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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 357 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 27, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
to expand the training for Federal Government personnel 
related to trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Human Trafficking 
Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANDED TRAINING RELATING TO TRAFFICKING 
IN PERSONS. 
Section 105(c)(4) of the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(c)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, including members of the 
Service (as such term is defined in section 103 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903))’’ 
after ‘‘Department of State’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Train-
ing under this paragraph shall include, at a min-
imum, the following: 
‘‘(A) A distance learning course on traf-
ficking-in-persons issues and the Department of 
State’s obligations under this Act, targeted for 
embassy reporting officers, regional bureaus’ 
trafficking-in-persons coordinators, and their 
superiors. 
‘‘(B) Specific trafficking-in-persons brief-
ings for all ambassadors and deputy chiefs of 
mission before such individuals depart for their 
posts. 
‘‘(C) At least annual reminders to all such 
personnel, including appropriate personnel from 
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other Federal departments and agencies, at 
each diplomatic or consular post of the Depart-
ment of State located outside the United States 
of key problems, threats, methods, and warning 
signs of trafficking in persons specific to the 
country or jurisdiction in which each such post 
is located, and appropriate procedures to report 
information that any such personnel may ac-
quire about possible cases of trafficking in per-
sons.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 26, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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firm, the term ‘employer’ means such qualified staffing
firm (and not the customer), notwithstanding any provi-
sion in this subtitle to the contrary.’’.
(c) FUTA TAX.—Subsection (a) of section 3306 of
the Internal Revenue Code is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘In the case of a qualified staffing firm,
described in section 7701(a)(47), paying wages to an indi-
vidual performing services for a customer of such qualified
staffing firm, the term ‘employer’ means such qualified
staffing firm (and not the customer), notwithstanding any
provision in this subtitle to the contrary.’’.
(d) DEFINITION—Subsection (a) of section 7701 of
the Internal Revenue Code is amended by adding at the
end the following paragraph—
‘‘(47) QUALIFIED
STAFFING
FIRM.—The term
‘qualified staffing firm’ means any person that is engaged
in providing staffing services to a customer pursuant to
a service contract, and that with respect to a worker per-
forming services for the customer who is covered by the
contract—
‘‘(A) Assumes responsibility for payment of
wages to the worker, without regard to the receipt
or adequacy of payment from the customer for such
services,
SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORTING ON ACTIVITIES OF THE OF-
FICE OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 
Subsection (f) of section 1801 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTING OF OFFICE ACTIVITIES.— 
The Director of the Office of Emergency Communications 
shall, not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection and annually thereafter for each 
of the next four years, report to the Committee on Home-
land Security and the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate on the activities and programs of the Office, in-
cluding specific information on efforts to carry out para-
graphs (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (c).’’. 
SEC. 204. NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. 
Section 1802 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 572) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, and in cooperation with 
the Department of National Communications 
System (as appropriate),’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, but not less than once 
every five years,’’ after ‘‘periodically’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (10) as paragraphs (4) through (11), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) consider the impact of emerging tech-
nologies on the attainment of interoperable emer-
gency communications;’’. 
SEC. 205. TECHNICAL EDITS. 
Title XVIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d) of section 1801 (6 U.S.C. 
571) by— 
(A) striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and 
(2) in paragraph (1) of section 1804(b) (6 
U.S.C. 574(b)), in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary for 
Grants and Planning’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Ad-
ministrator of the Grant Programs Directorate of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1817
To require that employers offering benefits to associates of its employees
who are not spouses or dependents of the employees not discriminate
on the basis of the nature of the relationship between the employee
and the designated associates.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 5, 1997
Mr. PETRI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To require that employers offering benefits to associates of
its employees who are not spouses or dependents of the
employees not discriminate on the basis of the nature
of the relationship between the employee and the des-
ignated associates.
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 ‘‘Nondiscrimination in
Employee Benefits Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. NONDISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Section 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Se-
curity Act of 1974 is amended by inserting before the last
sentence the following: ‘‘In a case in which an employer
elects to offer benefits to associates of its employees who
are not spouses or dependents of the employees, the em-
ployer shall offer such benefits on a nondiscriminatory
basis without regard to the nature of the relationship be-
tween the employee and the designated associate.’’.
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(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(b).
SEC. 116. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.
Part F of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.),
as so redesignated by section 110, is amended adding at
the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 299F. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.
‘‘None of the funds made available to carry out this
title may be used to advocate for, or support, the unsecured
release of juveniles who are charged with a violent crime.’’.
SEC. 117. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Part F of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.),
as so redesignated by section 110 and amended by section
116, is amended adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 299G. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
‘‘Nothing in this title or title I shall be construed—
‘‘(1) to prevent financial assistance from being
awarded through grants under this title to any other-
wise eligible organization; or
‘‘(2) to modify or affect any Federal or State law
relating to collective bargaining rights of employees.’’.
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cant shall include in the plan required by subsection (b)
assurances that in providing such services the applicant
will—
‘‘(1) provide qualified supervision of staff, in-
cluding 
on-street 
supervision 
by 
appropriately
trained staff;
‘‘(2) provide backup personnel for on-street
staff staff;
‘‘(3) provide initial and periodic training of
staff who provide such services; and
‘‘(4) conduct outreach activities for runaway
and homeless youth, and street youth.
‘‘(d) To be eligible to use assistance under section
311(a) to provide home-based services described in section
311(a)(2)(C)(ii), an applicant shall include in the plan re-
quired by subsection (b) assurances that in providing such
services the applicant will—
‘‘(1) provide counseling and information to
youth and the families (including unrelated individ-
uals in the family households) of such youth, includ-
ing services relating to basic life skills, interpersonal
skill building, educational advancement, job attain-
ment skills, mental and physical health care,
parenting skills, financial planning, and referral to
sources of other needed services;
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‘‘(A) the number and characteristics of
homeless youth served by such projects;
‘‘(B) the types of activities carried out by
such projects;
‘‘(C) the effectiveness of such projects in
alleviating the problems of homeless youth;
‘‘(D) the effectiveness of such projects in
preparing homeless youth for self-sufficiency;
‘‘(E) the effectiveness of such projects in
assisting homeless youth to decide upon future
education, employment, and independent living;
‘‘(F) the ability of such projects to encour-
age the resolution of intrafamily problems
through counseling and development of self-suf-
ficient living skills; and
‘‘(G) activities and programs planned by
such projects for the following fiscal year.
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall include in the report
required by subsection (a) summaries of—
‘‘(1) the evaluations performed by the Secretary
under section 386; and
‘‘(2) descriptions of the qualifications of, and
training provided to, individuals involved in carrying
out such evaluations.’’.
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(10) in paragraph (23) by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon,
(11) by redesignating paragraphs (18), (19),
(20), (21), (22), and (23) as paragraphs (17)
through (22), respectively, and
(12) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(23) the term ‘boot camp’ means a residential
facility (excluding a private residence) at which there
are provided—
‘‘(A) a highly regimented schedule of dis-
cipline, physical training, work, drill, and cere-
mony characteristic of military basic training.
‘‘(B) regular, remedial, special, and voca-
tional education; and
‘‘(C) counseling and treatment for sub-
stance abuse and other health and mental
health problems;
‘‘(24) the term ‘graduated sanctions’ means an
accountability-based, graduated series of sanctions
(including incentives and services) applicable to juve-
niles within the juvenile justice system to hold such
juveniles accountable for their actions and to protect
communities from the effects of juvenile delinquency
by providing appropriate sanctions for every act for
which a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent, by induc-
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behavior, provides activities that build on protective
factors for, and develop competencies in, juveniles to
prevent, and reduce the rate of, delinquent juvenile
behavior’’,
(2) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘title I of’’
before ‘‘the Omnibus’’ each place it appears,
(3) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’,
(4) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘justice’’ and
inserting ‘‘crime control’’,
(5) in paragraph (13)(B) by striking ‘‘any non-
offender,’’,
(6) in paragraph (14) by inserting ‘‘drug traf-
ficking,’’ after ‘‘assault,’’,
(7) in paragraph (16)—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by adding ‘‘and’’
at the end, and
(B) by striking subparagraph (C),
(8) by striking paragraph (17),
(9) in paragraph (22)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (i),
(ii), and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and
(C), respectively, and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end,
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allowance or partial disallowance of the claim’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘not later than the expiration of the 2- 
year period beginning upon the date of the occurrence of 
the losses involved in such claim or, in the case of a denial 
of a claim for losses that is appealed to the Administrator, 
not later than (1) the expiration of the 90-day period be-
ginning upon the date of a final determination upon ap-
peal denying such claim in whole or in part, or (2) the 
expiration of such 2-year period, whichever is later’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘(B) Assumes responsibility for reporting, with-
holding, and paying any applicable taxes under
Chapters 21, 23, and 24, with respect to the work-
er’s wages, without regard to the receipt of adequacy
of payment from the customer for such services,
‘‘(C) Assumes responsibility for any worker
benefits that may be required by the service con-
tract, without regard to the receipt or adequacy of
payment from the customer for such services,
‘‘(D) Assumes authority to hire, reassign, and
dismiss the worker and has the contractural right to
exercise this authority independent of the customer,
‘‘(E) Maintains employee records relating to the
worker, and
‘‘(F) Assumes responsibility for addressing the
worker’s complaints, claims, filings, or requests re-
lating to employment, except as otherwise provided
by applicable collective bargaining agreements, if
any, notwithstanding that some or all of the actions
described in this subparagraph may be shared by the
customer.’’.
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(vii) by amending subparagraph (G)
to read as follows:
‘‘(G) one-on-one mentoring programs that
are designed to link at-risk juveniles and juve-
nile offenders, particularly juveniles residing in
high-crime areas and juveniles experiencing
educational failure, with responsible adults
(such as law enforcement officers, adults work-
ing with local businesses, and adults working
with community-based organizations and agen-
cies) who are properly screened and trained;’’,
(viii) in subparagraph (H) by striking
‘‘handicapped youth’’ and inserting ‘‘juve-
niles with disabilities’’,
(ix) by amending subparagraph (K) to
read as follows:
‘‘(K) boot camps for juvenile offenders;’’,
(x) by amending subparagraph (L) to
read as follows:
‘‘(L) community-based programs and serv-
ices to work with juveniles, their parents, and
other family members during and after incar-
ceration in order to strengthen families so that
such juveniles may be retained in their homes;’’,
‘‘(iii) achieves at least 125 percent of 
the 2002 model year city fuel economy, 
and 
‘‘(iv) for 2004 and later model vehi-
cles, has received a certificate that such ve-
hicle meets or exceeds— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a vehicle hav-
ing a gross vehicle weight rating of 
6,000 pounds or less, the Bin 5 Tier 
II emission standard established in 
regulations prescribed by the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency under section 202(i) of 
the Clean Air Act for that make and 
model year vehicle, and 
‘‘(II) in the case of a vehicle hav-
ing a gross vehicle weight rating of 
more than 6,000 pounds but not more 
than 8,500 pounds, the Bin 8 Tier II 
emission standard which is so estab-
lished, 
‘‘(B) the original use of which commences 
with the taxpayer, 
‘‘(C) which is acquired for use or lease by 
the taxpayer and not for resale, and
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5147
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 23055 Sherman Way in
West Hills, California, as the ‘‘Evan Asa
Ashcraft Post Office Building’’.
SEC. 118. LEASING SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY.
Part F of title II of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.),
as so redesignated by section 110 and amended by section
117, is amended adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 299H. LEASING SURPLUS FEDERAL PROPERTY.
‘‘The Administrator may receive surplus Federal prop-
erty (including facilities) and may lease such property to
States and units of general local government for use in or
as facilities for juvenile offenders, or for use in or as facili-
ties for delinquency prevention and treatment activities.’’.
SEC. 119. ISSUANCE OF RULES.
Part F of title II or the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5671 et seq.),
as so redesignated by section 110 and amended by section
118, is amended adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 299I. ISSUANCE OF RULES.
‘‘The Administrator shall issue rules to carry out this
title, including rules that establish procedures and methods
for making grants and contracts, and distributing funds
available, to carry out this title.’’.
SEC. 120. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601
et seq.) is amended—
‘‘(b) MAINTENANCE
BY
ADMINISTRATION
PER-
SONNEL AT AIRPORTS.—For maintenance to be carried 
out by Administration personnel at airports, the process 
referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Guidance to Administration personnel, 
equipment maintenance technicians, and other per-
sonnel at airports specifying how to conduct and 
document preventive maintenance actions. 
‘‘(2) Mechanisms for the Administrator to 
verify compliance with the guidance issued pursuant 
to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE
BY
CONTRACTORS
AT
AIR-
PORTS.—For maintenance to be carried out by a con-
tractor at airports, the process referred to in subsection 
(a) shall require the following: 
‘‘(1) Provision of monthly preventive mainte-
nance schedules to appropriate Administration per-
sonnel at each airport that includes information on 
each action to be completed by a contractor. 
‘‘(2) Notification to appropriate Administration 
personnel at each airport when maintenance action 
is completed by a contractor. 
‘‘(3) A process for independent validation by a 
third party of contractor maintenance. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3584 
AN ACT 
To authorize, streamline, and identify efficiencies 
within the Transportation Security Administra-
tion, and for other purposes.
‘‘(2) For purposes of making such grants, the State
shall give special consideration to eligible entities that—
‘‘(A) propose to carry out such projects in geo-
graphical areas in which there is—
‘‘(i) a disproportionately high level of seri-
ous crime committed by juveniles; or
‘‘(ii) a recent rapid increase in the number
of nonstatus offenses committed by juveniles;
‘‘(B)(i) agreed to carry out such projects or ac-
tivities that are multidisciplinary and involve 2 or
more eligible entities; or
‘‘(ii) represent communities that have a devel-
oped plan designed to prevent, or reduce the rate of,
juvenile delinquency, and that involve other entities
operated by individuals who have a demonstrated his-
tory of involvement in activities designed to prevent
juvenile delinquency; and
‘‘(C) the amount of resources (in cash or in kind)
such entities will provide to carry out such projects
and activities.
‘‘(b) RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS.—(1) Subject to para-
graph (2), a unit of general local government shall submit
to the State simultaneously all applications that are—
‘‘(A) timely received by such unit from eligible
entities; and
State and local prevention and treatment programs,
plans, resources, and training and technical assist-
ance programs; and
‘‘(3) make grants and contracts with public and
private agencies, institutions, and organizations, for
the purpose of disseminating information to rep-
resentatives and personnel of public and private agen-
cies, including practitioners in juvenile justice, law
enforcement, the courts, corrections, schools, and relat-
ed services, in the establishment, implementation, and
operation of projects and activities for which finan-
cial assistance is provided under this title.
‘‘SEC. 252. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) TRAINING.—The Administrator may—
‘‘(1) develop and carry out projects for the pur-
pose of training representatives and personnel of pub-
lic and private agencies, including practitioners in
juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, corrections,
schools, and related services, to carry out the purposes
specified in section 102; and
‘‘(2) make grants to and contracts with public
and private agencies, institutions, and organizations
for the purpose of training representatives and per-
sonnel of public and private agencies, including prac-
titioners in juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts,
a firearm. Approximately 1⁄5 of the individuals ar-
rested for committing violent crime are less than 18
years of age. The increase in both the number of
youth below the age of 15 and females arrested for
violent crime is cause for concern.
‘‘(2) This problem should be addressed through a
2-track common sense approach that addresses the
needs of individual juveniles and society at large by
promoting—
‘‘(A) quality prevention programs that—
‘‘(i) work with juveniles, their families,
local public agencies, and community-based
organizations, and take into consideration
such factors as whether or not juveniles have
been the victims of family violence (includ-
ing child abuse and neglect); and
‘‘(ii) are designed to reduce risks and
develop competencies in at-risk juveniles
that will prevent, and reduce the rate of,
violent delinquent behavior; and
‘‘(B) programs that assist in holding juve-
niles accountable for their actions, including a
system of graduated sanctions to respond to each
delinquent act, requiring juveniles to make res-
titution, or perform community service, for the
challenges that the Administrator has encountered since 
the date of the enactment of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 with 
respect to establishing regulations requiring the provision 
of basic security training to public transportation frontline 
employees and over-the-road bus frontline employees for 
preparedness for potential security threats and conditions. 
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may require under regulations. The reports required by
this subsection shall be filed at such time and in such
manner and furnished to such individuals at such time and
in such manner as may be required by those regulations.’’
(b) DEDUCTION ALLOWED
IN ARRIVING
AT AD-
JUSTED GROSS INCOME.—Subsection (a) of section 62 of
such Code (relating to retirement savings) is amended by
inserting after paragraph (16) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(17) EDUCATION
AND
JOB
TRAINING
SAV-
INGS.—The deduction allowed by section 221 (relat-
ing to lifetime learning accounts).’’
(c) TAX ON EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 4973
of such Code (relating to tax on excess contributions to
individual retirement accounts, certain section 403(b) con-
tracts, and certain individual retirement annuities) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘LIFETIME LEARNING AC-
COUNTS,’’ after ‘‘SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS,’’ in the
heading of such section,
(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(2) of subsection (a),
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) of sub-
section (a) as paragraph (4) and by inserting after
paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: