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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1752
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the
nonrecognition of gain on sale of stock to certain farmers’ cooperatives.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 1997
Mr. HULSHOF (for himself, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. SMITH of Or-
egon, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mrs.
EMERSON, Mr. HERGER, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. MINGE,
Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. LAHOOD, and Mr.
EWING) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
for the nonrecognition of gain on sale of stock to certain
farmers’ cooperatives.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NONRECOGNITION OF GAIN ON SALE OF STOCK
TO CERTAIN FARMERS’ COOPERATIVES.
(a) APPLICATION OF SECTION 1042 TO CERTAIN
FARMERS’ COOPERATIVES.—Section 1042 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to sales of stock to em-
ployee stock ownership plans or certain cooperatives) is
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tsunami Warning, 
Education, and Research Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND EDU-
CATION ACT. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of the Tsunami Warning and 
Education Act (33 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF PURPOSES OF TSUNAMI WARNING 
AND EDUCATION ACT. 
Section 3 (33 U.S.C. 3202) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘research,’’ 
after ‘‘warnings,’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) to enhance and modernize the existing 
United States Tsunami Warning System to increase 
the accuracy of forecasts and warnings, to maintain 
full coverage of tsunami detection assets, and to re-
duce false alarms;’’; 
(3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows:
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(g) APPLICATION OF SECTION TO SALES OF STOCK
IN AGRICULTURAL REFINERS AND PROCESSORS TO ELI-
GIBLE FARM COOPERATIVES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall apply to
the sale of stock of a qualified refiner or processor
to an eligible farmers’ cooperative.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED REFINER OR PROCESSOR.—For
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualified re-
finer or processor’ means a domestic corporation—
‘‘(A) substantially all of the activities of
which consist of the active conduct of the trade
or business of refining or processing agricul-
tural or horticultural products, and
‘‘(B) which purchases more than one-half
of such products to be refined or processed
from farmers who make up the eligible farmers’
cooperative which is purchasing stock in the
corporation in a transaction to which this sub-
section is to apply.
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE.—For
purposes of this section, the term ‘eligible farmers’
cooperative’ means an organization to which part I
of subchapter T applies which is engaged in the
marketing of agricultural or horticultural products.
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULES.—In applying this section
to a sale to which paragraph (1) applies—
‘‘(A) the eligible farmers’ cooperative shall
be treated in the same manner as a cooperative
described in subsection (b)(1)(B),
‘‘(B) subsection (b)(2) shall be applied by
substituting ‘100 percent’ for ‘30 percent’ each
place it appears,
‘‘(C) the determination as to whether any
stock in the domestic corporation is a qualified
security shall be made without regard to wheth-
er the stock is an employer security or to sub-
section (c)(1)(A), and
‘‘(D) subsection (c)(7) shall not apply.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to sales after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1754
To require that a portion of the amounts made available for housing programs
for the homeless be used for activities designed to serve primarily home-
less veterans, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 3, 1997
Mr. METCALF (for himself and Mr. STUMP) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To require that a portion of the amounts made available
for housing programs for the homeless be used for activi-
ties designed to serve primarily homeless veterans, 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 ‘‘Robert Stodola Home-
less Veterans Assistance Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title IV of the Stew-
art B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
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MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel,
Air Force’’, $29,100,000: Provided, That such amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas Contingency
Operations Transfer Fund’’, $1,430,100,000: Provided,
That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds
only to Department of Defense operation and maintenance
accounts: Provided further, That the funds transferred
shall be merged with and shall be available for the same
purposes and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion to which transferred: Provided further, That the
transfer authority provided in this paragraph is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense: Provided further, That such amount
is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
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until expended and to be derived from unobligated bal-
ances of funds under the heading, ‘‘Oregon and California
Grant Lands’’, made available as supplemental appropria-
tions in Public Law 104–134: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’, $5,300,000, to remain available until expended, for
technical assistance and fish replacement made necessary
by floods and other natural disasters, for restoration of
public lands damaged by fire, and for payments to private
landowners for the voluntary use of private land to store
water in restored wetlands: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
CONSTRUCTION
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’,
$88,000,000, to remain available until expended, to repair
damage caused by floods and other natural disasters: Pro-
vided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress
ans, the location of the housing or activities so
assisted, and the amount of such amounts pro-
vided for the housing or activities.’’.
SEC. 9. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ANNUAL REPORTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title IV of the Stew-
art B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C
11361), as amended by section 2 of this Act, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 403. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND REPORTS RE-
GARDING ACTIVITIES BENEFITING HOME-
LESS VETERANS.
‘‘(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, after
consultation with and upon the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs, shall carry out a program to
provide technical advice, training, and outreach activities
necessary to facilitate and encourage the funding, with
grant amounts under this title, of projects and activities
designed to serve primarily homeless persons who are vet-
erans. The program shall include—
‘‘(1) providing notice of availability of amounts
set-aside under this title for eligible activities de-
signed to serve primarily homeless persons who are
veterans to agencies and organizations who are
qualified or could qualify as grantees for such
amounts and project sponsors for such activities;
‘‘(2) increasing participation, by agencies and
organizations interested in carrying out eligible ac-
tivities designed to serve primarily homeless persons
who are veterans, in developing plans required under
section 401;
‘‘(3) providing assistance to increase the capa-
bility of such agencies and organizations in develop-
ing plans and applications for grants under this title
and activities funded with such grant amounts (in-
cluding providing assistance in integrating and co-
ordinating such activities with services made avail-
able by the Department of Veterans Affairs).
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 6 months
after the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall
submit a report to the Congress and the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs regarding activities and assistance provided
with grant amounts under this title that are designed to
serve primarily homeless persons who are veterans. The
report shall analyze the extent of compliance with the re-
quirements under this title to reserve amounts for such
activities and assistance and shall summarize the reports
regarding such assistance and activities submitted under
sections 413(f)(3), 426(c)(4), 434(e)(3), 441(k)(3),
455(d)(3), and 491(c)(4)(C) by grant recipients. After
submitting each report under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
regarding any recommendations of such Secretary in re-
sponse to the report.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
in section 101(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 402 (as added by section 2(b) of this Act)
the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 403. Technical assistance and reports regarding activities benefiting
homeless veterans.’’.
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(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirement in paragraph
(1) shall not apply to—
(A) expenses incurred by the United States
for the direct benefit of the United States Armed
Forces;
(B) assistance having a value of less than
$3,000,000 per fiscal year per operation; or
(C) assistance furnished before the date of
enactment of this Act.
(3) FORM AND AMOUNT.—
(A) AMOUNT.—The amount of any reim-
bursement under this subsection shall be deter-
mined at the usual rate established by the United
Nations.
(B) FORM.—Reimbursement under this sub-
section may include credits against the United
States assessed contributions for United States
peacekeeping operations, if the expenses incurred
by any United States department or agency pro-
viding the assistance have first been reimbursed.
(b) TREATMENT OF REIMBURSEMENTS.—
(1) CREDIT.—The amount of any reimbursement
paid the United States under subsection (a) shall be
credited to the current applicable appropriation,
fund, or account of the United States department or
‘‘(9) The volume or nature of currency trans-
action reports or reports of cross-border movements
of currency or monetary instruments originating in,
or transported through, the area.
‘‘(10) Whether, and how often, the area has
been the subject of a geographical targeting order.
‘‘(11) Observed changes in trends and patterns
of money laundering activity.
‘‘(12) Unusual patterns, anomalies, growth, or
other changes in the volume or nature of core eco-
nomic statistics or indicators.
‘‘(13) Statistics or indicators of unusual or un-
explained volumes of cash transactions.
‘‘(14) Unusual patterns, anomalies, or changes
in the volume or nature of transactions conducted
through financial institutions operating within or
outside the United States.
‘‘(15) The extent to which State and local gov-
ernments and State and local law enforcement agen-
cies have committed resources to respond to the fi-
nancial crime problem in the area and the degree to
which the commitment of such resources reflects a
determination by such government and agencies to
address the problem aggressively.
In the Senate of the United States,
October 15 (legislative day, October 2), 1998.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1756) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend chapter 53 of
title 31, United States Code, to require the development and
implementation by the Secretary of the Treasury of a na-
tional money laundering and related financial crimes strategy
to combat money laundering and related financial crimes, and
for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Page 2, strike out all after line 20, over to and includ-
ing line 3 on page 3 and insert:
‘‘(2) MONEY LAUNDERING AND RELATED FINAN-
CIAL CRIME.—The term ‘money laundering and relat-
ed financial crime’—
‘‘(A) means the movement of illicit cash or
cash equivalent proceeds into, out of, or through
the United States, or into, out of, or through
United States financial institutions, as defined
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in section 5312 of title 31, United States Code;
or
‘‘(B) has the meaning given that term (or
the term used for an equivalent offense) under
State and local criminal statutes pertaining to
the movement of illicit cash or cash equivalent
proceeds.
Attest:
Secretary.
and shall be with the concurrence of the Department’s
Chief Information Officer.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $5,811,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross-
servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro-
vided further, That no funds made available by this appro-
priation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A–
76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a
report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in-
cluding agency budgets for contracting out.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For the acquisition of disaster recovery and con-
tinuity of operations technology of the National Finance
Center’s data, $12,850,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $803,000.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$19,452,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $669,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL
PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
alterations and other actions needed for the Department
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of
General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
ties, and for related costs, $165,883,000 (decreased by
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided,
That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts which are made
available for space rental and related costs for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture in this Act may be transferred be-
tween such appropriations to cover the costs of new or
replacement space 15 days after notice thereof is trans-
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sponsored international exchange and training pro-
grams, and to issue a report on such strategy. This
strategy will include an action plan for consolidating
United States Government sponsored international
exchange and training programs with the objective
of achieving a minimum 10 percent cost saving
through consolidation or the elimination of duplica-
tion.
‘‘(E) Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, to develop
recommendations on common performance measures
for all United States Government sponsored inter-
national exchange and training programs, and to
issue a report.
‘‘(F) To conduct a survey of private sector
international exchange activities and develop strate-
gies for expanding public and private partnerships
in, and leveraging private sector support for, United
States Government sponsored international exchange
and training activities.
‘‘(G) Not later than 6 months after the date of
the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, to report on
the feasibility of transferring funds and program
‘‘(1) GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND PRIORITIES.—
Comprehensive, research-based goals, objectives, and
priorities for reducing money laundering and related
financial crime in the United States.
‘‘(2) PREVENTION.—Coordination of regulatory
and other efforts to prevent the exploitation of fi-
nancial systems in the United States for money
laundering and related financial crimes, including a
requirement that the Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) regularly review enforcement efforts
under this subchapter and other provisions of
law and, when appropriate, modify existing reg-
ulations or prescribe new regulations for pur-
poses of preventing such criminal activity; and
‘‘(B) coordinate prevention efforts and
other enforcement action with the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fed-
eral Trade Commission, other Federal banking
agencies, and the National Credit Union Ad-
ministration Board.
‘‘(3) DETECTION
INITIATIVES.—A description
of operational initiatives to improve detection of
money laundering and related financial crimes.
‘‘(4) ENHANCEMENT
OF
THE
ROLE
OF
THE
PRIVATE
FINANCIAL
SECTOR
IN
PREVENTION.—A
description of the enhanced partnership between the
private financial sector and law enforcement agen-
cies with regard to the prevention and detection of
money laundering and related financial crimes, in-
cluding providing incentives to strengthen internal
controls and to adopt on an industrywide basis more
effective policies.
‘‘(5) INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION.—A
description of—
‘‘(A) cooperative efforts between the Fed-
eral Government and State and local officials,
including State and local prosecutors and other
law enforcement officials; and
‘‘(B) cooperative efforts among the several
States and between State and local officials, in-
cluding State and local prosecutors and other
law enforcement officials,
for financial crimes control which could be utilized
or should be encouraged.
‘‘(6) PROJECT AND BUDGET PRIORITIES.—A 3-
year projection for program and budget priorities
and achievable projects for reductions in financial
crimes.
‘‘(1) Development of the budget, management 
of appropriations, expenditures of funds, accounting, 
and finance. 
‘‘(2) Acquisition and procurement activities 
under section 701(d). 
‘‘(3) Human resources and personnel. 
‘‘(4) Information technology and communica-
tion systems, in consultation with the Under Sec-
retary for Intelligence and Analysis, as appropriate. 
‘‘(5) Facilities, property, equipment, and other 
material resources. 
‘‘(6) Real property and personal property. 
‘‘(7) Security for personnel, information tech-
nology and communications systems, facilities, prop-
erty, equipment, and other material resources. 
‘‘(8) Strategic management planning, annual 
performance planning, and identification and track-
ing of performance measures relating to the respon-
sibilities of the Department, including such respon-
sibilities under section 306 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(9) Oversight of grants and other assistance 
management programs to ensure proper administra-
tion.
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(c) SUBSTITUTION OF ACTING UNDER SECRETARY OF
STATE
FOR
PUBLIC
DIPLOMACY.—Section 304(c) (22
U.S.C. 6203(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘acting Director
of the agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Acting Under Secretary of
State for Public Diplomacy’’.
(d) STANDARDS AND PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING.—Section 303 (22 U.S.C. 6202) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, including
editorials, broadcast by the Voice of America, which
present the views of the United States Government’’
after ‘‘policies’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (9)
as paragraphs (5) through (10), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(4) the capability to provide a surge capacity
to support United States foreign policy objectives dur-
ing crises abroad;’’;
(e) AUTHORITIES OF THE BOARD.—Section 305(a) (22
U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘direct and’’;
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, after con-
sultation with the Secretary of State,’’ after ‘‘annu-
ally,’’;
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 34 
To authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, warning, re-
search, and mitigation program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN-
SON of Texas, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. 
SCHRADER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To authorize and strengthen the tsunami detection, forecast, 
warning, research, and mitigation program of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 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 ‘‘Tsunami Warning, 
Education, and Research Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND EDU-
CATION ACT. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
section or other provision of the Tsunami Warning and 
Education Act (33 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF PURPOSES OF TSUNAMI WARNING 
AND EDUCATION ACT. 
Section 3 (33 U.S.C. 3202) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘research,’’ 
after ‘‘warnings,’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) to enhance and modernize the existing 
United States Tsunami Warning System to increase 
the accuracy of forecasts and warnings, to maintain 
full coverage of tsunami detection assets, and to re-
duce false alarms;’’; 
(3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) to improve and develop standards and 
guidelines for mapping, modeling, and assessment 
efforts to improve tsunami detection, forecasting, 
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