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SEC. 2. QUALIFIED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING CORPORATION 
TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING FOR ALTERNATIVE 
PRIVATE STUDENT LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 150(d)(2)(A) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘established and’’, 
(2) by striking ‘‘incurred under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965’’, and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘and performing student assist-
ance related activities’’ after ‘‘student loan notes’’. 
(b) STUDENT ASSISTANCE RELATED ACTIVITIES.— 
Section 150(d) of such Code is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) STUDENT ASSISTANCE RELATED ACTIVI-
TIES.—For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘student assistance related activities’ includes main-
taining loan documentation, handling communica-
tions with schools and borrowers, monitoring the 
student borrower’s location and continued enroll-
ment, default prevention, offering borrower edu-
cation and college access programs, borrower out-
reach and financial literacy training, disseminating 
information about student loan programs and higher 
education finance matters, and similar charitable 
and educational activities.’’. 
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(c) REQUALIFICATION AS QUALIFIED SCHOLARSHIP 
FUNDING CORPORATION.—Section 150(d) of such Code, 
as amended by subsection (b), is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) REQUALIFICATION AS QUALIFIED SCHOL-
ARSHIP
FUNDING
CORPORATION.—A corporation 
that meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of section 150(d)(2) shall not fail to be 
treated as a qualified scholarship funding corpora-
tion solely because such corporation ceased to be a 
corporation described in section 150(d)(2) after the 
date of the enactment of the Health Care and Edu-
cation Reconciliation Act of 2010.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3823 
To provide for direct hire authority for positions in the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2015 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. OLSON, Ms. HAHN, and Mr. 
BABIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on Energy and Commerce and Oversight and Government Re-
form, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for direct hire authority for positions in the 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 
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. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR PIPELINE AND 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINIS-
TRATION. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator of the Pipeline 
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration may ap-
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point qualified candidates to positions described in sub-
section (b) without regard to sections 3309 through 3319 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The authority under subsection 
(a) applies with respect to candidates for any position that 
would likely allow increased activities relating to pipeline 
safety, as determined by the Administrator. 
(c) EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—As used in this section, 
the term ‘‘employee’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(d) TERMINATION.—The authority to make appoint-
ments under this section shall not be available after De-
cember 31, 2017. 
SEC. 2. REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter through calendar year 
2017, the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration shall submit to Congress 
a report on efforts of the Administration to hire women, 
minorities, and veterans as inspectors since January 1, 
2012. 
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significantly and substantially altered 
by fire, windstorm, or other events. 
‘‘(iv) PUBLIC
REVIEW.—Before com-
pleting the land exchange under this Act, 
the Secretary shall make available for pub-
lic review the complete appraisals of the 
land to be exchanged.’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (G) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(G) 
REQUIRED
CONVEYANCE
CONDI-
TIONS.—Prior to the exchange of the Federal and 
non-Federal land— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary and Mt. Hood Mead-
ows may mutually agree for the Secretary 
to reserve a conservation easement to protect 
the identified wetland in accordance with 
applicable law, subject to the requirements 
that— 
‘‘(I) the conservation easement 
shall be consistent with the terms of the 
September 30, 2015, mediation between 
the Secretary and Mt. Hood Meadows; 
and 
‘‘(II) in order to take effect, the 
conservation easement shall be final-
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‘‘(ii) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN COM-
PENSATION
OR
CONVEYANCES
AS
DONA-
TION.—If, after payment of compensation 
or adjustment of land area subject to ex-
change under this Act, the amount by 
which the appraised value of the land and 
other property conveyed by Mt. Hood 
Meadows under subparagraph (A) exceeds 
the appraised value of the land conveyed 
by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) 
shall be considered a donation by Mt. 
Hood Meadows to the United States.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 515 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3826 
AN ACT 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to cer-
tain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness 
in the State of Oregon. 
JUNE 10, 2016 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
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ceive 
United 
States 
contributions, 
including 
$408,751,396 in 2014. 
(7) Assistance from the United States and 
other responsible nations allows UNRWA to claim 
that criticisms of the agency’s behavior are un-
founded. UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness 
has dismissed concerns by stating that, ‘‘If these 
baseless allegations were even halfway true, do you 
really think the U.S. and [European Commission] 
would give us hundreds of millions of dollars per 
year?’’. 
(8) Former UNRWA general counsel James 
Lindsay noted in a 2009 report the following: 
(A) ‘‘The United States, despite funding 
nearly 75 percent of UNRWA’s national budget 
and remaining its largest single country donor, 
has mostly failed to make UNRWA reflect U.S. 
foreign policy objectives . . . Recent U.S. efforts 
to shape UNRWA appear to have been ineffec-
tive . . .’’. 
(B) ‘‘[T]he United States is not obligated 
to fund agencies that refuse to check its rolls 
for individuals their donors do not wish to sup-
port.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3829 
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the United Na-
tions Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near 
East, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2015 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within 
the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Pal-
estine Refugees in the Near East, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘UNRWA Anti-Incitement and Anti-Terrorism Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 
as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
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Sec. 3. United States contributions to UNRWA. 
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The total annual budget of the United Na-
tions Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refu-
gees in the Near East (UNRWA), including its core 
programs, emergency activities, and special projects, 
exceeds $1,400,000,000. 
(2) The United States has long been the largest 
single contributing country to UNRWA. 
(3) From 1950 to 2014, the United States has 
contributed over $5,250,000,000 to UNRWA, in-
cluding an average of over $277,000,000 per year 
between fiscal years 2009 and 2015. 
(4) UNRWA staff unions, including the teach-
ers’ union, are frequently controlled by members af-
filiated with Hamas. 
(5) The curriculum of UNRWA schools, which 
use the textbooks of their respective host govern-
ments or authorities, has long contained materials 
that are anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, and supportive of 
violent extremism. 
(6) Despite UNRWA’s contravention of United 
States law and activities that compromise its strictly 
humanitarian mandate, UNRWA continues to re-
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Fairness in 
Regulatory Timing Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENDING THE ANNUAL COMMENT PERIOD FOR 
PAYMENT RATES UNDER MEDICARE ADVAN-
TAGE. 
Section 1853(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–23(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or, in 2017 and each subse-
quent year, at least 60 days)’’ after ‘‘45 days’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(in 2017 and each subsequent 
year, of no less than 30 days)’’ after ‘‘opportunity’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 382 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the ‘‘Chaplain 
(Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2015 
Mr. LAMBORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado Springs, 
Colorado, as the ‘‘Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial 
Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CHAPLAIN (CAPT.) DALE GOETZ MEMORIAL 
POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 8585 Criterion Drive in Colorado 
Springs, Colorado, shall be known and designated as the 
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‘‘Chaplain (Capt.) Dale Goetz Memorial Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any references in a law, map, 
regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Chaplain (Capt.) Dale 
Goetz Memorial Post Office Building’’. 
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mission, shall submit a report to Congress regarding iden-
tity theft phone scams under which individuals attempt 
to obtain personal information over the phone from tax-
payers by falsely claiming to be calling from or on behalf 
the Internal Revenue Service. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Such report shall in-
clude— 
(1) a description of the nature and form of such 
scams; 
(2) an estimate of the number of taxpayers con-
tacted pursuant to, and the number of taxpayers 
who have been victims of, such scams; 
(3) an estimate of the amount of wrongful pay-
ments obtained from such scams; and 
(4) details of potential solutions to combat and 
prevent such scams, including best practices from 
the private sector and technological solutions. 
SEC. 10. PROVIDING IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION INFOR-
MATION WHILE ON HOLD WITH INTERNAL 
REVENUE SERVICE. 
The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s del-
egate, shall ensure that if a taxpayer is on hold with the 
Internal Revenue Service on a taxpayer service telephone 
call the following information is provided:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Fairness in 
Regulatory Timing Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENDING THE ANNUAL COMMENT PERIOD FOR 
PAYMENT RATES UNDER MEDICARE ADVAN-
TAGE. 
Section 1853(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–23(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or, in 2017 and each subse-
quent year, at least 60 days)’’ after ‘‘45 days’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(in 2017 and each subsequent 
year, of no less than 30 days)’’ after ‘‘opportunity’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3831 
AN ACT 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
extend the annual comment period for payment 
rates under Medicare Advantage.
H. R. 3831 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 
An Act 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the annual comment 
period for payment rates under Medicare Advantage. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Fairness in Regulatory 
Timing Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENDING THE ANNUAL COMMENT PERIOD FOR PAYMENT 
RATES UNDER MEDICARE ADVANTAGE. 
Section 1853(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w– 
23(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or, in 2017 and each subsequent year, 
at least 60 days)’’ after ‘‘45 days’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(in 2017 and each subsequent year, of 
no less than 30 days)’’ after ‘‘opportunity’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3831 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the annual 
comment period for payment rates under Medicare Advantage. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2015 
Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. PITTS, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, and Mr. CA´RDENAS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend 
the annual comment period for payment rates under 
Medicare Advantage. 
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 ‘‘Securing Fairness in 
Regulatory Timing Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENDING THE ANNUAL COMMENT PERIOD FOR 
PAYMENT RATES UNDER MEDICARE ADVAN-
TAGE. 
Section 1853(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–23(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(or, for 2017 and each subse-
quent year, at least 60 days)’’ after ‘‘45 days’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(for 2017 and each subse-
quent year, of no less than 30 days)’’ after ‘‘oppor-
tunity’’. 
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II 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3831 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 14, 2015 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend 
the annual comment period for payment rates under 
Medicare Advantage. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3834 
To amend GEAR UP to require that schools receiving funding under the 
program provide students with access to academic and mental health 
counseling services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 27, 2015 
Mrs. LAWRENCE (for herself and Ms. LEE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend GEAR UP to require that schools receiving fund-
ing under the program provide students with access to 
academic and mental health counseling services, 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 ‘‘GEAR UP for Coun-
seling’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
REQUIREMENT 
OF 
ACADEMIC 
AND 
MENTAL 
HEALTH COUNSELING. 
Section 404D(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–24(a)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) Providing participating students access to 
academic and mental health counseling services.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 404H of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–28) is amended by striking ‘‘2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3837 
To strengthen the current protections available under the National Labor 
Relations Act by providing a private right of action for certain violations 
of such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 27, 2015 
Mr. ELLISON (for himself and Mr. LEWIS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen the current protections available under the 
National Labor Relations Act by providing a private 
right of action for certain violations of such Act, 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 ‘‘Employee Empower-
ment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION UNDER THE NATIONAL 
LABOR RELATIONS ACT. 
Section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 160) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) In addition to filing a charge alleging an unfair 
labor practice with the Board in accordance with this Act, 
a person alleging an unfair labor practice by an employer 
in violation of section 8(a)(3) may, not later than 180 days 
after the date of such violation, bring a civil action in the 
appropriate district court of the United States against the 
employer for such violation. The court may grant any re-
lief described in section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–5) or section 1977A(b) of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1981a(b)), 
and may allow the prevailing party a reasonable attorney’s 
fee (including expert witness fees) as part of the costs.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3838 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison 
shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last 
place of residence before incarceration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 27, 2015 
Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CLAY, Ms. LEE, 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
BASS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. AL 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. PAYNE, 
Ms. ADAMS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. PLASKETT, and Mr. RUSH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that 
individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decen-
nial census, be attributed to the last place of residence 
before incarceration. 
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 ‘‘Fairness in Incarcer-
ated Representation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESIDENCE OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. 
Section 141 of title 13, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g)(1) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial 
census of population, in taking any tabulation of total pop-
ulation by States under subsection (a) for purposes of the 
apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the 
several States, the Secretary shall, with respect to an indi-
vidual incarcerated in a State, Federal, county, or munic-
ipal correctional center as of the date on which such cen-
sus is taken, attribute such individual to such individual’s 
last place of residence before incarceration. 
‘‘(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 
shall consult with each State department of corrections to 
collect the information necessary to make the determina-
tion required under paragraph (1).’’. 
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