,000 or more 
persons (or such greater number of per-
sons as the Commission may establish by 
rule), register such security’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The dollar figure in this para-
graph shall be indexed for inflation every 5 
years by the Commission to reflect the 
change in the Consumer Price Index for 
All Urban Consumers published by the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics, rounded to the 
nearest $100,000.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘300 
persons’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1,200 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5053 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to support innovative technology 
partnerships. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to support 
innovative technology partnerships. 
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 ‘‘Coding Technology Im-
provements Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPORT OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY PARTNER-
SHIPS. 
Section 744(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1138c(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘(7) Support of innovative technology partner-
ships, through grants to encourage increased innova-
tion in higher education programs that are offered 
through partnerships between institutions of higher 
education and nontraditional providers not tradition-
ally eligible to participate in title IV programs, and 
that are approved by a quality assurance entity 
(which meets the requirements for such an entity de-
scribed in the notice published in the Federal Reg-
ister by the Department of Education on October 
15, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 62047 et seq.)), including 
programs on coding, high-technology software, or 
computer science. Such grants may be used to assist 
in assessing whether such partnerships— 
‘‘(A) increase access to innovative and ef-
fective educational programs, particularly for 
students from low-income backgrounds; 
‘‘(B) assess quality assurance processes 
appropriate for the nontraditional providers and 
programs described in this paragraph; and 
‘‘(C) identify ways to protect students and 
taxpayers from risk, including lack of employ-
ment or increase of personal debt.’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Confederate Com-
memorative Works Inventory and Joint Resource Study 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The American Civil War was fought be-
tween 1861 and 1865. 
(2) As early as 1864, efforts were underway to 
preserve places that had been the location of pivotal 
battles during the Civil War, even before surrender 
occurred. 
(3) The National Park Service preserves 
unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and 
values of the National Park System for the enjoy-
ment, education, and inspiration of this and future 
generations, including sites dedicated to the inter-
pretation of the American Civil War. 
(4) The National Park Service, the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense 
administer public lands that are responsible for Con-
federate commemorative works. 
(5) There are 147 national cemeteries in the 
United States. Fourteen are maintained by the De-
partment of the Interior, through the National Park 
Service. The Department of Veterans Affairs, 
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(3) the use of XBRL data by investors; 
(4) the results of the analysis required by sec-
tion 3; and 
(5) any additional information the Commission 
considers relevant for increasing transparency, de-
creasing costs, and increasing efficiency of regu-
latory filings with the Commission. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act, the terms ‘‘Commission’’, 
‘‘emerging growth company’’, ‘‘issuer’’, and ‘‘securities 
laws’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 3 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c). 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5057 
To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 
to limit access to classified information, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Mrs. MURPHY of Florida (for herself, Mr. MOULTON, and Mr. PANETTA) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2004 to limit access to classified information, 
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 ‘‘Protect America’s Se-
crets Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Pursuant to Executive Order 12968 of 
1995, ‘‘[t]he national interest requires that certain 
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‘‘(I) was registered as a savings 
and loan holding company before July 
21, 2010; and 
‘‘(II) is a New York not-for-prof-
it corporation formed for the purpose 
of holding the stock of a New York in-
surance company. 
‘‘(L) INSURANCE
UNDERWRITING
COM-
PANY.—The term ‘insurance underwriting com-
pany’ means an entity that is— 
‘‘(i) engaged in the business of insur-
ance; 
‘‘(ii) subject to regulation by a State 
insurance regulator; and 
‘‘(iii) covered by a State law that is 
designed to specifically deal with the reha-
bilitation, liquidation, or insolvency of an 
insurance company. 
‘‘(M) MATERIAL
SUBSIDIARY.—The term 
‘material subsidiary’— 
‘‘(i) means a subsidiary that has— 
‘‘(I) off-balance sheet activities 
not less than $5,000,000,000; 
‘‘(II) equity capital not less than 
5 percent of the consolidated equity 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5059 
To amend the Home Owners’ Loan Act with respect to the registration 
and supervision of insurance savings and loan holding companies, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Mr. ROTHFUS (for himself and Mrs. BEATTY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Home Owners’ Loan Act with respect to 
the registration and supervision of insurance savings and 
loan holding companies, 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 ‘‘State Insurance Regu-
lation Preservation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUPERVISION OF INSURANCE SAVINGS AND LOAN 
HOLDING COMPANIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 10(a)(1) of the Home 
Owners’ Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a(a)(1)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) INSURANCE
SAVINGS
AND
LOAN 
HOLDING COMPANY.—The term ‘insurance sav-
ings and loan holding company’ means— 
‘‘(i) a top-tier savings and loan hold-
ing company that is an insurance under-
writing company; 
‘‘(ii) a savings and loan holding com-
pany that held 75 percent or more of its 
total consolidated assets in an insurance 
underwriting company or insurance under-
writing companies, other than assets asso-
ciated with insurance for credit risk, dur-
ing the 4 most recent consecutive quarters, 
as calculated in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles or the Stat-
utory Accounting Principles of the Na-
tional Association of Insurance Commis-
sioners, as applicable; or 
‘‘(iii) a top-tier savings and loan hold-
ing company that— 
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HR 5059 RFS 
(b) REGISTRATION.—Section 10(b)(1) of the Home 
Owners’ Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a(b)(1)) is amended 
by inserting at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘A savings and loan holding company that is an in-
surance savings and loan holding company shall register 
as an insurance savings and loan holding company.’’. 
(c) REPORTS.—Section 10(b)(2) of the Home Own-
ers’ Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1467a(b)(2)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) INSURANCE
SAVINGS
AND
LOAN 
HOLDING COMPANIES.—The Board, to the full-
est extent possible, shall request reports and 
other information filed by insurance savings 
and loan holding companies and any insurance 
underwriting company that is a subsidiary of 
such company with other Federal authorities 
and the State insurance authority for such com-
pany before requesting such reports or informa-
tion from the insurance savings and loan hold-
ing company or any insurance underwriting 
company that is a subsidiary of such company. 
‘‘(E) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this section may be construed as prohibiting 
the Board from requesting reports and other in-
formation that is not otherwise collected and 
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(A) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year following 
the fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal year 
in the biennium following the biennium’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘that following fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘each such fiscal year’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘fiscal year before the fis-
cal year’’ and inserting ‘‘biennium before the bi-
ennium’’. 
(10) 
PRIOR
YEAR
OUTLAYS.—Section 
1105(a)(18) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the prior fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each of the 2 most recently com-
pleted fiscal years’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘for that year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘with respect to those fiscal years’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘in that year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in those fiscal years’’. 
(11) BUDGET CONTENTS AND SUBMISSION TO 
CONGRESS.—Section 1105(a)(28) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘beginning with 
fiscal year 1999, a’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning with 
fiscal year 2020, a biennial’’. 
(12) 
INFORMATION
SUPPORTING
BIENNIAL 
BUDGETS.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6865 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 102. Authorized levels of military strength and training. 
Sec. 103. Shoreside infrastructure and facilities. 
Sec. 104. Availability of amounts for acquisition of additional cutters. 
TITLE II—COAST GUARD 
Subtitle A—Military Personnel Matters 
Sec. 201. Authorized strength. 
Sec. 202. Continuation of officers with certain critical skills on active duty. 
Sec. 203. Number and distribution of officers on active duty promotion list. 
Sec. 204. Coast Guard behavioral health policy. 
Sec. 205. Improving representation of women and of racial and ethnic minori-
ties among Coast Guard active-duty members. 
Subtitle B—Operational Matters 
Sec. 206. Pilot project for enhancing Coast Guard cutter readiness through 
condition-based maintenance. 
Sec. 207. Unmanned systems strategy. 
Sec. 208. Budgeting of Coast Guard relating to certain operations. 
Sec. 209. Report on San Diego maritime domain awareness. 
Sec. 210. Great Lakes winter shipping. 
Sec. 211. Center of expertise for Great Lakes oil spill search and response. 
Sec. 212. Study on laydown of Coast Guard cutters. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 213. Responses of Commandant of the Coast Guard to safety rec-
ommendations. 
Sec. 214. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes. 
Sec. 215. Acquisition life-cycle cost estimates. 
Sec. 216. National Coast Guard Museum funding plan. 
Sec. 217. Report on Coast Guard explosive ordnance disposal. 
Sec. 218. Pribilof Island transition completion actions. 
Sec. 219. Notification of communication outages. 
TITLE III—MARITIME 
Subtitle A—Shipping 
Sec. 301. Nonoperating individual.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 505 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to strengthen accountability 
for deployment of border security technology at the Department of Home-
land Security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2017 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HURD, Mr. 
KATKO, Mr. KING
of New York, Mr. FRANKS
of Arizona, Mr. 
FARENTHOLD, Ms. SINEMA, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. DONO-
VAN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BIGGS, and Mr. ROGERS of Alabama) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to strengthen 
accountability for deployment of border security tech-
nology at the Department of Homeland Security, 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 ‘‘Border Security Tech-
nology Accountability Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
BORDER 
SECURITY 
TECHNOLOGY 
ACCOUNT-
ABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 434. BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 
MANAGEMENT. 
‘‘(a) PLANNING DOCUMENTATION.—For each border 
security technology acquisition program of the Depart-
ment that is determined to be a major acquisition pro-
gram, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that each such program has a writ-
ten acquisition program baseline approved by the 
relevant acquisition decision authority; 
‘‘(2) document that each such program is meet-
ing cost, schedule, and performance thresholds as 
specified in such baseline, in compliance with rel-
evant departmental acquisition policies and the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation; and 
‘‘(3) have a plan for meeting program imple-
mentation objectives by managing contractor per-
formance. 
‘‘(b) ADHERENCE TO STANDARDS.—The Secretary, 
acting through the Under Secretary for Management and 
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
shall ensure border security technology acquisition pro-
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5060 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
make reforms to the benefits for Public Service Officers, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 
Mr. RUIZ (for himself and Mr. COOK) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to make reforms to the benefits for Public 
Service Officers, 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 ‘‘Heroes Lesley Zerebny 
and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act 
of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. AMOUNT OF BENEFIT INCREASED. 
Section 1201(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281(a)) is amend-
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gram managers who are responsible for carrying out this 
section adhere to relevant internal control standards iden-
tified by the Comptroller General of the United States. 
The Commissioner shall provide information, as needed, 
to assist the Under Secretary in monitoring proper pro-
gram management of border security technology acquisi-
tion programs under this section. 
‘‘(c) PLAN.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with 
the Under Secretary for Science and Technology and the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a plan for testing and evaluation, as well as the use of 
independent verification and validation resources, for bor-
der security technology so that new border security tech-
nologies are evaluated through a series of assessments, 
processes, and audits to ensure compliance with relevant 
departmental acquisition policies and the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation, as well as the effectiveness of taxpayer 
dollars. 
‘‘(d) MAJOR ACQUISITION PROGRAM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘major acquisition program’ means 
a Department acquisition program that is estimated by 
the Secretary to require an eventual total expenditure of 
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at least $300,000,000 (based on fiscal year 2017 constant 
dollars) over its life cycle cost.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 433 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 434. Border security technology program management.’’. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF 
APPROPRIATIONS. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act. This Act and such amendments shall be car-
ried out using amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
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