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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be referred to as the ‘‘Vessel Hull De-
sign Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN ORIGINAL DESIGNS.
Title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 12—PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL
DESIGNS
‘‘Sec.
‘‘1201. Designs protected.
‘‘1202. Designs not subject to protection.
‘‘1203. Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements.
‘‘1204. Commencement of protection.
‘‘1205. Term of protection.
‘‘1206. Design notice.
‘‘1207. Effect of omission of notice.
‘‘1208. Exclusive rights.
‘‘1209. Infringement.
‘‘1210. Application for registration.
‘‘1211. Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country.
‘‘1212. Oaths and acknowledgments.
‘‘1213. Examination of application and issue or refusal of registration.
‘‘1214. Certification of registration.
‘‘1215. Publication of announcements and indexes.
‘‘1216. Fees.
‘‘1217. Regulations.
‘‘1218. Copies of records.
‘‘1219. Correction of errors in certificates.
‘‘1220. Ownership and transfer.
‘‘1221. Remedy for infringement.
‘‘1222. Injunctions.
‘‘1223. Recovery for infringement.
‘‘1224. Power of court over registration.
‘‘1225. Liability for action on registration fraudulently obtained.
‘‘1226. Penalty for false marking.
‘‘1227. Penalty for false representation.
‘‘1228. Enforcement by Treasury and Postal Service .
‘‘1229. Relation to design patent law.
‘‘1230. Common law and other rights unaffected.
‘‘1231. Administrator; Office of the Administrator.
‘‘1232. No retroactive effect.
‘‘§ 1201. Designs protected
‘‘(a) DESIGNS PROTECTED.—
Union Calendar No. 654 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5259 
[Report No. 114–833] 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reestab-
lish the Royalty Policy Committee in order to 
further a more consultative process with key 
Federal, State, tribal, environmental, and energy 
stakeholders, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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tice of the design protection, begins an undertaking leading
to infringement under this chapter.
‘‘(b) ACTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE.—The omission of the
notice prescribed in section 1406 shall prevent any recovery
under section 1223 against a person who began an under-
taking leading to infringement under this chapter before re-
ceiving written notice of the design protection. No injunc-
tion shall be issued under this chapter with respect to such
undertaking unless the owner of the design reimburses that
person for any reasonable expenditure or contractual obli-
gation in connection with such undertaking that was in-
curred before receiving written notice of the design protec-
tion, as the court in its discretion directs. The burden of
providing written notice of design protection shall be on
the owner of the design.
‘‘§ 1208. Exclusive rights
‘‘The owner of a design protected under this chapter
has the exclusive right to—
‘‘(1) make, have made, or import, for sale or for
use in trade, any vessel hull embodying that design;
and
‘‘(2) sell or distribute for sale or for use in trade
any vessel hull embodying that design.
‘‘§ 1209. Infringement
‘‘(a) ACTS OF INFRINGEMENT.—Except as provided in
subjection (b), it shall be infringement of the exclusive rights
in a design protected under this chapter for any person,
without the consent of the owner of the design, within the
United States and during the term of such protection, to—
‘‘(1) make, have made, or import, for sale or for
use in trade, any infringing article as defined in sub-
section (e); or
‘‘(2) sell or distribute for sale or for use in trade
any such infringing article.
‘‘(b) ACTS OF SELLERS AND DISTRIBUTORS.—A seller
or distributor of an infringing article who did not make
or import the vessel hull shall be deemed to have infringed
on a design protected under this chapter only if that per-
son—
‘‘(1) induced or acted in collusion with a manu-
facturer to make, or an importer to import such arti-
cle, except that merely purchasing or giving an order
to purchase a vessel hull in the ordinary course of
business shall not of itself constitute such inducement
or collusion; or
‘‘(2) refused or failed, upon the request of the
owner of the design, to make a prompt and full dis-
closure of that person’s source of such vessel hull, and
that person orders or reorders such article after hav-
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 525 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from 
the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2015 
Mr. MASSIE (for himself, Mr. POLIS, Mr. HANNA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
SCHRADER, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. AMASH, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
FARR, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. CLAY, Ms. LEE, 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. 
PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. RYAN 
of Ohio, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BUCK, Mr. 
LABRADOR, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BARR, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. 
YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. WALZ, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. 
NADLER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. PERRY, Mr. YOHO, Mr. 
MULVANEY, and Mr. JONES) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 Controlled Substances Act to exclude indus-
trial hemp from the definition of marihuana, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Industrial Hemp 
Farming Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP FROM DEFINI-
TION OF MARIHUANA. 
Section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 802) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (16)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(16) The’’ and inserting 
‘‘(16)(A) The’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) The term ‘marihuana’ does not include in-
dustrial hemp.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(57) The term ‘industrial hemp’ means the 
plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, 
whether 
growing 
or 
not, 
with 
a 
delta-9 
tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 
0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.’’. 
SEC. 3. INDUSTRIAL HEMP DETERMINATION. 
Section 201 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 811) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) INDUSTRIAL HEMP DETERMINATION.—If a per-
son grows or processes Cannabis sativa L. for purposes 
of making industrial hemp in accordance with State law, 
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the Cannabis sativa L. shall be deemed to meet the con-
centration limitation under section 102(57).’’. 
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(2) 
MEDICARE
BENEFICIARY.—The 
term 
‘‘medicare beneficiary’’ means an individual entitled 
to benefits under part A of title XVIII of the Social 
Security Act, or enrolled under part B of such title, 
or both. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) AMOUNT OF AUTHORIZATION.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, from 
amounts not otherwise appropriated in the Treasury, 
to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
2005, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of fiscal years 2006 and 2007. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to the authorization under paragraph (1) shall 
remain available without fiscal year limitation 
through September 30, 2014. 
(j) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary may not im-
plement the demonstration project under this section be-
fore the date on which the Secretary develops, adopts, rec-
ognizes, or modifies initial uniform standards relating to 
the requirements for electronic prescription drug pro-
is authorized to award grants to enhance initial teacher
preparation under section 504.
‘‘(b) STATE GRANT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) ALLOTMENT.—For any fiscal year for
which the amount appropriated to carry out this
part equals or exceeds $50,000,000, the Secretary is
authorized to make allotments to State educational
agencies pursuant to paragraph (2) to enable the
agencies to award grants under section 504.
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT FORMULA.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), each State educational agen-
cy entering into an agreement under section
505 and having an application approved under
section 506 for a fiscal year shall receive an al-
lotment under this part for the fiscal year in an
amount that bears as nearly as possible the
same relation to the amount appropriated to
carry out this part for the fiscal year as the
amount the State educational agency received
under part B of title II of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6641 et seq.) for the fiscal year bears to the
amount received by all State educational agen-
cies under such part B for the fiscal year.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2699
To amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that coverage of bone
mass measurements is provided under the health benefits program for
Federal employees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 22, 1997
Mrs. MORELLA (for herself, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms.
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Ms.
WOOLSEY, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WATERS, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr.
HAYWORTH, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr.
DELAHUNT, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. LANTOS, and Mr. NADLER) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to ensure that cov-
erage of bone mass measurements is provided under the
health benefits program for Federal 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 ‘‘Osteoporosis Federal
Employee Health Benefits Standardization Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF BONE MASS MEASUREMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8902 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(p)(1) A contract may not be made or a plan ap-
proved which does not include coverage for bone mass
measurement in the case of a qualified individual.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the terms ‘bone
mass measurement’ and ‘qualified individual’ shall each
have the meaning given to it by section 1861(rr) of the
Social Security Act, except that—
‘‘(A) section 1861(rr)(2) of the Social Security
Act shall be applied by substituting ‘the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management’ for ‘the Sec-
retary’; and
‘‘(B) standards regarding the frequency with
which a qualified individual shall be eligible to be
provided benefits for bone mass measurement under
a health benefits plan under this chapter shall be es-
tablished by the Director in consultation with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to bone mass measurements per-
formed on or after such date as the Office of Personnel
Management shall determine, except that such date shall
in no event be earlier than July 1, 1998, nor later than
January 1, 1999.
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(A) by striking the item relating to the 
title enumerator and heading for title II and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘TITLE II—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE’’; 
(B) by striking the item relating to section 
201; 
(C) by striking the item relating to section 
202 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 202. Duties of United States Fish and Wildlife Service.’’; 
and 
(D) by striking the item relating to section 
206 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 206. Authorities of Director of United States Fish and Wildlife Service.’’. 
(b) TITLE 10, U.S.C.—Section 7524(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Marine 
Mammal Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service’’. 
(c) WHALE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION STUDY 
ACT.—Section 3 of the Whale Conservation and Protec-
tion Study Act (16 U.S.C. 917a) is amended by striking 
‘‘Marine Mammal Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘Director 
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’’. 
(d) NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION 
ESTABLISHMENT ACT.—Section 4(g) of the National Fish 
and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 
3703(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘Marine Mammal Com-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 26
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that the firearms prohibi-
tions applicable by reason of a domestic violence misdemeanor conviction
do not apply if the conviction occurred before the prohibitions became
law.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. BARR of Georgia (for himself and Mr. STUMP) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that
the firearms prohibitions applicable by reason of a do-
mestic violence misdemeanor conviction do not apply if
the conviction occurred before the prohibitions became
law.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FIREARMS PROHIBITIONS APPLICABLE BY
REASON OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MIS-
DEMEANOR CONVICTION NOT TO APPLY TO
CONVICTIONS OBTAINED BEFORE THE PRO-
HIBITIONS BECAME LAW.
Subsections (d)(9), (g)(9), and (s)(3)(B)(i) of section
922 of title 18, United States Code, are each amended
by inserting ‘‘, on or after September 28, 1996,’’ before
‘‘of a misdemeanor’’.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5266 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that information regarding 
the deduction of amounts of disability compensation by reason of vol-
untary separation pay is provided to members of the Armed Forces 
separating from the Armed Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2016 
Mr. DESAULNIER (for himself and Mr. JONES) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that infor-
mation regarding the deduction of amounts of disability 
compensation by reason of voluntary separation pay is 
provided to members of the Armed Forces separating 
from the Armed Forces. 
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 ‘‘Servicemember and 
Veteran Financial Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN TRANSITION AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 1144(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(10) Provide information regarding the deduc-
tion of disability compensation paid by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 1175a(h) of 
this title by reason of voluntary separation pay re-
ceived by the member.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5267 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to expand the permissive 
exclusion from Federal health programs to include certain individuals 
with prior interest in sanctioned entities and entities affiliated with 
sanctioned entities and to provide a criminal penalty for the illegal 
distribution of Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP beneficiary identification 
or provider numbers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2016 
Ms. FRANKEL of Florida (for herself and Mr. KEATING) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to expand 
the permissive exclusion from Federal health programs 
to include certain individuals with prior interest in sanc-
tioned entities and entities affiliated with sanctioned enti-
ties and to provide a criminal penalty for the illegal 
distribution of Medicare, Medicaid, or CHIP beneficiary 
identification or provider numbers, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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Congress a report on such study in its report to Congress 
in June 2017. 
(d) ADDRESSING ISSUE OF CERTAIN PATIENTS.— 
Subparagraph (E) of section 1886(q)(3) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(q)(3)), as added by sub-
section (b), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATION OF EXCLUSION 
OF PATIENT CASES BASED ON V OR OTHER 
APPROPRIATE
CODES.—In promulgating 
regulations to carry out this subsection 
with respect to discharges occurring after 
fiscal year 2018, the Secretary may con-
sider the use of V or other ICD-related 
codes for removal of a readmission. The 
Secretary may consider modifying meas-
ures under this subsection to incorporate V 
or other ICD-related codes at the same 
time as other changes are being made 
under this subparagraph.’’. 
(e) REMOVAL
OF CERTAIN READMISSIONS.—Sub-
paragraph (E) of section 1886(q)(3) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(q)(3)), as added by subsection (b) 
and amended by subsection (d), is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause:
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5268 
To provide for improvements to the Welcome to Medicare package, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2016 
Mr. MCDERMOTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, 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 provide for improvements to the Welcome to Medicare 
package, 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 ‘‘Medicare Beneficiary 
Enrollment Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. UPDATING THE WELCOME TO MEDICARE PACKAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after 
the last day of the period for the request of information 
described in subsection (b) the Secretary of Health and 
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Human Services shall, taking into consideration informa-
tion collected pursuant to subsection (b), update the infor-
mation included in the Welcome to Medicare package to 
include information, presented in a clear and simple man-
ner, about options for receiving benefits under the Medi-
care program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), including through the original 
medicare fee-for-service program under parts A and B of 
such title (42 U.S.C. 1395c et seq., 42 U.S.C. 1395j et 
seq.), Medicare Advantage plans under part C of such title 
(42 U.S.C. 1395w–21 et seq.), and prescription drug plans 
under part D of such title (42 U.S.C. 1395w–101 et seq.). 
The Secretary shall make subsequent updates to the infor-
mation included in the Welcome to Medicare package as 
appropriate. 
(b) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION.—Not later than six 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall request in-
formation, including recommendations, from stakeholders 
(including patient advocates, issuers, and employers) on 
information included in the Welcome to Medicare package, 
including pertinent data and information regarding enroll-
ment and coverage for Medicare eligible individuals. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2702
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to ban the importation of firearms
that have been cosmetically altered to avoid the ban on semiautomatic
assault weapons.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 21, 1997
Mr. SCHUMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to ban the impor-
tation of firearms that have been cosmetically altered
to avoid the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO BAN THE IMPORTATION OF
FIREARMS THAT HAVE BEEN COSMETICALLY
ALTERED TO AVOID THE BAN ON SEMIAUTO-
MATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.
Section 925 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title,
the Secretary shall prohibit a firearm from being imported
or brought into the United States if the firearm would
be a semiautomatic assault weapon but for cosmetic alter-
ation.’’.
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