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shall apply with respect to any alternative pay adjust-
ments under section 5303(b) of title 5, United States
Code, and any alternative level of comparability payments
under section 5304a of such title 5, scheduled to take ef-
fect after 1998.
(b) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.—
(1) REVISED DEADLINE FOR ALTERNATIVE PAY
PLAN REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED IN 1998.—For
purposes of applying section 5303 of title 5, United
States Code, with respect to any adjustment sched-
uled to take effect in calendar year 1999, subsection
(b) of such section (as amended by section 2) shall
be applied by substituting ‘‘December 1’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 1’’ in paragraph (1)(A) thereof.
(2) EFFECT
OF
AN
ALTERNATIVE
PAY
PRO-
POSAL
SUBMITTED
BASED
ON
EARLIER
STAND-
ARDS.—Any plan or report submitted under the pro-
visions of section 5303(b) or 5304a of title 5, United
States Code, as applicable, relating to any alter-
native pay adjustments or alternative level of com-
parability payments proposed to take effect after
1998, if based on the standards specified in such
provisions as in effect before the date of enactment
of this Act—
(A) shall not be implemented; and
(B) shall not preclude the submission of
any other plan or report under such provisions
as amended by this Act.
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‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘qualified relicensing 
costs’ means costs, including exam and registration fees, 
that— 
‘‘(A) are imposed by the State of the new duty 
station to secure a license or certification to engage 
in the same profession that the spouse engaged in 
while in the State of the original duty station; and 
‘‘(B) are paid or incurred by the member or 
spouse to secure the license or certification from the 
State of the new duty station after the date on 
which the orders directing the permanent change of 
station or permanent change of assignment are 
issued.’’. 
(b) EXPEDITED LICENSE PORTABILITY FOR MILI-
TARY SPOUSES.—The Secretary of Defense, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast 
Guard, shall work with States to improve the portability 
between States of a license, certification, or other grant 
of permission held by the spouse of a member of the 
Armed Forces to engage in a particular activity in a State. 
The strategies to be recommended by the Secretaries to 
improve license portability for military spouses shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) Recognition by a State of a license issued 
by another State and in good standing in that State. 
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(1) as modifying any provision of title IX of the 
Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 
seq.); or 
(2) as affecting the enforcement of such title by 
the Department of Education, the Department of 
Justice, or any other Federal agency. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $80,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2021. 
(b) USE.—From amounts made available to carry out 
this Act for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall use not 
less than $70,000,000 of such amounts to award grants 
under section 7. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3253
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for murders
of armored car crew members.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 24, 1998
Mr. MANTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties
for murders of armored car crew members.
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 ‘‘Private Officers Pro-
tection Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. MURDERS OF ARMORED CAR GUARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 51 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 1123. Killings of armored car crew members
‘‘(a) Whoever, in or affecting commerce, kills an ar-
mored car crew member shall be punished as provided in
sections 1111 and 1112, and whoever attempts to kill an
armored car guard shall be punished as provided in section
1113.
‘‘(b) As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘armored car crew member’
means an individual who provides protection for
goods transported by an armored car company; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘armored car company’ means a
company—
‘‘(A) subject to regulation under sub-
chapter I of chapter 135 of title 49; and
‘‘(B) registered under chapter 139 of such
title in order to engage in the business of trans-
porting and protecting currency, bullion, securi-
ties, precious metals, food stamps, and other
articles of unusual value in interstate com-
merce.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 51 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘1123. Killings of armored car crew members.’’.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5683 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize, in connection with 
the permanent change of station of a member of the Armed Forces 
requiring relocation to another State, the reimbursement of the member 
for qualified relicensing costs incurred by the spouse of the member 
to secure a license or certification required by the State to which the 
member and spouse relocate, to encourage States to expedite license 
portability for military spouses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2016 
Ms. STEFANIK (for herself, Ms. MENG, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP 
of Utah, Mr. ASHFORD, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. JONES, Mrs. COM-
STOCK, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
O’ROURKE, Mr. COOK, and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to authorize, in 
connection with the permanent change of station of a 
member of the Armed Forces requiring relocation to 
another State, the reimbursement of the member for 
qualified relicensing costs incurred by the spouse of the 
member to secure a license or certification required by 
the State to which the member and spouse relocate, 
to encourage States to expedite license portability for 
military spouses, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Lift the Relocation 
Burden from Military Spouses Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT FOR STATE LICENSURE AND CER-
TIFICATION COSTS OF A SPOUSE OF THE 
ARMED FORCES ARISING FROM A PERMA-
NENT CHANGE OF STATION OF THE MEMBER 
TO ANOTHER STATE. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORIZED.—Section 476 of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(p)(1) The Secretary concerned may reimburse a 
member of the armed forces who is reassigned for a per-
manent change of station or permanent change of assign-
ment from a duty station in one State to a duty station 
in another State to which the movement of the member’s 
dependents is authorized at the expense of the United 
States under this section for qualified relicensing costs of 
the spouse of the member. 
‘‘(2) Reimbursement to a member under this sub-
section may not exceed $500 for each change of station 
or change of assignment. 
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thereof ‘‘section 111(p) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9611(p))’’.
SEC. 1005. ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS.
Section 111 is amended by adding after subsection
(p) the following new subsections:
‘‘(q) INFORMATION OFFICES.—For each of the fiscal
years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, not more than
$50,000,000 of the amounts available in the Fund may
be used for the purposes of section 117(c) of this Act (re-
lating to Community Information and Access Offices).’’.
SEC. 1006. WORKER TRAINING AND EDUCATION GRANTS.
Section 111(c)(12) (42 U.S.C. 9611(c)(12)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and section 117(l) of this
Act’’ after ‘‘of 1986’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$15,000,000’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘and 1994’’ and inserting ‘‘,
1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003’’.
SEC. 1007. EXTENSION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPER-
FUND.
(a) EXTENSION OF TAXES.—
(2) Issuance of a temporary license pending 
completion of State-specific requirements. 
(3) Provision of an expedited review process for 
military spouses. 
(c) REPORT ON EXTENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND 
UNDEREMPLOYMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report evaluating the extent to which 
spouses of members of the Armed Forces are unemployed 
and underemployed, in comparison to the general popu-
lation. The report shall include an estimate of the number 
and percentage of unemployed and underemployed mili-
tary spouses, the primary reasons for their unemployment 
or underemployment, and recommendations to increase 
employment opportunities for military spouses. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3254
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to clarify the
requirements relating to reducing or withholding payments to States
under that Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 24, 1998
Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
to clarify the requirements relating to reducing or with-
holding payments to States under that Act.
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 ‘‘IDEA Technical
Amendments Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. REDUCTION OR WITHHOLDING OF PAYMENTS TO
STATES.
Section 616(c) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1416(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘For purposes of this section’’
and inserting ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the Secretary, in instances’’
and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘the
Secretary, in instances where the Secretary finds
that the failure to comply substantially with the pro-
visions of this part are related to a failure by the
public agency during a fiscal year, and the Secretary
decides to take corrective action to ensure compli-
ance with this part, may take only the following such
corrective action (and such corrective action may
only be taken with respect to payments for that fis-
cal year):
‘‘(A) Reduce or withhold payments to the State
in an amount that is proportionate to the total funds
allotted under section 611 to the State as the num-
ber of eligible children with disabilities in adult pris-
ons under the supervision of the other public agency
is proportionate to the number of eligible individuals
with disabilities in the State under the supervision
of the State educational agency.
‘‘(B) Ensure that any withholding of funds
under paragraph (1) shall be limited to the specific
agency responsible for the failure to comply with this
part.
‘‘(2) Upon reduction or withholding of payments to
a State for a fiscal year under paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) with respect to children with disabilities
who are convicted as adults under State law and in-
carcerated in adult prisons, the State shall be
deemed to be in compliance with this part for that
fiscal year; and
‘‘(B) no additional corrective action may be
taken against the State with respect to the failure
by the public agency described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the number
of eligible children with disabilities in adult prisons under
the supervision of the other public agency and the number
of eligible individuals with disabilities in the State under
the supervision of the State educational agency shall be
determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most re-
cent satisfactory data available to the Secretary.’’.
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I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3255
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require universal product
numbers on claims forms submitted for reimbursement of durable medical
equipment and other items under the Medicare Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 24, 1998
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Mr. HOUGHTON) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition
to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require
universal product numbers on claims forms submitted
for reimbursement of durable medical equipment and
other items under the Medicare Program.
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 ‘‘Medicare Universal
Product Number Act of 1998’’.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5684 
To authorize modification or augmentation of the Second Division Memorial, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 8, 2016 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. HECK of Washington) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize modification or augmentation of the Second 
Division Memorial, 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 ‘‘Second Division Memo-
rial Modification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OR AUGMENTATION TO SECOND DI-
VISION MEMORIAL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Second Indianhead Divi-
sion Association, Inc. Scholarship and Memorials Founda-
tion, an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
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Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code, is authorized to place 
three benches honoring the members of the Second Infan-
try Division killed in the Cold War in Korea, the War in 
Iraq, and the War in Afghanistan on the Second Division 
Memorial located in President’s Park, between 17th Street 
Northwest and Constitution Avenue in the District of Co-
lumbia. 
(b) APPLICATION
OF
COMMEMORATIVE
WORKS 
ACT.—Chapter 89 of title 40, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Commemorative Works Act’’), shall 
apply to the design and placement of the benches referred 
to in subsection (a). 
(c) FUNDING.—Federal funds may not be used for 
modifications or augmentations authorized under sub-
section (a). 
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IB
Union Calendar No. 365
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3254
[Report No. 105–649]
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to clarify the
requirements relating to reducing or withholding payments to States
under that Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 24, 1998
Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and the Workforce
JULY 24, 1998
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
to clarify the requirements relating to reducing or with-
holding payments to States under that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(11) Of the ten largest United States foreign
assistance recipients, six voted against the United
States more than half the time in the United Na-
tions. The United States will give approximately
$323,000,000 in foreign assistance in 1997 to such
ten largest United States foreign assistance recipi-
ents.
(12) United States foreign assistance fails to
support United States commercial interests abroad.
United States foreign assistance recipients enforce
the highest barriers to trade in the world. The aver-
age tariff rate for all recipients of United States for-
eign assistance is more than five times higher than
the average tariff rate of Japan—a non-recipient of
United States foreign assistance. Bangladesh, for ex-
ample, received almost $70,000,000 in foreign as-
sistance for fiscal year 1997, but it has an average
tariff rate of 50 percent. Angola, which received
more than $47,000,000 in United States foreign as-
sistance in fiscal year 1997, has an average tariff
rate of 30 percent.
(13) The average tariff rate for all United
States foreign assistance recipients is approximately
17 percent. By comparison, the European Union has
an external tariff of 3.6 percent, Japan has an aver-
SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL PRODUCT NUMBERS FOR CERTAIN
ITEMS OF DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
ON CLAIMS FORMS FOR REIMBURSEMENT
UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1842 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u), as amended by sections
4315(a) and 4432(b)(4) of the Balanced Budget Act of
1997, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(u)(1) Each request for payment, or bill submitted,
on or after February 1, 2001, for a covered item (as de-
fined in paragraph (3)) for which payment may be made
under this part shall include a universal product number
under the system established by the Secretary under para-
graph (4) for such covered item.
‘‘(2) No payment may be made under this part on
or after February 1, 2001, for a covered item if the re-
quest for payment or bill submitted does not include the
universal product number of the covered item.
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘covered item’ means
the following items:
‘‘(i) A covered item (as defined in section
1834(a)(13)).
‘‘(ii) An item described in paragraph (8) or (9)
of section 1861(s).
‘‘(iii) An item described in paragraph (5) of
section 1861(s).
‘‘(iv) Such other items as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate.
‘‘(B) Such term does not include a customized item
for which payment may be made under this title.
‘‘(4) The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate
experts, shall establish a system under which a covered
item under this subsection is assigned a universal product
number that permits the Secretary to—
‘‘(A) identify the covered item;
‘‘(B) develop appropriate data to adjust rates of
reimbursement for the covered item as appropriate;
and
‘‘(C) review the covered items billed under the
coding system established under this title and adjust
such coding system to ensure that functionally
equivalent covered items are billed and reimbursed
under the same codes.’’.
(b) 
ACCOMMODATION
OF
UPNS
ON
CLAIMS
FORMS.—Not later than February 1, 2000, any claims
form developed or used by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services for reimbursement for a covered item (as
that term is defined in section 1842(u)(3) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(u)(3)), as added by sub-
section (a)) furnished under the medicare program under
title XVIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), shall
accommodate the use of universal product numbers.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2001,
and annually thereafter through 2003, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall submit to Congress a
report that describes—
(1) the additional information made available to
the Secretary from the use of universal product
numbers on covered items furnished under part B of
the medicare program, as that term is defined in
section 1842(u)(3) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395u(u)(3)), as added by subsection (a);
(2) any change by the Secretary in reimburse-
ment rates for the items by reason of the informa-
tion; and
(3) the Secretary’s recommendations for addi-
tional items appropriate for the use of universal
product numbers.
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘Jose´ V. Toledo United States Post Of-
fice and Courthouse’’.
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plaint of the Commission for violation of this 
Act that is alleged in such complaint. 
(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR PRODUCTS.—For 
purposes of this Act, two consumer products are 
substantially similar if there are no substantial dif-
ferences in the materials used in the product, the in-
tended uses of the product, and the functional de-
sign and features of the product. A difference in 
coloring among any consumer products shall not be 
construed as a substantial difference for purposes of 
this paragraph. 
(2) SUBSTANTIALLY
SIMILAR
SERVICES.—For 
purposes of this Act, two services are substantially 
similar if there is no substantial difference in the 
amount of time to provide the services, the difficulty 
in providing the services, or the cost of providing the 
services. 
(e) DEFINITION
OF
CONSUMER
PRODUCT.—The 
term ‘‘consumer product’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 3 of the Consumer Product Safety Act (15 
U.S.C. 2052) and includes a device or cosmetics, as such 
terms are defined in section 201 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321). Such term in-
cludes a child restraint system, as such term is defined 
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