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disposable medical technology (as defined in section 
1861(iii)), and for any services and supplies used in 
conjunction with such technology, in accordance with 
the following: 
‘‘(A) SINGLE
PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—The 
Secretary shall determine a single payment 
amount that shall be paid for a substitute dis-
posable medical technology and for any services 
and supplies used in conjunction with such 
technology. A payment for such a technology 
and for any such services and supplies that is 
made in the amount of such single payment 
amount shall constitute full payment under this 
title for such technology and such services and 
supplies. 
‘‘(B) 
CALCULATION
OF
PAYMENT 
AMOUNT.—The single payment amount de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) for a substitute 
disposable medical technology and for any serv-
ices and supplies used in conjunction with such 
technology shall be calculated by— 
‘‘(i) calculating the sum of the 
amounts of payment that otherwise would 
be made under this section for— 
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‘‘(II) any services and supplies 
used in conjunction with such tech-
nologies; 
is equal to the amount calculated under 
clause (ii). 
‘‘(C) LUMP-SUM
PAYMENT.—The single 
payment amount described in subparagraph (A) 
for a substitute disposable medical technology 
and for any services and supplies used in con-
junction with such technology shall be made in 
a lump-sum amount.’’. 
(c) NONAPPLICATION
OF COMPETITIVE ACQUISI-
TION.—Section 1847(a)(7)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395w–3(a)(7)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iii) that are substitute disposable 
medical technologies (as defined in section 
1861(n)(2)(B)).’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to items and services 
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date of the enactment of this section. 
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In the Senate of the United States, 
September 24, 2015. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1020) entitled ‘‘An Act to define STEM edu-
cation to include computer science, and to support existing 
STEM education programs at the National Science Founda-
tion.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
On page 5, strike lines 3 through 4 and insert the 
following: 
(3) in subsections (e) and (f), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (g)’’ each place it appears, and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (h)’’; 
Attest: 
Secretary.
the training provided to such officers under section 701 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021). 
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by 
striking 
‘‘$225,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$350,000,000’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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that the body is infected with HIV, the entity notify
the funeral-services practitioner of such fact.
‘‘(6) The State requires that, if a health profes-
sional knows that the professional has HIV disease,
the professional notify a patient of the professional
before performing any invasive medical procedure on
the patient.
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘HIV’
means the human immunodeficiency virus; and the term
‘HIV disease’ means infection with HIV and includes any
condition arising from such infection.’’.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING HEALTH PRO-
FESSIONALS WITH HIV DISEASE.—It is the sense of the
Congress that, with respect to health professionals who
have HIV disease and who perform invasive medical proce-
dures on patients, the medical profession should develop
guidelines to assist such professionals in complying with
requirements established by the States pursuant to section
1930A(a)(6) of the Social Security Act (as added by sub-
section (a) of this section).
(c) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a)
applies upon the expiration of the 120-day period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) DELAYED
APPLICABILITY
FOR
CERTAIN
STATES.—In the case of the State involved, if the
Secretary determines that a requirement established
by the amendment made by subsection (a) cannot be
implemented in the State without the enactment of
State legislation, then such requirement applies to
the State on and after the first day of the first cal-
endar quarter that begins after the close of the first
regular session of the State legislature that begins
after the date of the enactment of this Act. For pur-
poses of the preceding sentence, in the case of a
State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year
of such session is deemed to be a separate regular
session of the State legislature.
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Part D of title XXVI
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–71 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 2675 the fol-
lowing section:
‘‘SEC. 2675A. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
‘‘With respect to an entity that is an applicant for
or a recipient of financial assistance under this title, com-
pliance by the entity with any State law or regulation that
is consistent with section 1930A of the Social Security Act
may not be considered to constitute a violation of any con-
dition under this title for the receipt of such assistance.’’.
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING INTENTIONAL
TRANSMISSION OF HIV.
It is the sense of the Congress that the States should
have in effect laws providing that, in the case of individ-
uals who know they have HIV disease, it is a felony for
the individuals to engage in any behaviors that the individ-
uals know will place others at risk of infection with the
disease, regardless of whether the behaviors actually
transmit the infection.
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL-
ITY.
It is the sense of the Congress that strict confidential-
ity should be maintained in carrying out the provisions
of section 1930A of the Social Security Act (as added by
section 3(a) of this Act).
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1020 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To define STEM education to include computer science, and 
to support existing STEM education programs at the 
National Science Foundation. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘STEM Education Act 
of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF STEM EDUCATION. 
For purposes of carrying out STEM education activi-
ties at the National Science Foundation, the Department 
of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration, the National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, and the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
term ‘‘STEM education’’ means education in the subjects 
of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, in-
cluding computer science. 
SEC. 3. INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Director of the National Science 
Foundation, through the Directorate for Education and 
Human Resources, shall continue to award competitive, 
merit-reviewed grants to support— 
(1) research and development of innovative out- 
of-school STEM learning and emerging STEM 
learning environments in order to improve STEM 
learning outcomes and engagement in STEM; and 
(2) research that advances the field of informal 
STEM education. 
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Activities supported by grants 
under this section may encompass a single STEM dis-
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I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3939
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to offer a loan guaranteed by an adjustable rate mortgage under
chapter 37 of such title.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 1996
Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. STUMP, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr.
HAYWORTH, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WELLER, Mr. DAVIS,
Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. BARRETT of Ne-
braska, Mr. FLANAGAN, Mr. LONGLEY, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr.
TIAHRT, Mr. FORBES, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr.
MASCARA, Mr. MCHALE, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. WATTS of
Oklahoma, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. HAN-
COCK, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. CALVERT, and Mr. RIGGS) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to offer a loan guaranteed
by an adjustable rate mortgage under chapter 37 of
such title.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF ADJUSTABLE RATE MORT-
GAGES.
Section 3707(a) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ through
‘‘loans’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The Secretary may
guarantee loans under this section’’.
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I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3941
To designate the United States courthouse located at 500 Pearl Street in
New York City, New York, as the ‘‘Ted Weiss United States Courthouse’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 1996
Mr. NADLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To designate the United States courthouse located at 500
Pearl Street in New York City, New York, as the ‘‘Ted
Weiss United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Ted Weiss represented the 17th Congres-
sional District of New York, serving in the House of
Representatives from January 1977 until his death
on September 14, 1992. During that time, he pro-
vided exemplary service to the people of his district
and to the people of the United States.
(2) Having been born on September 17, 1927,
in Hungary, and having come to the United States
with his mother and sister in 1938 on the very day
Hitler marched into Czechoslovakia, Ted Weiss be-
came an ardent champion for human rights, which
were denied to many of those who remained behind.
(3) After emigrating to the United States, Ted
Weiss served in the United States Army. He later
earned a bachelor’s degree and a law degree from
Syracuse University and, subsequently, served in the
City Council of New York City from 1961 until
1976, when he was elected to the House of Rep-
resentatives.
(4) Ted Weiss was among the first to focus the
Nation’s attention on the need to increase funding
for AIDS research, before the word ‘‘epidemic’’
dominated these discussions.
(5) Ted Weiss urged the use of Federal funds
to address the devastating impact of homelessness
on communities across the Nation.
(6) As Chairman of the Congressional Arts
Caucus, Ted Weiss emphasized the role of both
major arts and cultural institutions and community-
based arts programs.
(7) The congressional legislative agenda of Ted
Weiss reflected, in addition to his vigilant support
for human rights, his commitment to peace and his
quest to ensure fairness and justice for all.
SEC.2. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building located at 500 Pearl Street in
New York City, New York, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Ted Weiss United States Courthouse’’.
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in section 2 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘Ted Weiss United States Court-
house’’.
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IIA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 394
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 18, 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT
To amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit State
taxation of certain pension income.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(c) The provisions of this chapter shall be limited
to constitutional tort claims against Federal agencies or
employees of the Government. Nothing in this chapter
shall preclude or preempt suit against any person or entity
on any other claim, whether based on international, Fed-
eral, State, or common law, and no provision of this chap-
ter shall act as a release, waiver, or bar to such claim.
‘‘(d) Upon certification by the Attorney General pur-
suant to subsection (e), the Attorney General shall defend
any civil action or proceeding brought in any court against
any employee of the Government or against the estate of
such employee for money damages based on any constitu-
tional tort. The employee against whom such civil action
or proceeding is brought shall deliver within such time
after date of service or knowledge of service as determined
by the Attorney General, all process served upon the em-
ployee or an attested true copy thereof to the employee’s
immediate superior or to whomever was designated by the
head of the employee’s department to receive such papers
and such person shall promptly furnish copies of the
pleadings and process therein to the United States attor-
ney for the district embracing the place wherein the pro-
ceeding is brought, to the Attorney General, and to the
head of the employee’s employing Federal agency.
reasonable under the circumstances, as determined by the
trier of fact.
‘‘(b) A class action in conformity with the require-
ments of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure may be in-
stituted on a constitutional tort claim if it satisfies the
provisions of rule 23 thereof, and shall be maintained
where certified by the court before which the action is
filed.
‘‘§ 2694. Disposition by Federal agency as pre-
requisite; evidence
‘‘(a) An action shall not be instituted upon a claim
against the United States for money damages based on
a constitutional tort unless the claimant shall have first
presented the claim to the appropriate Federal agency and
that claim shall have been finally denied by the agency
in writing and sent to the claimant by certified or reg-
istered mail. The failure of an agency to make final dis-
position of a claim within 6 months after it is filed shall,
at the option of the claimant any time thereafter, be
deemed a final denial of the claim for purposes of this
section. This subsection shall not apply to such claims as
may be asserted under the Federal Rules of Civil Proce-
dure by third-party complaint, cross-claim, or counter-
claim.
HR 394 RFS
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON STATE INCOME TAXATION OF
CERTAIN PENSION INCOME.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 4, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 114. Limitation on State income taxation of certain
pension income
‘‘(a) No State may impose an income tax on any re-
tirement income of an individual who is not a resident or
domiciliary of such State (as determined under the laws
of such State).
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) The term ‘retirement income’ means any
income from—
‘‘(A) a qualified trust under section 401(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is
exempt under section 501(a) from taxation;
‘‘(B) a simplified employee pension as de-
fined in section 408(k) of such Code;
‘‘(C) an annuity plan described in section
403(a) of such Code;
‘‘(D) an annuity contract described in sec-
tion 403(b) of such Code;
‘‘(E) an individual retirement plan de-
scribed in section 7701(a)(37) of such Code;
I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3942
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit the geographic
reclassification of hospitals for purposes of disportionate share hospital
payment adjustments under the Medicare program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 1996
Mr. NEY (for himself, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. CREMEANS, Mr.
CLYBURN, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina,
and Mr. WICKER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit
the geographic reclassification of hospitals for purposes
of disportionate share hospital payment adjustments
under the Medicare program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MEDICARE HOSPITAL GEOGRAPHIC RECLASSI-
FICATION PERMITTED FOR PURPOSES OF
DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE PAYMENT AD-
JUSTMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1886(d)(10)(C)(i) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(10)(C)(i)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause (I);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
clause (II) and inserting ‘‘, or’’;
(3) by inserting after subclause (II) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(III) eligibility for and amount of additional
payment amounts under paragraph (5)(F).’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Any application approved for purposes of subclause (I)
for a fiscal year is deemed to be approved for purposes
of subclause (III) for that fiscal year.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to discharges occurring on
or after October 1, 1996.
(2) TREATMENT.—The amendment made by
subsection (a)(4) shall apply regardless of when an
approval of reclassification for purposes of section
‘‘(b) Except as to a class action claim or if damages
are not fully ascertainable at the time of presentation pur-
suant to subsection (a), an action under this section shall
not be instituted for any sum in excess of the amount of
the claim presented to the Federal agency, except where
the increased amount is based upon newly discovered evi-
dence not reasonably discoverable at the time of present-
ing the claim to the Federal agency or upon allegation
and proof of intervening facts, relating to the amount of
the claim.
‘‘§ 2695. Jury trial
‘‘Any action brought pursuant to this chapter upon
a claim for money damages based on a constitutional tort
shall, at the request of any party to such action, be tried
by the court with a jury.
‘‘§ 2696. Judgment as bar
‘‘The judgment in an action under section 1346(b)(2)
shall constitute a complete bar to any action by the claim-
ant involved, by reason of the same constitutional violation
against the employee of the Government whose act or
omission gave rise to the claim, but shall not act as a re-
lease on any claim for violation of any other law.
1886(d)(10)(C)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act oc-
curs.
(c) TRANSITION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A hospital that seeks reclas-
sification under section 1886(d)(10)(C)(i)(III) of the
Social Security Act for fiscal year 1997 shall be per-
mitted to submit an application for such reclassifica-
tion by not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) RECONSIDERATION OF CURRENT APPLICA-
TIONS.—In the case of an application of a hospital
for 
reclassification 
under 
section
1886(d)(10)(C)(i)(I) of such Act that was submitted
before the date of the enactment of this Act and
that is pending or was denied as of such date, the
application shall be treated as an application de-
scribed in paragraph (1) if the hospital submits a
written request for treatment under this paragraph
to the Medicare Geographic Classification Review
Board not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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‘‘§ 2697. Compromise
‘‘The Attorney General may arbitrate, compromise,
or settle any claim cognizable under section 1346(b)(2),
after the commencement of an action on that claim.
‘‘§ 2698. Attorney fees; penalty
‘‘(a) Any claimant to whom a judgment is awarded
under section 1346(b)(2), or to whom an award, com-
promise, or settlement is made under section 2697 or
2692 shall, in addition to such judgment, award, com-
promise, or settlement, be entitled to receive a reasonable
attorney’s fee and other litigation costs reasonably in-
curred, including attorney fees and costs attributable to
processing an administrative claim under section 2692.
The amount of such attorney’s fee may not exceed 25 per
cent of any judgment rendered under section 1346(b)(2)
or any award, compromise, or settlement made under sec-
tion 2697, except as otherwise approved by the court be-
fore whom the action is filed, or 20 per cent of any award,
compromise, or settlement made under section 2692.
‘‘(b) Any attorney who charges, demands, receives,
or collects for services rendered in connection with a judg-
ment, award, compromise, or settlement described in sub-
section (a) any amount in excess of that allowed under
subsection (a) shall, if recovery be had, be fined not more
than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.
I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3944
To permit States to enforce certain State requirements for the labeling of
bottled spring water.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 1996
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To permit States to enforce certain State requirements for
the labeling of bottled spring water.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. BOTTLED SPRING WATER.
Any State may enforce a requirement of the State
respecting where water which is bottled must be collected
before it may be labeled as spring water if such require-
ment is more restrictive than the Federal requirement re-
specting where water which is bottled must be collected
before it may be labeled as spring water. Such Federal
requirement is in regulations of the Secretary of Health
and Human Services published at part 165 of title 21 of
the Code of Federal Regulations.
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I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3945
To require the Federal Communications Commission to promote additional
sharing of broadcasting tower facilities to reduce the impact on local
communities of station towers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 1996
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To require the Federal Communications Commission to pro-
mote additional sharing of broadcasting tower facilities
to reduce the impact on local communities of station
towers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FCC PROCEEDING REQUIRED.
The Federal Communications Commission shall initi-
ate a proceeding to propose revisions to its regulations to
reduce the impact on local communities of broadcasting
towers by requiring, to the extent technically feasible,
sharing of broadcasting towers by television and radio sta-
tion licensees.
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