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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1492
To amend rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure regarding represen-
tations made to courts by or on behalf of, and court sanctions applicable
with respect to, prisoners.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 30, 1997
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr.
HAYWORTH, Mr. HORN, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. ROYCE, Mr.
SCARBOROUGH, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. STEARNS, and Mr. TRAFICANT) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
regarding representations made to courts by or on behalf
of, and court sanctions applicable with respect to, pris-
oners.
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 ‘‘Prisoners Frivolous
Lawsuit Prevention Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28
U.S.C. App.) is amended—
(1) in subdivision (b)(3) by inserting ‘‘are made
in a case involving a party other than a prisoner
and’’ after ‘‘or,’’, and
(2) in subdivision (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘If’’ and inserting ‘‘Except
as otherwise provided in this subdivision, if’’,
(B) by inserting after the 1st sentence the
following:
‘‘If after notice and a reasonable opportunity to respond,
the court determines in a case involving a party who is
a prisoner that subdivision (b) has been violated, the court
shall, subject to the conditions stated below, impose an
appropriate sanction upon the attorneys, law firms, or
parties that have violated subdivision (b) or are respon-
sible for the violation.’’, and
(C) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)
by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘,
but the limitation specified in this sentence
shall not apply in a case involving a party who
is a prisoner’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this
SECTION 1. SGT. AMANDA N. PINSON POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, 
Missouri, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Sgt. 
Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. 
Pinson Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 323 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. 
Louis, Missouri, as the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson 
Post Office’’.
HR 4759 PCS 
‘‘(iii) a party to a free trade agree-
ment that entered into force with respect 
to the United States after December 31, 
2003, and before January 2, 2005, a prod-
uct or service of that country or instru-
mentality which is covered under the free 
trade agreement for procurement by the 
United States.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 631 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4759 
AN ACT 
To implement the United States-Australia Free 
Trade Agreement. 
JULY 14, 2004 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4764 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility for pension 
benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to veterans who received an expeditionary medal during a period of 
military service other than a period of war. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 6, 2004 
Mr. RAHALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility 
for pension benefits under laws administered by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to veterans who received an 
expeditionary medal during a period of military service 
other than a period of war. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS 
PENSION BENEFITS TO VETERANS WHO RE-
CEIVED AN EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL FOR A 
PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE OTHER THAN 
A PERIOD OF WAR. 
Section 1501(4) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘Such term includes, in the case of any veteran, any pe-
riod of active military, naval, or air service not covered 
by the preceding sentence for which the veteran received 
an expeditionary medal.’’. 
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$2,000,000 shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis to fund demonstration projects designed 
to test the effectiveness of tribal governments 
or tribal consortia in coordinating the provision 
to tribal families at risk of child abuse or ne-
glect of child welfare services and services 
under tribal programs funded under this part. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant made to 
such a project shall be used—
‘‘(i) to improve case management for 
families eligible for assistance from such a 
tribal program; 
‘‘(ii) for supportive services and as-
sistance to tribal children in out-of-home 
placements and the tribal families caring 
for such children, including families who 
adopt such children; and 
‘‘(iii) for prevention services and as-
sistance to tribal families at risk of child 
abuse and neglect. 
‘‘(C) REPORTS.—The Secretary may re-
quire a recipient of funds awarded under this 
paragraph to provide the Secretary with such 
information as the Secretary deems relevant to 
enable the Secretary to facilitate and oversee
centration of aliens described in subsection
(a); or
(ii) in a city, town, or other analogous
local political subdivision, that is deter-
mined by the Attorney General to have a
high concentration of such aliens (but only
in the case of a facility that is not located
in a county).
(2) NUMBER OF QUALIFYING SUBDIVISIONS.—
The total number of local political subdivisions de-
termined under clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph
(1)(C) to meet the standard in such clauses shall not
be less than 100.
(3) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FACILITIES.—All
of the incarceration facilities within the county of
Orange, California, and the county of Ventura, Cali-
fornia, shall be selected for participation in the pro-
gram.
SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Attorney General shall complete a study,
and submit a report to the Congress, concerning the
logistical and technological feasibility of implementing the
program under section 1 in a greater number of locations
than those selected under such section through—
H. R. 323 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 Grasso 
Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SGT. AMANDA N. PINSON POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post 
Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 323 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson 
Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2015 
Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. SMITH of Mis-
souri, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. LONG, Mr. CLEAVER, and Mr. GRAVES 
of Missouri) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as 
the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SGT. AMANDA N. PINSON POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, 
Missouri, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Sgt. 
Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. 
Pinson Post Office’’. 
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 323 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as 
the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SGT. AMANDA N. PINSON POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, 
Missouri, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Sgt. 
Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. 
Pinson Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 24, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1493
To require the Attorney General to establish a program in local prisons
to identify, prior to arraignment, criminal aliens and aliens who are
unlawfully present in the United States, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 30, 1997
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. COX of Califor-
nia, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. CALVERT,
Mr. KIM, and Mr. BILBRAY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require the Attorney General to establish a program
in local prisons to identify, prior to arraignment, criminal
aliens and aliens who are unlawfully present in the Unit-
ed States, 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. PROGRAM OF IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN
DEPORTABLE ALIENS AWAITING ARRAIGN-
MENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Not later than
6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Attorney General shall establish and implement a program
to identify, from among the individuals who are incarcer-
ated in local governmental incarceration facilities prior to
arraignment on criminal charges, those individuals who
are within 1 or more of the following classes of deportable
aliens:
(1) Aliens unlawfully present in the United
States.
(2) Aliens described in paragraph (2) or (4) of
section 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (as redesigned by section 305(a)(2) of the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996).
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM.—The program au-
thorized by subsection (a) shall include—
(1) the detail, to each incarceration facility se-
lected under subsection (c), of at least one employee
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service who
has expertise in the identification of aliens described
in such subsection; and
(2) provision of funds sufficient to provide
for—
(A) the detail of such employees to each
selected facility on a full-time basis, including
the portions of the day or night when the great-
est number of individuals are incarcerated prior
to arraignment;
(B) access for such employees to records of
the Service and other Federal law enforcement
agencies that are necessary to identify such
aliens; and
(C) in the case of an individual identified
as such an alien, pre-arraignment reporting to
the court regarding the Service’s intention to
remove the alien from the United States.
(c) SELECTION OF FACILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall
select for participation in the program each incarcer-
ation facility that satisfies the following require-
ments:
(A) The facility is owned by the govern-
ment of a local political subdivision described in
clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (C).
(B) Such government has submitted a re-
quest for such selection to the Attorney Gen-
eral.
(C) The facility is located—
(i) in a county that is determined by
the Attorney General to have a high con-
‘‘(i) a comprehensive description of 
the State legislation and program to imple-
ment a plan meeting the requirements for 
a waiver under this section; and 
‘‘(ii) a 10-fiscal-year budget plan for 
such plan that is budget neutral for the 
Federal Government; and 
‘‘(C) provide an assurance that the State 
has enacted the law described in subsection 
(b)(2). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements de-
scribed in this paragraph with respect to health ben-
efits coverage within the State for plan years begin-
ning on or after January 1, 2016, are as follows: 
‘‘(A) Parts I, II, and III of subtitle D. 
‘‘(B) Section 1402. 
‘‘(C) Sections 36B, 4980H, and 5000A of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(D) Title XI of the Social Security Act. 
‘‘(E) Title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act. 
‘‘(F) Title XIX of the Social Security Act. 
‘‘(G) Title XXI of the Social Security Act. 
‘‘(H) Chapter 89 of title 5 of the United 
States Code. 
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(1) the assignment of a single Immigration and
Naturalization Service employee to more than 1 in-
carceration facility; and
(2) the development of a system to permit the
Attorney General to conduct off-site verification, by
computer or other electronic means, of the immigra-
tion status of individuals who are incarcerated in
local governmental incarceration facilities prior to
arraignment on criminal charges.
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Calendar No. 257 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 323 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
OCTOBER 8, 2015 
Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, Missouri, as 
the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SGT. AMANDA N. PINSON POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. Louis, 
Missouri, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Sgt. 
Amanda N. Pinson Post Office’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. 
Pinson Post Office’’. 
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Calendar No. 257 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 323 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 55 Grasso Plaza in St. 
Louis, Missouri, as the ‘‘Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson 
Post Office’’. 
OCTOBER 8, 2015 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3240 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to carry out a plan for the purchase and installation of an earthquake 
early warning system for the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2015 
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency to carry out a plan for the purchase 
and installation of an earthquake early warning system 
for the Cascadia Subduction Zone, 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. EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR 
CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE. 
(a) PLAN FOR PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION.— 
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(1) DEVELOPMENT
AND
FUNDING.—The Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall— 
(A) develop a plan for the purchase and in-
stallation of an earthquake early warning sys-
tem for the Cascadia Subduction Zone; and 
(B) identify the funds necessary for imple-
mentation of the plan. 
(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a copy of the plan. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator shall make grants to States, Indian tribes, and 
units of local governments to provide for implementation 
of the plan. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a report that summarizes the actions taken to implement 
the plan. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
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‘‘(I) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
Code, including coverage under the TRICARE 
program. 
‘‘(J) Section 514 of the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974. 
‘‘(3) PASS THROUGH OF FUNDING.—With re-
spect to a State waiver under paragraph (1), under 
which the State assumes responsibility for health 
coverage under a specified Federal health program, 
including under each of the Federal health care or 
subsidy programs specified in subparagraphs (B), 
(C), (E), (F), (G), and (H) of paragraph (2), the 
Secretary shall not spend Federal health funds that 
would otherwise have been spent for such program 
and shall provide for an alternative means by which 
the aggregate amount of such funds shall be paid to 
the State for purposes of implementing the State 
plan under the waiver. Such amount shall be deter-
mined annually by the Secretary, taking into ac-
count the amount that would otherwise have been 
spent under such Federal health program with re-
spect to residents of such State, if such waiver did 
not apply. Such amount shall include funds equal to 
the amount of premium tax credits, cost-sharing re-
ductions, or small-business credits under sections 
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(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘‘earthquake early warning system’’ in-
cludes— 
(A) improvements to regional and geodetic 
networks that support building a capability for 
an earthquake early warning system; and 
(B) seismometers, Global Positioning Sys-
tem (GPS) receivers, and associated infrastruc-
ture. 
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A BILL 
To require special packaging for liquid nicotine containers, 
and for other purposes. 
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