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‘‘Sec. 605. Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of Religious 
Freedom.’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 702. Voluntary codes of conduct for United States institutions of higher 
education operating outside the United States. 
‘‘Sec. 703. Sense of Congress regarding national security strategy to promote reli-
gious freedom through United States foreign policy.’’. 
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Calendar No. 705 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1150 
AN ACT 
To amend the International Religious Freedom Act 
of 1998 to improve the ability of the United 
States to advance religious freedom globally 
through enhanced diplomacy, training, counter-
terrorism, and foreign assistance efforts, and 
through stronger and more flexible political re-
sponses to religious freedom violations and vio-
lent extremism worldwide, and for other pur-
poses. 
DECEMBER 7, 2016 
Reported with an amendment 
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the Advisory Committee shall provide timely advice to the
Secretary and the Director during the preparation of the
general management plan under section 1005(g).
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Committee shall
consist of 13 members, who shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary as follows:
(1) Three members shall be representatives of
the Trust.
(2) Three members shall be representatives of
local landowners, cattle ranchers, or other agricul-
tural interests.
(3) Three members shall be representatives of
conservation or historic preservation interests.
(4)(A) One member shall be selected from a list
of persons recommended by the Chase County Com-
mission in the State of Kansas.
(B) One member shall be selected from a list of
persons recommended by appropriate officials of
Strong City, Kansas, and Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
(C) One member shall be selected from a list of
persons recommended by the Governor of the State
of Kansas.
(5) One member shall be a range management
specialist representing institutions of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘IRS Email Trans-
parency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IRS EMPLOYEES PROHIBITED FROM USING PER-
SONAL 
EMAIL 
ACCOUNTS 
FOR 
OFFICIAL 
BUSINESS. 
No officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice may use a personal email account to conduct any offi-
cial business of the Government. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1152 
AN ACT 
To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal 
Revenue Service from using personal email ac-
counts to conduct official business.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1152 
To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from 
using personal email accounts to conduct official business. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 
Mr. MARCHANT (for himself and Mr. ROSKAM) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue 
Service from using personal email accounts to conduct 
official business. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. IRS EMPLOYEES PROHIBITED FROM USING 
PERSONAL EMAIL ACCOUNTS FOR OFFICIAL 
BUSINESS. 
No officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice may use a personal email account to conduct any offi-
cial business of the Government. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1152 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 16, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue 
Service from using personal email accounts to conduct 
official business. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘IRS Email Trans-
parency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IRS EMPLOYEES PROHIBITED FROM USING PER-
SONAL 
EMAIL 
ACCOUNTS 
FOR 
OFFICIAL 
BUSINESS. 
No officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice may use a personal email account to conduct any offi-
cial business of the Government. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 15, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Union Calendar No. 49 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1152 
[Report No. 114–69] 
To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service from 
using personal email accounts to conduct official business. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 
Mr. MARCHANT (for himself and Mr. ROSKAM) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
APRIL 13, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 27, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal Revenue 
Service from using personal email accounts to conduct 
official business. 
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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 ‘‘IRS Email Trans-
parency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IRS EMPLOYEES PROHIBITED FROM USING PER-
SONAL EMAIL ACCOUNTS FOR OFFICIAL BUSI-
NESS. 
No officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service 
may use a personal email account to conduct any official 
business of the Government. 
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CRIMES, OR WIDESPREAD OR SYSTEMATIC 
ATTACKS
ON
CIVILIANS.—Any alien who 
planned, ordered, assisted, aided and abet-
ted, committed, or otherwise participated 
in, including through command responsi-
bility and without regard to motivation or 
intent, the commission of— 
‘‘(I) any act of torture (as de-
fined in section 2340 of title 18, 
United States Code); 
‘‘(II) any extrajudicial killing (as 
defined in section 3(a) of the Torture 
Victim Protection Act of 1991 (28 
U.S.C. 1350 note)) under color of law 
of any foreign nation; 
‘‘(III) a war crime (as defined in 
section 2441 of title 18, United States 
Code); or 
‘‘(IV) a widespread or systematic 
attack directed against a civilian pop-
ulation, with knowledge of the attack, 
murder, extermination, enslavement, 
forcible transfer of population, arbi-
trary detention, rape, sexual slavery, 
enforced prostitution, forced preg-
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Union Calendar No. 49 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1152 
[Report No. 114–69] 
A BILL 
To prohibit officers and employees of the Internal 
Revenue Service from using personal email ac-
counts to conduct official business. 
APRIL 13, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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V
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4078
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade for the vessel REGENT RAINBOW.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
Mr. TAUZIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorse-
ment for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel
REGENT RAINBOW.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), section 8 of the Act of
June 19, 1886 (46 App. U.S.C. 289), section 12106 of
title 46, United States Code, section 506 of the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1156), and any agree-
ment with the United States Government, the Secretary
of Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation
with appropriate endorsement for employment in the
coastwise trade for the vessel REGENT RAINBOW (Ba-
hamas official number 715557), after the completion of
the sale of the REGENT RAINBOW to an operator of
another passenger vessel measuring more that 20,000
gross tons that on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act is in operation with a coastwise endorse-
ment.
Æ
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1153 
To modify the treatment of unaccompanied alien children who are in Federal 
custody by reason of their immigration status, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 
GOWDY, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. COLLINS of Geor-
gia, Mr. CHABOT, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. WEBSTER
of Florida, Mr. 
BARLETTA, and Mr. FORBES) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To modify the treatment of unaccompanied alien children 
who are in Federal custody by reason of their immigra-
tion status, 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 ‘‘Asylum Reform and 
Border Protection Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF INTENT REGARDING TAXPAYER- 
PROVIDED COUNSEL. 
Section 292 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1362) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(at no expense to the Govern-
ment)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in no in-
stance shall the Government bear any expense for counsel 
for any person in removal proceedings or in any appeal 
proceedings before the Attorney General from any such 
removal proceedings.’’. 
SEC. 3. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE VISAS. 
Section 101(a)(27)(J)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)(i)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and whose reunification with 1 or both of the 
immigrant’s parents is not viable due’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
who cannot be reunified with either of the immigrant’s 
parents due’’. 
SEC. 4. CREDIBLE FEAR INTERVIEWS. 
Section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘208.’’ and inserting ‘‘208, and it is more prob-
able than not that the statements made by the alien in 
support of the alien’s claim are true.’’. 
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under subparagraph (I) of such subsection 
under which the Commission evaluated alter-
natives to the rule or set of rules that could 
lead to lower regulatory costs, identify alter-
natives to the rule or set of rules that the Com-
mission recommends the agency consider as re-
placements for the rule or set of rules and the 
basis on which the Commission rests the rec-
ommendations, and, in identifying such alter-
natives, emphasize alternatives that will achieve 
regulatory effectiveness at the lowest cost and 
with the lowest adverse impacts on jobs; 
(F) for each rule or set of rules listed 
under the criteria set forth in subsection 
(h)(2)(E), the other Federal, State, or local 
governmental rules that the Commission found 
the rule or set of rules to overlap, duplicate, or 
conflict with, and the basis for the findings of 
the Commission; and 
(G) in the case of each set of rules so list-
ed, analyze whether Congress should also con-
sider repeal of the statutory authority imple-
mented by the set of rules. 
(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than the date 
on which the Commission members’ appointments 
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graph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) through (13) 
as paragraphs (2) through (12), respectively. 
(i) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES 
CODE.— 
(1)(A) Section 713 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘Service, Tax and Trade Bureau, and 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives’’ and inserting 
‘‘Service and Tax and Trade Bureau’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, and 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives, Department of Justice of the De-
partment of the Treasury’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (b)— 
(I) in each of paragraphs (2) and (3), 
by striking ‘‘either’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’; 
and 
(II) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, 
the Tax and Trade Bureau, Department of 
the Treasury, and the Director of the Bu-
reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives, Department of Justice’’ and in-
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SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF DUAL MANDATE. 
Section 2A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 
225a) is amended by striking ‘‘maximum employment, sta-
ble prices,’’ and inserting ‘‘stable prices’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1154 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to remove the mandate on the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open 
Market Committee to focus on maximum employment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 
Mr. STUTZMAN (for himself, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. JONES, 
and Mr. WESTMORELAND) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to remove the mandate 
on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem and the Federal Open Market Committee to focus 
on maximum employment. 
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 ‘‘Focusing the Fed on 
the Currency of the United States Act of 2015’’ or the 
‘‘FFOCUS Act of 2015’’. 
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qualified beneficiary’s accrued benefits and for the
purpose of determining the accrual of benefits. The
period of continued participation shall be deemed to
be service with the employer under the terms of the
plan or any applicable collective bargaining agree-
ment.
‘‘(2) TERMS OF CONTINUED PARTICIPATION.—
For purposes of determining the amount of any li-
ability and any obligation of the plan, earnings and
forfeitures shall not be included. In the case of a
multiemployer plan, any liability of the plan de-
scribed in this section shall be allocated—
‘‘(A) by the plan in such manner as the
sponsor maintaining the plan shall provide; or
‘‘(B) if the sponsor does not so provide, to
the last employer employing the person before
the qualifying event.
‘‘(3) PERIOD OF CONTINUED PARTICIPATION.—
The period of participation shall extend for the pe-
riod beginning on the date of the qualifying event
and ending not earlier than the earliest of the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(A) MAXIMUM REQUIRED PERIOD.—The
date on which the participant reaches (or would
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final report of the Commission under paragraph 
(2) or (3) of subsection (i) shall repeal the rule 
or set of rules as recommended by the Commis-
sion pursuant to section 201, following the en-
actment of a joint resolution under paragraph 
(2) for approval of the recommendations of the 
Commission in the report. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—No head of an agency 
described in paragraph (1) shall be required by 
this Act to carry out a repeal listed by the 
Commission in a report transmitted to Congress 
under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (i) 
until a joint resolution is enacted, in accordance 
with the provisions of subparagraph (B), ap-
proving such recommendations of the Commis-
sion for repeal. 
(B) TERMS
OF
THE
RESOLUTION.—For 
purposes of paragraph (A), the term ‘‘joint res-
olution’’ means only a joint resolution which is 
introduced after the date on which the Commis-
sion transmits to the Congress under paragraph 
(2) or (3) of subsection (i) the report con-
taining the recommendations to which the reso-
lution pertains, and— 
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1156 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 20, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To authorize the establishment or designation of a working 
group under the National Science and Technology Coun-
cil to identify and coordinate international science and 
technology cooperation opportunities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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other than a depository institution from engaging in
any of the activities set forth in paragraph (1); or
(2) any employee of a depository institution
that is an affiliate of a financial services holding
company from promoting or advertising products or
services of an affiliate of such insured depository in-
stitution that engages in any of such activities.
SEC. 132. ACQUISITION OF PREEXISTING INSURANCE AGEN-
CY BY BANK HOLDING COMPANIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.— No bank holding company which
becomes a financial services holding company and no fi-
nancial services holding company which did not at any
time prior to becoming such a holding company, directly
or indirectly, engage in insurance agency activities other
than activities generally permissible for bank holding com-
panies under section 4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Com-
pany Act of 1956, shall commence any insurance agency
activities not generally permissible for bank holding com-
panies under section 4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Com-
pany Act of 1956, unless such activities are conducted
through an existing insurance agency acquired directly or
indirectly by such financial services holding company or
through any successor to such insurance agency, and un-
less such acquired insurance agency shall have been ac-
scribed in subparagraph (B), shall provide the small busi-
ness concern that is the subject of such action, an oppor-
tunity for a hearing on the record, in accordance with
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(B) The actions referred to in subparagraph (A)
are—
‘‘(i) denial of program admission based upon a
negative determination pursuant to paragraph (4);
‘‘(ii) a termination pursuant to subsection
(b)(1)(F);
‘‘(iii) a graduation pursuant to subsection
(b)(1)(H); and
‘‘(iv) the denial of a request to issue a waiver
pursuant to paragraph (15)(B).
‘‘(C) The Administrator’s proposed action, in any
proceeding conducted under the authority of this para-
graph, shall be sustained unless it is found to be arbitrary,
capricious, or contrary to law.
‘‘(D) A decision rendered pursuant to this paragraph
shall be the final decision of the Administration and shall
be binding upon the Administration and those within its
employ.
‘‘(E) The adjudicator selected to preside over a pro-
ceeding conducted under the authority of this paragraph
shall decline to accept jurisdiction over any matter that—
438
(1) to protect, preserve, conserve, restore, pro-
mote, and interpret the significant land and water
resource values and functions of the Corridor;
(2) to encourage and support, through financial
and technical assistance, the State of South Caro-
lina, the units of local government of the State, and
the private sector in the development of a heritage
plan for the Corridor to ensure coordinated public
and private action in the Corridor area in a manner
consistent with subsection (a);
(3) to provide, during the development of an in-
tegrated heritage plan, Federal financial and tech-
nical assistance for the protection, preservation, and
conservation of land and water areas in the Corridor
that are in danger of being adversely affected or de-
stroyed;
(4) to encourage and assist the State of South
Carolina and the units of local government of the
State to identify the full range of public and private
technical and financial assistance programs and
services available to implement the heritage plan;
(5) to encourage adequate coordination of all
government programs affecting the land and water
resources of the Corridor; and
the preparation of application forms required to
receive a surety bond, (II) special management
and technical assistance designed to meet spe-
cific needs of small business concerns partici-
pating in the program and which have received
or are applying to receive a surety bond, and
(III) preparation of all forms necessary to re-
ceive a surety bond guarantee from the Admin-
istration pursuant to title IV, part B of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
‘‘(B) Small business concerns eligible to receive
contracts pursuant to subsection (a) shall participate
in the program.
‘‘(C)(i) A small business concern participating
in any program or activity conducted under the au-
thority of this subsection shall be permitted contin-
ued participation and eligibility in such program or
activity for a period of 5 years from the date of cer-
tification for program participation.
‘‘(ii) Nothing contained in this subparagraph
shall be deemed to prevent the Administration from
instituting a termination or graduation pursuant to
subparagraph (F) or (J) for issues unrelated to the
expiration of any time period limitation.