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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Streamlining Energy 
Efficiency for Schools Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF ENERGY RETROFITTING ASSIST-
ANCE FOR SCHOOLS. 
Section 392 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6371a) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) COORDINATION OF ENERGY RETROFITTING AS-
SISTANCE FOR SCHOOLS.— 
‘‘(1) 
DEFINITION
OF
SCHOOL.—Notwith-
standing section 391(6), for the purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘school’ means— 
‘‘(A) an elementary school or secondary 
school (as defined in section 9101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801)); 
‘‘(B) an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 102(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a))); 
‘‘(C) a school of the defense dependents’ 
education system under the Defense Depend-
ents’ Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 921 et 
seq.) or established under section 2164 of title 
10, United States Code;
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of the residents and the agency and not incon-
sistent with other provisions of this division;
(6) in the case only of demolition or disposition
of a portion of a development, the demolition or dis-
position will help to ensure the remaining useful life
of the remainder of the development; or
(7) in the case only of property other than
dwelling units—
(A) the property is excess to the needs of
a development; or
(B) the demolition or disposition is inci-
dental to, or does not interfere with, continued
operation of a development.
The evidence required under this subsection shall include,
as a condition of demolishing or disposing of a public
housing development (or portion of a development) esti-
mated to have a value of $100,000 or more, a statement
of the market value of the development (or portion), which
has been determined by a party not having any interest
in the housing or the public housing agency and pursuant
to not less than 2 professional, independent appraisals of
the development (or portion).
(d) CONSULTATION.—A public housing agency may
demolish or dispose of a public housing development (or
shall be treated as one person. All eligible employer
plans shall be treated as 1 eligible employer plan.
‘‘(2) DISALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION.—No de-
duction shall be allowed for that portion of the quali-
fied startup costs paid or incurred for the taxable
year which is equal to the credit determined under
subsection (a).
‘‘(3) ELECTION NOT TO CLAIM CREDIT.—This
section shall not apply to a taxpayer for any taxable
year if such taxpayer elects to have this section not
apply for such taxable year.’’
(b) CREDIT ALLOWED AS PART OF GENERAL BUSI-
NESS CREDIT.—Section 38(b) (defining current year busi-
ness credit) is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of
paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (12) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(13) in the case of an eligible employer (as de-
fined in section 45D(c)), the small employer pension
plan startup cost credit determined under section
45D(a).’’
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 39(d) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
(B) by amending the second sentence to
read as follows: ‘‘Contributions under this sub-
section pursuant to such an election shall, with
respect to each pay period for which such elec-
tion remains in effect, be made in accordance
with a program of regular contributions pro-
vided in regulations prescribed by the Executive
Director.’’
(2) Section 8432(b)(1)(B) of such title is
amended by inserting ‘‘(or any election allowable by
virtue of paragraph (4))’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’.
(3) Section 8432(b)(3) of such title is amended
by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(A), an’’
and inserting ‘‘An’’.
(4) Section 8432(i)(1)(B)(ii) of such title is
amended by striking ‘‘either elected to terminate in-
dividual contributions to the Thrift Savings Fund
within 2 months before commencing military service
or’’.
(5) Section 8439(a)(1) of such title is amended
by inserting ‘‘who makes contributions or’’ after ‘‘for
each 
individual’’ 
and 
by 
striking 
‘‘section
8432(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8432’’.
(6) Section 8439(c)(2) of such title is amended
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Nothing in this
‘‘(8) NO
CARRYBACK
OF
SMALL
EMPLOYER
PENSION PLAN STARTUP COST CREDIT BEFORE EF-
FECTIVE DATE.—No portion of the unused business
credit for any taxable year which is attributable to
the small employer pension plan startup cost credit
determined under section 45D may be carried back
to a taxable year ending on or before the date of
the enactment of section 45D.’’
(2) Subsection (c) of section 196 is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (7), by strik-
ing the period at the end of paragraph (8) and in-
serting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(9) the small employer pension plan startup
cost credit determined under section 45D(a).’’
(3) The table of sections for subpart D of part
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 45D. Small employer pension plan startup costs.’’
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to costs paid or incurred in taxable
years ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 102. EXCLUSION FOR PAYROLL DEDUCTION CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO IRAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 408 (relating to individual
retirement accounts) is amended by redesignating sub-
section (q) as subsection (r) and by inserting after sub-
section (p) the following new subsection:
‘‘(q) QUALIFIED PAYROLL DEDUCTION ARRANGE-
MENT FOR IRA CONTRIBUTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title,
the term ‘qualified payroll deduction arrangement’
means a written arrangement of an employer under
which—
‘‘(A) an employee eligible to participate in
the arrangement may elect to have the employer
make payments—
‘‘(i) to the employee directly in cash,
or
‘‘(ii) as elective employer contributions
to an individual retirement plan (as de-
fined in section 7701(a)(37)), other than
an individual retirement plan described in
section 408(k), 408(p), or 408A(b), on be-
half of the employee for the taxable year in
which the payments otherwise would have
been made to the employee directly in
cash,
‘‘(B) the amount which the employee may
elect under subparagraph (A) for any year may
not exceed a total of $2,000,
‘‘(C) no other contributions may be made
other than contributions described in subpara-
graph (A),
‘‘(D) the employee’s rights to any contribu-
tions made to an individual retirement plan are
nonforfeitable (for this purpose, rules similar to
the rules of subsection (k)(4) shall apply), and
‘‘(E) the employer makes the elective em-
ployer contributions under subparagraph (A)
not later than the close of the 30-day period
following the last day of the month with respect
to which the contributions are to be made.
‘‘(2) ELECTION
NOT
TO
HAVE
SUBSECTION
APPLY.—An employer that maintains an arrange-
ment otherwise described in paragraph (1) may elect
to have contributions treated as though they were
not made under such an arrangement. If an em-
ployer does not make an election described in the
preceding sentence, an employee may elect, before
any contributions are made for the calendar year, to
have contributions on behalf of the employee treated
as though they were not made under an arrange-
ment described in paragraph (1). An employer shall
be deemed to have made an election under this para-
graph for a year if the employer maintained a quali-
fied plan with respect to which contributions were
made or benefits were accrued for such year. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ‘quali-
fied plan’ means a plan, contract, pension, or trust
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section
219(g)(5).’’.
(b) TAX TREATMENT OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS
MADE UNDER A QUALIFIED PAYROLL DEDUCTION AR-
RANGEMENT.—
(1) COORDINATION
WITH
DEDUCTION
UNDER
SECTION 219.—
(A) Section 219(b) (relating to maximum
amount of deduction) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS
UNDER
A
QUALIFIED
PAYROLL
DEDUCTION
AR-
RANGEMENT.—This section shall not apply with re-
spect to any amount contributed under a qualified
payroll deduction arrangement described in section
408(q)(1) (for which an election has not been made
under section 408(q)(2)).’’.
(B) Section 219(g)(1) (relating to the limi-
tation on deduction for active participants) is
amended to read as follows:
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after the commencement of such demolition, disposition,
or revitalization, unless—
(1) upon the expiration of the 18-month period
beginning upon the approval of the plan under sec-
tion 1273 for the mixed-finance housing develop-
ment, the agency does not have binding commit-
ments for production or revitalization, or a construc-
tion contract, for such development;
(2) upon the expiration of the 4-year period be-
ginning upon the approval of the plan, the mixed-fi-
nance housing development is not substantially
ready for occupancy and is placed under the block
grant contract for the agency under section 1201; or
(3) the number of dwelling units in the mixed-
finance housing development that are made available
for occupancy only by low-income families is sub-
stantially less than the number of such dwelling
units in the public housing demolished, disposed of,
or revitalized.
The Secretary may extend the period under paragraph (1)
or (2) for a public housing agency if the Secretary deter-
mines that circumstances beyond the control of the agency
caused the agency to fail to meet the deadline under such
paragraph.
‘‘(A) tend to improve opportunities in the
area in which the project will be located for the
successful establishment or expansion of indus-
trial or commercial plants or facilities;
‘‘(B) otherwise assist in the creation of ad-
ditional long-term employment opportunities for
the area;
‘‘(C) primarily benefit long-term unem-
ployed individuals and members of low-income
families; or
‘‘(D) in the case of a project that will be
located in an area described in paragraph (3) or
(4) of section 302(a), enhance the economic
growth potential of the area or result in addi-
tional long-term employment opportunities com-
mensurate with the amount of Federal financial
assistance requested;
‘‘(2) the project will fulfill all or part of a press-
ing need of the area in which the project will be lo-
cated; and
‘‘(3) the project is consistent with a comprehen-
sive economic development strategy that has been
developed in accordance with section 303 for the
area in which the project will be located.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4153
To provide for equitable retirement for military reserve technicians who are
covered under the Federal Employment Retirement System or the Civil
Service Retirement System.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 25, 1998
Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. PAYNE,
Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. FROST, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii,
and Ms. BROWN of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To provide for equitable retirement for military reserve tech-
nicians who are covered under the Federal Employment
Retirement System or the Civil Service Retirement Sys-
tem.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EQUITABLE RETIREMENT FOR MILITARY RE-
SERVE TECHNICIANS.
(a) TECHNICIANS
COVERED
BY
CSRS.—Section
8336 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(o) A military reserve technician (as that term is
defined in section 8401(30) of this title), is entitled to an
annuity if such technician—
‘‘(1) is separated from service as a military re-
serve technician after becoming 50 years of age and
completing 20 years of such service; or
‘‘(2) is separated from service as a military re-
serve technician after completing 25 years of such
service.’’.
(b) TECHNICIANS COVERED
BY FERS.—Section
8414(c) of such title is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) A military reserve technician is entitled to an
annuity if such technician—
‘‘(1) is separated from service as a military re-
serve technician after becoming 50 years of age and
completing 20 years of such service; or
‘‘(2) is separated from service as a military re-
serve technician after completing 25 years of such
service.’’.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply with respect to a separation from serv-
ice as a military reserve technician (as that term is defined
in section 8401(30) of title 5, United States Code) occur-
ring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4154
To declare rights to religious liberty.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 25, 1998
Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself, Mr. DELAY, Mr. RILEY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr.
MCINTOSH, Mr. PITTS, Mr. PICKERING, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr.
HOSTETTLER, Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. GRAHAM) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To declare rights to religious liberty.
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 ‘‘Ten Commandments
Defense Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Declaration of Independence declares
that governments are instituted to secure certain
unalienable rights, including life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness, with which all human beings
are endowed by their Creator and to which they are
entitled by the laws of nature and of nature’s God.
(2) The organic laws of the United States Code
and the constitutions of every State, using various
expressions, recognize God as the source of the
blessings of liberty.
(3) The First Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States secures rights against laws re-
specting an establishment of religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof made by the United States
Government.
(4) The rights secured under the First Amend-
ment have been interpreted by courts of the United
States Government to be included among the provi-
sions of the Fourteenth Amendment.
(5) The Tenth Amendment reserves to the
States respectively the powers not delegated to the
United States Government nor prohibited to the
States.
(6) Disputes and doubts have arisen with re-
spect to public displays of the Ten Commandments
and to other public expression of religious faith.
(7) Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment
grants the Congress power to enforce the provisions
of the said amendment.
(8) Article I, Section 8, grants the Congress
power to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Court, and Article III, Section 1, grants the Con-
gress power to ordain and establish courts in which
the judicial power of the United States Government
shall be vested.
SEC. 3. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY RIGHTS DECLARED.
(a) DISPLAY OF TEN COMMANDMENTS.—The power
to display the Ten Commandments on or within property
owned or administered by the several States or political
subdivisions thereof is hereby declared to be among the
powers reserved to the States respectively.
(b) EXPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS FAITH.—The expres-
sion of religious faith by individual persons on or within
property owned or administered by the several States or
political subdivisions thereof is hereby—
(1) declared to be among the rights secured
against laws respecting an establishment of religion
or prohibiting the free exercise of religion made or
enforced by the United States Government or by any
department or executive or judicial officer thereof;
and
(2) declared to be among the liberties of which
no State shall deprive any person without due proc-
† HR 757 EAS 
any goods, services, or technology controlled for export 
by the United States because of the use of such goods, 
services, or technology for weapons of mass destruc-
tion or delivery systems for such weapons and materi-
ally contributes to the use, development, production, 
possession, or acquisition by any person of a nuclear, 
radiological, chemical, or biological weapon or any 
device or system designed in whole or in part to de-
liver such a weapon; 
(2) knowingly, directly or indirectly, provides 
training, advice, or other services or assistance, or en-
gages in significant financial transactions, relating to 
the manufacture, maintenance, or use of any such 
weapon, device, or system to be imported, exported, or 
reexported to, into, or from North Korea; 
(3) knowingly, directly or indirectly, imports, 
exports, or reexports luxury goods to or into North 
Korea; 
(4) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or 
facilitates censorship by the Government of North 
Korea; 
(5) knowingly engages in, is responsible for, or 
facilitates serious human rights abuses by the Govern-
ment of North Korea;
SEC. 105. FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO PROPERTY SUBJECT TO FOR-
FEITURE.—Section 981(a)(1) of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) Any property, real or personal, that is in-
volved in a violation or attempted violation, or which 
constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to 
a violation, of section 104(a) of the North Korea 
Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2016.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT
TO DEFINITION
OF CIVIL FOR-
FEITURE STATUTE.—Section 983(i)(2)(D) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end before the semicolon 
the following: ‘‘, or the North Korea Sanctions En-
forcement Act of 2016’’. 
(c) AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF SPECIFIED UN-
LAWFUL ACTIVITY.—Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or section 92 of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954’’ and inserting ‘‘section 92 of 
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954’’; and
local educational agencies with higher concentrations 
of such students. 
‘‘(4) These formula use two weighting systems, 
one based on the percentage of the aged 5–17 popu-
lation in a local education agency that is eligible to 
receive funds under this title (percentage weighting), 
and another based on the absolute number of such 
students (number weighting). Whichever of these 
weighting systems results in the highest total 
weighted formula student count for a local edu-
cational agency is the weighting system used for 
that agency in the final allocation of Targeted and 
Education Finance Incentive Grant funds. 
‘‘(5) Since the amount available to be distrib-
uted through these formulas is fixed by congres-
sional appropriation, any gain in allocation share by 
one local educational agency causes a loss to other 
local educational agencies. 
‘‘(6) The number weighting alternative is often 
favorable to very large local educational agencies, 
even if the agency’s formula student percentage is 
low. But because smaller local educational agencies 
simply do not have enough students to gain from 
number weighting, they are rarely better off under 
the number weighting alternative. 
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‘‘(C) the nature of the relationship between
the prospective adoptive parent or parents and
the child; and
‘‘(D) the recommendation of the child’s
legal representative or guardian ad litem.
This subsection shall apply only if the party seeking a new
hearing has acted in good faith and has not abused or
attempted to abuse the legal process.’’.
(12) Subsection (g) is amended by inserting ‘‘or
visitation determination’’ after ‘‘custody determina-
tion’’ each place it appears.
(13) Section 1738A is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(h) A court of a State may not modify a visitation
determination made by a court of another State unless the
court of the other State has declined to exercise jurisdic-
tion to modify such determination.
‘‘(i) In all contested custody proceedings, including
adoption proceedings, undertaken pursuant to this section,
all proceedings and appeals shall be expedited.
‘‘(j) In cases of conflicts between two or more States,
the district courts shall have jurisdiction to determine
which of conflicting custody determinations or visitation
determinations is consistent with the provisions of this
section or which State court is exercising jurisdiction con-
sistently with the provisions of this section for purposes
of subsection (g).’’.
(14) Subsection (c)(2) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or her’’ after ‘‘his’’ each
place it appears; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or she’’ after ‘‘he’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 1998.
Attest:
Clerk.
I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4156
To limit the disposal of former naval vessels and Maritime Administration
vessels for purpose of scrapping abroad and to require the Secretary
of the Navy to carry out a ship scrapping pilot program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 25, 1998
Mr. ALLEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on National Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To limit the disposal of former naval vessels and Maritime
Administration vessels for purpose of scrapping abroad
and to require the Secretary of the Navy to carry out
a ship scrapping pilot program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON DISPOSAL OF FORMER NAVAL
VESSELS AND MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
VESSELS FOR SCRAPPING ABROAD.
(a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the Secretary concerned may not dispose of a vessel
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 750 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount excluded 
from gross income for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2015 
Mr. MCHENRY (for himself and Ms. MENG) 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 increase 
the amount excluded from gross income for employer- 
provided dependent care assistance. 
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 ‘‘Family Care Savings 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME 
FOR 
EMPLOYER-PROVIDED 
DEPENDENT 
CARE ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 129(a)(2)(A) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000 
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($2,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000 (50 percent of such 
amount’’. 
(b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 129(a)(2) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) INFLATION
ADJUSTMENT.—In the 
case of any taxable year beginning in a calendar 
year after 2015, the $10,000 amount contained 
in subparagraph (A) shall be increased by an 
amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de-
termined under section 1(f)(3) for the cal-
endar year in which the taxable year be-
gins, determined by substituting ‘calendar 
year 2014’ for ‘calendar year 1992’ in sub-
paragraph (B) thereof. 
Any increase determined under the preceding 
sentence shall be rounded to the nearest mul-
tiple of $50.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2014. 
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