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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 772 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue 
regulations to improve flight recorder and aircraft crash location require-
ments on certain commercial passenger aircraft in accordance with new 
International Civil Aviation Organization flight recorder standards. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2015 
Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. PRICE of North Carolina) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to issue regulations to improve flight recorder 
and aircraft crash location requirements on certain com-
mercial passenger aircraft in accordance with new Inter-
national Civil Aviation Organization flight recorder 
standards. 
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 ‘‘Safe Aviation and 
Flight Enhancement Act of 2015’’. 
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‘‘
9902.32.19
(3S)-2,2-Di-
methyl-3-
thiomorpholine
carboxylic acid
(CAS No. 84915–
43–5) (provided
for in subheading
2934.90.90) .........
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2000
’’.
SEC. 2090. DIIODOMETHYL-P-TOLYLSULFONE.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.32.90
Diiodomethyl-p-
tolylsulfone (CAS
No. 20018–09–1)
(provided for in
subheading
2930.90.10) ..........
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2000
’’.
SEC. 
2091. 
2-ETHOXY-2,3-DIHYDRO-3,3-DIMETHYL-5-
BENZOFURANYL 
METHANESULFONATE
(ETHOFUMESATE).
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.31.20
2-Ethoxy-2,3-
dihydro-3,3-di-
methyl-5-
benzofuranyl-
methanesulfonate
(ethofumesate)
singularly or in
mixture with ap-
plication adju-
vants (CAS No.
26225–79–6)
(provided for in
subheadings
2932.99.08 and
3808.30.15) .........
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/99
’’.
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the donor or the representative of the donor to the Chair-
man. The Chairman shall enter the proceeds in a special
interest-bearing account to the credit of the appropriate
Endowment for the purposes specified in each case.
SEC. 322. (a) WATERSHED RESTORATION AND EN-
HANCEMENT AGREEMENTS.—For fiscal years 1999 and
2000, appropriations for the Forest Service may be used
by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of entering
into cooperative agreements with willing State and local
governments, private and nonprofit entities and land-
owners for protection, restoration and enhancement of fish
and wildlife habitat, and other resources on public or pri-
vate land or both that benefit these resources within the
watershed.
(b) DIRECT
AND INDIRECT WATERSHED AGREE-
MENTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture may enter into a
watershed restoration and enhancement agreement—
(1) directly with a willing private landowner; or
(2) indirectly through an agreement with a
State, local or tribal government or other public en-
tity, educational institution, or private nonprofit
organization.
(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—In order for the Sec-
retary to enter into a watershed restoration and enhance-
ment agreement—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State may, on be-
half of a local government located within the 
State, submit a notice of past-due, legally en-
forceable local tax obligation for offset under 
this subsection. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULES.—Such submission 
and offset shall be made with respect to any 
past-due, legally enforceable local tax obligation 
under rules similar to the rules of this sub-
section (other than this paragraph), except— 
‘‘(i) under paragraph (3)(A), any re-
duction attributable to a past-due, legally 
enforceable local tax obligation shall be 
made (in addition to reductions specified in 
such subparagraph) after the overpayment 
is reduced pursuant to— 
‘‘(I) this subsection with respect 
to any past-due, legally enforceable 
State income tax obligation; and 
‘‘(II) subsection (f) with respect 
to any covered unemployment com-
pensation debt; and 
‘‘(ii) the local government on whose 
behalf a State is submitting shall certify to 
the State that the requirements of para-
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sonably convenient and accessible format, of the in-
formation described in paragraph (2) for precincts 
and polling places within such State or political sub-
division. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The informa-
tion described in this paragraph with respect to a 
precinct or polling place is as follows: 
‘‘(A) The name or number. 
‘‘(B) In the case of a polling place, the lo-
cation, including the street address. 
‘‘(C) The voting-age population of the area 
served by the precinct or polling place, broken 
down by demographic group if such breakdown 
is reasonably available to such State or political 
subdivision. 
‘‘(D) The number of registered voters as-
signed to the precinct or polling place, broken 
down by demographic group if such breakdown 
is reasonably available to such State or political 
subdivision. 
‘‘(E) The number of voting machines as-
signed. 
‘‘(F) The number of official paid poll 
workers assigned. 
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‘‘(iii) the Secretary grants a waiver to 
such corporation under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(3) MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
prescribe regulations for purposes of deter-
mining cases in which the management and 
control of a corporation is to be treated as oc-
curring primarily within the United States. 
‘‘(B) EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SENIOR 
MANAGEMENT.—Such regulations shall provide 
that— 
‘‘(i) the management and control of a 
corporation shall be treated as occurring 
primarily within the United States if sub-
stantially all of the executive officers and 
senior management of the corporation who 
exercise day-to-day responsibility for mak-
ing decisions involving strategic, financial, 
and operational policies of the corporation 
are located primarily within the United 
States, and 
‘‘(ii) individuals who are not executive 
officers and senior management of the cor-
poration (including individuals who are of-
ficers or employees of other corporations in 
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SEC. 2092. SKATING BOOTS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF IN-LINE ROLLER SKATES.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.64.04
Skating boots for
use in the manu-
facture of in-line
roller skates (pro-
vided for in sub-
heading
6404.11.90) ...........
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2000
’’.
SEC. 2093. 2-4-DICHLORO-5-HYDRAZINO-PHENOL-MONOHY-
DROCHLORIDE.
Subchapter II of Chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.30.98
2-4-Dichloro-5-
hydrazino-phe-
nol-
monohydrochlo-
ride (CAS No.
189573–21–5)
(provided for in
subheading
2928.00.25) ......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/98
’’.
SEC. 2094. 3-MERCAPTO-D-VALINE.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in
numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.32.66
3-Mercapto-D-
valine (CAS
No. 52–67–5)
(provided for
in subheading
2930.90.45) ....
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2000
’’.
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SEC. 1107. REVIEW OF PLANS.
(a) REVIEW AND NOTICE.—
(1) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall conduct a
limited review of each local housing management
plan submitted to the Secretary to ensure that the
plan is complete and complies with the requirements
of section 1106. The Secretary shall have the discre-
tion to review a plan to the extent that the Secretary
considers review is necessary.
(2) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall notify each
public housing agency submitting a plan whether the
plan complies with such requirements not later than
75 days after receiving the plan. If the Secretary
does not notify the public housing agency, as re-
quired under this subsection and subsection (b), the
Secretary shall be considered, for purposes of this
division, to have made a determination that the plan
complies with the requirements under section 1106
and the agency shall be considered to have been no-
tified of compliance upon the expiration of such 75-
day period. The preceding sentence shall not pre-
clude judicial review regarding such compliance pur-
suant to chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, or
an action regarding such compliance under section
1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States
(42 U.S.C. 1983).
with or within the first taxable year fol-
lowing the election year, over 
‘‘(ii) the qualified payroll of the tax-
payer for calendar year 2014, bears to 
‘‘(B) 10 percent of the qualified payroll of 
the taxpayer for calendar year 2014. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED
PAYROLL.—For purposes of 
this paragraph: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
payroll’ means, with respect to a taxpayer for 
any calendar year, the aggregate wages (as de-
fined in section 3121(a)) paid by the corpora-
tion during such calendar year. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CHANGES IN OWN-
ERSHIP OF TRADES OR BUSINESSES.— 
‘‘(i) ACQUISITIONS.—If, after Decem-
ber 31, 2013, and before the close of the 
first taxable year following the election 
year, a taxpayer acquires the trade or busi-
ness of a predecessor, then the qualified 
payroll of such taxpayer for any calendar 
year shall be increased by so much of the 
qualified payroll of the predecessor for 
such calendar year as was attributable to 
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the teacher’s teaching accomplishments, leadership, 
and increased responsibilities, which amount shall— 
‘‘(A) supplement, and not supplant, the 
teacher’s base salary; and 
‘‘(B) be equal to— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a teacher who 
teaches at a public school, including a 
charter school, that is a high-need school, 
$15,000 per year for each year the teacher 
serves as a member of the Corps; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a teacher who 
teaches at a public school, including a 
charter school, that is not a high-need 
school, $5,000 per year for each year the 
teacher serves as a member of the Corps; 
‘‘(3) provide research-based professional devel-
opment activities for members of the STEM Master 
Teacher 
Corps, 
as 
described 
in 
subsection 
2158(b)(6), and track the effectiveness of such pro-
fessional development in order to determine whether 
to alter professional development activities; 
‘‘(4) provide discretionary resources for STEM 
Master Teacher Corps members at high-need public 
schools to use in their classrooms and schools, in-
cluding for afterschool activities, to enrich STEM 
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(2) The term ‘‘IUU fishing’’ means any activity 
set out in paragraph 3 of the 2001 FAO Inter-
national Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Elimi-
nate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. 
(3) The term ‘‘listed IUU vessel’’ means a ves-
sel that is included in a list of vessels having en-
gaged in IUU fishing or fishing-related activities in 
support of IUU fishing that has been adopted by a 
regional fisheries management organization of which 
the United States is a member, or a list adopted by 
a regional fisheries management organization of 
which the United States is not a member if the Sec-
retary determines the criteria used by that organiza-
tion to create the IUU list is comparable to criteria 
adopted by RFMOs of which the United States is a 
member for identifying IUU vessels and activities. 
(4) The term ‘‘Magnuson-Stevens Act’’ means 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). 
(5) The term ‘‘person’’ has the same meaning 
as that term has in section 3 of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Act (16 U.S.C. 1802). 
(6) The terms ‘‘RFMO’’ and ‘‘regional fisheries 
management organization’’ mean a regional fisheries 
management organization (as that term is defined 
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U.S.C. 1920), the Veterans’ Special Life Insurance Fund
(38 U.S.C. 1923), and the United States Government Life
Insurance Fund (38 U.S.C. 1955), reimburse the ‘‘General
operating expenses’’ account for the cost of administration
of the insurance programs financed through those accounts:
Provided, That reimbursement shall be made only from the
surplus earnings accumulated in an insurance program in
fiscal year 1999, that are available for dividends in that
program after claims have been paid and actuarially deter-
mined reserves have been set aside: Provided further, That
if the cost of administration of an insurance program ex-
ceeds the amount of surplus earnings accumulated in that
program, reimbursement shall be made only to the extent
of such surplus earnings: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall determine the cost of administration for fiscal
year 1999, which is properly allocable to the provision of
each insurance program and to the provision of any total
disability income insurance included in such insurance
program.
SEC. 108. In accordance with section 1557 of title 31,
United States Code, the following obligated balances shall
be exempt from subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title
and shall remain available for expenditure without fiscal
year limitation: (1) funds obligated by the Department of
Veterans Affairs for lease numbers 084B–05–94, 084B–07–
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Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed,
not to exceed $68,881,000.
RURAL HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an Office of Rural Housing and Economic Devel-
opment to be established in the Office of Housing in the
Department 
of 
Housing 
and 
Urban 
Development,
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the amount under this heading, $10,000,000 shall
be used to establish a clearinghouse of ideas for innovative
strategies for rural housing and economic development and
revitalization, of which $8,000,000 shall be awarded by
June 1, 1999 directly to local rural nonprofits, community
development corporations and Indian tribes to support ca-
pacity building and technical assistance: Provided further,
That of the amount under this heading, $5,000,000 shall
be awarded by June 1, 1999 as seed support for Indian
tribes and nonprofits and community development corpora-
tions in states which have limited capacity in rural areas:
Provided further, That of the amount under this heading,
$20,000,000 shall be awarded by June 1, 1999 to Indian
tribes and state housing finance agencies to support innova-
tive community development initiatives in rural commu-
nities: Provided further, That all grants shall be awarded
on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the
145
curity Act of 1974) provided to such similarly situ-
ated participants and beneficiaries under the plan.
‘‘(c) PATIENT ACCESS TO OBSTETRIC AND GYNECO-
LOGICAL CARE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In any case in which a
group health plan (or a health insurance issuer of-
fering health insurance coverage in connection with
the plan)—
‘‘(A) provides benefits under the terms of
the plan consisting of—
‘‘(i) routine gynecological care (such
as preventive women’s health examina-
tions); or
‘‘(ii) routine obstetric care (such as
routine pregnancy-related services),
provided by a participating physician who spe-
cializes in such care (or provides benefits con-
sisting of payment for such care); and
‘‘(B) the plan requires or provides for des-
ignation by a participant or beneficiary of a
participating primary care provider,
if the primary care provider designated by such a
participant or beneficiary is not such a physician,
then the plan (or issuer) shall meet the requirements
of paragraph (2).
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tation, and modification of real and personal property, and
acquisition or condemnation of real property, as authorized
by law; space flight, spacecraft control and communications
activities including operations, production, and services;
and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance and operation of
mission and administrative aircraft, $4,257,400,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That
none of the funds provided under this heading may be uti-
lized to support the development or operations of the Inter-
national Space Station.
AERONAUTICS, SPACE TRANSPORTATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in
the conduct and support of aeronautics, space transpor-
tation, and technology research and development activities,
including research, development, operations, and services;
maintenance; construction of facilities including repair, re-
habilitation, and modification of real and personal prop-
erty, and acquisition or condemnation of real property, as
authorized by law; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-
nance and operation of mission and administrative air-
craft, $1,305,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds provided under
this heading may be utilized to support the development
or operations of the International Space Station.
a grant to an education council, as described under sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(b) EDUCATION COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive the 
grant under subsection (a), the council shall be an 
education council (referred to in this section as the 
‘Education Council’) that meets the requirements of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Education Council 
shall consist of 15 members of whom— 
‘‘(A) 1 shall be the President of the Uni-
versity of Hawaii (or a designee); 
‘‘(B) 1 shall be the Governor of the State 
of Hawaii (or a designee); 
‘‘(C) 1 shall be the Superintendent of the 
State of Hawaii Department of Education (or a 
designee); 
‘‘(D) 1 shall be the chairperson of the Of-
fice of Hawaiian Affairs (or a designee); 
‘‘(E) 1 shall be the executive director of 
Hawaii’s Charter School Network (or a des-
ignee); 
‘‘(F) 1 shall be the chief executive officer 
of the Kamehameha Schools (or a designee); 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 775 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2015 
Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. BECERRA, 
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. COS-
TELLO of Pennsylvania, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. RYAN of 
Ohio, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
SESSIONS, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. RICHMOND, 
Mr. HONDA, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. 
RANGEL, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Mr. LONG, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
KING of New York, Mr. HARPER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 
BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN 
GRISHAM of New Mexico, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. WAGNER, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 
FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. TURNER, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. BISHOP of 
Utah, Mr. COLE, Mr. OLSON, and Mr. NOLAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and 
in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal 
the Medicare outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps, and 
for other purposes. 
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‘‘(C) DEFINITION TECHNICAL NONCOMPLI-
ANCE.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘technical noncompliance’ means an ar-
rangement that is in violation of subsection 
(a)(1) only because— 
‘‘(i) the arrangement is not set forth 
in writing; 
‘‘(ii) the arrangement is not signed by 
1 or more parties to the arrangement; or 
‘‘(iii) a prior arrangement expired and 
services continued without the execution of 
an amendment to such arrangement or a 
new arrangement. 
‘‘(D) APPLICABILITY TO PRE-ENACTMENT 
DISCLOSURES TO RELIEVE BACKLOG.—The Sec-
retary shall provide for the application of this 
paragraph to any technically noncompliant com-
pensation arrangement that has been disclosed, 
and to which there has not been a final settle-
ment as of the date of enactment of this para-
graph. 
‘‘(E) REPORT.—Not later than 24 months 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
the Inspector General of the Department of 
Health and Human Services shall submit to 
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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 ‘‘Medicare Access to 
Rehabilitation Services Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. OUTPATIENT THERAPY CAP REPEAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is amended by striking sub-
section (g). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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