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of the Holding Company or any of its af-
filiates.
‘‘(viii) Any amounts collected on be-
half of the Association by the Holding
Company or any of its other subsidiaries
with respect to the assets of the Associa-
tion, pursuant to a servicing contract or
other arrangement between the Association
and the Holding Company or any of its
other direct or indirect subsidiaries, shall
be collected solely for the benefit of the As-
sociation and shall be immediately depos-
ited by the Holding Company or such
other subsidiary to an account under the
sole control of the Association.
‘‘(C) ENCUMBRANCE
OF
ASSETS.—Not-
withstanding any otherwise applicable Federal
or State law, rule, or regulation, or legal or eq-
uitable principle, doctrine, or theory to the con-
trary, under no circumstances shall the assets
of the Association be available or used to pay
claims or debts of or incurred by the Holding
Company. Nothing in this subparagraph shall
limit the right of the Association to pay divi-
dends not otherwise prohibited hereunder or
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means, with respect 
to any election for Federal office, an individual who is oth-
erwise qualified to vote in that election. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Each State shall be re-
quired to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) 
for the regularly scheduled general election for Federal of-
fice occurring in November 2014 and for any subsequent 
election for Federal office.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 15511) 
is amended by striking ‘‘and 303’’ and inserting 
‘‘303, and 304’’. 
(2) The table of contents of such Act is amend-
ed— 
(A) by redesignating the items relating to 
sections 304 and 305 as relating to sections 
305 and 306, respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
section 303 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 304. Same day registration.’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2809 
To delay the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2013 
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, 
Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. YODER, and Mr. HARRIS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education 
and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, Rules, House Ad-
ministration, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To delay the application of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DELAY IN APPLICATION OF PATIENT PROTEC-
TION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 
(1) ONE-YEAR
DELAY
IN
PPACA
PROVISIONS 
SCHEDULED TO TAKE EFFECT ON OR AFTER JANU-
ARY 1, 2014.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any provision of (including any amendment 
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made by) the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or of title I or sub-
title B of title II of the Health Care and Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2011 (Public Law 111–152) 
that is otherwise scheduled to take effect on or after 
January 1, 2014, shall not take effect until the date 
that is one year after the date on which such provi-
sion would otherwise have been scheduled to take ef-
fect. 
(2) ONE-YEAR SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN TAX 
INCREASES ALREADY IN EFFECT.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in the case of any tax 
which is imposed or increased by any provision of 
(including any amendment made by) the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 
111–148) or of title I or subtitle B of title II of the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 
2011 (Public Law 111–152), if such tax or increase 
takes effect before January 1, 2014, such tax or in-
crease shall not apply during the 1-year period be-
ginning on such date. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 280 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to provide 
for same day registration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2013 
Mr. ELLISON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require 
States to provide for same day registration. 
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 ‘‘Same Day Registration 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. SAME DAY REGISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 304 and 305 as 
sections 305 and 306, respectively; and 
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(2) by inserting after section 303 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 304. SAME DAY REGISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) REGISTRATION.—Notwithstanding section 
8(a)(1)(D) of the National Voter Registration Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–6), each State shall permit 
any eligible individual on the day of a Federal elec-
tion and on any day when voting, including early 
voting, is permitted for a Federal election— 
‘‘(A) to register to vote in such election at 
the polling place using a form that meets the 
requirements under section 9(b) of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993 (or, if the indi-
vidual is already registered to vote, to revise 
any of the individual’s voter registration infor-
mation); and 
‘‘(B) to cast a vote in such election. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements under 
paragraph (1) shall not apply to a State in which, 
under a State law in effect continuously on and after 
the date of the enactment of this section, there is no 
voter registration requirement for individuals in the 
State with respect to elections for Federal office. 
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‘‘(d) RECOMMENDATION BY APM CONTRACTING EN-
TITY OF PROPOSED MODELS.— 
‘‘(1) RECOMMENDATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Under the process 
under subsection (b), the APM contracting enti-
ty shall at least annually recommend to the 
Secretary— 
‘‘(i) based on the criteria described in 
subparagraph (B), Alternative Payment 
Models submitted under subsection (c) to 
be evaluated through a demonstration pro-
gram under subsection (e); and 
‘‘(ii) based on the criteria described in 
subparagraph (C), Alternative Payment 
Models submitted under subsection (c) for 
purposes of implementation under sub-
section (f), without evaluation through 
such a demonstration program. 
Such a recommendation may be made with re-
spect to a model for which a waiver would be 
required under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) CRITERIA FOR RECOMMENDING MOD-
ELS
FOR
DEMONSTRATION.—The APM con-
tracting entity shall make a recommendation 
under subparagraph (A)(i), with respect to an 
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‘‘(4) COORDINATOR FOR ARMS CONTROL AND
DISARMAMENT.—
‘‘(A) There shall be within the office of the
Secretary of State a Coordinator for Arms Con-
trol and Disarmament (hereafter in this para-
graph referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’) who
shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Coordinator shall report directly to the Sec-
retary of State.
‘‘(B) The individual appointed to serve as
Coordinator for Arms Control and Disar-
mament shall be the same individual appointed
to serve as Assistant Secretary for Arms Con-
trol and Disarmament.
‘‘(C) The Coordinator shall have the rank
and status of Ambassador-at-Large. The Coor-
dinator shall be compensated at the annual rate
of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV
of the Executive Schedule under section 5314
of title 5, United States Code, or, if the Coordi-
nator is appointed from the Foreign Service,
the annual rate of pay which the individual last
received under the Foreign Service Schedule,
whichever is greater.’’.
(A) by striking ‘‘appropriations account of
the United States Information Agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘appropriate appropriations account of
the Department of State’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and the United States In-
formation Agency’’.
SEC. 367. EDMUND S. MUSKIE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
Section 227 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note)
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘United States Information
Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (d).
SEC. 368. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTION ON CUL-
TURAL PROPERTY.
Title III of the Convention on Cultural Property Im-
plementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by
striking ‘‘Director of the United States Information Agen-
cy’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of
State’’.
SEC. 369. MIKE MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIPS.
Section 252(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6101(a))
is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the United States In-
formation Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’.
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in the event that the reorganization effective date does not
occur on or before 18 months after the date of enactment
of this section.
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘Association’ means the Student
Loan Marketing Association.
‘‘(2) The term ‘dissolution date’ shall mean
September 30, 2009, or such earlier date as the Sec-
retary of Education permits the transfer of remain-
ing obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of
this section.
‘‘(3) The term ‘reorganization effective date’
means the effective date of the reorganization as de-
termined by the Board of Directors of the Associa-
tion, which shall not be earlier than the date that
stockholder approval is obtained pursuant to sub-
section (b) of this section and shall not be later than
the date that is 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this section.
‘‘(4) The term ‘Holding Company’ means the
new business corporation formed pursuant to this
section by the Association under the laws of any
State of the United States or the District of Colum-
bia.
(E) Career counseling and career planning
based on a preliminary assessment of the indi-
vidual.
(F) Job search assistance.
(G) Information related to vocational reha-
bilitation services, as provided for in title I of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
(H) Information relating to federally fund-
ed education and job training programs (includ-
ing registered apprenticeships), and student aid
programs, including the eligibility requirements
of and services provided by such programs.
(I) Information on, and assistance in
accessing referral to additional services through
programs providing adult education and literacy
services, 
vocational 
rehabilitation, 
workforce
preparation and development, and supportive
services, including those programs authorized in
titles II through IV, title I of the Vocational Re-
habilitation Act of 1973, available in the
workforce development area.
(J) Information on the extent to which the
services provided under titles II and III, subtitle
A of title IV, and title I of the Vocational Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973, meet or exceed the per-
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Secretary recommend initiation of a civil action
under section 308.
(4) Under a cooperative agreement, the finan-
cial assurance sufficient to cover reclamation of Fed-
eral lands shall be calculated based on the comple-
tion of both the Federal and State reclamation re-
quirements, and may be held as one bond. The fi-
nancial assurance shall be approved by both the Sec-
retary and the State prior to approval of a plan of
operations, and the Secretary and the State may
agree that the financial assurance may not be re-
leased without Federal and State concurrence. Fi-
nancial assurance that duplicates financial assurance
required under other State or Federal law shall not
be required under this title.
(5) if a cooperative agreement is entered into
pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall, subject
to appropriations, reimburse the State for its regu-
latory costs in an amount approximating, but not ex-
ceeding, the reasonably estimated amount the Sec-
retary would have reasonably expended absent a co-
operative agreement.
(6) Each cooperative agreement entered into
pursuant to this section shall provide that (i) the
Secretary shall take appropriate action, including
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1564
To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and for certain
other international affairs functions and activities of the United States
Government for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 3, 1995
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Department of State
and for certain other international affairs functions and
activities of the United States Government for fiscal
years 1996 and 1997, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
ures and, as applicable clinical practice im-
provement activities, for covered professional 
services furnished during the performance period 
(as defined in subsection (q)(2)(B)) with respect 
to 2019 and the performance period with respect 
to each subsequent year, subject to subsection 
(q)(1)(D), the quality measures and clinical 
practice improvement activities specified under 
this paragraph shall be, with respect to an eligi-
ble professional, the quality measures and, as ap-
plicable, clinical practice improvement activities 
within the final core measure set under para-
graph (9)(F) applicable to the peer cohort of such 
provider and year involved.’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E), as redesig-
nated by subparagraph (B)(ii) of this para-
graph, by striking ‘‘AND
SUBSEQUENT 
YEARS’’; 
(C) in subsection (k)(3)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘COVERED
PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES 
AND
ELIGIBLE
PROFESSIONALS
DEFINED’’ 
and inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraphs: 
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‘‘(A) to meet obligations to policyholders 
with respect to known claims and reasonably 
anticipated claims; or 
‘‘(B) to pay other obligations in the normal 
course of business. 
‘‘(8) COVERED LAWS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 
laws’ means the laws, rules, regulations, agree-
ments, and orders governing the insurance busi-
ness pertaining to— 
‘‘(i) individual or group health insur-
ance coverage issued by a health insurance 
issuer; 
‘‘(ii) the offer, sale, rating (including 
medical 
underwriting), 
renewal, 
and 
issuance of individual or group health in-
surance coverage to an individual; 
‘‘(iii) the provision to an individual in 
relation to individual or group health in-
surance coverage of health care and insur-
ance related services; 
‘‘(iv) the provision to an individual in 
relation to individual or group health in-
surance coverage of management, oper-
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of location or enactment, such assessment work re-
quirements shall apply in addition to such annual
maintenance fee, subject to any suspension or
deferment of annual assessment work provided by
law.
(2)(A) Section 1 of the Act of September 2,
1958 (30 U.S.C. 28–1), is amended by inserting
‘‘mineral activities, environmental baseline monitor-
ing, and’’ after ‘‘without being limited to’’ and be-
fore ‘‘geological, geochemical and geophysical sur-
veys’’.
(B) Section 2(d) of the Act of September 2,
1958 (30 U.S.C. 28–2(d)), is amended by inserting
‘‘environmental baseline monitoring or’’ after ‘‘expe-
rience to conduct’’ and before ‘‘geological, geo-
chemical or geophysical surveys’’.
(C) Section 2 of the Act of September 2, 1958
(30 U.S.C. 28–2), is amended by adding at the end
of the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) The term ‘environmental baseline monitoring’
means activities for collecting, reviewing and analyzing in-
formation concerning soil, vegetation, wildlife, mineral,
air, water, cultural, historical, archeological or other re-
sources related to planning for or complying with Federal
and State environmental or permitting requirements appli-
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2811 
Making supplemental appropriations for the National Institutes of Health 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2013 
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
Making supplemental appropriations for the National Insti-
tutes of Health for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2013, 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 ‘‘Research First Act 
of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) In fiscal year 2013, the budget of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health was decreased by approxi-
mately $1.55 billion pursuant to section 251A of the 
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mented by States based on Federal block grants, and (2)
programs targeted to specific groups.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating
to section 4100 in the table of sections at the beginning
of chapter 41 of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘4100. Veterans’ Employment and Training Bill of Rights.’’.
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a). 
(2) The National Institutes of Health is the 
true Department of Defense for the citizens of the 
United States, conducting vital research to fight the 
enemy of disease and protect the infrastructure of 
the human body. Such research funding should not 
be slashed while the Pentagon budget continues to 
increase. 
(3) The national security interests of the 
United States can be well served by reducing the 
total number of deployed nuclear warheads and their 
delivery systems, as suggested by the Department of 
Defense’s January 2012 strategic guidance titled 
‘‘Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 
21st Century Defense’’. 
(4) The Government Accountability Office has 
found that there is significant waste in the construc-
tion of the nuclear facilities of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration of the Department of En-
ergy. Significant savings can also be found by reduc-
ing expenditures on weapons which the military has 
not requested such as the Abrams Tank, bringing 
military and infrastructure operations in Afghani-
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stan to a close, and decreasing the Nation’s reliance 
on expensive, private contractors. 
SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NA-
TIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. 
There is appropriated to the National Institute of 
Health, for an additional amount for the purpose of car-
rying out title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 281 et seq.), $1,550,000,000, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 
2013. 
SEC. 4. RESCISSIONS. 
Of the unobligated balances of the following accounts, 
the following amounts are rescinded: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Defense—Overseas Contin-
gency Operations—Operation and Maintenance—Af-
ghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’, $400,000,000. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Defense’’, $1,150,000,000. 
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IIA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1565
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 28 (legislative day, JUNE 19), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend through
December 31, 1997, the period during which the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs is authorized to provide prior-
ity health care to certain veterans exposed to Agent
Orange and to make such authority permanent in the
case of certain veterans exposed to ionizing radiation,
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. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE PRIORITY HEALTH
CARE.
(a) 
AUTHORIZED
INPATIENT
CARE.—Section
1710(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking out subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
‘‘(e)(1)(A) A herbicide-exposed veteran is eligible for
hospital care and nursing home care under subsection
(a)(1)(G) for any disease suffered by the veteran that is—
‘‘(i) among those diseases for which the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences, in a report issued in ac-
cordance with section 2 of the Agent Orange Act of
1991, has determined—
‘‘(I) that there is sufficient evidence to
conclude that there is a positive association be-
tween occurrence of the disease in humans and
exposure to a herbicide agent;
‘‘(II) that there is evidence which is sug-
gestive of an association between occurrence of
the disease in humans and exposure to a herbi-
cide agent, but such evidence is limited in na-
ture; or
‘‘(III) that available studies are insufficient
to permit a conclusion about the presence or
absence of an association between occurrence of
the disease in humans and exposure to a herbi-
cide agent; or
‘‘(ii) a disease for which the Secretary, pursu-
ant to a recommendation of the Under Secretary for
Health on the basis of a peer-reviewed research
study or studies published within 20 months after
the most recent report of the National Academy
under section 2 of the Agent Orange Act of 1991,
determines there is credible evidence suggestive of
an association between occurrence of the disease in
humans and exposure to a herbicide agent.
‘‘(B) A radiation-exposed veteran is eligible for hos-
pital care and nursing home care under subsection
(a)(1)(G) for any disease suffered by the veteran that is—
‘‘(i) a disease listed in section 1112(c)(2) of
this title; or
‘‘(ii) any other disease for which the Secretary,
based on the advice of the Advisory Committee on
Environmental Hazards, determines that there is
credible evidence of a positive association between
occurrence of the disease in humans and exposure to
ionizing radiation.’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—