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in fiscal year 1997 as in fiscal year 1996: Provided fur-
ther, That $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the George H.W. Bush fellowship
program, if authorized by April 1, 1997: Provided further,
That $3,000,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be for the Edmund S. Muskie Foundation to estab-
lish an endowment fund to provide income to support
such foundation on a continuing basis, if authorized by
April 1, 1997: Provided further, That $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for the Claiborne
Pell Institute for International Relations and Public Pol-
icy at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island,
if authorized by April 1, 1997: Provided further, That
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
for the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation, if author-
ized by April 1, 1997: Provided further, That, of the
amounts made available under title X, part A of the
Higher Education Act, $2,000,000 shall be awarded to
the Pennsylvania Educational Telecommunications Ex-
change Network.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
For partial support of Howard University (20
U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $196,000,000: Provided, That from
the amount available, the University may at its discretion
use funds for the endowment program as authorized
IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 166
Expressing the sense of the Congress that every effort should be made
to assure the complete implementation of, and compliance with, the
December 1996 Guatemalan peace accords.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 2, 1997
Mrs. MORELLA (for herself and Mr. LANTOS) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Re-
lations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that every effort should
be made to assure the complete implementation of, and
compliance with, the December 1996 Guatemalan peace
accords.
Whereas the peace accords signed by the Government of Gua-
temala and the Guatemalan National Revolutionary
Unity (URNG) on December 29, 1996, represent a great
achievement for the Guatemalan people and for the sig-
natory parties, and lay the foundation for achieving fun-
damental political and economic reforms and national
reconciliation;
Whereas specific provisions of the peace accords address criti-
cal issues that were root causes of the armed conflict or
were consequences of the war in Guatemala, including ac-
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 16
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Concerning the urgent need to improve the living
standards of those South Asians living in the
Ganges and the Brahmaputra River Basin.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 171
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Declaring the city of Roanoke, Virginia, to be the
official site of the National Emergency Medical
Services Memorial Service.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 172
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress in support of ef-
forts to foster friendship and cooperation be-
tween the United States and Mongolia, and for
other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 17
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Congratulating the people of Guatemala on the suc-
cess of the recent negotiations to establish a
peace process for Guatemala.
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(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef-
fect upon the expiration of the 180-day period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act, by which date
the Secretary of Defense shall have published final regu-
lations in consultation with the Secretary of Education to
carry out this section.
SEC. 515. (a) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT
TO
OTHER
ROTC 
AND
MILITARY
RECRUITING
PROVI-
SIONS.—Sections 508 and 509 of the Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act, 1997, are amended by
striking ‘‘when it is made known to the Federal official
having authority to obligate or expend such funds’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘if the Secretary of De-
fense determines’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Sections 508 and 509 of
the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,
1997, shall not take effect until the expiration of the
180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act, by which date the Secretary of Defense shall
have published final regulations to carry out such sec-
tions (as amended by subsection (a)).
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in
this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or
renew a contract with an entity when it is made known
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 185
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress on the occa-
sion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and re-
committing the United States to the principles
expressed in the Universal Declaration.
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the protec-
tion of classified information, intelligence sources and 
methods, and privacy and civil liberties, the Director 
of National Intelligence, in consultation with the 
heads of the other appropriate Federal entities, shall 
develop and promulgate procedures to facilitate and 
promote— 
‘‘(A) the timely sharing of classified cyber 
threat indicators in the possession of the Federal 
Government with representatives of relevant non- 
Federal entities with appropriate security clear-
ances; 
‘‘(B) the timely sharing with relevant non- 
Federal entities of cyber threat indicators in the 
possession of the Federal Government that may 
be declassified and shared at an unclassified 
level; and 
‘‘(C) the sharing with non-Federal entities, 
if appropriate, of information in the possession 
of the Federal Government about imminent or 
ongoing cybersecurity threats to such entities to 
prevent or mitigate adverse impacts from such 
cybersecurity threats. 
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(2) Improving the understanding of how the 
public receives, interprets, and responds to warnings 
and forecasts of high impact weather events that en-
danger life and property. 
(3) Research and development, and transfer of 
knowledge, technologies, and applications to the 
NWS and other appropriate agencies and entities, 
including the American weather industry and aca-
demic partners, related to— 
(A) advanced radar, radar networking 
technologies, and other ground-based tech-
nologies, including those emphasizing rapid, 
fine-scale sensing of the boundary layer and 
lower troposphere, and the use of innovative, 
dual-polarization, phased array technologies; 
(B) aerial weather observing systems; 
(C) high performance computing and infor-
mation technology and wireless communication 
networks; 
(D) advanced numerical weather prediction 
systems and forecasting tools and techniques 
that improve the forecasting of timing, track, 
intensity, and severity of high impact weather, 
including through— 
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of the importance of NOAA Weather Radio, and 
such other warning tools and applications as are 
represented in the awards. 
SEC. 16. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AOA.—The term ‘‘AOA’’ means an Anal-
ysis of Alternatives. 
(2) NESDIS.—The term ‘‘NESDIS’’ means 
the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and In-
formation Service. 
(3) NOAA.—The term ‘‘NOAA’’ means the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
(4) NWS.—The term ‘‘NWS’’ means the Na-
tional Weather Service. 
(5) OAR.—The term ‘‘OAR’’ means the Office 
of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. 
(6) OSE.—The term ‘‘OSE’’ means an Observ-
ing System Experiment. 
(7) OSSE.—The term ‘‘OSSE’’ means an Ob-
serving System Simulation Experiment. 
(8) UNDER
SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Under 
Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Oceans and Atmosphere.
SEC. 17. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2015.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2015— 
(1) $90,800,000 to OAR to carry out this Act, 
of which— 
(A) $70,000,000 is authorized for weather 
laboratories and cooperative institutes; and 
(B) $20,800,000 is authorized for weather 
and air chemistry research programs; and 
(2) out of funds made available for research 
and development at NOAA, an additional amount of 
$16,000,000 for OAR to carry out the joint tech-
nology transfer initiative described in section 
3(b)(4). 
(b) FISCAL YEARS 2016 AND 2017.—For each of fis-
cal years 2016 and 2017, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated to OAR— 
(1) $100,000,000 to carry out this Act, of 
which— 
(A) $80,000,000 is authorized for weather 
laboratories and cooperative institutes; and 
(B) $20,000,000 is authorized for weather 
and air chemistry research programs; and 
(2) an additional amount of $20,000,000 for 
the joint technology transfer initiative described in 
section 3(b)(4).
(c) LIMITATION.—No additional funds are authorized 
to carry out this Act, and the amendments made by this 
Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1561 
AN ACT 
To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration’s weather research through a fo-
cused program of investment on affordable and 
attainable advances in observational, computing, 
and modeling capabilities to support substantial 
improvement in weather forecasting and pre-
diction of high impact weather events, to expand 
commercial opportunities for the provision of 
weather data, and for other purposes.
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(b) COVERED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred to 
in subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) The Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et 
seq.). 
(2) The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1736o). 
(3) Section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 
1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)). 
(4) Section 3206 of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (Local and Regional Food 
Aid Procurement Program; 7 U.S.C. 1726c). 
(5) The Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1736f–1). 
(6) Section 3107 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (McGovern-Dole 
International Food for Education and Child Nutri-
tion Program; 7 U.S.C. 1736o–1). 
(7) Any other food and nutrition security and 
emergency 
and 
nonemergency 
food 
assistance 
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offer or any applicable criteria bearing on credit
worthiness or insurability or does not furnish
any required collateral;
‘‘(D) the consumer has a right to prohibit
information contained in the consumer’s file
with any consumer reporting agency from being
used in connection with any credit or insurance
transaction that is not initiated by the
consumer; and
‘‘(E) the consumer may exercise the right
referred to in subparagraph (D) by notifying a
notification system established under section
604(e).
‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE
OF
ADDRESS
AND
TELE-
PHONE NUMBER.—A statement under paragraph (1)
shall include the address and toll-free telephone
number of the appropriate notification system estab-
lished under section 604(e).
‘‘(3) MAINTAINING CRITERIA ON FILE.—A per-
son who makes an offer of credit or insurance to a
consumer under a credit or insurance transaction
described in paragraph (1) shall maintain on file the
criteria used to select the consumer to receive the
offer, all criteria bearing on credit worthiness or in-
surability, as applicable, that are the basis for deter-
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programs administered by the Department of Agri-
culture. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 12, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Attorney General, $405,262,000, as authorized by 28
U.S.C. 561(i), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation hereafter shall not be
available for expenses authorized under 18 U.S.C.
4013(a)(4).
FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES
For expenses, mileage, compensation, and per
diems of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for the pro-
curement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private
counsel expenses, and for per diems in lieu of subsistence,
as authorized by law, including advances, $100,702,000,
to remain available until expended; of which not to exceed
$4,750,000 may be made available for planning, con-
struction, renovations, maintenance, remodeling, and re-
pair of buildings, and the purchase of equipment incident
thereto, for protected witness safesites; of which not to
exceed $1,000,000 may be made available for the pur-
chase and maintenance of armored vehicles for transpor-
tation of protected witnesses; and of which not to exceed
$4,000,000 may be made available for the purchase, in-
stallation and maintenance of a secure, automated infor-
mation network to store and retrieve the identities and
locations of protected witnesses.
(2) evaluate and compare observing system de-
sign options; and 
(3) assess the relative capabilities and costs of 
various observing systems and combinations of observ-
ing systems in providing data necessary to protect life 
and property. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—OSSEs— 
(1) shall be conducted prior to the acquisition of 
major Government-owned or Government-leased oper-
ational observing systems, including polar-orbiting 
and geostationary satellite systems, with a lifecycle 
cost of more than $500,000,000; and 
(2) shall be conducted prior to the purchase of 
any major new commercially provided data with a 
lifecycle cost of more than $500,000,000. 
(d) PRIORITY OSSES.— 
(1) GLOBAL
NAVIGATION
SATELLITE
SYSTEM 
RADIO OCCULTATION.—Not later than December 31, 
2015, the Assistant Administrator for OAR shall com-
plete an OSSE to assess the value of data from Global 
Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation. 
(2) GEOSTATIONARY HYPERSPECTRAL SOUNDER 
GLOBAL CONSTELLATION.—Not later than December 
31, 2016, the Assistant Administrator for OAR shall 
complete an OSSE to assess the value of data from 
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cent, of the outstanding shares of cor-
porate stock in that corporation; and 
(ii) has a seriously delinquent tax 
debt. 
(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
133 of title 41, United States Code. 
(3) SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘seriously de-
linquent tax debt’’ means a Federal tax liability 
that— 
(i) has been assessed by the Secretary 
of the Treasury under the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, and 
(ii) may be collected by the Secretary 
by levy or by a proceeding in court. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term does not in-
clude— 
(i) a debt that is being paid in a time-
ly manner pursuant to an agreement under 
section 6159 or section 7122 of such Code; 
(ii) a debt with respect to which a col-
lection due process hearing under section 
6330 of such Code, or relief under sub-
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pended, as authorized by section 1001 of title I of the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, as amend-
ed by Public Law 102–534 (106 Stat. 3524).
For an additional amount, $17,000,000, to re-
main available until expended; of which $5,000,000 shall
be for Local Firefighter and Emergency Services Train-
ing Grants as authorized by section 819 of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
(‘‘the Antiterrorism Act’’); of which $10,000,000 shall be
for development of counterterrorism technologies to help
State and local law enforcement combat terrorism, as au-
thorized by section 821 of the Antiterrorism Act; of
which $2,000,000 shall be for specialized multi-agency
response training: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount not
previously designated by the President as an emergency
requirement shall be available only to the extent an offi-
cial budget request, for a specific dollar amount that in-
cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement, as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted to Congress.
(3) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘The
Joint Committee on Printing’’ and inserting ‘‘The
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Sec-
retary of the Senate (as the case may be)’’.
(b) DOCUMENTS NOT PROVIDED FOR BY LAW.—Sec-
tion 716 is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘by simple resolution’’ after
‘‘may order’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘, when accompanied’’ and all
that follows and inserting a period.
(c) CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 721 is amended by
striking all that follows the heading and inserting
the following:
‘‘(a) Subject to the direction of the Committee on
House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the
Clerk of the House of Representatives shall prepare a di-
rectory of the House of Representatives, which shall be
printed and distributed as early as practicable during the
first session of each Congress. The Clerk shall update and
maintain the information contained in the directory in an
electronic format which shall be accessible electronically.
‘‘(b) Subject to the direction of the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Secretary of
the Senate shall prepare a directory of the Senate, which
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (45) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (45) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(46) if the State has a plan approved under
part G, at the option of the State, provide that, in
determining the amount of aid payable under the
State plan to a family—
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the family shall not be regarded as having
more members than the number of such mem-
bers at the time the family first becomes a re-
cipient of aid under the State plan; and
‘‘(B) if the State has exercised the option
provided under section 406(b) with respect to
aid for pregnant women, a 1-parent or 2-parent
family that includes a pregnant woman and no
children shall not be regarded as having more
members than the number of such members im-
mediately after the end of the pregnancy.’’.
SEC. 202. ENHANCED PAYMENTS FOR PARTICIPANTS IN
THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM.
Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
602(a)), as amended by section 201 of this Act, is amend-
ed—
fined coal, produced and sold after December 31, 
2025. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FURTHER EX-
TENSION.—It is the sense of the Congress that the credit 
under section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
should be allowed to expire and should not be extended 
beyond the expiration dates specified in such section as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF CORPORATE INCOME TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) REDUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable 
year beginning more than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection, the amount of tax 
otherwise imposed under this section with respect to 
any taxpayer for such taxable year shall be reduced 
by the applicable percentage of such amount. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes 
of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘applicable 
percentage’ means the percentage which the 
Secretary estimates will result in— 
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Union Calendar No. 52 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1562 
[Report No. 114–72] 
To prohibit the awarding of a contract or grant in excess of the simplified 
acquisition threshold unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies 
in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the con-
tractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2015 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Additional sponsor: Mr. CARTER of Texas 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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To prohibit the awarding of a contract or grant in excess 
of the simplified acquisition threshold unless the prospec-
tive contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agen-
cy awarding the contract or grant that the contractor 
or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, and 
for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Contracting and Tax 
Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENTAL POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States Government that 
no Government contracts or grants should be awarded to 
individuals or companies with seriously delinquent Federal 
tax debts. 
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE AND EVALUATION OF CONTRACT OF-
FERS FROM DELINQUENT FEDERAL DEBT-
ORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of any executive agency 
that issues an invitation for bids or a request for proposals 
for a contract in an amount greater than the simplified 
acquisition threshold shall require each person that sub-
mits a bid or proposal to submit with the bid or proposal 
a form— 
(1) certifying that the person does not have a 
seriously delinquent tax debt; and 
(2) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to 
disclose to the head of the agency information lim-
ited to describing whether the person has a seriously 
delinquent tax debt. 
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pursuant to this subsection shall be applied by the
trustee to the payment of the remaining obligations
assumed by the trust.
‘‘(3) OBLIGATIONS NOT TRANSFERRED TO THE
TRUST.—The Association shall make proper provi-
sion for all other obligations of the Association not
transferred to the trust, including the repurchase or
redemption, or the making of proper provision for
the repurchase or redemption, of any preferred stock
of the Association outstanding. Any obligations of
the Association which cannot be fully satisfied shall
become liabilities of the Holding Company as of the
date of dissolution.
‘‘(4) TRANSFER OF REMAINING ASSETS.—After
compliance with paragraphs (1) and (3), any re-
maining assets of the trust shall be transferred to
the Holding Company or any subsidiary of the Hold-
ing Company, as directed by the Holding Company.
‘‘(e) OPERATION OF THE HOLDING COMPANY.—In
the event the shareholders of the Association approve the
plan of reorganization under subsection (b), the following
provisions shall apply beginning on the reorganization ef-
fective date:
‘‘(1) HOLDING
COMPANY
BOARD
OF
DIREC-
TORS.—The number of members and composition of