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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 946 
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, 
join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2013 
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARR, Mr. 
BARTON, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BRADY of 
Texas, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. COLE, 
Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. DUNCAN of South Caro-
lina, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. FLEMING, Ms. FOXX, 
Mr. GARDNER, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOOD-
LATTE, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, 
Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. HUELSKAMP, 
Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. LAMALFA, 
Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LONG, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MEAD-
OWS, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. 
PERRY, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. 
ROSS, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. STOCKMAN, 
Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
and Mr. YOHO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employ-
ees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to 
refrain from such activities. 
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 ‘‘National Right-to- 
Work Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELA-
TIONS ACT. 
(a) Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act 
(the ‘‘Act’’) (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking ‘‘ex-
cept to’’ and all that follows through ‘‘authorized in sec-
tion 8(a)(3)’’. 
(b) Section 8(a) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 158(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘: Provided, That’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘retaining membership’’ in paragraph (3). 
(c) Section 8(b) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘or to discriminate’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘retaining membership’’ in paragraph (2) 
and by striking ‘‘covered by an agreement authorized 
under subsection (a)(3) of this section’’ in paragraph (5). 
(d) Section 8(f) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 158(f)) is 
amended by striking clause (2) and by redesignating 
clauses (3) and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT. 
Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) 
is amended by striking paragraph Eleventh. 
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(E) WAIVER AND REPORT TO CONGRESS.—
(i) In any case other than one in which an advi-
sory opinion has been issued under subpara-
graph (D) stating that a proposed activity would
not subject a person to sanctions under this
paragraph, the President may waive the applica-
tion of subparagraph (A) to a foreign person if
the President determines that such waiver is es-
sential to the national security of the United
States.
(ii) In the event that the President decides
to apply the waiver described in clause (i), the
President shall so notify the Congress not less
than 20 working days before issuing the waiver.
Such notification shall include a report fully ar-
ticulating the rationale and circumstances which
led the President to apply the waiver.
(F) ADDITIONAL
WAIVER.—The President
may waive the imposition of sanctions under
subparagraph (A) on a person with respect to a
product or service if the President certifies to the
Congress that—
(i) the product or service is essential to
the national security of the United States;
and
in subparagraph (B), funds made available to 
carry out this chapter may not be obligated for 
a project unless the steel, iron, and manufac-
tured goods used for the project are produced 
in the United States. 
‘‘(B) 
SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
ROLLING 
STOCK.—Funds made available to carry out 
this chapter may not be obligated for the pro-
curement of rolling stock (including train con-
trol, communication, traction power equipment, 
and rolling stock prototypes) unless— 
‘‘(i) the cost of components and sub-
components 
produced 
in 
the 
United 
States— 
‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2013 is more 
than 60 percent of the cost of all com-
ponents of the rolling stock; 
‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2014 is more 
than 70 percent of the cost of all com-
ponents of the rolling stock; 
‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2015 is 
more than 80 percent of the cost of 
all components of the rolling stock; 
‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2016 is 
more than 90 percent of the cost of 
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in a project funded with funds made available to 
carry out a provision specified in subsection (a)(1), 
including any project for which the Secretary has 
issued a waiver under subsection (b), if the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the United States Trade 
Representative, determines that the foreign country 
is in violation of the terms of an agreement with the 
United States by discriminating against steel, iron, 
or manufactured goods that are produced in the 
United States and covered by the agreement.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SUBTITLE
ANALYSIS.—The analysis for 
subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the item relating to chapter 
501 and inserting the following: 
‘‘501. Buy America ................................................................................... 50101’’. 
(2) CHAPTER
ANALYSIS.—The analysis for 
chapter 501 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
50101 and inserting the following: 
‘‘50101. Buy America.’’. 
(d) PROHIBITION
ON CONTRACTING UPON FAL-
SIFICATION OF LABEL.—Section 50105 of such title is 
amended by inserting ‘‘steel, iron, or manufactured’’ be-
fore ‘‘goods’’. 
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er under subsection (b) issued by the Adminis-
trator during the preceding calendar year; 
‘‘(C) summarizes the monetary value of 
contracts awarded pursuant to each such waiv-
er; 
‘‘(D) provides the justification for each 
such waiver, including the specific law, treaty, 
or international agreement under which the 
waiver was granted; 
‘‘(E) summarizes the funds expended on— 
‘‘(i) steel, iron, and manufactured 
goods produced in the United States for 
projects with respect to which the Buy 
America requirement under this section 
applied during the preceding calendar year; 
and 
‘‘(ii) steel, iron, and manufactured 
goods produced outside the United States 
for projects with respect to which the Ad-
ministrator issued a waiver under sub-
section (b) during the preceding calendar 
year; and 
‘‘(F) provides an employment impact anal-
ysis of the cumulative effect of all waivers 
under subsection (b) issued by the Adminis-
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to elections occurring after December 31, 2012. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 950 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to send 
a report to Congress indicating how amounts could be transferred within 
agencies and departments for fiscal year 2013 to avoid all furloughs 
or reductions in force. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2013 
Mr. FARENTHOLD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to send a report to Congress indicating how 
amounts could be transferred within agencies and depart-
ments for fiscal year 2013 to avoid all furloughs or 
reductions in force. 
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 ‘‘Protecting America’s 
Civilian Employees Act’’ or the ‘‘PACE Act’’. 
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(ii) such person is a sole source sup-
plier of the product or service, the product
or service is not available from any alter-
native reliable supplier, and the need for the
product or service cannot be met in a time-
ly manner by improved manufacturing
processes or technological developments.
(G) EXCEPTIONS
FROM
IMPORT
SANC-
TIONS.—The President shall not apply the sanc-
tion under this subsection prohibiting the impor-
tation of the products of a foreign person—
(i) in the case of procurement of de-
fense articles or defense services—
(I) under existing contracts or
subcontracts, including the exercise of
options for production quantities to
satisfy requirements essential to the
national security of the United States;
(II) if the President determines
that the person to which the sanctions
would be applied is a sole source sup-
plier of the defense articles and serv-
ices, that the defense articles or services
are essential to the national security of
the United States, and that alternative
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 94 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public 
funds for political party conventions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2013 
Mr. COLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit 
the use of public funds for political party conventions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITING USE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELEC-
TION CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR PARTY CONVEN-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 95 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 9008. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
of chapter 95 of such Code is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 9008. 
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SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF PAYMENTS TO CANDIDATES.— 
The third sentence of section 9006(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘, section 
9008(b)(3),’’. 
(b) REPORTS
BY FEDERAL ELECTION COMMIS-
SION.—Section 9009(a) of such Code is amended— 
(1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2); 
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3) and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), and (6). 
(c) PENALTIES.—Section 9012 of such Code is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the second 
sentence; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) 
and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
(d) AVAILABILITY
OF
PAYMENTS
FROM
PRESI-
DENTIAL PRIMARY MATCHING PAYMENT ACCOUNT.—The 
second sentence of section 9037(a) of such Code is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and for payments under section 
9008(b)(3)’’. 
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SEC. 2. OMB REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
The Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et shall prepare and submit a report to Congress indi-
cating how amounts could be transferred within agencies 
and departments for fiscal year 2013 to avoid all fur-
loughs or reductions in force without increasing the deficit 
of the Government for that fiscal year. 
SEC. 3. TIMELINE. 
The report described in section 1 shall be submitted 
to the Congress not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘specified 
first-year employment taxes’ means, with re-
spect to any specified small business, the taxes 
imposed under subsections (a) and (b) with re-
spect to wages paid during the specified first- 
year of such business. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIED
FIRST-YEAR.—The term 
‘specified first-year’ means, with respect to any 
specified small business, the 1-year period be-
ginning on the first date that any employee of 
such business performs any service for such 
business. 
‘‘(5) AGGREGATION RULES, ETC.—All persons 
treated as a single employer under subsection (a) or 
(b) of section 52 or subsection (m) or (o) of section 
414 shall be treated as one person for purposes of 
this subsection. Any reference in this subsection to 
any person shall include a reference to any prede-
cessor of such person. 
‘‘(6) TRUST
FUNDS
HELD
HARMLESS.—The 
amounts appropriated, deposited, or transferred to 
any trust fund shall be determined without regard to 
this subsection.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to any specified small business (as 
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defined in section 3111(f) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, as added by this section) the specified first-year 
of which (within the meaning of such section) begins after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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HR 849 RIS
SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF EXEMPTION.
(a) REPEAL OF REPEALER.—Section 3(b) of the Age
Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1986 (29
U.S.C. 623 note; Public Law 99–592) is repealed.
(b) EXEMPTION.—Section 4(j) of the Age Discrimi-
nation in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 623), as
in effect immediately before December 31, 1993—
(1) is hereby reenacted as such, and
(2) as so reenacted, is amended by striking ‘‘at-
tained the age’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1983,
and’’, and inserting the following:
‘‘attained—
‘‘(A) the age of hiring or retirement in ef-
fect under applicable State or local law on
March 3, 1983; or
‘‘(B) if the age of retirement was not in ef-
fect under applicable State or local law on
March 3, 1983, 55 years of age; and’’.
SEC. 3. STUDY AND GUIDELINES FOR PERFORMANCE
TESTS.
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 3 years after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Equal Em-
ployment Opportunity Commission (in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘the Chairman’’) shall conduct, directly or
by contract, a study that will include—
the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the out-
put of sodium compounds and related products at the 
point of shipment to market from Federal land in the 5- 
year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be 2 percent. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 957 
To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced 
on Federal lands, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2013 
Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. HIMES, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. MCCARTHY of 
California, and Mr. COOK) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for 
sodium produced on Federal lands, 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 ‘‘American Soda Ash 
Competitiveness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATE ON SODA ASH. 
Notwithstanding section 102(a)(9) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701(a)(9)), section 24 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 262), and the terms of any lease under that Act, 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3621
To amend the Anglo-Irish Support Act of 1986 to require that disbursements
from the International Fund for Ireland are distributed in accordance
with the MacBride principles of economic justice, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 12, 1996
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. KING, Mr. MANTON, Mr. WALSH, Mr. NEAL of
Massachusetts, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mrs. ROU-
KEMA, and Mrs. LOWEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To amend the Anglo-Irish Support Act of 1986 to require
that disbursements from the International Fund for Ire-
land are distributed in accordance with the MacBride
principles of economic justice, 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 ‘‘MacBride Principles
of Economic Justice Act of 1996’’.
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Union Calendar No. 123 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 957 
[Report No. 113–169] 
To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced 
on Federal lands, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2013 
Mrs. LUMMIS (for herself, Mr. HIMES, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. MCCARTHY of 
California, and Mr. COOK) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 22, 2013 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MCKEON, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. VALADAO 
JULY 22, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for 
sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘American Soda Ash 
Competitiveness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATE ON SODA ASH. 
Notwithstanding section 102(a)(9) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701(a)(9)), section 24 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 262), and the terms of any lease under that Act, 
the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the out-
put of sodium compounds and related products at the 
point of shipment to market from Federal land in the 5- 
year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be 2 percent. 
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Union Calendar No. 123 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 957 
[Report No. 113–169] 
A BILL 
To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be 
paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and 
for other purposes. 
JULY 22, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3620
To amend the Act of October 11, 1974 (Public Law 93–440; 88 Stat.
1257), to provide for the continued operation of certain tour businesses
in recently acquired areas of Big Cypress National Preserve.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 12, 1996
Mr. GOSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Act of October 11, 1974 (Public Law 93–
440; 88 Stat. 1257), to provide for the continued oper-
ation of certain tour businesses in recently acquired areas
of Big Cypress National Preserve.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 6 of the Act of October 11, 1974 (Public Law
93–440; 16 U.S.C. 698k), is amended by inserting ‘‘(a)’’
after ‘‘SEC. 6.’’, and by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(b) The Secretary may permit any person that, from
within the incorporated limits of Everglades City, Florida,
continuously provided motorized waterborne tours on navi-
gable waters within the Big Cypress National Preserve
Addition since December 18, 1992, to continue providing
those tours in accordance with requirements established
by the Secretary.’’.
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(B) refrain from the investment in public
debt obligations of amounts in either of such
Trust Funds,
if a purpose of such action or inaction is to not in-
crease the amount of outstanding public debt obliga-
tions, and
(2) no officer or employee of the United States
may disinvest amounts in either of such Trust
Funds which are invested in public debt obligations
if a purpose of the disinvestment is to reduce the
amount of outstanding public debt obligations.
(b) PROTECTION OF BENEFITS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
(a), during any period for which cash benefits or ad-
ministrative expenses would not otherwise be payable
from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund by reason of an inability to issue further
public debt obligations because of the applicable
public debt limit, public debt obligations held by
such Trush Fund shall be sold or redeemed only for
the purpose of making payment of such benefits or
administrative expenses and only to the extent cash
assets of such Trust Fund are not available from