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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 172 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street 
in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
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, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The United States courthouse located at 501 East 
Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States Court-
house’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United 
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(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘coupons’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘benefits’’;
(C) in subsection (g)(l)(A), by striking
‘‘coupon’’; and
(D) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘food cou-
pons’’ and inserting ‘‘benefits’’.
(16) Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘electronic bene-
fits transfer cards or’’ before ‘‘coupons having’’.
SEC. 321. MINIMUM BENEFIT.
The proviso in section 8(a) of the Food Stamp Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2017(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and shall
be adjusted’’ and all that follows through ‘‘$5’’.
SEC. 322. BENEFITS ON RECERTIFICATION.
Section 8(c)(2)(B) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2017(c)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘of more than
one month’’.
SEC. 323. OPTIONAL COMBINED ALLOTMENT FOR EXPE-
DITED HOUSEHOLDS.
Section 8(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2017(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(3) OPTIONAL COMBINED ALLOTMENT FOR EX-
PEDITED HOUSEHOLDS.—A State agency may pro-
vide to an eligible household applying after the 15th
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States 
Courthouse’’. 
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‘‘(iii) collaboratively addresses cyberse-
curity risks and incidents to industrial con-
trol systems; 
‘‘(iv) provides technical assistance, 
upon request, to Federal entities and non- 
Federal entities relating to industrial con-
trol systems cybersecurity; and 
‘‘(v) shares cyber threat indicators, de-
fensive measures, or information related to 
cybersecurity risks and incidents of indus-
trial control systems in a timely fashion; 
‘‘(H) a National Coordinating Center for 
Communications that coordinates the protection, 
response, and recovery of emergency communica-
tions; 
‘‘(I) an entity that coordinates with small 
and medium-sized businesses; and’’; 
(3) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘cyber threat indicators, defensive measures, 
and’’ before ‘‘information’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘cyber threat indicators, defensive measures, 
and’’ before ‘‘information’’; 
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(iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘cybersecurity risks’’ and inserting ‘‘cyber 
threat indicators, defensive measures, cyber-
security risks,’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(v) in subparagraph (G), by striking 
‘‘cybersecurity risks’’ and inserting ‘‘cyber 
threat indicators, defensive measures, cyber-
security risks,’’; and 
(vi) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) the Center ensures that it shares infor-
mation relating to cybersecurity risks and inci-
dents with small and medium-sized businesses, 
as appropriate; and 
‘‘(I) the Center designates an agency contact 
for non-Federal entities;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘cybersecurity risks’’ 
and inserting ‘‘cyber threat indicators, de-
fensive measures, cybersecurity risks,’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or disclosure’’ before 
the semicolon at the end; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including 
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‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) Information on the status of, and the 
plan for resolving, each unreviewed safety ques-
tion at each facility covered by the contract de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
‘‘(B) An identification of each instance of 
disagreement between the owner’s agent and the 
contractor with respect to whether an unreviewed 
safety question exists and the plan for resolution 
of the disagreement. 
‘‘(C) An identification of each aspect of each 
preliminary documented safety analysis that is 
not current, the plan for making that aspect cur-
rent, and the status of the corrective efforts. 
‘‘(D) Information on the status of, and the 
plan for resolving, each unresolved technical 
issue at each facility covered by the contract, and 
the status of corrective efforts. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘contractor’ means Bechtel Na-
tional, Inc. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘current’, with respect to a docu-
mented safety analysis, means that the documented 
safety analysis includes any design changes approved
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) sharing cyber threat indicators and 
defensive measures;’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(8) engaging with international partners, in 
consultation with other appropriate agencies, to— 
‘‘(A) collaborate on cyber threat indicators, 
defensive measures, and information related to 
cybersecurity risks and incidents; and 
‘‘(B) enhance the security and resilience of 
global cybersecurity; 
‘‘(9) sharing cyber threat indicators, defensive 
measures, and other information related to cyberse-
curity risks and incidents with Federal and non-Fed-
eral entities, including across sectors of critical in-
frastructure; 
‘‘(10) promptly notifying the Secretary and the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate of 
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 172 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 29, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
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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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The United States courthouse located at 501 East 
Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States Court-
house’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United 
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States 
Courthouse’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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House Calendar No. 25 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 172 
[Report No. 114–89] 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street 
in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
APRIL 23, 2015 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 
East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ‘‘R. 
Jess Brown United States Courthouse’’. 
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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. DESIGNATION. 
The United States courthouse located at 501 East 
Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States Court-
house’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United 
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States 
Courthouse’’. 
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House Calendar No. 25 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 172 
[Report No. 114–89] 
A BILL 
To designate the United States courthouse located 
at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, 
as the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States Court-
house’’. 
APRIL 23, 2015 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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(1) DISABILITY, WARRANT OFFICERS, AND DOPMA 
RETIRED PAY.— 
(A) COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY.—The 
table in section 1401(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (1) in column 2 of 
formula number 1, by striking ‘‘21⁄2% of 
years of service credited to him under sec-
tion 1208’’ and inserting ‘‘the retired pay 
multiplier determined for the member under 
section 1409 of this title’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1) in column 2 of 
formula number 2, by striking ‘‘21⁄2% of 
years of service credited to him under sec-
tion 1208’’ and inserting ‘‘the retired pay 
multiplier determined for the member under 
section 1409 of this title’’; and 
(iii) in column 2 of each of formula 
number 4 and formula number 5, by strik-
ing ‘‘section 1409(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 1409’’. 
(B) CLARIFICATION
REGARDING
MODERN-
IZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 1401a(b) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
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same requirements that apply to Federal funds pro-
vided directly under the provision of law to carry out
the program.
‘‘SEC. 6. REPORTS.
‘‘The Secretary may provide a grant under this Act
to a State for a fiscal year only if the State agrees that
it will submit, for such fiscal year, a report to the Sec-
retary describing—
‘‘(1) the number of individuals receiving assist-
ance under the grant in accordance with each of
paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 5(a);
‘‘(2) the different types of assistance provided
to such individuals in accordance with such para-
graphs;
‘‘(3) the extent to which such assistance was ef-
fective in achieving the goals described in section
2(b);
‘‘(4) the standards and methods the State is
using to ensure the nutritional quality of such assist-
ance, including meals and supplements;
‘‘(5) the number of low birthweight births in
the State in such fiscal year compared to the num-
ber of such births in the State in the previous fiscal
year; and
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(B) a description of any actions taken by 
the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned in response to such event, including any 
actions taken to hold individuals accountable. 
(3) The number of practitioners providing health 
care in military medical treatment facilities that 
were reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank 
during the year preceding the submittal of the report. 
(4) The results of any internal analyses con-
ducted by the Patient Safety Center of the Depart-
ment of Defense during such year on matters relating 
to patient safety at military medical treatment facili-
ties. 
(5) With respect to each military medical treat-
ment facility— 
(A) the current accreditation status of such 
facility, including any recommendations for cor-
rective action made by the relevant accrediting 
body; 
(B) any policies or procedures implemented 
during such year by the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned that were designed to 
improve patient safety, quality of care, and ac-
cess to care at such facility;
II 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1732 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 13, 2015 
Received 
AN ACT 
To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect 
to waters of the United States, 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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subject to the priority trade issues de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)(ii); and 
‘‘(II) for issuing, as appropriate, 
Trade Alerts described in subpara-
graph (D); and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable and oth-
erwise authorized by law, use, to admin-
ister the methodologies and standards es-
tablished under clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) publicly available informa-
tion; 
‘‘(II) information available from 
the Automated Commercial System, 
the Automated Commercial Environ-
ment computer system, the Auto-
mated Targeting System, the Auto-
mated Export System, the Inter-
national Trade Data System, the 
TECS (formerly known as the ‘Treas-
ury 
Enforcement 
Communications 
System’), the case management sys-
tem of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, and any successor sys-
tems; and 
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(1) SECTION 114.—Section 114(f) of title 17, 
United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), 
is further amended in paragraph (4)(C), as so redes-
ignated, by striking ‘‘under paragraph (4)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘under paragraph (3)’’. 
(2) SECTION 801.—Section 801(b)(1) of title 
17, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘114(f)(1)(B), 115,’’ and inserting ‘‘115’’. 
(3) SECTION 804.—Section 804(b)(3)(C) of 
title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and 
114(f)(2)(C)’’; 
(B) 
in 
clause 
(iii)(II), 
by 
striking 
‘‘114(f)(4)(B)(ii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘114(f)(3)(B)(ii)’’; and 
(C) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘or 
114(f)(2)(C), as the case may be’’. 
SEC. 5. SPECIAL PROTECTION FOR SMALL BROADCASTERS, 
PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL RADIO, RELI-
GIOUS SERVICES, AND INCIDENTAL USE OF 
MUSIC. 
(a) SPECIAL
PROTECTION
FOR
SMALL
BROAD-
CASTERS.—Section 114(f)(1) of title 17, United States 
Code, as amended by section 4(a), is further amended by 
inserting at the end the following new subparagraph: 
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SEC. 8. NO HARMFUL EFFECTS ON SONGWRITERS. 
(a) NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON LICENSE FEES FOR 
UNDERLYING MUSICAL WORKS; NECESSITY FOR OTHER 
LICENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 114(i) of title 17, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON LICENSE FEES FOR 
UNDERLYING MUSICAL WORKS; NECESSITY FOR OTHER 
LICENSES.— 
‘‘(1) NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON LICENSE FEES 
FOR
UNDERLYING
MUSICAL
WORKS.—License fees 
payable for the public performance of sound record-
ings under section 106(6) shall not be cited, taken 
into account, or otherwise used in any administra-
tive, judicial, or other governmental forum or pro-
ceeding, or otherwise, to set or adjust the license 
fees payable to copyright owners of musical works or 
their representatives for the public performance of 
their works, for the purpose of reducing or adversely 
affecting such license fees. License fees payable to 
copyright owners for the public performance of their 
musical works shall not be reduced or adversely af-
fected in any respect as a result of the rights grant-
ed by section 106(6). 
‘‘(2) NECESSITY FOR OTHER LICENSES.—Not-
withstanding the grant by an owner of copyright in 
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the development and use of land and water re-
sources in the States; and 
(B) is consistent with the applicable rulings 
of the United States Supreme Court regarding 
the scope of waters to be covered under the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act; and 
(7) provides comprehensive regulatory and eco-
nomic impact analyses, utilizing the latest data and 
other information, on how definitional changes in the 
new proposed rule will impact, directly or indi-
rectly— 
(A) each program under the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act for Federal, State, and 
local government agencies; and 
(B) public and private stakeholders and 
other interested parties, including small entities, 
regulated under each such program. 
(g) PUBLICATION.— 
(1) FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE.—Not later than 
3 months after the completion of consultations with 
and solicitation of recommendations from State and 
local officials, stakeholders, and other interested par-
ties under subsection (b), the Secretary and the Ad-
ministrator shall publish for comment in the Federal 
Register— 
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(A) the new proposed rule under subsection 
(a); 
(B) a description of the areas and issues 
where consensus was reached with the State and 
local officials consulted under this section; and 
(C) the report described in subsection (f). 
(2) DURATION OF REVIEW.—The Secretary and 
the Administrator shall provide not fewer than 180 
days for the public to review and comment on— 
(A) the new proposed rule under subsection 
(a); 
(B) the accompanying economic analysis 
for the new proposed rule; and 
(C) the report described in subsection (f). 
(h) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—Subchapter II of 
chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Administrative Procedure Act’’) 
shall apply to the development and review of the new pro-
posed rule under subsection (a). 
(i) STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘State and local officials’’ means elected 
or professional State and local government officials or their 
representative regional or national organizations. 
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Union Calendar No. 66 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1732 
[Report No. 114–93] 
A BILL 
To preserve existing rights and responsibilities with 
respect to waters of the United States, and for 
other purposes. 
APRIL 27, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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258.57(e) of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
‘‘(IV) GENERAL AUTHORITY RE-
LATING
TO
GROUNDWATER
MONI-
TORING AND CORRECTIVE ACTION.— 
Notwithstanding 
sections 
257.90 
through 257.98 of title 40, Code of 
Federal 
Regulations, 
the 
imple-
menting agency may authorize alter-
native groundwater monitoring and 
corrective action requirements pro-
vided that such requirements are no 
less stringent than the alternative re-
quirements authorized to be estab-
lished under subpart E of part 258 of 
title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(V) OPPORTUNITY FOR CORREC-
TIVE ACTION FOR UNLINED SURFACE 
IMPOUNDMENTS.—Notwithstanding 
section 257.101(a)(1) of title 40, Code 
of Federal Regulations, the imple-
menting agency may allow the owner 
or operator of an existing structure 
that is an unlined surface impound-
ment—
SEC. 3. INCLUDING RECREATIONAL THERAPY AMONG THE 
THERAPY MODALITIES THAT CONSTITUTE AN 
INTENSIVE REHABILITATION THERAPY PRO-
GRAM IN DETERMINING THE MEDICAL NE-
CESSITY OF SERVICES IN AN INPATIENT RE-
HABILITATION FACILITY (IRF). 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1886(j) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(j)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) 
INCLUDING
RECREATIONAL
THERAPY 
AMONG THERAPY MODALITIES THAT CONSTITUTE AN 
INTENSIVE REHABILITATION THERAPY PROGRAM IN 
A REHABILITATION FACILITY.—The Secretary shall 
include recreational therapy services among the 
therapeutic modalities that constitute an intensive 
rehabilitation program in determining (pursuant to 
applicable regulations) whether inpatient services in 
a rehabilitation facility are reasonable and necessary 
under section 1862(a)(1)(A).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
section (a) shall apply to services furnished on or after 
January 1, 2016. 
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