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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5196 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an income tax 
credit for eldercare expenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2016 
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
an income tax credit for eldercare expenses. 
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 ‘‘Americans Giving Care 
to Elders (AGE) Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR ELDERCARE EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
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1986 is amended by inserting after section 25D the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 25E. EXPENSES FOR ELDERCARE. 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual 
for which there are 1 or more qualifying individuals 
(as defined in subsection (b)(1)) with respect to such 
individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against 
the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year 
an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the 
eldercare expenses (as defined in subsection (b)(2)) 
paid by such individual during the taxable year. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE DEFINED.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘applicable per-
centage’ means 20 percent reduced (but not below 
zero) by 1 percentage point for each $4,000 (or frac-
tion thereof) by which the taxpayer’s adjusted gross 
income for the taxable year exceeds— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a joint return, 
$450,000, 
‘‘(B) in the case of a married individual fil-
ing a separate return, $225,000, and 
‘‘(C) in any other case, $400,000. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS OF QUALIFYING INDIVIDUAL AND 
ELDERCARE EXPENSES.—For purposes of this section— 
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in section 140B(o) of the Truth in Lending Act, as 
added by this Act. 
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A BILL 
To amend title 41, United States Code, to improve the 
manner in which Federal contracts for construction and 
design services are awarded, and to prohibit the use 
of reverse auctions for design and construction services 
procurements. 
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feror, in whole or in part, based on the price 
obtained through the auction process. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5201 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand eligibility for public 
service student loan forgiveness to certain contractor employees of na-
tional laboratories. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2016 
Mr. SWALWELL of California (for himself, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. BEN RAY 
LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of 
New Mexico, Ms. LEE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali-
fornia, Mr. FATTAH, and Mr. LANGEVIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand 
eligibility for public service student loan forgiveness to 
certain contractor employees of national laboratories. 
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 ‘‘Fairness in Forgive-
ness Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES OF NA-
TIONAL LABORATORIES FOR PUBLIC SERV-
ICE STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS. 
Section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iii) a full-time job as an employee of 
a management and operating contractor of 
a National Laboratory (as defined in sec-
tion 2(3) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 15801(3))) assigned to a posi-
tion at such laboratory.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2007. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5202 
To require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to fill all 
asset management positions located at non-core office locations of the 
Office of Multifamily Housing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2016 
Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California (for herself, Ms. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, 
Ms. HAHN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. NAPOLI-
TANO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mrs. TORRES) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to fill all asset management positions located at 
non-core office locations of the Office of Multifamily 
Housing, 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 ‘‘Preserving HUD’s 
Multifamily Field Offices Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRESERVING ASSET MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN 
NON-CORE OFFICES. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON RELOCATION OF POSITIONS.— 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
not relocate to any core office of the Office of Multifamily 
Housing of the Department, any asset management posi-
tion (including any account executive, senior account exec-
utive, and troubled asset specialist position) that, as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, is located at a non- 
core office of such Office. 
(b) BACK-FILLING OF POSITIONS.—Upon the occur-
rence of a vacancy in any asset management position at 
any non-core office (including any vacancy in existence as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act), the Secretary 
may newly hire an employee to fill such position only at 
the same non-core office. 
(c) DEFINITION OF CORE OFFICE.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘core office’’ means, with respect 
to the Office of Multifamily Housing of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, a regional hub office 
that is located in Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Worth, New York 
City, or San Francisco. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary such sums as may be necessary to cover costs of 
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the Department of Housing and Urban Development of 
complying with section 2. 
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(C) with respect to a fragrance or preserv-
ative, each individual component part of the 
fragrance or preservative; and 
(D) any individual component of an ingre-
dient or of an incidental ingredient that the 
Commission determines should be considered an 
ingredient. 
(6) INCIDENTAL INGREDIENT.—The term ‘‘inci-
dental ingredient’’ means a chemical in a cleaning 
product, including— 
(A) any substance that is present by rea-
son of having been added to a cleaning product 
during processing for its technical or functional 
effect; 
(B) a chemical that has no technical or 
functional effect but is present by reason of 
having been incorporated into the cleaning 
product as a component of an ingredient of an-
other chemical; and 
(C) any contaminant that may form via re-
actions over the shelf life of a cleaning product 
and that may be present at levels where detec-
tion is technologically feasible. 
(7) POLISH
OR
FLOOR
MAINTENANCE
PROD-
UCT.—The term ‘‘polish or floor maintenance prod-
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ulation, requirement, or standard of performance that is 
different from, or in addition to, a regulation, require-
ment, liability, or standard of performance established 
pursuant to this Act unless compliance with both this Act 
and the State or political subdivision of a State regulation, 
requirement, or standard of performance is impossible, in 
which case the applicable provision of this Act shall con-
trol. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AIR CARE PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘air care 
product’’ means a chemically formulated consumer 
product designed to clean and freshen air or to de-
odorize and neutralize unwanted odors in the indoor 
air, including solid gels, air freshener spray, an out-
let or battery operated air freshener, a hanging car 
air freshener, and a potpourri product. 
(2) AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘auto-
motive product’’ means a chemically formulated con-
sumer product designed to maintain the appearance 
of a motor vehicle, but does not include automotive 
paint or a paint repair product. 
(3) CLEANING PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘cleaning 
product’’ means any product used primarily for com-
mercial, domestic, or institutional cleaning purposes, 
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Union Calendar No. 674 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5204 
[Report No. 114–861, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide an 
exclusion from income for student loan forgive-
ness for students who have died or become dis-
abled. 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with 
an amendment 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
The Committee on Education and the Workforce dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5207 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien 
may not be denied admission to the United States because of the alien’s 
religion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2016 
Mr. BEYER (for himself, Mr. HONDA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CARSON of Indi-
ana, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. WELCH, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
RYAN of Ohio, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
BECERRA, Ms. JACKSON
LEE, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. 
DELANEY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. SIRES, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CICILLINE, 
Mr. HOYER, Mr. KILMER, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. LEE, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. HECK of Washington, Mr. MCGOVERN, 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. FARR, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Mr. HANNA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. POCAN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. LOFGREN, 
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. KIND, Mr. HIMES, Ms. JUDY CHU 
of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Ms. CLARK of 
Massachusetts, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. KAPTUR, Miss RICE of 
New York, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. WALZ, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. FATTAH, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. TITUS, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. TED LIEU 
of California, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. SEAN PATRICK 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. RICHMOND, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
that an alien may not be denied admission to the United 
States because of the alien’s religion, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Freedom of Religion 
Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DENYING ADMISSION BECAUSE 
OF RELIGION. 
Chapter 2 of title I of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 219 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 220. PROHIBITION ON DENYING ADMISSION BECAUSE 
OF RELIGION. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of the immi-
gration laws, an alien may not be denied admission to the 
United States because of the alien’s religion or lack of reli-
gious beliefs.’’. 
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HR 2676 RFS
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any member of the
Oversight Board may be removed at the will of
the President.
‘‘(B) SECRETARY
AND
COMMISSIONER.—
An individual described in subparagraph (B) or
(C) of paragraph (1) shall be removed upon ter-
mination of employment.
‘‘(C) REPRESENTATIVE OF INTERNAL REV-
ENUE SERVICE EMPLOYEES.—The member de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(D) shall be removed
upon termination of employment, membership,
or other affiliation with the organization de-
scribed in such paragraph.
‘‘(5) CLAIMS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Over-
sight Board who are described in paragraph
(1)(A) or (D) shall have no personal liability
under Federal law with respect to any claim
arising out of or resulting from an act or omis-
sion by such member within the scope of service
as a member. The preceding sentence shall not
be construed to limit personal liability for crimi-
nal acts or omissions, willful or malicious con-
duct, acts or omissions for private gain, or any
‘‘(VIII) contain recommendations
for such administrative and legislative
action as may be appropriate to re-
solve problems encountered by tax-
payers,
‘‘(IX) identify areas of the tax
law that impose significant compliance
burdens on taxpayers or the Internal
Revenue Service, including specific rec-
ommendations for remedying these
problems,
‘‘(X) in conjunction with the Na-
tional Director of Appeals, identify the
10 most litigated issues for each cat-
egory of taxpayers, including rec-
ommendations for mitigating such dis-
putes, and
‘‘(XI) include such other informa-
tion as the Taxpayer Advocate may
deem advisable.
‘‘(iii) REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED DI-
RECTLY.—Each report required under this
subparagraph shall be provided directly to
the committees described in clauses (i) and
(ii) without any prior review or comment
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER.—The Com-
missioner of Internal Revenue shall exercise the au-
thority provided to the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment under section 4703.
‘‘(2) PROVISIONS NOT APPLICABLE.—The follow-
ing provisions of section 4703 shall not apply:
‘‘(A) Paragraphs (3) through (6) of sub-
section (b).
‘‘(B) Paragraphs (1), (2)(B)(ii), and (4) of
subsection (c).
‘‘(C) Subsections (d) through (g).
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN.—
‘‘(1) TO EMPLOYEES.—The Commissioner of In-
ternal Revenue shall notify employees likely to be af-
fected by a project proposed under this section at least
90 days in advance of the date such project is to take
effect.
‘‘(2) TO
CONGRESS
AND
OPM.—The Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue shall, with respect to each
demonstration project under this section, provide each
House of Congress and the Office of Personnel Man-
agement with a report, at least 30 days in advance
of the date such project is to take effect, setting forth
the final version of the plan for such project. Such re-
port shall, with respect to the project to which it re-
(1) the progress of the Internal Revenue Service
in meeting the goal of receiving electronically 80 per-
cent of tax and information returns by 2007;
(2) the status of the plan required by subsection
(b); and
(3) the legislative changes necessary to assist the
Internal Revenue Service in meeting such goal.
SEC. 202. DUE DATE FOR CERTAIN INFORMATION RETURNS
FILED ELECTRONICALLY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6071 (relating to time for
filing returns and other documents) is amended by redesig-
nating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and by inserting
after subsection (a) the following new subsection:
‘‘(b) ELECTRONICALLY
FILED
INFORMATION
RE-
TURNS.—Returns made under subparts B and C of part
III of this subchapter which are filed electronically shall
be filed on or before March 31 of the year following the cal-
endar year to which such returns relate.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this
section shall apply to returns required to be filed after De-
cember 31, 1999.
SEC. 203. PAPERLESS ELECTRONIC FILING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6061 (relating to signing
of returns and other documents) is amended—
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 520 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt student workers 
for purposes of determining a higher education institution’s employer 
health care shared responsibility. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2015 
Mr. TURNER 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 exempt 
student workers for purposes of determining a higher 
education institution’s employer health care shared re-
sponsibility. 
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 ‘‘Student Job Protection 
Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. STUDENT WORKERS EXEMPTED FROM DETERMINA-
TION OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION’S 
EMPLOYER HEALTH CARE SHARED RESPON-
SIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 4980H 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by re-
designating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs 
(6), (7), and (8), respectively, and by inserting after para-
graph (4) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) EXCEPTION FOR STUDENT WORKERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Services rendered as a 
student worker to an eligible educational insti-
tution (as defined in section 25A(f)(2)) shall 
not be taken into account under this section as 
service provided by an employee. 
‘‘(B) STUDENT WORKER.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, the term ‘student worker’ 
means, with respect to any eligible educational 
institution (as so defined), any individual who— 
‘‘(i) is employed by such institution, 
and 
‘‘(ii) is a student enrolled at the insti-
tution and whose academic activity is con-
sistent with the normal full time work load 
as determined by the institution for the 
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course of study the individual is pur-
suing.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4802 
To require information on railroad tank cars containing hazardous materials 
to be available to first responders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2004 
Mr. MEEHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require information on railroad tank cars containing 
hazardous materials to be available to first responders. 
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 ‘‘Responsible Railroads 
Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Chapter 51 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 5111—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(a) AIR BRAKE EQUIP-
MENT.—’’ before ‘‘A rail tank car’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—No rail tank car con-
taining hazardous materials may be transported or 
stored on rail tracks that are part of or connected 
to the general system of railroad transportation un-
less information identifying the tank car, the haz-
ardous materials within such tank car, and response 
guidance is immediately available to local first re-
sponders in each location where the tank car may be 
located. Such information shall be provided through 
the Operation Respond Institute’s technology or 
similar technology. Each day in which a tank car is 
transported or stored in violation of this paragraph 
shall constitute a separate violation. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation may provide an exception to the prohibition 
under paragraph (1) if no data base exists through 
which the requirement can be met.’’; and 
(2) in section 5124, by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘This section shall not apply to a violation
of section 5111(b) or a regulation prescribed or 
order issued under such subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect 
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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