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‘‘(B) the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) the maximum amount allowable 
as a contribution under section 7529(c)(2) 
for such taxable year, over 
‘‘(ii) the amount contributed to such 
accounts for such taxable year.’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 7529. Small Business Savings Accounts.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4609 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions 
governing 
employment 
of 
nonimmigrants 
under 
section 
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of that Act to prevent the transfer of knowledge 
from United States workers for the purpose of facilitating their jobs 
being moved abroad. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 
Mr. KILMER (for himself and Mr. COLLINS of Georgia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify 
the provisions governing employment of nonimmigrants 
under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of that Act to prevent 
the transfer of knowledge from United States workers 
for the purpose of facilitating their jobs being moved 
abroad. 
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 ‘‘Keeping American 
Jobs Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREVENTING DISPLACEMENT OF UNITED STATES 
WORKERS. 
Section 212(n)(1)(E)(ii) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(n)(1)((E)(ii)) is amended by 
inserting after the first sentence the following: ‘‘An appli-
cation is described in this clause if the Secretary of Labor 
determines that it was filed by an employer for the pri-
mary purpose of using one or more United States workers 
to train the H–1B nonimmigrants workers sought in the 
job duties and responsibilities of the United States work-
ers in order to lay off the United States workers and move 
their job or jobs abroad.’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 460 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to train De-
partment of Homeland Security personnel how to effec-
tively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent human traf-
ficking during the course of their primary roles and 
responsibilities, 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 ‘‘Human Trafficking 
Detection Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Homeland Security. 
(2) HUMAN TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘human 
trafficking’’ means an act or practice described in 
paragraph (9) or (10) of section 103 of the Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7102). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 3. TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL TO IDEN-
TIFY HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall imple-
ment a program to— 
(1) train and periodically retrain relevant 
Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection, and other Department 
personnel that the Secretary considers appropriate, 
how to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt human 
trafficking, and, where appropriate, interdict a sus-
pected perpetrator of human trafficking, during the
course of their primary roles and responsibilities; 
and 
(2) ensure that the personnel referred to in 
paragraph (1) regularly receive current information 
on matters related to the detection of human traf-
ficking, including information that becomes available 
outside of the Department’s initial or periodic re-
training schedule, to the extent relevant to their offi-
cial duties and consistent with applicable informa-
tion and privacy laws. 
(b) TRAINING DESCRIBED.—The training referred to 
in subsection (a) may be conducted through in-class or 
virtual learning capabilities, and shall include— 
(1) methods for identifying suspected victims of 
human trafficking and, where appropriate, perpetra-
tors of human trafficking; 
(2) for appropriate personnel, methods to ap-
proach a suspected victim of human trafficking, 
where appropriate, in a manner that is sensitive to 
the suspected victim and is not likely to alert a sus-
pected perpetrator of human trafficking; 
(3) training that is most appropriate for a par-
ticular location or environment in which the per-
sonnel receiving such training perform their official 
duties;
II 
Calendar No. 82 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 460 
[Report No. 114–46] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 28, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
MAY 14, 2015 
Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to train De-
partment of Homeland Security personnel how to effec-
tively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent human traf-
ficking during the course of their primary roles and 
responsibilities, 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 ‘‘Human Trafficking 
Detection Act of 2015’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4611 
To discourage the use of payment of money as a condition of pretrial release 
in criminal cases, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 
Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. LAW-
RENCE, and Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To discourage the use of payment of money as a condition 
of pretrial release in criminal cases, 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 ‘‘No Money Bail Act 
of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Nearly 60 percent of the inmates in jails in 
the United States are pretrial detainees who have 
not been convicted of a crime, an estimated 75 per-
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vance program schedule or prior announce-
ment the titles of the specific sound re-
cordings or phonorecords embodying such
sound recordings to be transmitted; and
‘‘(C) in the case of an eligible nonsubscrip-
tion transmission or a subscription transmission
not exempt under paragraph (1) by a new sub-
scription service or by a preexisting subscription
service other than in the same transmission me-
dium used by such service on July 31, 1998—
‘‘(i) the transmission does not exceed
the sound recording performance com-
plement, except that this requirement shall
not apply in the case of a retransmission
of a broadcast transmission if the retrans-
mission is made by a transmitting entity
that does not have the right or ability to
control the programming of the broadcast
station making the broadcast transmission,
unless the broadcast station makes broad-
cast transmissions—
‘‘(I) in digital format that regu-
larly exceed the sound recording per-
formance complement; or
cent of whom have been charged with nonviolent 
crimes. 
(2) Under current bail systems that use pay-
ment of money as a condition of pretrial release, 
nearly 50 percent of the most dangerous pretrial de-
tainees are released without supervision, according 
to a study by the Arnold Foundation. 
(3) Throughout the Nation, those with money 
can buy their freedom while poor defendants remain 
incarcerated awaiting trial. 
(4) Pretrial detention costs State and local gov-
ernments an estimated $14,000,000,000 each year. 
(5) Pretrial detention should be based on 
whether the accused is likely to fail to appear in 
court or is a threat to public safety, not the ability 
to pay money as a condition of pretrial release. 
(6) The States, the United States Department 
of Justice, law enforcement agencies, public officials, 
and community groups should collaborate to develop 
pretrial detention systems that improve public safe-
ty, reduce costs, and discourage criminal behavior. 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS UNDER THE BYRNE JAG 
PROGRAM. 
Section 505 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—Beginning with the third 
fiscal year beginning after the enactment of the ‘No 
Money Bail Act of 2016’, the Attorney General shall 
not allocate any amounts appropriated to carry out 
this part to any State that uses payment of money 
as a condition of pretrial release with respect to 
criminal cases.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘in para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘in paragraphs (2) 
and (3)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘If the Attorney General’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Attor-
ney General’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) STATE INELIGIBLE DUE TO SYSTEM OF 
BAIL.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the Attor-
ney General determines with respect to any grant 
period that a State is made ineligible by subsection 
(a)(3), the Attorney General shall reallocate any 
amounts allocated to or that would have been allo-
cated to such State for such period— 
‘‘(A) among the other eligible States; and 
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‘‘(B) in proportion to allocations among el-
igible States under subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF MONEY BAIL IN FEDERAL CRIMI-
NAL CASES. 
Notwithstanding any provision of Federal law, no jus-
tice, judge, or other judicial official in any court created 
by or under article III of the Constitution of the United 
States may use payment of money as a condition of pre-
trial release in any criminal case. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4612 
To ensure economic stability, accountability, and efficiency of Federal Govern-
ment operations by establishing a moratorium on midnight rules during 
a President’s final days in office, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2016 
Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 
FARENTHOLD, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, 
Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. RIBBLE, Mrs. MILLER 
of Michigan, and Mr. BLUM) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in 
addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure economic stability, accountability, and efficiency 
of Federal Government operations by establishing a mor-
atorium on midnight rules during a President’s final 
days in office, 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 ‘‘Midnight Rule Relief 
Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON MIDNIGHT RULES. 
Except as provided under sections 3 and 4, during 
the moratorium period, an agency may not propose or fi-
nalize any midnight rule unless the Administrator finds 
the midnight rule will not result in any of the following: 
(1) An annual effect on the economy of 
$100,000,000 or more. 
(2) A major increase in costs or prices for con-
sumers, individual industries, Federal, State, or local 
government agencies, or geographic regions. 
(3) Significant adverse effects on competition, 
employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or 
on the ability of United States-based enterprises to 
compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic 
and export markets. 
(4) A significant economic impact on a substan-
tial number of small businesses. 
SEC. 3. SPECIAL RULE ON STATUTORY, REGULATORY, AND 
JUDICIAL DEADLINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 shall not apply with re-
spect to any deadline for, relating to, or involving any mid-
night rule that— 
(1) was established before the beginning of the 
moratorium period; and 
(2) is required to occur during the moratorium 
period. 
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132
before receiving written notice of the design protection. No
injunction shall be issued under this chapter with respect
to such undertaking unless the owner of the design reim-
burses that person for any reasonable expenditure or con-
tractual obligation in connection with such undertaking
that was incurred before receiving written notice of the
design protection, as the court in its discretion directs.
The burden of providing written notice of design protec-
tion shall be on the owner of the design.
‘‘§ 1408. Exclusive rights
‘‘The owner of a design protected under this chapter
has the exclusive right to—
‘‘(1) make, have made, or import, for sale or
for use in trade, any useful article embodying that
design; and
‘‘(2) sell or distribute for sale or for use in
trade any useful article embodying that design.
‘‘§ 1409. Infringement
‘‘(a) ACTS OF INFRINGEMENT.—Except as provided
in subjection (b), it shall be infringement of the exclusive
rights in a design protected under this chapter for any
person, without the consent of the owner of the design,
within the United States and during the term of such pro-
tection, to—
(b) PUBLICATION OF DEADLINES.—Not later than 
30 days after the beginning of a moratorium period, the 
Administrator shall identify and publish in the Federal 
Register a list of deadlines covered by subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. EXCEPTION. 
(a) EMERGENCY EXCEPTION.—Section 2 shall not 
apply to a midnight rule if the President determines by 
Executive order that the midnight rule is— 
(1) necessary because of an imminent threat to 
health or safety or other emergency; 
(2) necessary for the enforcement of criminal 
laws; 
(3) necessary for the national security of the 
United States; or 
(4) issued pursuant to any statute imple-
menting an international trade agreement. 
(b) DEREGULATORY EXCEPTION.—Section 2 shall 
not apply to a midnight rule that the Administrator finds 
is limited to repealing an existing rule and certifies such 
finding in writing. The certification shall be published in 
the Federal Register. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of In-
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formation and Regulatory Affairs within the Office 
of Management and Budget. 
(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term under section 551 of title 
5, United States Code, except such term does not in-
clude— 
(A) the Federal Election Commission; 
(B) the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; 
(C) the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration; or 
(D) the United States Postal Service. 
(3) DEADLINE.—The term ‘‘deadline’’ means 
any date certain for fulfilling any obligation or exer-
cising any authority established by or under any 
Federal statute or rule, or by or under any court 
order implementing any Federal statute, regulation, 
or rule. 
(4) MIDNIGHT
RULE.—The term ‘‘midnight 
rule’’ means an agency statement of general applica-
bility and future effect, issued during the morato-
rium period, that is intended to have the force and 
effect of law and is designed— 
(A) to implement, interpret, or prescribe 
law or policy; or 
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(B) to describe the procedure or practice 
requirements of an agency. 
(5) MORATORIUM PERIOD.—The term ‘‘morato-
rium period’’ means the day after the day referred 
to in section 1 of title 3, United States Code, 
through January 20 of the following year, in which 
a President is not serving a consecutive term. 
(6) RULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning 
given that term under section 551 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(7) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ has the meaning given that term under section 
601 of title 5, United States Code. 
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SEC. 3. SPECIAL RULE ON STATUTORY, REGULATORY, AND 
JUDICIAL DEADLINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 shall not apply with re-
spect to any deadline for, relating to, or involving any mid-
night rule that— 
(1) was established before the beginning of the 
moratorium period; and 
(2) is required to occur during the moratorium 
period. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF DEADLINES.—Not later than 
30 days after the beginning of a moratorium period, the 
Administrator shall identify and publish in the Federal 
Register a list of deadlines covered by subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. EXCEPTION. 
(a) EMERGENCY EXCEPTION.—Section 2 shall not 
apply to a midnight rule if the President determines by 
Executive order that the midnight rule is— 
(1) necessary because of an imminent threat to 
health or safety or other emergency; 
(2) necessary for the enforcement of criminal 
laws; 
(3) necessary for the national security of the 
United States; or 
(4) issued pursuant to any statute imple-
menting an international trade agreement. 
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(b) DEREGULATORY EXCEPTION.—Section 2 shall 
not apply to a midnight rule that the Administrator finds 
is limited to repealing an existing rule and certifies such 
finding in writing. The certification shall be published in 
the Federal Register. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Office of In-
formation and Regulatory Affairs within the Office 
of Management and Budget. 
(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term under section 551 of title 
5, United States Code, except such term does not in-
clude— 
(A) the Federal Election Commission; 
(B) the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; 
(C) the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration; or 
(D) the United States Postal Service. 
(3) DEADLINE.—The term ‘‘deadline’’ means 
any date certain for fulfilling any obligation or exer-
cising any authority established by or under any 
Federal statute or rule, or by or under any court 
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order implementing any Federal statute, regulation, 
or rule. 
(4) MIDNIGHT
RULE.—The term ‘‘midnight 
rule’’ means an agency statement of general applica-
bility and future effect, issued during the morato-
rium period, that is intended to have the force and 
effect of law and is designed— 
(A) to implement, interpret, or prescribe 
law or policy; or 
(B) to describe the procedure or practice 
requirements of an agency. 
(5) MORATORIUM PERIOD.—The term ‘‘morato-
rium period’’ means the day after the day referred 
to in section 1 of title 3, United States Code, 
through January 20 of the following year, in which 
a President is not serving a consecutive term. 
(6) RULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning 
given that term under section 551 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(7) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ has the meaning given that term under section 
601 of title 5, United States Code. 
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HR 2267 PP
payments received from or in connection with English
teaching, library, motion pictures, educational advising
and counseling, exchange visitor program services, and
publication programs as authorized by section 810 of such
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e): Provided further, That
not to exceed $920,000 to remain available until expended
may be used to carry out projects involving security con-
struction and related improvements for agency facilities
not physically located together with Department of State
facilities abroad.
TECHNOLOGY FUND
For expenses necessary to enable the United States
Information Agency to provide for the procurement of in-
formation technology improvements, as authorized by the
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act
of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization
Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), $5,050,000, to re-
main available until expended.
EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
For expenses of educational and cultural exchange
programs, as authorized by the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C.
2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91
Stat. 1636), $193,731,000, to remain available until ex-