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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 108
To modify the provision of law which provides a permanent appropriation
for the compensation of Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules and, in addition, to the Committee on Appropriations 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 modify the provision of law which provides a permanent
appropriation for the compensation of Members of Con-
gress, 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 ‘‘Congressional Pay For
Performance Act’’.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PERMANENT APPROPRIATION
FOR MEMBERS’ PAY.
Subsection (c) of section 130 of the joint resolution
entitled ‘‘Joint resolution making continuing appropria-
tions for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes’’
(Public Law 97–51; 2 U.S.C. 31 note) is amended by
striking out ‘‘Effective’’ and by inserting ‘‘(1) Except to
the extent provided by paragraph (2), effective’’ and by
inserting at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) If Congress has not passed all general appro-
priation bills before the beginning of a fiscal year, then
the appropriation contained in paragraph (1) shall not be
effective with respect to such fiscal year.’’.
SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AP-
PROPRIATION.
It shall not be in order in either the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate to consider the general appro-
priation bill making appropriations for the legislative
branch for any fiscal year unless and until other general
appropriation bills for such fiscal year have been presented
to the President for signature under section 7 of Article
I of the Constitution.
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year, the budget year plus 1, the budget year 
plus 2, and the budget year plus 3 and beyond. 
(F) The amount of previously obligated 
funds that will be recovered for the budget 
year. 
(G) The amount that will be required for 
obligations for emergencies, as described in sec-
tion 102(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(1)), major disasters, as described 
in section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(2)), fire management assistance 
grants, as described in section 420 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187), surge activi-
ties, and disaster readiness and support activi-
ties. 
(H) The amount required for activities not 
covered under section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
(2) An estimate or actual amounts, if available, 
of the following for the current fiscal year shall be 
submitted not later than the fifth day of each 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1090
To provide a minimum survivor annuity for the unremarried surviving spouses
of retired members of the Armed Forces who died before having an
opportunity to participate in the Survivor Benefit Plan.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 1, 1995
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on National Security
A BILL
To provide a minimum survivor annuity for the unremarried
surviving spouses of retired members of the Armed
Forces who died before having an opportunity to partici-
pate in the Survivor Benefit Plan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ANNUITIES FOR CERTAIN MILITARY SURVIV-
ING SPOUSES.
(a) SURVIVOR ANNUITY.—(1) The Secretary con-
cerned shall pay an annuity to the qualified surviving
spouse of any member of the uniformed services who—
(A) died before March 21, 1974, and was enti-
tled to retired or retainer or retainer pay on the date
of death; or
(B) was a member of a reserve component, died
during the period beginning on September 21, 1972,
and ending on October 1, 1978, and at the time of
death would have been entitled to retired pay under
chapter 67 of the title 10, United States Code, but
for the fact he was under 60 years of age.
(2) A qualified surviving spouse for purposes of this
section is a surviving spouse who has not remarried and
who is not eligible for an annuity under section 4 of Public
Law 92–425 (10 U.S.C. 1448 note).
(b) AMOUNT OF ANNUITY.—(1) An annuity payable
under this section shall be paid at the rate of $165 per
month, as adjusted from time to time under paragraph
(3).
(2) An annuity paid to a surviving spouse under this
section shall be reduced by the amount of any dependency
and indemnity compensation (DIC) to which the surviving
spouse is entitled under section 1311(a) of title 38, United
States Code.
(3) Whenever retired or retainer pay is increased
under section 1401a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code,
each annuity that is payable under this section shall be
increased at the same time and by the same total percent.
The amount of the increase shall be based on the monthly
annuity payable before any reduction under this section.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The terms ‘‘uniformed services’’ and ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ have the meanings given those
terms in section 101 of title 37, United States Code.
(2) The term ‘‘surviving spouse’’ has the mean-
ing given the terms ‘‘widow’’ and ‘‘widower’’ in para-
graphs (3) and (4), respectively, of section 1447 of
title 10, United States Code.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Annuities under this section
shall be paid for months beginning after the month in
which this Act is enacted. No benefit shall accrue to any
person by reason of the enactment of this section for any
period before the first month referred to in the preceding
sentence. No benefit shall be paid to any person under
this section unless an application for such benefit is filed
with the Secretary concerned by or on behalf of such
person.
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country, the calculation of visa refusal rates 
shall not include any visa refusals which incor-
porate any procedures based on, or are otherwise 
based on, race, sex, or disability, unless otherwise 
specifically authorized by law or regulation. 
‘‘(B) JUDICIAL
REVIEW.—No court shall 
have jurisdiction under this section to review 
any visa refusal, the Secretary of State’s com-
putation of a visa refusal rate, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security’s computation of an overstay 
rate, or the designation or nondesignation of a 
country as a program country.’’. 
(6) 
VISA
WAIVER
INFORMATION.—Section 
217(c)(7) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(7)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 
(D); and 
(B) by striking ‘‘WAIVER INFORMATION.—’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘In refusing’’ and 
inserting ‘‘WAIVER INFORMATION.—In refusing’’. 
(7) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 217(c)(8) of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(8)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(8) WAIVER
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Sec-
United States will not permit reconsideration of the ad-
verse decision.
‘‘(v) If the head of the agency sustains the adverse
decision upon reconsideration, the decision by the head of
the agency shall be in writing and shall be supported by
specific findings.
‘‘(vi) An adverse decision regarding the responsibility
of a Program Participant in competitive awards under this
subsection shall be decided pursuant to subsection (b)(7).
‘‘(vii) For the purposes of this subparagraph, an ad-
verse decision by a contracting officer includes—
‘‘(I) failing to respond, within 15 days or such
additional time as may be agreed to by the Adminis-
tration, to a request from the Administration to
make a specific contracting opportunity available for
award pursuant to this subsection;
‘‘(II) declining to make available for award
under this subsection a contracting opportunity (or
class of contracting opportunities) or failing to sup-
port such a determination with specific findings; and
‘‘(III) failing to reach agreement with the Pro-
gram Participant with respect to the terms and con-
ditions of a contract selected for award under this
subsection.
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retary of State, may waive the application of para-
graph (2)(A)(i) for a country if— 
‘‘(A) the country meets all other require-
ments of paragraph (2); 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security 
determines that the totality of the country’s secu-
rity risk mitigation measures provide assurance 
that the country’s participation in the program 
would not compromise the law enforcement, secu-
rity interests, or enforcement of the immigration 
laws of the United States; 
‘‘(C) there has been a general downward 
trend in the percentage of nationals of the coun-
try refused nonimmigrant visas under section 
101(a)(15)(B); 
‘‘(D) the country consistently cooperated 
with the Government of the United States on 
counterterrorism initiatives, information shar-
ing, preventing terrorist travel, and extradition 
to the United States of individuals (including 
the country’s own nationals) who commit crimes 
that violate United States law before the date of 
its designation as a program country, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security and the Sec-
SEC. 103. ADMINISTRATION.
Section 3 of the Act of March 2, 1936 (Chapter 113;
49 Stat. 1156), is redesignated as section 2 and is amend-
ed by striking the period and inserting ‘‘, and the Act of
August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461–467).’’.
TITLE II—SHENANDOAH
NATIONAL PARK
SEC. 201. MODIFICATION OF BOUNDARY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of Shenandoah Na-
tional Park is hereby modified to include only those lands
and interests therein that, on the day before the date of
the enactment of this Act, were in Federal ownership and
were administered by the Secretary of the Interior (herein-
after in this title referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) as part
of the park. So much of the Act of May 22, 1926 (Chapter
363; 44 Stat. 616) as is inconsistent herewith is hereby
repealed.
(b) MINOR BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS
AND LAND
ACQUISITION.—
(1) MINOR
BOUNDARY
ADJUSTMENTS.—The
Secretary is authorized to make minor adjustments
to the boundary of Shenandoah National Park, as
modified by this title, to make essential improve-
ments to facilitate access to trailheads to the park
that exist on the day before the date of the enact-
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‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to 
Individuals Who Came to the United States as Chil-
dren’’. 
(6) The Memorandum of December 21, 2012, 
from the Director of United States Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement pertaining to ‘‘Civil Immigra-
tion Enforcement: Guidance on the Use of Detainers 
in the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Criminal 
Justice Systems’’. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2013. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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retary of State assess that such cooperation is 
likely to continue; 
‘‘(E) the percentage of nationals of the 
country refused a nonimmigrant visa under sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(B) during the previous full fiscal 
year was not more than 10 percent of the total 
number of nationals of that country who were 
granted or refused such nonimmigrant visas; and 
‘‘(F) EFFECTIVE
PERIOD.—The amend-
ments made by this subsection shall be in effect 
during the period beginning on the date of enact-
ment of this Act and ending on September 30, 
2015.’’. 
(d) TERMINATION
OF DESIGNATION; PROBATION.— 
Section 217(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1187(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF DESIGNATION; PROBATION.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) PROBATIONARY
PERIOD.—The term 
‘probationary period’ means the fiscal year in 
which a probationary country is placed in pro-
bationary status under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) PROGRAM COUNTRY.—The term ‘pro-
gram country’ has the meaning given that term 
in subsection (c)(1)(B).
misstatement or omission concerning a security, an award
of damages that exceeds the price paid for a security pur-
chased in reliance upon a material misstatement or omis-
sion shall not exceed the lesser of—
‘‘(1) the difference between the price paid for
the security which was purchased in reliance upon a
material misstatement or omission, and the market
value of the security immediately after dissemination
to the market of information which corrects the
misstatement or omission; and
‘‘(2) the difference between the price paid for
the security which was purchased in reliance upon a
material misstatement or omission, and the price at
which the relying party sold the security after dis-
semination 
of 
information 
correcting 
the
misstatement or omission.’’.
SEC. 205. ESTABLISHMENT OF ‘‘SAFE HARBOR’’ FOR PRE-
DICTIVE STATEMENTS.
(a) CONSIDERATION OF REGULATORY OR LEGISLA-
TIVE CHANGES.—In consultation with investors and issu-
ers of securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission
shall adopt or amend its rules and regulations to create—
(1) clear and objective criteria that the Com-
mission finds sufficient for the protection of inves-
tors, compliance with which shall be readily ascer-
in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). The pur-
poses of the Commission are to study the laws relating
to elections for Federal office and to recommend reforms
in those laws.
SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION.
(a) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall be com-
posed of 8 members appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among
individuals who are not officers or employees of any gov-
ernment and who are specially qualified to serve on the
Commission by reason of education, training, or experi-
ence. In making appointments, the President shall con-
sult—
(1) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives with respect to the appointment of 2 members;
(2) the majority leader of the Senate with re-
spect to the appointment of 2 members;
(3) the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives with respect to the appointment of one
member; and
(4) the minority leader of the Senate with re-
spect to the appointment of one member.
(b) CHAIRMAN.—At the time of the appointment, the
President shall designate one member of the Commission
as Chairman of the Commission.
(3) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the Rules of the House
of Representatives to the procedure relating to a
Federal election bill shall be decided without debate.
(g) FLOOR CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.—
(1) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the
consideration of a Federal election bill shall be privi-
leged and not debatable. An amendment to the mo-
tion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order
to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion
is agreed to or disagreed to.
(2) Debate in the Senate on a Federal election
bill, and all debatable motions and appeals in con-
nection therewith, shall be limited to not more than
10 hours. The time shall be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the majority leader and the mi-
nority leader or their designees.
(3) Debate in the Senate on any debatable mo-
tion or appeal in connection with a Federal election
bill shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to be
equally divided between, and controlled by, the
mover and the manager of the bill, except that in
the event the manager of the bill is in favor of any
such motion or appeal, the time in opposition there-
to, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his
sides by land administered by the Secretary
as part of the park.
(c) MITIGATION OF IMPACTS AT ACCESS POINTS.—The
Secretary shall take all reasonable actions to mitigate the
impacts associated with visitor use at trailheads around the
perimeter of Shenandoah National Park. The Secretary
shall enlist the cooperation of the State and local jurisdic-
tions, as appropriate, in carrying out this subsection.
SEC. 202. REQUIREMENT OF TRANSFER OF COUNTY ROAD
CORRIDORS.
(a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of
this section to permit the Commonwealth of Virginia to
maintain and provide for safe public use of certain roads
that the Commonwealth donated to the Federal Government
at the time of the establishment of Shenandoah National
Park.
(b) REQUIREMENT OF TRANSFER.—Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall transfer to the Commonwealth
of Virginia, without consideration or reimbursement, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to all
county road corridors that were located within the Shen-
andoah National Park on the day before the date of the en-
actment of this Act and are removed from such Park by
the boundary modification made by section 201.
established by section 9703 of title 31, United States 
Code, (added by section 638 of Public Law 102-393) 
$100,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 570. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 64 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2217 
[Report No. 113–91] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 
MAY 29, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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(2) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Shen-
andoah Valley National Battlefields Commission es-
tablished by section 308.
(3) The term ‘‘historic core’’ means the area that
surrounds each unit of the battlefields, is depicted on
the map referred to in section 304(a), encompasses
important components of a conflict, and provides a
strategic context and geographic setting for under-
standing the conflict.
(4) The term ‘‘plan’’ means the Shenandoah Val-
ley National Battlefields plan approved by the Sec-
retary under section 305.
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(6) The term ‘‘Shenandoah Valley’’ means the
Shenandoah Valley in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
SEC. 304. SHENANDOAH VALLEY NATIONAL BATTLEFIELDS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) To carry out the purposes
of this title, there is hereby established the Shenandoah Val-
ley National Battlefields in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The battlefields consist of approximately 1,863 acres of
lands and interests therein as generally depicted on the map
entitled ‘‘Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields’’, num-
bered SHVA/80,000, and dated April, 1994, comprising
units at Cedar Creek, Cross Keys, Fisher’s Hill, McDowell,
SEC. 412. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated not more than
$5,000,000 for development of the historic park, not more
than $2,000,000 for land acquisition pursuant to this title,
not more than $500,000 to carry out the purposes of sections
407 and 408, and not more than $250,000 for any fiscal
year for the operation of the Commission.
TITLE V—CUMBERLAND GAP
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
SEC. 501. ADDITION OF LANDS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding the Act of June 11,
1940 (16 U.S.C. 261 et seq.), the Secretary of the Interior
is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated
or appropriated funds, or exchange not to exceed 10 acres
of land or interests in land, which shall consist of those
necessary lands for the establishment of trailheads to be lo-
cated at White Rocks and Chadwell Gap.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Lands and interests in lands
acquired pursuant to subsection (a) shall be added to and
administered as part of Cumberland Gap National Histori-
cal Park.
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of the suspension of a retail food store or wholesale
food concern pursuant to section 12(a) of this Act,
such suspension shall remain in effect pending any
administrative or judicial review of the proposed dis-
qualification action and the period of suspension
shall be deemed a part of any period of disqualifica-
tion which is imposed.’’; and
(3) striking the last sentence.
DISQUALIFICATION OF RETAILERS WHO ARE
DISQUALIFIED FROM THE WIC PROGRAM
SEC. 107. Section 12 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2021) is amended by adding the following new
subsection:
‘‘(g) The Secretary shall issue regulations providing
criteria for the disqualification of approved retail food
stores and wholesale food concerns that are otherwise dis-
qualified from accepting benefits under the Special Sup-
plemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC) authorized under section 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966. Such disqualification (1) shall be
for the same period as the disqualification from the WIC
Program, (2) may begin at a later date, and (3) notwith-
standing the provisions of section 14 of this Act, shall not
be subject to administrative or judicial review.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1092
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the depreciation
rules which apply for regular tax purposes also shall apply for alternative
minimum tax purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 1, 1995
Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. LEVIN) 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 provide
that the depreciation rules which apply for regular tax
purposes also shall apply for alternative minimum tax
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX DEPRECIATION
DETERMINED UNDER REGULAR TAX RULES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section 56(a)(1)(A)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to depre-
ciation) is amended by inserting ‘‘and before January 1,
1995’’ after ‘‘December 31, 1986’’.
(b) ACE PREFERENCE.—Subparagraph (A) of sec-
tion 56(g)(4) of such Code is amended by striking clause
(iv), by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as clauses
(ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively, and by inserting before
clause (ii) the following new clause:
‘‘(i) PROPERTY
PLACED
IN
SERVICE
BEFORE
1981
AND
AFTER
1994.—In the
case of property not described in clause
(ii), (iii), or (iv), the amount allowable as
depreciation or amortization with respect
to such property shall be determined in the
same manner as for purposes of computing
taxable income.’’
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Clause (ii) of sec-
tion 56(g)(4)(A) of such Code, as redesignated by sub-
section (b), is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and before 1995’’ after ‘‘after
1989’’ in the heading and the text, and
(2) by striking ‘‘after December 31, 1993’’ and
inserting ‘‘during 1994’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to property placed in service after
December 31, 1994.
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