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‘‘(2) In any claim, including a claim under this
title, where it is alleged that an employer’s action
was based on a ‘false positive’ test result—
‘‘(A) there is a rebuttable presumption
that the test result was valid if the employer
complied with the provisions of this title; and
‘‘(B) the employer is not liable for mone-
tary damages if its reliance on a ‘false positive’
test result was reasonable and in good faith.
‘‘(3) There is no employer liability for any ac-
tion taken related to a ‘false negative’ drug test.
‘‘(e) LIMITS TO DEFAMATION CAUSES OF ACTION.—
No cause of action for defamation of character, libel, slan-
der, or damage to reputation is or shall be established for
any person against an employer who has established a pro-
gram of drug testing in accordance with this title, un-
less—
‘‘(1) the results of that test were disclosed to a
person other than the employer, an authorized em-
ployee, agent, or representative of the employer, the
tested employee, or the tested prospective employee,
or the authorized agent or representative of the em-
ployee;
‘‘(2) the information disclosed was a ‘false posi-
tive’ test result;
‘‘(2) 
NEW
UNDERSERVED
AREA
SUPER-
MARKET.—The term ‘new underserved area super-
market’ means any underserved area supermarket 
which— 
‘‘(A) is placed in service after December 
31, 2013, and 
‘‘(B) was not a supermarket at any time 
during the 3-year period ending on the date 
such underserved area supermarket is placed in 
service. 
‘‘(3) SUPERMARKET.—The term ‘supermarket’ 
means any building if— 
‘‘(A) not less than 12,000 square feet and 
not more than 80,000 square feet of such build-
ing is used for selling items at retail, 
‘‘(B) at least 7 percent of the square feet 
of such building which is used for selling items 
at retail is used for selling produce, meat, fish, 
deli, and dairy items, 
‘‘(C) gross sales of items sold at retail 
from such building exceed $2,000,000 annually, 
and 
‘‘(D) at least 7 percent of such gross sales 
are attributable to sales of produce, meat, fish, 
deli, and dairy items. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3018 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax 
and special occupational tax in respect of firearms and to increase 
the transfer tax on any other weapon, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2013 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois (for himself and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Ju-
diciary, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase 
the excise tax and special occupational tax in respect 
of firearms and to increase the transfer tax on any 
other weapon, 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 ‘‘Gun Violence Preven-
tion and Safe Communities Act of 2013’’. 
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sufficient to enable the Director to produce, pursuant to
section 1385(c) of the Federal Housing Enterprise Finan-
cial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, the credit subsidy
cost estimates that are required for the President’s budg-
et.
(b) SUBMISSION OF BUDGET AND CREDIT COST ES-
TIMATES TO OMB.—For purposes of inclusion in the
President’s budget, the Corporation shall submit the an-
nual budget of the Corporation and the annual credit sub-
sidy cost estimates produced pursuant to section 1385(c)
of the Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety and
Soundness Act of 1992 to the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.
(c) RESERVES.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may
establish any reserve that the Corporation deter-
mines is necessary for the business operations of the
Corporation.
(2) AMOUNTS.—The Corporation may hold as a
reserve in any financing account, as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
such amounts as the Corporation considers nec-
essary to comply with the capital requirements es-
tablished for the Corporation under subtitle E of the
Federal Housing Enterprise Financial Safety and
SEC. 302. ENROLLMENTS FOR NEW MEDICARE BENE-
FICIARIES AND THOSE WHO MOVE.
Section 1876(c)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1395mm(c)(3)(A))
is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and
inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) through (iv)’’, and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) Each eligible organization shall have an open
enrollment period for each individual eligible to enroll
under subsection (d) during any enrollment period speci-
fied by section 1837 that applies to that individual. Enroll-
ment under this clause shall be effective as specified by
section 1838.
‘‘(iv) Each eligible organization shall have an open
enrollment period for each individual eligible to enroll
under subsection (d) who has previously resided outside
the geographic area which the organization serves. The en-
rollment period shall begin with the beginning of the
month that precedes the month in which the individual
becomes a resident of that geographic area and shall end
at the end of the following month. Enrollment under this
clause shall be effective as of the first of the month follow-
ing the month in which the individual enrolls.’’.
SEC. 303. PROVISION BY SECRETARY OF ENROLLMENT IN-
FORMATION AND OTHER INFORMATION ON
ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS AND MEDICARE
SUPPLEMENTAL POLICIES.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1804(b) (42 U.S.C.
1395b–2(b)), as added by section 171(j)(1)(C) of the So-
cial Security Act Amendments of 1994, is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall provide information upon re-
quest (including through the mails and via a toll-free tele-
phone number) to any individual entitled to benefits under
this title on the programs under this title, including—
‘‘(1) information to assist individuals in enroll-
ing with eligible organizations under section 1876
and in selecting among such organizations for enroll-
ment, including information on the premiums
charged by such organizations for enrollment; and
‘‘(2) information on medicare supplemental
policies under section 1882, including the relation-
ship of State programs under title XIX to such poli-
cies and the premiums charged by such policies for
enrollment (to the extent information on such pre-
miums is available to the Secretary).’’.
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 1882(f)
(42 U.S.C. 1395ss(f)), as added by section 171(j)(2) of
the Social Security Act Amendments of 1994, is repealed.
SEC. 304. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this title apply to enroll-
ments and terminations of enrollments occurring after
1996 (but only after the Secretary of Health and Human
Services has prescribed the relevant annual period), except
that the amendments made by section 301(b) apply to en-
rollments for a medicare supplemental policy made after
1996.
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‘‘(iii) in the case of a mortgage for a
property with an appraised value in excess
of $125,000, 97.15 percent of the ap-
praised value of the property, or
‘‘(iv) notwithstanding clauses (ii) and
(iii), in the case of a mortgage for a prop-
erty with an appraised value in excess of
$50,000 and which is located in a State for
which the average closing cost exceeds 3.25
percent of the average, for the State, of
the sale price of properties located in the
State for which mortgages have been exe-
cuted, 97.75 percent of the appraised value
of the property,
plus the amount of the mortgage insurance pre-
mium paid at the time the mortgage is in-
sured.’’;
(2) in the 1st sentence of the matter following
subparagraph (B), by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ‘‘, and the term ‘average clos-
ing cost’ means, with respect to a State, the average,
for mortgages executed for properties that are lo-
cated within the State, of the total amounts (as de-
termined by the Secretary) of initial service charges,
appraisal, inspection, and other fees (as the Sec-
(50 U.S.C. App. 453). Such report shall include an esti-
mation of the cost to implement and operate the program
and an evaluation of the feasibility of using existing and
emerging information systems available to the Federal
Government to improve the effectiveness of any registra-
tion requirements.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of the
Act.
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regulations which may impede effective
rural development;
(ix) developing strategies for better
coordination of rural development efforts
among Federal, State, and local entities;
and
(x) designing the projects proposed in
the application;
(B) that the rural development projects
proposed in the application are to be carried
out in partnership with the rural development
council of the State in which the applicant is lo-
cated, the substate regional organization in the
region in which the applicant is located, and
such 1862 and 1890 land grant institutions
(acting in consultation with local offices of the
Agricultural Extension Service) as suggest a
multidisciplinary 
approach 
to 
methods 
of
project evaluation and assistance with a par-
ticular emphasis on development of a new and
expanded community service role for college and
university departments of agriculture with em-
phasis given to social and economic assistance;
(C) that the county in which the applicant
is located is able to begin implementation of the
(D)(i) Section 401(a) of title 13, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Com-
merce’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’.
(ii) Section 8(e) of the Foreign Direct Invest-
ment and International Financial Data Improve-
ments Act of 1990 (22 U.S.C. 3144(e)) is amended
by striking ‘‘Secretary of Commerce’’ and inserting
‘‘Secretary of the Treasury’’.
(iii) Section 401(a) of title 13, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Department of Com-
merce’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal Reserve System’’.
(5) COMPENSATION FOR THE POSITION OF DI-
RECTOR OF THE CENSUS.—Section 5315 of title 5,
United States Code, as amended by paragraph (7)
of section 108(e), is further amended by inserting
(in lieu of the item struck by such paragraph) the
following new item:
‘‘Director of the Census, Department of the
Treasury.’’.
(6) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Section 9 of title 13,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(c)(1) Nothing in subsection (a)(3) shall be consid-
ered to permit the disclosure of any matter or information
to an officer or employee of the Department of the Treas-
(1) contacts with foreign governments, intergov-
ernmental organizations, and specialized agencies of 
the United Nations, the Organization of Security 
and Cooperation in Europe, and other international 
organizations of which the United States is a mem-
ber; and 
(2) multilateral conferences and meetings rel-
evant to religious freedom in the countries of the 
Near East and the countries of South Central Asia. 
SEC. 5. PRIORITY COUNTRIES AND CONSULTATION. 
(a) PRIORITY COUNTRIES.—In carrying out this Act, 
the Special Envoy shall give priority to programs, projects, 
and activities for Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and 
Pakistan. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Special Envoy shall con-
sult with domestic and international nongovernmental or-
ganizations and multilateral organizations and institu-
tions, as the Special Envoy considers appropriate to fulfill 
the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 6. FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available 
for ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ for fiscal years 
2014 through 2018, $1,000,000 is authorized to be appro-
priated for each such fiscal year to carry out the provisions 
of this Act.
(b) FUNDING OFFSET.—To offset the costs to be in-
curred by the Department of State to carry out the provi-
sions of this Act for fiscal years 2014 through 2018, the 
Secretary of State shall eliminate such positions within the 
Department of State, unless otherwise authorized or re-
quired by law, as the Secretary determines to be necessary 
to fully offset such costs. 
(c) LIMITATION.—No additional funds are authorized 
to be appropriated for ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’ to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 7. SUNSET. 
This Act shall cease to be effective beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 2018. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 
2013. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 301 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of the Special 
Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Reli-
gious Minorities in the Near East and South 
Central Asia.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3021 
To provide for the personal liability of certain Federal officers and employees 
of the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2013 
Mr. FINCHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide for the personal liability of certain Federal offi-
cers and employees of the Internal Revenue 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 ‘‘IRS Employee Respon-
sibility Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. IN GENERAL. 
(a) FINDING REGARDING OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE 
ACTIONS.—If any officer or employee of the Internal Rev-
enue Service is held liable in any action pertaining to the 
official duties of that officer or employee, then the court 
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may award, where the court finds that actions at issue 
of the officer or employee of the United States were in 
violation of Federal law, vexatious, frivolous, or in bad 
faith, unless the court finds that special circumstances 
make the award unjust, to the plaintiff attorneys’ fees and 
other costs of litigation, in addition to any other award 
available under law. 
(b) OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE TO BEAR COSTS OF 
LITIGATION.—If the court makes a finding under sub-
section (a) that the actions at issue of the officer or em-
ployee of the United States were in violation of Federal 
law, vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith, the court may 
order that all awards, including any award of costs of liti-
gation under subsection (a) shall be paid by that officer 
or employee, and that the United States may not reim-
burse that officer or employee. 
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(A) Implementation of a system that uti-
lizes a smart card as a Medicare identification 
card for Medicare beneficiaries and Medicare 
providers. Such a card shall contain appropriate 
security features and protect personal privacy. 
(B) Issuance of a new smart card to all 
Medicare beneficiaries participating in the pilot 
program. Such card shall not have the Social 
Security number printed on the front but, in-
stead shall have such number stored securely on 
the smart card chip along with other informa-
tion the Secretary deems necessary. 
(C) Issuance of a new provider card to all 
Medicare providers participating in the pilot 
program. Such card shall include a photograph 
of the provider and shall not have the Medicare 
provider number printed on the front of the 
card but, instead shall have such number stored 
securely on the smart card chip along with 
other information the Secretary deems nec-
essary. 
(D) A process for enrollment of all Medi-
care providers that includes— 
(i) 
identity 
and 
certification 
verification; and 
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(3) in section 5(a) (16 U.S.C. 1244(a)), in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and national historic’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, national historic, and national dis-
covery’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and National Historic’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, National Historic, and Na-
tional Discovery’’; 
(4) in section 5(b) (16 U.S.C. 1244(b)), in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or na-
tional historic’’ and inserting ‘‘, national historic, or 
national discovery’’; 
(5) in section 5(b)(3) (16 U.S.C. 1244(b)(3)), 
by striking ‘‘or national historic’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
national historic, or national discovery’’; 
(6) in section 7(a)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1246(a)(2)), 
by striking ‘‘and national historic’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
national historic, and national discovery’’; 
(7) in section 7(b) (16 U.S.C. 1246(b)), by 
striking ‘‘or national historic’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘, national historic, or na-
tional discovery’’; 
(8) in section 7(c) (16 U.S.C. 1246(c))— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘scenic or national his-
toric’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘sce-
nic, national historic, or national discovery’’; 
(B) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘sce-
nic, or national historic’’ and inserting ‘‘scenic, 
national historic, or national discovery’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘, and national historic’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, national historic, and national 
discovery’’; 
(9) in section 7(d) (16 U.S.C. 1246(d)), by 
striking ‘‘or national historic’’ and inserting ‘‘na-
tional historic, or national discovery’’; 
(10) in section 7(e) (16 U.S.C. 1246(e)), by 
striking ‘‘or national historic’’ each place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘, national historic, or na-
tional discovery’’; 
(11) in section 7(f)(2) (16 U.S.C. 1246(f)(2)), 
by striking ‘‘National Scenic or Historic Trail’’ and 
inserting ‘‘national scenic, historic, or discovery 
trail’’; 
(12) in section 7(h)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1246(h)(1)), 
by striking ‘‘or national historic’’ and inserting ‘‘na-
tional historic, or national discovery’’; and 
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(13) in section 7(i) (16 U.S.C. 1246(i)), by 
striking ‘‘or national historic’’ and inserting ‘‘na-
tional historic, or national discovery’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3023 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate water leasing 
and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2013 
Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MATHESON, and Mr. STEWART) 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 facilitate 
water leasing and water transfers to promote conserva-
tion and efficiency. 
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 ‘‘Water and Agriculture 
Tax Reform Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. FACILITATE WATER LEASING AND WATER TRANS-
FERS TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION AND EF-
FICIENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (12) of section 501(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) TREATMENT OF MUTUAL DITCH IRRI-
GATION COMPANIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 
mutual ditch or irrigation company or like 
organization, subparagraph (A) shall be 
applied without taking into account any in-
come received or accrued— 
‘‘(I) from the sale, lease, or ex-
change of fee or other interests in real 
property, including interests in water, 
‘‘(II) from the sale or exchange 
of stock in a mutual ditch or irriga-
tion company or like organization or 
contract rights for the delivery or use 
of water, or 
‘‘(III) from the investment of 
proceeds from sales, leases, or ex-
changes under subclauses (I) and (II), 
except that any income received under sub-
clause (I), (II), or (III) which is distrib-
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(ii) utilization of biometric data, such 
as fingerprints, for provider identification 
and authentication. 
(E) A process under which the cards 
issued under subparagraphs (B) and (C) are 
used by both Medicare beneficiaries and Medi-
care providers to verify eligibility, prevent 
fraud, and authorize transactions. 
(F) Distribution of necessary equipment, 
including cards, card readers, kiosks, biometric 
readers, and other materials or documents to 
Medicare beneficiaries and providers at no cost 
to them. 
(G) Regular monitoring and review by the 
Secretary of Medicare providers’ Medicare bil-
lings and Medicare beneficiaries’ Medicare 
records in order to identify and address inac-
curate charges and instances of waste, fraud, or 
abuse. 
(H) Reporting mechanisms for measuring 
the cost savings to the Medicare program by 
reason of the pilot program. 
(I) Including provisions— 
(i) to ensure that all devices and sys-
tems utilized as part of the pilot program 
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uted or expended for expenses (other than 
for operations, maintenance, and capital 
improvements) of the mutual ditch or irri-
gation company or like organization shall 
be treated as nonmember income in the 
year in which it is distributed or expended. 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
expenses (other than for operations, main-
tenance, and capital improvements) include 
expenses for the construction of convey-
ances designed to deliver water outside of 
the mutual ditch or irrigation company or 
like organization system. 
‘‘(ii) 
TREATMENT
OF
ORGANIZA-
TIONAL GOVERNANCE.—In the case of a 
mutual ditch or irrigation company or like 
organization, where State law provides that 
such a company or organization may be or-
ganized in a manner that permits voting 
on a basis which is pro rata to share own-
ership on corporate governance matters, 
subparagraph (A) shall be applied without 
taking into account whether its member 
shareholders have one vote on corporate 
governance matters per share held in the 
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corporation. Nothing in this clause shall be 
construed to create any inference about the 
requirements of this subsection for compa-
nies or organizations not included in this 
clause.’’. 
(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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