datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary a re-
port on the results of the evaluation conducted by 
the entity. 
SEC. 6. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 12 
months after the date of receipt of the first report sub-
mitted pursuant to section 5(b)(2) and annually there-
after, the Secretary shall provide to Congress a report that 
includes the following: 
(1) The number and types of eligible entities re-
ceiving assistance under this Act. 
(2) The fire safety education programs being 
implemented with assistance under this Act and the 
costs of such programs. 
(3) Any other information determined by the 
Secretary to be useful in evaluating the overall effec-
tiveness of the program established under this Act in 
improving the fire safety knowledge of college stu-
dents. 
(b) BEST PRACTICES REPORT.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Administrator, shall use the infor-
mation provided under subsection (a) to publish a report 
of best practices for initiating, expanding, or improving 
fire safety education programs that shall be made avail-
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able to all institutions of higher education and other inter-
ested parties. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2017 
through 2021. 
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(B) beginning immediately upon deposit by
the Minerals Management Service of the De-
partment of funds to be credited to a tribal
trust fund account.
(6) The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of the Interior.
(7) The term ‘‘individual Indian money ac-
counts’’ means the account balances for funds held
by the Secretary in trust on behalf of an individual
Indian or funds held by the Secretary in trust on be-
half of a tribe in the system maintained primarily
for individual Indian accounts.
(8) The term ‘‘judgment accounts’’ means trib-
al trust fund accounts held by the Secretary under
the terms of the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use
or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) or an
Act of Congress or court order providing for sec-
retarial management of funds paid to tribes in com-
pensation for and satisfaction of legal claims or
judgments.
(9) The term ‘‘known errors’’ means errors in
the management and accounting of tribal trust
funds which the Secretary identified in the Rec-
onciliation Report or which the Secretary determines
to exist as of the date of adjustment pursuant to
section 5 of this Act. Such errors shall include over-
statements and understatements in a tribe’s account
balance, regardless of amount, resulting from defi-
ciencies in the management and accounting of tribal
trust funds, as herein provided.
(10) The term ‘‘nonjudgment accounts’’ are
tribal trust fund accounts which are not judgment
accounts.
(11) The term ‘‘Office of Special Trustee’’
means the Office of Special Trustee for American
Indians of the Department, or its successor.
(12) The term ‘‘reconciliation report’’ means
the report provided to each tribe by the Department
dated December 31, 1995, and with respect to some
tribes, supplemented by reports dated April 23,
1996, July 15, 1997, and October 31, 1997, reflect-
ing the efforts of the Department to reconcile the
tribal trust fund accounts of each such tribe.
(13) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(14) The term ‘‘tribal benchmark rate’’ means
the average annual yield on invested tribal trust
funds as determined by the Secretary.
(15) The term ‘‘Treasury rate’’ means the in-
terest rate determined by the Secretary of the
(19) For a replacement outpatient clinic, Cor-
pus Christi, Texas, an amount not to exceed 
$7,452,000. 
(20) For a replacement outpatient clinic, Jack-
sonville, 
Florida, 
an 
amount 
not 
to 
exceed 
$18,136,000. 
(21) For a replacement outpatient clinic, Pon-
tiac, Michigan, an amount not to exceed $4,532,000. 
(22) For a replacement outpatient clinic, phase 
II, Rochester, New York, an amount not to exceed 
$6,901,000. 
(23) For a replacement outpatient clinic, 
Tampa, 
Florida, 
an 
amount 
not 
to 
exceed 
$10,568,000. 
(24) For a replacement outpatient clinic, Terre 
Haute, 
Indiana, 
an 
amount 
not 
to 
exceed 
$4,475,000. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2017 or the year in which funds 
are appropriated for the Medical Facilities account 
$243,018,000 for the leases authorized in subsection (a). 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6174 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to limit the orphan 
drug exclusion under the drug discount program under section 340B 
of such title. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 
Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. GRIFFITH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to 
limit the orphan drug exclusion under the drug discount 
program under section 340B of such title. 
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 ‘‘Closing Loopholes for 
Orphan Drugs Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITING THE ORPHAN DRUG EXCLUSION UNDER 
340B DRUG DISCOUNT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 340B(e) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256b(e)) is amended by 
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inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘when 
transferred, prescribed, sold, or otherwise used for the 
rare condition or disease for which such drug is so des-
ignated’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to covered out-
patient drugs purchased on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6176 
To transfer certain items from the United States Munitions List to the 
Commerce Control List. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 
Mr. SCALISE (for himself, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. MARINO, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. HENSARLING, 
Mr. SMITH
of Missouri, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, 
Mr. HUDSON, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. 
BURGESS, Mr. JOYCE, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. BOUSTANY, 
Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. HARPER, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. JODY B. HICE 
of Georgia, Mr. KLINE, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. COLLINS of New 
York, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. EMMER 
of Minnesota, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. STEWART, Mr. FLEMING, 
Mr. TIBERI, Mr. COOK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. BISHOP of 
Utah, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. FLO-
RES, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 
LATTA, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. DESANTIS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. 
GOWDY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To transfer certain items from the United States Munitions 
List to the Commerce Control List. 
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 ‘‘Export Control Reform 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 38(f) of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)) or any 
other provision of law, all items described in subsection 
(b) that are on the United States Munitions List and con-
trolled under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2778) on the date of the enactment of this 
Act shall be transferred to the Commerce Control List of 
dual-use items in the Export Administration Regulations 
(15 C.F.R. part 730 et seq.). 
(b) TRANSFERRED ITEMS.—The items referred to in 
subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) Non-automatic and semi-automatic fire-
arms, including all rifles, carbines, pistols, revolvers 
and shotguns. 
(2) Non-automatic and non-semi-automatic ri-
fles, carbines, revolvers, or pistols of a caliber great-
er than .50 inches (12.7 mm) up to and including 
.72 inches (18.0 mm). 
(3) Ammunition for such firearms excluding 
caseless ammunition. 
(4) Silencers, mufflers, and sound and flash 
suppressors. 
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Treasury, taking into consideration current market
yields on outstanding marketable Treasury securities
during the month preceding October 1, 1994, with
remaining terms to maturity comparable to the pe-
riod beginning on October 1, 1994, and ending on
the date of payment of a claim.
(16) The term ‘‘tribal trust fund accounts’’
means the account balances for funds held by the
Secretary in trust on behalf of a tribe or an Alaska
native regional or village corporation as defined in or
established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.) or on be-
half of such other tribe of Indians which does not
meet the definition of tribe under this Act but for
whom Congress has directed that an account for
trust funds be created, but such term does not in-
clude individual Indian money accounts.
(17) The term ‘‘tribe’’ means any American In-
dian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or
community, including any Alaska native village,
which is included on the list of recognized tribes
published by the Secretary pursuant to Public Law
103–454 (108 Stat. 4792).
(18) The term ‘‘accounting discrepancies’’ in-
clude—
(5) Rifle scopes. 
(6) Barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames), or 
complete breech mechanisms. 
(7) Related components, parts, accessories, at-
tachments, tooling, and equipment for any articles 
listed in paragraphs (1) through (6). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
shall not apply to any export license issued before such 
effective date or to any export license application made 
under the United States Munitions List before such effec-
tive date. 
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(E) 2 members who are engaged in the
business of providing domain name registration
services;
(F) 2 members who are academic experts
in the field of technology; and
(G) 4 members who are engaged in the
business of making content available over the
Internet.
Of the members of the Commission by reason of
each subparagraph of this paragraph, an equal num-
ber shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives and by the Majority Leader of
the Senate.
(2) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Commission
shall include the following officials:
(A) The Assistant Secretary (or the Assist-
ant Secretary’s designee).
(B) The Attorney General (or the Attorney
General’s designee).
(C) The Chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission (or the Chairman’s designee).
(c) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall con-
duct a study to identify technological or other meth-
ods that—
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6178 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to apportionments 
to States for certain highway programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself and Mrs. BUSTOS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to 
apportionments to States for certain highway programs, 
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 ‘‘Fair Allocation of 
Highway Funds Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. CALCULATION OF AMOUNTS. 
Section 104(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT TO AMOUNTS.— 
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‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
initial 
amounts resulting from the calculation 
under subparagraph (A) shall be adjusted 
to ensure that each State receives an ag-
gregate apportionment equal to at least 95 
percent, but not more than 105 percent, of 
the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the estimated tax payments 
attributable to highway users in the 
State paid into the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) in the most recent fiscal 
year for which data are available; plus 
‘‘(II) an amount which bears the 
same ratio to the General Fund trans-
fer amount as— 
‘‘(aa) 
the 
aggregate 
of 
amounts collected in such State 
under the Federal internal rev-
enue laws (other than the taxes 
and penalties described in section 
9503(b) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986) in the most recent 
fiscal year for which data are 
available; bears to 
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‘‘(bb) 
the 
aggregate 
of 
amounts collected in all States 
under such Federal internal rev-
enue laws in such fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) TOTAL
SPENDING.—After the 
adjustment described in clause (i), the 
amount for each State determined under 
this subsection shall be adjusted by a sin-
gle multiplicative factor to ensure that 
total spending will not be affected by this 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(iii) 
GENERAL
FUND
TRANSFER 
AMOUNT DEFINED.—In this subparagraph, 
the term ‘General Fund transfer amount’ 
means the amount equal to the aggregate 
amount of funds, as estimated by the Sec-
retary of Transportation, to be apportioned 
from the Highway Trust Fund in the fiscal 
year in which the apportionment will be 
made that are attributable to deposits in 
the Fund derived from a source other than 
the taxes and penalties described in section 
9503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 617 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance the clinical trial registry 
data bank reporting requirements and enforcement measures. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2015 
Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. SLAUGHTER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance the 
clinical trial registry data bank reporting requirements 
and enforcement measures. 
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 ‘‘Clinical Trial Cancer 
Mission 2020 Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCING CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY DATA BANK 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND ENFORCE-
MENT MEASURES. 
(a) CLARIFICATION THAT CLINICAL TRIAL REG-
ISTRY DATA BANK REQUIREMENTS APPLY REGARDLESS 
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OF TRIAL OUTCOMES.—Section 402(j)(1)(A)(i) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(j)(1)(A)(i)) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing ‘‘, whether or not such a clinical trial results in 
a positive or negative outcome’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO GRANTS FROM DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE.—Section 402(j)(5)(A)(i) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 282(j)(5)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the De-
partment of Defense or’’ after ‘‘agency of’’. 
(c) 
ENHANCED
ENFORCEMENT.—Section 
402(j)(5)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 282(j)(5)(A)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) 
ENHANCED
ENFORCEMENT.— 
After the 30-day period described in clause 
(iii), if the head of an agency referred to 
in clause (i), as applicable, verifies that a 
grantee has not submitted clinical trial in-
formation as described in clause (ii), with 
respect to an applicable clinical trial that is 
funded in whole or in part by a grant from 
the agency, such grantee— 
‘‘(I) shall not be eligible to re-
ceive any remaining funding for the 
grant or funding for a future Federal 
grant until such time as the grantee 
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comes into compliance with all appli-
cable reporting requirements under 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(II) shall be liable to the United 
States for repayment of any amount 
provided under the grant for the clin-
ical trial for which the grantee failed 
to comply with such reporting require-
ments.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6180 
To authorize the State of Utah to select lands that are available for disposal 
under the Pony Express Resource Management Plan to be used for 
the support and benefit of State institutions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 
Mrs. LOVE (for herself, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mrs. LUMMIS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the State of Utah to select lands that are 
available for disposal under the Pony Express Resource 
Management Plan to be used for the support and benefit 
of State institutions, 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 ‘‘Funding Local Schools 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The State of Utah may select any 
lands owned by the United States, under the administra-
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tive jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and 
identified as available for disposal by land exchange in the 
Record of Decision for the Pony Express Resource Man-
agement Plan and Rangeland Program Summary for Utah 
County (January 1990), as amended by the Pony Express 
Plan Amendment (November 1997), in fulfillment of the 
land grants made in sections 6, 8, and 12 of the Act of 
July 16, 1894 (28 Stat. 107), without further land use 
planning action by the Bureau of Land Management. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The criteria listed in Decision 3 
of the Lands Program of the resource management plan 
described in subsection (a) shall not apply to any land se-
lected under subsection (a). 
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‘‘(6) ‘dually employed’ means being at the same
time in the employ of two or more railroad carriers,
of two or more independent contractors to a railroad
carrier, or of both a railroad carrier and one or more
independent contractors to a railroad carrier.
‘‘(7) ‘independent contractor to a railroad car-
rier’ or, in context, ‘independent contractor’, means
an independent contractor to a railroad carrier or a
subcontractor to an independent contractor to a rail-
road carrier.’’.
SEC. 102. LIMITATIONS ON DUTY HOURS OF TRAIN EM-
PLOYEES.
(a) Section 21103(a) is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘officers’’ and substituting ‘‘man-
agers, supervisors, officers,’’;
(2) redesignating the text of the subsection as
paragraph (1) of the subsection, and redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and
(B), respectively, of the paragraph; and
(3) inserting the following at the end:
‘‘(2) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this sec-
tion, a railroad carrier and its managers, supervisors, offi-
cers, and agents may not, if the railroad carrier has actual
knowledge that a train employee is dually employed and
actual knowledge of the individual’s schedule for the time
for the Commission to perform its duty efficiently and in
accordance with this section.
(f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
30 days after the submission of the report under subsection
(d).
(g) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.) shall not apply to the Commission.