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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4391 
To amend the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to complete the required 
700-mile southwest border fencing by December 31, 2016, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2016 
Mr. ROSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to complete the required 700-mile southwest 
border fencing by December 31, 2016, 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 ‘‘Finish the Fence Act of 
2016’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wheat and Barley Pro-
tection Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH REGARDING DISEASES
OF WHEAT AND BARLEY CAUSED BY FUSAR-
IUM GRAMINEARUM.
(a) RESEARCH GRANT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary
of Agriculture may make a grant to a consortium of land-
grant colleges and universities to enhance the ability of
the consortium to carry out a multi-State research project
aimed at understanding and combating diseases of wheat
and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum and related
fungi (in this section referred to as ‘‘wheat scab’’).
(b) 
RESEARCH
COMPONENTS.—Funds 
provided
under this section shall be available for the following col-
laborative, multi-State research activities:
(1) Identification and understanding of the epi-
demiology of wheat scab and the toxicological prop-
erties of vomitoxin, an toxic metabolite commonly
occurring in wheat and barley infected with wheat
scab.
(2) Development of crop management strategies
to reduce the risk of wheat scab occurrence.
(3) Development of efficient and accurate meth-
ods to monitor wheat and barley for the presence of
wheat scab and resulting vomitoxin contamination,
post-harvest management techniques for wheat and
barley infected with wheat scab, and milling and
food processing techniques to render contaminated
grain safe.
(4) Strengthening and expansion of plant-breed-
ing activities to enhance the resistance of wheat and
barley to wheat scab, including the establishment of
a regional advanced breeding material evaluation
nursery and a germplasm introduction and evalua-
tion system.
(5) Development and deployment of alternative
fungicide application systems and formulations to
control wheat scab and consideration of other chemi-
cal control strategies to assist farmers until new
more resistant wheat and barley varieties are avail-
able.
(c) COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS.—Funds provided
under this section shall be available for efforts to con-
centrate, integrate, and disseminate research, extension,
and outreach-orientated information regarding wheat
scab.
(d) MANAGEMENT.—To oversee the use of a grant
made under this section, the Secretary shall establish a
committee composed of the directors of the agricultural
experiment stations in the States in which land-grant col-
leges and universities that are members of the consortium
are located.
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for
each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2002, $5,200,000
to make grants under this section.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$12,300,000: Provided, That $3,100,000 in fees collected in
fiscal year 1998 by the Surface Transportation Board pur-
suant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available to this
appropriation in fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That
any fees received in excess of $3,100,000 in fiscal year 1998
shall remain available until expended, but shall not be
available for obligation until October 1, 1998.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION
BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $3,640,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received for publications and training expenses.
SEC. 2. FENCING ALONG AND OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF 
THE SOUTHWEST BORDER. 
(a) FENCING.—Paragraph (1) of section 102(b) of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsi-
bility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, not 
later than December 31, 2016,’’ before ‘‘construct’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(b) OPERATIONAL CONTROL.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 2 the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1701 note; 
Public Law 109–367) is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2016,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, in consultation with State 
and local officials along the international border be-
tween the United States and Mexico, including bor-
der State governors, mayors of border towns and cit-
ies, and border sheriffs,’’ before ‘‘shall’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4395 
To repeal the provision permitting the use of rocket engines from the Russian 
Federation for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2016 
Mr. MCCARTHY (for himself and Mr. HUNTER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To repeal the provision permitting the use of rocket engines 
from the Russian Federation for the evolved expendable 
launch vehicle program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF PROVISION PERMITTING THE USE 
OF ROCKET ENGINES FROM THE RUSSIAN 
FEDERATION FOR THE EVOLVED EXPEND-
ABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM. 
Section 8048 of the Department of Defense Appro-
priations Act, 2016 (division C of Public Law 114–113) 
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is repealed and shall be deemed never to have been en-
acted. 
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(f) CONTINGENT
EFFECTIVENESS.—The amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect at the end
of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs certifies to Congress that
the Secretary is in compliance with subsection (b) of sec-
tion 1710B of title 38, United States Code. Such certifi-
cation shall demonstrate a plan for, and commitment to,
ongoing compliance with the requirements of that sub-
section.
(g) CONTINUING REPORTS.—Following a certifi-
cation under subsection (f), the Secretary shall submit to
Congress an update on that certification every six months
until the certification is included in the Department’s an-
nual budget submission.
SEC. 103. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON INVENTORY
OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HIS-
TORIC PROPERTIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 15 of
2005, 2006, and 2007, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of
the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the
historic properties administered or controlled by the Sec-
retary.
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—In the initial report under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall set forth a complete in-
HR 5006 RDS 
and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 
That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading 
for expenditures for official time for employees of the So-
cial Security Administration pursuant to section 7131 of 
title 5, United States Code, and for facilities or support 
services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regu-
lations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of 
such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
with interest, from amounts in the general fund not other-
wise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expendi-
tures are made. 
In addition, $124,000,000 to be derived from admin-
istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 
Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 
which shall remain available until expended. To the extent 
that the amounts collected pursuant to such section 
1616(d) or 212(b)(3) in fiscal year 2005 exceed 
$124,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 
2006 only to the extent provided in advance in appropria-
tions Acts. 
From funds previously appropriated for Federal- 
State partnerships, any unobligated balances at the end 
of fiscal year 2004 shall be transferred to the Supple-
mental Security Income Program and remain available
pathic Association, the American Psychiatric Association, 
the American Academy of Pain Management, the Amer-
ican Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Medi-
cine, the American Board of Pain Medicine, the American 
Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, or any other or-
ganization that the Secretary determines is appropriate 
for purposes of this subparagraph.’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—The Drug Enforcement Administra-
tion shall fund the enforcement of the requirements speci-
fied in section 303(g)(3) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(as added by subsection (a)) through the use of a portion 
of the licensing fees paid by controlled substance pre-
scribers under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
801 et seq.). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021. 
SEC. 102. CO-PRESCRIBING OPIOID OVERDOSE REVERSAL 
DRUGS GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than six months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall estab-
lish, in accordance with this section, a four-year co- 
prescribing opioid overdose reversal drugs grant pro-
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(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— 
(1) GRANT
AMOUNTS.—A grant made under 
this section may not be for more than $200,000 per 
grant. 
(2) 
PRIORITIZATION.—In 
awarding 
grants 
under this section, the Secretary shall give priority 
to eligible State entities which propose to base their 
guidelines on existing guidelines on co-prescribing to 
speed enactment, including guidelines of— 
(A) the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
(B) nationwide medical societies, such as 
the American Society of Addiction Medicine or 
the American Medical Association; and 
(C) the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention. 
SEC. 104. SURVEILLANCE CAPACITY BUILDING. 
(a) PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, acting through the Director 
of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall 
award cooperative agreements or grants to eligible entities 
to improve fatal and nonfatal drug overdose surveillance 
and reporting capabilities, including— 
(1) providing training to improve identification 
of drug overdose as the cause of death by coroners 
and medical examiners; 
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tember 30, 2000; $47,050,000 shall be available for other
equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2000;
$59,400,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids
to navigation facilities, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 2000; and $47,000,000 shall be available for per-
sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re-
main available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
funds received from the sale of HU–25 aircraft shall be
credited to this appropriation for the purpose of acquiring
new aircraft and increasing aviation capacity: Provided
further, That the Commandant may dispose of surplus real
property by sale or lease and the proceeds shall be credited
to this appropriation, of which not more than $9,000,000
shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account,
to be available for the purposes of this account: Provided
further, That the amount herein appropriated from the
General Fund shall be reduced by such amount so as to
result in a final fiscal year 1998 appropriation from the
General Fund of $370,000,000: Provided further, That
any proceeds from the sale or lease of Coast Guard surplus
real property in excess of $9,000,000 shall be retained and
remain available until expended, but shall not be available
for obligation until October 1, 1998.
‘‘(ii) REQUIRED
FILING.—In addition to
imposing a penalty, the Commission may re-
quire a report that has not been filed within the
time requirements of section 304 to be filed by
a specific date.
‘‘(iii) PROCEDURE.—A penalty or filing re-
quirement imposed under this paragraph shall
not be subject to paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4),
(5), or (12).
‘‘(B) FILING AN EXCEPTION.—
‘‘(i) TIME TO FILE.—A political committee
shall have 30 days after the imposition of a
penalty or filing requirement by the Commis-
sion under this paragraph in which to file an
exception with the Commission.
‘‘(ii) TIME FOR COMMISSION TO RULE.—
Within 30 days after receiving an exception, the
Commission shall make a determination that is
a final agency action subject to exclusive review
by the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit under section 706
of title 5, United States Code, upon petition
filed in that court by the political committee or
treasurer that is the subject of the agency ac-
tion, if the petition is filed within 30 days after
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ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast
Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func-
tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,
$21,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $16,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
RETIRED PAY
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for
this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service-
man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and
for payments for medical care of retired personnel and
their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act
(10 U.S.C. ch. 55); $645,696,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re-
serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation
of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services;
$67,000,000: Provided, That no more than $20,000,000
of funds made available under this heading may be trans-
ferred to Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4397 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to provide for caches of emergency response equipment to be used in 
the event of an accident involving rail tank cars transporting hazardous 
material, crude oil, or flammable liquids. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2016 
Mr. KIND 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 provide for caches of emergency re-
sponse equipment to be used in the event of an accident 
involving rail tank cars transporting hazardous material, 
crude oil, or flammable liquids. 
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 ‘‘Rail Safety Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREPOSITIONING OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE 
EQUIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall develop and prepo-
sition caches of emergency response equipment to facili-
tate the rapid deployment of resources needed to reduce 
damage to life, property, and the environment in the event 
of an accident involving rail tank cars transporting haz-
ardous material, crude oil, or flammable liquids. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The caches described in subsection 
(a) may include— 
(1) firefighting equipment; 
(2) fire suppression agents; and 
(3) any other safety equipment considered nec-
essary by the Administrator to respond to railroad 
accidents involving hazardous material, crude oil, or 
flammable liquids. 
(c) LOCATION.—The caches described in subsection 
(a) shall be— 
(1) located along rail routes over which a high 
volume of high-hazard trains operate; and 
(2) strategically prepositioned along such routes 
in a manner that lowers the response time of fire-
fighters to— 
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(A) fight fires involving crude oil and other 
flammable liquids; and 
(B) prevent such fires from spreading. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In determining the contents of 
the caches under subsection (b) and the location of the 
caches under subsection (c), the Administrator shall con-
sult with the Secretary of Transportation, appropriate 
State and local governments, railroad carriers, and local 
first responders. 
(e) FEE COLLECTION.—The Administrator may col-
lect fees from railroad carriers, as appropriate, to develop 
and preposition the caches under subsection (a). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act. 
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(b) PROPOSALS.—The Secretary shall solicit pro-
posals for designation of facilities as described in sub-
section (a). The announcement of the solicitation of such
proposals shall be issued not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and the deadline for
the submission of proposals in response to such solicitation
shall be not later than 90 days after the date of such an-
nouncement. The peer review panel established under sub-
section (a) shall complete its review of the proposals and
submit its recommendations to the Secretary not later
than 60 days after the date of the deadline for the submis-
sion of proposals. The Secretary shall then select the four
sites for the location of such centers not later than 45
days after the date on which the peer review panel submits
its recommendations to the Secretary.
(c) REVISED SECTION.—Subchapter II of chapter 73
is amended by adding at the end a new section with—
(1) a heading as follows:
‘‘§ 7327. Medical preparedness centers’’;
and
(2) a text consisting of the text of subsections
(a) through (h) of section 7325 of title 38, United
States Code, and a subsection (i) at the end as fol-
lows:
‘‘(i) FUNDING.—(1) There are authorized to be ap-
propriated for the centers under this section $10,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2007.
‘‘(2) In addition to any amounts appropriated for a
fiscal year specifically for the activities of the centers pur-
suant to paragraph (1), the Under Secretary for Health
shall allocate to the centers from other funds appropriated
for that fiscal year generally for the Department medical
care account and the Department medical and prosthetics
research account such amounts as the Under Secretary
determines necessary in order to carry out the purposes
of this section.’’.
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—No provision of law
may be construed to supersede or nullify this section, or
an amendment made by this section, unless it specifically
refers to this subsection and specifically states that it is
enacted to supersede or nullify this section or a provision
of this section.
Passed the House of Representatives September 29,
2004.
Attest:
Clerk.
be chosen on the basis of appropriateness for use by the 
United States Border Patrol, and each vehicle shall have 
a ‘‘panic button’’ and a global positioning system device 
that is activated solely in emergency situations for the 
purpose of tracking the location of an agent in distress. 
The police-type vehicles shall be replaced at least every 
three years. 
SEC. 108. PORTABLE COMPUTERS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure 
that each police-type motor vehicle in the fleet of the 
United States Border Patrol is equipped with a portable 
computer with access to all necessary law enforcement 
databases and otherwise suited to the unique operational 
requirements of the United States Border Patrol. 
SEC. 109. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall augment 
the existing radio communications system so all law en-
forcement personnel working in every area where United 
States Border Patrol operations are conducted have clear 
and encrypted two-way radio communication capabilities 
at all times. Each portable communications device shall 
be equipped with a ‘‘panic button’’ and a global posi-
tioning system device that is activated solely in emergency 
situations for the purpose of tracking the location of the 
agent in distress. 
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