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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2650
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 5, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To amend title 18, United States Code, to eliminate certain
sentencing inequities for drug offenders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 2650 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mandatory Federal
Prison Drug Treatment Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF SENTENCING INEQUITIES FOR
DRUG OFFENDERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section
3621(e)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION
OF
TREATMENT
PROGRAMS.—The Attorney General shall ensure
through the use of all appropriate and available
incentives and sanctions that eligible prisoners
undergo a program of substance abuse treat-
ment.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for
paragraph (2) of section 3621(e) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘INCENTIVE
FOR
PRIS-
ONERS’ SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TREATMENT PRO-
GRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘TREATMENT REQUIREMENT’’.
(c) 
ELIGIBILITY.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section
3621(e)(5)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) within 24 months of the date of
release, or is otherwise designated by the
Bureau of Prisons for participation in a
HR 2650 RFS
residential substance abuse treatment pro-
gram; and’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 4, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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(9) Federal-aid Highways programs for which 
obligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 
years or to remain available until expended, but only 
to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 
funds obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, but only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); and 
(13) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for fiscal year 2015, only in an amount equal 
to $639,000,000). 
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section (c) an authorized officer or employee of the
District of Columbia government may obligate or ex-
pend any amounts available in the general fund, en-
terprise funds, and other non-Federal funds of the
District of Columbia for such fiscal year to continue
the operations of the government of the District of Co-
lumbia.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
NOTIFICATION.—No
obligations or expenditures may be made pursuant to
this subsection until the Mayor of the District of Co-
lumbia has provided to the Council, the District of
Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management
Assistance Authority, the President, the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate prior written notification (prepared
by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Co-
lumbia) containing a description of such obligations
and expenditures and a description of the effect of
such obligations and expenditures on the spending
plans in effect prior to the making of obligations and
expenditures pursuant to this subsection.
‘‘(b) APPLICABLE RATE OF OBLIGATIONS AND EX-
PENDITURES.—The amount made available for obligation
or expenditure for a project or activity under subsection (a)
for a fiscal year shall be equal to the lesser of—
of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives’’.
(12) The paragraph beginning ‘‘The appropria-
tion for committee employees’’ under the heading
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the sub-
heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in
the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 72b) is amended by striking
out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(13) The last undesignated paragraph under the
center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’
and the center subheading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES
OF THE HOUSE’’ in the first section of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 72c) is re-
pealed.
(14) The first section of House Resolution 487,
Eighty-seventh Congress, agreed to January 10, 1962,
as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (2
U.S.C. 74–1), is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent
fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap-
plicable accounts of the House of Representatives’’.
(15)(A) Subsection (b) of the first section of
House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, as en-
acted into permanent law by section 115 of the legis-
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C.
74a–3), is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent fund
of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applica-
ble accounts of the House of Representatives’’.
(B) Section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-
fifth Congress, as enacted into permanent law by sec-
tion 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a–4), is amended by striking out
‘‘contingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’.
(16) Section 112 of the Congressional Operations
Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 74a–5 and 2
U.S.C. 333a) is amended by striking out ‘‘sections
74(a)–4 and 333 of title 2, United States Code,’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 2 of House Resolu-
tion 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 31,
1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 115
of the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act,
1978, and section 473 of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1970,’’.
(17) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 74a–6) is repealed.
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2655
To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to authorize the Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council to prepare a fishery management
plan for Atlantic striped bass under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation
and Management Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 16, 1995
Mr. SAXTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to
authorize the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
to prepare a fishery management plan for Atlantic
striped bass under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation
and Management 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 ‘‘Atlantic Striped Bass
Preservation Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR
ATLANTIC STRIPED BASS.
Section 10 of the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation
Act (16 U.S.C. 1851 note) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 10. ISSUANCE OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Man-
agement Council may prepare and submit to the Sec-
retary, under title III of the Magnuson Fishery Conserva-
tion and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.), a fish-
ery management plan governing fishing for Atlantic
striped bass in that portion of the exclusive economic zone
located within the geographical area of authority of the
Council.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—In addition to the requirements
applicable to fishery management plans under title III of
the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, the fishery management plan prepared under sub-
section (a) shall include provisions to—
‘‘(1) ensure the effectiveness of all State regula-
tions governing, and any Federal moratorium in ef-
fect under Federal law on, fishing for Atlantic
striped bass within coastal waters of a coastal State;
and
‘‘(2) achieve conservation and management
goals established for the Atlantic striped bass re-
source by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Com-
mission.
‘‘(c) CONSULTATIONS.—In preparing a fishery man-
agement plan under this section, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council shall consult with—
‘‘(1) the New England Fishery Management
Council;
‘‘(2) the South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council;
‘‘(3) the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Com-
mission; and
‘‘(4) each Federal, State, and local government
entity affected by the plan.
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVENESS OF MORATORIUM IN EEZ.—
The prohibitions relating to Atlantic striped bass under
part 656.3 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, as
in effect on November 15, 1995, shall be in effect until
the later of—
‘‘(1) January 1, 2001; or
‘‘(2) the date on which a fishery management
plan submitted under this section takes effect under
title III of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act.
‘‘(e) EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE DEFINED.—In
this section, the term ‘exclusive economic zone’ has the
meaning that term has under section 3 of the Magnuson
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1802).’’.
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V
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2656
For the relief of Norman M. Werner.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 16, 1995
Mr. HALL of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Norman M. Werner.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS UNDER MEDICARE
PART A.
Notwithstanding section 226(a)(2) of the Social Se-
curity Act, Norman M. Werner of Tyler, Texas, shall be
entitled to hospital insurance benefits provided under part
A of title XVIII of such Act, beginning on the 1st day
of the 1st month after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF MEDICARE PART B LATE ENROLLMENT
PENALTY.
For purposes of section 1837 of the Social Security
Act, the initial enrollment period for Norman M. Werner
shall be the 7-month period that begins on the 1st day
of the 1st month after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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II 
Calendar No. 430 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4745 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 12, 2014 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2015, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$103,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,600,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $980,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $9,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 
to exceed $12,500,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex-
ceed $24,720,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
$2,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,700,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$1,400,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 
$10,600,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex-
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lege as payment for education provided by such 
community college, and 
(C) for purposes of determining the State 
income tax liability of the eligible trainee, the 
amounts so remitted will be treated as if they 
had been remitted to the State in payment of 
income taxes owed by the eligible trainee. 
(2) QUALIFIED CONTRACT.—A contract meets 
the requirements of this paragraph if— 
(A) the contract is between an eligible 
community college located in the State that has 
the program described in paragraph (1) and an 
eligible manufacturing employer with at least 1 
job site located in such State, 
(B) the contract meets all applicable re-
quirements under such State program, 
(C) the contract provides that— 
(i) the eligible community college will 
directly provide qualified training to indi-
viduals designated by the employer or will 
contract with a provider of qualified train-
ing to provide such training to such indi-
viduals, 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘any Inspector, Agent, Canine
Enforcement Officer, or other employee of the
United States Customs Service or any person assist-
ing any employee of such Service in the execution of
that employee’s duties,’’ before ‘‘any immigration of-
ficer’’.
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procedure, all consistent with the purpose and provi-
sions of this section 3405, for reviewing and approv-
ing water transfers. The program shall not add con-
ditions for approval not otherwise identified in, or
restrict the ability to implement water transfers
which otherwise meet the conditions of section
3405(a)(1).
‘‘(4) APPEAL
OF
CONTRACTING
DISTRICT
OR
AGENCY DETERMINATIONS.—
‘‘(A) An interested party may appeal in
writing to the Secretary the contracting dis-
trict’s or agency’s approval or disapproval of a
proposed water transfer made under section
3405(a)(2)(C) or adoption of a water transfer
program within 30 days of the approval or dis-
approval of the transfer or adoption of the pro-
gram.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall resolve the ap-
peal within 90 days from the date the Secretary
is notified of the appeal. The Secretary shall
only set aside a district’s or agency’s decision,
action, findings, or conclusion if the decision,
action, findings, or conclusion are found to be
arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion or
otherwise not in accordance with this title, or in
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4752 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit the authority of the 
Federal Communications Commission over providers of broadband Inter-
net access service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 28, 2014 
Mr. LATTA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to limit the 
authority of the Federal Communications Commission 
over providers of broadband Internet access service. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Internet is a powerful engine for eco-
nomic growth that has remained open, free, and ac-
cessible without government regulation since its en-
trance into the public sphere. 
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for other purposes’’, approved March 2, 1895 (2
U.S.C. 97) is repealed.
(49) The first undesignated paragraph under the
center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’
in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making
appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Gov-
ernment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved March 3, 1885 (2 U.S.C. 98), is re-
pealed.
(50) The first undesignated paragraph after the
paragraph with the side heading ‘‘OFFICE OF POST-
MASTER:’’, under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLA-
TIVE.’’ and the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the legisla-
tive, executive, and judicial expenses of the Govern-
ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight-
een hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes’’,
approved March 3, 1891 (2 U.S.C. 99), is amended
by striking out ‘‘; and hereafter’’ and all that follows
through the end of the paragraph and inserting in
lieu thereof a period.
(51) The second sentence of the fourth undesig-
nated paragraph relating to contingent expenses,
DROGEN.—In the case of property placed in service 
after December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 
2021, which relates to electricity, natural gas, or hy-
drogen— 
‘‘(A) subsection (a) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘30 percent’, 
‘‘(B) subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘$50,000’ for ‘$30,000’, and 
‘‘(C) subsection (b)(2) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘$2,000’ for ‘$1,000’.’’. 
(b) INSTALLATION COSTS.—Subsection (e) of section 
30C of such Code, as amended by subsection (a), is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) INSTALLATION COSTS.—The cost of any 
qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property 
which relates to electricity, natural gas, or hydrogen 
shall include the cost of the original installation of 
such property.’’. 
(c) TERMINATION OF CREDIT.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 30C(g) of such Code is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) in the case of property relating to elec-
tricity, natural gas, or hydrogen, after December 31, 
2020, and’’. 
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the United States for any period shall not be consid-
ered a tax— 
‘‘(A) if, for such period, the foreign coun-
try or possession does not impose a generally 
applicable income tax, or 
‘‘(B) to the extent such amount exceeds 
the amount (determined in accordance with reg-
ulations) which— 
‘‘(i) is paid by such dual capacity tax-
payer pursuant to the generally applicable 
income tax imposed by the country or pos-
session, or 
‘‘(ii) would be paid if the generally ap-
plicable income tax imposed by the country 
or possession were applicable to such dual 
capacity taxpayer. 
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to 
imply the proper treatment of any such amount not 
in excess of the amount determined under subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(2) DUAL
CAPACITY
TAXPAYER.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘dual capacity tax-
payer’ means, with respect to any foreign country or 
possession of the United States, a person who— 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2657
AN ACT
To award a congressional gold medal to Ruth and
Billy Graham.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2657
AN ACT
To award a congressional gold medal to Ruth and Billy
Graham.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress hereby finds the following:
‘‘(3) in the case of natural gas, the first seller 
of such natural gas, 
‘‘(4) in the case of any greenhouse gas emission 
substance not described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) 
produced in the United States, the producer of such 
substance, and 
‘‘(5) in the case of any greenhouse gas emission 
substance entered into the United States for con-
sumption, use, or warehousing, the person entering 
such 
substance 
for 
consumption, 
use, 
or 
warehousing. 
‘‘(c) USE TREATED AS SALE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any person uses a green-
house gas emission substance before the first retail 
sale of such substance, then such person shall be lia-
ble for the purchase of a Federal emission permit 
under section 9902 in the same manner as if such 
substance were sold at retail on the date of such use 
by such person pursuant to a Federal emission per-
mit. 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION FOR USE IN FURTHER MANU-
FACTURE.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to use of 
a greenhouse gas emission substance as material in 
the manufacture or production of, or as a component 
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