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(a) FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.—The term
‘‘federally assisted housing’’ means a unit in—
(1) public housing under the United States
Housing Act of 1937;
(2) housing assisted under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 including both
tenant-based assistance and project-based assistance;
(3) housing that is assisted under section 202
of the Housing act of 1959 (as amended by section
801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act);
(4) housing that is assisted under section 202
of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed
before enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act;
(5) housing that is assisted under section 811
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act;
(6) housing financed by a loan or mortgage in-
sured under section 221(d)(3) of the National Hous-
ing Act that bears interest at a rate determined
under the proviso of section 221(d)(5) of such Act;
(7) housing with a mortgage insured, assisted,
or held by the Secretary or a State or State agency
under section 236 of the National Housing Act; and
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(8) for purposes only of subsections 301(c),
301(d), 303, and 304, housing assisted under sec-
tion 515 of the Housing Act of 1949.
(b) DRUG-RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.—The term
‘‘drug-related criminal activity’’ means the illegal manu-
facture, sale, distribution, use, or possession with intent
to manufacture, sell, distribute, or use, of a controlled sub-
stance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)).
(c) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means, with respect
to federally assisted housing, the entity or private person,
including a cooperative or public housing agency, that has
the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling units in such
housing.
SEC. 306. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) CONSOLIDATION
OF
PUBLIC
HOUSING
ONE
STRIKE PROVISIONS.—Section 6 of the United States
Housing act of 1937 is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (l)(4) and (l)(5) and
the last sentence of subsection (l), and redesignating
paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (4) and (5);
(2) by striking subsection (q); and
(3) by striking subsection (r).
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(b) CONSOLIDATION
OF SECTION 8 ONE STRIKE
PROVISIONS.—Section 8 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (d)(1)(B)(ii) and
(d)(1)(B)(iii), and redesignating clauses (iv) and (v)
as clauses (ii) and (iii); and
(2) by striking subsections (f)(5) and redesig-
nating Paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (5)
and (6), respectively.
(c) CONSOLIDATION OF ONE STRIKE ELIGIBILITY
PROVISIONS.—Section 16 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 is amended by striking subsection (e).
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3171 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain research on 
the transplantation of human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to an abortion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2015 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself and Mr. DUFFY) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain 
research on the transplantation of human fetal tissue 
obtained pursuant to an abortion. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITING CERTAIN RESEARCH ON THE 
TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN FETAL TIS-
SUE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN ABORTION. 
Section 498A(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 289g–1(a)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(2) PROHIBITION
ON
USE
OF
TISSUE
OB-
TAINED
PURSUANT
TO
ABORTIONS.—Human fetal 
tissue may be used in research carried out under 
paragraph (1) only if the tissue is obtained pursuant 
to a stillbirth.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec-
tively; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘may 
have been obtained pursuant to a spontaneous or in-
duced abortion or pursuant to a stillbirth’’ and in-
serting ‘‘has been obtained pursuant to a stillbirth’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘after a spon-
taneous or induced abortion, or’’. 
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‘‘(4) the Lincoln County Conservation, Recre-
ation, and Development Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108–424; 118 Stat. 2403); 
‘‘(5) subtitle F of title I of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 1132 
note; Public Law 111–11); 
‘‘(6) subtitle O of title I of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 460www 
note, 1132 note; Public Law 111–11); 
‘‘(7) section 2601 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 
Stat. 1108); or 
‘‘(8) section 2606 of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11; 123 
Stat. 1121).’’. 
SEC. 4. NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION ACT 
REAUTHORIZATION. 
Section 7(c) of the North American Wetlands Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4406(c)) is amended by striking 
‘‘not to exceed—’’ and all that follows through paragraph 
(5) and inserting ‘‘not to exceed $50,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2016 through 2020.’’. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ES-
TABLISHMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION. 
(a) BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FOUNDATION.— 
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‘‘(3) USE OF STATE INVENTORIES.—The Sec-
retary shall use the State inventories submitted
under this subsection to ensure compliance with sub-
section (d)(2)(C)(ii) and to carry out this section.
‘‘(u) LIMITATION ON VEGETATION REMOVAL.—For
the purpose of subsection (b), a State shall not be consid-
ered to have made provision for effective control of the
erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs,
displays, and devices if the State carries out or permits
the removal of vegetation in, or other alteration of, a right-
of-way referred to in subsection (b) for the purpose of im-
proving the visibility of any outdoor advertising sign, dis-
play, or device located outside the right-of-way.’’.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3172 
To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to provide for 
State and tribal management and protection of wild free-roaming horses 
and burros, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2015 
Mr. STEWART introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act 
to provide for State and tribal management and protec-
tion of wild free-roaming horses and burros, 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 ‘‘Wild Horse Oversight 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. STATE AND TRIBAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTEC-
TION OF WILD FREE-ROAMING HORSES AND 
BURROS. 
Public Law 92–195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild 
Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act’’) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 12. STATE AND TRIBAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTEC-
TION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsection 
(b), at the request of the legislature or Governor of a State 
or the governing body of a federally recognized Indian 
tribe, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall allow the State or federally recognized 
Indian tribe to assume all management and protection 
functions under this Act regarding wild free-roaming 
horses and burros on land within the boundaries of the 
State or federally recognized Indian tribe. After a State 
or federally recognized Indian tribe assumes such func-
tions, wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be man-
aged by the State or federally recognized Indian tribe in 
accordance with this Act and in the same manner as any 
other non-federally regulated species regarding functions 
not specified in this Act. 
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‘‘(b) INVENTORY.—The Secretary concerned shall 
continue to maintain the inventory required by section 
3(b)(1).’’. 
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(4) 
PRESCRIBER.—The 
term 
‘‘prescriber’’ 
means a health care practitioner who is licensed to 
practice veterinary medicine or other person per-
mitted under State law to issue prescriptions for 
animal drugs. 
(5) VETERINARY
PRESCRIPTION.—The term 
‘‘veterinary prescription’’— 
(A) means a written, oral, or electronic 
order from a prescriber authorizing the dis-
pensing of an animal drug for use by a domes-
ticated household animal and normally adminis-
tered to the animal by its owner, issued in ac-
cordance with State and Federal law; and 
(B) does not include an animal drug ad-
ministered by the veterinarian in the course of 
providing acute care. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 144
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make health insurance
costs fully deductible for the self-employed.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mrs. EMERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make
health insurance costs fully deductible for the self-employed.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FULL DEDUCTIBILITY OF HEALTH INSURANCE
COSTS FOR SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 162(l)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to special
rules for health insurance costs of self-employed individ-
uals) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—In the case
of an individual who is an employee within the
meaning of section 401(c)(1), there shall be allowed
as a deduction under this section an amount equal
to the amount paid during the taxable year for in-
surance which constitutes medical care for the tax-
payer, his spouse, and dependents.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3176 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a criminal violation 
for injuring or destroying property under the jurisdiction of the National 
Park Service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2015 
Mr. COOK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a crimi-
nal violation for injuring or destroying property under 
the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, 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 ‘‘Protecting our Na-
tional Parks Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INJURY OR DESTRUC-
TION OF PROPERTY UNDER THE JURISDIC-
TION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 
(a) PROTECTION
OF
NATIONAL
PARK
SERVICE 
PROPERTY.—Chapter 65 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1370. Destruction of property under the jurisdic-
tion of the National Park Service 
‘‘Whoever willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to 
injure or destroy, any property under the jurisdiction of 
the National Park Service shall be fined under this title, 
imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 65 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘1370. Destruction of property under the jurisdiction of the National Park 
Service.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3177 
To simplify the application used for the estimation and determination of 
financial aid eligibility for postsecondary education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2015 
Mr. HECK of Nevada (for himself, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. POLIS, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. KLINE, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. MESSER, 
Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. CLARK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. BUCSHON, and Mr. KELLY 
of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To simplify the application used for the estimation and deter-
mination of financial aid eligibility for postsecondary edu-
cation. 
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 ‘‘Simplifying the Appli-
cation for Student Aid Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. USING DATA FROM SECOND PRECEDING YEAR. 
Section 480(a)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(a)(1)(B)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding section 478(a) and 
beginning not later than the second January 1 
after the date of enactment of the Simplifying 
the Application for Student Aid Act, the Sec-
retary shall provide for the use of data from the 
second preceding tax year to carry out the sim-
plification of applications (including simplifica-
tion for a subset of applications) used for the 
estimation and determination of financial aid 
eligibility. Such simplification shall include the 
sharing of data between the Internal Revenue 
Service and the Department, pursuant to the 
consent of the taxpayer.’’. 
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control programs developed by the Ad-
ministrator under this Act.’’.
(d) STATE REPORTS.—Section 305(b)(1) of such Act
(33 U.S.C. 1315(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (D);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) a list identifying bodies of water for
which 
signs 
were 
posted 
under 
section
308(e)(1) in the preceding year and the reason
or reasons for such posting.’’.
SEC. 5. CIVIL PENALTIES.
(a) ENFORCEMENT OF LOCAL PRETREATMENT RE-
QUIREMENTS.—
(1) COMPLIANCE ORDERS.—
(A) INITIAL ACTION.—Section 309(a)(1) of
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1319(a)(1)) is amended by inserting
after ‘‘404 of this Act,’’ the following: ‘‘or is in
violation of any requirement imposed in a
pretreatment program approved under section
402(a)(3) or 402(b)(8) of this Act,’’.
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1454
To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from
closing certain flight service stations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 24, 1997
Mr. RIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration from closing certain flight service stations.
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 ‘‘Community Flight
Safety Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CLOSING OF CERTAIN FLIGHT
SERVICE STATIONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may
not close any flight service station that—
(1) is located in the contiguous United States
and within 50 miles from the Atlantic or Pacific
Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, or one of the Great
Lakes;
(2) on an average of 180 or more days in a cal-
endar year, as determined by the Administrator,
provides services to aircraft operating under instru-
ment flight rules; or
(3) meets the requirements of both paragraphs
(1) and (2).
Æ
brokers and dealers to send duplicate account 
statements directly to Board of Governors. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITIONS RELATED TO OUTSIDE EM-
PLOYMENT AND ACTIVITIES.—The members and em-
ployees of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System shall be subject to the prohibitions 
related to outside employment and activities de-
scribed under section 4401.103(c) of title 5, Code of 
Federal Regulations, to the same extent as such pro-
hibitions apply to an employee of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission. 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL
ETHICS
STANDARDS.—The 
members and employees of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System shall be subject to— 
‘‘(A) the employee responsibilities and con-
duct regulations of the Office of Personnel 
Management under part 735 of title 5, Code of 
Federal Regulations; 
‘‘(B) the canons of ethics contained in sub-
part C of part 200 of title 17, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to the same extent as such subpart 
applies to the employees of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission; and 
‘‘(C) the regulations concerning the con-
duct of members and employees and former
aid) awarded to an undergraduate student 
enrolled at the institution who receives fi-
nancial aid. 
‘‘(ii) The percentage of undergraduate 
students enrolled at the institution receiving 
Federal, State, and institutional grants, 
student loans, and any other type of student 
financial assistance known by the institu-
tion, provided publicly or through the insti-
tution, such as Federal work-study funds. 
‘‘(iii) The cohort default rate (as de-
fined in section 435(m)) for such institu-
tion. 
‘‘(E) FACULTY INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(i) The ratio of the number of course 
sections taught by part-time instructors to 
the number of course sections taught by full- 
time faculty, disaggregated by course sec-
tions intended primarily for undergraduate 
students and course sections intended pri-
marily for graduate students. 
‘‘(ii) The mean and median years of 
employment for part-time instructors. 
‘‘(3) OTHER DATA MATTERS.— 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1455
To preserve the eligibility for Federal loans and guarantees of disabled chil-
dren whose supplemental security income benefits are terminated by
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 24, 1997
Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. FROST, Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN, Mrs. MINK of
Hawaii, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. SAWYER, Mr.
ACKERMAN, Ms. WATERS, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. HILLIARD, and
Ms. KILPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To preserve the eligibility for Federal loans and guarantees
of disabled children whose supplemental security income
benefits are terminated by the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
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 ‘‘Disabled Children’s
Federal Assistance Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL
LOANS 
AND 
GUARANTEES 
OF 
DISABLED
CHILDREN WHOSE SSI BENEFITS ARE TERMI-
NATED BY THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION
ACT OF 1996 BUT ARE CONTINUED PENDING
FINAL COURT ACTION.
Section 3720B of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) As used in subsection (a) of this section, the
term ‘debt’ does not include any overpayment of supple-
mental security income benefits by reason of disability
under title XVI of the Social Security Act to an individual
whose eligibility for such benefits terminated by reason of
the provisions of, or amendments made by, subsections (a)
and (b) of section 211 of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, to the ex-
tent that the overpayment is attributable to benefits paid
for months—
‘‘(1) beginning on or after the later of—
‘‘(A) July 1, 1997; or
‘‘(B) the date such eligibility was redeter-
mined under subsection (d)(2)(A) of such sec-
tion 211; and
‘‘(2) ending on or before the month in which
there is a final adjudication of the claim of the indi-
vidual for such benefits.’’.
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Anti-Fraud
Amendments of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. ANTI-FRAUD PROVISIONS.
(a) DISCLOSURE
OF INFORMATION
AND SURETY
BOND REQUIREMENT FOR SUPPLIERS OF DURABLE MED-
ICAL EQUIPMENT.—Section 1834(a) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)) is amended by inserting after
paragraph (15) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(16) The Secretary shall not provide for the issu-
ance (or renewal) of a provider number for a supplier of
durable medical equipment, for purposes of payment
under this part for durable medical equipment furnished
by the supplier, unless the supplier provides the Secretary
on a continuing basis with—
‘‘(A)(i) full and complete information as to the
identity of each person with an ownership or control
interest (as defined in section 1124(a)(3)) in the
supplier or in any subcontractor (as defined by the
Secretary in regulations) in which the supplier di-
rectly or indirectly has a 5 percent or more owner-
ship interest, and
‘‘(ii) to the extent determined to be feasible
under regulations of the Secretary, the name of any
disclosing entity (as defined in section 1124(a)(2))
with respect to which a person with such an owner-
eral reserve bank, authorized by the Board of 
Governors under section 13(3), that is not sub-
ject to audit under section 714(e) of title 31, 
United States Code’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or in 
section 714(f)(3)(C) of title 31, United States 
Code, the information described in paragraph 
(1) and information concerning the transactions 
described in section 714(f) of such title,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the information described in para-
graph (1)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and sec-
tion 13(3)(C), section 714(f)(3)(C) of title 31, 
United States Code, and’’ and inserting ‘‘, sec-
tion 13(3)(C), and’’. 
SEC. 14. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR EXPORT-IMPORT 
BANK. 
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem shall include, as part of the monthly Federal Reserve 
statistical release titled ‘‘Industrial Production or Capac-
ity Utilization’’ (or any successor release), an analysis 
of— 
(1) the impact on the index described in the 
statistical release due to the operation of the Export- 
Import Bank; and