datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(2) reside in the TRICARE region in which the
demonstration project is conducted and are entitled
to hospital insurance benefits under part A of title
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395c
et seq.).
(c) SPECIAL RULE FOR MEDICARE PARTICIPANTS.—
The payment limitations contained in section 1086(d)(3)
of title 10, United States Code, shall apply in the case
of covered beneficiaries described in subsection (b)(2) who
are not eligible to participate in the TRICARE or
CHAMPUS programs, by reason of section 1086(d)(1) of
title 10, United States Code, but who are eligible to par-
ticipate in the demonstration project.
(d) USE OF MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—In the
case of participants in the demonstration project, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall permit a participant during
the demonstration project to take as a credit against the
tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for
a taxable year an amount equal to 25 percent of the
amount paid in cash during such year by or on behalf of
the participant to a medical savings account, subject to
such restrictions on the total amount of the cash contribu-
tion and such other requirements as the Secretary may
prescribe.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) COVERED BENEFICIARIES.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered beneficiary’’ means a beneficiary under chapter
55 of title 10, United States Code, other than a ben-
eficiary under section 1074(a) of such title. Such
term includes—
(A) the spouse and children of a member
of the Armed Forces on active duty; and
(B) members and former members of the
uniformed services who are entitled to retired or
retainer pay, or equivalent pay, and their de-
pendents.
(2) TRICARE.—The term ‘‘TRICARE’’ means
the managed health care program that is established
by the Secretary of Defense under the authority of
chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, prin-
cipally section 1097 of such title, and includes the
competitive selection of contractors to financially un-
derwrite the delivery of health care services under
the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the
Uniformed Services.
(3) MEDICAL
SAVINGS
ACCOUNT.—The term
‘‘medical savings account’’ means a trust created or
organized in the United States exclusively for the
purpose of paying the qualified medical expenses of
the individual for whose benefit the trust is estab-
lished.
(f) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later
than six months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to
Congress containing the plan prepared by the Secretary
of Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury to imple-
ment the demonstration project and to permit participants
to maintain and use medical savings accounts.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4235 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide 
for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2015 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of 
New York, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ELLISON, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under 
defined contribution plans, 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; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Women’s Pension Protection Act of 2015’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Approximately 45.9 percent of private sec-
tor workers do not participate in a workplace retire-
ment savings program and, of those who do not par-
ticipate, 84 percent have reported that they do not 
have access to a workplace retirement program, ac-
cording to a September 2015 report on retirement 
coverage by the Government Accountability Office. 
(2) Women’s retirement preparedness often lags 
significantly behind their male counterparts, result-
ing in the median retirement income for women in 
2010 being just 59 percent of men’s retirement in-
come. 
(3) Women are almost twice as likely as men to 
live in poverty after age 65. 
(4) Women make up 2⁄3 of low-wage workers, 
even though they comprise less than half of all work-
ers, and low-wage workers are less likely than other 
workers to participate in a retirement plan at work. 
(5) The cost impact on women who leave the 
workforce early to become caregivers, in terms of 
lost wages and Social Security benefits, equals 
$324,044 in lost retirement savings. 
(6) Just 1 in 5 part-time workers who work a 
full year are eligible for a retirement plan, and 
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‘‘(1) ELECTION.—The election under this sec-
tion shall be made on the return of the tax imposed
by section 2001. Such election shall be made in such
manner as the Secretary shall by regulations pre-
scribe. Such an election, once made, shall be irrev-
ocable.
‘‘(2) AGREEMENT.—The agreement referred to
in this paragraph is a written agreement signed by
each person in being who has an interest (whether
or not in possession) in any property designated in
such agreement consenting to the application of sub-
section (c) with respect to such property.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS; SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes
of this section—
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED DEVISEE.—The term ‘qualified
devisee’ means, with respect to any property, a per-
son who acquired such property (or to whom such
property passed) from the decedent and who is not
a qualified heir of the decedent.
‘‘(2) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ means an in-
dividual, partnership, corporation, or governmental
entity.
‘‘(3) CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY INCLUDED.—In
the case of real property which meets the require-
ments of subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(1), any
depreciable improvements, including roads, which
are related to the qualified forest use shall be treat-
ed as real property devoted to that use.
‘‘(4) TIMBER OPERATIONS.—The term ‘timber
operations’ means the planting, cultivating, caring
for, or harvesting of trees in the process of using
and conserving renewable forest resources.
‘‘(5) METHOD OF VALUING FORESTLAND.—The
value of forestland shall be determined according to
whichever of the following methods results in the
least value:
‘‘(A) Assessed land values in a State which
provides a differential or use value assessment
for forestland.
‘‘(B) Comparable sales of other forestland
in the same geographical area far enough re-
moved from a metropolitan or resort area so
that nonforest use is not a significant factor in
the sales price.
‘‘(C) The capitalization of income which
the property can be expected to yield for timber
operations over a reasonable period of time
under prudent management, using traditional
forest management for the area, and taking
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‘‘(ii) REVIEW
AND
TERMINATION
OF
WAIVERS.—A waiver granted under clause
(i)—
‘‘(I) shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, be reviewed once a year;
and
‘‘(II) shall remain effective until
terminated by the Secretary.
‘‘(D) FACTORS.—In making a determina-
tion under this paragraph, the Secretary con-
cerned shall consider—
‘‘(i) the risk of unprocessed timber of
that species, grade, and size being exported
or used in substitution;
‘‘(ii) the location of the unprocessed
timber and the effect of the location on its
being exported or used in substitution;
‘‘(iii) the history of the person involved
with respect to compliance with log paint-
ing and branding requirements; and
‘‘(iv) any other factor that is relevant
to determining the likelihood of the unproc-
essed timber being exported or used in sub-
stitution.
‘‘(5) REPORTING.—
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the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants ac-
count.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
the implementation or execution of programs the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $2,000,000,000 in fiscal
year 1998 for grants under the contract authority in 49
U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there shall be available for
fixed guideway modernization, $800,000,000; there shall
be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and pur-
chase of buses and related equipment and the construction
of bus-related facilities, $400,000,000; and there shall be
available for new fixed guideway systems $800,000,000,
to be available as follows:
$44,600,000 for the Atlanta-North Springs
project (subject to authorization);
$46,300,000 for the Boston Piers MOS–2
project (subject to authorization);
$2,300,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland
commuter rail project (subject to authorization);
$1,000,000 for the Charlotte South corridor
transitway project (subject to authorization);
(b) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a community-based 
organization with proven experience and expertise in serv-
ing working-age or retired women. 
(c) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that desires to 
receive a grant under this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary of Labor at such time, in such man-
ner, and accompanied by such information as such Sec-
retary may require. 
(d) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall award grants under this section in amounts 
of not less than $250,000. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to 
develop and implement financial literacy education, and 
related activities including outreach, awareness building, 
and counseling to increase women’s knowledge of retire-
ment planning and consumer, economic, and personal fi-
nancial concepts. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this section. 
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(55 percent) are savings-limited, meaning they 
can replace less than one month of their income 
through liquid savings. 
(3) Financial shocks are common and savings 
make households more resilient to financial shocks 
and more upwardly mobile, as evidenced by the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Substantial fluctuations in family in-
come are the norm. In any given 2-year period, 
nearly half of households experience an income 
gain or drop of more than 25 percent, a rate 
of volatility that has been relatively constant 
since 1979. 
(B) Even small sums of savings, $2,000 or 
less, have been shown to significantly reduce 
the incidence of negative financial or material 
outcomes, such as foregoing adequate nutrition. 
(C) Children born to low-income, high-sav-
ing parents are much more likely (71 percent) 
to move up the economic ladder than children 
born to low-income, low-saving parents (50 per-
cent) over a generation. 
(4) Emergency savings are necessary to protect 
retirement savings from early, penalized withdrawals 
and to support long-term retirement security. 
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of Land Management, and the Forest Service, shall jointly
submit to Congress a report listing the lands and interests
in land, in order of priority, that the Secretaries propose
for acquisition or exchange using funds provided under this
heading: Provided further, That in determining the order
of priority, the Secretaries shall consider with respect to
each property the following: The natural resources located
on the property; the degree to which a natural resource on
the property is threatened; the length of time required to
consummate the acquisition or exchange; the extent to which
an increase in the cost of the property makes timely comple-
tion of the acquisition or exchange advisable; the extent of
public support for the acquisition or exchange (including
support of local governments and members of the public);
the total estimated costs associated with the acquisition or
exchange, including the costs of managing the lands to be
acquired; the extent of current Federal ownership of prop-
erty in the region; and such other factors as the Secretaries
consider appropriate, which factors shall be described in the
report in detail: Provided further, That the report shall de-
scribe the relative weight accorded to each such factor in
determining the priority of acquisitions and exchanges:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be available until the House Com-
mittee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Ap-
tensions) for filing the return of tax for 
such taxable year. 
‘‘(C) OTHER
RULES.—Rules similar to 
subparagraphs 
(C) 
and 
(D) 
of 
section 
25B(d)(2) shall apply for purposes of this para-
graph. 
‘‘(4) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—No credit 
shall be allowed under section 25B with respect to 
any deposit for which a credit is allowed under this 
section. 
‘‘(5) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
REFUND-
ABLE CREDITS.—The credit allowed by subsection 
(a) shall be taken into account after taking into ac-
count the credits allowed by (or treated as allowed 
by) this subpart (other than this section). 
‘‘(e) INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) CREDIT LIMIT.—In the case of any taxable 
year beginning in a calendar year after 2016, the 
dollar amount in subsection (a)(1) shall be increased 
by an amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-
mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 
year in which the taxable year begins, deter-
mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2015’ for 
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‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) 
thereof. 
‘‘(2) AGI THRESHOLDS.—In the case of any 
taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 
2016, each of the dollar amounts in clauses (i) and 
(ii) of subsection (b)(2)(B) shall be increased by an 
amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-
mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 
year in which the taxable year begins, deter-
mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2015’ for 
‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) 
thereof. 
‘‘(3) ROUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) CREDIT
LIMIT.—If any increase 
under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $10, 
such increase shall be rounded to the next low-
est multiple of $10. 
‘‘(B) AGI THRESHOLDS.—If any increase 
under paragraph (1) is not a multiple of $100, 
such increase shall be rounded to the next low-
est multiple of $100. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 12 months from 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue 
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‘‘(2) SECTION 2032B.—In the case of any inter-
est in qualified forestland (within the meaning of
section 2032B(b)), an amount equal to the adjusted
tax difference with respect to the estate (within the
meaning of section 2032A(c)(2)(C)) shall be a lien
in favor of the United States on property in which
such interest exists.’’,
(B) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘or 
2032B’’ 
after
‘‘2032A’’ both places it appears in subsection
(b),
(C) by inserting ‘‘or 2032B(c)’’ after
‘‘2032A(c)’’ in subsection (b)(2), and
(D) by adding at the end of subsection (c)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED FORESTLAND.—For purposes
of this section, the term ‘qualified forestland’ in-
cludes qualified replacement property (within the
meaning of section 2032B(f)(3)(B)) and qualified
exchange property (within the meaning of section
2032B(g)(3)).’’
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter A of chapter 11 is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 2032B. Valuation of certain forestland.’’
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to estates of decedents dying after
December 31, 1998.
SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF GAIN FROM SALE OF INTERESTS IN
FOREST LANDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 (relating to items specifically excluded from gross
income) is amended by redesignating section 138 as sec-
tion 139 and by inserting after section 137 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 138. SALES OF INTERESTS IN CERTAIN FOREST
LANDS.
‘‘(a) EXCLUSION.—Gross income shall not include
qualified timber gain.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED TIMBER GAIN.—For purposes of
this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified timber
gain’ means gain from the sale or exchange of quali-
fied forestland to a qualified organization (as de-
fined in section 170(h)(3)) for conservation pur-
poses.
‘‘(2) CONSERVATION
PURPOSES.—The term
‘conservation purposes’ has the meaning given such
term by section 170(h)(4)(A) (without regard to
clause (iv) thereof).
‘‘(3) 
QUALIFIED
FORESTLAND.—The 
term
‘qualified forestland’ has the meaning given such
term by section 2032B(b) (determined without re-
gard to whether or not such forestland was acquired
by or passed to a qualified heir or devisee and with-
out regard to section 2032B(b)(1)(C)).’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 is amended by
striking the item relating to section 138 and by inserting
the following new items after the item relating to section
137:
‘‘Sec. 138. Sales of interests in certain forest lands.
‘‘Sec. 139. Cross references to other Acts.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to sales and exchanges after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 4. SUNSET. 
The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall 
cease to have effect after the 3-year period that begins 
with the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Not earlier than 18 months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act and not later than 3 years after such 
date of enactment, the Attorney General shall submit to 
the Congress a written report on the petitions filed and 
court orders granted under sections 2 and 3, including— 
(1) the number of petitions so filed; 
(2) the number of orders so granted; 
(3) the number of petitions that were denied; 
(4) the disposition of any arrest made after 
such an order was granted, including any charges 
brought and the outcome of those charges; 
(5) with respect to each of the matters de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (4), whether the 
subject of the petition or order was a United States 
citizen or foreign national and whether the allega-
tions involved domestic terrorism or international 
terrorism; 
(6) for any such order issued against a foreign 
national, whether a deportation proceeding was initi-
ated against the individual and, if so, the outcome 
of the deportation proceeding; and 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2102
To amend the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 to repeal
the sunset of the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Ombuds-
man, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 1997
Mr. TALENT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of
1984 to repeal the sunset of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency Office of Ombudsman, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 2002 of the Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 6917) is amended—
(1) IN GENERAL.—42 U.S.C. 6917(d) is hereby
repealed.
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Office of Om-
budsman heretofore established by 42 U.S.C. 6917,
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within the Environmental Protection Agency Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response shall issue
a report to the Congress on the status of health and
environmental concerns addressed by Ombudsman
cases. Such report shall include recommendations for
improvements to the hazardous waste programs for
which the Environmental Protection Agency and to
the extent appropriate, the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) are respon-
sible.
(3) STRUCTURE.—The Environmental Protec-
tion Agency shall facilitate structuring the Office of
Ombudsman consistent with the American Bar Asso-
ciation’s Model Ombudsman Statute.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2104
To ensure that persons who enroll in the managed health care program
of the Department of Defense known as TRICARE Prime retain coverage
under the program in any TRICARE region.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 26, 1997
Mrs. THURMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on National Security
A BILL
To ensure that persons who enroll in the managed health
care program of the Department of Defense known as
TRICARE Prime retain coverage under the program in
any TRICARE region.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PORTABILITY AND RECIPROCITY OF TRICARE
PRIME ENROLLMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the TRICARE
program, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that per-
sons who enroll in the managed care option of the
TRICARE program, known as TRICARE Prime, in one
region of the TRICARE program are entitled to transfer
their enrollment (without penalty or additional cost) to an-
other region of the TRICARE program whenever the ben-
eficiary resides or travels in the other region.
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘TRICARE program’’ means the managed health
care program that is established by the Department of De-
fense under the authority of chapter 55 of title 10, United
States Code, principally section 1097 of such title, and
includes the competitive selection of contractors to finan-
cially underwrite the delivery of health care services under
the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uni-
formed Services.
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