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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4269
To relieve the Puerto Rico Housing Bank and Finance Agency and its
assignees of liability for certain loans subject to the Truth-in-Lending Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To relieve the Puerto Rico Housing Bank and Finance Agen-
cy and its assignees of liability for certain loans subject
to the Truth-in-Lending Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSIDERATION.
(a) Unless otherwise provided, the terms used in this
Act have the same meaning and are subject to the same
rules of construction as those set forth in the Truth-in-
Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1601–1667) and its implementing
regulation.
(b) The term ‘‘Housing Bank’’ refers to the Puerto
Rico Housing Bank and Finance Agency, created pursu-
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ant to Act No. 146 of June 30, 1961, P.R. LAWS ANN.
tit. 7, sec 901 et seq. (1961).
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
(a) For any credit transaction subject to the Truth-
in-Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1601–1667) in which the
Housing Bank was a creditor, and which was con-
summated before the date of enactment of this Act, nei-
ther the Housing Bank nor any of its assignees shall have
any civil, criminal, or administrative liability under the
Truth-in-Lending Act for any failure of the Housing Bank
to comply with the provisions of that Act or any regula-
tions promulgated pursuant to it.
(b) No consumer who consummated a credit trans-
action subject to the Truth-in-Lending Act (15 U.S.C.
1601–1667) in which the Housing Bank was a creditor,
and which was consummated before the date of enactment
of this Act, shall have any rescission right under section
125 of the Truth-in-Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1635)
against an assignee for the failure by the Housing Bank
to deliver any disclosures required thereunder.
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gration and Customs Enforcement shall jointly submit to 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representa-
tives a report that contains the following: 
(1) With respect to the enforcement of intellec-
tual property rights, the following: 
(A) The number of referrals from U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection to U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement relating to 
infringement of intellectual property rights dur-
ing the preceding year. 
(B) The number of investigations relating 
to the infringement of intellectual property 
rights referred by U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement to a United States attorney 
for prosecution and the United States attorneys 
to which those investigations were referred. 
(C) The number of such investigations ac-
cepted by each such United States attorney and 
the status or outcome of each such investiga-
tion. 
(D) The number of such investigations 
that resulted in the imposition of civil or crimi-
nal penalties. 
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SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF THE EXPEDITED FUNDS 
AVAILABILITY ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Expedited Funds Availability 
Act (12 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 602(20) (12 U.S.C. 4001(20)) by 
inserting ‘‘, located in the United States,’’ after 
‘‘ATM’’; 
(2) in section 602(21) (12 U.S.C. 4001(21)) by 
inserting ‘‘American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘Puerto 
Rico,’’; 
(3) in section 602(23) (12 U.S.C. 4001(23)) by 
inserting ‘‘American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘Puerto 
Rico,’’; and 
(4) 
in 
section 
603(d)(2)(A) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
4002(d)(2)(A)), by inserting ‘‘American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ 
after ‘‘Puerto Rico,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 
January 1, 2016. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 13, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1367 
AN ACT 
To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to 
clarify the application of that Act to American 
Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1367 
To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application 
of that Act to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2015 
Mrs. RADEWAGEN (for herself and Mr. SABLAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify 
the application of that Act to American Samoa and the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF THE EXPEDITED FUNDS 
AVAILABILITY ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Expedited Funds Availability 
Act (12 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 602(20) (12 U.S.C. 4001(20)) by 
inserting ‘‘, located in the United States,’’ after 
‘‘ATM’’; 
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(2) in section 602(21) (12 U.S.C. 4001(21)) by 
inserting ‘‘American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘Puerto 
Rico,’’; 
(3) in section 602(23) (12 U.S.C. 4001(23)) by 
inserting ‘‘American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘Puerto 
Rico,’’; and 
(4) 
in 
section 
603(d)(2)(A) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
4002(d)(2)(A)), by inserting ‘‘American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ 
after ‘‘Puerto Rico,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 
January 1, 2016. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4271
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue full-time-equiva-
lent resident reimbursement for an additional one year under Medicare
for direct graduate medical education for residents enrolled in combined
approved primary care medical residency training programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
Ms. SLAUGHTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to continue
full-time-equivalent resident reimbursement for an addi-
tional one year under Medicare for direct graduate medi-
cal education for residents enrolled in combined approved
primary care medical residency training programs.
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 ‘‘Primary Care Pro-
motion Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. MEDICARE SPECIAL REIMBURSEMENT RULE FOR
PRIMARY CARE COMBINED RESIDENCY PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1886(h)(5)(G) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(5)(G)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and (iii)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, (iii), and (iv)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iv) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
PRIMARY
CARE COMBINED RESIDENCY PROGRAMS.—
(I) In the case of a resident enrolled in a
combined medical residency training pro-
gram in which all of the individual pro-
grams (that are combined) are for training
a primary care resident (as defined in sub-
paragraph (H)), the period of board eligi-
bility shall be the minimum number of
years of formal training required to satisfy
the requirements for initial board eligibility
in the longest of the individual programs
plus one additional year.
‘‘(II) A resident enrolled in a com-
bined medical residency training program
that includes an obstetrics and gynecology
program qualifies for the period of board
eligibility under subclause (I) if the other
programs such resident combines with such
obstetrics and gynecology program are for
training a primary care resident.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply to combined medical residency pro-
grams in effect on or after July 1, 1996.
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1367 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify 
the application of that Act to American Samoa and the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 1367 RFS 
SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF THE EXPEDITED FUNDS 
AVAILABILITY ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Expedited Funds Availability 
Act (12 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 602(20) (12 U.S.C. 4001(20)) by 
inserting ‘‘, located in the United States,’’ after 
‘‘ATM’’; 
(2) in section 602(21) (12 U.S.C. 4001(21)) by 
inserting ‘‘American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘Puerto 
Rico,’’; 
(3) in section 602(23) (12 U.S.C. 4001(23)) by 
inserting ‘‘American Samoa, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘Puerto 
Rico,’’; and 
(4) 
in 
section 
603(d)(2)(A) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
4002(d)(2)(A)), by inserting ‘‘American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ 
after ‘‘Puerto Rico,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 
January 1, 2016. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 13, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report
of the findings of the study conducted under section 2 and
the progress made in meeting the requirements of section
3. Such report shall include any recommendations for fur-
ther legislative action the Commissioner and the Secretary
consider appropriate.
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Union Calendar No. 42 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1367 
[Report No. 114–61] 
To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application 
of that Act to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2015 
Mrs. RADEWAGEN (for herself and Mr. SABLAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
APRIL 13, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify 
the application of that Act to American Samoa and the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
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Union Calendar No. 42 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1367 
[Report No. 114–61] 
A BILL 
To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to 
clarify the application of that Act to American 
Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. 
APRIL 13, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4273
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of
pharmaceutical grade phospholipids.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
Mr. JONES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain
entries of pharmaceutical grade phospholipids.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PHARMACEUTICAL GRADE PHOSPHOLIPIDS.
Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, upon
proper request filed with the Customs Service not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption,
of pharmaceutical grade phospholipids that—
(1) was made under subheading 2923.20.00 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States after March 29, 1991, and before January 1,
1995, and
(2) with respect to which a lower rate of duty
would have applied if such entry or withdrawal had
been made on January 1, 1995,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such lower rate
of duty applied to such entry or withdrawal.
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‘‘(2) Commodity futures and commodity options
transactions are used to hedge and manage price or
other economic risks faced by businesses and finan-
cial enterprises throughout the world.
‘‘(3) Such hedging activity allows businesses
and financial enterprises to operate in a more effi-
cient manner, with corresponding benefits to con-
sumers and others served by these businesses and
enterprises.
‘‘(4) Liquid trading in commodity futures and
commodity options contracts also provides a mecha-
nism for discovering important pricing information
relating to the various commodities that are the sub-
ject of such trading.
‘‘(5) Such pricing information may be widely
quoted and disseminated in order to allow consum-
ers, businesses, and financial enterprises to rely
upon such pricing information in making various
commercial arrangements and decisions relating to
the price of the affected commodities in interstate
commerce.
‘‘(6) Unless appropriately and prudently regu-
lated, whether through self-regulation by the market
participants themselves or through Government reg-
and Means, and Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives. 
(3) TERMINATION.—No report shall be required 
to be submitted under this subsection after the sec-
ond consecutive report in which the number required 
to be included in such report under paragraph 
(1)(A) is zero. 
(c) NOTICE TO GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
notify all foreign missions in the United States, permanent 
missions to the United Nations, and the United Nations 
Secretariat, that premium tax credits under section 36B 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and cost-sharing 
reductions under section 1402 of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act are not available to any of their 
personnel who have the status in the United States as a 
nonimmigrant 
under 
section 
101(a)(15)(A) 
or 
101(a)(15)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(A), 1101(a)(15)(G)). 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4275
To provide funding for the nutrition education and training program
authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 28, 1996
Mr. GOODLING (for himself, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. MILLER of California) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Eco-
nomic and Educational Opportunities, and in addition to the Committee
on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide funding for the nutrition education and training
program authorized under the Child Nutrition Act of
1966, 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. FUNDING FOR NUTRITION EDUCATION AND
TRAINING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 19(i) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1788(i)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)(A), by
striking ‘‘and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1996’’ and
inserting ‘‘, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, and
$7,500,000 for fiscal year 1997’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking
‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.
(b) OFFSETTING REDUCTION IN EMERGENCY FOOD
ASSISTANCE ACT.—Notwithstanding section 27 of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2036), the Secretary
of Agriculture shall purchase not more than $96,250,000
of commodities under section 27 of the Act for fiscal year
1997.
(c) OFFSETTING REDUCTION IN SCHOOL MEALS INI-
TIATIVE
FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN.—Of the amounts
made available to carry out the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) under the heading
‘‘CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS’’ under the heading ‘‘DO-
MESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS’’ in title IV of the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (110
Stat. 1589), not more than $6,250,000 may be used to
carry out the school meals initiative for healthy children
(60 Fed. Reg. 31188 (1995)). None of the funds made
available for the school meals initiative for healthy chil-
dren for fiscal year 1997 may be used for in-school edu-
cation materials. Not more than $1,050,000 may be used
for technical assistance materials.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall be effective as of October
1, 1996.
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 136 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pen-
dleton, California, as the ‘‘Camp Pendleton Medal of 
Honor Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CAMP PENDLETON MEDAL OF HONOR POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in 
Camp Pendleton, California, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Of-
fice’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Camp Pendleton 
Medal of Honor Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 1, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 136 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 
in Camp Pendleton, California, as the ‘‘Camp 
Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office’’.
submitted in accordance with subsection (d)(2) or com-
pleted within any such time frame and the reports thereof
accepted in accordance with subsection (d)(3)—
‘‘(1)(A) the period during which an application
may 
not 
be 
submitted 
under 
subsections
(c)(3)(D)(ii) and (j)(4)(D)(ii) of section 505 shall be
five years and six months rather than five years, and
the references in subsections (c)(3)(D)(ii) and
(j)(4)(D)(ii) of section 505 to four years, to forty-
eight months, and to seven and one-half years shall
be deemed to be four and one-half years, fifty-four
months, and eight years, respectively; or
‘‘(B) the period of market exclusivity under
subsections (c)(3)(D)(iii) and (iv) and (j)(4)(D)(iii)
and (iv) of section 505 shall be three years and six
months rather than three years; and
‘‘(2)(A) if the drug is the subject of (i) a listed
patent for which a certification has been submitted
under section 505(b)(2)(A)(ii) or (j)(2)(A)(vii)(II)
and for which pediatric studies were submitted prior
to the expiration of the patent (including any patent
extensions), or (ii) a listed patent for which a certifi-
cation 
has 
been 
submitted 
under 
section
505(b)(2)(A)(iii) or section 505(j)(2)(A)(vii)(III),
the period during which an application may not be
H. R. 136 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1103 USPS 
Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the ‘‘Camp Pendleton Medal 
of Honor Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CAMP PENDLETON MEDAL OF HONOR POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, 
California, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Camp Pendleton 
Medal of Honor Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
216 
ance with this section, including any Energy Innova-
tion Hub existing as of the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(4) QUALIFYING
ENTITY.—The term ‘‘quali-
fying entity’’ means— 
(A) an institution of higher education; 
(B) an appropriate State or Federal entity, 
including the Department of Energy Federally 
Funded Research and Development Centers; 
(C) a nongovernmental organization with 
expertise in advanced energy technology re-
search, development, demonstration, or com-
mercial application; or 
(D) any other relevant entity the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
SEC. 642. PARTICIPATION IN THE INNOVATION CORPS PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
enter into an agreement with the Director of the National 
Science Foundation to enable researchers funded by the 
Department of Energy to participate in the Innovation 
Corps program authorized by section 307. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Energy may 
also establish a Department of Energy Innovation Corps 
program, modeled after the National Science Foundation 
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Innovation Corps program, to incorporate experts from 
the Department of Energy National Laboratories in the 
training curriculum of the program. 
SEC. 643. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Energy shall transmit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate a report which shall include— 
(1) an assessment of the Department’s current 
ability to carry out the goals of section 1001 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16391), in-
cluding an assessment of the role and effectiveness 
of the Director of the Office of Technology Transi-
tions; and 
(2) recommended departmental policy changes 
and legislative changes to section 1001 of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16391) to im-
prove the Department’s ability to successfully trans-
fer new energy technologies to the private sector. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—Section 1001 of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16391) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘for commer-
cial purposes’’ and inserting ‘‘of any sort for com-
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