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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3122 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to enter into a contract with a non-government entity for the 
conduct of biannual audits of Department of Veterans Affairs health 
care functions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2015 
Mr. HURT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. WALZ, and Mr. ROE of Tennessee) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to enter into a contract with 
a non-government entity for the conduct of biannual 
audits of Department of Veterans Affairs health care 
functions, 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 ‘‘The Veterans Adminis-
tration Legislative and Objective Review Act of 2015’’ or 
‘‘VALOR Act of 2015’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1421
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply standards to
outpatient physical therapy provided as an incident to a physician’s
professional services.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 23, 1997
Mr. NUSSLE (for himself and Mr. STARK) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, 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 committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to apply
standards to outpatient physical therapy provided as an
incident to a physician’s professional services.
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 ‘‘Outpatient Physical
Therapy Standards Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF STANDARDS TO OUTPATIENT OC-
CUPATIONAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPY SERV-
ICES PROVIDED AS AN INCIDENT TO A PHYSI-
CIAN’S PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1862(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(14);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (15) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(16) in the case of outpatient occupational
therapy services or outpatient physical therapy serv-
ices furnished as an incident to a physician’s profes-
sional 
services 
(as 
described 
in 
section
1861(s)(2)(A)), that do not meet the standards and
conditions under section 1861(g) or 1861(p) as such
standards and conditions would apply to such ther-
apy services if furnished by a therapist subject to
section 1861(g) or 1861(p).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section apply to services furnished on or after Janu-
ary 1, 1998.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1423
To cancel the Space Station project.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 23, 1997
Mr. ROEMER (for himself, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr.
UPTON, Mr. YATES, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr.
OBERSTAR, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. MINGE, Mr. KLUG,
Mr. STARK, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. BEREUTER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr.
BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. KIND, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. RIVERS, Mr.
CAMP, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. DANNER, Mr. LUTHER, Mr.
KLECZKA, Mr. EVANS, Mr. VENTO, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mrs.
ROUKEMA, Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. LOBIONDO) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science
A BILL
To cancel the Space Station project.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CANCELLATION.
The Space Station project is hereby cancelled.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON TERMINATION COSTS.
Within 1 month after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration shall submit to the Congress a re-
(2) by striking ‘‘(a) Upon’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) PIEDRAS
MARCADAS
AND
BOCA
NEGRA
UNITS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—
‘‘(A) EXCLUSION
OF
PASEO
DEL
NORTE
CORRIDOR.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1),
effective as of the date of enactment of this
subparagraph—
‘‘(i) the boundary of the monument is
adjusted to exclude the Paseo Del Norte
corridor in the Piedras Marcadas Unit de-
scribed in Exhibit B of the document de-
scribed in subparagraph (B); and
‘‘(ii) the Paseo Del Norte corridor
shall be owned and managed as if the cor-
ridor had never been within the boundary
of the monument.
‘‘(B) 
DOCUMENT.—The 
document 
de-
scribed in this subparagraph is the document
entitled ‘‘Petroglyph National Monument Road-
way/Utility Corridors’’, on file with the Sec-
port itemizing the funding required for carrying out the
cancellation of the Space Station project. Such report shall
include details of the purposes for which such funds are
needed, and any requests for funding in addition to
amounts authorized by this Act that may be required.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON TOTAL SPACE STATION COSTS.
Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration shall submit to the Congress a report de-
tailing all Federal expenditures relating to the Space Sta-
tion from October 1, 1982, through the final cancellation
of the program.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration $500,000,000 for costs associated with carrying
out this Act.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3123 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit aliens in an 
unlawful immigration status from claiming the earned income tax credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2015 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. FARENTHOLD, and Mr. CARTER of 
Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit 
aliens in an unlawful immigration status from claiming 
the earned income tax credit. 
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 ‘‘Tax Credit Account-
ability Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISALLOWING EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR 
ALIENS IN UNLAWFUL IMMIGRATION STATUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 32(c)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) EXCEPTION FOR ALIENS IN UNLAW-
FUL IMMIGRATION STATUS.—The term ‘eligible 
individual’ does not include any alien individual 
who, at any point during the taxable year, is in 
an unlawful immigration status.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to— 
(1) any return of tax which is filed after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and 
(2) any amendment or supplement (to any re-
turn of tax) which is filed after such date (without 
regard to the date on which the return of tax is 
filed). 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1424
To amend the Petroglyph National Monument Establishment Act of 1990
to adjust the boundary of the monument, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 23, 1997
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mr. SKEEN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Petroglyph National Monument Establishment
Act of 1990 to adjust the boundary of the monument,
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 ‘‘Petroglyph National
Monument Boundary Adjustment Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the purposes for which Petroglyph National
Monument was established continue to be valid;
(2) the valued cultural and natural resources of
Petroglyph National Monument will be best pre-
served for the benefit and enjoyment of present and
future generations under a cooperative management
relationship between the City of Albuquerque, New
Mexico, the State of New Mexico, and the National
Park Service;
(3) the National Park Service has been unable
to accommodate harmoniously the transportation
needs of the City of Albuquerque in balance with the
preservation of cultural and natural resources of
Petroglyph National Monument;
(4) corridors for the development of Paseo del
Norte and Unser Boulevard are indicated on the
map referred to in section 102(a) of the Petroglyph
National Monument Establishment Act of 1990
(Public Law 101–313; 16 U.S.C. 431 note), and the
alignment of the roadways was anticipated by Con-
gress before the date of enactment of the Act;
(5) it was the intent of Congress in the passage
of the Petroglyph National Monument Establish-
ment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–313; 16 U.S.C.
431 note) to allow the City of Albuquerque, New
Mexico—
(A) to utilize the Paseo del Norte and
Unser Boulevard corridors through Petroglyph
National Monument; and
(B) to coordinate the design and construc-
tion of the corridors with the cultural and natu-
ral resources of Petroglyph National Monu-
ment; and
(6) the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has
not provided for the establishment of rights-of-way
for the Paseo del Norte and Unser Boulevard cor-
ridors under the Joint Powers Agreement (JPANO
78–521.81–277A), which expanded the boundary of
Petroglyph National Monument to include the
Piedras Marcadas and Boca Negra units, pursuant
to section 104 of the Petroglyph National Monument
Establishment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–313;
16 U.S.C. 431 note).
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.
Section 104(a) of the Petroglyph National Monument
Establishment Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–313; 16
U.S.C. 431 note) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indent-
ing appropriately;
retary of the Interior and the mayor of the City
of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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under title II of the Social Security Act, including any in-
dividual whose benefits are paid to a representative payee 
under section 205(j) of such Act, unless a Federal court 
has determined the individual to be mentally defective. 
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making a false statement by reason of that individual’s 
failure to recite or acknowledge such arrest or institution 
of criminal proceedings, or results thereof, in response to 
an inquiry made of that individual for any purpose. 
‘‘(c) RECORDS TO BE DESTROYED.—Except as pro-
vided in section 3635, upon order of expungement, all offi-
cial law enforcement and court records, including all ref-
erences to such person’s arrest for the offense, the institu-
tion of criminal proceedings against the individual, and 
the results thereof, except publicly available court opinions 
or briefs on appeal, shall be permanently destroyed. 
‘‘§ 3635. Disclosure of expunged records 
‘‘(a) INDEX TO ASSIST AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE.— 
The Department of Justice shall maintain a nonpublic 
manual or computerized record of expungements under 
this subchapter containing only the name of, and alpha-
numeric identifiers selected by the Department of Justice 
that relate to, the persons who obtained expungement 
under this subchapter, and the order of expungement. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE TO INDIVIDUAL.— 
Information in the index shall be made available only to 
the individual to whose expungement it pertains or to such 
individual’s designated agent. 
‘‘(c) PUNISHMENT FOR IMPROPER DISCLOSURE.— 
Whoever knowingly discloses information relating to an 
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expunged conviction other than as authorized in this sub-
chapter shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than one year, or both.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sub-
chapters at the beginning of chapter 229 of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following item: 
‘‘D.
Expungement ...................................................................... 3631’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act apply to individuals convicted of an offense before, 
on, or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3125 
To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report 
to the Congress semiannually on the number of firearms transfers result-
ing from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business 
days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm 
transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive 
a firearm. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2015 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
HONDA, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. CUMMINGS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion to report to the Congress semiannually on the num-
ber of firearms transfers resulting from the failure to 
complete a background check within 3 business days, 
and the procedures followed after it is discovered that 
a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who 
is ineligible to receive a firearm. 
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 ‘‘Accidental Firearms 
Transfers Reporting Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FBI REPORT ON FIREARMS TRANSFERS RESULTING 
FROM THE FAILURE TO COMPLETE A BACK-
GROUND CHECK WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS, 
AND THE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED AFTER IT 
IS DISCOVERED THAT A FIREARM TRANSFER 
HAS BEEN MADE TO A TRANSFEREE WHO IS 
INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A FIREARM. 
Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and every 6 months thereafter, the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
a written report on— 
(1) the number of proposed firearm transfers— 
(A) about which a person licensed under 
chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, con-
tacted the national instant criminal background 
check system established under section 103 of 
the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; 
(B) with respect to which the system failed 
to respond to the licensee within 3 business 
days; and 
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(C) which were completed in the period 
covered by the report; and 
(2) the procedures followed after it is discovered 
that a firearm transfer has been made to a trans-
feree who is ineligible to receive a firearm. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3126 
To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name 
of any individual in a report to the National Instant Criminal Back-
ground Check System unless a Federal court has determined the indi-
vidual to be mentally defective. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2015 
Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. BENISHEK, and Mr. JONES) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from fur-
nishing the name of any individual in a report to the 
National Instant Criminal Background Check System un-
less a Federal court has determined the individual to 
be mentally defective. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That upon a request by the Attorney General to the Com-
missioner of Social Security to furnish information pursu-
ant to section 103(e)(1) of the Brady Handgun Violence 
Prevention Act, the Commissioner of Social Security may 
not furnish the name of any individual entitled to benefits 
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strong, market-oriented incentives for other
participating parties to maintain sound under-
writing and loan management practices;
‘‘(B) to develop credit mechanisms, includ-
ing sound underwriting criteria, processing
methods, and credit enhancements, through
which the Secretary can assist in increasing
multifamily housing project and health care fa-
cility first mortgage lending as needed to meet
the expected need in the United States;
‘‘(C) to provide a more adequate supply of
first mortgage credit for sound multifamily
rental housing and health care facility projects
in underserved urban and rural markets;
‘‘(D) to increase the efficiency, and lower
the costs to the Federal Government, of proc-
essing and servicing multifamily housing project
and health care facility first mortgage loans in-
sured by the Secretary; and
‘‘(E) to improve the quality and expertise
of staff and of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development and other resources, as re-
quired for sound management of reinsurance
and other market-oriented forms of credit en-
hancement.
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ment that may be authorized under section 5304(h)(2)(c)
of such title 5.’’.
SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF LEASE TERMS.
Section 106(7) (40 U.S.C. App. 106(7)) is amended
by striking ‘‘1982’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.
SEC. 7. HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
201(g) (40 U.S.C. App. 201(g)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$90,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.
(b) 
COST
SHARING—GENERAL
RULE.—Section
201(h)(1) (40 U.S.C. App. 201(h)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘70 per centum’’ and inserting ‘‘80 percent’’.
SEC. 8. SUPPLEMENTS TO FEDERAL GRANT-IN-AID PRO-
GRAMS; FUNDING LIMITATION.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—The first sentence
of section 214(a) (40 U.S.C. App. 214(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘the President is authorized to provide funds to
the Federal Co-Chairman to be used’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘the Federal Co-Chairman may use amounts made
available to carry out this Act’’.
of Michigan for the benefit of itself and its members, the 
sum of $llll. 
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‘‘(i) that were previously obligated for con-
tracts for interest reduction payments under
this section until insurance under this section
was extinguished;
‘‘(ii) that become available as a result of
the outstanding principal balance of a mortgage
having been written down;
‘‘(iii) that are uncommitted balances within
the limitation on maximum payments that may
heretofore have been permitted in any fiscal
year; or
‘‘(iv) that are become available from any
other source.
‘‘(B) The Secretary may liquidate obligations
entered into under this subsection under section
1305(10) of title 31 of the United States Code.
‘‘(C) In making capital grants under the terms
of this subsection, using the amounts that the Sec-
retary has recaptured from contracts for interest re-
duction payments, the Secretary shall assure that
the rates and amounts of outlays do not at any time
exceed the rates and amounts of outlays that would
have been experienced if the insurance had not been
extinguished or the principal amount had not been
written down, and the interest reduction payments
(1) in connection with a program to remove the
names of ineligible voters from an official list of eli-
gible voters, the official may, subject to, and in a
manner consistent with, State law, remove the name
of the individual from the list, or grant the individ-
ual provisional voting status, pending the official’s
receipt of adequate confirmation of the citizenship of
the individual.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended
by inserting before the item relating to section 402 the
following:
‘‘Sec. 401. Voter eligibility confirmation system .’’.
SEC. 3. PERMITTING STATES TO REQUIRE APPLICANTS
REGISTERING TO VOTE TO PROVIDE SOCIAL
SECURITY NUMBER.
Clauses (i) and (vi) of section 205(c)(2)(C) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) are amended
by inserting ‘‘voter registration,’’ after ‘‘driver’s license,’’.
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(b) SUBMISSION DATE.—The reports required by this
section shall be submitted to the Congress not later than
February 1 of each year.
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