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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Empowering Citizens Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—REFORM OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FINANCING 
Subtitle A—Primary Elections 
Sec. 101. Increase in and modifications to matching payments. 
Sec. 102. Eligibility requirements for matching payments. 
Sec. 103. Inflation adjustment for matching contributions. 
Sec. 104. Repeal of expenditure limitations. 
Sec. 105. Period of availability of matching payments. 
Sec. 106. Examination and audits of matchable contributions. 
Sec. 107. Modification to limitation on contributions for Presidential primary 
candidates. 
Subtitle B—General Elections 
Sec. 111. Modification of eligibility requirements for public financing. 
Sec. 112. Repeal of expenditure limitations and use of qualified campaign con-
tributions. 
Sec. 113. Matching payments and other modifications to payment amounts. 
Sec. 114. Inflation adjustment for payment amounts. 
Sec. 115. Increase in limit on coordinated party expenditures. 
Sec. 116. Establishment of uniform date for release of payments. 
Sec. 117. Amounts in Presidential Election Campaign Fund. 
Sec. 118. Use of general election payments for general election legal and ac-
counting compliance. 
TITLE II—PUBLIC FINANCING FOR CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION 
CAMPAIGNS 
Sec. 201. Benefits and eligibility requirements for Congressional candidates. 
‘‘TITLE V—PUBLIC FINANCING OF CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION 
CAMPAIGNS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Benefits 
‘‘Sec. 501. Benefits for participating candidates. 
‘‘Sec. 502. Administration of payments. 
‘‘Sec. 503. Qualified contribution defined. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Eligibility and Certification 
‘‘Sec. 511. Eligibility. 
‘‘Sec. 512. Qualified contribution requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 513. Certification. 
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‘‘Subtitle C—Requirements for Candidates Certified as Participating 
Candidates 
‘‘Sec. 521. Restrictions on certain contributions and expenditures. 
‘‘Sec. 522. Remitting unspent funds after election. 
‘‘Subtitle D—Administrative Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 531. Administration by Commission. 
‘‘Sec. 532. Violations and penalties. 
‘‘Sec. 533. Election cycle defined. 
Sec. 202. Permitting unlimited coordinated expenditures by political party com-
mittees on behalf of participating candidates if expenditures 
are derived from small dollar contributions. 
Sec. 203. Prohibiting use of contributions by participating candidates for pur-
poses other than campaign for election. 
TITLE III—COORDINATED CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY 
Sec. 301. Clarification of treatment of coordinated expenditures as contribu-
tions to candidates. 
Sec. 302. Clarification of ban on fundraising for super PACs by Federal can-
didates and officeholders. 
TITLE IV—USE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND 
FOR PUBLIC FINANCING OF FEDERAL ELECTIONS 
Sec. 401. Use of Presidential Election Campaign Fund for congressional can-
didates. 
Sec. 402. Revisions to designation of income tax payments by individual tax-
payers. 
Sec. 403. Donation to Presidential Election Campaign Fund. 
TITLE V—OTHER CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORMS 
Sec. 501. Regulations with respect to best efforts for identifying persons mak-
ing contributions. 
Sec. 502. Prohibition on joint fundraising committees. 
Sec. 503. Disclosure of bundled contributions to Presidential campaigns. 
Sec. 504. Judicial review of actions related to campaign finance laws. 
TITLE VI—SEVERABILITY; EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 601. Severability. 
Sec. 602. Effective date. 
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based repayment plan, as described in 
paragraph (1)(E); or 
‘‘(ii) to a new borrower, may provide 
the borrower the option to enroll in the re-
payment plan described in paragraph 
(2)(B). 
‘‘(7) APPLICABILITY PROVISION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (5) and subparagraph (B) of this 
paragraph, the repayment plans under subpara-
graphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1) 
are not available for a borrower who received 
the borrower’s first disbursement of a Federal 
Direct Loan on or after July 1, 2017. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The repayment plans 
available to a borrower of a Federal Direct 
PLUS Loan made on behalf of a dependent 
student or a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan 
whose proceeds were used to discharge the li-
ability of a Federal Direct PLUS Loan made 
on behalf of a dependent student or a loan 
under section 428B made on behalf of a de-
pendent student on or after July 1, 2017, shall 
be those described under subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) of paragraph (1).’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4250 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the statute of 
limitation for credit or refund for taxpayers who receive combat pay. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2015 
Mr. BLUMENAUER 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 extend 
the statute of limitation for credit or refund for tax-
payers who receive combat pay. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENDED STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR 
CREDIT OR REFUND FOR TAXPAYERS WHO 
RECEIVE COMBAT PAY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6511 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection 
(i) as subsection (j) and by inserting after subsection (h) 
the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(i) SPECIAL RULE
FOR EXCLUDABLE COMBAT 
PAY.—In the case of a claim for credit or refund which 
relates to an overpayment of tax imposed by subtitle A 
for a taxable year in which the taxpayer received com-
pensation properly excludible from gross income under 
section 112, this section shall be applied— 
‘‘(1) by substituting ‘15 years’ for ‘3 years’ 
each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b)(2), 
‘‘(2) by substituting ‘15 years’ for ‘2 years’ 
each place it appears in such subsections, and 
‘‘(3) by substituting ‘15-year period’ for ‘3-year 
period’ each place it appears in subsection (b)(2).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to claims for credit or refund made 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4251 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of 
Defense affords each member of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces with the opportunity for a physical examination before the mem-
ber separates from the Armed Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2015 
Mr. COFFMAN (for himself, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PASCRELL, 
Mr. LATTA, Mr. HONDA, Ms. ESTY, Mr. NUGENT, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Mr. COLE, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COSTA, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. 
PALAZZO, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. 
JONES, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. WALKER, Mr. BOST, Mr. KING of 
Iowa, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, and Mr. RUIZ) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the 
Secretary of Defense affords each member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces with the opportunity 
for a physical examination before the member separates 
from the Armed Forces. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guard and Reserve 
Equal Access to Health Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF A RE-
SERVE COMPONENT WHO ARE SEPARATING 
FROM THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1145 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF A 
RESERVE COMPONENT.—(1) The Secretary concerned 
shall provide a physical examination pursuant to sub-
section (a)(5) to each member of a reserve component 
who— 
‘‘(A) will not otherwise receive such an exam-
ination under such subsection; and 
‘‘(B) elects to receive such a physical examina-
tion. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned shall— 
‘‘(A) provide the physical examination under 
paragraph (1) to a member during the 90-day period 
before the date on which the member is scheduled to 
be separated from the armed forces; and 
‘‘(B) issue orders to such a member to receive 
such physical examination. 
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‘‘(3) A member may not be entitled to health care 
benefits pursuant to subsection (a), (b), or (c) solely by 
reason of being provided a physical examination under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) In providing to a member a physical examination 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall pro-
vide to the member a record of the physical examination.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4252 
To extend temporarily the extended period of protection for members of 
uniformed services relating to mortgages, mortgage foreclosure, and evic-
tion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2015 
Mr. FINCHER (for himself, Mr. HECK of Washington, and Mr. STIVERS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To extend temporarily the extended period of protection for 
members of uniformed services relating to mortgages, 
mortgage foreclosure, and eviction, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Foreclosure Relief and 
Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF EXTENDED PERIOD OF 
PROTECTIONS 
FOR 
MEMBERS 
OF 
UNI-
FORMED SERVICES RELATING TO MORT-
GAGES, 
MORTGAGE 
FORECLOSURE, 
AND 
EVICTION. 
Section 710(d) of the Honoring America’s Veterans 
and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Pub-
lic Law 112–154; 50 U.S.C. 3953 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2017’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘January 1, 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2018’’. 
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cost of initial or expanded tribal contracts, grants, com-
pacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau under
such Act; and of which not to exceed $374,290,000 for
school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and
other education programs shall become available on July
1, 1998, and shall remain available until September 30,
1999; and of which not to exceed Ω43æ$59,775,000
$59,479,000 shall remain available until expended for
housing improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees,
litigation support, self-governance grants, the Indian Self-
Determination Fund, land records improvements and the
Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided, That tribes
and tribal contractors may use their tribal priority alloca-
tions for unmet indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants
or compact agreements and for unmet welfare assistance
costs: Provided further, That funds made available to
tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, compact
agreements, or grants obligated during fiscal years 1998
and 1999, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination
Act of 1975, or grants authorized by the Indian Education
Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001 and 2008A) shall
remain available until expended by the contractor or
grantee: Provided further, That to provide funding uni-
formity within a Self-Governance Compact, any funds pro-
vided in this Act with availability for more than two years
Area in 1968 under Public Law 90–540 (16 U.S.C.
460v et seq.);
(B) Public Law 90–540 assigned responsibility
for administration, protection, and development of
the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area to the
Secretary of Agriculture and provided that lands and
waters needed or used for the Colorado River Stor-
age Project would continue to be administered by
the Secretary of the Interior; and
(C) most structures within the Dutch John
community (including the schools and public build-
ings within the community) occupy lands adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture;
(3)(A) the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior are unnecessarily burdened
with the cost of continuing to provide basic services
and facilities and building maintenance and with the
administrative costs of operating the Dutch John
community; and
(B) certain structures and lands are no longer
essential to management of the Colorado River Stor-
age Project or to management of the Flaming Gorge
National Recreation Area;
(4)(A) residents of the community are inter-
ested in purchasing the homes they currently rent
to children with developmental disabil-
ities and State agencies responsible 
for child protective services should 
have in the administration of a track-
ing system. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each law enforcement 
agency that receives a grant under this section 
shall comply with any standards and best prac-
tices relating to the use of tracking devices as 
established by the Attorney General under 
paragraph (1), in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services and lead-
ing research, advocacy, self-advocacy, and serv-
ice organizations. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.— 
The Attorney General, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall 
determine whether a law enforcement agency 
that receives a grant under this section acts in 
compliance with the requirement described in 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS AND BEST 
PRACTICES.—The standards and best practices es-
tablished by the Attorney General under paragraph 
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(1) shall apply only to the grant program authorized 
under this part. 
‘‘SEC. 3022. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘To request a grant under section 3021, the head 
of a law enforcement agency shall submit an application 
to the Attorney General in such form and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may reasonably re-
quire. 
‘‘SEC. 3023. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘child’ means an individual who 
is less than 18 years of age; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the same mean-
ing as in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b(e)); 
‘‘(3) the term ‘law enforcement agency’ means 
an agency of a State, unit of local government, or 
Indian tribe that is authorized by law or by a gov-
ernment agency to engage in or supervise the pre-
vention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of 
any violation of criminal law; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘State’ means each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
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American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana 
Islands; and 
‘‘(5) the term ‘unit of local government’ means 
a county, municipality, town, township, village, par-
ish, borough, or other unit of general government 
below the State level. 
‘‘SEC. 3024. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 
through 2020.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4254 
To prohibit employers from requiring grocery store employees to enter into 
covenants not to compete, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2015 
Mr. KILMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To prohibit employers from requiring grocery store employees 
to enter into covenants not to compete, 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 ‘‘Freedom for Workers 
to Seek Opportunity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMERCE.—The term ‘‘commerce’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203). 
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(2) COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE.—The term 
‘‘covenant not to compete’’ means an agreement— 
(A) between an employee and employer 
that restricts such employee from performing— 
(i) any work for another employer for 
a specified period of time; 
(ii) any work in a specified geo-
graphical area; or 
(iii) work for another employer that is 
similar to such employee’s work for the 
employer included as a party to the agree-
ment; and 
(B) that is entered into after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(3) EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; ENTERPRISE; EN-
TERPRISE ENGAGED IN COMMERCE OR IN THE PRO-
DUCTION OF GOODS FOR COMMERCE; GOODS.—The 
terms ‘‘employee’’, ‘‘employer’’, ‘‘enterprise’’, ‘‘enter-
prise engaged in commerce or in the production of 
goods for commerce’’, and ‘‘goods’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in section 3 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203). 
(4) GROCERY
STORE.—The term ‘‘grocery 
store’’ means an establishment that sells food for 
home preparation and consumption and offers for 
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may be reprogrammed to two year availability but shall
remain available within the Compact until expended: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, Indian tribal governments may, by appropriate
changes in eligibility criteria or by other means, change
eligibility for general assistance or change the amount of
general assistance payments for individuals within the
service area of such tribe who are otherwise deemed eligi-
ble for general assistance payments so long as such
changes are applied in a consistent manner to individuals
similarly situated: Provided further, That any savings real-
ized by such changes shall be available for use in meeting
other priorities of the tribes: Provided further, That any
net increase in costs to the Federal Government which re-
sult solely from tribally increased payment levels for gen-
eral assistance shall be met exclusively from funds avail-
able to the tribe from within its tribal priority allocation:
Provided further, That any forestry funds allocated to a
tribe which remain unobligated as of September 30, 1998,
may be transferred during fiscal year 1999 to an Indian
forest land assistance account established for the benefit
of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund account: Pro-
vided further, That any such unobligated balances not so
transferred shall expire on September 30, 1999: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4255 
To amend the Act commonly known as the Indian Long-Term Leasing Act 
to expand certain exceptions for long-term lease limits for the Pueblo 
of Santa Clara. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2015 
Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Act commonly known as the Indian Long- 
Term Leasing Act to expand certain exceptions for long- 
term lease limits for the Pueblo of Santa Clara. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXPANDING EXCEPTION FOR LONG-TERM 
LEASES. 
The Act of August 9, 1955 (commonly known as the 
Indian Long-Term Leasing Act; 25 U.S.C. 415(a)), is 
amended in subsection (a) of the first section— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘the Puyallup Tribe of Indi-
ans,,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, 
the Pueblo of Santa Clara,’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘leases of the the lands com-
prising the Moses Allotment Numbered 8’’ and in-
serting ‘‘leases of the lands comprising the Moses 
Allotment Numbered 8’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘lands held in trust for the 
Pueblo of Santa Clara,’’. 
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ceeds of such loan were used to discharge the 
liability on such Federal Direct PLUS Loan, or 
a loan under section 428B made on behalf of 
a dependent student. 
‘‘(2) DESIGN AND SELECTION FOR NEW BOR-
ROWERS ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2017.—The Secretary 
shall offer a borrower of a loan made under this part 
on or after July 1, 2017, the following plans for re-
payment of such loan, including principal and inter-
est on the loan. The borrower shall be entitled to ac-
celerate, without penalty, repayment on the bor-
rower’s loans under this part. The borrower may 
choose— 
‘‘(A) a standard repayment plan, con-
sistent with subsection (a)(1) of this section 
and with section 428(b)(9)(A)(i); or 
‘‘(B) an income-based repayment plan, 
consistent with part J, except that the plan de-
scribed in this subparagraph shall not be avail-
able to a borrower of a Federal Direct PLUS 
Loan made on behalf of a dependent student or 
a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, if the pro-
ceeds of such loan were used to discharge the 
liability on such Federal Direct PLUS Loan or 
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