datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(b) Section 353(m) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2001(m))
is amended by striking all that precedes paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(m) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF WRITE-DOWNS
AND NET RECOVERY BUY-OUTS PER BORROWER.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide
a write-down or net recovery buy-out under this sec-
tion on not more than 2 occasions per borrower with
respect to loans made after January 6, 1988.’’.
(c) Section 353 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2001) is
amended by striking subsection (o).
(d) Section 355(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
2003(c)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) RESERVATION AND ALLOCATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall,
to the greatest extent practicable, reserve and
allocate the proportion of each State’s loan
funds made available under subtitle B that is
equal to that State’s target participation rate
for use by the socially disadvantaged farmers or
ranchers in that State. The Secretary shall, to
the extent practicable, distribute the total so
derived on a county by county basis according
to the number of socially disadvantaged farmers
or ranchers in the county.
‘‘(B) 
REALLOCATION
OF
UNUSED
FUNDS.—The Secretary may pool any funds re-
served and allocated under this paragraph with
respect to a State that are not used as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in a State in the
first 10 months of a fiscal year with the funds
similarly not so used in other States, and may
reallocate such pooled funds in the discretion of
the Secretary for use by socially disadvantaged
farmers and ranchers in other States.’’.
(e) Section 373(b)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
2008h(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary may not make or guarantee
a loan under subtitle A or B to a borrower who on,
2 or more occasions, received debt forgiveness on a
loan made or guaranteed under this title.’’.
(f) Section 373(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2008h(c))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) NO MORE THAN 2 DEBT FORGIVENESSES PER
BORROWER ON DIRECT LOANS.—The Secretary may not,
on 2 or more occasions, provide debt forgiveness to a bor-
rower on a direct loan made under this title.’’.
SEC. 2. REGULATIONS.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall pro-
mulgate regulations necessary to carry out the amend-
ments made by this Act, without regard to—
(1) the notice and comment provisions of sec-
tion 553 of title 5, United States Code; and
(2) the statement of policy of the Secretary of
Agriculture relating to notices of proposed rule-
making and public participation in rulemaking that
became effective on July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg.
13804).
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lege campuses do not result in murder, rape, or ag-
gravated assault;
(6) existing reporting requirements are inad-
equate because the requirements do not require col-
leges and universities to report hate crimes that tar-
get victims because of the victims’ gender or disabil-
ity;
(7) omitting certain hate crimes from official
campus crime reports may result in a false sense of
security among students and apathy from campus
officials;
(8) omitting certain hate crimes from official
campus crime reports deprives students and parents
of the students of vital information necessary to pro-
tect the students against such crimes and to make
informed decisions in choosing a college or univer-
sity;
(9) requiring postsecondary institutions to re-
port all hate crimes that occur on their campuses
will provide students and parents of the students
with vital information so that the students may bet-
ter protect themselves against such crimes; and
(10) requiring postsecondary institutions to re-
port all hate crimes that occur on their campuses
will encourage college officials to raise awareness
SEC. 4. REPEAL OF REPORTING OF ACTIVITIES WITH RE-
SPECT TO PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT 
COMPANIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1298 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (f) 
and by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1291(e) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and (d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘, (d), and (f)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 5. REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR 
UNITED 
STATES 
OWNERS 
OF 
FOREIGN 
TRUSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 6048(b) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘shall submit such information as the Secretary may 
prescribe with respect to such trust for such year and’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5932 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate copayments by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs for medicines relating to preventive 
health services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 
Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. ZELDIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate copay-
ments by the Department of Veterans Affairs for medi-
cines relating to preventive health services, 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 ‘‘Veterans Preventive 
Health Coverage Fairness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT TO PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES 
FURNISHED BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF MEDICATION COPAYMENTS.— 
Section 1722A(a)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) medication that is or is part of a preven-
tive health service.’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL 
SERVICES COPAYMENTS.—Section 1710 of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph (5): 
‘‘(5) A veteran shall not be liable to the United 
States under this subsection for any amounts for 
preventive health services.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)(3), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(B) The amount of consideration received by 
the Secretary under the lease. 
‘‘(C) The amount of any revenues collected by 
the Secretary relating to the lease not covered by 
subparagraph (B), including a description of any in- 
kind assistance or services provided by the lessee to 
the Secretary or to veterans under an agreement en-
tered into by the Secretary pursuant to any provi-
sion of law. 
‘‘(D) The costs to the Secretary of carrying out 
the lease. 
‘‘(E) Documents of the Department supporting 
the contents of the report described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (D).’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 8161 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘lessee’ means the party with 
whom the Secretary has entered into an enhanced- 
use lease under this subchapter. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘major enhanced-use lease’ 
means an enhanced-use lease that includes consider-
ation consisting of an average annual rent of more 
than $10,000,000.’’. 
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUDIT.—
‘‘(C) Preventive health services.’’. 
(c) DEFINITION.—Section 1701(9) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (K) as sub-
paragraph (L); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (J) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(K) items or services covered by para-
graphs (1), (2), or (4) of section 2713(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg– 
13(a));’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5934 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to add certain synthetic substances 
to schedule I, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 
Mr. KATKO (for himself, Mr. CICILLINE, and Mr. DENT) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to add certain 
synthetic substances to schedule I, 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 ‘‘Dangerous Synthetic 
Drug Control Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DESIGNER DRUGS AS 
SCHEDULE I CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. 
(a) CANNABIMIMETIC AGENTS.—Schedule I, as set 
forth in section 202(c) of the Controlled Substances Act 
(21 U.S.C. 812(c)), is amended in subsection (d)(2)(B)— 
(1) in clause (xiv) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (xv) by striking the period and in-
serting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xvi) 2-(2-methylphenyl)-1-(1-pentyl- 
1H-indol-3-yl)ethanone (JWH–251); 
‘‘(xvii) 
(1-butyl-1H-indol-3-yl)(4- 
methylnaphthalen-1-yl)methanone 
(4′- 
methyl JWH–073); 
‘‘(xviii) 
2-(3-methoxyphenyl)-1-(1- 
pentyl-1H-indol-3-yl)ethanone (JWH–302); 
‘‘(xix) 
N-(adamantan-1-yl)-1-(5- 
fluoropentyl)-1H-indole-3-carboxamide 
(5F–APICA); 
‘‘(xx) quinolin-8-yl 1-(5-fluoropentyl)- 
1H-indole-3-carboxylate (5F–PB–22); 
‘‘(xxi) 
N-(1-amino-3-methyl-1- 
oxobutan-2-yl)-1-pentyl-1H-indazole-3- 
carboxamide (AB–PINACA); 
‘‘(xxii) 
N-(naphthalen-1-yl)-1-pentyl- 
1H-indole-3-carboxamide (MN–24); 
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‘‘(29) 
1-(naphthalen-1-yl)-2-(pyrrolidin-1- 
yl)pentan-1-one (α-naphyrone). 
‘‘(30) 
1-(2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-5-yl)propan-2- 
amine (5–APDB). 
‘‘(31) 
1-(2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-6-yl)propan-2- 
amine (6–APDB). 
‘‘(32) 6,7-dihydro-5H-indeno[5,6-d][1,3]dioxol- 
6-amine (MDAI). 
‘‘(33) 5-iodo-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-amine (5– 
IAI). 
‘‘(34) 
1-(4-bromofuro[2,3-f]benzofuran-8- 
yl)propan-2-amine (bromo-dragonfly). 
‘‘(35) 1-(4-chloro-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)propan- 
2-amine (DOC). 
‘‘(36) 1-(4-ethoxy-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)propan- 
2-amine (MEM).’’. 
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shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of
programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of
chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and from
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States’’: Provided, That
before using the authority of this subsection to furnish as-
sistance in support of programs of nongovernmental orga-
nizations, the President shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations under the regular notification procedures
of those committees, including a description of the pro-
gram to be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and
the reasons for furnishing such assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed
to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abor-
tion or involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any
other Act.
(b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2005, re-
strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect
to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re-
strict assistance under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act
and made available pursuant to this subsection may be
reason of being a provider described in any of subpara-
graphs (A) through (E) of subsection (c)(3). 
‘‘(e) TERMS OF AGREEMENTS.—(1) The Secretary 
shall ensure that each Veterans Care Agreement include 
provisions requiring the eligible provider to do the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) To accept payment for care and services 
furnished under this section in accordance with 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) To accept payment under subparagraph 
(A) as payment in full for care and services fur-
nished under this section and to not seek any pay-
ment for such care and services from the recipient 
of such care. 
‘‘(C) To furnish under this section only the care 
and services authorized by the Department under 
this section unless the eligible provider receives prior 
written consent from the Department to furnish care 
and services outside the scope of such authorization. 
‘‘(D) To bill the Department for care and serv-
ices furnished under this section in accordance with 
a methodology established by the Secretary for pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘(E) Not to seek to recover or collect from a 
health-plan contract or third party (as those terms 
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agency (as defined in section 102 of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002)); or 
‘‘(E) a center for independent living (as 
defined in section 702 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 796a)). 
‘‘(4) Any additional criteria determined appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) PROVIDER CERTIFICATION.—(1) The Secretary 
shall establish a process for the certification of eligible 
providers to enter into Veterans Care Agreements under 
this section that shall, at a minimum, set forth the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Procedures for the submission of applica-
tions for certification and deadlines for actions taken 
by the Secretary with respect to such applications. 
‘‘(B) Standards and procedures for the ap-
proval and denial of certifications and the revocation 
of certifications. 
‘‘(C) Procedures for assessing eligible providers 
based on the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse of such 
providers similar to the level of screening under sec-
tion 1866(j)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395(j)(2)(B)) and the standards set forth 
under section 9.104 of title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor regulation. 
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HR 5936 RDS 
(1) NOTICE.—Section 8163(c)(1) of such title 
is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, and the Committees on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate’’ after ‘‘congressional veterans’ affairs 
committees’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and shall publish’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, shall publish’’; 
(C) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, and shall submit to the 
congressional veterans’ affairs committees a 
copy of the proposed lease’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘With respect to a major enhanced- 
use lease, upon the request of the congressional 
veterans’ affairs committees, not later than 30 
days after the date of such notice, the Secretary 
shall testify before the committees on the major 
enhanced-use lease, including with respect to 
the status of the lease, the cost, and the plans 
to carry out the activities under the lease. The 
Secretary may not delegate such testifying 
below the level of the head of the Office of 
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SECTION 1. AUTHORITY OF THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONU-
MENTS COMMISSION TO ACQUIRE, OPERATE, 
AND MAINTAIN THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE 
MEMORIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 36, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 2115. Acquisition, operation, and maintenance of 
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial 
‘‘The American Battle Monuments Commission may 
enter into an agreement with the Lafayette Escadrille Me-
morial Foundation to acquire, operate, and maintain the 
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial in Marnes-la-Coquette, 
France. Under such an agreement, the Commission shall 
make necessary arrangements to ensure the ongoing main-
tenance of the memorial, including the cemetery at the me-
morial that contains the remains of 49 aviators of the 
United States who died during World War I.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 21 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end of the following new item:
‘‘2115. Acquisition, operation, and maintenance of Lafayette Escadrille Memo-
rial.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
tered into by the Secretary pursuant to any provi-
sion of law. 
‘‘(D) The costs to the Secretary of carrying out 
the lease. 
‘‘(E) Documents of the Department supporting 
the contents of the report described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (D).’’. 
(d) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 8161 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘lessee’ means the party with 
whom the Secretary has entered into an enhanced- 
use lease under this subchapter. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘major enhanced-use lease’ 
means an enhanced-use lease that includes consider-
ation consisting of an average annual rent of more 
than $10,000,000.’’. 
(e) COMPTROLLER GENERAL AUDIT.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report 
containing an audit of the enhanced-use lease pro-
gram of the Department of Veterans Affairs under 
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subchapter V of chapter 81 of title 38, United 
States Code. 
(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) The financial impact of the enhanced- 
use lease authority on the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs and whether the revenue realized 
from such authority and other financial benefits 
would have been realized without such author-
ity. 
(B) The use by the Secretary of such au-
thority and whether the arrangements made 
under such authority would have been made 
without such authority. 
(C) An identification of the controls that 
are in place to ensure accountability and trans-
parency and to protect the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(D) An overall assessment of the activities 
of the Secretary under such authority to ensure 
procurement cost avoidance, negotiated cost 
avoidance, in-contract cost avoidance, and rate 
reductions. 
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(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate; 
and 
(B) the Committees on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5937 
AN ACT 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to author-
ize the American Battle Monuments Commission 
to acquire, operate, and maintain the Lafayette 
Escadrille 
Memorial 
in 
Marnes-la-Coquette, 
France, and for other purposes.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5937 
AN ACT 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to authorize the 
American Battle Monuments Commission to acquire, op-
erate, and maintain the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial 
in Marnes-la-Coquette, France, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
other person against a victim who is protected from
that person’s acts under the domestic or family vio-
lence laws of the jurisdiction.
(2) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘‘sexual as-
sault’’ means any conduct proscribed by chapter
109A of title 18, United States Code, whether or not
the conduct occurs in the special maritime and terri-
torial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Fed-
eral prison and includes both assaults committed by
offenders who are strangers to the victim and as-
saults committed by offenders who are known to the
victim or related by blood or marriage to the victim.
(3) STALKING.—The term ‘‘stalking’’ means
engaging in a course of conduct directed at a spe-
cific person that would cause a reasonable person to
fear death or bodily injury to himself or herself or
a member of his or her immediate family, when the
person engaging in such conduct has knowledge or
should have knowledge that the specific person will
be placed in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury
to himself or herself or a member of his or her im-
mediate family and when the conduct induces fear in
the specific person of bodily injury to himself or her-
self or a member of his or her immediate family.
H. R. 5937 
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 36, United States Code, to authorize the American Battle Monuments 
Commission to acquire, operate, and maintain the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial 
in Marnes-la-Coquette, France, 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. AUTHORITY OF THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS 
COMMISSION TO ACQUIRE, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN 
THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE MEMORIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 36, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2115. Acquisition, operation, and maintenance of Lafayette 
Escadrille Memorial 
‘‘The American Battle Monuments Commission may enter into 
an agreement with the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Foundation 
to acquire, operate, and maintain the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial 
in Marnes-la-Coquette, France. Under such an agreement, the 
Commission shall make necessary arrangements to ensure the 
ongoing maintenance of the memorial, including the cemetery at 
the memorial that contains the remains of 49 aviators of the United 
States who died during World War I.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 21 of such title is amended by adding at the 
end of the following new item: 
‘‘2115. Acquisition, operation, and maintenance of Lafayette Escadrille Memorial.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.