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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6089 
To authorize members and former members of the uniformed services who 
are entitled to veterans disability compensation to continue to participate 
in the Thrift Savings Plan through the deduction and deposit of a 
percentage of their veterans disability compensation to the Thrift Savings 
Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 
Mr. WALKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To authorize members and former members of the uniformed 
services who are entitled to veterans disability compensa-
tion to continue to participate in the Thrift Savings 
Plan through the deduction and deposit of a percentage 
of their veterans disability compensation to the Thrift 
Savings Fund. 
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 ‘‘Financial Independ-
ence for Disabled Veterans Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISABLED VETERANS CONTINUED PARTICIPATION 
IN THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN. 
(a) PARTICIPATION AUTHORIZED.—The Executive 
Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment 
Board shall prescribe regulations to permit the continued 
participation in the Thrift Savings Plan by a member of 
the uniformed services after the discharge or release of 
the member from service in the uniformed services if the 
member or former member is entitled to veterans disability 
compensation. 
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS.—For purposes of section 8432 
of title 5, United States Code, the monthly veterans dis-
ability compensation of a member or former member of 
the uniformed services shall be deemed to be basic pay 
for a monthly pay period. 
(c) MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS PROHIBITED.—The 
deduction and deposit in the Thrift Savings Fund of a 
percentage of the veterans disability compensation of a 
member or former member of the uniformed services does 
not require or authorize Government contributions under 
section 8432 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law. 
(d) VETERANS
DISABILITY
COMPENSATION
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘veterans disability 
compensation’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘com-
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pensation’’ in section 101(13) of title 38, United States 
Code. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 608 
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress 
to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the Nation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2015 
Mr. CARSON of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf 
of Congress to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his con-
tributions to the Nation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., on Janu-
ary 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky, Muhammad 
Ali was the first child of Cassius, Sr., and Odessa 
Clay. 
(2) Muhammad Ali is one of the most cele-
brated athletes of the 20th century. He has pro-
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6091 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify aliens who have 
served, or are serving, in the Armed Forces of the United States when 
those aliens apply for an immigration benefit or are placed in an immi-
gration enforcement proceeding, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
Mr. VARGAS (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. VELA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. 
VEASEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify 
aliens who have served, or are serving, in the Armed 
Forces of the United States when those aliens apply 
for an immigration benefit or are placed in an immigra-
tion enforcement proceeding, 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 ‘‘Immigrant Veterans 
Eligibility Tracking System (I–VETS) Act’’. 
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(f) TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR FUNDS FOR SECU-
RITY REQUIREMENTS AT OVERSEAS LOCATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appropriated
pursuant to the authorization in subsection (a), the
Director of Central Intelligence may transfer funds
to departments or other agencies for the sole pur-
pose of supporting certain intelligence community
security requirements at overseas locations, as speci-
fied by the Director.
(2) LIMITATION.—Amounts made available for
departments or agencies under paragraph (1) shall
be—
(A) transferred to the specific appropria-
tion;
(B) allocated to the specific account in the
specific amount, as determined by the Director;
(C) merged with funds in such account
that are available for architectural and engi-
neering support expenses at overseas locations;
and
(D) available only for the same purposes,
and subject to the same terms and conditions,
as the funds described in subparagraph (C).
to as ‘‘Bree’s Law programs’’ or ‘‘Bree’s Law activities’’, 
respectively. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6090 
To provide that section 4108(5)(C)(iv) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 may be known as ‘‘Bree’s Law’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide that section 4108(5)(C)(iv) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 may be known 
as ‘‘Bree’s Law’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. BREE’S LAW. 
Clause (iv) of section 4108(5)(C) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7118(5)(C)(iv)), as amended by section 4101 of the Every 
Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114–95; 129 Stat. 
1968), may be cited as ‘‘Bree’s Law’’, and programs or 
activities carried out under such clause may be referred 
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SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING ALIENS CONNECTED TO THE ARMED 
FORCES. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall— 
(1) identify aliens, when those aliens apply for 
an immigration benefit or are placed in an immigra-
tion enforcement proceeding, who are serving, or 
have served, as a member of a regular or reserve 
component of the Armed Forces of the United 
States on active duty or as a member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces in an active status; 
and 
(2) annotate all immigration and naturalization 
records of the Department of Homeland Security re-
lating to an alien identified pursuant to paragraph 
(1) so as to reflect that identification and afford an 
opportunity to track the outcomes for such aliens. 
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under section 101, and the authorized personnel ceilings
as of September 30, 1999, for the conduct of the intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the elements
listed in such section, are those specified in the classified
Schedule of Authorizations prepared to accompany the bill
H.R. ll of the 105th Congress.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU-
THORIZATIONS.—The Schedule of Authorizations shall be
made available to the Committees on Appropriations of
the Senate and House of Representatives and to the Presi-
dent. The President shall provide for suitable distribution
of the Schedule, or of appropriate portions of the Sched-
ule, within the executive branch.
SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) AUTHORITY FOR ADJUSTMENTS.—With the ap-
proval of the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, the Director of Central Intelligence may authorize
employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number
authorized for fiscal year 1999 under section 102 when
the Director of Central Intelligence determines that such
action is necessary to the performance of important intel-
ligence functions, except that the number of personnel em-
ployed in excess of the number authorized under such sec-
tion may not, for any element of the intelligence commu-
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6093 
To establish naturalization offices at initial military training sites. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
Mr. VARGAS (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. VELA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To establish naturalization offices at initial military training 
sites. 
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 ‘‘Naturalization at 
Training Sites Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘NATS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF NATURALIZATION OF-
FICES AT INITIAL MILITARY TRAINING SITES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast 
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Guard, shall establish a naturalization office at each initial 
military training site of the Armed Forces. 
(b) OUTREACH.—The Secretary concerned shall take 
steps to identify members of the Armed Forces who are 
not citizens of the United States and to inform such mem-
bers of the availability and services of a naturalization of-
fice at initial military training sites. 
(c) TRAINED PERSONNEL.—The Secretary concerned 
shall retain trained personnel at a naturalization office at 
an initial military training site to provide services to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces who are not citizens of the 
United States. 
(d) ASSIGNMENT PREFERENCE.—Pending the estab-
lishment of a naturalization office at all initial military 
training sites, the Secretary concerned, to the extent prac-
ticable, shall assign a new member of the Armed Forces 
who is not a citizen of the United States to an initial mili-
tary training site that has a naturalization office. 
(e) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6094 
AN ACT 
To provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of 
a rule of the Department of Labor relating to income 
thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, 
administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer 
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 ‘‘Regulatory Relief for 
Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULE. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding the effec-
tive date set forth in the rule submitted by the Depart-
ment of Labor relating to exemptions regarding the rates 
of pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside 
sales, and computer employees (81 Fed. Reg. 32552 (May 
23, 2016)), such rule shall not take effect until June 1, 
2017. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to provide authority for the rule de-
scribed in subsection (a), nor any part thereof, that is not 
otherwise provided by law. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6094 
AN ACT 
To provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date 
of a rule of the Department of Labor relating to 
income thresholds for determining overtime pay 
for executive, administrative, professional, out-
side sales, and computer employees.
IIA
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3694
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 7, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for intel-
ligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
States Government, the Community Management Ac-
count, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement
and Disability System, and for other purposes.
134 
ernments of concern with respect to obligations under 
the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to 
which the United States is a party, or that otherwise 
create or maintain trade barriers. 
‘‘(2) ACTS, POLICIES, OR
PRACTICES
OF
CON-
CERN.—The semi-annual enforcement consultations 
required by paragraph (1) shall address acts, policies, 
or practices of foreign governments that raise con-
cerns with respect to obligations under the WTO 
Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the 
United States is a party, or otherwise create or main-
tain trade barriers, including— 
‘‘(A) engagement with relevant trading 
partners; 
‘‘(B) strategies for addressing such concerns; 
‘‘(C) availability and deployment of re-
sources to be used in the investigation or resolu-
tion of such concerns; 
‘‘(D) the merits of any potential dispute 
resolution proceeding under the WTO Agree-
ments or any other trade agreement to which the 
United States is a party relating to such con-
cerns; and 
‘‘(E) any other aspects of such concerns.
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‘‘(1) the participation of an employer is vol-
untary;
‘‘(2) an employer reduces the number of hours
worked by employees in lieu of temporary layoffs;
‘‘(3) such employees whose workweeks have
been reduced by at least 10 percent are eligible for
unemployment compensation;
‘‘(4) the amount of unemployment compensa-
tion payable to any such employee is a pro rata por-
tion of the unemployment compensation which would
be payable to the employee if such employee were to-
tally unemployed;
‘‘(5) such employees are not required to meet
the availability for work or work search test require-
ments while collecting short-time compensation bene-
fits, but are required to be available for their normal
workweek;
‘‘(6) eligible employees may participate in an
employer-sponsored training program to enhance job
skills if such program has been approved by the
State agency;
‘‘(7) the State agency may require an employer
to continue to provide health benefits, and retire-
ment benefits under a defined benefit pension plan
(as defined in section 414(j)) to any employee whose
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CLASSIFIED SCHEDULE OF AU-
THORIZATIONS.—The Schedule of Authorizations shall be
made available to the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and House of Representatives and to the President.
The President shall provide for suitable distribution of the
Schedule, or of appropriate portions of the Schedule, within
the executive branch.
SEC. 103. PERSONNEL CEILING ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) AUTHORITY FOR ADJUSTMENTS.—With the ap-
proval of the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, the Director of Central Intelligence may authorize
employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number
authorized for fiscal year 1999 under section 102 when the
Director of Central Intelligence determines that such action
is necessary to the performance of important intelligence
functions, except that the number of personnel employed in
excess of the number authorized under such section may not,
for any element of the intelligence community, exceed two
percent of the number of civilian personnel authorized
under such section for such element.
(b) NOTICE TO INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEES.—The Di-
rector of Central Intelligence shall promptly notify the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6094 
To provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of a rule of the Depart-
ment of Labor relating to income thresholds for determining overtime 
pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and com-
puter employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 
Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mr. KLINE, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. 
HUNTER, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
GUTHRIE, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. 
MESSER, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. BRAT, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP 
of Michigan, Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. CHABOT, 
Mr. HARDY, Mr. HILL, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. 
BENISHEK, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mrs. 
BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. BARR, and Mr. DOLD) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide for a 6-month delay in the effective date of 
a rule of the Department of Labor relating to income 
thresholds for determining overtime pay for executive, 
administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer 
employees. 
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 ‘‘Regulatory Relief for 
Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULE. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding the effec-
tive date set forth in the rule submitted by the Depart-
ment of Labor relating to exemptions regarding the rates 
of pay for executive, administrative, professional, outside 
sales, and computer employees (81 Fed. Reg. 32552 (May 
23, 2016)), such rule shall not take effect until June 1, 
2017. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to provide authority for the rule de-
scribed in subsection (a), nor any part thereof, that is not 
otherwise provided by law. 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection an Office of Air and 
Marine Operations. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER.—There shall be 
at the head of the Office of Air and Marine Oper-
ations an Assistant Commissioner, who shall report to 
the Commissioner. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Office of Air and Marine 
Operations shall— 
‘‘(A) serve as the law enforcement office 
within U.S. Customs and Border Protection with 
primary responsibility to detect, interdict, and 
prevent acts of terrorism and the unlawful move-
ment of people, illicit drugs, and other contra-
band across the borders of the United States in 
the air and maritime environment; 
‘‘(B) conduct joint aviation and marine op-
erations with U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; 
‘‘(C) conduct aviation and marine oper-
ations with international, Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement agencies, as appropriate; 
‘‘(D) administer the Air and Marine Oper-
ations Center established under paragraph (4); 
and
SEC. 402. ENHANCED PROTECTIVE AUTHORITY FOR CIA
PERSONNEL AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
Section 5(a)(4) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act
of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403f(a)(4)) is amended by striking out
‘‘and the protection of Agency personnel and of defectors,
their families’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the pro-
tection of current and former Agency personnel and their
immediate families, and defectors and their immediate fam-
ilies’’.
SEC. 403. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ACT OF 1949.—
(1) Section 5(a)(1) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act
of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403f(a)(1)) is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (C)
of section 102(a)(2)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 102(a)’’;
(B) by striking out ‘‘(c)(5)’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘(c)(6)’’;
(C) by inserting ‘‘(3),’’ after ‘‘403(a)(2),’’;
(D) by inserting ‘‘(c)(6), (d)’’ after ‘‘403–3’’; and
(E) by inserting ‘‘(a), (g)’’ after ‘‘403–4’’.
(2) Section 6 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 403g) is amended
by striking out ‘‘(c)(5)’’ each place it appears and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘(c)(6)’’.
(b) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT
ACT.—Section 201(c) of the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
tirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2011(c)) is amended by striking
out ‘‘(c)(5)’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘(c)(6)’’.
TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE INTELLIGENCE ACTIVI-
TIES
SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN COM-
MERCIAL ACTIVITIES AS SECURITY FOR IN-
TELLIGENCE COLLECTION ACTIVITIES.
Section 431(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘December 31, 1998’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 2001’’.