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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2909 
To establish an interagency working group to study the use of unmanned 
aircraft systems for wildland firefighting, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2015 
Ms. SINEMA (for herself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. STEWART, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. SALMON, and Ms. MCSALLY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture and Natural Re-
sources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish an interagency working group to study the use 
of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting, 
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 ‘‘Protecting Firefighters 
and Promoting Innovation Act’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 33 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
ensure that emergency services volunteers are not 
taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
(E) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration. 
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The working group established 
under subsection (a) shall carry out functions including 
the following: 
(1) In consultation with national fire service or-
ganizations, adjutants general from States affected 
by wildland fires, representatives from relevant in-
dustries, and other stakeholders developing stand-
ards and best practices for the use of unmanned air-
craft systems for wildland firefighting to— 
(A) assist in fire suppression; 
(B) provide real-time updates for fire-
fighters; and 
(C) reduce the risk of firefighter fatalities 
due to wildland firefighting and to aircraft acci-
dents related to wildland firefighting. 
(2) Assessing existing Federal unmanned air-
craft systems to identify opportunities to use such 
existing systems to lower the costs of the use of un-
manned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting. 
(3) Assessing opportunities to improve inter-
agency coordination with respect to the use of un-
manned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting. 
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(4) With respect to the use of unmanned air-
craft systems for wildland firefighting, assessing— 
(A) the efficacy of current technology; and 
(B) the potential efficacy of emerging tech-
nology. 
(5) In consultation with legal experts, assessing 
the implications for the Fourth Amendment of the 
Constitution of any standards, best practices, or rec-
ommendations under this section with respect to the 
use of unmanned aircraft systems. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the establishment of the working group under sub-
section (a), the co-chairs of the working group shall sub-
mit to the committees of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate with relevant jurisdiction and the National 
Wildfire Coordinating Group a report containing the re-
sults of the work of the working group. Such report shall 
include— 
(1) the standards and best practices developed 
under paragraph (1) of subsection (c); 
(2) a summary of the assessments under para-
graphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of such subsection; and 
(3) any recommendations with respect to the 
use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland fire-
fighting. 
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(e) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘unmanned aircraft system’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 331 of the FAA Mod-
ernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 
note). 
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‘‘SEC. 2796. EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN SMALL EMPLOYER 
PLANS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH IN-
SURANCE POLICIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The requirements of this title 
shall not apply to any qualified small employer health re-
imbursement 
arrangement 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
9831(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION NOT APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUAL 
HEALTH INSURANCE OFFERED UNDER THE PLAN OR 
ARRANGEMENT.—Subsection (a) shall not apply with re-
spect to any individual health insurance policy (as defined 
in section 9831(d)(3)(C) of such Code) offered under any 
such arrangement.’’. 
(2) EXCEPTION
FROM
CONTINUATION
COV-
ERAGE REQUIREMENTS.—Title XXII of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb–1 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 2209. EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN SMALL EMPLOYER 
PLANS TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH IN-
SURANCE POLICIES. 
‘‘The requirements of this title shall not apply to any 
qualified small employer health reimbursement arrange-
ment (as defined in section 9831(d)(2) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986).’’. 
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(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to months beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 252 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2912 
[Report No. 114–331] 
To establish a commission to examine the United States monetary policy, 
evaluate alternative monetary regimes, and recommend a course for mon-
etary policy going forward. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2015 
Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. BLUM, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. JOYCE, 
Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. FLORES, Ms. JEN-
KINS of Kansas, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 
GOHMERT, Mr. RENACCI, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Ms. GRANGER, Ms. 
FOXX, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. OLSON, Mr. BRAT, 
Mr. RUSSELL, and Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia 
NOVEMBER 16, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To establish a commission to examine the United States 
monetary policy, evaluate alternative monetary regimes, 
and recommend a course for monetary policy going for-
ward. 
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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 ‘‘Centennial Monetary 
Commission Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Constitution endows Congress with the 
power ‘‘to coin money, regulate the value thereof’’. 
(2) Following the financial crisis known as the 
Panic of 1907, Congress established the National 
Monetary Commission to provide recommendations 
for the reform of the financial and monetary systems 
of the United States. 
(3) Incorporating several of the recommenda-
tions of the National Monetary Commission, Con-
gress created the Federal Reserve System in 1913. 
As currently organized, the Federal Reserve System 
consists of the Board of Governors in Washington, 
District of Columbia, and the Federal Reserve 
Banks organized into 12 districts around the United 
States. The stockholders of the 12 Federal Reserve 
Banks include national and certain State-chartered 
commercial banks, which operate on a fractional re-
serve basis. 
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cally, according to a schedule that the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate, a transportation plan for
its metropolitan area in accordance with the require-
ments of this subsection.
‘‘(2) TRANSPORTATION
PLAN.—A transpor-
tation plan under this section shall at a minimum:
‘‘(A) Identify transportation facilities (in-
cluding but not necessarily limited to major
roadways, transit, multimodal and intermodal
facilities) that should function as a future inte-
grated transportation system, giving emphasis
to those facilities that serve important national
and regional transportation functions. In for-
mulating transportation plans, the metropolitan
planning process shall address the consider-
ations in subsection (f) of this section, any
State or local goals developed within the cooper-
ative metropolitan planning process, and other
issues addressed in this section as they relate to
a 20-year forecast period and to other forecast
periods as determined by the participants in the
planning process.
‘‘(B) Identify transportation strategies
necessary to—
endar years beginning after the date of death of any pre-
deceased spouse of the donor.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to estates of decedents dying, and
gifts made, after December 31, 1997.
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(xi) Facility planning and design, not oth-
erwise provided for, $19,000,000.
(xii) Environmental compliance and res-
toration, $34,000,000.
(B) For Construction of Facilities, including
land acquisition, for fiscal year 1999, $188,900,000.
(4) For Research and Program Management,
including personnel and related costs, travel, and re-
search operations support—
(A) for fiscal year 1998, $2,070,300,000;
and
(B) for fiscal year 1999, $2,022,600,000.
SEC. 104. INSPECTOR GENERAL.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration for Inspector
General—
(1) for fiscal year 1998, $18,300,000; and
(2) for fiscal year 1999, $18,600,000.
SEC. 105. TOTAL AUTHORIZATION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the
total amount authorized to be appropriated to the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration under this
Act shall not exceed—
(1) for fiscal year 1998, $13,881,800,000; and
(2) for fiscal year 1999, $13,925,800,000.
(I) for the 2016–2017 award 
year, the average resident community 
college tuition and fees per student in 
all States for the most recent year for 
which data are available; and 
(II) for each subsequent award 
year, the average resident community 
college tuition and fees per student in 
all States calculated under this sub-
clause for the preceding year, in-
creased by the lesser of— 
(aa) the percentage by which 
the average resident community 
college tuition and fees per stu-
dent in all States for the most re-
cent year for which data are 
available increased as compared 
to such average for the preceding 
year; or 
(bb) 3 percent. 
(2) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
INDIAN 
TRIBES.—In any case in which not less than 75 per-
cent of the students at the community colleges oper-
ated or controlled by an Indian tribe are low-income 
students, the amount of the Federal share for such 
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terim storage facility as necessary to ensure compatibility
between the interim storage facility and contract holders’
spent nuclear fuel and facilities, and to facilitate the Sec-
retary’s ability to meet the Secretary’s obligations under
this Act.
‘‘(c) LICENSING.—
‘‘(1) PHASES.—The interim storage facility
shall be licensed by the Commission in two phases
in order to commence operations no later than Janu-
ary 31, 2002.
‘‘(2) FIRST PHASE.—No later than 12 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Commission an application
for a license for the first phase of the interim stor-
age facility. The license issued for the first phase of
the interim storage facility shall have a term of 20
years. The interim storage facility licensed in the
first phase shall have a capacity of not more than
10,000 MTU. The Commission shall issue a final de-
cision granting or denying the application for the
first phase license no later than 36 months from the
date of the submittal of the application for such li-
cense.
‘‘(3) SECOND PHASE.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Commission an application for a license
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does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 
residence and workplace, except in the case of— 
(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 
Police Department who resides in the District of Co-
lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 
Department; 
(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-
cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 
Emergency Medical Services Department who re-
sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 
hours a day; 
(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-
partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 
the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 
who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 
call 24 hours a day; 
(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-
aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 
Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 
of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 
(5) at the discretion of the Director of the 
Homeland Security and Emergency Management 
Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-
curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-
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‘‘(2) FIRST PHASE.—No later than 12 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to the Commission an application for a
license for the first phase of the interim storage facil-
ity. The license issued for the first phase of the in-
terim storage facility shall have a term of 20 years.
The interim storage facility licensed in the first phase
shall have a capacity of not more than 10,000 MTU.
The Commission shall issue a final decision granting
or denying the application for the first phase license
no later than 36 months from the date of the submit-
tal of the application for such license.
‘‘(3) SECOND PHASE.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Commission an application for a license
for the second phase interim storage facility. The li-
cense for the second phase facility shall authorize a
storage capacity of 40,000 MTU. The license for the
second phase shall have an initial term of up to 100
years, and shall be renewable for additional terms
upon application of the Secretary.
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION.—For the purpose of com-
plying with subsection (a), the Secretary may com-
mence site preparation for the interim storage facility
as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of
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application, and the construction and operation of
any facility shall be considered preliminary decision-
making activities for purposes of the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.). No such activity shall require the preparation
of an environmental impact statement under section
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) or require any envi-
ronmental review under subparagraph (E) or (F) of
such Act.
‘‘(2) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—
‘‘(A) FINAL DECISION.—A final decision of
the Commission to grant or deny a license appli-
cation for the first or second phase of the interim
storage facility shall be accompanied by an En-
vironmental Impact Statement prepared under
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). In
preparing such Environmental Impact State-
ment, the Commission—
‘‘(i) shall assume that 40,000 MTU
will be stored at the facility; and
‘‘(ii) shall analyze the impacts of the
transportation of spent nuclear fuel and
ings), section 7431 (relating to damages for unau-
thorized disclosure), section 7432 (relating to dam-
ages for failure to release lien), section 7433 (relat-
ing to damages for unauthorized collection data) and
chapter 77 (relating to miscellaneous provisions).
References to provisions repealed by the preceding
sentence shall be treated as references to such provi-
sions as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
(2) INCOME
TAX.—The amendment made by
subsection (a)(1) shall apply to taxable years begin-
ning after June 30, 1999.
(3) SALES TAX.—The amendment made by sec-
tion 4 shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
(4) SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.—The amend-
ment made by section 9 shall take effect on January
1, 1999.
(5) SUPERMAJORITY REQUIRED.—The amend-
ment made by section 11 shall take effect on Janu-
ary 1, 1999.
(1) Monetary policy can only affect the level of 
employment in the short term because nonmonetary 
factors determine the level of employment in the 
long term. At best, the Federal Reserve may tempo-
rarily increase the level of employment through mon-
etary policy, but such efforts risk the possibility of 
price inflation and increased business cycle volatility 
in the future. However, the Federal Reserve can 
achieve price stability in the long term through mon-
etary policy. Price stability is desirable because both 
price inflation and price deflation damage the U.S. 
economy. Therefore, to maximize long-term economic 
growth and achieve the highest sustainable level of 
real output and employment, price stability should 
be the objective of monetary policy. 
(2) Countries whose central bank has a single 
mandate for price stability generally have a better 
record of achieving stable prices than countries 
whose central bank has a mandate that gives equal 
weight to other objectives such as maximum employ-
ment or low interest rates. 
(3) In general, an overly accommodative mone-
tary policy inflates both asset prices and prices for 
goods and services. However, an overly accommoda-
tive monetary policy may sometimes cause a misallo-
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1269
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide post-eligibility
treatment of certain payments received under a Department of Veterans
Affairs pension or compensation program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1997
Mr. BOSWELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide
post-eligibility treatment of certain payments received
under a Department of Veterans Affairs pension or com-
pensation program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF VETERANS PENSIONS UNDER
MEDICAID.
(a) POST-ELIGIBILITY.—Section 1902(r)(1) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(r)(1)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(r)(1) For purposes of sections 1902(a)(17) and
1924(d)(1)(D) and for purposes of a waiver under section
1915, with respect to the post-eligibility treatment of in-
come of individuals who are institutionalized or receiving
home or community-based services under such a waiver—
‘‘(A) there shall be disregarded reparation pay-
ments made by the Federal Republic of Germany;
‘‘(B) there shall be taken into account amounts
for incurred expenses for medical or remedial care
that are not subject to payment by a third party, in-
cluding—
‘‘(i) medicare and other health insurance
premiums, deductibles, or coinsurance, and
‘‘(ii) necessary medical or remedial care
recognized under State law but not covered
under the State plan under this title, subject to
reasonable limits the State may establish on the
amount of these expenses; and
‘‘(C) there shall be taken into account, as in-
come, any and all payments received under a De-
partment of Veterans Affairs pension or compensa-
tion program, including payments attributable to the
recipient’s medical expenses or to the recipient’s
need for aid and attendance, but excluding that part
of any augmented benefit attributable to a depend-
ent.
For purposes of subparagraph (C), any Department of
Veterans Affairs pension benefit that has been limited to
$90 per month pursuant to section 5503(f) of title 38,
United States Code, may be applied to meet the monthly
personal needs allowance provided by the State plan under
this title, but shall not otherwise be used to reduce the
amount paid to a facility under the State plan.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall be effective with respect to periods be-
ginning on and after July 1, 1994.
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