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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1353
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals to designate
any portion of their income tax overpayments, and to make other con-
tributions, for the purpose of retiring the national debt.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 16, 1997
Mr. MINGE (for himself, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. KLUG, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms.
FURSE, Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. PASCRELL,
Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. HEFLEY, and Mr. BISHOP) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow indi-
viduals to designate any portion of their income tax
overpayments, and to make other contributions, for the
purpose of retiring the national debt.
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 ‘‘Check-Off for Our
Children Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
‘‘(21) services furnished by a certified nurse
practitioner (as defined by the Secretary) or a clini-
cal nurse specialist (as defined in subsection (t))
which the certified nurse practitioner or clinical
nurse specialist is legally authorized to perform
under State law (or the State regulatory mechanism
provided by State law), whether or not the certified
nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist is
under the supervision of, or associated with, a physi-
cian or other health care provider;’’.
(b) DEFINITION OF CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST.—
Section 1905 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(t) The term ‘clinical nurse specialist’ means an in-
dividual who has earned a master’s degree in a clinical
area of nursing from an accredited institution and who
is a registered nurse licensed to practice nursing in the
State in which the individual furnishes services.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to calendar quarters
beginning on or after January 1, 1998, without regard
to whether or not final regulations to carry out such
amendments have been promulgated by such date.
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‘‘(B) to stay in the hospital for a fixed pe-
riod of time following a mastectomy or lymph
node dissection.
‘‘(2) This section shall not apply with respect to
any group health plan, or any group health insur-
ance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer,
which does not provide benefits for hospital lengths
of stay in connection with a mastectomy or lymph
node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed
as preventing a group health plan or issuer from im-
posing deductibles, coinsurance, or other cost-shar-
ing in relation to benefits for hospital lengths of stay
in connection with a mastectomy or lymph node dis-
section for the treatment of breast cancer under the
plan (or under health insurance coverage offered in
connection with a group health plan), except that
such coinsurance or other cost-sharing for any por-
tion of a period within a hospital length of stay re-
quired under subsection (a) may not be greater than
such coinsurance or cost-sharing for any preceding
portion of such stay.
‘‘(d) NOTICE.—A group health plan under this part
shall comply with the notice requirement under section
713(d) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 with respect to the requirements of this section
as if such section applied to such plan.
‘‘(e) LEVEL
AND TYPE
OF REIMBURSEMENTS.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a
group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering
group health insurance coverage from negotiating the level
and type of reimbursement with a provider for care pro-
vided in accordance with this section.
‘‘(f) PREEMPTION; EXCEPTION FOR HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE COVERAGE IN CERTAIN STATES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this
section shall not apply with respect to health insur-
ance coverage if there is a State law (as defined in
section 2723(d)(1)) for a State that regulates such
coverage that is described in any of the following
subparagraphs:
‘‘(A) Such State law requires such cov-
erage to provide for at least a 48-hour hospital
length of stay following a mastectomy per-
formed for treatment of breast cancer and at
least a 24-hour hospital length of stay following
a lymph node dissection for treatment of breast
cancer.
‘‘(B) Such State law requires, in connec-
tion with such coverage for surgical treatment
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1360
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 to provide for an exception to limited eligibility for SSI
and food stamps for certain permanent resident aliens who are unable
because of physical or developmental disability or mental impairment
to naturalize.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 17, 1997
Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mrs. JOHNSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mrs. MEEK of
Florida, Mr. MANTON, Mr. MEEHAN, and Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide for an exception
to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for certain
permanent resident aliens who are unable because of
physical or developmental disability or mental impair-
ment to naturalize.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO LIMITED ELIGIBILITY FOR SSI
AND FOOD STAMPS FOR CERTAIN PERMA-
NENT RESIDENT ALIENS WHO ARE UNABLE
BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITY OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENT TO
NATURALIZE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a)(2) of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)) is amended by adding after
subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) DISABLED
PERMANENT
RESIDENT
ALIENS
OTHERWISE
ELIGIBLE
FOR
NATU-
RALIZATION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to
an alien who—
‘‘(i) is lawfully admitted to the United
States for permanent residence under the
Immigration and Nationality Act; and
‘‘(ii) meets the residence and other re-
quirements of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act for naturalization, but cannot
meet the requirements of section 337 of
such Act (relating to the oath of renunci-
ation and allegiance) because the alien is
unable, due to physical or developmental
disability or mental impairment which
arose after the alien’s admission to the
United States, to comply with the require-
ments of such section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in the enact-
ment of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1966.
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the ‘‘Elders’ Trust Fund’’). There shall be deposited into
the Elders’ Trust Fund the principal and all accrued earn-
ings that are in the Land Claims Distribution Trust Fund
on the date of retirement of such loan.
(2) Upon establishment of the Elders’ Trust Fund,
the Tribal Council of the Band shall make a one-time pay-
ment to any person who is living on the date of the estab-
lishment of the Elders’ Trust Fund, and who was an en-
rolled member of the Band for at least 2 years prior to,
the date of the enactment of this Act as follows:
(A) $500 for each member who has attained the
age of 55 years, but is less than 62 years of age.
(B) $1,000 for each member who has attained
the age of 62 years, but is less than 70 years of age.
(C) $2,500 for each member who is 70 years of
age or older.
(3) After distribution pursuant to paragraph (2), the
net annual earnings of the Elders’ Trust Fund shall be
distributed as follows:
(A) 90 percent shall be distributed on October
1 of each year after the creation of the Elder’s
Trust Fund to all living enrolled members of the
Band who have attained the age of 55 years upon
such date, and who shall have been an enrolled
HR 1659 PCS
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191) and section 20 of the
Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1019).
‘‘(6) EXCHANGE ACCOUNT.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, not later than 30
days after the completion of the exchange with
a company required by paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall establish an ex-
change account for that company for the mone-
tary credits issued to that company under para-
graph (3). The account for a company shall be
established with the Minerals Management
Service of the Department of the Interior and
have an initial balance of credits equal to
$2,100,000.
‘‘(B) USE OF CREDITS.—The credits in a
company’s account shall be available to the
company for the purposes specified in para-
graph (3)(A). The Secretary of the Interior
shall adjust the balance of credits in the ac-
count to reflect credits accepted by the Sec-
retary of the Interior pursuant to paragraph
(4).
‘‘(C) TRANSFER OR SALE OF CREDITS.—
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1366
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing
of campaigns for election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 17, 1997
Mr. BAESLER (for himself, Mr. TURNER, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. BERRY, Mr.
BOYD, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. GOODE, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. JOHN,
Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MINGE, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota,
Mr. SISISKY, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. TANNER, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
House Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
reform the financing of campaigns for election for Fed-
eral office, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Federal Election Reform Act of 1997’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3000 
To require the Administrator for General Services to obtain an antivirus 
product to make available to Federal agencies in order to provide the 
product to individuals whose personally identifiable information may have 
been compromised. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2015 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. HANNA) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator for General Services to obtain 
an antivirus product to make available to Federal agen-
cies in order to provide the product to individuals whose 
personally identifiable information may have been com-
promised. 
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 ‘‘A Necessary and Tar-
geted Impediment to Viruses Act’’ or the ‘‘ANTI Viruses 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROVISION OF ANTIVIRUS 
SOFTWARE TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AF-
FECTED BY DATA BREACH. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO PROCURE ANTIVIRUS PROD-
UCT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Gen-
eral Services shall procure an antivirus product suit-
able for Federal agencies to provide to individuals 
whose personally identifiable information may have 
been compromised. 
(2) DEADLINE.—As soon as practicable after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator shall issue a solicitation for vendors to provide 
the antivirus product described in paragraph (1). 
Not later than 1 year after such date, the Adminis-
trator shall award the contract for the product. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE ONE-YEAR LICENSE 
FOR USE OF ANTIVIRUS PRODUCT.—A Federal agency 
that experiences a compromise in its computer systems re-
sulting in the loss of personally identifiable information 
shall provide to any individual directly affected a one-year 
license of the antivirus product procured under subsection 
(a). 
(c) FEDERAL AGENCY.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Federal agency’’ has the meaning provided the term ‘‘Ex-
ecutive agency’’ in section 105 of title 5, United States 
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Code, and also includes the United States Postal Service 
and the Postal Regulatory Commission. 
(d) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The funds used by a Fed-
eral agency to carry out this Act shall be derived from 
amounts made available to the agency for operating ex-
penses. 
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any funds expended by any authorized committee of a can-
didate shall be considered to be expended by the candidate.
‘‘(f) PENALTIES FOR EXCESS EXPENDITURES.—A
candidate who expends funds with respect to a House elec-
tion in an amount greater than the applicable limit for
the candidate and election under this section shall pay a
penalty to the Commission in an amount equal to—
‘‘(1) in the case of a candidate who expends
funds in an amount equal to or less than 105 per-
cent of such applicable limit, the amount by which
the funds expended exceed such limit; or
‘‘(2) in the case of a candidate who expends
funds in an amount greater than 105 percent of
such applicable limit, 300 percent of the amount by
which the funds expended exceed such limit.’’.
(b) ELECTION CYCLE AND HOUSE ELECTION DE-
FINED.—Section 301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is
amended by striking paragraph (19) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(19) The term ‘election cycle’ means, with respect
to a candidate, the period beginning on the day after the
date of the most recent general election for the specific
office or seat which such candidate seeks and ending on
the date of the next general election for such office or seat.
(2) TRANSITION
RULE
FOR
DISTRIBUTIONS
FOLLOWED
BY
ACQUISITIONS.—The amendments
made by subsection (a) shall not apply to any dis-
tribution after April 16, 1997, if such distribution
is—
(A) made pursuant to a written agreement
which was (subject to customary conditions)
binding on such date and at all times there-
after,
(B) described in a ruling request submitted
to the Internal Revenue Service on or before
such date, or
(C) described on or before such date in a
public announcement or in a filing with the Se-
curities and Exchange Commission required
solely by reason of the distribution.
This paragraph shall not apply to any written agree-
ment, ruling request, or public announcement or fil-
ing unless it identifies the acquirer of the distribut-
ing corporation or any controlled corporation, which-
ever is applicable.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3001 
To authorize certain long-term contracts for Federal purchases of energy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2015 
Mr. WELCH (for himself, Mr. GIBSON, and Mr. CARTWRIGHT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize certain long-term contracts for Federal 
purchases of energy. 
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 ‘‘Renewable Energy 
Certainty Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONTRACTS FOR FEDERAL PURCHASES OF EN-
ERGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part 3 of title V of the National 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 554. LONG-TERM CONTRACTS FOR ENERGY. 
‘‘(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section 
501(b)(1)(B) of title 40, United States Code, a Federal 
agency may enter into a contract for the acquisition of 
renewable energy or energy from cogeneration facilities 
covering a period of not more than 30 years. 
‘‘(b) STANDARDIZED ENERGY PURCHASE AGREE-
MENT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section, the Secretary, through the Federal 
Energy Management Program, shall publish a standard-
ized energy purchase agreement, setting forth commercial 
terms and conditions, that Federal agencies may use to 
acquire renewable energy or energy from cogeneration fa-
cilities. 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to assist Federal agencies in 
implementing this section.’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents for such Act is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to such part 3 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 554. Long-term contracts for energy.’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3002 
To prohibit the receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2015 
Mr. BARLETTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform, 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 prohibit the receipt of Federal financial assistance by 
sanctuary cities, 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 ‘‘Mobilizing Against 
Sanctuary Cities Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SANCTUARY CITIES INELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FI-
NANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
Any State or local government that violates section 
642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Re-
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sponsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) may not receive 
any Federal financial assistance (as such term is defined 
in section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code). The 
Attorney General shall determine annually which State or 
local jurisdictions are not in compliance with section 642 
of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Respon-
sibility Act and shall report such determinations to Con-
gress on March 1 of each year. The Attorney General shall 
also issue a report concerning the compliance of any par-
ticular State or local jurisdiction at the request of any 
Member of Congress. Any jurisdiction that is found to be 
out of compliance shall be ineligible to receive Federal fi-
nancial assistance for a minimum period of one year, and 
shall only become eligible again after the Attorney General 
certifies that the jurisdiction is in compliance. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1367
To prohibit Federal agencies from making available through the Internet
certain confidential records with respect to individuals, and to provide
for remedies in cases in which such records are made available through
the Internet.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 17, 1997
Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin (for himself, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, and Mr. KLECZKA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To prohibit Federal agencies from making available through
the Internet certain confidential records with respect to
individuals, and to provide for remedies in cases in which
such records are made available through the Internet.
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 ‘‘Federal Internet Pri-
vacy Protection Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST MAKING CERTAIN CON-
FIDENTIAL RECORDS AVAILABLE THROUGH
THE INTERNET; REMEDIES.
(a) PROHIBITION AGAINST MAKING RECORDS AVAIL-
ABLE THROUGH THE INTERNET.—No agency (as that
term is defined in section 552(f) of title 5, United States
Code) shall make available through the Internet any
record with respect to an individual.
(b) REMEDIES AVAILABLE IN CASES OF RELEASE OF
RECORDS THROUGH
THE INTERNET.—In any case in
which an agency makes or has made available through the
Internet a record with respect to an individual (including
a case in which a record was made available through the
Internet before the date of the enactment of this Act) and
such individual suffers harm as a result, the individual
may bring a civil action against the agency and such ac-
tion shall be treated as a suit under section 552a(g)(1)(D)
of such title.
(c) DEFINITION OF RECORD.—As used in this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘record’’ means any item, collection, or
grouping of information about an individual that—
(1) is maintained by an agency with respect to
the education, financial transactions, medical his-
tory, or employment history of the individual; and
(2) contains the name or the identifying num-
ber, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned
to the individual.
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(d) COORDINATION
WITH
EDUCATION
SAVINGS
BOND.—Section 135(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (defining qualified higher education expenses) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) 
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
QUALIFIED
STATE TUITION PROGRAM.—Such term shall in-
clude any contribution to a qualified State tui-
tion program (as defined in section 529) on be-
half of a designated beneficiary (as so defined)
who is an individual described in subparagraph
(A).’’
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 1996.
(2) ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS.—The amend-
ments made by subsection (c) shall take effect as if
included in the amendments made by, and the provi-
sions of, section 1806 of the Small Business Job
Protection Act of 1996.
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