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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4336 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
burial in Arlington National Cemetery of the cremated 
remains of certain persons whose service has been deter-
mined to be active service. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BURIAL OF CREMATED REMAINS IN ARLING-
TON NATIONAL CEMETERY OF CERTAIN PER-
SONS WHOSE SERVICE IS DEEMED TO BE AC-
TIVE SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2410 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary of the Army shall ensure that 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the 
cremated remains of any person described in paragraph 
(2) are eligible for inurnment in Arlington National Ceme-
tery with military honors in accordance with section 1491 
of title 10. 
‘‘(2) A person described in this paragraph is a person 
whose service has been determined to be active duty serv-
ice pursuant to section 401 of the GI Bill Improvement 
Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–202; 38 U.S.C. 106 note) 
as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to— 
(A) the remains of a person that are not 
formally interred or inurned as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) a person who dies on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
HR 2159 EAS
$43,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999:
Provided, That the Trade and Development Agency may re-
ceive reimbursements from corporations and other entities
for the costs of grants for feasibility studies and other
project planning services, to be deposited as an offsetting
collection to this account and to be available for obligation
until September 30, 1999, for necessary expenses under this
paragraph: Provided further, That such reimbursements
shall not cover, or be allocated against, direct or indirect
administrative costs of the agency.
TITLE II—BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry
out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
and for other purposes, to remain available until September
30, 1998, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
sections 103 through 106 and chapter 10 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the International
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public
Law 96–533) and the provisions of section 401 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1969, $1,358,093,020, to remain
available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That of the
(2) FORMALLY
INTERRED
OR
INURNED
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘formally in-
terred or inurned’’ means interred or inurned in a 
cemetery, crypt, mausoleum, columbarium, niche, or 
other similar formal location. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON CAPACITY OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL 
CEMETERY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs and the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report on the interment and inurnment 
capacity of Arlington National Cemetery, including— 
(1) the estimated date that the Secretary deter-
mines the cemetery will reach maximum interment 
and inurnment capacity; and 
(2) in light of the unique and iconic meaning of 
the cemetery to the United States, recommendations 
for legislative actions and nonlegislative options that 
the Secretary determines necessary to ensure that 
the maximum interment and inurnment capacity of 
the cemetery is not reached until well into the fu-
ture, including such actions and options with respect 
to—
(A) redefining eligibility criteria for inter-
ment and inurnment in the cemetery; and 
(B) considerations for additional expansion 
opportunities beyond the current boundaries of 
the cemetery. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 22, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4336 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for the burial in Arlington National Cemetery of 
the cremated remains of certain persons whose 
service has been determined to be active service.
H. R. 4336 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 
An Act 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inurnment in Arlington 
National Cemetery of the cremated remains of certain persons whose service 
has been determined to be active service. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INURNMENT OF CREMATED REMAINS IN ARLINGTON 
NATIONAL CEMETERY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WHOSE 
SERVICE IS DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2410 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary of the Army shall ensure that, under 
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the cremated 
remains of any person described in paragraph (2) are eligible for 
above ground inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery with mili-
tary honors in accordance with section 1491 of title 10. 
‘‘(2) A person described in this paragraph is a person whose 
service has been determined to be active duty service pursuant 
to section 401 of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (Public 
Law 95–202; 38 U.S.C. 106 note) as of the date of the enactment 
of this paragraph.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to— 
(A) the remains of a person that are not formally 
interred or inurned as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act; and 
(B) a person who dies on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) FORMALLY INTERRED OR INURNED DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘formally interred or inurned’’ means interred 
or inurned in a cemetery, crypt, mausoleum, columbarium, 
niche, or other similar formal location. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON CAPACITY OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees 
on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committees on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the inter-
ment and inurnment capacity of Arlington National Cemetery, 
including— 
(1) the estimated date that the Secretary determines the 
cemetery will reach maximum interment and inurnment 
capacity; and
H. R. 4336—2 
(2) in light of the unique and iconic meaning of the cemetery 
to the United States, recommendations for legislative actions 
and nonlegislative options that the Secretary determines nec-
essary to ensure that the maximum interment and inurnment 
capacity of the cemetery is not reached until well into the 
future, including such actions and options with respect to— 
(A) redefining eligibility criteria for interment and 
inurnment in the cemetery; and 
(B) considerations for additional expansion opportuni-
ties beyond the current boundaries of the cemetery. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4336 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the burial of the 
cremated remains of persons who served as Women’s Air Forces Service 
Pilots in Arlington National Cemetery. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2016 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. STEWART, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mrs. BLACK, 
Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. CURBELO
of Florida, Ms. 
GABBARD, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mrs. 
WAGNER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. ASHFORD, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. WALORSKI, 
Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KATKO, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. MACARTHUR, Mr. GIB-
SON, and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
burial of the cremated remains of persons who served 
as Women’s Air Forces Service Pilots in Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery. 
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 ‘‘Women Airforce Serv-
ice Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act.’’. 
SEC. 2. BURIAL OF CREMATED REMAINS OF WOMEN’S AIR 
FORCES SERVICE PILOTS IN ARLINGTON NA-
TIONAL CEMETERY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2410 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary of the Army shall ensure that 
under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the 
cremated remains of any person described in paragraph 
(2) are eligible for interment in Arlington National Ceme-
tery with full military honors. 
‘‘(2) A person described in this paragraph is a person 
whose service as a member of the Women’s Air Forces 
Service Pilots is considered to be active duty service pursu-
ant to section 401 of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 
(Public Law 95–202; 38 U.S.C. 106 note).’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to a person who dies 
before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REG-
ULATORY CHANGES AND REGULATORY COM-
PLIANCE TRAINING MATERIALS TO CERTAIN 
ENTITIES. 
Section 15 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(t) REGULATORY CHANGES AND TRAINING MATE-
RIALS.—Not less than annually, the Administrator shall 
provide to the Defense Acquisition University (established 
under section 1746 of title 10, United States Code), the 
Federal Acquisition Institute (established under section 
1201 of title 41, United States Code), the individual re-
sponsible for mandatory training and education of the ac-
quisition workforce of each agency (described under sec-
tion 1703(f)(1)(C) of title 41, United States Code), small 
business development centers (as defined in section 21), 
and entities participating in the Procurement Technical 
Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program under chapter 
142 of title 10, United States Code— 
‘‘(1) a list of all changes made in the prior year 
to regulations promulgated— 
‘‘(A) by the Administrator that affect Fed-
eral acquisition; and 
‘‘(B) by the Federal Acquisition Council 
that implement changes to this Act; and 
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‘‘(2) any materials the Administrator has devel-
oped to explain, train, or assist Federal agencies or 
departments or small business concerns to comply 
with the regulations specified in paragraph (1).’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4338 
To provide that the authority to grant clemency for offenses against the 
District of Columbia shall be exercised in accordance with law enacted 
by the District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2016 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide that the authority to grant clemency for offenses 
against the District of Columbia shall be exercised in 
accordance with law enacted by the District of Columbia. 
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 ‘‘District of Columbia 
Home Rule Clemency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO GRANT CLEMENCY IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAW FOR OF-
FENSES AGAINST DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
(a) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—The authority to grant 
clemency for offenses against the District of Columbia 
shall be exercised by such person or persons, and under 
such terms and conditions, as may be provided under law 
enacted by the District of Columbia. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to affect any authority exercised by the 
President or the Mayor of the District of Columbia prior 
to the effective date of any law enacted by the District 
of Columbia pursuant to this Act with respect to the au-
thority to grant clemency for offenses against the District 
of Columbia. 
(c) CLEMENCY DEFINED.—In this Act, the term 
‘‘clemency’’ means a pardon, reprieve, or commutation of 
sentence, or a remission of a fine or other financial pen-
alty. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4340 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a review 
of the Office of Government Contracting and Business Development 
of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2016 
Mrs. RADEWAGEN (for herself and Mr. MOULTON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To require the Comptroller General of the United States 
to conduct a review of the Office of Government Con-
tracting and Business Development of the Small Busi-
ness Administration, 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 ‘‘Small Business Con-
tracting and Acquisition Programs Efficiency Act of 
2016’’ or as the ‘‘SB CAPE Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. GAO REVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT 
CONTRACTING 
AND 
BUSINESS 
DEVELOP-
MENT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall initiate a review of the Office of 
Government Contracting and Business Development of the 
Small Business Administration. Such review shall exam-
ine— 
(1) the extent to which the personnel of the 
Small Business Administration who to carry out pro-
curement and business development programs report 
to the Office of Government Contracting and Busi-
ness Development; 
(2) whether greater efficiency and consistency 
in the certification process of procurement and busi-
ness development programs could be achieved by cre-
ating a single organizational unit of employees to 
process all certifications required by procurement 
and business development programs; 
(3) whether greater efficiency and efficacy in 
the performance of procurement and business devel-
opment programs could be achieved by improving 
the alignment of the field personnel assigned to such 
programs; 
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(4) how the Office of Government Contracts 
and Business Development could improve its staffing 
of regulatory drafting functions and its coordination 
with the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to 
ensure timely rulemaking by the Small Business Ad-
ministration; and 
(5) any other areas in which the Comptroller 
General determines that the Small Business Admin-
istration could improve its performance with respect 
to procurement and business development programs. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after initiating 
the review required by paragraph (1), the Comptroller 
General shall submit a report including the results of the 
review, along with any recommendations for improvements 
or other suggestions with respect to procurement and busi-
ness development programs, to the Committee on Small 
Business of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
Senate. 
(c) PROCUREMENT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘procurement 
and business development program’’ means a program re-
lated to procurement or business development established 
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under section 7, 8, 15, 31, 36, 44, 45 or 46 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.). 
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HR 5006 RDS 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2006, $10,930,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$8,674,100,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
or all of the trust funds referred to therein: Provided, That 
not less than $2,000,000 shall be for the Social Security 
Advisory Board: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end 
of fiscal year 2005 not needed for fiscal year 2005 shall 
remain available until expended to invest in the Social Se-
curity Administration information technology and tele-
communications hardware and software infrastructure, in-
cluding related equipment and non-payroll administrative 
expenses associated solely with this information technology
cer (or designee) or the prime contractor 
fail to respond and the responding indi-
vidual agrees with the rating of the appli-
cant small business concern, the appro-
priate official shall enter the agreed-upon 
past performance rating in the system de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) DISAGREEMENT ON RATING.—If 
the contracting officer (or designee) and the 
prime contractor fail to respond within 30 
days or if they disagree about the rating, or 
if either the contracting officer (or designee) 
or the prime contractor fail to respond and 
the responding individual disagrees with the 
rating of the applicant small business con-
cern, the contracting officer (or designee) or 
the prime contractor shall submit a notice 
contesting the application to appropriate of-
ficial. The appropriate official shall follow 
the requirements of subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(D) PROCEDURE FOR RATING.—Not later 
than 14 calendar days after receipt of a notice 
under subparagraph (C)(ii), the appropriate offi-
cial shall submit such notice to the applicant 
small business concern. Such concern may sub-
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market representative after November 25, 
2015.’’; 
(4) in clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and con-
forming the margins accordingly); 
(6) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (B)’’; and 
(7) by inserting before subparagraph (A) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(1) DUTIES.—The principal duties of a Com-
mercial Market Representative employed by the Ad-
ministrator and reporting to the senior official ap-
pointed by the Administrator with responsibilities 
under sections 8, 15, 31, and 36 (or the designee of 
such official) shall be to advance the policies estab-
lished in section 8(d)(1) relating to subcontracting. 
Such duties shall include— 
‘‘(A) helping prime contractors to find 
small business concerns that are capable of per-
forming subcontracts; 
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103
‘‘(2) during the 12 months preceding such cer-
tification there have been no abortions as the result
of coercion associated with the family planning poli-
cies of the national government or other govern-
mental entities within the People’s Republic of
China.
As used in this section, the term ‘coercion’ includes phys-
ical duress or abuse, destruction or confiscation of prop-
erty, loss of means of livelihood, or severe psychological
pressure.’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1998’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 4,
1997.
Attest:
Clerk.