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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3699 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to protect the right of a claimant 
in a civil action before a Federal court to retain a structured settlement 
broker to negotiate the terms of payment of an award, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2013 
Mr. HIGGINS (for himself, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, and Mr. 
RICHMOND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to protect the right 
of a claimant in a civil action before a Federal court 
to retain a structured settlement broker to negotiate 
the terms of payment of an award, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Structured Settlement 
Claimants Rights Act of 2013’’. 
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obligations of the entity under the pilot pro-
gram.
(E) RESCISSION OF ELECTION.—An entity
may rescind an election made under this sub-
section in such form and manner as the Attor-
ney General shall specify.
(b) CONSULTATION, EDUCATION, AND PUBLICITY.—
(1) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General
shall closely consult with representatives of employ-
ers (and recruiters and referrers whose recruiting or
referring is subject to section 274A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act) in the develop-
ment and implementation of the pilot program under
this section, including the education of employers
(and such recruiters and referrers) about the pro-
gram.
(2) PUBLICITY.—The Attorney General shall
widely publicize the election process and pilot pro-
gram under this section, including the voluntary na-
ture of the program and the advantages to employ-
ers of making an election under subsection (a).
(3) 
ASSISTANCE
THROUGH
DISTRICT
OF-
FICES.—The Attorney General shall designate one or
more individuals in each District office of the Immi-
gration and Naturalization Service—
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL. 
(a) FEDERAL COURT PROCEEDINGS.—Chapter 111 
of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘§ 1660. Right to retain structured settlement broker 
‘‘A claimant in any civil action before a Federal court 
shall have the right to retain a structured settlement 
broker to act on behalf of that claimant for purposes of 
negotiating a schedule of payments or other terms of pay-
ment of a sum certain previously agreed to paid by or on 
behalf of the defendant in satisfaction of a judgment 
against that defendant or in accordance with the terms 
of a settlement. The court shall inform the claimant of 
this right at the appropriate time. The defendant shall 
provide timely notice of any professional relationship be-
tween the defendant and the broker if any such relation-
ship exists or has existed.’’. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS.—Section 554 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(f) In the case of any proceeding under this section, 
a party to that proceeding shall have the right to retain 
a structured settlement broker to act on behalf of that 
party for purposes of negotiating a schedule of payments 
or other terms of payment of a sum certain previously 
agreed to paid by or on behalf of another party in satisfac-
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tion of a decision against that party or in accordance with 
the terms of a settlement between the parties. The agency 
shall inform the claimant of this right at the appropriate 
time. The defendant shall provide timely notice of any pro-
fessional relationship between the defendant and the 
broker if any such relationship exists or has existed.’’. 
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judge of an order of removal stipulated to by the alien
(or the alien’s representative) and the Service. A stipu-
lated order shall constitute a conclusive determination of
the alien’s removability from the United States.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section
240A:
‘‘(1) 
EXCEPTIONAL
CIRCUMSTANCES.—The
term ‘exceptional circumstances’ refers to excep-
tional circumstances (such as serious illness of the
alien or serious illness or death of the spouse, child,
or parent of the alien, but not including less compel-
ling circumstances) beyond the control of the alien.
‘‘(2) 
REMOVABLE.—The 
term 
‘removable’
means—
‘‘(A) in the case of an alien not admitted
to the United States, that the alien is inadmis-
sible under section 212, or
‘‘(B) in the case of an alien admitted to
the United States, that the alien is deportable
under section 237.
‘‘CANCELLATION OF REMOVAL; ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS
‘‘SEC. 240A. (a) CANCELLATION OF REMOVAL FOR
CERTAIN PERMANENT RESIDENTS.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may cancel removal in the case of an alien who is
inadmissible or deportable from the United States if the
alien—
have 20 percent or more of residents living below the 
Federal poverty line. 
‘‘(4) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—A grant made under 
this section may not exceed the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) $200,000; or 
‘‘(B) 75 percent of the estimated cost of 
implementing the proposed compliance improve-
ment plan. 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 4 per-
cent of the funds in the Fund may be used to pay for 
the administrative costs of carrying out this section. 
‘‘(d) COMMUNITY
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘commu-
nity financial institution’ means a domestic financial insti-
tution with less than $10,000,000,000 in assets.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of analysis 
for chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 5332 the 
following: 
‘‘5333. Compliance improvement grants.’’. 
SEC. 3. SUNSET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective October 1, 2018, title 
31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 5321, by striking subsection (f); 
(2) by striking section 5333; and 
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(3) in the table of analysis for chapter 53, by 
striking the item relating to section 5333. 
(b) AMOUNTS REMAINING
IN BSA COMPLIANCE 
FUND.—Effective October 1, 2018, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall deposit any funds in the BSA Compliance 
Fund into the general fund of the Treasury. 
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paragraph (2) for each entity from which the
facility plans to accept waste; and
‘‘(B) in any case in which a diversion rate
by an entity from which the facility plans to ac-
cept waste is higher than the rate set forth in
paragraph (2), the facility will not interfere
with maintaining the higher diversion rate.
‘‘(4) The applicant shall demonstrate that it is
not feasible to manage the remaining solid waste
through source reduction, reuse, or recycling.
‘‘(5) The applicant shall demonstrate that the
facility will not adversely affect the environment or
human health as a consequence of—
‘‘(A) exposure to air emissions or inciner-
ator ash through inhalation;
‘‘(B) ingestion of food contaminated by air
emissions or incinerator ash as a consequence
of incorporation of such ash or emissions into
the food chain;
‘‘(C) ingestion of potable water or aquatic
organisms contaminated by surface water dis-
charges, surface runoff, leaching, or percolation
of air emissions or incinerator ash into ground
water or surface water;
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cultural, people-to-people, and security relations 
of the People’s Republic of China’s with other 
countries, regions, and international and re-
gional entities (including multilateral organiza-
tions), including the relationship among the 
United States, Taiwan, and the People’s Repub-
lic of China. 
‘‘(I) The compliance of the People’s Repub-
lic of China with its commitments to the World 
Trade Organization, other multilateral commit-
ments, bilateral agreements signed with the 
United States, commitments made to bilateral 
science and technology programs, and any other 
commitments and agreements strategic to the 
United States (including agreements on intellec-
tual property rights and prison labor imports), 
and United States enforcement policies with re-
spect to such agreements. 
‘‘(J) The implications of restrictions on 
speech and access to information in the People’s 
Republic of China for its relations with the 
United States in economic and security policy, 
as well as any potential impact of media control 
by the People’s Republic of China on United 
States economic interests.
Title II, Subtitle A
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(relating to fraud or misuse of visas, permits, or
other documents) of this title; or
‘‘(2) a violation of section 274, 277, or 278 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (relating to the
smuggling of aliens); or’’.
SEC. 202. RACKETEERING OFFENSES RELATING TO ALIEN
SMUGGLING.
Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘section 1028 (relating to
fraud and related activity in connection with identi-
fication documents),’’ before ‘‘section 1029’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘section 1542 (relating to false
statement in application and use of passport), sec-
tion 1543 (relating to forgery or false use of pass-
port), section 1544 (relating to misuse of passport),
section 1546 (relating to fraud and misuse of visas,
permits, and other documents), sections 1581–1588
(relating to peonage and slavery),’’ after ‘‘section
1513 (relating to retaliating against a witness, vic-
tim, or an informant),’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘(E)’’; and
(4) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘, or (F) any act which is indictable under
the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 274
Title III, Subtitle A
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section 237, and has not been convicted of an
aggravated felony; and
‘‘(E) establishes that removal would result
in extreme hardship to the alien, the alien’s
child, or (in the case of an alien who is a child)
to the alien’s parent.
In acting on applications under this paragraph, the
Attorney General shall consider any credible evi-
dence relevant to the application. The determination
of what evidence is credible and the weight to be
given that evidence shall be within the sole discretion
of the Attorney General.
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—The Attorney
General may adjust to the status of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence any alien who the
Attorney General determines meets the requirements
of paragraph (1) or (2). The Attorney General shall
record the alien’s lawful admission for permanent
residence as of the date the Attorney General’s can-
cellation of removal under paragraph (1) or (2) or
determination under this paragraph.
‘‘(c) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF.—The provi-
sions of subsections (a) and (b)(1) shall not apply to any
of the following aliens:
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loss of water, water rights or subordination of 
water rights) resulting from the Project or Fish 
Springs water rights (including additional Fish 
Springs water rights); 
(B) interference with, diversion, or taking 
of water resulting from the Project; or 
(C) failure to protect, acquire, replace, or 
develop water, water rights, or water infrastruc-
ture as a result of the Project or Fish Springs 
water rights (including additional Fish Springs 
water rights); 
(2) the record of decision, the environmental 
impact statement, the Agreement or the Original 
Agreement; 
(3) claims the United States, acting as trustee 
for the Tribe or otherwise, asserted, or could have 
asserted in any past proceeding related to the 
Project; 
(4) the negotiation, execution, or adoption of 
the Agreement, the Original Agreement, or this Act; 
(5) the Tribe’s use and expenditure of funds 
paid to the Tribe under the Agreement or the Origi-
nal Agreement; 
(6) the Tribe’s acquisition and use of land 
under the Original Agreement; and 
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extent prior estimates were in excess of or were less than 
the correct amount. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘so-
cial security surplus’ means, for any fiscal year, the excess, 
if any, of— 
‘‘(i) the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the taxes imposed for such fiscal year 
by chapter 21 (other than sections 3101(b) and 
3111(b)) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
with respect to wages (as defined in section 
3121 of such Code) reported to the Secretary of 
the Treasury or his delegates pursuant to sub-
title F of such Code, as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury by applying the applica-
ble rates of tax under such chapter 21 (other 
than sections 3101(b) and 3111(b)) to such 
wages, less the amounts specified in clause (1) 
of subsection (b) of this section for such fiscal 
year, 
‘‘(II) the taxes imposed by chapter 2 
(other than section 1401(b)) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to self-em-
ployment income (as defined in section 1402 of 
such Code) reported to the Secretary of the 
Treasury on tax returns under subtitle F of 
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SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE 
MONITORING SYSTEMS (CGMS) AS DURABLE 
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (DME). 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1861(n) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(n)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: ‘‘Such term also includes con-
tinuous glucose monitoring systems (including a trans-
mitter, receiver, sensors, and test strips required for 
use).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to the implementation of moni-
toring systems occurring on or after January 1, 2015. 
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‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit orga-
nization that is awarded a grant under this sub-
title and uses the procedures prescribed in reg-
ulations to create a rebuttable presumption of 
reasonableness for the compensation of its offi-
cers, directors, trustees and key employees, 
shall disclose to the Administrator, in the appli-
cation for the grant, the process for deter-
mining such compensation, including the inde-
pendent persons involved in reviewing and ap-
proving such compensation, the comparability 
data used, and contemporaneous substantiation 
of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, 
the Administrator shall make the information 
disclosed under this subparagraph available for 
public inspection. 
‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts author-
ized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Justice under this subtitle may be used by the 
Administrator, or by any individual or organiza-
tion awarded discretionary funds through a co-
operative agreement under this Act, to host or 
support any expenditure for conferences that 
uses more than $20,000 in Department funds, 
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unless the Deputy Attorney General or such As-
sistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or prin-
cipal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General 
may designate, including the Administrator, 
provides prior written authorization through an 
award process or subsequent application that 
the funds may be expended to host a con-
ference. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written ap-
proval under subparagraph (A) shall include a 
written estimate of all costs associated with the 
conference, including the cost of all food and 
beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 
speakers, and any entertainment. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives on all approved conference ex-
penditures referenced in this paragraph.’’. 
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SEC. 2. UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES RE-
LATED TO NEW DRUG APPLICATIONS. 
(a) CONDUCT PROHIBITED.—It shall be unlawful for 
any person to directly or indirectly be a party to any 
agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement 
claim in which— 
(1) an ANDA filer receives anything of value; 
and 
(2) the ANDA filer agrees not to research, de-
velop, manufacture, market, or sell, for any period 
of time, the drug that is to be manufactured under 
the ANDA involved and is the subject of the patent 
infringement claim. 
(b) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding 
subsection 
(a)(1), subsection (a) does not prohibit a resolution or set-
tlement of a patent infringement claim in which the value 
received by the ANDA filer includes no more than— 
(1) the right to market the drug that is to be 
manufactured under the ANDA involved and is the 
subject of the patent infringement claim, before the 
expiration of— 
(A) the patent that is the basis for the pat-
ent infringement claim; or 
(B) any other statutory exclusivity that 
would prevent the marketing of such drug; and 
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(8) Despite Iraq’s acceptance of the U.S. com-
mitment to protect Camp Ashraf residents, the un-
armed residents have been attacked five times in 
2009, 2011, and 2013 during their residence in the 
former Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty/Hurriya by 
external persons and organizations, including Iraqi 
security forces, killing more than 100 residents and 
wounding 1,000 others. 
(9) Iraqi security forces are permanently sta-
tioned all around Camp Liberty/Hurriya, despite 
their history of violence against the unarmed resi-
dents, while all Liberty/Hurriya residents are kept 
inside the Camp’s walled compound, with no free-
dom of movement for the residents outside the 
Camp and no access to counsel, family, NGOs, and 
press. 
SEC. 3. ACTIONS TO PROTECT IRANIAN DISSIDENTS LIVING 
IN CAMP LIBERTY/HURRIYA. 
(1) The United States shall take all necessary 
and appropriate steps to ensure the safety of the 
residents of Camp Liberty/Hurriya. 
(2) The United States shall provide all nec-
essary and appropriate assistance to the United Na-
tions High Commissioner for Refugees to process 
applications by the residents of Camp Liberty/ 
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Hurriya for refugee status and to secure their or-
derly resettlement in safe locations outside of Iraq, 
including in the United States for any such residents 
who express such a desire. 
(3) The United States shall timely admit as ref-
ugees the residents of Camp Liberty/Hurriya in the 
U.S. and in doing so shall not delay or bar such re-
settlement merely because any such resident is or 
has been a member of, or supports or has supported, 
organizations or groups that were subject to the Sec-
retary of State’s decision of September 21, 2012, in 
Public 
Notice 
8049, 
notwithstanding 
§§ 212(a)(3)(B) and 212(a)(3)(F) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act of 1965, as amended. 
(4) Within 90 days of the effective date of this 
Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 
Department of Homeland Security shall report to 
the Congress on steps taken by the United States to 
guard the safety of the residents of Camp Liberty/ 
Hurriya and to secure their orderly resettlement in 
safe locations in accordance with the provisions of 
this Act. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3708 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue 
or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain 
small aircraft pilots, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2013 
Mr. ROKITA (for himself, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. FLORES, Mr. PETER-
SON, Mr. HANNA, and Mr. POMPEO) introduced 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 or revise regulations with respect to 
the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots, 
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 ‘‘General Aviation Pilot 
Protection Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. MEDICAL CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN SMALL AIR-
CRAFT PILOTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall issue or revise med-
ical certification regulations to ensure that an individual 
may operate as pilot in command of a covered aircraft 
without regard to any medical certification or proof of 
health requirement otherwise applicable under Federal law 
if— 
(1) the individual possesses a valid State driv-
er’s license and complies with any medical require-
ment associated with that license; 
(2) the individual is transporting not more than 
5 passengers; 
(3) the individual is operating under visual 
flight rules; and 
(4) the relevant flight, including each portion 
thereof, is not carried out— 
(A) for compensation, including that no 
passenger or property on the flight is being car-
ried for compensation; 
(B) at an altitude that is more than 
14,000 feet above mean sea level; 
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(C) outside the United States, unless au-
thorized by the country in which the flight is 
conducted; or 
(D) at a speed exceeding 250 knots. 
(b) COVERED AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘covered aircraft’’ means an aircraft that— 
(1) is not authorized under Federal law to carry 
more than 6 occupants; and 
(2) has a maximum certificated takeoff weight 
of not more than 6000 pounds. 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall submit to Congress a report that de-
scribes the impact that the regulations issued or revised 
under section 2 have had, including statistics with respect 
to changes in small aircraft activity and safety incidents. 
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