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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3308 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To require a Federal agency to include language in certain 
educational and advertising materials indicating that 
such materials are produced and disseminated at tax-
payer expense. 
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 ‘‘Taxpayer Trans-
parency Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR PRINTED MATERIALS AND AD-
VERTISEMENTS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCE 
FOR COMMUNICATION FUNDED BY FEDERAL AGENCY.— 
Each communication funded by a Federal agency that is 
an advertisement, or that provides information about any 
Federal Government program, benefit, or service, shall 
clearly state— 
(1) in the case of a printed communication, in-
cluding mass mailings, signs, and billboards, that 
the communication is printed or published at tax-
payer expense; and 
(2) in the case of a communication transmitted 
through radio, television, the Internet, or any means 
other than the means referred to in paragraph (1), 
that the communication is produced or disseminated 
at taxpayer expense. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) PRINTED
COMMUNICATION.—Any printed 
communication described in subsection (a)(1) shall— 
(A) be of sufficient type size to be clearly 
readable by the recipient of the communication; 
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(B) to the extent feasible, be contained in 
a printed box set apart from the other contents 
of the communication; and 
(C) to the extent feasible, be printed with 
a reasonable degree of color contrast between 
the background and the printed statement. 
(2) RADIO, TELEVISION, AND INTERNET COM-
MUNICATION.— 
(A) AUDIO
COMMUNICATION.—Any audio 
communication described in subsection (a)(2) 
shall include an audio statement that commu-
nicates the information required under that 
subsection in a clearly spoken manner. 
(B) VIDEO
COMMUNICATION.—Any video 
communication described in subsection (a)(2) 
shall include a statement with the information 
referred to under that subsection— 
(i) that is conveyed in a clearly spo-
ken manner; 
(ii) that is conveyed by a voice-over or 
screen view of the person making the state-
ment; and 
(iii) to the extent feasible, that also 
appears in writing at the end of the com-
munication in a clearly readable manner 
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facturer seeks or consents to entry of a consent judgment 
relating to one or more of the common issues that gave 
rise to the stay, or declines to prosecute through appeal 
a final decision as to one or more of the common issues 
that gave rise to the stay, the court may, upon grant of 
a motion, determine that such consent judgment or 
unappealed final decision shall not be binding on the cov-
ered customer with respect to one or more of such common 
issues based on a showing that such an outcome would 
unreasonably prejudice and be manifestly unjust to the 
covered customer in light of the circumstances of the case. 
‘‘(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to limit the ability of a court to 
grant any stay, expand any stay granted under this sec-
tion, or grant any motion to intervene, if otherwise per-
mitted by law. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED CUSTOMER.—The term ‘covered 
customer’ means a party accused of infringing a pat-
ent or patents in dispute based on a covered product 
or process. 
‘‘(2) COVERED
MANUFACTURER.—The term 
‘covered manufacturer’ means a person that manu-
factures or supplies, or causes the manufacture or
‘‘(i) that the child has been examined
by a physician not less frequently than—
‘‘(I) in the case of a child who
has not attained the age of 19
months, every 6 months since the
child was born; and
‘‘(II) in the case of any other
child, every 6 months until the child
attained the age of 19 months, and
every year thereafter;
‘‘(ii) that the child has been immu-
nized in accordance with recommendations
issued by the Surgeon General of the Pub-
lic Health Service; and
‘‘(iii) of any contraindication which
exempts the child from receiving an immu-
nization;
‘‘(B) the State will conduct appropriate
education and outreach activities designed to—
‘‘(i) increase public awareness of the
importance of preventive health care and
immunizations for pre-school children; and
‘‘(ii) inform the public about—
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‘‘(2) promoting the recruitment or retention of
such personnel, particularly in areas of greatest
need, such as inner-city and rural areas;
‘‘(3) institutes that provide professional devel-
opment that addresses the needs of children with
disabilities to—
‘‘(A) teachers or teams of teachers; and
‘‘(B) where appropriate, administrators,
pupil-service personnel, and other staff from in-
dividual schools;
‘‘(4) encouraging the development of profes-
sional networks that provide a forum for interaction
among teachers of children with disabilities;
‘‘(5) efforts to prepare teachers and other per-
sonnel in the innovative uses and applications of
technology to enhance learning by children with dis-
abilities;
‘‘(6) the development, evaluation, and dissemi-
nation of model teaching standards for persons
working with children with disabilities;
‘‘(7) the dissemination of information about—
‘‘(A) voluntary national content standards,
State content standards, voluntary national stu-
dent-performance standards, and State student-
performance standards; and
HR 1977 RS
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of
the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compacts of Free Association,
and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
$24,938,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658,–
and $4,580,000 for impact aid for Guam under section
104(e)(6) of Public Law 99–239: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 112 of Public Law 101–219 (103 Stat.
1873), the Secretary of the Interior may agree to technical
changes in the specifications for the project described in
the subsidiary agreement negotiated under section 212(a)
of the Compact of Free Association, Public Law 99–658,
or its annex, if the changes do not result in increased costs
to the United States.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
for management of the Department of the Interior,
HR 1977 RS
$53,919,000 $58,109,000, of which not to exceed $7,500
may be for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided, That none of the funds provided herein for official
reception and representation expenses shall be available
until the Charter for the Advisory Commission referred to
in Title 30 of Public Law 102–575 has been filed and the
Members of such Commission appointed.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$34,608,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $23,939,000.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Construction
Management, $500,000.
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gam-
ing Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497,
$1,000,000: Provided, That on October 1, 1995, the Chair-
man shall submit to the Secretary a report detailing those
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works, parent training projects, and other infor-
mation sources;
‘‘(8) integrating educational, related, transi-
tional, and early intervention service information re-
lated to children with disabilities into clearinghouses,
libraries, electronic networks, and other information
and communication resources that are available to
address the needs of all children, not just children
with disabilities;
‘‘(9) clearinghouse activities to address the in-
formation needs of administrators, teachers, parents,
and others who work with individuals with disabil-
ities as well as the information needs of individuals
with disabilities themselves;
‘‘(10) supplemental funding for the comprehen-
sive technical assistance centers authorized under
part A of title XIII of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965 to help ensure that those
centers effectively address the needs of children with
disabilities;
‘‘(11) special education and early intervention
regional resource centers to provide technical assist-
ance to States in—
‘‘(1) substantially delay responding to an immi-
nent danger to person or property; or
‘‘(2) substantially or unreasonably impede a
criminal investigation.
‘‘(b) A small entity shall not be entitled to the benefit
of a no-fault compliance audit program under section
597a(1) regarding a particular enforcement issue for 60
days after the entity has had an agency-initiated contact
regarding such issue.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VI—SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY BILL OF
RIGHTS
‘‘597. Definition.
‘‘597a. Rights of small entities prior to enforcement action.
‘‘597b. Rights during investigative or enforcement action.
‘‘597c. Rights after investigative or enforcement action.
‘‘597d. Exceptions and limitation.’’.
SEC. 3. INSTRUCTIONS AND AGENCY RULES.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
section 2 shall take effect not later than January 1, 1999.
(b) REPORTS.—The Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall submit an annual report to
Congress on the progress of the agencies in complying
with this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
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‘‘(4) be designed to meet the specific needs of
families who experience significant isolation from
available sources of information and support.
‘‘TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
‘‘SEC. 655. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary may provide technical assistance for developing, as-
sisting, and coordinating parent training and information
programs under this part.
‘‘(b) PRIORITIES.—The Secretary may focus tech-
nical assistance under this section on areas such as—
‘‘(1) coordinating parent training efforts;
‘‘(2) providing or helping to disseminate infor-
mation to projects;
‘‘(3) assisting centers funded under this part in
evaluating themselves;
‘‘(4) promoting the use of technology;
‘‘(5) reaching underserved populations;
‘‘(6) early childhood services;
‘‘(7) assistive technology;
‘‘(8) including children with disabilities in gen-
eral education programs;
‘‘(9) transition from—
‘‘(A) early intervention services to pre-
school;
‘‘(B) preschool to school; or
vided by the Internet or any other interactive com-
puter service, including any person or entity that
creates or develops blocking or screening software or
other techniques to permit user control over offen-
sive material.
‘‘(4) INFORMATION SERVICE.—The term ‘infor-
mation service’ means the offering of a capability for
generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, proc-
essing, retrieving, utilizing, or making available in-
formation via telecommunications, and includes elec-
tronic publishing, but does not include any use of
any such capability for the management, control, or
operation of a telecommunications system or the
management of a telecommunications service.’’.
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF ADOPTION ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
by redesignating section 137 as section 138 and by insert-
ing after section 136 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 137. ADOPTION ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Gross income of an employee
does not include employee adoption assistance benefits, or
military adoption assistance benefits, received by the em-
ployee with respect to the employee’s adoption of a child.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) EMPLOYEE ADOPTION ASSISTANCE BENE-
FITS.—The term ‘employee adoption assistance ben-
efits’ means payment by an employer of qualified
adoption expenses with respect to an employee’s
adoption of a child, or reimbursement by the em-
ployer of such qualified adoption expenses paid or
incurred by the employee in the taxable year.
‘‘(2) EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE.—The terms
‘employer’ and ‘employee’ have the respective mean-
ings given such terms by section 127(c).
‘‘(3) MILITARY ADOPTION ASSISTANCE BENE-
FITS.—The term ‘military adoption assistance bene-
fits’ means benefits provided under section 1052 of
title 10, United States Code, or section 514 of title
14, United States Code.
‘‘(4) QUALIFIED ADOPTION EXPENSES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
adoption expenses’ means reasonable and nec-
essary adoption fees, court costs, attorney fees,
and other expenses—
‘‘(i) which are directly related to, and
the principal purpose of which is for, the
legal adoption of an eligible child by the
taxpayer, and
‘‘(ii) which are not incurred in viola-
tion of State or Federal law or in carrying
out any surrogate parenting arrangement.
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE CHILD.—The term ‘eligible
child’ means any individual—
‘‘(i) who has not attained age 18 as of
the time of the adoption, or
‘‘(ii) who is physically or mentally in-
capable of caring for himself.
‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVISIONS.—
The Secretary shall issue regulations to coordinate the ap-
plication of this section with the application of any other
provision of this title which allows a credit or deduction
with respect to qualified adoption expenses.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1985
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income
employee and military adoption assistance benefits and withdrawals from
IRAs for certain adoption expenses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 30, 1995
Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr.
SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MATSUI, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. UNDERWOOD,
Mr. EHLERS, Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. BAR-
TON of Texas, Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. FROST,
Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. STUPAK,
Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. EVANS, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. HASTINGS
of Florida, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. FATTAH, and Mr.
BARRETT of Wisconsin) 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 employee and military adoption assist-
ance benefits and withdrawals from IRAs for certain
adoption expenses.
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 ‘‘Adoption Incentives
Act of 1995’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1984
To phase out funding for the Death Penalty Resource Centers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 30, 1995
Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. SOLOMON,
Mr. FIELDS of Texas, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. MICA, Mr.
HASTINGS of Washington, and Mr. MCCOLLUM) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To phase out funding for the Death Penalty Resource
Centers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no sums
are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1996 or
any succeeding fiscal year to the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts for death penalty resource cen-
ters.
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is amended by striking the item relating to section 137
and inserting the following new items:
‘‘Sec. 137. Adoption assistance.
‘‘Sec. 138. Cross references to other Acts.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made this
section shall apply to taxable years beginning after De-
cember 31, 1995.
SEC. 3. WITHDRAWAL FROM IRA FOR ADOPTION EXPENSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 408 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) QUALIFIED ADOPTION EXPENSES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any amount which is
paid or distributed out of an individual retire-
ment plan of the taxpayer, and which would
(but for this paragraph) be includible in gross
income, shall be excluded from gross income to
the extent that—
‘‘(i) such amount exceeds the sum
of—
‘‘(I) the amount excludable under
section 137, and
‘‘(II) any amount allowable as a
credit under this title with respect to
qualified adoption expenses; and
‘‘(ii) such amount does not exceed the
qualified adoption expenses paid or in-
curred by the taxpayer during the taxable
year.
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED ADOPTION EXPENSES.—
For purposes of this paragraph, the term
‘qualified adoption expenses’ has the meaning
given such term by section 137, except that
such term shall not include any expense in con-
nection with the adoption by an individual of a
child who is the child of such individual’s
spouse.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1995.
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner, in con-
sultation with the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives, shall establish priorities 
and performance standards to measure the develop-
ment and levels of achievement of the customs mod-
ernization, trade facilitation, and trade enforcement 
functions and programs described in subsection (b). 
(2) MINIMUM PRIORITIES AND STANDARDS.— 
Such priorities and performance standards shall, at 
a minimum, include priorities and standards relating 
to efficiency, outcome, output, and other types of ap-
plicable measures. 
(b) FUNCTIONS AND PROGRAMS DESCRIBED.—The 
functions and programs referred to in subsection (a) are 
the following: 
(1) The Automated Commercial Environment. 
(2) Each of the priority trade issues described 
in paragraph (3)(B)(ii) of section 2(d) of the Act of 
March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1381, chapter 348; 19 
U.S.C. 2072(d)), as added by section 111(a) of this 
Act. 
(3) The Centers of Excellence and Expertise de-
scribed in section 110 of this Act. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Distinguished Flying 
Cross National Memorial Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS 
NATIONAL MEMORIAL IN RIVERSIDE, CALI-
FORNIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The most reliable statistics regarding the 
number of members of the Armed Forces who have 
been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross indi-
cate that 126,318 members of the Armed Forces re-
ceived the medal during World War II, approxi-
mately 21,000 members received the medal during 
the Korean conflict, and 21,647 members received 
the medal during the Vietnam War. Since the end 
of the Vietnam War, more than 203 Armed Forces 
members have received the medal in times of con-
flict. 
(2) The National Personnel Records Center in 
St. Louis, Missouri, burned down in 1973, and thus 
many more recipients of the Distinguished Flying 
Cross may be undocumented. Currently, the Depart-
ment of Defense continues to locate and identify 
members of the Armed Forces who have received the 
medal and are undocumented.
(3) The United States currently lacks a na-
tional memorial dedicated to the bravery and sac-
rifice of those members of the Armed Forces who 
have distinguished themselves by heroic deeds per-
formed in aerial flight. 
(4) An appropriate memorial to current and 
former members of the Armed Forces is under con-
struction at March Field Air Museum in Riverside, 
California. 
(5) This memorial will honor all those members 
of the Armed Forces who have distinguished them-
selves in aerial flight, whether documentation of 
such members who earned the Distinguished Flying 
Cross exists or not. 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The memorial to members of the 
Armed Forces who have been awarded the Distinguished 
Flying Cross, located at March Field Air Museum in Riv-
erside, California, is hereby designated as the Distin-
guished Flying Cross National Memorial. 
(c) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.—The national memo-
rial designated by this section is not a unit of the National 
Park System, and the designation of the national memo-
rial shall not be construed to require or permit Federal
funds to be expended for any purpose related to the na-
tional memorial. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 29, 
2013. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 330 
AN ACT 
To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National 
Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in 
Riverside, California.