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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 368 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an audiometric test of 
each member of the Armed Forces before the separation of the member. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2013 
Mr. BENISHEK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an 
audiometric test of each member of the Armed Forces 
before the separation of the member. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUDIOMETRIC TEST REQUIRED BEFORE SEPA-
RATION 
OF 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 59 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘§ 1179. Audiometric test required 
‘‘Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of a military department shall en-
sure that a member of the armed forces under the jurisdic-
tion of the Secretary receives an audiometric test at the 
8000 Hz frequency (or other test that the Secretary of 
Defense determines has the ability to discover potential 
future hearing loss) to evaluate the hearing of the member 
during the 90-day period before the date on which the 
member is discharged, separated, or retired.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
after the item relating to section 1178 the following new 
item: 
‘‘1179. Audiometric test required.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1179 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall 
apply with respect to a member being discharged, sepa-
rated, or retired from the Armed Forces on or after the 
date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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(1) by striking ‘‘there’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts 
not otherwise obligated from the National Flood In-
surance Fund’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘from the National Flood Insur-
ance Fund, of amounts not otherwise obligated, not 
more than $750,000’’. 
SEC. 4. MONTHLY INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS FOR PRE-
MIUMS. 
Section 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015) is amended by striking subsection 
(g) and inserting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CONDITIONS FOR MONTHLY PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) OPTION.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, with respect to any chargeable risk 
premiums for flood insurance coverage under this 
title, the Administrator shall provide policyholders 
with the option of paying such premiums on an an-
nual or monthly basis. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—A policyholder of flood in-
surance coverage under this title shall be eligible to 
make monthly payments of premiums only if all of 
the following conditions are met: 
‘‘(A) The policyholder does not have the 
option of escrowing premiums and fees for flood 
insurance as provided in section 102(d) of the 
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‘‘(ii) in the case of an article that is 
destroyed, the amount of the refund shall 
be an amount that is— 
‘‘(I) equal to 99 percent of the 
lesser of— 
‘‘(aa) the amount of duties, 
taxes, and fees paid with respect 
to the imported merchandise; and 
‘‘(bb) the amount of duties, 
taxes, and fees that would apply 
to the destroyed article if the de-
stroyed article were imported; 
and 
‘‘(II) reduced by the value of ma-
terials recovered during destruction as 
provided in subsection (x). 
‘‘(3) STATUS REPORTS ON REGULATIONS.—Not 
later than the date that is one year after the date 
of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and 
Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, and annually there-
after until the regulations required by paragraph (2) 
are final, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report on the status of those regulations.’’. 
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153
Title III, Subtitle B
HR 2202 RH
Subtitle B—Removal of Alien
Terrorists
PART 1—REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR ALIEN
TERRORISTS
SEC. 321. REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR ALIEN TERRORISTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Immigration and Nationality
Act is amended—
(1) by adding at the end of the table of con-
tents the following:
‘‘TITLE V—SPECIAL REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR ALIEN
TERRORISTS
‘‘Sec. 501. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 502. Establishment of special removal court; panel of attorneys to assist
with classified information.
‘‘Sec. 503. Application for initiation of special removal proceeding.
‘‘Sec. 504. Consideration of application.
‘‘Sec. 505. Special removal hearings.
‘‘Sec. 506. Consideration of classified information.
‘‘Sec. 507. Appeals.
‘‘Sec. 508. Detention and custody.’’,
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new title:
‘‘TITLE V—SPECIAL REMOVAL PROCEDURES
FOR ALIEN TERRORISTS
‘‘DEFINITIONS
‘‘SEC. 501. In this title:
‘‘(1) The term ‘alien terrorist’ means an alien
described in section 241(a)(4)(B).
‘‘(2) The term ‘classified information’ has the
meaning given such term in section 1(a) of the Clas-
sified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.).
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(8) PIGFORD CLAIMS.—Subsection (a) does not 
apply with respect to section 14012 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–246; 122 Stat. 2209) relating to determination 
on the merits of Pigford claims. 
(9) HEARTLAND, 
HABITAT, 
HARVEST, 
AND 
HORTICULTURE ACT OF 2008.—Subsection (a) does 
not apply with respect to title XV of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–246; 122 Stat. 2246), and amendments made 
by that title, relating to the provision of supple-
mental agricultural disaster assistance under title IX 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497 et seq.), 
certain revenue and tax provisions, and certain trade 
benefits and other matters. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect as 
of September 30, 2013. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 12, 
2013. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Title II, Subtitle A
(relating to fraud or misuse of visas, permits, or
other documents) of this title; or
‘‘(2) a violation of section 274, 277, or 278 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (relating to the
smuggling of aliens); or’’.
SEC. 202. RACKETEERING OFFENSES RELATING TO ALIEN
SMUGGLING.
Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘section 1028 (relating to
fraud and related activity in connection with identi-
fication documents),’’ before ‘‘section 1029’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘section 1542 (relating to false
statement in application and use of passport), sec-
tion 1543 (relating to forgery or false use of pass-
port), section 1544 (relating to misuse of passport),
section 1546 (relating to fraud and misuse of visas,
permits, and other documents), sections 1581–1588
(relating to peonage and slavery),’’ after ‘‘section
1513 (relating to retaliating against a witness, vic-
tim, or an informant),’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘(E)’’; and
(4) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘, or (F) any act which is indictable under
the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 274
with a certification of such approval and legislative lan-
guage implementing such recommendations.
(3) If the President disapproves the recommendations
of the Commission, in whole or in part, the President shall
transmit to the Commission and the Congress the reasons
for that disapproval. The Commission shall then transmit
to the President, by no later than September 5th, a revised
list of recommendations.
(4) If the President approves all of the revised rec-
ommendations of the Commission transmitted to the
President under paragraph (3), the President shall trans-
mit a copy of such revised recommendation to the Con-
gress, together with a certification of such approval.
(5) If the President does not transmit to the Con-
gress an approval and certification described in paragraph
(2) or (4) by September 10th, the process by which budget
outlay reductions may occur under this Act with respect
to that year shall be terminated.
SEC. 4. BUDGET OUTLAY REDUCTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit rec-
ommendations to Congress together with a joint resolution
containing legislative language implementing such rec-
ommendations not later than September 10th, as provided
in section 3.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION
OF PRESI-
DENT’S RECOMMENDATIONS.—
(1) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For the pur-
poses of subsection (a), the term ‘‘joint resolution’’
means a joint resolution that—
(A) is introduced within the 2-day period
beginning on the date on which the President
transmits a report to the Congress under sec-
tion 3(d);
(B) does not have a preamble;
(C) states after the resolving clause ‘‘That
Congress approves the recommendations of the
Spending Reduction Commission submitted by
the President on lll’’, the blank space
being filled in with the appropriate date and
contains the President’s legislative language de-
scribed in subsection (a); and
(D) is entitled a ‘‘Joint resolution approv-
ing the recommendations of the Spending Re-
duction Commission.’’.
(2) REFERRAL.—(A) A resolution described in
paragraph (1) that is introduced in the House of
Representatives shall be referred to the Committee
on Government Operations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall amend the local fire management plans 
that apply to the land designated as a wilderness 
area or wilderness addition by section 3. 
(4) ADMINISTRATION.—Consistent with para-
graph (1) and other applicable Federal law, to en-
sure a timely and efficient response to fire emer-
gencies in the wilderness areas or wilderness addi-
tions designated by section 3, the Secretary shall— 
(A) not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, establish agency ap-
proval procedures (including appropriate delega-
tions of authority to the Forest Supervisor, Dis-
trict Manager, or other agency officials) for re-
sponding to fire emergencies; and 
(B) enter into agreements with appropriate 
State or local firefighting agencies. 
(c) GRAZING.—The grazing of livestock in the wilder-
ness areas and wilderness additions designated by section 
3, if established before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, shall be permitted to continue, subject to such reason-
able regulations as the Secretary considers necessary in 
accordance with— 
(1) section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)); 
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Title V, Subtitle D
HR 2202 RH
SEC. 552. GENERAL TRANSITION FOR CURRENT CLASSI-
FICATION PETITIONS.
(a) FAMILY-SPONSORED IMMIGRANTS.—
(1) IMMEDIATE RELATIVES.—Any petition filed
under section 204(a) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act before October 1, 1996, for immediate
relative status under section 201(b)(2)(A) of such
Act (as in effect before such date) as a spouse or
child of a United States citizen or as a parent of a
United States citizen shall be deemed, as of such
date, to be a petition filed under such section for
status under section 201(b)(2)(A) (as such a spouse
or child) or under section 203(a)(2), respectively, of
such Act (as amended by this title).
(2) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF PERMANENT
RESIDENTS.—Any petition filed under section 204(a)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act before Octo-
ber 1, 1996, for preference status under section
203(a)(2) of such Act as a spouse or child of an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence shall
be deemed, as of such date, to be a petition filed
under such section for preference status under sec-
tion 203(a)(1) of such Act (as amended by this
title).
(b) EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRANTS.—
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‘‘(4) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.—(A) The Attor-
ney General and any immigration officer shall have
power to require by subpoena the attendance and
testimony of witnesses before immigration officers
and the production of books, papers, and documents
relating to the privilege of any person to enter, reen-
ter, reside in, or pass through the United States or
concerning any matter which is material and rel-
evant to the enforcement of this Act and the admin-
istration of the Service, and to that end may invoke
the aid of any court of the United States.
‘‘(B) Any United States district court within
the jurisdiction of which investigations or inquiries
are being conducted by an immigration officer may,
in the event of neglect or refusal to respond to a
subpoena issued under this paragraph or refusal to
testify before an immigration officer, issue an order
requiring such persons to appear before an immigra-
tion officer, produce books, papers, and documents
if demanded, and testify, and any failure to obey
such order of the court may be punished by the
court as a contempt thereof.’’.
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lated or consequential impacts to other critical infra-
structure sectors; 
‘‘(5) collaborate and facilitate discussions with 
Sector Coordinating Councils, Information Sharing 
and Analysis Centers, Sector Specific Agencies, and 
relevant critical infrastructure sectors on the devel-
opment of prioritized Federal response efforts, if 
necessary, to support the defense and recovery of 
critical infrastructure from cyber incidents; 
‘‘(6) collaborate with the Sector Coordinating 
Councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Centers, 
Sector Specific Agencies, and the relevant critical in-
frastructure sectors on the development and imple-
mentation of procedures to support technology neu-
tral real-time information sharing capabilities and 
mechanisms; 
‘‘(7) collaborate with the Sector Coordinating 
Councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Centers, 
Sector Specific Agencies, and the relevant critical in-
frastructure sectors to identify requirements for data 
and information formats and accessibility, system 
interoperability, and redundant systems and alter-
native capabilities in the event of a disruption in the 
primary information sharing capabilities and mecha-
nisms at the Center; 
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‘‘(15) Transportation systems. 
‘‘(16) Water and wastewater systems. 
‘‘(17) Such other sectors as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate. 
‘‘(c) SECTOR SPECIFIC AGENCIES.—The Secretary, 
in collaboration with the relevant critical infrastructure 
sector and the heads of other appropriate Federal agen-
cies, shall recognize the Federal agency designated as of 
November 1, 2013, as the ‘Sector Specific Agency’ for 
each critical infrastructure sector designated under sub-
section (b). If the designated Sector Specific Agency for 
a particular critical infrastructure sector is the Depart-
ment, for the purposes of this section, the Secretary shall 
carry out this section. The Secretary, in coordination with 
the heads of each such Sector Specific Agency shall— 
‘‘(1) support the security and resilience activi-
ties of the relevant critical infrastructure sector in 
accordance with this subtitle; and 
‘‘(2) provide institutional knowledge and spe-
cialized expertise to the relevant critical infrastruc-
ture sector. 
‘‘(d) SECTOR COORDINATING COUNCILS.— 
‘‘(1) RECOGNITION.—The Secretary, in collabo-
ration with each critical infrastructure sector and 
the relevant Sector Specific Agency, shall recognize 
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the Sector Coordinating Council for each critical in-
frastructure sector designated under subsection (b) 
to coordinate with each such sector on security and 
resilience activities and emergency response and re-
covery efforts. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Sector Coordi-
nating Council for a critical infrastructure sec-
tor designated under subsection (b) shall— 
‘‘(i) be comprised exclusively of rel-
evant critical infrastructure owners, critical 
infrastructure operators, private entities, 
and representative trade associations for 
the sector; 
‘‘(ii) reflect the unique composition of 
each sector; and 
‘‘(iii) include relevant small, medium, 
and large critical infrastructure owners, 
critical infrastructure operators, private 
entities, and representative trade associa-
tions for the sector. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—No government enti-
ty with regulating authority shall be a member 
of the Sector Coordinating Council. 
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system or network, or the defeat of an operations 
control or technical control essential to the secu-
rity or operation of such a system or network. 
‘‘(23) The term ‘cybersecurity mission’ means ac-
tivities that encompass the full range of threat reduc-
tion, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, incident re-
sponse, resiliency, and recovery activities to foster the 
security and stability of cyberspace. 
‘‘(24) The term ‘cybersecurity purpose’ means the 
purpose of ensuring the security, integrity, confiden-
tiality, or availability of, or safeguarding, an infor-
mation system or network of information systems, in-
cluding protecting such a system or network, or data 
residing on such a system or network, including pro-
tection of such a system or network, from— 
‘‘(A) a vulnerability of such a system or 
network; 
‘‘(B) a threat to the security, integrity, con-
fidentiality, or availability of such a system or 
network, or any information stored on, processed 
on, or transiting such a system or network; 
‘‘(C) efforts to deny access to or degrade, 
disrupt, or destroy such a system or network; or 
‘‘(D) efforts to gain unauthorized access to 
such a system or network, including to gain such 
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unauthorized 
access 
for 
the 
purpose 
of 
exfiltrating information stored on, processed on, 
or transiting such a system or network. 
‘‘(25) The term ‘cyber threat’ means any action 
that may result in unauthorized access to, exfiltration 
of, manipulation of, harm of, or impairment to the 
security, integrity, confidentiality, or availability of 
an information system or network of information sys-
tems, or information that is stored on, processed by, 
or transiting such a system or network. 
‘‘(26) The term ‘cyber threat information’ means 
information directly pertaining to— 
‘‘(A) a vulnerability of an information sys-
tem or network of information systems of a gov-
ernment or private entity; 
‘‘(B) a threat to the security, integrity, con-
fidentiality, or availability of such a system or 
network of a government or private entity, or 
any information stored on, processed on, or 
transiting such a system or network; 
‘‘(C) efforts to deny access to or degrade, 
disrupt, or destroy such a system or network of 
a government or private entity; 
‘‘(D) efforts to gain unauthorized access to 
such a system or network, including to gain such 
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(i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘academic levels and’’ before ‘‘job skills’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘State;’’ and inserting ‘‘State, including 
education, training, and registered appren-
ticeship programs and their relationship to 
the employment opportunities, academic 
levels, skills, and economic development 
needs described in this paragraph; and’’; 
and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) the integrated education and training 
and sequential education and training activities 
that will be integrated and aligned with work-
force investment activities and services under 
this title, and the State’s efforts to promote 
greater integration and alignment of adult edu-
cation and workforce investment activities and 
services under this title;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (8)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(x), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
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(2) the legal status, maintenance, or use of 
rights-of-way and utility easements within the Scenic 
Area; 
(3) the management of State, municipal, or pri-
vate land located in the vicinity of or within the 
boundaries of the Scenic Area; 
(4) the management of National Forest System 
land that is not included in the Scenic Area; or 
(5) the construction or siting of transportation 
projects or water projects (and associated facilities) 
within the Scenic Area or in areas outside the Scenic 
Area. 
(h) NO CAUSE OF ACTION.—Nothing in this Act cre-
ates a private cause of action in any Federal, state or trib-
al court. 
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‘‘(2) Each entity from which the facility plans
to accept waste shall demonstrate that it has di-
verted during calendar year 2000, and will continue
to divert for each subsequent year, to waste manage-
ment methods other than incineration and landfilling
the following percentages of the total amount of
each of the following materials generated annually
by the persons from whom the entity collects waste:
‘‘(A) Glass, 65 percent.
‘‘(B) Newspapers, 65 percent.
‘‘(C) Other paper, 65 percent.
‘‘(D) Metals, 80 percent.
‘‘(E) Plastic containers, 50 percent.
‘‘(F) Yard waste, 90 percent.
‘‘(G) Food waste, 10 percent.
Each such entity shall also demonstrate that, during
calendar years 1998 and 1999, it has diverted to
such waste management methods an interim diver-
sion percentage established by the Administrator (at
least 1⁄2) of the percentages of the materials speci-
fied in subparagraphs (A) through (G).
‘‘(3) The applicant shall demonstrate that—
‘‘(A) the facility will not interfere with
maintaining the diversion rates set forth in
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18, United States Code) or upon the
liberty of such a person.
‘‘(IV) An assassination.
‘‘(V) The use of any—
‘‘(aa) biological agent, chem-
ical agent, or nuclear weapon or
device, or
‘‘(bb) explosive, firearm, or
other weapon (other than for
mere personal monetary gain),
with intent to endanger, directly, or
indirectly, the safety of one or more
individuals or to cause substantial
damage to property.
‘‘(VI) A threat, attempt, or con-
spiracy to do any of the foregoing.
‘‘(iii) ENGAGE IN TERRORISM ACTIV-
ITY DEFINED.—As used in this Act, the
term ‘engage in terrorism activity’ means
to commit, in an individual capacity or as
a member of an organization, an act of ter-
rorism activity or an act which the actor
knows, or reasonably should know, affords
material support to any individual, organi-
zation, or government which the actor