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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4007 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement, upon the request of a law enforcement offi-
cial, to make a prompt determination of whether to issue a detainer 
in the case of an alien arrested for a violation of Federal, State, or 
local law. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, upon the 
request of a law enforcement official, to make a prompt 
determination of whether to issue a detainer in the case 
of an alien arrested for a violation of Federal, State, 
or local law. 
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 ‘‘Assuring Law Enforce-
ment Requests Are Timely Evaluated by the Department 
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of Homeland Security Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘ALERTED 
Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF ISSUANCE OF DETAINER. 
Section 287(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(d)) is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘relating to controlled 
substances’’. 
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HR 4766 RFS 
culture, including support personnel of the Department of 
Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 
programs. 
SEC. 749. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appropriations 
available to the Secretary for activities authorized under 
sections 426–426c of title 7, United States Code, under 
this or any other Act, to enter into cooperative agree-
ments, with a State, political subdivision, or agency there-
of, a public or private agency, organization, or any other 
person, to lease aircraft if the Secretary determines that 
the objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual 
interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out 
the programs administered by the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services; and (2) all 
parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of 
these objectives; award of a cooperative agreement author-
ized by the Secretary may be made for an initial term not 
to exceed 5 years. 
SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 9010 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of 
$100,000,000.
HR 4766 RFS 
SEC. 751. The matter under the heading ‘‘Rural 
Community Advancement Program’’ in division A—Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations, 
2004, title III—Rural Development Programs, in Public 
Law 108–199 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,750,000 shall 
be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 
1921 et seq.); and not less than $2,000,000 shall be avail-
able for grants in accordance with section 310B(f) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and not less than $2,000,000 shall be available 
for grants in accordance with section 310B(f) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated in this ac-
count, $1,750,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Re-
gional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any Rural 
Community Advancement Program purpose’’. 
SEC. 752. Of the unobligated balances available in 
the Rural Housing Assistance Grant Program account, 
$1,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 753. Of the unobligated balances available in 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program account, 
$3,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 754. Funds made available under section 1240I 
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 in
(1) Strong academic health centers are essential 
to a vigorous clinical research enterprise. 
(2) Breakthroughs in basic biomedical sciences 
over the past 5 decades have provided an unprece-
dented supply of information for improving human 
health and preventing disease. 
(3) Translating the information gained through 
these basic discoveries into knowledge that will im-
pact clinical practice and ultimately human health 
requires strong clinical research institutions. 
(4) Without a sound infrastructure to accom-
plish this translation in a systematic and coherent 
way, the sum of data and information produced by 
the basic science enterprise will not result in tangible 
public benefit. 
(5) The clinical research environment is in-
creasingly encumbered by facility decay, incompat-
ible databases, shortage of qualified investigators, 
rising costs, inadequate funding, and mounting un-
reimbursed regulatory burdens such as human sub-
ject research protections and additional record-keep-
ing requirements under the Health Insurance Port-
ability and Accountability Act of 1996. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act:
SECTION 1. ED PASTOR POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in 
Phoenix, Arizona, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Ed Pastor Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Of-
fice’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4010 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 522 North Central Avenue 
in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Of-
fice’’.
H. R. 4010 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 522 North 
Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ED PASTOR POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4010 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona, as the ‘‘Ed Pastor 
Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. GOSAR, Mrs. 
KIRKPATRICK, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Ari-
zona, as the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ED PASTOR POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in 
Phoenix, Arizona, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Ed Pastor Post Office’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Of-
fice’’. 
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4010 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 22, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 522 North Central Avenue in Phoenix, Ari-
zona, as the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Office’’. 
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. ED PASTOR POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 522 North Central Avenue in 
Phoenix, Arizona, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Ed Pastor Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Ed Pastor Post Of-
fice’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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that are otherwise provided security screening conducted by 
the Transportation Security Administration. 
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(3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graphs (1) and (2), no grant under section 
100(a) shall exceed the amount necessary to 
provide a meaningful educational opportunity to 
every student who attends a targeted school in 
such State (as determined annually by the Sec-
retary using an evidence-based cost analysis 
model). 
(B) REDUCTION.—If, with respect to any 
State, it is determined that the amount of a 
grant under section 100(a) plus the amount of 
Federal and local funding for public education 
provided to the targeted schools in such State 
for such year exceeds the amount necessary to 
provide such meaningful educational oppor-
tunity, the amount of the grant under section 
100(a) shall be reduced until the combination of 
such other funding for public education and the 
amount of the grant under section 100(a) does 
not exceed the cost of providing such meaning-
ful educational opportunity. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall award a 
grant under section 100(a) to an eligible State not later 
than 120 days after the Secretary receives a certification 
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(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of the veterans who have 
benefitted from advice through the nurse advice 
line under the pilot program, including the loca-
tions of the veterans served. 
(B) A description of any impediments to 
the Secretary in carrying out the pilot program. 
(C) A description of any impediments en-
countered by individuals in seeking advice or 
services through the nurse advice line under the 
pilot program. 
(D) An assessment of the feasibility and 
advisability of expanding the pilot program to 
include more veterans. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HIGHLY RURAL AREA.—The term ‘‘highly 
rural area’’ means an area located in a county or 
similar community that has less than seven individ-
uals residing in that county or community per 
square mile. 
(2) RURAL
AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ 
means an area that is not an urbanized area or a 
highly rural area. 
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(3) URBANIZED AREA.—The term ‘‘urbanized 
area’’ has the meaning given that term by the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of the Census. 
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(2) REPORTING OF DATA.—Each eligible entity 
receiving a grant under this Act shall disaggregate 
the information required under paragraph (1) in the 
same manner as information is disaggregated under 
section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(h)(1)(C)(i)). 
(3) EVALUATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity re-
ceiving a grant under this Act shall, imme-
diately after the receipt of grant funds, enter 
into a contract with an outside evaluator to en-
able the evaluator to conduct— 
(i) an evaluation of the effects of the 
grant after the third year of implementa-
tion of the grant, including the perform-
ance indicators described in paragraph (1); 
and 
(ii) an evaluation of the effects on the 
grant after the final year of the grant pe-
riod, including the performance indicators 
described in paragraph (1). 
(B) DISTRIBUTION.—Upon completion of 
an evaluation described in subparagraph (A), 
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(E) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(F) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(G) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(H) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
(I) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
(J) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
(K) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(L) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) The term ‘‘refugee applicant of special in-
terest’’ means any alien applying for admission to 
the United States as a refugee who— 
(A) is a national or resident of Iraq or 
Syria; 
(B) has no nationality and whose last ha-
bitual residence was in Iraq or Syria; 
(C) has been present in Iraq or Syria at 
any time on or after March 1, 2011; or 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4015 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to authorize and support 
the creation of cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment 
materials and resources by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the dissemi-
nation of such materials and resources by State educational agencies 
to identify more at-risk families. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to 
authorize and support the creation of cardiomyopathy 
education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and 
resources by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices through the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion and the dissemination of such materials and re-
sources by State educational agencies to identify more 
at-risk families. 
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 ‘‘Cardiomyopathy 
Health Education, Awareness, Risk Assessment, and 
Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO INCREASE EDU-
CATION 
AND 
AWARENESS 
OF 
CARDIO-
MYOPATHY AMONG SCHOOL ADMINISTRA-
TORS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES. 
Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 399V–6. MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO INCREASE 
EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF CARDIO-
MYOPATHY AMONG SCHOOL ADMINISTRA-
TORS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES. 
‘‘(a) MATERIALS AND RESOURCES.—Not later than 
18 months after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary, in conjunction with the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Director’) and in consultation with na-
tional patient advocacy and health professional organiza-
tions expert in all forms of cardiomyopathy, shall develop 
public education and awareness materials and resources 
to be disseminated to school administrators, educators, 
school health professionals, coaches, families, and other 
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appropriate individuals. The materials and resources shall 
include— 
‘‘(1) background information to increase edu-
cation and awareness of cardiomyopathy among 
school administrators, educators, and families; 
‘‘(2) a cardiomyopathy risk assessment work-
sheet for use by parents, guardians, or other care-
givers; 
‘‘(3) guidelines regarding the placement of 
automated external defibrillators in schools and child 
care centers; 
‘‘(4) training information on automated exter-
nal defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; 
and 
‘‘(5) recommendations for how schools and child 
care centers can develop and implement a cardiac 
emergency response plan. 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT
OF
MATERIALS
AND
RE-
SOURCES.—The Secretary, through the Director, shall de-
velop and update as necessary and appropriate the mate-
rials and resources under subsection (a) and, in support 
of such effort, the Secretary is encouraged to— 
‘‘(1) establish an advisory panel composed of— 
‘‘(A) representatives from multiple national 
patient advocacy organizations and medical pro-
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4014 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a distracted driving 
education grant program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a 
distracted driving education grant program, 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 ‘‘Distracted Driving 
Education Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DISTRACTED DRIVING EDUCATION GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than October 1, 
2016, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish a 
distracted driving education grant program. 
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(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the pro-
gram established under subsection (a), the Secretary may 
make a grant, on a competitive basis, to a nonprofit orga-
nization. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—A grant made under sub-
section (b) shall be used to provide education to the public 
regarding the risks of distracted driving, including texting 
or otherwise using a personal wireless communications de-
vice while driving. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant made 
under subsection (b), a nonprofit organization shall sub-
mit to the Secretary an application in such form, at such 
time, and containing such information as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to make 
grants under subsection (b) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2017 and 2018. 
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H. R. 2015—169
‘‘(G) DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL RATE.—The Secretary
shall compute for each skilled nursing facility for each
fiscal year (beginning with the initial period described in
subparagraph (E)(i)) an adjusted Federal per diem rate
equal to the unadjusted Federal per diem rate determined
under subparagraph (E), as adjusted under subparagraph
(F), and as further adjusted as follows:
‘‘(i) ADJUSTMENT
FOR
CASE
MIX.—The Secretary
shall provide for an appropriate adjustment to account
for case mix. Such adjustment shall be based on a
resident classification system, established by the Sec-
retary, that accounts for the relative resource utiliza-
tion of different patient types. The case mix adjustment
shall be based on resident assessment data and other
data that the Secretary considers appropriate.
‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENT FOR GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS IN
LABOR COSTS.—The Secretary shall adjust the portion
of such per diem rate attributable to wages and wage-
related costs for the area in which the facility is located
compared to the national average of such costs using
an appropriate wage index as determined by the Sec-
retary. Such adjustment shall be done in a manner
that does not result in aggregate payments under this
subsection that are greater or less than those that
would otherwise be made if such adjustment had not
been made.
‘‘(H) PUBLICATION
OF
INFORMATION
ON
PER
DIEM
RATES.—The Secretary shall provide for publication in the
Federal Register, before May 1, 1998 (with respect to fiscal
period described in subparagraph (E)(i)) and before the
August 1 preceding each succeeding fiscal year (with
respect to that succeeding fiscal year), of—
‘‘(i) the unadjusted Federal per diem rates to be
applied to days of covered skilled nursing facility serv-
ices furnished during the fiscal year,
‘‘(ii) the case mix classification system to be applied
under subparagraph (G)(i) with respect to such services
during the fiscal year, and
‘‘(iii) the factors to be applied in making the area
wage adjustment under subparagraph (G)(ii) with
respect to such services.
‘‘(5) SKILLED NURSING FACILITY MARKET BASKET INDEX AND
PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of this subsection:
‘‘(A) SKILLED
NURSING
FACILITY
MARKET
BASKET
INDEX.—The Secretary shall establish a skilled nursing
facility market basket index that reflects changes over
time in the prices of an appropriate mix of goods and
services included in covered skilled nursing facility services.
‘‘(B) SKILLED
NURSING
FACILITY
MARKET
BASKET
PERCENTAGE.—The term ‘skilled nursing facility market
basket percentage’ means, for a fiscal year or other annual
period and as calculated by the Secretary, the percentage
change in the skilled nursing facility market basket index
(established under subparagraph (A)) from the midpoint
of the prior fiscal year (or period) to the midpoint of the
fiscal year (or other period) involved.