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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying child’
means any individual if—
‘‘(A) the taxpayer is allowed a deduction
under section 151 with respect to such individual
for the taxable year,
‘‘(B) such individual has not attained the
age of 17 (age of 18 in the case of taxable years
beginning after 2002) as of the close of the cal-
endar year in which the taxable year of the tax-
payer begins, and
‘‘(C) such individual bears a relationship to
the taxpayer described in section 32(c)(3)(B).
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN NONCITIZENS.—
The term ‘qualifying child’ shall not include any in-
dividual who would not be a dependent if the first
sentence of section 152(b)(3) were applied without re-
gard to all that follows ‘resident of the United States’.
‘‘(d) TAXABLE
YEAR
MUST
BE
FULL
TAXABLE
YEAR.—Except in the case of a taxable year closed by rea-
son of the death of the taxpayer, no credit shall be allowable
under this section in the case of a taxable year covering
a period of less than 12 months.
‘‘(e) RECAPTURE OF CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If—
on United States foreign development and economic 
assistance programs, including all information re-
quired pursuant to subsection (b) of this section that 
is then available to the Secretary of State. 
(2) INFORMATION SHARING.—The head of each 
Federal department or agency that administers 
United States foreign development and economic as-
sistance shall, not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and on a quarterly 
basis thereafter, provide to the Secretary of State 
comprehensive information about the United States 
foreign development and economic assistance pro-
grams carried out by such department or agency. 
(3) UPDATES TO WEB SITE.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall publish, through the 
‘‘ForeignAssistance.gov’’ Web site or a successor on-
line publication, the information provided under sub-
section (b) of this section and shall update such in-
formation on a quarterly basis. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The information described in 
subsection (a) shall be published on a detailed 
award-by-award and country-by-country basis unless 
assistance is provided on a regional level, in which
fully denied to, or taken from, the Tribe before the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 307. MEMBERSHIP ROLL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving recogni-
tion, services, and benefits pursuant to this title, the Tribe 
shall submit to the Secretary, by not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, a membership roll 
consisting of the name of each individual enrolled as a 
member of the Tribe. 
(b) DETERMINATION
OF MEMBERSHIP.—The quali-
fications for inclusion on the membership roll of the Tribe 
shall be determined in accordance with sections 1 through 
3 of article 5 of the constitution of the Tribe dated Sep-
tember 10, 1977 (including amendments to the constitu-
tion). 
(c) MAINTENANCE OF ROLL.—The Tribe shall main-
tain the membership roll under this section. 
SEC. 308. TRANSFER OF LAND. 
(a) HOMELAND.—The Secretary shall acquire, for the 
benefit of the Tribe, trust title to 200 acres of land within 
the service area of the Tribe to be used for a tribal land 
base. 
(b) ADDITIONAL LAND.—The Secretary may acquire 
additional land for the benefit of the Tribe pursuant to sec-
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tion 5 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 465) (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’). 
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Union Calendar No. 663 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3764 
[Report No. 114–847] 
A BILL 
To provide that an Indian group may receive Fed-
eral acknowledgment as an Indian tribe only by 
an Act of Congress, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 7, 2016 
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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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3765 
To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to promote compliance 
through education, to clarify the requirements for demand letters, to 
provide for a notice and cure period before the commencement of a 
private civil action, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2015 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, and Mr. JOLLY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to 
promote compliance through education, to clarify the re-
quirements for demand letters, to provide for a notice 
and cure period before the commencement of a private 
civil action, 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 ‘‘ADA Education and 
Reform Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE THROUGH EDUCATION. 
Based on existing funding, the Disability Rights Sec-
tion of the Department of Justice shall, in consultation 
with property owners and representatives of the disability 
rights community, develop a program to educate State and 
local governments and property owners on effective and 
efficient strategies for promoting access to public accom-
modations for persons with a disability (as defined in sec-
tion 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 
12102)). Such program may include training for profes-
sionals such as Certified Access Specialists to provide a 
guidance of remediation for potential violations of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act. 
SEC. 3. UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES RE-
LATING TO ADA COMPLIANCE DEMAND LET-
TERS. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to send or other-
wise transmit a demand letter or other form of pre-suit 
notification alleging a violation of section 302 or 303 of 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (29 U.S.C. 
12182; 12183) if such letter or communication does not 
specify in detail the circumstances under which an indi-
vidual was actually denied access to a public accommoda-
tion, including the address of property, the specific sec-
tions of the Americans with Disabilities Act alleged to 
have been violated, whether a request for assistance in re-
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case the information shall be published on an award- 
by-award and region-by-region basis. 
(2) TYPES OF INFORMATION.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—To 
ensure 
trans-
parency, accountability, and effectiveness of 
United States foreign development and eco-
nomic assistance programs, the information de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall include— 
(i) links to all regional, country, and 
sector assistance strategies, annual budget 
documents, congressional budget justifica-
tions, evaluations and summaries of eval-
uations 
as 
required 
under 
section 
2(c)(2)(J); 
(ii) basic descriptive summaries for 
United States foreign development and 
economic assistance programs and awards 
under such programs; and 
(iii) 
obligations 
and 
expenditures 
under such programs. 
Each type of information described in this para-
graph shall be published or updated on the 
Internet Web site not later than 90 days after 
the date of issuance of the information.
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‘‘(A) during any taxable year any amount
is withdrawn from a qualified tuition program
or an education individual retirement account
maintained for the benefit of a beneficiary and
such amount is subject to tax under section
529(f) or 530(c)(3), and
‘‘(B) the amount of the credit allowed under
this section for the prior taxable year was con-
tingent on a contribution being made to such a
program or account for the benefit of such bene-
ficiary,
the taxpayer’s tax imposed by this chapter for the
taxable year shall be increased by the lesser of the
amount described in subparagraph (A) or the credit
described in subparagraph (B).
‘‘(2) NO CREDITS AGAINST TAX, ETC.—Any in-
crease in tax under this subsection shall not be treated
as a tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of de-
termining—
‘‘(A) the amount of any credit under this
subpart or subpart B or D of this part, and
‘‘(B) the amount of the minimum tax im-
posed by section 55.
‘‘(f) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the terms ‘qualified tuition program’ and ‘education
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individual retirement account’ have the meanings given
such terms by section 529 and 530, respectively.
‘‘(g) PHASE-IN OF CREDIT.—In the case of taxable
years beginning in 1997—
‘‘(1) subsection (a)(1) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘$250’ for ‘$500’, and
‘‘(2) subsection (c)(1)(B) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘age of 13’ for ‘age of 17’.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subsection (a) of section 26 is amended by
inserting ‘‘(other than the credit allowed by section
24)’’ after ‘‘credits allowed by this subpart’’.
(2) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV
of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 23 the following new
item:
‘‘Sec. 24. Child tax credit.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 1996.
SEC. 102. ADJUSTMENT OF MINIMUM TAX EXEMPTION
AMOUNTS FOR TAXPAYERS OTHER THAN
CORPORATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 55 is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
TITLE IV—DEBT LIMIT 
SEC. 401. INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT. 
Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the dollar amount contained therein 
and inserting ‘‘$19,600,000,000,000’’. 
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$139,344 for the period beginning on October 1, 2015, 
and ending on November 20, 2015,’’. 
SEC. 1103. DINGELL-JOHNSON SPORT FISH RESTORATION 
ACT. 
Section 4 of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restora-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 777c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘October 29, 2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘November 20, 2015’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘October 
29, 2015,’’ and inserting ‘‘November 20, 2015,’’. 
Subtitle C—Public Transportation 
Programs 
SEC. 1201. FORMULA GRANTS FOR RURAL AREAS. 
Section 5311(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and 
$396,175 for the period beginning on October 1, 
2015, and ending on October 29, 2015,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and $696,721 for the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2015, and ending on November 20, 2015,’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and 
$1,980,874 for the period beginning on October 1, 
2015, and ending on October 29, 2015,’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘and $3,483,607 for the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2015, and ending on November 20, 2015,’’. 
SEC. 1202. APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
FORMULA GRANTS. 
Section 5336(h)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘and $2,377,049 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on October 29, 
2015,’’ and inserting ‘‘and $4,180,328 for the period be-
ginning on October 1, 2015, and ending on November 20, 
2015,’’. 
SEC. 1203. AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPOR-
TATION. 
(a) FORMULA GRANTS.—Section 5338(a) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph 
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘and 
$681,024,590 for the period beginning on October 1, 
2015, and ending on October 29, 2015’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and $1,197,663,934 for the period beginning 
on October 1, 2015, and ending on November 20, 
2015’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and 
$10,205,464 for the period beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 2015, and ending on October 29, 2015,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and $17,947,541 for the period 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3772 
To reduce childhood obesity, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2015 
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. KIND, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. HASTINGS, and 
Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reduce childhood obesity, 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 ‘‘Stop Obesity in 
Schools Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) It is estimated that 34.9 percent (78.6 mil-
lion) 
of 
American 
adults 
and 
percent 
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(c) CIGARETTE PAPERS.—Subsection (c) of section
5701 is amended by striking ‘‘0.75 cent (0.625 cent on ciga-
rette papers removed during 1991 or 1992)’’ and inserting
‘‘1.38 cents’’.
(d) CIGARETTE TUBES.—Subsection (d) of section
5701 is amended by striking ‘‘1.5 cents (1.25 cents on ciga-
rette tubes removed during 1991 or 1992)’’ and inserting
‘‘2.75 cents’’.
(e) SMOKELESS TOBACCO.—Subsection (e) of section
5701 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘36 cents (30 cents on snuff re-
moved during 1991 or 1992)’’ in paragraph (1) and
inserting ‘‘66 cents’’, and
(2) by striking ‘‘12 cents (10 cents on chewing
tobacco removed during 1991 or 1992)’’ in paragraph
(2) and inserting ‘‘22 cents’’.
(f) PIPE TOBACCO.—Subsection (f) of section 5701 is
amended by striking ‘‘67.5 cents (56.25 cents on pipe to-
bacco removed during 1991 or 1992)’’ and inserting
‘‘$1.2375 cents’’.
(g) IMPOSITION OF EXCISE TAX ON MANUFACTURE OR
IMPORTATION OF ROLL-YOUR-OWN TOBACCO.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5701 (relating to rate
of tax) is amended by redesignating subsection (g) as
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subsection (h) and by inserting after subsection (f) the
following new subsection:
‘‘(g) ROLL-YOUR-OWN TOBACCO.—On roll-your-own
tobacco, manufactured in or imported into the United
States, there shall be imposed a tax of 66 cents per pound
(and a proportionate tax at the like rate on all fractional
parts of a pound).’’.
(2) ROLL-YOUR-OWN
TOBACCO.—Section 5702
(relating to definitions) is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(p) ROLL-YOUR-OWN TOBACCO.—The term ‘roll-
your-own tobacco’ means any tobacco which, because of its
appearance, type, packaging, or labeling, is suitable for use
and likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as
tobacco for making cigarettes.’’.
(3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Subsection (c) of section 5702 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and pipe tobacco’’ and inserting
‘‘pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco’’.
(B) Subsection (d) of section 5702 is
amended—
(i) in the material preceding para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘or pipe tobacco’’
and inserting ‘‘pipe tobacco, or roll-your-
own tobacco’’, and
living and reduce obesity in elementary and sec-
ondary schools; and 
(2) is composed of educators, administrators, 
health care providers, and other relevant parties. 
(d) COST SHARING.—As a condition on the receipt 
of a grant under this section, an entity shall agree to pay, 
from funds derived from non-Federal sources, not less 
than 25 percent of the costs of the activities carried out 
with the grant. 
(e) ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.—As a condi-
tion on the receipt of a grant under this section, an entity 
shall agree to submit an annual accountability report to 
the Director. Each such report shall include a description 
of the degree to which the entity, in using grant funds, 
has made progress in increasing healthy living and reduc-
ing obesity in elementary and secondary schools. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020. 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
(2) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has 
the meaning given to that term in section 9101 of 
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the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
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•HR 4766 EH1S 
C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837–3837f) may be used to provide 
technical assistance under the Conservation Reserve Pro-
gram authorized by subchapter B of such chapter (16 
U.S.C. 3831–3835a). 
SEC. 759. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of em-
ployees of the Department of Agriculture who make pay-
ments from any appropriated funds to tobacco quota hold-
ers or producers of quota tobacco pursuant to any law en-
acted after July 1, 2004, terminating tobacco marketing 
quotas under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of 1938 and related price support 
under sections 106, 106A, and 106B of the Agricultural 
Act of 1949. 
SEC. 760. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to provide credits or credit guarantees 
for agricultural commodities provided for use in Iraq in 
violation of subsection (e) or (f) of section 202 of the Agri-
cultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5622). 
SEC. 761. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay the 
federal share of the administrative costs of any state’s op-
eration of the food stamp program that are performed out-
side the United States, except that the amounts otherwise
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provided by this Act are revised by increasing the amount 
made available under the heading ‘‘Food Stamp Program’’ 
by $6,500,000 for expenses under section 16 of the Food 
Stamp Act. 
SEC. 762. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to restrict to prescription use a contra-
ceptive that is determined to be safe and effective for use 
without the supervision of a practitioner licensed by law 
to administer prescription drugs under section 503(b) of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
SEC. 763. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer: Provided further, That the report described 
in the second proviso under the heading ‘‘Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer’’ shall also be submitted to the 
Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 2004. 
Attest:
Clerk.
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sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural 
electric loans, $5,058,000, and the cost of telecommuni-
cations loans, $100,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$38,323,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car-
rying out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2005 
and within the resources and authority available, gross ob-
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be 
$175,000,000. 
For administrative expenses, including audits, nec-
essary to carry out the loan programs, $3,152,000, which
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shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of direct distance learning 
and telemedicine loans, $50,000,000; and for the principal 
amount of direct broadband telecommunication loans, 
$464,038,000. 
For the cost of direct loans and grants for telemedi-
cine and distance learning services in rural areas, as au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $25,710,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $710,000 shall be 
for direct loans: Provided, That the cost of direct loans 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 901 et seq., $9,884,000: Provided, That the inter-
est rate for such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to 
the Department of the Treasury for obligations of com-
parable maturity: Provided further, That the cost of direct 
loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and