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‘‘(13) submit to Congress not later than August
1 of each year a report including—
‘‘(A) the budget guidance provided by the
Director to each National Drug Control Pro-
gram agency for the fiscal year in which the re-
port is submitted and for the other fiscal years
within the applicable five-year budget plan re-
lating to such fiscal year; and
‘‘(B) a summary of the request of each
National Drug Control Program agency to the
Director under this Act (prior to review of the
request by the Office of Management and
Budget) for the resources required to achieve
the targets of the agency under this Act;
‘‘(14) act as a representative of the President
before Congress on all aspects of the National Drug
Control Program;
‘‘(15) act as the primary spokesperson of the
President on drug issues;
‘‘(16) make recommendations to National Drug
Control Program agency heads with respect to im-
plementation of Federal counter-drug programs;
‘‘(17) take such actions as necessary to oppose
any attempt to legalize the use of a substance (in
any form) that—
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‘‘(A) is listed in schedule I of section 202
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.
812); and
‘‘(B) has not been approved for use for
medical purposes by the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration; and
‘‘(18) ensure that drug prevention and drug
treatment research and information is effectively dis-
seminated by National Drug Control Program agen-
cies to State and local governments and nongovern-
mental entities involved in demand reduction by—
‘‘(A) encouraging formal consultation be-
tween any such agency that conducts or spon-
sors research, and any such agency that dis-
seminates information in developing research
and information product development agendas;
‘‘(B) encouraging such agencies (as appro-
priate) to develop and implement dissemination
plans that specifically target State and local
governments and nongovernmental entities in-
volved in demand reduction; and
‘‘(C) developing a single interagency clear-
inghouse for the dissemination of research and
information by such agencies to State and local
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) an early childhood teacher— 
‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 
subsection (b); and 
‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 
purposes of such subsection is in an early 
childhood learning and development pro-
gram— 
‘‘(I) that is operated by an In-
dian tribe (as defined in section 4 of 
the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b)); or 
‘‘(II) that serves a large percent-
age of Indian children, as defined by 
the Secretary.’’. 
(b) CANCELLATION OF LOANS FOR TRIBAL EARLY 
CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
465(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087ee(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) as a full-time staff member with a 
baccalaureate degree— 
‘‘(i) in a preschool program carried 
out under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
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9831 et seq.) that is operated for a period 
which is comparable to a full school year in 
the locality, if the salary of such staff 
member is not more than the salary of a 
comparable employee of the local edu-
cational agency for the locality; 
‘‘(ii) in a prekindergarten or child 
care program that is licensed or regulated 
by the State or an Indian tribe (as defined 
in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 450b)) that is operated for a period 
which is comparable to a full school year in 
the locality, if the salary is not more than 
the salary of a comparable employee of the 
local educational agency for the locality; 
‘‘(iii) in a center-based early childhood 
learning or development program operated 
through the family and child education 
program of the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation; or 
‘‘(iv) in an early childhood learning or 
development center operated by an Indian 
tribe (as so defined) utilizing funds from— 
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‘‘(I) early childhood learning and 
development grants awarded under 
the Native American Programs Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991 et seq.), in-
cluding such grants under section 
803C, 805A, or 805B of such Act; 
‘‘(II) grants awarded under the 
Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et 
seq.); or 
‘‘(III) any other early childhood 
learning and development grants ad-
ministered by the Administration for 
Children and Families under the De-
partment of Health and Human Serv-
ices, as determined by the Assistant 
Secretary for the Administration for 
Children and Families.’’. 
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‘‘(A) carry out the duties and powers pre-
scribed by the Director; and
‘‘(B) serve as the Director in the absence of
the Director or during any period in which the
office of the Director is vacant.
‘‘(3) DESIGNATION OF OTHER OFFICERS.—In the
absence of the Deputy Director, or if the office of the
Deputy Director is vacant, the Director shall des-
ignate such other permanent employee of the Office to
serve as the Director, if the Director is absent or un-
able to serve.
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION.—No person shall serve as Di-
rector or a Deputy Director while serving in any
other position in the Federal Government.
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION
ON
POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN-
ING.—Any officer or employee of the Office who is ap-
pointed to that position by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, may not partici-
pate in Federal election campaign activities, except
that such official is not prohibited by this paragraph
from making contributions to individual candidates.
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall—
‘‘(1) establish policies, goals, objectives, and pri-
orities for the National Drug Control Program;
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5074 
To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to any State or local educational 
agency that denies or prevents participation in constitutional prayer 
in schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2016 
Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to any State 
or local educational agency that denies or prevents par-
ticipation in constitutional prayer in schools. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FUNDING CONTINGENT ON RESPECT FOR CON-
STITUTIONAL SCHOOL PRAYER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no funds made available through the Depart-
ment of Education shall be provided to any State or local 
educational agency that has a policy of denying, or that 
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head of each affected agency, and upon advance notice
to the Committees of Appropriations of the House of
Representative and the Senate, transfer funds appro-
priated to a National Drug Control Program agency
to a different National Drug Control Program agency,
in an amount that does not exceed 2 percent of the
total amount appropriated to the National Drug Con-
trol Program agency from which funds are trans-
ferred under this paragraph;
‘‘(9) issue to the head of a National Drug Con-
trol Program agency a fund control notice described
in subsection (f) to ensure compliance with the Na-
tional Drug Control Program; and
‘‘(10) participate in the drug certification proc-
ess pursuant to section 490 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j).
‘‘(e) PERSONNEL DETAILED TO OFFICE.—
‘‘(1) EVALUATIONS.—Notwithstanding any pro-
vision of chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, the
Director shall perform the evaluation of the perform-
ance of any employee detailed to the Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy for purposes of the appli-
cable performance appraisal system established under
such chapter for any rating period, or part thereof,
that such employee is detailed to such office.
effectively prevents participation in, constitutional prayer 
in public schools by individuals on a voluntary basis. 
(b) LIMITATION.—No person shall be required to par-
ticipate in prayer, or shall influence the form or content 
of any constitutional prayer, in public schools. 
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(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘the head of the establish-
ment, through the Inspector General,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Inspector General, 
in consultation with the head of the 
establishment,’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 8H 
of such Act is further amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (c); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(d) 
through (i) as subsections (c) through (h), re-
spectively; and 
(C) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘subsections (a) through (e)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsections (a) through (d)’’. 
(d) OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 103H(k)(5) of the 
National 
Security 
Act 
of 
1947 
(50 
U.S.C. 
3033(k)(5)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘to 
the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘to the congres-
sional intelligence committees’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5075 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to com-
mission a study of the health impacts of airplane flights on affected 
residents of certain metropolitan areas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2016 
Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. FARR, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. MENG, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. NOR-
TON, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration to commission a study of the health impacts 
of airplane flights on affected residents of certain metro-
politan areas, 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 ‘‘Airplane Impacts Miti-
gation Act of 2016’’ or ‘‘AIM Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. STUDY OF HEALTH IMPACTS OF OVERFLIGHTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall enter into an agree-
ment with an eligible institution of higher education to 
conduct a study of the health impacts of airplane flights 
on residents exposed to a range of noise and air pollution 
levels from such flights. 
(b) SCOPE OF STUDY.—The study conducted under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) examine the health impacts of airplane 
flights on residents, including asthma exacerbation, 
sleep disturbance, stress, and elevated blood pres-
sure; 
(2) focus on residents in not more than eight 
metropolitan areas, including— 
(A) Boston; 
(B) Chicago; 
(C) New York; 
(D) the Northern California Metroplex; 
(E) Phoenix; and 
(F) not more than three additional metro-
politan areas, chosen at the discretion of the 
Administrator, that each contain at least one 
international airport; 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2611
To amend title 11, United States Code, to declare that donations to a
religious group or entity, made by a debtor from a sense of religious
obligation, such as tithes, shall be considered to have been made in
exchange for a reasonably equivalent value.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 6, 1997
Mrs. CHENOWETH (for herself and Mr. TRAFICANT) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 11, United States Code, to declare that
donations to a religious group or entity, made by a
debtor from a sense of religious obligation, such as
tithes, shall be considered to have been made in exchange
for a reasonably equivalent value.
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 ‘‘Religious Fairness in
Bankruptcy Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. AVOIDANCE OF CERTAIN TYPES OF TRANSFERS.
Section 548(d) of title 11, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) For the purposes of this section, a transfer of
a donation to a religious group or entity, made by a debtor
from a sense of religious obligation, such as tithes, shall
be considered to have been made in exchange for a reason-
ably equivalent value.’’.
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(3) consider in particular the health impacts on 
residents living partly or wholly within the land area 
underneath the flight paths most frequently used by 
aircraft flying, including during takeoff or landing, 
at an altitude lower than 10,000 feet; and 
(4) consider only those health impacts that 
manifest during the physical implementation of the 
NextGen RNAV program on flights departing from 
or arriving at an international airport located in one 
of the metropolitan areas described in paragraph 
(2). 
(c) ELIGIBILITY.—An institution of higher education 
is eligible to conduct the study if the institution— 
(1) has a school of public health that has par-
ticipated in the Federal Aviation Administration 
Center of Excellence for Aircraft Noise and Aviation 
Emissions Mitigation (PARTNER); 
(2) has a Center for Environmental Health that 
receives funding from the National Institute of Envi-
ronmental Health Sciences; 
(3) is located in one of the areas within the 
scope of the study described in subsection (b); 
(4) applies to the Administrator in a timely 
fashion; 
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(5) demonstrates to the Administrator’s satis-
faction that the institution is qualified to conduct 
such a study; 
(6) agrees to submit to the Administrator, not 
later than 2 years after entering into an agreement 
under subsection (a), the findings and conclusions of 
the study as well as any source materials used; and 
(7) meets such other requirements as the Ad-
ministrator may determine to be necessary. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the Ad-
ministrator receives the study under subsection (a), the 
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report con-
taining the findings and conclusions of the study. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2612
To authorize the enforcement by State and local governments of certain
Federal Communications Commission regulations regarding use of citi-
zens band radio equipment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 6, 1997
Mr. EHLERS (for himself, Mr. COBLE, and Mr. HOEKSTRA) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To authorize the enforcement by State and local governments
of certain Federal Communications Commission regula-
tions regarding use of citizens band radio equipment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ENFORCEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGARDING
CITIZENS BAND RADIO EQUIPMENT.
Section 302 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 302a) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a State
or local government may enforce the following regulations
of the Commission under this section:
‘‘(A) A regulation that prohibits a use of citi-
zens band radio equipment not authorized by the
Commission.
‘‘(B) A regulation that prohibits the unauthor-
ized operation of citizens band radio equipment on
a frequency between 24 MHz and 35 MHz.
‘‘(2) Possession of a station license issued by the
Commission pursuant to section 301 in any radio service
for the operation at issue shall preclude action by a State
or local government under this subsection.
‘‘(3) The Commission shall provide technical guid-
ance to State and local governments regarding the detec-
tion and determination of violations of the regulations
specified in paragraph (1).
‘‘(4)(A) In addition to any other remedy authorized
by law, a person affected by the decision of a State or
local government enforcing a regulation under paragraph
(1) may submit to the Commission an appeal of the deci-
sion on the grounds that the State or local government,
as the case may be, acted outside the authority provided
in this subsection.
‘‘(B) A person shall submit an appeal on a decision
of a State or local government to the Commission under
this paragraph, if at all, not later than 30 days after the
date on which the decision by the State or local govern-
ment becomes final.
‘‘(C) The Commission shall make a determination on
an appeal submitted under subparagraph (B) not later
than 180 days after its submittal.
‘‘(D) If the Commission determines under subpara-
graph (C) that a State or local government has acted out-
side its authority in enforcing a regulation, the Commis-
sion shall reverse the decision enforcing the regulation.
‘‘(5) The enforcement of a regulation by a State or
local government under paragraph (1) in a particular case
shall not preclude the Commission from enforcing the reg-
ulation in that case concurrently.
‘‘(6) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
diminish or otherwise affect the jurisdiction of the Com-
mission under this section over devices capable of interfer-
ing with radio communications.’’.
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‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Financial Services, and the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per-
son’ has the meaning given such term in section 
595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
in effect on the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(3) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 589.312 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of 
this section.’’. 
SEC. 202. REPORT ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTI-
TUTIONS. 
The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ-
racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113–95; 22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 11 (as added by section 201 of 
this Act) the following new section:
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the Di-
rector’’ and inserting ‘‘the congressional 
intelligence committees’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii)— 
(I) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘the Director, through the Inspector 
General,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Inspec-
tor General’’; and 
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘the Director, through the Inspector 
General,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Inspec-
tor General, in consultation with the 
Director,’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
103H(k)(5) of such Act is further amended— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
through (I) as subparagraphs (C) through (H), 
respectively. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—None of the amend-
ments made by this section may be construed to prohibit 
or otherwise affect the authority of an Inspector General 
of an element of the intelligence community, the Inspector 
General of the Central Intelligence Agency, or the Inspec-
tor General of the Intelligence Community to notify the 
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HR 2614 EAS
TITLE I—READING AND
LITERACY GRANTS
SEC. 101. AMENDMENT TO ESEA FOR READING AND LIT-
ERACY GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating parts C and D as parts D
and E, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after part B the following:
‘‘PART C—READING AND LITERACY GRANTS
‘‘SEC. 2251. PURPOSES.
‘‘The purposes of this part are as follows:
‘‘(1) To provide children with the readiness skills
they need to learn to read once they enter school.
‘‘(2) To teach every child to read in the child’s
early childhood years—
‘‘(A) as soon as the child is ready to read;
or
‘‘(B) as soon as possible once the child en-
ters school, but not later than 3d grade.
‘‘(3) To improve the reading skills of students,
and the instructional practices for current teachers
(and, as appropriate, other instructional staff) who
teach reading, through the use of findings from sci-
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‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the congressional intelligence com-
mittees and the congressional defense committees 
(as defined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United 
States Code). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘major defense intelligence acqui-
sition program’ means a major defense acquisition 
program (as defined in section 2430 of title 10, 
United States Code) that relates to intelligence or 
intelligence-related activities. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Milestone A approval’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2366a(d) of title 
10, United States Code. 
‘‘(4) The terms ‘Milestone B approval’ and 
‘Milestone C approval’ have the meaning given those 
terms in section 2366(e) of such title. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘milestone decision authority’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 2366a(d) 
of such title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section of the National Security Act of 1947 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
506J the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 506K. Reports on major defense intelligence acquisition programs at each 
milestone approval.’’. 
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all children in each of the schools selected by the
agency under subsection (a)(2) and, where appro-
priate, their parents;
‘‘(2) shall describe each such model;
‘‘(3) shall demonstrate that a person respon-
sible for the development of each such model, or a
person with experience or expertise about such
model and its implementation, has agreed to work
with the applicant in connection with such imple-
mentation and improvement efforts;
‘‘(4) shall describe—
‘‘(A) how the applicant will ensure that
funds available under this title, and funds avail-
able for reading for grades kindergarten
through grade 6 from other appropriate
sources, are effectively integrated and coordi-
nated with funds under this Act in order to im-
prove existing activities in the areas of reading
instruction, professional development, program
improvement, parental involvement, technical
assistance, and other activities that can help
meet the purposes of this title; and
‘‘(B) the amount of funds available for
reading for grades kindergarten through grade
6 from appropriate sources other than this title,