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Union Calendar No. 511 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4854 
[Report No. 114–660] 
To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to expand the investor 
limitation for qualifying venture capital funds under an exemption from 
the definition of an investment company. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2016 
Mr. MCHENRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
JULY 5, 2016 
Additional sponsor: Mr. SCHWEIKERT 
JULY 5, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 23, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to expand 
the investor limitation for qualifying venture capital 
funds under an exemption from the definition of an 
investment company. 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5016
AN ACT
To extend the water service contract for the
Ainsworth Unit, Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan
Missouri Basin Program, Nebraska.
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 ‘‘Supporting America’s 
Innovators Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. INVESTOR LIMITATION FOR QUALIFYING VENTURE 
CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Section 3(c)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 
(15 U.S.C. 80a–3(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘one hundred persons’’ the 
following: ‘‘(or, with respect to a qualifying venture 
capital fund, 250 persons)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) The term ‘qualifying venture capital 
fund’ means any venture capital fund (as de-
fined pursuant to section 203(l)(1) of the Invest-
ment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b– 
3(l)(1)) with no more than $10,000,000 in in-
vested capital, as such dollar amount is annu-
ally adjusted by the Commission to reflect the 
change in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 511 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4854 
[Report No. 114–660] 
A BILL 
To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to 
expand the investor limitation for qualifying ven-
ture capital funds under an exemption from the 
definition of an investment company. 
JULY 5, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4855 
AN ACT 
To amend provisions in the securities laws relating to regula-
tion crowdfunding to raise the dollar amount limit and 
to clarify certain requirements and exclusions for funding 
portals established by such Act. 
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 ‘‘Fix Crowdfunding 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CROWDFUNDING VEHICLES. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 
1933.—The Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 4A(f)(3), by inserting ‘‘by any of 
paragraphs (1) through (14) of’’ before ‘‘section 
3(c)’’; and 
(2) in section 4(a)(6)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘any investor’’ the following: ‘‘, other than a 
crowdfunding vehicle (as defined in section 2(a) of 
the Investment Company Act of 1940),’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE INVESTMENT COMPANY 
ACT OF 1940.—The Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 
U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 2(a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(55) The term ‘crowdfunding vehicle’ means a 
company— 
‘‘(A) whose purpose (as set forth in its or-
ganizational documents) is limited to acquiring, 
holding, and disposing securities issued by a 
single company in one or more transactions and
made pursuant to section 4(a)(6) of the Securi-
ties Act of 1933; 
‘‘(B) which issues only one class of securi-
ties; 
‘‘(C) which receives no compensation in 
connection with such acquisition, holding, or 
disposition of securities; 
‘‘(D) no associated person of which re-
ceives any compensation in connection with 
such acquisition, holding or disposition of secu-
rities unless such person is acting as or on be-
half of an investment adviser registered under 
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or reg-
istered as an investment adviser in the State in 
which the investment adviser maintains its prin-
cipal office and place of business; 
‘‘(E) the securities of which have been 
issued in a transaction made pursuant to sec-
tion 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933, 
where both the crowdfunding vehicle and the 
company whose securities it holds are co- 
issuers; 
‘‘(F) which is current in its ongoing disclo-
sure obligations under Rule 202 of Regulation 
Crowdfunding (17 CFR 227.202);
(1) AMENDMENT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 
1933.—Section 4A(f) of the Securities Act of 1933 
(15 U.S.C. 77d–1(f)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2) and in such paragraph, by in-
serting ‘‘paragraphs (1) to (14) of’’ after ‘‘sec-
tion 3(b) or’’. 
(2) AMENDMENT
TO
THE
INVESTMENT
COM-
PANY ACT OF 1940.—Section 3(c) of the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–3(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) any issuer that holds, for the purpose of 
making an offering pursuant to section 4(a)(6) of 
the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules issued pur-
suant to such section, the securities of not more 
than one issuer eligible to offer securities pursuant 
to such section and such rules.’’. 
(3) APPLICATION
OF
RULES.—Single-purpose 
funds that are excluded from the definition of invest-
ment company under paragraph (15) of section 3(c) 
of the Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a– 
3(c))— 
(A) shall be allowed to sell and offer for 
sale securities under section 4(a)(6) of the Se-
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subparagraph (A) shall be unconditional for se-
curities offered by an issuer that had a public 
float of less than $75,000,000 as of the last 
business day of the issuer’s most recently com-
pleted semiannual period, computed by multi-
plying the aggregate worldwide number of 
shares of the issuer’s common equity securities 
held by non-affiliates by the price at which such 
securities were last sold (or the average bid and 
asked prices of such securities) in the principal 
market for such securities or, in the event the 
result of such public float calculation is zero, 
had annual revenues of less than $50,000,000 
as of the issuer’s most recently completed fiscal 
year.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 5, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4855 
AN ACT 
To amend provisions in the securities laws relating 
to regulation crowdfunding to raise the dollar 
amount limit and to clarify certain requirements 
and exclusions for funding portals established by 
such Act.
tion, validation, scaling up, and replication of such innova-
tions. 
‘‘(b) PLANNING GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made avail-
able under section 757 for a fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall use not more than 5 percent or 
$12,500,000 (whichever is greater) to award plan-
ning grants to enable eligible entities to plan, design, 
and develop innovations described in section 751. 
‘‘(2) DURATION.—A planning grant authorized 
under this subsection shall be for the duration of 1 
year. 
‘‘(3) GRANT AMOUNTS.—Each planning grant 
authorized under this subsection shall be in an 
amount that is not more than $150,000. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With funds made available 
for this part under section 757, the Secretary shall 
award implementation grants to enable eligible enti-
ties to further develop, pilot, field-test, implement, 
document, validate, and, as applicable, scale up and 
replicate, innovations described in section 751. 
‘‘(2) DURATION.—An implementation grant au-
thorized under this subsection shall be for a dura-
tion of 5 years, except that the Secretary may not 
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Union Calendar No. 512 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4855 
[Report No. 114–661] 
A BILL 
To amend provisions in the securities laws relating 
to regulation crowdfunding to raise the dollar 
amount limit and to clarify certain requirements 
and exclusions for funding portals established by 
such Act. 
JULY 5, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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2 to award an annual competitive prize to stimulate inno-
vation that has the potential to advance the mission of 
the Center of Excellence. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4861 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to health centers 
to expand access to evidence-based substance abuse treatment services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2016 
Ms. DELAURO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants 
to health centers to expand access to evidence-based sub-
stance abuse treatment services. 
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 ‘‘Access to Substance 
Abuse Treatment Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANDED ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREAT-
MENT SERVICES. 
Title V of the Public Health Service Act is amend-
ed— 
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HR 2400 EAS
parks, and Indian reservations. In connection with
activities under the preceding sentence, the Secretary
and the Secretary of the appropriate Federal land
management agency may enter into construction con-
tracts and other appropriate contracts with a State
or civil subdivision of a State or Indian tribe.’’;
(3) in the first sentence of subsection (e), by
striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary of the appropriate Federal land manage-
ment agency’’;
(4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(8) A project to build a replacement of the fed-
erally owned bridge over the Hoover Dam in the Lake
Mead National Recreation Area between Nevada and
Arizona.’’;
(5) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(i) TRANSFERS OF COSTS TO SECRETARIES OF FED-
ERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.—
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—The Secretary
shall transfer to the appropriate Federal land man-
agement agency from amounts made available for
public lands highways such amounts as are necessary
HR 2400 EAS
(C) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHOR-
ITY.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—There shall be avail-
able from the Highway Trust Fund (other
than the Mass Transit Account) such sums
as are necessary to carry out this para-
graph.
(ii) 
CONTRACT
AUTHORITY.—Funds
authorized under this subparagraph shall be
available for obligation in the same manner
as if the funds were apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
(d) MINIMUM GUARANTEE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 105 of title 23,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 105. Minimum guarantee
‘‘(a) ADJUSTMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal year 1998 and each
fiscal year thereafter on October 1, or as soon as prac-
ticable thereafter, the Secretary shall allocate among
the States amounts sufficient to ensure that—
‘‘(A) the ratio that—
‘‘(i) each State’s percentage of the total
apportionments for the fiscal year—
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4858 
To provide a declaration of nonnavigability for the central Delaware River, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2016 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide a declaration of nonnavigability for the central 
Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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. DECLARATION OF NONNAVIGABILITY, CEN-
TRAL 
DELAWARE 
RIVER, 
PHILADELPHIA, 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
(a) AREA TO BE DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE.—Sub-
ject to subsection (c), unless the Secretary of the Army 
finds, after consultation with local and regional public offi-
cials (including local and regional public planning organi-
zations), that there are substantive objections, those por-
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(1) by redesignating the second section 514 (42 
U.S.C. 290bb–9; relating methamphetamine and am-
phetamine treatment initiative) as section 514B; and 
(2) by inserting after section 514B, as so redes-
ignated, the following: 
‘‘SEC. 514C. EXPANDED ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
TREATMENT SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment shall make grants to Feder-
ally qualified health centers, substance abuse treatment 
centers, rehabilitation treatment centers, or residential 
treatment centers to expand access to substance abuse 
treatment services for adults, adolescents, and children 
by— 
‘‘(1) increasing education, screening, care co-
ordination, risk reduction interventions, or coun-
seling regarding the availability of testing, treat-
ment, and clinical management for patients with or 
at risk of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other diseases 
associated with opioid use disorders; 
‘‘(2) enhancing clinical workflow to improve 
substance abuse treatment services; 
‘‘(3) enhancing the use of health information 
technologies to improve the effectiveness of sub-
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tions of the Delaware River, bounded by the former bulk-
head and pierhead lines that were established by the Sec-
retary of War and successors and described as follows, are 
declared to be nonnavigable waters of the United States: 
(1) Piers 70 South through 38 South, encom-
passing an area bounded by the southern line of 
Moore Street extended to the northern line of Cath-
erine Street extended, including the following piers: 
Piers 70, 68, 67, 64, 61–63, 60, 57, 55, 53, 48, 46, 
40, and 38. 
(2) Piers 24 North through 72 North, encom-
passing an area bounded by the southern line of Cal-
lowhill Street extended to the northern line of East 
Fletcher Street extended, including the following 
piers: Piers 24, 25, 27–35, 35.5, 36, 37, 38, 39, 49, 
51–52, 53–57, 58–65, 66, 67, 69, 70–72, and 
Rivercenter. 
(b) PUBLIC INTEREST DETERMINATION.—The Sec-
retary shall make the public interest determination under 
subsection (a) separately for each proposed project to be 
undertaken within the boundaries described in subsection 
(a), using reasonable discretion, not later than 150 days 
after the date of submission of appropriate plans for the 
proposed project. 
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(c) LIMITS ON APPLICABILITY; REGULATORY RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The declaration under subsection (a) shall 
apply only to those parts of the areas described in sub-
section (a) that are or will be bulkheaded and filled or 
otherwise occupied by permanent structures, including 
marina and recreation facilities. All such work is subject 
to all applicable Federal statutes and regulations, includ-
ing sections 9 and 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 
Stat. 1151; 33 U.S.C. 401 and 403), commonly known 
as the River and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, sec-
tion 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1344), and the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
Æ 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4859 
To extend the declaration of nonnavigability in perpetuity for Rivercenter, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2016 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To extend the declaration of nonnavigability in perpetuity 
for Rivercenter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF NONNAVIGABILITY FOR 
RIVERCENTER, 
PHILADELPHIA, 
PENNSYL-
VANIA. 
Section 38(c) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1988 (33 U.S.C. 59j–1(c); 102 Stat. 4038) is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘(except 30 years from such 
date of enactment, in the case of the area or any 
part thereof described in subsection (a)(5))’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Not-
withstanding the preceding sentence, the declaration 
of nonnavigability for the area described in sub-
section (a)(5), or any part thereof, shall not ex-
pire.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 485 
To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing 
wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by 
other Federal employees in the same pay locality, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2015 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. NORTON, and 
Mrs. BUSTOS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic 
pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the 
percentage increase received by other Federal employees 
in the same pay locality, 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. ADJUSTMENTS TO RATES OF BASIC PAY OF 
PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES. 
(a) LIMITATION ON ADJUSTMENTS.— 
(1) PREVAILING RATE EMPLOYEES OF AGEN-
CIES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and except as otherwise provided in this section, a 
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prevailing rate employee described in section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, may 
not be paid— 
(A) during the period beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 2015, and ending on the normal effective 
date of the applicable wage survey adjustment 
that is to take effect in fiscal year 2015, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the 
applicable grade and step of the applicable wage 
schedule in accordance with section 5343 of 
title 5, United States Code; and 
(B) during the period beginning on the day 
after the end of the period described in sub-
paragraph (A) and ending on September 30, 
2015, in an amount that exceeds, as a result of 
a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable 
under subparagraph (A) by more than the sum 
of— 
(i) the percentage adjustment taking 
effect in fiscal year 2015 under section 
5303 of title 5, United States Code, in the 
rates of pay under the General Schedule; 
and 
(ii) the difference between the overall 
average percentage of the locality-based 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5016
AN ACT
To extend the water service contract for the Ainsworth Unit,
Sandhills Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program,
Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4860 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish the United 
States – Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2016 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. WASSERMAN 
SCHULTZ, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. KEATING, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. POLIS, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mr. LOWENTHAL) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committees on Homeland Security and Science, Space, and 
Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 
the United States – Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excel-
lence, 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 ‘‘United States – Israel 
Cybersecurity Cooperation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. UNITED STATES – ISRAEL CYBERSECURITY CENTER 
OF EXCELLENCE. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to 
establish a joint United States – Israel Cybersecurity Cen-
ter of Excellence based in the United States and Israel 
to leverage the experience, knowledge, and expertise of in-
stitutions of higher education (as such term is defined in 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 101 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), private sector enti-
ties, and government entities in the area of cybersecurity 
and protection of critical infrastructure (as such term is 
defined in subsection (e) of section 1016 of the Critical 
Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c; 
enacted in title X of the USA Patriot Act (Public Law 
107–56)) in order to— 
(1) promote joint research and development; 
(2) share best practices and access to American 
and Israeli innovation; and 
(3) strengthen the partnership between the 
United States and Israeli academic and research in-
stitutions, private sector entities, and government 
entities. 
SEC. 3. ANNUAL INNOVATION PRIZE. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to 
carry out a program in cooperation with the United States 
– Israel Cybersecurity Center of Excellence under section 
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