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II 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1814 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 12, 2014 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to provide an additional religious exemption from 
the individual health coverage mandate. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Equitable Access to 
Care and Health Act’’ or the ‘‘EACH Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION TO HEALTH 
COVERAGE MANDATE. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph 
(2) 
of 
section 
5000A(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) 
ADDITIONAL
RELIGIOUS
EXEMP-
TION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Such term shall 
not include an individual for any month 
during a taxable year if such individual 
files a sworn statement, as part of the re-
turn of tax for the taxable year, that the 
individual was not covered under minimum 
essential coverage at any time during such 
taxable year and that the individual’s sin-
cerely held religious beliefs would cause the 
individual to object to medical health care 
that would be covered under such coverage. 
‘‘(ii) NULLIFIED IF RECEIPT OF MED-
ICAL
HEALTH
CARE
DURING
TAXABLE 
YEAR.—Clause (i) shall not apply to an in-
dividual for any month during a taxable 
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year if the individual received medical 
health care during the taxable year. 
‘‘(iii) MEDICAL
HEALTH
CARE
DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this subpara-
graph, the term ‘medical health care’ 
means voluntary health treatment by or 
supervised by a medical doctor that would 
be covered under minimum essential cov-
erage and— 
‘‘(I) includes voluntary acute care 
treatment 
at 
hospital 
emergency 
rooms, walk-in clinics, or similar fa-
cilities, and 
‘‘(II) excludes— 
‘‘(aa) treatment not admin-
istered or supervised by a med-
ical doctor, such as chiropractic 
treatment, 
dental 
care, 
mid-
wifery, personal care assistance, 
or optometry, 
‘‘(bb) physical examinations 
or treatment where required by 
law or third parties, such as a 
prospective employer, and 
‘‘(cc) vaccinations.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the 
amendments made by section 1501 of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 11, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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SEC. 2. PERMITS FOR IMPORTATION OF POLAR BEAR TRO-
PHIES TAKEN IN SPORT HUNTS IN CANADA. 
Section 104(c)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protec-
tion Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1374(c)(5)(D)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(D)(i) The Secretary of the Interior shall, ex-
peditiously after the expiration of the applicable 30- 
day period under subsection (d)(2), issue a permit 
for the importation of any polar bear part (other 
than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in 
a sport hunt in Canada to any person— 
‘‘(I) who submits, with the permit applica-
tion, proof that the polar bear was legally har-
vested by the person before February 18, 1997; 
or 
‘‘(II) who has submitted, in support of a 
permit application submitted before May 15, 
2008, proof that the polar bear was legally har-
vested by the person before May 15, 2008, from 
a polar bear population from which a sport- 
hunted trophy could be imported before that 
date in accordance with section 18.30(i) of title 
50, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall issue permits under 
clause (i)(I) without regard to subparagraphs (A) 
and (C)(ii) of this paragraph, subsection (d)(3), and 
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sections 101 and 102. Sections 101(a)(3)(B) and 
102(b)(3) shall not apply to the importation of any 
polar bear part authorized by a permit issued under 
clause (i)(I). This clause shall not apply to polar 
bear parts that were imported before June 12, 1997. 
‘‘(iii) The Secretary shall issue permits under 
clause (i)(II) without regard to subparagraph (C)(ii) 
of this paragraph or subsection (d)(3). Sections 
101(a)(3)(B) and 102(b)(3) shall not apply to the 
importation of any polar bear part authorized by a 
permit issued under clause (i)(II). This clause shall 
not apply to polar bear parts that were imported be-
fore the date of enactment of the Polar Bear Con-
servation and Fairness Act of 2013.’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1819 
To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the 
importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2013 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to 
allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in 
sport hunts in Canada. 
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 ‘‘Restoration of the 
U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
estimates that the polar bear population is currently 
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H. Res. 351
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
February 8, 1994.
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution the bill
(H.R. 2339) to revise and extend the programs of the Tech-
nology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities
Act of 1988, and for other purposes be and is hereby taken
from the Speaker’s table to the end that the Senate amend-
ment to the text of the bill be and is hereby agreed to with
the following amendment:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tech-
nology-Related Assistance for Individuals With Disabilities
Act Amendments of 1994’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. References.
Sec. 3. Findings, purposes, and policy.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
TITLE I—GRANTS TO STATES
Sec. 101. Program authorized.
Sec. 102. Development grants.
Sec. 103. Extension grants.
Sec. 104. Progress criteria and reports.
Sec. 105. Administrative provisions.
at 20,000 to 25,000 bears, up from as low as 5,000– 
10,000 bears in the 1950s and 1960s. 
(2) A 2002 United States Geological Survey of 
wildlife in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coast-
al Plain noted that the polar bear populations ‘‘may 
now be near historic highs’’. 
(3) A permit fee for importing polar bears will 
invigorate the public-private funding partnership for 
the United States-Russian Polar Bear Conservation 
Fund. 
(4) TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring 
network, has stated both that ‘‘the global population 
of Polar Bears is not small and the species’ area of 
distribution is not restricted,’’ and ‘‘[t]rade does not 
appear to be a significant threat to the species.’’. 
TRAFFIC also recommended that the polar bear 
not be uplisted to Appendix 1 at the 16th Con-
ference of the Parties of the Convention on Inter-
national Trade of Endangered Species of Fauna and 
Flora (CITES). 
(5) The International Union for Conservation of 
Nature (IUCN)/Species Survival Commission (SSC) 
Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG), has stated 
that further trade restrictions on the polar bear are 
‘‘unlikely to confer a conservation benefit, and could 
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have a negative impact on socioeconomic systems as 
well as domestic and international partnerships’’. 
(6) The International Union for Conservation of 
Nature has found that ‘‘hunting is a form of wildlife 
use that, when well-managed, may assist in fur-
thering conservation objectives by creating the rev-
enue and economic incentives for the management 
and conservation of the target species and its habi-
tat, as well as supporting local livelihoods’’. 
SEC. 3. PERMITS FOR IMPORTATION OF POLAR BEAR TRO-
PHIES. 
The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 is 
amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
101(a)(3)(B) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1371(a)(3)(B)), by inserting ‘‘or under section 
104(c)(5) of this title’’ after ‘‘paragraph (5) of this 
subsection’’; and 
(2) 
in 
section 
102(b)(3) 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1372(b)(3)), by inserting before the semicolon the 
following: ‘‘, except that this paragraph does not 
prohibit the importation of polar bear parts under a 
permit issued under section 104(c)(5) of this title’’. 
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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 ‘‘Leonard Montalto 
Post Office Building’’. 
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‘‘(C) Upon publication of a final stock assessment for
such stock under section 117(b)(3) the Secretary shall imme-
diately reconvene the take reduction team for such stock for
the purpose of amending the take reduction plan, and any
regulations issued to implement such plan, if necessary, to re-
flect the final stock assessment or court action. Such amend-
ments shall be made in accordance with paragraph (7)(F) or
(8)(F), as appropriate.
‘‘(D) A draft stock assessment may only be used as the
basis for a take reduction plan under this paragraph for a
period of not to exceed two years, or until a final stock as-
sessment is published, whichever is earlier. If, at the end of
the two-year period, a final stock assessment has not been
published, the Secretary shall categorize such stock under
section 117(a)(5)(A) and shall revoke any regulations to im-
plement a take reduction plan for such stock.
‘‘(E) Subparagraph (D) shall not apply for any period
beyond two years during which a final stock assessment for
such stock has not been published due to review of a proceed-
ing on such stock assessment by a Federal court. Imme-
diately upon final action by such court, the Secretary shall
proceed under subparagraph (C).
‘‘(11) Take reduction plans developed under this section
for a species or stock listed as a threatened species or endan-
gered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
‘‘(II) engages in a sexual act with 
that other person; 
is guilty of aggravated sexual abuse. 
‘‘(3) SEXUAL ABUSE.—Whoever knowingly— 
‘‘(A) causes another person to engage in a 
sexual act by threatening or placing that other 
person in fear (other than by threatening or 
placing that other person in fear that any per-
son will be subjected to death, serious bodily in-
jury, substantial risk of unconsciousness, or 
kidnapping); or 
‘‘(B) engages in a sexual act with another 
person if that other person is— 
‘‘(i) incapable of appraising the na-
ture of the conduct; or 
‘‘(ii) physically incapable of declining 
participation in, or communicating unwill-
ingness to engage in, that sexual act; 
is guilty of sexual abuse. 
‘‘(4) SEXUAL
ABUSE
OF
A
WARD.—Whoever 
knowingly engages in a sexual act with another per-
son who is— 
‘‘(A) in official detention; and 
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‘‘(bb) has recklessly com-
mitted, or is recklessly commit-
ting, a violation of this title; or 
‘‘(II) in the case of a certifying 
agent, the agent has recklessly com-
mitted, or is recklessly committing, a 
violation of this title; or 
‘‘(ii) the producer, handler, or certi-
fying agent has waived such expedited ad-
ministrative hearing. 
‘‘(B) ISSUANCE OF SUSPENSION.—A suspen-
sion issued under this paragraph shall be issued 
not later than five days after the date on 
which— 
‘‘(i) the expedited administrative hear-
ing referred to in clause (i) of subparagraph 
(A) concludes; or 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary receives notice of 
the waiver referred to in clause (ii) of such 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(C) DURATION OF SUSPENSION.—The pe-
riod of a suspension issued under this paragraph 
shall be not more than 90 days, beginning on the 
date on which the Secretary issues the suspen-
sion. 
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the hospital as the hospital determines to be ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(A) 
DEVELOPMENT
OF
STAFFING 
PLAN.—The Committee shall develop a hospital- 
wide staffing plan for nursing services furnished 
in the hospital consistent with the requirements 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) REVIEW
AND
MODIFICATION
OF 
STAFFING PLAN.—The Committee shall— 
‘‘(i) conduct regular, ongoing moni-
toring of the implementation of the hos-
pital-wide staffing plan for nursing services 
furnished in the hospital; 
‘‘(ii) carry out evaluations of the hos-
pital-wide staffing plan for nursing services 
at least annually; and 
‘‘(iii) make such modifications to the 
hospital-wide staffing plan for nursing 
services as may be appropriate. 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL
DUTIES.—The Com-
mittee shall— 
‘‘(i) develop policies and procedures 
for overtime requirements of registered 
nurses providing direct patient care and 
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•HRES 413 ATH
States, or consortia of States, for programs relating to
arson research, prevention, and control.
‘‘(c) GOALS.—In carrying out this section, the Ad-
ministrator shall award 2-year grants on a competitive,
merit basis to States, or consortia of States, for projects
that promote one or more of the following goals:
‘‘(1) To improve the training by States leading
to professional certification of arson investigators, in
accordance with nationally recognized certification
standards.
‘‘(2) To provide resources for the formation of
arson task forces or interagency organizational ar-
rangements involving police and fire departments
and other relevant local agencies, such as a State
arson bureau and the office of a fire marshal of a
State.
‘‘(3) To combat fraud as a cause of arson and
to advance research at the State and local levels on
the significance and prevention of fraud as a motive
for setting fires.
‘‘(4) To provide for the management of arson
squads, including—
‘‘(A) training courses for fire departments
in arson case management, including standard-
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1821 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient 
protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare 
providers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2013 
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself and Mr. JOYCE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 provide 
for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing 
levels at certain Medicare providers, 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Registered Nurse Safe 
Staffing Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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Whereas the 223,000,000 Americans who are insured also
have a vital interest in the outcome of this debate;
Whereas, despite cost problems, especially for small busi-
nesses, Americans who are insured receive care that is
the envy of the world;
Whereas many health care reform plans provide for universal
coverage administered by the Federal Government, which
would further entrench the Federal Government in the
lives of every American, regardless of age, income, or lo-
cation;
Whereas many Americans have legitimate concerns that
health care reform will create a costly, inefficient govern-
ment bureaucracy;
Whereas Americans have legitimate concerns that the result-
ing health care program will fall short of the worthy goal
of providing every American with affordable, quality
health care;
Whereas Republicans and Democrats in both the House of
Representatives and the Senate have offered a variety of
proposed solutions to the health care problem;
Whereas President and Mrs. Clinton, and Cabinet members,
have been holding public forums across the country to
raise public awareness of, and foster debate over the solu-
tion to, this pressing problem;
Whereas the Federal Government should serve as a partner
to the American people in solving the health care prob-
lem;
Whereas the public already views the Congress and the Fed-
eral Government as institutions that are out of touch
with the public’s needs and concerns;
HRES 352 EH
Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee amendment
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read.
Points of order against the committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute for failure to comply with section 302(f)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or clause 5(a) of
rule XXI are waived. No amendment to the committee
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order ex-
cept those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules
accompanying this resolution. Each amendment may be of-
fered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be consid-
ered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as speci-
fied in the report, and shall not be subject to a demand for
division of the question in the House or in the Committee of
the Whole. All points of order against the amendments print-
ed in the report are waived. At the conclusion of consider-
ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and
report the bill to the House with such amendments as may
have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote
in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee
of the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to
HRES 352 EH
final passage without intervening motion except one motion
to recommit with or without instructions. After passage of
H.R. 811, is shall be in order to take from the Speaker’s
table the bill S. 24 and to consider the Senate bill in the
House. All points of order against the Senate bill and against
its consideration are waived. It shall be in order to move to
strike all after the enacting clause of the Senate bill and to
insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 811 as passed by
the House. All points of order against that motion are
waived. If the motion is adopted and the Senate bill, as
amended, is passed, then it shall be in order to move that the
House insist on its amendments to S. 24 and request a con-
ference with the Senate thereon.
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1822 
To extend the authorization period for certain uses of funds from the San 
Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2013 
Ms. CHU (for herself, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, and Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To extend the authorization period for certain uses of funds 
from the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SAN GABRIEL BASIN RESTORATION. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 110(a)(3)(A)(ii) of division 
B of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (as en-
acted into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554) 
is amended by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘15’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any project constructed under 
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Section 110 of such Act before, on, or after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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595 
ation, governmental entity, or other legal organiza-
tion, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(12) FARM.—The term ‘farm’ means an oper-
ation involved in— 
‘‘(A) the production of an agricultural 
commodity; 
‘‘(B) ranching; or 
‘‘(C) aquaculture, in a controlled environ-
ment. 
‘‘(13) FARMER.—The term ‘farmer’ means an 
individual or entity engaged primarily and directly 
in— 
‘‘(A) the production of an agricultural 
commodity; 
‘‘(B) ranching; or 
‘‘(C) aquaculture, in a controlled environ-
ment. 
‘‘(14) FARMER
PROGRAM
LOAN.—The term 
‘farmer program loan’ means— 
‘‘(A) a farm ownership loan under section 
3101; 
‘‘(B) a conservation loan under section 
3103; 
‘‘(C) an operating loan under section 3201; 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1823 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation or 
exportation of mussels of a certain genus, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2013 
Mr. HECK of Nevada (for himself and Mr. AMODEI) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the im-
portation or exportation of mussels of a certain genus, 
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 ‘‘Protecting Lakes 
Against Quaggas Act of 2013’’ or as the ‘‘PLAQ Act of 
2013’’. 
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL. 
Section 42(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘of the zebra mussel of the spe-
cies Dreissena polymorpha;’’; and 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘Hypophthalmichthys 
nobilis;’’ the following: ‘‘of the species of mussels of 
the genus Dreissena’’. 
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