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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5817 
To amend section 701 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability 
Act of 2014 to clarify the period of eligibility during which certain 
spouses are entitled to assistance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant 
John David Fry Scholarship. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2014 
Ms. DUCKWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend section 701 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
Accountability Act of 2014 to clarify the period of eligi-
bility during which certain spouses are entitled to assist-
ance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David 
Fry Scholarship. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR MARINE 
GUNNERY 
SERGEANT 
JOHN 
DAVID 
FRY 
SCHOLARSHIP. 
Section 701(d) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and 
Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 128 
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SECTION 1. EXTENSION AND TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 is 
amended— 
(1) in section 207(a) (22 U.S.C. 6435(a)), by 
striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 
(2) in section 209 (22 U.S.C. 6436), by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
as if enacted on December 10, 2014. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5816 
AN ACT 
To extend the authorization for the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom.
H. R. 5816 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 
An Act 
To extend the authorization for the United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION AND TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 is amended— 
(1) in section 207(a) (22 U.S.C. 6435(a)), by striking ‘‘2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 
(2) in section 209 (22 U.S.C. 6436), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if enacted 
on December 10, 2014. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
which 
included 
the 
lands 
surrounding 
Lake 
Bistineau (subject lands). 
(2) Under the Equal Footing Doctrine, the 
State of Louisiana was entitled to the lands under-
lying the navigable waters in place at statehood 
within its limits. 
(3) In 1901, the State of Louisiana transferred 
over 7,000 acres of land to the Commissioners of the 
Bossier Levee District through Louisiana Act Num-
ber 89 of 1892. 
(4) The State of Louisiana conducted a survey 
in 1901 that followed the same path around Lake 
Bistineau as the Original Survey of 1842. 
(5) The Bossier Levee District subsequently 
conveyed the subject lands to private ownership in 
1904. Lands within the subject lands continued to 
be bought and sold in good faith based on the sta-
bility of this title. 
(6) On September 16, 1967, the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) submitted a re-survey of 
the subject lands for Section 30–T16N–R10W and 
two adjacent islands. The re-survey presented a new 
line to represent what the BLM surveyors believed 
was the contour of Lake Bistineau 155 years earlier, 
when Louisiana joined the Union. The BLM ap-
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5816 
To extend the authorization for the United States Commission on 
International Religious Freedom. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2014 
Mr. ROYCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To extend the authorization for the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION AND TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 is 
amended— 
(1) in section 207(a) (22 U.S.C. 6435(a)), by 
striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 
(2) in section 209 (22 U.S.C. 6436), by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
as if enacted on December 10, 2014. 
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II 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5816 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Received 
AN ACT 
To extend the authorization for the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 5816 RDS 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION AND TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 is 
amended— 
(1) in section 207(a) (22 U.S.C. 6435(a)), by 
striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 
(2) in section 209 (22 U.S.C. 6436), by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
as if enacted on December 10, 2014. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Stat. 1796; 38 U.S.C. 3311 note) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to a quarter, semester, 
or term, as applicable, commencing on or after January 
1, 2015. For purposes of section 3311(f)(2) of title 38, 
United States Code, any member of the Armed Forces 
who died during the period beginning on September 11, 
2001, and ending on December 31, 2005, is deemed to 
have died on January 1, 2006.’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5818 
To relinquish all Federal interests in certain lands in the State of Louisiana 
to correct errors resulting from possible omission of lands from previous 
surveys, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2014 
Mr. FLEMING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To relinquish all Federal interests in certain lands in the 
State of Louisiana to correct errors resulting from pos-
sible omission of lands from previous surveys, 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. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) On December 8, 1842, the Surveyor Gen-
eral of the United States Government approved an 
original survey of lands in Northern Louisiana, 
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(2) An analysis of the results of the monitoring
program as of the date of the submission of the re-
port.
(3) Information about the progress of Navy
programs, referred to in section 7(c) of Organotin
Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1988 (33 U.S.C.
2406(c)), for evaluating the laboratory toxicity and
environmental risks associated with the use of
antifouling paints containing organotin.
(4) An assessment, developed in consultation
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, of the effectiveness of existing laws and
rules concerning organotin compounds in ensuring
protection of human health and the environment.
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Navy, should develop, for purposes of the national pollut-
ant discharge elimination system, a model permit for the
discharge of organotin compounds at shipbuilding and
ship repair facilities. For purposes of this subsection, the
term ‘‘organotin’’ has the meaning provided in section 3
of the Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act of 1988
(33 U.S.C. 2402).
proved the re-survey on January 15, 1969. That re- 
survey was filed in the Federal Register, but the 
BLM has presented no records of notifying all of the 
affected landowners of the re-survey’s effects or that 
the re-survey could be contested. 
(7) On September 27, 2013, the BLM notified 
certain affected landowners that title to their prop-
erty would ‘‘appear to be still vested in the United 
States’’. 
(8) There are estimated to be over 200 acres 
and over 50 residential homes on the recently dis-
puted lands. 
SEC. 2. RELINQUISHMENT OF FEDERAL INTERESTS IN 
LANDS. 
As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall execute doc-
uments required to relinquish all Federal interests in the 
Property. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The effective date of the relinquishment pursuant to 
section 2 shall be December 8, 1842. 
SEC. 4. PROPERTY DEFINED. 
For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Property’’ 
means the lands shown on that certain Dependent Re-Sur-
vey, Extension Survey and Survey of Two Islands , Sec-
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tions 17, 29, and 30. Said survey being completed on No-
vember 24, 1967 and approved on January 15, 1969, con-
sisting of the lands lying between the ‘‘original record me-
ander courses of Lake Bistineau’’ and the re-survey’s rep-
resentation of a 148.60 ft contour line for Lake Bistineau, 
being shown as Lots 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. All 
lands located within Township 16 North, Range 10 West, 
Bossier Parish, Louisiana. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5819 
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to ensure that scientists 
are being funded at the age when they are most likely to make breakthroughs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2014 
Mr. HARRIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title IV of the Public Health Service Act to 
ensure that scientists are being funded at the age when 
they are most likely to make breakthroughs. 
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 ‘‘Funding Scientists at 
the Peak Age of Discovery Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. FUNDING SCIENTISTS AT PEAK AGE OF DISCOVERY. 
Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 283 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 404M. FUNDING SCIENTISTS AT PEAK AGE OF DIS-
COVERY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of NIH shall en-
sure that the median age of first-time researchers receiv-
ing grants in the R series from the institutes, centers, and 
offices of the National Institutes of Health— 
‘‘(1) by January 1, 2019, is under 40 years of 
age; 
‘‘(2) by January 1, 2022, is under 39 years of 
age; and 
‘‘(3) by January 1, 2025, is under 38 years of 
age. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply 
with respect to grants in the R series which are deter-
mined by the head of the respective institute, center, or 
office to be within any of the following categories: 
‘‘(1) Small business innovation research. 
‘‘(2) Small business technology transfer. 
‘‘(3) Clinical trial planning. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘first-time researcher’ means a 
researcher who has not previously served as the 
principal investigator for a research project sup-
ported by the National Institutes of Health through 
a grant in the R series. 
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‘‘(2) The term ‘R series’ refers the category of 
grants that are designated by the National Institutes 
of Health to be covered by— 
‘‘(A) the activity code relating to ‘research 
projects’ (as such activity code is in effect on 
the date of enactment of this section); or 
‘‘(B) any successor activity code.’’. 
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‘‘(B) the price index for the calendar quar-
ter immediately before the calendar quarter in
which the rates of monthly basic pay on which
the retired pay is based became effective.
‘‘(3) MEMBERS COVERED.—Paragraphs (1) and
(2) apply to a member or former member of an
armed force who first became a member of a uni-
formed service before August 1, 1986, and whose re-
tired pay base is determined under section 1406 of
this title.
‘‘(d) FIRST COLA ADJUSTMENT
FOR MEMBERS
WITH RETIRED PAY COMPUTED USING HIGH-THREE.—
Notwithstanding subsection (b), the retired pay of a mem-
ber or former member of an armed force who first became
a member of a uniformed service before August 1, 1986,
and whose retired pay base is determined under section
1407 of this title shall be increased on the effective date
of the first adjustment of retired pay under subsection (b)
after the member or former member becomes entitled to
retired pay by the percent (adjusted to the nearest one-
tenth of 1 percent) equal to the difference between the
percent by which—
‘‘(1) the price index for the base quarter of that
year, exceeds
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 581 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain emergency 
medical devices from the excise tax on medical devices, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 
Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. GRIMM, and Mr. CALVERT) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt 
certain emergency medical devices from the excise tax 
on medical devices, 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 ‘‘First Responder Med-
ical Device Tax Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEALING FIRST RESPONDERS EMERGENCY MED-
ICAL EQUIPMENT TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 4191(b) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C), by redesig-
nating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E), and by in-
serting after subparagraph (C) the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) qualified emergency medical devices, 
and’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL DEVICE.— 
Subsection (b) of section 4191 of such Code is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
DE-
VICE.—The term ‘qualified emergency medical de-
vice’ means any medical device of a type furnished 
by first responders or ambulance services in pro-
viding out-of-hospital or pre-hospital care, or trans-
port to a medical care facility, for individuals— 
‘‘(A) with illnesses, injuries, or other med-
ical emergencies, or 
‘‘(B) in need of medical transport, extri-
cation, or evacuation.’’. 
(c) CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS MADE APPLICABLE.— 
(1) The last sentence of subsection (a) of sec-
tion 4221 of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘(4),’’. 
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(2) The last sentence of paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 6416(b) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘(C),’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to sales after December 31, 2012. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5821 
To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National Monument in the State 
of Georgia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2014 
Mr. KINGSTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To expand the boundary of Fort Frederica National 
Monument in the State of Georgia, 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 ‘‘Fort Frederica Na-
tional Monument Boundary Expansion Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. FORT FREDERICA NATIONAL MONUMENT, GEORGIA. 
(a) MAXIMUM ACREAGE.—The first section of the 
Act of May 26, 1936 (16 U.S.C. 433g) is amended by 
striking ‘‘two hundred and fifty acres’’ and inserting ‘‘525 
acres’’. 
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(b) BOUNDARY EXPANSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Fort 
Frederica National Monument in the State of Geor-
gia is modified to include the land generally depicted 
as ‘‘Proposed Acquisition Areas’’ on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Fort Frederica National Monument Proposed 
Boundary Expansion’’, numbered 369/127,249, and 
dated November 2014. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map described 
in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the 
National Park Service. 
(3) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—The Secretary of 
the Interior may acquire the land and interests in 
land described in paragraph (1) by donation or pur-
chase with donated or appropriated funds from will-
ing sellers only. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2225
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building and United States court-
house to be constructed on Las Vegas Boulevard between
Bridger Avenue and Clark Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada,
as the ‘‘Lloyd D. George Federal Building and United
States Courthouse’’.
Union Calendar No. 175
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2232
[Report No. 105–303]
A BILL
To provide for increased international broadcasting
activities to China.
OCTOBER 6, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
Union Calendar No. 157
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2233
[Report No. 105–277]
A BILL
To assist in the conservation of coral reefs.
SEPTEMBER 29, 1997
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
195
‘‘(1) PLAN.—The term ‘Plan’ means the Survivor
Benefit Plan established by this subchapter.
‘‘(2) STANDARD ANNUITY.—The term ‘standard
annuity’ means an annuity provided by virtue of eli-
gibility under section 1448(a)(1)(A) of this title.
‘‘(3) RESERVE-COMPONENT ANNUITY.—The term
‘reserve-component annuity’ means an annuity pro-
vided 
by 
virtue 
of 
eligibility 
under 
section
1448(a)(1)(B) of this title.
‘‘(4) RETIRED PAY.—The term ‘retired pay’ in-
cludes retainer pay paid under section 6330 of this
title.
‘‘(5) RESERVE-COMPONENT RETIRED PAY.—The
term ‘reserve-component retired pay’ means retired
pay under chapter 1223 of this title (or under chapter
67 of this title as in effect before the effective date of
the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act).
‘‘(6) BASE AMOUNT.—The term ‘base amount’
means the following:
‘‘(A) FULL AMOUNT UNDER STANDARD AN-
NUITY.—In the case of a person who dies after
becoming entitled to retired pay, such term
means the amount of monthly retired pay (deter-
mined without regard to any reduction under
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5823 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create incentives for 
healthcare providers to promote quality healthcare outcomes, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2014 
Mr. MATHESON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, 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 committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create 
incentives for healthcare providers to promote quality 
healthcare outcomes, 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; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Incentivizing Healthcare Quality Outcomes Act of 
2014’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
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Medicare beneficiaries care, Medicare expenditures, and 
Medicare providers, including the quality of care furnished 
under the Medicare program. 
(f) APPLICATION OF DEFINITIONS.—In this section, 
the terms ‘‘applicable healthcare delivery organization’’, 
‘‘applicable historical period’’, ‘‘potentially preventable 
outcomes’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 
1899B(j) of the Social Security Act, as added by sub-
section (a). 
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