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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5276 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat bicycle sharing systems 
as mass transit facilities for purposes of the qualified transportation fringe. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2014 
Mr. CROWLEY (for himself and Mr. PAULSEN) 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 treat bicycle 
sharing systems as mass transit facilities for purposes 
of the qualified transportation fringe. 
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 ‘‘Bike to Work Act of 
2014’’. 
SEC. 2. BICYCLE SHARING SYSTEMS TREATED AS MASS 
TRANSIT FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 132(f)(5) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(G) BICYCLE SHARING SYSTEMS TREAT-
ED AS MASS TRANSIT FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A bicycle sharing 
system shall be treated as a mass transit 
facility for purposes of subparagraph 
(A)(i). 
‘‘(ii) BICYCLE
SHARING
SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘bicycle sharing system’ means a 
public transportation system— 
‘‘(I) consisting of a network of 
stations at which bicycles are made 
available to customers for commuting 
and short-term, point-to-point use 
within the network’s service area; and 
‘‘(II) that is operated or author-
ized by a government agency or pub-
lic-private partnership.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘PART II—SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES 
‘‘Sec. 4171. Imposition of tax. 
‘‘Sec. 4172. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 4173. Special rules. 
‘‘SEC. 4171. IMPOSITION OF TAX. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby imposed a tax 
on the sale or transfer of any specified sugar-sweetened 
beverage product by the manufacturer, producer, or im-
porter thereof. 
‘‘(b) RATE OF TAX.—The rate of tax imposed under 
subsection (a) shall be equal to one cent per 4.2 grams 
of caloric sweetener contained in such specified sugar- 
sweetened beverage product. 
‘‘(c) PERSONS LIABLE
FOR TAX.—The manufac-
turer, producer, or importer referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be liable for the tax imposed by such subsection. 
‘‘SEC. 4172. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘(a) SPECIFIED
SUGAR-SWEETENED
BEVERAGE 
PRODUCT.—For purposes of this part— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this part, 
the term ‘specified sugar-sweetened beverage prod-
uct’ means— 
‘‘(A) any liquid intended for human con-
sumption which contains a caloric sweetener, 
and 
‘‘(B) any liquid, or solid mixture of ingre-
dients, which— 
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‘‘(2) FEDERAL
HELIUM
PIPELINE.—The term 
‘Federal Helium Pipeline’ means the federally owned 
pipeline system through which helium for the Federal 
Helium Reserve may be transported. 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL
HELIUM
RESERVE.—The term 
‘Federal Helium Reserve’ means helium reserves 
owned by the United States. 
‘‘(4) FEDERAL
HELIUM
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘Federal Helium System’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Federal Helium Reserve; 
‘‘(B) the Cliffside Field; 
‘‘(C) the Federal Helium Pipeline; and 
‘‘(D) all other infrastructure owned, leased, 
or managed under contract by the Secretary for 
the storage, transportation, withdrawal, enrich-
ment, purification, or management of helium. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL USER.—The term ‘Federal user’ 
means a Federal agency or extramural holder of one 
or more Federal research grants using helium. 
‘‘(6) LOW-BTU
GAS.—The term ‘low-Btu gas’ 
means a fuel gas with a heating value of less than 
250 Btu per standard cubic foot measured as the 
higher heating value resulting from the inclusion of 
noncombustible gases, including nitrogen, helium, 
argon, and carbon dioxide.
† HR 527 EAS 
SEC. 4. STORAGE, WITHDRAWAL AND TRANSPORTATION. 
Section 5 of the Helium Act (50 U.S.C. 167c) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 5. STORAGE, WITHDRAWAL AND TRANSPORTATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary provides helium 
storage, withdrawal, or transportation services to any per-
son, the Secretary shall impose a fee on the person that ac-
curately reflects the economic value of those services. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM FEES.—The fees charged under sub-
section (a) shall be not less than the amount required to 
reimburse the Secretary for the full costs of providing stor-
age, withdrawal, or transportation services, including cap-
ital investments in upgrades and maintenance at the Fed-
eral Helium System. 
‘‘(c) SCHEDULE OF FEES.—Prior to sale or auction 
under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 6, the Secretary 
shall annually publish a standardized schedule of fees that 
the Secretary will charge under this section. 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT.—All fees received by the Secretary 
under this section shall be credited to the Helium Produc-
tion Fund established under section 6(e). 
‘‘(e) STORAGE AND DELIVERY.—In accordance with 
this section, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) allow any person or qualified bidder to 
which crude helium is sold or auctioned under section 
6 to store helium in the Federal Helium Reserve; and
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‘‘(2) establish a schedule for the transportation 
and delivery of helium using the Federal Helium Sys-
tem that— 
‘‘(A) ensures timely delivery of helium auc-
tioned pursuant to section 6(b)(2); 
‘‘(B) ensures timely delivery of helium ac-
quired from the Secretary from the Federal He-
lium Reserve by means other than an auction 
under section 6(b)(2), including nonallocated 
sales; and 
‘‘(C) provides priority access to the Federal 
Helium Pipeline for in-kind sales for Federal 
users. 
‘‘(f) NEW PIPELINE ACCESS.—The Secretary shall con-
sider any applications for access to the Federal Helium 
Pipeline in a manner consistent with the schedule for phas-
ing out commercial sales and disposition of assets pursuant 
to section 6.’’. 
SEC. 5. SALE OF CRUDE HELIUM. 
Section 6 of the Helium Act (50 U.S.C. 167d) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 6. SALE OF CRUDE HELIUM. 
‘‘(a) PHASE A: ALLOCATION TRANSITION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall offer 
crude helium for sale in such quantities, at such
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times, at not less than the minimum price established 
under subsection (b)(7), and under such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary determines necessary to 
carry out this subsection with minimum market dis-
ruption. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL PURCHASES.—Federal users may 
purchase refined helium with priority pipeline access 
under this subsection from persons who have entered 
into enforceable contracts to purchase an equivalent 
quantity of crude helium at the in-kind price from 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—This subsection applies dur-
ing— 
‘‘(A) the period beginning on the date of en-
actment of the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013 
and ending on September 30, 2014; and 
‘‘(B) any period during which the sale of 
helium under subsection (b) is delayed or sus-
pended. 
‘‘(b) PHASE B: AUCTION IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall offer 
crude helium for sale in quantities not subject to auc-
tion under paragraph (2), after completion of each 
auction, at not less than the minimum price estab-
lished under paragraph (7), and under such terms
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H.R. 527 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT
under such conditions as the Secretary determines 
necessary to carry out this subsection with minimum 
market disruption. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM QUANTITY.—The Secretary shall 
offer for sale during each fiscal year under para-
graph (1) a quantity of crude helium equivalent to 
the quantity of crude helium produced from the Fed-
eral Helium Reserve during fiscal year 2012. 
‘‘(3) IN-KIND PURCHASE BY FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES AND GRANTEES.—Federal agencies, and hold-
ers of 1 or more Federal research grants, may pur-
chase refined helium under this subsection for Fed-
eral, medical, research and scientific uses from per-
sons who have entered into enforceable contracts to 
purchase an equivalent quantity of crude helium 
from the Secretary. 
‘‘(4) PRICES AND DETERMINATIONS.—Sales of 
crude helium by the Secretary under this subsection 
shall be at prices established by the Secretary that 
shall not be less than the price in the last sale of 
crude helium from the Federal Helium Reserve be-
fore the date of enactment of the Responsible He-
lium Administration and Stewardship Act, except 
that any sale to a person referred to in paragraph
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(e) SODA ASH ROYALTIES.—Notwithstanding section 
24 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 262) and the 
terms of any lease under that Act, the royalty rate on the 
quantity of gross value of the output of sodium compounds 
and related products at the point of shipment to market 
from Federal land in the 2-year period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be 4 percent. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OFFSET.—Section 207(c) of the 
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 
17022(c)) is amended by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, except that the amount authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this section not appropriated 
as of the date of enactment of the Helium Stewardship Act 
of 2013 shall be reduced by $6,000,000’’. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
113TH CONGRESS 1st SESSION H e R. 5 2 7 AMENDMENT
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 527 
AN ACT 
To amend the Helium Act to complete the privatization of 
the Federal helium reserve in a competitive market fash-
ion that ensures stability in the helium markets while 
protecting the interests of American taxpayers, 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 ‘‘Responsible Helium 
Administration and Stewardship Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2 of the Helium Act (50 U.S.C. 167) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon 
at the end and inserting a period; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a period; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) FEDERAL HELIUM RESERVE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘Federal 
Helium Reserve’ means the Bureau of Land 
Management Cliffside Gas Field and supporting 
infrastructure. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘Federal He-
lium Reserve’ includes— 
‘‘(i) the Cliffside Gas Field helium 
storage reservoir; and 
‘‘(ii) 
all 
associated 
infrastructure 
owned, leased, or managed under contract 
by the Secretary for storage, transpor-
tation, withdrawal, purification, or man-
agement of helium.
‘‘(5) QUALIFYING
DOMESTIC
HELIUM
TRANS-
ACTION.—The term ‘qualifying domestic helium 
transaction’— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), means any new or newly renegotiated 
agreement for the purchase or sale of at least 
15,000,000 standard cubic feet of crude helium 
or bulk liquid helium delivered in the United 
States in the most recent full fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any purchase of 
crude helium from the Secretary. 
‘‘(6) TOLLING AGREEMENT.—The term ‘tolling 
agreement’ means an agreement between a helium 
refiner and another party under which the helium 
refiner agrees to process the other person’s helium 
at an agreed upon price.’’. 
SEC. 3. SALE AND AUCTION OF CRUDE HELIUM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Helium Act (50 
U.S.C. 167d) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 6. SALE OF HELIUM. 
‘‘(a) PHASE A: FINALIZING DEBT PAYOFF.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall offer for sale crude helium for 
Federal, medical, research, scientific, and commer-
cial uses in such quantities, at such times, and
‘‘(A) The date and duration of planned 
shutdowns of the Federal Helium Reserve pipe-
line. 
‘‘(B) The nature of work to be undertaken, 
whether routine, extended, or extraordinary. 
‘‘(C) The anticipated impact on the helium 
supply. 
‘‘(D) The efforts to minimize any impact on 
the supply chain. 
‘‘(E) Any concerns regarding maintenance 
of the Federal Helium Reserve pipeline, pressure 
of such pipeline, or deviation from normal oper-
ation of such pipeline. 
‘‘(2) For each unplanned outage, the following: 
‘‘(A) The beginning of the outage. 
‘‘(B) The expected duration of outage. 
‘‘(C) A description of the problem. 
‘‘(D) The estimated impact on helium sup-
ply. 
‘‘(E) A plan to correct problems, an esti-
mate of the potential timeframe for correction, 
and the likelihood of plan success within the 
timeframe. 
‘‘(F) Efforts to minimize negative impacts 
on the helium supply chain. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 2 of the Helium Act (50 U.S.C. 167) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon 
at the end and inserting a period; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a period; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) FEDERAL HELIUM RESERVE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘Federal 
Helium Reserve’ means the Bureau of Land 
Management Cliffside Gas Field and supporting 
infrastructure. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘Federal He-
lium Reserve’ includes— 
‘‘(i) the Cliffside Gas Field helium 
storage reservoir; and 
‘‘(ii) 
all 
associated 
infrastructure 
owned, leased, or managed under contract 
by the Secretary for storage, transpor-
tation, withdrawal, purification, or man-
agement of helium. 
‘‘(5) QUALIFYING
DOMESTIC
HELIUM
TRANS-
ACTION.—The term ‘qualifying domestic helium 
transaction’— 
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‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), means any new or newly negotiated agree-
ment for the purchase or sale of at least 
15,000,000 standard cubic feet of crude helium 
or bulk liquid helium delivered in the United 
States in the most recent 2-fiscal-year period; 
and 
‘‘(B) does not include any purchase of 
crude helium from the Secretary. 
‘‘(6) TOLLING AGREEMENT.—The term ‘tolling 
agreement’ means an agreement between a helium 
refiner and another party under which the helium 
refiner agrees to process the other person’s helium 
at an agreed upon price.’’. 
SEC. 3. SALE AND AUCTION OF CRUDE HELIUM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Helium Act (50 
U.S.C. 167d) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 6. SALE OF HELIUM. 
‘‘(a) PHASE A: FINALIZING DEBT PAYOFF.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall offer for sale crude helium for 
Federal, medical, scientific, and commercial uses in 
such quantities, at such times, and under such con-
ditions as the Secretary determines necessary to 
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‘‘(3) REPAYMENT AMOUNTS.—During the pe-
riod described in subsection (a)(4), amounts in the 
Helium Production Fund in excess of amounts the 
Secretary considers necessary to conduct helium auc-
tions and otherwise administer this Act shall be paid 
to the general fund of the Treasury and credited 
against all amounts required to be repaid to the 
United States under this Act as of October 1, 1995. 
‘‘(4) CAPITAL
INVESTMENTS
AND
MAINTE-
NANCE.—Amounts in the Helium Production Fund 
in excess of amounts the Secretary considers nec-
essary to carry out paragraphs (1) through (3) may 
be used to fund the following capital investments in 
upgrades and maintenance at the Federal Helium 
reserve: 
‘‘(A) Wellhead maintenance at the Cliffside 
Gas Field helium storage reservoir. 
‘‘(B) Capital investments in maintenance 
and upgrades of facilities that pressurize the 
Cliffside Gas Field helium storage reservoir. 
‘‘(C) Capital investments in maintenance 
and upgrades of equipment related to the stor-
age, withdrawal, transportation, purification, 
and sale of crude helium at the Cliffside Gas 
Field helium storage reservoir. 
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(3) for a purchase authorized by that paragraph 
shall be at a price specified by the Secretary. 
‘‘(5) DURATION.—This subsection applies dur-
ing the period— 
‘‘(A) beginning on the date of enactment of 
the Responsible Helium Administration and 
Stewardship Act; and 
‘‘(B) ending on the expiration of the one- 
year period following such date of enactment. 
‘‘(b) PHASE B: MAXIMIZING TOTAL RECOVERY OF 
HELIUM AND INCREASING RETURNS TO THE AMERICAN 
TAXPAYER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall offer 
for sale at auction, as described in subsection (d), 
crude helium for medical, research, scientific, and 
commercial uses in such quantities, at such times, 
and under such conditions as the Secretary deter-
mines necessary— 
‘‘(A) to maximize total recovery and con-
servation of helium from the Federal Helium 
Reserve; 
‘‘(B) to manage crude helium sales accord-
ing to the ability of the Secretary to extract and 
produce helium from the Federal Helium Re-
serve; 
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(B) an existing helium separation or purifi-
cation facility connected to the Federal Helium 
Reserve pipeline system. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall submit to the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate a report that contains a description of the re-
sults of the assessments conducted under this sub-
section. 
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(1) Child welfare service providers, both individ-
uals and organizations, have the inherent, funda-
mental, and inalienable right to free exercise of reli-
gion protected by the United States Constitution. 
(2) The right to free exercise of religion for 
child welfare service providers includes the freedom 
to refrain from conduct that conflicts with their sin-
cerely held religious beliefs. 
(3) Most States provide government-funded 
child welfare services through various charitable, re-
ligious, and private organizations. 
(4) Religious organizations, in particular, have 
a lengthy and distinguished history of providing 
child welfare services that predates government in-
volvement. 
(5) Religious organizations have long been and 
should continue contracting with and receiving 
grants from governmental entities to provide child 
welfare services. 
(6) Religious organizations cannot provide cer-
tain child welfare services, such as foster-care or 
adoption placements, without receiving a government 
contract, grant or license. 
(7) Religious organizations display particular 
excellence when providing child welfare services. 
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Union Calendar No. 27 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 527 
[Report No. 113–42] 
A BILL 
To amend the Helium Act to complete the privat-
ization of the Federal helium reserve in a com-
petitive market fashion that ensures stability in 
the helium markets while protecting the interests 
of American taxpayers, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 18, 2013 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5280 
To strengthen the current protections available under the National Labor 
Relations Act by providing a private right of action for certain violations 
of such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2014 
Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GEORGE MILLER 
of California, Ms. HAHN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SIRES, 
Mr. CONYERS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. BASS, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen the current protections available under the 
National Labor Relations Act by providing a private 
right of action for certain violations of such Act, 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 ‘‘Employee Empower-
ment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION UNDER THE NATIONAL 
LABOR RELATIONS ACT. 
Section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 160) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) In addition to filing a charge alleging an unfair 
labor practice with the Board in accordance with this Act, 
a person alleging an unfair labor practice by an employer 
in violation of section 8(a)(3) may, not later than 180 days 
after the date of such violation, bring a civil action in the 
appropriate district court of the United States against the 
employer for such violation. The court may grant any re-
lief described in section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5) or section 1977A(b) of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1981a(b)), 
and may allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney’s 
fee (including expert witness fees) as part of the costs.’’. 
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