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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1150 
To amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to improve 
the ability of the United States to advance religious freedom globally 
through enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign as-
sistance efforts, and through stronger and more flexible political re-
sponses to religious freedom violations and violent extremism worldwide, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 
in addition to the Committees on Financial Services and Oversight and 
Government Reform, 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 amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 
to improve the ability of the United States to advance 
religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, 
training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance efforts, 
and through stronger and more flexible political re-
sponses to religious freedom violations and violent extre-
mism worldwide, 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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enant and the Constitution and laws of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands so long as such authorization complies with
the Federal election criteria for, and provides for elections
in sequence with, the election of other Delegates to the
House of Representatives.
‘‘(d) VACANCY.—In case of a permanent vacancy in
the office of Delegate, by reason of death, resignation, or
permanent disability, the office of Delegate shall remain
vacant until a successor is elected and qualified.
‘‘(e) LACK OF EFFECT ON COVENANT.—This section
shall not be construed to alter, amend, or abrogate any
provision, other than section 901, of the foregoing Cov-
enant.’’.
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the death of the individual, such as by assisted suicide,
euthanasia, or mercy killing.’’.
SEC. 8. AMENDMENT TO OLDER AMERICANS ACT.
Section 712 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3058g) is amended by adding at the end thereof
the following new subsection:
‘‘(k) ASSISTED SUICIDE.—No State or local ombuds-
man program, entity, or representative shall, with funds
allotted under this section, provide any assistance or serv-
ice to assist in—
‘‘(1) securing or funding any item, benefit, or
service for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of
assisting in causing, the death of any individual,
such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy
killing;
‘‘(2) compelling any individual, institution, gov-
ernment, or governmental body to provide any item,
benefit, or service for the purpose of causing, or the
purpose of assisting in causing, the death of any in-
dividual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
mercy killing; or
‘‘(3) asserting or advocating a legal right to
cause, or to assist in causing, or to receive assist-
ance in causing, the death of any individual, such as
by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing.’’.
(c) EXPANSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—The
Secretaries shall include in the demonstration project a
provision for expanding the demonstration project to in-
corporate health care services provided to medicare-eligible
veterans under fee-for-service arrangements if the Sec-
retaries determine that such expansion of the demonstra-
tion project is feasible and advisable.
(d) PAYMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS.—
(1) PAYMENT
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall make monthly
payments to the Department of Veterans Affairs
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance
Trust Fund (allocated by the Secretary of Health
and Human Services between each Trust Fund
based on the relative weight that benefits from each
Trust Fund contribute to the required payment) in
an amount equal to one-twelfth of the amount deter-
mined under subsection (b) for each medicare-eligi-
ble veteran enrolled during the year in a managed
care plan established by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs under subsection (f), but only if such veter-
an’s enrollment is in excess of the minimum enroll-
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community provider under section 1821, but only
if—
‘‘(I) the hospital is designated as an essen-
tial community provider under such section;
‘‘(II) the hospital incurs all, or substan-
tially all, of the costs of the training program;
and
‘‘(III) the facility is a member of a com-
munity health network (as described in section
1821(f)) to which the hospital belongs.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect October 1, 1996.
SEC. 103. STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMS.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall conduct a study of the effectiveness of the
essential access community hospital program under sec-
tion 1820 of the Social Security Act and the program for
assistance for essential community providers under section
1821 of such Act (as added by section 102(b)) in increas-
ing the access of medically underserved populations to pri-
mary health care and other health care services.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall submit a report to Congress on the
study conducted under subsection (a).
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State and local governments; and all other sources
of financing sought for the project; and
‘‘(6) establishes, to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary and the Trust Fund Board, that the project
meets the additional criteria for each type of capital
financing assistance for which it is applying.
‘‘(b) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.—The Secretary, with
the approval of the Trust Fund Board, shall determine
for each application for assistance under this title—
‘‘(1) whether the hospital or facility meets the
general eligibility criteria under section 2101(b);
‘‘(2) whether the hospital or facility meets the
specific eligibility criteria of each type of assistance
for which it has applied, including whether the hos-
pital or facility meets any criteria for priority con-
sideration for the type of assistance for which it has
applied;
‘‘(3) whether the capital project for which as-
sistance is being requested in a qualifying project
under this title; and
‘‘(4) whether funds are available, pursuant to
the limitations of each program, to fully fund the re-
quest for assistance.
‘‘(c) PRIORITY OF APPLICATIONS.—In addition to
meeting the criteria otherwise described in this title, at
(b) In consultation with the Trust, the General Ac-
counting Office shall develop an interim schedule and plan
to reduce and replace the Federal appropriations to the
extent practicable for interpretive services conducted by
the National Park Service, and law enforcement activities
and services, fire and public safety programs conducted
by the Trust.
(c) Seven years after the first meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Trust, the General Accounting Office
shall conduct a comprehensive study of the activities of
the Trust, including the Trust’s progress in meeting its
obligations under this title, taking into consideration the
results of the study described in subsection (a) and the
implementation of plan and schedule required in sub-
section (b). The General Accounting Office shall report the
results of the study, including any adjustments to the plan
and schedule, to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the
United States Senate, and the Committee on Resources
and Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 406
To direct the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to
conduct a study of the feasibility of establishing a National Angler’s License.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. ZIMMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service to conduct a study of the feasibility of establish-
ing a National Angler’s License.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NATIONAL ANGLER’S LICENSE STUDY.
(a) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall conduct a
study of the feasibility of—
(A) establishing, under Federal law, a Na-
tional Angler’s License that would grant to a
holder of such a license the right to engage in
recreational fishing in navigable waters in any
State under the same conditions and restric-
tions that apply under the laws of the State to
an individual who holds a license, permit, or
other authorization for that fishing issued by
the State; and
(B) offering with such a license National
Species Tags for various species that authorize
the holder of the license to engage in a State
in recreational fishing for a particular species of
fish under the same conditions and restrictions
that apply under any special tag or other au-
thorization required under the laws of the State
for that fishing.
(2) FEES.—The study shall include develop-
ment of formulas for imposition of fees for National
Angler’s Licenses and National Species Tags and al-
location among the States of amounts received as
such fees that would completely offset all decreases
in State revenues resulting from any reduction in
sales of State recreational fishing licenses because of
the issuance of National Angler’s Licenses or Na-
tional Species Tags.
(3) STATE AUTHORITY PRESERVED.—The Na-
tional Angler’s Licenses and National Species Tags
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, for a single 180-day pe-
riod,’’ after ‘‘may waive’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘that—’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘that the exercise of such waiver au-
thority would further the purposes of this Act.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); 
(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b)
ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY.—Subject
to
sub-
section (c), the President may waive, for any additional 
period of time after the 180-day period described in sub-
section (a), the application of any of the actions described 
in paragraphs (9) through (15) of section 405(a) (or a 
commensurate action in substitution thereto) with respect 
to a country, if the President determines and so reports 
to the appropriate congressional committees that— 
‘‘(1) the respective foreign government has 
ceased the violations giving rise to the Presidential 
action; or 
‘‘(2) the exercise of such authority is important 
to the national interests of the United States.’’. 
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to be studied under this subsection are licenses and
tags that could be used in lieu of, but would not su-
persede or preempt, any license, tag, or other au-
thorization required under State law.
(4) MARINE
WATERS.—Nothing in this Act
shall authorize the study, recommendation, adoption,
or implementation of a Federal license to engage in
recreational fishing in marine waters.
(b) REPORT.—The Director shall submit a report to
the Congress on the study conducted under this section,
by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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Amount
Fiscal year
$85,000,000 ............................................................
1998
88,000,000 ............................................................
1999
91,000,000 ............................................................
2000
94,000,000 ............................................................
2001
97,000,000 ............................................................
2002
100,000,000 ............................................................
2003
103,000,000 ............................................................
2004
106,000,000 ............................................................
2005
109,000,000 ............................................................
2006.
‘‘(B) Of the funds deposited in special accounts
(as established in paragraph (1)) in the Treasury for
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, beginning in fiscal year 1998 and extending
through fiscal year 2006, 100 percent of the
amounts earned in the previous year in excess of
$10,000,000 and $4,000,000 respectively (except for
amounts made available for fee collection costs
under paragraph (3)) shall be made available with-
out further appropriations.
‘‘(C) Beginning in fiscal year 2007, and each
fiscal year thereafter, the amount which shall be
available without further appropriation for each
agency shall be the amount in excess of the amounts
specified for deposit in the Treasury in fiscal year
2006 under subparagraph (A) or (B), as the case
may be.
‘‘(6) USE
OF
RECREATION
FEES.—Of the
amounts made available without appropriation under
paragraph (5), after the application of paragraph
SEC. 4. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS; PARTNERSHIP.
(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of
the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with
the State of Ohio, the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, and other
public or private entities to provide technical assistance
to the Center.
(b) PARTNERSHIP.—The National Park Service may
work in partnership with the Center in the efforts of the
Center to disseminate information on the Underground
Railroad.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4070
To designate the Federal building located in Cookeville, Tennessee, as the
‘‘L. Clure Morton United States Post Office and Courthouse’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
Mr. GORDON (for himself, Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr.
DUNCAN, Mr. FORD, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. QUILLEN, Mr. TANNER, and
Mr. WAMP) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To designate the Federal building located in Cookeville, Ten-
nessee, as the ‘‘L. Clure Morton United States Post
Office and 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 Federal building located at 9 East Broad Street
in Cookeville, Tennessee, shall be designated and known
as the ‘‘L. Clure Morton United States Post Office and
Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be
a reference to the ‘‘L. Clure Morton United States Post
Office and Courthouse’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4072
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the alternative
minimum tax shall not apply to installment sales of farm property.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
Mr. NETHERCUTT (for himself, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. HASTINGS of Wash-
ington) 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 provide
that the alternative minimum tax shall not apply to
installment sales of farm property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MINIMUM TAX NOT TO APPLY TO FARMERS’
INSTALLMENT SALES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The last sentence of paragraph
(6) of section 56(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to treatment of installment sales in computing
alternative minimum taxable income) is amended to read
as follows: ‘‘This paragraph shall not apply to any disposi-
tion—
‘‘(A) in the case of a taxpayer using the
cash receipts and disbursements method of ac-
counting, described in section 453(l)(2)(A) (re-
lating to farm property), or
‘‘(B) with respect to which an election is in
effect under section 453(l)(2)(B) (relating to
timeshares and residential lots).’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1987.
(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR 1987.—In the case of
taxable years beginning in 1987, the last sentence of
section 56(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (as in effect for such taxable years) shall be
applied by inserting ‘‘or in the case of a taxpayer
using the cash receipts and disbursements method of
accounting, any disposition described in section
453(l)(2)(A)’’ after ‘‘section 453C(e)(4)’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4074
To require that jewelry imported from another country be indelibly marked
with the country of origin.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 12, 1996
Mr. REED introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To require that jewelry imported from another country be
indelibly marked with the country of origin.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MARKING OF IMPORTED JEWELRY.
(a) MARKING REQUIREMENT.—By no later than the
date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe and im-
plement regulations that require that all jewelry described
in subsection (b) that enters the customs territory of the
United States have the English name of the country of
origin indelibly marked in a conspicuous place on such
jewelry by cutting, die-sinking, engraving, stamping, or
some other permanent method. The exceptions from mark-
ing requirements provided in section 304 of the Tariff Act
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) shall not apply to jewelry sub-
ject to this section.
(b) JEWELRY.—The jewelry referred to in subsection
(a) is any article described in heading 7113 or 7117 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION.
As used in this Act, the term ‘‘enters the customs
territory of the United States’’ means enters, or is with-
drawn from warehouse for consumption, in the customs
territory of the United States.
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(B) Such determination shall be based on a pre-
ponderance of the evidence.
(C) Any person who would be threatened with
loss or damage as a result of the approval of the au-
thorization requested shall be permitted to partici-
pate as a party in the proceeding on which the de-
termination is based.
(D)(i) The Attorney General shall approve the
granting of the authorization requested in the appli-
cation only to the extent that the Attorney General
finds that there is no substantial possibility that
such company or its affiliates could use monopoly
power to impede competition in the market such
company seeks to enter. The Attorney General shall
deny the remainder of the requested authorization.
(ii) The Federal Communications Commission
shall approve the granting of the requested author-
ization only to the extent that the Commission finds
that granting the requested authorization is consist-
ent with the public interest, convenience, and neces-
sity. The Commission shall deny the remainder of
the requested authorization.
(iii) Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii), not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Attorney General and the Federal
Communications Commission shall each prescribe
regulations to establish procedures and criteria for
the expedited determination and approval of applica-
tions for authorization to provide interexchange tele-
communications services (other than services de-
scribed in section 102(c)) that are incidental to the
provision of another service which the Bell operating
company may lawfully provide. Before prescribing
such regulations, the Attorney General and the Com-
mission shall consult with respect to such regula-
tions, including consultation for the purpose of
avoiding unnecessary inconsistencies in such regula-
tions.
(E) In making its determination under subpara-
graph (D)(ii) regarding the public interest, conven-
ience, and necessity, the Commission shall take into
account—
(i) the probability that granting the re-
quested authorization will secure reduced rates
for consumers of the services that are the sub-
ject of the application, especially residential
subscribers,
(ii) whether granting the requested author-
ization will result in increases in rates for con-
sumers of exchange service,
or other grain, salt, or other feed that constitutes
for such birds an attraction, on or over any areas
where hunters are attempting to take migratory
game birds.
‘‘(B) The term ‘baited area’ means any area
where shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat or
other grain, salt, or other feed whatsoever capable of
attracting migratory game birds is intentionally
placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered;
such an area shall remain a baited area for 10 days
following complete removal of all such corn, wheat or
other grain, salt, or other feed.
‘‘(C)(i) The term ‘normal agricultural oper-
ations’ includes the growing of crops where harvest-
ing does not take place, planting for erosion control,
top sowing of crops, and distribution or scattering of
grains if such operations are normal in a region, ex-
cept that the term shall not include the distributing
or scattering of grain or other feed once it has been
removed from or stored on a field where grown un-
less it is for a normal agricultural operation for feed
for farm animals in the region.
‘‘(ii) Any other activity may be considered to be
a normal agricultural operation only if the Secretary
of the Interior, after meaningful consultation with
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In conducting its 
reviews under paragraph (1), the Task 
Force, with the concurrence of the Direc-
tor, shall publish one or more proposed re-
search plans (in this subsection referred to 
as a ‘research plan’) to guide the Task 
Force’s systematic review of the evidence. 
Each such plan shall include an analytic 
framework, key questions, and a literature 
search strategy or research approach, and 
shall incorporate the methodological guide-
lines developed under clause (ii). The 
Agency shall provide for the publication in 
the Federal Register of a request for pub-
lic comments on each plan and shall accept 
comments during a period of at least 60 
days. Any final research plan shall be 
made available to the public and include a 
discussion of the comments received and 
responses to such comments. The Task 
Force, with the concurrence of the Direc-
tor, may change such a research plan 
through the same process as applied to the 
initial adoption of such plan. 
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the Capital Financing Trust Fund under section
2104.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT.—The amount of
an allotment to each State is equal to the sum of—
‘‘(A) the product of $0.70 and the number
of individuals residing in the State who do not
reside in an area under the jurisdiction of a re-
gional review agency (as established by the
State under subsection (b)(2)); and
‘‘(B) the product of $1.00 and the number
of individuals residing in the State who reside
in an area under the jurisdiction of a regional
review agency.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(1) The term ‘Governor’ means the chief exec-
utive officer of a State, or his designee.
‘‘(2) The term ‘capital expenditure’ means an
expenditure which—
‘‘(A) under generally accepted accounting
principles, is not properly chargeable as an ex-
pense of operation and maintenance; or
‘‘(B) is made to obtain by lease or com-
parable arrangement any facility thereof or any
equipment for a facility or part.