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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1405 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure railroad safety. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2015 
Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. DUCKWORTH, and Mr. GUTIE´RREZ) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure railroad 
safety. 
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 ‘‘Reassuring Adequate 
Investment in Lifesaving Systems Act’’ or the ‘‘RAILS 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF RAILROAD SAFETY TECHNOLOGY 
GRANTS. 
(a) Section 20158(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding ‘‘advanced communication methods 
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for conveying hazard information between all parties in 
the transportation chain, spectrum acquisition, multifre-
quency broadband connectivity equipment, implementation 
and interoperability testing,’’ after ‘‘track integrity circuit 
technologies,’’. 
(b) Section 20158(c) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$200,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2009 through 2013’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2015 through 2020’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1406 
To make technical corrections to the Navajo water rights settlement in the 
State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2015 
Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To make technical corrections to the Navajo water rights 
settlement in the State of New Mexico, 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 ‘‘New Mexico Navajo 
Water Settlement Technical Corrections Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NAVAJO WATER SETTLEMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 10302 of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 407 
note; Public Law 111–11) is amended— 
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(3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘4 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2 percent’’. 
(e) AGREEMENT.—Section 10701(e) of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 
11; 123 Stat. 1400) is amended in paragraphs (2)(A), 
(2)(B), and (3)(A) by striking ‘‘and Contract’’ each place 
it appears. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR AND RESTORATION OF 2010 OPEN 
INTERNET RULES. 
Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 
(47 U.S.C. 1302) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORITY FOR AND RESTORATION OF 2010 
OPEN
INTERNET
RULES.—Notwithstanding 
sections 
3(51) and 332(c)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 153(51); 332(c)(2)), the Commission is au-
thorized by this section to adopt the rules adopted on De-
cember 21, 2010, in the Report and Order in the matter 
of preserving the open Internet and broadband industry 
practices (FCC 10–201). Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of the Open Internet Act of 
2015, the Commission shall take all actions necessary to 
restore to effect the portions of such rules that were va-
cated by the United States Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit in Verizon v. Federal Commu-
nications Commission (No. 11–1355; decided on January 
14, 2014).’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 140 
To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify 
those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals 
and citizens of the United States at birth. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, and Mr. BROOKS 
of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the 
United States who are nationals and citizens of the 
United States at birth. 
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 ‘‘Birthright Citizenship 
Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CERTAIN PERSONS 
BORN IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before 
‘‘The following’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (a) through (h) 
as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—Acknowledging the right of birth-
right citizenship established by section 1 of the 14th 
amendment to the Constitution, a person born in the 
United States shall be considered ‘subject to the jurisdic-
tion’ of the United States for purposes of subsection (a)(1) 
if the person is born in the United States of parents, one 
of whom is— 
‘‘(1) a citizen or national of the United States; 
‘‘(2) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence in the United States whose residence is in 
the United States; or 
‘‘(3) an alien performing active service in the 
armed forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10, 
United States Code).’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a)(3) shall not be construed to affect the citizen-
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ship or nationality status of any person born before the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1413 
To terminate Operation Choke Point. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2015 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. BROOKS of Ala-
bama, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. BABIN, and Mr. CONAWAY) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices, 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 terminate Operation Choke Point. 
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 ‘‘Firearms Manufactur-
ers and Dealers Protection Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Because of the actions of the Department 
of Justice and the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
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poration (referred to in this section as the ‘‘FDIC’’), 
the program known as ‘‘Operation Choke Point’’ has 
become a threat to the Second Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States and to firearms 
dealers and manufacturers. 
(2) In the summer of 2011, the FDIC pub-
lished an article in which it designated firearms 
sales and ammunition sales as ‘‘high-risk’’ indus-
tries. 
(3) The article published by the FDIC thus put 
manufacturers and dealers of firearms in the same 
category as cable box descramblers, credit card 
schemes, drug paraphernalia, escort services, get- 
rich products, home-based charities, lottery sales, 
online gambling, payday loans, Ponzi schemes, por-
nography, racist materials, and tobacco sales. 
(4) Most of the businesses grouped with the 
sale of firearms and ammunition involve activities 
that are inherently pernicious or patently illegal. 
(5) The obvious intent, therefore, of the inclu-
sion of businesses in the FDIC’s ‘‘high-risk’’ cat-
egory was the eradication of those businesses. 
(6) The FDIC sought to achieve this eradi-
cation by encouraging banks to withdraw credit pro-
vided to targeted industries and otherwise terminate 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1415 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen enforcement of spousal 
court-ordered property distributions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen en-
forcement of spousal court-ordered property distribu-
tions, 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 ‘‘Jane’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. SPOUSAL OBLIGATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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financial relationships with the businesses in ques-
tion. 
(7) FDIC officials discussed mechanisms for 
guaranteeing that bank officials saw the list and 
‘‘[got] the message’’. 
(8) The FDIC and the Department of Justice 
worked together to implement Operation Choke 
Point to actively realize the objective of eradicating 
‘‘high-risk’’ industries such as the sale of firearms 
and ammunition. 
(9) According to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Represent-
atives, the FDIC and the Department of Justice 
‘‘may have misled Congress about this partnership’’ 
in connection with Operation Choke Point. 
(10) Committee language in both the House of 
Representatives and Senate versions of the Consoli-
dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) completely defunded 
Operation Choke Point. 
(11) In order to salvage Operation Choke Point, 
the FDIC removed firearms sales and ammunition 
sales from the list of ‘‘high-risk’’ industries. 
(12) Even after that action, however, there is 
evidence that the FDIC and the Department of Jus-
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tice continue to use Operation Choke Point to target 
firearms dealers such as Hawkins Guns LLC of 
Hawkins, Wisconsin. 
(13) There is evidence that the targeting of 
Hawkins Guns LLC is far from an isolated incident. 
(14) It has become clear that the FDIC and the 
Department of Justice can no longer be trusted to 
carry out Operation Choke Point without targeting 
the Second Amendment and firearm dealers and 
manufacturers. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to termi-
nate Operation Choke Point and any similar program that 
attempts to infringe upon the Second Amendment or 
eradicate the manufacture and sale of firearms and am-
munition. 
SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. 
No amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able under any provision of law enacted before, on, or after 
the date of enactment of this Act, nor any amounts de-
rived from any fee or other source, may be used by the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department 
of Justice, or any other Federal agency to carry out Oper-
ation Choke Point or any other program designed to dis-
courage the provision or continuation of credit or the proc-
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essing of payments by financial institutions for dealers 
and manufacturers of firearms and ammunition. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1414 
To direct the Secretary to make interim payments of disability compensation 
benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudica-
tion of such claims, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2015 
Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary to make interim payments of dis-
ability compensation benefits for certain claims for such 
compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims, 
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 ‘‘Pay As You Rate Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTERIM PAYMENTS OF COMPENSATION BENEFITS 
UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 51 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 5127. Interim payments of compensation benefits 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a claim described 
in subsection (b), prior to adjudicating the claim, the Sec-
retary shall make interim payments of monetary benefits 
to the claimant based on any disability for which the Sec-
retary has made a decision. Upon the adjudication of the 
claim, the Secretary shall pay to the claimant any mone-
tary benefits awarded to the claimant for the period of 
payment under section 5111 of this title less the amount 
of such benefits paid to the claimant under this section. 
‘‘(b) CLAIM DESCRIBED.—A claim described in this 
subsection is a claim for disability compensation under 
chapter 11 of this title— 
‘‘(1) the adjudication of which requires the Sec-
retary to make decisions with respect to two or more 
disabilities; and 
‘‘(2) for which, before completing the adjudica-
tion of the claim, the Secretary makes a decision 
with respect to a disability that would result in the 
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payment of monetary benefits to the claimant upon 
the adjudication of the claim,’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to such subchapter the 
following new item: 
‘‘5127. Interim payments of compensation benefits.’’. 
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‘‘§ 228A. Failure to pay legal spousal court-ordered 
property distribution 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly, travels in inter-
state or foreign commerce, with the intent to evade compli-
ance with a court ordered property distribution as part 
of a separation or divorce settlement involving more than 
$5,000, with respect to a spouse or former spouse, shall 
be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 
two years or both. 
‘‘(b) MANDATORY RESTITUTION.—Upon a conviction 
under this section, the court shall order restitution under 
section 3663A in an amount equal to the total unpaid 
property distribution. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘court ordered property 
distribution’ means any amount determined under a court 
order pursuant to the law of a State or of an Indian tribe 
to be due from a spouse or former spouse as an equitable 
or other distribution to a spouse or former spouse of assets 
in connection with a separation or divorce.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 11A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item: 
‘‘228A. Failure to pay legal spousal obligations.’’. 
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(2) TABLE
OF
CHAPTERS.—The item in the 
table of chapters for part I of title 18, United States 
Code, relating to chapter 11A is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘11A. Child support and spousal obligations .........................
228’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1417 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide parity to Puerto 
Rico hospitals with respect to inpatient hospital payments under the 
Medicare program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. PIERLUISI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
parity to Puerto Rico hospitals with respect to inpatient 
hospital payments under the Medicare program. 
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 ‘‘Puerto Rico Hospital 
Medicare Reimbursement Equity Act of 2015’’. 
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IIA
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 378
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 16, 1997
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
For the relief of Heraclio Tolley.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1419 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve the Social Security 
Administration’s ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the 
Social Security Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. BECERRA (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. LARSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. THOMPSON 
of California, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. PIERLUISI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve 
the Social Security Administration’s ability to fight 
fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security 
Trust Fund, 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 ‘‘Social Security Fraud 
and Error Prevention Act of 2015’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1428 
To extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of certified states, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To extend Privacy Act remedies to citizens of certified 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 ‘‘Judicial Redress Act 
of 2015’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1420 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to 
establish a surveillance system regarding traumatic brain injury, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2015 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself and Mr. ROONEY of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, to establish a surveillance sys-
tem regarding traumatic brain injury, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘National Traumatic 
Brain Injury Research and Treatment Improvement Act 
of 2015’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Self-Insurance Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CERTAIN MEDICAL STOP LOSS INSURANCE OB-
TAINED BY CERTAIN PLAN SPONSORS OF 
GROUP 
HEALTH 
PLANS 
NOT 
INCLUDED 
UNDER THE DEFINITION OF HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE COVERAGE. 
(a) PHSA.—Section 2791(b)(1) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(b)(1)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Such term 
shall not include a stop loss policy obtained by a self-in-
sured health plan or a plan sponsor of a group health plan 
that self-insures the health risks of its plan participants 
to reimburse the plan or sponsor for losses that the plan 
or sponsor incurs in providing health or medical benefits 
to such plan participants in excess of a predetermined level 
set forth in the stop loss policy obtained by such plan or 
sponsor.’’. 
(b) ERISA.—Section 733(b)(1) of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
1191b(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘Such term shall not include a stop 
loss policy obtained by a self-insured health plan or a plan 
sponsor of a group health plan that self-insures the health 
risks of its plan participants to reimburse the plan or 
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