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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 449
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to increasing the
number of health professionals who practice in the United States in
a field of primary health care.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1995
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to
increasing the number of health professionals who prac-
tice in the United States in a field of primary health
care.
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 Health Care
Education Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT IN CERTAIN HEALTH PROFES-
SIONS 
EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS 
OF 
PREF-
ERENCE PROVISIONS REGARDING PRIMARY
HEALTH CARE.
Section 791 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 295j) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the follow-
ing subsection:
‘‘(b) PREFERENCES REGARDING PRIMARY HEALTH
CARE.—
‘‘(1) SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE.—
‘‘(A) In making awards of grants and con-
tracts under this title to schools of medicine or
osteopathic medicine, the Secretary shall give
preference to any such school that, in accord-
ance with such criteria as the Secretary may es-
tablish, carries out a program—
‘‘(i) to emphasize training in primary
health care; and
‘‘(ii) to encourage the students of the
school to enter a field of primary health
care as a career choice.
‘‘(B) In determining whether a school of
medicine or osteopathic medicine meets the con-
ditions for receiving preference under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall include among
the factors considered the following:
‘‘(i) Whether the school has a depart-
ment, division, or other academic unit
whose principal purpose is to provide clini-
cal instruction in family medicine.
‘‘(ii) If the school has such a unit,
whether the school provides significant
funding for the unit (with the amount of
funding expressed as the ratio of the budg-
et for the unit to the number of students
enrolled in the school).
‘‘(iii) Whether the school requires that
each student of the school, as a condition
of receiving a degree from the school, have
significant clinical training in family medi-
cine, general internal medicine, and gen-
eral pediatrics by the end of the third year
of the curriculum.
‘‘(iv) Whether, in undergoing clinical
training, students of the school receive in-
struction from the faculty of medical resi-
dency training programs in fields of pri-
mary health care.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 720 
AN ACT 
To improve intergovernmental planning for and communica-
tion during security incidents at domestic airports, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(2) MEDICAL
RESIDENCY
TRAINING
PRO-
GRAMS.—In making awards of grants and contracts
under this title to entities that operate medical resi-
dency training programs, the Secretary shall give
preference to any such entity that, in accordance
with such criteria as the Secretary may establish,
ensures that each resident, in undergoing clinical
training—
‘‘(A) receives instruction from the faculty
of medical residency training programs in fields
of primary health care; or
‘‘(B) has rotations providing training in
such fields.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act takes effect October 1, 1995, or upon the
date of the enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 165 
To provide that the President shall submit to Congress a report detailing 
the priority of Federal spending if the statutory debt limit is reached, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide that the President shall submit to Congress a 
report detailing the priority of Federal spending if the 
statutory debt limit is reached, 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 ‘‘Transparency on 
Prioritizing Spending Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRIORITY OF SPENDING IF THE DEBT CEILING IS 
REACHED. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress 
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a report listing, in descending order of prioritization, 
which obligations of the United States Government will 
be paid in the event that the debt of the United States 
Government, as defined in section 3101 of title 31, United 
States Code, reaches the statutory limit. 
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SEC. 2. SERVICE DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE MILITARY SERV-
ICE.
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—For 
purposes 
of 
section
401(a)(1)(A) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (38
U.S.C. 106 note), the Secretary of Defense is deemed to
have determined that qualified service of a person con-
stituted active military service.
(b) DETERMINATION OF DISCHARGE STATUS.—
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall issue an
honorable discharge under section 401(a)(1)(B) of
the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 to each person
whose qualified service warrants an honorable dis-
charge.
(2) Such discharge shall be issued before the
end of the one-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF RETROACTIVE BENEFITS.
Benefits shall not be paid to any person as a result
of the enactment of this Act for any period before the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. PROCESSING FEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Department
in which the Coast Guard is operating shall establish, as-
sess, and collect a fee for processing applications for bene-
fits based on qualified service.
(b) APPLICATION.—A fee established under this sec-
tion shall apply to any application that is received after
the date of the enactment of this Act by the Secretary
of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating,
for a benefit (including for an increase in a benefit) based
on qualified service.
(c) AMOUNT.—The amount of a fee established under
this section shall be $30.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘qualified service’’ means service
of a person as a member of the United States mer-
chant marine during the period beginning December
7, 1941, and ending December 31, 1946, while such
person was—
(i) licensed or otherwise documented by an
officer or employee of the United States author-
ized by law to do so; and
(ii) a crewmember of any vessel which at
the time of such service was—
(I) documented in the United States,
(II) operated under the flag of the
United States in waters other than inland
waters of the United States,
(III) under contract or charter to, or
property of, the Government of the United
States, and
(IV) serving the Armed Forces; and
(2) the term ‘‘United States merchant marine’’
includes the United States Army Transport Service.
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fund under subsection (a)(1), and the State’s share of
the high performance bonus fund under subsection
(b)(1), the Secretary shall, not later than June 30,
1999, develop and publish in the Federal Register a
formula for allocating amounts in the performance
bonus fund to qualified States and a formula for allo-
cating amounts in the high performance bonus fund
to high performance States. Such formulas shall be
based on each State’s proportional share of the total
amount appropriated under section 403(a)(2)(A) for
fiscal year 2000.
‘‘SEC. 419. AMOUNTS FOR CHILD CARE.
‘‘(a) CHILD CARE ALLOCATION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the amount appro-
priated under section 403(a)(4)(A) for a fiscal year,
the Secretary shall set aside an amount equal to the
total amount of the Federal payments for fiscal year
1994 to States under section—
‘‘(A) 402(g)(3)(A) of this Act (as such sec-
tion was in effect before October 1, 1995) for
amounts expended for child care pursuant to
paragraph (1) of such section;
‘‘(B) 403(l)(1)(A) of this Act (as so in ef-
fect) for amounts expended for child care pursu-
ant to section 402(g)(1)(A) of this Act, in the
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tion on United States commerce, and a determina-
tion that trade action is appropriate and that sanc-
tions 
are 
appropriate, 
taken 
under 
section
304(a)(1)(A)(ii), section 304(a)(1)(B), and section
301(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 and with respect
to which a notice of determination was published on
February 7, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 7230).
(5) TRANSFER
OF
SPECTRUM.—A regulatory
rulemaking action by the Federal Communications
Commission to transfer 50 megahertz of spectrum
below 5 GHz from government use to private use,
taken under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1993 and with respect to which notice of proposed
rulemaking was published at 59 Federal Register
59393.
(6) PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES LI-
CENSES.—A regulatory rulemaking action by the
Federal Communications Commission to establish
criteria and procedures for issuing licenses utilizing
competitive bidding procedures to provide personal
communications services—
(A) taken under section 309(j) of the Com-
munications Act and with respect to which a
final rule was published on December 7, 1994
(59 Fed. Reg. 63210); or
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(B) taken under sections 3(n) and 332 of
the Communications Act and with respect to
which a final rule was published on December
2, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 61828).
(7) WIDE-AREA SPECIALIZED MOBILE RADIO LI-
CENSES.—A regulatory rulemaking action by the
Federal Communications Commission to provide for
competitive bidding for wide-area specialized mobile
radio licenses, taken under section 309(j) of the
Communications Act and with respect to which a
proposed rule was published on February 14, 1995
(60 Fed. Reg. 8341).
(8) IMPROVED
TRADING
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR
REGIONAL
EXCHANGES.—A regulatory rulemaking
action by the Securities and Exchange Commission
to provide for increased competition among the stock
exchanges, taken under the Unlisted Trading Privi-
leges Act of 1994 and with respect to which pro-
posed rulemaking was published on February 9,
1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 7718).
SEC. 10. DELAYING EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES WITH RE-
SPECT TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
(a) DELAY EFFECTIVENESS.—For any rule resulting
from a regulatory rulemaking action that is suspended or
prohibited by this Act, the effective date of the rule with
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respect to small businesses may not occur before six
months after the end of the moratorium period.
(b) SMALL BUSINESS DEFINED.—In this section, the
term ‘‘small business’’ means any business with 100 or
fewer employees.
Passed the House of Representatives February 24,
1995.
Attest:
Clerk.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 450
AN ACT
To ensure economy and efficiency of Federal Gov-
ernment operations by establishing a moratorium
on regulatory rulemaking actions, and for other
purposes.
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‘‘(ii) there have been significant additional ex-
penditures under the medicare program as a result of
such amendments, or
‘‘(iii) access to and quality of care has been sig-
nificantly diminished as a result of such amendments.
‘‘(3) The GAO shall study and report to Congress, no
later than June 10, 1996, on options for modifying the
Medigap market to make sure that continuously insured
beneficiaries are able to switch plans without medical un-
derwriting or new pre-existing condition exclusions. In pre-
paring such options, the GAO shall determine if there are
problems under the current system and the impact of each
option on the cost and availability of insurance, with par-
ticular reference to the special problems that may arise for
enrollees in Medicare Select plans.’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
(ii) any action that the head of the
agency certifies is limited to matters relat-
ing to military or foreign affairs functions,
statutes implementing international trade
agreements, or agency management, per-
sonnel, or public property, loans, grants,
benefits, or contracts.
(4) RULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ means the whole
or a part of an agency statement of general or par-
ticular applicability and future effect designed to im-
plement, interpret, or prescribe law or policy. Such
term does not include the approval or prescription,
on a case-by-case or consolidated case basis, for the
future of rates, wages, corporation, or financial
structures or reorganizations thereof, prices, facili-
ties, appliances, services or allowances therefor, or of
valuations, costs, or accounting, or practices bearing
on any of the foregoing. Such term also does not in-
clude the granting an application for a license, reg-
istration, or similar authority, granting or recogniz-
ing an exemption, granting a variance or petition for
relief from a regulatory requirement, or other action
relieving a restriction or taking any action necessary
to permit new or improved applications of tech-
nology.
(5) RULEMAKING.—The term ‘‘rulemaking’’
means agency process for formulating, amending, or
repealing a rule.
(6) LICENSE.—The term ‘‘license’’ means the
whole or part of an agency permit, certificate, ap-
proval, registration, charter, membership, statutory
exemption, or other form of permission.
SEC. 7. CIVIL ACTION.
In addition to any remedy otherwise available, who-
ever is adversely affected by any conduct of a Federal
agency in violation of section 3 or 4 may obtain appro-
priate relief in a civil action against that agency. The court
may award a prevailing plaintiff in an action under this
section reasonable attorney’s fees.
SEC. 8. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW; SEVERABILITY.
(a) APPLICABILITY.—This Act shall apply notwith-
standing any other provision of law.
(b) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or
the application of any provision of this Act to any person
or circumstance, is held invalid, the application of such
provision to other persons or circumstances, and the re-
mainder of this Act, shall not be affected thereby.
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‘‘(III) in the case of a building 
containing units which are designated 
to serve extremely low-income house-
holds by the State housing credit 
agency and require the increase in 
credit under this subparagraph in 
order for such building to be finan-
cially feasible as part of a qualified 
low-income housing project, the eligi-
ble basis of such building determined 
by the portion of such units shall be 
150 percent of such basis determined 
without 
regard 
to 
this 
subpara-
graph.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to allocations made in calendar 
years beginning after December 31, 2014. 
SEC. 6. USE OF MORTGAGE INTEREST SAVINGS FOR AF-
FORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. 
(a) USE OF SAVINGS.—For each year, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall determine the amount of revenues 
accruing to the general fund of the Treasury by reason 
of the enactment of section 3 of this Act that remain after 
use of such revenues in accordance with section 5 of this 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 451
To amend the independent counsel provisions of title 28, United States
Code, to authorize the appointment of an independent counsel when
the Attorney General determines that Department of Justice attorneys
have engaged in certain conduct.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1995
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the independent counsel provisions of title 28,
United States Code, to authorize the appointment of
an independent counsel when the Attorney General deter-
mines that Department of Justice attorneys have en-
gaged in certain conduct.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT
OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL.
Section 592(c) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (A),
by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and
inserting ‘‘; or’’, and by adding after subparagraph (B)
the following:
‘‘(C) the Attorney General, upon completion of
a preliminary examination under this chapter, deter-
mines that there are reasonable grounds to believe
that—
‘‘(i) attorneys of the Department of Jus-
tice have engaged in prosecutorial misconduct,
corruption, or fraud, and
‘‘(ii) further investigation is warranted.’’.
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‘‘(A) Part A of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
‘‘(B) Part B of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.).
‘‘(C) Title XX of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.).
‘‘(D) The National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
‘‘(E) The Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et
seq.).
‘‘(2) SUFFICIENT FUNDING DETERMINATION.—
Prior to using any amounts received from a grant
under this Act for a fiscal year to carry out a State
program pursuant to any or all of the provisions of
law described in paragraph (1), the appropriate
State agency shall make a determination that suffi-
cient amounts will remain available for such fiscal
year to carry out this Act.
‘‘(3) RULES GOVERNING USE OF AMOUNTS FOR
OTHER
PURPOSES.—Amounts paid to the State
under a grant under this Act that are used to carry
out a State program pursuant to a provision of law
specified in paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the
requirements of this Act, but shall be subject to the
(4) POLITICAL CONSULTANT.—Section 1(p) of
that Act (22 U.S.C. 611(p)) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘any person’’;
and
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following: ‘‘, or (2) who distributes
political promotional or informational materials
to an officer or employee of the United States
Government, in his or her capacity as such offi-
cer or employee’’.
(5) SERVING PREDOMINANTLY A FOREIGN IN-
TEREST.—Section 1(q) of that Act (22 U.S.C.
611(q)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause
(ii) of the proviso; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ‘‘, and (iv) such activities do
not involve the representation of the interests of
the foreign principal before any agency or offi-
cial of the Government of the United States
other than providing information in response to
requests by such agency or official or as a nec-
essary part of a formal judicial or administra-
tive proceeding, including the initiation of such
a proceeding.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 453
To provide for an additional temporary and permanent district court judgeship
for the northern district of Ohio.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1995
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for an additional temporary and permanent
district court judgeship for the northern district of Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PERMANENT JUDGESHIP FOR THE NORTHERN
DISTRICT OF OHIO.
The existing district judgeship for the northern dis-
trict of Ohio authorized by section 203(c) of the Federal
Judgeship Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 133 note) shall, as of
the date of the enactment of this Act, be authorized under
section 133 of title 28, United States Code, and the in-
cumbent in that office shall hold the office under section
133 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this
Act.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY JUDGESHIP.
The President shall appoint, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, 1 additional district judge for
the northern district of Ohio. The first vacancy in the of-
fice of district judge in the northern district of Ohio which
occurs 5 years or more after the date of the enactment
of this Act shall not be filled.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO TABLE.
In order that the table contained in section 133(a)
of title 28, United States Code, will reflect the change in
the number of permanent district judgeships authorized
as a result of section 1, the item relating to the northern
district of Ohio in such table is amended by striking ‘‘11’’
and inserting ‘‘12’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 454
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to complete construction of the
Hubbard Expressway in the vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 1995
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to complete con-
struction of the Hubbard Expressway in the vicinity of
Youngstown, Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. HUBBARD EXPRESSWAY.
(a) PROJECT
DESCRIPTION.—The Secretary of
Transportation shall carry out a highway project in the
vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio, to complete construction of
the Hubbard Expressway.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to carry out
subsection (a) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.
(c) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized
by this section shall be available for obligation in the same
manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter
1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal
share of the cost of the project under this section shall
be 80 percent and such funds shall remain available until
expended. Such funds shall not be subject to any obliga-
tion limitation.
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