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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 37
To amend title 39, United States Code, to exempt veterans’ organizations
from regulations prohibiting the solicitation of contributions on postal
property.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To amend title 39, United States Code, to exempt veterans’
organizations from regulations prohibiting the solicitation
of contributions on postal property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 403 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d)(1) For the purpose of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘veterans’ organization’ means an
organization described in section 501(c)(19) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
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‘‘(B) the term ‘postal property’ means any real
property under the charge or control of the Postal
Service, including any real property leased by or for
the Postal Service.
‘‘(2) The Postal Service shall take appropriate meas-
ures to ensure that nothing in its regulations shall prevent
a veterans’ organization from soliciting contributions on
postal property, so long as those activities do not impede
or disturb—
‘‘(A) postal employees in the performance of
their duties; or
‘‘(B) the general public in transacting business
or obtaining services provided on such property.’’.
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6225 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require Federal Reserve banks to 
interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one 
individual reflective of racial or ethnic diversity when appointing Federal 
Reserve bank presidents, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mrs. BEATTY (for herself, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. MURPHY of Florida) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require Federal Re-
serve banks to interview at least one individual reflective 
of gender diversity and one individual reflective of racial 
or ethnic diversity when appointing Federal Reserve bank 
presidents, 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 ‘‘Ensuring Diverse 
Leadership at the Federal Reserve Act of 2016’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3800
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that assistance
provided to a foreign country under part I of that Act, other than
assistance provided on a cash transfer basis, shall be in the form of
credits redeemable only for the purchase of United States goods and
services.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 6, 1998
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require
that assistance provided to a foreign country under part
I of that Act, other than assistance provided on a cash
transfer basis, shall be in the form of credits redeemable
only for the purchase of United States goods and serv-
ices.
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 ‘‘Foreign Assistance Re-
form Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT NON-CASH TRANSFER ASSIST-
ANCE PROVIDED UNDER PART I OF THE FOR-
EIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 BE IN THE
FORM OF CREDITS REDEEMABLE FOR PUR-
CHASE OF UNITED STATES GOODS AND SERV-
ICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 4—REQUIREMENT THAT NON-
CASH TRANSFER ASSISTANCE PRO-
VIDED UNDER PART I OF THIS ACT BE
IN THE FORM OF CREDITS REDEEM-
ABLE 
FOR 
PURCHASE 
OF 
UNITED
STATES GOODS AND SERVICES
‘‘SEC. 668A. REQUIREMENT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Assistance provided to a foreign
country under part I of this Act, other than assistance
provided on a cash transfer basis, shall be in the form
of credits that shall be redeemable only for the purchase
of United States goods and services.
‘‘(b) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF UNITED STATES
GOODS.—The President shall ensure that purchases of
United States goods described in subsection (a), and the
ports of departure for those goods, are distributed equi-
tably throughout the United States. The United States
goods described in subsection (a) shall be United States
goods that are available in the United States at fair prices
for such goods.
‘‘SEC. 668B. GAO AUDITS.
‘‘The Comptroller General, or representatives of the
Comptroller General, shall have the access to records and
personnel necessary to carry out such monitoring and au-
diting of the provisions of this chapter as the Comptroller
General deems appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 668C. WAIVER.
‘‘The President may waive the provisions of this
chapter on a case by case basis to the extent the President
determines that it is important to the national interest to
do so. Any such waiver shall be reported to the Congress.
‘‘SEC. 668D. DEFINITION.
‘‘For purposes of this chapter, the term ‘United
States goods’ means goods (including components) and
commodities (including agricultural commodities) grown,
processed, produced, or manufactured in the United
States.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to assistance pro-
vided beginning one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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debtor’s spouse, receive without regard to whether
such income is taxable income, in the 180-day period
ending on the date the case is commenced, and in-
cludes any amount paid by anyone other than the
debtor, or in a joint case the debtor and the debtor’s
spouse, on a regular basis for the household ex-
penses of the debtor or the debtor’s dependents, and
in a joint case the dependents of the debtor’s
spouse;’’; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (52) the
following:
‘‘(52A) ‘State median family income’ means the
State median family income reported by the Bureau
of the Census as of January 1 following the then
most recently concluded calendar year for the State
in which the debtor’s domicile has been located for
the 180 days immediately preceding the date of the
filing of the petition, or for a longer portion of such
180-day period than in any other place.
‘‘(52B) ‘State median household income for 1
earner’ means the State median household for 1
earner income reported by the Bureau of the Census
as of January 1 following the then most recently
concluded calendar year for the State in which the
debtor’s domicile has been located for the 180 days
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3802
To prohibit the provision of defense services and training under the Arms
Export Control Act or any other Act to foreign countries that are
prohibited from receiving international military education and training
under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 6, 1998
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. EVANS, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. OLVER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr.
MCGOVERN, Mr. KUCINICH, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SANDERS,
Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. TOWNS, Mr.
VENTO, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. YATES, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. LU-
THER, Mr. STUPAK, and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To prohibit the provision of defense services and training
under the Arms Export Control Act or any other Act
to foreign countries that are prohibited from receiving
international military education and training under chap-
ter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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 ‘‘International Military
Training Accountability Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF DEFENSE SERV-
ICES AND TRAINING UNDER THE ARMS EX-
PORT CONTROL ACT OR ANY OTHER ACT TO
FOREIGN COUNTRIES INELIGIBLE FOR IMET
ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the
first section 40A the following:
‘‘SEC. 40B. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF DEFENSE SERV-
ICES AND TRAINING TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES
INELIGIBLE FOR IMET ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Defense services and training
may not be provided by sale, lease, loan, grant, or other
means under this Act or any other Act to any foreign
country that is prohibited under any provision of law from
receiving international military education and training
under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.).
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—(1) A foreign country that is eli-
gible to receive only expanded international military edu-
cation and training under chapter 5 of part II of such
Act (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) may receive defense services
and training under this Act or any other Act but only to
the extent that such services and training—
‘‘(A) promotes dialogue between civilians and
military officers of the armed forces on the proper
role of the armed forces in a democratic society; or
‘‘(B) provides for training of civilian officials
and military officers of the armed forces on military
justice and international human rights standards.
‘‘(2) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to
a foreign country described in section 546 of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2347c) by reason of designation under such sec-
tion.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The second section
40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2785),
as added by section 150(a) of Public Law 104–164 (110
Stat. 1436), is hereby redesignated as section 40.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3803
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate El Camino Real
de Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 6, 1998
Mr. REYES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate El
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail.
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 ‘‘El Camino Real de
Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (the
Royal Road of the Interior), served as the primary
route between the colonial Spanish capital of Mexico
City and the Spanish provincial capitals at San Juan
de Los Caballeros (1598–1600), San Gabriel (1600–
1609) and Santa Fe (1610–1821);
(2) the portion of El Camino Real in what is
now the United States extended between El Paso,
Texas, and present San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico,
a distance of 404 miles;
(3) El Camino Real is a symbol of the cultural
interaction between nations and ethnic groups and
of the commercial exchange that made possible the
development and growth of the borderland;
(4) American Indian groups, especially the
Pueblo Indians of the Rio Grande, developed trails
for trade long before Europeans arrived;
(5) in 1598, Juan de On˜ate led a Spanish mili-
tary expedition along those trails to establish the
northern portion of El Camino Real;
(6) during the Mexican National Period and
part of the United States Territorial Period, El Ca-
mino Real facilitated the emigration of people to
New Mexico and other areas that were to become
part of the United States;
(7) the exploration, conquest, colonization, set-
tlement, religious conversion, and military occupa-
tion of a large area of the borderland was made pos-
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Expansion of emergency order authority.
Sec. 502. Safety considerations in grants or loans to commuter railroads.
Sec. 503. Technical amendments regarding adjustment of civil penalties for in-
flation.
Sec. 504. Emergency notification of grade crossing problems.
Sec. 505. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE I—HOURS OF SERVICE
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
Section 21101 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, including
any manager, supervisor, official, agent, or other
employee of a railroad carrier or any employee of an
independent contractor to a railroad carrier’’ after
‘‘affecting train movements’’;
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘employed by
a railroad carrier who is engaged in installing, re-
pairing, or maintaining signal systems’’ and sub-
stituting ‘‘who is engaged in installing, repairing, or
maintaining signal systems, including any manager,
supervisor, official, agent, or other employee of a
railroad carrier or any employee of an independent
contractor to a railroad carrier’’;
(3) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, and any
manager, supervisor, official, agent, or other em-
ployee of a railroad carrier or any employee of an
independent contractor to a railroad carrier’’ after
‘‘including a hostler’’; and
(4) by inserting the following new paragraphs:
sible by El Camino Real, the historical period of
which extended from 1598 to 1882;
(8) American Indians, European emigrants,
miners, ranchers, soldiers, and missionaries used El
Camino Real during the historic development of the
borderland, promoting cultural interaction among
Spaniards, other Europeans, American Indians,
Mexicans, and Americans; and
(9) El Camino Real fostered the spread of Ca-
tholicism, mining, an extensive network of com-
merce, and ethnic and cultural traditions including
music, folklore, medicine, foods, architecture, lan-
guage, place names, irrigation systems, and Spanish
law.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.
Section 5(a) of the National Trails System Act (16
U.S.C. 1244(a)) is amended—
(1) by designating the paragraphs relating to
the California National Historic Trail, the Pony Ex-
press National Historic Trail, and the Selma to
Montgomery National Historic Trail as paragraphs
(18), (19), and (20), respectively; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(21) 
EL
CAMINO
REAL
DE
TIERRA
ADENTRO.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—El Camino Real de
Tierra Adentro (the Royal Road of the Interior)
National Historic Trail, a 404 mile long trail
from the Rio Grande near El Paso, Texas to
San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, as generally de-
picted on the maps entitled ‘United States
Route: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro’, con-
tained in the report prepared pursuant to sub-
section (b) entitled ‘National Historic Trail
Feasibility Study and Environmental Assess-
ment: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro,
Texas-New Mexico’, dated March 1997.
‘‘(B) MAP.—A map generally depicting the
trail shall be on file and available for public in-
spection in the Office of the National Park
Service, Department of the Interior.
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The trail shall be
administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
‘‘(D) LAND ACQUISITION.—No land or in-
terest in land outside the exterior boundaries of
any federally administered area may be ac-
quired by the United States for the trail except
with the consent of the owner of the land or in-
terest in land.
‘‘(E) VOLUNTEER
GROUPS; 
CONSULTA-
TION.—The Secretary of the Interior shall—
‘‘(i) encourage volunteer trail groups
to participate in the development and
maintenance of the trail; and
‘‘(ii) consult with affected Federal,
State, and tribal agencies in the adminis-
tration of the trail.
‘‘(F) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The
Secretary of the Interior may coordinate with
United States and Mexican public and non-gov-
ernmental organizations, academic institutions,
and, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
the government of Mexico and its political sub-
divisions, for the purpose of exchanging trail in-
formation and research, fostering trail preserva-
tion and educational programs, providing tech-
nical assistance, and working to establish an
international historic trail with complementary
preservation and education programs in each
nation.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3804
To require that any amounts appropriated in a fiscal year for the House
of Representatives for members’ representational allowances which re-
main unexpended after all payments are made under such allowances
for the fiscal year shall be used to repay amounts borrowed from the
old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs under title II of
the Social Security Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 6, 1998
Mr. SCARBOROUGH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To require that any amounts appropriated in a fiscal year
for the House of Representatives for members’ represen-
tational allowances which remain unexpended after all
payments are made under such allowances for the fiscal
year shall be used to repay amounts borrowed from
the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs
under title II of the Social Security Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIRING RETURN TO TREASURY OF UNEX-
PENDED AMOUNTS FROM MEMBERS’ REP-
RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts appropriated in a
fiscal year for the House of Representatives for any mem-
bers’ representational allowance which remain unexpended
after all payments are made under such allowances for the
fiscal year shall be deposited in the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disabil-
ity Insurance Trust Fund, in such allocation as the Sec-
retary of the Treasury determines appropriate to restore
the long-term solvency of such Trust Funds.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply
with respect to fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal
year.
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6228 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the 
alternative fuel and alternative fuel mixture credits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mr. BOUSTANY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend 
and modify the alternative fuel and alternative fuel mix-
ture credits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ALTER-
NATIVE FUEL AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL MIX-
TURE CREDITS. 
(a) EXTENSION AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL AND AL-
TERNATIVE FUEL MIXTURE CREDITS.— 
(1) 
ALTERNATIVE
FUEL
CREDIT.—Section 
6426(d)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
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serting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(2) ALTERNATIVE
FUEL
MIXTURE
CREDIT.— 
Section 6426(e)(3) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2021’’. 
(3) OUTLAY
PAYMENTS
FOR
ALTERNATIVE 
FUELS.—Section 6427(e)(6)(C) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2021’’. 
(b) ALTERNATIVE FUEL CREDIT ALLOWED
FOR 
FUEL USED IN QUALIFYING LANDSCAPE EQUIPMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6426(d)(1) of such 
Code is amended by inserting ‘‘sold by the taxpayer 
for use as fuel in qualifying landscape equipment,’’ 
after ‘‘in aviation,’’. 
(2) QUALIFYING
LANDSCAPE
EQUIPMENT.— 
Section 6426(d) of such Code, as amended by sub-
section (a)(1), is amended by redesignating para-
graphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), re-
spectively, and by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) QUALIFYING
LANDSCAPE
EQUIPMENT.— 
For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualifying 
landscape equipment’ means any equipment which— 
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similar activities, 
‘‘(B) is powered by an engine capable of 
running only on alternative fuel, and 
‘‘(C) is not designed primarily for carrying 
or towing persons or loads from one place to 
another.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 
31, 2016. 
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project, including the entity’s ability to provide 
the non-Federal share of project resources. 
‘‘ ‘(2) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—A description of 
and commitments concerning the project design, in-
cluding the following: 
‘‘ ‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A detailed descrip-
tion of the proposed project design and how it 
will be carried out, which shall—
‘‘ ‘(i) provide for the project to be con-
ducted in at least 3 major metropolitan 
areas; 
‘‘ ‘(ii) state how it will address each of 
the 4 objectives specified in section 
441(b)(1); 
‘‘ ‘(iii) demonstrate that there is a suf-
ficient number of potential clients to allow 
for the random selection of individuals to 
participate in the project and for compari-
sons with appropriate control groups com-
posed of individuals who have not partici-
pated in such projects; and 
‘‘ ‘(iv) demonstrate that the project is 
designed to direct a majority of project re-
sources to activities serving low-income fa-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State and Local Sales 
Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF DEDUCTION OF STATE 
AND LOCAL GENERAL SALES TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 164(b)(5) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subpara-
graph (I). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2014. 
SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered 
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec-
tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 622 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
make permanent the deduction of State and local 
general sales taxes.