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SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EXCEPTIONS TO THE PROHIBI-
TION OF CERTAIN ACTIONS IN CONNECTION 
WITH TRANSFER OF AH–64 APACHE HELI-
COPTERS. 
Section 1712 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘but subject 
to the exceptions provided in subsection (e),’’; and 
(2) by striking subsections (e) and (f). 
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House Calendar No. 220
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 428
[Report No. 104–566]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3286) to help families defray
adoption costs, and to promote the adoption of minority children.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 7, 1996
Ms. PRYCE, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3286) to help
families defray adoption costs, and to promote the adop-
tion of minority children.
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution
it shall be in order without intervention of any point of
order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 3286) to
help families defray adoption costs, and to promote the
adoption of minority children. The amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on
Ways and Means now printed in the bill shall be consid-
HRES 428 RH
ered as adopted. The previous question shall be considered
as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further
amendment thereto to final passage without intervening
motion except: (1) one hour of debate on the bill, as
amended, equally divided and controlled by the chairman
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways
and Means; (2) an amendment to title II of the bill, as
amended, if offered by Representative Gibbons of Florida
or his designee, which shall be considered as read and shall
be separately debatable for thirty minutes equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent; (3) the
amendment recommended by the Committee on Resources
(applied to the bill, as amended), if offered by Representa-
tive Young of Alaska or a designee, which shall be consid-
ered as read and shall be separately debatable for thirty
minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent; and (4) one motion to recommit, which
may include instructions only if offered by the minority
leader or his designee.
House Calendar No. 220
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 428
[Report No. 104–566]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3286)
to help families defray adoption costs, and to
promote the adoption of minority children.
MAY 7, 1996
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2196 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase 
in the limit on the length of an agreement under the Medicare independ-
ence at home medical practice demonstration program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2015 
Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. FORBES) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be sub-
sequently 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 provide 
for an increase in the limit on the length of an agreement 
under the Medicare independence at home medical prac-
tice demonstration program. 
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 ‘‘Medicare Independence 
at Home Medical Practice Demonstration Improvement 
Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE LIMIT ON THE LENGTH OF AN 
AGREEMENT UNDER THE MEDICARE INDE-
PENDENCE AT HOME MEDICAL PRACTICE 
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
Section 1866E(e)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395cc–5(e)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘3-year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘5-year’’. 
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‘‘(17) State and territorial boundaries.
‘‘(18) Subversive activities affecting the internal
security of the United States.
‘‘(k) Committee on National Security.
‘‘(1) Ammunition depots; forts; arsenals; Army,
Navy, and Air Force reservations and establish-
ments.
‘‘(2) Common defense generally.
‘‘(3) Conservation, development, and use of
naval petroleum and oil shale reserves.
‘‘(4) The Department of Defense generally, in-
cluding the Departments of the Army, Navy, and
Air Force generally.
‘‘(5) Interoceanic canals generally, including
measures relating to the maintenance, operation,
and administration of interoceanic canals.
‘‘(6) Merchant Marine Academy, and State
Maritime Academies.
‘‘(7) Military applications of nuclear energy.
‘‘(8) Tactical intelligence and intelligence relat-
ed activities of the Department of the Defense.
‘‘(9) National security aspects of merchant ma-
rine, including financial assistance for the construc-
tion and operation of vessels, the maintenance of the
U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industrial base,
IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 42
Designating minority membership to the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 20, 1995
Mr. VOLKMER submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
agreed to
RESOLUTION
Designating minority membership to the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct.
Resolved, That the following named Members, be, and
they are hereby, elected to the Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct of the House of Representatives: Mr.
McDermott; Mr. Cardin; Ms. Pelosi; Mr. Borski; and Mr.
Sawyer.
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HRES 430 RH
(c) Except as specified in section 4 of this resolution,
each amendment printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed in
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated
in the report, shall be considered as read, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. Unless otherwise
specified in the report of the Committee on Rules, each
amendment printed in the report shall be debatable for
ten minutes equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to
amendment (except that the chairman or ranking minority
member of the Committee on National Security each may
offer one pro forma amendment for the purpose of further
debate on any pending amendment).
(d) All points of order against amendments printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules or amendments
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived.
(e) Consideration of the first two amendments in part
A of the report of the Committee on Rules shall begin
with an additional period of general debate, which shall
be confined to the subject of cooperative threat reduction
with the states of the former Soviet Union and shall not
exceed forty minutes equally divided and controlled by the
IV
House Calendar No. 221
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 430
[Report No. 104–570]
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3230) to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1997, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 1996
Mr. SOLOMON, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3230) to author-
ize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activi-
ties of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for fiscal year 1997, and for other
purposes.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3230) to authorize appropriations
HRES 430 RH
for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 1997, and for other purposes. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of
order against consideration of the bill are waived. General
debate shall be confined to the bill and the amendments
made in order by this resolution and shall not exceed two
hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and
ranking minority member of the Committee on National
Security. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule.
SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute
recommended by the Committee on National Security now
printed in the bill. The committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points
of order against the committee amendment in the nature
of a substitute are waived.
(b) No amendment to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be in order except the
amendments printed in the report of the Committee on
Rules accompanying this resolution and amendments en
bloc described in section 3 of this resolution.
SEC. 3. REMEDIES FOR DEFECTS AND NONCOMPLIANCE. 
Section 30120(i) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by adding ‘‘, OR 
RENTAL’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) If notification’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If notification’’; 
(B) by indenting subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) four ems from the left margin; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘or the manufacturer has 
provided to a rental company notification about 
a covered rental vehicle in the company’s pos-
session at the time of notification’’ after ‘‘time 
of notification’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘the dealer may sell or 
lease,’’ and inserting ‘‘the dealer or rental com-
pany may sell, lease, or rent’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sale 
or lease’’ and inserting ‘‘sale, lease, or rental 
agreement’’; 
(3) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection may be construed to prohibit a dealer 
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SEC. 4. (a) The chairman of the Committee of the
Whole may postpone until a time during further consider-
ation in the Committee of the Whole a request for a re-
corded vote on any amendment made in order by this reso-
lution.
(b) The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may
reduce to not less than five minutes the time for voting
by electronic device on any postponed question that imme-
diately follows another vote by electronic device without
intervening business, provided that the time for voting by
electronic device on the first in any series of questions
shall be not less than fifteen minutes.
(c) The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may
recognize for consideration of any amendment made in
order by this resolution out of the order printed, but not
sooner than one hour after the chairman of the Committee
on National Security or a designee announces from the
floor a request to that effect.
SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill
for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the
bill to the House with such amendments as may have been
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute, as modified. The previous ques-
HRES 430 RH
tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend-
ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion
except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions.
House Calendar No. 221
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 430
[Report No. 104–570]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3230)
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997
for military activities of the Department of De-
fense, to prescribe military personnel strengths
for fiscal year 1997, and for other purposes.
MAY 9, 1996
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
or rental company from offering the vehicle or equip-
ment for sale, lease, or rent.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) SPECIFIC
RULES
FOR
RENTAL
COMPA-
NIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided under this paragraph, a rental com-
pany shall comply with the limitations on sale, 
lease, or rental set forth in subparagraph (C) 
and paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 
not later than 24 hours after the earliest re-
ceipt of the notice to owner under subsection 
(b) or (c) of section 30118 (including the vehi-
cle identification number for the covered vehi-
cle) by the rental company, whether by elec-
tronic means or first class mail. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR LARGE VEHICLE 
FLEETS.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
if a rental company receives a notice to owner 
covering more than 5,000 motor vehicles in its 
fleet, the rental company shall comply with the 
limitations on sale, lease, or rental set forth in 
subparagraph (C) and paragraph (1) as soon as 
practicable, but not later than 48 hours after 
the earliest receipt of the notice to owner under 
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May 15, 1996, in the portion of the Congressional
Record designated for that purpose in clause 6 of
rule XXIII, which may be offered by any Member,
or that failing, shall be considered as pending under
the terms of the first section of this resolution.
SEC. 3. (a) If House Concurrent Resolution 178 is
agreed to, then for all purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 as it applies in the House—
(1) the allocations of spending and credit re-
sponsibilities that are depicted in House Report
104–575, beginning on page 158, shall be considered
as the allocations otherwise required by section
602(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to
be included in the joint explanatory statement of the
managers on a conference report to accompany a
concurrent resolution on the budget; and
(2) the Congress shall be considered to have
adopted House Concurrent Resolution 178 in the
form adopted by the House.
(b) Upon adoption by the Congress of a concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997, subsection
(a) shall cease to apply.
(c) This section supersedes section 603 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount made available under section 224 to carry out this 
Act— 
(1) for fiscal year 2016, not more than 2.5 per-
cent of such amount shall be made available to carry 
out this section; and 
(2) for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not 
more than four percent of such amount shall be 
made available to carry out this section. 
SEC. 302. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL RESEARCH PROVEN 
PRACTICES PARTNERSHIPS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Adminis-
trator shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
establish a grant program to award grants to institutions 
of higher education to serve as regional research partners 
with PROMISE Coordinating Councils that are located in 
the same geographic region as an institution, in collabora-
tion with the National Research Center for Proven Juve-
nile Justice Practices authorized under section 301. Re-
gional research partners shall provide research support to 
such PROMISE Coordinating Councils, including— 
(1) assistance with preparing PROMISE grant 
applications under title II, including collection of 
baseline data for such applications; 
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(2) assistance with the needs and strengths as-
sessments conducted under section 203; and 
(3) provision of support services to PROMISE 
grant recipients for data collection and analysis to 
assess progress under the PROMISE grant. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount made available under section 224 to carry out this 
Act— 
(1) for fiscal year 2016, not more than 2.5 per-
cent of such amount shall be made available to carry 
out this section; and 
(2) for fiscal years 2017 through 2020, not 
more than four percent of such amount shall be 
made available to carry out this section. 
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IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 431
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the
constitutional duty of the Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1996
Mr. HAYWORTH
(for himself, Mr. TAYLOR
of North Carolina, Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. STUMP, Mr. BROWNBACK, Mr. HOKE,
Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. POMBO, and Mr. BAKER of Louisiana) submitted
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
concerning the constitutional duty of the Congress.
Whereas the United States Constitution remains the supreme
law of the land;
Whereas the Constitution, despite the expansion of the Fed-
eral Government, establishes a Federal Government of
delegated, enumerated, and, therefore, limited powers;
Whereas all other powers are reserved to the States or to the
people; and
Whereas, accordingly, Congress may legitimately act in a
given area only if it has authority to do so under the
Constitution and, in so acting, must exercise its inde-
•HRES 431 IH
pendent duty to interpret the Constitution: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved, That the Congress—
(1) recognizes the principle that the United
States Constitution is the supreme law of the land;
(2) recognizes that the Constitution establishes
a Federal Government of delegated, enumerated,
and, therefore, limited powers;
(3) recognizes its duty to identify the constitu-
tional basis for its legislative acts and to exercise its
independent judgment as to constitutional meaning
in areas where it has the power to act; and
(4) recognizes the paramount importance of
identifying and deliberating its constitutional author-
ity as a condition precedent to the consideration of
bills and resolutions.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2198 
To amend chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the 
rental of motor vehicles that contain a defect related to motor vehicle 
safety, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2015 
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. JONES, and Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, 
to prohibit the rental of motor vehicles that contain 
a defect related to motor vehicle safety, 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 ‘‘Raechel and Jacqueline 
Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 4. Rule XLIX shall not apply with respect to
the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 1997.
IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 432
Amending the Code of Official Conduct in the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives to prohibit a Member from soliciting or accepting campaign
contributions in the Hall of the House, rooms leading thereto, or the
cloakrooms.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1996
Ms. RIVERS (for herself and Mr. LUTHER) submitted the following resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
RESOLUTION
Amending the Code of Official Conduct in the Rules of
the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member from
soliciting or accepting campaign contributions in the Hall
of the House, rooms leading thereto, or the cloakrooms.
Resolved, That rule XLIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by adding after clause 13
the following new clause:
‘‘14. A Member of the House of Representatives shall
not solicit or accept campaign contributions in the Hall
of the House of Representatives, rooms leading thereto,
or the cloakrooms.’’.
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IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 433
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member,
officer, or employee of the House from distributing campaign contribu-
tions in the Hall of the House.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1996
Mr. MORAN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
prohibit a Member, officer, or employee of the House
from distributing campaign contributions in the Hall of
the House.
Resolved, That rule XLIII of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by adding after clause 13
the following new clause:
‘‘14. A Member, officer, or employee of the House
of Representatives shall not distribute campaign contribu-
tions in the Hall of the House of Representatives.’’.
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IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 434
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Children are
America’s Greatest Assets.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1996
Mr. RANGEL submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
Children are America’s Greatest Assets.
Whereas it is a tradition of long standing and significance for
twenty-four years that all Americans observe and cele-
brate such special occasions as Children’s Day, the sec-
ond Sunday in June;
Whereas as a group of citizens of the State of New York is
planning various activities to educate our children about
drugs, AIDS, and the polarization of races;
Whereas it is our hope that democracy is not a finished prod-
uct but a constant goal, and that in the struggle to attain
perfection of that goal, our children are the hope of this
world today and the leaders of the world tomorrow; and
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Whereas although we live in a time of many complicated
problems, we are aware that we must constantly strive to
improve our world so that our children may reap the ben-
efits of peace and increasing universal love and brother-
hood: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that children are America’s greatest assets.
We call upon all of the citizens of the United States of
America to honor, nurture, and love our children on every
day of the year.
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