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(i) encourages compliance with the ob-
ligations of the agreement; 
(ii) is appropriate to the parties, na-
ture, subject matter, and scope of the vio-
lation; and 
(iii) has the aim of not adversely af-
fecting parties or interests not party to the 
dispute while maintaining the effectiveness 
of the enforcement mechanism; and 
(G) to seek provisions that treat United 
States principal negotiating objectives equally 
with respect to— 
(i) the ability to resort to dispute set-
tlement under the applicable agreement; 
(ii) the availability of equivalent dis-
pute settlement procedures; and 
(iii) the availability of equivalent rem-
edies. 
(16) TRADE REMEDY LAWS.—The principal ne-
gotiating objectives of the United States with respect 
to trade remedy laws are— 
(A) to preserve the ability of the United 
States to enforce rigorously its trade laws, in-
cluding the antidumping, countervailing duty, 
and safeguard laws, and avoid agreements that 
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lessen the effectiveness of domestic and inter-
national disciplines on unfair trade, especially 
dumping and subsidies, or that lessen the effec-
tiveness of domestic and international safeguard 
provisions, in order to ensure that United 
States workers, agricultural producers, and 
firms can compete fully on fair terms and enjoy 
the benefits of reciprocal trade concessions; and 
(B) to address and remedy market distor-
tions that lead to dumping and subsidization, 
including overcapacity, cartelization, and mar-
ket access barriers. 
(17) BORDER
TAXES.—The principal negoti-
ating objective of the United States regarding border 
taxes is to obtain a revision of the rules of the World 
Trade Organization with respect to the treatment of 
border adjustments for internal taxes to redress the 
disadvantage to countries relying primarily on direct 
taxes for revenue rather than indirect taxes. 
(18) TEXTILE
NEGOTIATIONS.—The principal 
negotiating objectives of the United States with re-
spect to trade in textiles and apparel articles are to 
obtain competitive opportunities for United States 
exports of textiles and apparel in foreign markets 
substantially equivalent to the competitive opportu-
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 516 
To extend the payroll tax reduction. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2013 
Mr. MAFFEI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the payroll tax reduction. 
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 ‘‘Middle Class Payroll 
Tax Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PAYROLL TAX REDUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 601 of 
the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, 
and Job Creation Act of 2010 (26 U.S.C. 1401 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘, 2012, 
and 2013’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3750 
AN ACT 
To waive the passport fees for first responders proceeding 
abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a natural 
disaster. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—An appointing authority 
requesting a certificate of eligibles may share the 
certificate with another appointing authority only if 
the announcement of the original position provided 
notice that the resulting list of eligible candidates 
may be used by another appointing authority. 
‘‘(4) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING OBLIGATIONS.— 
Nothing in this subsection limits any collective bar-
gaining obligation of an agency under chapter 71.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management shall issue an interim final 
rule with comment to carry out the amendment made by 
subsection (a). 
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‘‘(A) the Executive branch agency has 
failed to timely provide information that the Di-
rector requested under subsection (a); 
‘‘(B) the Director has provided notice of 
the failure described in subparagraph (A) to the 
Executive branch agency; 
‘‘(C) the Executive branch agency has 
failed to cure the failure described in subpara-
graph (A) within 30 days of being notified 
under subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(D) the information that the Director re-
quested under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(i) is in the possession of the Execu-
tive branch agency; or 
‘‘(ii) may reasonably be developed by 
the Executive branch agency. 
‘‘(2) RESCISSION.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
on the date that the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, in consultation with the Office 
of Federal Financial Management and Financial 
Management Service, makes a finding under para-
graph (1) that an Executive branch agency is non- 
cooperative, there is rescinded one-half of 1 percent 
of the unobligated discretionary appropriations avail-
able to such agency. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5172 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review the list of veterans 
designated as former prisoners of war, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2014 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio (for himself, Mr. STIVERS, and Mr. TIBERI) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review the 
list of veterans designated as former prisoners of war, 
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 ‘‘POW Accountability 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REVIEW OF LISTS OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR. 
(a) REVIEW OF LISTS OF PRISONERS OF WAR.—The 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall review the VA POW 
list and the DOD POW list to identify any discrepancies 
in such lists. 
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shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
SEC. 403. Funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act or any other Act may be expended
for compensation of the United States Commissioner of the
International Boundary Commission, United States and
Canada, only for actual hours worked by such Commis-
sioner.
SEC. 404. (a) No later than 90 days after enactment
of legislation consolidating, reorganizing or downsizing the
functions of the Department of State, the United States In-
formation Agency, and the Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency, the Secretary of State, the Director of the United
States Information Agency and the Director of the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate a
proposal for transferring or rescinding funds appropriated
herein for functions that are consolidated, reorganized or
downsized under such legislation: Provided, That such plan
shall be transmitted in accordance with section 605 of this
Act.
(b) The Secretary of State, the Director of the United
States Information Agency, and the Director of the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency, as appropriate, may use
any available funds to cover the costs of actions to consoli-
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF PROCESS.— 
The Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall review the process by which the Secretary deter-
mines that a veteran is a former prisoner of war, including 
whether the Secretary is following guidelines established 
by the Secretary to determine that a veteran is a former 
prisoner of war. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the VA POW 
list, including the following: 
(1) Any discrepancies, by period of conflict, in 
the number of prisoners of war included on the VA 
POW list and the DOD POW list. 
(2) With respect to veterans included on the VA 
POW list who are not included on the DOD POW 
list, information regarding how such determinations 
were made, including what types of evidence were 
used, in a manner that does not personally identify 
such veterans. 
(3) The results of the review of the Inspector 
General under subsection (b), without change. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘DOD POW list’’ means the list 
maintained by the Secretary of Defense, acting 
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through the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Per-
sonnel Office, of members of the Armed Forces who 
were prisoners of war. 
(2) The term ‘‘VA POW list’’ means the list 
maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of 
veterans whom the Secretary determines are former 
prisoners of war. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5174 
To allow additional appointing authorities to select individuals from 
competitive service certificates. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2014 
Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To allow additional appointing authorities to select 
individuals from competitive service certificates. 
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 ‘‘Competitive Service 
Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL APPOINTING AUTHORITIES FOR COM-
PETITIVE SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3317 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at end the following: 
‘‘(c) OTHER APPOINTING AUTHORITIES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the 240-day period 
beginning on the date of issuance of a certificate of 
eligibles under subsection (a), an appointing author-
ity other than the appointing authority requesting 
the certificate (in this subsection referred to as the 
‘other appointing authority’) may select an indi-
vidual from that certificate in accordance with para-
graph (2) for an appointment to a position that is— 
‘‘(A) in the same occupational series as the 
position for which the certification of eligibles 
was issued (in this subsection referred to as the 
‘original position’); and 
‘‘(B) at a similar grade level as the origi-
nal position. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The selection of an in-
dividual under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) shall be made in accordance with this 
subchapter; and 
‘‘(B) may be made without any additional 
posting under section 3327, except that before 
selecting an individual in accordance with para-
graph (1) of this section, the other appointing 
authority shall provide notice of the available 
position to employees of such authority. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5175 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal the 
risk corridor program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2014 
Mr. LANCE (for himself and Mr. CASSIDY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to repeal the risk corridor program, 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 ‘‘Protecting Americans 
from Illegal Bailouts Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE RISK CORRIDOR PROGRAM ESTAB-
LISHED IN PPACA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1342 of the Patient Pro-
tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18062) is re-
pealed. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative
expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $36,900,000,
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1543),
as amended by Public Law 100–478, $8,085,000 for grants
to States, to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered
Species Conservation Fund, and to remain available until
expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October
17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
REWARDS AND OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–
4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538),
$600,000, to remain available until expended.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5179 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the United States 
Postal Service may provide certain basic financial services, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2014 
Mr. RICHMOND (for himself, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. LEE of 
California, and Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that 
the United States Postal Service may provide certain 
basic financial services, 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 ‘‘Providing Opportuni-
ties for Savings, Transactions, and Lending Act of 2014’’ 
or the ‘‘POSTAL Act of 2014’’. 
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States the Council has identified relating to the 
nonbank financial company; 
‘‘(B) with respect to nonbank financial 
company with a primary financial regulatory 
agency, provide a copy of the resolution de-
scribed under subparagraph (A) to the primary 
financial regulatory agency and provide such 
agency with at least 180 days from the receipt 
of the resolution to— 
‘‘(i) consider the risks identified in the 
resolution; and 
‘‘(ii) issue proposed regulations or un-
dertake other regulatory action to mitigate 
or prevent the identified risks; and 
‘‘(C) provide the nonbank financial com-
pany with— 
‘‘(i) written notice that the Council is 
considering whether to make a proposed 
determination with respect to the nonbank 
financial company under subsection (a) or 
(b), as applicable; 
‘‘(ii) an opportunity to submit written 
materials, within such time as the Council 
deems appropriate (but not less than 30 
days after the date of receipt by the com-
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Union Calendar No. 535 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5176 
[Report No. 113–704] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire 
coal preference right lease applications for which 
the Secretary has made an affirmative commer-
cial quantities determination, and for other pur-
poses. 
DECEMBER 22, 2014 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE TO OFFER 
CERTAIN FINANCIAL SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(a) of title 39, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) to provide basic financial services, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) small-dollar loans; 
‘‘(B) alone, or in partnership with deposi-
tory institutions (as defined under section 3 of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
1813)) and credit unions— 
‘‘(i) checking accounts and interest- 
bearing savings accounts; and 
‘‘(ii) services relating to international 
money transfers; 
‘‘(C) such other basic financial services as 
the Postal Service determines appropriate in 
the public interest; and 
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‘‘(D) the creation of a ‘Postal Card’ that 
allows users to engage in the financial services 
described under this paragraph.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 404(e)(2) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The pre-
ceding sentence shall not apply to any financial service of-
fered by the Postal Service under subsection (a)(9).’’. 
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PAY RENEGOTIATION OR REDUCTION IN COMPENSATION
The Mayor shall reduce appropriations and expendi-
tures for personal services in the amount of $46,409,000,
by decreasing rates of compensation for District government
employees; such decreased rates are to be realized from em-
ployees who are subject to collective bargaining agreements
to the extent possible through the renegotiation of existing
collective bargaining agreements: Provided, That, if a suffi-
cient reduction from employees who are subject to collective
bargaining agreements is not realized through renegotiating
existing agreements, the Mayor shall decrease rates of com-
pensation for such employees, notwithstanding the provi-
sions of any collective bargaining agreements: Provided fur-
ther, That the Congress hereby ratifies and approves legisla-
tion enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia dur-
ing fiscal year 1995 to reduce the compensation and benefits
of all employees of the District of Columbia government
during that fiscal year: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the legislation enacted
by the Council of the District of Columbia during fiscal
year 1995 to reduce the compensation and benefits of all
employees of the District of Columbia government during
that fiscal year shall be deemed to have been ratified and
approved by the Congress during fiscal year 1995.
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erty, such as title searches, debtor skiptracing, asset
searches, credit reports and other investigations, (3) paying
the costs of the Department of Justice for the sale of prop-
erty not covered by the sale proceeds, such as auctioneers’
fees and expenses, maintenance and protection of property
and businesses, advertising and title search and surveying
costs, and (4) paying the costs of processing and tracking
debts owed to the United States Government: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,000
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000
of those funds available for automated litigation support
contracts and $4,000,000 for security equipment shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That in
addition to reimbursable full-time equivalent workyears
available to the Office of the United States Attorneys, not
to exceed 8,595 positions and 8,862 full-time equivalent
workyears shall be supported from the funds appropriated
in this Act for the United States Attorneys.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, UNITED STATES
ATTORNEYS
For activities authorized by sections 190001(d), 40114
and 130005 of Public Law 103–322, $30,000,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall be derived from the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, of which $20,269,000
shall be available to help meet increased demands for litiga-
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Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program, as authorized
by section 240001(d) of the 1994 Act: Provided, That any
balances for these programs shall be transferred to and
merged with this appropriation.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance authorized by part E of title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amend-
ed, for State and Local Narcotics Control and Justice As-
sistance Improvements, notwithstanding the provisions of
section 511 of said Act, $388,000,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 1001 of title I of
said Act, as amended by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat.
3524), of which $60,000,000 shall be available to carry out
the provisions of chapter A of subpart 2 of part E of title
I of said Act, for discretionary grants under the Edward
Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assist-
ance Programs: Provided, That balances of amounts appro-
priated prior to fiscal year 1995 under the authorities of
this account shall be transferred to and merged with this
account.
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, STATE AND LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For assistance (including amounts for administrative
costs for management and administration, which amounts
shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Justice Assist-
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 837
To promote quality environmental research by permitting the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into cooperative re-
search and development agreements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 1995
Mr. OLVER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Science
A BILL
To promote quality environmental research by permitting
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy to enter into cooperative research and development
agreements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency may, subject to section 2, enter into cooperative
research and development agreements with colleges and
universities, environmental protection agencies of the sev-