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(2) of whom— 
(A) 3 shall be appointed by the President, 
in consultation with the Interagency Climate 
Change Adaptation Task Force; 
(B) 2 shall be appointed by the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives; 
(C) 2 shall be appointed by the minority 
leader of the House of Representatives; 
(D) 2 shall be appointed by the majority 
leader of the Senate; and 
(E) 2 shall be appointed by the minority 
leader of the Senate. 
(c) TERMS.—Each member of the Commission shall 
be appointed for the life of the Commission. 
(d) INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Each member of the 
Commission shall be appointed not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission— 
(1) shall not affect the powers of the Commis-
sion; and 
(2) shall be filled in the manner in which the 
original appointment was made. 
(f) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date on which all members of the Commission have 
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‘‘(ii) which is not a private club owned 
and operated by its members, 
‘‘(iii) which does not offer golf, hunt-
ing, sailing, or riding facilities, 
‘‘(iv) the health or fitness component 
of which is not incidental to its overall 
function and purpose, and 
‘‘(v) which is fully compliant with the 
State of jurisdiction and Federal anti-dis-
crimination laws. 
‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF EXERCISE VIDEOS, 
ETC.—Videos, books, and similar materials 
shall be treated as described in subparagraph 
(A)(ii) if the content of such materials con-
stitutes instruction in a program of physical ex-
ercise or physical activity. 
‘‘(E) LIMITATIONS
RELATED
TO
SPORTS 
AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT.—Amounts paid for 
equipment described in subparagraph (A)(iii) 
shall be treated as qualified sports and fitness 
expenses only— 
‘‘(i) if such equipment is utilized ex-
clusively for participation in fitness, exer-
cise, sport, or other physical activity, 
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‘‘(ii) in the case of amounts paid for 
apparel or footwear, if such apparel or 
footwear is of a type that is necessary for, 
and is not used for any purpose other 
than, a specific physical activity, and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of amounts paid for 
any single item of sports equipment (other 
than exercise equipment), to the extent 
such amounts do not exceed $250. 
‘‘(F) PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE COMPO-
NENTS OTHER THAN PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND 
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.—Rules similar to the rules 
of paragraph (6) shall apply in the case of any 
program that includes physical exercise or phys-
ical activity and also other components. For 
purposes of the preceding sentence, travel and 
accommodations shall be treated as a separate 
component.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 167 
To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who 
is not a licensed dealer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2019 
Mr. GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by 
a person who is not a licensed dealer. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF A FIREARM AT 
A GUN SHOW BY A PERSON WHO IS NOT A LI-
CENSED DEALER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(aa)(1)(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to trans-
fer a firearm at a gun show, unless the person is a licensed 
dealer. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to a transfer 
to a person licensed under this chapter. 
‘‘(2) In paragraph (1), the term ‘gun show’— 
‘‘(A) means an event or function— 
‘‘(i) held for the purpose of facilitating the 
commercial sale, transfer, or exchange of fire-
arms; and 
‘‘(ii) at which a firearm is displayed, exhib-
ited, offered for sale, transfer, or exchange, or 
sold, transferred, or exchanged; and 
‘‘(B) includes the entire premises, including 
parking areas, used to facilitate the sale, transfer, or 
exchange of firearms at the event or function.’’. 
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a) of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section 922(aa) 
shall be fined an amount equal to $10,000 multiplied by 
the number of firearms involved in the violation, impris-
oned not less than 1 year and not more than 2 years, or 
both.’’. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1680 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the 
new markets tax credit, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2019 
Ms. SEWELL of Alabama (for herself, Mr. REED, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. MOORE, Mr. HIGGINS 
of New York, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. KIND, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. LAHOOD, and Mr. WENSTRUP) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently 
extend the new markets tax credit, 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 ‘‘New Markets Tax 
Credit Extension Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF NEW MARKETS TAX 
CREDIT. 
(a) EXTENSION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (G) of section 
45D(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘for each of calendar years 
2010 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘for calendar 
year 2010 and each calendar year thereafter’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
45D(f)(3) of such Code is amended by striking the 
last sentence. 
(b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Subsection (f) of sec-
tion 45D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any cal-
endar year beginning after 2018, the dollar 
amount in paragraph (1)(G) shall be increased 
by an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year, determined by substituting 
‘calendar year 2000’ for ‘calendar year 
2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof. 
‘‘(B) ROUNDING
RULE.—Any increase 
under subparagraph (A) which is not a multiple 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1681 
To require States to impose the same ballot access rules on all candidates 
in a general congressional election held in the State without regard 
to whether or not the candidates are nominees of a political party, 
and to require States to use a ballot for a general congressional election 
that requires a specific vote for a candidate for the office involved. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2019 
Mr. AMASH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To require States to impose the same ballot access rules 
on all candidates in a general congressional election held 
in the State without regard to whether or not the can-
didates are nominees of a political party, and to require 
States to use a ballot for a general congressional election 
that requires a specific vote for a candidate for the 
office involved. 
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 ‘‘Ballot Fairness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. BALLOT FAIRNESS REQUIREMENTS FOR GENERAL 
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. 
(a) REQUIRING
EQUIVALENT
BALLOT
ACCESS 
RULES FOR ALL CANDIDATES IN GENERAL ELECTION.— 
A State shall impose the same requirements for appearing 
on the ballot in a general congressional election held in 
the State on all candidates in the election, without regard 
to whether or not a candidate is the nominee of a political 
party. 
(b) REQUIRING USE OF BALLOTS THAT REQUIRE 
SPECIFIC VOTES FOR CANDIDATE.—For the election of 
a candidate in a general congressional election held in a 
State, the State shall use a ballot that requires a specific 
vote for that candidate for the office involved and that 
does not permit the casting of a single vote for all can-
didates of the same political party for multiple elections. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘general congressional election’’ 
means a general election for the office of Senator or 
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress. 
(2) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 
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States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to the regularly scheduled general congressional 
election held in November 2020 and each succeeding gen-
eral congressional election. 
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SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAMS AT 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNI-
VERSITIES AND PREDOMINANTLY BLACK IN-
STITUTIONS. 
(a) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVER-
SITIES.—Section 723 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1136a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘physician 
assistant studies,’’ after ‘‘allied health,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘physi-
cian assistant studies,’’ after ‘‘allied health,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘physi-
cian assistant studies,’’ after ‘‘allied health,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (12) as 
paragraph (13); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (11) the 
following: 
‘‘(12) in the case of a grant for a physician as-
sistant education program (as defined in section 
799B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
295p))— 
‘‘(A) creating or improving facilities for 
Internet or other distance education tech-
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‘‘(3) committed— 
‘‘(A) while the journalist is taking part in 
newsgathering; or 
‘‘(B) with the intention of intimidating or 
impeding newsgathering by the journalist. 
‘‘(d) SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO A JOURNALIST.— 
An act described in this subsection is an act— 
‘‘(1) that causes serious bodily injury to an in-
dividual who is a journalist; 
‘‘(2) committed with knowledge or reason to 
know the individual is a journalist; and 
‘‘(3) committed— 
‘‘(A) while the journalist is taking part in 
newsgathering; or 
‘‘(B) with the intention of intimidating or 
impeding newsgathering by the journalist.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘120. Assault against journalists.’’. 
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International Fire Code, through a notice published 
in the Federal Register.’’. 
(e) RURAL HOUSING.—Title V of the Housing Act 
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 514 (42 U.S.C. 1484), by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) Housing and related facilities constructed with 
loans under this section shall contain installed carbon 
monoxide alarms or detectors that meet or exceed— 
‘‘(1) the standards described in chapters 9 and 
11 of the 2018 publication of the International Fire 
Code, as published by the International Code Coun-
cil; or 
‘‘(2) any other standards as may be adopted by 
the Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, including any rel-
evant updates to the International Fire Code, 
through a notice published in the Federal Register.’’; 
and 
(2) in section 515 (42 U.S.C. 1485)— 
(A) in subsection (m), by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ 
before ‘‘The Secretary shall establish’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Housing and related facilities rehabilitated or 
repaired with amounts received under a loan made or in-
dwelling unit in accordance with standards and 
criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the pro-
tection of occupants in the dwelling unit. 
‘‘(B) REHABILITATION.—With respect to 
public housing for which a public housing agen-
cy is undergoing or planning a substantial reha-
bilitation project, the public housing agency 
shall ensure that, during that rehabilitation, not 
less than one carbon monoxide detector is in-
stalled per floor in each dwelling unit located in 
that public housing in accordance with stand-
ards and criteria acceptable to the Secretary for 
the protection of occupants in the dwelling 
unit.’’. 
(d) SECTION 8 HOUSING.—Subsection (o) of section 
8 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(21) CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each owner of a 
dwelling unit receiving tenant-based assistance 
or project-based assistance under this sub-
section shall ensure that not less than one car-
bon monoxide detector is installed per floor in 
the dwelling unit in accordance with standards 
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and criteria acceptable to the Secretary for the 
protection of occupants in the dwelling unit. 
‘‘(B) REHABILITATION.—With respect to a 
property receiving tenant-based assistance or 
project-based assistance for which the owner is 
undergoing or planning a substantial rehabilita-
tion project, the owner shall ensure that, during 
that rehabilitation, not less than one carbon 
monoxide detector is installed per floor in each 
dwelling unit assisted in that property in ac-
cordance with standards and criteria acceptable 
to the Secretary for the protection of occupants 
in the dwelling unit.’’. 
(e) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out the amendments made by this 
Act $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2029. 
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HR 1754 RDS
formance, or anti-doping and medication control 
rule violation or the violation of a period of sus-
pension or eligibility. 
(L) Threatening or seeking to intimidate a 
person with the intent of discouraging the per-
son from the good faith reporting to the Au-
thority, an agent of the Authority or the Com-
mission, or the anti-doping and medication con-
trol enforcement agency under section 5(e), of 
information that relates to— 
(i) an alleged safety, performance, or 
anti-doping and medication control rule 
violation; or 
(ii) alleged noncompliance with a safe-
ty, performance, or anti-doping and medi-
cation control rule. 
(b) TESTING LABORATORIES.— 
(1) ACCREDITATION
AND
STANDARDS.—Not 
later than 120 days before the program effective 
date, the Authority shall, in consultation with the 
anti-doping and medication control enforcement 
agency, establish, by rule in accordance with section 
4— 
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sured under this section shall contain installed carbon 
monoxide alarms or detectors that meet or exceed— 
‘‘(A) the standards described in chapters 9 and 
11 of the 2018 publication of the International Fire 
Code, as published by the International Code Coun-
cil; or 
‘‘(B) any other standards as may be adopted by 
the Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, including any rel-
evant updates to the International Fire Code, 
through a notice published in the Federal Register.’’. 
(f) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall provide guidance to public hous-
ing agencies (as defined in section 3(b)(6) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)) on 
how to educate tenants on health hazards in the home, 
including to carbon monoxide poisoning, lead poisoning, 
asthma induced by housing-related allergens, and other 
housing-related preventable outcomes, to help advance pri-
mary prevention and prevent future deaths and other 
harms. 
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) through (d) shall take effect on the date 
that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, 
$101,400,000 per year for each of fiscal years 2020, 2021, 
and 2022. 
(i) NO PREEMPTION.—Nothing in the amendments 
made by this section shall be construed to preempt or limit 
the applicability of any State or local law relating to the 
installation and maintenance of carbon monoxide alarms 
or detectors in housing that requires standards that are 
more stringent than the standards described in the amend-
ments made by this section. 
SEC. 4. STUDY ON INCLUSION OF CARBON MONOXIDE 
ALARMS OR DETECTORS IN OTHER UNITS. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
in consultation with the Consumer Product Safety Com-
mission, shall conduct a study and issue a publicly avail-
able report on requiring carbon monoxide alarms or detec-
tors in federally assisted housing that is not covered in 
the amendments made by section 3. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 10, 
2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1690 
AN ACT 
To require carbon monoxide alarms or detectors in 
certain federally assisted housing, and for other 
purposes.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1693 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to make the provision 
of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible for E-rate support. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2019 
Mr. LUJA´N (for himself, Mr. WELCH, and Ms. HAALAND) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to make 
the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible 
for E-rate support. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. E-RATE SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL BUS WI-FI. 
(a) RULEMAKING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall commence a rulemaking to make 
the provision of Wi-Fi access on school buses eligible 
for support under the E-rate program of the Com-
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mission set forth under subpart F of part 54 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
RECIPIENTS.—Notwithstanding 
section 254(h)(1)(B) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(1)(B)), the Commission 
shall provide in the rulemaking under paragraph (1) 
for State educational agencies, educational service 
agencies, and local educational agencies to be eligible 
to receive the support described in such paragraph. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) SCHOOL
BUS.—The term ‘‘school bus’’ 
means a passenger motor vehicle that is— 
(A) designed to carry a driver and not less 
than 5 passengers; and 
(B) used significantly to transport— 
(i) children enrolled in an early child-
hood education program to or from such 
program or an event related to such pro-
gram; or 
(ii) students enrolled in an elementary 
school or secondary school to or from such 
school or an event related to such school. 
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(3) TERMS DEFINED IN ELEMENTARY AND SEC-
ONDARY
EDUCATION
ACT
OF
1965.—The terms 
‘‘early childhood education program’’, ‘‘educational 
service agency’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State 
educational agency’’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1695 
To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and 
modernize the Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2019 
Ms. MCCOLLUM (for herself, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. STEFANIK, 
and Ms. FUDGE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to 
reauthorize and modernize the Act. 
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 ‘‘Community Services 
Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION. 
The Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9901 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘Subtitle B—Community Services 
Block Grant Program 
‘‘SEC. 671. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Community Serv-
ices Block Grant Act’. 
‘‘SEC. 672. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of this subtitle are— 
‘‘(1) to reduce poverty in the United States by 
supporting the activities of community action agen-
cies that improve the economic security of low-in-
come individuals and families and create new eco-
nomic opportunities in the communities where they 
live; and 
‘‘(2) to accomplish the objectives described in 
paragraph (1) by— 
‘‘(A) strengthening community capabilities 
for identifying poverty conditions and opportu-
nities to alleviate such conditions; 
‘‘(B) empowering low-income individuals 
and families to respond to the unique problems 
and needs within their communities through 
their maximum feasible participation in advis-
ing and assessing eligible entities and in design-
ing the programs, projects, and services funded 
under this subtitle; 
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