datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
‘‘(B) any accommodation, training, or effort re-
ferred to in section 4313 (a)(3), (a)(4), or (b)(2)(B)
would impose an undue hardship on the operation of
the business of the employer,
the employer shall have the burden of proving the impos-
sibility or unreasonableness or undue hardship.
‘‘(e)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person referred
to in subsection (a) shall, upon the completion of a period
of service in the uniformed services, notify the employer
referred to in such subsection of the person’s intent to
return to a position of employment with such employer
as follows:
‘‘(A) In the case of a person whose period of
service in the uniformed services was less than 31
days, by reporting to the employer—
‘‘(i) not later than the beginning of the
first full regularly scheduled work period on the
first full calendar day following the completion
of the period of service and the expiration of
eight hours after a period allowing for the safe
transportation of the person from the place of
that service to the person’s residence; or
‘‘(ii) as soon as possible after the expira-
tion of the eight-hour period referred to in
clause (i), if reporting within the period re-
‘‘(A) appear in a clearly readable manner with
a reasonable degree of color contrast between the
background and the printed statement, for a period
of at least 4 seconds; and
‘‘(B) be accompanied by a clearly identifiable
photographic or similar image of the candidate.
‘‘(e) Any broadcast or cablecast communication de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3) shall include, in addition to
the requirements of those subsections, in a clearly spoken
manner, the following statement—
‘
is responsible for the content of
this advertisement.’
with the blank to be filled in with the name of the political
committee or other person paying for the communication
and the name of any connected organization of the payor;
and, if broadcast or cablecast by means of television, shall
also appear in a clearly readable manner with a reasonable
degree of color contrast between the background and the
printed statement, for a period of at least 4 seconds.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 974
To eliminate any salary adjustment for Members of Congress under section
601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, in fiscal year 1994.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 18, 1993
Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Ms. SHEPHERD, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas,
Mr. FINGERHUT, Mr. DEAL, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. BAESLER, and Ms.
WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on House Administration and Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To eliminate any salary adjustment for Members of Congress
under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization
Act of 1946, in fiscal year 1994.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That no rate of pay referred to in paragraph (1) of section
601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2
U.S.C. 31) shall be adjusted to reflect any increase which,
but for this Act, would take effect under paragraph (2)
of such section 601(a) in fiscal year 1994.
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H. Res. 537 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 3, 2014. 
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are 
hereby, elected to the following standing committees of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Ms. Gabbard. 
COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES: Mr. Horsford. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
dian tribe building energy code or with the 
associated model building energy code. 
‘‘(B) REPEAT
CERTIFICATIONS.—If the 
State or Indian tribe certifies progress toward 
achieving compliance, the State or Indian tribe 
shall repeat the certification until the State or 
Indian tribe certifies that the State or Indian 
tribe has achieved full compliance, respectively. 
‘‘(2) MEASUREMENT OF COMPLIANCE.—A cer-
tification under paragraph (1) shall include docu-
mentation of the rate of compliance based on— 
‘‘(A) independent inspections of a random 
sample of the buildings covered by the code in 
the preceding year; or 
‘‘(B) an alternative method that yields an 
accurate measure of compliance. 
‘‘(3) ACHIEVEMENT OF COMPLIANCE.—A State 
or Indian tribe shall be considered to achieve full 
compliance under paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(A) at least 90 percent of building space 
covered by the code in the preceding year sub-
stantially meets all the requirements of the ap-
plicable code specified in paragraph (1), or 
achieves equivalent or greater energy savings 
level; or 
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tween employee representatives and one or more
employers,
‘‘(B) there is evidence that benefits pro-
vided under the group health plan established
or maintained pursuant to such collective bar-
gaining agreement were the subject of good
faith bargaining between such employee rep-
resentatives and such employer or employers,
and
‘‘(C) the discrimination consists of a lack
of uniformity based solely on—
‘‘(i) variations in the required terms
of the collective bargaining agreement as
applied to separate geographically located
facilities of the same employer, or
‘‘(ii) different levels of contributions
to such plan negotiated between such em-
ployee representatives and more than 1
employer, as set forth in applicable collec-
tive bargaining agreements.
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION
PROCEDURE.—The require-
ments of this paragraph are met if the sponsor of
such group health plan demonstrates to the Sec-
retary by a preponderance of the evidence that such
sponsor will be unable to continue such plan unless
or the area known by the Department of the Interior 
as the ‘Eastern Gap’; or 
‘‘(2) as affecting the sovereign rights and the 
jurisdiction that the United States has under inter-
national law over the outer Continental Shelf which 
appertains to it.’’. 
TITLE II—APPROVAL OF TRANS-
BOUNDARY 
HYDROCARBON 
AGREEMENT 
SEC. 201. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO. 
The Agreement between the United States of Amer-
ica and the United Mexican States Concerning Trans-
boundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, 
signed at Los Cabos, February 20, 2012, is hereby ap-
proved. 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 96 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 539 
[Report No. 113–400] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1874) to amend the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for macroeconomic analysis of 
the impact of legislation, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1871) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline, and providing for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1872) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase transparency in Federal 
budgeting, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 3, 2014 
Mr. WOODALL, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1874) to amend 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for 
macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, pro-
viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1871) to amend 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline, and providing 
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1872) to amend the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 976
To disregard cost-of-living adjustments in tier 1 railroad retirement benefits
in determining eligibility for supplemental security income benefits under
Medicaid.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 18, 1993
Mr. JACOBS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To disregard cost-of-living adjustments in tier 1 railroad
retirement benefits in determining eligibility for supple-
mental security income benefits under Medicaid.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS IN TIER 1 RAIL-
ROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS DISREGARDED
IN DETERMINING ELIGIBLITY FOR SUPPLE-
MENTAL 
SECURITY 
INCOME 
BENEFITS
UNDER MEDICAID.
Section 503 of Public Law 94-566 (90 Stat. 2685)
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
sentence: ‘‘The preceding provisions of this section shall
be applied by treating references to monthly insurance
benefits under title II of the Social Security Act as includ-
ing references to tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (as
defined in section 86(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986); except that in applying such treatment the 1st
month beginning after the date of the enactment of this
sentence shall be substituted for ‘June 1977’ and ‘October
1990’ shall be substituted for ‘April 1977’.’’
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(h) REMOVAL OF FORMAL DECLINATION REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 1140(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1320b–10(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the first
sentence of subsection (c)’’ after ‘‘and (i)’’.
(i) PENALTIES RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY AD-
MINISTRATION DEPOSITED IN OASI TRUST FUND.—Sec-
tion 1140(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–10(c)(2))
is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘United
States.’’ and inserting ‘‘United States, except that, to the
extent that such amounts are recovered under this section
as penalties imposed for misuse of words, letters, symbols,
or emblems relating to the Social Security Administration,
such amounts shall be deposited into the Federal Old-Age
and Survivor’s Insurance Trust Fund.’’.
(j) ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.—Section
1140 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–10) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) The preceding provisions of this section shall be
administered and enforced through the Office of Inspector
General of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices.’’.
(k) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 1140 of such Act
(as amended by the preceding provisions of this section)
is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
or the area known by the Department of the Interior 
as the ‘Eastern Gap’; or 
‘‘(2) as affecting the sovereign rights and the ju-
risdiction that the United States has under inter-
national law over the outer Continental Shelf which 
appertains to it.’’. 
TITLE II—APPROVAL OF TRANS-
BOUNDARY 
HYDROCARBON 
AGREEMENT 
SEC. 201. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO. 
The Agreement between the United States of America 
and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary 
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, signed at 
Los Cabos, February 20, 2012, is hereby approved. 
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Union Calendar No. 70 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1613 
[Report No. 113–101, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
to provide for the proper Federal management 
and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon res-
ervoirs, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 6, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 
an amendment 
JUNE 6, 2013 
The Committees on Foreign Affairs and Financial Serv-
ices discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 977
To make permanent the authority to transfer revenues attributable to the
taxation of certain railroad retirement benefits to the Railroad Retire-
ment Account.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 18, 1993
Mr. JACOBS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To make permanent the authority to transfer revenues attrib-
utable to the taxation of certain railroad retirement bene-
fits to the Railroad Retirement Account.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CERTAIN TRANSFERS TO RAILROAD RETIRE-
MENT ACCOUNT.
Subsection (c)(1)(A) of section 224 of the Railroad
Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 (relating to section 72(r)
revenue increase transferred to certain railroad accounts)
is amended by striking ‘‘with respect to benefits received
before October 1, 1992’’.
payable under this section with respect to any period
before October 1, 1993.
(f) RESTORATION
OF ANNUITY.—Notwithstanding
subsection (e)(1), the deadline by which an application for
a survivor annuity must be submitted shall not apply in
cases in which a former spouse’s entitlement to such a
survivor annuity is restored after October 1, 1993, under
subsection (b)(1) or (c)(2).
(g) APPLICABILITY
IN CASES
OF PARTICIPANTS
TRANSFERRED TO FERS.—
(1) ENTITLEMENT.—Except as provided in
paragraph (2), this section shall apply to a former
wife or husband of a CIARDS participant who has
elected to become subject to chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code.
(2) AMOUNT OF ANNUITY.—The survivor annu-
ity of a person covered by paragraph (1) shall be
equal to 50 percent of the unreduced amount of the
participant’s annuity computed in accordance with
section 302(a) of the Federal Employees’ Retirement
System Act of 1986 and shall be reduced by an
amount equal to any survivor annuity payments
made to the former wife or husband under section
8445 of title 5, United States Code.
I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 979
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to expand current restrictions
on payment of benefits to prisoners to include payments to individuals
confined to public institutions pursuant to court order based on a verdict
that the individual is not guilty of a criminal offense by reason of
insanity or a similar finding.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 18, 1993
Mr. JACOBS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to expand
current restrictions on payment of benefits to prisoners
to include payments to individuals confined to public
institutions pursuant to court order based on a verdict
that the individual is not guilty of a criminal offense
by reason of insanity or a similar finding.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RESTRICTION ON PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO
INDIVIDUALS CONFINED BY COURT ORDER
TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PURSUANT TO
VERDICTS OF NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF IN-
SANITY OR OTHER MENTAL DISORDER.
Section 202(x) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
402(x)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘and Certain
Other Inmates of Public Institutions’’ after ‘‘Pris-
oners’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or is con-
fined in any public institution by a court order pur-
suant to a verdict that the individual is not guilty
of such an offense by reason of insanity (or by rea-
son of a similar finding, such as a mental disease,
a mental defect, or mental incompetence),’’ after
‘‘applicable law,’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘any individ-
ual’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘any individ-
ual confined as described in paragraph (1) if the
jail, prison, penal institution, correctional facility, or
other public institution to which such individual is so
confined is under the jurisdiction of such agency and
the Secretary requires such information to carry out
the provisions of this section.’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with
respect to benefits for months commencing after 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1615 
To provide for a study by the Institute of Medicine on gaps in mental 
health services and how these gaps can increase the risk of violent acts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2013 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Ms. KAPTUR) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide for a study by the Institute of Medicine on 
gaps in mental health services and how these gaps can 
increase the risk of violent acts. 
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 ‘‘Examining America’s 
Mental Health Services Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. STUDY ON GAPS IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medi-
cine (or, if the Institute declines to enter into such an ar-
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rangement, another appropriate entity) to conduct a com-
prehensive study on— 
(1) gaps in mental health services, including 
treatment services, whether publicly or privately 
funded; and 
(2) how these gaps can increase the risk of vio-
lent acts. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—The study under subsection 
(a) shall include consideration of— 
(1) gaps in mental health treatment services for 
adults and children with severe and persistent men-
tal illness; 
(2) barriers to receiving mental health services 
that result in high rates of untreated mental illness; 
and 
(3) the availability of interventions such as as-
sisted outpatient treatment designed to reach indi-
viduals with untreated severe mental illness. 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary shall ensure that, not 
later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act— 
(1) the study under subsection (a) is completed; 
and 
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such study is submitted to the Congress. 
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SEC. 2. RETIREMENT ANNUITY FOR CERTAIN EX-SPOUSES
OF CIA EMPLOYEES.
(a) RETIREMENT ANNUITY.—
(1) ENTITLEMENT OF FORMER WIFE OR HUS-
BAND.—A person described in section 1(a)(1) shall
be entitled, except to the extent such former spouse
is disqualified under subsection (b), to an annuity—
(A) if married to the participant through-
out the creditable service of the participant,
equal to 50 percent of the annuity of the partic-
ipant; or
(B) if not married to the participant
throughout such creditable service, equal to
that former wife’s or husband’s pro rata share
of 50 percent of such annuity (determined in
accordance with section 222(a)(1)(B) of the
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50
U.S.C. 2032 (a)(1)(B)).
(2) REDUCTION IN RETIREMENT ANNUITIES.—
(A) AMOUNT OF REDUCTION.—An annuity
payable under this section shall be reduced by
an amount equal to any apportionment pay-
ments payable to the former wife or husband
pursuant to the terms of a court order incident
to the dissolution of the marriage of such
I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 97
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for prompt parole
into the United States of aliens in order to attend the funeral of an
immediate blood relative in the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mrs. MINK (for herself and Mr. ABERCROMBIE) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide
for prompt parole into the United States of aliens in
order to attend the funeral of an immediate blood rel-
ative in the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROMPT PAROLE OF ALIENS IN ORDER TO AT-
TEND THE FUNERAL OF AN IMMEDIATE
BLOOD RELATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212(d)(5) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(C)(i) The Attorney General shall provide, on an ex-
pedited basis, for the parole of an alien under this para-
graph if—
‘‘(I) an immediate blood relative of the alien
has died and the funeral for the relative is to be in
the United States, and
‘‘(II) the alien provides the Attorney General
with a certified copy of the death certificate of the
relative.
‘‘(ii) The period of parole under this subparagraph
shall be for the period required to attend the funeral and
shall not exceed 30 days (except as may be provided in
exceptional circumstances specified by the Attorney Gen-
eral).
‘‘(iii) In clause (i), the term ‘immediate blood relative’
means, with respect to an alien, the spouse, mother, fa-
ther, son, daughter, brother, or sister of the alien.’’.
(b) REPORT ON OPERATION OF AMENDMENT.—The
Attorney General shall report to the Congress, not later
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act,
on the operation of section 212(d)(5)(C) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (as added by the amendment
made by subsection (a)) and on any violations or abuses
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e)
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing new subsection (c):
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY
OF FORMER WIVES
OR HUS-
BANDS.—(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) and
except as provided in subsection (d), an individual—
‘‘(A) who was divorced on or before December
4, 1991, from a participant or retired participant in
the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Dis-
ability System or the Federal Employees Retirement
System Special Category;
‘‘(B) who was married to such participant for
not less than ten years during the participant’s cred-
itable service, at least five years of which were spent
by the participant during the participant’s service as
an employee of the Agency outside the United
States, or otherwise in a position the duties of which
qualified the participant for designation by the Di-
rector of Central Intelligence as a participant under
section 203 of the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
tirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2013); and
‘‘(C) who was enrolled in a health benefits plan
as a family member at any time during the 18-
of the immigration laws resulting from the parole of aliens
into the United States under such section.
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‘‘(c) If an employee makes contributions under sub-
section (b), the employing agency shall make contributions
to the Thrift Savings Fund on such employee’s behalf—
‘‘(1) in the same manner as would be required
under section 8432(c)(2) if the employee contributions
were being made under section 8432(a); and
‘‘(2) disregarding any contributions then actu-
ally being made under section 8432(a) and any agen-
cy contributions relating thereto.
‘‘(d) An employee to whom this section applies is enti-
tled to have contributed to the Thrift Savings Fund on such
employee’s behalf an amount equal to—
‘‘(1) 1 percent of such employee’s basic pay (as
determined under subsection (e)) for the period re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(2)(B); reduced by
‘‘(2) any contributions actually made on such
employee’s behalf under section 8432(c)(1) with re-
spect to the period referred to in subsection (b)(2)(B).
‘‘(e) For purposes of any computation under this sec-
tion, an employee shall, with respect to the period referred
to in subsection (b)(2)(B), be considered to have been paid
at the rate which would have been payable over such period
had such employee remained continuously employed in the
position which such employee last held before separating or