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SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO ENHANCEMENT TO TRANSPARENCY 
REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The enhancements to the trans-
parency rule of the Federal Communications Commission 
under section 8.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as described in paragraphs 162 through 184 of the Report 
and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order of 
the Federal Communications Commission with regard to 
protecting and promoting the open Internet (adopted Feb-
ruary 26, 2015) (FCC 15–24), shall not apply to any 
small business. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘broadband Internet access service’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 8.2 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ means any provider of broadband Internet ac-
cess service that has not more than— 
(A) 1,500 employees; or 
(B) 500,000 subscribers. 
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4596 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 17, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To ensure that small business providers of broadband Inter-
net access service can devote resources to broadband 
deployment rather than compliance with cumbersome 
regulatory requirements. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business 
Broadband Deployment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO ENHANCEMENT TO TRANSPARENCY 
REQUIREMENTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The enhancements to the trans-
parency rule of the Federal Communications Commission 
under section 8.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as described in paragraphs 162 through 184 of the Report 
and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order of 
the Federal Communications Commission with regard to 
protecting and promoting the open Internet (adopted Feb-
ruary 26, 2015) (FCC 15–24), shall not apply to any 
small business. 
(b) SUNSET.—Subsection (a) shall not have any force 
or effect after the date that is 5 years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) REPORT BY FCC.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu-
nications Commission shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report that contains the rec-
ommendations of the Commission (and data supporting 
such recommendations) regarding— 
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(1) whether the exception provided by sub-
section (a) should be made permanent; and 
(2) whether the definition of the term ‘‘small 
business’’ for purposes of such exception should be 
modified from the definition in subsection (d)(2). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘broadband Internet access service’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 8.2 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ means any provider of broadband Internet ac-
cess service that has not more than 250,000 sub-
scribers. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 16, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(1) by amending section 1322(d) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(d) If the total current monthly income of the debtor
and in a joint case, the debtor and the debtor’s spouse
combined, is 75 percent of the national median family in-
come for a family of equal size or, in the case of a house-
hold of one person, 75 percent of the national median
household income for one earner, or more, the plan may
not provide for payments over a period that is longer than
5 years, unless the court, for cause, approves a longer pe-
riod, but the court may not approve a period that is longer
than 7 years. If the total current monthly income of the
debtor or in a joint case, the debtor and the debtor’s
spouse combined, is less than 75 percent of the national
median family income for a family of equal size or, in the
case of a household of one person, and less than, 75 per-
cent of the national median household income for one
earner, the plan may not provide for payments over a pe-
riod that is longer than three years, unless the court, for
cause, approves a longer period, but the court may not
approve a period that is longer than five years.’’;
(2) in section 1329—
(A) by striking in subsection (c) ‘‘three
years’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable commit-
ment period under section 1325(b)(1)(B)(ii)’’
252
(9) 
In 
section 
5314(a)(1) 
by 
striking
‘‘5338(g)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘5338(d)(3)(D)’’.
(10) 
In 
section 
5318(d) 
by 
striking
‘‘5338(j)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘5309(m)(3)(B)’’.
(11) 
In 
section 
5333(b) 
by 
striking
‘‘5338(j)(5)’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘5338(b)’’.
(12) In section 5336(a) by striking ‘‘5338(f)’’
and inserting ‘‘5338(a)(3)(C)’’.
(13) 
In 
section 
5336(d)(2) 
by 
striking
‘‘5338(f)’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘5338(a)(3)(C)’’.
(14) 
In 
section 
5336(e)(1) 
by 
striking
‘‘5338(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘5338(a)(3)(C)’’.
SEC. 327. OBLIGATION CEILING.
(a) CAPITAL PROGRAM GRANTS AND LOANS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the total of all
obligations from amounts made available from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund by section
5338(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed—
(1) $2,197,000,000 in fiscal year 1998;
(2) $2,412,000,000 in fiscal year 1999; and
(3) $2,613,000,000 in fiscal year 2000.
(b) FORMULA GRANTS, PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND
ADMINISTRATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision
(RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 233. Of the discretionary funds made available 
in Public Law 114–113 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2017, $266,760,000 are rescinded 
from ‘‘Medical Services’’, $52,031,000 are rescinded from 
‘‘Medical Support and Compliance’’, and $18,591,000 are 
rescinded from ‘‘Medical Facilities’’. 
SEC. 234. The amounts otherwise made available by 
this Act for the following accounts of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs are hereby reduced by the following 
amounts: 
(1) ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical 
and Prosthetic Research’’, $4,004,000. 
(2) 
‘‘National 
Cemetery 
Administration’’, 
$1,464,000. 
(3) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Administration’’, $1,250,000. 
(4) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of 
Veterans Appeals’’, $1,214,000. 
(5) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, $24,849,000. 
(6) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, $12,535,000.
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and Herzegovina following the withdrawal of United
States ground forces from the Republic of Bosnia
and Herzegovina pursuant to subsection (a).
(C) A detailed explanation and timetable for
carrying out the President’s commitment to with-
draw all United States ground forces from Bosnia-
Herzegovina by the end of June 1998, including the
planned date of commencement and completion of
the withdrawal.
(D) The date on which the transition from the
multinational force known as the Stabilization Force
to the planned multinational successor force to be
known as the Deterrence Force will occur and how
the decision as to that date will impact the estimates
of costs associated with the operation of United
States ground forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina during
fiscal year 1998 as contained in the President’s
budget for fiscal year 1998.
(E) The military and political considerations
that will affect the decision to carry out such a tran-
sition.
(F) Any plan to maintain or expand other
Bosnia-related operations (such as the operation
designated as Operation Deliberate Guard) if ten-
sions in Bosnia-Herzegovina remain sufficient to
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delay the transition from the Stabilization Force to
the Deterrence Force and the estimated cost associ-
ated with each such operation.
(G) Whether allied nations participating in the
Bosnia mission have similar plans to increase and
maintain troop strength or maintain ground forces
in Bosnia-Herzegovina and, if so, the identity of
each such country and a description of that coun-
try’s plans.
(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘Stabiliza-
tion Force’’ (referred to as ‘‘SFOR’’) means the follow-
on force to the Implementation Force (known as ‘‘IFOR’’)
in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and other
countries in the region, authorized under United Nations
Security Council Resolution 1008 (December 12, 1996).
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Union Calendar No. 127
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2266
[Report No. 105–206]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, and for other purposes.
JULY 25, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) PARTIAL FILLING OF PRESCRIPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A prescription for a 
controlled substance in schedule II may be par-
tially filled if— 
‘‘(i) it is requested by— 
‘‘(I) the practitioner that wrote 
the prescription by making a notation 
on the face of the written prescription, 
written record of the emergency oral 
prescription, or in the electronic pre-
scription record; or 
‘‘(II) the patient; 
‘‘(ii) the pharmacist partially filling 
the prescription records the partial filling 
in the same manner as a filling of the pre-
scription; 
‘‘(iii) the pharmacist partially filling 
the prescription updates the record each 
time the prescription is partially filled; 
‘‘(iv) the total quantity dispensed in 
all partial fillings does not exceed the total 
quantity prescribed; and 
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in a National Demonstration Project (hereafter in 
this part referred to as the ‘National Demonstration 
Project’) in several cities. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this part is to pro-
vide Federal assistance to support the establishment and 
operation of Teachers Institutes for local educational 
agencies that serve significant low-income populations in 
States throughout the Nation— 
‘‘(1) to improve student learning; and 
‘‘(2) to enhance the quality of teaching by 
strengthening the subject matter mastery of current 
teachers through continuing teacher preparation. 
‘‘SEC. 243. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty line’ 
means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of 
Management and Budget, and revised annually in 
accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act) applicable to a family of 
the size involved. 
‘‘(2) SIGNIFICANT LOW-INCOME POPULATION.— 
The term ‘significant low-income population’ means 
a student population of which not less than 25 per-
cent are from families with incomes below the pov-
erty line.
‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(4) TEACHERS INSTITUTE.—The term ‘Teach-
ers Institute’ means a partnership or joint venture 
between or among 1 or more institutions of higher 
education, and 1 or more local educational agencies 
serving a significant low-income population, which 
partnership or joint venture— 
‘‘(A) is entered into for the purpose of im-
proving the quality of teaching and learning 
through collaborative seminars designed to en-
hance both the subject matter and the peda-
gogical resources of the seminar participants; 
and 
‘‘(B) works in collaboration to determine 
the direction and content of the collaborative 
seminars. 
‘‘SEC. 244. GRANT AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized— 
‘‘(1) to award grants to Teachers Institutes to 
encourage the establishment and operation of Teach-
ers Institutes; and 
‘‘(2) to provide technical assistance, either di-
rectly or through existing Teachers Institutes, to as-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reducing Unused 
Medications Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. PARTIAL FILLS OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUB-
STANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309 of the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 829) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PARTIAL FILLS OF SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED 
SUBSTANCES.— 
‘‘(1) PARTIAL FILLS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A prescription for a 
controlled substance in schedule II may be par-
tially filled if— 
‘‘(i) it is not prohibited by State law; 
‘‘(ii) the prescription is written and 
filled in accordance with the Controlled 
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 
regulations prescribed by the Attorney 
General, and State law; 
‘‘(iii) the partial fill is requested by 
the patient or the practitioner that wrote 
the prescription; and 
‘‘(iv) the total quantity dispensed in 
all partial fillings does not exceed the total 
quantity prescribed.
‘‘(B) OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES.—A pre-
scription for a controlled substance in schedule 
II may be partially filled in accordance with 
section 1306.13 of title 21, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enact-
ment of the Reducing Unused Medications Act 
of 2016). 
‘‘(2) REMAINING PORTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), remaining portions of a par-
tially filled prescription for a controlled sub-
stance in schedule II— 
‘‘(i) may be filled; and 
‘‘(ii) shall be filled not later than 30 
days after the date on which the prescrip-
tion is written. 
‘‘(B) EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.—In emer-
gency situations, as described in subsection (a), 
the remaining portions of a partially filled pre-
scription for a controlled substance in schedule 
II— 
‘‘(i) may be filled; and 
‘‘(ii) shall be filled not later than 72 
hours after the prescription is issued.’’.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect the authority of the Attor-
ney General to allow a prescription for a controlled sub-
stance in schedule III, IV, or V of section 202(c) of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) to be par-
tially filled. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4599 
AN ACT 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit 
certain partial fillings of prescriptions.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4599 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain partial fillings 
of prescriptions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts (for herself and Mr. STIVERS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to permit certain 
partial fillings of prescriptions. 
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 ‘‘Reducing Unused 
Medications Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. PRESCRIPTIONS. 
Section 309(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 829(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘Except’’; and 
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‘‘(v) the pharmacist notifies the prac-
titioner that wrote the prescription of each 
partial fill. 
‘‘(B) REMAINING
PORTIONS.—Remaining 
portions of a partially filled prescription— 
‘‘(i) may be filled; and 
‘‘(ii) must be exhausted prior to, or on 
the same date that such prescription, if 
fully filled, would have been exhausted.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4601 
To transfer the reversionary interest of the United States between certain 
land in Flagstaff, Arizona, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself and Mrs. KIRKPATRICK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To transfer the reversionary interest of the United States 
between certain land in Flagstaff, Arizona, 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. TRANSFER OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST TO 
CERTAIN LAND IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CITY.—The term ‘‘City’’ means the city of 
Flagstaff, Arizona. 
(2) CITY
PARCEL.—The term ‘‘City parcel’’ 
means the parcel of land conveyed to the City, that 
is located in the City, south of United States Route 
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66 and north of the relocated Burlington Northern 
and Santa Fe Railway Company right-of-way, as de-
scribed in the deed recorded in Coconino County, 
Arizona, on October 6, 2014, as document number 
3703647. 
(3) RAILROAD
PARCEL.—The term ‘‘railroad 
parcel’’ means the parcel of land conveyed to the 
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Com-
pany, as described in the deed recorded in Coconino 
County, Arizona, on June 2, 2006, as document 
number 3386576. 
(b) TRANSFER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On the request of the own-
ers of the City parcel and the railroad parcel, any 
reversionary interest of the United States pursuant 
to the Act of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 292, chapter 
278), in and to the City parcel shall be transferred 
to the railroad parcel. 
(2) REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.—The transfer 
of the reversionary interest under paragraph (1) 
shall be documented in an instrument that— 
(A) is suitable for recording in the records 
of Coconino County, Arizona; 
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(B) is executed by the Burlington North-
ern and Santa Fe Railway Company and the 
City; and 
(C) references this Act and any prior in-
struments relating to the reversionary interest 
transferred. 
(3) RELEASE.—On transfer of the reversionary 
interest under paragraph (1), the City parcel shall 
no longer be subject to the reversionary interest de-
scribed in that paragraph. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘512. Limitations on liability relating to material online.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 203. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title and the amendments made by this title
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE 
III-COMPUTER 
MAINTE-
NANCE 
OR 
REPAIR 
COPY-
RIGHT EXEMPTION
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Computer Mainte-
nance Competition Assurance Act’’.
SEC. 302. LIMITATIONS ON EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS; COMPUTER
PROGRAMS.
Section 117 of title 17, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) MAKING OF ADDITIONAL COPY OR ADAPTATION
BY OWNER OF COPY.—Notwithstanding’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Any exact’’ and inserting the follow-
ing:
transmitting entity does not automatically
and intentionally cause any device receiv-
ing the transmission to switch from one
program channel to another; and
‘‘(iii) except as provided in section
1002(e), the transmission of the sound re-
cording is accompanied by the information
encoded in that sound recording, if any, by
or under the authority of the copyright
owner of that sound recording, that identi-
fies the title of the sound recording, the
featured recording artist who performs on
the sound recording, and related informa-
tion, including information concerning the
underlying musical work and its writer;
‘‘(B) in the case of a subscription trans-
mission not exempt under paragraph (1) by a
preexisting subscription service in the same
transmission medium used by such service on
July 31, 1998—
‘‘(i) the transmission does not exceed
the sound recording performance com-
plement;
‘‘(ii) the transmitting entity does not
cause to be published by means of an ad-
SECTION 1. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR THE 
USE OF PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services; and 
(2) the term ‘‘task force’’ means the Pain Man-
agement Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force 
convened under subsection (b). 
(b) INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE.—Not later than 
December 14, 2018, the Secretary, in cooperation with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense, 
and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration, shall convene a Pain Management Best Practices 
Inter-Agency Task Force to review, modify, and update, 
as appropriate, best practices for pain management (in-
cluding chronic and acute pain) and prescribing pain 
medication. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The task force shall be comprised 
of— 
(1) representatives of— 
(A) the Department of Health and Human 
Services; 
(B) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
(C) the Food and Drug Administration; 
(D) the Department of Defense; 
(E) the Drug Enforcement Administration;
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(2) by inserting between the last 2 items at the
end thereof the following new item:
‘‘Twelfth .............................................................................................................
13’’.
(d) PLACES OF CIRCUIT COURT.—The table in section
48 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking the item relating to the ninth cir-
cuit and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Ninth ...............................................
San Francisco, Los Angeles.’’;
and
(2) by inserting between the last 2 items at the
end thereof the following new item:
‘‘Twelfth ............................................
Portland, Seattle, Phoenix.’’.
(e) ASSIGNMENT OF CIRCUIT JUDGES AND CLERKS OF
THE COURT.—Each circuit judge in regular active service
of the former ninth circuit whose official station on the day
before the effective date of this section—
(1) is in California or Nevada is assigned as a
circuit judge on the new ninth circuit;
(2) is in Alaska, Arizona, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho,
Montana, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon or
Washington is assigned as a circuit judge on the
twelfth circuit; and
(3) two co-equal clerks of the court for the twelfth
circuit shall be located in two co-equal circuit seats
which shall be located in Phoenix, Arizona, and Se-
attle, Washington, respectively.