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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1263
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide access to health care
insurance coverage for children and to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to increase the excise taxes on tobacco products for the
purpose of offsetting the Federal budgetary costs associated such insur-
ance coverage.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 1997
Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. PELOSI, and Mr.
MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways
and Means and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 the Public Health Service Act to provide access
to health care insurance coverage for children and to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase
the excise taxes on tobacco products for the purpose
of offsetting the Federal budgetary costs associated such
insurance coverage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Child Health Insurance and Lower Deficit Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purposes.
Sec. 3. Amendment to Public Health Service Act.
‘‘TITLE XXVIII—CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE GRANT
PROGRAM
‘‘PART A—STATE PROGRAMS
‘‘Sec. 2801. Authority to establish.
‘‘Sec. 2802. Requirements for qualifying children’s policy.
‘‘Sec. 2803. Requirements for qualifying children’s direct service benefit
option.
‘‘Sec. 2804. Other requirements.
‘‘PART B—ASSISTANCE
‘‘Subpart 1—Assistance to Families
‘‘Sec. 2821. Eligibility determinations.
‘‘Sec. 2822. Assistance to families.
‘‘Sec. 2823. Penalties for material misrepresentation and false informa-
tion.
‘‘Sec. 2824. Aggregate Federal grant payments.
‘‘Sec. 2825. Authorization of appropriations and deficit reduction.
‘‘Subpart 2—Services for Pregnant Women, New Mothers, and Infants
‘‘Sec. 2831. Program for pregnant women and infants.
‘‘PART C—DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
‘‘Subpart 1—Definitions
‘‘Sec. 2841. Definitions.
‘‘Subpart 2—Miscellaneous Provisions
‘‘Sec. 2851. Other contributions to premiums.
‘‘Sec. 2852. Maintenance of effort.
‘‘Sec. 2853. Application of other requirements and State flexibility.
‘‘Sec. 2854. Regulations.
Sec. 4. Increase in excise taxes on tobacco products.
Sec. 5. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 6. Effective date.
‘‘Part IX. Designation of overpayments and contributions for re-
duction of public debt.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1996.
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‘‘(B) 10 percent of the funds allocated to
the State under section 157 of this title;
into the highway account of the infrastructure bank
established by the State. Federal funds contributed
to such account under this paragraph shall con-
stitute for purposes of this section a capitalization
grant for the highway account of the infrastructure
bank.
‘‘(3) TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary may allow, sub-
ject to paragraph (g)(1) of this section, a State en-
tering into a cooperative agreement under this sec-
tion, and any other Federal transit grant recipient,
to contribute not to exceed 10 percent of the funds
made available to the State or other Federal transit
grant recipient for capital projects under sections
5307, 5309, and 5311 of title 49, United States
Code, into the transit account of the infrastructure
bank established by the State. Federal funds con-
tributed to such account under this paragraph shall
constitute for purposes of this section a capitaliza-
tion grant for the transit account of the infrastruc-
ture bank.
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR URBANIZED AREAS OF
OVER 200,000.—Funds that are apportioned or allo-
between the interim storage facility and contract holders’
spent nuclear fuel and facilities, and to facilitate the Sec-
retary’s ability to meet the Secretary’s obligations under
this Act.
‘‘(c) LICENSING.—
‘‘(1) PHASES.—The interim storage facility
shall be licensed by the Commission in two phases
in order to commence operations no later than Janu-
ary 31, 2000.
‘‘(2) FIRST PHASE.—No later than 12 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Commission an application
for a license for the first phase of the interim stor-
age facility. The license issued for the first phase of
the interim storage facility shall have a term of 20
years. The interim storage facility licensed in the
first phase shall have a capacity of not more than
10,000 MTU. The Commission shall issue a final de-
cision granting or denying the application for the
first phase license no later than 16 months from the
date of the submittal of the application for such li-
cense.
‘‘(3) SECOND
PHASE.—Upon the issuance of
the license for the first phase of the interim storage
facility under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall sub-
section 922(a)(6) (relating to false statements made in ac-
quisition of firearm or ammunition from licensee), section
922(d) (relating to disposition of firearm or ammunition
to a prohibited person), section 922(g) (relating to receipt
of firearm or ammunition by a prohibited person), section
922(h) (relating to possession of firearm or ammunition
on behalf of a prohibited person), section 922(i) (relating
to transportation of stolen firearm or ammunition), sec-
tion 922(j) (relating to receipt of stolen firearm or ammu-
nition), section 922(k) (relating to transportation or re-
ceipt of firearm with altered serial number), section
922(y) (relating to gunrunning), section 924(b) (relating
to shipment or receipt of firearm for use in a crime),’’
before ‘‘section 1028’’.
SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT.
The Secretary of the Treasury may hire and employ
200 personnel, in addition to any personnel hired and em-
ployed by the Department of the Treasury under other
law, to enforce the amendments made by this Act, notwith-
standing any limitations imposed by or under the Federal
Workforce Restructuring Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1265
To assure appropriate disincentives to the illegal use of marijuana in those
States where there is an exception for medicinal purposes to the prohibi-
tion against the use of marijuana by denying Federal benefits to persons
convicted of certain drug offenses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 1997
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To assure appropriate disincentives to the illegal use of mari-
juana in those States where there is an exception for
medicinal purposes to the prohibition against the use
of marijuana by denying Federal benefits to persons
convicted of certain drug offenses.
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 ‘‘Medical Marijuana De-
terrence Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. DENIAL OF FEDERAL BENEFITS TO PERSONS CON-
VICTED OF CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES.
Section 421 of the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 862) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONVICTIONS IN CERTAIN
STATES.—In any State in which it is not unlawful under
State law for a person to use marijuana for medicinal pur-
poses, an individual who is convicted of a State offense
after the date of the enactment of this subsection shall
be ineligible for benefits as provided in subsection (a) or
(b) without regard to any discretion of the court.’’.
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ning, research, engineering, and construction there-
of. In connection therewith, the Secretary and the
Secretary of the appropriate Federal land managing
agency, as appropriate, may enter into construction
contracts and such other contracts with a State or
civil subdivision thereof or Indian tribe as deemed
advisable.’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ in
the first sentence of subsection (e) and inserting
‘‘Secretary of the appropriate Federal land manag-
ing agency’’;
(4) by revising subsection (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) TRANSFERS
TO SECRETARIES
OF FEDERAL
LAND MANAGING AGENCIES.—The Secretary shall trans-
fer to the appropriate Federal land managing agency from
the appropriation for public lands highways amounts as
may be needed to cover necessary administrative costs of
such agency in connection with public lands highways. The
Secretary shall transfer to the appropriate Federal land
managing agency from the appropriation for public lands
highways such amounts as may be needed to cover the
cost of such agency to conduct necessary transportation
planning serving Federal lands, where funding for such
planning is otherwise not provided in this section.’’;
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section, the Federal share payable on account of a project
under this section shall not exceed 50 percent.
‘‘(1) FEDERAL AGENCY PROJECT SPONSOR.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Fed-
eral agency sponsoring a project under this section
may contribute additional Federal funds toward a
project’s cost, provided that the share attributable to
the Secretary of Transportation does not exceed 50
percent and the share attributable to the Secretary
and the Federal agency jointly does not exceed 80
percent.
‘‘(2) ALLOWABLE
MATCH
FROM
FEDERAL
GRANT
PROGRAMS.—The following Federal grant
programs may be used to contribute additional Fed-
eral funds toward a project’s cost and may be ac-
counted for as contributing to the non-Federal
share:
‘‘(A) State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act
of 1972 (Public Law 92–512);
‘‘(B) HUD Community Development Block
Grants (Public Law 93–383);
‘‘(C) Public Works Employment Act of
1976 (Public Law 94–369);
the time such gift is made by the decedent, the 
amount of tax computed under subsection (b) shall 
be reduced by the amount of tax which would have 
been payable under chapter 12 at the time of the 
gift if the applicable exclusion amount in effect at 
such time had been the applicable exclusion amount 
in effect at the time of the decedent’s death and the 
modifications described in subsection (g) had been 
applicable at the time of such gifts. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The aggregate amount of 
gifts made in any calendar year to which the reduc-
tion under paragraph (1) applies shall not exceed 
the excess of— 
‘‘(A) the applicable exclusion amount in ef-
fect for such calendar year, over 
‘‘(B) the applicable exclusion amount in ef-
fect at the time of the decedent’s death. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE
EXCLUSION
AMOUNT.—The 
term ‘applicable exclusion amount’ means, with re-
spect to any period, the amount determined under 
section 2010(c) for such period, except that in the 
case of any period for which such amount includes 
the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount (as 
defined in section 2010(c)(4)), such term shall mean 
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Act shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall not apply with respect to
conduct occurring before the effective date of such amend-
ments.
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H. R. 1585—3
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter
4 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘414. Special postage stamps.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
$5,273,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $268,000 for
fiscal year 1999;
(C) Project 95–E–308, Sanitary System
Modifications, Phase II, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, New York, $568,000 for fis-
cal year 1998;
(D) Project 95–E–307, Fire Safety Im-
provements-Phase III, Argonne National Labora-
tory, Argonne, Illinois, $718,000 for fiscal year
1998;
(E) Project 95–E–301, Central Heating
Plant Rehabilitation-Phase I, Argonne National
Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, $3,442,000 for fis-
cal year 1998; and
(F) Project 94–E–363, Roofing Improve-
ments, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1998
and $6,578,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
(6) for Environmental Restoration and Waste
Management (Non-Defense), $2,297,000 for fiscal year
1998, of which—
(A) $1,900,000 shall be for completion of
Project 94–E–602, Bethel Federal Facility Agree-
ment Upgrade, Oak Ridge National Laboratory;
and
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15 percent in the ratio that each State’s annual
commercial vehicle contributions to the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) bear to the total of such annual com-
mercial vehicle contributions by all States; and
10 percent in the ratio that each State’s public
road mileage bears to the total public road mile-
age of all States.
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding any other provision
of this paragraph, each State shall receive a
minimum of one-half of 1 percent of the funds
apportioned under this paragraph.
‘‘(2) CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUAL-
ITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.—For the congestion
mitigation and air quality improvement program: in
the ratio which the weighted nonattainment and
maintenance area populations of each State bear to
the total weighted nonattainment and maintenance
area population of all States.
‘‘(A) Such weighted population shall be
calculated by multiplying the population of each
area within any State that was a nonattainment
or maintenance area as described in subsection
149(b) of this title for ozone, carbon monoxide,
or particulate matter by a factor of—
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2899 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Office for 
Countering Violent Extremism. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2015 
Mr. MCCAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 
the Office for Countering Violent Extremism. 
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 ‘‘Countering Violent Ex-
tremism Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘CVE Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE OFFICE FOR COUNTERING 
VIOLENT EXTREMISM OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF HOMELAND SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 104. OFFICE FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Department 
an Office for Countering Violent Extremism. The head of 
the Office shall be the Assistant Secretary for Countering 
Violent Extremism, who shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary. The Secretary shall also appoint a career Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Countering Violent Extremism. 
‘‘(b) ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL.—The Secretary 
shall assign or hire, as appropriate, permanent staff to 
the Office for Countering Violent Extremism. In carrying 
out this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, seek to assign to or hire for the Office 
an individual who has a demonstrated background in tech-
nical matters, on and offline media, or marketing. 
‘‘(c) SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall appoint within 
each appropriate component and office of the Department, 
including at a minimum, U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the 
Office of Privacy, the National Protection and Programs 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2997 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to carry out a demonstration pro-
gram to enter into budget-neutral, performance- 
based contracts for energy and water conserva-
tion improvements for multifamily residential 
units.
Union Calendar No. 263 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2899 
[Report No. 114–344] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
authorize the Office for Countering Violent Ex-
tremism. 
NOVEMBER 19, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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rate of the Secretary of the materials described in
paragraph (3)(A) shall be the greater of the accept-
ance rate prescribed by paragraph (3) and calculated
on the basis of the amount of spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste actually received or 5
percent of the total amount of spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste actually accepted.
‘‘(5) ADJUSTMENT.—If the Secretary is unable to
begin acceptance by January 31, 2002 at the rate
specified in paragraph (2) or if the cumulative
amount accepted in any year thereafter is less than
that which would have been accepted under the rate
specified in paragraph (2), the acceptance schedule
shall, to the extent practicable, be adjusted upward
such that within 5 years of the start of acceptance by
the Secretary—
‘‘(A) the total quantity accepted by the Sec-
retary is consistent with the total quantity that
the Secretary would have accepted if the Sec-
retary had begun acceptance in 2002; and
‘‘(B) thereafter the acceptance rate is equiv-
alent to the rate that would be in place pursuant
to paragraph (2) if the Secretary had com-
menced acceptance in 2002.
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‘‘(3) No contracts shall be let for the actual
construction of a new bridge prior to the transfer of
ownership of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge
to the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority
established in accordance with the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995.
‘‘(4) Construction of such bridge shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulations System, title 48, Code of Federal
Regulations.’’.
(e) TRANSFER OF HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT FUNDS.—
Section 104 of such title is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(k) 
TRANSFER
OF
HIGHWAY
AND
TRANSIT
FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) Funds made available under chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, for highway projects
shall be transferred to and administered by the Sec-
retary in accordance with the requirements of this
title, except that the non-Federal share provisions of
chapter 53 shall apply to the transferred funds.
‘‘(2) Funds made available under this title for
transit projects shall be transferred to and adminis-
tered by the Secretary in accordance with the re-
quirements of chapter 53 of title 49, United States
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(b) EFFECT OF PRIVATE FLOOD INSURANCE COV-
ERAGE ON CONTINUOUS COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.— 
Section 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4015) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(n) EFFECT OF PRIVATE FLOOD INSURANCE COV-
ERAGE ON CONTINUOUS COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS.— 
For purposes of applying any statutory, regulatory, or ad-
ministrative continuous coverage requirement, including 
under section 1307(g)(1), the Administrator shall consider 
any period during which a property was continuously cov-
ered by private flood insurance (as defined in section 
102(b)(7) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4012a(b)(7))) to be a period of continuous cov-
erage.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1267
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a charitable contribu-
tion deduction for certain expenses incurred by whaling captains in
support of Native Alaskan subsistence whaling.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 9, 1997
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a
charitable contribution deduction for certain expenses in-
curred by whaling captains in support of Native Alaskan
subsistence whaling.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION DEDUCTION FOR
CERTAIN EXPENSES INCURRED IN SUPPORT
OF NATIVE ALASKAN SUBSISTENCE WHAL-
ING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 170 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 (relating to charitable, etc., contribu-
tions and gifts) is amended by redesignating subsection
(m) as subsection (n) and by inserting after subsection
(l) the following new subsection:
‘‘(m) EXPENSES PAID BY CERTAIN WHALING CAP-
TAINS IN SUPPORT OF NATIVE ALASKAN SUBSISTENCE
WHALING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual
who is recognized by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling
Commission as a whaling captain charged with the
responsibility of maintaining and carrying out sanc-
tioned whaling activities and who engages in such
activities during the taxable year, the amount de-
scribed in paragraph (2) (to the extent such amount
does not exceed $7,500 for the taxable year) shall be
treated for purposes of this section as a charitable
contribution.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT
DESCRIBED.—The amount de-
scribed in this paragraph is the aggregate of the rea-
sonable and necessary whaling expenses paid by the
taxpayer during the taxable year in carrying out
sanctioned whaling activities. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the term ‘whaling expenses’ in-
cludes expenses for—
‘‘(A) the acquisition and maintenance of
boats, weapons, and gear used in the hunt,
‘‘(B) the supplying of food for the crew
and other provisions for carrying out sanctioned
whaling activities, and
‘‘(C) storage and distribution of the catch
from such activities.
‘‘(3) SANCTIONED WHALING ACTIVITIES.—For
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘sanctioned
whaling activities’ means subsistence bowhead whale
hunting activities conducted pursuant to the man-
agement plan of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Com-
mission.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to all taxable years beginning
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2900 
To establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area 
in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2015 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Washington) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National 
Heritage Area in the State of Washington, 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 ‘‘Mountains to Sound 
Greenway National Heritage Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act include— 
(1) to recognize the national importance of the 
natural and cultural legacies of the area, as dem-
onstrated in the study entitled ‘‘Mountains to Sound 
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