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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4344
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that a member of the
Armed Forces who is diagnosed as being HIV-positive within one year
of entering military service shall be considered to have entered the
Armed Forces under a fraudulent enlistment or appointment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 4, 1996
Mr. DORNAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on National Security
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that
a member of the Armed Forces who is diagnosed as
being HIV-positive within one year of entering military
service shall be considered to have entered the Armed
Forces under a fraudulent enlistment or appointment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
MANDATORY 
SEPARATION 
OF
SERVICEMEMBERS DIAGNOSED WITH HIV–1
VIRUS WITHIN ONE YEAR OF ENTERING
SERVICE.
(a) REENACTMENT AND MODIFICATION.—(1) Chap-
ter 59 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after section 1176 the following new section:
‘‘§ 1177. Members diagnosed as being infected with
HIV–1 virus within one year of entering
service: discharge for fraudulent enlist-
ment or appointment
‘‘(a) MANDATORY SEPARATION.—A member of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who within one
year after the date of the member’s testing (as part of
the physical examination given the member in connection
with the first entrance of the member onto active duty)
for 
infection 
with 
the 
virus 
known 
as 
Human
Immunodeficiency Virus–1 (HIV–1) is medically deter-
mined to be HIV-positive shall be immediately discharged
on the basis of having entered service under a fraudulent
enlistment or appointment.
‘‘(b) HIV-POSITIVE MEMBERS.—A member shall be
considered to be HIV-positive for purposes of this section
if there is serologic evidence that the member is infected
with the virus known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus–
1 (HIV–1), the virus most commonly associated with the
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the Unit-
ed States. Such serologic evidence shall be considered to
exist if there is a reactive result given by an enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay (ELISA) serologic test that is con-
firmed by a reactive and diagnostic immunoelectrophoresis
test (Western blot) on two separate samples. Any such se-
rologic test must be one that is approved by the Food and
Drug Administration.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
59 of such title is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 1176 the following new item:
‘‘1177. Members diagnosed as being infected with HIV–1 virus within one year
of entering service: discharge for fraudulent enlistment or ap-
pointment.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1177 of title 10,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), applies
with respect to members of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
and Marine Corps determined to be HIV-positive before,
on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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‘‘(A) the raw data used for the federally 
funded scientific product; and 
‘‘(B) background information of the au-
thors of the scientific study. 
‘‘(b) COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Failure to make publicly 
available any scientific product 90 days prior to the 
publication of— 
‘‘(A) any draft, or supplemental rule, envi-
ronmental analysis, or economic assessment 
shall extend by one day the notice and comment 
period for each day such scientific study is not 
made available; or 
‘‘(B) any final or emergency rule shall 
delay the effective date of the final rule by 60 
days plus each day the scientific product is 
withheld. 
‘‘(2) DELAY LONGER THAN 6 MONTHS.—If the 
Secretary withholds any scientific product for longer 
than 6 months, the Secretary shall withdraw the 
rule, environmental analysis, or economic assess-
ment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section of such Act is amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such title the following: 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 434
To amend title 39, United States Code, to prevent the United States Postal
Service from disclosing the names or addresses of any postal patrons
or other persons, except under certain conditions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1995
Mr. CONDIT 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 prevent the United
States Postal Service from disclosing the names or ad-
dresses of any postal patrons or other persons, except
under certain conditions.
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 ‘‘Postal Privacy Act of
1995’’.
SEC. 2. CONDITIONS FOR DISCLOSURE OF NAMES OR AD-
DRESSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 412 of title 39, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 412. 
Conditions 
for 
disclosure 
of 
names 
or
addresses
‘‘(a) No officer or employee of the Postal Service may
make available to the public by any means or for any pur-
pose any names or addresses (past or present) of postal
patrons or other persons, except as provided under sub-
section (b) or as otherwise specifically provided by law.
‘‘(b) The Postal Service shall prescribe such regula-
tions as may be necessary to carry out this section. Under
the regulations, no disclosure described in subsection (a)
shall be allowable except if, or to the extent that—
‘‘(1) the disclosure consists of information
which—
‘‘(A) relates to a change of address; and
‘‘(B) was obtained from a person in ac-
cordance with subsection (c);
‘‘(2) permission to disclose has not been denied
under subsection (c)(2); and
‘‘(3) the disclosure would contribute to the effi-
ciency of postal operations.
‘‘(c) Any form used by the Postal Service to obtain
information from a person relating to a change of address
shall include—
‘‘(1) notice of the Postal Service’s information
practices under this section, including how, and to
whom, any information furnished on such form may
be disclosed; and
‘‘(2) a means for such person to deny permis-
sion for the Postal Service to disclose any informa-
tion furnished on such form.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 4 of title 39, United States Code, is
amended by striking the item relating to section 412 and
inserting the following:
‘‘412. Conditions for disclosure of names or addresses.’’.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1644 
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
ensure transparency in the development of environmental regulations, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. JOHNSON 
of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 to ensure transparency in the development of 
environmental regulations, 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 ‘‘Supporting Trans-
parent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining 
Act’’ or the ‘‘STREAM Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FOR 
RULES AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL IM-
PACT 
STATEMENTS, 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
AS-
SESSMENTS, AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Title V of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 530. PUBLICATION OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS FOR 
PROPOSED RULES AND RELATED ENVIRON-
MENTAL 
IMPACT 
STATEMENTS, 
ENVIRON-
MENTAL ASSESSMENTS, AND ECONOMIC AS-
SESSMENTS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
publicly available, by online publication and in the 
Federal Register, 90 days before the publication of 
any draft, supplemental, final, or emergency rule 
under this Act, or any related environmental anal-
ysis or economic assessment, each scientific product 
the Secretary relied on in developing the rule, envi-
ronmental analysis, or economic assessment. 
‘‘(2) FEDERALLY
FUNDED
SCIENTIFIC
PROD-
UCTS.—For those scientific products receiving Fed-
eral funds in part, or in full, the Secretary shall also 
make publicly available— 
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1644 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 19, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 
of 1977 to ensure transparency in the development of 
environmental regulations, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(1) administrative reform in existing agencies
that have responsibility for responding to disasters
and emergencies in the United States;
(2) Federal legislation necessary to implement
the recommendations of the commission; and
(3) improving State and local emergency man-
agement systems.
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Act shall be carried out using amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for such purposes. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate, appropriate 
Federal agencies, and the Governor of each of the States 
represented on the Interstate Mining Compact Commis-
sion the results of the study conducted under subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of the Interior $1,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2016 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 for the 
purposes of this section. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION
ON NEW REGULATIONS.—The 
Secretary shall not issue any final or other regulations 
pertaining to the proposed rule entitled ‘Stream Protec-
tion Rule’ (80 Fed. Reg. 44436) or relating to stream 
buffer zones, until 1 year after the Secretary has sub-
mitted the results of the study in accordance with sub-
section (b). If the Secretary proposes any such regulations 
after such submission, the Secretary shall take into con-
sideration the findings of the study.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in the first section of such Act is amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such title the following: 
‘‘Sec. 720. Subsidence. 
‘‘Sec. 721. Research. 
‘‘Sec. 722. Study of the effectiveness of certain rule.’’. 
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SEC. 4. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER FEDERAL LAWS. 
Section 702 of the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1292) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsection (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER FEDERAL LAWS.— 
Nothing in this Act authorizes the Secretary to take any 
action by rule, regulation, notice, policy, guidance, or 
order that duplicates, implements, interprets, enforces, or 
determines any action taken under an Act referred to in 
subsection (a) or any regulation or rule promulgated 
thereunder.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 12, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 435
To establish a code of fair information practices for health information,
to amend section 552a of title 5, United States Code, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1995
Mr. CONDIT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Commerce and, in addition, to the Committees on Government Re-
form and Oversight and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To establish a code of fair information practices for health
information, to amend section 552a of title 5, United
States Code, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Fair Health Information Practices Act of 1995’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Union Calendar No. 209 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1644 
[Report No. 114–277] 
A BILL 
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Rec-
lamation Act of 1977 to ensure transparency in 
the development of environmental regulations, 
and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 1, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1645 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to urbanized area 
formula grants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. VEASEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to 
urbanized area formula grants, 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 ‘‘Transportation for El-
derly and Disabled Individuals Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS. 
Section 5307(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by inserting 
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before ‘‘during’’ the following: ‘‘or general public demand 
response service’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1646 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to research how small and 
medium sized unmanned aerial systems could be used in an attack, 
how to prevent or mitigate the effects of such an attack, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for herself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, 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 require the Secretary of Homeland Security to research 
how small and medium sized unmanned aerial systems 
could be used in an attack, how to prevent or mitigate 
the effects of such an attack, 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 ‘‘Homeland Security 
Drone Assessment and Analysis Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DRONE ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall research how commercially available small and 
medium sized unmanned aerial systems could be used to 
perpetuate an attack and, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and 
the Secretary of Energy, develop Federal policies, guid-
ance, and protocols to prevent such an attack or mitigate 
the effects of such an attack. 
(b) DISSEMINATION TO STATE AND LOCAL OFFI-
CIALS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall dis-
seminate information to State, local, and tribal law en-
forcement officials regarding how such officials may bol-
ster preparedness for and responses to attacks perpetrated 
by commercially available small and medium sized un-
manned aerial systems. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate an assessment of the security threat associated 
with the commercial availability of small and medium 
sized unmanned aerial systems. Such assessment shall be 
informed by research conducted in accordance with sub-
section (a) and may be developed in coordination with the 
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Centers of Excellence of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity and other academic institutions. 
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HR 4 EH1S
The payment-error tolerance level’’ after ‘‘The an-
nounced national performance measure’’; and
(4) by striking paragraphs (8) and (9).
SEC. 560. WORK SUPPLEMENTATION OR SUPPORT PRO-
GRAM.
(a) Section 11(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2020(e)), as amended by section 542(b), is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (25), by striking ‘‘and’’;
(2) in paragraph (26), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’ at the end; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(27) the plans of the State agency for includ-
ing eligible food stamp recipients in a work
supplementation or support program under section
16(j).’’.
(b) Section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2025), as amended by section 554(b), is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(j) WORK SUPPLEMENTATION OR SUPPORT PRO-
GRAM.—
‘‘(1) A State may elect to use the sums equal
to the food stamp benefits that would otherwise be
allotted to participants under the food stamp pro-
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the follow-
ing paragraph:
‘‘(6) provides that—
‘‘(A) the State shall not require any parent
or legal guardian to transfer custody of a child
in order to have the child placed outside the
home of the parent or legal guardian, if the sole
reason for the placement is the need to obtain
services provided through the State under this
title for the child’s emotional, behavioral, or
mental disorder or developmental or physical
disability;
‘‘(B) any such placement of a child shall
be made pursuant to a voluntary placement
agreement (as defined in section 472(f)(2));
‘‘(C) the State shall have responsibility for
the placement of any child subject to a vol-
untary placement agreement (as so defined),
and for the care of any child so placed; and
‘‘(D) the State shall apply procedural safe-
guards to assure each child so placed of
dispositional hearings of the type, and at the
times, specified in section 475(5)(C).’’.
Union Calendar No. 124 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1646 
[Report No. 114–169, Part I] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
research how small and medium sized unmanned 
aerial systems could be used in an attack, how to 
prevent or mitigate the effects of such an attack, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 18, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 
with amendments 
JUNE 18, 2015 
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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ing the 1-year period preceding the submission of 
the report. 
(2) A description of the merchandise denied 
entry pursuant to that section. 
(3) Such other information as the Commis-
sioner considers appropriate with respect to moni-
toring and enforcing compliance with that section. 
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