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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1357
To provide certain employee protection benefits for railroad employees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 1995
Mr. SANDERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To provide certain employee protection benefits for railroad
employees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.
Section 10901 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as
paragraph (3); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) The Commission shall in any order approving
an application under this section require a fair and equi-
table arrangement for protection of the interests of rail-
road employees who may be affected thereby no less pro-
tective of and beneficial to the interests of such employees
than those established pursuant to section 11347 of this
title.’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (e).
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1725 
AN ACT 
To amend and reauthorize the controlled substance moni-
toring program under section 399O of the Public Health 
Service 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,
HR 1358 EAH
SEC. 109. Appropriations and funds made available
by or authority granted pursuant to this title of this Act
may be used without regard to the time limitations for sub-
mission and approval of apportionments set forth in section
1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing herein
shall be construed to waive any other provision of law gov-
erning the apportionment of funds.
SEC. 110. For the purposes of this title of this Act,
the time covered by this title of this Act shall be considered
to have begun on December 16, 1995.
TITLE II
SECTION 201. YAVAPAI-PRESCOTT INDIAN TRIBE WATER
RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1994.
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 112(b) of the Yavapai-Pres-
cott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994 (108
Stat. 4532) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1995’’
and inserting ‘‘June 30, 1996’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as of December 31, 1995, and
with the consent of Prescott, Arizona, the contract referred
to in such section 112(b) is revived.
SEC. 202. SAN CARLOS APACHE TRIBE WATER RIGHTS SET-
TLEMENT ACT OF 1992.
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 3711(b)(1) of the San Carlos
Apache Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1992 (title
HR 1358 EAH
XXXVII of Public Law 102–575) is amended by striking
‘‘December 31, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1996’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect as of December 31, 1995.
(2) LAPSED
PROVISIONS
OF
LAW
AND
CON-
TRACTS.—The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of
section 3704, subsections (a) and (b) of section 3705,
section 3706, subsections (a)(2), (c), (d), and (f) of
section 3707, subsections (b) and (c) of section 3708,
and subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (j), and
(l) of section 3710 of such Act, together with each con-
tract entered into pursuant to any such section or
subsection (with the consent of the non-Federal par-
ties thereto), shall be effective on and after the date
of enactment of this Act, subject to the December 31,
1966, deadline specified in such section 3711(b)(1), as
amended by subsection (a) of this section.
Attest:
Clerk.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1358
AMENDMENT
TO
SENATE AMENDMENT
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2572 
To improve the regulation of credit unions and depository institutions and 
to provide regulatory relief, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2013 
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To improve the regulation of credit unions and depository 
institutions and to provide regulatory relief, 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 ‘‘Regulatory Relief for 
Credit Unions Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCING THE AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL 
CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) REVIEW OF BUREAU REGULATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 120 of the Federal 
Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1766) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) REVIEW
OF BUREAU REGULATIONS.—If the 
Board determines that a regulation issued by the Bureau 
would create an undue hardship when applied to credit 
unions, the Board may— 
‘‘(1) delay the application of the regulation to 
credit unions until such time as the Board deter-
mines such application would not create an undue 
hardship; and 
‘‘(2) modify such regulation, as applied to cred-
it unions, so long as the Board determines that such 
modification still meets the Bureau’s objective in 
issuing the regulation.’’. 
(2) BUREAU
DEFINED.—Section 101 of the 
Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(10) The term ‘Bureau’ means the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection.’’. 
(b) USE
OF STATE REGULATIONS
BY FEDERAL 
CREDIT UNIONS.—Section 120 of the Federal Credit 
Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1766), as amended by subsection 
(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
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and the spouse of the person are covered by paragraph 
(2) and receive, directly or indirectly, any payment 
or gain covered by this section, the total amount of 
payments or gains (as applicable) covered by this sec-
tion that the person and spouse may jointly receive 
during any crop year may not exceed an amount 
equal to twice the applicable dollar amounts specified 
in subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) SEPARATE FARMING OPERATIONS.—In 
the case of a married couple in which each 
spouse, before the marriage, was separately en-
gaged in an unrelated farming operation, each 
spouse shall be treated as a separate person with 
respect to a farming operation brought into the 
marriage by a spouse, subject to the condition 
that the farming operation shall remain a sepa-
rate farming operation, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(B) ELECTION TO RECEIVE SEPARATE PAY-
MENTS.—A married couple may elect to receive 
payments separately in the name of each spouse 
if the total amount of payments and benefits de-
scribed in subsection (b) that the married couple 
receives, directly or indirectly, does not exceed an
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 172 
AN ACT 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 
East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ‘‘R. 
Jess Brown United States Courthouse’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2574 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the current reduced 
interest rate for undergraduate Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 1 
year, to modify required distribution rules for pension plans, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2013 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. BISHOP 
of New York, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. FUDGE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. 
WILSON of Florida, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. POLIS, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. TIER-
NEY, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend 
the current reduced interest rate for undergraduate Fed-
eral Direct Stafford Loans for 1 year, to modify required 
distribution rules for pension plans, 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, 
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an agency provides the Bureau with a written 
objection to the proposed regulation, or a por-
tion thereof, the Bureau shall include with the 
final regulation a description of the objection 
and the basis for the Bureau’s decision, if any, 
regarding such objection. 
‘‘(B) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed as altering or lim-
iting the procedures under section 1023 that 
may apply to any regulation prescribed by the 
Bureau.’’. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2573 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow qualified scholarship 
funding corporations to access tax-exempt financing for alternative pri-
vate student loans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2013 
Mr. FLORES (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) 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 allow quali-
fied scholarship funding corporations to access tax-ex-
empt financing for alternative private student loans. 
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 ‘‘Student Loan Oppor-
tunity Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. QUALIFIED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING CORPORATION 
TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING FOR ALTERNATIVE 
PRIVATE STUDENT LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 150(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘established and’’ and ‘‘incurred under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965’’ in subparagraph (A) thereof. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to bonds issued after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF NATIONAL MARINE FISH-
ERIES SERVICE LABORATORY AT GLOUCES-
TER, MASSACHUSETTS.
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce
shall convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to the property comprising the National Marine
Fisheries Service laboratory located on Emerson
Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
(2) TERMS.—A conveyance of property under
paragraph (1) shall be made—
(A) without payment of consideration; and
(B) subject to the terms and conditions
specified under subsections (b) and (c).
(b) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of any con-
veyance of property under this section, the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts shall assume full respon-
sibility for maintenance of the property for as long
as the Commonwealth retains the rights and title to
that property.
(2) CONTINUED USE OF PROPERTY BY NMFS.—
The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of un-
derstanding with the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts under which the National Marine Fisheries
Service is authorized to occupy existing laboratory
space on the property conveyed under this section,
if—
(A) the term of the memorandum of un-
derstanding is for a period of not longer than
5 years beginning on the date of enactment of
this Act; and
(B) the square footage of the space to be
occupied by the National Marine Fisheries
Service does not conflict with the needs of, and
is agreeable to, the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts.
(c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—All right, title, and
interest in and to all property and interests conveyed
under this section shall revert to the United States on the
date on which the Commonwealth of Massachusetts uses
any of the property for any purpose other than the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
resource management program.
(d) RESTRICTION.—Amounts provided by the South
Essex Sewage District may not be used by the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts to transfer existing activities to,
or conduct activities at, property conveyed under this sec-
tion.
Passed the House of Representatives October 30,
1995.
Attest:
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2575 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time 
employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replace 
it with 40 hours. 
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 ‘‘Save American Work-
ers Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 30-HOUR THRESHOLD FOR CLASSIFICA-
TION AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR PUR-
POSES OF THE EMPLOYER MANDATE IN THE 
PATIENT 
PROTECTION 
AND 
AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT AND REPLACEMENT WITH 40 
HOURS. 
(a) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended— 
(1) by repealing subparagraph (E), and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TREATED 
AS
FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES.—Solely for pur-
poses of determining whether an employer is an 
applicable large employer under this paragraph, 
an employer shall, in addition to the number of 
full-time employees for any month otherwise de-
termined, include for such month a number of 
full-time employees determined by dividing the 
aggregate number of hours of service of employ-
ees who are not full-time employees for the 
month by 174.’’.
(b) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
(1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and 
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘full-time 
employee’ means, with respect to any month, an 
employee who is employed on average at least 
40 hours of service per week.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 3, 2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2575 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
repeal the 30-hour threshold for classification as 
a full-time employee for purposes of the employer 
mandate in the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act and replace it with 40 hours.
5 years beginning on the date of enactment of
this Act; and
(B) the square footage of the space to be
occupied by the National Marine Fisheries
Service does not conflict with the needs of, and
is agreeable to, the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts.
(c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—All right, title, and
interest in and to all property and interests conveyed
under this section shall revert to the United States on the
date on which the Commonwealth of Massachusetts uses
any of the property for any purpose other than the Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
resource management program.
(d) RESTRICTION.—Amounts provided by the South
Essex Sewage District may not be used by the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts to transfer existing activities to,
or conduct activities at, property conveyed under this sec-
tion.
(e) CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT OF NMFS PERSON-
NEL.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall—
(1) investigate entering into an intergovern-
mental personnel agreement with the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts under which National Marine
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(i) by striking ‘‘With respect to’’ and in-
serting ‘‘In the case of a corporation, with re-
spect to’’,
(ii) by striking ‘‘1(h) or’’, and
(iii) by striking ‘‘28 percent (34 percent in
the case of a corporation’’ and inserting ‘‘34
percent’’.
(B) 
The 
second 
sentence 
of 
section
607(h)(6)(A) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 is
amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘With respect to’’ and in-
serting ‘‘In the case of a corporation, with re-
spect to’’,
(ii) by striking ‘‘1(h) or’’, and
(iii) by striking ‘‘28 percent (34 percent in
the case of a corporation’’ and inserting ‘‘34
percent’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1996.
SEC. 3103. REPEAL OF CREDIT FOR FOREIGN TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 (relating to taxes of foreign countries
and of possessions of the United States) is amended by
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redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l) and by in-
serting after subsection (j) the following new subsection:
‘‘(k) TERMINATION OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No credit shall be allowed
under subsection (a) for any income, war profits, or
excess profits taxes paid or accrued (or deemed paid
under section 902 or 960) for any taxable year be-
ginning after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section.
‘‘(2) TAXES ALLOWED AS DEDUCTION.—Section
275(4) shall not apply to any tax for which credit
is not allowable by reason of this subsection.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3104. REPEAL OF DEFERRAL OF INCOME OF CON-
TROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subpart F of part III of sub-
chapter N of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking sections 952, 953, and 954
and inserting the following new sections:
‘‘SEC. 952. SUBPART F INCOME.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of this subpart,
the term ‘subpart F income’ means the earnings and prof-
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 30-HOUR THRESHOLD FOR CLASSIFICA-
TION AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR PUR-
POSES OF THE EMPLOYER MANDATE IN THE 
PATIENT 
PROTECTION 
AND 
AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT AND REPLACEMENT WITH 40 
HOURS. 
(a) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended— 
(1) by repealing subparagraph (E), and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TREATED 
AS
FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES.—Solely for pur-
poses of determining whether an employer is an 
applicable large employer under this paragraph, 
an employer shall, in addition to the number of 
full-time employees for any month otherwise de-
termined, include for such month a number of 
full-time employees determined by dividing the 
aggregate number of hours of service of employ-
ees who are not full-time employees for the 
month by 174.’’. 
(b) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
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(1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and 
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘full-time 
employee’ means, with respect to any month, an 
employee who is employed on average at least 
40 hours of service per week.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 3, 2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 350 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2575 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
repeal the 30-hour threshold for classification as 
a full-time employee for purposes of the employer 
mandate in the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act and replace it with 40 hours. 
APRIL 8, 2014 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1358
To require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory located
on Emerson Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 29, 1995
Mr. TORKILDSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine
Fisheries Service laboratory located on Emerson Avenue
in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF NATIONAL MARINE FISH-
ERIES SERVICE LABORATORY AT GLOUCES-
TER, MASSACHUSETTS.
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce
shall convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to the property comprising the National Marine
Fisheries Service laboratory located on Emerson
Avenue in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
(2) TERMS.—A conveyance of property under
paragraph (1) shall be made—
(A) without payment of consideration; and
(B) subject to the terms and conditions
specified under subsections (b) and (c).
(b) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of any con-
veyance of property under this section, the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts shall assume full respon-
sibility for maintenance of the property for as long
as the Commonwealth retains the rights and title to
that property.
(2) CONTINUED USE OF PROPERTY BY NMFS.—
The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of un-
derstanding with the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts under which the National Marine Fisheries
Service is authorized to occupy existing laboratory
space on the property conveyed under this section,
if—
(A) the term of the memorandum of un-
derstanding is for a period of not longer than
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‘‘(3) defined levels of authority and lines of
communications between, and among, personnel on
shore and on the vessel;
‘‘(4) procedures for reporting accidents and
nonconformities with this chapter;
‘‘(5) procedures for preparing for and respond-
ing to emergency situations; and
‘‘(6) procedures for internal audits and man-
agement reviews of the system.
‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE WITH CODE.—Regulations pre-
scribed under this section shall be consistent with the
International Safety Management Code with respect to
vessels engaged on a foreign voyage.
‘‘§ 3204. Implementation of safety management sys-
tem
‘‘(a) SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Each respon-
sible person shall establish and submit to the Secretary
for approval a safety management plan describing how
that person and vessels of the person to which this chapter
applies will comply with the regulations prescribed under
section 3203(a) of this title.
‘‘(b) APPROVAL.—Upon receipt of a safety manage-
ment plan submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall review the plan and approve it if the Secretary deter-
mines that it is consistent with and will assist in imple-