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(iii) exports of such material are as impor-
tant as any other cause of a domestic price in-
crease or shortage relative to demand found
under clause (ii);
(iv) a domestic price increase or shortage
relative to demand found under clause (ii) has
significantly adversely affected or may signifi-
cantly adversely affect the national economy or
any sector thereof, including a domestic indus-
try; and
(v) monitoring or controls, or both, are
necessary in order to carry out the policy set
forth in section 103(4).
(B) The Secretary shall publish in the Federal
Register a detailed statement of the reasons for the
Secretary’s determination under subparagraph (A)
of whether to impose monitoring or controls, or
both, including the findings of fact in support of
that determination.
(4) PUBLICATION
OF
REGULATIONS.—Within
15 days after making a determination under para-
graph (3) to impose monitoring or controls on the
export of a material, the Secretary shall publish in
the Federal Register proposed regulations with re-
spect to such monitoring or controls. Within 30 days
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‘‘(B) has earned not less than $350 per
month from the employment referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) for not less than the preceding 90
days;
‘‘(C)(i) is receiving benefits under a State
program funded under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); or
‘‘(ii) was receiving benefits under a State
program funded under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) at the
time the member first received cash benefits
under this subsection and is no longer eligible for
the State program because of earned income;
‘‘(D) is continuing to earn not less than
$350 per month from the employment referred to
in subparagraph (A); and
‘‘(E) elects to receive cash benefits in lieu of
food stamp benefits under this subsection.
‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—A State that operates a pro-
gram under this subsection for 2 years shall provide
to the Secretary a written evaluation of the impact of
cash assistance under this subsection. The State agen-
cy, with the concurrence of the Secretary, shall deter-
mine the content of the evaluation.’’.
country, or to any national or resident of the
boycotted country;
(E) compliance by an individual or agree-
ment by an individual to comply with the immi-
gration or passport requirements of any country
with respect to such individual or any member
of such individual’s family or with requests for
information regarding requirements of employ-
ment of such individual within the boycotting
country; and
(F) compliance by a United States person
resident in a foreign country or agreement by
such person to comply with the laws of the coun-
try with respect to such person’s activities exclu-
sively therein, and such regulations may contain
exceptions for such resident complying with the
laws or regulations of the foreign country govern-
ing imports into such country of trademarked,
trade named, or similarly specifically identifi-
able products, or components of products for such
person’s own use, including the performance of
contractual services within that country, as may
be defined by such regulations.
(3) LIMITATION
ON
EXCEPTIONS.—Regulations
issued pursuant to paragraphs (2)(C) and (2)(F)
after the publication of such proposed regulations,
and after considering any public comments on the
proposed regulations, the Secretary shall publish and
implement final regulations with respect to such
monitoring or controls.
(5) CONSOLIDATION OF PETITIONS.—For pur-
poses of publishing notices in the Federal Register
and scheduling public hearings pursuant to this sub-
section, the Secretary may consolidate petitions, and
responses to such petitions, which involve the same
or related materials.
(6) SUBSEQUENT PETITIONS ON SAME MATE-
RIAL.—If a petition with respect to a particular ma-
terial or group of materials has been considered in
accordance with all the procedures described in this
subsection, the Secretary may determine, in the ab-
sence of significantly changed circumstances, that
any other petition with respect to the same material
or group of materials which is filed within 6 months
after the consideration of the prior petition has been
completed does not merit complete consideration
under this subsection.
(7) 
PRECEDENCE
OF
PROCEDURES
OVER
OTHER REVIEWS.—The procedures and time limits
set forth in this subsection with respect to a petition
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interstate or foreign commerce of the United States,
from taking or knowingly agreeing to take any of
the following actions with intent to comply with, fur-
ther, or support any boycott fostered or imposed by
a foreign country against a country which is friendly
to the United States and which is not itself the ob-
ject of any form of boycott pursuant to United
States law or regulation:
(A) Refusing, or requiring any other per-
son to refuse, to do business with or in the boy-
cotted country, with any business concern orga-
nized under the laws of the boycotted country,
with any national or resident of the boycotted
country, or with any other person, pursuant to
an agreement with, a requirement of, or a re-
quest from or on behalf of the boycotting coun-
try. The mere absence of a business relationship
with or in the boycotted country with any busi-
ness concern organized under the laws of the
boycotted country, with any national or resident
of the boycotted country, or with any other per-
son, does not indicate the existence of the in-
tent required to establish a violation of regula-
tions issued to carry out this subparagraph.
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(B) Refusing, or requiring any other per-
son to refuse, to employ or otherwise discrimi-
nating against any United States person on the
basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin of
that person or of any owner, officer, director, or
employee of such person.
(C) Furnishing information with respect to
the race, religion, sex, or national origin of any
United States person or of any owner, officer,
director, or employee of such person.
(D) Furnishing information about whether
any person has, has had, or proposes to have
any business relationship (including a relation-
ship by way of sale, purchase, legal or commer-
cial representation, shipping or other transport,
insurance, investment, or supply) with or in the
boycotted country, with any business concern
organized under the laws of the boycotted coun-
try, with any national or resident of the boy-
cotted country, or with any other person that is
known or believed to be restricted from having
any business relationship with or in the boy-
cotted country. Nothing in this paragraph shall
prohibit the furnishing of normal business in-
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(iii) The number of undercover investiga-
tive operations closed in the 1-year period pre-
ceding the period for which such report is sub-
mitted and, with respect to each such closed un-
dercover operation, the results obtained and any
civil claims made with respect thereto.
(5) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of paragraph
(4)—
(A) the term ‘‘closed’’, with respect to an
undercover investigative operation, refers to the
earliest point in time at which all criminal pro-
ceedings (other than appeals) pursuant to the
investigative operation are concluded, or covert
activities pursuant to such operation are con-
cluded, whichever occurs later;
(B) the terms ‘‘undercover investigative
operation’’ and ‘‘undercover operation’’ mean
any undercover investigative operation con-
ducted by OEE—
(i) in which the gross receipts (exclud-
ing interest earned) exceed $25,000, or ex-
penditures (other than expenditures for
salaries of employees) exceed $75,000, and
(ii) which is exempt from section 3302
or 9102 of title 31, United States Code,
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(B) A recommendation that the Secretary deny
a validated license shall include a statement of rea-
sons for the recommendation that are consistent
with the provisions of this title, and shall cite both
the statutory and the regulatory basis for the rec-
ommendation.
(3) 
INTERAGENCY
COMMITTEE.—An 
inter-
agency committee may be established by the Presi-
dent for the purpose of resolving disputes among de-
partments and agencies on export license applica-
tions under this title. Such committee shall be
chaired by the Secretary. The procedures followed by
such interagency committee shall provide—
(A) deadlines for decisions within the
interagency committee consistent with the duty
of the Secretary to reach his or her final deci-
sion on an application within 30 days after the
date of filing of the license application;
(B) that a department or agency dissent-
ing from the position of the Secretary shall
have the burden to bring the issue in writing to
the next level of review provided within the
interagency committee and may only dissent on
the basis of the criteria set forth in section
105(c)(1)(D) or section 106(a)(4); and
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5447 
AN ACT 
To provide an exception from certain group health plan re-
quirements for qualified small employer health reim-
bursement arrangements. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2977
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to
clarify public disclosure requirements that are
applicable to the National Academy of Sciences
and the National Academy of Public Administra-
tion.
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(C) that a department or agency that fails
to make a timely escalation of a disputed mat-
ter shall be deemed to have no objection to the
decision of the Secretary.
(4) ACTIONS BY THE SECRETARY.—(A) When a
referral of a license application to other departments
or agencies is not required, the Secretary shall issue
a license or notify the applicant of the intent to deny
within 10 days after receiving the application.
(B) If an application is to be denied because
the export would be made to a controlled end user,
no referral to other departments or agencies is re-
quired, and the applicant shall be informed of the
reason for the denial.
(5) ACTION UPON DENIAL.—In cases in which
the Secretary has determined that a license applica-
tion should be denied, the applicant shall be in-
formed in writing, not later than 3 days after such
determination is made, of—
(A) the determination;
(B) the statutory and regulatory basis for
the proposed denial;
(C) the reasons for such denial, with ref-
erences to the criteria set forth in section 105,
106, or 107 (as the case may be);
SEC. 2. USE OF AUTHORIZED PESTICIDES. 
Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) USE
OF
AUTHORIZED
PESTICIDES.—Ex-
cept as provided in section 402(s) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator or a 
State may not require a permit under such Act for 
a discharge from a point source into navigable 
waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribu-
tion, or use under this Act, or the residue of such 
a pesticide, resulting from the application of such 
pesticide.’’. 
SEC. 3. DISCHARGES OF PESTICIDES. 
Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(s) DISCHARGES OF PESTICIDES.— 
‘‘(1) NO
PERMIT
REQUIREMENT.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be re-
quired by the Administrator or a State under this 
Act for a discharge from a point source into navi-
gable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, dis-
tribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fun-
gicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such 
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a pesticide, resulting from the application of such 
pesticide. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or 
pesticide residue: 
‘‘(A) A discharge resulting from the appli-
cation of a pesticide in violation of a provision 
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting 
water quality, if— 
‘‘(i) the discharge would not have oc-
curred but for the violation; or 
‘‘(ii) the amount of pesticide or pes-
ticide residue in the discharge is greater 
than would have occurred without the vio-
lation. 
‘‘(B) Stormwater discharges subject to reg-
ulation under subsection (p). 
‘‘(C) The following discharges subject to 
regulation under this section: 
‘‘(i) Manufacturing or industrial efflu-
ent. 
‘‘(ii) Treatment works effluent. 
‘‘(iii) Discharges incidental to the nor-
mal operation of a vessel, including a dis-
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or vessel biofouling prevention.’’. 
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(D) what, if any, modifications in, or re-
strictions on, the commodities or technology for
which the license was sought would allow the
export or reexport of the commodities or tech-
nology to be compatible with controls imposed
under this title;
(E) which officers and employees of the
Department of Commerce who are familiar with
the application will be made reasonably avail-
able to the applicant for considerations with re-
gard to such modifications or restrictions, if ap-
propriate;
(F) to the extent consistent with the na-
tional security and foreign policy of the United
States, the specific considerations which led to
the determination to deny the application; and
(G) the availability of appeal procedures.
The Secretary shall allow the applicant not less than
30 days to respond to the Secretary’s determination
before the license application is finally denied.
(e) RECORDKEEPING.—The Secretary shall make and
keep records of all advice and recommendations given by
Federal departments and agencies, and decisions made by
the Department of Commerce, in connection with any ex-
port license application or revision of an export license ap-
729
the State foster care and adoption assistance pro-
gram—
‘‘(A) 75 percent of so much of such ex-
penditures as are for the training (including
both short and long-term training at edu-
cational institutions through grants to such in-
stitutions or by direct financial assistance to
students enrolled in such institutions) of per-
sonnel employed or preparing for employment
by the State agency or by the local agency ad-
ministering the plan in the political subdivision;
‘‘(B) 75 percent of so much of such ex-
penditures (including travel and per diem ex-
penses) as are for the short-term training of
current or prospective foster or adoptive par-
ents and the members of the staff of State-li-
censed or State-approved child care institutions
providing care to foster and adopted children
receiving assistance under this part, in ways
that increase the ability of such current or pro-
spective parents, staff members, and institu-
tions to provide support and assistance to foster
and adopted children, whether incurred directly
by the State or by contract;
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stamp program in accordance with the other
sections of this Act.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Subsequent to re-en-
tering the food stamp program under subpara-
graph (A), the State shall only be eligible to
participate in the food stamp program in ac-
cordance with the other sections of this Act and
shall not be eligible to elect to participate in the
program established under subsection (b).
‘‘(4) PROGRAM EXCLUSIVE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State that is par-
ticipating in the program established under sub-
section (b) shall not be subject to, or receive
any benefit under, this Act except as provided
in this section.
‘‘(B) CONTRACT WITH FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.—Nothing in this section shall prohibit a
State from contracting with the Federal Gov-
ernment for the provision of services or mate-
rials necessary to carry out a program under
this section.
‘‘(d) LEAD AGENCY.—A State desiring to receive a
grant under this section shall designate, in an application
submitted to the Secretary under subsection (e)(1), an ap-
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must be made under such subparagraph for any
subsequent period.
‘‘SEC. 1503. LIMITATIONS ON PREMIUMS AND COST-SHAR-
ING.
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON PREMIUMS.—
‘‘(1) NONE FOR GUARANTEED POPULATION.—
The State plan shall not impose any enrollment fee,
premium, or similar charge for eligible individuals
described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 1501 or
section 1502(a).
‘‘(2) INCOME-RELATED
FOR
OTHER
POPU-
LATIONS.—The State plan may impose an enroll-
ment fee, premium, or similar charge for eligible in-
dividuals not described in paragraph (1) if it is re-
lated to the individual’s income (and does not exceed
2 percent of the individual’s gross income).
‘‘(b) LIMITATION
ON COST-SHARING.—Subject to
subsection (c)—
‘‘(1) GUARANTEED
POPULATIONS.—With re-
spect to individuals covered under subsection (a) or
(b) of section 1501 or section 1502, the State may
not impose any cost-sharing with respect to items
and services unless the amount is nominal in
amount. For purposes of this paragraph, an amount
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plication under this title, including the factual and analyt-
ical basis of the advice, recommendations, or decisions.
(f) CHANGES
IN REQUIREMENTS
FOR APPLICA-
TIONS.—Except as provided in subsection (d), in any case
in which, after an export license application is submitted,
the Secretary changes the requirements for such a license
application, the Secretary may request appropriate addi-
tional information of the applicant, but the Secretary may
not return the application to the applicant without action
because it fails to meet the changed requirements.
(g) APPEALS.—The Secretary shall establish appro-
priate procedures for any applicant to appeal to the Sec-
retary the denial of an export license application under
this title.
(h) OTHER INQUIRIES.—
(1) CLASSIFICATION REQUESTS.—In any case
in which the Secretary receives a written request for
the proper classification of a commodity or tech-
nology on the control index, the Secretary shall, not
more than 10 working days after receiving the re-
quest, inform the person making the request of the
proper classification.
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
REQUIREMENTS.—In
any case in which the Secretary receives a written
request for information about the applicability of ex-
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 934 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the 
Lower Merced River in California, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2013 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 
VALADAO, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a 
segment of the Lower Merced River in California, 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. LOWER MERCED RIVER. 
(a) WILD
AND
SCENIC
RIVERS
ACT.—Section 
3(a)(62)(B)(i) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)(62)(B)(i)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the normal maximum’’ the first 
place that it appears and all that follows through 
‘‘April, 1990.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the 
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boundary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed 
on February 15, 2013, consisting of a point approxi-
mately 2,480 feet downstream of the confluence with 
the North Fork of the Merced River, consisting of 
approximately 7.4 miles.’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the normal maximum operating 
pool water surface level of Lake McClure’’ the sec-
ond place that it appears and inserting ‘‘the bound-
ary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed on Feb-
ruary 15, 2013, consisting of a point approximately 
2,480 feet downstream of the confluence with the 
North Fork of the Merced River’’. 
(b) EXCHEQUER PROJECT.—Section 3 of Public Law 
102–432 is amended by striking ‘‘Act:’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period and inserting ‘‘Act.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 47 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 934 
[Report No. 113–71] 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the 
Lower Merced River in California, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2013 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 
VALADAO, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources 
MAY 17, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a 
segment of the Lower Merced River in California, 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. LOWER MERCED RIVER. 
(a) WILD
AND
SCENIC
RIVERS
ACT.—Section 
3(a)(62)(B)(i) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)(62)(B)(i)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the normal maximum’’ the first 
place that it appears and all that follows through 
‘‘April, 1990.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the 
boundary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed 
on February 15, 2013, consisting of a point approxi-
mately 2,480 feet downstream of the confluence with 
the North Fork of the Merced River, consisting of 
approximately 7.4 miles.’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the normal maximum operating 
pool water surface level of Lake McClure’’ the sec-
ond place that it appears and inserting ‘‘the bound-
ary of FERC Project No. 2179 as it existed on Feb-
ruary 15, 2013, consisting of a point approximately 
2,480 feet downstream of the confluence with the 
North Fork of the Merced River’’. 
(b) EXCHEQUER PROJECT.—Section 3 of Public Law 
102–432 is amended by striking ‘‘Act:’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period and inserting ‘‘Act.’’. 
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(H) The rules and procedures of the re-
gime for establishing and modifying any matter
described in subparagraphs (A) through (G)
and for reviewing export license applications.
(2) NEW REGIMES.—Within 2 months after the
United States joins or organizes a new export con-
trol regime, the Secretary shall, to the extent doing
so is not inconsistent with arrangements in the re-
gime, publish the information described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (1) with re-
spect to that regime.
(3) PUBLICATION
OF
CHANGES.—Within 2
months after the applicable regime adopts any
changes in the information published under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall, to the extent doing so
is not inconsistent with arrangements in the regime,
publish such changes in the Federal Register.
(g) REVIEW OF CONTROLLED ITEMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under the policy guidance of
the Export Control Policy Committee established in
section 114(c), and consistent with the procedures in
section 104(g), the Secretary shall review all items
on the multilateral control list maintained under
subsection (b) at least every 2 years, except that the
Secretary shall review annually whether the policy