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formed, on a periodic basis while the pilot program 
is in effect, with respect to the matters referred to 
in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
FOR TRAINING
AND CLERK-
SHIPS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other 
funds made available to carry out this section, there 
are authorized to be appropriated not less than 
$5,000,000 in each fiscal year for— 
(A) educational and professional develop-
ment of those district judges designated under 
subsection (a)(1)(A) in matters relating to pat-
ents and plant variety protection; and 
(B) compensation of law clerks with exper-
tise in technical matters arising in patent and 
plant variety protection cases, to be appointed 
by the courts designated under subsection (b) 
to assist those courts in such cases.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts made 
available pursuant to this subsection shall remain 
available until expended. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 17, 
2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 628 
AN ACT 
To establish a pilot program in certain United 
States district courts to encourage enhancement 
of expertise in patent cases among district 
judges.
(E) an analysis of whether the pilot pro-
gram should be extended to other district 
courts, or should be made permanent and apply 
to all district courts. 
(2) TIMETABLE FOR REPORTS.—The times re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) are— 
(A) not later than the date that is 5 years 
and 3 months after the end of the 6-month pe-
riod described in subsection (b); and 
(B) not later than 5 years after the date 
described in subparagraph (A). 
(3) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 
in consultation with the chief judge of each of the 
district courts designated under subsection (b) and 
the Director of the Federal Judicial Center, shall 
keep the committees referred to in paragraph (1) in-
formed, on a periodic basis while the pilot program 
is in effect, with respect to the matters referred to 
in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
FOR TRAINING
AND CLERK-
SHIPS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to any other 
funds made available to carry out this section, there 
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H. R. 628—3 
(D) a discussion of any evidence indicating that liti-
gants select certain of the judicial districts designated 
under subsection (b) in an attempt to ensure a given out-
come; and 
(E) an analysis of whether the pilot program should 
be extended to other district courts, or should be made 
permanent and apply to all district courts. 
(2) TIMETABLE
FOR
REPORTS.—The times referred to in 
paragraph (1) are— 
(A) not later than the date that is 5 years and 3 
months after the end of the 6-month period described in 
subsection (b); and 
(B) not later than 5 years after the date described 
in subparagraph (A). 
(3) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts, in consultation with the 
chief judge of each of the district courts designated under 
subsection (b) and the Director of the Federal Judicial Center, 
shall keep the committees referred to in paragraph (1) informed, 
on a periodic basis while the pilot program is in effect, with 
respect to the matters referred to in subparagraphs (A) through 
(E) of paragraph (1). 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
HR 628 RFS 
Office of the United States Courts, in consultation 
with the chief judge of each of the district courts 
designated under subsection (b) and the Director of 
the Federal Judicial Center, shall submit to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate a report on the pilot program established 
under subsection (a). The report shall include— 
(A) an analysis of the extent to which the 
program has succeeded in developing expertise 
in patent and plant variety protection cases 
among the district judges of the district courts 
so designated; 
(B) an analysis of the extent to which the 
program has improved the efficiency of the 
courts involved by reason of such expertise; 
(C) with respect to patent cases handled by 
the judges designated pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1)(A) and judges not so designated, a com-
parison between the 2 groups of judges with re-
spect to— 
(i) the rate of reversal, by the Court 
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, of such 
cases on the issues of claim construction 
and substantive patent law; and 
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are authorized to be appropriated not less than 
$5,000,000 in each fiscal year for— 
(A) educational and professional develop-
ment of those district judges designated under 
subsection (a)(1)(A) in matters relating to pat-
ents and plant variety protection; and 
(B) compensation of law clerks with exper-
tise in technical matters arising in patent and 
plant variety protection cases, to be appointed 
by the courts designated under subsection (b) 
to assist those courts in such cases. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts made 
available pursuant to this subsection shall remain 
available until expended. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6290 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage 
of optometrists. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. TERRY, 
and Mr. BARROW) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 
Medicaid coverage of optometrists. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIRING COVERAGE OF SERVICES OF OP-
TOMETRISTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(a)(5) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(5)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘(B)’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end 
the following: ‘‘, and (C) medical and other health 
services (as defined in section 1861(s)) as authorized 
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by State law, furnished by an optometrist (described 
in section 1861(r)(4)) to the extent such services 
may be performed under State law’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and shall apply to services fur-
nished or other actions required on or after such 
date. 
(2) RULE
FOR
CHANGES
REQUIRING
STATE 
LEGISLATION.—In the case of a State plan for med-
ical assistance under title XIX of the Social Security 
Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices determines requires State legislation (other than 
legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan 
to meet the additional requirement imposed by the 
amendments made by subsection (a), the State plan 
shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the 
requirements of such title solely on the basis of its 
failure to meet this additional requirement before 
the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning 
after the close of the first regular session of the 
State legislature that begins after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. For purposes of the previous 
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sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year 
legislative session, each year of such session shall be 
deemed to be a separate regular session of the State 
legislature. 
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rectly attributable to payment for certified EHR tech-
nology or services described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) In no case shall— 
‘‘(i) the aggregate allowable costs under this 
subsection (covering one or more years) with respect 
to a Medicaid provider described in paragraph 
(2)(A) for purchase and initial implementation of 
certified EHR technology (and services described in 
subparagraph (A)) exceed $25,000 or include costs 
over a period of longer than 5 years; 
‘‘(ii) for costs not described in clause (i) relat-
ing to the operation, maintenance, or use of certified 
EHR technology, the annual allowable costs under 
this subsection with respect to such a Medicaid pro-
vider for costs not described in clause (i) for any 
year exceed $10,000; 
‘‘(iii) payment described in paragraph (1) for 
costs described in clause (ii) be made with respect 
to such a Medicaid provider over a period of more 
than 5 years; 
‘‘(iv) the aggregate allowable costs under this 
subsection with respect to such a Medicaid provider 
for all costs exceed $75,000; or 
‘‘(v) the allowable costs, whether for purchase 
and initial implementation, maintenance, or other-
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND POLICY.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares the
following:
(1) Federal, State, and local government agen-
cies have a significant need for services that can be
provided by private enterprise.
(2) The Federal Government, and State and
local government agencies using Federal funds, have
built significant capabilities that duplicate or are
competitive with private firms.
(3) There is significant capacity within the pri-
vate sector, including many small businesses, that
has long been under utilized by Federal, State, and
local governments and is capable of providing serv-
ices to government agencies.
(4) The Federal Government should not com-
pete with the private sector when providing services
to State and local governments.
(5) Expanded use of private firms can increase
competition and lower the costs of government agen-
cies.
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the Federal Govern-
ment to rely to the maximum extent possible on private
sector sources to provide property and services needed by
the Federal Government.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT RELATING TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS.
Section 6505(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) An executive agency may not provide commercial
activities (as defined in Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–76, as in effect on the date of the enactment
of the Fair Competition Act of 1993) to a State or local
government, unless a public notification and search of po-
tential private sector providers by the executive agency de-
termines that an activity is of such a unique nature that
no private sector provider can perform such services.’’.
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‘‘(1) identify the programs, services, functions, 
and activities that the tribal education agency will be 
administering for such schools; 
‘‘(2) determine the amount of funds to be pro-
vided to the Indian tribe by the allocations or grant 
amounts that would otherwise be provided to the 
State educational agency, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(3) ensure that the Secretary provides such 
funds directly to the tribe to administer such pro-
grams. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to serve a school 
through a funding agreement under this section, the In-
dian tribe shall demonstrate— 
‘‘(1) that the school meets 1 or more of the fol-
lowing criteria— 
‘‘(A) the school is funded by the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, whether directly or through a 
contract or compact with an Indian tribe or a 
tribal consortium; 
‘‘(B) the school receives payments under 
title VII because of students living on Indian 
land; 
‘‘(C) the school is located on Indian land; 
and 
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in a manner commensurate with the extent to 
which such product or products were offered or 
provided.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(v)’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A), 
(B), (C), and (D) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) ‘Satisfactory record of meeting com-
munity credit or other financial needs’. 
‘‘(B) ‘Sufficient record of meeting commu-
nity credit or other financial needs’. 
‘‘(C) ‘Needs to improve record of meeting 
community credit or other financial needs’. 
‘‘(D) ‘Substantial noncompliance in meet-
ing 
community 
credit 
or 
other 
financial 
needs’.’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
FOR
OUTSTANDING
RAT-
ING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate Fed-
eral financial supervisory agencies shall develop 
and implement a process to permit a regulated 
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(5) ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD.—The term 
‘‘electronic health record’’ means an electronic 
record of health-related information on an individual 
that is created, gathered, managed, and consulted by 
authorized health care clinicians and staff. 
(6) HEALTH
CARE
OPERATIONS.—The term 
‘‘health care operation’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 164.501 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(7) HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘health care provider’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 160.103 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
(8) HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘health plan’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1171(5) 
of the Social Security Act. 
(9) NATIONAL COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Coordinator’’ means the head of the Office of 
the National Coordinator for Health Information 
Technology established under section 3001(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act, as added by section 
4101. 
(10) PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘payment’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 164.501 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
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(1) 
REGULATIONS; 
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—To 
carry out this section, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall promulgate interim final regu-
lations by not later than the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section. The 
provisions of this section shall apply to breaches of 
security that are discovered on or after the date that 
is 30 days after the date of publication of such in-
terim final regulations. 
(2) SUNSET.—The provisions of this section 
shall not apply to breaches of security occurring on 
or after the earlier of the following the dates: 
(A) The date on which a standard relating 
to requirements for entities that are not covered 
entities that includes requirements relating to 
breach notification has been promulgated by the 
Secretary. 
(B) The date on which a standard relating 
to requirements for entities that are not covered 
entities that includes requirements relating to 
breach notification has been promulgated by the 
Federal Trade Commission and has taken ef-
fect. 
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child he has, or may have fathered, or the entry of 
such a child into State custody. 
‘‘(5) PENDING ADOPTION.—The term ‘pending 
adoption’ means any adoption in which an adoption 
petition has been filed with a court pursuant to 
State law. 
‘‘(6) PLANNED ADOPTION.—The term ‘planned 
adoption’ means any adoption in which the birth 
mother has formally contacted an attorney or a 
State licensed adoption agency about placing her 
child for adoption. 
‘‘(7) PUTATIVE FATHER.—The term ‘putative 
father’ means a man who has had sexual relations 
with a woman to whom he is not married and is 
therefore presumed to know that such woman may 
be pregnant as a result of such relations. 
‘‘(8) SEARCH.—The term ‘search’ means a re-
quest for information regarding a man who had sex-
ual relations with a woman to whom he is not mar-
ried and is therefore presumed to know that such 
woman may be pregnant. 
‘‘(9) STATE
PUTATIVE
FATHER
REGISTRY.— 
The term ‘State Putative Father Registry’ means, 
with respect to a State, the registry established or 
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‘‘(D) a majority of the students in the 
school are American Indian or Alaska Native; 
and 
‘‘(2) that the Indian tribe— 
‘‘(A) has the capacity to administer the 
functions for which the tribe applies for such 
school, including compliance with the fiscal ac-
countability provision of 5(f)(1) of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450c(f)(1)), relating to the sub-
mission of a single-agency audit report required 
by chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code; 
and 
‘‘(B) satisfies such other factors that the 
Secretary deems appropriate. 
‘‘(e) 
GEOGRAPHICAL
DIVERSITY.—In 
awarding 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that 
grants are provided and grant amounts are used in a man-
ner that results in national geographic diversity among In-
dian tribes applying for grants under this section. 
‘‘(f) CONSORTIUM OF TRIBES.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall preclude the development and submission of a 
single tribal education agencies pilot project by the partici-
pating Indian tribes of an intertribal consortium. 
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of the Virgin Islands shall provide all documents and in-
formation under the jurisdiction of that head that the 
Chief Financial Officer considers required to carry out his 
or her functions to the Chief Financial Officer. 
(d) CONDITIONS RELATED TO CHIEF FINANCIAL OF-
FICER.— 
(1) TERM.—The Chief Financial Officer shall 
be appointed for a term of 5 years. 
(2) REMOVAL.—The Chief Financial Officer 
shall not be removed except for cause. An Acting 
Chief Financial Officer may be removed for cause or 
by a Chief Financial Officer appointed with the ad-
vice and consent of the Legislature of the Virgin Is-
lands. 
(3) REPLACEMENT.—If the Chief Financial Of-
ficer is unable to continue acting in that capacity 
due to removal, illness, death, or otherwise, another 
Chief Financial Officer shall be selected in accord-
ance with subsection (a). 
(4) SALARY.—The Chief Financial Officer shall 
be paid at a salary to be determined by the Governor 
of the Virgin Islands, except such rate may not be 
less than the highest rate of pay for a cabinet officer 
of the Government of the Virgin Islands or a Chief
reduced premium from such individual required under sec-
tion 3002(a)(1)(A) of such Act. 
‘‘(b) PAYROLL TAXES.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘payroll taxes’ means— 
‘‘(1) amounts required to be deducted and with-
held for the payroll period under section 3401 (relat-
ing to wage withholding), 
‘‘(2) amounts required to be deducted for the 
payroll period under section 3102 (relating to FICA 
employee taxes), and 
‘‘(3) amounts of the taxes imposed for the pay-
roll period under section 3111 (relating to FICA em-
ployer taxes). 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF CREDIT.—Except as otherwise 
provided by the Secretary, the credit described in sub-
section (a) shall be applied as though the employer had 
paid to the Secretary, on the day that the qualified bene-
ficiary’s premium payment is received, an amount equal 
to such credit. 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF PAYMENT.—For purposes of 
section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, any 
payment under this subsection shall be treated in the same 
manner as a refund of the credit under section 35. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING.— 
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SECTION 1. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILI-
TARY FORCE AGAINST IRAQ RESOLUTION OF 
2002. 
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against 
Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107–243; 50 U.S.C. 
1541 note) is hereby repealed. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 17, 2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
HR 995 EAH
entering leave-without-pay status to perform military
service.
‘‘(f)(1) The employing agency may be required to pay
lost earnings on contributions made pursuant to subsections
(c) and (d). Such earnings, if required, shall be calculated
retroactively to the date the contribution would have been
made had the employee not separated or entered leave with-
out pay status to perform military service.
‘‘(2) Procedures for calculating and crediting the earn-
ings payable pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be prescribed
by the Executive Director.
‘‘(g) Amounts paid under subsection (c), (d), or (f)
shall be paid—
‘‘(1) by the agency to which the employee is re-
stored or in which such employee is reemployed;
‘‘(2) from the same source as would be the case
under section 8432(e) with respect to sums required
under section 8432(c); and
‘‘(3) within the time prescribed by the Executive
Director.
‘‘(h)(1) For purposes of section 8432(g), in the case
of an employee to whom this section applies—
‘‘(A) a separation from civilian service in order
to perform the military service on which the employ-
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 995
AN ACT
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve
reemployment rights and benefits of veterans and
other benefits of employment of certain members
of the uniformed services, and for other pur-
poses.
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2571 
AN ACT 
To include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nation-
als are eligible for admission into the United States 
as E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if United States nation-
als are treated similarly by the Government of Portugal 
and to otherwise modify the eligibility criteria for E 
visas.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1644 
To impose a limitation on the maximum amount of crop insurance premiums 
paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, to repeal the authority 
to provide direct payments for producers of certain major agricultural 
commodities and peanuts, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from 
making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2013 
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To impose a limitation on the maximum amount of crop 
insurance premiums paid by the Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation, to repeal the authority to provide direct 
payments for producers of certain major agricultural 
commodities and peanuts, to prohibit the Secretary of 
Agriculture from making payments to the Brazilian Cot-
ton Institute, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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Union Calendar No. 187
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2884
[Report No. 103–345]
A BILL
To establish a national framework for the develop-
ment of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in
all States, and for other purposes.
NOVEMBER 10, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed