datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(3) For each spouse or child of a former hos-
tage described in subsection (c)(2)(C), $5,000 for 
each day of captivity of the former hostage. 
(e) SUBROGATION.—The United States shall be fully 
subrogated, with respect to payments under this Act, to 
all rights of each individual paid under subsection (d) 
against the Government of Iran or the Iranian Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps or its affiliates or agents. The Presi-
dent shall pursue these subrogated rights as claims or off-
sets of the United States in appropriate ways until such 
subrogated claims have been resolved to the satisfaction 
of the United States. 
(f) PRECLUSION OF SUIT AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS.— 
Upon payment of all amounts described in subsection (d), 
each person receiving such payment shall be precluded 
from bringing suit against Iran of any claim arising out 
of events occurring between November 3, 1979, and Janu-
ary 20, 1981, and all such claims as against Iran shall 
be deemed waived and forever released. 
(g) REIMBURSEMENT OF SEIZED OR FROZEN AS-
SETS.—Upon payment of all amounts described in sub-
section (d), the President is authorized to make payments 
from amounts paid to the fund under subsection (b)(1)(A) 
to any person or entity described in subsection (b)(1)(B) 
for purposes of reimbursing such person or entity for 
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funds or property of such person or entity held by the 
United States as identified in subsection (b)(1)(B). 
(h) DEPOSIT OF FUNDS IN THE TREASURY.—Any 
amounts in the fund under subsection (a) which remain 
after the date on which payments of all amounts described 
in subsection (d) are made, or the date that is 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever oc-
curs later, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States. 
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‘‘(iv) educating employees about the
issue of violent crimes against women, or
‘‘(v) implementing human resource or
personnel policies initiated to protect em-
ployees from violent crimes against women.
‘‘(B) TYPES
OF
COSTS.—Such term in-
cludes costs certified by the Attorney General to
the Secretary as being for the purpose of—
‘‘(i) the hiring of new security person-
nel in order to address violent crimes
against women,
‘‘(ii) the creation of buddy systems or
escort systems for walking employees to
parking lots, parked cars, subway stations,
or bus stops, in order to address violent
crimes against women,
‘‘(iii) the purchase or installation of
new security equipment, including surveil-
lance equipment, lighting fixtures, cardkey
access systems, and identification systems,
in order to address violent crimes against
women,
‘‘(iv) the establishment of a hotline or
a counseling service about violent crimes
H. Res. 382
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
March 14, 1996.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and he
is hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: Mr. Parker of Mis-
sissippi, to rank following Mr. Riggs of California.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Res. 383
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
March 14, 1996.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: Mr. Serrano of New
York.
Attest:
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2168 
AN ACT 
To make the current Dungeness crab fishery management 
regime permanent and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to services furnished on or after
January 1, 1997.
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES AS
MEDICAL CARE.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Paragraph (1) of section
213(d) (defining medical care) is amended by striking
‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the pe-
riod at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, or’’,
and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) for qualified long-term care services
(as defined in subsection (f)).’’
(b) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED LONG-TERM CARE
SERVICES.—Section 213 of such Code is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) QUALIFIED LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES.—For
purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified long-
term care services’ means necessary diagnostic, pre-
ventive, therapeutic, curing, treating, mitigating, and
rehabilitative services, and maintenance or personal
care services, which—
‘‘(A) are required by a chronically ill indi-
vidual, and
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 905 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the research credit 
permanent and to increase the alternative simplified research credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 
Mr. CARNEY 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 
the research credit permanent and to increase the alter-
native simplified research credit. 
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 ‘‘Research and Develop-
ment Tax Credit Extension Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. RESEARCH CREDIT MADE PERMANENT; INCREASE 
IN 
ALTERNATIVE 
SIMPLIFIED 
RESEARCH 
CREDIT. 
(a) RESEARCH CREDIT MADE PERMANENT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 41 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking sub-
section (h). 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Subsection (c) of section 41 of such 
Code is amended by striking paragraph (4). 
(B) Paragraph (1) of section 45C(b) of 
such Code is amended by striking subparagraph 
(D). 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to amounts paid or in-
curred after December 31, 2013. 
(b) INCREASE
IN ALTERNATIVE SIMPLIFIED RE-
SEARCH CREDIT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
41(c)(5) of such Code (relating to election of alter-
native simplified credit) is amended by striking ‘‘14 
percent (12 percent in the case of taxable years end-
ing before January 1, 2009)’’ and inserting ‘‘17 per-
cent’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years end-
ing after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3581
To facilitate a land exchange involving private land within the exterior
boundaries of Wenatchee National Forest in Chelan County, Washington.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 5, 1996
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To facilitate a land exchange involving private land within
the exterior boundaries of Wenatchee National Forest
in Chelan County, Washington.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF LANDS ACQUIRED BY LAND EX-
CHANGE IN WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST.
Notwithstanding section 206(c) of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(c)),
any lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior by ex-
change, which are located within that portion of the
Wenatchee National Forest in Chelan County, Washing-
ton, encompassed by section 1 of Township 23 North,
Range 19 East, Willamette Meridian, shall be adminis-
tered by the Secretary through the Bureau of Land Man-
agement. The acquired lands shall not be reserved for or
become a part of the Wenatchee National Forest.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2766
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located at 215
East Jackson Street in Painesville, Ohio, as the ‘‘Karl
Bernal Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 908 
To preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness 
of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 
Ms. DELBENE (for herself and Mr. LARSEN of Washington) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier 
Peak Wilderness of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie Na-
tional Forest. 
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 ‘‘Green Mountain Look-
out Heritage Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF LEGAL AUTHORITY OF GREEN 
MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT. 
(a) LEGAL AUTHORITY OF LOOKOUT.—Section 4(b) 
of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public 
Law 98–339; 98 Stat. 300; 16 U.S.C. 1131 note) is 
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amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ‘‘, and except that with respect to the lands 
described in section 3(5), the designation of such lands 
as a wilderness area shall not preclude the operation and 
maintenance of Green Mountain Lookout.’’ 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984. 
SEC. 3. PRESERVATION OF GREEN MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT 
LOCATION. 
The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, may not move Green Moun-
tain Lookout from its current location on Green Mountain 
in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest unless 
the Secretary determines that moving Green Mountain 
Lookout is necessary to preserve the Lookout or to ensure 
the safety of individuals on or around Green Mountain. 
If the Secretary makes such a determination, the Sec-
retary shall move the Green Mountain Lookout to a loca-
tion outside of the lands described in section 3(5) of the 
Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 and designated 
as a wilderness area in section 4(b) of such Act. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3582
To permit individuals to continue health plan coverage of services while
participating in approved clinical studies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 5, 1996
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To permit individuals to continue health plan coverage of
services while participating in approved clinical studies.
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 ‘‘Improved Patient Ac-
cess to Clinical Studies Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN
APPROVED CLINICAL STUDIES.
(a) PERMITTING PARTICIPATION IN APPROVED CLIN-
ICAL STUDIES.—A health plan may not deny (or limit or
impose additional conditions on) coverage of items and
services furnished to an enrollee if—
(1) the enrollee is participating in an approved
clinical study,
(2) the items and services are furnished accord-
ing to the design of the study or to treat conditions
resulting from participation in the study, and
(3) the items and services would otherwise be
covered under the plan except for the fact that they
are provided in connection with participation in such
a study.
A health plan may not discriminate against an enrollee
on the basis of the enrollee’s participation in such a study.
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall
be construed as requiring a health plan to provide for pay-
ment for items and services normally paid for as part of
an approved clinical study.
(c) APPROVED CLINICAL STUDY DEFINED.—In this
section, the term ‘‘approved clinical study’’ means—
(1) a research study approved by the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, the Director of the
National Institutes of Health, the Commissioner of
the Food and Drug Administration, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Defense, or a
qualified nongovernmental research entity (as de-
fined in guidelines of the National Institute of
Health), or
(2) a peer-reviewed and approved research pro-
gram, as defined by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, conducted for the primary purpose
of determining whether or not a treatment is safe,
efficacious, or having any other characteristic of a
treatment which must be demonstrated in order for
the treatment to be medically necessary or appro-
priate.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3583
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide, with respect to research
on breast cancer, for the increased involvement of advocates in decision
making at the National Cancer Institute.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 5, 1996
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide, with
respect to research on breast cancer, for the increased
involvement of advocates in decision making at the Na-
tional Cancer Institute.
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 ‘‘Consumer Involvement
in Breast Cancer Research Act’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASED INVOLVEMENT OF ADVOCATES IN DECI-
SION MAKING REGARDING RESEARCH ON
BREAST CANCER.
Section 417(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 285a–6(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following paragraph:
‘‘(3) INVOLVEMENT
OF
ADVOCATES
IN
DECI-
SION MAKING.—
‘‘(A) The Director of the Institute shall, to
the extent practicable, provide for the increased
involvement (relative to fiscal year 1996) of ad-
vocates in decision making at the Institute re-
garding research on breast cancer.
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the
term ‘advocate’ means an individual who is ac-
countable to, represents, and reports back to
organizations that represent those affected by
breast cancer.
‘‘(C) The Director of the Institute shall
prepare a report on the manner in which sub-
paragraph (A) has been carried out. The report
shall be included in the first report under sec-
tion 407 that the Director submits after the ex-
piration of the one-year period beginning on the
date of the enactment of the Consumer Involve-
ment in Breast Cancer Research Act.’’.
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‘‘(C) has provided such care for a period of not
less than 3 consecutive months.
‘‘(3)(A) In paragraph (2), an ‘individual with func-
tional limitations’ is an individual who is certified (in ac-
cordance with such criteria as the Secretary may establish
consistent with subparagraph (C)) as—
‘‘(i) being unable to perform without substantial
assistance from another individual (including assist-
ance involving verbal reminding or physical cueing)
at least 2 of the activities of daily living described
in subparagraph (B) for a period of at least 90 days
due to a loss of functional capacity or to cognitive
or other mental impairment;
‘‘(ii) requiring substantial supervision to protect
the individual from threats to the individual’s health
or safety due to substantial cognitive or other men-
tal impairment; or
‘‘(iii) having a level of disability similar (as de-
termined by the Secretary) to the level of disability
described in clause (i) or (ii).
‘‘(B) The activities of daily living described in this
subparagraph are as follows:
‘‘(i) Eating.
‘‘(ii) Toileting.
‘‘(iii) Transferring.
sion of this title for any amount for which a credit is al-
lowed under this section.’’
(b) CARRYFORWARD, CARRYBACK, AND DEDUCTION
FOR UNUSED CREDITS.—
(1) CARRYFORWARD
AND
CARRYBACK.—Sub-
section (a) of section 38 of such Code (relating to
general business credit) is amended by striking
‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (10), by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (11) and inserting ‘‘,
plus’’, and by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(12) the workplace safety program credit de-
termined under section 45C.’’
(2) TRANSITIONAL RULE FOR CARRYBACKS.—
Subsection (d) of section 39 of such Code (relating
to transitional rules) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) NO CARRYBACK OF SECTION 45C CREDIT
BEFORE EFFECTIVE DATE.—No portion of the un-
used business credit for any taxable year which is
attributable to the workplace safety program credit
determined under section 45C may be carried back
to a taxable year beginning on or before the date of
the enactment of section 45C.’’
(3) DEDUCTION FOR UNUSED CREDITS.—Sub-
section (c) of section 196 of such Code (relating to
deduction for certain unused business credits) is
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(6), by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(7) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) the workplace safety program credit deter-
mined under section 45C.’’
(c) CREDIT NOT A DEFENSE IN LEGAL ACTIONS.—
The allowance of a credit under section 45C of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this Act) shall
not absolve employers of their responsibilities under any
other law and shall not be construed as a defense to any
legal action (other than legal action by the Secretary of
the Treasury under such Code).
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new item:
‘‘Sec. 45C. Workplace safety program credit.’’
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 910 
To reauthorize the Sikes Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 
Mr. FLEMING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Sikes Act. 
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 ‘‘Sikes Act Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF SIKES ACT. 
Section 108 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670f) is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2009 through 2014’’ 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 84 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 910 
[Report No. 113–119, Part I] 
To reauthorize the Sikes Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 
Mr. FLEMING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
JUNE 24, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
JUNE 24, 2013 
The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To reauthorize the Sikes Act. 
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tion Board shall prescribe, except that in no event may
any such appeal be brought—
‘‘(A) before the 61st day after the date on
which the complaint is filed under subsection (a); or
‘‘(B) later than 15 days after the date on which
the complainant receives notification from the Sec-
retary of Labor under section 4322(e)(1) of title 38.
‘‘(2) An appeal under this subsection may not be
brought unless—
‘‘(A) the complainant first provides written no-
tification to the Secretary of Labor of such com-
plainant’s intention to bring such appeal; and
‘‘(B) appropriate evidence of compliance with
subparagraph (A) is included (in such form and
manner as the Merit Systems Protection Board may
prescribe) with the notice of appeal under this sub-
section.
‘‘(3) Upon receiving notification under paragraph
(2)(A), the Secretary of Labor shall not continue to inves-
tigate or further attempt to resolve the complaint to which
such notification relates.
‘‘(c) This section shall not be construed to prohibit
a preference eligible from appealing directly to the Merit
Systems Protection Board from any action which is ap-
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 ‘‘Sikes Act Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF SIKES ACT. 
Section 108 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670f) is 
amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2009 through 2014’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2015 
through 2019’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 84 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 910 
[Report No. 113–119, Part I] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Sikes Act. 
JUNE 24, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
JUNE 24, 2013 
The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2773
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 3750 North Kedzie Avenue
in Chicago, Illinois, as the ‘‘Daniel J. Doffyn
Post Office Building’’.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 911 
To restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business 
of health insurance to protect competition and consumers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 
Mr. GOSAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to 
the business of health insurance to protect competition 
and consumers. 
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 ‘‘Competitive Health 
Insurance Reform Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Open, free, and fair competition has made 
the United States the strongest economy in the 
world. 
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