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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1446 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide privacy 
protections that enable certain individuals to remove their profiles from 
the healthcare.gov website, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. HURT of Virginia (for himself and Mr. PETERSON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to provide privacy protections that enable certain individ-
uals to remove their profiles from the healthcare.gov 
website, 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 ‘‘Healthcare Consumer 
Privacy Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENABLING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO REMOVE 
THEIR 
PROFILES 
FROM 
THE 
HEALTHCARE.GOV WEBSITE. 
Section 1311(c)(5) of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031(c)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking at the end 
‘‘and’’; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) ensure that such Internet portal, 
whether the healthcare.gov website or a suc-
cessor website, enables an individual who enters 
personal information on such website for pur-
poses of enrolling for health care coverage to re-
move such information from such website if 
such individual decides not to apply for such 
enrollment; and’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 144 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a maximum 
rate of Federal, State, and local tax imposed on taxpayers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. JOLLY 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 establish 
a maximum rate of Federal, State, and local tax imposed 
on taxpayers. 
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 ‘‘Alternative Maximum 
Tax Act’’ or the ‘‘Max Tax Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MAXIMUM TAX IMPOSED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of subchapter A of chapter 
1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
inserting after section 3 the following new section: 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 5307 the following: 
‘‘5308. Transit accessibility innovation program.’’. 
SEC. 3. RAISING CAPS ON USE OF FORMULA FUNDS FOR 
PROVISION 
OF 
NONFIXED 
ROUTE 
PARA-
TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 
Section 5302(3)(I) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 
percent’’. 
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(2) specify the change applied for and the date 
on which the employee requests that the change be-
come effective; and 
(3) explain what effect, if any, the employee 
thinks the change applied for would have on the em-
ployer and how, in the employee’s opinion, any such 
effect might be dealt with. 
(c) SUBMISSIONS.— 
(1) PERIOD
BETWEEN
SUBMISSIONS.—If an 
employee, who has submitted an application under 
this section to an employer, submits a further appli-
cation under this section to the same employer be-
fore the end of the period of 12 months beginning 
with the date on which the previous application was 
submitted, that further application shall not be cov-
ered by section 5. 
(2) FORM AND TIMING.—The administrative of-
ficer shall, by regulation issued under section 13, 
specify— 
(A) the form of applications submitted 
under this section; and 
(B) when such an application shall be con-
sidered to be submitted. 
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Union Calendar No. 286 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1452 
[Report No. 114–374] 
To authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain property that 
was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that 
was conveyed to Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and 
reconveyance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. MILLER of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 8, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain 
property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island 
National Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia 
County subject to restrictions on use and reconveyance. 
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(B) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘a 
subsequent year’’ and inserting ‘‘for a subse-
quent 2-year period’’; and 
(C) in the third sentence by striking 
‘‘three’’ and inserting ‘‘four’’. 
(e) PILOT PROJECTS
FOR PERFORMANCE BUDG-
ETING.—Section 1119 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), by strik-
ing ‘‘annual’’ and inserting ‘‘biennial’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘annual’’ and 
inserting ‘‘biennial’’. 
(f) STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 2802 of title 39, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘at least every 
three years’’ and inserting ‘‘at least every 4 years’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘five years forward’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘six years forward’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c), by inserting a comma 
after ‘‘section’’ the second place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘including a strategic plan submitted by 
September 30, 2018, meeting the requirements of 
subsection (a)’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1453 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments 
for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 
RANGEL, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SWALWELL of California, 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. HARPER, Mr. 
BURGESS, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. BUCHANAN, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize 
payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the 
Medicare program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(II) 
PRESERVATION
OF
PA-
TIENT
CHOICE.—The network ade-
quacy requirements described in sub-
clause (I) shall include a requirement 
that the entity has, with respect to 
any group of PAC providers described 
in subclause (III), a governance or fi-
nancial relationship (outside of the 
PAC network agreement) with less 
than 50 percent of the PAC providers 
in such group. 
‘‘(III) GROUPS DESCRIBED.—The 
groups of PAC providers described in 
this subclause are the following: 
‘‘(aa) The group of all the 
PAC providers with which the en-
tity has entered into PAC net-
work agreements. 
‘‘(bb) Any group of PAC 
providers with which the entity 
has entered into PAC network 
agreements that consists solely of 
a single type of provider and that 
includes all of the PAC providers 
with which the entity has entered 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1455 
To require the Food and Drug Administration to expedite review of 
pharmaceuticals that are approved for marketing in the European Union. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. STIVERS (for himself and Mr. RYAN of Ohio) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Food and Drug Administration to expedite 
review of pharmaceuticals that are approved for mar-
keting in the European Union. 
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 ‘‘Speeding Access to 
Already Approved Pharmaceuticals Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF EU-APPROVED PHARMA-
CEUTICALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 506 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(g) EU-APPROVED PHARMACEUTICALS.— 
‘‘(1) EXPEDITED REVIEW.—Beginning not later 
than 90 days after a new pharmaceutical is ap-
proved for marketing in the European Union, the 
Secretary shall, at the request of the sponsor of the 
pharmaceutical, facilitate the development and expe-
dite the review of such new pharmaceutical under 
section 505 or 515 of this Act or section 351 of the 
Public Health Service Act, as appropriate. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘pharmaceutical’ means a drug (including a biologi-
cal product) or a device.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subsection (f) (relat-
ing to awareness efforts) of section 506 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356) is hereby 
moved so as to follow subsection (e) (relating to construc-
tion) of such section 506. 
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ings required in subsection (b), the Director
shall review such determinations and provide a
report on the findings to the appropriate com-
mittees of the Congress.
(4) TIME PERIOD FOR COMPLIANCE.—A reme-
diation plan shall bring the agency’s financial man-
agement systems into substantial compliance no
later than 3 years after the date a determination is
made under paragraph (1), unless the agency, with
concurrence of the Director—
(A) determines that the agency’s financial
management systems cannot comply with the
requirements of subsection (a) within 3 years;
(B) specifies the most feasible date for
bringing the agency’s financial management
systems into compliance with the requirements
of subsection (a); and
(C) designates an official of the agency
who shall be responsible for bringing the agen-
cy’s financial management systems into compli-
ance with the requirements of subsection (a) by
the date specified under subparagraph (B).
SEC. 804. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTS BY THE DIRECTOR.—No later than
March 31 of each year, the Director shall submit a report
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ards and Technology, $95,000,000, to remain available
until expended, of which not to exceed $300,000 may be
transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’: Provided,
That notwithstanding the time limitations imposed by 15
U.S.C. 278k(c) (1) and (5) on the duration of Federal
financial assistance that may be awarded by the Sec-
retary of Commerce to Regional Centers for the transfer
of Manufacturing Technology (‘‘Centers’’), such Federal
financial assistance for a Center may continue beyond six
years and may be renewed for additional periods, not to
exceed one year, at a rate not to exceed one-third of the
Center’s total annual costs, subject before any such re-
newal to a positive evaluation of the Center and to a
finding by the Secretary of Commerce that continuation
of Federal funding to the Center is in the best interest
of the Regional Centers for the transfer of Manufactur-
ing Technology Program.
In addition, for necessary expenses of the Ad-
vanced Technology Program of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology, $225,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which not to exceed $500,000
may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital Fund.’’
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1457 
To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for direct payment of 
statutory sound recording performance royalties to record producers, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2015 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself and Mr. ROONEY of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for direct 
payment of statutory sound recording performance royal-
ties to record producers, 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 ‘‘Allocation for Music 
Producers Act’’ or the ‘‘AMP Act’’. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3791
To amend the Clean Air Act to establish requirements concerning the oper-
ation of fossil fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units, commercial
and industrial boiler units, solid waste incineration units, medical waste
incinerators, hazardous waste combustors, chlor-alkali plants, and Port-
land cement plants to reduce emissions of mercury to the environment,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 5, 1998
Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr.
HINCHEY, Mr. STARK, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. RUSH) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Com-
merce
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to establish requirements con-
cerning the operation of fossil fuel-fired electric utility
steam generating units, commercial and industrial boiler
units, solid waste incineration units, medical waste incin-
erators, hazardous waste combustors, chlor-alkali plants,
and Portland cement plants to reduce emissions of mer-
cury to the environment, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS
For expenses necessary for the administration of
pardon and clemency petitions and immigration related
activities, $62,000,000.
For an additional amount for security measures
for the Executive Office of Immigration Review,
$1,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget,
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, ADMINISTRATIVE
REVIEW AND APPEALS
For activities authorized by section 130005 of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–322), as amended, $48,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be derived
from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $31,960,000; including
not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of
a confidential character, to be expended under the direc-
tion of, and to be accounted for solely under the certifi-
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available until expended; and of which not to exceed
$10,000,000 is authorized to be made available for mak-
ing payments or advances for expenses arising out of con-
tractual or reimbursable agreements with State and local
law enforcement agencies while engaged in cooperative
activities related to violent crime, terrorism, organized
crime, and drug investigations; and of which $1,500,000
shall be available to maintain an independent program of-
fice dedicated solely to the relocation of the Criminal Jus-
tice Information Services Division and the automation of
fingerprint identification services: Provided, That not to
exceed $45,000 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses: Provided further, That not
to exceed 81 permanent positions and 85 full-time equiv-
alent workyears and $5,959,000 shall be expended for the
Office of Legislative Affairs and Public Affairs: Provided
further, That the latter two aforementioned offices shall
not be augmented by personnel details, temporary trans-
fers of personnel on either a reimbursable or non-
reimbursable basis or any other type of formal or infor-
mal transfer or reimbursement of personnel or funds on
either a temporary or long-term basis.
For an additional amount for necessary expenses
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to prevent and in-
vestigate terrorism activities and incidents; provide for
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 145 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the work 
opportunity tax credit and to allow the transfer of such credit in the 
case of contracted veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. JOLLY 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 make 
permanent the work opportunity tax credit and to allow 
the transfer of such credit in the case of contracted 
veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CREDIT MADE PER-
MANENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 51 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
paragraph (4). 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after December 31, 2014. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF CREDIT IN CASE OF CONTRACTED 
VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 51 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(l) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONTRACTED VETERAN EM-
PLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an employee 
who— 
‘‘(A) is a qualified veteran, and 
‘‘(B) receives remuneration by an employer 
for qualified computer services performed by 
the individual for another person, 
if the employer so elects, the amount of credit deter-
mined under this section (or any portion thereof 
specified in the election) with respect to such em-
ployee for the taxable year which would (but for this 
subsection) be allowable to the employer shall be al-
lowable to such other person, and such other person 
shall be treated as the taxpayer for purposes of this 
title with respect to such credit (or such portion 
thereof). 
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‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
COMPUTER
SERVICES.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified com-
puter services’ means services of a type that would 
be classified as a computer occupation in the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classi-
fication System. 
‘‘(3) YEAR CREDIT ALLOWED.—In the case of 
an election under paragraph (1), the credit shall be 
allowable for the first taxable year of such other per-
son ending with or after the employer’s taxable year 
for which the credit was determined.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after December 31, 2014. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on 
the findings of the review described in subsection (a) and 
the strategy developed under subsection (b). 
SEC. 5. IMPROVING DATA ON AND PUBLIC HEALTH RE-
SPONSE TO NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYN-
DROME. 
(a) DATA AND SURVEILLANCE.—The Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall, as ap-
propriate— 
(1) provide technical assistance to States to im-
prove the availability and quality of data collection 
and surveillance activities regarding neonatal absti-
nence syndrome, including— 
(A) the incidence and prevalence of neo-
natal abstinence syndrome; 
(B) the identification of causes for neo-
natal abstinence syndrome, including new and 
emerging trends; and 
(C) the demographics and other relevant 
information associated with neonatal abstinence 
syndrome;