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quent appointments of a board under paragraph (1)(B)
shall be determined from the date of the receipt of such in-
formation.
‘‘(3) The Secretary is not required to appoint a board
under paragraph (1) with respect to the disappearance of
any person—
‘‘(A) more than 30 years after the initial report
of the disappearance of the missing person required
by section 1502(a) of this title; or
‘‘(B) if, before the end of such 30-year period, the
missing person is accounted for.’’.
(d) PENALTIES FOR WRONGFUL WITHHOLDING OF IN-
FORMATION.—Section 1506 of such title is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection
(f); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following
new subsection (e):
‘‘(e) WRONGFUL WITHHOLDING.—Except as provided
in subsections (a) through (d), any person who knowingly
and willfully withholds from the personnel file of a missing
person any information relating to the disappearance or
whereabouts and status of a missing person shall be fined
as provided in title 18 or imprisoned not more than one
year, or both.’’.
(e) INFORMATION TO ACCOMPANY RECOMMENDATION
OF STATUS OF DEATH.—Section 1507(b) of such title is
amended adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(3) A description of the location of the body, if
recovered.
‘‘(4) If the body has been recovered and is not
identifiable through visual means, a certification by
a practitioner of an appropriate forensic science that
the body recovered is that of the missing person.’’.
(f) SCOPE OF PREENACTMENT REVIEW.—(1) Section
1509 of such title is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(d); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing new subsection (c):
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR PERSONS CLASSIFIED AS
‘KIA/BNR’.—In the case of a person described in subsection
(b) who was classified as ‘killed in action/body not recov-
ered’, the case of that person may be reviewed under this
section only if the new information referred to in subsection
(a) is compelling.’’.
(2)(A) The heading of such section is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, special interest’’ after ‘‘Preenactment’’.
(B) The item relating to such section in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 76 of such title is
amended 
by 
inserting 
‘‘, 
special 
interest’’ 
after
‘‘Preenactment’’.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect immediately after the enactment of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1997.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 109 
To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress shall be made 
with respect to any pay period occurring during the One Hundred Four-
teenth Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself and Mr. GUINTA) 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 within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that no pay adjustment for Members of Congress 
shall be made with respect to any pay period occurring 
during the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NO PAY ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS OF CON-
GRESS DURING ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH 
CONGRESS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no ad-
justment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legis-
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lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501), relat-
ing to compensation of Members of Congress, with respect 
to any pay period occurring during the One Hundred 
Fourteenth Congress. 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4002
To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide equitable treat-
ment for barley producers so that 1996 contract payments to the produc-
ers are not reduced to a greater extent than the average percentage
reduction in contract payments for other commodities, while maintaining
the level of contract payments for other commodities, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1996
Mr. POMEROY (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. WILLIAMS,
and Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide
equitable treatment for barley producers so that 1996
contract payments to the producers are not reduced to
a greater extent than the average percentage reduction
in contract payments for other commodities, while main-
taining the level of contract payments for other commod-
ities, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4002 IH
SECTION 1. CORRECTION OF BARLEY PAYMENT INEQUITY.
Section 113 of the Agricultural Market Transition
Act (title I of Public Law 104–127; 7 U.S.C. 7213) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL BARLEY ALLOCATION.—In addi-
tion to the adjustments required under subsection (c), the
amount allocated under subsection (b)(4) for barley con-
tract payments shall be increased by $35,000,000 for fis-
cal year 1996.’’.
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SEC. 219. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Science and Tech-
nology Policy shall submit a report to Congress that in-
cludes— 
(1) a description and evaluation of the status 
and usage of caregiver policies at all Federal science 
agencies, including any recommendations for revis-
ing or expanding such policies; 
(2) a description of any significant updates to 
the policies for review of Federal research grants re-
quired under section 215, and any evidence of the 
impact of such policies on the review or awarding of 
Federal research grants; and 
(3) a description and evaluation of the status of 
Federal laboratory policies and practices required 
under section 217(b), including any recommenda-
tions for revising or expanding such policies. 
SEC. 220. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR 
INCREASING DIVERSITY AMONG STEM FAC-
ULTY AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Director of the National Science 
Foundation shall award grants to institutions of higher 
education (or consortia thereof) for the development of in-
novative reform efforts designed to increase the recruit-
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ment, retention, and advancement of individuals from 
underrepresented minority groups in academic STEM ca-
reers. 
(b) MERIT REVIEW; COMPETITION.—Grants shall be 
awarded under this section on a merit-reviewed, competi-
tive basis. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by grants 
under this section may include— 
(1) institutional assessment activities, such as 
data analyses and policy review, in order to identify 
and address specific issues in the recruitment, reten-
tion, and advancement of faculty members from 
underrepresented minority groups; 
(2) implementation of institution-wide improve-
ments in workload distribution, such that faculty 
members from underrepresented minority groups are 
not disadvantaged in the amount of time available to 
focus on research, publishing papers, and engaging 
in other activities required to achieve tenure status 
and run a productive research program; 
(3) development and implementation of training 
courses for administrators and search committee 
members to ensure that candidates from underrep-
resented minority groups are not subject to implicit 
biases in the search and hiring process; 
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‘‘(6) Nothing in this subsection shall restrict any au-
thority under subchapter II of chapter 83 or any other
provision of law to deny or withhold benefits authorized
by statute.
‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘Mem-
ber’ has the meaning given such term by section 2106,
notwithstanding section 8401(20).’’.
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a) and
(b) and section 5903(c) do not apply to a car-
rier when the carrier is transferring a loaded
container or trailer to another carrier during
intermodal transportation, unless the carrier is
also the person tendering the loaded container
or trailer to the first carrier.
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—A carrier, agent of
a carrier, broker, customs broker, freight for-
warder, warehouser, or terminal operator is
deemed not to be a person tendering a loaded
container or trailer to a first carrier under this
section, unless the carrier, agent, broker, cus-
toms broker, freight forwarder, warehouser, or
terminal operator assumes legal responsibility
for loading property into the container or trail-
er.’’.
SEC. 5. PROHIBITIONS.
(a) PROVIDING ERRONEOUS INFORMATION.—Section
5903(a) is amended by inserting ‘‘, to whom section
5902(b) applies,’’ after ‘‘A person’’.
(b) TRANSPORTING PRIOR TO RECEIVING CERTIFI-
CATION.—Section 5903(b) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) TRANSPORTING PRIOR TO RECEIVING CERTIFI-
CATION.—
I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4003
To provide for the temporary suspension of duty on certain plastic web
sheeting.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1996
Mr. RAMSTAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for the temporary suspension of duty on certain
plastic web sheeting.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CERTAIN PLASTIC WEB SHEETING.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tar-
iff Schedule of the United States is amended—
(1) by adding at the end of the U.S. notes
thereto the following new note:
‘‘13. For purposes of heading 9902.56.03, the term
‘nonwoven fiber sheet’ means sheet comprising a
highly uniform and random array of polyester fibers
0.5 to 6.0 denier, thermally bonded, calendered into
a smooth surface web having—
‘‘(a) a thickness of 2.0 to 5.0 mils;
‘‘(b) a basis weight of 60 to 100 grams per sq.
meter;
‘‘(c) a machine tensile strength of 4.0 kg. per 15
mm or greater;
‘‘(d) a low cross-direction tensile strength of 1.0 kg.
per 15 mm or greater;
‘‘(e) a Frazier air permeability of 0.5 to 20 cfm per
sq. ft.;
‘‘(f) a roll width of no greater than 41 inches; and
‘‘(g) a roll length of no greater than 2,200 meters.’’;
and
(2) by inserting in numerical sequence the fol-
lowing new heading:
‘‘
9902.56.03
Nonwoven fiber
sheet (provided
for in subheading
5603.13.00) .......
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/98
’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.
The amendments made by section 1 apply to goods
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption,
on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4004
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan
may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or
other intermediary and that loans from qualified employer plans shall
be taxed as a distribution unless the loan is used to purchase a first
home, to pay higher education or financially devastating medical ex-
penses, or during periods of unemployment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1996
Mr. SCHUMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
that no loan may be made from a qualified employer
plan using a credit card or other intermediary and that
loans from qualified employer plans shall be taxed as
a distribution unless the loan is used to purchase a
first home, to pay higher education or financially dev-
astating medical expenses, or during periods of unem-
ployment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
of such Act. Effective with respect to the 2016–2017 
school year, the Secretary shall conduct new evalua-
tions in accordance with the provisions of section 
3009(a) of such Act as amended by this Act. 
(b) DUTY OF MAYOR TO ENSURE INSTITUTE HAS 
ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT EVALUA-
TIONS.—Section 3011(a)(1) (sec. 38–1853.11(a)(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT 
EVALUATIONS.—Ensure that all District of Colum-
bia public schools and District of Columbia public 
charter schools make available to the Institute of 
Education Sciences of the Department of Education 
all of the information the Institute requires to carry 
out the assessments and perform the evaluations re-
quired under section 3009(a).’’. 
SEC. 8. FUNDING FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
(a) MANDATORY WITHHOLDING
OF FUNDS
FOR 
FAILURE
TO
COMPLY
WITH
CONDITIONS.—Section 
3011(b) (sec. 38–1853.11(b), D.C. Official Code) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If, after reasonable notice and 
an opportunity for a hearing, the Secretary determines 
that the Mayor has failed to comply with any of the re-
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quirements of subsection (a), the Secretary may withhold 
from the Mayor, in whole or in part— 
‘‘(1) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated under section 3014(a)(2), if the failure to 
comply relates to the District of Columbia public 
schools; 
‘‘(2) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated under section 3014(a)(3), if the failure to 
comply relates to the District of Columbia public 
charter schools; or 
‘‘(3) the funds otherwise authorized to be ap-
propriated under both section 3014(a)(2) and sec-
tion 3014(a)(3), if the failure relates to both the 
District of Columbia public schools and the District 
of Columbia public charter schools.’’. 
(b) RULES FOR USE OF FUNDS PROVIDED FOR SUP-
PORT
OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—Section 3011 
(sec. 38–1853.11, D.C. Official Code) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) SPECIFIC RULES REGARDING FUNDS PROVIDED 
FOR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS.—The fol-
lowing rules shall apply with respect to the funds provided 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘401(k) Protection Act
of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. QUALIFIED EMPLOYER PLANS PROHIBITED FROM
MAKING LOANS THROUGH CREDIT CARDS
AND OTHER INTERMEDIARIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 401 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(35) PROHIBITION OF LOANS THROUGH CRED-
IT CARDS AND OTHER INTERMEDIARIES.—A trust
shall not constitute a qualified trust under this sec-
tion if the plan makes any loan to any beneficiary
under the plan through the use of any credit card
or any other intermediary.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to plan years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. LOANS FROM QUALIFIED EMPLOYER PLANS TREAT-
ED AS DISTRIBUTIONS UNLESS USED TO PUR-
CHASE A FIRST HOME, TO PAY HIGHER EDU-
CATION 
OR 
FINANCIALLY 
DEVASTATING
MEDICAL EXPENSES, OR DURING PERIODS
OF UNEMPLOYMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (p) of section 72 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to loans treated
II 
Calendar No. 561 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 10 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 22, 2015 
Received 
JULY 13, 2016 
Read the first time 
JULY 14, 2016 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results 
Act, 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; REFERENCES IN ACT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthoriza-
tion Act’’ or the ‘‘SOAR Reauthorization Act’’. 
(b) REFERENCES IN ACT.—Whenever in this Act an 
amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to or 
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the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (sec. 
38–1853.12(d), D.C. Official Code) as of the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act to address the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The amendments made by this Act. 
(2) The need to ensure that participating 
schools under such Act meet fire code standards and 
maintain certificates of occupancy. 
(3) The need to ensure that District of Colum-
bia public schools and District of Columbia public 
charter schools meet the requirements under such 
Act to comply with all reasonable requests for infor-
mation necessary to carry out the evaluations re-
quired under section 3009(a) of such Act. 
SEC. 10. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS. 
Section 3014(a) (sec. 38–1853.14(a), D.C. Official 
Code) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the 4 succeeding 
fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the 9 succeeding fiscal 
years’’. 
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to school year 2016–2017 and each succeeding 
school year. 
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HR 10 PCS
repeal of a section or other provision, the reference shall 
be considered to be made to that section or other provision 
of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (divi-
sion C of Public Law 112–10; sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., 
D.C. Official Code). 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Parents are best equipped to make decisions 
for their children, including the educational setting 
that will best serve the interests and educational 
needs of their children. 
(2) In 1995, Congress passed the DC School 
Reform Act, which granted the District of Columbia 
the authority to create public charter schools and 
gave parents greater educational options for their 
children. 
(3) In 2003, in partnership with the Mayor of 
the District of Columbia, the chairman of the DC 
Council Education Committee, and community activ-
ists, Congress passed the DC School Choice Incen-
tive Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 
126), to provide opportunity scholarships to parents 
of students in the District of Columbia to enable 
them to pursue a high-quality education at a private 
elementary or secondary school of their choice. 
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so as to exclude all interests in lands retained
or received in exchange by KNA in accordance
with this Act, including both surface and sub-
surface, and shall also exclude all interests cur-
rently held by CIRI. On lands within the Swan-
son River Road East Tract, the boundary ad-
justment shall only include the surface estate
where the subsurface estate is retained by the
United States.
(B)(i) The Secretary, KNA, and CIRI
shall execute an agreement within 45 days of
the date of enactment of this Act which pre-
serves CIRI’s rights under paragraph 1(B)(1)
of the Terms and Conditions, addresses CIRI’s
obligations under such paragraph, and ade-
quately addresses management issues associated
with the boundary adjustment set forth in this
Act and with the differing interests in land re-
sulting from enactment of this Act.
(ii) In the event that no agreement is exe-
cuted as provided for in clause (i), solely for the
purposes of administering CIRI’s rights under
paragraph 1(B)(1) of the Terms and Condi-
tions, the Secretary and CIRI shall be deemed
to have retained their respective rights and obli-
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING UNDER ERISA.—
Section 508 of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1138) is amended by inserting
‘‘and under the Genetic Information Health Insurance
Nondiscrimination Act of 1996’’ before the period.
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to
health insurance coverage offered or renewed and to group
health plans after the end of the 90-day period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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the enactment of the Hazardous Waste Facilities Public
Accountability Act of 1996, the State promulgates stand-
ards for the acceptable location of new treatment, storage,
and disposal facilities, and the expansion of treatment,
storage, and disposal facilities, as may be necessary to
protect human health and the environment. The standards
shall include requirements related to adverse geologic set-
tings such as flood plains and seismic impact zones; unsta-
ble terrain such as karst terrain; ecological resources such
as wetlands and wildlife habitat; proximity to residences,
schools, hospitals, churches and synagogues; complex
hydrogeology; and vulnerable significant ground water re-
sources. If a State does not promulgate such siting stand-
ards sufficient to protect human health and the environ-
ment, the Administrator shall promulgate such standards
with respect to the State.
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘com-
plex hydrogeology’ means an area where 1 or more of the
following activities cannot be performed fully and ade-
quately:
‘‘(i) Sufficient ground water characterization to
determine ground water and surface water flow and
ascertain upgradient and downgradient directions.
‘‘(ii) The installation of a ground water mon-
itoring network which will detect releases into
ground water from a monitored unit at the earliest
opportunity.
‘‘(iii) Characterization of the nature and extent
of potential releases from a monitored unit.
‘‘(iv) Determination of what corrective actions
are appropriate in response to a release, and con-
ducting the corrective actions that may be re-
quired.’’.
SEC. 3. PERMIT FEES.
Section 3006 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42
U.S.C. 6926) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(i) STATE PROGRAM SUPPORT.—(1) Within 12
months after the date of the enactment of this subsection,
the Administrator shall promulgate regulations requiring
that the owner or operator of any facility required to ob-
tain an operating or post-closure permit under this sub-
title pay an annual fee, or the equivalent over some other
period, sufficient to cover all reasonable (direct and indi-
rect) costs required to develop and administer the permit
program requirements of this title, including the reason-
able costs of each of the following:
‘‘(A) Reviewing and acting upon any application
for such a permit.