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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1677 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure 
health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under 
group health plans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. SALMON, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. BABIN, Mr. KELLY 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. 
JONES, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. YOHO, Mr. FARR, Mr. DAVID SCOTT 
of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. 
STIVERS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. GRIFFITH) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 to ensure health care coverage value and trans-
parency for dental benefits under group health 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 ‘‘Dental Insurance Fair-
ness Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Dental coverage helps approximately 173 
million Americans get the dental care that is vital to 
ensuring good oral and overall health. 
(2) The Dental Insurance Fairness Act of 2015 
will help consumers receive the full value of their 
dental coverage. 
SEC. 3. VALUE REQUIREMENTS FOR DENTAL BENEFITS. 
Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1185 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 716. VALUE REQUIREMENTS FOR DENTAL BENEFITS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this section 
shall apply to self-insured group health plans insofar as 
they provide dental benefits (including, notwithstanding 
section 732(c)(1), self-insured limited scope dental bene-
fits (described in section 733(c)(2))). 
‘‘(b) VALUE.—In order to ensure that participants 
and beneficiaries in a group health plan receive full value 
from dental benefits, the plan shall meet the following re-
quirements: 
‘‘(1) UNIFORM COORDINATION OF BENEFITS.— 
The plan shall provide for coordination of benefits in 
a manner so that the plan pays the same amount re-
gardless of other coverage for such benefits so long 
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SEC. 2. PROVISION OF AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT
CHILDREN ONLY TO CITIZENS AND NATION-
ALS OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(44);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (45) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (45) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(46) provide that—
‘‘(A) aid under the State plan shall not be
payable to any family that applies therefor and
does not include a citizen or national of the
United States; and
‘‘(B) the amount of aid payable under the
State plan to any family that is a recipient
thereof and does not include a citizen or na-
tional of the United States shall, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of this part, be reduced
each year (but not below zero) by a dollar
amount equal to 1⁄3 of the amount of such aid
as of the later of the effective date of this para-
graph or the first day the family does not in-
clude such a citizen or national.’’.
as the total amount paid does not exceed 100 per-
cent of the amount of the applicable claim. Such co-
ordination shall be effected consistent with such 
rules as the Secretary establishes, based upon simi-
lar model regulations developed by the National As-
sociation of Insurance commissioners. 
‘‘(2) EQUITY FOR DENTAL PATIENTS THROUGH 
ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS.—In the case of a plan 
that provides dental benefits through a network of 
providers, the plan shall permit a participant or ben-
eficiary to designate payment of dental benefits to a 
provider who is not participating in the network.’’. 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 481
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical corrections to
maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Resources System.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 11, 1995
Mrs. FOWLER (for herself, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. GOSS, Mr. MICA, Mr. PETERSON
of Florida, Mrs. THURMAN, and Mr. CALLAHAN) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical
corrections to maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CORRECTIONS TO MAPS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall, before the end of the 30-day period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act, make such correc-
tions to the maps described in subsection (b) as are nec-
essary to ensure that—
(1) depictions of areas on those maps are con-
sistent with the depictions of areas appearing on the
maps 
entitled 
lllllll, 
dated
lllllll, and on file with the Secretary;
and
(2) the Coastal Barrier Resources System does
not include any area that, on the day before the date
of the enactment of this Act, was part of unit Q01
of that System.
(b) MAPS DESCRIBED.—The maps described in this
subsection are maps that—
(1) are included in a set of maps entitled
‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated October
24, 1990; and
(2) relate to the following units of the Coastal
Barrier Resources System: P04A, P05, P05A, P08,
P10, P11A, P18, P25, FL–90.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1679 
To ensure the safe transportation of Bakken crude oil by rail, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. GARAMENDI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To ensure the safe transportation of Bakken crude oil by 
rail, 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 ‘‘Bakken Crude Sta-
bilization Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. BAKKEN CRUDE OIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Bakken crude oil may only be 
transported by rail if the oil has a Reid vapor pressure 
of not more than 9.5 pounds per square inch, the max-
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imum volatility set by the New York Mercantile Exchange 
for crude oil futures contracts. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Subsection (a) shall apply to the 
transportation of Bakken crude oil occurring on and after 
the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) ACTIONS BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary of 
Transportation is authorized to take such action as is nec-
essary to implement this section. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 167 
To provide for adjustments to discretionary spending under section 251(b)(2) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to support wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. SIMPSON (for himself and Mr. SCHRADER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to 
the Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources, 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 provide for adjustments to discretionary spending under 
section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to support wildfire 
suppression operations, 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 ‘‘Wildfire Disaster 
Funding Act’’. 
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progress in such activities for at least the
minimum average number of hours per
week specified in the following table during
the month, not fewer than 20 hours per
week of which are attributable to an activ-
ity described in subparagraph (A), (B),
(C), or (D) of subsection (b)(1) (or, in the
case of the first 4 weeks for which the re-
cipient is required under this section to
participate in work activities, an activity
described in subsection (b)(1)(E)):
The minimum
‘‘If the month is
average number of
in fiscal year:
hours per week is:
1996 .....................................................
1997 .....................................................
1998 .....................................................
1999 .....................................................
2000 .....................................................
2001 .....................................................
2002 .....................................................
2003 or thereafter ................................
35.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT APPLICABLE TO 2-PARENT
FAMILIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State to which a
grant is made under section 403 for a fiscal
year shall achieve the minimum participation
rate specified in the following table for the fis-
cal year with respect to 2-parent families receiv-
ing assistance under the State program funded
under this part:
In the Senate of the United States,
May 17 (legislative day, May 15), 1995.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 483) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title XVIII of the
Social Security Act to permit medicare select policies to be
offered in all States, and for other purposes’’, do pass with
the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. PERMITTING MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES TO
BE OFFERED IN ALL STATES FOR AN EX-
TENDED PERIOD.
Section 4358(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1990, as amended by section 172(a) of the Social
Security Act Amendments of 1994, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) The amendments made by
this section shall only apply—
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‘‘(A) in 15 States (as determined by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services) and such
other States as elect such amendments to apply to
them, and
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), during the 5 year
period beginning with 1992.
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Health and Human Services
shall conduct a study that compares the health care costs,
quality of care, and access to services under medicare select
policies with that under other medicare supplemental poli-
cies. The study shall be based on surveys of appropriate age-
adjusted sample populations. The study shall be completed
by June 30, 1996.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall determine during 1996
whether the amendments made by this section shall remain
in effect beyond the 5 year period described in paragraph
(1)(B). Such amendments shall remain in effect beyond
such period unless the Secretary determines (based on the
results of the study under subparagraph (A)) that—
‘‘(i) such amendments have not resulted in sav-
ings of premiums costs to those enrolled in medicare
select policies (in comparison to their enrollment in
medicare supplemental policies that are not medicare
select policies and that provide comparable coverage),
(2) INFORMATION
REQUIRED.—In accordance 
with subsection (d)(1), the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall provide the Army Corps of Engineers with 
the information needed to ensure that the Army 
Corps of Engineers understands the requirements 
for the successful operation of the Aurora medical 
facility project. 
(c) PLANS AND REPORTS.— 
(1) COMPLETION PLANS.—Not later than 60 
days after entering into the agreement under sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, based 
upon the advice of the Army Corps of Engineers 
provided under the agreement entered into under 
subsection (a), shall submit to the Committees on 
Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailed plans, including estimated 
costs, to complete construction of the Aurora med-
ical facility project. 
(2) PROGRESS REPORTS.—Not later than 180 
days after entering into the agreement under sub-
section (a), and each 180-day period thereafter until 
the date on which the Aurora medical facility project 
is completed, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
based on the advice of the Army Corps of Engineers 
provided under the agreement entered into under 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 483
AN ACT
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit
medicare select policies to be offered in all States, 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. PERMITTING MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES TO
BE OFFERED IN ALL STATES FOR AN EX-
TENDED PERIOD.
Section 4358(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1990, as amended by section 172(a) of the
Social Security Act Amendments of 1994, is amended to
read as follows:
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Calendar No. 92
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 483
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 7 (legislative day, APRIL 5), 1995
Received; read the first time
APRIL 24, 1995
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit
medicare select policies to be offered in all States, 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. PERMITTING MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES TO
BE OFFERED IN ALL STATES FOR AN EX-
TENDED PERIOD.
Section 4358(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1990, as amended by section 172(a) of the
Social Security Act Amendments of 1994, is amended to
read as follows:
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‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) The amendments made
by this section shall only apply—
‘‘(A) in 15 States (as determined by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services) and such
other States as elect such amendments to apply to
them, and
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), during the 81⁄2
year period beginning with 1992.
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall conduct a study that compares the health care
costs, quality of care, and access to services under medi-
care select policies with that under other medicare supple-
mental policies. The study shall be based on surveys of
appropriate age-adjusted sample populations. The study
shall be completed by December 31, 1998.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall determine during 1999
whether the amendments made by this section shall re-
main in effect beyond the 81⁄2 year period described in
paragraph (1)(B). Such amendments shall remain in ef-
fect beyond such period unless the Secretary determines
(based on the results of the study under subparagraph
(A)) that—
‘‘(i) such amendments have not resulted in sav-
ings of premiums costs to those enrolled in medicare
select policies (in comparison to their enrollment in
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medicare supplemental policies that are not medicare
select policies and that provide comparable cov-
erage),
‘‘(ii) there have been significant additional ex-
penditures under the medicare program as a result
of such amendments, or
‘‘(iii) access to and quality of care has been sig-
nificantly diminished as a result of such amend-
ments.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives April 6, 1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 92
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 483
AN ACT
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to
permit medicare select policies to be offered in all
States, and for other purposes.
APRIL 24, 1995
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
II
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 483
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 7 (legislative day, APRIL 5), 1995
Received; read the first time
AN ACT
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit
medicare select policies to be offered in all States, 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. PERMITTING MEDICARE SELECT POLICIES TO
BE OFFERED IN ALL STATES FOR AN EX-
TENDED PERIOD.
Section 4358(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1990, as amended by section 172(a) of the
Social Security Act Amendments of 1994, is amended to
read as follows:
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‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) The amendments made
by this section shall only apply—
‘‘(A) in 15 States (as determined by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services) and such
other States as elect such amendments to apply to
them, and
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), during the 81⁄2
year period beginning with 1992.
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall conduct a study that compares the health care
costs, quality of care, and access to services under medi-
care select policies with that under other medicare supple-
mental policies. The study shall be based on surveys of
appropriate age-adjusted sample populations. The study
shall be completed by December 31, 1998.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall determine during 1999
whether the amendments made by this section shall re-
main in effect beyond the 81⁄2 year period described in
paragraph (1)(B). Such amendments shall remain in ef-
fect beyond such period unless the Secretary determines
(based on the results of the study under subparagraph
(A)) that—
‘‘(i) such amendments have not resulted in sav-
ings of premiums costs to those enrolled in medicare
select policies (in comparison to their enrollment in
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medicare supplemental policies that are not medicare
select policies and that provide comparable cov-
erage),
‘‘(ii) there have been significant additional ex-
penditures under the medicare program as a result
of such amendments, or
‘‘(iii) access to and quality of care has been sig-
nificantly diminished as a result of such amend-
ments.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives April 6, 1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1684 
AN ACT 
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to impose penalties and 
provide for the recovery of removal costs and damages 
in connection with certain discharges of oil from foreign 
offshore units, 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 ‘‘Foreign Spill Protec-
tion Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. LIABILITY OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF FOR-
EIGN FACILITIES. 
(a) OIL POLLUTION CONTROL ACT AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 1001 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2701) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (26)(A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘onshore or 
offshore facility, any person’’ and inserting ‘‘on-
shore facility, offshore facility, or foreign off-
shore unit or other facility located seaward of 
the exclusive economic zone, any person or enti-
ty’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘offshore fa-
cility, the person who’’ and inserting ‘‘offshore 
facility or foreign offshore unit or other facility 
located seaward of the exclusive economic zone, 
the person or entity that’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (32)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
through (F) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), 
respectively; 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 
the following:
‘‘(D) FOREIGN FACILITIES.—In the case of 
a foreign offshore unit or other facility located 
seaward of the exclusive economic zone, any 
person or other entity owning or operating the 
facility, and any leaseholder, permit holder, as-
signee, or holder of a right of use and easement 
granted under applicable foreign law for the 
area in which the facility is located.’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (G), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘or offshore facility, the per-
sons who’’ and inserting ‘‘, offshore facility, or 
foreign offshore unit or other facility located 
seaward of the exclusive economic zone, the per-
sons or entities that’’. 
(b) FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT 
AMENDMENTS.—Section 311(a) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(a)(11)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and any facility’’ and inserting 
‘‘any facility’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and, for the purposes of ap-
plying subsections (b), (c), (e), and (o), any foreign 
offshore unit (as defined in section 1001 of the Oil 
Pollution Act) or any other facility located seaward
of the exclusive economic zone’’ after ‘‘public ves-
sel’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1684 
AN ACT 
To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to impose 
penalties and provide for the recovery of removal 
costs and damages in connection with certain dis-
charges of oil from foreign offshore units, and for 
other purposes.
the sale price of properties located in the
State for which mortgages have been exe-
cuted, 97.75 percent of the appraised value
of the property,
plus the amount of the mortgage insurance pre-
mium paid at the time the mortgage is in-
sured.’’;
(2) in the 1st sentence of the matter following
subparagraph (B), by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ‘‘, and the term ‘average clos-
ing cost’ means, with respect to a State, the average,
for mortgages executed for properties that are lo-
cated within the State, of the total amounts (as de-
termined by the Secretary) of initial service charges,
appraisal, inspection, and other fees (as the Sec-
retary shall approve) that are paid in connection
with such mortgages’’;
(3) by striking the 2d sentence of the matter
following subparagraph (B); and
(4) in penultimate undesignated paragraph—
(A) in the 2d sentence, by striking ‘‘the
preceding sentence’’ and inserting ‘‘this sub-
section’’; and
(B) by striking the 1st sentence.
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines
that a mortgage insured by a mortgagee pursuant to
delegation of authority under this section was not
originated in accordance with the requirements es-
tablished by the Secretary, and the Secretary pays
an insurance claim with respect to the mortgage
within a reasonable period specified by the Sec-
retary, the Secretary may require the mortgagee ap-
proved under this section to indemnify the Secretary
for the loss.
‘‘(2) 
FRAUD
OR
MISREPRESENTATION.—If
fraud or misrepresentation was involved in connec-
tion with the origination, the Secretary may require
the mortgagee approved under this section to indem-
nify the Secretary for the loss regardless of when an
insurance claim is paid.
‘‘(d) TERMINATION OF MORTGAGEE’S AUTHORITY.—
If a mortgagee to which the Secretary has made a delega-
tion under this section violates the requirements and pro-
cedures established by the Secretary or the Secretary de-
termines that other good cause exists, the Secretary may
cancel a delegation of authority under this section to the
mortgagee by giving notice to the mortgagee. Such a can-
cellation shall be effective upon receipt of the notice by
the mortgagee or at a later date specified by the Secretary.