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(63) Section 901 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3171) 
is amended by— 
(A) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3174)’’ after ‘‘section 904’’; 
(B) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3173)’’ after ‘‘section 903’’; and 
(C) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3172)’’ after ‘‘section 902’’. 
(64) Section 902 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3172) 
is amended by— 
(A) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3173)’’ after ‘‘section 903’’; 
(B) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3171)’’ after ‘‘actions pursuant to section 
901’’; and 
(C) inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3171)’’ after ‘‘stay pursuant to section 
901’’. 
(65) Section 903 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3173) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3171, 3172)’’ after ‘‘sections 901 and 
902’’. 
(66) Section 904 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3174) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3171, 3172)’’ after ‘‘sections 901 and 
902’’. 
(67) Section 1013(a) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3203(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3201)’’ after ‘‘section 1011’’. 
(68) Section 1014 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3204) 
is amended as follows: 
(A) Subsection (b) (matter before paragraph (1)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3202, 3203)’’ after ‘‘sections 1012 and 1013’’. 
(B) Subsection (b)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3203)’’ 
after ‘‘section 1013’’. 
(C) Subsection (b)(2) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3203(f))’’ 
after ‘‘section 1013(f)’’. 
(69) Section 1015(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3205(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))’’ after ‘‘section 
3(4)’’. 
(70) Section 1023 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3223) 
is amended by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 402 note)’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
3614)’’. 
(71) Section 1102(c) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3232(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘50 U.S.C. 435 note’’ and inserting ‘‘50 
U.S.C. 3161 note’’. 
(72) Section 8131(b) of Public Law 103–335 (50 U.S.C. 3303(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 401a(4))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
3003(4))’’.
mit to the appropriate congressional committees, on 
a biennial basis, a report on the extent to which the 
TPCC is successfully carrying out its duties as de-
scribed in subsection (b) and the extent to which the 
strategic plan as described in subsection (c) is suc-
cessfully being implemented. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report 
required under paragraph (1), the Inspector General 
of the Department of Commerce shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, consult with the inspector 
general of each other Federal department or agency 
that is a member of the TPCC. 
‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’ has the meaning 
given such term in subsection (g)(2).’’. 
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a use tax, or a similar transaction tax, imposed 
on the sale or acquisition of goods or services, 
whether or not denominated a tax imposed on 
the privilege of doing business. 
(3) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the 
meaning given such term by section 1 of title 1 of 
the United States Code. Each corporation that is a 
member of a group of affiliated corporations, wheth-
er unitary or not, is itself a separate ‘‘person’’. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, or any 
territory or possession of the United States, or any 
political subdivision of any of the foregoing. 
(5) TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY.—For pur-
poses of section 3(b)(1)(C), the leasing or owning of 
tangible personal property does not include the leas-
ing or licensing of computer software. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall apply with re-
spect to taxable periods beginning on or after January 1, 
2016. 
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SEC. 7. IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS TO 
BE DECIDED ON AUTHORITY DELEGATED BY 
THE COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(c) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 155(c)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(10) Not later than 48 hours before the time when 
an order, decision, report, or action is made or taken pursu-
ant to delegation under paragraph (1), such order, decision, 
report, or action shall be identified and briefly described 
on the Internet website of the Commission, unless the au-
thority to which the delegation is made for good cause finds 
that such identification and description are likely to lead 
to a result described in a paragraph of section 552b(c) of 
title 5, United States Code. Identification and description 
pursuant to this paragraph shall not constitute ‘agency ac-
tion’ as defined in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 
This paragraph shall not apply with respect to an order, 
decision, report, or action that— 
‘‘(A) does not receive a delegated authority num-
ber pursuant to the procedures of the Commission; 
‘‘(B) is made or taken on authority delegated to 
an administrative law judge; or 
‘‘(C) is made or taken to address an immediate 
threat to health or safety that constitutes an emer-
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gency requiring an expedited response from the Com-
mission.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall apply with respect to an order, decision, re-
port, or action made or taken after the date that is 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 231 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2583 
[Report No. 114–305] 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to pro-
vide for greater transparency and efficiency in 
the procedures followed by the Federal Commu-
nications Commission, and for other purposes. 
OCTOBER 22, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2587 
To further enhance the promotion of exports of United States goods and 
services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2015 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Mr. LARSEN of Washington) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To further enhance the promotion of exports of United 
States goods and services, 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 ‘‘State Trade Coordina-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MEMBERSHIP OF REPRESENTATIVES OF STATE 
TRADE PROMOTION AGENCIES ON TRADE 
PROMOTION COORDINATING COMMITTEE. 
Section 2312(d) of the Export Enhancement Act of 
1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(d)) is amended— 
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is used or disseminated from a point outside the 
State; and 
‘‘(4) those business activities directly related to 
such person’s potential or actual purchase of goods 
or services within the State if the final decision to 
purchase is made outside the State.’’; 
(5) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, 
a person shall not be considered to have engaged in busi-
ness activities within a State during any taxable year 
merely— 
‘‘(1) by reason of sales or transactions in such 
State, the solicitation of orders for sales or trans-
actions in such State, the furnishing of information 
to customers or affiliates in such State, or the cov-
erage of events or other gathering of information in 
such State, on behalf of such person by one or more 
independent contractors; 
‘‘(2) by reason of the maintenance of an office 
in such State by one or more independent contrac-
tors whose activities on behalf of such person in 
such State are limited to making sales or fulfilling 
transactions, soliciting orders for sales or trans-
actions, the furnishing of information to customers 
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or affiliates, and/or the coverage of events or other 
gathering of information; or 
‘‘(3) by reason of the furnishing of information 
to an independent contractor by such person ancil-
lary to the solicitation of orders or transactions by 
the independent contractor on behalf of such per-
son.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or fulfilling transactions’’ 
after ‘‘selling’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the sale of, tangible per-
sonal property’’ and inserting ‘‘a sale or trans-
action, furnishing information, or covering 
events, or otherwise gathering information’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF PROHIBITIONS TO OTHER BUSI-
NESS ACTIVITY TAXES.—Title I of the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act relating to the power of the States to impose net in-
come taxes on income derived from interstate commerce, 
and authorizing studies by congressional committees of 
matters pertaining thereto’’, approved September 14, 
1959 (15 U.S.C. 381 et seq.), is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 105. For taxable periods beginning on or after 
January 1, 2016, the prohibitions of section 101 that 
apply with respect to net income taxes shall also apply 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2584 
To regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2015 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce, 
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 ‘‘Business Activity Tax 
Simplification Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION OF PUBLIC LAW 86–272. 
(a) SOLICITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO SALES AND 
TRANSACTIONS OF OTHER THAN TANGIBLE PERSONAL 
PROPERTY.—Section 101 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act re-
lating to the power of the States to impose net income 
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(4) During the intervals between the convention, the executive officers are
the governing board of the corporation and are responsible for the general
policies, program, and activities of the corporation.
(b) COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION.—The council of administration of the
corporation shall consist of at least 7 members elected in the manner and
for the term provided in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation.
(c) OFFICERS.—(1) The officers of the corporation are a national presi-
dent, senior vice national president, junior vice national president, secretary,
treasurer, and other officers as provided in the constitution and bylaws. One
individual may hold the offices of secretary and treasurer.
(2) The titles, manner of election, term of office, and duties of the offi-
cers are as provided in the constitution and bylaws.
§ 153705. Powers
The corporation may—
(1) adopt and amend a constitution and bylaws for the management
of its property and the regulation of its affairs;
(2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
(3) choose officers as the corporation requires;
(4) make contracts;
(5) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as necessary
or convenient to carry out the purposes of the corporation; and
(6) sue and be sued.
§ 153706. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and
badges
The corporation and its subordinate corps have the exclusive right to use
the name ‘‘National Woman’s Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army
of the Republic’’. The corporation has the exclusive right to use and to allow
others to use seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.
§ 153707. Restrictions
(a) STOCK AND DIVIDENDS.—The corporation may not issue stock or de-
clare or pay a dividend.
(b) POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.—The corporation or an officer or agent as
such may not contribute to, support, or assist a political party or candidate
for public office.
(c) DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME OR ASSETS.—The income or assets of the
corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, an officer
or member during the life of the corporation or on its dissolution or final
liquidation. This subsection does not prevent the payment of reasonable
compensation to an officer or reimbursement for actual necessary expenses
in amounts approved by the council of administration of the corporation.
taxes on income derived from interstate commerce, and 
authorizing studies by congressional committees of mat-
ters pertaining thereto’’, approved September 14, 1959 
(15 U.S.C. 381 et seq.), is amended— 
(1) in section (a), by striking ‘‘either, or both,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any one or more’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘by such 
person’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘(which 
are sent outside the State for approval or rejection) 
or customers by such person, or his representative, 
in such State for sales or transactions, which are— 
‘‘(A) in the case of tangible personal prop-
erty, filled by shipment or delivery from a point 
outside the State; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of all other forms of prop-
erty, services, and other transactions, fulfilled 
or distributed from a point outside the State;’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(4) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) the furnishing of information to customers 
or affiliates in such State, or the coverage of events 
or other gathering of information in such State by 
such person, or his representative, which information 
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‘‘(G) at least one member shall be a li-
censed psychiatric nurse or nurse practitioner; 
‘‘(H) at least one member shall be a men-
tal health professional with a significant focus 
in his or her practice working with children and 
adolescents; 
‘‘(I) at least one member shall be a mental 
health professional who spends a significant 
concentration of his or her professional time or 
leadership practicing community mental health; 
‘‘(J) at least one member shall be a mental 
health professional with substantial experience 
working with mentally ill individuals who have 
a history of violence or suicide; 
‘‘(K) at least one such member shall be a 
State certified mental health peer specialist; 
‘‘(L) at least one member shall be a judge 
with experiences applying assisted outpatient 
treatment; 
‘‘(M) at least one member shall be a law 
enforcement officer with extensive experience in 
interfacing with psychiatric and psychological 
disorders or individuals in mental health crisis; 
and 
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‘‘(5) conduct strategic cyber threat intelligence 
planning for the Federal Government. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS.—The Cyber Threat Intelligence 
Integration Center— 
‘‘(1) may not have more than 50 permanent po-
sitions; 
‘‘(2) in carrying out the primary missions of the 
Center described in subsection (c), may not augment 
staffing through detailees, assignees, or core con-
tractor personnel or enter into any personal services 
contracts to exceed the limitation under paragraph 
(1); and 
‘‘(3) shall be located in a building owned or op-
erated by an element of the intelligence community 
as of the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Not later than 10 months after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually 
thereafter for 3 years, the Director of the Cyber Threat 
Intelligence Integration Center shall submit a report to 
Congress that includes the following: 
‘‘(1) With respect to the year covered by the re-
port, a detailed description of cyber threat trends, as 
compiled by the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integra-
tion Center.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2585 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month 
waiting period in the disability insurance program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2015 
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate 
the five-month waiting period in the disability insurance 
program, 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 ‘‘Sanchez-Young Social 
Security Disability Insurance for the Terminally Ill Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF TITLE II WAITING PERIOD FOR 
TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223(a)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended by adding 
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at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of any 
application for disability insurance benefits filed by an in-
dividual who is determined to be under a disability and 
who is determined to be terminally ill by a primary care 
provider (as defined by the individual’s State of residence), 
medical specialist, or other qualified provider or with re-
spect to whom the Commissioner has determined would 
otherwise suffer undue hardship by application of a wait-
ing period, this paragraph shall be applied without regard 
to any waiting period. For the purposes of the preceding 
sentence, an individual is considered to be terminally ill 
if the individual has a medical prognosis that the individ-
ual’s life expectancy is 12 months or less.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect with respect to applications 
filed after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2586 
To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to make improvements 
to the trade promotion policies and programs of the United States 
Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2015 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself and Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to make 
improvements to the trade promotion policies and pro-
grams of the United States Government. 
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 ‘‘Export Coordination 
Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. DUTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2312(b) of the Export 
Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4727(b)) is amend-
ed— 
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‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—There is a Director of the Cyber 
Threat Intelligence Integration Center, who shall be the 
head of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, 
and who shall be appointed by the Director of National 
Intelligence. 
‘‘(c) PRIMARY MISSIONS.—The Cyber Threat Intel-
ligence Integration Center shall— 
‘‘(1) serve as the primary organization within 
the Federal Government for analyzing and inte-
grating all intelligence possessed or acquired by the 
United States pertaining to cyber threats; 
‘‘(2) ensure that appropriate departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government have full access 
to and receive all-source intelligence support needed 
to execute the cyber threat intelligence activities of 
such agencies and to perform independent, alter-
native analyses; 
‘‘(3) disseminate cyber threat analysis to the 
President, the appropriate departments and agencies 
of the Federal Government, and the appropriate 
committees of Congress; 
‘‘(4) coordinate cyber threat intelligence activi-
ties of the departments and agencies of the Federal 
Government; and 
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conditions contained in such regulation, unless modi-
fied by the Board);’’.
(b) CONFORMING CHANGES TO OTHER STATUTES.—
(1) AMENDMENT TO THE BANK HOLDING COM-
PANY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1970.—Section 105 of
the Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of
1970 (12 U.S.C. 1850) is amended by striking ‘‘, to
engage directly or indirectly in a nonbanking activity
pursuant to section 4 of such Act,’’.
(2) AMENDMENT TO THE BANK SERVICE COM-
PANY ACT.—Section 4(f) of the Bank Service Com-
pany Act (12 U.S.C. 1864(f)) is amended by strik-
ing the period and adding at the end the following:
‘‘as of the day before the date of enactment of the
Financial Services Act of 1998.’’.
SEC. 103. FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Bank Holding Company Act
of 1956 is amended by inserting after section 5 (12 U.S.C.
1844) the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 6. FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANIES.
‘‘(a) FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY DEFINED.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘financial holding
company’ means a bank holding company which meets the
requirements of subsection (b).
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2589 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the 
Federal Communications Commission to publish on its 
Internet website the text of any item that is adopted 
by vote of the Commission not later than 24 hours 
after receipt of dissenting statements from all Commis-
sioners wishing to submit such a statement with respect 
to such item. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TIMELY AVAILABILITY OF ITEMS ADOPTED BY 
VOTE OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 4 of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(p) In the case of any item that is adopted by vote 
of the Commission, the Commission shall publish on the 
Internet website of the Commission the text of such item 
not later than 24 hours after the Secretary of the Commis-
sion has received dissenting statements from all Commis-
sioners wishing to submit such a statement with respect 
to such item.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to an item that is 
adopted after the date that is 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2589 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to re-
quire the Federal Communications Commission 
to publish on its Internet website the text of any 
item that is adopted by vote of the Commission 
not later than 24 hours after receipt of dis-
senting statements from all Commissioners wish-
ing to submit such a statement with respect to 
such item.