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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2226
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
to clarify treatment of investment managers under such title.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1997
Mr. FAWELL (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. GOODLING) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
A BILL
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 to clarify treatment of investment man-
agers under such title.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INVESTMENT MANAGERS UNDER ERISA TO IN-
CLUDE FIDUCIARIES REGISTERED SOLELY
UNDER STATE LAW ONLY IF FEDERAL REG-
ISTRATION PROHIBITED UNDER RECENTLY
ENACTED PROVISIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(38)(B) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
1002(38)(B)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as
clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; and
(2) by striking ‘‘who is’’ and all that follows
through clause (i) and inserting the following: ‘‘who
(i) is registered as an investment adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940; (ii) is not reg-
istered as an investment adviser under such Act by
reason of paragraph (1) of section 203A(a) of such
Act, is registered as an investment adviser under the
laws of the State (referred to in such paragraph (1))
in which it maintains its principal office and place
of business, and, at the time the fiduciary last filed
the registration form most recently filed by the fidu-
ciary with such State in order to maintain the fidu-
ciary’s registration under the laws of such State,
also filed a copy of such form with the Secretary;’’.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS VIA FILING DE-
POSITORY.—A fiduciary shall be treated as meeting the
requirements of section 3(38)(B)(ii) of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as amended by
subsection (a)) relating to provision to the Secretary of
Labor of a copy of the form referred to therein, if a copy
of such form (or substantially similar information) is
available to the Secretary of Labor from a centralized elec-
tronic or other record-keeping database.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on July 8, 1997, except
that the requirement of section 3(38)(B)(ii) of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as
amended by this Act) for filing with the Secretary of
Labor of a copy of a registration form which has been
filed with a State before the date of the enactment of this
Act, or is to be filed with a State during the 1–year period
beginning with such date, shall be treated as satisfied
upon the filing of such a copy with the Secretary at any
time during such 1–year period. This section shall super-
sede section 308(b) of the National Securities Markets Im-
provement Act of 1996 (and the amendment made there-
by).
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4500 
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit certain depository 
institutions to use a short form call report, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 
Mr. HULTGREN (for himself, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, and Mr. LUETKE-
MEYER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to permit cer-
tain depository institutions to use a short form call re-
port, 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 ‘‘Community Bank Re-
porting Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SHORT FORM CALL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a) of the Federal De-
posit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(12) SHORT FORM REPORTING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate Fed-
eral banking agencies shall issue regulations al-
lowing for a reduced reporting requirement for 
covered depository institutions when making the 
first and third report of condition for a year, as 
required pursuant to paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) COVERED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION 
DEFINED.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘covered depository institution’ means an 
insured depository institution that— 
‘‘(i) is highly rated and well capital-
ized (as defined under section 38(b)); and 
‘‘(ii) satisfies such other criteria as 
the appropriate Federal banking agencies 
determine appropriate.’’. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 365 
days thereafter until the appropriate Federal banking 
agencies (as defined under section 3 of the Federal De-
posit Insurance Act) have issued the regulations required 
under section 7(a)(12)(A) of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Act, such agencies shall submit to the Committee on 
Financial Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
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of the Senate a report describing the progress made in 
issuing such regulations. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2227
To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorize the
national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1997
Mr. LAZIO of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to
reauthorize the national flood insurance 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. PROGRAM EXPIRATION.
Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking ‘‘Septem-
ber 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1999’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR STUD-
IES.
Subsection (c) of section 1376 of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026(c)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(c) For studies under this title, there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for
each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999, which shall remain
available until expended.’’.
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IIA
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2233
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JANUARY 27, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
AN ACT
To assist in the conservation of coral reefs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4504 
To repeal Federal energy conservation standards, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 
Mr. BURGESS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To repeal Federal energy conservation standards, 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 ‘‘Energy Efficiency Free 
Market Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 321 of the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘, determined 
in accordance with test procedures under section 
323’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, determined 
in accordance with test procedures under section 
323’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (6); 
(4) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘, determined 
in accordance with section 323’’; 
(5) by striking paragraphs (19), (20), (22), 
(26), and (28); 
(6) in paragraph (29), by striking subpara-
graphs (C), (D), (E), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), 
(M), (N), (O), and (P); 
(7) in paragraph (30), by striking subpara-
graphs (G), (O), (U), and (V); 
(8) in paragraph (31), by striking subpara-
graph (H); and 
(9) by striking paragraphs (32), (33), (34), 
(35), (36), (37), (38), (39), (40), (41), (42), (43), 
(44), (45), (47), (48), (50), (52), (53), (54), (55), 
(56), (57), (59), (60), (62), (65), and (66). 
(b) TEST PROCEDURES.—Section 323 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6293) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), and 
(f); and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
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SEC. 602. APPLICABILITY TO HOME SCHOOLS.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect home
schools.
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4502 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for a stay of Federal 
district court actions pending resolution of unsettled and ambiguous 
questions of State law, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 
Mrs. BLACK (for herself and Mr. BISHOP of Utah) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for a stay 
of Federal district court actions pending resolution of 
unsettled and ambiguous questions of State law, 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 ‘‘Pullman Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STAY OF FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT ACTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 111 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘§ 1660. Stay of actions to resolve issues of State law 
‘‘(a) STAY.—When a civil action before a United 
States district court involves a challenge to an unsettled 
and ambiguous question of State law on Federal constitu-
tional grounds, the district court— 
‘‘(1) may, and should, stay the action, pending 
resolution of the question of State law, if— 
‘‘(A) resolution of the unsettled and am-
biguous question of State law could avoid the 
need to reach the Federal constitutional issue 
or materially change the nature of the Federal 
constitutional issue; and 
‘‘(B) there are adequate means under 
State law to resolve the unsettled question of 
State law; and 
‘‘(2) may certify the question of State law to 
the appropriate court of that State. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, or any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) STATE LAW.—The term ‘State law’ means 
the law of any State.’’. 
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(b) APPEALS FROM INTERLOCUTORY ORDERS.—Sec-
tion 1292(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) Interlocutory orders of such district courts 
or the judges thereof refusing the stay of an action 
under section 1660(a).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘1660. Stay of actions to resolve issues of State law.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to any civil action that is pending 
on, or is commenced on or after, the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4503 
To allow for additional markings, including the word ‘‘Israel’’, to be used 
for country of origin marking requirements for goods made in the geo-
graphical areas known as the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 
Mr. POE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To allow for additional markings, including the word 
‘‘Israel’’, to be used for country of origin marking re-
quirements for goods made in the geographical areas 
known as the West Bank and Gaza Strip. 
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 ‘‘Fair Treatment of 
Israel in Product Labeling Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL MARKINGS FOR GOODS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For goods produced or originating 
in the geographical areas known as the West Bank and 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 222
To amend the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to provide that Daylight Savings
Time begins on the first Sunday in March.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. MCCOLLUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to provide that
Daylight Savings Time begins on the first Sunday in March.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT.
Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15
U.S.C. 260a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘April’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘March’’.
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the Gaza Strip, proper markings for country of origin 
marking requirements, in accordance with the require-
ments of section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1304), shall include— 
(1) Israel; 
(2) West Bank; 
(3) Gaza; 
(4) Gaza Strip; 
(5) West Bank/Gaza; or 
(6) West Bank/Gaza Strip. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
or any other competent Federal official (or their des-
ignees) shall not prohibit the use of any of the markings 
listed under subsection (a) for purposes of country of ori-
gin marking requirements. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2229
To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances
Import and Export Act with respect to penalties for powder cocaine
and crack cocaine offenses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1997
Mr. PASCRELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce,
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 the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled
Substances Import and Export Act with respect to pen-
alties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses.
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 ‘‘Get Tough on Cocaine
Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. TRAFFICKING.
(a) 50-GRAM PENALTY.—Section 401(b)(1)(A) of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(A)) is
amended—
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘5 kilograms’’ and
inserting ‘‘50 grams’’; and
(2) by striking clause (iii).
(b) 5-GRAM PENALTY.—Section 401(b)(1)(B) of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(B)) is
amended—
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘500 grams’’ and
inserting ‘‘5 grams’’; and
(2) by striking clause (iii).
SEC. 3. POSSESSION.
Section 404(a) of the Controlled Substances Act (21
U.S.C. 844(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘cocaine base’’ and
inserting ‘‘any controlled substance described in section
401(b)(1)(A)(ii)’’.
SEC. 4. IMPORT AND EXPORT.
(a) 50-GRAM PENALTY.—Section 1010(b)(1) of the
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C.
960(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘5 kilo-
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘50 grams’’; and
(2) by striking out subparagraph (C).
(b) 5-GRAM PENALTY.—Section 1010(b)(2) of the
Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C.
960(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘500
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘5 grams’’; and
(2) by striking out subparagraph (C).
SEC. 5. DEA REPORT.
The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Admin-
istration shall submit to Congress an annual report on the
number of Federal arrests for crack cocaine and powder
cocaine offenses, according to the age, gender, and race
of the persons arrested, and including the amounts of con-
trolled substance involved in the offense for which each
arrest is made.
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HR 2233 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coral Reef Conserva-
tion Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) To preserve, sustain, and restore the health
of coral reef ecosystems.
(2) To assist in the conservation and protection
of coral reefs by supporting conservation programs.
(3) To provide financial resources for those pro-
grams.
(4) To establish a formal mechanism for collect-
ing and allocating monetary donations from the pri-
vate sector to be used for coral reef conservation
projects.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) CORAL.—The term ‘‘coral’’ means species
of the phylum Cnidaria, including—
(A) all species of the orders Antipatharia
(black corals), Scleractinia (stony corals),
Gorgonacea 
(horny 
corals), 
Stolonifera
(organpipe 
corals 
and 
others), 
and
Coenothecalia 
(blue 
coral), 
of 
the 
class
Anthozoa; and
(xi) The Environmental Protection 
Agency. 
(xii) The National Science Founda-
tion. 
(xiii) The Small Business Administra-
tion. 
(C) PARTICIPATING PROGRAMS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The head of each 
participating agency shall identify each 
program administered by such partici-
pating agency that is applicable to the pro-
gram established under subsection (b). 
(ii) DESIGNATION.—For purposes of 
this section, a participating program is a 
program identified under clause (i). 
(D) MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE SAME 
CONSORTIUM
SEEKING
THE
SAME
FINANCIAL 
OR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which 
a participating agency receives applications 
for the same financial or technical assist-
ance from more than one member of the 
same consortium designated as a manufac-
turing community under subsection (d), 
the head of such agency may determine 
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section 323, 
324, or 325’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘324’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c). 
(l) CONSUMER EDUCATION.—Section 337 of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6307) is 
amended by striking subsection (b). 
(m) CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT.—Part C of 
title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is repealed. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2230
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a point of
order that precludes raising revenues to enforce the bipartisan budget
agreement if there is a revenue shortfall in any of fiscal years 1998
through 2002.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1997
Mr. PITTS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish
a point of order that precludes raising revenues to en-
force the bipartisan budget agreement if there is a reve-
nue shortfall in any of fiscal years 1998 through 2002.
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 ‘‘Tax Relief Guarantee
Act’’.
SEC. 2. BIPARTISAN BUDGET AGREEMENT ENFORCEMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘BIPARTISAN BUDGET AGREEMENT ENFORCEMENT
‘‘SEC. 314. (a) It shall not be in order in either the
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any
bill or joint resolution, or any conference report thereon,
to raise revenues to meet a revenue shortfall for any of
fiscal years 1998 through 2002 in order to achieve a bal-
anced Federal budget by fiscal year 2002.
‘‘(b) As used in subsection (a), the term ‘revenue
shortfall’ means the amount, if any, by which projected
Federal revenues for any of fiscal years 1998 through
2002 as set forth in section 101(1)(A) of the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1998 (House Con-
current Resolution 84; 105th Congress) exceed the actual
revenues for such year.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
adding after the item relating to section 313 the following
new item:
‘‘Sec. 314. Bipartisan budget agreement enforcement.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2231
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a sound budgetary
mechanism for financing health and death benefits of retired coal miners
while ensuring the long-term fiscal health and solvency of such benefits,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1997
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio (for herself, Mr. PORTMAN, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut,
and Mr. CHRISTENSEN) 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 provide
a sound budgetary mechanism for financing health and
death benefits of retired coal miners while ensuring the
long-term fiscal health and solvency of such benefits,
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; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Comprehensive Coal Act Reform Act’’.
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4509 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify 
membership of State planning committees or urban area 
working groups for the Homeland Security Grant Pro-
gram, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,