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ment, nonprofit organization, or private organization 
that has executed an agreement with a sponsoring 
agency to participate in the System. 
‘‘(6) SPONSORING AGENCY.—The term ‘spon-
soring agency’ means a State or local government 
that is the sponsor of a task force designated by the 
Administrator to participate in the System. 
‘‘(7) SYSTEM.—The term ‘System’ means the 
National Urban Search and Rescue Response Sys-
tem to be administered under this section. 
‘‘(8) SYSTEM
MEMBER.—The term ‘System 
member’ means an individual who is not a full-time 
employee of the Federal Government and who serves 
on a task force or on a System management or other 
technical team. 
‘‘(9) TASK
FORCE.—The term ‘task force’ 
means an urban search and rescue team designated 
by the Administrator to participate in the System. 
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to the require-
ments of this section, the Administrator shall continue to 
administer the emergency response system known as the 
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—In administering the System, the 
Administrator shall provide for a national network of
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partment of Health and Human Services related to pre-
natal opioid use and neonatal abstinence syndrome. 
(b) STRATEGY TO CLOSE GAPS IN RESEARCH AND 
PROGRAMMING.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall develop a strategy to address research and 
program gaps, including such gaps identified in findings 
made by reports of the Government Accountability Office. 
Such strategy shall address— 
(1) gaps in research, including with respect 
to— 
(A) the most appropriate treatment of 
pregnant women with opioid use disorders; 
(B) the most appropriate treatment and 
management of infants with neonatal absti-
nence syndrome; and 
(C) the long-term effects of prenatal opioid 
exposure on children; and 
(2) gaps in programs, including— 
(A) the availability of treatment programs 
for pregnant and postpartum women and for 
newborns with neonatal abstinence syndrome; 
and 
(B) guidance and coordination in Federal 
efforts to address prenatal opioid use or neo-
natal abstinence syndrome. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on 
the findings of the review described in subsection (a) and 
the strategy developed under subsection (b). 
SEC. 5. IMPROVING DATA ON AND PUBLIC HEALTH RE-
SPONSE TO NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYN-
DROME. 
(a) DATA AND SURVEILLANCE.—The Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall, as ap-
propriate— 
(1) provide technical assistance to States to im-
prove the availability and quality of data collection 
and surveillance activities regarding neonatal absti-
nence syndrome, including— 
(A) the incidence and prevalence of neo-
natal abstinence syndrome; 
(B) the identification of causes for neo-
natal abstinence syndrome, including new and 
emerging trends; and 
(C) the demographics and other relevant 
information associated with neonatal abstinence 
syndrome; 
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(2) collect available surveillance data described 
in paragraph (1) from States, as applicable; and 
(3) make surveillance data collected pursuant to 
paragraph (2) publically available on an appropriate 
Internet Web site. 
(b) PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.—The Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall en-
courage increased utilization of effective public health 
measures to reduce neonatal abstinence syndrome. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 8, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1899 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to all veterans with 
a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family 
caregiver services program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2015 
Mrs. LAWRENCE (for herself and Mrs. BUSTOS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend to all 
veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility 
to participate in the family caregiver services 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 ‘‘Caregivers Expansion 
and Improvement Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION TO ALL VETERANS WITH A SERIOUS 
SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY OF ELIGI-
BILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN FAMILY CARE-
GIVER PROGRAM. 
Section 1720G(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘on or after September 11, 
2001’’. 
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for that portion of fiscal year 1995 occurring after
such date of enactment and all subsequent fiscal
years only to the extent and in such amounts as are
provided in advance in appropriation Acts enacted
with respect to any such fiscal year.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
Section 5302(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by striking the last sentence.
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(1) to amend, repeal, or supersede any current 
or future contractual agreement, terms of service 
agreement, or other contractual relationship between 
any non-Federal entities, or between any non-Fed-
eral entity and a Federal entity; or 
(2) to abrogate trade secret or intellectual prop-
erty rights of any non-Federal entity or Federal 
entity. 
(h) ANTI-TASKING RESTRICTION.—Nothing in this 
title or the amendments made by this title shall be con-
strued to permit the Federal Government— 
(1) to require a non-Federal entity to provide 
information to the Federal Government; 
(2) to condition the sharing of a cyber threat 
indicator with a non-Federal entity on such non- 
Federal entity’s provision of a cyber threat indicator 
to the Federal Government; or 
(3) to condition the award of any Federal 
grant, contract, or purchase on the provision of a 
cyber threat indicator to a Federal entity. 
(i) NO LIABILITY FOR NON-PARTICIPATION.—Noth-
ing in this title or the amendments made by this title shall 
be construed to subject any non-Federal entity to liability 
for choosing not to engage in a voluntary activity author-
ized in this title and the amendments made by this title.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1560 
AN ACT 
To improve cybersecurity in the United States 
through enhanced sharing of information about 
cybersecurity threats, to amend the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to enhance multi-directional 
sharing of information related to cybersecurity 
risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties 
protections, and for other purposes.
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‘‘(3) ACTIVE DUTY ARMED SERVICES CASE.—
Such term also includes an individual who does not
meet the requirement of paragraph (1)(E) but is on
active duty (other than active duty for training) in
the Armed Forces of the United States, is petition-
ing for the admission of the alien under section 204
as the spouse or child of the individual, and dem-
onstrates (as provided in paragraph (6)) the means
to maintain an annual income equal to at least 100
percent of the Federal poverty line.
‘‘(4) 
CERTAIN
EMPLOYMENT-BASED
IMMI-
GRANTS CASE.—Such term also includes an individ-
ual—
‘‘(A) who does not meet the requirement of
paragraph (1)(D), but is the relative of the
sponsored alien who filed a classification peti-
tion for the sponsored alien as an employment-
based immigrant under section 203(b) or who
has a significant ownership interest in the en-
tity that filed such a petition; and
‘‘(B)(i) who demonstrates (as provided
under paragraph (6)) the means to maintain an
annual income equal to at least 125 percent of
the Federal poverty line, or
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appropriation estimated at $36,556,000: Provided fur-
ther, That any offsetting collections received in excess of
$152,523,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall remain available
until expended, but shall not be available for obligation
until October 1, 1997.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act of 1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C.
1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–02; $14,000,000: Provided,
That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade
Commission, including uniforms or allowances therefor,
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
and not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; $85,930,000: Provided, That not to
exceed $300,000 shall be available for use to contract
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SEC. 331. PRISONER TRANSFER TREATIES STUDY.
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of State and the Attorney General shall submit to the
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and of the Senate a report that describes the use
and effectiveness of the prisoner transfer treaties with the
three countries with the greatest number of their nationals
incarcerated in the United States in removing from the
United States such incarcerated nationals.
(b) USE OF TREATY.—The report under subsection
(a) shall include—
(1) the number of aliens convicted of a criminal
offense in the United States since November 30,
1977, who would have been or are eligible for trans-
fer pursuant to the treaties;
(2) the number of aliens described in paragraph
(1) who have been transferred pursuant to the trea-
ties;
(3) the number of aliens described in paragraph
(2) who have been incarcerated in full compliance
with the treaties;
(4) the number of aliens who are incarcerated
in a penal institution in the United States who are
eligible for transfer pursuant to the treaties; and
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(5) the number of aliens described in paragraph
(4) who are incarcerated in Federal, State, and local
penal institutions in the United States.
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall include the recommendations of the Sec-
retary of State and the Attorney General to increase the
effectiveness and use of, and full compliance with, the
treaties. In considering the recommendations under this
subsection, the Secretary and the Attorney General shall
consult with such State and local officials in areas dis-
proportionately impacted by aliens convicted of criminal
offenses as the Secretary and the Attorney General con-
sider appropriate. Such recommendations shall address—
(1) changes in Federal laws, regulations, and
policies affecting the identification, prosecution, and
deportation of aliens who have committed criminal
offenses in the United States;
(2) changes in State and local laws, regulations,
and policies affecting the identification, prosecution,
and deportation of aliens who have committed a
criminal offense in the United States;
(3) changes in the treaties that may be nec-
essary to increase the number of aliens convicted of
criminal offenses who may be transferred pursuant
to the treaties;
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(8) in paragraph (9), as redesignated by para-
graph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘provide and’’ before 
‘‘allow’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and commercial and Fed-
eral undersea communications cables’’ after ‘‘ob-
serving technologies’’. 
(c) TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM.—Subsection (c) of 
section 4 (33 U.S.C. 3203(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) TSUNAMI
WARNING
SYSTEM.—The program 
under this section shall operate a tsunami warning system 
that— 
‘‘(1) is capable of forecasting tsunami, including 
forecasting tsunami arrival time and inundation esti-
mates, anywhere in the Pacific and Arctic Ocean re-
gions and providing adequate warnings; 
‘‘(2) is capable of forecasting and providing ade-
quate warnings, including tsunami arrival time and 
inundation models where applicable, in areas of the 
Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea and 
Gulf of Mexico, that are determined— 
‘‘(A) to be geologically active, or to have sig-
nificant potential for geological activity; and
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‘‘(B) to pose significant risks of tsunami for 
States along the coastal areas of the Atlantic 
Ocean, Caribbean Sea, or Gulf of Mexico; and 
‘‘(3) supports other international tsunami fore-
casting and warning efforts.’’. 
(d) TSUNAMI WARNING CENTERS.—Subsection (d) of 
section 4 (33 U.S.C. 3203(d)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) TSUNAMI WARNING CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
support or maintain centers to support the tsunami 
warning system required by subsection (c). The Cen-
ters shall include— 
‘‘(A) the National Tsunami Warning Cen-
ter, located in Alaska, which is primarily re-
sponsible for Alaska and the continental United 
States; 
‘‘(B) the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, 
located in Hawaii, which is primarily respon-
sible for Hawaii, the Caribbean, and other areas 
of the Pacific not covered by the National Center; 
and 
‘‘(C) any additional forecast and warning 
centers determined by the National Weather 
Service to be necessary.
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6242 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the rate of income 
tax of a publicly traded corporation based on the ratio of compensation 
of the corporation’s highest paid employee to the median compensation 
of all the corporation’s employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mr. DESAULNIER 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 adjust 
the rate of income tax of a publicly traded corporation 
based on the ratio of compensation of the corporation’s 
highest paid employee to the median compensation of 
all the corporation’s employees. 
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 ‘‘CEO Accountability 
and Responsibility Act’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3821
AN ACT
To designate the Headquarters Compound of the
Central Intelligence Agency located in Langley,
Virginia, as the George H.W. Bush Center for
Central Intelligence.
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‘‘(A) provide for a central registration of
all loans and trust certificates sold pursuant to
subsections (f) and (g) of this section;’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit
the utilization of a book-entry or other electronic
form of registration for trust certificates. The Ad-
ministration may, with the consent of the Secretary
of the Treasury, use the book-entry system of the
Federal Reserve System.’’.
(b) CERTIFICATES SOLD PURSUANT
TO SMALL
BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANY PROGRAM.—Section
321(f) (15 U.S.C. 687l(f)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Such central
registration shall include’’ and all that follows
through the period at the end of the paragraph; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit
the use of a book-entry or other electronic form of
registration for trust certificates.’’.
(c) CERTIFICATES SOLD PURSUANT TO DEVELOP-
MENT COMPANY PROGRAM.—Section 505(f) (15 U.S.C.
697b(f)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through
(4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D);
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3821
AN ACT
To designate the Headquarters Compound of the Central
Intelligence Agency located in Langley, Virginia, as the
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3824
AN ACT
Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from
its coverage certain fasteners approved by the
Federal Aviation Administration for use in air-
craft.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3824
AN ACT
Amending the Fastener Quality Act to exempt from its cov-
erage certain fasteners approved by the Federal Aviation
Administration for use in aircraft.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Union Calendar No. 337
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3830
[Report No. 105–598]
A BILL
To provide for the exchange of certain lands within
the State of Utah.
JUNE 24, 1998
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
(B) the identification of causes for neo-
natal abstinence syndrome, including new and 
emerging trends; and 
(C) the demographics and other relevant 
information associated with neonatal abstinence 
syndrome; 
(2) collect available surveillance data described 
in paragraph (1) from States, as applicable; and 
(3) make surveillance data collected pursuant to 
paragraph (2) publically available on an appropriate 
Internet Web site. 
(b) PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE.—The Director of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall en-
courage increased utilization of effective public health 
measures to reduce neonatal abstinence syndrome. 
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system quality, water quality, water supply and reliabil-
ity, and system vulnerability affecting the San Francisco
Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed in Cali-
fornia. Participation in such long-term solution shall only
be undertaken pursuant to authorization provided by law
other than this title, and shall be based on the equitable
allocation of program costs among beneficiary groups
that the CALFED Bay-Delta programs shall develop.
(d) To the extent not otherwise authorized, those
agencies and departments that are currently or subse-
quently become participants in the CALFED Bay-Delta
Program are hereby authorized to undertake the activi-
ties and programs for which Federal cost sharing is pro-
vided by this section. The United States shall imme-
diately initiate coordinated consultations and negotiations
with the State of California to expeditiously execute the
cost-sharing agreement required by Section 78684.10 of
California Senate Bill 900, Chapter 135, Statutes of
1996, signed by the Governor of California on July 11,
1996. Such activities shall include, but not be limited to,
planning, design, technical assistance and construction
for ecosystem restoration programs and projects.
SEC.103. BUDGET CROSSCUT.
The Office of Management and Budget is directed
to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
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propriations, as part of the President’s Fiscal Year 1998
Budget, an interagency budget crosscut that displays
Federal spending for fiscal years 1993 through 1998 on
ecosystem restoration and other purposes in the Bay-
Delta region, separately showing funding provided pre-
viously or requested under both pre-existing authorities
and new authorities granted by this title.
SEC. 104. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Section 102 of this title shall take effect on the
date of passage of California State Proposition 204.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Omnibus Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 1997’’
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(ii) in paragraph (4)— 
(I) in the heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND
ENDING
WITH
2014’’ after 
‘‘YEARS BEGINNING WITH 2001’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (A), by in-
serting ‘‘and ending with 2014’’ after 
‘‘a year beginning with 2001’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting 
‘‘through 2014’’ after ‘‘of each succeeding 
year’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and ending with 2014’’ after ‘‘beginning 
with 2000’’. 
(2) UPDATE OF RATES FOR 2015 AND SUBSE-
QUENT YEARS.—Subsection (d) of section 1848 of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘There shall be two separate 
conversion factors for each year beginning with 
2026, one for items and services furnished by 
a qualifying APM participant (as defined in 
section 1833(z)(2)) (referred to in this sub-
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section as the ‘qualifying APM conversion fac-
tor’) and the other for other items and services 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘nonquali-
fying APM conversion factor’), equal to the re-
spective conversion factor for the previous year 
(or, in the case of 2026, equal to the single con-
version factor for 2025) multiplied by the up-
date established under paragraph (20) for such 
respective conversion factor for such year.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting ‘‘(or, 
beginning with 2026, applicable conversion fac-
tor)’’ after ‘‘single conversion factor’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (16) and insert-
ing the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(16) UPDATE FOR JANUARY THROUGH JUNE 
OF
2015.—Subject to paragraphs (7)(B), (8)(B), 
(9)(B), (10)(B), (11)(B), (12)(B), (13)(B), (14)(B), 
and (15)(B), in lieu of the update to the single con-
version factor established in paragraph (1)(C) that 
would otherwise apply for 2015 for the period begin-
ning on January 1, 2015, and ending on June 30, 
2015, the update to the single conversion factor 
shall be 0.0 percent. 
‘‘(17) UPDATE FOR JULY THROUGH DECEMBER 
OF 2015.—The update to the single conversion factor 
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SEC. 305. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. 
The President shall encourage and facilitate partner-
ships between the Federal Government and the private 
sector, such as the partnerships in effect between the Na-
tional Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical companies, 
to identify new approaches to treat Alzheimer’s disease 
and other forms of dementia. 
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