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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employee
Representation Improvement Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. REPRESENTATION BY FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EM-
PLOYEES.
(a) EXTENSION OF EXEMPTION TO PROHIBITION.—
Subsection (d) of section 205 of title 18, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d)(1) Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) prevents an
officer or employee, if not inconsistent with the faithful
performance of that officer’s or employee’s duties, from
acting without compensation as agent or attorney for, or
otherwise representing—
‘‘(A) any person who is the subject of discipli-
nary, loyalty, or other personnel administration pro-
ceedings in connection with those proceedings; or
‘‘(B) except as provided in paragraph (2), any
cooperative, voluntary, professional, recreational, or
similar organization or group not established or op-
erated for profit, if a majority of the organization’s
or groups’s members are current officers or employ-
ees of the United States or of the District of Colum-
bia, or their spouses or dependent children.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply with respect
to a covered matter that—
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‘‘(A) is a claim under subsection (a)(1) or
(b)(1);
‘‘(B) is a judicial or administrative proceeding
where the organization or group is a party; or
‘‘(C) involves a grant, a contract, or other
agreement (including a request for any such grant,
contract, or agreement) providing for the disburse-
ment of Federal funds to the organization or
group.’’.
(b) APPLICATION TO LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELA-
TIONS.—Section 205 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) Nothing in this section prevents an employee
from acting pursuant to chapter 71 of title 5 or section
1004 or chapter 12 of title 39.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 24,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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from the baselines of the United States determined
in accordance with international law.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The chapter analysis
for Chapter 113B of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after ‘‘2332a. Use of Weapons of
Mass Destruction.’’ the following:
‘‘2332b. Acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries.’’
(c) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS AMENDMENT.—Sec-
tion 3286 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘any offense’’ and inserting ‘‘any
non-capital offense’’;
(2) striking ‘‘36’’ and inserting ‘‘37’’;
(3) striking ‘‘2331’’ and inserting ‘‘2332’’;
(4) striking ‘‘2339’’ and inserting ‘‘2332a’’; and
(5) inserting ‘‘2332b (acts of terrorism tran-
scending national boundaries),’’ after ‘‘(use of weap-
ons of mass destruction),’’.
(d) PRESUMPTIVE DETENTION.—Section 3142(e) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or
section 2332b’’ after ‘‘section 924(c)’’.
(e) WIRETAP AMENDMENT.—Section 2518(11)(b)(ii)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by—
(1) inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘thwart’’ and
(2) inserting ‘‘or (B) commit a violation of sec-
tion 2332b of this title’’ after ‘‘facilities’’.
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individual at his duty station or last-known home
address;
‘‘(B) within 30 days (or such longer period as
may be prescribed by applicable State law) after re-
ceipt of a notice pursuant to subsection (a)(1) or (b)
of section 466, comply with all applicable provisions
of such section 466; and
‘‘(C) within 30 days (or such longer period as
may be prescribed by applicable State law) after ef-
fective service of any other such order, process, or
interrogatories, respond thereto.’’.
(7) Section 461 (42 U.S.C. 661) is amended by
striking subsection (c), and section 459 (42 U.S.C.
659) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) (as
added by paragraph (5) and amended by paragraph
(6) of this subsection) the following:
‘‘(d) PRIORITY OF CLAIMS.—In the event that a gov-
ernmental entity receives notice or is served with process,
as provided in this section, concerning amounts owed by
an individual to more than one person—
‘‘(1) support collection under section 466(b)
must be given priority over any other process, as
provided in section 466(b)(7);
‘‘(2) allocation of moneys due or payable to an
individual among claimants under section 466(b)
under the program established under subsection (a) if
such country is selling or transferring defense articles to
a state that has repeatedly provided support for acts of
international terrorism, as determined by the Secretary of
State under section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act
of 1979.’’.
(e) REPORT PRIOR TO OBLIGATION OR EXPENDI-
TURE OF FUNDS.—Section 203 of such Act (as amended
by subsection (d)) is further amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(h) REPORT PRIOR TO OBLIGATION OR EXPENDI-
TURE OF FUNDS.—Prior to providing assistance to a
country for the first time through the program established
under subsection (a), the President shall transmit to the
designated congressional committees a report with respect
to that country that contains a description of the follow-
ing:
‘‘(1) The cost of membership in NATO for the
country and the amount that the country is prepared
to contribute to NATO to pay for such cost of mem-
bership.
‘‘(2) The amount that the United States will
contribute to facilitate transition to full NATO
membership for the country.
IV 
House Calendar No. 16 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 152 
[Report No. 114–45] 
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 132) providing for 
the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives 
in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, and providing for consider-
ation of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 8) providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the 
rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to rep-
resentation case procedures. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2015 
Ms. FOXX, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 132) 
providing for the expenses of certain committees of the 
House of Representatives in the One Hundred Four-
teenth Congress, and providing for consideration of the 
joint resolution (S.J. Res. 8) providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States 
Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Rela-
tions Board relating to representation case procedures. 
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H. Res. 155 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 18, 2015. 
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is 
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET: Mr. Buchanan. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
(3) Twenty-one individuals of diverse disciplines
and geographical residence who are committed to the
advancement of knowledge of African American art,
history, and culture appointed by the Board of Re-
gents, of which 9 members shall be from among in-
dividuals nominated by African American museums,
historically black colleges and universities, and cul-
tural or other organizations.
(c) TERMS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), members of the Board of Trustees shall
be appointed for terms of 3 years. Members of the
Board of Trustees may be reappointed.
(2) STAGGERED TERMS.—As designated by the
Board of Regents at the time of initial appointments
under paragraph (3) of subsection (a), the terms of
7 members shall expire at the end of 1 year, the
terms of 7 members shall expire at the end of 2
years, and the terms of 7 members shall expire at
the end of 3 years.
(d) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Board of Trust-
ees shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in the
manner in which the original appointment was made. Any
member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the
expiration of the term for which the predecessor of the
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fied information. Such action may include per-
mitting the United States to provide the court,
ex parte, with a proffer of the witness’s re-
sponse to the question or line of inquiry, and
requiring the defendant to provide the court
with a proffer of the nature of the information
he seeks to elicit.
‘‘(C) APPEAL.—If the court enters an
order denying relief to the United States under
this subsection, the United States may take an
immediate interlocutory appeal in accordance
with paragraph (3) of this subsection.
‘‘(3) INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL.—
‘‘(A) An interlocutory appeal by the United
States shall lie to a court of appeals from a de-
cision or order of a district court authorizing
the disclosure of classified information, impos-
ing sanctions for nondisclosure of classified in-
formation, or refusing a protective order sought
by the United States to prevent the disclosure
of classified information.
‘‘(B) An appeal taken pursuant to this sec-
tion either before or during trial shall be expe-
dited by the court of appeals. Prior to trial, an
appeal shall be taken within ten days after the
States support for, or participation in,
United Nations peacekeeping activities for
that preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The President shall, at
the time of submission of the budget to the Congress
for any fiscal year, submit to the designated con-
gressional committees a report on the total amount
of funds appropriated for national defense purposes
for any fiscal year that were expended during the
preceding fiscal year to support or participate in, di-
rectly or indirectly, United Nations peacekeeping ac-
tivities. Such report shall include a separate listing
by United Nations peacekeeping operation of the
amount of funds expended to support or participate
in each such operation.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section:
‘‘(A) UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING AC-
TIVITIES.—The term ‘United Nations peace-
keeping activities’ means any international
peacekeeping, peacemaking, peace-enforcing, or
similar activity that is authorized by the United
Nations Security Council under chapter VI or
VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
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recognition of the right of association and other fun-
damental freedoms.
SEC. 112. NEWS BUREAUS OF CUBA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEWS BUREAUS.—The Presi-
dent is authorized to establish and implement an exchange
of news bureaus between the United States and Cuba, if—
(1) the exchange is fully-reciprocal;
(2) the Cuban Government allows free, unre-
stricted, and uninhibited movement in Cuba of jour-
nalists of any United States-based news organiza-
tions;
(3) the Cuban Government agrees not to interfere
with the news-gathering activities of individuals as-
signed to work as journalists in the news bureaus in
Cuba of United States-based news organizations;
(4) the United States Government is able to en-
sure that only accredited journalists regularly em-
ployed with a news gathering organization avail
themselves of the general license to travel to Cuba;
and
(5) the Cuban Government agrees not to interfere
with the transmission of telecommunications signals
of news bureaus or with the distribution within Cuba
of any United States-based news organization that
has a news bureau in Cuba.
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‘‘(ii) the State agency administering
the program under this part shall system-
atically place such liens;
‘‘(iii) expedited methods are provided
for—
‘‘(I) ascertaining the amount of
arrears;
‘‘(II) affording the person owing
the arrears or other titleholder to con-
test the amount of arrears or to ob-
tain a release upon fulfilling the sup-
port obligation;
‘‘(iv) such a lien has precedence over
all other encumbrances on a vehicle title
other than a purchase money security in-
terest; and
‘‘(v) the individual or State agency
owed the arrears may execute on, seize,
and sell the property in accordance with
State law.’’.
SEC. 166. VOIDING OF FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS.
Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by
sections 101(a), 128(a), and 131 of this Act, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) The extent to which the admission to
NATO of the country would contribute to the secu-
rity of the United States.
‘‘(4) The views of other NATO member nations
regarding the admission to NATO of the country
and the amounts that such other NATO member na-
tions will contribute to facilitate transition to full
NATO membership for the country.
‘‘(5) The number, types, and costs of NATO
Armed Forces that would be required to defend the
country and the number, types, and costs of United
States Armed Forces that would be required as part
of such a NATO force.
‘‘(6) Whether the United States is prepared to
provide a nuclear guarantee to the country.
‘‘(7) The likelihood that the country may be-
come involved in disputes or armed conflict with
neighboring countries in the region.’’.
(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 205 of the NATO
Participation Act of 1994 (title II of Public Law 103–
447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’ in the section
heading before the first word;
(2) by inserting ‘‘annual’’ after ‘‘include in the’’
in the matter preceding paragraph (1); and
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1811 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to make improvements in the old-age, survivors, and 
disability insurance program, to provide for cash relief for years for 
which annual COLAs do not take effect under certain cash benefit 
programs, and to provide for Social Security benefit protection. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Mr. DEUTCH (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. 
PINGREE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. FARR) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements in the 
old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, to 
provide for cash relief for years for which annual COLAs 
do not take effect under certain cash benefit programs, 
and to provide for Social Security benefit protection. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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the program is conducted under this section for the 
purpose of developing and establishing systemic 
mechanisms to improve the prevention and treat-
ment of Sickle Cell Disease’’ and inserting ‘‘grants 
to up to 25 eligible entities for each fiscal year in 
which the program is conducted under this section 
for the purpose of developing and establishing sys-
temic mechanisms to improve the prevention and 
treatment of sickle cell disease in populations with 
a high density of sickle cell disease patients’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(A) by striking clause (ii) (relating to pri-
ority); and 
(B) by striking ‘‘GRANT AWARD REQUIRE-
MENTS’’ and all that follows through ‘‘The Ad-
ministrator shall’’ and inserting ‘‘GEOGRAPHIC 
DIVERSITY.—The Administrator shall’’; 
(4) in paragraph (2), by adding the following 
new subparagraph at the end: 
‘‘(E) To expand, coordinate, and imple-
ment transition services for adolescents with 
sickle cell disease making the transition to adult 
health care.’’; and 
(5) by striking paragraph (6). 
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‘‘(B) 
SUBSTANTIAL
BUSINESS
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
Secretary’s delegate) shall establish regulations 
for determining whether an affiliated group has 
substantial business activities for purposes of 
subparagraph (A), except that such regulations 
may not treat any group as having substantial 
business activities if such group would not be 
considered to have substantial business activi-
ties under the regulations prescribed under sec-
tion 7874 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as in effect on May 8, 2014. 
‘‘(3) SIGNIFICANT DOMESTIC BUSINESS ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1)(B)(ii), an expanded affiliated group 
has significant domestic business activities if at 
least 25 percent of— 
‘‘(i) the employees of the group are 
based in the United States; 
‘‘(ii) the employee compensation in-
curred by the group is incurred with re-
spect to employees based in the United 
States; 
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‘‘(iii) the assets of the group are lo-
cated in the United States; or 
‘‘(iv) the income of the group is de-
rived in the United States. 
‘‘(B) 
DETERMINATION.—Determinations 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be made in 
the same manner as such determinations are 
made for purposes of determining substantial 
business activities under regulations referred to 
in paragraph (2) as in effect on May 8, 2014, 
but applied by treating all references in such 
regulations to ‘foreign country’ and ‘relevant 
foreign country’ as references to ‘the United 
States’. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
Secretary’s delegate) may issue regulations de-
creasing the threshold percent in any of the 
tests under such regulations for determining if 
business activities constitute significant domes-
tic business activities for purposes of this para-
graph. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an executive 
agency may waive subsection (a) with respect to any 
Federal Government contract under the authority of 
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elected government in Cuba, and the reasons
therefor, including possible—
(i) reciprocal extension of nondiscrim-
inatory trade treatment (most-favored-na-
tion treatment);
(ii) designation of Cuba as a bene-
ficiary developing country under title V of
the Trade Act of 1974 (relating to the Gen-
eralized System of Preferences) or as a bene-
ficiary country under the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act, and the implica-
tions of such designation with respect to
trade and any other country that is such a
beneficiary developing country or bene-
ficiary country or is a party to the North
American Free Trade Agreement; and
(iii) negotiations regarding free trade,
including the accession of Cuba to the North
American Free Trade Agreement;
(C) specific trade negotiating objectives of
the United States with respect to Cuba, includ-
ing the objectives described in section 108(b)(5)
of the North American Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act; and
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1)(B)(ii), an expanded affiliated group 
has significant domestic business activities if at 
least 25 percent of— 
‘‘(i) the employees of the group are 
based in the United States; 
‘‘(ii) the employee compensation in-
curred by the group is incurred with re-
spect to employees based in the United 
States; 
‘‘(iii) the assets of the group are lo-
cated in the United States; or 
‘‘(iv) the income of the group is de-
rived in the United States. 
‘‘(B) 
DETERMINATION.—Determinations 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be made in 
the same manner as such determinations are 
made for purposes of determining substantial 
business activities under regulations referred to 
in paragraph (2) as in effect on May 8, 2014, 
but applied by treating all references in such 
regulations to ‘foreign country’ and ‘relevant 
foreign country’ as references to ‘the United 
States’. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
Secretary’s delegate) may issue regulations de-
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(iii) increased efficiency of technology 
transfers; or 
(iv) an increase in general efficiency of 
the National Laboratory system; and 
(2) assess the scale, scope, efficacy, and impact 
of the Department’s efforts to promote technology 
transfer and private sector engagement at the Na-
tional Laboratories, and make recommendations on 
how the Department can improve these activities. 
TITLE VIII—SENSE OF 
CONGRESS 
SEC. 801. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that climate change is real. 
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Union Calendar No. 75 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1806 
[Report No. 114–107, Part I] 
A BILL 
To provide for technological innovation through the 
prioritization of Federal investment in basic re-
search, fundamental scientific discovery, and de-
velopment to improve the competitiveness of the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
MAY 8, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology with an amendment 
MAY 8, 2015 
The Committees on Oversight and Government Reform 
and Education and the Workforce discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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(A) Lots 11, 12 and 13, block ‘‘G’’, Sec-
ond Addition to Hartsell Subdivision, Section 
20, Township 18 North, Range 13 East, Cop-
per River Meridian, Alaska as appears by Plat 
No. 72-39 filed in the Office of the Recorder 
for the Fairbanks Recording District of Alaska, 
bearing seal dated 25 September 1972, all con-
taining approximately 1.25 acres and commonly 
known as 2-PLEX – Jackie Circle, Units A and 
B. 
(B) Beginning at a point being the SE cor-
ner of the SE 1⁄4 of the SE 1⁄4 Section 24, 
Township 18 North, Range 12 East, Copper 
River Meridian, Alaska; thence running west-
erly along the south line of said SE 1⁄4 of the 
NE 1⁄4 260 feet; thence northerly parallel to the 
east line of said SE 1⁄4 of the NE 1⁄4 335 feet; 
thence easterly parallel to the south line 260 
feet; then south 335 feet along the east bound-
ary of Section 24 to the point of beginning; all 
containing approximately 2.0 acres and com-
monly known as 4-PLEX – West ‘‘C’’ and Wil-
low, Units A, B, C and D.