datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
skills that lead to entry into the high technology
and telecommunications field; or
‘‘(C) encouraging schools to work with high
tech industries to offer voluntary internships and
mentoring programs;
‘‘(3) professional development programs, includ-
ing—
‘‘(A) inservice and preservice training in
state-of-the-art 
vocational-technical 
education
programs and techniques; and
‘‘(B) support of education programs for
teachers of vocational-technical education in
public schools and other public school personnel
who are involved in the direct delivery of edu-
cational services to vocational education students
to ensure that such teachers stay current with the
needs, expectations, and methods of industry;
and
‘‘(4) support for vocational-technical education
programs that improve the academic and technical
skills of students participating in vocational-technical
education programs by strengthening the academic
component of such vocational-technical education pro-
grams through the integration of academics with vo-
‘‘(F) 1–(4-methoxyphenyl)-piperazine. 
‘‘(G) 1–(3-methylbenzyl)piperazine. 
‘‘(H) 1-benzyl-4-methylpiperazine. 
‘‘(10) TROPANE ALKALOIDS.—The substances listed 
in this paragraph consist of the following tropane alka-
loids: 
‘‘(A) 8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-yl 4- 
fluorobenzoate. 
‘‘(B) 
methyl 
3–(4-fluorophenyl)–8-methyl-8- 
azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-2-carboxylate.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) takes effect on the date that is 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 123. AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO ENTER INTO MEDI-
CARE OR MEDICAID AGREEMENTS WITH IN-
DIVIDUALS 
OR 
ENTITIES 
CONVICTED 
OF
FELONIES.
(a) MEDICARE PART A.—Section 1866(b)(2) (42
U.S.C. 1395cc(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(B);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
(3) by adding after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) has ascertained that the provider has
been convicted of a felony under Federal or
State law for an offense which the Secretary de-
termines is inconsistent with the best interests
of program beneficiaries.’’.
(b) MEDICARE PART B.—section 1842 (42 U.S.C.
1395u) is amended by adding after subsection (r) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(s) The Secretary may refuse to enter into an agree-
ment with a physician or supplier under subsection (h)
or may terminate or refuse to renew such agreement, in
the event that such physician or supplier has been con-
victed of a felony under Federal or State law for an of-
‘‘(4) ELECTION.—This section shall apply to 
any taxpayer for any taxable year only if such tax-
payer elects (at such time and in such manner as 
the Secretary may by regulations prescribe) to have 
this section apply for such taxable year. 
‘‘(e) TRANSFERABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any taxpayer holding a 
credit under this section may transfer for valuable 
consideration unused but otherwise allowable credit 
for use by a qualified diagnostics research taxpayer. 
A taxpayer that transfers any amount of credit 
under this section shall file a notification of such 
transfer to the Secretary in accordance with proce-
dures and forms prescribed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
TRANSFERRED
CREDIT.—Any 
qualified diagnostics research taxpayer that receives 
credit that has been transferred shall use such credit 
for the taxable year in which the transfer occurred. 
Any unused amounts of such credit may be carried 
back or forward to other taxable years in accordance 
with section 39. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED DIAGNOSTICS 
RESEARCH
TAXPAYER.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘qualified diagnostics research tax-
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paragraph (1)(A) for the one-year period preceding 
the submittal of such report, include the following: 
(A) The staffing levels of audiologists, 
hearing aid specialists, and health technicians 
in audiology in the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration. 
(B) A description of the metrics used by 
the Secretary in measuring performance with 
respect to appointments and care relating to 
hearing health. 
(C) The average time that a veteran waits 
to receive an appointment, beginning on the 
date on which the veteran makes the request, 
for the following: 
(i) A disability rating evaluation for a 
hearing-related disability. 
(ii) A hearing aid evaluation. 
(iii) Dispensing of hearing aids. 
(iv) Any follow-up hearing health ap-
pointment. 
(D) The percentage of veterans whose total 
wait time for appointments described in sub-
paragraph (C), including an initial and follow- 
up appointment, if applicable, is— 
(i) less than 15 days; 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1762
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage
of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy under part B of the Medi-
care Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 3, 1997
Mr. ENSIGN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means,
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
committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for coverage of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial ther-
apy under part B of the Medicare Program.
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 ‘‘Medicare Coverage of
Infectious Diseases Therapy Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF OUTPATIENT PAREN-
TERAL ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graphs (N) and (O), and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (O) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(P) an antimicrobial which is administered to
a patient parenterally; and’’.
(b) PRACTICE
GUIDELINES.—The Secretary of
Health and Human Services, in consultation with medical
specialty societies and other health organizations with ex-
pertise in the treatment of infectious diseases, shall estab-
lish practice guidelines for the appropriate use of
antimicrobials described in section 1861(s)(2)(P) of the
Social Security Act.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply to antimicrobials administered on or
after January 1, 1998.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3540 
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to make improve-
ments to the food safety education program carried out under such 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 
Mr. CA´RDENAS (for himself and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
to make improvements to the food safety education pro-
gram carried out under such Act, 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 ‘‘Farm to Table Safety 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION INITIATIVES. 
Section 10105(a) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 7655a(a)) is amended— 
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘, including farm workers,’’ after ‘‘indus-
try’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) practices that prevent bacterial contamina-
tion of food, how to identify sources of food contami-
nation, and other means of decreasing food contami-
nation.’’. 
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ing year by reason of covered claims in-
curred.
In no event shall the carryover amount exceed
the sum of the premiums paid for coverage
under such arrangement with respect to such
participant for such year and such preceding
year.
‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT FOR LONG-TERM CARE
INSURANCE
PREMIUMS
AND
(DURING
UNEMPLOY-
MENT)
FOR
HEALTH
INSURANCE
PREMIUMS.—For
purposes of this title, a flexible spending arrange-
ment for health shall not cease to be treated as such
an arrangement, and no amount shall be includible
in the gross income of the participant in such ar-
rangement, solely because such arrangement—
‘‘(A) treats premium payments for any
qualified long-term care insurance contract (as
defined in section 7702B(b)) for the taxpayer
and the taxpayer’s family members as reim-
bursable expenses, or
‘‘(B) treats premium payments for medical
insurance for the taxpayer and the taxpayer’s
family members as reimbursable expenses if
such payments are made—
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3541 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to modify the goals of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market 
Committee. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. ELLI-
SON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Mr. PAYNE) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to modify the goals 
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
and the Federal Open Market Committee. 
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 ‘‘The Full Employment 
Federal Reserve Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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old for the school year beginning in such year 
(not to exceed 1,600). 
(d) ADJUSTMENTS TO PAYMENTS.— 
(1) RECONCILIATION OF PAYMENT.—For each 
State pre-kindergarten agency for a year: 
(A) 
OVERPAYMENT.—If 
the 
amount 
awarded under subsection (a) is greater than 
the amount described in paragraph (1) of sub-
section (c), the amount to be awarded under 
subsection (a) for the following year shall be re-
duced by the difference between such amounts. 
(B) 
UNDERPAYMENT.—If 
the 
amount 
awarded under subsection (a) is less than the 
amount described in paragraph (1) of sub-
section (c), not later than December 31 of such 
year, from amounts in the Early Education 
Trust Fund established by section 3, the Sec-
retary shall award to such State pre-kinder-
garten agency the difference between such 
amounts, subject to paragraph (2). 
(2) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If, as of a date, the 
amounts available to be awarded on such date from 
the Early Education Trust Fund are less than the 
amounts to be awarded on such date under this sec-
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be considered violations of this title on the part of the re-
sponsible entity if such violations—
‘‘(1) are isolated incidents that are not part of
a pattern of violations of such prohibition; and
‘‘(2) are not authorized by the responsible en-
tity.
‘‘SEC. 2703. PREEMPTION.
‘‘Nothing in this title shall preempt or otherwise af-
fect any other Federal, State or local law which provides
protection from health hazards from environmental to-
bacco smoke.
‘‘SEC. 2704. REGULATIONS.
‘‘The Administrator is authorized to promulgate such
regulations as the Administrator deems necessary to carry
out this title.
‘‘SEC. 2705. EFFECTIVE DATE.
‘‘The requirements of this title shall take effect on
the date one year after the date of the enactment of the
Smoke-Free Environment Act of 1997.
‘‘SEC. 2706. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this title—
‘‘(1) the term ‘Administrator’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
‘‘(2) the term ‘public facility’ means any build-
ing regularly entered by 10 or more individuals at
(C) a large Federal budget surplus (and 
State budget surpluses), which meant money 
was available for key services like education, 
health care, and infrastructure investment. 
(19) One key reason that the economy ap-
proached full employment was that the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System resisted 
pressures to raise interest rates and let the unem-
ployment rate continue to fall. 
(20) Achieving genuine full employment should 
be the foremost economic priority of the United 
States, and all branches of the Federal Government 
should use their full power to accomplish this goal. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION TO THE GOALS OF THE BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYS-
TEM AND THE FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COM-
MITTEE. 
Section 2A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 
225a) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(defined as an economy with 
an unemployment rate of not more than 4 percent 
and that generally includes a labor market in which 
median wages are rising with worker productivity, 
job seekers can find work, and involuntary part-time 
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work is at a minimum)’’ after ‘‘maximum employ-
ment’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘stable prices’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
stable rate of inflation’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1765
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that, for purposes relating
to retirement, Members of Congress and congressional employees shall
be treated in the same manner as are employees in the executive branch
generally.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 3, 1997
Mr. MINGE (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr.
MCHALE, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. KLUG, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DICKEY,
Mr. COLLINS, and Mr. LOBIONDO) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on House Oversight, and in addition to
the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for condideratin of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that, for
purposes relating to retirement, Members of Congress
and congressional employees shall be treated in the same
manner as are employees in the executive branch gen-
erally.
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 ‘‘Congressional Pension
Reform Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 3. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
(a) DEDUCTIONS AND DEPOSITS.—
(1) DEDUCTIONS.—The first sentence of section
8334(a)(1) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The em-
ploying agency shall deduct and withhold 7 percent
of the basic pay of an employee and a Member, 71⁄2
percent of the basic pay of a law enforcement officer
and a firefighter, and 8 percent of the basic pay of
a Claims Court judge, a United States magistrate,
a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for
the Armed Forces, and a bankruptcy judge.’’.
(2) DEPOSITS.—
(A) 
FOR
MEMBER
SERVICE.—Section
8334(c) is amended in the matter relating to a
Member for Member service by striking
‘‘8 ........
After December 31,
1969.’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(3) The out-of-pocket cost to enrollees under
such health benefits plans and a comparison of those
costs to the costs incurred by other enrollees under
the Federal Employee Health Benefits program.
‘‘(4) The cost to the Government (including the
Department of Defense, the Department of Trans-
portation, and the Department of Health and
Human Services) of providing care under such
health benefits plans.
‘‘(5) A comparison of the costs determined
under paragraphs (3) and (4) and the costs that
would have otherwise been incurred by the Govern-
ment and enrollees under alternative health care op-
tions available to the administering Secretaries.
‘‘(6) The effect of this section on the cost, ac-
cess, and utilization rates of other health care op-
tions under the health care system of the uniformed
services.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘1107. Health care coverage through Federal Employees Health Benefits pro-
gram: demonstration project.’’.
(b) Chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in section 8905—
‘‘3640. Early termination of parole. 
‘‘3641. Aliens. 
‘‘3642. Summons to appear or warrant for retaking of parolee. 
‘‘3643. Revocation of parole. 
‘‘3644. Reconsideration and appeal. 
‘‘3645. Young adult offenders. 
‘‘3646. Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act. 
‘‘Subchapter D—Parole 
‘‘§ 3631. Definitions 
‘‘In this subchapter— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘Chairperson’ means the Chair-
person of the Commission; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Commission’ means the United 
States Parole Commission; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘Commissioner’ means any mem-
ber of the Commission; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘eligible prisoner’ means any Fed-
eral prisoner who is eligible for parole under this 
title or any other law, including any Federal pris-
oner whose parole has been revoked and who is not 
otherwise ineligible for parole; 
‘‘(6) the term ‘parolee’ means any eligible pris-
oner who has been released on parole or deemed as 
if released on parole under section 3626(b)(5) or 
section 3634(a)(2); and 
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‘‘a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or air traffic
controller,’’.
(d) 
GOVERNMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section
8423(a)(1) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i) by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)),’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B))
and Members,’’;
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i) by striking ‘‘Mem-
bers, Congressional employees,’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii) by striking ‘‘and
Members’’.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first
Congress beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘powers only within Agency in-
stallations,’’ and all that follows through the end,
and inserting the following: ‘‘powers—
‘‘(A) 
within 
the 
Agency 
Headquarters
Compound and the property controlled and occupied
by the Federal Highway Administration located im-
mediately adjacent to such Compound and in the
streets, sidewalks, and the open areas within the
zone beginning at the outside boundary of such
Compound and property and extending outward 500
feet; and
‘‘(B) within any other Agency installation and
in the streets, sidewalks, and open areas within the
zone beginning at the outside boundary of any such
installation and extending outward 500 feet.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(2) The performance of functions and exercise of
powers under paragraph (1) shall be limited to those cir-
cumstances where such personnel can identify specific and
articulable facts giving such personnel reason to believe
that their performance of such functions and exercise of
such powers is reasonable to protect against physical at-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1768
To terminate certain entitlements of former Speakers of the House of
Representatives.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 3, 1997
Mrs. LINDA SMITH of Washington (for herself, Mr. KLUG, Mr. SHAYS, Mr.
COBLE, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, and
Mr. BACHUS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To terminate certain entitlements of former Speakers of the
House of Representatives.
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 ‘‘Former Speakers
Privilege Reform Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN ENTITLEMENTS OF
FORMER SPEAKERS OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.
House Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress,
agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent
law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1971, and supplemented by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
relating to former Speakers of the House of Representa-
tives’’ (88 Stat. 1723)) (2 U.S.C. 31b–1 et seq.) is re-
pealed.
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‘‘(2) in the case of a parolee who has been con-
victed of a Federal, State, or local crime committed 
subsequent to release on parole that is punishable by 
a term of imprisonment, detention, or incarceration 
in any penal facility, the Commission shall deter-
mine, in accordance with subsection (b) or (c) of sec-
tion 3643, whether all or any part of the unexpired 
term being served at the time of parole shall run 
concurrently or consecutively with the sentence im-
posed for the new offense, but in no case shall such 
service together with such time as the parolee has 
previously served in connection with the offense for 
which the parolee was paroled, be longer than the 
maximum term for which the parolee was sentenced 
in connection with such offense. 
‘‘(c) INTENTIONAL FAILURE OR REFUSAL.—If a pa-
rolee intentionally refuses or fails to respond to any rea-
sonable request, order, summons, or warrant of the Com-
mission or any member or agent thereof, the jurisdiction 
of the Commission may be extended for the period during 
which the parolee so refuses or fails to respond. 
‘‘(d) OTHER SENTENCES.—The parole of any parolee 
shall run concurrently with the period of parole or proba-
tion under any other Federal, State, or local sentence. 
Upon the termination of the jurisdiction of the Commis-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 176
To provide for hearing care services by audiologists to Federal civilian
employees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. GILMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To provide for hearing care services by audiologists to
Federal civilian employees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hearing
Care for Federal Employees Act’’.
SEC. 2. Section 8902(k)(1) of the title 5, United
States Code, is amended by inserting the word
‘‘audiologist’’, after the word ‘‘optometrist’’ wherever it
appears in that section.
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