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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2869
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exempt safety
and health assessments, audits, and reviews conducted by or for an
employer from enforcement action under such Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 7, 1997
Mr. BALLENGER (for himself, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. NOR-
WOOD, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. PAUL, Mr. DELAY, Mr. BOB
SCHAFFER of Colorado, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr.
FAWELL, Mr. GREENWOOD, and Mr. BOEHNER) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
to exempt safety and health assessments, audits, and
reviews conducted by or for an employer from enforce-
ment action under such Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EMPLOYER SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSESS-
MENTS, AUDITS, AND REVIEWS.
Section 8(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 657(b)) is amended by adding at
the end the following: ‘‘Records, reports, or other informa-
tion prepared in connection with safety and health assess-
ments, audits, or reviews conducted by or for the em-
ployer, except to the extent such assessments are pre-
scribed under section 6(b)(7), shall not be required to be
disclosed in any inspection, investigation, or enforcement
proceeding pursuant to this Act.’’.
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5376 
To provide Federal funds for the Chicago State University. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 27, 2016 
Mr. RUSH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide Federal funds for the Chicago State University. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE CHICAGO STATE 
UNIVERSITY. 
There are authorized to be appropriated, and there 
are appropriated (in addition to any other amounts appro-
priated for the purpose described in this section and out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated), 
to the Chicago State University in Chicago, Illinois, to im-
prove the academic quality, institutional management, and 
fiscal stability of the University— 
(1) for fiscal year 2016, $10,000,000; and 
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HR 2870 EAS
502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990)
for the reduction of any debt pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A), amounts authorized to appro-
priated under sections 806(a)(2) and 807(a)(2)
shall be made available for such reduction of debt
pursuant to subparagraph (A).
‘‘(2) DEBT
BUYBACKS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the President may, in accord-
ance with this section, sell to any eligible country any
concessional loans described in section 806(a)(1) or
any credits described in section 807(a)(1), or on re-
ceipt of payment from an eligible country, reduce or
cancel such loans (or credits) or portion thereof, only
for the purpose of facilitating a debt buyback by an
eligible country of its own qualified debt, only if the
eligible country uses an additional amount of the
local currency of the eligible country, equal to not less
than the lessor of 40 percent of the price paid for such
debt by such eligible country, or the difference between
the price paid for such debt and the face value of such
debt, to support eligible activities described in section
809(d).
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The authority provided by
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be available only to the
extent that appropriations for the cost (as defined in
concerning the operation and use of the Fund for
that country.
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In the negotiation of
such an Agreement, the Secretary shall consult with
the Board in accordance with section 811.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF AGREEMENT.—The requirements
contained in section 708(b) of this Act (relating to con-
tents of an agreement) shall apply to a Agreement in the
same manner as such requirements apply to an Americas
Framework Agreement.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTERING BODY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts disbursed from
the Fund in each beneficiary country shall be admin-
istered by a body constituted under the laws of that
country.
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The administering
body shall consist of—
‘‘(i) one or more individuals appointed
by the United States Government;
‘‘(ii) one or more individuals ap-
pointed by the government of the bene-
ficiary country; and
‘‘(iii) individuals who represent a
broad range of—
‘‘(I) environmental nongovern-
mental organizations of, or active in,
the beneficiary country;
‘‘(II) local community develop-
ment nongovernmental organizations
of the beneficiary country; and
‘‘(III) scientific or academic or-
ganizations or institutions of the ben-
eficiary country.
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—A ma-
jority of the members of the administering body
shall be individuals described in subparagraph
(A)(iii).
‘‘(3) 
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 
requirements
contained in section 708(c)(3) of this Act (relating
to responsibilities of the administering body) shall
apply to an administering body described in para-
graph (1) in the same manner as such requirements
apply to an administering body described in section
708(c)(1) of this Act.
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Amounts deposited in a
Fund shall be used to provide grants to preserve, main-
tain, and restore the tropical forests in the beneficiary
country, including one or more of the following activities:
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5382 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
amounts paid by an employer on an employee’s student loans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2016 
Mr. ISRAEL 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 exclude 
from gross income amounts paid by an employer on 
an employee’s student loans. 
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 ‘‘Student Loan Employ-
ment Benefits Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDENT LOAN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by inserting after section 127 the following new section: 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5380 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a competitive grant program 
for community colleges to train veterans for local jobs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2016 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a competitive 
grant program for community colleges to train veterans 
for local jobs. 
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 ‘‘Revamping the Edu-
cation of our Veterans to Align Manufacturing through 
Partnerships with Community Colleges Act of 2016’’ or 
‘‘REVAMP with Community Colleges Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) In October 2014, the unemployment rate 
for veterans who had returned from Iraq and Af-
ghanistan was 7.2 percent, a rate above the national 
average. Unemployment among returning female vet-
erans was even higher, and also was above the na-
tional average. 
(2) Such veterans have benefits to use under 
chapter 33 of title 38, United States Code. 
(3) Manufacturing companies have approxi-
mately 285,000 vacancies they are struggling to fill. 
SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM TO TRAIN VETERANS FOR LOCAL 
JOBS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a 
program to award competitive grants to eligible commu-
nity colleges (as described in subsection (b)) to train cov-
ered veterans for jobs in the local community. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible to receive 
a grant under this section, a community college shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary that demonstrates, to 
the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the local community 
in which the community college is located has— 
(1) employment opportunities that require 
trained workers; and 
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an eligible country at least 15 days in advance of
any formal determination.
‘‘SEC. 806. REDUCTION OF DEBT OWED TO THE UNITED
STATES AS A RESULT OF CONCESSIONAL
LOANS UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
ACT OF 1961.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO REDUCE DEBT.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The President may reduce
the amount owed to the United States (or any agen-
cy of the United States) that is outstanding as of
January 1, 1997, as a result of concessional loans
made to an eligible country by the United States
under part I of this Act, chapter 4 of part II of this
Act, or predecessor foreign economic assistance leg-
islation.
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
For the cost (as defined in section 502(5) of the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990) for the reduc-
tion of any debt pursuant to this section, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the President—
‘‘(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1999;
‘‘(B) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and
‘‘(C) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
‘‘(3) CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS INAPPLICABLE.—
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4813 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pimientos (capsicum anuum), 
prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2004 
Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pimientos (cap-
sicum anuum), prepared or preserved otherwise than by 
vinegar or acetic acid. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN PIMIENTOS, PREPARED OR PRE-
SERVED BY VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading:
‘‘ 
9902.20.03 
Pimientos (capsicum 
anuum), prepared or pre-
served otherwise than by 
vinegar or acetic acid, not 
frozen, in containers holding 
not more than 227 g. (pro-
vided for in subheading 
2005.90.50) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2006 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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HR 4818 EAS
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the African Develop-
ment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation for
the callable capital portion of the United States share of
such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $79,532,933.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increase in resources of the African
Development Fund, $67,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury,
$35,431,000 for the United States share of the paid-in por-
tion of the increase in capital stock, to remain available
until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fis-
cal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the
United States share of such capital stock in an amount not
to exceed $121,997,000.
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HR 4818 EAS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to increase the resources of the International
Fund for Agricultural Development, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of
section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Par-
ticipation Act of 1973, $328,925,000: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made
available to the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA): Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading shall be made available for programs and
countries in the amounts contained in the table included
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That
any proposed increases or decreases to the amounts con-
tained in such table shall be subject to the regular notifica-
tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations and
section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and noti-
fications shall be transmitted at least 15 days in advance
of the obligation of funds.
‘‘(ii) $20,000 ($40,000 in the case of 
a joint return). 
‘‘(C) MODIFIED
ADJUSTED
GROSS
IN-
COME.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘modified adjusted gross income’ means 
the adjusted gross income of the taxpayer for 
the taxable year increased by any amount ex-
cluded from gross income under section 911, 
931, or 933. 
‘‘(D) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—In the 
case of any taxable year beginning after 2016, 
the 
$225,000 
amount 
in 
subparagraph 
(B)(i)(II) shall be increased by an amount 
equal to— 
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year in which the taxable year be-
gins, determined by substituting ‘calendar 
year 2015’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in sub-
paragraph (B) thereof. 
Any increase determined under the preceding 
sentence shall be rounded to the nearest mul-
tiple of $1,000. 
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under which loans may be sold, reduced, or canceled
pursuant to subsection (a).
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Facility shall no-
tify the Export-Import Bank of the United States of
purchasers that the President has determined to be
eligible, and shall direct the Bank to carry out the
sale, reduction, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to
this section, and the Bank shall make an adjustment
in its accounts to reflect the sale, reduction, or can-
cellation.
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The
following additional terms and conditions shall apply to
the sale, reduction, or cancellation of loans under sub-
section (a)(1) in the same manner as such terms and con-
ditions apply to the sale, reduction, or cancellation of loans
under section 12(c)(1) of the Export-Import Bank Act of
1945:
‘‘(1) The provisions relating to the treatment of
the sale, reduction, or cancellation of loans under
the Securities Act of 1933 under section 12(c)(3) of
the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.
‘‘(2) The provisions relating to the deposit of
proceeds, eligible purchasers, and debtor consulta-
tion under subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively,
of section 12 of such Act.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5384 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the dis-
tribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register 
to Members of Congress and other officers and employees 
of the United States, 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 ‘‘Federal Register Print-
ing Savings Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTION OF FREE PRINT-
ED COPIES OF FEDERAL REGISTER TO MEM-
BERS OF CONGRESS AND FEDERAL EMPLOY-
EES. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 1506 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Administrative Com-
mittee’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) COMPOSITION; DUTIES.— 
The Administrative Committee’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘the num-
ber of copies’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 
(b), the number of copies’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS
ON DISTRIBUTION
OF FREE 
PRINTED COPIES TO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OFFI-
CERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITING SUBSCRIPTION TO PRINTED 
COPIES WITHOUT REQUEST.—Under the regulations 
prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Direc-
tor of the Government Publishing Office may not 
provide a printed copy of the Federal Register with-
out charge to any Member of Congress or any other 
office of the United States during a year unless— 
‘‘(A) the Member or office requests a 
printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal 
Register; or 
‘‘(B) during that year or during the pre-
vious year, the Member or office requested a 
subscription to printed copies of the Federal 
Register for that year, as described in para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION
OF
SUBSCRIPTIONS.— 
The regulations prescribed to carry out subsection 
(a)(4) shall include— 
‘‘(A) provisions regarding notifications to 
offices of Members of Congress and other of-
fices of the United States of the restrictions of 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(B) provisions describing the process by 
which Members and other offices may request a 
specific issue of the Federal Register for pur-
poses of paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(C) provisions describing the process by 
which Members and other offices may request a 
subscription to the Federal Register for pur-
poses of paragraph (1)(B), except that such
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5385 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make 
technical corrections to the requirement that the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security submit quadrennial home-
land security reviews, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
priated under sections 806(a)(2) and 807(a)(2)
shall be made available for such reduction of debt
pursuant to subparagraph (A).
‘‘(2) DEBT
BUYBACKS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the President may, in accord-
ance with this section, sell to any eligible country any
concessional loans described in section 806(a)(1) or
any credits described in section 807(a)(1), or on re-
ceipt of payment from an eligible country, reduce or
cancel such loans (or credits) or portion thereof, only
for the purpose of facilitating a debt buyback by an
eligible country of its own qualified debt, only if the
eligible country uses an additional amount of the
local currency of the eligible country, equal to not less
than the lesser of 40 percent of the price paid for such
debt by such eligible country, or the difference between
the price paid for such debt and the face value of such
debt, to support eligible activities described in section
809(d).
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The authority provided by
paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be available only to the
extent that appropriations for the cost (as defined in
section 502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of
1990) of the modification of any debt pursuant such
paragraphs are made in advance.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2871
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for
the establishment of advisory panels for the Secretary of Labor.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 7, 1997
Mr. BALLENGER (for himself, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. NOR-
WOOD, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. PAUL, Mr. DELAY, Mr. BOB
SCHAFFER of Colorado, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr.
FAWELL, and Mr. BOEHNER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
to provide for the establishment of advisory panels for
the Secretary of Labor.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ADVISORY PANEL.
Section 6(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C 655(g)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(g)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), when-
ever the Secretary determines that a rule should be pro-
mulgated or modified in order to serve the objectives of
this Act, the Secretary shall appoint a panel of individuals
to review the scientific and economic data which forms the
basis for such standard and the relevance of the data to
industries and workers which would be affected by the
standard. Such panel shall be broadly representative and
balanced, and shall consist of persons who are able to give
independent judgment and who have expertise in scientific
and economic analysis relevant to the industry or indus-
tries which would be subject to the standard. Persons with
substantial and relevant expertise shall not be excluded
merely because they represent entities that may have po-
tential interest in the outcome if that interest is fully dis-
closed to the Secretary and in the case of a decision affect-
ing a single entity, no peer reviewer representing such en-
tity may be included on the panel. Reports of the panel,
including any individual and minority reports, shall be
published together with any proposed or final rule under
paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (b) on the standard.
The Secretary shall provide a written response to all sig-
nificant comments of the panel and shall include such re-
sponses with the proposed or final rule to which the re-
ports of the panel members are attached.
‘‘(2) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall not
apply when the rule is completed through negotiated rule-
making under subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.’’.
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