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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 114
Disapproving the certification of the President under section 490(b) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding foreign assistance for Mexico
during fiscal year 1998.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MR. SHAW (for himself and Mr. MICA) introduced the following joint resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations,
and in addition to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services,
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
JOINT RESOLUTION
Disapproving the certification of the President under section
490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 regarding
foreign assistance for Mexico during fiscal year 1998.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DISAPPROVAL OF DETERMINATION OF PRESI-
DENT REGARDING MEXICO.
Pursuant to subsection (d) of section 490 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j), the Con-
gress disapproves the determination of the President with
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respect to Mexico for fiscal year 1998 that is contained
in the certification (transmittal No. 98–15) submitted to
the Congress by the President under subsection (b) of that
section on February 26, 1998.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT TO WITHHOLD ASSIST-
ANCE FOR MEXICO.
(a) WAIVER.—Notwithstanding subsection (e) and (f)
of section 490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the
requirement to withhold United States assistance and to
vote against multilateral development bank assistance con-
tained in such subsection (e) shall not apply with respect
to Mexico until March 1, 1999, if at any time after the
date of the enactment of this joint resolution, the Presi-
dent submits to Congress a determination and certifi-
cation described in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) DETERMINATION AND CERTIFICATION.—A deter-
mination and certification described in this subsection is
a determination and certification consistent with section
490(b)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 that
the vital national interests of the United States require
that the assistance withheld pursuant to section 490(e)(1)
of such Act be provided for Mexico and that the United
States not vote against multilateral development bank as-
sistance for Mexico pursuant to section 490(e)(2) of such
Act.
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SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
For purposes of section 490(d) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, this joint resolution shall be deemed
to have been enacted within 30 calendar days after Feb-
ruary 26, 1998.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 115
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit
the Congress to relinquish claims of the United States to the portion
of the State of Minnesota that lies north of the 49th parallel.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 18, 1998
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota introduced the following joint resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to permit the Congress to relinquish claims of
the United States to the portion of the State of Min-
nesota that lies north of the 49th parallel.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
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States within seven years after the date of its submission
for ratification:
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘Nothing in this Constitution limits any act of the
Congress to relinquish claims of the United States to the
portion of the State of Minnesota that lies north of the
49th parallel, if before such relinquishment the registered
voters who reside in such portion as of the date of the
proposal of this amendment vote, under procedures estab-
lished by the Congress, by at least a two-thirds majority,
in favor of the full incorporation of such portion into Can-
ada, and if contemporaneous with such relinquishment
such portion is so incorporated and the residents of such
portion as of the date of the proposal of this amendment
are granted permanent dual citizenship of the United
States and Canada.’’.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2444 
To authorize the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to award grants for 
studying the process of continuous drug manufacturing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2015 
Mr. GUTHRIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to award 
grants for studying the process of continuous drug man-
ufacturing. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR STUDYING THE PROCESS OF CON-
TINUOUS DRUG MANUFACTURING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of Food and 
Drugs may award grants to institutions of higher edu-
cation and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of 
studying and recommending improvements to the process 
of continuous manufacturing of drugs and biological prod-
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ucts and similar innovative monitoring and control tech-
niques. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘drug’’ has the meaning given to 
such term in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). 
(2) The term ‘‘biological product’’ has the 
meaning given to such term in section 351(i) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(i)). 
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given to such term in section 101 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2016 through 2020 to carry out this section. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 116
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative
to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting
the United States Government from engaging in business in competition
with its citizens.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 28, 1998
Mr. PAUL introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and
gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government
from engaging in business in competition with its citi-
zens.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
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States within seven years after the date of its submission
for ratification:
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘SECTION 1. The Government of the United States
shall not engage in any business, professional, commercial,
financial, or industrial enterprise except as specified in the
Constitution.
‘‘SECTION 2. The constitution or laws of any State,
or the laws of the United States, shall not be subject to
the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which
would abrogate this amendment.
‘‘SECTION 3. The activities of the United States Gov-
ernment which violate the intent and purposes of this
amendment shall, within a period of three years from the
date of the ratification of this amendment, be liquidated
and the properties and facilities affected shall be sold.
‘‘SECTION 4. Three years after the ratification of this
amendment the sixteenth article of amendments to the
Constitution of the United States shall stand repealed and
thereafter Congress shall not levy taxes on personal in-
comes, estates, and/or gifts.’’.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2445 
To express the sense of Congress with respect to enabling Food and Drug 
Administration scientific engagement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2015 
Mr. GUTHRIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To express the sense of Congress with respect to enabling 
Food and Drug Administration scientific engagement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ENABLING FDA SCIENTIFIC ENGAGEMENT. 
It is the sense of Congress that participation in or 
sponsorship of scientific conferences and meetings is es-
sential to the mission of the Food and Drug Administra-
tion. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2446 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the use of electronic 
visit verification for personal care services furnished under the Medicaid 
program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2015 
Mr. GUTHRIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 
the use of electronic visit verification for personal care 
services furnished under the Medicaid program, 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. ELECTRONIC VISIT VERIFICATION SYSTEM RE-
QUIRED FOR PERSONAL CARE SERVICES 
UNDER MEDICAID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1903 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended by inserting after 
subsection (k) the following new subsection: 
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conducted as part of personal care services specified under 
regulations under section 1905(a)(24) furnished under the 
State plan are electronically verified with respect to— 
‘‘(A) the date of the service; 
‘‘(B) the site of the service; 
‘‘(C) the provider of the service; and 
‘‘(D) the duration of the service.’’. 
(b) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 
amendment made by this section may be construed as es-
tablishing an employer-employee relationship between the 
agency or entity that provides for personal care services 
specified under regulations under section 1905(a)(24) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(24)) under 
a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
and the individuals who, under a contract with such an 
agency or entity, furnish such services for purposes of part 
552 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor regulations). 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2447 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for an NIH research 
strategic plan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2015 
Mr. HARRIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
an NIH research strategic plan. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NIH RESEARCH STRATEGIC PLAN. 
Section 402 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 282) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 
(5) to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) shall ensure that scientifically based stra-
tegic planning is implemented in support of research 
priorities as determined by the agencies of the Na-
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154
(9) summary of export license data by export 
identification code and dollar value by country; 
(10) an identification of processing time by—
(A) overall average, and 
(B) top 25 export identification codes; 
(11) an assessment of the effectiveness of mul-
tilateral regimes, and a description of negotiations 
regarding export controls; 
(12) a description of the significant differences 
between the export control requirements of the 
United States and those of other multilateral control 
regime members, and the specific differences be-
tween United States requirements and those of other 
significant supplier countries; 
(13) an assessment of the costs of export con-
trols; 
(14) a description of the progress made toward 
achieving the goals established for the Department 
dealing with export controls under the Government 
Performance Results Act; and 
(15) any other reports required by this Act to 
be submitted to the Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 118
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to authorize
the line item veto.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1998
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to authorize the line item veto.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
States within seven years after the date of its submission
for ratification:
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‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘In the case of any bill, order, resolution, or vote
which is presented to the President under section 7 of Ar-
ticle I of this Constitution, the President may decline to
approve in whole any dollar amount of discretionary budg-
et authority, any item of new direct spending, or any lim-
ited tax benefit. The failure of the President to approve
a matter under this article of amendment shall be treated
in the same manner as the failure of the President to ap-
prove a bill, order, resolution, or vote presented to the
President under section 7 of Article I of this Constitu-
tion.’’.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2448 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program of high- 
risk, high-reward research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2015 
Mr. HARRIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a 
program of high-risk, high-reward research. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD RESEARCH. 
Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 409K. HIGH-RISK, HIGH-REWARD RESEARCH PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘The director of each national research institute 
shall, as appropriate— 
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‘‘(1) establish programs to conduct or support 
research projects that pursue innovative approaches 
to major contemporary challenges in biomedical re-
search that involve inherent high risk, but have the 
potential to lead to breakthroughs; and 
‘‘(2) set aside a specific percentage of funding, 
to be determined by the Director of NIH for each 
national research institute, for such projects.’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 119
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit
campaign spending.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1998
Mr. DELAY introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to limit campaign spending.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-
thirds of each House concurring therein), That the follow-
ing article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by
the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States with-
in seven years after the date of its submission for ratifica-
tion:
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‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘SECTION 1. To promote the fair and effective func-
tioning of the democratic process, Congress, with respect
to elections for Federal office, and States, for all other
elections, including initiatives and referenda, may adopt
reasonable regulations of funds expended, including con-
tributions, to influence the outcome of elections, provided
that such regulations do not impair the right of the public
to a full and free discussion of all issues and do not pre-
vent any candidate for elected office from amassing the
resources necessary for effective advocacy.
‘‘SECTION 2. Such governments may reasonably de-
fined which expenditures are deemed to be for the purpose
of influencing elections, so long as such definition does not
interfere with the right of the people fully to debate issues.
‘‘SECTION 3. No regulation adopted under this au-
thority may regulate the content of any expression or com-
munication.’’.
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(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—In order to ensure 
compliance with, and ensure understanding of the legal, 
practice, and culture changes required by, this Act in mak-
ing foster care and adoption placement decisions, the Sec-
retary shall provide technical assistance to all entities cov-
ered by this Act, including— 
(1) identifying laws and regulations inconsistent 
with this Act and providing guidance and training to 
ensure the laws and regulations are brought into 
compliance within the prescribed period of time; 
(2) identifying casework practices and proce-
dures inconsistent with this Act and providing guid-
ance and training to ensure the practices and proce-
dures are brought into compliance within the pre-
scribed period of time; 
(3) providing guidance in expansion of recruit-
ment efforts to ensure consideration of all interested 
and qualified prospective adoptive and foster parents 
regardless of the sexual orientation, gender identity, 
or marital status of the prospective parent; 
(4) comprehensive cultural competency training 
for covered entities and prospective adoptive and fos-
ter parents; and 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 11
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget
for the United States Government and for greater accountability in
the enactment of tax legislation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mrs. EMERSON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for
a balanced budget for the United States Government
and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax
legislation.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution if ratified
by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States
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within seven years after its submission to the States for
ratification:
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘SECTION 1. Prior to each fiscal year, the Congress
and the President shall agree on an estimate of total re-
ceipts for that fiscal year by enactment into law of a joint
resolution devoted solely to that subject. Total outlays for
that year shall not exceed the level of estimated receipts
set forth in such joint resolution, unless three-fifths of the
total membership of each House of Congress shall provide,
by a rollcall vote, for a specific excess of outlays over esti-
mated receipts.
‘‘SECTION 2. Whenever actual outlays exceed actual
receipts for any fiscal year, the Congress shall, in the en-
suing fiscal year, provide by law for the repayment of such
excess. The public debt of the United States shall not be
increased unless three-fifths of the total membership of
each House shall provide by law for such an increase by
a rollcall vote.
‘‘SECTION 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President
shall transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the
United States Government for that fiscal year in which
total outlays do not exceed total receipts.
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‘‘SECTION 4. No bill to increase revenue shall become
law unless approved by a majority of the total membership
of each House by a rollcall vote.
‘‘SECTION 5. The provisions of this article are waived
for any fiscal year in which a declaration of war is in ef-
fect.
‘‘SECTION 6. Total receipts shall include all receipts
of the United States except those derived from borrowing.
Total outlays shall include all outlays of the United States
except for those for repayment of debt principal.
‘‘SECTION 7. This article shall take effect beginning
with the second fiscal year after its ratification.’’.
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