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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3687
To amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide a civil remedy
for the request or receipt of protected records for a nonroutine use
by any person within the Executive Offices of the President, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 20, 1996
Mr. BARR of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, 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 amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide
a civil remedy for the request or receipt of protected
records for a nonroutine use by any person within the
Executive Offices of the President, 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. POPULAR TITLE.—This bill may be re-
ferred to as ‘‘The White House Accountability Act of
1996’’.
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SEC. 2. (a) Section 552a of title 5 of the United
States Code is amended by redesignating subsections (g)
through (v) as (h) through (w) and adding a new sub-
section (g) to read as follows:
‘‘(g) 
REQUEST
OR
RECEIPT
OF
PROTECTED
RECORDS BY PERSONS WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no person within the Executive Office of the
President shall request or receive from the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation records which contain individually
identifiable information the disclosure of which is prohib-
ited by this section or by rules or regulations established
thereunder, unless obtaining such record is for a purpose
which is compatible with the purpose for which it was col-
lected.’’
(b) Section 1905 of title 18 of the United States Code
is amended by inserting in the first sentence the following
words immediately preceding the word ‘‘publishes,’’: ‘‘or
person within the Executive Office of the President,’’.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.—Section (h)(1) is amended by
adding at the end thereto the following: ‘‘For purposes
of section (g), the individual may bring a civil action
against any person in the Executive Office of the Presi-
dent, and the district court of the United States for the
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District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction in the matters
under the provisions of this subsection.’’
SEC. 4. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—An action to en-
force any liability created under section 2(a) may be
brought within four years of the events giving rise to the
cause of action.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this section shall apply to any request or receipt of
records by a person within the Executive Office of the
President on or after January 20, 1993.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3688
To require that 401(k)-type pension plans be subject to the same prohibited
transaction rules that apply to traditional defined benefit pension plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 20, 1996
Mr. CONDIT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
A BILL
To require that 401(k)-type pension plans be subject to
the same prohibited transaction rules that apply to tradi-
tional defined benefit pension plans.
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 ‘‘401(k) Pension Protec-
tion Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. CERTAIN PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS APPLIED TO
401(k) PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 407(d)
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1107(d)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ‘‘Such term also excludes an indi-
vidual account plan that includes a qualified cash or de-
ferred arrangement described in section 401(k) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986, if such plan, together with
all other individual account plans maintained by the em-
ployer, owns more than 10 percent of the assets owned
by all pension plans maintained by the employer. For pur-
poses of the preceding sentence, the assets of such plan
subject to participant control (within the meaning of sec-
tion 404(c)) shall not be taken into account.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION RULE.—
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in
paragraph (2), the amendment made by this section
shall apply to plans on and after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(2) TRANSITION
RULE
FOR
PLANS
HOLDING
EXCESS SECURITIES OR PROPERTY.—In the case of
a plan which on the date of the enactment of this
Act has holdings of employer securities and employer
real property (as defined in section 407(d) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1107(d)) in excess of the amount speci-
fied in such section 407, the amendment made by
this section shall apply to any acquisition of such se-
curities and property on or after such date of enact-
ment, but shall not apply to the specific holdings
which constitute such excess during the period of
such excess.
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IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 272 
Honoring the Drug Enforcement Administration on the occasion of its 40th 
anniversary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2013 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. KING 
of New York, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. PIERLUISI, 
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. PETERSON) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the Drug Enforcement Administration on the 
occasion of its 40th anniversary. 
Whereas the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was 
created by an Executive order on July 1, 1973, and given 
the responsibility to coordinate all activities of the Fed-
eral Government directly related to the enforcement of 
the Nation’s drug laws; 
Whereas the men and women of DEA have served our Nation 
with courage, vision, and determination that protects 
Americans from the scourge of drug trafficking, drug 
abuse, and related violence; 
Whereas DEA has refined the tactics and methods that tar-
gets the most dangerous drug trafficking organizations in 
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IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 296 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that before the United 
States ends its commitment in Afghanistan and United States involve-
ment in the conflict draws to a close, the Nation needs to ensure 
no one is left behind and all members of the United States Armed 
Forces are accounted for. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2013 
Mr. PETERS of California submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
before the United States ends its commitment in Afghan-
istan and United States involvement in the conflict draws 
to a close, the Nation needs to ensure no one is left 
behind and all members of the United States Armed 
Forces are accounted for. 
Whereas on July 7, 2013, the war in Afghanistan will enter 
its 142nd month; 
Whereas as of April 30, 2013, a total of 776,055 members 
of the United States Armed Forces have deployed to Af-
ghanistan and spent most of their tour there; 
Whereas in June 2011, President Barack Obama announced 
his plan to begin the withdrawal of United States troops 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3689
To amend the international narcotics control program under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to establish an additional certification standard
for certain illicit drug producing countries and drug-transit countries
and to establish an additional reporting requirement under that program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 20, 1996
Mr. HAMILTON (for himself, Mr. SHAW, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr.
JOHNSTON of Florida, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey,
Mr. WYNN, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. FRAZER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To amend the international narcotics control program under
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish an addi-
tional certification standard for certain illicit drug pro-
ducing countries and drug-transit countries and to estab-
lish an additional reporting requirement under that pro-
gram.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR INTER-
NATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL.
Subparagraph (A) of section 490(b)(1) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j(b)(1)(A)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A)(i) during the previous year the coun-
try has cooperated fully with the United States,
or has taken adequate steps on its own, to
achieve full compliance with the goals and ob-
jectives established by the United Nations Con-
vention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances; or
‘‘(ii) with respect to the requirement to
vote against multilateral development bank as-
sistance pursuant to subsection (a)(2), during
the previous year the country has taken sub-
stantial steps, but has been unable, to fully co-
operate with the United States, or has taken
substantial, but inadequate, steps on its own, to
achieve full compliance with the goals and ob-
jectives established by the United Nations Con-
vention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs
and Psychotropic Substances; or’’.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CON-
TROL REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
Section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2291h) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(c) 
ANNUAL
REPORTS
ON
CERTIFICATION
GOALS.—Not later than June 1 of each year, the Sec-
retary of State, in consultation with appropriate United
States Government agencies, shall report to the appro-
priate committees of the Congress on the list of objectives,
as agreed to by the United States Government and each
major illicit drug producing country and major drug-tran-
sit country, that each of those countries must meet for
the current calendar year for purposes of certifying each
such country pursuant to section 490(b), or for recertify-
ing each such country pursuant to section 490(f), as the
case may be.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 368
To amend title 38, United States Code, to add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma
to the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected for certain
radiation-exposed veterans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to add bronchiolo-
alveolar carcinoma to the list of diseases presumed to
be
service-connected
for
certain
radiation-exposed
veterans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PRESUMPTION THAT BRONCHIOLO-ALVEOLAR
CARCINOMA IS SERVICE-CONNECTED.
Section 1112(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3690
To limit the types of commercial nonpostal services which may be offered
by the United States Postal Service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 20, 1996
Mr. HUNTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To limit the types of commercial nonpostal services which
may be offered by the United States Postal Service.
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 ‘‘Postal Service Core
Business Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the United States Postal Service is a quasi-
government corporation and receives certain benefits
and privileges pursuant to that status;
(2) the United States Postal Service has a stat-
utory monopoly on the delivery of letters;
(3) economic development should be promoted
through small business enhancement; and
(4) the United States Postal Service has re-
cently entered into direct competition with private
companies in the offering of commercial nonpostal
services.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ACTIVITIES ALLOWABLE.
(a) POSTAL POLICY.—Section 101 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(h)(1) The Postal Service may not make available
to the public any commercial nonpostal service except if
or to the extent that such service was made available na-
tionwide by the Postal Service to the public (whether
under the Domestic Mail Manual or otherwise) as of Janu-
ary 1, 1994.
‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term
‘commercial nonpostal service’ includes such services as
volume retail photocopying, packaging services (including
gift-wrapping services), notary public services, and the
sale of office supplies.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered—
‘‘(A) to affect any governmental function or
services in support of any governmental function; or
‘‘(B) to be applicable to the extent contrary to
statute or any treaty or international agreement.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall take effect 4 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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III 
House Calendar No. 36 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 277 
[Report No. 113–132] 
Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from 
the Ninth Congressional District of Tennessee. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2013 
Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, from the Committee on House Administration, re-
ported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar 
and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Rep-
resentative from the Ninth Congressional District of Ten-
nessee. 
Resolved, That the election contest relating to the of-
fice of Representative from the Ninth Congressional Dis-
trict of Tennessee is dismissed. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 277 
[Report No. 113–132] 
RESOLUTION 
Dismissing the election contest relating to the office 
of Representative from the Ninth Congressional 
District of Tennessee. 
JUNE 26, 2013 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3034
AN ACT
To amend section 13031 of the Consolidated Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, relating
to customs user fees, to allow the use of such
fees to provide for customs inspectional personnel
in connection with the arrival of passengers in
Florida, and for other purposes.
that it is environmentally preferable to in-kind
compensation.
‘‘(E) IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.—
‘‘(i) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary
shall develop a State-by-State implementa-
tion strategy and report its findings and
conclusions to Congress and the public
within 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection. Such strategy
shall be used, in part, to assist the Sec-
retary in proposing and promulgating reg-
ulations under this subsection.
‘‘(ii) 
REVIEW.—In 
developing 
the
strategy, the Secretary shall examine the
progress of pending applications to estab-
lish mitigation banks under prior guidance
documents, identify reasons for delay of
any such application pending for more
than 6 months, and report alternatives to
streamline the processing of future applica-
tions.
‘‘(iii) 
IDENTIFICATION
OF
WET-
LANDS.—In developing the strategy, the
Secretary shall seek to identify, in con-
sultation with the appropriate agency of
each State, substantial acreage of degraded
wetlands which need significant physical
alteration to the current hydrology in order
to substantially recover their natural wet-
lands functions. Of the tracts of wetlands
so identified, the study shall identify those
where physical restoration work through
private mitigation banking could begin in
the next 3, 5, and 10 years.
‘‘(iv) TRIENNIAL
REPORTS
TO
CON-
GRESS.—Not later than 4 years after the
date of the enactment of this subsection,
and every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary
shall make a written report to Congress
about the progress of restoring the tracts
of degraded wetlands identified in the ini-
tial report. The progress report shall first
be issued in draft form, and the Secretary
shall receive comments from the public
about the accuracy of the information con-
tained in the draft progress report, for 60
days. The final version of the progress re-
port shall be revised after consideration of
the public comments and submitted to
Congress not later than 90 days after the
close of the comment period.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3693
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a capital loss deduction
with respect to the sale or exchange of a principal residence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 20, 1996
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. GILMAN, and Mr. SHAYS) 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 allow a
capital loss deduction with respect to the sale or ex-
change of a principal residence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CAPITAL LOSS DEDUCTION ALLOWED WITH RE-
SPECT TO SALE OR EXCHANGE OF PRINCIPAL
RESIDENCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 165 (re-
lating to limitation on losses of individuals) is amended
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2), by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘;
and’’, and by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(4) losses arising from the sale or exchange of
the principal residence (within the meaning of sec-
tion 1034) of the taxpayer.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to sales and exchanges after the
date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable years ending
after such date.
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House Calendar No. 37 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 278 
[Report No. 113–133] 
Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from 
the Forty Third Congressional District of California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2013 
Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, from the Committee on House Administration, re-
ported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar 
and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Rep-
resentative from the Forty Third Congressional District 
of California. 
Resolved, That the election contest relating to the of-
fice of Representative from the Forty Third Congressional 
District of California is dismissed. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 278 
[Report No. 113–133] 
RESOLUTION 
Dismissing the election contest relating to the office 
of Representative from the Forty Third Congres-
sional District of California. 
JUNE 26, 2013 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3694
To prohibit insurers from offering monetary rewards, penalties, or induce-
ments to licensed health care practitioners on the basis of the health
care practitioners’ decisions to limit the availability of appropriate medi-
cal tests, services, or treatments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 20, 1996
Mr. NADLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To prohibit insurers from offering monetary rewards, pen-
alties, or inducements to licensed health care practition-
ers on the basis of the health care practitioners’ decisions
to limit the availability of appropriate medical tests, serv-
ices, or treatments.
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 ‘‘Health Care Integrity
Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. REGULATIONS TO DETER REWARDS, PENALTIES OR
INDUCEMENTS TO LICENSED HEALTH CARE
PRACTITIONERS.
(a) PROMULGATION
OF REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate
regulations to ensure that an insurer not offer monetary
rewards, penalties, or inducements to a licensed health
care practitioner, or condition the continued participation
of a licensed health care practitioner in a plan on the basis
of the health care practitioner’s decisions to limit the
availability of appropriate medical tests, services, or treat-
ments.
(b) PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.—
(1) PENALTIES.—An insurer that violates the
regulations described in subsection (a) shall be sub-
ject to a civil money penalty in an amount to be de-
termined by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The provisions of section
1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–
7a) (other than subsections (a) and (b)) shall apply
to civil money penalties under this section in the
same manner as they apply to a penalty or proceed-
ing under section 1128A(a) of such Act.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) INSURER.—The term ‘‘insurer’’ means an
insurance company, insurance service, or insurance
organization licensed to engage in the business of in-
surance in a State, and a health maintenance orga-
nization.
(2) HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.—The term
‘‘health insurance coverage’’ means any hospital or
medical service policy or certificate, hospital or medi-
cal service plan contract, or health maintenance or-
ganization contract offered by an insurer.
(3) HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘health plan’’
means a plan that provides health insurance cov-
erage.
(4) LICENSED HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER.—
The term ‘‘licensed health care practitioner’’ has the
meaning given such term in section 431(6) of the
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986
(Public Law 99–660; 42 U.S.C. 11151(6)).
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, and Guam.
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