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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1059 
To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from asking taxpayers questions 
regarding religious, political, or social beliefs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2015 
Mr. ROSKAM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from asking tax-
payers questions regarding religious, political, or social 
beliefs. 
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 Taxpayers 
from Intrusive IRS Requests Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON QUESTIONS REGARDING RELI-
GIOUS, POLITICAL, OR SOCIAL BELIEFS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Internal Revenue Service 
shall not ask any taxpayer any question regarding reli-
gious, political, or social beliefs. 
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(b) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS
REGARDING
EXCEP-
TIONS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) any exceptions to subsection (a) which are 
provided by later enacted provisions of law should 
identify the specific questions which are authorized, 
the class of taxpayers to which such questions are 
authorized to be asked, and the circumstances under 
which such questions are authorized to be asked, 
and 
(2) if the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue 
Service determines that asking any class of tax-
payers a question prohibited under subsection (a) 
would aid in the efficient administration of the tax 
laws, such Commissioner should submit a report to 
Congress which— 
(A) includes such question in the verbatim 
form in which it is to be asked, 
(B) describes the class of taxpayers to 
whom the question is to be asked, and 
(C) describes the circumstances that would 
be required to exist before the question would 
be asked. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3978
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase commodities under
the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 using State funds.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1996
Mr. DICKS (for himself, Mr. DE LA GARZA, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. MCDERMOTT,
and Mr. NETHERCUTT) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase com-
modities under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of
1983 using State funds.
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 ‘‘TEFAP State Partner-
ship Act of 1996’’.
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SEC 2. PURCHASE AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF AGRI-
CULTURE.
The Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7
U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by inserting after 203D the
following:
‘‘SEC. 203E. PURCHASE OF COMMODITIES FOR STATE
SUPPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) The Secretary may enter into an agreement with
a State under which State funds are advanced to the Sec-
retary for the purpose of—
‘‘(1) purchasing commodities of the types typi-
cally purchased for distribution under the program
authorized under this Act;
‘‘(2) processing, packaging, handling, storage,
or delivery of commodities purchased under para-
graph (1); and
‘‘(3) paying for the Secretary’s administrative
costs under this subsection.
‘‘(b) The State shall distribute commodities pur-
chased under subsection (a) only to emergency feeding or-
ganizations that have entered into an agreement for par-
ticipation in the program authorized by this Act for use
in providing food assistance to needy households that meet
the eligibility criteria established by the State for the re-
ceipt of commodities provided under section 214 of this
Act. The Secretary shall establish any additional require-
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ments associated with the distribution of commodities ob-
tained under subsection (a) in accordance with subsection
203D(a) of this Act.’’.
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(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means the Commissioner of the Bureau of 
Reclamation. 
(3) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 
Bureau of Reclamation. 
(4) AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘Authority’’ means 
the Sites Project Authority that entered into a Joint 
Powers Agreement on August 26, 2010, for the pur-
pose of advancing the Sites Project as a non-Federal 
facility and includes Glenn-Colusa Irrigation Dis-
trict, Reclamation District 108, the Tehama-Colusa 
Canal Authority, Maxwell Irrigation District, the 
County of Glenn, the County of Colusa and Yolo 
County Flood Control and Water Conservation Dis-
trict. 
(5) SITES PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Sites Project’’ 
means the Sites Reservoir in Glenn and Colusa 
Counties, California, and related facilities, including 
associated water conveyance and hydropower genera-
tion and transmission facilities. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
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section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act 
(15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent such section ap-
plies to unfair methods of competition; and 
(B) includes any State law similar to the 
laws referred to in subparagraph (A). 
(2) GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘group 
health plan’’ means an employee welfare benefit plan 
to the extent that the plan provides medical care (in-
cluding items and services paid for as medical care) 
to employees or their dependents (as defined under 
the terms of the plan) directly or through insurance, 
reimbursement, or otherwise. 
(3) GROUP HEALTH PLAN, HEALTH INSURANCE 
ISSUER.—The terms ‘‘group health plan’’ and 
‘‘health insurance issuer’’ include a third-party ad-
ministrator or other person acting for or on behalf 
of such plan or issuer. 
(4) 
HEALTH
CARE
SERVICES.—The 
term 
‘‘health care services’’ means any services for which 
payment may be made under a health plan, includ-
ing services related to the delivery or administration 
of such services. 
(5) HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.—The term 
‘‘health care professional’’ means any individual or 
entity that provides health care items or services, 
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treatment, assistance with activities of daily living, 
or medications to patients and who, to the extent re-
quired by State or Federal law, possesses specialized 
training that confers expertise in the provision of 
such items or services, treatment, assistance, or 
medications. 
(6) HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.—The term 
‘‘health insurance coverage’’ means benefits con-
sisting of medical care (provided directly, through 
insurance or reimbursement, or otherwise and in-
cluding items and services paid for as medical care) 
under any hospital or medical service policy or cer-
tificate, hospital or medical service plan contract, or 
health maintenance organization contract offered by 
a health insurance issuer. 
(7) HEALTH
INSURANCE
ISSUER.—The term 
‘‘health insurance issuer’’ means an insurance com-
pany, insurance service, or insurance organization 
(including a health maintenance organization) that 
is licensed to engage in the business of insurance in 
a State and that is subject to State law regulating 
insurance. Such term does not include a group 
health plan. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3979
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable credit
for the contribution of books to any library.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1996
Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania 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 a
refundable credit for the contribution of books to any library.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REFUNDABLE CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF
BOOKS AND EQUIPMENT TO LIBRARIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart C of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to refundable credits) is amended by redes-
ignating section 35 as section 36 and by inserting after
section 34 the following new section:
(8) HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION.— 
The 
term 
‘‘health 
maintenance 
organization’’ 
means— 
(A) a federally qualified health mainte-
nance organization (as defined in section 
1301(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300e(a))); 
(B) an organization recognized under State 
law as a health maintenance organization; or 
(C) a similar organization regulated under 
State law for solvency in the same manner and 
to the same extent as such a health mainte-
nance organization. 
(9) HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘health plan’’ 
means a group health plan or a health insurance 
issuer that is offering health insurance coverage. 
(10) MEDICAL
CARE.—The term ‘‘medical 
care’’ means amounts paid for— 
(A) the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treat-
ment, or prevention of disease, or amounts paid 
for the purpose of affecting any structure or 
function of the body; and 
(B) transportation primarily for and essen-
tial to receiving items and services referred to 
in subparagraph (A). 
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(11) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ includes a 
State or unit of local government. 
(12) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 
several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and shall not apply with respect to con-
duct occurring before such date. 
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‘‘SEC. 35. CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF BOOKS OR
EQUIPMENT TO LIBRARIES.
‘‘In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed
as a credit against the tax imposed by this subtitle an
amount equal to the value of any book or equipment con-
tributed to a library.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for such subpart C is amended by striking the last item
and inserting the following new items:
‘‘Sec. 35. Credit for contribution of books or equipment to librar-
ies.
‘‘Sec. 36. Overpayments of tax.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to contributions after the date of
the enactment of this Act in taxable years ending after
such date.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 397
To apply arbitration to major league baseball, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. WILLIAMS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
A BILL
To apply arbitration to major league baseball, 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 ‘‘Major League Play
Ball Act’’.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to encourage serious ne-
gotiations between the major league baseball players and
the owners of major league baseball, to prevent the contin-
ued economic loss to individuals not involved in the nego-
tiations whose livelihood depends on baseball being played,
to prevent ongoing losses to those communities that host
major league baseball, to preserve major and minor league
baseball, and to resolve the dispute between the players
and owners.
SEC. 3. ARBITRATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective February 1, 1995, the
dispute between the owners of major league baseball and
the labor organization representing the players of major
league baseball shall be subject to binding arbitration by
the arbitration board established under subsection (b).
(b) ARBITRATION BOARD.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), there is established an arbitration board
which shall consist of—
(A) one representative of the owners of
major league baseball selected by such owners,
(B) one representative of the major league
baseball player’s association selected by such
association, and
(C) one individual to be selected in accord-
ance with the procedures of the American Arbi-
tration Association or procedures otherwise
agreed to by the parties.
The board shall convene February 1, 1995 to resolve
all issues not resolved by the parties.
(2) AUTHORITY.—The board shall have the
power to take testimony under oath, to conduct
hearings, and to issue subpoenas for books and
records. The parties appearing before the board may
be represented by counsel.
(3) DECISION.—The board shall select between
the final offer of each party which may be submitted
before the close of the hearing held under paragraph
(2). The board shall consider the following in select-
ing the most appropriate offer—
(A) the unique legal status of major league
baseball,
(B) the history of collective bargaining
agreements between the parties,
(C) the changes in circumstances of the
parties,
(D) the owner’s ability to pay,
(E) the best interests of baseball, and
(F) other factors considered by arbitration
panels if applicable given the history of major
league baseball and past collective bargaining
between the parties.
The board shall render a decision on March 15,
1995, which shall be final, binding, and replace the
(7) CENTRAL
VALLEY
PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘Central Valley Project’’ means all Federal reclama-
tion projects located within or diverting water from 
or to the watershed of the Sacramento and San Joa-
quin rivers and their tributaries as authorized by the 
Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 850), and all Acts 
amendatory or supplemental thereto, including but 
not limited to the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 
1198, 1199), Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 
887), Act of October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852), Act 
of September 26, 1950 (64 Stat. 1036), Act of Au-
gust 27, 1954 (68 Stat. 879), Act of August 12, 
1955 (69 Stat. 719), Act of June 3, 1960 (74 Stat. 
156), Act of October 23, 1962 (76 Stat. 1173), Act 
of September 2, 1965 (79 Stat. 615), Act of August 
19, 1967 (81 Stat. 167), Act of August 27, 1967 
(81 Stat. 173), Act of October 23, 1970 (84 Stat. 
1097), Act of September 28, 1976 (90 Stat. 1324) 
and Act of October 27, 1986 (100 Stat. 3050). 
(8) REPAYMENT
AND
WATER
SERVICE
CON-
TRACTS.—The terms ‘‘repayment contract’’ and 
‘‘water service contract’’ have the same meaning as 
provided in sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the Reclama-
tion Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat. 1187, 1195), as 
amended. 
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basic agreement between the parties which expired
on December 31, 1993.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3980
To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act
of 1996 relating to the exclusion from the United States of certain aliens.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1996
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 relating to the exclusion from
the United States of certain aliens.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 401(a)(4) of the Cuban Liberty and Demo-
cratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C.
6091(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘a spouse, minor
child, or agent’’ and inserting ‘‘an agent’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3981
To provide that a person may use a private express for the private carriage
of certain letters and packets without being penalized by the Postal
Service, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1996
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To provide that a person may use a private express for
the private carriage of certain letters and packets without
being penalized by the Postal Service, 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. PRIVATE CARRIAGE OF CERTAIN LETTERS AND
PACKETS.
(a) POSTAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION.—(1) Section
601(a) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by
striking out ‘‘A letter’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Sub-
ject to the provisions of section 607, a letter’’.
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(2)(A) Chapter 6 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended by adding after section 606 the following new
section:
‘‘§ 607. Administration relating to certain letters and
packets
‘‘In the administration of the provisions of this chap-
ter and chapter 4 of this title by the Postal Service or
the Attorney General of the United States and in the ad-
ministration of sections 1693 through 1699 of title 18 by
the Attorney General of the United States, the Postal
Service or the Attorney General of the United States, re-
spectively, may not fine or otherwise penalize any person
who transmits by private express or other unlawful means,
or delivers to any agent thereof, or deposits at any ap-
pointed place, for the purpose of being so transmitted any
letter or packet.’’.
(B) The table of sections for chapter 6 of title 39,
United States Code, is amended by adding after the item
relating to section 606 the following:
‘‘607. Administration relating to certain letters and packets.’’.
(b) PRIVATE EXPRESS PROVISIONS.—(1) Chapter 83
of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in section 1696—
(i) by striking out subsection (b); and
(ii) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b); and
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(B) by inserting after section 1699 the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘§ 1699A. Application of postal service provisions
‘‘The provisions of sections 1693 through 1699 of
this title shall be subject to the provisions of section 607
of title 39.’’.
(2) The table of sections for chapter 83 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 1699 the following:
‘‘1699A. Application of Postal Service provisions.’’.
SEC. 2. SEARCHES.
Section 603 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘The Postal Service’’ and inserting:
‘‘(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Postal
Service’’ and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) The Postal Service may not authorize any officer
or employee of the Postal Service to make searches of mail
matter listed in subsection (a) in any store or office of
a customer of a common carrier or transportation com-
pany.’’.
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‘‘(2) one-half of the fees collected under section
1930(a)(3) of this title;
‘‘(3) one-half of the fees collected under section
1930(a)(4) of this title;
‘‘(4) one-half of the fees collected under section
1930(a)(5) of this title;
‘‘(5) 100 percent of the fees collected under sec-
tion 1930(a)(6) of this title;
‘‘(6) three-fourths of the fees collected under
the last sentence of section 1930(a) of this title;
‘‘(7) the compensation of trustees received
under section 330(d) of title 11 by the clerks of the
bankruptcy courts; and
‘‘(8) 
excess 
fees 
collected 
under 
section
586(e)(2) of this title.
‘‘(c) Amounts in the Fund which are not currently
needed for the purposes specified in subsection (a) shall
be kept on deposit or invested in obligations of, or guar-
anteed by, the United States.
‘‘(d) The Attorney General shall transmit to the
Congress, not later than 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year, a detailed report on the amounts deposited in
the Fund and a description of expenditures made under
this section.
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of the 
Farm to School Act of 2015 and every 3 
years thereafter, the Secretary shall review 
and submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture and the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate a report that describes the progress 
that has been made in identifying and 
eliminating regulatory and other barriers 
related to developing farm to school pro-
grams. 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—In preparing 
the report, the Secretary shall examine— 
‘‘(I) the direct and indirect regu-
latory compliance costs affecting the 
production and marketing of locally or 
regionally produced agricultural food 
products to school food programs; and 
‘‘(II) barriers to local and re-
gional market access for small-scale 
production.’’; 
(6) in paragraph (8)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—Of the funds pro-
vided to the Secretary under subparagraph (A), 
not more than 5 percent may be used to pay 
administrative costs incurred by the Secretary 
in carrying out this subsection.’’; and 
(7) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘2011 
through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2016 through 2021’’. 
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(D) by striking ‘‘an individual’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘a person’’. 
(d) NOTIFICATION OF INVESTIGATION.—Section 2 of 
such Act is further amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (5) of sub-
section (b) as subsection (c), and by moving such 
subsection, as so redesignated, two ems to the left; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 
the specific incident or incidents on which the 
investigation is based’’ after ‘‘nature of the in-
vestigation’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘timely’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION.—If 
the Administrator does not provide a person with 
the notification required by paragraph (1) with re-
spect to an investigation relating to the approval, de-
nial, suspension, modification, or revocation of a cov-
ered certificate, including all of the information re-
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