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OFFSHORE PAY AUTHORITY EXTENSION 
SEC. 118. Section 117 of division G of Public Law 
113–76 is amended by striking ‘‘and 2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘through 2017’’. 
ONSHORE PAY AUTHORITY EXTENSION 
SEC. 119. Section 123 of division G of Public Law 
113–76 is amended by striking ‘‘and 2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘through 2017’’. 
IVORY 
SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to draft, prepare, imple-
ment, or enforce any new or revised regulation or order 
that— 
(1) prohibits or restricts, within the United 
States, the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, ship-
ment, or transportation of ivory that has been law-
fully imported into the United States; 
(2) changes any means of determining, includ-
ing any applicable presumptions concerning, when 
ivory has been lawfully imported; or 
(3) prohibits or restricts the importation of 
ivory that was lawfully importable into the United 
States as of February 1, 2014. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1136
For the relief of Leland E. Person.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 19, 1997
Mr. LIPINSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
For the relief of Leland E. Person.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS’ GROUP LIFE IN-
SURANCE.
Lieutenant Colonel Leland E. Person, United States
Marine Corps (retired), of Western Springs, Illinois, shall
be eligible to receive Veterans’ Group Life Insurance
under section 1977 of title 38, United States Code. He
shall be so insured upon submission of an application, not
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, in the manner prescribed by the Secretary of Veter-
ans’ Affairs and the payment of premiums as required
under section 1977 of such title.
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Union Calendar No. 125 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2822 
[Report No. 114–170] 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2015 
Mr. CALVERT, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 
potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 
Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,015,046,000, 
to remain available until expended, including all such 
amounts as are collected from permit processing fees, as 
authorized but made subject to future appropriation by 
section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit processing 
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may not be imposed by any State or Territory or the Dis-
trict of Columbia. However, any such jurisdiction may im-
pose recordkeeping and other requirements within the
scope of section 202, if consistent with such section, with
respect to any such establishment.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING MARKING, LABEL-
ING, PACKAGING, AND INGREDIENTS.—Marking, labeling,
packaging, or ingredient requirements in addition to (or
different than) those made under this Act may not be im-
posed by any State or Territory or the District of Colum-
bia with respect to articles prepared at any establishment
under Federal inspection in accordance with the require-
ments of title I or with respect to articles prepared for
commerce at any State inspected establishment in accord-
ance with the requirements of section 301(d).
‘‘(c) CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.—A State or terri-
tory or the District of Columbia may, consistent with the
requirements under this Act, exercise concurrent jurisdic-
tion with the Secretary over articles distributed in com-
merce or otherwise subject to this Act, for the purpose
of preventing the distribution for human food purposes of
any such articles which are not in compliance with the re-
quirements under this Act and are outside of any federally
or State inspected establishment, or in the case of im-
assistance for the jurisdiction of the applicant, re-
quired under section 405;
‘‘(8) contain assurances satisfactory to the Sec-
retary that activities carried out under chapter 2
with grant amounts under this subtitle will comply
with the requirements of this subtitle;
‘‘(9) in the case of an application by a State
that elects to under section 410(b)(1)(A) administer
grants under this subtitle, describe the method of
distribution of such amounts to State recipients;
‘‘(10) except with respect to an application by
a State that elects under section 410(b)(1)(A) to ad-
minister grants under this subtitle, contain a certifi-
cation from the public official responsible for sub-
mitting the comprehensive housing affordability
strategy under section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act for the State or
unit of general local government within which a
project is to be located (or such other plan as the
Secretary may require) that the proposed project is
consistent with the approved housing strategy of
such State or unit of general local government;
‘‘(11) contain a certification that the applicant
will comply with the requirements of the Fair Hous-
ing Act, title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, sec-
because the covered employee, whether at the cov-
ered employee’s initiative or in the ordinary course 
of the covered employee’s duties— 
(A) provided, caused to be provided, or is 
about to provide or cause to be provided to the 
employer or to a Federal or State Government 
official, information relating to any violation of, 
or any act or omission the covered employee 
reasonably believes to be a violation of, any pro-
vision of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), or any order, rule, 
regulation, standard, or prohibition under that 
Act, or exercised any rights provided to employ-
ees under that Act; 
(B) testified or is about to testify in a pro-
ceeding concerning such violation; 
(C) assisted or participated or is about to 
assist or participate in such a proceeding; 
(D) testified or is about to testify before 
Congress on any matter covered by such Act; 
(E) objected to, or refused to participate in 
any activity, policy, practice, or assigned task 
that the covered employee reasonably believed 
to be in violation of any provision of such Act, 
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‘‘(c) CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.—A State or terri-
tory or the District of Columbia may, consistent with the
requirements of this Act, exercise concurrent jurisdiction
with the Secretary over articles distributed in commerce
or otherwise subject to this Act, for the purpose of pre-
venting the distribution for human food purposes of any
such articles which are not in compliance with the require-
ments of this Act and are outside of any federally or State
inspected establishment, or in the case of imported arti-
cles, which are not at such an establishment, after their
entry into the United States.
‘‘(d) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—This Act shall not pre-
clude any State or territory or the District of Columbia
from making requirements or taking other action, consist-
ent with this Act, with respect to any other matters regu-
lated under this Act.’’.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2823 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure that juveniles adjudicated 
in Federal delinquency proceedings are not subject to solitary confine-
ment while committed to juvenile facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2015 
Mr. CA´RDENAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure that juve-
niles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings are 
not subject to solitary confinement while committed to 
juvenile facilities. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Youth from 
Solitary Confinement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. JUVENILES ADJUDICATED IN FEDERAL DELIN-
QUENCY PROCEEDINGS NOT SUBJECT TO 
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT WHILE COMMITTED 
TO JUVENILE FACILITIES. 
Section 5039 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by adding ‘‘No juvenile in Federal custody 
held in juvenile facilities may be subject to solitary 
confinement.’’ at the end of the second undesignated 
paragraph; and 
(2) by inserting after the second undesignated 
paragraph the following: 
‘‘Not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal 
year, the Director of the Board of Prisons shall submit 
to the President and Congress a report with respect to 
the preceding fiscal year. The report shall contain a de-
tailed summary and analysis of the most recent data re-
garding the rate at which juveniles are subject to solitary 
confinement and the trends demonstrated by the data de-
scribed in the next sentence. The data referred to in the 
preceding sentence are, for each juvenile who was subject 
to solitary confinement during the period to which the re-
port pertains, the types of offenses for which the juvenile 
is incarcerated, the race, gender, and age of the juvenile, 
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how many hours the juvenile was subject to solitary con-
finement; and the purpose for the solitary confinement.’’. 
Æ 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1138
To prohibit the conveyance, directly or indirectly, of property at Naval Sta-
tion, Long Beach, California, to a commercial shipping company owned
or controlled by a foreign country.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 1997
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland,
Mr. BONO, and Mr. SOLOMON) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on National Security
A BILL
To prohibit the conveyance, directly or indirectly, of property
at Naval Station, Long Beach, California, to a commer-
cial shipping company owned or controlled by a foreign
country.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION AGAINST CONVEYANCE OF PROP-
ERTY AT NAVAL STATION, LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA, TO STATE-OWNED SHIPPING
COMPANIES.
(a) PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT CONVEYANCE.—
In disposing of real property in connection with the closure
of Naval Station, Long Beach, California, under the De-
fense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part
A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687
note), the Secretary of Defense may not convey any por-
tion of the property (by sale, lease, or other method) to
a State-owned shipping company.
(b) PROHIBITION
AGAINST
INDIRECT
CONVEY-
ANCE.—The Secretary of Defense shall impose as a condi-
tion on each conveyance of real property located at Naval
Station, Long Beach, California, the requirement that the
property may not be subsequently conveyed (by sale, lease,
or other method) to a State-owned shipping company.
(c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If the Secretary de-
termines at any time that real property located at Naval
Station, Long Beach, California, and conveyed under the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 has
been conveyed to a State-owned shipping company in vio-
lation of subsection (b) or is otherwise being used by a
State-owned shipping company in violation of such sub-
section, all right, title, and interest in and to the property
shall revert to the United States, and the United States
shall have immediate right of entry thereon.
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘State-
owned shipping company’’ means a commercial shipping
company owned or controlled by a foreign country.
Æ
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1141
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the use of child safety
restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on com-
mercial aircraft and to restrict the fares charged by air carriers for
air transportation provided to children under 3 years of age.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 1997
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the use
of child safety restraint systems approved by the Sec-
retary of Transportation on commercial aircraft and to
restrict the fares charged by air carriers for air transpor-
tation provided to children under 3 years of age.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS ON COMMERCIAL
AIRCRAFT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 447 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘§ 44725. Child restraint systems
‘‘Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Secretary shall issue regulations
requiring the use of child safety restraint systems ap-
proved by the Secretary on any aircraft operated by an
air carrier in providing interstate air transportation, intra-
state transportation, or overseas air transportation. Such
regulations shall establish age or weight limits for children
who are to use such systems.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘44725. Child restraint systems.’’.
SEC 2. AIR TRANSPORTATION PRICES FOR CHILDREN
UNDER 3 YEARS OF AGE.
(a) MAXIMUM PRICE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 415 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘§ 41512. Air transportation prices for children under
3 years of age
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An air carrier providing air
transportation to a child under 3 years of age on a sched-
uled flight to any final destination may not charge a price
for such air transportation that exceeds the lowest price
charged by the air carrier for such air transportation to
any other paying passenger on such flight with the same
final destination.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following
definitions apply:
‘‘(1) AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘air carrier’ in-
cludes foreign air carriers.
‘‘(2) AIR
TRANSPORTATION.—The term ‘air
transportation’ includes intrastate air transpor-
tation.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘41512. Air transportation prices for children under 3 years of age.’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that air carriers should provide air transportation
to children under 3 years of age at no charge.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1143
For the relief of Mary M. Mertz.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 20, 1997
Mr. VENTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Mary M. Mertz.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT FOR LOST OR STOLEN TRAVEL REIM-
BURSEMENT CHECK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury
shall pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of $1,881 to Mary M. Mertz in full
satisfaction of her claim against the United States for the
lost or stolen travel reimbursement check which was sent
to her in January, 1991 (United States Treasury check
number 8513–00026759) while she was stationed with the
State Department in the Fiji islands.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2828 
To amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to allow for certiorari 
review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2015 
Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. BORDALLO, and 
Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend titles 28 and 10, United States Code, to allow 
for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or 
review by the United States Court of Appeals for 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 ‘‘Equal Justice for Our 
Military Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF AP-
PEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1259 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or denied’’ 
after ‘‘granted’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or denied’’ 
after ‘‘granted’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TITLE
10.—Section 867a(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘The 
Supreme Court may not review by a writ of certio-
rari under this section any action of the Court of 
Appeals for the Armed Forces in refusing to grant 
a petition for review.’’. 
(2) TIME FOR APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CER-
TIORARI.—Section 2101(g) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) The time for application for a writ of certiorari 
to review a decision of the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces, or the decision of a Court of Crimi-
nal Appeals that the United States Court of Appeals for 
the Armed Forces refuses to grant a petition to review, 
shall be as prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect upon the 
expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any petition 
granted or denied by the United States Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces on or after that effective date. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE RULES.—The au-
thority of the Supreme Court to prescribe rules to carry 
out section 2101(g) of title 28, United States Code, as 
amended by section 2(b)(2) of this Act, shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2829 
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care- 
related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 
of 2010, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 18, 2015 
Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education 
and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, House Administra-
tion, Rules, Appropriations, and the Budget, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
and health care-related provisions in the Health Care 
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Free Market Healthcare Restoration and Coverage Act 
of 2015’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Repealing the individual mandate. 
Sec. 3. Repealing the employer mandate. 
Sec. 4. Modifications to premium assistance credit. 
Sec. 5. Freedom to maintain existing coverage. 
Sec. 6. Essential health benefits. 
Sec. 7. Repeal of PPACA and health care-related provisions in the Health Care 
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. 
Sec. 8. Budgetary effects. 
SEC. 2. REPEALING RETROACTIVELY THE INDIVIDUAL 
MANDATE. 
Sections 1501 and 1502 and subsections (a), (b), (c), 
and (d) of section 10106 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (and the amendments made by such 
sections and subsections) are repealed and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered 
as if such provisions and amendments had never been en-
acted. 
SEC. 3. REPEALING RETROACTIVELY THE EMPLOYER MAN-
DATE. 
Sections 1513 and 1514 and subsections (e), (f), and 
(g) of section 10106 of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act (and the amendments made by such sections 
and subsections) are repealed and the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered as if such 
provisions and amendments had never been enacted. 
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