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SEC. 540. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Justice—State and 
Local Law Enforcement Activities—Office of Justice Pro-
grams—State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ 
may be used in contravention of section 642 of the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373). 
SEC. 541. It is the sense of the Congress that the 
Congress should not pass any legislation which authorizes 
spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United 
States. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 542. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 124 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2787 
[Report No. 113–171] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2014, and for other purposes. 
JULY 23, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2788 
To prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage 
loan debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2013 
Mr. HECK of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on 
forgiven mortgage loan debt. 
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 ‘‘Mortgage Forgiveness 
Tax Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME 
OF DISCHARGE OF QUALIFIED PRINCIPAL 
RESIDENCE INDEBTEDNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (E) of section 
108(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
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ed by striking ‘‘January 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘January 
1, 2016’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to indebtedness discharged after 
December 31, 2013. 
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lization of all related Federal resources to promote tech-
nology transfer and commercialization.
(b) SECURITY CLEARANCE
FOR CERTAIN OFFI-
CERS.—Officers of the Corporation with the appropriate
national security clearances shall have access to informa-
tion in the data base, established under title I, which has
been otherwise restricted because of national security con-
siderations. If such officers, upon review of information
on technologies which have been restricted in the data
base, have reason to believe that information on selected
technologies has been unnecessarily restricted, the officers
shall so inform the Secretary and request that the Sec-
retary review the appropriateness of the restriction on in-
formation.
(c) CONSULTATION WITH PRIVATE PARTIES.—In
carrying out this title, the Board and the Corporation
shall solicit comments from private parties, including rep-
resentatives of finance, industry, and organized labor on
the role of the Corporation and the needs of private par-
ties.
SEC. 209. REVIEW OF CORPORATION.
(a) NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REVIEW.—
Not later than 9 years after the date of enactment of this
Act, the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct a re-
banking agency that an insured depository institu-
tion controlled by a financial services holding com-
pany is not well capitalized, the financial services
holding company shall—
(A) execute an agreement with the appro-
priate Federal banking agency within 30 days
to return the insured depository institution
within a reasonable period of time to being well
capitalized; or
(B) divest control of the insured bank or
insured institution in an orderly manner within
180 days, or such additional period of time as
the appropriate Federal banking agency may
determine is reasonably required in order to ef-
fect such divestiture.
(3) CAPITAL OF HOLDING COMPANY.—The ap-
propriate Federal banking agency may not impose
by regulation, order, agreement, or any other means,
any requirement pertaining to the capital of a finan-
cial services holding company.
(e) INTERSTATE ACQUISITIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF
INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.—
(1) INSURED
BANKS.—No financial services
holding company may acquire control of an addi-
tional insured bank (as such term is defined in sec-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DEFECT Act (Delay-
ing Enrollment in Federal Exchanges to Certify Trust) 
of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. DELAY ENROLLMENT IN QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS 
IN STATE OR FEDERALLY FACILITATED EX-
CHANGES UNTIL 1 YEAR AFTER PUBLICA-
TION OF RULES ESTABLISHING VERIFICA-
TION AND OTHER EXCHANGE PROCEDURES 
AND CARRYING OUT COVERAGE REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no indi-
vidual may be enrolled in a qualified health plan offered 
through an Exchange under section 1311 or 1321 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
18031, 18041) until 1 year after the date that there is 
published in the Federal Register— 
(1) a final rule that establishes the verification 
and other procedures to be used to implement sec-
tion 1411 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18081); and 
(2) a final rule to carry out sections 6055 and 
6056 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2790 
AN ACT 
To authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer 
permanent housing rental assistance provided through 
the Continuum of Care Program under the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance 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 ‘‘Housing Assistance 
Efficiency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
Subsection (g) of section 423 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘private nonprofit organization,’’ after 
‘‘unit of general local government,’’. 
SEC. 3. REALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 414(d) of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11373(d)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘twice’’ and inserting ‘‘once’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2790 
AN ACT 
To authorize private nonprofit organizations to ad-
minister permanent housing rental assistance 
provided through the Continuum of Care Pro-
gram under the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act, and for other purposes.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2790 
To authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing 
rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program 
under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2013 
Mr. PETERS of California (for himself and Mr. MCNERNEY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer 
permanent housing rental assistance provided through 
the Continuum of Care Program under the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance 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 ‘‘Housing Assistance 
Efficiency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
Subsection (g) of section 423 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)) is amend-
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ed by inserting ‘‘private nonprofit organization,’’ after 
‘‘unit of general local government,’’. 
SEC. 3. REALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 414(d) of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11373(d)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘twice’’ and inserting ‘‘once’’. 
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IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2790 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 3, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer 
permanent housing rental assistance provided through 
the Continuum of Care Program under the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance 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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Assistance 
Efficiency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
Subsection (g) of section 423 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘private nonprofit organization,’’ after 
‘‘unit of general local government,’’. 
SEC. 3. REALLOCATION OF FUNDS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 414(d) of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11373(d)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘twice’’ and inserting ‘‘once’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘(xii) Networking devices (including 
routers, network cards, modems, and 
hubs). 
‘‘(xiii) Audio equipment. 
‘‘(xiv) Portable video game systems. 
‘‘(xv) Personal digital assistants. 
‘‘(xvi) Portable global positioning sys-
tem navigation devices. 
‘‘(xvii) Other used electronic products 
the Administrator determines to be similar 
under the procedures promulgated in ac-
cordance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘covered elec-
tronic equipment’ shall not include parts of a 
motor vehicle. 
‘‘(3) RESTRICTED ELECTRONIC WASTE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘restricted 
electronic waste’ means— 
‘‘(i) items of covered electronic equip-
ment that include, contain, are derived 
from, or consist of— 
‘‘(I) cathode ray tubes or cathode 
ray tube glass in any form, or cathode 
ray tube phosphor residues or dusts in 
any form; 
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‘‘(II) a lamp or other device con-
taining mercury phosphor; 
‘‘(III) batteries containing— 
‘‘(aa) lead, cadmium, or 
mercury; or 
‘‘(bb) organic solvents exhib-
iting the characteristic of ignit-
ability, as defined in section 
261.21 of title 40, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations; 
‘‘(IV) switches or any other de-
vices containing mercury; 
‘‘(V) hexavalent chromium; 
‘‘(VI) other than batteries de-
scribed in subclause (III), items con-
taining antimony, barium, cadmium, 
lead, thallium, beryllium, arsenic, or 
selenium, including— 
‘‘(aa) circuit boards; 
‘‘(bb) printer drums; 
‘‘(cc) liquid crystal displays; 
‘‘(dd) flatscreen glass; and 
‘‘(ee) light emitting diodes; 
or 
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‘‘(ii) any other covered electronic 
equipment, or materials derived therefrom, 
containing any other toxic material, in ele-
mental or compound form, identified by 
the Administrator under subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘restricted 
electronic waste’ shall not apply to items de-
scribed in this subparagraph. 
‘‘(i) DE MINIMIS.—Covered electronic 
equipment described in subparagraphs 
(A)(i)(VI) and (A)(ii), including separated 
component streams (such as plastics or 
metals), which does not exceed de minimis 
levels set by the Administrator under sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(ii) 
REUSE.—Covered 
electronic 
equipment that is— 
‘‘(I) tested, pursuant to sub-
section (i)(1), prior to export and 
found to be— 
‘‘(aa) functional for the pur-
pose for which the equipment 
was designed, or, in the case of 
multifunction devices, fully func-
tional for at least one of the pri-
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mary purposes for which the 
equipment was designed; and 
‘‘(bb) 
appropriately 
pack-
aged for shipment to prevent the 
equipment from losing functional-
ity due to damage during transit; 
and 
‘‘(II) appropriately labeled or 
marked 
pursuant 
to 
subsection 
(i)(3)(A). 
‘‘(iii) CERTAIN
CATHODE
RAY
TUBE 
GLASS.—Furnace-ready cathode ray tube 
glass cullet, cleaned of all phosphors, that 
the competent authority in the importing 
country declares in writing is not waste, to 
be used as— 
‘‘(I) a direct feedstock in a lead- 
glass manufacturing furnace; or 
‘‘(II) another feedstock applica-
tion that does not require further 
processing or preparation other than 
quality control. 
‘‘(iv) 
WARRANTIES.—Customer 
re-
turns, to point of sale, to original equip-
ment manufacturers, or to contractual 
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warranty collectors, of recently purchased 
covered electronic equipment— 
‘‘(I) that is either— 
‘‘(aa) under original equip-
ment manufacturer warranty to 
customers; or 
‘‘(bb) under warranty from 
the original design manufacturer 
or original component manufac-
turer to the original equipment 
manufacturer, or otherwise re-
turned by the original purchaser 
of the electronic equipment, due 
to defect or customer dissatisfac-
tion, and the manufacturer ac-
cepts such returns for the pur-
poses of repair or replacement in 
order to return to the customer a 
functional working product or 
part of the same type and model, 
except that products and parts 
covered in this item shall not in-
clude— 
‘‘(AA) 
covered 
elec-
tronic equipment accepted 
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for return from individuals 
or businesses under general 
takeback, recycling, trade-in 
(for purposes of recycling, 
disposal, sales promotions, 
or obtaining credit for prod-
uct purchases or leases) or 
buy-back programs, events, 
or policies designed to col-
lect used or waste electronic 
equipment; 
‘‘(BB) 
covered 
elec-
tronic equipment returned at 
the end of leases to cus-
tomers; or 
‘‘(CC) 
covered 
elec-
tronic equipment collected 
by asset recovery programs; 
and 
‘‘(II) where any export of such 
covered electronic equipment is to a 
country from whose competent au-
thority the Administrator receives 
written consent pursuant to sub-
section (h)(1). 
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‘‘(v) RECALLS.—Recalls of covered 
electronic equipment by an original equip-
ment manufacturer, original design manu-
facturer, or original component manufac-
turer where— 
‘‘(I) the covered electronic equip-
ment is subject to recall notice issued 
by the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission or other pertinent Fed-
eral authority; 
‘‘(II) the original design manu-
facturer or original component manu-
facturer requires the defective covered 
electronic equipment to be physically 
returned to that manufacturer as a 
term of the warranty; and 
‘‘(III) any export of recalled cov-
ered electronic equipment is to a 
country from whose competent au-
thority the Administrator receives 
written consent pursuant to sub-
section (h)(1). 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION
REGARDING 
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS.—Any reference to a chemical 
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element shall be construed to be a reference to that 
element in compound or elemental form. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL COVERED ELECTRONIC EQUIP-
MENT AND RESTRICTED MATERIALS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Administrator shall, after notice and opportunity for pub-
lic comment, and after consultation with appropriate Fed-
eral and State agencies, develop and promulgate proce-
dures for identifying— 
‘‘(1) similar electronic equipment to add to the 
list of covered electronic equipment under subsection 
(b)(2); and 
‘‘(2) additional restricted toxic materials to add 
to the list in subsection (b)(3)(A)(ii), the presence of 
which in covered electronic equipment poses a poten-
tial hazard to human health or the environment. 
Such procedures shall include a method for any interested 
party to propose a new product or material for review by 
the Administrator. 
‘‘(d) DE MINIMIS LEVELS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this section, the 
Administrator shall, after notice and opportunity for pub-
lic comment, and after consultation with appropriate Fed-
eral and State agencies, develop and promulgate proce-
dures for identifying de minimis levels for restricted elec-
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tronic waste described in subparagraphs (A)(i)(VI) and 
(A)(ii) of subsection (b)(3), below which such waste is de-
termined by the Administrator not to pose a potential haz-
ard to human health or the environment. 
‘‘(e) COUNTRIES
TO
WHICH
PROHIBITION
AP-
PLIES.—The countries referred to in subsection (a) are all 
countries which are not— 
‘‘(1) members of the Organisation for Economic 
Co-operation and Development or the European 
Union; or 
‘‘(2) Liechtenstein. 
‘‘(f) NOTICE TO ADMINISTRATOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no person shall export covered electronic 
equipment described in subsection (b)(3)(B) to a 
country described in subsection (e) unless, not later 
than 60 days before the initial export shipment, such 
person transmits to the Administrator written notice 
of an intended export. Such a notification may cover 
export activities extending over a maximum of 12 
months for the same type of covered electronic 
equipment, exported to the same facility via the 
same transit countries. The notification shall include 
the following information: 
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‘‘(A) The name, mailing address, telephone 
number, and if applicable, the Environmental 
Protection Agency or Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act identification number. 
‘‘(B) Documentation of licensing of the ex-
porter under subsection (g). 
‘‘(C) The name and site address of the 
consignee and any alternate consignee. 
‘‘(D) A statement from the exporter that 
includes— 
‘‘(i) a description of the type and total 
quantity of covered electronic equipment 
that will be exported to the consignee; 
‘‘(ii) the estimated frequency or rate 
at which such covered electronic equipment 
is to be exported, and the period of time 
over which such covered electronic equip-
ment is to be exported; 
‘‘(iii) all points of entry to and depar-
ture from each country through which the 
covered electronic equipment will pass in 
transit; 
‘‘(iv) a description of the means by 
which each shipment of the covered elec-
tronic equipment will be transported, in-
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cluding the mode of transportation and 
type or types of container; and 
‘‘(v) a description of the manner in 
which the covered electronic equipment will 
be treated, stored, or disposed of in the re-
ceiving country. 
‘‘(E) A list of all transit countries through 
which the covered electronic equipment will be 
transported, and a description of the approxi-
mate length of time the covered electronic 
equipment will remain in each country and the 
nature of its handling while there. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of para-
graph (1) shall not apply with respect to exports of 
covered electronic equipment described in subsection 
(b)(3)(B)(i), or exports of covered electronic equip-
ment described in subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii). 
‘‘(g) LICENSES.—In order to export covered elec-
tronic equipment to a country described in subsection (e) 
under the exceptions to restricted electronic waste in sub-
section (b)(3)(B), an entity shall obtain a license for such 
export that is issued by the Administrator in accordance 
with regulations issued under subsection (i)(2). 
‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL EXPORT CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) WARRANTIES AND RECALLS.— 
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253
(2) The Treaty on the Permanent Neutrality
and Operation of the Panama Canal signed on Sep-
tember 7, 1977, provides that Panama and the
United States have the responsibility to assure that
the Panama Canal will remain open and secure.
(3) Such Treaty also provides that each of the
two countries shall, in accordance with their respec-
tive constitutional processes, defend the Canal
against any threat to the regime of neutrality, and
consequently shall have the right to act against any
aggression or threat directed against the Canal or
against the peaceful transit of vessels through the
Canal.
(4) The United States instrument of ratifica-
tion of such Treaty includes specific language that
the two countries should consider negotiating future
arrangements or agreements to maintain military
forces necessary to fulfill the responsibility of the
two countries of maintaining the neutrality of the
Canal after 1999.
(5) The Government of Panama, in the bilateral
Protocol of Exchange of instruments of ratification,
expressly ‘‘agreed upon’’ such arrangements or
agreements.