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IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 277 
Honoring the Tunisian People for their democratic transition. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2015 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself and Mr. HASTINGS) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the Tunisian People for their democratic transition. 
Whereas the bilateral relationship between the United States 
and Tunisia dates back to 1795; 
Whereas the United States was the first major power to rec-
ognize Tunisian sovereignty following Tunisia’s independ-
ence from France in 1956; 
Whereas the United States and Tunisia share many core val-
ues, including respect for human rights and the rule of 
law; 
Whereas on December 17, 2010, a popular revolution began 
in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid that would inspire the 
‘‘Arab Spring’’; 
Whereas the people of Tunisia and their freely elected rep-
resentatives work diligently to secure Tunisia as a beacon 
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for those dedicated to the rule of law and democracy in 
a region fraught with forces that oppose such goals; 
Whereas Tunisia is the only Arab nation to have successfully 
transitioned from authoritarian rule to democracy; 
Whereas, on January 26, 2014, Tunisia’s National Con-
stituent Assembly adopted a new constitution; and 
Whereas, on December 31, 2014, Beji Caid Essebsi was 
sworn into office as Tunisia’s first freely elected Presi-
dent: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the people of Tunisia for their 
commitment to democracy, the rule of law, and free 
and fair elections; 
(2) commends the Government of Tunisia for 
holding successful legislative elections on October 
26, 2014; 
(3) commends the Government of Tunisia for 
holding the successful first round of their Presi-
dential election on November 23, 2014, and for the 
peaceful and fair completion of the Presidential elec-
tion on December 21, 2014; 
(4) encourages all political parties in Tunisia to 
continue to work together as they endeavor to realize 
the standards of transparency, inclusiveness, and 
equality established in the Tunisian Constitution; 
(5) recognizes Tunisia’s legislative and Presi-
dential elections as an example of a peaceful, demo-
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cratic transition of power for other nations through-
out the region to follow; 
(6) affirms the United States commitment to 
strengthening our bilateral relationship with Tunisia; 
and 
(7) calls on the President of the United States 
to advance the United States–Tunisia relationship, 
through our shared values and interests, by engag-
ing in a Strategic Partnership. 
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IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 278 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States 
should initiate negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement with Tunisia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2015 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United States should initiate negotiations to enter 
into a free trade agreement with Tunisia. 
Whereas the bilateral relationship between the United States 
and Tunisia dates back to 1795; 
Whereas the Arab Spring has swept through Northern Africa 
and the Middle East, creating the greatest opportunity in 
more than a generation for true democratic development 
in the region; 
Whereas the resulting upheaval also creates enormous poten-
tial for instability, violence, and power vacuums that 
could be exploited by anti-democratic or extremist forces; 
Whereas a key influence that drove protests in Tunisia came 
from Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor who set himself 
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(2) urges the Government of Turkey to fully re-
spect universal human rights consistent with its 
OSCE commitments; and 
(3) reaffirms the United States long-standing 
partnership and friendship with the people of Tur-
key. 
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IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 279 
Urging respect for freedom of expression and human rights in Turkey. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2015 
Mr. GRAYSON (for himself, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. RUSH, and Mr. LIPINSKI) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Urging respect for freedom of expression and human rights 
in Turkey. 
Whereas Turkey is a constitutional, secular state with an eth-
nically, religiously, and culturally diverse population; 
Whereas Turkey has long been a modern democracy, an Or-
ganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 
(OSCE) participating State, and a major North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) ally to the United States; 
Whereas respect for universal human rights, especially free-
dom of expression, is essential to maintain a democratic, 
open society; 
Whereas prominent human rights monitors, including the 
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights and Labor, the OSCE Representative on 
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Freedom of the Media, Freedom House, and Human 
Rights Watch, have expressed concern about the erosion 
of freedom of expression under President Recep Tayyip 
Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party (AKP); 
Whereas the Government of Turkey has increasingly con-
ducted widespread intimidation and manipulation of 
media, private companies, and other civil society actors 
through a number of means, including active interference 
in their operations and regulatory action to compel gov-
ernment-friendly outcomes; 
Whereas, in recent years, criminal prosecution or intimidation 
based on overly broad terrorism laws and other measures 
taken by authorities in Turkey have been widely criticized 
as ideologically driven and unusually severe; 
Whereas several members of independent media groups in 
Turkey have been arrested on questionable charges; 
Whereas following protests in late 2013 and early 2014, au-
thorities in Turkey banned Twitter and YouTube for two 
weeks until the Constitutional Court of Turkey over-
turned the ban; and 
Whereas, on April 6, 2015, Turkey again blocked access to 
Twitter and YouTube for several hours and threatened to 
ban Google: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls on the Government of Turkey to imme-
diately lift restrictions on freedom of expression, in-
cluding expression online or in social media; 
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(C) observe ‘‘National Bladder Cancer 
Awareness Month’’ with appropriate ceremonies 
and activities. 
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be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub-
ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 
against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion 
of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 
shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion except one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions. 
SEC. 4. The chair of the Committee on Appropria-
tions may insert in the Congressional Record not later 
than January 14, 2015, such material as he may deem 
explanatory of H.R. 240. 
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House Calendar No. 2 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 27 
[Report No. 114–2] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 37) to 
make technical corrections to the Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
Act, to enhance the ability of small and emerging 
growth companies to access capital through pub-
lic and private markets, to reduce regulatory bur-
dens, and for other purposes; providing for con-
sideration of the bill (H.R. 185) to reform the 
process by which Federal agencies analyze and 
formulate new regulations and guidance docu-
ments; and providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 240) making appropriations for the De-
partment of Homeland Security for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 
purposes. 
JANUARY 12, 2015 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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‘‘(ii) the holder of a gun show shall comply with
the requirements imposed on licensed dealers by sec-
tion 922(t) and subsections (g)(1)(A) and (g)(3)(A)
of this section with respect to the transfer.
‘‘(B) Within 30 days after the end of a gun show
for which a license is issued under this subsection, the li-
censee shall deliver to the Secretary all records or docu-
ments which the licensee collected pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) during the gun show.
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘gun
show’ means an event or function that is—
‘‘(A) sponsored by—
‘‘(i) a national, State, or local organization
devoted to the collection, competitive use, or
other sporting use of firearms; or
‘‘(ii) an organization or association that
sponsors functions devoted to the collection,
competitive use, or other sporting use of fire-
arms in the community; and
‘‘(B) held at a location—
‘‘(i) which is not specified in any li-
cense issued under subsection (b) or (c);
‘‘(ii) at which a firearm is offered for
sale or transfer; and
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4394
To establish temporary enrollment priorities for the conservation reserve
program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 4, 1998
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To establish temporary enrollment priorities for the
conservation reserve program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PRIORITY ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN LANDS IN
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.
(a) TEMPORARY ENROLLMENT PRIORITIES.—During
the period specified in subsection (b), the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall give the highest priority to the enrollment
of croplands in the conservation reserve program that—
(1) are located in a county that has been de-
clared either a presidential or secretarial disaster
area during three out of the preceding five years;
and
(2) are located in an area repeatedly infected
with Fusarium graminearum or vomitoxin.
(b) DETERMINATION OF INFECTION HISTORY.—In
determining whether an area meets the requirements of
subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall consider crop insur-
ance records and grain elevator receipts.
(c) PERIOD OF PRIORITY.—The priority established
in subsection (a) shall apply during the period—
(1) beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act; and
(2) ending on the final day of the first signup
period for the conservation reserve program com-
mencing after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.—In this
section, the term ‘‘conservation reserve program’’ means
the program established under subchapter B of chapter
1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4395
To amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to prohibit
a lender from requiring a borrower in a residential mortgage transaction
to provide the lender with unlimited access to the borrower’s tax return
information.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 4, 1998
Ms. RIVERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of
1974 to prohibit a lender from requiring a borrower
in a residential mortgage transaction to provide the lend-
er with unlimited access to the borrower’s tax return
information.
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 ‘‘Real Estate Trans-
action Privacy Promotion Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.
The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974
(12 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by inserting after
section 12 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 13. PROHIBITION OF REQUIRING OPEN-ENDED AC-
CESS TO BORROWER’S TAX RECORDS.
‘‘No person may require, as a condition of making
a federally related mortgage loan, that the borrower or
prospective borrower provide to any person a copy of Form
4506 of the Internal Revenue Service (relating to a re-
quest for copy or transcript of tax form), or any successor
to such form, that is signed by the borrower or prospective
borrower, unless the form—
‘‘(1) is fully completed before signing by the
borrower;
‘‘(2) specifically requests tax information for
not more than the 2 tax periods most recently com-
pleted as of the date that the form is signed; and
‘‘(3) is completed, signed, and dated not later
than the date of settlement involving such loan.’’.
SEC. 3. PENALTIES.
Section 8(d) of the Real Estate Settlement Proce-
dures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2607(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or section
13’’ after ‘‘this section’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or section
13’’ before the period at the end.
SEC. 4. JURISDICTION OF COURTS.
Section 16 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures
Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2614) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or 9’’ the first place it appears
and inserting ‘‘9, or 13’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘or 9’’ the second place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘, 9, or 13’’.
SEC. 5. SPECIAL INFORMATION BOOKLETS.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development shall, by notice in the Federal Register, re-
vise the special information booklet prepared by the Sec-
retary pursuant to section 5 of the Real Estate Settlement
Procedures Act of 1974 to include in such booklet infor-
mation explaining the prohibition and penalties under the
amendments made by this Act.
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the requirements of this subparagraph shall be deemed an
action of the corporation upon which a cause of action may
be brought against the corporation under section
4003(f)(1).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4023 of
such Act (29 U.S.C. 1323) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘SEC. 4023.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to
the corporation while the corporation is serving in its fidu-
ciary capacity in accordance with section 4042(d)(3)(B).’’.
SEC. 3. PARTICIPANTS’ COMMITTEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title IV of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by inserting after section 4048 (29 U.S.C. 1348) the
following new section:
‘‘PARTICIPANTS’ COMMITTEES
‘‘SEC. 4049. (a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT
OF
COMMITTEE.—Except
as provided in paragraph (3), as soon as practicable
after the appointment of a trustee under section
4042, the trustee shall appoint a committee of par-
ticipants under the plan.
‘‘(2) REQUESTS FOR ADEQUATE REPRESENTA-
TION.—On request of an affected party, the court
H. Res. 287 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 2, 2015. 
Resolved, That (a) at any time after 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 
any bill specified in section 2 of this resolution. The first 
reading of each such bill shall be dispensed with. All points 
of order against consideration of each such bill are waived. 
General debate on each such bill shall be confined to that bill 
and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Appropriations. After general debate each such bill shall 
be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
Points of order against provisions in each such bill for failure 
to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. 
(b) During consideration of each such bill for amend-
ment— 
(1) each amendment, other than amendments pro-
vided for in paragraph (2), shall be debatable for 10
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minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent and shall not be subject to amendment 
except as provided in paragraph (2); 
(2) no pro forma amendment shall be in order ex-
cept that the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations or their respective des-
ignees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each 
at any point for the purpose of debate; and 
(3) the chair of the Committee of the Whole may 
accord priority in recognition on the basis of whether the 
Member offering an amendment has caused it to be 
printed in the portion of the Congressional Record des-
ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII. 
Amendments so printed shall be considered as read. 
(c) When the committee rises and reports any such bill 
back to the House with a recommendation that the bill do 
pass, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
that bill and amendments thereto to final passage without in-
tervening motion except one motion to recommit with or with-
out instructions. 
SEC. 2. The bills referred to in the first section of this 
resolution are as follows: 
(a) The bill (H.R. 2577) making appropriations for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban De-
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velopment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 
(b) The bill (H.R. 2578) making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
‘‘(D) 80 percent or more of the total base
receipts of which for the taxable year in which
the taxes and interest described in subsection
(a) are paid or incurred is qualified housing re-
ceipts.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (b) of section 216 of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraphs:
‘‘(7) TOTAL BASE RECEIPTS.—The term ‘total
base receipts’ includes only—
‘‘(A) qualified housing receipts, whether or
not includible in gross income, and
‘‘(B) all other amounts includible in gross
income, other than amounts received or accrued
on account of—
‘‘(i) discharge of indebtedness,
‘‘(ii) fire, theft, or other casualty in-
surance proceeds,
‘‘(iii) refunds and interest thereon,
‘‘(iv) redemptions of stock of, or pa-
tronage dividends from, a cooperative,
‘‘(v) interest on reserves to the extent
that such reserves are both (I) maintained
in connection with providing housing to the
corporation’s tenant-stockholders and (II)
attributable to the termination and administration of
the plan, excluding any generally applicable overhead
expenses of the corporation, and
‘‘(3) the corporation shall obtain the services of
independent contractors in connection with the ter-
mination or administration of the plan only through
a competitive bidding process.’’.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to plan terminations—
(1) the termination date for which occurs on or
after January 1, 1990, and
(2) for which the final distribution of assets oc-
curs on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4397
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules for deter-
mining whether a corporation is a cooperative housing corporation for
purposes of such Code.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 4, 1998
Mr. SCHUMER 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 modify
the rules for determining whether a corporation is a
cooperative housing corporation for purposes of such
Code.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION TO DEFINITION OF COOPERA-
TIVE HOUSING CORPORATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (D) of section
216(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining
cooperative housing corporation) is amended to read as
follows:
required by a governmental agency, a lend-
er, or as a matter of ordinary business
prudence, or
‘‘(vi) other items that the Secretary
determines should be excluded in order to
effectuate the intent of this section.
‘‘(8) QUALIFIED
HOUSING
RECEIPTS.—The
term ‘qualified housing receipts’ includes amounts
received or accrued on account of—
‘‘(A) obligations of tenant-stockholders in
their capacity as such, including contributions
to capital, charges for the tenant-stockholder’s
dwelling unit or appurtenant facilities, pay-
ments for utilities or other services rendered in
connection with the tenant-stockholder’s dwell-
ing unit, and interest and late charges in con-
nection with any of the foregoing,
‘‘(B) similar obligations of occupants of de-
fault units, but as to any taxable year only to
the extent that the amount does not exceed the
amount that would have come within subpara-
graph (A) had the dwelling units not become
default units,
‘‘(C) the operation of laundry, parking,
recreational or other facilities substantially all
the customers of which are occupants of either
tenant-stockholders’ dwelling units or default
units,
‘‘(D) other items that the Secretary deter-
mines should be included in order to effectuate
the intent of this section, and
‘‘(E) insurance proceeds in lieu of any of
the foregoing.
‘‘(9) DEFAULT UNIT.—The term ‘default unit’
means a dwelling unit to which shares were allocated
and issued and were last outstanding in the hands
of a person who, as a consequence of a default in
an obligation to the corporation, lost the right to oc-
cupy such dwelling unit (whether such shares con-
tinue to be held by such person, were acquired by
the corporation, or were cancelled). The shares allo-
cated to a default unit shall not be taken into ac-
count for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), shall if re-
issued be treated for purposes of paragraph (2) as
if they had remained issued, and shall be treated as
outstanding for purposes of paragraph (3)(A).’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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