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IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 37 
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should 
prioritize the reduction and elimination, over a reasonable period of 
time, of the overall trade deficit of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2017 
Mr. BROOKS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. LIPINSKI) submitted the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress and the 
President should prioritize the reduction and elimination, 
over a reasonable period of time, of the overall trade 
deficit of the United States. 
Whereas the United States has run 41 consecutive years of 
trade deficits; 
Whereas the trade deficit of the United States has substan-
tially increased in the last 25 years; 
Whereas the overall trade deficit of the United States in 
2016 was $502.3 billion; 
Whereas the manufacturing sector of the United States has 
suffered a disproportionate impact from such trade defi-
cits, resulting in substantial losses of jobs and industries; 
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•HCON 37 IH 
Whereas a robust manufacturing capability is essential for 
national security; 
Whereas trade imbalances are unhealthy for the global econ-
omy and stagnate economic growth in deficit countries 
such as the United States and especially in the manufac-
turing sectors of such countries; 
Whereas certain foreign trading partners of the United 
States are running persistent trade surpluses against the 
United States as an economic growth alternative to fos-
tering the domestic consumption of their manufacturers; 
Whereas persistent trade deficits hinder the ability of the 
United States to reach full employment and increase 
underemployment and reliance on low-wage and often 
part-time service sector jobs; and 
Whereas the United States national interest in trade policy 
lies in strategically reducing and eliminating its currently 
massive trade deficit, including a deficit in trade in 
goods, and reducing and eliminating dependency of for-
eign countries on United States demand for goods of 
such countries: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that Con-
gress and the President should prioritize the reduction and 
elimination, over a reasonable period of time, of the overall 
trade deficit of the United States. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 522
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the issuance of
tax-exempt bonds for the economic development of distressed communities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. COYNE 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 permit
the issuance of tax-exempt bonds for the economic devel-
opment of distressed communities.
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 ‘‘Economic Revitaliza-
tion Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. DISTRESSED COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT BONDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 141(e)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining qualified
bond) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (F), by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (G) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding at the end
thereof the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(H) a distressed community economic de-
velopment bond.’’
(b) DISTRESSED COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT BOND DEFINED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 144 of such Code is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following
new subsection:
‘‘(d) DISTRESSED COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT BOND.—For purposes of this subpart—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘distressed com-
munity economic development bond’ means any bond
issued as part of an issue 95 percent or more of the
net proceeds of which are to be used for distressed
community economic development purposes.
‘‘(2) DISTRESSED COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DE-
VELOPMENT PURPOSES.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the net proceeds of any issue shall be treat-
ed as used for distressed community economic devel-
opment purposes to the extent such proceeds are
used—
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Subtitle D—Reserve Funds 
SEC. 5401. RESERVE FUND FOR INVESTMENTS IN NATIONAL 
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Com-
mittee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, 
and other appropriate levels in this concurrent resolution 
for any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or 
conference report thereon, that invests in national infra-
structure to the extent that such measure is deficit neutral 
for the total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
SEC. 5402. RESERVE FUND FOR COMPREHENSIVE TAX RE-
FORM. 
In the House of Representatives, if the Committee on 
Ways and Means reports a bill or joint resolution that pro-
vides for comprehensive tax reform, the chair of the Com-
mittee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, aggregates, 
and other appropriate budgetary levels in this concurrent 
resolution for the budgetary effects of any such bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report there-
on, if such measure would not increase the deficit for the 
total of fiscal years 2018 through 2027. 
SEC. 5403. RESERVE FUND FOR THE STATE CHILDREN’S 
HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
In the House of Representatives, the chair of the Com-
mittee on the Budget may adjust the allocations, budget ag-
SEC. 4. PENALTIES.
(a) IMPOSITION OF FINE.—Any institution that does
not make a report as required by section 2 shall be subject
to a fine of $15,000 for each report not made. Within 60
days of a conviction under this subsection, a person shall
submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
a plan for the reporting to the data bank of deaths from
drugs and drug prescribing, dispensing, and administra-
tion errors.
(b) MANDATORY EXCLUSION FROM MEDICARE AND
STATE HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.—Section 1128(a) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(a)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) FAILURE TO REPORT DEATHS RESULTING
FROM THE PRESCRIBING, DISPENSING, AND ADMIN-
ISTRATION OF DRUGS.—Any individual or entity that
has failed or refused to respond to a subpoena for
information on a reportable incident or has failed to
meet the requirements of section 2 of the Safe Medi-
cations Act of 1997.’’.
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IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 43 
Providing official recognition of the massacre of 11 African-American soldiers 
of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army who 
had been captured in Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge 
on December 17, 1944. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 4, 2017 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. RUSH) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing official recognition of the massacre of 11 African- 
American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion 
of the United States Army who had been captured in 
Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on 
December 17, 1944. 
Whereas, during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium in De-
cember 1944, the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, an Af-
rican-American unit, was among the units of the United 
States Army overrun in the initial German attack; 
Whereas eleven soldiers from different batteries of the 333rd 
Field Artillery Battalion escaped capture and tried to re-
turn to the American lines; 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 525
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and
gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. CRANE (for himself and Mr. HULSHOF) 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 repeal
the estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-
skipping transfers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) chapter 11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to estate tax) is hereby repealed.
(b) Chapter 12 of such Code (relating to gift tax)
is hereby repealed.
(c) Chapter 13 of such Code (relating to tax on gen-
eration-skipping transfers) is hereby repealed.
(d)(1) The repeal made by subsection (a) shall apply
to the estates of decedents dying after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(2) The repeals made by subsections (b) and (c) shall
apply with respect to transfers made after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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(3) To establish effective mechanisms to enforce
the rights and responsibilities defined in this Act.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
(a) 
DEFINITIONS
RELATING
TO
PROTECTED
HEALTH INFORMATION.—For purposes of this Act:
(1) DISCLOSE.—The term ‘‘disclose’’, when
used with respect to protected health information
that is held by a health information trustee, means
to provide access to the information, but only if such
access is provided by the trustee to a person other
than—
(A) the trustee or an officer or employee of
the trustee;
(B) an affiliated person of the trustee; or
(C) a protected individual who is a subject
of the information.
(2) 
DISCLOSURE.—The 
term 
‘‘disclosure’’
means the act or an instance of disclosing.
(3) PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION.—The
term ‘‘protected health information’’ means any in-
formation, whether oral or recorded in any form or
medium—
(A) that is created or received in a State
by—
(i) a health care provider;
•HCON 43 IH 
Whereas the eleven soldiers were Curtis Adams of South 
Carolina, Mager Bradley of Mississippi, George Davis, 
Jr., of Alabama, Thomas Forte of Mississippi, Robert 
Green of Georgia, James Leatherwood of Mississippi, Na-
thaniel Moss of Texas, George Motten of Texas, William 
Pritchett of Alabama, James Stewart of West Virginia, 
and Due Turner of Arkansas; 
Whereas, despite the bitter cold and snow, the soldiers walked 
10 miles to the town of Wereth, Belgium, where they re-
ceived shelter at the farmhouse of Mathias Langer, a 
resident of Wereth; 
Whereas the eleven soldiers were captured by a German pa-
trol composed of SS soldiers, who, after dark, marched 
the unarmed Americans to a nearby field and brutally 
massacred them; 
Whereas, in 1949, a subcommittee of the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate conducted an investigation 
in connection with massacres and other atrocities com-
mitted by German troops during the Battle of the Bulge; 
Whereas the report of the subcommittee identified 12 loca-
tions at which American Prisoners of War, Belgian civil-
ians, or both were murdered during the Battle of the 
Bulge; 
Whereas the massacre of the 11 African-American soldiers of 
the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion in Wereth was omit-
ted from the report, and the occurrence of this massacre 
remains unknown to the vast majority of Americans; and 
Whereas, in 2004, a permanent monument was dedicated in 
Wereth to the 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd 
Field Artillery Battalion who lost their lives in Wereth 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 526
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to adjust the maximum
hour exemption for agricultural employees, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. CRAPO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and the Work force
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to adjust
the maximum hour exemption for agricultural employees,
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. AMENDMENT TO FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
OF 1938.
Section 13(b)(12) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 213(b)(12)) is amended by inserting
after ‘‘water’’ the following: ‘‘, at least 75 percent of which
is ultimately delivered’’.
Æ
•HCON 43 IH 
during the Battle of the Bulge to defeat fascism and de-
fend freedom: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) officially recognizes the dedicated service 
and ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the United States 
of the 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd 
Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army 
who were massacred in Wereth, Belgium, during the 
Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944; and 
(2) calls on the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate to correct the omission in the 1949 re-
port of its subcommittee and appropriately recognize 
the sacrifice and massacre of the Wereth 11. 
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III 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 43 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2017 
Received and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing official recognition of the massacre of 11 African- 
American soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion 
of the United States Army who had been captured in 
Wereth, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge on 
December 17, 1944. 
Whereas, during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium in De-
cember 1944, the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, an Af-
rican-American unit, was among the units of the United 
States Army overrun in the initial German attack; 
Whereas eleven soldiers from different batteries of the 333rd 
Field Artillery Battalion escaped capture and tried to re-
turn to the American lines; 
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(B) Section 5 of the Taiwan Relations Act (22
U.S.C. 3304).
(C) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 576
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991.
(D) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 597
of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990.
(E) Sections 109 and 111 of the Overseas Pri-
vate Investment Corporation Amendments Act of
1988, as enacted by reference in section 555 of Pub-
lic Law 100–461.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments and re-
peals made by this section shall take effect 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
Æ
IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 42 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted 
the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buckley v. Valeo. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2017 
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SEAN 
PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HIGGINS of New 
York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SOTO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Mr. RASKIN) submitted the following concurrent 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court 
misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution 
in the case of Buckley v. Valeo. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the Su-
preme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the 
Constitution in its decision in the 1976 case of Buckley 
v. Valeo because— 
(1) the decision failed to recognize that the un-
limited spending of large amounts of money on elec-
tions has a corrosive effect on the electoral process 
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•HCON 42 IH 
not simply because of direct transactions between 
those who give large amounts of money and can-
didates and elected officials but because the presence 
of unlimited amounts of money corrupts the process 
on a more fundamental level; and 
(2) the decision failed to recognize other legiti-
mate State interests which justify limiting money in 
campaigns, including the need to preserve the integ-
rity of our republican form of government, restore 
public confidence in government, and ensure all citi-
zens a more equal opportunity to participate in the 
political process. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 528
To authorize further appropriations for cleanup and repair of damages to
facilities of Yosemite National Park caused by heavy rains and flooding
in December 1996 and January 1997.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. DOOLITTLE (for himself and Mr. RADANOVICH) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize further appropriations for cleanup and repair
of damages to facilities of Yosemite National Park
caused by heavy rains and flooding in December 1996
and January 1997.
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 ‘‘Yosemite Restoration
Act of 1997’’.
HR 528 IH
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLEAN-
UP AND REPAIR OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL
PARK.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—In addition to any other
amounts authorized or available, there are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $178 mil-
lion for cleanup and repair of damages to the facilities
of Yosemite National Park caused by heavy rains and
flooding in December 1996 and January 1997.
(b) USE.—Amounts may be appropriated under this
section for, among other activities, the following:
(1) Repair of infrastructure vital to Yosemite
National Park operations, including roads, camp-
grounds, trails, and other park facilities, both within
the Park boundaries and servicing the Park.
(2) Repair and possible relocation of Park em-
ployee and concessionaire housing, campgrounds,
and other facilities consistent with the Yosemite
Master Plan.
(3) Repair, maintenance, and opening of Tioga
Pass Road.
(4) Repair and expeditious opening of Califor-
nia State highways 120, 140, and 41.
HR 528 IH
(5) Any other repair, restoration, or enhance-
ment that is considered necessary for the expeditious
and complete opening of Yosemite National Park.
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 43 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Whereas, during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium in De-
cember 1944, the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, an Af-
rican-American unit, was among the units of the United 
States Army overrun in the initial German attack; 
Whereas eleven soldiers from different batteries of the 333rd 
Field Artillery Battalion escaped capture and tried to re-
turn to the American lines;
•HCON 43 EH 
Whereas the eleven soldiers were Curtis Adams of South 
Carolina, Mager Bradley of Mississippi, George Davis, 
Jr., of Alabama, Thomas Forte of Mississippi, Robert 
Green of Georgia, James Leatherwood of Mississippi, Na-
thaniel Moss of Texas, George Motten of Texas, William 
Pritchett of Alabama, James Stewart of West Virginia, 
and Due Turner of Arkansas; 
Whereas, despite the bitter cold and snow, the soldiers walked 
10 miles to the town of Wereth, Belgium, where they re-
ceived shelter at the farmhouse of Mathias Langer, a 
resident of Wereth; 
Whereas the eleven soldiers were captured by a German pa-
trol composed of SS soldiers, who, after dark, marched 
the unarmed Americans to a nearby field and brutally 
massacred them; 
Whereas, in 1949, a subcommittee of the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate conducted an investigation 
in connection with massacres and other atrocities com-
mitted by German troops during the Battle of the Bulge; 
Whereas the report of the subcommittee identified 12 loca-
tions at which American Prisoners of War, Belgian civil-
ians, or both were murdered during the Battle of the 
Bulge; 
Whereas the massacre of the 11 African-American soldiers of 
the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion in Wereth was omit-
ted from the report, and the occurrence of this massacre 
remains unknown to the vast majority of Americans; and 
Whereas, in 2004, a permanent monument was dedicated in 
Wereth to the 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd 
Field Artillery Battalion who lost their lives in Wereth
•HCON 43 EH 
during the Battle of the Bulge to defeat fascism and de-
fend freedom: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) officially recognizes the dedicated service 
and ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the United States 
of the 11 African-American soldiers of the 333rd 
Field Artillery Battalion of the United States Army 
who were massacred in Wereth, Belgium, during the 
Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944; and 
(2) calls on the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate to correct the omission in the 1949 re-
port of its subcommittee and appropriately recognize 
the sacrifice and massacre of the Wereth 11. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 1, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 43 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing official recognition of the massacre of 11 
African-American soldiers of the 333rd Field Ar-
tillery Battalion of the United States Army who 
had been captured in Wereth, Belgium, during 
the Battle of the Bulge on December 17, 1944.
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 529
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exempt certain small lenders
from the audit requirements of the guaranteed student loan program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
Mr. EWING (for himself and Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exempt
certain small lenders from the audit requirements of
the guaranteed student loan program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM AUDIT REQUIREMENT.
Section 428(b)(1)(U)(iii) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(U)(iii)) is amended by
inserting after ‘‘compliance audit of each lender’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘that has a loan portfolio under this part that ex-
ceeds $10,000,000’’.
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