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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 549 
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to require the EEOC 
to approve commencing or intervening in certain litigation, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2015 
Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mr. ROKITA, and Mr. HUDSON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to 
require the EEOC to approve commencing or intervening 
in certain litigation, 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 ‘‘Litigation Oversight 
Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPROVAL OF EEOC LITIGATION COMMENCEMENT 
OR INTERVENTION. 
Section 705 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000e–4) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(l)(1) The Commission shall approve or disapprove 
by majority vote whether the Commission shall commence 
or intervene in litigation involving multiple plaintiffs, or 
an allegation of systemic discrimination or a pattern or 
practice of discrimination. 
‘‘(2) A member of the Commission shall have the 
power to require the Commission to approve or disapprove 
by majority vote whether the Commission shall commence 
or intervene in any litigation. 
‘‘(3) Neither the Commission nor a member of the 
Commission may delegate the authority provided under 
paragraph (1) or (2) to any other person. 
‘‘(4) Not later than 30 days after the Commission 
commences or intervenes in litigation pursuant to approval 
under this subsection, the Commission shall post and 
maintain the following information on its public website 
with respect to the litigation: 
‘‘(A) The court in which the case was brought. 
‘‘(B) The name and case number of the case. 
‘‘(C) The nature of the allegation. 
‘‘(D) The causes of action brought. 
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‘‘(E) Each Commissioner’s vote on commencing 
or intervening in the litigation. 
‘‘(5) The Commission shall issue, in a manner con-
sistent with section 713, procedural regulations to carry 
out this subsection.’’. 
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HR 4818 EAS
(f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2005, the
President may use up to $50,000,000 under the authority
of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not-
withstanding the funding ceiling in section 451(a).
(g) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AUTHORITY.—
In providing assistance with funds appropriated by this
Act under section 660(b)(6) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, support for a nation emerging from instability
may be deemed to mean support for regional, district, mu-
nicipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from insta-
bility, as well as a nation emerging from instability.
(h) WORLD FOOD PROGRAM.—Of the funds managed
by the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian
Assistance of the United States Agency for International
Development, from this or any other Act, not less than
$6,000,000 shall be made available as a general contribu-
tion to the World Food Program, notwithstanding any other
provision of law.
(i) NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—Funds
appropriated by this Act that are provided to the National
Endowment for Democracy may be provided notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation.
(j) SUDAN.—For the purposes of section 501 of Public
Law 106–570, the terms ‘‘areas outside of control of the
Government of Sudan’’ and ‘‘area in Sudan outside of con-
H. R. 3042
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
To amend the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental
and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to establish the United States
Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution to conduct environmental conflict
resolution and training, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Environmental Policy and Conflict
Resolution Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 4 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence
in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act
of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5602) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7) as
paragraphs (5), (9), (7), and (8), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
‘‘(4) the term ‘environmental dispute’ means a dispute or
conflict relating to the environment, public lands, or natural
resources;’’;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as redesignated by
paragraph (1)) the following:
‘‘(6) the term ‘Institute’ means the United States Institute
for Environmental Conflict Resolution established pursuant to
section 7(a)(1)(D);’’;
(4) in paragraph (7) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)),
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(5) in paragraph (8) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)),
by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(6) in paragraph (9) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))—
(A) by striking ‘‘fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Trust Fund’’; and
(B) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting
a period.
SEC. 3. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Section 5(b) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence
in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act
of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5603(b)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of the second
sentence, by striking ‘‘twelve’’ and inserting ‘‘thirteen’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
SEC. 4. PURPOSE.
Section 6 of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Ex-
cellence in National Environmental and Native American
Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5604) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘an Environ-
mental Conflict Resolution’’ and inserting ‘‘Environ-
mental Conflict Resolution and Training’’;
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8) establish as part of the Foundation the
United States Institute for Environmental Conflict
Resolution to assist the Federal Government in im-
plementing section 101 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331) by pro-
viding assessment, mediation, and other related serv-
ices to resolve environmental disputes involving
agencies and instrumentalities of the United States;
and
‘‘(9) complement the direction established by
the President in Executive Order 12988 (61 Fed.
Reg. 4729; relating to civil justice reform).’’.
ered under clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of section
3(e)(2)(D).
(4) SATISFACTION YEAR.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘satisfaction year’’ means the fis-
cal year during which all Federal transit program
obligations of a State payable from the Mass Transit
Account and the Future Transit Investment Sub Ac-
count of the Future Investment Account existing on
the date of the election by such State described in
subsection (a) are paid.
SEC. 5. ENFORCEMENT.
If the Secretary determines that a core program
State (or any other State under section 4(b)(2)) has used
funds under this Act for a purpose that is not a surface
transportation purpose, the amount of the improperly used
funds shall be deducted from any amount the State would
otherwise receive from the Highway Account for the fiscal
year that begins after the date of the determination.
SEC. 6. REPORTS.
(a) ANNUAL STATE ASSESSMENT.—A core program
State shall—
(1) assess the operation of the State surface
transportation program funded under this Act in
each fiscal year, including the status of the core
highway programs in the State; and
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WITHIN
THE
SACRAMENTO
RIVER
WATER-
SHED.—The term ‘‘existing Central Valley 
Project agricultural water service contractor 
within 
the 
Sacramento 
River 
Watershed’’ 
means any water service contractor within the 
Shasta, Trinity, or Sacramento River division of 
the Central Valley Project that has in effect a 
water service contract on the date of enactment 
of this section that provides water for irriga-
tion. 
(B) YEAR
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘Above 
Normal’’, ‘‘Below Normal’’, ‘‘Dry’’, and ‘‘Wet’’, 
with respect to a year, have the meanings given 
those terms in the Sacramento Valley Water 
Year Type (40–30–30) Index. 
(2) ALLOCATIONS OF WATER.— 
(A) ALLOCATIONS.—Subject to subsection 
(c), the Secretary of the Interior shall make 
every reasonable effort in the operation of the 
Central Valley Project to allocate water pro-
vided for irrigation purposes to each existing 
Central Valley Project agricultural water service 
contractor within the Sacramento River Water-
shed in accordance with the following:
‘‘(C) serving as the point of contact for in-
cident management purposes with Federal 
agencies, agencies of State or local government 
(including law enforcement agencies), and emer-
gency response providers; and 
‘‘(D) coordination with Federal agencies, 
agencies of State or local government (including 
law enforcement agencies), and emergency re-
sponse providers regarding plans and security 
measures for the collective response to a chem-
ical facility terrorist incident; 
‘‘(18) maintaining appropriate records relating 
to the security of the covered chemical facility, in-
cluding a copy of the most recent security vulner-
ability assessment and site security plan, at the cov-
ered chemical facility; 
‘‘(19) assessing and, as appropriate, using 
methods to reduce the consequences of a terrorist 
attack; 
‘‘(20) methods to recover or mitigate the re-
lease of a substance of concern in the event of a 
chemical facility terrorist incident; 
‘‘(21) methods to mitigate the risks of exposure 
to chemical agents by maintaining an adequate sup-
ply of equipment and products to provide for decon-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3046
To provide financial assistance for higher education to the dependents of
Federal, State, and local public safety officers who are killed or perma-
nently and totally disabled as the result of a traumatic injury sustained
in the line of duty.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 13, 1997
Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. WELDON of
Pennsylvania, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. KINGSTON,
Mr. QUINN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. BACHUS) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide financial assistance for higher education to the
dependents of Federal, State, and local public safety
officers who are killed or permanently and totally dis-
abled as the result of a traumatic injury sustained in
the line of duty.
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 ‘‘Police, Fire, and
Emergency Officers Educational Assistance Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
TO DEPENDENTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFI-
CERS KILLED OR PERMANENTLY AND TO-
TALLY DISABLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
Part L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796 et seq.) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the heading for subpart 2, by striking
‘‘Civilian Federal Law Enforcement’’ and
inserting ‘‘Public Safety’’;
(2) in section 1211(l), by striking ‘‘civilian Fed-
eral law enforcement’’ and inserting ‘‘public safety’’;
(3) in section 1212(a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘Fed-
eral law enforcement’’ and inserting ‘‘public safety’’;
(4) in section 1216(a), by striking ‘‘Federal law
enforcement’’ and inserting ‘‘public safety’’.
(5) in section 1217—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and
(4) as (2) and (3), respectively.
Æ
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3047
AN ACT
To authorize expansion of Fort Davis National
Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 acres.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3047
AN ACT
To authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site
in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 acres.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF FORT DAVIS HISTORIC SITE,
FORT DAVIS, TEXAS.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act Authorizing the establish-
ment of a national historic site at Fort Davis, Jeff Davis
County, Texas’’, approved September 8, 1961 (75 Stat.
488; 16 U.S.C. 461 note), is amended in the first section
by striking ‘‘not to exceed four hundred and sixty acres’’
and inserting ‘‘not to exceed 476 acres’’.
Passed the House of Representatives August 3,
1998.
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5501 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the recruitment of 
physicians in the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2016 
Mr. O’ROURKE (for himself and Ms. STEFANIK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
recruitment of physicians in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
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 ‘‘Get Veterans a Doctor 
Now Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RECRUITMENT OF PHYSICIANS IN DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7402(b)(1) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘or to be offered a contingent 
appointment to such position,’’ after ‘‘position,’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following new subparagraph (B): 
‘‘(B)(i) have completed a residency program 
satisfactory to the Secretary; or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to an offer for a contingent 
appointment upon the completion of a post-graduate 
training program, complete such a residency pro-
gram by not later than two years after the date of 
such offer; and’’. 
(b) OVERSIGHT OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) ensure that a recruiter or other similar offi-
cial of each Veterans Integrated Service Network 
visits, not less than annually, each allopathic and os-
teopathic teaching institution with a graduate med-
ical education program within the Network to re-
cruit individuals to be appointed to positions in the 
Veterans Health Administration; and 
(2) submit to Congress an annual report on the 
implementation of paragraph (1), including the suc-
cess of such recruiting efforts. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3047
To authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis,
Texas, by 16 acres.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 13, 1997
Mr. BONILLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site
in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 acres.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF FORT DAVIS HISTORIC SITE,
FORT DAVIS, TEXAS.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act Authorizing the establish-
ment of a national historic site at Fort Davis, Jeff Davis
County, Texas’’, approved September 8, 1961 (75 Stat.
488; 16 U.S.C. 461 note), is amended in the first section
by striking ‘‘not to exceed four hundred and sixty acres’’
and inserting ‘‘not to exceed 476 acres’’.
Æ
IIA
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3047
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
AUGUST 31, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site
in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 acres.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3047 RFS
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF FORT DAVIS HISTORIC SITE,
FORT DAVIS, TEXAS.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act Authorizing the establish-
ment of a national historic site at Fort Davis, Jeff Davis
County, Texas’’, approved September 8, 1961 (75 Stat.
488; 16 U.S.C. 461 note), is amended in the first section
by striking ‘‘not to exceed four hundred and sixty acres’’
and inserting ‘‘not to exceed 476 acres’’.
Passed the House of Representatives August 3,
1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5503 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit institutions of 
higher education from denying students admission on the basis of immi-
gration or naturalization status. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2016 
Mr. VEASEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit 
institutions of higher education from denying students 
admission on the basis of immigration or naturalization 
status. 
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 ‘‘American Dream 
Promise Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DENIAL OF ADMISSION DUE TO 
IMMIGRATION OR NATURALIZATION STATUS. 
Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(30) The institution will not deny a student 
admission at such institution on the basis of the stu-
dent’s immigration or naturalization status.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 377
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3047
[Report No. 105–669]
To authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis,
Texas, by 16 acres.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 13, 1997
Mr. BONILLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
AUGUST 3, 1998
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To authorize expansion of Fort Davis National Historic Site
in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 acres.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF FORT DAVIS HISTORIC SITE,
FORT DAVIS, TEXAS.
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act Authorizing the establish-
ment of a national historic site at Fort Davis, Jeff Davis
County, Texas’’, approved September 8, 1961 (75 Stat.
488; 16 U.S.C. 461 note), is amended in the first section
by striking ‘‘not to exceed four hundred and sixty acres’’
and inserting ‘‘not to exceed 476 acres’’.
Union Calendar No. 377
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3047
[Report No. 105–669]
A BILL
To authorize expansion of Fort Davis National
Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, by 16 acres.
AUGUST 3, 1998
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5505 
To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require annual 
studies on ending the conservatorship of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2016 
Mr. HILL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 
to require annual studies on ending the conservatorship 
of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, 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 ‘‘GSE Review and Re-
form Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL STUDIES ON ENDING THE CONSERVATOR-
SHIP OF FANNIE MAE, FREDDIE MAC, AND 
REFORMING THE HOUSING FINANCE SYSTEM. 
Section 1074 of the Consumer Financial Protection 
Act of 2010 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘Secretary of the Treasury shall’’ the following: 
‘‘, on an annual basis,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The 
study’’ and inserting ‘‘Each study’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall submit a report on each study 
required under subsection (a), along with recommenda-
tions developed in such study, to the President, the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
Senate, and the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) APPEARANCES BEFORE CONGRESS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall appear before the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 
and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
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Representatives at annual hearings regarding each report 
required under subsection (b).’’. 
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