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SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF MINERAL RIGHTS WITHIN THE NA-
TIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT.
Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to designate
the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the
State of Washington, and for other purposes’’, approved
August 26, 1982 (96 Stat. 302; 16 U.S.C. 431 note), is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and except
that the Secretary may acquire mineral and geo-
thermal interests only by exchange. It is the sense
of the Congress that in the case of mineral and geo-
thermal interests such exchanges should be com-
pleted within one year after the date of enactment
of this Act’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) EXPEDITIOUS COMPLETION OF MINERAL AND
GEOTHERMAL INTERESTS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
HOLDER.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘holder’ means a company, or its
successor, referred to in subsection (c).
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Within the period described
in paragraph (7), the Secretary of the Interior shall
acquire by exchange the mineral and geothermal in-
terests in the Monument of each holder.
‘‘(3) MONETARY CREDITS.—
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3409 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude payments received 
under the Work Colleges Program from gross income, including payments 
made from institutional funds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of Missouri (for himself, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
WOMACK, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BARR, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. 
LONG, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, and Mr. 
WELCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude 
payments received under the Work Colleges Program 
from gross income, including payments made from insti-
tutional funds. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FOR AMOUNTS RECEIVED UNDER 
THE WORK COLLEGES PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 117(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by striking the 
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HR 1659 PCS
‘‘(iv) not more than 10 percent of any
royalty, rental, or advance royalty payment
made to the United States to maintain any
mineral, oil or gas, or geothermal lease in
Alaska issued under the laws specified in
clause (i).
‘‘(B) VALUE OF CREDITS.—The total cred-
its of $4,200,000 in value issued under sub-
paragraph (A) are deemed to equal the fair
market value of all mineral and geothermal in-
terests to be conveyed by exchange under para-
graph (2).
‘‘(4) ACCEPTANCE OF CREDITS.—The Secretary
of the Interior shall accept credits issued under
paragraph (3)(A) in the same manner as cash for
the payments described in such paragraph. The use
of the credits shall be subject to the laws (including
regulations) governing such payments, to the extent
the laws are consistent with this subsection.
‘‘(5) TREATMENT OF CREDITS FOR DISTRIBU-
TION TO STATES.—All amounts in the form of cred-
its accepted by the Secretary of the Interior under
paragraph (4) for the payments described in para-
graph (3)(A) shall be considered to be money re-
ceived for the purpose of section 35 of the Mineral
period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘, 
or’’, and by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(C) a comprehensive student work-learn-
ing-service program (as defined in section 
448(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965) 
operated by a work college (as defined in such 
section).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts received in taxable 
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trademark Law Trea-
ty Implementation Act’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCE TO THE TRADEMARK ACT OF 1946.
For purposes of this Act, the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to provide for the registration and protection of trade-
marks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of
certain international conventions, and for other purposes’’,
approved July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.), shall be
referred to as the ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION; VERIFICATION.
(a) APPLICATION FOR USE OF TRADEMARK.—Sec-
tion 1(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1051(a)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. (a)(1) The owner of a trademark used
in commerce may request registration of its trademark on
the principal register hereby established by paying the pre-
scribed fee and filing in the Patent and Trademark Office
an application and a verified statement, in such form as
may be prescribed by the Commissioner, and such number
of specimens or facsimiles of the mark as used as may
be required by the Commissioner.
‘‘(2) The application shall include specification of the
applicant’s domicile and citizenship, the date of the appli-
cant’s first use of the mark, the date of the applicant’s
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1660
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the Generalized System of
Preferences until May 31, 2007.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 1997
Mr. CRANE (for himself and Mr. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the Generalized
System of Preferences until May 31, 2007.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 505 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2465) is amended by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting
‘‘2007’’.
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‘‘(f) If the registrant is not domiciled in the United
States, the registrant shall designate by a written docu-
ment filed in the Patent and Trademark Office the name
and address of some person resident in the United States
on whom may be served notices or process in proceedings
affecting the mark. Such notices or process may be served
upon the person so designated by leaving with that person
or mailing to that person a copy thereof at the address
specified in the last designation so filed. If the person so
designated cannot be found at the address given in the
last designation, such notice or process may be served
upon the Commissioner.’’.
SEC. 6. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.
Section 9 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1059) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION
‘‘SEC. 9. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 8,
each registration may be renewed for periods of 10 years
at the end of each successive 10-year period following the
date of registration upon payment of the prescribed fee
and the filing of a written application, in such form as
may be prescribed by the Commissioner. Such application
may be made at any time within 1 year before the end
of each successive 10-year period for which the registra-
tion was issued or renewed, or it may be made within a
grace period of 6 months after the end of each successive
last designation, such notice or process may be served
upon the Commissioner.’’.
SEC. 6. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.
Section 9 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1059) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION
‘‘SEC. 9. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 8,
each registration may be renewed for periods of 10 years
at the end of each successive 10-year period following the
date of registration upon payment of the prescribed fee
and the filing of a written application, in such form as
may be prescribed by the Commissioner. Such application
may be made at any time within 1 year before the end
of each successive 10-year period for which the registra-
tion was issued or renewed, or it may be made within a
grace period of 6 months after the end of each successive
10-year period, upon payment of a fee and surcharge pre-
scribed therefor. If any application filed during the grace
period is deficient, the deficiency may be corrected within
the time prescribed after notification of the deficiency,
upon payment of a surcharge prescribed therefor.
‘‘(b) If the Commissioner refuses to renew the reg-
istration, the Commissioner shall notify the registrant of
the Commissioner’s refusal and the reasons therefor.
‘‘(c) If the registrant is not domiciled in the United
States, the registrant shall designate by a written docu-
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1661
To implement the provisions of the Trademark Law Treaty.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1997
Mr. COBLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To implement the provisions of the Trademark Law Treaty.
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 ‘‘Trademark Law Trea-
ty Implementation Act’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCE TO THE TRADEMARK ACT OF 1946.
For purposes of this Act, the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to provide for the registration and protection of trade-
marks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of
certain international conventions, and for other purposes’’,
approved July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.), shall be
referred to as the ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION; VERIFICATION.
(a) APPLICATION FOR USE OF TRADEMARK.—Sec-
tion 1(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1051(a)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. (a)(1) The owner of a trademark used
in commerce may request registration of its trademark on
the principal register hereby established by paying the pre-
scribed fee and filing in the Patent and Trademark Office
an application and a verified statement, in such form as
may be prescribed by the Commissioner, and such number
of specimens or facsimiles of the mark as used as may
be required by the Commissioner.
‘‘(2) The application shall include specification of the
applicant’s domicile and citizenship, the date of the appli-
cant’s first use of the mark, the date of the applicant’s
first use of the mark in commerce, the goods in connection
with which the mark is used, and a drawing of the mark.
‘‘(3) The statement shall be verified by the applicant
and specify that—
‘‘(A) the person making the verification believes
that he or she, or the juristic person in whose behalf
he or she makes the verification, to be the owner of
the mark sought to be registered;
‘‘(B) to the best of the verifier’s knowledge and
belief, the facts recited in the application are accu-
rate;
‘‘(1) For registrations issued pursuant to the
provisions of this Act, at the end of 6 years following
the date of registration.
‘‘(2) For registrations published under the provi-
sions of section 12(c), at the end of 6 years following
the date of publication under such section.
‘‘(3) For all registrations, at the end of each suc-
cessive 10-year period following the date of registra-
tion.
‘‘(b) During the 1-year period immediately preceding
the end of the applicable time period set forth in subsection
(a), the owner of the registration shall pay the prescribed
fee and file in the Patent and Trademark Office—
‘‘(1) an affidavit setting forth those goods or
services recited in the registration on or in connection
with which the mark is in use in commerce and such
number of specimens or facsimiles showing current
use of the mark as may be required by the Commis-
sioner; or
‘‘(2) an affidavit setting forth those goods or
services recited in the registration on or in connection
with which the mark is not in use in commerce and
showing that any such nonuse is due to special cir-
cumstances which excuse such nonuse and is not due
to any intention to abandon the mark.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3414 
To improve the certification and licensing of employees and medical labora-
tories of the Department of Veterans Affairs that furnish prosthetic 
and orthotic services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. STIVERS (for himself, Mrs. BEATTY, and Mr. TAKANO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To improve the certification and licensing of employees and 
medical laboratories of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs that furnish prosthetic and orthotic services, 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 ‘‘Veterans Access to 
Orthotic and Prosthetic Care Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT OF CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING 
OF EMPLOYEES AND LABORATORIES OF DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS THAT 
FURNISH PROSTHETIC AND ORTHOTIC SERV-
ICES. 
(a) CERTIFICATION
AND LICENSING
OF EMPLOY-
EES.—Beginning not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall ensure that each prosthetist and orthotist of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and each employee 
of the Department that provides prosthetic or orthotic 
services (as determined by the Secretary), meets all cur-
rent certification and licensing requirements applicable to 
such prosthetist, orthotist, or other employee, as the case 
may be, consistent with the provisions of section 427 en-
acted for the Medicare program in BIPA 2000. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF LABS.—Beginning not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that each 
orthotic or prosthetic facility and laboratory of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs that provides prosthetic and 
orthotic services is certified by one of the nationally recog-
nized accrediting bodies, as provided for Medicare in sec-
tion 427 of BIPA 2000. 
(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
less frequently than annually thereafter for four 
years, the Inspector General of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report 
on the compliance of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs with the requirements under subsections (a) 
and (b). 
(2) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Each report sub-
mitted under paragraph (1) shall include such rec-
ommendations with respect to improving the compli-
ance of the Department with the requirements under 
subsections (a) and (b) as the Inspector General 
considers appropriate. 
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total number of individuals denied access to flight training 
during the calendar year preceding the year in which each 
such report is submitted, in accordance with this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 44939 of title 
49, United States Code, as redesignated by subsection (a) 
of this section, is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL CHANGES.—Subsections (a), (b), (c), 
(d), and (i) of section 44939 of title 49, United State 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration, on behalf of’’ be-
fore ‘‘the Secretary’’. 
(d) 
CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The 
amendments 
made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to an indi-
vidual seeking flight training on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 9. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.
(a) CANCELLATION OF FUNCTIONAL MARKS.—Section
14(3) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1064(3))
is amended by inserting ‘‘or is functional,’’ before ‘‘or has
been abandoned’’.
(b) INCONTESTABILITY DEFENSES.—Section 33(b) of
the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1115(b)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(8) That the mark is functional; or’’.
SEC. 10. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
(a) REGISTRATIONS IN 20-YEAR TERM.—The provi-
sions of section 8(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946, as
amended by section 5 of this Act, shall apply to a registra-
tion for trademark issued or renewed for a 20-year term,
and existing on the effective date of this Act, on and after
the date that is 1 year before the date on which the 20-
year term expires.
(b) APPLICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION.—This Act and
the amendments made by this Act shall apply to any appli-
cation for registration of a trademark pending on, or filed
on or after, the effective date of this Act.
(c) AFFIDAVITS.—The provisions of section 8(b) of the
Trademark Act of 1946, as amended by section 5 of this
Act, shall apply to the filing of an affidavit if the sixth
anniversary of the registration, or publication under section
12(c) of the Trademark Act of 1946, for which the affidavit
is filed is on or after the effective date of this Act.
(d) RENEWAL APPLICATIONS.—The amendment made
by section 6 shall apply to the filing of an application for
renewal of a registration if the expiration date of the reg-
istration for which the renewal application is filed is on
or after the effective date of this Act.
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect—
(1) on the date that is 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, or
(2) upon the entry into force of the Trademark
Law Treaty with respect to the United States,
whichever occurs first.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING
DAMS AND WEIRS, EMIGRANT WILDERNESS,
STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFOR-
NIA.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into an
agreement with a non-Federal entity, under which the en-
tity will retain, maintain, and operate at private expense
the 18 concrete dams and weirs located within the bound-
aries of the Emigrant Wilderness in the Stanislaus Na-
tional Forest, California, as designated by section 2(b) of
Public Law 93–632 (88 Stat. 2154; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note).
The Secretary shall require the entity to operate and
maintain the dams and weirs at the level of operation and
maintenance that applied to such dams and weirs before
the date of the enactment of such Act, January 3, 1975.
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
President may treat as an affirmative determination under 
such chapter by reason of section 330(d) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930), the Commission shall also find (and report to 
the President at the time such injury determination is sub-
mitted to the President) whether imports of the article 
from Australia are a substantial cause of serious injury 
or threat thereof. 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL
DETERMINATION
REGARDING 
AUSTRALIAN IMPORTS.—In determining the nature and 
extent of action to be taken under chapter 1 of title II 
of the Trade Act of 1974, the President shall determine 
whether imports from Australia are a substantial cause 
of the serious injury or threat thereof found by the Com-
mission and, if such determination is in the negative, may 
exclude from such action imports from Australia. 
TITLE IV—PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 401. ELIGIBLE PRODUCTS. 
Section 308(4)(A) of the Trade Agreements Act of 
1979 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 
(ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
‘‘(iii) a party to a free trade agree-
ment that entered into force with respect 
to the United States after December 31, 
2003, and before January 2, 2005, a prod-
uct or service of that country or instru-
mentality which is covered under the free 
trade agreement for procurement by the 
United States.’’.
Union Calendar No. 357 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4759 
[Report No. 108–597] 
A BILL 
To implement the United States-Australia Free 
Trade Agreement. 
JULY 12, 2004 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
‘‘(2) acquaint girls in grades 4 through 8 with 
careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
technology; and 
‘‘(3) educate the parents of girls in grades 4 
through 8 about the difficulties faced by girls to 
maintain an interest and desire to achieve in science, 
mathematics, engineering, and technology and enlist 
the help of the parents in overcoming these difficul-
ties. 
‘‘(b) SERVICES.—Services provided under this section 
shall include one or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) Tutoring in reading, science, mathematics, 
engineering, and technology. 
‘‘(2) Mentoring relationships, both in-person 
and through the Internet. 
‘‘(3) Paying the costs of female students and 
their teachers attending events and academic pro-
grams in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
technology. 
‘‘(4) Providing after-school activities designed 
to encourage the interest of girls in grades 4 and 
higher in science, mathematics, engineering, and 
technology.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING
DAMS AND WEIRS, EMIGRANT WILDERNESS,
STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST, CALIFOR-
NIA.
The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into an
agreement with a non-Federal entity, under which the en-
tity will retain, maintain, and operate at private expense
the 18 concrete dams and weirs located within the bound-
aries of the Emigrant Wilderness in the Stanislaus Na-
tional Forest, California, as designated by section 2(b) of
Public Law 93–632 (88 Stat. 2154; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note).
The Secretary shall require the entity to operate and
maintain the dams and weirs at the level of operation and
maintenance that applied to such dams and weirs before
the date of the enactment of such Act, January 3, 1975.
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 1997.
Attest:
Clerk.