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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 108
To amend title 23, United States Code, concerning eligibility for grants
to implement alcohol-impaired driving counter measures.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. BLUMENAUER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, concerning eligibility
for grants to implement alcohol-impaired driving counter
measures.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTER MEAS-
URES.
Section 410(d) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(8) Establishment of a vehicle forfeiture sys-
tem for persons operating a motor vehicle with a li-
cense which has been suspended or revoked as a re-
sult of operating a motor vehicle while under the in-
fluence of alcohol.’’.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2643 
AN ACT 
To direct the Attorney General to provide State officials 
with access to criminal history information with respect 
to certain financial service providers required to undergo 
State criminal background checks, 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 ‘‘State Licensing Effi-
ciency Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. BACKGROUND CHECKS. 
Section 1511(a) of the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing 
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5110(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘State-licensed loan origi-
nators’’ the following: ‘‘and other financial service 
providers’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘or other financial service providers’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2643 
To direct the Attorney General to provide State officials with access to 
criminal history information with respect to certain financial service 
providers required to undergo State criminal background checks, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2015 
Mr. WILLIAMS (for himself, Mr. FINCHER, Ms. MOORE, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. LUCAS, 
and Mr. MEEKS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Attorney General to provide State officials 
with access to criminal history information with respect 
to certain financial service providers required to undergo 
State criminal background checks, 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 ‘‘State Licensing Effi-
ciency Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. BACKGROUND CHECKS. 
Section 1511(a) of the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing 
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5110(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘State-licensed loan origi-
nators’’ the following: ‘‘and other financial service 
providers’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘or other financial service providers’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2643 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 29, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To direct the Attorney General to provide State officials 
with access to criminal history information with respect 
to certain financial service providers required to undergo 
State criminal background checks, 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Licensing Effi-
ciency Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. BACKGROUND CHECKS. 
Section 1511(a) of the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing 
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5110(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘State-licensed loan origi-
nators’’ the following: ‘‘and other financial service 
providers’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘or other financial service providers’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 28, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2645 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent the Thrift Savings Fund 
from investing in any company that boycotts Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2015 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to prevent the Thrift 
Savings Fund from investing in any company that boy-
cotts Israel. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON INVESTMENT OF THE THRIFT 
SAVINGS FUND. 
Section 8438 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i)(I) Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no amounts may be in-
vested under this section in any company 
that boycotts Israel. 
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‘‘(II) In this clause— 
‘‘(aa) the term ‘boycotts Israel’ 
means engaging in actions that are 
politically motivated and are intended 
to penalize, inflict economic harm on, 
or otherwise limit commercial rela-
tions with Israel or companies based 
in Israel or in territories controlled by 
Israel; and 
‘‘(bb) the term ‘company’ means 
any sole proprietorship, organization, 
association, corporation, partnership, 
joint venture, limited partnership, lim-
ited liability partnership, limited li-
ability company, or other entity or 
business association, including all 
wholly owned subsidiaries, majority- 
owned subsidiaries, parent countries 
or affiliates of those entities or busi-
ness associations, that exist for the 
purpose of making profit.’’. 
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change Commission for the registered broker or
dealer, as the case may be, determines in writ-
ing sent to the holding company and the Board
that the holding company shall not provide such
funds or assets because such action would have
a material adverse effect on the financial condi-
tion of the insurance company or the broker or
dealer, as the case may be.
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO STATE INSURANCE AUTHORITY
OR SEC REQUIRED.—If the Board requires a bank
holding company, or an affiliate of a bank holding
company, which is an insurance company or a
broker or dealer described in paragraph (1)(A) to
provide funds or assets to an insured depository in-
stitution subsidiary of the holding company pursuant
to any regulation, order, or other action of the
Board referred to in paragraph (1), the Board shall
promptly notify the State insurance authority for the
insurance company or the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as the case may be, of such require-
ment.
‘‘(3) DIVESTITURE
IN
LIEU
OF
OTHER
AC-
TION.—If the Board receives a notice described in
paragraph (1)(B) from a State insurance authority
or the Securities and Exchange Commission with re-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES
CODE.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of title 38, United States Code.
TITLE I—ENHANCED-USE LEAS-
ES OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS REAL PROP-
ERTY
SEC. 101. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR ENHANCED-USE
LEASES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS REAL PROPERTY.
(a) FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Sec-
tion 8169 is amended by striking out ‘‘December 31,
1997’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(b) REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF AGREE-
MENTS.—(1) Section 8168 is repealed.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
81 is amended by striking out the item relating to section
8168.
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plan administrator (or the health insurance issuer 
offering such coverage) in accordance with applicable 
regulations to the current or potential participant, 
beneficiary, or contracting provider involved upon re-
quest. The Secretary may promulgate any such reg-
ulations, including interim final regulations or tem-
porary regulations, as may be appropriate to carry 
out this paragraph.’’. 
(2) ERISA AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) of 
section 712(a) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185a(a)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF PLAN INFORMATION.— 
The criteria for medical necessity determinations 
made under the plan with respect to mental health 
or substance use disorder benefits or medical or sur-
gical benefits (or the health insurance coverage of-
fered in connection with the plan with respect to 
such benefits), the reason for denial of any such 
benefits, and any other information appropriate to 
demonstrate compliance under this section (includ-
ing any such medical and surgical information) shall 
be made available by the plan administrator (or the 
health insurance issuer offering such coverage) in 
accordance with applicable regulations to the current
system under this subsection for a calendar year if
the Secretary determines under paragraph (1) that
the system meets the requirements of section 211.
(b) APPLICABILITY OF ALTERNATIVE FEDERAL SYS-
TEM.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
APPLICABILITY.—
Not later than October 1, 1997, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Attorney General, shall estab-
lish by rule an alternative Federal ADR system for
the resolution of health care liability claims during
a calendar year in States that do not have in effect
an alternative dispute resolution system certified
under subsection (a) for the year.
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR SYSTEM.—Under the
alternative Federal ADR system established under
paragraph (1)—
(A) paragraphs (1), (2), (6), and (7) of
section 211(a) shall apply to claims brought
under the system;
(B) if the system provides for the resolu-
tion of claims through arbitration, the claims
brought under the system shall be heard and
resolved by arbitrators appointed by the Sec-
retary in consultation with the Attorney Gen-
eral; and
(C) with respect to a State in which the
system is in effect, the Secretary may (at the
State’s request) modify the system to take into
account the existence of dispute resolution pro-
cedures in the State that affect the resolution
of health care liability claims.
(3) TREATMENT
OF
STATES
WITH
ALTER-
NATIVE SYSTEM IN EFFECT.—If the alternative Fed-
eral ADR system established under this subsection is
applied with respect to a State for a calendar year—
(A) the State shall reimburse the United
States (at such time and in such manner as the
Secretary may require) for the costs incurred
by the United States during the year as a result
of the application of the system with respect to
the State; and
(B) notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no funds may be paid to the State (or to
any unit of local government in the State) or to
any entity in the State pursuant to the Public
Health Service Act.
SEC. 213. REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVE-
NESS OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLU-
TION SYSTEMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pre-
pare and submit to the Congress a report describing and
evaluating State alternative dispute resolution systems op-
erated pursuant to this part and the alternative Federal
system established under section 212(b).
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The Secretary shall in-
clude in the report prepared and submitted under sub-
section (a)—
(1) information on—
(A) the effect of the alternative dispute
resolution systems on the cost of health care
within each State,
(B) the impact of such systems on the ac-
cess of individuals to health care within the
State, and
(C) the effect of such systems on the qual-
ity of health care provided within the State; and
(2) to the extent that such report does not pro-
vide information on no-fault systems operated by
States as alternative dispute resolution systems pur-
suant to this part, an analysis of the feasibility and
desirability of establishing a system under which
health care liability claims shall be resolved on a no-
fault basis.
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services who report positive functioning after 6 
months or no past-month substance use, as ap-
plicable; 
‘‘(D) the extent to which the grantee must 
collect and report on required performance 
measures; and 
‘‘(E) the extent to which the grantee is 
proposing evidence-based practices and the ex-
tent to which— 
‘‘(i) those evidence-based practices 
must be used with respect to a population 
similar to the population for which the evi-
dence-based practices were shown to be ef-
fective; or 
‘‘(ii) if no evidence-based practice ex-
ists for a population of focus, the way in 
which the grantee will implement adapta-
tions of evidence-based practices, prom-
ising practices, or cultural practices.’’. 
(e) EMERGENCY RESPONSE.—Section 501(m) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa(m)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS THROUGH FOL-
LOWING FISCAL YEAR.—Amounts made available for 
carrying out this subsection shall remain available
‘‘(2) identify, coordinate, and facilitate the im-
plementation of policy changes likely to have a sig-
nificant effect on mental health, mental illness, and 
the prevention and treatment of substance use dis-
order services; 
‘‘(3) collect, as appropriate, information from 
grantees under programs operated by the Adminis-
tration in order to evaluate and disseminate infor-
mation on evidence-based practices, including cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate services, as ap-
propriate, and service delivery models; 
‘‘(4) provide leadership in identifying and co-
ordinating policies and programs, including evidence- 
based programs, related to mental illness and sub-
stance use disorders; 
‘‘(5) recommend ways in which payers may im-
plement program and policy findings of the Adminis-
tration and the Laboratory to improve outcomes and 
reduce per capita program costs; 
‘‘(6) in consultation with the Assistant Sec-
retary for Planning and Evaluation, as appropriate, 
periodically review Federal programs and activities 
relating to the diagnosis or prevention of, or treat-
ment or rehabilitation for, mental illness and sub-
stance use disorders, including by—
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or potential participant, beneficiary, or contracting 
provider involved upon request. The Secretary may 
promulgate any such regulations, including interim 
final regulations or temporary regulations, as may 
be appropriate to carry out this paragraph.’’. 
(3) IRC AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 9812(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY OF PLAN INFORMATION.— 
The criteria for medical necessity determinations 
made under the plan with respect to mental health 
or substance use disorder benefits or medical or sur-
gical benefits, the reason for denial of any such ben-
efits, and any other information appropriate to dem-
onstrate compliance under this section (including 
any such medical and surgical information) shall be 
made available by the plan administrator in accord-
ance with applicable regulations to the current or 
potential participant, beneficiary, or contracting pro-
vider involved upon request. The Secretary may pro-
mulgate any such regulations, including interim final 
regulations or temporary regulations, as may be ap-
propriate to carry out this paragraph.’’. 
(d) IMPROVING COMPLIANCE.—
(b) DETAILED ACCOUNTING.—Section 114(a) of the 
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Ill-
ness Act (42 U.S.C. 10824(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) using data from the existing required an-
nual program progress reports submitted by each 
system funded under this title, a detailed accounting 
for each such system of how funds are spent, 
disaggregated according to whether the funds were 
received from the Federal Government, the State 
government, a local government, or a private enti-
ty.’’. 
SEC. 107. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE. 
Section 105 of the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-
viduals with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10805), as 
amended, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.—The Secretary shall 
establish an independent grievance procedure for persons 
described in subsection (a)(9).’’.
8702.10 or 8702.90, or motor vehicles provided
for in subheading 8704.21 or 8704.31.
(D) Motor vehicles provided for in any of
subheadings 8703.21 through 8703.90.
(3) FUNGIBLE
GOOD
OR
FUNGIBLE
MATE-
RIAL.—The term ‘‘fungible good’’ or ‘‘fungible mate-
rial’’ means a good or material, as the case may be,
that is interchangeable with another good or mate-
rial for commercial purposes and the properties of
which are essentially identical to such other good or
material.
(4) GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRIN-
CIPLES.—The term ‘‘generally accepted accounting
principles’’ means the recognized consensus or sub-
stantial authoritative support in the territory of Aus-
tralia or the United States, as the case may be, with
respect to the recording of revenues, expenses, costs,
assets, and liabilities, the disclosure of information,
and the preparation of financial statements. These
standards may encompass broad guidelines of gen-
eral application as well as detailed standards, prac-
tices, and procedures.
(5) GOOD WHOLLY OBTAINED OR PRODUCED
ENTIRELY IN THE TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA, THE
UNITED STATES, OR BOTH.—The term ‘‘good wholly
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to the Secretary to demonstrate that a device will have
the effect it purports or is represented to have under the
conditions of use prescribed, recommended as suggested
in the labeling of the device, and, without reliance on an
advisory committee, the Secretary may determine that
such studies are appropriate for such purpose.’’.
(b) Section 513(a)(3) (21 U.S.C. 360c(a)(3)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) The determination of effectiveness shall not in-
clude any of the following:
‘‘(i) The evaluation of clinical outcomes, if the
use of a device provides a medical contribution to
the diagnosis or treatment of the persons for whom
the device is intended, unless the device is rep-
resented in the labeling of the device to provide a
therapeutic effect to the persons for whom the device
is intended.
‘‘(ii) The evaluation of relative effectiveness,
unless the performance of a device is compared to
that of another device through labeling or other rep-
resentations by the person legally responsible for the
labeling of the device.
‘‘(iii) The evaluation of cost effectiveness rep-
resentations.
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SEC. 808. CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING PARITY RULES. 
If a group health plan or a health insurance issuer 
offering group or individual health insurance coverage pro-
vides coverage for eating disorder benefits, including resi-
dential treatment, such group health plan or health insur-
ance issuer shall provide such benefits consistent with the 
requirements of section 2726 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–26), section 712 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
1185a), and section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 6, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2646 
AN ACT 
To make available needed psychiatric, psychological, 
and supportive services for individuals with men-
tal illness and families in mental health crisis, 
and for other purposes.
regulators of companies engaged in insurance activities,
coordinate efforts to supervise companies that control both
a depository institution and a company engaged in insur-
ance activities regulated under State law. In particular,
Congress believes that the Board and the State insurance
regulators should share, on a confidential basis, informa-
tion relevant to the supervision of companies that control
both a depository institution and a company engaged in
insurance activities, including information regarding the
financial health of the consolidated organization and infor-
mation regarding transactions and relationships between
insurance companies and affiliated depository institutions.
The appropriate Federal banking agencies for depository
institutions should also share, on a confidential basis, in-
formation with the relevant State insurance regulators re-
garding transactions and relationships between depository
institutions and affiliated companies engaged in insurance
activities. The purpose of this section is to encourage this
coordination and confidential sharing of information, and
to thereby improve both the efficiency and the quality of
the supervision of financial holding companies and their
affiliated depository institutions and companies engaged
in insurance activities.
(b) EXAMINATION RESULTS AND OTHER INFORMA-
TION.—
(2) DEFINITION OF BANK INCLUDES WHOLE-
SALE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—Section 2(c)(1) of
the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
1841(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) A wholesale financial institution.’’.
(3) 
INCORPORATED
DEFINITIONS.—Section
2(n) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12
U.S.C. 1841(n)) is amended by inserting ‘‘ ‘insured
bank’,’’ after ‘‘ ‘in danger of default’,’’.
(4) EXCEPTION
TO
DEPOSIT
INSURANCE
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 3(e) of the Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1842(e)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘This
subsection shall not apply to a wholesale financial
institution.’’.
(b) FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT.—Section
3(q)(2)(A) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. 1813(q)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) any State member insured bank (ex-
cept a District bank) and any wholesale finan-
cial institution as authorized pursuant to sec-
tion 9B of the Federal Reserve Act;’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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