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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 35 
To restore safety to America’s schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2013 
Mr. STOCKMAN (for himself and Mr. BROUN of Georgia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To restore safety to America’s 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 ‘‘Safe Schools Act of 
2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds— 
(1) that the Supreme Court has found language 
nearly identical to the ‘‘Gun Free School Zones Act’’ 
to be unconstitutional; 
(2) that the enactment of the ‘‘Gun Free School 
Zones Act’’ has been met with an almost uninter-
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rupted series of horrific and tragic shootings at Col-
umbine, Newtown and in other American schools; 
(3) that the ‘‘Gun Free School Zones Act’’ has 
been a deadly failure. According to research by 
GeorgiaCarry.org, in the 22 years prior to enact-
ment of the ‘‘Gun Free School Zones Act’’ there 
were two school shootings in which four or more 
people were intentionally murdered in a short period 
of time, and in the 22 years after the enactment of 
the ‘‘Gun Free School Zones Act’’ there have been 
10 such school shootings; 
(4) that American schools had not been plagued 
with this succession of horrific shootings prior to the 
enactment of the ‘‘Gun Free School Zones Act’’; 
(5) that horrific massacres on school campuses 
in Pearl, Mississippi, and southwestern Virginia, 
were averted by armed staff and students; 
(6) that none of the murderers in any of these 
horrific school shootings were deterred by the fact 
that, in addition to murder, gun possession was also 
illegal in those locations; and 
(7) that the reason that the ‘‘Gun Free School 
Zones Act’’ has made American schools unsafe is 
that shooters now know that they can victimize 
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(B) by striking ‘‘, and (ii)’’ and all that
follows before the period at the end; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (C).
SEC. 4. MODIFICATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DE-
BENTURE PROGRAM.
(a) MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT.—Section 502(2) of
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C.
696(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) Loans made by the Administration under
this section shall be limited to $1,250,000 for each
such identifiable small business concern.’’.
(b) FEE TO OFFSET COST.—Section 503(b)(3) of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C.
697(b)(3)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon
the following: ‘‘and includes a one-eighth of 1 percent fee
which shall be paid to the Administration and which shall
be used solely to offset the cost (as defined by section
502(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guar-
anteeing the debenture.’’.
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American school campuses with no fear that victims 
will be armed. 
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to re-
store safety to America’s schools by allowing staff, teach-
ers, and administrators to defend the children and them-
selves. 
SEC. 3. SAFE SCHOOLS. 
Subsection (q) of section 922 of Title 18, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
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SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE CHILDREN TO 
WHOM ENTITLEMENT TO EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE MAY BE TRANSFERRED UNDER 
THE POST 9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3319(c) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE DEPENDENTS.— 
‘‘(1) TRANSFER.—An individual approved to 
transfer an entitlement to educational assistance 
under this section may transfer the individual’s enti-
tlement as follows: 
‘‘(A) To the individual’s spouse. 
‘‘(B) To one or more of the individual’s 
children. 
‘‘(C) To a combination of the individuals 
referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF CHILDREN.—For purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘children’ includes de-
pendents described in section 1072(2)(I) of title 
10.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to educational assist-
ance payable under chapter 33 of title 38, United States 
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Code, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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(B) A description of the role of positioning 
satellites in ballistic and tactical missile guid-
ance systems. 
(C) A description and assessment of the 
current and potential future use of satellite po-
sitioning ground monitoring stations as a 
means of improving the accuracy of satellite 
guided missiles. 
(3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex. 
(4) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appro-
priate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives. 
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‘‘(ii) authority to service and liquidate
such loans.’’.
(b) GUARANTEE FEES.—Section 7(a)(18) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(18) GUARANTEE FEES.—
‘‘(A) GENERAL FEE.—The For any loan or
financing made under this subsection other than
a loan repayable in a period of one year or less,
the Administration shall collect a guarantee fee
equal to—
‘‘(i) 2 percent of the gross amount of
any loan guaranteed under this subsection
of an amount less than $250,000;
‘‘(ii) 2.5 percent of the gross amount
of any loan guaranteed under this sub-
section of an amount equal to or greater
than $250,000 and less than $500,000; or
‘‘(iii) 3 percent of the gross amount of
any loan guaranteed under this subsection
of an amount equal to or greater than
$500,000.
Such fee shall be payable by the participating
lending institution and may be charged to the
borrower.
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
FEE
TO
OFFSET
COST.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the
guarantee fee to be collected under sub-
paragraph (A), the Administration shall
collect a fee for loans guaranteed under
this subsection (other than loans for which
a guarantee fee may be collected under
section 5(g)(4)(A)) in an amount equal to
not more than four-tenths of 1 percent per
year of the outstanding principal portion of
such loan guaranteed by the Administra-
tion.
‘‘(ii) 
USE.—Fees 
collected 
under
clause (i) shall be used solely to offset the
cost (as defined by section 502(5) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of
guaranteeing loans under this subsection.
‘‘(iii) 
PAYMENT.—Fees 
collected
under clause (i) shall be payable by the
participating lending institution and shall
not be charged to the borrower.’’.
(c) REPEAL OF PROVISIONS ALLOWING RETENTION
OF GUARANTEE FEES BY LENDERS.—Section 7(a)(19) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(19)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘shall (i) develop’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall develop’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, and (ii)’’ and all that
follows before the period at the end; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (C).
SEC. 4. MODIFICATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DE-
BENTURE PROGRAM.
(a) MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT.—Section 502(2) of
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C.
696(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) Loans made by the Administration under
this section shall be limited to $1,250,000 for each
such identifiable small business concern.’’.
(b) FEE TO OFFSET COST.—Section 503(b)(3) of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C.
697(b)(3)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon
the following: ‘‘and includes a one-eighth of 1 percent fee
which shall be paid to the Administration and which shall
be used solely to offset the cost (as defined by section
502(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guar-
anteeing the debenture.’’.
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SEC. 7. SCOPE OF REVIEW. 
Section 706 of title 5, United States Code is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘To the extent necessary’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a) To the extent necessary’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (a) (as 
designated by paragraph (1) of this section), by in-
serting after ‘‘in accordance with law’’ the following: 
‘‘(including the Information Quality Act)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) The court shall not defer to the agency’s— 
‘‘(1) interpretation of an agency rule if the 
agency did not comply with the procedures of section 
553 or sections 556–557 of chapter 5 of this title to 
issue the interpretation; 
‘‘(2) determination of the costs and benefits or 
other economic or risk assessment of the action, if 
the agency failed to conform to guidelines on such 
determinations and assessments established by the 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Reg-
ulatory Affairs under section 553(k); 
‘‘(3) determinations made in the adoption of an 
interim rule; or 
‘‘(4) guidance. 
‘‘(c) The court shall review agency denials of petitions 
under section 553(e)(6) or any other petition for a hearing 
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under sections 556 and 557 for abuse of agency discre-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 8. ADDED DEFINITION. 
Section 701(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end, and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ‘substantial evidence’ means such relevant 
evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as ade-
quate to support a conclusion in light of the record 
considered as a whole, taking into account whatever 
in the record fairly detracts from the weight of the 
evidence relied upon by the agency to support its de-
cision.’’. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act to— 
(1) sections 553, 556, and 704 of title 5, 
United States Code; 
(2) subsection (b) of section 701 of such title; 
(3) paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 706(b) of 
such title; and 
(4) subsection (c) of section 706 of such title, 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3603 
To limit the construction on United States soil of satellite positioning ground 
monitoring stations of foreign governments, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, and Mr. DEFAZIO) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on For-
eign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services and 
Select Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To limit the construction on United States soil of satellite 
positioning ground monitoring stations of foreign govern-
ments, 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. LIMITATION ON CONSTRUCTION ON UNITED 
STATES SOIL OF SATELLITE POSITIONING 
GROUND MONITORING STATIONS OF FOR-
EIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) CERTIFICATION.—The President may not author-
ize or permit the construction of a satellite positioning 
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ground monitoring station directly or indirectly controlled 
by a foreign government on United States soil until the 
Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intel-
ligence jointly certify to Congress that such monitoring 
station will not possess the capability or potential to be 
used for the purpose of gathering intelligence or improving 
any foreign weapons system. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, 
and the Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report on the use of sat-
ellite positioning ground monitoring stations by for-
eign governments for the purpose of gathering intel-
ligence or improving the accuracy of missile guid-
ance systems. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the 
current and potential use of satellite ground 
monitoring stations under the control of foreign 
governments for the purpose of gathering intel-
ligence. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3605 
To make a technical amendment to the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust 
Area Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico (for herself, Mr. BEN RAY 
LUJA´N of New Mexico, and Mr. PEARCE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To make a technical amendment to the T’uf Shur Bien 
Preservation Trust Area 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 ‘‘Sandia Pueblo Settle-
ment Technical Amendment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SANDIA PUEBLO SETTLEMENT TECHNICAL AMEND-
MENT. 
Section 413(b) of the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation 
Trust Area Act (16 U.S.C. 539m–11(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), by 
striking ‘‘conveyance’’ and inserting ‘‘title to be con-
veyed’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) FAILURE TO EXCHANGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the land exchange 
authorized under paragraph (1) is not com-
pleted by the date that is 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary, 
on request of the Pueblo and the Secretary of 
the Interior, shall transfer the National Forest 
land generally depicted as ‘Land to be Held in 
Trust’ on the map entitled ‘Sandia Pueblo Set-
tlement Technical Amendment Act’ and dated 
October 18, 2013, to the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to be held in trust by the United States for 
the Pueblo— 
‘‘(i) subject to the restriction enforced 
by the Secretary of the Interior that the 
land remain undeveloped, with the natural 
characteristics of the land to be preserved 
in perpetuity; and 
‘‘(ii) consistent with subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) 
OTHER
TRANSFERS.—After 
the 
transfer under subparagraph (A) is complete, 
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the Secretary of the Interior, with the consent 
of the Pueblo, shall— 
‘‘(i) transfer to the Secretary, con-
sistent with section 411(c)— 
‘‘(I) the La Luz tract generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘Sandia 
Pueblo Settlement Technical Amend-
ment Act’ and dated October 18, 
2013; and 
‘‘(II) the conservation easement 
for the Piedra Lisa tract generally de-
picted on the map entitled ‘Sandia 
Pueblo Settlement Technical Amend-
ment Act’ and dated October 18, 
2013; and 
‘‘(ii) grant to the Secretary a right-of- 
way for the Piedra Lisa Trail within the 
Piedra Lisa tract generally depicted on the 
map entitled ‘Sandia Pueblo Settlement 
Technical Amendment Act’ and dated Oc-
tober 18, 2013.’’. 
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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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grand Portage Band 
Per Capita Adjustment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EQUAL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PER CAPITA IN-
COME FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Paragraph (4) of section 7 of the Act of October 19, 
1973 (25 U.S.C. 1407(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘pursu-
ant to the agreements of such Band’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indi-
ans, or both, pursuant to the agreements of each Band’’. 
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shall not apply to any rule makings pending or completed 
on the date of enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 13, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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of, falling from, blowing off, dropping from, or otherwise
escaping from the vehicle. The Secretary shall issue such
regulations not later than 1 year after such date of enact-
ment.
‘‘(b) STATE LAW COMPATIBILITY.—If at any time in
a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1997, a State
does not have in effect a law compatible with the regula-
tions issued by the Secretary under subsection (a), the
Secretary, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
shall transfer an amount equal to 11⁄2 percent of the funds
apportioned to the State under each of subsections (b)(1),
(b)(2), and (b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, to the
apportionment of the State under section 402 of title 23,
United States Code. The Federal share of the cost of any
project carried out with funds transferred under this sec-
tion shall be 100 percent.
‘‘(c) TRANSFER OF OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—If the
Secretary transfers under this section any funds to the
State for a fiscal year for highway safety programs under
section 402 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary
shall allocate an amount of obligation authority distrib-
uted for such fiscal year to the State for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety programs for carrying out only
projects under such section 402 which is determined by
multiplying—
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2154
To privatize environmental testing analysis, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 1995
Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself and Mr. POSHARD) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to
the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Resources, 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 com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To privatize environmental testing analysis, 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. PRIVATIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING
ANALYSIS.
All Federal departments and agencies performing en-
vironmental testing analyses, in support of monitoring, as-
sessment, or compliance decisionmaking, or both, pursu-
ant to Federal, State, or municipal statutes, regulations,
or other legal requirements, shall use exclusively non-
governmental testing laboratories, so long as testing proto-
cols, method requirements, preservation times, transpor-
tation times, or holding times can be achieved. Any State
or local government or institution of higher education per-
forming any such environmental testing analysis for such
purposes shall also use exclusively nongovernmental test-
ing laboratories, so long as testing protocols, method re-
quirements, preservation times, transportation times, or
holding times can be achieved if Federal grants or other
Federal assistance is used to carry out such analysis.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect with respect to any environ-
mental testing analysis commenced after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grand Portage Band 
Per Capita Adjustment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EQUAL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PER CAPITA IN-
COME FOR PURPOSES OF FEDERAL ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Paragraph (4) of section 7 of the Act of October 19, 
1973 (25 U.S.C. 1407(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘pursu-
ant to the agreements of such Band’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indi-
ans, or both, pursuant to the agreements of each Band’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3608 
AN ACT 
To amend the Act of October 19, 1973, concerning 
taxable income to members of the Grand Portage 
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2155
To amend title 38, United States Code, to restrict payment, in the case
of incarcerated veterans, of the clothing allowance otherwise payable
to certain disabled veterans and to create for pension purposes a pre-
sumption of permanent and total disability for veterans over age 65
who are patients in a nursing home.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 1995
Mr. STUMP (for himself and Mr. MONTGOMERY) (both by request) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to restrict payment,
in the case of incarcerated veterans, of the clothing al-
lowance otherwise payable to certain disabled veterans
and to create for pension purposes a presumption of
permanent and total disability for veterans over age 65
who are patients in a nursing home.
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 ‘‘Veterans’ Benefits Re-
form Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CLOTHING ALLOWANCE FOR IN-
CARCERATED VETERANS.
(a) PRO RATA REDUCTION.—Chapter 53 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
5313 the following new section:
‘‘§ 5313A. Limitation on payment of clothing allow-
ance to incarcerated veterans
‘‘In the case of a veteran who is incarcerated in a
Federal, State, or local penal institution for a period in
excess of 60 days and who is furnished clothing without
charge by the institution, the amount of an annual cloth-
ing allowance payable to such veteran under section 1162
of this title shall be reduced on a pro rata basis for each
day on which the veteran was so incarcerated during the
12-month period preceding the date on which payment of
the allowance would be due. This section shall be carried
out under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 5313 the following new
item:
‘‘5313A. Limitation on payment of clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans.’’.
SEC. 3. PRESUMPTION OF PERMANENT AND TOTAL DIS-
ABILITY FOR VETERANS OVER AGE 65 WHO
ARE NURSING HOME PATIENTS.
Section 1502(a) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘is 65 years of age or older and
a patient in a nursing home or, regardless of age,’’ after
‘‘such a person’’.
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