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Account) were appropriated without regard
to such section 1003(c).
‘‘(ii) If any of such excess remains
after the allocation under clause (i), the
Secretary shall allocate to each State such
amount as may be necessary so that the
amount authorized to be appropriated for
such fiscal year for each project to be car-
ried out in such State under sections 1103
through 1108 of such Act without regard
to section 1003(c) of such Act is available
for the project.
‘‘(iii) The Secretary shall allocate
among the States any excess remaining
after the allocations under clauses (i) and
(ii) so that each State is allocated the fol-
lowing percentages of the remaining ex-
cess:
‘‘States:
Percent
Alabama .............................................................................. 1.80
Alaska ................................................................................. 1.20
Arizona ............................................................................... 1.43
Arkansas ............................................................................. 1.42
California ............................................................................ 9.17
Colorado .............................................................................. 1.27
Connecticut ......................................................................... 1.74
Delaware ............................................................................. 0.39
District of Columbia ........................................................... 0.52
Florida ................................................................................ 4.04
Georgia ............................................................................... 2.92
Hawaii ................................................................................ 0.54
Idaho ................................................................................... 0.70
Illinois ................................................................................. 3.88
Indiana ............................................................................... 2.18
(b) VESSELS COVERED.—The requirement in sub-
section (a) applies to the six decommissioned Cherokee
class tugboats, listed as of the date of the enactment of
this Act as being surplus to the Navy, that are designated
as ATF–105, ATF–110, ATF–149, ATF–158, ATF–159,
and ATF–160.
(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may
require such terms and conditions in connection with the
transfers required by this section as the Secretary consid-
ers appropriate.
Passed the House of Representatives May 1, 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1927 
AN ACT 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to improve fairness 
in class action litigation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 105. EXEMPTION FROM ANTITRUST LAWS.
Section 7 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 App.
U.S.C. 1706) is amended—
(1) by amending subsection (a)(6) to read as
follows:
‘‘(6) subject to section 20(e)(2) of this Act, any
agreement, modification, or cancellation, in effect be-
fore the effective date of this Act and any tariff,
rate, fare, charge, classification, rule, or regulation
explanatory thereof implementing that agreement,
modification, or cancellation.’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘agency’’
and inserting ‘‘agency, department,’’.
SEC. 106. COMMON AND CONTRACT CARRIAGE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on June 1, 1997—
(1) section 8a of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46
App. U.S.C. 1707a) is repealed; and
(2) section 8 of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46
App. U.S.C. 1707) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 8. COMMON AND CONTRACT CARRIAGE.
‘‘(a) COMMON CARRIAGE.—
‘‘(1) A common carrier and a conference shall
make available a schedule of transportation rates
which shall include the rates, terms, and conditions
for transportation services not governed by an ocean
transportation contract, and shall provide the sched-
of 1986, but applied without regard to cov-
erage 
provided 
under 
subsection 
(a)(10)(A)(i)(X). 
‘‘(B) DEEMED
ELIGIBILITY.—Subject to 
subparagraph (C), a child that a State reason-
ably believes is a qualified newborn (and thus 
eligible for medical assistance under subsection 
(a)(10)(A)(i)(X)) on the date of such child’s 
birth shall be deemed to have applied for med-
ical assistance and to have been found eligible 
for such assistance under such plan on the date 
of such birth and to remain eligible for such as-
sistance until such child is one year of age, un-
less a State determines that a child is not eligi-
ble for such medical assistance through a rede-
termination under subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(C) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
OTHER
COV-
ERAGE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If, during the pe-
riod of eligibility under subparagraph (A), 
the State determines that the child is en-
rolled in a type of coverage described in 
subparagraph (A)(iv), the State may ter-
minate medical assistance for such child 
under subsection (a)(10)(A)(i)(X). 
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classifications, rules, or regulations if the Secretary deter-
mines that they are unreasonable.’’;
(5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘This’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to subsection (g), this’’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections:
‘‘(g) The rate standards, information submissions,
remedies, reviews, and penalties in this section shall also
apply to ocean common carriers that are not controlled,
but who have been determined by the Secretary to be
structurally or financially affiliated with nontransporta-
tion entities or organizations (government or private) in
such a way as to affect their pricing or marketplace behav-
ior in an unfair, predatory, or anticompetitive way that
disadvantages United States carriers. The Secretary may
make such determinations upon request of any person or
upon the Secretary’s own motion, after conducting an in-
vestigation and a public hearing.
‘‘(h) The Secretary shall issue regulations by June
1, 1997, that prescribe periodic price and other informa-
tion to be submitted by controlled carriers and carriers
subject to determinations made under subsection (g) that
would be needed to determine whether prices charged by
these carriers are unfair, predatory, or anticompetitive.’’.
SEC. 202. NEGOTIATING STRATEGY TO REDUCE GOVERN-
MENT OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF COM-
MON CARRIERS.
Not later than January 1, 1997, the Secretary of
Transportation shall develop, submit to Congress, and
begin implementing a negotiation strategy to persuade for-
eign governments to divest themselves of ownership and
control of ocean common carriers (as that term is defined
in section 3(18) of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 App.
U.S.C. 1702).
TITLE III—ELIMINATION OF THE
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMIS-
SION
SEC. 301. PLAN FOR AGENCY TERMINATION.
(a) No later than 30 days after enactment of this Act,
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall
submit to Congress a plan to eliminate the Federal Mari-
time Commission no later than October 1, 1997. The plan
shall include a timetable for the transfer of remaining
functions to the Federal Maritime Commission to the Sec-
retary of Transportation, beginning as soon as feasible in
fiscal year 1996. The plan shall also address matters relat-
ed to personnel and other resources necessary for the Sec-
retary of Transportation to perform the remaining func-
tions of the Federal Maritime Commission.
(b) The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall implement the plan to eliminate the Federal
Maritime Commission, beginning as soon as feasible in fis-
cal year 1996.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3594 
To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased 
Members of Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. COOPER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving 
heirs of deceased Members of Congress. 
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 ‘‘Congressional Death 
Benefit Elimination Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAYMENT OF GRATUITIES TO SUR-
VIVORS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No payment may be made from 
the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives, 
the contingent fund of the Senate, or any other appro-
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priated funds for a death gratuity payment to the widow, 
widower, or heirs-at-law of any Member of Congress who 
dies after the commencement of the Congress to which the 
Member has been elected. 
(b) NO EFFECT
ON OTHER PAYMENTS
TO SUR-
VIVORS.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 
prohibit or affect the payment to any individual of any 
unpaid balance or salary or other sums due to a Member 
of Congress who dies after the commencement of the Con-
gress to which the Member has been elected. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, a ‘‘Member of Congress’’ 
means a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply with respect to any death occur-
ring after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3595 
To require the disclosure of determinations with respect to which Congres-
sional staff will be required to obtain health insurance coverage through 
an Exchange. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. COTTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To require the disclosure of determinations with respect to 
which Congressional staff will be required to obtain 
health insurance coverage through an Exchange. 
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 ‘‘Show Your Exemption 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF COVERAGE DETERMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives and the Financial 
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‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—A State that de-
termines that a child is eligible for such 
coverage, but not enrolled in such cov-
erage, may not terminate such medical as-
sistance for such child until such child is 
enrolled in such coverage. 
‘‘(D) 
REDETERMINATIONS
OF
ELIGI-
BILITY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii) and subparagraph (C)(ii), the State 
shall redetermine a child’s eligibility for 
medical 
assistance 
under 
subsection 
(a)(10)(A)(i)(X) not later than 180 days 
after the date of the child’s birth. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—If an application 
is required for a redetermination under 
clause (i), and such application is not re-
ceived by the State, and the State reason-
ably believes that the child for which such 
application was required continues to be a 
qualified newborn, the State may not dis-
continue such child’s eligibility for medical 
assistance 
under 
subsection 
(a)(10)(A)(i)(X) on the basis of such miss-
ing application. 
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Clerk of the Senate shall make publically available the de-
terminations of each member of the House of Representa-
tives and each Senator, as the case may be, regarding the 
designation of their respective congressional staff (includ-
ing leadership and committee staff) as ‘‘official’’ for pur-
poses of requiring such staff to enroll in health insurance 
coverage provided through an Exchange as required under 
section 1312(d)(1)(D) of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(1)(D)), and the 
regulations relating to such section. 
(b) FAILURE TO SUBMIT.—The failure by any mem-
ber of the House of Representatives or Senator to des-
ignate any of their respective staff, whether committee or 
leadership staff, as ‘‘official’’ (as described in subsection 
(a)), shall be noted in the determination made publically 
available under subsection (a) along with a statement that 
such failure permits the staff involved to remain in the 
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. 
(c) PRIVACY.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to permit the release of any individually identifiable infor-
mation concerning any individual, including any health 
plan selected by an individual. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3596 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide medical assistance 
to uninsured newborns under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Ms. DEGETTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 
medical assistance to uninsured newborns under the 
Medicaid 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Start Healthy Act of 
2013’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
MEDICAID 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
UNINSURED 
NEWBORNS. 
(a) 
MANDATORY
COVERAGE
OF
CERTAIN 
NEWBORNS.—Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause 
(VIII); 
(2) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause 
(IX); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(X) who are qualified newborns 
(as 
defined 
in 
subsection 
(e)(16)(A));’’. 
(b) DEEMED ELIGIBILITY FOR NEWBORNS.—Section 
1902(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(16) DEEMED
ELIGIBILITY
FOR
QUALIFIED 
NEWBORNS.— 
‘‘(A) QUALIFIED
NEWBORN
DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified 
newborn’ means a child who— 
‘‘(i) is born in the United States on or 
after the date that is 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph; 
‘‘(ii) is under 1 year of age; 
‘‘(iii) is not a child who is deemed eli-
gible under paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(iv) is not eligible for minimum es-
sential coverage, as defined in section 
5000A(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code 
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‘‘(2) A bond, insurance, or other surety ob-
tained pursuant to this section shall be available to
pay any judgment for damages against an ocean
freight forwarder arising from its transportation-re-
lated activities under this Act or order for reparation
issued pursuant to section 11 or 14 of this Act.
‘‘(3) An ocean freight forwarder not domiciled
in the United States shall designate a resident agent
in the United States for receipt of service of judicial
and administrative process, including subpoenas.’’;
(4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this section, by striking ‘‘a bond in ac-
cordance with subsection (a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘a
bond, proof of insurance, or other surety in accord-
ance with subsection (b)(1)’’; and
(5) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this section—
(A) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-
nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) No conference or group of 2 or more ocean
common carriers in the foreign commerce of the
United States that is authorized to agree upon the
level of compensation paid to an ocean freight for-
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3598 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to permit insurers 
to offer catastrophic coverage plans to anyone, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. FORTENBERRY 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 permit insurers to offer catastrophic coverage plans 
to anyone, 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. PERMITTING INSURERS TO OFFER CATA-
STROPHIC COVERAGE PLANS TO ANYONE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1302(e) of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18022(e)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) CATASTROPHIC PLAN.—A health plan not pro-
viding a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum level of coverage 
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shall be treated as meeting the requirements of subsection 
(d) with respect to any plan year if the plan provides— 
‘‘(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
essential health benefits determined under sub-
section (b), except that the plan provides no benefits 
for any plan year until the individual has incurred 
cost-sharing expenses in an amount equal to the an-
nual limitation in effect under subsection (c)(1) for 
the plan year (except as provided for in section 
2713); and 
‘‘(2) coverage for at least three primary care 
visits.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1312(d)(3)(C) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18032(d)(3)(C)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, except that’’ and all that follows through ‘‘section 
1302(e)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall be effective as if included in the enact-
ment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3600 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification regarding 
the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be trans-
ferred under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2013 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself and Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clari-
fication regarding the children to whom entitlement to 
educational assistance may be transferred under the 
Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. 
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 ‘‘GI Education Benefit 
Fairness Act’’. 
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SEC. 202. NEGOTIATING STRATEGY TO REDUCE GOVERN-
MENT OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF COM-
MON CARRIERS.
Not later than January 1, 1997, the Secretary of
Transportation shall develop, submit to Congress, and
begin implementing a negotiation strategy to persuade for-
eign governments to divest themselves of ownership and
control of ocean common carriers (as that term is defined
in section 3(18) of the Shipping Act of 1984 (46 App.
U.S.C. 1702).
TITLE III—ELIMINATION OF THE
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMIS-
SION
SEC. 301. PLAN FOR AGENCY TERMINATION.
(a) No later than 30 days after enactment of this Act,
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, shall
submit to Congress a plan to eliminate the Federal Mari-
time Commission no later than October 1, 1997. The plan
shall include a timetable for the transfer of remaining
functions to the Federal Maritime Commission to the Sec-
retary of Transportation, beginning as soon as feasible in
fiscal year 1996. The plan shall also address matters relat-
ed to personnel and other resources necessary for the Sec-
retary of Transportation to perform the remaining func-
tions of the Federal Maritime Commission.
(b) The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall implement the plan to eliminate the Federal
Maritime Commission, beginning as soon as feasible in fis-
cal year 1996.
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 214
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the income taxation
of corporations, to impose a 10 percent tax on the earned income (and
only the earned income) of individuals, to repeal the estate and gift
taxes, to provide amnesty for all tax liability for prior taxable years,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. CRANE 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 repeal
the income taxation of corporations, to impose a 10
percent tax on the earned income (and only the earned
income) of individuals, to repeal the estate and gift taxes,
to provide amnesty for all tax liability for prior taxable
years, 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 ‘‘Crane Tithe Tax Act
of 1995’’.
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I)) and section 1861(ccc)(2) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(ccc)(2)), the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall exclude any pa-
tient for whom payment is based on an amount that 
is comparable or equivalent to the amount payable 
to a subsection (d) hospital had such a hospital pro-
vided the same services. 
(3) SUBSECTION (D) HOSPITAL DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘subsection (d) hospital’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 
1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(d)(1)(B)). 
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