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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 15
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to provide for the appointment of the
presidents of the Federal reserve banks by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. LEACH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to provide for the ap-
pointment of the presidents of the Federal reserve banks
by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem, 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 ‘‘Federal Reserve
Governance Act’’.
SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT BY BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Federal Reserve
Act is amended by inserting after the 5th undesignated
paragraph (12 U.S.C. 341; relating to authority to com-
mence business) the following new paragraph:
‘‘The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem shall appoint for each Federal reserve bank, after con-
sultation with the board of directors of the bank, a presi-
dent and first vice president for the bank. The president
and first vice president shall be appointed for terms of
5 years. The president shall be the chief executive officer
of the bank. The first vice president shall, in the absence
or disability of the president or during a vacancy in the
office of president, serve as chief executive office of the
bank. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of the
president or the first vice president, it shall be filled in
the manner provided for the original appointment and the
person so appointed shall hold office until the expiration
of the term to which such person’s predecessor was ap-
pointed.’’.
(b) TRANSITION.—The first appointment of the
president or first vice president for each Federal reserve
bank made in accordance with the authority under the
amendment made by subsection (a) shall take place upon
the earlier of—
(1) the expiration of the term of the president
or first vice president of the bank, as the case may
be, who is serving in such office on the date of the
enactment of this Act; or
(2) the occurrence of the first vacancy in the of-
fice of president or first vice president of the bank,
as the case may be, after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY OF BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF FED-
ERAL RESERVE BANKS.
The subdivision designated ‘‘Fifth.’’ of the 4th undes-
ignated paragraph of section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act
(12 U.S.C. 341) is amended—
(1) in the 1st sentence, by striking ‘‘a presi-
dent, vice presidents, and’’; and
(2) by striking the 2d, 3d, and 4th sentences
and inserting the following new sentence: ‘‘All execu-
tive officers and all employees of the bank shall be
directly responsible to the president of the bank.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1600
For the relief of Robert and Dorothy Shickle.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 9, 1995
Mr. WISE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Robert and Dorothy Shickle.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RELIEF FROM LIABILITY FOR ACCRUED INTER-
EST.
Robert and Dorothy Shickle of Martinsburg, West
Virginia, are relieved of liability to the United States for
interest accrued on unpaid Federal income taxes for the
taxable years ending December 31, 1989 and December
31, 1990.
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2840 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to exclude raisins from 
agricultural marketing orders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2013 
Mr. RADEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to exclude raisins 
from agricultural marketing orders. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF RAISINS FROM AGRICULTURAL 
MARKETING ORDERS. 
(a) EXCLUSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8c(2)(A) of the Ag-
ricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(2)(A)), re-
enacted with amendments by the Agricultural Mar-
keting Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘and the products of honeybees’’ and inserting 
‘‘the products of honeybees, and raisins’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such Act is 
further amended by striking ‘‘raisins,’’ each place it 
appears in the following provisions: 
(A) Section 8c(6)(I) (7 U.S.C. 608c(6)(I)). 
(B) Section 8e(a) (7 U.S.C. 608e–1). 
(b) EXISTING ORDERS.—Effective on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, no order issued by the Secretary 
pursuant to section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 
(7 U.S.C. 608c), as in effect prior to such enactment, shall 
have any force or effect with respect to raisins. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2841 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the Secretary of 
Defense affords each member of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces with the opportunity for a physical examination before the mem-
ber separates from the Armed Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2013 
Mr. RAHALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that the 
Secretary of Defense affords each member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces with the opportunity 
for a physical examination before the member separates 
from the Armed Forces. 
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 ‘‘Guard and Reserve 
Equal Access to Health Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF A RE-
SERVE COMPONENT WHO ARE SEPARATING 
FROM THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1145 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF A 
RESERVE COMPONENT.—(1) The Secretary concerned 
shall provide a physical examination pursuant to sub-
section (a)(5) to each member of a reserve component 
who— 
‘‘(A) will not otherwise receive such an exam-
ination under such subsection; and 
‘‘(B) elects to receive such a physical examina-
tion. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned shall— 
‘‘(A) provide the physical examination under 
paragraph (1) to a member during the 90-day period 
before the date on which the member is scheduled to 
be separated from the armed forces; and 
‘‘(B) issue orders to such a member to receive 
such physical examination. 
‘‘(3) A member may not be entitled to health care 
benefits pursuant to subsection (a), (b), or (c) solely by 
reason of being provided a physical examination under 
paragraph (1). 
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HR 1617 EAS
while the individual is an applicant or a partic-
ipant, the local entity shall disqualify the indi-
vidual from eligibility for, or dismiss the indi-
vidual from participation in, the workforce em-
ployment activities. The individual shall not be
eligible to reapply for participation in the ac-
tivities for 2 years after such disqualification or
dismissal.
(6) APPEAL.—A decision by a local entity to dis-
qualify an individual from eligibility for participa-
tion in workforce employment activities under para-
graph (3) or (5), or to dismiss a participant as de-
scribed in paragraph (4) or (5), shall be subject to ex-
peditious appeal in accordance with procedures estab-
lished by the State in which the local entity is lo-
cated.
(7) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
(A) DRUG.—The term ‘‘drug’’ means a con-
trolled substance, as defined in section 102(6) of
the Controlled Substance Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6)).
(B) DRUG
TEST.—The term ‘‘drug test’’
means a biochemical drug test carried out by a
facility that is approved by the local entity ad-
ministering the test.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2842 
To create competition in the Department of Agriculture’s canned tuna pur-
chasing program to strengthen the Department’s buying power, increase 
the availability of canned tuna to school lunch, child nutrition, and 
other Federal nutrition programs, and create jobs in the domestic can-
ning industry. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2013 
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California (for herself, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. ISSA, Mr. SALMON, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. 
BARROW of Georgia, and Mr. PETERS of California) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 create competition in the Department of Agriculture’s 
canned tuna purchasing program to strengthen the De-
partment’s buying power, increase the availability of 
canned tuna to school lunch, child nutrition, and other 
Federal nutrition programs, and create jobs in the do-
mestic canning industry. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. IMPROVED COMPETITION IN THE DEPART-
MENT OF AGRICULTURE CANNED TUNA PUR-
CHASING PROGRAM. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the Agricul-
tural Marketing Service Master Solicitation and Supple-
ment specifications for the purchase of canned tuna to re-
quire that— 
(1) all such tuna be landed by United States 
flagged fishing vessels; 
(2) not less than 75 percent of the value of 
such tuna be produced in the United States; and 
(3) all such tuna be canned in the United 
States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, or territories or possessions of the United 
States. 
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(5) total program costs for development, assem-
bly, and initial operations have been identified and
capped to ensure financial discipline and maintain
program schedule milestones;
(6) in order to contain costs, mission planning
and engineering functions of the National Space
Transportation System (Space Shuttle) program
should be coordinated with the Space Station Pro-
gram Office;
(7) complete program authorizations for large
development programs promote program stability, re-
duce the potential for cost growth, and provide nec-
essary assurance to international partners and com-
mercial participants; and
(8) the International Space Station represents
an important component of an adequately funded
civil space program which balances human space
flight with science, aeronautics, and technology.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Admin-
istrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration; and
Union Calendar No. 109
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1601
[Report No. 104–210]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations to the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration to develop, as-
semble, and operate the International Space Sta-
tion.
JULY 28, 1995
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
1B
Union Calendar No. 109
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1601
[Report No. 104–210]
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration to develop, assemble, and operate the International Space Station.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1995
Mr. WALKER (for himself and Mr. SENSENBRENNER) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science
JULY 28, 1995
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 10, 1995]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration to develop, assemble, and operate
the International Space Station.
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 ‘‘International Space
Station Authorization Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) the development, assembly, and operation of
the International Space Station is in the national in-
terest of the United States;
(2) the National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration has restructured and redesigned the Inter-
national Space Station, consolidated contract respon-
sibility, and achieved program management, control,
and stability;
(3) the significant involvement by private ven-
tures in marketing and using, competitively servicing,
and commercially augmenting the operational capa-
bilities of the International Space Station during its
assembly and operational phases will lower costs and
increase benefits to the international partners;
(4) further rescoping or redesigns of the Inter-
national Space Station will lead to costly delays, in-
crease costs to its international partners, discourage
commercial involvement, and weaken the inter-
national space partnership necessary for future space
projects;
H. Res. 13
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is
hereby, elected to the following standing committees:
COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES:
Bernard Sanders of Vermont.
COMMITTEE
ON GOVERNMENT REFORM
AND OVER-
SIGHT: Bernard Sanders of Vermont.
Attest:
Clerk.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1849 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the diagnosis and 
treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2015 
Mr. ROYCE (for himself and Mr. HIMES) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee 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 provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic 
telangiectasia, 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 ‘‘Hereditary Hemor-
rhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 
2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
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fully applied; (II) during the 5th year, the family
shall receive 65 percent of such reduction; (III) dur-
ing the 6th year, the family shall receive 40 percent
of such reduction; and (IV) during the 7th and sub-
sequent years the family shall not receive any reduc-
tion in rent as a result of the adoption of ceiling
rents; the commencement of a family’s initial 3-year
eligibility or subsequent 3-year reeligibility for full
ceiling rent limitations and the commencement of
each reduction in the full application of ceiling rents
as provided in this clause shall, in the case of each
family, occur not later than the effective date of
such family’s annual redetermination of rent and
family composition in accordance with its public
housing lease.
‘‘(G) Ceiling rents authorized under this paragraph
shall not be applicable to any project which is designated
as housing for elderly persons.
‘‘(H) For purposes of this paragraph—
‘‘(i) the term ‘ceiling rent’ means the maximum
amount of rent, adopted by a public housing agency
and approved by the Secretary pursuant to this sub-
paragraph, that may be charged to a family; and
‘‘(ii) the term ‘project’ means a building or
group of buildings containing public housing units
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1602
To impose a moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air Act with respect
to marginal and moderate ozone nonattainment areas, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1995
Mr. LONGLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To impose a moratorium on sanctions under the Clean Air
Act with respect to marginal and moderate ozone non-
attainment areas, 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. OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the 1-year period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall not
initiate or continue in effect an enforcement action against
a State with respect to an area that, before, on, or after
that date, is designated nonattainment for ozone and clas-
sified as a Marginal Area or Moderate Area under section
181 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511), including such
an area that is located in the ozone transport region estab-
lished by section 184(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 7511e(a)).
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘enforce-
ment action’’ includes—
(1) the withholding of a grant under section
105 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7405);
(2) the promulgation of a Federal implementa-
tion plan under section 110(e) of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7410);
(3) the imposition of a sanction under section
110(m) or 179 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7410(m), 7509); and
(4) any other action intended to obtain compli-
ance (unless the action is agreed to by the State) or
punish noncompliance with a requirement applicable
to an area described in subsection (a) under the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
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HR 2844 RFS
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 
the first and second sentences. 
(i) PREVIOUSLY ELIMINATED ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 154) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (k); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(l) 
through (o) as subsections (k) through (n), re-
spectively. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Commu-
nications Act of 1934 is amended— 
(A) in section 9(i), by striking ‘‘In the 
Commission’s annual report, the Commission 
shall prepare an analysis of its progress in de-
veloping such systems and’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Commission’’; and 
(B) in section 309(j)(8)(B), by striking the 
last sentence. 
(j) ADDITIONAL OUTDATED REPORTS.—The Com-
munications Act of 1934 is further amended— 
(1) in section 4— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and shall furnish notice of such action’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘subject of the waiver’’; 
and 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1603
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to correct mistakes which
inadvertently included certain ferries operating between Portland, Maine,
and Nova Scotia under the excise tax on the transportation of passengers
by water as opposed to the actual intent which was to tax voyages
the primary purpose of which is gambling.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1995
Mr. LONGLEY 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 correct
mistakes which inadvertently included certain ferries op-
erating between Portland, Maine, and Nova Scotia under
the excise tax on the transportation of passengers by
water as opposed to the actual intent which was to
tax voyages the primary purpose of which is gambling.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FOR TRANSPORTATION ON CER-
TAIN FERRIES.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subparagraph (B) of section
4472(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to exception for certain voyages on passenger vessels) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
VOY-
AGES.—The term ‘covered voyage’ shall not in-
clude—
‘‘(i) a voyage of a passenger vessel of
less than 12 hours between 2 ports in the
United States, and
‘‘(ii) a voyage of less than 12 hours
on a ferry between a port in the United
States and a port outside the United
States.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
term ‘ferry’ means any vessel if normally no
more than 50 percent of the passengers on any
voyage of such vessel return to the port where
such voyage began on the 1st return of such
vessel to such port.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to voyages beginning after De-
cember 31, 1989; except that—
(1) no refund of any tax paid before the date
of the enactment of this Act shall be made by reason
of such amendment, and
(2) any tax collected from the passenger before
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be remit-
ted to the United States.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2844 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate 
the reporting obligations of the Federal Communications 
Commission in order to improve congressional oversight 
and reduce reporting burdens. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A carrier offering health
insurance coverage and a group health plan provid-
ing coverage, with respect to an individual, may
delay the effective date of coverage of the individual
beyond the first date of the month beginning after
the date of election of the coverage only if the fol-
lowing requirements are met:
‘‘(A) LIMITATION
ON
DELAY
PERIOD.—
Subject to paragraph (2), such additional delay
does not extend over a period of longer than 2
months (or 3 months in the case of a late en-
rollee described in subsection (a)(2)(B)).
‘‘(B) NO
SUBSEQUENT
APPLICATION
OF
ANY PREEXISTING EXCLUSION.—After the pe-
riod of such additional delay, no limitation or
exclusion described in subsection (a) may be ap-
plied.
‘‘(C) NO PREMIUMS.—No premium or re-
quired contribution may be charged for the pe-
riod before the effective date of coverage.
Nothing in this paragraph shall waive the applicable
requirements of subsection (a).
‘‘(2) VOLUNTARY
WAIVER.—The additional
delay may extend over a period longer than the pe-
riod specified under paragraph (1)(A) if the individ-