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4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popu-
larly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In the case of any equip-
ment or products that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the
sense of Congress that entities receiving such assistance
should, in expending the assistance, purchase only Amer-
ican-made equipment and products.
(c) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In pro-
viding financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of
Commerce shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a)
by the Congress.
‘‘(I) FISCAL
YEARS
2019 
AND 
2020.—The State shall reach agree-
ment with the Secretary on the req-
uisite level of performance for each in-
dicator described in clause (ii), for 
each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020. In 
establishing the requisite levels of per-
formance, the State and the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(aa) take into account how 
the levels involved compare with 
the levels established for other 
States; 
‘‘(bb) ensure the levels in-
volved are adjusted, using the ob-
jective statistical model referred to 
in clause (v), based on— 
‘‘(AA) 
the 
differences 
among States in actual eco-
nomic conditions, including 
differences in unemployment 
rates and job losses or gains 
in particular industries; and 
‘‘(BB) the characteris-
tics of participants on entry 
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‘‘(1) With respect to each of fiscal years 2015 
through 2018, $300,000,000. 
‘‘(2) With respect to each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2024, $360,000,000.’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title 
38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts and agreements 
for the placement of veterans in non-Department medical 
foster homes for certain veterans who are unable to live 
independently.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 24 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 294 
[Report No. 114–35] 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to author-
ize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter 
into contracts and agreements for the transfer of 
veterans to non-Department medical foster 
homes for certain veterans who are unable to live 
independently. 
MARCH 2, 2015 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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(III) providing adequate and ef-
fective protection for the intellectual
property rights of companies de-
scribed in subparagraph (A).
TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF
APPROPRIATIONS
Subtitle A—Authorizations
SEC. 101. HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration for Human
Space Flight the following amounts:
(1) For the Space Station—
(A) for fiscal year 1998, $2,121,300,000,
of which $400,500,000, notwithstanding section
121(a)—
(i) shall only be for Space Station re-
search or for the purposes described in sec-
tion 102(2); and
(ii) shall be administered by the Office
of Life and Microgravity Sciences and Ap-
plications; and
(B) for fiscal year 1999, $2,109,200,000,
of which $496,200,000, notwithstanding section
121(a)—
by a corporation that is wholly owned by 
one or more Native Hawaiian Organiza-
tions, if all other owners are either United 
States citizens or small business con-
cerns;’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
3(p)(5)(A)(i)(I)(aa) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(p)(5)(A)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of 
paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A), 
(B), (C), (D), (E) or (F) of paragraph (3)’’. 
(b) 8(a) PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(6)(A) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(6)(A)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘Native Hawaiian Organizations (as de-
fined in paragraph (15)) shall be deemed to be eco-
nomically disadvantaged for the purposes of this 
subsection.’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 
this subsection shall take effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act and apply to determinations of eco-
nomic disadvantage made before, on, or after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2951 
To prohibit foreign assistance to countries that do not prohibit shark finning 
in the territorial waters of the country or the importation, sale, or 
possession of shark fins obtained as a result of shark finning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2015 
Mr. FARENTHOLD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit foreign assistance to countries that do not pro-
hibit shark finning in the territorial waters of the coun-
try or the importation, sale, or possession of shark fins 
obtained as a result of shark finning. 
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 ‘‘Justice Attributed to 
Wounded Sharks Act’’ or ‘‘JAWS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO COUN-
TRIES THAT DO NOT PROHIBIT SHARK FIN-
NING IN THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE 
COUNTRY OR THE IMPORTATION, SALE, OR 
POSSESSION OF SHARK FINS OBTAINED AS A 
RESULT OF SHARK FINNING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No funds available to any Federal 
department or agency may be used to provide assistance 
to a country if the President determines that the country 
does not prohibit the following: 
(1) Shark finning in the territorial waters of 
the country. 
(2) The importation, sale, or possession of 
shark fins obtained as a result of shark finning. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘shark 
finning’’ has the meaning given the term in section 9 of 
the Shark Finning Prohibition Act (16 U.S.C. 1822 note). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act takes effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect 
to funds available to a Federal department or agency be-
ginning on or after the date that is 90 days after such 
date of enactment. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2952 
To provide payments to States for increasing the employment, job retention, 
and earnings of former TANF recipients. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2015 
Mr. BOUSTANY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide payments to States for increasing the employ-
ment, job retention, and earnings of former TANF re-
cipients. 
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 ‘‘Improving Employ-
ment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF TANF RE-
CIPIENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(4) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(4)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘(4) INCREASING ECONOMIC MOBILITY OF TANF 
RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make a grant under this paragraph to each 
State, with respect to each fiscal year for which 
the State achieves the requisite level of per-
formance with respect to an indicator described 
in subparagraph (C)(ii), in the immediately suc-
ceeding fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF GRANT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The amount of 
the grant payable to a State with respect 
to a fiscal year for which the State 
achieves the requisite level of performance 
with respect to an indicator described in 
subparagraph (C)(ii) shall be the following: 
‘‘(I) 40 percent of the available 
amount with respect to the State for 
the fiscal year, if the indicator is de-
scribed in subparagraph (C)(ii)(I). 
‘‘(II) 30 percent of the available 
amount with respect to the State for 
the fiscal year, if the indicator is de-
scribed in subparagraph (C)(ii)(II). 
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‘‘(III) 30 percent of the available 
amount with respect to the State for 
the fiscal year, if the indicator is de-
scribed in subparagraph (C)(ii)(III). 
‘‘(ii) AVAILABLE AMOUNT DEFINED.— 
In clause (i), the term ‘available amount’ 
means, with respect to a State and a fiscal 
year, the amount (if any) by which— 
‘‘(I) the State family assistance 
grant that would be payable to the 
State for the fiscal year in the ab-
sence of this paragraph; exceeds 
‘‘(II) the State family assistance 
grant actually payable to the State for 
the fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) MEASURING STATE PERFORMANCE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Each State, in 
consultation with the Secretary, shall es-
tablish levels of performance for each indi-
cator described in clause (ii), for fiscal 
year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
‘‘(ii) INDICATORS.—The indicators de-
scribed in this clause are the following: 
‘‘(I) The percentage of former 
adult recipients of assistance under 
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into the program, including 
indicators of prior work his-
tory, lack of educational or 
occupational 
skills 
attain-
ment, or other factors that 
may affect employment and 
earnings; and 
‘‘(cc) take into account the 
extent to which the levels involved 
promote continuous improvement 
in performance by each State. 
‘‘(II) FISCAL
YEAR
2021.—The 
State shall reach agreement with the 
Secretary, before fiscal year 2021, on 
the requisite level of performance for 
each indicator described in clause (ii), 
for fiscal year 2021, which shall be es-
tablished in accordance with subclause 
(I) of this clause. 
‘‘(iv) REVISIONS BASED ON ECONOMIC 
CONDITIONS
AND
INDIVIDUALS
RECEIVING 
ASSISTANCE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR.— 
The Secretary shall, in accordance with the 
objective statistical model referred to in 
clause (v), revise the requisite levels of per-
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shall make available electronically to the 
public each report submitted under this sub-
paragraph during the fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to 
provide for the measurement of State perform-
ance on the indicators described in this para-
graph.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 2016. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to increase the 
employment, job retention, and earnings of former TANF 
recipients.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 500 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2952 
[Report No. 114–648] 
A BILL 
To provide payments to States for increasing the 
employment, job retention, and earnings of 
former TANF recipients. 
JUNE 28, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2954 
To designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, 
Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post 
Office, and United States Court House’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2015 
Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. WOMACK, and Mr. HILL) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut 
Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Fed-
eral Building, United States Post Office, and United 
States Court House’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. JACOB TRIEBER FEDERAL BUILDING, UNITED 
STATES POST OFFICE, AND UNITED STATES 
COURT HOUSE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building located at 
617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Federal Building, 
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United States Post Office, and United States Court 
House’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Federal building referred to in subsection 
(a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Jacob 
Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and 
United States Court House’’. 
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elimination of a customs duty under the 
Agreement; and 
(ii) such imports are causing serious 
damage, or actual threat thereof, to the 
domestic industry producing an article like 
or directly competitive with the imported 
article; and 
(B) delay in taking action under this sub-
title would cause damage to that industry that 
would be difficult to repair. 
(2) EXTENT OF PROVISIONAL RELIEF.—If the 
determinations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
paragraph (1) are affirmative, the President shall 
determine the extent of provisional relief that is nec-
essary to remedy or prevent the serious damage. The 
nature of the provisional relief available shall be the 
relief described in subsection (b)(2). Within 30 days 
after making affirmative determinations under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), the Presi-
dent, if the President considers provisional relief to 
be warranted, shall provide, for a period not to ex-
ceed 200 days, such provisional relief that the Presi-
dent considers necessary to remedy or prevent the 
serious damage.
(3) SUSPENSION
OF
LIQUIDATION.—If provi-
sional relief is provided under paragraph (2), the 
President shall order the suspension of liquidation of 
all imported articles subject to the affirmative deter-
minations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (1) that are entered, or withdrawn from ware-
house for consumption, on or after the date of the 
determinations. 
(4) TERMINATION OF PROVISIONAL RELIEF.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any provisional relief 
implemented under this subsection with respect 
to an imported article shall terminate on the 
day on which— 
(i) the President makes a negative de-
termination under subsection (a) regarding 
serious damage or actual threat thereof by 
imports of such article; 
(ii) action described in subsection (b) 
takes effect with respect to such article; 
(iii) a decision by the President not to 
take any action under subsection (b) with 
respect to such article becomes final; or 
(iv) the President determines that, be-
cause of changed circumstances, such relief 
is no longer warranted.
(B) SUSPENSION
OF
LIQUIDATION.—Any 
suspension of liquidation ordered under para-
graph (3) with respect to an imported article 
shall terminate on the day on which provisional 
relief is terminated under subparagraph (A) 
with respect to the article. 
(C) RATES OF DUTY.—If an increase in, or 
the imposition of, a duty that is provided under 
subsection (b) on an imported article is dif-
ferent from a duty increase or imposition that 
was provided for such an article under this sub-
section, then the entry of any such article for 
which liquidation was suspended under para-
graph (3) shall be liquidated at whichever of 
such rates of duty is lower. 
(D) RATE OF DUTY IF PROVISIONAL RE-
LIEF.—If provisional relief is provided under 
this subsection with respect to an imported arti-
cle and neither a duty increase nor a duty im-
position is provided under subsection (b) for 
such article, the entry of any such article for 
which liquidation was suspended under para-
graph (3) shall be liquidated at the rate of duty 
that applied before the provisional relief was 
provided.
IB 
House Calendar No. 54 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2954 
[Report No. 114–247] 
To designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut Street in Helena, 
Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post 
Office, and United States Court House’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2015 
Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. WOMACK, and Mr. HILL) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 
Additional sponsor: Mr. COHEN 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To designate the Federal building located at 617 Walnut 
Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Fed-
eral Building, United States Post Office, and United 
States Court House’’. 
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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. JACOB TRIEBER FEDERAL BUILDING, UNITED 
STATES POST OFFICE, AND UNITED STATES 
COURT HOUSE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building located at 
617 Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Jacob Trieber Federal Building, 
United States Post Office, and United States Court 
House’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the Federal building referred to in subsection 
(a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Jacob 
Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and 
United States Court House’’. 
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House Calendar No. 54 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2954 
[Report No. 114–247] 
A BILL 
To designate the Federal building located at 617 
Walnut Street in Helena, Arkansas, as the 
‘‘Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States 
Post Office, and United States Court House’’. 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2955 
To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
to expand the cause of action relating to the pattern or practice of 
conduct by a governmental authority that deprives a person of rights 
protected by the Constitution to such conduct relating to adults as 
well as juveniles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2015 
Mr. DEUTCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 to expand the cause of action relating to 
the pattern or practice of conduct by a governmental 
authority that deprives a person of rights protected by 
the Constitution to such conduct relating to adults as 
well as juveniles. 
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 ‘‘Right to Counsel and 
Taxpayer Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PATTERN OR PRACTICE LITIGATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 210401(a) of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 14141(a)) is amended— 
(1) after ‘‘responsibility for the administration 
of’’, by striking ‘‘juvenile justice’’ and inserting 
‘‘criminal justice, juvenile justice,’’; and 
(2) after ‘‘or the incarceration of’’, by striking 
‘‘juveniles’’ and inserting ‘‘persons (including juve-
niles)’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 210401(b) of 
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘para-
graph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2957 
To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2015 
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation 
Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF NEOTROPICAL MIGRA-
TORY BIRD CONSERVATION ACT. 
The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act is 
amended— 
(1) in section 9(c)(2) (16 U.S.C. 6108(c)(2)), 
by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’; and 
(2) in section 10 (16 U.S.C. 6109)— 
(A) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund to carry out 
this Act $6,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 
2020, to remain available until expended, of which not less 
than 75 percent of the amounts made available for each 
fiscal year shall be expended for projects carried out out-
side the United States.’’; and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (c) and 
(d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively. 
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