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shall provide an annual report detailing the findings to 
the appropriate Congressional Committees. 
(d) MONTHLY REPORT.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall submit to the appropriate Congressional 
Committees a monthly report on the total number of appli-
cations for admission with regard to which a certification 
under subsection (b) was made and the number of covered 
aliens with regard to whom such a certification was not 
made for the month preceding the date of the report. The 
report shall include, for each covered alien with regard to 
whom a certification was not made, the concurrence or 
nonconcurrence of each person whose concurrence was re-
quired by subsection (b). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) COVERED
ALIEN.—The term ‘‘covered 
alien’’ means any alien applying for admission to the 
United States as a refugee who— 
(A) is a national or resident of Iraq or 
Syria; 
(B) has no nationality and whose last ha-
bitual residence was in Iraq or Syria; or 
(C) has been present in Iraq or Syria at 
any time on or after March 1, 2011. 
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(2) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COM-
MITTEE.—The term ‘‘appropriate Congressional 
Committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
(E) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(F) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
(G) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; 
(H) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 
(I) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives; 
(J) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
(K) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
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(L) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
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(B) in-kind contributions. 
(3) FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WAIVER.—The Sec-
retary may waive paragraph (1) or reduce the 
amount of matching funds required under that para-
graph for a State, local educational agency, or other 
local government entity that has submitted an appli-
cation for a grant under this subsection if the State, 
local educational agency, or other local government 
entity demonstrates, in the application, a need for 
such a waiver or reduction due to extreme financial 
hardship, as determined by the Secretary. 
(e) SUBGRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, local educational 
agency, or other local government entity awarded a 
grant under this subtitle may use the grant funds to 
award subgrants to eligible local entities, to carry 
out the activities under the grant. 
(2) SUBGRANTEES.—An eligible local entity 
awarded a subgrant under paragraph (1) shall com-
ply with the requirements of this Act relating to 
grantees, as appropriate. 
(f) DOUBLE-DIPPING PREVENTION.—The Secretary 
may not award a subgrant to a local educational agency 
or other local government entity under subsection (e) for 
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and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
(2) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity college’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘junior 
or community college’’ in section 312(f) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(4) 
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti-
tution described in section 371(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 20 U.S.C. 
1067q(a)). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4044 
To prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of refugees from certain 
countries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2015 
Mr. CLAWSON of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit obligation of Federal funds for admission of 
refugees from certain countries. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, no Federal funds may be obligated 
for the admission into the United States under section 207 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) 
as a refugee (as defined in section 101(a)(42) of such Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(42))) of any alien described in sub-
section (b). 
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(b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described in 
this subsection if— 
(1) the country of the alien’s nationality is 
Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, or Yemen; or 
(2) in the case of an alien having no nation-
ality, the country in which the alien last habitually 
resided is listed in paragraph (1). 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4046 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wis-
consin, as the Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial 
Post Office. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SECOND LT. ELLEN AINSWORTH MEMORIAL 
POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood 
City, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. 
(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 ‘‘Second Lt. Ellen 
Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 1, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4046 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glen-
wood City, Wisconsin, as the Second Lt. Ellen 
Ainsworth Memorial Post Office.
H. R. 4046 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 East 
Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wisconsin, as the Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial 
Post Office. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SECOND LT. ELLEN AINSWORTH MEMORIAL POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wisconsin, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth 
Memorial Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
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 ‘‘Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4046 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wisconsin, as the Second Lt. 
Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2015 
Mr. DUFFY (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. POCAN, Mr. KIND, Ms. 
MOORE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. GROTHMAN, and Mr. RIBBLE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wis-
consin, as the Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial 
Post Office. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SECOND LT. ELLEN AINSWORTH MEMORIAL 
POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood 
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City, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. 
(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 ‘‘Second Lt. Ellen 
Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. 
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4046 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 2, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wis-
consin, as the Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial 
Post Office. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SECOND LT. ELLEN AINSWORTH MEMORIAL 
POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood 
City, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. 
(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 ‘‘Second Lt. Ellen 
Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 1, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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II 
Calendar No. 497 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4046 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 2, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
MAY 25, 2016 
Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wis-
consin, as the Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial 
Post Office. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SECOND LT. ELLEN AINSWORTH MEMORIAL 
POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood 
City, Wisconsin, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. 
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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 ‘‘Second Lt. Ellen 
Ainsworth Memorial Post Office’’. 
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Calendar No. 497 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4046 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glen-
wood City, Wisconsin, as the Second Lt. Ellen 
Ainsworth Memorial Post Office. 
MAY 25, 2016 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4049 
To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to exempt certain non- 
financial companies and smaller banking entities from the application 
of the Volcker Rule. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2015 
Mrs. LOVE (for herself, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, and Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to ex-
empt certain non-financial companies and smaller bank-
ing entities from the application of the Volcker Rule. 
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 ‘‘Volcker Rule Relief 
Act of 2105’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN NON-FINANCIAL COMPA-
NIES. 
Section 13(h)(1) of the Bank Holding Company Act 
of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851(h)(1)) is amended— 
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as estimated by the Secretary, based on the sur-
vey conducted to carry out section 16(c) for fiscal
year 1996 and such other factors as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate due to the timing
and limitations of the survey.
‘‘(D) SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—Subject
to subparagraphs (E) and (F), for fiscal year
1999 and each subsequent fiscal year, a State
agency may provide a number of hardship ex-
emptions such that the average monthly number
of the exemptions in effect during the fiscal year
does not exceed 15 percent of the number of cov-
ered individuals in the State, as estimated by the
Secretary under subparagraph (C), adjusted by
the Secretary to reflect changes in the State’s
caseload and the Secretary’s estimate of changes
in the proportion of food stamp recipients cov-
ered by waivers granted under paragraph (4).
‘‘(E) CASELOAD ADJUSTMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall adjust the number of individuals es-
timated for a State under subparagraph (C) or
(D) during a fiscal year if the number of food
stamp recipients in the State varies from the
caseload by more than 10 percent, as determined
by the Secretary.
(1) in subparagraph (D), by redesignating 
clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), respec-
tively, and moving such subclauses 2 ems to the 
right; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 
(C), and (D) as clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), re-
spectively, and moving such clauses 2 ems to the 
right; 
(3) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) CERTAIN
NON-FINANCIAL
COMPA-
NIES.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the 
term ‘banking entity’ does not include any enti-
ty that— 
‘‘(i)(I) is not predominantly engaged 
in financial activities, as defined under sec-
tion 102 of the Financial Stability Act of 
2010 (12 U.S.C. 5311); 
‘‘(II) is not a bank holding company 
or a nonbank financial company supervised 
by the Board; and 
‘‘(III) is not a direct or indirect sub-
sidiary of a bank holding company or a 
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nonbank financial company supervised by 
the Board; or 
‘‘(ii) would be a banking entity solely 
due to its control of an entity described 
under clause (i).’’. 
SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FOR SMALLER BANKING ENTITIES. 
Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 
1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(i) EXEMPTION
FOR SMALLER BANKING ENTI-
TIES.—This section shall not apply to a banking entity 
with total consolidated assets of $10,000,000,000 or 
less.’’. 
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SECTION 1. EARLY REPAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 213 of 
the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), 
any landowner within the Northport Irrigation District in 
the State of Nebraska (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘District’’) may repay, at any time, the construction costs 
of project facilities allocated to the landowner’s land with-
in the District. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF FULL-COST PRICING LIMITA-
TIONS.—On discharge, in full, of the obligation for repay-
ment of all construction costs described in subsection (a) 
that are allocated to all land the landowner owns in the 
District in question, the parcels of land shall not be sub-
ject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations 
under Federal reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 
32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to 
and amendatory of that Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), in-
cluding the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (13 U.S.C. 
390aa et seq.). 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—On request of a landowner that 
has repaid, in full, the construction costs described in sub-
section (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to 
the landowner a certificate described in section 213(b)(1) 
of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 
390mm(b)(1)). 
(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section—
(1) modifies any contractual rights under, or 
amends or reopens, the reclamation contract between 
the District and the United States; or 
(2) modifies any rights, obligations, or relation-
ships between the District and landowners in the 
District under Nebraska State law. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 1, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 404 
AN ACT 
To authorize early repayment of obligations to the 
Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Ir-
rigation District in the State of Nebraska.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 404 
To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation 
within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau 
of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District 
in the State of Nebraska. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EARLY REPAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 213 of 
the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390mm), 
any landowner within the Northport Irrigation District in 
the State of Nebraska (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘District’’) may repay, at any time, the construction costs 
of project facilities allocated to the landowner’s land with-
in the District. 
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(b) APPLICABILITY OF FULL-COST PRICING LIMITA-
TIONS.—On discharge, in full, of the obligation for repay-
ment of all construction costs described in subsection (a) 
that are allocated to all land the landowner owns in the 
District in question, the parcels of land shall not be sub-
ject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations 
under Federal reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 
32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to 
and amendatory of that Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), in-
cluding the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (13 U.S.C. 
390aa et seq.). 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—On request of a landowner that 
has repaid, in full, the construction costs described in sub-
section (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall provide to 
the landowner a certificate described in section 213(b)(1) 
of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 
390mm(b)(1)). 
(d) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section— 
(1) modifies any contractual rights under, or 
amends or reopens, the reclamation contract between 
the District and the United States; or 
(2) modifies any rights, obligations, or relation-
ships between the District and landowners in the 
District under Nebraska State law. 
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(11) the economic, physical, and management
problems facing the stock of federally insured and as-
sisted multifamily housing projects will be best served
by reforms that—
(A) reduce the cost of Federal rental assist-
ance, including project-based assistance, to these
projects by reducing the debt service and operat-
ing costs of these projects while retaining the
low-income affordability and availability of this
housing;
(B) address physical and economic distress
of this housing and the failure of some project
managers and owners of projects to comply with
management and ownership rules and require-
ments; and
(C) transfer and share many of the loan
and contract administration functions and re-
sponsibilities of the Secretary with capable State,
local, and other entities.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this part are—
(1) to preserve low-income rental housing afford-
ability and availability while reducing the long-term
costs of project-based assistance;
(2) to reform the design and operation of Federal
rental housing assistance programs, administered by
direct, near real-time online access to the 
beneficiary’s advance directive for purposes 
of viewing and sharing such advance direc-
tive; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible bene-
ficiary who has adopted an advance direc-
tive with such vendor or entity or any fam-
ily member, legal representative, or health 
care proxy legally designated by such bene-
ficiary who is unable or unwilling to use 
the online access under subparagraph (A), 
such individual is able to obtain a hard 
copy of the beneficiary’s advance directive 
for the purposes of viewing and sharing 
such advance directive; and 
‘‘(iii) providers of services and sup-
pliers participating under this title have 
near real-time online access to the advance 
directive of an eligible beneficiary who has 
adopted an advance directive with such 
vendor or entity. 
‘‘(E) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The advance di-
rective vendor or other entity providing an 
advance directive shall comply with the 
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