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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings; policy; sense of Congress. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 101. Office on International Religious Freedom; Ambassador at Large for 
International Religious Freedom. 
Sec. 102. Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. 
Sec. 103. Training for Foreign Service officers. 
Sec. 104. Prisoner lists and issue briefs on religious freedom concerns. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
Sec. 201. Special Adviser for International Religious Freedom. 
TITLE III—PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS 
Sec. 301. Non-state actor designations. 
Sec. 302. Presidential actions in response to particularly severe violations of re-
ligious freedom. 
Sec. 303. Report to Congress. 
Sec. 304. Presidential waiver. 
Sec. 305. Publication in the Federal Register. 
TITLE IV—PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
Sec. 401. Assistance for promoting religious freedom. 
TITLE V—DESIGNATED PERSONS LIST FOR PARTICULARLY 
SEVERE VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 
Sec. 501. Designated Persons List for Particularly Severe Violations of Reli-
gious Freedom. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 601. Miscellaneous provisions. 
Sec. 602. Clerical amendments. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; POLICY; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 2(a) of the International Re-
ligious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401(a)) is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘The free-
dom of thought, conscience, and religion is under-
stood to protect theistic and non-theistic beliefs and 
the right not to profess or practice any religion.’’ be-
fore ‘‘Governments’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘A policy or practice of routinely denying 
applications for visas for religious workers in a coun-
try can be indicative of a poor state of religious free-
dom in that country.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and the specific targeting 
of non-theists, humanists, and atheists because 
of their beliefs’’ after ‘‘religious persecution’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and in regions where 
non-state actors exercise significant political 
power and territorial control’’ before the period 
at the end. 
(b) POLICY.—Section 2(b) of the International Reli-
gious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(5) as subparagraphs (A) through (E); 
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(2) by striking the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), as redesignated, and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The following shall be the 
policy of the United States:’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EVOLVING
POLICIES
AND
COORDINATED 
DIPLOMATIC RESPONSES.—Because the promotion of 
international religious freedom protects human 
rights, advances democracy abroad, and advances 
United States interests in stability, security, and de-
velopment globally, the promotion of international 
religious freedom requires new and evolving policies 
and diplomatic responses that— 
‘‘(A) are drawn from the expertise of the 
national security agencies, the diplomatic serv-
ices, and other governmental agencies and non-
governmental organizations; and 
‘‘(B) are coordinated across and carried 
out by the entire range of Federal agencies.’’. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) a policy or practice by the government of 
any foreign country of routinely denying visa appli-
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(5) Examine other forms of discrimination in 
the public and private sectors against freed African- 
American prisoners and their families. 
(6) Examine the lingering negative effects of 
the mass incarceration of African-Americans. 
(7) Recommend appropriate ways to educate 
the American public of the Commission’s findings. 
(8) Recommend appropriate remedies in consid-
eration of the Commission’s findings on the matters 
described in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4). In 
making such recommendations, the Commission 
shall address among other issues, the following ques-
tions: 
(A) Whether the Government of the United 
States should offer a formal apology on behalf 
of the people of the United States to the Afri-
can-American victims of the ‘‘War on Drugs’’ 
and their descendants. 
(B) Whether African-Americans and the 
broader African-American community still suf-
fer from the lingering effects of the matters de-
scribed in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4). 
(C) Whether, in consideration of the Com-
mission’s findings, any form of compensation to 
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HR 4060 PP
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department
of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in-
cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop-
erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con-
struction, or expansion; and the purchase of passenger
motor vehicles (not to exceed 3 new sedans and 6 for re-
placement only, of which 3 are sedans, 2 are buses, and
1 is an ambulance), $4,358,554,000, to remain available
until expended.
DEFENSE FACILITIES CLOSURE PROJECTS
For expenses of the Department of Energy to acceler-
ate the closure of defense environmental management
sites, including the purchase, construction and acquisition
of plant and capital equipment and other necessary ex-
penses, $1,038,240,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PRIVATIZATION
For Department of Energy expenses for privatization
projects necessary for atomic energy defense environ-
mental management activities authorized by the Depart-
ment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.), $286,857,000, to remain available until expended.
HR 4060 PP
Lackawanna
River,
Olyphant,
Pennsylvania,
$14,400,000;
Lackawanna
River,
Scranton,
Pennsylvania,
$43,551,000;
South Central Pennsylvania Environment Im-
provement
Program,
$45,000,000,
of
which
$15,000,000 shall be available only for water-related
environmental infrastructure and resource protection
and development projects in Lackawanna, Lycoming,
Susquehanna, Wyoming, Pike, and Monroe counties
in Pennsylvania in accordance with the purposes of
subsection (a) and requirements of subsections (b)
through (e) of section 313 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1992, as amended;
Wallisville Lake, Texas, $5,500,000;
Virginia Beach, Virginia (Hurricane Protec-
tion), $13,000,000; and
West Virginia and Pennsylvania Flood Control,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania, $750,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to
incorporate the economic analyses for the Green
Ridge and Plot sections of the Lackawanna River,
Scranton, Pennsylvania, project with the economic
analysis for the Albright Street section of the
project, and to cost-share and implement these com-
HR 408 EAS
dolphin mortality limits, or per-stock per-year
mortality limits;
‘‘(ix) preventing the fishing on dolphins by
a vessel without an assigned vessel dolphin mor-
tality limit;
‘‘(x) allowing for the authorization and con-
duct of experimental fishing operations, under
such terms and conditions as the Secretary may
prescribe, for the purpose of testing proposed im-
provements in fishing techniques and equipment
that may reduce or eliminate dolphin mortality
or serious injury do not require the encirclement
of dolphins in the course of commercial yellowfin
tuna fishing;
‘‘(xi) authorizing fishing within the area
covered by the International Dolphin Conserva-
tion Program by vessels of the United States
without the use of special equipment or nets if
the vessel takes an observer and does not inten-
tionally deploy nets on, or encircle, dolphins,
under such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may prescribe; and
‘‘(xii) containing such other restrictions and
requirements as the Secretary determines are
necessary to implement the International Dol-
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6488 
To amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 to remove the exemption from registration for certain private 
activity bonds, to authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission 
to require the preparation of periodic reports by issuers of municipal 
securities, to authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission to estab-
lish baseline mandatory disclosure in primary offerings of such securities, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
Ms. MOORE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 to remove the exemption from 
registration for certain private activity bonds, to author-
ize the Securities and Exchange Commission to require 
the preparation of periodic reports by issuers of munic-
ipal securities, to authorize the Securities and Exchange 
Commission to establish baseline mandatory disclosure 
in primary offerings of such securities, 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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HR 4060 RDS
terial Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, as authorized by
Public Law 104–303; and of which such sums as are nec-
essary pursuant to Public Law 99–662 shall be derived
from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, for one-half of
the costs of construction and rehabilitation of inland wa-
terways projects, including rehabilitation costs for the
Lock and Dam 25, Mississippi River, Illinois and Mis-
souri; Lock and Dam 14, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock
and Dam 24, Part 1, Mississippi River, Illinois and Mis-
souri; and Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota,
projects, and of which funds are provided for the following
projects in the amounts specified:
Norco Bluffs, California, $4,400,000;
Tybee Island, Georgia, $1,200,000;
Indianapolis 
Central 
Waterfront, 
Indiana,
$4,000,000;
Indiana Shoreline Erosion, Indiana, $700,000;
Ohio 
River 
Flood 
Protection, 
Indiana,
$1,700,000;
Harlan/Clover 
Fork, 
Williamsburg,
Middlesboro, Martin County, Pike County, and
Town of Martin elements of the Levisa and Tug
Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cum-
berland River, Kentucky, $26,730,000;
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Southern and Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky,
$4,000,000;
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Hurricane
Protection), Louisiana, $18,000,000;
Lake 
Pontchartrain 
(Jefferson 
Parish)
Stormwater Discharge, Louisiana, $3,000,000;
Southeast Louisiana, Louisiana, $85,200,000;
Jackson County, Mississippi, $7,000,000;
Passaic River Streambank Restoration, New
Jersey, $5,000,000;
Lackawanna River, Olyphant, Pennsylvania,
$14,400,000;
Lackawanna River, Scranton, Pennsylvania,
$43,551,000;
South Central Pennsylvania Environment Im-
provement 
Program, 
$45,000,000, 
of 
which
$15,000,000 shall be available only for water-related
environmental infrastructure and resource protection
and development projects in Lackawanna, Lycoming,
Susquehanna, Wyoming, Pike, and Monroe counties
in Pennsylvania in accordance with the purposes of
subsection (a) and requirements of subsections (b)
through (e) of section 313 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1992, as amended;
Wallisville Lake, Texas, $5,500,000;
of assistive technology devices and assistive tech-
nology services; and
‘‘(C) results of periodic surveys of manufactur-
ers and suppliers of assistive technology and univer-
sally designed technology, and of assistive technology
and universally designed technology end-users.’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE STEVENSON-WYDLER
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ACT OF 1980.—Section 11(e)
of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of
1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710(e)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(K) 
develop 
and 
disseminate, 
including
through accessible electronic formats, to all Federal,
State, and local agencies and instrumentalities in-
volved in assistive technology and universally de-
signed technology, in order to maximize research
and development of assistive technology and univer-
sally designed technology, information that indi-
cates—
in any calendar year after 2022, the primary insurance 
amount of the individual shall (except as provided in 
clause (vii)) be equal to the sum of the amounts deter-
mined under clause (ii) with respect to all of the individ-
ual’s benefit computation years (as defined in subsection 
(b)(2)(B)). 
‘‘(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the amount 
determined under this clause with respect to a benefit 
computation year of an individual shall be equal to the 
quotient derived by dividing— 
‘‘(I) the product of the individual’s covered 
earnings ratio determined under clause (iii) for such 
benefit computation year and the sum of— 
‘‘(aa) 95 percent of the wages and self-em-
ployment income of such individual credited for 
such computation year (as adjusted under sub-
section (b)(3)) to the extent that such wages 
and self-employment income do not exceed the 
amount established for purposes of this item by 
clause (iv), 
‘‘(bb) 27.5 percent of such wages and self- 
employment income to the extent that such 
wages and self-employment income exceed the 
amount established for purposes of item (aa) 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4061
For the relief of the survivors of the 14 members of the Armed Forces
and the one United States civilian Federal employee who were killed
on April 14, 1994, when United States fighter aircraft mistakenly shot
down 2 helicopters in Iraq.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 16, 1998
Mr. COLLINS (for himself, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr.
DIXON, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, and Mr. HOLDEN) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of the survivors of the 14 members of the
Armed Forces and the one United States civilian Federal
employee who were killed on April 14, 1994, when
United States fighter aircraft mistakenly shot down 2
helicopters in Iraq.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT.
(a) PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of
the Treasury shall pay, out of funds not otherwise appro-
priated, $100,000 to the survivor, or collectively the sur-
vivors, of each of the 14 members of the Armed Forces
and the one United States civilian Federal employee who
were killed on April 14, 1994, when United States F–15
fighter aircraft mistakenly shot down two UH–60 Black
Hawk helicopters in Iraq.
(b) SURVIVOR STATUS.—For the purposes of this
Act—
(1) a survivor of a member of the Armed
Forces described in subsection (a) who was insured
by a Serviceman’s Group Life Insurance policy
(issued under chapter 19 of title 38, United States
Code) is a person designated as a beneficiary on
such policy; and
(2) a survivor of—
(A) the United States civilian Federal em-
ployee described in subsection (a); and
(B) a member of the Armed Forces de-
scribed in subsection (a) who was not insured
by a Serviceman’s Group Life Insurance policy
(issued under chapter 19 of title 38, United
States Code),
is a person determined to be a survivor by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury using the provisions of sec-
tion 5582(b) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 2. MAXIMUM PAYMENT.
Not more than a total of $1,500,000 shall be paid
to survivors under section 1.
SEC. 3. ATTORNEY FEES.
Notwithstanding any contract, no representative of a
survivor may receive more than 10 percent of a payment
made under section 1 for services rendered in connection
with the survivor’s claim for such payment. Any person
who violates this section shall be guilty of an infraction
and shall be subject to a fine in the amount provided in
title 18, United States Code.
SEC. 4. REPORT.
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
transmit a report to the Congress describing the payments
made under section 1.
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but do not exceed the amount established for 
purposes of this item by clause (iv), 
‘‘(cc) 5 percent of such wages and self-em-
ployment income to the extent that such wages 
and self-employment income exceed the amount 
established for purposes of item (bb) but do not 
exceed the amount established for purposes of 
this item by clause (iv), and 
‘‘(dd) 2 percent of such wages and self-em-
ployment income to the extent that such wages 
and self-employment income exceed the amount 
established for purposes of item (cc), by 
‘‘(II) the number of months in the individual’s 
benefit computation years (as defined in subsection 
(b)(2)(B)), 
rounded, if not a multiple of $0.10, to the next lower mul-
tiple of $0.10, and thereafter increased as provided in sub-
section (i). 
‘‘(iii) An individual’s covered earnings ratio for a ben-
efit computation year is the ratio of— 
‘‘(I) the total (after adjustment under sub-
section (b)(3)) of his wages paid in and self-employ-
ment income credited to such benefit computation 
year (determined without regard to clause (v)), to 
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‘‘(II) the total (after adjustment under sub-
section (b)(3)) of his wages paid in and self-employ-
ment income credited to such benefit computation 
year (as determined under clause (v)). 
‘‘(iv) The amount established for purposes of items 
(aa), (bb), and (cc) of clause (ii)(I) shall be, respectively— 
‘‘(I) 25 percent of the national average wage 
index (as defined in section 209(k)(1)) for the sec-
ond calendar year preceding the calendar year for 
which the determination is made, 
‘‘(II) 100 percent of the national average wage 
index (as so defined) for such calendar year, and 
‘‘(III) 125 percent of the national average wage 
index (as so defined) for such calendar year. 
‘‘(v)(I) For purposes of determining an individual’s 
primary insurance amount pursuant to clause (i), the total 
(after adjustment under subsection (b)(3)) of the individ-
ual’s wages paid in and self-employment income credited 
to a benefit computation year after 1977 shall be deter-
mined by treating all recorded noncovered earnings (as de-
fined in subclause (II)(aa)) derived by the individual from 
noncovered service performed in such benefit computation 
year as ‘wages’ (as defined in section 209 for purposes 
of this title), which shall be treated as included in the indi-
vidual’s adjusted total covered earnings (as defined in sub-
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(C) to enhance legal certainty for all types
of instruments related to such markets, includ-
ing hybrid instruments and swap agreements;
and
(D) to promote the harmonization of regu-
lation of such markets worldwide.
(b) REPORTS.—
(1) INTERIM
REPORT.—Not later than 6
months after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Working Group on Financial Derivatives estab-
lished under section 2 shall submit an interim report
to the Congress describing the working group’s
progress.
(2) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Working Group on Financial Derivatives established
under section 2 shall submit a final report to the
Congress describing the study conducted under sub-
section (a)(1) and containing the recommendations
developed under subsection (a)(2).
(3) SEPARATE
VIEWS.—The reports under
paragraph (1) and (2) may include separately stated
views of any member of the working group.
SEC. 5. PROTECTION OF INTERNATIONAL BANKING SYS-
TEM.
To protect customers, stabilize the international fi-
nancial system, and underpin the safety and soundness of
banking institutions in the United States and the banking
system around the world, the Government of the United
States and the Working Group on Financial Derivatives
should make a high priority continual negotiations to en-
sure that foreign markets and regulatory bodies establish
and maintain regulations comparably prudent to those ap-
plicable in United States markets.
SEC. 6. RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO HYBRID INSTRU-
MENTS AND SWAP AGREEMENTS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
(1) during the period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act and ending upon the en-
actment of legislation authorizing appropriations for
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for
any fiscal year after fiscal year 2000, the Commod-
ity Futures Trading Commission may not, without
the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, pro-
pose or promulgate any rule, regulation, or order, or
issue any interpretive or policy statement, that re-
stricts or regulates activity in a hybrid instrument or
swap agreement—
(A) that is eligible for exemption under
part 34 or 35 of title 17, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (as in effect on January 1, 1998); and
(B) to which a depository institution, a
broker or dealer registered under the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, a foreign bank, or
an affiliate of a depository institution or a for-
eign bank, is a party; and
(2) a hybrid instrument or swap agreement de-
scribed in paragraph (1) that is entered into before
the period described in such paragraph shall not be
subject to section 2(a)(1)(B)(v) of the Commodity
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 2a(a)(1)(B)(v)).
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘depository institution’’ has the
meaning given such term in section 19(b)(1)(A) of
the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(A)).
(2) The term ‘‘foreign bank’’ has the meaning
given such term in section 1(b)(7) of the Inter-
national 
Banking 
Act 
of 
1978 
(12 
U.S.C.
3101(b)(7)).
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