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(B) the Department of Justice, in accord-
ance with regulations promulgated by the Attor-
ney General. 
(b) PERIOD FOR IMPLEMENTATION BY STATES.— 
(1) DEADLINE.—Each State shall implement 
this section before 3 years after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) EXTENSIONS.—The Attorney General may 
authorize up to two 1-year extensions of the deadline 
in paragraph (1). 
(c) FAILURE OF STATE TO COMPLY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year after the 
end of the period for implementation under sub-
section (b), a State that fails, as determined by the 
Attorney General, to substantially implement this 
section shall not receive 20 percent of the funds that 
would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year to 
the State under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.). 
(2) STATE CONSTITUTIONALITY.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—When 
evaluating 
whether a State has substantially implemented 
this section, the Attorney General shall consider 
whether the State is unable to substantially im-
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(A) by striking out ‘‘Hospital’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘In the case of a veteran de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(C), hospital’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘subparagraph’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘subsection’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’;
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking out ‘‘of this
section after June 30, 1995,’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘, in the case of care for a veteran described
in paragraph (1)(A), after December 31, 1997,’’;
and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection and section
1712 of this title:
‘‘(A) The term ‘herbicide-exposed veteran’
means a veteran (i) who served on active duty in the
Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, and
(ii) who the Secretary finds may have been exposed
during such service to a herbicide agent.
‘‘(B) The term ‘herbicide agent’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 1116(a)(4) of this
title.
‘‘(C) The term ‘radiation-exposed veteran’ has
the meaning given that term in section 1112(c)(4) of
this title.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZED OUTPATIENT CARE.—Section 1712
of such title is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of
subparagraph (C);
(B) by striking out the period at the end
of subparagraph (D) and inserting in lieu there-
of a semicolon;
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraphs:
‘‘(E) during the period before January 1, 1998,
to any herbicide-exposed veteran (as defined in sec-
tion 1710(e)(4)(A) of this title) for any disease spec-
ified in section 1710(e)(1)(A) of this title; and
‘‘(F) to any radiation-exposed veteran (as de-
fined in section 1112(c)(4) of this title) for any dis-
ease covered under section 1710(e)(1)(B) of this
title.’’; and
(2) in subsection (i)(3)—
(A) by striking out ‘‘(A)’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘, or (B)’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘title’’.
SEC. 2. SAVINGS PROVISION.
The provisions of sections 1710(e) and 1712(a) of
title 38, United States Code, as in effect on the day before
the date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to
apply on and after such date with respect to the furnishing
of hospital care, nursing home care, and medical services
for any veteran who was furnished such care or services
before such date of enactment on the basis of presumed
exposure to a substance or radiation under the authority
of those provisions, but only for treatment for a disability
for which such care or services were furnished before such
date.
Passed the House of Representatives June 27, 1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1566
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the credit
for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or condi-
tions and to provide for carryovers and carrybacks of unused credits.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 3, 1995
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. MATSUI) 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 make
permanent the credit for clinical testing expenses for
certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions and to pro-
vide for carryovers and carrybacks of unused credits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN CLINICAL TESTING EX-
PENSES 
MADE 
PERMANENT; 
CARRYOVER
AND CARRYBACK OF UNUSED CREDITS.
(a) CREDIT MADE PERMANENT.—Section 28 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to clinical testing
expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions)
is amended by striking subsection (e).
(b) CARRYOVER AND CARRYBACK OF UNUSED CRED-
ITS.—Paragraph (2) of section 28(d) of such Code is
amended by adding at the end the following flush sen-
tences:
‘‘Rules similar to the rules of subsections (a), (b),
and (c) of section 39 shall apply to the credit under
this section. No credit under this section may be
carried under such rules to a taxable year beginning
before January 1, 1995.’’
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATED TO CARRY-
OVER AND CARRYBACK OF CREDITS.—
(1) CARRYOVER OF CREDIT.—
(A) Subsection (c) of section 381 of such
Code (relating to items of the distributor or
transferor corporation) is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following new paragraph:
‘‘(27) CREDIT
UNDER
SECTION
28.—The ac-
quiring corporation shall take into account (to the
extent proper to carry out the purposes of this sec-
tion and section 28, and under such regulations as
may be prescribed by the Secretary) the items re-
quired to be taken into account for purposes of sec-
tion 28 in respect to the distributor or transferor
corporation.’’
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 383(a) of
such Code (relating to special limitations on
certain excess credits, etc.) is amended by re-
designating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C), respectively, and by
inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so redes-
ignated) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(A) any unused clinical testing credit
under section 28,’’.
(2) CARRYBACK OF CREDIT.—
(A) 
Subparagraph 
(C) 
of 
section
6511(d)(4) of such Code (defining credit
carryback) is amended by inserting ‘‘any clini-
cal testing credit carryback under section 28
and’’ after ‘‘means’’.
(B) Subsection (a) of section 6411 of such
Code (relating to tentative carryback and re-
fund adjustments) is amended—
(i) by inserting ‘‘by a clinical testing
credit carryback under section 28,’’ after
‘‘172(b),’’ in the first sentence, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘net capital loss’’ the
first place it appears in the second sen-
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dence to the Secretary of a bond, surety, self-insurance
or other financial assurance (including the use of bonding
pools or a financial assurance instrument posted with a
State or another Federal agency) in an amount sufficient
to cover the reasonably estimated cost to complete rec-
lamation as required by the plan of operations.
(2)(A) Prior to conducting notice activities subject to
subsection 302(b), the operator shall comply with the fi-
nancial assurance requirements promulgated by the Sec-
retary applicable to such notice activities. Such require-
ments shall allow operators or owners of mining claims
or sites to use bonding pools to statewide or nationwide
bonds. Statewide or nationwide bonds shall be in amounts
fixed by regulation that cover notice activities at multiple
locations statewide or nationwide, as appropriate.
(B) For such notice activities conducted between the
date of enactment of this Act and the effective date of
such regulations, the operator or owner of the mining
claim or site shall provide evidence of financial assurance,
in the form and manner authorized by the Secretary’s reg-
ulations in effect on the date of enactment of this Act,
in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonably estimated
cost of reclamation required as a result of such notice ac-
tivities.
tence and all that follows before ‘‘in the
manner and form’’ and inserting ‘‘net cap-
ital loss, unused clinical testing credit, or
unused business credit from which the
carryback results and within a period of 12
months after such taxable year or, with re-
spect to any portion of a clinical testing
credit 
carryback 
or 
business 
credit
carryback attributable to a net operating
loss carryback or a net capital loss
carryback from a subsequent taxable year,
within a period of 12 months from the end
of such subsequent taxable year or, with
respect to any portion of a business credit
carryback attributable to a clinical testing
credit carryback from a subsequent taxable
year within a period of 12 months from
the end of such subsequent taxable year,’’.
(C) Paragraph (1) of section 6411(a) of
such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘unused
clinical testing credit,’’ after ‘‘net capital loss,’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendment made
by subsection (a) shall apply to amounts paid or in-
curred after December 31, 1994.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2814 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
100 North Main Street in Strawberry, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Noel Austin 
Harris, Jr. Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2013 
Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself, Mr. COTTON, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, and Mr. 
WOMACK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 100 North Main Street in Strawberry, Arkan-
sas, as the ‘‘Noel Austin Harris, Jr. Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NOEL AUSTIN HARRIS, JR. POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 North Main Street in Straw-
berry, Arkansas, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Noel Austin Harris, Jr. Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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(2) 
CARRYOVERS
AND
CARRYBACKS.—The
amendments made by subsections (b) and (c) shall
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31,
1994.
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States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Noel Austin Harris, 
Jr. Post Office’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2815 
To authorize a pilot program to improve asset recovery levels, asset manage-
ment, and homeownership retention with respect to delinquent single- 
family mortgages insured under the FHA mortgage insurance programs 
by providing for in-person contact outreach activities with mortgagors 
under such mortgages, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2013 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, and Ms. MOORE) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize a pilot program to improve asset recovery levels, 
asset management, and homeownership retention with 
respect to delinquent single-family mortgages insured 
under the FHA mortgage insurance programs by pro-
viding for in-person contact outreach activities with mort-
gagors under such mortgages, 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 ‘‘FHA In-Person Serv-
icing Improvement Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall carry out a pilot program under 
this section to use the authority under section 204(a)(2) 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1710(a)(2)) to 
make payments to a qualified entity or entities to com-
pensate for their costs of making in-person contact with 
mortgagors whose payments under covered mortgages are 
more than 60 days past due, for the purpose of— 
(1) identifying mortgagors eligible for loan 
modifications or refinances and providing packages 
to the mortgagee for such purposes; 
(2) identifying mortgagers not eligible for a 
loan modification or refinance but willing to engage 
in pre-foreclosure sales or deeds in lieu of fore-
closure, and providing information to the mortgagee 
in order to facilitate such actions; 
(3) identifying whether a home’s current occu-
pant is the mortgagor or a renter, and if not occu-
pied, taking steps to locate and make contact with 
the mortgagor; 
(4) providing information to the Secretary and 
the mortgagee regarding the condition of the home, 
in order to facilitate any actions needed to prevent 
the deterioration and loss of value of the home and 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM. 
Section 258(d) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–24(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘5-year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘10-year’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2816 
To extend the pilot program under section 258 of the National Housing 
Act that establishes an automated process for providing alternative credit 
rating information for mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under 
certain mortgages. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2013 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for himself, Ms. CHU, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. DANNY 
K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. PERL-
MUTTER, and Ms. MOORE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To extend the pilot program under section 258 of the Na-
tional Housing Act that establishes an automated process 
for providing alternative credit rating information for 
mortgagors and prospective mortgagors under certain 
mortgages. 
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 ‘‘FHA Alternative Cred-
it Pilot Program Reauthorization Act of 2013’’. 
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ity of the United States, that does not contain an identi-
fication taggant which satisfies the standards promulgated
by the Secretary under section 847. The shipment of sur-
plus explosive materials from the military establishment
where sold to the purchaser’s place of business shall be
in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(8) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly
to resell or otherwise dispose of any explosive material,
sold as surplus by a department, agency, or instrumental-
ity of the United States, that does not contain a detection
taggant which satisfies the standards promulgated by the
Secretary under section 847. The shipment of surplus ex-
plosive materials from the military establishment where
sold to the purchaser’s place of business shall be in accord-
ance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.
‘‘(9) Paragraphs (1) through (8) shall not apply to
any explosive material designated by the President or his
designee as an explosive material to be used by the De-
partment of Defense or another agency of Government for
national defense or international security purposes. Any
explosive material so designated shall be reported prompt-
ly to the Secretary.’’.
(c) PENALTIES.—Section 844(a) of such title is
amended—
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retary determines in writing that such State has the
capability to implement the agreement in a manner
consistent with the purposes of this title. A coopera-
tive agreement may cover (i) some or all of the re-
sponsibilities enumerated in this paragraph, and (ii)
some or all mineral activities on Federal land within
a State.
(2) Under a cooperative agreement, a State and
the Secretary may jointly administer mineral activi-
ties on Federal lands. The State and the Secretary
shall make an independent and timely decision re-
garding individual plans of operation under this
title, but in no event shall the State’s authority
under applicable Federal environmental protection
statutes be restricted.
(3) Under a cooperative agreement, the State
may conduct inspections and monitoring activities,
and take enforcement actions deemed necessary to
determine or require compliance with the require-
ments of this Act, other than recommending civil ac-
tions under section 308. The Secretary may not take
enforcement action where a State under a coopera-
tive agreement already has initiated appropriate en-
forcement action unless the State requests that the
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2817 
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to remove the 
non-discrimination requirements relating to health care providers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2013 
Mr. HARRIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act 
to remove the non-discrimination requirements relating 
to health care providers. 
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 ‘‘Protect Patient Access 
to Quality Health Professionals Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. REMOVING NON-DISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS 
RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. 
Section 2706 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300gg–5) is amended by striking ‘‘NON-DIS-
CRIMINATION IN HEALTH CARE’’ and all that follows 
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through ‘‘The provisions of section 1558’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘NON-DISCRIMINATION
IN
HEALTH 
CARE. 
‘‘The provisions of section 1558’’. 
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‘‘(A) the taxpayer is entitled to an exemp-
tion for his spouse under section 151(b) for the
taxable year, or
‘‘(B) the taxpayer files a joint return with
his spouse for the taxable year.
‘‘(e) DISALLOWANCE
OF EXPENSES
AS DEDUC-
TION.— No deduction shall be allowed under section 162
(relating to trade or business expenses) for any edu-
cational expense which (after the application of subsection
(b)) is taken into account in determining the amount of
any credit allowed under subsection (a). The preceding
sentence shall not apply to the educational expenses of any
taxpayer who, under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary, elects not to apply the provisions of this section
with respect to such expenses for the taxable year.
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the pro-
visions of this section.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for such subpart A is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 25 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 25A. Expenses of higher education.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1995.
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(B) gross mismanagement, a gross waste 
of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial 
and specific danger to public health or safety. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
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SECTION 1. VETERANS MEMORIAL POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 275 Front Street in Marietta, 
Ohio, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Veterans Me-
morial Post Office Building’’. 
(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 ‘‘Veterans Memorial 
Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 8, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2819 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 275 Front Street in Mari-
etta, Ohio, as the ‘‘Veterans Memorial Post Of-
fice Building’’.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2819 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
275 Front Street in Marietta, Ohio, as the ‘‘Veterans Memorial Post 
Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2013 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio (for himself, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. TURNER, Mr. RENACCI, 
Mr. JOYCE, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. LATTA, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 
Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. TIBERI, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. KAPTUR, 
and Mr. GIBBS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 275 Front Street in Marietta, Ohio, as the 
‘‘Veterans Memorial Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. VETERANS MEMORIAL POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 275 Front Street in Marietta, 
Ohio, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Veterans Me-
morial Post Office Building’’. 
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(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 ‘‘Veterans Memorial 
Post Office Building’’. 
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