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(1) by striking ‘‘a State or’’ and inserting ‘‘a
State, a’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘of a State’’ the follow-
ing: ‘‘, and any person that has purchased or leased
an airport under section 47132 of this title’’.
(c) RESOLUTION
OF AIRPORT-AIR CARRIER DIS-
PUTES CONCERNING AIRPORT FEES.—Section 47129(a)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) FEES IMPOSED BY PRIVATELY-OWNED AIR-
PORTS.—In evaluating the reasonableness of a fee
imposed by an airport receiving an exemption under
section 47132 of this title, the Secretary shall con-
sider whether the airport has complied with section
47132(c)(4).’’.
SEC. 311. USE OF NOISE SET-ASIDE FUNDS BY NON-AIR-
PORT SPONSORS.
Section 47505 is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c);
(2) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by
striking ‘‘subsection (a) of’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (b) of’’; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO NON-AIRPORT SPONSORS.—
gia’’, approved December 24, 1987 (101 Stat. 1442), is
amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$45,000,000’’.
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1998, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related
programs for Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available
for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund
in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund’s disburse-
ment of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may
retain for such program purposes any interest earned on
such deposits without returning such interest to the Treas-
ury of the United States and without further appropriation
by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise
Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary
to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the
administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use
of economic assistance.
(d) With regard to funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this heading for the economic revital-
ization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and local cur-
rencies generated by such funds (including the conversion
of funds appropriated under this heading into currency
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section, apply with respect to the floor stock taxes imposed
by subsection (a) to the same extent as if such taxes were
imposed by such section 4091.
SEC. ll. REDUCTION IN AVIATION TICKET TAX IN CER-
TAIN CASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter C of chap-
ter 33 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
special provisions applicable to taxes on transportation by
air) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 4283. REDUCTION IN AVIATION TICKET TAX IN CER-
TAIN CASES.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall—
‘‘(1) determine whether such fiscal year was a
funding shortfall year, and
‘‘(2) in such a case, prescribe a tax rate which
shall apply under section 4261(a) to amounts paid
during the first calendar year beginning after the
close of such fiscal year.
‘‘(b) FUNDING SHORTFALL YEAR.—For purposes of
this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘funding shortfall
year’ means any fiscal year for which there is a
funding shortfall.
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‘‘(2) FUNDING SHORTFALL.—The term ‘fund-
ing shortfall’ means, with respect to any fiscal year,
the amount by which—
‘‘(A) the aggregate amounts authorized to
be obligated under such section 48103 for the
fiscal year, exceeds
‘‘(B) the aggregate amounts available for
obligation under section 48103 of title 49, Unit-
ed States Code for the fiscal year.
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(A) 
TREATMENT
OF
PRIOR
YEAR
AMOUNTS.—For purposes of paragraph (2)(A),
an amount shall be treated as authorized only
for the first fiscal year for which it is author-
ized.
‘‘(B) 
TREATMENT
OF
SEQUESTERED
AMOUNTS.—The determination under para-
graph (2) shall not take into account the se-
questration of any amount described therein
pursuant to an order under part C of title II
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (or any successor law).
‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF RESCISSIONS.—The
determination under paragraph (2)(A) shall not
take into account the rescission of any amount
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authorized to obligated under section 48103 of
title 49, United States Code for a fiscal year.
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION OF TAX RATE.—The rate pre-
scribed by the Secretary under subsection (a) which shall
apply in lieu of the rate otherwise applicable under section
4261(a) for any calendar year shall be the rate which the
Secretary estimates will result in a reduction in tax reve-
nues equal to the funding shortfall for the most recent
fiscal year ending before such calendar year.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter C of chapter 33 of such Code
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 4283. Reduction in aviation ticket tax in certain cases.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to fiscal years beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 353
To prohibit the export of American black bear viscera, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Resources and, in addition, to the Committees on International
Relations and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To prohibit the export of American black bear viscera, 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 ‘‘Black Bear Protection
Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF AMERICAN BLACK
BEAR VISCERA.
The Secretary of Commerce shall exercise the au-
thorities the Secretary has under the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 to prohibit the export from the United
States of American black bear viscera.
SEC. 3. REPORT BY SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall prepare and submit to
the Congress, not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, a report that describes—
(1) the effectiveness of the computerized infor-
mation system or any other system of the Fish and
Wildlife Service or the United States Customs Serv-
ice that records data on the importation or expor-
tation of wildlife body parts, specifically of the
American black bear, to and from the United States;
and
(2) any plans of the Fish and Wildlife Service
to monitor the illegal movement of, or commercial
activity in, American black bear viscera or other
American black bear body parts.
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.
The United States Trade Representative shall discuss
the issues involving trade in American black bear viscera
with the appropriate representatives of those countries
trading with the United States who are determined jointly
by the Secretaries of Commerce and Interior to be the
leading importers of American black bear viscera.
SEC. 5. DEFINITION.
As used in this Act, the term ‘‘American black bear
viscera’’ means the gall bladder or any internal organs of
an American black bear (Ursus Americanus).
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2675
AN ACT
To require that the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment submit proposed legislation under which
group universal life insurance and group variable
universal life insurance would be available under
chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, and for
other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2675
AN ACT
To require that the Office of Personnel Management submit
proposed legislation under which group universal life in-
surance and group variable universal life insurance would
be available under chapter 87 of title 5, United States
Code, and for other purposes.
(6) the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Reservation, South Dakota;
(7) the Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee Res-
ervation, Nebraska;
(8) the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of the
Standing Rock Reservation, North and South Da-
kota; and
(9) the Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reserva-
tion, Montana.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Santee Sioux Tribe’’ means the
Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee Reservation, Ne-
braska, a party to Docket 74–A.
(2) The term ‘‘Docket 74–A’’ means the action
before the United States Claims Court in the case
entitled ‘‘Sioux Nation of Indians against the United
States’’ for the adjudication of claims based on the
Treaty of April 29, 1868 (15 Stat. 635), and the
monetary settlement related thereto, between the
United States Government and the Sioux Indian Na-
tion. Such term does not include claims based on the
Act of February 22, 1877 (19 Stat. 254), relating
to the taking of the Black Hills, designated as Dock-
et 74–B.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5170 
AN ACT 
To encourage and support partnerships between the public 
and private sectors to improve our Nation’s social pro-
grams, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5210 
AN ACT 
To improve access to durable medical equipment for Medicare 
beneficiaries under the Medicare 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,
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Union Calendar No. 70 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1891 
[Report No. 114–101] 
To extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System 
of Preferences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2015 
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. ROYCE, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. BASS, Mr. 
YOUNG of Indiana, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
MAY 1, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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to an activity that is exempt, licensed, or otherwise author-
ized by a Federal department or agency. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, a State or local government may adopt and 
enforce measures that meet the requirements of subsection 
(d)— 
‘‘(1) to divest the assets of the State or local 
government from a person described in subsection 
(c); 
‘‘(2) to prohibit investment of the assets of the 
State or local government in any such person; or 
‘‘(3) to impose disclosure and transparency re-
quirements on any person subject to the jurisdiction 
of such government, except with respect to an activ-
ity that is exempt, licensed, or otherwise authorized 
by a Federal department or agency. 
‘‘(c) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person described in 
this subsection is a person with respect to which sanctions 
have been, and continue to be, imposed pursuant to— 
‘‘(1) section 104(c) of this Act; 
‘‘(2) section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 
1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); 
‘‘(3) section 1245(d) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
8513a(d)); or
‘‘(4) sections 1244, 1245, 1246 or 1247 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2013 (22 U.S.C. 8803, 8804, 8805, or 8806).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 202 of the 
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Di-
vestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8532) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘engages in 
investment activities in Iran described in subsection 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a person described in sub-
section (c)’’; 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘or (i)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘or (g)’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (h) and by redesig-
nating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (h) and 
(i), respectively; and 
(4) in paragraph (1) of subsection (i) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection), by 
striking ‘‘(determined without regard to subsection 
(c))’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section apply to measures adopted by State and local 
governments on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fis-
cal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the
United States share of such capital stock in an amount not
to exceed $27,805,043.
NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
For payment to the North American Development
Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the United
States share of the paid-in portion of the capital stock,
$56,250,000, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the North American De-
velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita-
tion to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of the capital stock of the North American Develop-
ment Bank in an amount not to exceed $318,750,000.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of
section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Par-
ticipation Act of 1973, $270,000,000: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made
available for the United Nations Fund for Science and
Technology: Provided further, That not less than $3,000,000
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made
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apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated under title II of this Act that
are administered by the Agency for International Develop-
ment and made available for family planning assistance,
not less than 65 percent shall be made available directly
to the agency’s central Office of Population and shall be
programmed by that office for family planning activities:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading and under the heading ‘‘Population, Development
Assistance’’ that are made available by the Agency for
International Development for development assistance ac-
tivities, the amount made available to carry out chapter
10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating
to the Development Fund for Africa) shall be in at least
the same proportion as the amount identified in the fiscal
year 1997 draft congressional presentation document for de-
velopment assistance for sub-Saharan Africa is to the total
amount requested for development assistance for such fiscal
year: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
heading shall be made available, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, to assist Vietnam to refom its trade regime
through, among other things, reform of its commercial and
investment legal codes: Provided further, That up to
$5,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available for necessary expenses to carry out
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President determines that furnishing such assistance is
important to the national interests of the United States.
(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exer-
cised, the President shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report with respect to the furnish-
ing of such assistance. Any such report shall include a de-
tailed explanation of the assistance to be provided, includ-
ing the estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and
an explanation of how the assistance furthers United
States national interests.
WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE FOR PARKING FINES
OWED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES
SEC. 552. (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made
available for a foreign country under part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 per-
cent of the total unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines
and penalties owed to the District of Columbia by such
country as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be
withheld from obligation for such country until the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports in writing to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that such fines and
penalties are fully paid to the government of the District
of Columbia.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
LIMITATION UNDER ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT
SEC. 576. Not more than $100,000,000 of the funds
made available under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’ may be made available for use in fi-
nancing the procurement of defense articles, defense serv-
ices, or design and construction services that are not sold
by the United States Government under the Arms Export
Control Act to countries other than Israel and Egypt.
LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO MEXICO
SEC. 577. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for the Government of Mexico, except if it is made
known to the Federal entity or official to which funds are
appropriated under this Act that—
(1) the Government of Mexico is taking actions
to reduce the amount of illegal drugs entering the
United States from Mexico; and
(2) the Government of Mexico—
(A) is taking effective actions to apply vig-
orously all law enforcement resources to inves-
tigate, track, capture, incarcerate, and pros-
ecute individuals controlling, supervising, or
managing international narcotics cartels or
other similar entities and the accomplices of
such individuals, individuals responsible for, or
otherwise involved in, corruption, and individ-
uals involved in money-laundering;
(B) is pursuing international anti-drug
trafficking initiatives;
(C) is cooperating fully with international
efforts at narcotics interdiction; and
(D) is cooperating fully with requests by
the United States for assistance in investiga-
tions of money-laundering violations and is
making progress toward implementation of ef-
fective laws to prohibit money-laundering.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1997’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.
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PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN
COUNTRIES
SEC. 523. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated
to finance indirectly any assistance or reparations to
Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, unless the President of the United
States certifies that the withholding of these funds is con-
trary to the national interest of the United States.
RECIPROCAL LEASING
SEC. 524. Section 61(a) of the Arms Export Control
Act is amended by striking out ‘‘1996’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘1997’’.
NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
SEC. 525. Prior to providing excess Department of
Defense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of De-
fense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations to the
same extent and under the same conditions as are other
committees pursuant to subsection (c) of that section: Pro-
vided, That before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess
defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the
Department of Defense shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations in accordance with the regular notification
procedures of such Committees: Provided further, That
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such Committees shall also be informed of the original ac-
quisition cost of such defense articles.
AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT
SEC. 526. Funds appropriated by this Act may be
obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of
Public Law 91–672 and section 15 of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST
COUNTRIES
SEC. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assist-
ance under any heading of this Act and funds appro-
priated under any such heading in a provision of law en-
acted prior to enactment of this Act, shall not be made
available to any country which the President determines—
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any
individual or group which has committed an act of
international terrorism, or
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
(b) The President may waive the application of sub-
section (a) to a country if the President determines that
national security or humanitarian reasons justify such
waiver. The President shall publish each waiver in the
Federal Register and, at least fifteen days before the waiv-
er takes effect, shall notify the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the waiver (including the justification for the waiv-
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er) in accordance with the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
SEC. 528. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of sec-
tion 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may be used
to provide financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and
major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leasing
(including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense
articles from United States commercial suppliers, not in-
cluding Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters
and other types of aircraft having possible civilian applica-
tion), if the President determines that there are compel-
ling foreign policy or national security reasons for those
defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather
than by government-to-government sale under such Act.
COMPETITIVE INSURANCE
SEC. 528A. All Agency for International Development
contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into
under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that
United States insurance companies have a fair oppor-
tunity to bid for insurance when such insurance is nec-
essary or appropriate.
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STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION
SEC. 529. Except as provided in section 581 of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1990, the United States may
not sell or otherwise make available any Stingers to any
country bordering the Persian Gulf under the Arms Ex-
port Control Act or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961.
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 530. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in economic as-
sistance activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, including endowments, debt-for-development and
debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organiza-
tion which is a grantee or contractor of the Agency for
International Development may place in interest bearing
accounts funds made available under this Act or prior Acts
or local currencies which accrue to that organization as
a result of economic assistance provided under title II of
this Act and any interest earned on such investment shall
be used for the purpose for which the assistance was pro-
vided to that organization.
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
SEC. 531. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
FOR LOCAL
CURRENCIES.—(1) If assistance is furnished to the gov-
ernment of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of