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(2) the Battery Conservancy is solely respon-
sible for all costs of operating and maintaining the 
Facility, except as may be otherwise agreed to by 
the Secretary;
(3) the Battery Conservancy shall reimburse 
the National Park Service for all National Park 
Service costs incurred in association with the Bat-
tery Conservancy’s activities at the Facility, includ-
ing the cost of providing security, utilities, and in-
spections; 
(4) the Battery Conservancy may conduct, or 
allow others to conduct, performances and edu-
cational programs at the Facility, as the Secretary 
determines appropriate; 
(5) the Battery Conservancy may sell perform-
ance tickets and conduct related revenue-generating 
activities at the Monument such as sales of food, 
beverages, and merchandise in such a manner and 
at such rates as the Secretary determines appro-
priate; 
(6) any proceeds received by the Battery Con-
servancy from the revenue-generating activities de-
scribed in this subsection shall be, as determined by 
the Secretary in consultation with the Battery Con-
servancy— 
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422 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
clause (iv) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(iv) for the 2 years following the 
date of enactment of the Workforce Invest-
ment Act of 2012, to provide training re-
garding the amendments made to this 
Act.’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘on the date of enactment of the Rehabili-
tation Act Amendments of 1998’’ and in-
serting ‘‘on the date of enactment of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 2012’’; and 
(4) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
1999 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 
2013 through 2017’’. 
SEC. 442. DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS. 
Section 303 (29 U.S.C. 773) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking clause (i) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(i) special projects and demonstra-
tion programs focused on improving transi-
tion from education to competitive inte-
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 78 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as 
the ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GEORGE THOMAS ‘‘MICKEY’’ LELAND POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, 
Texas, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George 
Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, 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 ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mick-
ey’ Leland Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 8, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 78 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Hous-
ton, Texas, as the ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Le-
land Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 78 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda 
Road in Houston, Texas, as the ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GEORGE THOMAS ‘‘MICKEY’’ LELAND POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland 
Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference 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 ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 78 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as the ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ 
Leland Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2013 
Ms. JACKSON LEE 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 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as 
the ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GEORGE THOMAS ‘‘MICKEY’’ LELAND POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, 
Texas, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George 
Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Building’’. 
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plement guidelines and standards to support devel-
opmentally appropriate instruction across com-
prehensive domains of learning. 
TITLE I—IMPROVING THE ACA-
DEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE 
DISADVANTAGED 
SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
Section 1001 (20 U.S.C. 6301) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and other types of’’ after 
‘‘high-quality academic’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘developmentally appro-
priate’’ after ‘‘challenging’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘and other learning’’ after 
‘‘State academic’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘between stu-
dents who are children with disabilities and students 
without disabilities,’’ after ‘‘minority and non-
minority students,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘and other 
early learning guidelines’’ after ‘‘content standards’’; 
and 
(4) in paragraph (11), by inserting ‘‘with com-
munity-based providers of early childhood education 
programs,’’ after ‘‘educational services,’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, 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 ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mick-
ey’ Leland Post Office Building’’. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 78 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas, as 
the ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. GEORGE THOMAS ‘‘MICKEY’’ LELAND POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, 
Texas, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘George 
Thomas ‘Mickey’ Leland Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, 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 ‘‘George Thomas ‘Mick-
ey’ Leland Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 8, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 790 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the disclosure 
of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2013 
Mr. PETERS of Michigan (for himself, Mr. BISHOP of New York, and Mr. 
MCNERNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require 
the disclosure of the total number of a company’s domes-
tic and foreign employees. 
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 ‘‘Outsourcing Account-
ability Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF NUMBER OF DOMESTIC 
AND FOREIGN EMPLOYEES. 
Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(s) DISCLOSURE OF NUMBER OF DOMESTIC AND 
FOREIGN EMPLOYEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning the first full fis-
cal year that begins after the date of enactment of 
this subsection, each issuer required to file reports 
with the Commission pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall disclose annually to the Commission and to 
shareholders— 
‘‘(A) the total number of employees of the 
issuer and each consolidated subsidiary of the 
issuer who are domiciled in the United States 
and listed by number in each State; 
‘‘(B) the total number of such employees 
physically working in and domiciled in any 
country other than the United States, listed by 
number in each country; and 
‘‘(C) the percentage increase or decrease in 
the numbers required under subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) from the previous reporting year. 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTIONS.— 
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may, but are not required to, support preschool-age 
and younger children through direct services or sub-
contracts with Head Start or other early childhood 
programs, but more effort is required to ensure that 
early learning programs and elementary schools are 
meeting the educational needs of young children. 
(9) There is widespread acknowledgment among 
experts on child education that prior to entrance in 
kindergarten, and in the early grades, children re-
main on a path of development that requires atten-
tion to and support for their emotional, social, and 
physical development and their creativity, curiosity 
and tenacity. 
(10) Better alignment between early childhood 
education programs and elementary schools, and 
greater support for elementary school leadership in 
instituting more developmentally appropriate and 
comprehensive learning approaches for young chil-
dren, are widely acknowledged within the education 
community as areas ripe for improvement that would 
lead to better outcomes for children. 
(11) Through several laws enacted in the past 
2 decades, Congress has signified its interest in en-
suring that young children’s learning opportunities 
are enhanced by requiring States to develop and im-
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‘‘(A) NEWER
PUBLIC
COMPANIES.—An 
issuer shall not be subject to the requirement 
under paragraph (1) for the first 5 years after 
the issuer is first required to file reports with 
the Commission pursuant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) SMALLER
COMPANIES.—An issuer 
that had total annual gross revenues of less 
than $1,000,000,000 during its most recently 
completed fiscal year shall not be subject to the 
requirement under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Commission may 
promulgate such regulations as it considers nec-
essary to implement the requirement set forth in 
paragraph (1).’’. 
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(B) by striking ‘‘This power shall’’ and all 
that follows through the end of the subsection; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Whenever it is charged’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Whenever it appears’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or is engaging in’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, is engaging in, or is about to engage 
in’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘the Board, or any agent’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘Provided, That no 
complaint shall be issued’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
aggrieved party may bring a civil action for 
such relief (including injunctions) as may be 
appropriate. Any such action may be brought in 
the district court of the United States where 
the violation occurred, or at the option of the 
parties, in the United States District Court for 
the District of Columbia. No civil action may be 
brought’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘charge with the Board 
and the service of a copy thereof upon the per-
son against whom such charge is made’’ and in-
sert ‘‘civil action’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘Any such complaint may 
be amended’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Any 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 792 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food 
and Drug Administration’s jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, 
and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufac-
turing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2013 
Mr. POSEY (for himself, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. COLE, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. 
KLINE, Mr. COSTA, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 
Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. 
WALBERG, and Mr. VALADAO) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
clarify the Food and Drug Administration’s jurisdiction 
over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and 
small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing and 
distribution of traditional and premium cigars. 
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 ‘‘Traditional Cigar Man-
ufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 
2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO 
PREMIUM CIGARS. 
(a) EXCEPTION FOR TRADITIONAL LARGE AND PRE-
MIUM CIGARS.—Section 901(c) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387a(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (2), in the heading, by insert-
ing ‘‘FOR CERTAIN TOBACCO LEAF’’ after ‘‘AUTHOR-
ITY’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN 
CIGARS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this 
chapter (except for section 907(d)(3)) shall not 
apply to traditional large and premium cigars. 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this chapter shall be construed to grant the 
Secretary authority to promulgate regulations 
on any matter that involves traditional large 
and premium cigars. 
‘‘(C) TRADITIONAL LARGE AND PREMIUM 
CIGAR DEFINED.—For purposes of this para-
graph, the term ‘traditional large and premium 
cigar’— 
‘‘(i) means any roll of tobacco that is 
wrapped in 100 percent leaf tobacco, 
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bunched with 100 percent tobacco filler, 
contains no filter, tip or non-tobacco 
mouthpiece, weighs at least 6 pounds per 
1,000 count, and— 
‘‘(I) has a 100 percent leaf to-
bacco binder and is hand rolled; 
‘‘(II) has a 100 percent leaf to-
bacco binder and is made using 
human hands to lay the leaf tobacco 
wrapper or binder onto only one ma-
chine that bunches, wraps, and caps 
each individual cigar; or 
‘‘(III) has a homogenized tobacco 
leaf binder and is made in the United 
States using human hands to lay the 
100 percent leaf tobacco wrapper onto 
only 
one 
machine 
that 
bunches, 
wraps, and caps each individual cigar; 
and 
‘‘(ii) does not include a cigarette (as 
such term is defined by section 900(3)) or 
a little cigar (as such term is defined by 
section 900(11)).’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 919(b) of 
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
387s(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(II), by inserting ‘‘, but 
excluding traditional large and premium cigars (as 
such term is defined under section 901(c)(3)’’ before 
the period; and 
(2) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘subject to 
section 901(c)(3),’’ before ‘‘if a user fee’’. 
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HR 845 RH
CHAPTER IV
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading for
obligation in fiscal year 1996, $50,000,000 are rescinded
and of the funds made available under this heading for
obligation in fiscal year 1997, $150,000,000 are re-
scinded: Provided, That funds made available in previous
appropriations Acts shall be available for any ongoing
project regardless of the separate request for proposal
under which the project was selected.
CHAPTER V
DEPARTMENTS 
OF 
LABOR, 
HEALTH 
AND
HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–333 for carrying out title II, part C of
the Job Training Partnership Act, $200,000,000 are
rescinded.
HR 845 RH
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–333 for new education infrastructure im-
provement grants, $100,000,000 are rescinded.
CHAPTER VI
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE
(RESCISSION)
Of the available balances under this heading,
$13,126,000 are rescinded.
PENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 103–331, $40,000,000 are rescinded.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1909 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use existing authorities 
to furnish health care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities 
to veterans who live more than 40 miles driving distance from the 
closest medical facility of the Department that furnishes the care sought 
by the veteran. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2015 
Mr. CULBERSON (for himself, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. 
THORNBERRY, and Mr. FARENTHOLD) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use existing 
authorities to furnish health care at non-Department of 
Veterans Affairs facilities to veterans who live more than 
40 miles driving distance from the closest medical facility 
of the Department that furnishes the care sought by 
the veteran. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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tion, rules similar to the rules of section 
4052 shall apply. 
‘‘(e) COORDINATION.—The tax imposed by subsection 
(a) is in addition to any tax imposed by sections 4181 
and 5811.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION RELATING TO INDIAN TRIBAL 
GOVERNMENTS.—Subparagraph (A) of section 7871(a)(2) 
of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘relating to tax on 
special fuels’’ and inserting ‘‘relating to retail excise 
taxes’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sub-
chapters for chapter 31 of such Code is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER D. CONCEALABLE FIREARMS.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to sales on or after the 120th day 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. FIREARMS BUYBACK GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish, in accordance with the provisions of this section, a 
grant program under which the Attorney General may 
make grants to eligible entities described in subsection 
(d)(1) for State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies 
to carry out anti-violence campaigns, gun safety cam-
paigns, and firearms buyback programs. 
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(b) FIREARMS BUYBACK PROGRAM DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘firearms buyback pro-
gram’’ means, with respect to a State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency, a program carried out by such agen-
cy— 
(1) under which the agency purchases firearms 
from, or accepts firearm donations made by, individ-
uals; 
(2) the goal of which is to promote anti-violence 
campaigns, gun safety, and proper disposal of fire-
arms, and to provide a process under which individ-
uals may anonymously turn in firearms to such 
agency; and 
(3) under which such agency may take meas-
ures to identify if a firearm obtained through such 
program is lost or stolen and may take measures to 
return any such firearm so identified to the owner 
of such firearm. 
(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney 
General an application for the grant, which shall be 
in such form and contain, in addition to the infor-
mation described in paragraph (2), such information 
as the Attorney General may require. 
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(2) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—An application 
submitted by an eligible entity for a grant under this 
section, with respect to a firearms buyback program, 
shall contain assurances to the satisfaction of the 
Attorney General that— 
(A) in the case of an individual from whom 
a firearm is obtained under the program— 
(i) in the case such firearm is not a 
donation, such individual shall be provided 
a reward in an amount that is not less 
than $50 and not more than $350 for such 
firearm; and 
(ii) such individual shall remain anon-
ymous, including by the assurance that the 
law enforcement agency carrying out such 
program will not collect or maintain any 
written record identifying or leading to the 
identity of the individual as the individual 
who provided such firearm under the pro-
gram; 
(B) firearms obtained under the program 
shall be disposed of in a timely and appropriate 
manner, as approved by the Attorney General; 
and 
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