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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5357 
To authorize a national memorial to commemorate those killed by the collapse 
of the Saint Francis Dam on March 12, 1928, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2014 
Mr. MCKEON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize a national memorial to commemorate those 
killed by the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam on March 
12, 1928, 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 ‘‘Saint Francis Dam 
Disaster National Memorial Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On March 12, 1928, the Saint Francis Dam 
located in the northern portion of Los Angeles Coun-
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vate and public entities) in carrying 
out the strategic plan; 
(iv) identifies the funding requested 
under any Federal program in support of 
the strategic plan; 
(v) identifies baselines, methods, and 
benchmarks for measuring the success of 
the strategic plan; and 
(vi) includes such other information 
as may be required by the Administrator; 
and 
(C) provides written assurances satisfac-
tory to the Administrator that the strategic 
plan will be implemented. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.—To be eligible for 
designation under paragraph (1), an area must meet 
all of the following criteria: 
(A) NONATTAINMENT.—The area has been 
designated as being— 
(i) in extreme nonattainment of the 
national ambient air quality standard for 
ozone; and 
(ii) in nonattainment of the national 
ambient air quality standard for PM2.5. 
(B) UNIQUE SOURCES.—The area had— 
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(i) emissions of oxides of nitrogen 
from farm equipment of at least 30 tons 
per day in calendar year 2011; 
(ii) emissions of volatile organic com-
pounds from farming operations of at least 
3 tons per day in calendar year 2010; or 
(iii) emissions of oxides of nitrogen 
from sources governed primarily through 
international law of at least 50 tons per 
day in calendar year 2010. 
(C) AIR
QUALITY-RELATED
HEALTH
EF-
FECTS.—As of the date of designation, the area 
meets or exceeds the national average per cap-
ita incidence of asthma. 
(D) ECONOMIC IMPACT.—As of the date of 
designation, the area experiences unemployment 
rates higher than the national average. 
(E) MATCHING FUNDS.—The air pollution 
control district or other local governmental enti-
ty submitting the strategic plan under para-
graph (2) for the area agrees that it will make 
available (directly or through contributions 
from the State or other public or private enti-
ties) non-Federal contributions toward the ac-
tivities to be carried out under the strategic 
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(2) become part of the Monument; and 
(3) be managed in accordance with— 
(A) this Act; and 
(B) any other applicable laws. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) MEMORIAL.—The term ‘‘Memorial’’ means 
the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial 
established by section 3. 
(2) 
MONUMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Monument’’ 
means the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National 
Monument established by section 6. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5358 
To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to clarify that 
no Federal agency shall be required to consider the social cost of carbon 
as a condition of compliance with such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2014 
Mr. MCKINLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
to clarify that no Federal agency shall be required to 
consider the social cost of carbon as a condition of com-
pliance with such Act, 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. AGENCIES NOT REQUIRED TO CONSIDER SO-
CIAL COST OF CARBON. 
Title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 106. (a) No Federal agency shall be required 
to consider the social cost of carbon as part of any cost- 
benefit or regulatory analysis of any program, project, ac-
tivity, or administrative action of the agency as a condition 
of compliance with this Act. 
‘‘(b) In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘Executive agency’ in section 133 
of title 41, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘social cost of carbon’ means the 
social cost of carbon as described in the technical 
support document entitled ‘Technical Support Docu-
ment: Technical 15 Update of the Social Cost of 
Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Exec-
utive Order No. 12866’, published by the Inter-
agency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, 
United States Government, in May 2013, revised in 
November 2013, or any successor or substantially 
related document, or any other estimate of the mon-
etized damages associated with an incremental in-
crease in carbon dioxide emissions in a given year.’’. 
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ing 15 years for any assistance that is at-
tached—
‘‘(i) to projects assisted under a State
program that permits the owner of the
projects to prepay a State assisted or sub-
sidized mortgage on the structure; and
‘‘(ii) for the purpose of providing in-
centives to owners to preserve such
projects for occupancy by low- and mod-
erate-income families (for the period that
assistance under this subparagraph is
available) and assisting low-income tenants
to afford any increases in rent that may be
required to induce the owner to maintain
occupancy in the project by low- and mod-
erate-income tenants.
Any assistance provided to low-income tenants
in the manner described in this subparagraph
shall not be considered for purposes of the limi-
tation under subsection (h)(2) regarding the
percentage of families that may receive assist-
ance under this section who do not qualify for
preferences under such subsection.
‘‘(4) SERVICE COORDINATORS.—In determining
the amount of assistance provided under an assist-
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‘‘(II) present employees (or former employ-
ees who were covered while employed) of the
sponsoring employee organization, of an em-
ployer who is or was a party to any of the col-
lective bargaining agreements, or of the plan or
other arrangement or a related plan or arrange-
ment (nor covered on the basis of such present
or former employment),
does not exceed 15 percent of the total number of
individuals who are covered under the plan or ar-
rangement and who are present or former employees
who are or were covered under the plan or arrange-
ment pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement
with a participating employer. The requirements of
the preceding provisions of this clause shall be treat-
ed as satisfied if, as of the end of the preceding plan
year, such covered individuals are comprised solely
of individuals who were covered individuals under
the plan or other arrangement as of the date of the
enactment of the Health Coverage Availability and
Affordability Act 1996 and, as of the end of the pre-
ceding plan year, the number of such covered indi-
viduals does not exceed 25 percent of the total num-
ber of present and former employees enrolled under
the plan or other arrangement.
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘based on scientifically 
based research’’ and inserting ‘‘evi-
dence-based’’; and 
(II) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘part’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart’’; 
(v) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘such as Head Start, Even Start, Early 
Reading First or State-run preschool pro-
grams’’; 
(vi) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘highly qualified’’ and inserting ‘‘effective’’; 
(vii) in subparagraph (F)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘in accordance 
with subsection (e)(3) and section 
1119,’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘part’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subpart’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘pupil services 
personnel’’ and inserting ‘‘specialized 
instructional support personnel’’; and 
(viii) in subparagraph (H), by striking 
‘‘vocational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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what action to take, the court shall consider the defend-
ant’s employment status, earning ability, financial re-
sources, the willfulness in failing to comply with the res-
titution order, and any other circumstances that may have
a bearing on the defendant’s ability to comply with the
restitution order.
‘‘(k) An order of restitution may be enforced—
‘‘(1) by the United States—
‘‘(A) in the manner provided for the collec-
tion and payment of fines in subchapter B of
chapter 229 of this title; or
‘‘(B) in the same manner as a judgment in
a civil action; and
‘‘(2) by a victim named in the order to receive
the restitution, in the same manner as a judgment
in a civil action.
‘‘(l) A victim or the offender may petition the court
at any time to modify a restitution order as appropriate
in view of a change in the economic circumstances of the
offender.’’.
(b) PROCEDURE FOR ISSUING ORDER OF RESTITU-
TION.—Section 3664 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a);
(2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d),
and (e) as subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d);
(3) by amending subsection (a), as redesignated
by paragraph (2), to read as follows:
‘‘(a) The court may order the probation service of the
court to obtain information pertaining to the amount of
loss sustained by any victim as a result of the offense,
the financial resources of the defendant, the financial
needs and earning ability of the defendant and the defend-
ant’s dependents, and such other factors as the court
deems appropriate. The probation service of the court
shall include the information collected in the report of
presentence investigation or in a separate report, as the
court directs.’’; and
(4) by adding at the end thereof the following
new subsection:
‘‘(e) The court may refer any issue arising in connec-
tion with a proposed order of restitution to a magistrate
or special master for proposed findings of fact and rec-
ommendations as to disposition, subject to a de novo de-
termination of the issue by the court.’’.
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‘‘SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.
‘‘(a) ELIMINATION OR MODIFICATIONS OF DUTIES.—
The President is authorized to proclaim elimination or
modification of any existing duty as the President deter-
mines is necessary to exempt any article from duty if—
‘‘(1) that article is wholly the growth, product,
or manufacture of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip,
or a qualifying industrial zone or is a new or dif-
ferent article of commerce that has been grown, pro-
duced, or manufactured in the West Bank, the Gaza
Strip, or a qualifying industrial zone;
‘‘(2) that article is imported directly from the
West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Israel, or a qualifying
industrial zone; and
‘‘(3) the sum of—
‘‘(A) the cost or value of the materials pro-
duced in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Israel,
or a qualifying industrial zone, plus
‘‘(B) the direct costs of processing oper-
ations performed in the West Bank, the Gaza
Strip, Israel, or a qualifying industrial zone,
is not less than 35 percent of the appraised value of
the product at the time it is entered into the United
States.
For purposes of determining the 35 percent content re-
quirement contained in paragraph (3), the cost or value
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159.63 feet to a point of beginning, containing 3.22
acres, more or less.
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I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3073
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to allow the continued
operation of certain overlapping stations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 12, 1996
Mrs. ROUKEMA (for herself and Mr. TORRICELLI) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to
allow the continued operation of certain overlapping stations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FM TRANSLATOR STATIONS.
Section 331 of the Act (47 U.S.C. 331) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) FM TRANSLATOR STATIONS.—It shall be the
policy of the Commission, to extend to licensed FM trans-
lator stations, operating in a county which has a popu-
lation of more than 750,000 persons that lacks a commer-
cial FM station assignment—
‘‘(1) authority for local programming origina-
tion, provided such FM translator station abides by
all rules and regulations of the Commission regard-
ing program material, content, and schedule, which
authority shall be effective upon written notification
to the Commission from the licensee of the FM
translator station; and
‘‘(2) authority to operate with an effective radi-
ated power not to exceed 1,000 watts, if—
‘‘(A) the FM translator station is not lo-
cated within 320 kilometers (approximately 199
miles) of either the Canadian or Mexican bor-
ders,
‘‘(B) the FM translator station’s interfer-
ing contour would not create a new area of
overlap attributable only to the FM translator
station within the protected contour of a
cochannel or first-adjacent channel facility, and
‘‘(C) the FM translator station complies
with the requirements of part 74 of the regula-
tions of the Commission (47 C.F.R. 74.1 et
seq.),
which authority shall be effective upon grant of a
minor change application for construction permit.
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‘‘(b) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 
shall be referred in each House of Congress to the commit-
tees having jurisdiction over the provision of law under 
which the rule is issued. 
‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee or committees 
to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 
been referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session 
days after its introduction, such committee or committees 
shall be automatically discharged from further consider-
ation of the resolution and it shall be placed on the cal-
endar. A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be 
taken on or before the close of the 15th session day after 
the resolution is reported by the committee or committees 
to which it was referred, or after such committee or com-
mittees have been discharged from further consideration 
of the resolution. 
‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee or com-
mittees to which a joint resolution is referred have re-
ported, or when a committee or committees are discharged 
(under subsection (c)) from further consideration of a 
joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is at any 
time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion 
to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion 
to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 
all points of order against the joint resolution (and against 
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H. R. 3074
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
An Act
To amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985
to provide the President with additional proclamation authority with respect
to articles of the West Bank or Gaza Strip or a qualifying industrial zone.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.
The United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act
of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.
‘‘(a) ELIMINATION OR MODIFICATIONS OF DUTIES.—The President
is authorized to proclaim elimination or modification of any existing
duty as the President determines is necessary to exempt any article
from duty if—
‘‘(1) that article is wholly the growth, product, or manufac-
ture of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a qualifying industrial
zone or is a new or different article of commerce that has
been grown, produced, or manufactured in the West Bank,
the Gaza Strip, or a qualifying industrial zone;
‘‘(2) that article is imported directly from the West Bank,
the Gaza Strip, Israel, or a qualifying industrial zone; and
‘‘(3) the sum of—
‘‘(A) the cost or value of the materials produced in
the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Israel, or a qualifying
industrial zone, plus
‘‘(B) the direct costs of processing operations performed
in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Israel, or a qualifying
industrial zone,
is not less than 35 percent of the appraised value of the product
at the time it is entered into the United States.
For purposes of determining the 35 percent content requirement
contained in paragraph (3), the cost or value of materials which
are used in the production of an article in the West Bank, the
Gaza Strip, or a qualifying industrial zone, and are the products
of the United States, may be counted in an amount up to 15
percent of the appraised value of the article.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF
THE AGREE-
MENT.—
‘‘(1) NONQUALIFYING
OPERATIONS.—No article shall be
considered a new or different article of commerce under this
section, and no material shall be included for purposes of deter-
of materials which are used in the production of an article
in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a qualifying indus-
trial zone, and are the products of the United States, may
be counted in an amount up to 15 percent of the appraised
value of the article.
‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF
THE AGREEMENT.—
‘‘(1) NONQUALIFYING OPERATIONS.—No article
shall be considered a new or different article of com-
merce under this section, and no material shall be
included for purposes of determining the 35 percent
requirement of subsection (a)(3), by virtue of having
merely undergone—
‘‘(A) simple combining or packaging oper-
ations, or
‘‘(B) mere dilution with water or with an-
other substance that does not materially alter
the characteristics of the article or material.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW OR DIFFERENT
ARTICLE
OF
COMMERCE.—For purposes of sub-
section (a)(1), an article is a ‘new or different article
of commerce’ if it is substantially transformed into
an article having a new name, character, or use.
‘‘(3) COST OR VALUE OF MATERIALS.—(A) For
purposes of this section, the cost or value of mate-
HR 3074 RFS
‘‘(B) mere dilution with water or with an-
other substance that does not materially alter
the characteristics of the article or material.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW OR DIFFERENT
ARTICLE
OF
COMMERCE.—For purposes of sub-
section (a)(1), an article is a ‘new or different article
of commerce’ if it is substantially transformed into
an article having a new name, character, or use.
‘‘(3) COST OR VALUE OF MATERIALS.—(A) For
purposes of this section, the cost or value of mate-
rials produced in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or
a qualifying industrial zone includes—
‘‘(i) the manufacturer’s actual cost for the
materials;
‘‘(ii) when not included in the manufactur-
er’s actual cost for the materials, the freight,
insurance, packing, and all other costs incurred
in transporting the materials to the manufac-
turer’s plant;
‘‘(iii) the actual cost of waste or spoilage,
less the value of recoverable scrap; and
‘‘(iv) taxes or duties imposed on the mate-
rials by the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, or a
qualifying industrial zone, if such taxes or du-
ties are not remitted on exportation.
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‘‘(iii) The employee organization or other entity
sponsoring the plan or other arrangement certifies
to the Secretary each year, in a form and manner
which shall be prescribed in regulations of the Sec-
retary that the plan or other arrangement meets the
requirements of clauses (i) and (ii).
‘‘(D) A plan or arrangement is established or main-
tained in accordance with this subparagraph only if—
‘‘(i) all of the benefits provided under the plan
or arrangement are fully insured (as defined in sec-
tion 701(2)), or
‘‘(ii)(I) the plan or arrangement is a multiem-
ployer plan, and
‘‘(II) the requirements of clause (B) of the pro-
viso to clause (5) of section 302(c) of the Labor
Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C.
186(c)) are met with respect to such plan or other
arrangement.
‘‘(E) A plan or arrangement is established or main-
tained in accordance with this subparagraph only if—
‘‘(i) the plan or arrangement is in effect as of
the date of the enactment of the Health Coverage
Availability and Affordability Act of 1996, or
‘‘(ii) the employee organization or other entity
sponsoring the plan or arrangement—
(ii) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘residen-
tial water-efficient product, building, land-
scape, process, or service’’ includes— 
(I) faucets; 
(II) irrigation technologies and 
services; 
(III) point-of-use water treat-
ment devices; 
(IV) reuse and recycling tech-
nologies; 
(V) toilets; 
(VI) clothes washers; 
(VII) dishwashers; 
(VIII) showerheads; 
(IX) xeriscaping and other land-
scape conversions that replace irri-
gated turf; 
(X) new water efficient homes 
certified under the WaterSense pro-
gram; 
(XI) green stormwater installa-
tions such as permeable pavement, 
rain gardens, rain barrels, and green 
roofs; 
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cability of such requirement for the loan only after
determining, based on objective information, that—
‘‘(A) there is no longer a need for low- and
moderate-income housing in the market area in
which the housing is located;
‘‘(B) housing opportunities for low-income
households and minorities will not be reduced
as a result of the waiver; and
‘‘(C) additional Federal assistance will not
be necessary as a result of the waiver; and
‘‘(4) is located in a rural area.
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE LENDERS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—A loan may be guaran-
teed under this subsection only if the loan is made
by a lender that the Secretary determines—
‘‘(A) meets the qualifications, and has been
approved by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, to make loans for multi-
family housing that are to be insured under the
National Housing Act;
‘‘(B) meets the qualifications, and has
been approved by the Federal National Mort-
gage Association and the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, to make loans for multi-