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Union Calendar No. 184
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2367
[Report No. 105–320]
To increase, effective as of December 1, 1997, the rates of compensation
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of depend-
ency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled
veterans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 31, 1997
Mr. STUMP (for himself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. QUINN, and Mr. FILNER) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
OCTOBER 9, 1997
Additional sponsors: Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. MASCARA, Mr.
PASCRELL, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. REYES, Mr.
SNYDER, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Ms. CARSON, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. KENNEDY of
Massachusetts, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. MCCAR-
THY of New York, Mr. HEFNER, Mrs. CHENOWETH, and Mr. CLYBURN
OCTOBER 9, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To increase, effective as of December 1, 1997, the rates
of compensation for veterans with service-connected dis-
abilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity com-
pensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans.
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 ‘‘Veterans’ Compensa-
tion Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY COMPENSA-
TION AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY
COMPENSATION.
(a) RATE ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall, effective on December 1, 1997, increase the
dollar amounts in effect for the payment of disability com-
pensation and dependency and indemnity compensation by
the Secretary, as specified in subsection (b).
(b) AMOUNTS
TO
BE
INCREASED.—The dollar
amounts to be increased pursuant to subsection (a) are
the following:
(1) 
COMPENSATION.—Each 
of 
the 
dollar
amounts in effect under section 1114 of title 38,
United States Code.
(2) ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR DEPEND-
ENTS.—Each of the dollar amounts in effect under
sections 1115(1) of such title.
(3) 
CLOTHING
ALLOWANCE.—The 
dollar
amount in effect under section 1162 of such title.
(4) NEW DIC RATES.—The dollar amounts in
effect under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
1311(a) of such title.
(5) OLD
DIC
RATES.—Each of the dollar
amounts in effect under section 1311(a)(3) of such
title.
(6) ADDITIONAL
DIC
FOR
DISABILITY.—The
dollar amounts in effect under sections 1311(c) and
1311(d) of such title.
(7) DIC FOR
DEPENDENT
CHILDREN.—The
dollar amounts in effect under sections 1313(a) and
1314 of such title.
(c) DETERMINATION
OF INCREASE.—(1) The in-
crease under subsection (a) shall be made in the dollar
amounts specified in subsection (b) as in effect on Novem-
ber 30, 1997.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), each such
amount shall be increased by the same percentage as the
percentage by which benefit amounts payable under title
II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are
increased effective December 1, 1997, as a result of a de-
termination under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
415(i)).
HR 2370 RDS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guam Organic Act
Amendments of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GUAM.
Section 29 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C.
1421g) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) The Attorney General of Guam shall be the
Chief Legal Officer of the Government of Guam. At such
time as the Office of the Attorney General of Guam shall
next become vacant, the Attorney General of Guam shall
be appointed by the Governor of Guam with the advice
and consent of the legislature, and shall serve at the pleas-
ure of the Governor of Guam.
‘‘(2) Instead of an appointed Attorney General, the
legislature may, by law, provide for the election of the At-
torney General of Guam by the qualified voters of Guam
in general elections after 1998 in which the Governor of
Guam is elected. The term of an elected Attorney General
shall be 4 years. The Attorney General may be removed
by the people of Guam according to the procedures speci-
fied in section 9–A of this Act or may be removed for
cause in accordance with procedures established by the
legislature in law. A vacancy in the office of an elected
Attorney General shall be filled—
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4765 
To provide first responders with planning, training, and equipment capabilities 
for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2016 
Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To provide first responders with planning, training, and 
equipment capabilities for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol- 
by-rail derailment and incident response, 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 ‘‘Fire Department Prop-
er Response and Equipment Prioritization Act’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4766 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to American military 
personnel who fought in defense of Bataan, Corregidor, Guam, Wake 
Island, and the Philippine Archipelago between December 7, 1941, and 
May 10, 1942, and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese military 
in the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Wake Island, and Guam 
from April 9, 1942, until September 2, 1945, in recognition of their 
personal sacrifice and service to their country. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2016 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, and Mr. JENKINS 
of West Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Amer-
ican military personnel who fought in defense of Bataan, 
Corregidor, Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippine Ar-
chipelago between December 7, 1941, and May 10, 1942, 
and who died or were imprisoned by the Japanese mili-
tary in the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Wake 
Island, and Guam from April 9, 1942, until September 
2, 1945, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and 
service to their country. 
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SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR FIREFIGHTERS FOR CRUDE OIL-BY- 
RAIL AND ETHANOL-BY-RAIL DERAILMENT 
AND INCIDENT RESPONSE. 
Section 33(c) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(c)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—The Administrator of FEMA 
shall, in carrying out this section, give high priority 
consideration to grants providing for planning, train-
ing, and equipment to firefighters for crude oil-by- 
rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident re-
sponse.’’. 
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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. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Guam was captured by Japan on December 
10, 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Har-
bor and remained in the hands of the Japanese until 
June 1944. Those prisoners who remained on Guam 
suffered atrocities at the hands of the Japanese or 
were transported on ‘‘Hell Ships’’ to Japanese POW 
camps. 
(2) In January 1942 the Japanese took ap-
proximately 1,600 prisoners on Wake Island. Ap-
proximately 450 military and 1,150 civilians were 
then transported to POW camps in China and 
Japan. 
(3) On April 9, 1942, Major General Edward 
King surrendered the soldiers from the United 
States and the Philippines into enemy hands. 
(4) Over the next week, the soldiers from the 
United States and the Philippines were taken pris-
oner and forced to march 65 miles without any food, 
water, or medical care in what came to be known as 
the Bataan Death March. 
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SEC. 3. UNAUTHORIZED INTERCEPTION OR PUBLICATION
OF COMMUNICATIONS.
Section 705 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 605) is amended—
(1) in the heading of such section, by inserting
‘‘INTERCEPTION OR’’ after ‘‘UNAUTHORIZED’’;
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by
striking ‘‘Except as authorized by chapter 119, title
18, United States Code, no person’’ and inserting ‘‘No
person’’;
(3) in the second sentence of subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘intentionally’’ before
‘‘intercept’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and divulge’’ and inserting
‘‘or divulge’’;
(4) by striking the last sentence of subsection (a)
and inserting the following: ‘‘Nothing in this sub-
section prohibits an interception or disclosure of a
communication as authorized by chapter 119 of title
18, United States Code.’’;
(5) in subsection (e)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘fined not more than $2,000
or’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or fined under title 18,
United States Code,’’ after ‘‘6 months,’’; and
(6) in subsection (e)(3), by striking ‘‘any viola-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘any receipt, interception, divul-
gence, publication, or utilization of any communica-
tion in violation’’;
(7) in subsection (e)(4), by striking ‘‘any other
activity prohibited by subsection (a)’’ and inserting
‘‘any receipt, interception, divulgence, publication, or
utilization of any communication in violation of sub-
section (a)’’; and
(8) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(7) Notwithstanding any other investigative or en-
forcement activities of any other Federal agency, the Com-
mission shall investigate alleged violations of this section
and may proceed to initiate action under section 503 of
this Act to impose forfeiture penalties with respect to such
violation 
upon 
conclusion 
of 
the 
Commission’s
investigation.’’.
Union Calendar No. 243
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2369
[Report No. 105–425]
A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to
strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic
eavesdropping, and for other purposes.
MARCH 3, 1998
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 236
To prohibit Government contractors from being reimbursed by the Federal
Government for certain environmental response costs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mrs. MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on National Security, and in addition to the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight, 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 prohibit Government contractors from being reimbursed
by the Federal Government for certain environmental
response costs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON REIMBURSEMENT OF GOV-
ERNMENT 
CONTRACTORS 
FOR 
ENVIRON-
MENTAL RESPONSE COSTS.
(a) ARMED SERVICES ACQUISITIONS.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—Section 2324(e)(1) of title
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(P) Costs of any claim for environmental re-
sponse costs at any facility owned or operated by the
contractor or at which the contractor is liable in
whole or in part for the environmental response ac-
tion. For purposes of this subparagraph, the terms
‘facility’ and ‘response’ have the meaning given such
terms by paragraphs (9) and (25), respectively, of
section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(42 U.S.C. 9601 (9) and (25)).’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Subparagraph (P) of
section 2324(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code,
as added by paragraph (1), shall apply to contracts
in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act
and contracts entered into after such date.
(b) CIVILIAN AGENCY ACQUISITIONS.—
(1) PROHIBITION.—Section 306(e)(1) of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 (41 U.S.C. 256(e)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(P) Costs of any claim for environmental re-
sponse costs at any facility owned or operated by the
contractor or at which the contractor is liable in
whole or in part for the environmental response ac-
tion. For purposes of this subparagraph, the terms
‘facility’ and ‘response’ have the meaning given such
terms by paragraphs (9) and (25), respectively, of
section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(42 U.S.C. 9601 (9) and (25)).’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Subparagraph (P) of
section 306(e)(1) of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.
256(e)(1)), as added by paragraph (1), shall apply
to contracts in existence on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and contracts entered into after
such date.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4767 
To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving 
claims of state secret privilege. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2016 
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. CONYERS) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and 
standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. 
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 ‘‘State Secrets Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STATE SECRET PRIVILEGE. 
In any civil action brought in Federal or State court, 
the Government has a privilege to refuse to give informa-
tion and to prevent any person from giving information 
only if the Government shows that public disclosure of the 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2370
AN ACT
To amend the Organic Act of Guam to clarify local
executive and legislative provisions in such Act,
and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2370
AN ACT
To amend the Organic Act of Guam to clarify local executive
and legislative provisions in such Act, 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 ‘‘Guam Organic Act
Amendments of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GUAM.
Section 29 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C.
1421g) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) The Attorney General of Guam shall be the
Chief Legal Officer of the Government of Guam. At such
time as the Office of the Attorney General of Guam shall
next become vacant, the Attorney General of Guam shall
be appointed by the Governor of Guam with the advice
and consent of the legislature, and shall serve at the pleas-
ure of the Governor of Guam.
‘‘(2) Instead of an appointed Attorney General, the
legislature may, by law, provide for the election of the At-
torney General of Guam by the qualified voters of Guam
in general elections after 1998 in which the Governor of
Guam is elected. The term of an elected Attorney General
shall be 4 years. The Attorney General may be removed
by the people of Guam according to the procedures speci-
fied in section 9–A of this Act or may be removed for
cause in accordance with procedures established by the
legislature in law. A vacancy in the office of an elected
Attorney General shall be filled—
‘‘(A) by appointment by the Governor of Guam
if such vacancy occurs less than 6 months before a
general election for the Office of Attorney General of
Guam; or
‘‘(B) by a special election held no sooner than
3 months after such vacancy occurs and no later
than 6 months before a general election for Attorney
General of Guam, and by appointment by the Gov-
ernor of Guam pending a special election under this
subparagraph.’’.
SEC. 3. LEGISLATIVE QUORUM.
Section 12 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C.
1423b) is amended by striking ‘‘eleven’’ and inserting ‘‘a
simple majority’’.
SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF LEGISLATIVE POWER.
The first sentence of section 11 of the Organic Act
of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1423a) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘rightful’’ before ‘‘subjects’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘legislation of local application’’
and inserting ‘‘legislation’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 5,
1998.
Attest:
Clerk.
‘‘(b) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Guam—
‘‘(1) shall preside over the Supreme Court un-
less disqualified or otherwise unable to act;
‘‘(2) shall be the administrative head of, and
have general supervisory power over, all depart-
ments, divisions, and other instrumentalities of the
judicial branch of Guam; and
‘‘(3) may issue such administrative orders on
behalf of the Supreme Court of Guam as necessary
for the efficient administration of the judicial branch
of Guam.
‘‘(c) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Guam, or a justice sitting in place of such Chief Justice,
may make any appropriate order with respect to—
‘‘(1) an appeal prior to the hearing and deter-
mination of that appeal on the merits; or
‘‘(2) dismissal of an appeal for lack of jurisdic-
tion or failure to take or prosecute the appeal in ac-
cordance with applicable laws or rules of procedure.
‘‘(d) Except as granted to the Supreme Court of
Guam or otherwise provided by this Act or any other Act
of Congress, the Superior Court of Guam and all other
local courts established by the laws of Guam shall have
(2) the underlying judgment, order, or pro-
ceeding from which the party seeks relief was en-
tered after January 1, 2002; and 
(3) the claim on which the judgment, order, or 
proceeding is based is— 
(A) against the Government; or 
(B) arises out of conduct by persons acting 
in the capacity of a Government officer, em-
ployee, or agent. 
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H. R. 2370
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
To amend the Organic Act of Guam to clarify local executive and legislative
provisions in such Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guam Organic Act Amendments
of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GUAM.
Section 29 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1421g)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) The Attorney General of Guam shall be the Chief Legal
Officer of the Government of Guam. At such time as the Office
of the Attorney General of Guam shall next become vacant, the
Attorney General of Guam shall be appointed by the Governor
of Guam with the advice and consent of the legislature, and shall
serve at the pleasure of the Governor of Guam.
‘‘(2) Instead of an appointed Attorney General, the legislature
may, by law, provide for the election of the Attorney General
of Guam by the qualified voters of Guam in general elections
after 1998 in which the Governor of Guam is elected. The term
of an elected Attorney General shall be 4 years. The Attorney
General may be removed by the people of Guam according to
the procedures specified in section 9–A of this Act or may be
removed for cause in accordance with procedures established by
the legislature in law. A vacancy in the office of an elected Attorney
General shall be filled—
‘‘(A) by appointment by the Governor of Guam if such
vacancy occurs less than 6 months before a general election
for the Office of Attorney General of Guam; or
‘‘(B) by a special election held no sooner than 3 months
after such vacancy occurs and no later than 6 months before
a general election for Attorney General of Guam, and by
appointment by the Governor of Guam pending a special elec-
tion under this subparagraph.’’.
SEC. 3. LEGISLATIVE QUORUM.
Section 12 of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1423b)
is amended by striking ‘‘eleven’’ and inserting ‘‘a simple majority’’.
H. R. 2370—2
SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF LEGISLATIVE POWER.
The first sentence of section 11 of the Organic Act of Guam
(48 U.S.C. 1423a) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘rightful’’ before ‘‘subjects’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘legislation of local application’’ and
inserting ‘‘legislation’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Separation of Powers 
Restoration Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF STATUTORY AND REGU-
LATORY INTERPRETATIONS. 
Section 706 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘To the extent necessary’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a) To the extent necessary’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘decide all relevant questions of 
law, interpret constitutional and statutory provi-
sions, and’’; 
(3) by inserting after ‘‘of the terms of an agen-
cy action’’ the following ‘‘and decide de novo all rel-
evant questions of law, including the interpretation 
of constitutional and statutory provisions, and rules 
made by agencies. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, this subsection shall apply in any action 
for judicial review of agency action authorized under 
any provision of law. No law may exempt any such 
civil action from the application of this section ex-
cept by specific reference to this section’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘The reviewing court shall—’’ 
and inserting the following:
‘‘(b) The reviewing court shall—’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4768 
AN ACT 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify the 
nature of judicial review of agency interpreta-
tions of statutory and regulatory provisions.