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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 180 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the termination of 
further retirement benefits for Members of Congress, except the right 
to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. YODER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the 
termination of further retirement benefits for Members 
of Congress, except the right to continue participating 
in the Thrift Savings Plan. 
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 ‘‘Termination of Life-
long Pensions for Members of Congress Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF FURTHER RETIREMENT BENE-
FITS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE 
RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 
83 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after section 8335 the following: 
‘‘§ 8335a. Termination of further retirement coverage 
of Members of Congress 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this subchapter and subject to subsection (f), ef-
fective on the date that is 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section— 
‘‘(1) a Member shall not be subject to this sub-
chapter for any further period of time; and 
‘‘(2) no further Government contributions or 
deductions from basic pay may be made with respect 
to such Member for deposit in the Treasury of the 
United States to the credit of the Fund. 
‘‘(b) PRIOR RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing in 
subsection (a) shall be considered to nullify, modify, or 
otherwise affect any right, entitlement, or benefit under 
this subchapter with respect to any Member covering any 
period prior to the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(c) RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THRIFT SAVINGS 
PLAN NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall 
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ment and to assess the nature and type of crime in the 
United States. 
(c) GRANT REDUCED.—In the case of a State or unit 
of local government that receives a grant award under 
subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et 
seq.), if that State or unit of local government fails sub-
stantially to provide the information required under sub-
section (a), the Attorney General shall reduce the amount 
that would otherwise be awarded to that State or unit of 
local government under such grant program in the fol-
lowing fiscal year by an amount not less than 10 percent 
nor more than 25 percent. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1810 
To revise the Uniform Crime Reports, and the National Incident-Based Re-
porting System, to direct the Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation to include information in those reports pertaining to law enforce-
ment-involved justifiable homicides, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To revise the Uniform Crime Reports, and the National 
Incident-Based Reporting System, to direct the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include infor-
mation in those reports pertaining to law enforcement- 
involved justifiable homicides, 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 ‘‘Collection and Analysis 
of Data to Educate and Train Law Enforcement Officers 
Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘CADET Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORTING OF USE OF FORCE BY OR AGAINST LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation shall revise the Uniform Crime Re-
ports and the National Incident-Based Reporting System 
to include information in those reports pertaining to the 
justified and unjustified uses of force resulting in death 
or injury by or against law enforcement officers, including 
the following information on such a use of force: 
(1) The age, race, gender, religion, criminal his-
tory, if any, of the victim. 
(2) The age, race, gender of the officer involved 
in the homicide, and other relevant information re-
lating to the officer involved such as the number of 
prior officer involved shootings and uses of lethal 
force, number and disposition of citizen complaints 
(formal and informal) filed against the officer and 
the nature and description of any disciplinary ac-
tions taken against the officer. 
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘Uniform Crime Reports’’ means the reports author-
ized under section 534 of title 28, United States Code, 
and administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
which compiles nationwide criminal statistics for use in 
law enforcement administration, operation, and manage-
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States Virgin Islands during the entire taxable year, 
and who fully pay all income tax liabilities to the 
United States Virgin Islands, are not subject to Fed-
eral income taxes on their income. 
(9) Guam was established as a territory of the 
United States after the passage of the Guam Or-
ganic Act of 1950. Under the provisions of section 
935 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, residents 
of Guam are required to file tax returns with Guam, 
but not with the United States Federal Government 
and therefore the residents do not have to pay 
United States Federal income taxes. 
(10) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands was established in 1975 after residents 
decided not to pursue independence, but instead they 
opted to enter into territory negotiations. The tax 
treatment of the Northern Mariana Islands is simi-
lar to the structure of Guam in that bona fide resi-
dents are not required to pay Federal income taxes. 
(11) American Samoa, which is technically con-
sidered ‘‘unorganized’’ because no Organic Acts have 
been passed by Congress, is governed by section 931 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Under this 
section, bona fide year-round residents are exempt 
from Federal taxes on income they earn in Samoa, 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1814 
To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. POLIS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. TAKAI, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. CART-
WRIGHT, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. GUINTA, 
Mr. GIBSON, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. DOLD, Mr. REICHERT, 
Mr. LOBIONDO, and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To permanently reauthorize the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION OF LAND AND 
WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 200302 of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘During the period end-
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ing September 30, 2015, there’’ and inserting 
‘‘There’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘through 
September 30, 2015’’. 
(b) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Section 200306 of title 54, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC ACCESS.—Not less than 1.5 percent of 
amounts made available for expenditure in any fiscal year 
under section 200303, or $10,000,000, whichever is great-
er, shall be used for projects that secure recreational pub-
lic access to existing Federal public land for hunting, fish-
ing, and other recreational purposes.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 379
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4342
[Report No. 105–671]
A BILL
To make miscellaneous and technical changes to
various trade laws, and for other purposes.
AUGUST 3, 1998
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
H. Res. 165 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 24, 2015. 
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are 
hereby, elected to the following standing committees of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: Mr. Palazzo. 
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Mr. Russell. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
H. Res. 172 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 25, 2015. 
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is 
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS: Mr. Moulton. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 666
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4342
[Report No. 105–356]
AN ACT
To make miscellaneous and technical changes to
various trade laws, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 29, 1998
Reported with an amendment
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 434
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of small parcels of
land in the Carson National Forest and the
Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, to the
village of El Rito and the town of Jemez Springs,
New Mexico.
H. Res. 199 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 14, 2015. 
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are 
hereby, elected to the following standing committees of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY: Mr. Meehan, to 
rank immediately after Mr. Marino. 
COMMITEE ON RULES: Mr. Byrne and Mr. Newhouse. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
SEC. 505. SAFE VESSEL OPERATION IN THE GREAT LAKES. 
The Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Trans-
portation Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–281) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 610, by— 
(A) striking the section enumerator and 
heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 610. SAFE VESSEL OPERATION IN THE GREAT 
LAKES.’’; 
(B) striking ‘‘existing boundaries and any 
future expanded boundaries of the Thunder 
Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Under-
water Preserve’’ and inserting ‘‘boundaries of 
any national marine sanctuary that preserves 
shipwrecks or maritime heritage in the Great 
Lakes’’; and 
(C) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, unless the designation doc-
uments for such sanctuary do not allow taking 
up or discharging ballast water in such sanc-
tuary’’; and 
(2) in the table of contents in section 2, by 
striking the item relating to such section and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘Sec. 610. Safe vessel operation in the Great Lakes.’’.
under subsection (a)(11) is adjusted to include the land 
identified as ‘Include as Wilderness’ on the map entitled 
‘McCoy Creek Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 2014, 
and to exclude the land identified as ‘NFS Lands’ on the 
map entitled ‘Proposed Wilderness Boundary Adjustment 
High Schells Wilderness Area’ and dated June 17, 2014.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NEVADA WILDERNESS 
PROTECTION ACT
OF 1989.—The Nevada Wilderness 
Protection Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 
101–195; 103 Stat. 1784) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 12. ARC DOME BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 
‘‘The boundary of the Arc Dome Wilderness estab-
lished under section 2(2) is adjusted to exclude the land 
identified as ‘Exclude from Wilderness’ on the map enti-
tled ‘Arc Dome Adjustment’ and dated November 3, 
2014.’’. 
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSERVATION PLAN, VIR-
GIN RIVER, NEVADA. 
Section 3(d)(3)(B) of Public Law 99–548 (100 Stat. 
3061; 116 Stat. 2018) is amended by striking ‘‘develop-
ment of a multispecies habitat conservation plan for’’ and 
inserting ‘‘development and implementation of a conserva-
tion plan to benefit fish and wildlife species of’’.
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 
Section 3(f)(2)(B) of Public Law 99–548 (100 Stat. 
3061) is amended by striking ‘‘(v) Sec. 7.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 7, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1815 
AN ACT 
To facilitate certain pinyon-juniper related projects 
in Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the bound-
aries of certain wilderness areas in the State of 
Nevada, and to provide for the implementation of 
a conservation plan for the Virgin River, Nevada.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4354
AN ACT
To establish the United States Capitol Police Me-
morial Fund on behalf of the families of Detec-
tive John Michael Gibson and Private First Class
Jacob Joseph Chestnut of the United States
Capitol Police.
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 788
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
to prohibit the consideration of retroactive tax increases.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 1, 1995
Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. EMERSON, Mr.
SAXTON, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mrs. SMITH of Washington,
Ms. DUNN of Washington, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. ROTH,
Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BURTON of Indiana,
Mr. HEINEMAN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. ROGERS, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. LONGLEY,
Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. FIELDS
of Texas, Mr.
THORNBERRY, Mr. MYERS of Indiana, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BUNN of Or-
egon, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. GEKAS, Mr.
LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania,
Mr. BURR, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. JONES, Mr.
WELLER, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. DORNAN) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules
A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 to prohibit the consideration of retro-
active tax increases.
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 ‘‘Citizens’ Tax Protec-
tion Act’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘PROHIBITION ON THE CONSIDERATION OF RETROACTIVE
TAX INCREASES
‘‘SEC. 314. (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order
in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider
any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con-
ference report carrying any retroactive tax increase.
‘‘(b) INCREASES A TAX.—The term ‘increase’ shall
include any change to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
that would result in an increase in tax for any taxpayer.
‘‘(c) Subsection (a) may be waived in the House of
Representatives only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths
of the Members voting.’’.
(b) SUPERMAJORITY POINT OF ORDER.—Subsections
(c) and (d) of section 904 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 are amended by inserting ‘‘314,’’ after
‘‘313,’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 313 the following:
‘‘Sec. 314. Prohibition on the consideration of retroactive tax increases.’’.
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‘‘(3) DOCUMENTATION
OF
RIGHT
TO
LI-
CENSE.—A performing rights society shall, upon the
request of any person who performs or may perform
musical works in the society’s repertoire, provide to
that person copies of the documentation establishing
the society’s right to license the public performance
of such musical works.
‘‘(4) RESTRICTIONS
ON
INFRINGEMENT
AC-
TIONS.—
‘‘(A) RESTRICTIONS.—A performing rights
society may not institute or be a party to, or
pay the costs of another party in, any action al-
leging the infringement of the copyright in, or
charge a fee under any per programming period
license for, any work in that society’s repertoire
that is not identified and documented as re-
quired by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph 
(A)
shall not apply on the basis of a failure to com-
ply with paragraph (2) with respect to a musi-
cal work first entering the society’s repertoire
within the 6-month period beginning 30 days
before the date on which the society’s last direc-
tory was published under paragraph (2), if the
society establishes that such musical work was
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 789
To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to the licensing of
music, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 1, 1995
Mr. SENSENBRENNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to
the licensing of music, 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 ‘‘Fairness in Musical
Licensing Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. BUSINESS EXEMPTION.
Section 110(5) of title 17, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) communication by electronic device of a
transmission embodying a performance or display of
a work by the reception of a broadcast, cable, sat-
ellite, or other transmission, unless—
‘‘(A) an admission fee is charged specifi-
cally to see or hear the transmission, or
‘‘(B) the transmission is not properly
licensed,
except that this paragraph shall apply in the case of
a performance or display in a commercial establish-
ment only if the performance or display is incidental
to the main purpose of the establishment;’’.
SEC. 3. BINDING ARBITRATION OF RATE DISPUTES INVOLV-
ING PERFORMING RIGHTS SOCIETIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 504 of title 17, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(d) PERFORMING RIGHTS SOCIETIES; BINDING AR-
BITRATION.—
‘‘(1) ARBITRATION
OF
DISPUTES
PRIOR
TO
COURT ACTION.—
‘‘(A) ARBITRATION.—(i) If a general music
user and a performing rights society are unable
to agree on the appropriate fee to be paid for
the user’s past or future performance of musi-
cal works in the repertoire of the performing
rights society, the general music user shall, in
lieu of any other dispute-resolution mechanism
established by any judgment or decree govern-
ing the operation of the performing rights soci-
ety, be entitled to binding arbitration of such
disagreement pursuant to the rules of the
American Arbitration Association. The music
user may initiate such arbitration.
‘‘(ii) The arbitrator in such binding arbi-
tration shall determine a fair and reasonable fee
for the general music user’s past and future
performance of musical works in such society’s
repertoire and shall determine whether the
user’s past performances of such musical works,
if any, infringed the copyrights of works in the
society’s repertoire. If the arbitrator determines
that the general music user’s past performances
of such musical works infringed the copyrights
of works in the society’s repertoire, the arbitra-
tor shall impose a penalty for such infringe-
ment. Such penalty shall not exceed the arbitra-
tor’s determination of the fair and reasonable
license fee for the performances at issue.
‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this
paragraph, a ‘general music user’ is any person
who performs musical works publicly but is not
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1816 
AN ACT 
To exclude from consideration as income under the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 payments of 
pension made under section 1521 of title 38, 
United States Code, to veterans who are in need 
of regular aid and attendance.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1816 
AN ACT 
To exclude from consideration as income under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made 
under section 1521 of title 38, United States Code, to 
veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance. 
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 ‘‘Vulnerable Veterans 
Housing Reform Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME. 
Paragraph (4) of section 3(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(4)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and any amounts’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, any amounts’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘or any deferred’’ and inserting 
‘‘, any deferred’’; and 
(3) by inserting after ‘‘prospective monthly 
amounts’’ the following: ‘‘, and any expenses related 
to aid and attendance as detailed under section 1521 
of title 38, United States Code’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON AWARDS AND BONUSES PAID TO 
EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
Section 705 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Ac-
countability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 
703 note) is amended by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, except that the dollar amount 
limitation applicable under this section for each of fiscal
years 2016 through 2020 shall be such dollar amount as 
reduced by $10,000,000’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1818 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants 
to States to streamline State requirements and proce-
dures for veterans with military emergency medical train-
ing to become civilian emergency medical technicians. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,