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(b) ALTERNATE COMMISSIONERS.—In the event of a 
vacancy in a position as a Commissioner appointed under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary, may designate from time to time and for 
periods of time considered appropriate an alternate Com-
missioner to the Commission. An alternate Commissioner 
may exercise all powers and duties of a Commissioner in 
the absence of a Commissioner appointed under subsection 
(a), and shall serve the remainder of the term of the ab-
sent Commissioner for which designated. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 
(1) EMPLOYMENT STATUS.—An individual serv-
ing as a Commissioner, or an alternative Commis-
sioner, other than an officer or employee of the 
United States Government, shall not be considered 
a Federal employee, except for the purposes of in-
jury compensation or tort claims liability as provided 
in chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, and 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—An individual serving as 
a Commissioner or an alternate Commissioner, al-
though an officer of the United States while so serv-
ing, shall receive no compensation for the individ-
ual’s services as such Commissioner or alternate 
Commissioner.
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Esse Silva Post Office
Building’’.
SEC. 4. ATHALIE RANGE POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The United States Postal Serv-
ice building located at 500 North West 2d Avenue in
Miami, Florida, shall be known and designated as the
‘‘Athalie Range Post Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the building referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Athalie Range Post
Office Building’’.
SEC. 5. GARTH REEVES, SR. POST OFFICE BUILDING.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The United States Postal Serv-
ice building located at 995 North West 119th Street in
Miami, Florida, shall be known and designated as the
‘‘Garth Reeves, Sr. Post Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the building referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Garth Reeves, Sr.
Post Office Building’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4055
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate congressional
review of newly passed District laws.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 11, 1998
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to
eliminate congressional review of newly passed District laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN ACT.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 1998’’.
(b) REFERENCES IN ACT.—Whenever in this Act an
amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to or
repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall
be considered to be made to that section or other provision
of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF
NEWLY-PASSED DISTRICT LAWS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 602 (sec. 1-233, D.C.
Code) is amended by striking subsection (c).
(b) 
CONGRESSIONAL
RESOLUTIONS
OF
DIS-
APPROVAL.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The District of Columbia
Home Rule Act is amended by striking section 604.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents is amended by striking the item relating to sec-
tion 604.
(3) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.—This
subsection and the amendments made by this sub-
section are enacted by Congress—
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power
of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate, respectively, and as such they shall be con-
sidered as a part of the rules of each House, re-
spectively, or of that House to which they spe-
cifically apply, and such rules shall supersede
other rules only to the extent that they are in-
consistent therewith; and
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change such
rules (so far as relating to such House) at any
time, in the same manner, and to the same ex-
tent as in the case of any other rule of such
House.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 303
(sec. 1-205, D.C. Code) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking the second
sentence; and
(B) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating
subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c).
(2) Section 404(e) (sec. 1-227(e), D.C. Code) is
amended by striking ‘‘subject to the provisions of section
602(c)’’ each place it appears.
(3) Section 462 (sec. 47-322, D.C. Code) is amend-
ed—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) The
Council’’ and inserting ‘‘The Council’’; and
(B) by striking subsections (b) and (c).
(4) Section 472(d) (sec. 47-328, D.C. Code) is
amended by striking ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘(2)’’.
(5) Section 2(b)(1) of Amendment No. 1 (relating to
initiative and referendum) to title IV (the District Char-
dent and shall be an officer or employee 
of— 
(I) the Department of Commerce; 
(II) the Department of State; or 
(III) the Coast Guard. 
(ii) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In making 
each appointment under clause (i), the 
President shall select a Commissioner from 
among individuals who are knowledgeable 
or experienced concerning fisheries re-
sources in the North Pacific Ocean. 
(B) NORTH
PACIFIC
FISHERY
MANAGE-
MENT
COUNCIL.—One Commissioner shall be 
the chairman of the North Pacific Fishery Man-
agement Council or a designee of such chair-
man. 
(C) PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUN-
CIL.—One Commissioner shall be the chairman 
of the Pacific Fishery Management Council or 
a designee of such chairperson. 
(D) WESTERN PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGE-
MENT
COUNCIL.—One Commissioner shall be 
the chairman of the Western Pacific Fishery 
Management Council or a designee of such 
chairperson.
ter) (sec. 1-282(b)(1), D.C. Code) is amended by striking
‘‘the appropriate custodian’’ and all that follows through
‘‘portion of such act to’’.
(6) Section 5 of Amendment No. 1 (relating to initia-
tive and referendum) to title IV (the District Charter)
(sec. 1-285, D.C. Code) is amended by striking ‘‘, and
such act’’ and all that follows and inserting a period.
(7) Section 16 of the District of Columbia Election
Code of 1955 (sec. 1-1320, D.C. Code)—
(A) in subsection (j)(2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘sections 404 and 602(c)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 404’’, and
(ii) by striking the second sentence; and
(B) in subsection (m)—
(i) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the
appropriate custodian’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘parts of such act to’’,
(ii) by striking ‘‘is held. If, however, after’’
and inserting ‘‘is held unless, under’’, and
(iii) by striking ‘‘section, the act which’’
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘section.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to each act of the Dis-
trict of Columbia—
(1) passed by the Council of the District of Co-
lumbia and signed by the Mayor of the District of
Columbia;
(2) vetoed by the Mayor and repassed by the
Council;
(3) passed by the Council and allowed to be-
come effective by the Mayor without the Mayor’s sig-
nature; and
(4) in the case of initiated acts and acts subject
to referendum, ratified by a majority of the reg-
istered qualified electors voting on the initiative or
referendum,
on or after October 1, 1998.
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HR 6452 RDS
tribution to the Organization as provided in Article 
IX of the Convention’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 510. QUOTA ALLOCATION PRACTICE. 
Section 213 (16 U.S.C. 5612) is repealed. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 601. REPEAL OF NOAA OCEANS AND HUMAN HEALTH 
INITIATIVE REPORT. 
Section 904 of the Oceans and Human Health Act 
(33 U.S.C. 3103) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—’’ and indenting appropriately; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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of the Pacific Fishery Management Coun-
cil. 
(iii) A member engaging in commer-
cial fishing activities in the management 
area of the Western Pacific Fishery Man-
agement Council. 
(iv) Three members from the indige-
nous population of the North Pacific, in-
cluding an Alaska Native, Native Hawai-
ian, or a native-born inhabitant of any 
State of the United States in the Pacific, 
and an individual from a Pacific Coast 
tribe. 
(v) A member that is a marine fish-
eries scientist that is a resident of a State 
the adjacent exclusive economic zone for 
which is bounded by the Convention Area. 
(vi) A member nominated by the Gov-
ernor of the State of Alaska. 
(vii) A member nominated by the Gov-
ernor of the State of Hawaii. 
(viii) A member nominated by the 
Governor of the State of Washington. 
(ix) A member nominated by the Gov-
ernor of the State of California. 
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(1) striking ‘‘September 30, 1996,’’ and inserting
‘‘September 30, 1998,’’; and
(2) striking ‘‘$2,280,000,000 for fiscal years end-
ing before October 1, 1997, and $4,627,000,000 for fis-
cal years ending before October 1, 1998.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$2,410,000,000 for fiscal years ending before Oc-
tober 1, 1999 and $4,885,000,000 for fiscal years end-
ing before October 1, 2000.’’.
(b) PROJECT GRANT AUTHORITY.—Section 47104(c) is
amended by striking ‘‘1998,’’ and inserting ‘‘2002,’’.
SEC. 104. REPROGRAMMING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.
Before reprogramming any amounts appropriated
under section 106(k), 48101(a), or 48103 of title 49, United
States Code, for which notification of the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives is required, the Secretary of Transportation shall sub-
mit a written explanation of the proposed reprogramming
to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 105. AIRPORT SECURITY PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 471 (as amended by sec-
tion 202(a) of this Act) is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new section:
HR 4057 EAS
‘‘§ 47136. Airport security program
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—To improve security at
public airports in the United States, the Secretary of
Transportation shall carry out not less than 1 project to
test and evaluate innovative airport security systems and
related technology.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In carrying out this section, the Sec-
retary shall give the highest priority to a request from an
eligible sponsor for a grant to undertake a project that—
‘‘(1) evaluates and tests the benefits of innovative
airport security systems or related technology, includ-
ing explosives detection systems, for the purpose of
improving airport and aircraft physical security and
access control; and
‘‘(2) provides testing and evaluation of airport
security systems and technology in an operational,
test bed environment.
‘‘(c) MATCHING
SHARE.—Notwithstanding section
47109, the United States Government’s share of allowable
project costs for a project under this section is 100 percent.
‘‘(d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may es-
tablish such terms and conditions as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate for carrying out a project under this sec-
tion, including terms and conditions relating to the form
and content of a proposal for a project, project assurances,
and schedule of payments.
HR 4057 EAS
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE SPONSOR DEFINED.—In this section,
the term ‘eligible sponsor’ means a nonprofit corporation
composed of a consortium of public and private persons,
including a sponsor of a primary airport, with the nec-
essary engineering and technical expertise to successfully
conduct the testing and evaluation of airport and aircraft
related security systems.
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the
amounts made available to the Secretary under section
47115 in a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available
not less than $5,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out
this section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis
for such chapter (as amended by section 202(b) of this Act)
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
47135 the following:
‘‘47136. Airport security program.’’.
SEC. 106. CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Transportation such sums as may be necessary
to carry out the Federal Contract Tower Program under
title 49, United States Code.
In the Senate of the United States,
September 25, 1998.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4057) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 49, United
States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation
Administration, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the
following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF SECTIONS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Wendell H. Ford National Air Transportation System Im-
provement Act of 1998’’.
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections for this
Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of sections.
Sec. 2. Amendments to title 49, United States Code.
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 101. Federal Aviation Administration operations.
Sec. 102. Air navigation facilities and equipment.
Sec. 103. Airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning
and programs.
Sec. 104. Reprogramming notification requirement.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6453 
To clarify the effect of a Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attorney 
General, Criminal Division, dated September 20, 2011, and pertaining 
to the lawfulness of proposals by Illinois and New York to use the 
Internet and out-of-state transaction processors to sell lottery tickets 
to in-state adults, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2016 
Mr. FITZPATRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To clarify the effect of a Memorandum Opinion for the 
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, dated 
September 20, 2011, and pertaining to the lawfulness 
of proposals by Illinois and New York to use the Internet 
and out-of-state transaction processors to sell lottery 
tickets to in-state adults, and for other purposes. 
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. MEMORANDUM NOT TO HAVE FORCE AND EF-
FECT OF LAW. 
The Memorandum Opinion for the Assistant Attor-
ney General, Criminal Division, dated September 20, 
2011, and pertaining to the lawfulness of proposals by Illi-
nois and New York to use the Internet and out-of-state 
transaction processors to sell lottery tickets to in-state 
adults (including the applicability of the Wire Act (18 
U.S.C. 1084) and the Unlawful Internet Gambling En-
forcement Act (31 U.S.C. 5361–5367) to such proposal), 
does not carry the force of law and shall have no force 
and effect for purposes of interpreting or applying section 
5362(a)(10) of title 31, United States Code. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6455 
To require a certain percentage of LNG and crude oil exports be transported 
on vessels documented under the laws of the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2016 
Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 require a certain percentage of LNG and crude oil exports 
be transported on vessels documented under the laws 
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 ‘‘Energizing American 
Maritime Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL POLICY ON STRATEGIC ENERGY ASSET 
EXPORT TRANSPORTATION. 
(a) LNG EXPORTS.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(A) LNG is an explosive gas that can be 
hazardous to national import and export termi-
nals and ports when mishandled. 
(B) LNG is a strategic national asset, the 
export of which will be used to preserve the 
United States tanker fleet and skilled mariner 
workforce that are essential to national secu-
rity. 
(C) For the safety and security of the 
United States, LNG should be exported on ves-
sels documented under the laws of the United 
States. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—Section 3 of the Natural 
Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(g) TRANSPORTATION OF EXPORTS OF LNG ON 
VESSELS DOCUMENTED UNDER LAWS OF THE UNITED 
STATES.—As a condition for approval of any authoriza-
tion to export LNG, the Secretary of Energy shall require 
the applicant to transport the authorized exports on ves-
sels documented under the laws of the United States, as 
follows: 
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aircraft and to improve the national airspace
system by separating such aircraft from con-
gested flight paths of fixed-wing aircraft; and
‘‘(D) $3,000,000 may be used to establish
a prototype helicopter infrastructure using cur-
rent technologies (such as the Global Position-
ing System) to support all-weather, emergency
medical service for trauma patients.’’; and
(4) by indenting paragraph (1) (as designated
by paragraph (1) of this subsection) and aligning
such paragraph (1) with paragraph (2) (as added by
paragraph (2) of this subsection).
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FROM
TRUST FUND.—Section 48104 is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (b);
(2) in subsection (b), as so redesignated—
(A) in the subsection heading by striking
‘‘FISCAL
YEARS
1994–1998’’ and inserting
‘‘FISCAL YEAR 1999’’; and
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)
by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 1994 through
1998’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1999’’.
‘‘(1) Fifteen percent of the LNG authorized to 
be exported in each of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 
2024. 
‘‘(2) Thirty percent of the LNG authorized to 
be exported in 2025 and each year thereafter.’’. 
(3) OPPORTUNITIES FOR LICENSED AND UNLI-
CENSED MARINERS.—Each Federal official respon-
sible for the issuance of a permit authorizing the ex-
port of LNG shall require, as a condition and term 
of the permit, that the permittee shall provide oppor-
tunities for United States licensed and unlicensed 
mariners to receive experience and training nec-
essary for them to become credentialed in working 
on an LNG vessel. 
(b) CRUDE OIL.—Section 101 of title I of division 
O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (42 
U.S.C. 6212a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsections 
(c) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c), (d), and 
(e)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(e) TRANSPORTATION OF EXPORTS OF CRUDE OIL 
ON
VESSELS
DOCUMENTED
UNDER
LAWS
OF
THE 
UNITED STATES.—As a condition to export crude oil, the 
President shall require an applicant to transport the ex-
ports on vessels documented under the laws of the United 
States, as follows: 
‘‘(1) Fifteen percent of the crude oil to be ex-
ported in each of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 
2024. 
‘‘(2) Thirty percent of the crude oil to be ex-
ported in 2025 and each year thereafter.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6458 
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit a State from 
requiring individuals to submit to drug testing as a condition of assist-
ance under the program of block grants to States for temporary assist-
ance to needy families, to amend the United States Housing Act of 
1937 to prohibit a public housing agency from requiring individuals 
to submit to drug testing as a condition of assistance under the Housing 
Choice Voucher Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2016 
Mr. VEASEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit 
a State from requiring individuals to submit to drug 
testing as a condition of assistance under the program 
of block grants to States for temporary assistance to 
needy families, to amend the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 to prohibit a public housing agency from 
requiring individuals to submit to drug testing as a con-
dition of assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher 
Program, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Help our Neediest 
Families Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DRUG TESTING FOR THE PRO-
GRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR 
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMI-
LIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 408(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(13) PROHIBITION ON DRUG TESTING AS A 
CONDITION ON THE RECEIPT OF ASSISTANCE.—A 
State to which a grant is made under section 403 
shall not— 
‘‘(A) use any part of the grant to conduct 
drug testing on any applicant for assistance 
under the State program funded under this 
part or any recipient of such assistance; or 
‘‘(B) require any individual to submit to 
drug testing as a condition for such assist-
ance.’’. 
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