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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2021 
To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to Amtrak. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2015 
Mr. SALMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds to Amtrak. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR AMTRAK. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-
eral funds shall be made available to Amtrak. 
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SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever 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 amendment or repeal shall be considered to be 
made to a section or other provision of the Social Security 
Act. 
SEC. 4. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Temporary Assistance for Needy Fami-
lies (TANF) Program established by the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193) has succeeded in 
moving families from welfare to work and reducing 
child poverty. 
(A) There has been a dramatic increase in 
the employment of current and former welfare 
recipients. The percentage of working recipients 
reached an all-time high in fiscal year 1999 and 
continued steady in fiscal years 2000 and 2001. 
In fiscal year 2001, 33 percent of adult recipi-
ents were working, compared to less than 7 per-
cent in fiscal year 1992, and 11 percent in fis-
cal year 1996. All States met the overall par-
ticipation rate standard in fiscal year 2001, as 
did the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
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‘‘(A) COMPLIANCE
DEADLINE.—Notwith-
standing any compliance schedule under section
301(b), or any permit limitation under section
402(b)(1)(B), the Administrator (or a State
with a program approved under subsection (b))
may issue a permit pursuant to this section for
a discharge from a combined storm and sani-
tary sewer, that includes a schedule for compli-
ance with a long-term control plan under the
control policy referred to in paragraph (1), for
a term not to exceed 15 years.
‘‘(B) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding the
compliance deadline specified in subparagraph
(A), the Administrator or a State with a pro-
gram approved under subsection (b) shall ex-
tend, on request of an owner or operator of a
combined storm and sanitary sewer and subject
to subparagraph (C), the period of compliance
beyond the last day of the 15-year period—
‘‘(i) if the Administrator or the State
determines that compliance by such last
day is not within the economic capability
of the owner or operator; and
‘‘(ii) if the owner or operator dem-
onstrates to the satisfaction of the Admin-
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6480 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 
States Government, the Intelligence Community Manage-
ment Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
tirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4060
AN ACT
Making appropriations for energy and water devel-
opment for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1999, and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4060
AN ACT
Making appropriations for energy and water development
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 648 
AN ACT 
To amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to 
reauthorize certain trauma care programs, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
to make payments to the Architect of the Capitol, in-
cluding payments of commercially-equivalent rent. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments 
received by the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to 
any lease or other agreement entered into under this 
subsection shall be deposited to the appropriation 
available to the Architect of the Capitol from the 
House Office Buildings Fund established under sub-
section (d) and shall be subject to future appropria-
tion. 
‘‘(d) HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS FUND.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known 
as the ‘House Office Buildings Fund’ (hereafter in 
this section referred to as the ‘Fund’). 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall con-
sist of the following amounts: 
‘‘(A) Amounts transferred by the Architect 
of the Capitol under paragraph (3) of subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(B) Interest earned on the balance of the 
Fund. 
‘‘(C) Such other amounts as may be appro-
priated by law.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4068
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 24, 1998
Received
AN ACT
To make certain technical corrections in laws relating to
Native Americans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4081
AN ACT
To extend the deadline under the Federal Power
Act applicable to the construction of a hydro-
electric project in the State of Arkansas.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4081
AN ACT
To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applica-
ble to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the
State of Arkansas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SEC. 906. REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE.
Section 104(i)(3) (33 U.S.C. 1414(i)(3)) is amended
by striking ‘‘Merchant Marine and Fisheries’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Transportation and Infrastructure’’.
TITLE X—ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 1001. COASTAL NONPOINT POLLUTION CONTROL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6217(a)(1) of the Coastal
Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990 (16
U.S.C. 1451 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘shall’’ the first place it appears
and inserting ‘‘may’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘the Secretary and’’; and
(3) by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if
the Administrator determines, in consultation with
the State, such program is needed to supplement the
program under section 319 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act as it relates to the coastal
zone, the State shall prepare and submit such pro-
gram.’’.
(b) PROGRAM SUBMISSION, APPROVAL, AND IMPLE-
MENTATION.—Section 6217(c) of such Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary and the Ad-
ministrator shall jointly’’ and inserting ‘‘the
Administrator shall’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘The program’’ and all
that follows through the period at the end of
the paragraph and inserting ‘‘The program
shall be approved if the Administrator deter-
mines that the program meets the requirements
of this section.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘If the Secretary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘If the Administrator’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary shall with-
hold’’ and inserting ‘‘the Administrator shall di-
rect the Secretary to withhold’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall
make’’ and inserting ‘‘The Administrator shall
direct the Secretary to make’’.
(c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 6217(f) of
such Act is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Administrator,’’ and inserting
‘‘the Administrator’’; and
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(B) by inserting ‘‘and implementing’’ after
‘‘developing’’;
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘and imple-
menting’’ after ‘‘developing’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘the Administrator’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘, in consultation with the
Administrator,’’; and
(C) by inserting ‘‘and implementing’’ after
‘‘preparing’’.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
6217(h)(2) of such Act is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘, other
than for providing in the form of grants under sub-
section (f)’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Administrator’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 1995.
Attest:
Clerk.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 961
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 8, 2016. 
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill (H.R. 2028) entitled ‘‘An Act making ap-
propriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes.’’, with the following 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
Senate, insert the following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited the ‘‘Further Continuing and 
Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Availability of funds. 
DIVISION A—FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
DIVISION B—SECURITY ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
Title I—Department of Defense 
Title II—Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in division B of this Act shall be 
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
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301(b), 302, and 403, or any subsection of this sec-
tion (other than this subsection).
‘‘(2) APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT.—A remedi-
ating party who desires to conduct remediation ac-
tivities on abandoned or inactive mined lands from
which there is or may be a discharge of pollutants
to waters of the United States or from which there
could be a significant addition of pollutants from
nonpoint sources may submit an application to the
Administrator. The application shall consist of a re-
mediation plan and any other information requested
by the Administrator to clarify the plan and activi-
ties.
‘‘(3) REMEDIATION PLAN.—The remediation
plan shall include (as appropriate and applicable)
the following:
‘‘(A) Identification of the remediating
party, including any persons cooperating with
the concerned State or Indian tribe with respect
to the plan, and a certification that the appli-
cant is a remediating party under this section.
‘‘(B) Identification of the abandoned or in-
active mined lands addressed by the plan.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 650 
AN ACT 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to modify the definitions 
of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
lished pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A), (b)(2)(A), or
(b)(2)(E) and make other appropriate modifications
to the conditions of the point source permit, for the
purpose of encouraging the development and use of an
innovative pollution prevention technology (including
an innovative production process change, innovative
pollution control technology, or innovative recycling
method) that has the potential to—
‘‘(A) achieve an effluent reduction which is
greater than that required by the limitation oth-
erwise applicable;
‘‘(B) meet the applicable effluent limitation
to water while achieving a reduction of total
emissions to other media which is greater than
that required by the otherwise applicable emis-
sions limitations for the other media;
‘‘(C) meet the applicable effluent limitation
to water while achieving a reduction in energy
consumption; or
‘‘(D) achieve the required reduction with the
potential for significantly lower costs than the
systems determined by the Administrator to be
economically achievable.
‘‘(2) DURATION OF EXTENSIONS.—The extension
of the compliance deadlines under paragraph (1) shall
guidance shall perform a risk assessment consistent
with the guidance issued by the Administrator pur-
suant to paragraph (2). Such risk assessment shall
be performed in conjunction with the development of
any proposed regulation, and in any case shall be
subject to public notice and comment. No regulatory
requirement or guidance subject to this paragraph
shall be established or issued where the social, envi-
ronmental, and economic benefits of such require-
ment are not reasonably related to the anticipated
costs. The requirements of the preceding sentence
shall not apply to regulations that merely recite stat-
utory provisions. The requirements of this paragraph
shall not apply to guidance that solely clarifies, con-
firms, or explains an existing regulation, without
adding to or expanding on such regulation.
‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this subsection,
and after providing notice and opportunity for public
comment, the Administrator shall issue guidelines
for conducting risk assessments. The guidelines
shall—
‘‘(A) require use of all relevant, available,
scientific data, and information;
tions from the requirements of this section
granted during the preceding calendar year, to-
gether with the President’s reason for granting
such exemption.
‘‘(6) VENUE.—Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the Federal Government, or any of-
ficer, agent, or employee thereof in the performance
of official duties, from removing to the appropriate
Federal district court any proceeding to which the
department, agency, or instrumentality or officer,
agent, or employee thereof is subject pursuant to
this section, and any such proceeding may be re-
moved in accordance with chapter 89 of title 28,
United States Code.
‘‘(7) PERSONAL
LIABILITY
OF
FEDERAL
EM-
PLOYEES.—No agent, employee, or officer of the
United States shall be personally liable for any civil
penalty under any Federal, State, interstate, or local
water pollution law with respect to any act or omis-
sion within the scope of the official duties of the
agent, employee, or officer.
‘‘(8) CRIMINAL
SANCTIONS.—An agent, em-
ployee, or officer of the United States shall be sub-
ject to any criminal sanction (including any fine or
States on development and adoption of water quality
standards applicable to navigable waters that con-
tain little or no water during low flow periods. The
guidance shall take into account the limited ability
of such waters to support aquatic life and certain
designated uses and shall include consideration of
the role the discharge may play in maintaining the
flow or level of such waters.’’.
(b) 
PROCEDURAL
GUIDELINES.—Section
304(i)(2)(D) (33 U.S.C. 1314(i)(2)(D)) is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘any person’’ the following: ‘‘(other than an
employee or official of a city, county, or local government
agency)’’.
SEC. 303. RISK AND COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.
Section 304 (33 U.S.C. 1314) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(n) RISK ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES.—
‘‘(1) RISK
ASSESSMENT
AND
ANALYSIS
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—In developing any standard, effluent
limitation, or other regulatory requirement (except
for issuance of a permit or establishment of any
purely procedural requirements) under this Act, or
issuing any guidance under this Act, the Adminis-
trator or the Secretary responsible for establishment
of such regulatory requirement or issuance of such
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nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title 
III of this Act may be transferred to any department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality of the United States Government, ex-
cept pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer authority 
provided in this Act or any other appropriations Act for 
any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the report 
of the Committee on Appropriations accompanying this 
Act, or any authority whereby a department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government may pro-
vide goods or services to another department, agency, or in-
strumentality. 
(b) None of the funds made available for any depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Gov-
ernment may be transferred to accounts funded in title III 
of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or trans-
fer authority provided in this Act or any other appropria-
tions Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced 
in the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom-
panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
may provide goods or services to another department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality.
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(c) The head of any relevant department or agency 
funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a semiannual report detailing the transfer au-
thorities, except for any authority whereby a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
may provide goods or services to another department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months and 
in the year-to-date. This report shall include the amounts 
transferred and the purposes for which they were trans-
ferred, and shall not replace or modify existing notification 
requirements for each authority. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water De-
velopment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2017’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
1995 
as a deduction by reason of section 168(k)(5) (relat-
ing to special rules for certain plants bearing fruits 
and nuts).’’. 
(I) Section 460(c)(6)(B)(ii), as amended by 
subsection (a), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) is placed in service before Janu-
ary 1, 2020 (January 1, 2021 in the case 
of 
property 
described 
in 
section 
168(k)(2)(B)).’’. 
(J) Section 168(k), as amended by sub-
section (a), is amended by striking ‘‘AND BE-
FORE JANUARY 1, 2016’’ in the heading thereof 
and inserting ‘‘AND BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2020’’. 
(7) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this paragraph, the amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to property placed 
in service after December 31, 2015, in taxable 
years ending after such date. 
(B) EXPANSION
OF
ELECTION
TO
ACCEL-
ERATE AMT CREDITS IN LIEU OF BONUS DEPRE-
CIATION.—The amendments made by paragraph 
(3) shall apply to taxable years ending after De-
cember 31, 2015, except that in the case of any 
taxable year beginning before January 1, 2016,
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controlled tax-exempt organization described in 
section 501(c)(3) that is not a qualified church- 
controlled organization (as defined in section 
3121(w)(3)(B)). 
‘‘(C) PERMISSIVE
AGGREGATION
AMONG 
CHURCH-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS.—The church 
or convention or association of churches with 
which an organization described in subpara-
graph (A) is associated (within the meaning of 
subsection (e)(3)(D)), or an organization des-
ignated by such church or convention or associa-
tion of churches, may elect to treat such organi-
zations as a single employer for a plan year. 
Such election, once made, shall apply to all suc-
ceeding plan years unless revoked with notice 
provided to the Secretary in such manner as the 
Secretary shall prescribe. 
‘‘(D) 
PERMISSIVE
DISAGGREGATION
OF 
CHURCH-RELATED
ORGANIZATIONS.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), in the case of a 
church plan, an employer may elect to treat 
churches (as defined in section 403(b)(12)(B)) 
separately from entities that are not churches (as 
so defined), without regard to whether such enti-
ties maintain separate church plans. Such elec-
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tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As- 
You-Go Act of 2010. 
(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARD.—The budgetary ef-
fects of this Act shall not be entered on any PAYGO score-
card maintained for purposes of section 201 of S. Con. Res. 
21 (110th Congress). 
Attest: 
Clerk.
in order to place such Trust Fund in the same position 
at the end of such fiscal year as it would have been in 
if such payments had not been made.’’.
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inspections of dietary supplement manufacturers 
over the prior fiscal year and an explanation of their 
activities. 
(5) The number of good manufacturing prac-
tices inspections of dietary supplement manufactur-
ers by the Food and Drug Administration over the 
prior fiscal year and a summary of the results. 
(6) The number of new ingredient reviews and 
safety reviews related to dietary supplements and 
the results of those reviews. 
(7) An explanation of all enforcement actions 
taken by the Food and Drug Administration and the 
Department of Health and Human Services related 
to dietary supplements over the prior fiscal year, in-
cluding the number and type of actions. 
(8) The number of dietary supplement claims 
for which the Food and Drug Administration re-
quested substantiation from the manufacturer over 
the prior fiscal year, and the agency’s response. 
(9) The number of dietary supplement claims 
determined to be false, misleading, or unsubstan-
tiated by the Food and Drug Administration over 
the prior fiscal year.
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quired by law and that the agreement is being imple-
mented through modifications of a permit issued
under section 402 to the other source, by modifica-
tions of the requirements of section 307 applicable
to the other source, or by nonpoint source control
practices and measures under section 319 applicable
to the other source. The Administrator or State may
modify otherwise applicable requirements pursuant
to this section whenever the Administrator or State
determines that such pollution reduction control or
measures will result collectively in an overall reduc-
tion in discharges to the watershed that is greater
than would otherwise be achievable if the parties to
the pollution reduction agreement each complied
with applicable requirements of subsection (b), sec-
tion 306 or 307 resulting in a net benefit to the wa-
tershed.
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION TO AFFECTED STATES.—
Before issuing or modifying a permit under this sub-
section allowing discharges into a watershed that is
within the jurisdiction of 2 or more States, the Ad-
ministrator or State shall provide written notice of
the proposed permit to all States with jurisdiction
over the watershed. The Administrator or State shall
not issue or modify such permit unless all States
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 651 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 820 Elmwood Avenue in Providence, Rhode 
Island, as the ‘‘Sister Ann Keefe Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 408
AN ACT
To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972 to support the International Dolphin Con-
servation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific
Ocean, and for other purposes.
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‘‘(10) it is the national policy that beneficial
reuse of waste water effluent and biosolids be en-
couraged to the fullest extent possible; and’’.
(d) WATER USE EFFICIENCY.—Section 101(a) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) it is the national policy that water use ef-
ficiency be encouraged to the fullest extent pos-
sible.’’.
(e) NET BENEFITS.—Section 101 is further amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) NET BENEFITS.—It is the national policy that
the development and implementation of water quality pro-
tection programs pursuant to this Act—
‘‘(1) be based on scientifically objective and un-
biased information concerning the nature and mag-
nitude of risk; and
‘‘(2) maximize net benefits to society in order
to promote sound regulatory decisions and promote
the rational and coherent allocation of society’s lim-
ited resources and not unreasonably restrict outdoor
recreation and other socially beneficial activities.’’.
SEC. 102. RESEARCH, INVESTIGATIONS, TRAINING, AND IN-
FORMATION.
(a) NATIONAL
PROGRAMS.—Section 104(a) (33
U.S.C. 1254(a)) is amended—