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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2530
To provide for deficit reduction and achieve a balanced budget by fiscal
year 2002.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 25, 1995
Mr. ORTON (for himself, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr.
CONDIT, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. BROWDER, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr.
BREWSTER, Mr. TANNER, Mr. BAESLER, Mr. MINGE, Mr. HALL of
Texas, Mr. HAYES, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. ROSE,
Mr. SISISKY, Mr. SABO, Mr. POSHARD, and Mr. ROEMER) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and
in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Banking and Financial
Services, Commerce, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Govern-
ment Reform and Oversight, House Oversight, the Judiciary, National
Security, Resources, Rules, Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans’
Affairs, and Ways and Means, 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 deficit reduction and achieve a balanced
budget by fiscal year 2002.
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
‘‘Common Sense Balanced Budget Act of 1995’’.
(A) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) has been— 
‘‘(A) adjudicated as a mental defective; or 
‘‘(B) committed to any mental institution, 
and— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a voluntary com-
mitment— 
‘‘(I) has been determined by a 
mental health professional, in accord-
ance with section 5(c) of the End 
Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous 
Individuals Act of 2014, to present a 
danger to others; and 
‘‘(II) is serving a period of com-
mitment at such institution; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a temporary invol-
untary commitment or hold through a 
process established pursuant to section 
2(a)(1)(B) of the End Purchase of Fire-
arms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 
2014— 
‘‘(I) has been determined by a 
mental health professional, in accord-
ance with section 5(c) of the End 
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higher percentage shall be used for purposes of 
subparagraph (A)(ii). 
(4) EFFECT OF JUNIOR LIENS.—If an eligible 
mortgagor applies for a Program with respect to a 
single family property subject to a junior lien— 
(A) if the servicer of the Program is also 
the holder of the junior lien, the servicer shall 
release the junior lien and, subject to the other 
requirements of this section, the eligible mort-
gagor shall be eligible to participate in the Pro-
gram; and 
(B) if the servicer of the Program is not 
the holder of the junior lien, the servicer shall 
contact such junior lien holder and request that 
the holder release the lien, and— 
(i) if the holder releases the lien, then, 
subject to the other requirements of this 
section, the eligible mortgagor shall be eli-
gible to participate in the Program; and 
(ii) if the holder does not release the 
lien, then the eligible mortgagor shall not 
be eligible to participate in the Program. 
(e) EVALUATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) DEADLINE FOR EVALUATION.—The servicer 
shall evaluate the eligible mortgagor’s application 
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Calendar No. 371
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2695
AN ACT
To extend the deadline under the Federal Power
Act applicable to the construction of certain hy-
droelectric projects in the State of Pennsylvania.
APRIL 17, 1996
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the sub-
headings ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’
and ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ in the first section of
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1972 (40
U.S.C. 174k(a), (b), and (c)), are each amended by
striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ each place it
appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over-
sight’’.
(B) Section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil
Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k
note) is repealed.
(4)(A) The proviso in the paragraph under the
heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ and
the subheading ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS’’ in the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40
U.S.C. 175 note), is amended by striking out
‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(B) The first section of House Resolution 208,
Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to February 24,
1975, as enacted into permanent law by section 201
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1976
(40 U.S.C. 175 note), is amended—
‘‘(C) the acquisition of control of a Class II or
Class III rail carrier by one or more Class II or
Class III rail carriers;
‘‘(D) the acquisition of control of at least 2
Class II or Class III rail carriers by a person that
is not a rail carrier; and
‘‘(E) the acquisition of control of a Class II or
Class III rail carrier by a person that is not a rail
carrier but that controls at least one Class II or
Class III rail carrier.
‘‘(b) A proceeding to grant authority under sub-
section (a) begins when an application is filed. On receiv-
ing the application, the Panel shall give reasonable public
notice of the beginning of such proceeding.
‘‘(c) The Panel shall issue a certificate authorizing
activities for which such authority is requested in an appli-
cation filed under subsection (b) unless the Panel finds
that such activities are inconsistent with the public con-
venience and necessity because—
‘‘(1) as a result of the transaction, there is like-
ly to be substantial lessening of competition, cre-
ation of a monopoly, or restraint of trade in freight
surface transportation in any region of the United
States; and
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‘‘(B) shall be operated as a not-for-profit 
corporation; and 
‘‘(C) is not a department, agency or instru-
mentality of the United States Government.’’; 
(18) in subsection (e), by striking subparagraph 
(5); 
(19) in subsection (e)(2), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary and’’; 
(20) in subsection (e)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ the first place 
it appears; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘chairperson of the board 
of directors’’; and 
(C) by striking the last sentence; 
(21) in subsection (e)(4), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘chairperson of the board of 
directors’’; 
(22) in subsection (f)(1)(E), by striking ‘‘ask 
the Secretary to’’; 
(23) by striking subsection (f)(1)(B) and redes-
ignating subsections (f)(1)(C) through (f)(1)(E) as 
subsections (f)(1)(B) through (f)(1)(D), respectively; 
(24) in subsection (h)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘participating’’; and 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘assessment’ means valuation for
a property tax levied by a taxing district;
‘‘(2) the term ‘assessment jurisdiction’ means a
geographical area in a State used in determining the
assessed value of property for ad valorem taxation;
‘‘(3) the term ‘rail transportation property’
means property, as defined by the Panel, owned or
used by a rail carrier providing transportation sub-
ject to the jurisdiction of the Panel under this part;
and
‘‘(4) the term ‘commercial and industrial prop-
erty’ means property, other than transportation
property and land used primarily for agricultural
purposes or timber growing, devoted to a commercial
or industrial use and subject to a property tax levy.
‘‘(b) The following acts unreasonably burden and dis-
criminate against interstate commerce, and a State, sub-
division of a State, or authority acting for a State or sub-
division of a State may not do any of them:
‘‘(1) Assess rail transportation property at a
value that has a higher ratio to the true market
value of the rail transportation property than the
ratio that the assessed value of other commercial
and industrial property in the same assessment ju-
ment of money within one year after the date the order
required the money to be paid.
‘‘(e) This section applies to transportation for the
United States Government. The time limitations under
this section are extended, as related to transportation for
or on behalf of the United States Government, for 3 years
from the date of—
‘‘(1) payment of the rate for the transportation
or service involved;
‘‘(2) subsequent refund for overpayment of that
rate; or
‘‘(3) deduction made under section 3726 of title
31, whichever is later.
‘‘(f) A claim related to a shipment of property accrues
under this section on delivery or tender of delivery by the
rail carrier.
‘‘§ 11506. Liability of rail carriers under receipts and
bills of lading
‘‘(a) A rail carrier providing transportation or service
subject to the jurisdiction of the Panel under this part
shall issue a receipt or bill of lading for property it receives
for transportation under this part. That rail carrier and
any other rail carrier that delivers the property and is pro-
viding transportation or service subject to the jurisdiction
of the Panel under this part are liable to the person enti-
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with the Interstate Commerce Commission at
the time of the movement for the transportation
service;
‘‘(B) whether the person tendered freight
to the carrier or freight forwarder in reasonable
reliance upon the offered transportation rate;
‘‘(C) whether the carrier or freight for-
warder did not properly or timely file with the
Interstate Commerce Commission a tariff pro-
viding for such transportation rate or failed to
enter into an agreement for contract carriage;
‘‘(D) whether the transportation rate was
billed and collected by the carrier or freight for-
warder; and
‘‘(E) whether the carrier or freight for-
warder or party demands additional payment of
a higher rate filed in a tariff.
‘‘(c) STAY OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.—When
a person proceeds under this section to challenge the rea-
sonableness of the practice of a motor carrier, freight for-
warder, or party described in subsection (a) to attempt
to charge or to charge the difference described in sub-
section (a) between the applicable rate and the negotiated
rate for the transportation service in addition to those
charges already billed and collected for the transportation
gible worker-owned cooperative, consenting to the
application of subsection (b) to such plan or cooper-
ative.
‘‘(2) A written agreement signed by the em-
ployer whose employees are covered by the plan de-
scribed in subsection (b) consenting to the applica-
tion of subsection (d).
‘‘(f) EXEMPTION FROM TAX ON PROHIBITED TRANS-
ACTIONS.—The liability which is assumed under this sec-
tion by an employee stock ownership plan of any portion
of the liability for any portion of the tax imposed by sec-
tion 2001 shall be treated as a loan described in section
4975(d)(3).
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) EMPLOYER SECURITIES.—The term ‘em-
ployer securities’ has the meaning given such term
by section 409(l).
‘‘(2) EMPLOYEE
STOCK
OWNERSHIP
PLAN.—
The term ‘employee stock ownership plan’ has the
meaning given such term by section 4975(e)(7).
‘‘(3) 
ELIGIBLE
WORKER-OWNED
COOPERA-
TIVE.—The term ‘eligible worker-owned cooperative’
has the meaning given to such term by section
1042(c)(2).
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3145 
To amend the Fair Housing Act to clarify congressional intent that the 
prohibitions of that Act do not extend to conduct that results in a 
disparate impact on a protected class unless the person engaging in 
that conduct intends that impact. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2015 
Mr. PERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Housing Act to clarify congressional 
intent that the prohibitions of that Act do not extend 
to conduct that results in a disparate impact on a pro-
tected class unless the person engaging in that conduct 
intends that impact. 
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 ‘‘Protect Local Inde-
pendence in Housing Act of 2015’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1439
AN ACT
To facilitate the sale of certain land in Tahoe Na-
tional Forest in the State of California to Placer
County, California.
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‘‘(1) perform all duties respecting the examina-
tion of patent applications;
‘‘(2) perform all duties respecting the examina-
tion of trademark applications;
‘‘(3) disseminate patent and trademark infor-
mation to the public; and
‘‘(4) perform all other duties the responsibility
for which is established by the Congress or that are
necessary for the administration of the Organization.
‘‘(b) OFFICES.—The United States Intellectual Prop-
erty Organization shall maintain an office for the service
of process in the District of Columbia or the metropolitan
area thereof, and shall be deemed, for purposes of venue
in civil actions, to be a resident of the District of Colum-
bia. The Organization may establish offices in such other
place or places as it may deem necessary or appropriate
in the conduct of its business.
‘‘(c) REFERENCE.—For purposes of this title, the
United States Intellectual Property organization shall also
be referred to as the ‘Organization’.’’.
SEC. 102. POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 2 of title 35, United States Code is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(4) COVERED
COMMODITY.—The term ‘cov-
ered commodity’ means rice, upland cotton, feed
grains, wheat, or oilseeds.’’.
(b) CROP ACREAGE BASE.—Section 503 of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 1463) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
for the establishment and maintenance of a total
crop acreage base for covered commodities, including
any covered commodity crop produced under an es-
tablished practice of double cropping’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The
sum of the crop acreage bases’’ and inserting
‘‘The total crop acreage base’’;
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b) CALCULATION.—The total crop acreage base for
a farm for a crop year shall be the number of acres that
is equal to the average of the acreage planted and consid-
ered planted to one of the covered commodity crops for
harvest on the farm in each of the 5 crop years preceding
that crop year.’’;
(3) by striking subsection (g); and
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1439
AN ACT
To facilitate the sale of certain land in Tahoe National
Forest in the State of California to Placer County, Cali-
fornia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2533
To amend title 35, United States Code, to establish the United States
Intellectual Property Organization, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 25, 1995
Mr. MOORHEAD (both by request) (for himself and Mrs. SCHROEDER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary
A BILL
To amend title 35, United States Code, to establish the
United States Intellectual Property Organization, 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 ‘‘United States Intellec-
tual Property Organization Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress of the United States finds that—
(a) the granting of patents and the registration
of trademarks by the United States have promoted
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the useful arts, strengthened the United States econ-
omy, improved interstate and international com-
merce, and benefited consumers by increasing the
types of products and services available to the public
and by providing the public with the ability to distin-
guish between competing products and services;
(b) the Patent and Trademark Office has per-
formed the duties respecting the examination of pat-
ent and trademark applications, the granting of pat-
ents, and the registration of trademarks;
(c) the Patent and Trademark Office currently
has numerous services and products that the users
of those services or products generally pay to re-
ceive;
(d) because there are a large number of trans-
actions, the revenues from fees associated with the
services and products defray the cost of delivering
those services and products;
(e) because of the increasing demand for serv-
ices and the changing nature of those services, the
Patent and Trademark Office needs to be able to re-
spond quickly to changes in demand or workload;
(f) for the above reasons, the Patent and
Trademark Office needs flexibility in budgetary, fis-
cal, and other management matters;
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(g) a restructured organization would provide
the necessary flexibility for the entity to meet its ob-
ligations and ensure that the patent and trademark
laws are promptly and efficiently administered; and
(h) the United States Intellectual Property Or-
ganization should succeed to the duties of the Patent
and Trademark Office respecting the examination of
patent and trademark applications.
TITLE I—UNITED STATES INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
Subtitle A—Establishment; Powers and
Duties; Organization and Management
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION.
Section 1 of title 35, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘§ 1. Establishment
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established
a body corporate to be known as the ‘‘United States Intel-
lectual Property Organization’’ which shall be a unique
agency of the Department of Commerce and report to the
Secretary of Commerce, subject to the policy direction of
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Prop-
erty with respect to patents and trademarks, and which
is to—
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3169 
To revise the composition of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion so that all members are individuals appointed by the President 
from a list of nominees submitted by the leadership of the Congress, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2015 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To revise the composition of the Board of Regents of the 
Smithsonian Institution so that all members are individ-
uals appointed by the President from a list of nominees 
submitted by the leadership of the Congress, 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 ‘‘Smithsonian Mod-
ernization Act of 2015’’. 
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(j) CORRECTION OF UNEXECUTABLE AMENDMENTS
RELATING TO THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TRUST
FUND.—
(1) CORRECTION.—Section 210603(b) of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of
1994 is amended by striking ‘‘Fund,’’ and inserting
‘‘Fund established by section 1115 of title 31,
United States Code,’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if the amend-
ment had been included in section 210603(b) of the
Act referred to in paragraph (1) on the date of the
enactment of such Act.
(k) CORRECTION OF UNEXECUTABLE AMENDMENT
TO SECTION 923.—
(1) CORRECTION.—Section 201(1) of the Act,
entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for a waiting period be-
fore the purchase of a handgun, and for the estab-
lishment of a national instant criminal background
check system to be contacted by firearms dealers be-
fore the transfer of any firearm.’’ (Public Law 103–
159), is amended by striking ‘‘thereon,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘thereon’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if the amend-
merged with, and to be available for the same purposes 
and the same time period as that account. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 119. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 
14 days for a notification provided in an electronic me-
dium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 
may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be 
transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense Family 
Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 
for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same period of time as amounts appropriated 
directly to the Fund; or (2) the Department of Defense 
Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 
from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ ac-
counts, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes and for the same period of time as amounts ap-
propriated directly to the Fund: Provided, That appropria-
tions made available to the Funds shall be available to 
cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant 
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(47) Section 2721(c) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘covered by this title’’
and inserting ‘‘covered by this chapter’’.
(c) ELIMINATION OF EXTRA WORDS.—
(1) Section 3561(b) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or any relative de-
fendant, child, or former child of the defendant,’’.
(2) Section 351(e) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘involved in the use of
a’’ and inserting ‘‘involved the use of a’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of
Public Law 103–322.
SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL AND SIMILAR ER-
RORS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
(a) MISUSED CONNECTOR.—Section 1958(a) of title
18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘this title
and imprisoned’’ and inserting ‘‘this title or imprisoned’’.
(b) SPELLING ERROR.—Effective on the date of its
enactment, section 961(h)(1) of the Financial Institutions
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 is
amended by striking ‘‘Saving and Loan’’ and inserting
‘‘Savings and Loan’’.
(c) WRONG SECTION DESIGNATION.—The table of
chapters for part I of title 18, United States Code, is
global war on terrorism or as an emergency requirement), 
$79,577,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 130. Of the unobligated balances available for 
‘‘NATO Security Investment Program’’, from prior appro-
priations Acts (other than appropriations designated by 
law as being for contingency operations directly related to 
the global war on terrorism or as an emergency require-
ment), $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 131. Of the unobligated balances made available 
in prior appropriation Acts for the fund established in sec-
tion 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli-
tan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) (other 
than appropriations designated by law as being for contin-
gency operations directly related to the global war on ter-
rorism or as an emergency requirement), $100,000,000 
are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 132. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military Construc-
tion and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 
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