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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 2136
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey, at fair market value,
certain properties in Clark County, Nevada, to persons who purchased
adjacent properties in good faith reliance on land surveys that were
subsequently determined to be inaccurate.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 10, 1997
Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. GIBBONS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey, at fair
market value, certain properties in Clark County, Ne-
vada, to persons who purchased adjacent properties in
good faith reliance on land surveys that were subse-
quently determined to be inaccurate.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) certain landowners who own property adja-
cent to land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in the North Decatur Boulevard area of
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4292 
To provide for research and the testing of innovative health care delivery 
models to improve medication adherence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2015 
Mrs. NOEM (for herself and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for research and the testing of innovative health 
care delivery models to improve medication adherence, 
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 ‘‘Synchronization & 
Nonadherence Correction (SYNC) Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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Las Vegas, Nevada, bordering on North Las Vegas,
have been adversely affected by certain erroneous
private land surveys that the landowners believed
were accurate;
(2) the landowners have occupied or improved
their property in good faith reliance on the erro-
neous surveys of the properties;
(3) the landowners believed that their entitle-
ment to occupancy was finally adjudicated by a
Judgment and Decree entered by the Eighth Judi-
cial District Court of Nevada on October 26, 1989;
(4) errors in the private surveys were discovered
in connection with a dependent resurvey and section
subdivision conducted by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in 1990, which established accurate bound-
aries between certain Federally owned properties
and private properties; and
(5) the Secretary has authority to sell, and it
is appropriate that the Secretary should sell, at fair
market value, the properties described in section
2(b) to the adversely affected landowners.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTIES.
(a) PURCHASE OFFERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the city of Las
Vegas, Nevada, on behalf of the owners of real prop-
erty located adjacent to the properties described in
subsection (b), may submit to the Secretary of the
Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau
of Land Management (referred to in this Act as the
‘‘Secretary’’), a written offer to purchase the prop-
erties.
(2) INFORMATION TO ACCOMPANY OFFER.—An
offer under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied
by—
(A) a description of each property offered
to be purchased;
(B) information relating to the claim of
ownership of the property based on an erro-
neous land survey; and
(C) such other information as the Sec-
retary may require.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES.—The properties
described in this subsection, containing 68.60 acres, more
or less, are—
(1) Government lots 22, 23, 26, and 27 in sec.
18, T. 19 S., R 61 E., Mount Diablo Meridian;
(2) Government lots 20, 21, and 24 in sec. 19,
T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount Diablo Meridian; and
(1) Between one-half and two-thirds of patients 
with chronic diseases in the United States do not 
take medications as prescribed. 
(2) Low rates of medication adherence result in 
higher health care costs, reduced effectiveness of 
health care treatments and regimens, negative health 
effects for patients, and tens of thousands of deaths 
on an annual basis. 
(3) Medication adherence may be lowest among 
patients with chronic diseases. 
(4) Improving medication adherence would re-
duce unnecessary hospital admissions and emergency 
room visits. 
(5) Nonadherence is estimated to cost the 
United 
States 
health 
care 
system 
over 
$100,000,000,000 each year. 
(6) Improving medication adherence could im-
prove patient health outcomes, reduce health care 
costs, and lead to productivity gains. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘applicable individual’’ means an 
applicable 
individual 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
1115A(a)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act, 42 
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U.S.C. 1315(a)(4)(A)) who has been prescribed 2 or 
more chronic care medications. 
(2) The term ‘‘medication adherence’’ means a 
patient taking medications according to the pre-
scribed dosage, time, frequency, and direction. 
(3) The term ‘‘medication wastage’’ means, 
with respect to a medication, a switch of the medica-
tion or strength of the medication within the same 
therapeutic class that occurs before the expected re-
fill date. 
(4) The term ‘‘persistence’’ means the act of 
continuing treatment with a medication for the pre-
scribed duration. 
(5) The term ‘‘primary nonadherence’’ means 
the failure to pickup a newly prescribed medication 
from a pharmacy. 
(6) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
(7) The term ‘‘synchronization’’ means the co-
ordination of medication refills for a patient taking 
two or more chronic medications such that the pa-
tient’s medications are refilled on the same schedule 
for a given time period. 
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(3) Government lot 1 in sec. 24, T. 19 S., R.
60 E., Mount Diablo Meridian.
(c) CONVEYANCE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the condition
stated in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall convey
to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to the properties
offered to be purchased under subsection (a) on pay-
ment by the city of the fair market value of the
properties, based on an appraisal of the fair market
value as of December 1, 1982, approved by the Sec-
retary.
(2) CONDITION.—Properties shall be conveyed
under paragraph (1) subject to the condition that
the city convey the properties to the landowners who
were adversely affected by reliance on erroneous sur-
veys as described in section 1.
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ter involved will use the grant only for the following pur-
poses: 
(1) To defray the costs of unfunded Federal re-
quirements for the protection of human research 
subjects, including the costs of complying with the 
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 
of 1996 (Pub. Law 104–191) and maintaining insti-
tutional review boards. 
(2) To support activities leading to innovative 
ways to meet the requirements described in para-
graph (1) in an efficient and cost effective manner. 
(c) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount appropriated to 
carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Director shall 
allocate such appropriated amount among the eligible aca-
demic health centers receiving a grant under this section 
in an amount that bears the same relation to such appro-
priated amount as the investment in clinical research of 
the grantee involved bears to the total investment in clin-
ical research of all grantees under this section. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—To seek a grant under this sec-
tion, an eligible academic health center shall submit an 
application to the Director in such manner, at such time, 
and containing such information and assurances as the 
Director may require.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2137
To require the review of all Federal departments and agencies and their
programs, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 10, 1997
Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to
the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require the review of all Federal departments and
agencies and their programs, 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 ‘‘Federal Agency Sunset
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. REVIEW OF DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Each Executive department,
each Executive agency, and each program of each such
department and agency shall be reviewed every 7 years
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after the first review which shall be conducted as deter-
mined under subsection (b). A department, agency, and
program shall be reviewed to determine if there is a con-
tinued need for the department, agency, or program.
(b) REVIEW PROCEDURE.—An Executive department
or agency and its programs shall be reviewed by the com-
mittees of the House of Representatives and the Senate
which have legislative jurisdiction over the department,
agency, or program. Within 90 days of the date of the
enactment of this Act, all the committees of the House
of Representatives and all the committees of the Senate
shall jointly determine when the first review under sub-
section (a) shall be initiated. All such first reviews shall
be completed before the expiration of 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(c) AUTHORIZATIONS.—After the first review con-
ducted by the committees, no authorization of appropria-
tions for an Executive department, Executive agency, or
Executive department or agency program which was re-
viewed may be enacted after the expiration of the time
period for the subsequent review unless such review has
been completed. The same limitation on authorizations of
appropriation shall apply with respect to all subsequent
reviews.
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(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
terms ‘‘Executive department’’ and ‘‘Executive agency’’
have the meaning given such terms by sections 101 and
105 of title 5, United States Code.
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall de-
termine whether a candidate has met the require-
ments of this section and, based on the determina-
tion, issue a certification stating whether the can-
didate is an eligible Congressional candidate.
‘‘(2) TIME
FOR
CERTIFICATION.—Not later
than 7 business days after a candidate files a dec-
laration under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection
(a), the Commission shall certify whether the can-
didate is an eligible Congressional candidate.
‘‘(3) REVOCATION.—The Commission shall re-
voke a certification under paragraph (1), based on
information submitted in such form and manner as
the Commission may require or on information that
comes to the Commission by other means, if the
Commission determines that a candidate violates the
personal funds expenditure limit.
‘‘(4) DETERMINATIONS
BY
COMMISSION.—A
determination made by the Commission under this
subsection shall be final, except to the extent that
the determination is subject to examination and
audit by the Commission and to judicial review.
‘‘(d) PENALTY.—If the Commission revokes the cer-
tification of an eligible Congressional candidate—
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 2138
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the use
of biological monitoring and whole effluent toxicity tests in connection
with publicly owned treatment works, municipal separate storm sewer
systems, and municipal combined sewer overflows, including control facili-
ties, and other wet weather control facilities, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 10, 1997
Mr. HEFLEY (for himself, Mr. PASTOR, and Mr. GALLEGLY) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to pro-
vide for the use of biological monitoring and whole efflu-
ent toxicity tests in connection with publicly owned treat-
ment works, municipal separate storm sewer systems,
and municipal combined sewer overflows, including con-
trol facilities, and other wet weather control facilities,
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 ‘‘Municipal Biological
Monitoring Use Act’’.
SEC. 2. BIOLOGICAL MONITORING AT PUBLICLY OWNED
TREATMENT WORKS, MUNICIPAL SEPARATE
STORM SEWER SYSTEMS, AND MUNICIPAL
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS, INCLUDING
CONTROL 
FACILITIES, 
AND 
OTHER 
WET
WEATHER CONTROL FACILITIES.
(a) BIOLOGICAL MONITORING CRITERIA.—Section
303(c)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1313(c)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking the period at the end and
inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided, That for
publicly owned treatment works, municipal sep-
arate storm sewer systems, and municipal com-
bined sewer overflows, including control facili-
ties, and other wet weather control facilities,
nothing in this Act shall be construed to au-
thorize the use of water quality standards or
permit effluent limitations which result in the
finding of a violation upon failure of whole ef-
fluent toxicity tests or biological monitoring
tests.’’; and
A BILL 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 to ensure that retirement investors receive advice 
in their best interests, and for other purposes. 
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(d) IMPORTER ASSESSMENT.—Section 113(g) of the
Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C.
4504(g)) is amended—
(1) by designating the first through fifth sen-
tences as paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) IMPORTERS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The order shall pro-
vide that each importer of imported dairy prod-
ucts shall pay an assessment to the Board in
the manner prescribed by the order.
‘‘(B) RATE.—The rate of assessment on
imported dairy products shall be determined in
the same manner as the rate of assessment per
hundredweight or the equivalent of milk.
‘‘(C) VALUE OF PRODUCTS.—For the pur-
pose of determining the assessment on imported
dairy products under subparagraph (B), the
value to be placed on imported dairy products
shall be established by the Secretary in a fair
and equitable manner.’’.
(e) RECORDS.—Section 113(k) of the Dairy Produc-
tion Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(k)) is
amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘person receiv-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 2139
To amend the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to ensure that
all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program
contribute to the cost of the program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 10, 1997
Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983
to ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy
promotion and research program contribute to the cost
of the 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 ‘‘Dairy Promotion Fair-
ness Act’’.
SEC. 2. FUNDING OF DAIRY PROMOTION AND RESEARCH
PROGRAM.
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 110(b) of
the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C.
4501(b)) is amended in the first sentence—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘commercial use’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and on imported dairy products’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘products produced in the
United States.’’ and inserting ‘‘products.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 111 of the Dairy Produc-
tion Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4502) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in subsection (l), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(m) the term ‘imported dairy product’ means
any dairy product that is imported into the United
States, including dairy products imported into the
United States in the form of—
‘‘(1) milk and cream and fresh and dried
dairy products;
‘‘(2) butter and butterfat mixtures;
‘‘(3) cheese; and
‘‘(4) casein and mixtures; and
‘‘(n) the term ‘importer’ means a person that
imports an imported dairy product into the United
States.’’.
(c) CONTINGENT REPRESENTATION OF IMPORTERS
ON BOARD.—Section 113(b) of the Dairy Production Sta-
bilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(b)) is amended—
(1) by designating the first through ninth sen-
tences as paragraphs (1) through (5) and para-
graphs (7) through (10), respectively;
(2) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by
striking ‘‘Members’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (6), the members’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so des-
ignated) the following:
‘‘(6) IMPORTERS.—If representation of import-
ers of imported dairy products is required on the
Board by another law or a treaty to which the
United States is a party, the Secretary shall appoint
not more than two members who are representatives
of importers. The members appointed under this
paragraph shall be in addition to the total number
of members appointed under paragraph (2) and
shall be appointed from nominations submitted by
importers under such procedures as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.’’.
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘importer of imported dairy products,
each person receiving’’.
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defined in section 1a of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a)), or security- 
based swap (as defined in section 3(a) of 
the Securities Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 
78c(a)))), but only if— 
‘‘(I) the plan is represented, in 
connection with such transaction, by a 
plan fiduciary who is independent of 
the person providing the information, 
and, except in the case of a swap or 
security-based swap, independent of 
the plan sponsor; and 
‘‘(II) prior to entering into such 
transaction, the independent plan fi-
duciary represents in writing to the 
person providing the information that 
it is aware that the person has a fi-
nancial interest in the transaction and 
that it has determined that the person 
is not intending to provide investment 
advice within the meaning of this sub-
paragraph or to otherwise act as a fi-
duciary to the plan, plan participants, 
or plan beneficiaries. 
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(6) Similarly, it would be unjust to permit a
foreign state to be shielded from liability in the
United States for the damages suffered by a United
States person abroad resulting from a violation of
the Convention by the foreign state.
(7) It is therefore in the national interest to
create a judicial remedy in favor of United States
persons injured as a result of a violation of the Con-
vention by a foreign state and to facilitate the execu-
tion of any judgment entered in such an action.
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to create a civil remedy
against foreign states whose violation of the Convention
injures United States persons by prohibiting the enforce-
ment of foreign arbitral awards entered in favor of such
United States persons or by impairing the ability of such
United States persons to collect such awards.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act—
(1) CONVENTION.—The term ‘‘Convention’’
means the Convention on the Recognition and En-
forcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done at New
York on June 10, 1958.
(2) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term
‘‘United States person’’ means—
(A) any United States citizen or alien ad-
mitted for permanent residence into the United
States; or
(B) any corporation, trust, partnership, or
other judicial entity established pursuant to the
laws of the United States or its several States
and territories.
(3) FOREIGN
ARBITRAL
AWARD.—The term
‘‘foreign arbitral award’’ means any arbitral award
to which the Convention applies.
SEC. 5. LIABILITY FOR VIOLATION OF THE CONVENTION.
(a) CIVIL REMEDY.—(1) Any foreign state that is
certified by the President under subsection (b) to have in-
jured a United States person through the state’s violation
of the Convention with respect to a foreign arbitral award
shall be liable to the United States person for money dam-
ages consisting of—
(A) the amount of the foreign arbitral award,
plus any interest provided for by the award; and
(B) the attorney’s fees and costs incurred by
the United States person in bringing an action
under this Act with respect to such certification.
(2) Actions may be brought under paragraph (1) with
respect to arbitral awards entered before, on, or after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4298 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to place in Ar-
lington National Cemetery a memorial honoring 
the helicopter pilots and crew members of the 
Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2142
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility to receive depend-
ency and indemnity compensation to veterans’ surviving spouses whose
subsequent marriages have terminated.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 10, 1997
Mr. MCNULTY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibility
to receive dependency and indemnity compensation to
veterans’ surviving spouses whose subsequent marriages
have terminated.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
vision of such recommenda-
tion; or 
‘‘(II) a mutual agreement, 
arrangement, 
or 
under-
standing which may include 
limitations on scope, timing, 
and responsibility to provide 
ongoing monitoring or advice 
services, between the person 
making such recommendation 
and the plan, plan partici-
pant, or beneficiary that such 
recommendation 
is 
individ-
ualized to the plan, plan par-
ticipant, or beneficiary and 
such plan, plan participant, or 
beneficiary intends to materi-
ally 
rely 
on 
such 
rec-
ommendation in making in-
vestment or management de-
cisions with respect to any 
moneys or other property of 
such plan. 
‘‘(B) DISCLAIMER
OF
A
MUTUAL 
AGREEMENT, ARRANGEMENT, OR UNDER-
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