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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5015 
AN ACT 
To restore amounts improperly withheld for tax purposes 
from severance payments to individuals who retired or 
separated from service in the Armed Forces for combat- 
related injuries, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), as
amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and shall
include a review of—
(1) the definitions of ‘‘information service,’’
‘‘local exchange carrier,’’ ‘‘telecommunications,’’ ‘‘tele-
communications service,’’ ‘‘telecommunications car-
rier,’’ and ‘‘telephone exchange service’’ that were
added to section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 153) by the Telecommunications Act of
1996 and the impact of the Commission’s interpreta-
tion of those definitions on the current and future
provision of universal service to consumers in all
areas of the nation, including high cost and rural
areas;
(2) the application of those definitions to mixed
or hybrid services and the impact of such application
on universal service definitions and support, and the
consistency of the Commission’s application of those
definitions, including with respect to Internet access
under section 254(h) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h));
(3) who is required to contribute to universal
service under section 254(d) of the Communications
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(d)) and related existing
federal universal service support mechanisms, and of
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quarterly reports on the status of crime reduction in each
of the 83 police service areas established throughout the Dis-
trict of Columbia: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated for expenses under the District of Columbia Crimi-
nal Justice Act, approved September 3, 1974 (88 Stat.
1090; Public Law 93–412; D.C. Code, sec. 11–2601 et seq.),
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, shall be
available for obligations incurred under the Act in each fis-
cal year since inception in fiscal year 1975: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated for expenses under the Dis-
trict of Columbia Neglect Representation Equity Act of
1984, effective March 13, 1985 (D.C. Law 5–129; D.C. Code,
sec. 16–2304), for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, shall be available for obligations incurred under the
Act in each fiscal year since inception in fiscal year 1985:
Provided further, That funds appropriated for expenses
under the District of Columbia Guardianship, Protective
Proceedings, and Durable Power of Attorney Act of 1986,
effective February 27, 1987 (D.C. Law 6–204; D.C. Code,
sec. 21–2060), for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1998, shall be available for obligations incurred under the
Act in each fiscal year since inception in fiscal year 1989.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
Public education system, including the development of
national defense education programs, $672,444,000 (includ-
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5016 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of 
Education to provide student borrowers with instruction in general prin-
ciples of financial literacy through its online counseling tool, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2016 
Mr. SALMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 
the Secretary of Education to provide student borrowers 
with instruction in general principles of financial literacy 
through its online counseling tool, 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 ‘‘Financial Literacy for 
Financial Aid Act’’. 
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Government, to perform such acts, and any such con-
tractor so authorized shall not be considered to be a
consular officer.’’.
(2) DEFINITION OF CONSULAR OFFICERS.—Sec-
tion 3492(c) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For
purposes of this section and sections 3493 through
3496 of this title, the term ‘consular officers’ includes
any United States citizen who is designated to per-
form notarial functions pursuant to section 1750 of
the Revised Statutes, as amended (22 U.S.C. 4221).’’.
(d) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER OATHS.—
Section 115 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of this sec-
tion, a consular officer shall include any United States citi-
zen serving overseas, authorized to perform notarial func-
tions pursuant to section 1750 of the Revised Statutes, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 4221).’’.
(e) DEFINITION
OF CONSULAR OFFICER.—Section
101(a)(9) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(9)) is amended by—
(1) inserting ‘‘or employee’’ after ‘‘officer’’ the
second place it appears; and
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5017 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Maritime Ad-
ministrator, to release all remaining right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to a parcel of real property in Richland, Wash-
ington, to the Port of Benton. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2016 
Mr. NEWHOUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation, acting through 
the Maritime Administrator, to release all remaining 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and 
to a parcel of real property in Richland, Washington, 
to the Port of Benton. 
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 ‘‘Port of Benton Re-
striction Release Act of 2016’’. 
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ing $530,197,000 from local funds, $112,806,000 from Fed-
eral funds, and $29,441,000 from other funds), to be allo-
cated as follows: $564,129,000 (including $460,143,000
from local funds, $98,491,000 from Federal funds, and
$5,495,000 from other funds), for the public schools of the
District of Columbia; $8,900,000 from local funds for the
District 
of 
Columbia 
Teachers’ 
Retirement 
Fund;
$3,376,000 from local funds (not including funds already
made available for District of Columbia public schools) for
public charter schools: Provided, That if the entirety of this
allocation has not been provided as payments to any public
charter schools currently in operation through the per pupil
funding formula, the funds shall be available for new public
charter schools on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That
$400,000 be available to the District of Columbia Public
Charter School Board for administrative costs: Provided
further, That if the entirety of this allocation has not been
provided as payment to one or more public charter schools
by May 1, 1998, and remains unallocated, the funds shall
be deposited into a special revolving loan fund to be used
solely to assist existing or new public charter schools in
meeting startup and operating costs: Provided further, That
the Emergency Transitional Education Board of Trustees
of the District of Columbia shall report to Congress not later
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act on
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
TITLE II—DISTRICT OF COLUM-
BIA MEDICAL LIABILITY RE-
FORM
Subtitle A—Standards for Health
Care 
Liability 
Actions 
and
Claims in the District of Colum-
bia
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Medical Liability Reform Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 202. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
A District of Columbia health care liability action
may not be brought after the expiration of the 2-year pe-
riod that begins on the date on which the alleged injury
that is the subject of the action was discovered or should
reasonably have been discovered, but in no case after the
expiration of the 5-year period that begins on the date
the alleged injury occurred.
SEC. 203. TREATMENT OF NONECONOMIC DAMAGES.
(a) LIMITATION ON NONECONOMIC DAMAGES.—The
total amount of noneconomic damages that may be award-
ed to a claimant for losses resulting from the injury which
is the subject of a District of Columbia health care liability
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Transition 
Programs for All Veterans Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The rate of unemployment for women vet-
erans is higher than the rate for male veterans. In 
2015, the unemployment rate for women veterans 
remained relatively unchanged at 5.4 percent, while 
the rate for male veterans declined to 4.5 percent. 
(2) Women veterans, on average, earn less than 
male veterans. In 2013, the median income for 
women veterans was $35,264, while the median in-
come for male veterans was $41,310. 
(3) Women veterans and veterans with disabil-
ities are more likely to become homeless. 
(4) Service-connected disabled veterans with rel-
atively high disability ratings have a higher unem-
ployment rate than those with relatively low dis-
ability ratings. In 2015, the unemployment rate for 
veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 
60 percent or higher was 9.6 percent, much higher 
than the 4.0 percent rate for veterans with a service- 
connected disability rating of 30 percent or lower.
adults in the United States had experienced some 
form of elder abuse in the past year. 
(2) Only 1 in 23.5 cases of elder abuse is ever 
reported due to a lack of screening, awareness, and 
prevention efforts. 
(3) The mortality rate of older adults who are 
victims of abuse is 3 times higher than older adults 
that are not victims of abuse. 
(4) The annual financial loss by victims of elder 
financial abuse is estimated to be at least 
$2,900,000,000, and steadily increasing. 
SEC. 2. ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES; DEFINITIONS. 
Section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3002) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) ABUSE.—The term ‘abuse’ means the 
knowing infliction of physical or psychological harm 
or the knowing deprivation of goods or services that 
are necessary to meet essential needs or to avoid 
physical or psychological harm.’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(54) as paragraphs (5) through (55); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3), the fol-
lowing: 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5018 
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize Federal assistance 
to State adult protective services programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2016 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. POCAN, Ms. JACK-
SON LEE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. BROWNLEY 
of California, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GENE 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. LEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. 
PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize 
Federal assistance to State adult protective services pro-
grams, 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; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 2009, the Department of Justice esti-
mated that 14.1 percent of noninstitutionalized older 
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
For grants made by the United States Information
Agency to the National Endowment for Democracy as au-
thorized by the National Endowment for Democacy Act,
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND
RELATED AGENCIES
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances
and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 5,
United States Code; for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109; and hire of passenger transportation pursuant to 31
U.S.C. 1343(b).
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
made available for the current fiscal year for the Depart-
ment of State in this Act may be transferred between such
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as other-
wise specifically provided, shall be increased by more than
10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the
current fiscal year for the United States Information Agen-
cy in this Act may be transferred between such appropria-
tions, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise spe-
cifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 per-
cent by any such transfers: Provided further, That any
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transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 403. Funds appropriated by this Act for the
United States Information Agency, the Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, and the Department of State may
be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 701 of
the United States Information and Educational Exchange
Act of 1948 and section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, section 53 of
the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, and section 15
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
SEC. 404. (a)(1) For purposes of implementing the
International Cooperative Administrative Support Services
program in fiscal year 1998, the amounts referred to in
paragraph (2) shall be transferred in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (b).
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to amounts made available
by title IV of this Act under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATION
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS’’ as follows:
(A) $108,932,000 of the amount made available
under the paragraph ‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR
PROGRAMS’’.
ploitation of vulnerable adults, including home care 
consumers and residents of long-term care facilities, 
and intervening to protect the consumers and resi-
dents from further abuse; 
‘‘(C) develop, distribute, and provide training to 
home care and long-term care professionals and oth-
ers on recognizing, reporting (including regarding 
mandatory reporting requirements), and responding 
to the abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), and fi-
nancial exploitation of vulnerable adults, including 
home care consumers and residents of long-term 
care facilities; 
‘‘(D) compile and disseminate reports on re-
search and best practices for adult protective serv-
ices programs and other programs on effective re-
sponses to the abuse, neglect (including self-neglect), 
and exploitation of vulnerable adults, including home 
care consumers and residents of long-term care fa-
cilities; 
‘‘(E) work with the National Ombudsman Re-
source Center and long-term care ombudsman pro-
grams to develop and disseminate training, practice 
standards, and policies regarding— 
‘‘(i) the roles and responsibilities of adult 
protective services and ombudsman programs; 
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‘‘(C) the length of time after such person 
was taken into custody before immigration or 
criminal charges were filed. 
‘‘(3) For each person held as a material wit-
ness, the orders of a court permitting such detention 
which have not been sealed and any orders permit-
ting the sealing of such orders. 
‘‘(4) For each alien detained—
‘‘(A) whether such alien was advised of the 
alien’s right to be represented by an attorney, 
at the alien’s own expense, whether such alien 
obtained representation, and the efforts of the 
Department to facilitate such representation; 
and 
‘‘(B) whether such alien was advised of the 
alien’s right to consular assistance and the 
practical steps taken to permit such person to 
obtain such assistance. 
‘‘(5) For each alien who was charged with a 
ground of removal and ordered removed, whether 
such alien has been removed. 
‘‘(6) For each alien who was charged with a 
ground of removal and who has not been removed—
‘‘(A) whether such alien continues to be 
detained and whether such alien has been given
a hearing before an immigration judge to deter-
mine risk of flight or dangerousness and the 
outcome of such hearing and any appeals there-
from; and 
‘‘(B) whether such alien is contesting de-
portability or inadmissibility or applying for any 
relief from removal and, if such alien is not 
doing so, the reason for the alien’s continued 
detention. 
‘‘(7) For each alien who has been removed—
‘‘(A) whether the United States govern-
ment urged the nation to which the alien was 
removed to detain that alien; 
‘‘(B) the United States government’s pur-
pose in urging such detention; 
‘‘(C) whether the Department of State has 
determined that the foreign government detain-
ing such alien uses torture or other coercive 
methods of interrogation; and 
‘‘(D) whether the United States govern-
ment intends to obtain any information from 
such foreign government that is the result of in-
terrogation of that alien.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The following is the sense 
of Congress:
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(E) Section 7811(d)(2) (relating to suspen-
sion of running of period of limitation).
(F) Section 7811(e) (relating to independ-
ent action of Taxpayer Advocate).
(G) Section 7811(f) (relating to Taxpayer
Advocate).
(2) Section 7811(d)(1) (relating to suspension of
running of period of limitation) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Taxpayer Advocate’s’’ and inserting ‘‘National
Taxpayer Advocate’s’’.
(3) The headings of subsections (e) and (f) of sec-
tion 7811 are each amended by striking ‘‘TAXPAYER
ADVOCATE’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL TAXPAYER AD-
VOCATE’’.
(e) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The table of sections for subchapter A of
chapter 80 is amended by striking the item relating
to section 7803 and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 7803. Commissioner of Internal Revenue; other officials.’’
(2) Section 5109 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (b) and redesignat-
ing subsection (c) as subsection (b).
(3) Section 7611(f)(1) (relating to restrictions on
church tax inquiries and examinations) is amended
by striking ‘‘Assistant Commissioner for Employee
(a)(1)(i)(A)(1)(i) of section 230.139 of title 17, 
Code of Federal Regulations; 
(3) provide that a self-regulatory organization 
may not maintain or enforce any rule that would— 
(A) prohibit the ability of a member to 
publish or distribute a covered investment fund 
research report solely because the member is 
also participating in a registered offering or 
other distribution of any securities of such cov-
ered investment fund; or 
(B) prohibit the ability of a member to 
participate in a registered offering or other dis-
tribution of securities of a covered investment 
fund solely because the member has published 
or distributed a covered investment fund re-
search report about such covered investment 
fund or its securities; and 
(4) provide that a covered investment fund re-
search report shall not be subject to section 24(b) of 
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 
80a–24(b)) or the rules and regulations thereunder, 
except that such report may still be subject to such 
section and the rules and regulations thereunder to 
the extent that it is otherwise not subject to the con-
tent standards in the rules of any self-regulatory or-
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(A) an investment company registered 
under, or that has filed an election to be treated 
as a business development company under, the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 and that has 
filed a registration statement under the Securi-
ties Act of 1933 for the public offering of a 
class of its securities, which registration state-
ment has been declared effective by the Com-
mission; and 
(B) a trust or other person— 
(i) issuing securities in an offering 
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 
and which class of securities is listed for 
trading on a national securities exchange; 
(ii) the assets of which consist pri-
marily of commodities, currencies, or deriv-
ative instruments that reference commod-
ities or currencies, or interests in the fore-
going; and 
(iii) that provides in its registration 
statement under the Securities Act of 1933 
that a class of its securities are purchased 
or redeemed, subject to conditions or limi-
tations, for a ratable share of its assets. 
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PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 206. Funds available in this Act to support re-
sponse efforts related to the Zika virus and related health 
outcomes, other vector-borne diseases, or other infectious 
diseases may be used to enter into contracts with individ-
uals for the provision of personal services (as described 
in section 104 of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (48 C.F.R. 37.104)) in the United States or 
abroad: Provided, That such individuals may not be 
deemed employees of the United States for the purpose 
of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Man-
agement. 
Æ 
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(A) an executive director who shall be appointed
jointly by the members under subsection (c)(1)(A) and
(B), and
(B) an executive director who shall be appointed
jointly by the members under subsection (c)(1)(C),
each of whom shall be paid at a rate not to exceed level
IV of the Executive Schedule.
(2) Subject to such rules as the Board may prescribe,
each executive director—
(A) may appoint and fix the pay of such addi-
tional personnel as that executive director considers
appropriate; and
(B) may procure temporary and intermittent
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the
daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of pay
payable for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule.
Such rules shall include provisions to ensure an equitable
division or sharing of resources, as appropriate, between the
respective staff of the Board.
(3) The staff of the Board shall be appointed without
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov-
erning appointments in the competitive service, and shall
be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and