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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Innocent Party Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT JOINDER. 
Section 1447 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) FRAUDULENT JOINDER.— 
‘‘(1) This subsection shall apply to any case in 
which— 
‘‘(A) a civil action is removed solely on the 
basis of the jurisdiction conferred by section 
1332(a); 
‘‘(B) a motion to remand is made on the 
ground that— 
‘‘(i) one or more defendants are citi-
zens of the same State as one or more 
plaintiffs; or 
‘‘(ii) one or more defendants properly 
joined and served are citizens of the State 
in which the action was brought; and 
‘‘(C) the motion is opposed on the ground 
that the joinder of the defendant or defendants 
described in subparagraph (B) is fraudulent. 
‘‘(2) The joinder of a defendant described in 
paragraph (1)(B) is fraudulent if the court finds 
that—
‘‘(A) there is actual fraud in the pleading 
of jurisdictional facts with respect to that de-
fendant; 
‘‘(B) based on the complaint and the mate-
rials submitted under paragraph (3), it is not 
plausible to conclude that applicable State law 
would impose liability on that defendant; 
‘‘(C) State or Federal law clearly bars all 
claims in the complaint against that defendant; 
or 
‘‘(D) 
objective 
evidence 
clearly 
dem-
onstrates that there is no good faith intention 
to prosecute the action against that defendant 
or to seek a joint judgment including that de-
fendant. 
‘‘(3) In determining whether to grant or deny 
a motion under paragraph (1)(B), the court may 
permit the pleadings to be amended, and shall con-
sider the pleadings, affidavits, and other evidence 
submitted by the parties. 
‘‘(4) If the court finds that all defendants de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B) have been fraudulently 
joined under paragraph (2), it shall dismiss without 
prejudice the claims against those defendants and
shall deny the motion described in paragraph 
(1)(B).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 9, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 725 
AN ACT 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent 
fraudulent joinder.
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 725 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent fraudulent joinder. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2017 
Mr. BUCK (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
FARENTHOLD, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent fraudulent 
joinder. 
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 ‘‘Innocent Party Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT JOINDER. 
Section 1447 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) FRAUDULENT JOINDER.— 
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IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 725 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 13, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent fraudulent 
joinder. 
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 725 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Innocent Party Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT JOINDER. 
Section 1447 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) FRAUDULENT JOINDER.— 
‘‘(1) This subsection shall apply to any case in 
which— 
‘‘(A) a civil action is removed solely on the 
basis of the jurisdiction conferred by section 
1332(a); 
‘‘(B) a motion to remand is made on the 
ground that— 
‘‘(i) one or more defendants are citi-
zens of the same State as one or more 
plaintiffs; or 
‘‘(ii) one or more defendants properly 
joined and served are citizens of the State 
in which the action was brought; and 
‘‘(C) the motion is opposed on the ground 
that the joinder of the defendant or defendants 
described in subparagraph (B) is fraudulent. 
‘‘(2) The joinder of a defendant described in 
paragraph (1)(B) is fraudulent if the court finds 
that— 
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‘‘(A) there is actual fraud in the pleading 
of jurisdictional facts with respect to that de-
fendant; 
‘‘(B) based on the complaint and the mate-
rials submitted under paragraph (3), it is not 
plausible to conclude that applicable State law 
would impose liability on that defendant; 
‘‘(C) State or Federal law clearly bars all 
claims in the complaint against that defendant; 
or 
‘‘(D) 
objective 
evidence 
clearly 
dem-
onstrates that there is no good faith intention 
to prosecute the action against that defendant 
or to seek a joint judgment including that de-
fendant. 
‘‘(3) In determining whether to grant or deny 
a motion under paragraph (1)(B), the court may 
permit the pleadings to be amended, and shall con-
sider the pleadings, affidavits, and other evidence 
submitted by the parties. 
‘‘(4) If the court finds that all defendants de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B) have been fraudulently 
joined under paragraph (2), it shall dismiss without 
prejudice the claims against those defendants and 
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shall deny the motion described in paragraph 
(1)(B).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 9, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7260 
To allow for safety regulation of vehicles that are modified to increase seating 
capacity, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2018 
Mr. FASO (for himself, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. STEFANIK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To allow for safety regulation of vehicles that are modified 
to increase seating capacity, 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 ‘‘Limousine Safety Mod-
ernization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SAFETY REGULATION OF LIMOUSINES. 
Section 30102(a)(6) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
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(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) altering a motor vehicle that has al-
ready been purchased by the first purchaser (as 
such term is defined in subsection (b)) by in-
creasing the wheelbase of the vehicle so that the 
vehicle has increased seating capacity.’’. 
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‘‘(A) on the 1st day preceding such monthly 
payment date that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or 
Federal holiday in any case in which such preceding 
day occurs during such month; and 
‘‘(B) in any other case, on the 1st day following 
such monthly payment date that is not a Saturday, 
Sunday, or Federal holiday.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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the first 4 quarters ending after the 
quarter of exit from assistance. 
‘‘(VI) The percentage who, at the 
time of exit from the program, were 
subject to the following: 
‘‘(aa) A penalty under sec-
tion 407(e). 
‘‘(bb) A sanction or penalty 
described in section 404 or 408. 
‘‘(cc) A penalty or sanction 
not described in item (aa) or 
(bb). 
‘‘(ii) ENGAGEMENT
AND
EMPLOY-
MENT OF CURRENT RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(I) WORK-ELIGIBLE
INDIVID-
UALS.—In the case of current work-el-
igible individuals under the State pro-
gram funded under this part or under 
any State program funded with quali-
fied State expenditures (as defined in 
section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), the following 
information relative to current quarter 
being reported: 
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(A) by striking ‘‘on broadcasting stations, 
or in newspapers, magazines, or similar types of 
general public political advertising’’ in clause 
(v) and inserting ‘‘in any public communica-
tion’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘broadcasting, newspaper, 
magazine, billboard, direct mail, or similar type 
of general public communication or political ad-
vertising’’ in clause (ix)(1) and inserting ‘‘pub-
lic communication’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘but not including the use 
of broadcasting, newspapers, magazines, bill-
boards, direct mail, or similar types of general 
public communication or political advertising’’ 
in clause (x) and inserting ‘‘but not including 
use in any public communication’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (9)(B)— 
(A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(i) any news story, commentary, or 
editorial distributed through the facilities 
of any broadcasting station or any print, 
online, or digital newspaper, magazine, 
blog, publication, or periodical, unless such 
broadcasting, print, online, or digital facili-
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ties are owned or controlled by any polit-
ical party, political committee, or can-
didate;’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on broadcasting stations, 
or in newspapers, magazines, or similar types of 
general public political advertising’’ in clause 
(iv) and inserting ‘‘in any public communica-
tion’’. 
(c) DISCLOSURE AND DISCLAIMER STATEMENTS.— 
Subsection (a) of section 318 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30120) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘financing any communication 
through any broadcasting station, newspaper, maga-
zine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any 
other type of general public political advertising’’ 
and inserting ‘‘financing any public communication’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘solicits any contribution 
through any broadcasting station, newspaper, maga-
zine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any 
other type of general public political advertising’’ 
and inserting ‘‘solicits any contribution through any 
public communication’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7263 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide notice in the case of 
certain ski area closures, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2018 
Mr. TIPTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
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 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide notice 
in the case of certain ski area closures, 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 ‘‘Ski Area and Forest 
Emergency Procedures Act of 2018’’ or ‘‘SAFE Act of 
2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING NOTICE OF INTENT TO CLOSE CERTAIN 
SKI AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture may 
not close a ski area located in a National Forest unless— 
(1) at least 14 days before such closure occurs, 
the Secretary of Agriculture— 
(A) provides to the general manager of 
such ski area or the designated representative 
of such manager a notification of— 
(i) the intended closure date of such 
ski area; 
(ii) an explanation for the closure that 
includes— 
(I) uniform standards developed 
by the Secretary to be used across the 
National Forest System (as defined in 
section 11(a) of the Forest and 
Rangeland 
Renewable 
Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1609(a)); and 
(II) a risk assessment for the 
spread of fire to such ski area; and 
(iii) the opportunity for the general 
manager (or designated representative) to 
appeal such closure through a meeting 
with— 
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(I) the Forest Supervisor of the 
National Forest involved in person; 
and 
(II) a representative from the of-
fice of the Secretary, Secretary’s rep-
resentative in person or through tele-
phone or other form of remote confer-
encing; and 
(B) makes the information described in 
clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) avail-
able to the public; and 
(2) at least 7 days before such closure occurs, 
the Secretary of Agriculture— 
(A) provides to the general manager of 
such ski area a final notice of closure; and 
(B) makes such final notice available to 
the public. 
(b) REQUIREMENT
FOR
SKI
AREA
OPERATING 
PLAN.—The general manager of a ski area located in a 
National Forest shall submit to the Secretary of Agri-
culture an operating plan for such ski area that includes 
the circumstances under which subsection (a) would not 
apply to the closure of such ski area. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7265 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to extend the authority of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration to enter into leases of 
non-excess property of the Administration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2018 
Mr. PALAZZO (for himself and Mr. ADERHOLT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To amend title 51, United States Code, to extend the author-
ity of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-
tion to enter into leases of non-excess property of the 
Administration. 
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 ‘‘NASA Enhanced Use 
Leasing Extension Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LEASES 
OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY OF THE NA-
TIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
Section 20145(g) of title 51, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 
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I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7266 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to consider the 
Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital as a covered entity for purposes 
of the 340B drug discount program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2018 
Mr. MEADOWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to consider the Margaret R. Pardee Memorial Hospital 
as a covered entity for purposes of the 340B drug dis-
count program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF MARGARET R. PARDEE ME-
MORIAL HOSPITAL AS COVERED ENTITY FOR 
PURPOSES OF 340B DRUG DISCOUNT PRO-
GRAM. 
Notwithstanding the definition of a ‘‘covered entity’’ 
under paragraph (4) of section 340B(a) of the Public 
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Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(a)), the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall consider the Margaret 
R. Pardee Memorial Hospital located in Hendersonville, 
North Carolina, as a covered entity under such paragraph 
for purposes of allowing the Margaret R. Pardee Memorial 
Hospital to participate in the drug discount program 
under such section 340B. 
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119 
(including medical response and treatment ca-
pabilities and manufacturing infrastructure). 
Such initiatives shall accelerate and support the 
advanced research, development, and procure-
ment of, countermeasures and products, as ap-
plicable, to address areas including— 
‘‘(i) chemical, biological, radiological, 
or nuclear threats, including emerging in-
fectious diseases, for which insufficient ap-
proved, licensed, or authorized counter-
measures exist, or for which such threat, 
or the result of an exposure to such threat, 
may become resistant to countermeasures 
or existing countermeasures may be ren-
dered ineffective; 
‘‘(ii) threats that consistently exist or 
continually circulate and have a significant 
potential to become a pandemic, such as 
pandemic influenza, which may include the 
advanced research and development, manu-
facturing, and appropriate stockpiling of 
qualified pandemic or epidemic products, 
and products, technologies, or processes to 
support the advanced research and devel-
opment of such countermeasures (including
‘‘(ii) green infrastructure. 
‘‘(4) COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A permit issued under 
this section that incorporates an integrated plan 
may include a schedule of compliance, under 
which actions taken to meet any applicable 
water quality-based effluent limitation may be 
implemented over more than 1 permit term if 
the schedule of compliance— 
‘‘(i) is authorized by State water qual-
ity standards; and 
‘‘(ii) meets the requirements of sec-
tion 122.47 of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of en-
actment of this subsection). 
‘‘(B) TIME FOR COMPLIANCE.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A)(ii), the requirement 
of section 122.47 of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations, for compliance by an applicable 
statutory deadline under this Act does not pro-
hibit implementation of an applicable water 
quality-based effluent limitation over more than 
1 permit term. 
‘‘(C) REVIEW.—A schedule of compliance 
incorporated into a permit issued under this 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘that issues a standard 
flood insurance policy under the national flood 
insurance program’’ after ‘‘company’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or the COASTAL For-
mula’’ and inserting ‘‘, the COASTAL For-
mula, or any other loss allocation or post-storm 
assessment arising under the laws or ordinances 
of any State’’; 
(5) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘after the date 
on which the Administrator issues the rule estab-
lishing the COASTAL Formula under subsection 
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days after publication of the 
COASTAL Formula in the Federal Register as re-
quired by subsection (b)(1)’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to create a cause of action under 
this Act.’’. 
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147 
(A) the current state of the science of 
genomic engineering technologies related to na-
tional health security, including— 
(i) medical countermeasure develop-
ment, including potential efficiencies in the 
development pathway and detection tech-
nologies; and 
(ii) the international and domestic 
regulation of products utilizing genome ed-
iting technologies; and 
(B) national security implications, includ-
ing— 
(i) capabilities of the United States to 
leverage genomic engineering technologies 
as a part of the medical countermeasure 
enterprise, including current applicable re-
search, development, and application ef-
forts underway within the Department of 
Defense; 
(ii) the potential for state and non- 
state actors to utilize genomic engineering 
technologies as a national health security 
threat; and 
(iii) security measures to monitor and 
assess the potential threat that may result 
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mittees using payments under the Program (as 
described in section 105(b)). 
(3) PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTIONS.—The adjust-
ment percentage for presidential elections for a year 
is the greater of 100 percent or the percentage (if 
any) by which— 
(A) the aggregate amount of contributions 
made to authorized committees of candidates 
for the most recent election for the office of 
President from sources other than payments 
under the Democracy Dollars Program; exceed-
ed 
(B) the aggregate amount of contributions 
made to such authorized committees for such 
election that consisted of payments under the 
Program, including payments made to such au-
thorized committees by other political commit-
tees using payments under the Program (as de-
scribed in section 105(b)). 
(c) TREATMENT OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS.— 
(1) HOUSE
ELECTIONS.—If an eligible indi-
vidual is a resident of a congressional district in 
which a special House election will be held, the 
House election share amount set forth under para-
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