datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(P) Methyldiethanolamine.
(Q) Triethanolamine.
(13) TOXIC CHEMICAL.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘toxic chemi-
cal’’ means any chemical which through its
chemical action on life processes can cause
death, temporary incapacitation or permanent
harm to humans or animals. The term includes
all such chemicals, regardless of their origin or
of their method of production, and regardless of
whether they are produced in facilities, in muni-
tions or elsewhere.
(B) LIST
OF
TOXIC
CHEMICALS.—Toxic
chemicals which have been identified for the ap-
plication of verification measures under Article
VI of the Convention are listed in schedules
contained in the Annex on Chemicals of the
Chemical Weapons Convention.
(14) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘‘United
States’’ means the several States of the United
States, the District of Columbia, and the common-
wealths, territories, and possessions of the United
States and includes all places under the jurisdiction
or control of the United States, including—
grams under section 1860D–4(e)(4)(A) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–104(e)(4)(A)). 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4806
AN ACT
To provide for a land exchange involving Federal
lands in the Lincoln National Forest in the State
of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5275 
To protect the authority of States and local governments to enact and enforce 
policies regarding the use of sex-segregated bathrooms and sex-segregated 
locker rooms of educational institutions on the basis of gender identity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2016 
Mr. MESSER (for himself, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. MEADOWS, 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. MASSIE, Mrs. 
LUMMIS, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. JORDAN, and Mr. WALKER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To protect the authority of States and local governments 
to enact and enforce policies regarding the use of sex- 
segregated bathrooms and sex-segregated locker rooms 
of educational institutions on the basis of gender identity. 
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 ‘‘Prohibiting the Usur-
pation of Bathroom Laws through Independent Choice 
School Act (PUBLIC School Act) of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITY REGARDING SEX- 
SEGREGATED 
BATHROOMS 
AND 
SEX-SEG-
REGATED LOCKER ROOMS OF EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS. 
It shall not be unlawful under any Federal law (in-
cluding title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972) 
for a State, or local government of a State, to enact or 
enforce a policy regarding the use of sex-segregated bath-
rooms, or sex-segregated locker rooms, of educational in-
stitutions on the basis of gender identity. Federal financial 
assistance may not be reduced or denied on the basis that 
a State, or local government of a State, enacts or enforces 
a policy regarding the use of sex-segregated bathrooms, 
or sex-segregated locker rooms, of an educational institu-
tion on the basis of gender identity. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘gender identity’’ 
shall have the meaning given it in section 249 of title 18 
of the United States Code. 
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representing private sector workers who could rea-
sonably be expected to be affected by approval of the
proposal, which notice shall offer to furnish copies of
the analysis required by paragraph (5) and shall so-
licit comment on the analysis;
‘‘(B) solicit comments on the analysis required
by paragraph (5) from trade associations represent-
ing vendors and labor unions representing private
sector workers who could reasonably be expected to
be affected by approval of the proposal to authorize
the production and sale of a new product or expand
the production of a currently authorized product;
and
‘‘(C) afford an opportunity, on request, for a
representative of an established trade association,
labor union, or other representatives of private in-
dustry to present comments on the proposal directly
to the board of directors.
‘‘(7) The corporation shall provide to the board of
directors its recommendation regarding action on the pro-
posal taking into consideration the comments received.
‘‘(8) The board of directors shall consider a proposal
to authorize the sale of a new product or service (or to
modify the volume of sales for a currently authorized prod-
uct or service) and take any action with respect to such
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4806
AN ACT
To provide for a land exchange involving Federal lands in
the Lincoln National Forest in the State of New Mexico,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 2709 PCS
any foreign nation for money damages resulting
from that nation’s refusal to provide indemnification
to the United States for any liability imposed on the
United States by virtue of the actions of an inspec-
tor of the Technical Secretariat who is a national of
that foreign nation acting at the direction or the be-
hest of that foreign nation.
(2) UNITED STATES ACTIONS IN COURTS OUT-
SIDE THE UNITED STATES.—The Attorney General
is authorized to seek any and all available redress in
any international tribunal for indemnification to the
United States for any liability imposed on the
United States by virtue of the actions of an inspec-
tor of the Technical Secretariat, and to seek such re-
dress in the courts of the foreign nation from which
the inspector is a national.
(3) ACTIONS BROUGHT BY INDIVIDUALS AND
BUSINESSES.—Notwithstanding any other law, any
national of the United States, or any business entity
organized and operating under the laws of the
United States, may bring a civil action in a United
States District Court for money damages against
any foreign national or any business entity organized
and operating under the laws of a foreign nation for
an unauthorized or unlawful acquisition, receipt,
ment Board established in accordance with section 
101. 
(18) TERRITORIAL
GOVERNMENT.—The term 
‘‘territorial government’’ means the government of a 
covered territory, including all covered territorial in-
strumentalities. 
(19) TERRITORIAL INSTRUMENTALITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘territorial 
instrumentality’’ means any political subdivi-
sion, public agency, instrumentality—including 
any instrumentality that is also a bank—or 
public corporation of a territory, and this term 
should be broadly construed to effectuate the 
purposes of this Act. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘territorial in-
strumentality’’ does not include an Oversight 
Board. 
(20) 
TERRITORY.—The 
term 
‘‘territory’’ 
means— 
(A) Puerto Rico; 
(B) Guam; 
(C) American Samoa; 
(D) the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; or 
(E) the United States Virgin Islands.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pine Springs Land
Exchange Act’’.
SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE, LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST,
NEW MEXICO.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’
means the three parcels of land, and any improve-
ments thereon, comprising approximately 80 acres in
the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico, as de-
picted on the map entitled ‘‘Pine Springs Land Ex-
change’’ and dated May 25, 2004, and more particu-
larly described as S1/2SE1/4NW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4,
W1/2E1/2NW1/4SW1/4, and E1/2W1/2NW1/4SW1/
4 of section 32 of township 17 south, range 13 east,
New Mexico Principal Meridian.
(2) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘non-Fed-
eral land’’ means the parcel of land owned by Lub-
bock Christian University comprising approximately
80 acres, as depicted on the map referred to in para-
graph (1) and more particularly described as N1/
2NW1/4 of section 24 of township 17 south, range
12 east, New Mexico Principal Meridian.
(b) LAND EXCHANGE REQUIRED.—
(1) EXCHANGE.—In exchange for the convey-
ance of the non-Federal land by Lubbock Christian
H. Res. 316
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
July 15, 2003.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 1950) to authorize appropriations for the De-
partment of State for the fiscal years 2004 and 2005, to au-
thorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act
and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assist-
ance for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, and for other purposes.
The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived.
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Inter-
national Relations. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be
in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the
H. Res. 317
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
July 15, 2003.
Resolved, That the election contest relating to the office
of Representative from the Second Congressional District of
Hawaii is dismissed.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Res. 318
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
July 15, 2003.
Resolved, That the election contest relating to the office
of Representative from the Sixth Congressional District of
Tennessee is dismissed.
Attest:
Clerk.
planation of the reasons why the United States Gov-
ernment did not inform that government of those ac-
tivities.
(3) If the government of primary jurisdiction
was aware of the activities that were the basis for the
identification of that person in the report, a descrip-
tion of the efforts, if any, undertaken by that govern-
ment to prevent those activities, and an assessment of
the effectiveness of those efforts, including an expla-
nation of why those efforts failed.
(4) If the government of primary jurisdiction
was aware of the activities that were the basis for the
identification of that person in the report and failed
to undertake effective efforts to prevent those activi-
ties, a description of any sanctions that have been im-
posed on that government by the United States Gov-
ernment because of such failure.
SEC. 7. PURCHASE OF WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the
Congress that the President should exercise the authority
granted to him under section 504 of the Freedom for Russia
and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets
Support Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5854)—
(1) to prevent the transfer of weapons-related
material and delivery systems to Iran through the
Union Calendar No. 220
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2709
[Report No. 105–375]
A BILL
To impose certain sanctions on foreign persons who
transfer items contributing to Iran’s efforts to
acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles.
NOVEMBER 4, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
100 
A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Report of 
Chief of 
Engineers 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
1. OR 
Willamette River 
Dec. 14, 
2015 
Federal: $19,143,000 
Non-Federal: $10,631,000 
Total: $29,774,000 
2. CA 
Los Angeles River 
Dec. 18, 
2015 
Federal: $375,773,000 
Non-Federal: $980,835,000 
Total: $1,356,608,000. 
(8) DEAUTHORIZATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, AND 
OTHER PROJECTS.— 
A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Decision 
Document 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
1. TX 
Upper Trinity 
River 
May 21, 
2008 
Federal: $526,500,000 
Non-Federal: $283,500,000 
Total: $810,000,000 
2. KY 
Green River Locks 
and Dams 3, 4, 
5, 6 and Barren 
River Lock and 
Dam 1 Disposi-
tion 
Apr. 30, 
2015 
Federal: $0 
Non-Federal: $0 
Total: $0 
3. KS 
Turkey Creek 
Basin 
May 13, 
2016 
Federal: $97,067,750 
Non-Federal: $55,465,250 
Total: $152,533,000 
4. KY 
Ohio River Shore-
line 
May 13, 
2016 
Federal: $34,860,000 
Non-Federal: $11,620,000 
Total: $46,480,000 
5. MO 
Blue River Basin 
May 13, 
2016 
Federal: $20,309,900 
Non-Federal: $10,936,100 
Total: $31,246,000. 
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is a final dissolution of marriage of a couple who
have one or more children under 12 years of age.’’.
(5) ENTITLEMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 434(a) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 629d(a)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) FAMILY
RECONCILIATION
AMOUNT.—
Each State with a family reconciliation plan ap-
proved under section 432(c)(3) shall be entitled to
an amount equal to the allotment of the State under
section 433(d) for the fiscal year.
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
434(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629d(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1995.
SEC. 3. USE OF FUNDS UNDER LEGAL SERVICES CORPORA-
TION ACT.
Section 1007(b) of the Legal Services Corporation
Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) to improve the quality, and to increase the
availability, of services to assist families to nurture
such children, and
(4) to improve the coordination and effective-
ness of existing programs that provide such services
to such children and their families.
SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR SERVICES.
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Secretary
of Health and Human Services may make grants, on a
competitive basis, to eligible States to improve the quality,
and to increase the availability, of child care services for
very young children and of support services for the fami-
lies of such children.
(b) PRIORITY.—For the purpose of making grants
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to
eligible States to the extent that such State, as dem-
onstrated in the application for a grant under such sub-
section—
(1) will minimize the administrative costs to be
incurred to carry out the plan contained in such ap-
plication,
(2) has coordinated the activities described in
the plan contained in such application, with provid-
ers of child care services for children between 3 and
6 years of age, and with providers of family support
purchase, barter, or other acquisition of such material
and delivery systems; and
(2) to prevent the transfer to Iran of scientific
and technical expertise with respect to such weapons-
related material and delivery systems.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts hereafter
made available to carry out chapter 11 of part I of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.; relating
to assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet
Union) may be used to carry out subsection (a).
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act—
(1) the terms ‘‘foreign person’’ and ‘‘person’’
mean—
(A) a natural person that is an alien;
(B) a corporation, business association,
partnership, society, trust, or any other non-
governmental entity, organization, or group, that
is organized under the laws of a foreign country
or has its principal place of business in a foreign
country;
(C) any foreign governmental entity operat-
ing as a business enterprise; and
(D) any successor or subsidiary of any en-
tity described in subparagraph (B) or (C);
(2) the term ‘‘government of primary jurisdic-
tion’’ means—
(A) in the case of a natural person, the for-
eign government of the country of which the per-
son is a citizen or national;
(B) in the case of an entity described in
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), the foreign
government of the country in which the entity
has its principal place of business, or the foreign
government under whose laws that entity is or-
ganized; and
(C) in the case of a foreign governmental
entity described in subparagraph (C) of para-
graph (1), the foreign government of which that
entity is a part; and
(3) the term ‘‘MTCR Annex’’ has the meaning
given that term in section 11B(c)(4) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 2410b(c)(4)).
HR 5278 RFS
to develop and approve a Territory Budget that is 
a compliant budget by the day before the first day 
of the fiscal year for which the Territory Budget is 
being developed, the Oversight Board shall submit a 
Budget to the Governor and the Legislature (includ-
ing any revision to the Territory Budget made by 
the Oversight Board pursuant to subsection (d)(2)) 
and such Budget shall be— 
(A) deemed to be approved by the Gov-
ernor and the Legislature; 
(B) the subject of a compliance certifi-
cation issued by the Oversight Board to the 
Governor and the Legislature; and 
(C) in full force and effect beginning on 
the first day of the applicable fiscal year. 
(4) DEEMED CERTIFICATION OF INSTRUMEN-
TALITY BUDGETS.—If the Governor fails to develop 
an Instrumentality Budget that is a compliant budg-
et by the day before the first day of the fiscal year 
for which the Instrumentality Budget is being devel-
oped, the Oversight Board shall submit an Instru-
mentality Budget to the Governor (including any re-
vision to the Instrumentality Budget made by the 
Oversight Board pursuant to subsection (c)(2)) and 
such Budget shall be— 
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(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) to provide legal assistance to an eligible
client with respect to a proceeding or litigation in
which the client seeks to obtain a dissolution of a
marriage or a legal separation from a spouse, except
that nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a recip-
ient from providing legal assistance to the client
with respect to the proceeding or litigation if a court
of appropriate jurisdiction has determined that the
spouse has physically or mentally abused the
client.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2710
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that an employ-
ee’s ‘‘regular rate’’ for purposes of calculating overtime compensation
will not be affected by certain additional payments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 23, 1997
Mr. BALLENGER (for himself and Mr. GOODLING) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide
that an employee’s ‘‘regular rate’’ for purposes of cal-
culating overtime compensation will not be affected by
certain additional payments.
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 ‘‘Rewarding Perform-
ance in Compensation Act’’.
SEC. 2. REGULAR RATE.
Section 7(e)(3) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(e)(3)) is amended by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘; or (d) the
payments are made to reward an employee or group of
employees for meeting or exceeding the productivity, qual-
ity, efficiency, or sales goals as specified in a gainsharing,
incentive bonus, commission, or performance contingent
bonus plan’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2711
To promote full equality at the United Nations for Israel.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 23, 1997
Mr. CAMPBELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To promote full equality at the United Nations for Israel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EFFORTS TO PROMOTE FULL EQUALITY AT
THE UNITED NATIONS FOR ISRAEL.
(a) CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT.—It is the sense of
the Congress that—
(1) the United States must help promote an
end to the persistent inequity experienced by Israel
in the United Nations whereby Israel is the only
longstanding member of the organization to be de-
nied acceptance into any of the United Nations re-
gional blocs; and
(2) the United States Ambassador to the Unit-
ed Nations should take all steps necessary to ensure
Israel’s acceptance in the Western Europe and Oth-
ers Group (WEOG) regional bloc.
(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act and on a quar-
terly basis thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report
which includes the following information (in classified or
unclassified form as appropriate):
(1) Actions taken by representatives of the
United States, including the United States Ambas-
sador to the United Nations, to encourage the na-
tions of the Western Europe and Others Group
(WEOG) to accept Israel into their regional bloc.
(2) Efforts undertaken by the Secretary Gen-
eral of the United Nations to secure Israel’s full and
equal participation in that body.
(3) Specific responses received by the Secretary
of State from each of the nations of Western Europe
and Others Group (WEOG) on their position con-
cerning Israel’s acceptance into their organization.
(4) Other measures being undertaken, and
which will be undertaken, to ensure and promote Is-
rael’s full and equal participation in the United Na-
tions.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2712
To require executive branch agencies annually to review the costs of service
contracts and to report to Congress on such review.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 23, 1997
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. FORD, and Mr. WYNN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To require executive branch agencies annually to review the
costs of service contracts and to report to Congress on
such review.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REVIEW OF SERVICE CONTRACTS.
(a) REVIEW.—Each year each agency in the executive
branch of the Federal Government shall review each serv-
ice contract entered into by the agency during the year
under review to determine whether the total cost to the
agency of the contract exceeded the price originally agreed
upon by the agency and the contractor for the service con-
tract.
(b) COST COMPARISON.—For each service contract
for which an agency determines, in its review under sub-
section (a), that the total cost of the contract exceeded
the price originally agreed upon, the agency shall compare
the total cost of procuring the services under a contract
to the total cost of performing the services by employees
of the agency. Such cost comparison shall be made pursu-
ant to the criteria set forth in Office of Management and
Budget Circular A–76, as in effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The head of each agen-
cy in the executive branch of the Federal Government shall
submit to Congress a report each year on the results of
the review under subsection (a) and on the cost compari-
sons carried out under subsection (b).
(d) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply with re-
spect to contracts awarded after the date of enactment
of this Act.
(e) SERVICE CONTRACT DEFINED.—For the pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘service contract’’ has the
meaning given such term in part 37 of title 48 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.
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