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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4879 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to condition a State’s receipt of 
funds for a drinking water treatment revolving loan fund on such State 
carrying out a program to test for lead in drinking water for schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2016 
Mr. PAYNE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to condition a 
State’s receipt of funds for a drinking water treatment 
revolving loan fund on such State carrying out a program 
to test for lead in drinking water for schools. 
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 ‘‘Transparent Environ-
ment in School Testing for Lead Act’’ or the ‘‘TEST for 
Lead Act’’. 
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‘‘§ 150410. Annual report 
‘‘The corporation shall transmit to Congress an an-
nual report on the activities of the corporation during the 
preceding fiscal year. The report shall be submitted at the 
same time as the report of the audit required. The report 
may not be printed as a public document.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
at the beginning of subtitle II of title 36, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
chapter 1503 the following new item: 
‘‘1504. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS..............................150401’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 487 
AN ACT 
To allow the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma to lease or transfer 
certain lands. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5658 
To revise the definition of ‘‘manufactured home’’ under the Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 to clarify the 
exclusion of certain recreational vehicles, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 
Mr. STUTZMAN (for himself, Mrs. WALORSKI, and Mr. DUFFY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To revise the definition of ‘‘manufactured home’’ under the 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974 to clarify the exclusion of certain 
recreational vehicles, 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 ‘‘Recreational Vehicle 
Certainty Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ‘‘MANUFACTURED HOME’’. 
Paragraph (6) of section 603 of the Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 
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and financial statements as may be necessary for the
pass-through entity to comply with this chapter.
‘‘(g)(1) The auditor shall report on the results of any
audit conducted pursuant to this section, in accordance
with guidance issued by the Director.
‘‘(2) When reporting on any single audit, the auditor
shall include a summary of the auditor’s results regarding
the non-Federal entity’s financial statements, internal con-
trols, and compliance with laws and regulations.
‘‘(h) The non-Federal entity shall transmit the report-
ing package, which shall include the non-Federal entity’s
financial statements, schedule of expenditures of Federal
awards, corrective action plan defined under subsection (i),
and auditor’s reports developed pursuant to this section, to
a Federal clearinghouse designated by the Director, and
make it available for public inspection within the earlier
of—
‘‘(1) 30 days after receipt of the auditor’s report;
or
‘‘(2)(A) for a transition period of at least 2
years after the effective date of the Single Audit Act
Amendments of 1996, as established by the Director,
13 months after the end of the period audited; or
‘‘(B) for fiscal years beginning after the period
specified in subparagraph (A), 9 months after the end
SEC. 2. RETURN OF UNUSED GRANT FUNDS. 
Section 106 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) RETURN OF UNUSED GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) 
AUTHORITY.—Any 
metropolitan 
city, 
urban county, unit of general local government, In-
dian tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly 
receives amounts pursuant to this section may, at 
the sole discretion of such entity, return to the 
Treasury any or all of such amounts, subject to 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) RETENTION AND USE OF 10 PERCENT OF 
RETURN AMOUNT.—In returning any amounts pur-
suant to this subsection, a metropolitan city, urban 
county, unit of general local government, Indian 
tribe, or insular area, such city, county unit, tribe, 
or insular area may retain and use for any purpose, 
at the discretion of such city, county unit, tribe, or 
insular area and notwithstanding any other provision 
of this title, an amount not exceeding 1⁄10 of the 
total of such amounts otherwise to be returned. 
‘‘(3) 
TREATMENT
OF
FUTURE
GRANT 
AMOUNTS.—Any return of amounts pursuant to this 
subsection shall not in any manner affect the future 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3181
To prohibit providers of cellular and other mobile radio services from blocking
access to 911 emergency services.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 28, 1996
Mr. ESHOO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Commerce
A BILL
To prohibit providers of cellular and other mobile radio
services from blocking access to 911 emergency services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. UNBLOCKING REQUIRED.
Section 332(c) of the Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 332(c)) is amended by adding at the end there-
of the following:
‘‘(9) EMERGENCY
SERVICES
UNBLOCKING.—
The Commission shall, by regulation, prohibit pro-
viders of commercial mobile services from blocking
access to emergency 911 services, as necessary in
the public interest.’’.
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5653 
To provide for recipients of community development block grant funds to 
return such funds to the Treasury of the United States without prejudice, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 
Mr. SALMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide for recipients of community development block 
grant funds to return such funds to the Treasury of 
the United States without prejudice, 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 ‘‘CDBG Grant Return 
Act of 2014’’. 
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eligibility of such entity for grant funds under this 
title or the amount of such grant funds provided. 
‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF RETURNED AMOUNTS.— 
Any amounts returned to the Treasury pursuant to 
this subsection shall be covered into the general fund 
and shall not be reallocated, redistributed, or other-
wise made available under this title.’’. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3182
To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to alcohol and controlled
substances testing of operators of motor vehicles used to transport agri-
cultural commodities and property for small local governments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 28, 1996
Mr. EWING (for himself, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. WELLER, Mr. LAHOOD, and Mr.
EMERSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to alcohol
and controlled substances testing of operators of motor
vehicles used to transport agricultural commodities and
property for small local governments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 31306 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(k) EXEMPTION.—The Secretary shall not require
the testing for the use of alcohol or a controlled substance
of an operator of a motor vehicle described in section
31301(4)(A) if the vehicle—
‘‘(1) is owned or controlled by an owner or op-
erator of a farm and is used solely to provide, within
a 150 air mile radius of the farm, not-for-hire trans-
portation of agricultural commodities and farm sup-
plies to and from the farm; or
‘‘(2) is being used to provide not-for-hire trans-
portation of property for a unit of a local govern-
ment that has jurisdiction over an area with a popu-
lation of less than 7,500.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3183
To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount of recoupment
from veterans’ disability compensation that is required in the case of
veterans who have received certain separation payments from the Depart-
ment of Defense.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 28, 1996
Mr. MONTGOMERY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to limit the amount
of recoupment from veterans’ disability compensation
that is required in the case of veterans who have received
certain separation payments from the Department of De-
fense.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON RECOUPMENT FROM VETER-
ANS COMPENSATION BENEFITS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 53 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5304
the following new section:
‘‘§ 5304a. Recoupment of military separation pay-
ments from compensation: limitation
‘‘(a) In the case of a veteran with a service-connected
disability who is entitled to compensation and who is paid
a benefit described in subsection (b), the amount of com-
pensation otherwise payable to that veteran that is de-
ducted pursuant to section 1174(h)(2) of title 10 (or a
similar provision of law) by reason of the payment to that
veteran of the benefit described in subsection (b) may not
exceed 75 percent of the total amount of the benefit de-
scribed in subsection (b) paid to the veteran.
‘‘(b) Subsection (a) applies to any of the following:
‘‘(1) Separation pay under section 1174 of title
10.
‘‘(2) Special separation benefit under section
1174a of title 10.
‘‘(3) Any similar benefit paid by the Secretary
concerned upon discharge or separation of an indi-
vidual from the armed forces with respect to which
there is a requirement that there be deducted from
disability compensation otherwise payable to the in-
dividual an amount equal to the total amount of the
benefit paid by the Secretary concerned.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 565 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize and support 
the creation of cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment 
materials and resources by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the dissemi-
nation of such materials and resources by State educational agencies 
to identify more at-risk families. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to 
authorize and support the creation of cardiomyopathy 
education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and 
resources by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices through the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion and the dissemination of such materials and re-
sources by State educational agencies to identify more 
at-risk families. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(F) other stakeholders; 
(11) assess United States Government-facili-
tated private investment in related sectors and the 
impact of private sector investment in target coun-
tries; 
(12) include consultation with relevant United 
States Government agencies in the preparation of 
the report; and 
(13) incorporate a plan for regularly reviewing 
and updating strategies, partnerships, and programs 
and sharing lessons learned with a wide range of 
stakeholders. 
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The 
information referred to in subsection (b) shall be made 
publicly accessible in a timely manner on a consolidated 
website. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 302. RETENTION OF SAFETY RECORDS BY MANUFAC-
TURERS. 
(a) RULE.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final 
rule pursuant to section 30117 of title 49, United States 
Code, requiring each manufacturer of motor vehicles or 
motor vehicle equipment to retain all motor vehicle safety 
records, including documents, reports, correspondence, or 
other materials that contain information concerning mal-
functions that may be related to motor vehicle safety (in-
cluding any failure or malfunction beyond normal deterio-
ration in use, or any failure of performance, or any flaw 
or unintended deviation from design specifications, that 
could in any reasonably foreseeable manner be a causative 
factor in, or aggravate, an accident or an injury to a per-
son), for a period of not less than 20 calendar years from 
the date on which they were generated or acquired by the 
manufacturer. Such requirement shall also apply to all un-
derlying records on which information reported to the Sec-
retary under part 579 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, is based. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The rule required by subsection 
(a) shall apply with respect to any record described in such 
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subsection that is in the possession of a manufacturer on 
the effective date of such rule. 
SEC. 303. RECALL OBLIGATIONS UNDER BANKRUPTCY. 
Section 30120A of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘chapter 11 of title 11,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘chapter 7 or chapter 11 of title 11’’. 
TITLE IV—ADDITIONAL 
PROVISION 
SEC. 401. DEADLINES. 
If the Secretary determines that a deadline under this 
Act, or an amendment made by this Act, cannot be met, 
the Secretary shall— 
(1) notify the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and explain why that deadline cannot be 
met; and 
(2) establish a new deadline. 
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‘‘(2) determine whether the schedule of expendi-
tures of Federal awards is presented fairly in all ma-
terial respects in relation to the financial statements
taken as a whole;
‘‘(3) with respect to internal controls pertaining
to the compliance requirements for each major pro-
gram—
‘‘(A) obtain an understanding of such inter-
nal controls;
‘‘(B) assess control risk; and
‘‘(C) perform tests of controls unless the con-
trols are deemed to be ineffective; and
‘‘(4) determine whether the non-Federal entity
has complied with the provisions of laws, regulations,
and contracts or grants pertaining to Federal awards
that have a direct and material effect on each major
program.
‘‘(f)(1) Each Federal agency which provides Federal
awards to a recipient shall—
‘‘(A) provide such recipient the program names
(and any identifying numbers) from which such
awards are derived, and the Federal requirements
which govern the use of such awards and the require-
ments of this chapter; and
‘‘(B) review the audit of a recipient as necessary
to determine whether prompt and appropriate correc-
tive action has been taken with respect to audit find-
ings, as defined by the Director, pertaining to Federal
awards provided to the recipient by the Federal agen-
cy.
‘‘(2) Each pass-through entity shall—
‘‘(A) provide such subrecipient the program
names (and any identifying numbers) from which
such assistance is derived, and the Federal require-
ments which govern the use of such awards and the
requirements of this chapter;
‘‘(B) monitor the subrecipient’s use of Federal
awards through site visits, limited scope audits, or
other means;
‘‘(C) review the audit of a subrecipient as nec-
essary to determine whether prompt and appropriate
corrective action has been taken with respect to audit
findings, as defined by the Director, pertaining to
Federal awards provided to the subrecipient by the
pass-through entity; and
‘‘(D) require each of its subrecipients of Federal
awards to permit, as a condition of receiving Federal
awards, the independent auditor of the pass-through
entity to have such access to the subrecipient’s records
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the requirements of this title. In the case of a
group health plan offered by a health plan is-
suer in connection with an employee health ben-
efit plan, the requirements of standards im-
posed under the title shall be enforced with re-
spect to the health plan issuer by the State in-
surance commissioner for the State involved or
the official of officials designated by the State
to enforce the requirements of this title.
(B) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in
subsection (c), the Secretary shall not enforce
the requirements or standards of this title as
they relate to health plan issuers, group health
plans, or individual health plans. In no case
shall a Sate enforce the requirements or stand-
ards of this title as they relate to employee
health benefit plans.
(2) PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW.—Nothing in
this title shall be construed to prevent a State from
establishing, implementing, or continuing in effect
standards and requirements—
(A) not prescribed in this title; or
(B) related to the issuance, renewal, or
portability of health insurance or the establish-
ment or operation of group purchasing arrange-
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(vi) Automobile medical payment in-
surance.
(vii) Coverage for a specified disease
or illness.
(viii) Hospital or fixed indemnity in-
surance.
(ix) Short-term limited duration in-
surance.
(x) Credit-only, dental-only, or vision-
only insurance.
(xi) A health insurance policy provid-
ing benefits only for long-term care, nurs-
ing home care, home health care, commu-
nity-based care, or any combination there-
of.
(5) FAMILY.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘family’’
means an individual, the individual’s spouse,
and the child of the individual (if any).
(B) CHILD.—For purposes of subpara-
graph (A), the term ‘‘child’’ means any individ-
ual who is a child within the meaning of section
151(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
(6) GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5657 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure that eligible 
product developers have competitive access to approved drugs and li-
censed biological products, so as to enable eligible product developers 
to develop and test new products, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 
Mr. STIVERS (for himself and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
ensure that eligible product developers have competitive 
access to approved drugs and licensed biological prod-
ucts, so as to enable eligible product developers to de-
velop and test new products, 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 ‘‘Fair Access for Safe 
and Timely Generics Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘FAST Generics 
Act of 2014’’. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5656 
To authorize the Feed the Future Initiative to reduce global poverty and 
hunger in developing countries on a sustainable basis, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Ms. MCCOLLUM) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the Feed the Future Initiative to reduce global 
poverty and hunger in developing countries on a sustain-
able basis, 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 ‘‘Feed the Future Glob-
al Food Security Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) For more than 60 years, the United States 
has provided consistent global leadership in address-
ing food security and investing in agricultural devel-
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of the covered product by the eligible product devel-
oper for development and testing purposes, at com-
mercially reasonable, market-based prices, from the 
license holder or from any wholesaler or specialty 
distributor authorized by the license holder to com-
mercially distribute or sell the covered product, un-
less the license holder generally adopts, imposes, or 
enforces lawful conditions relating to the sale, resale, 
or distribution of a covered product, with respect to 
other buyers of the covered product. 
‘‘(2) GENERAL COVERED PRODUCTS AUTHOR-
IZATION.—Any eligible product developer may seek a 
general covered products authorization, authorizing 
the eligible product developer to obtain any covered 
product for the purposes of development and testing, 
by making a written request to the Secretary. With-
in 60 days after receiving such a request, the Sec-
retary shall, by written notice, issue such authoriza-
tion if— 
‘‘(A) the eligible product developer holds 
one or more approved applications or licenses 
for a covered product or, in the absence of such 
approvals or licensures, otherwise establishes 
that the eligible product developer can comply 
with the requirements of this Act and other ap-
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