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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3329 
AN ACT 
To enhance the ability of community financial institutions 
to foster economic growth and serve their communities, 
boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
be a distressed area if ‘50 percent’ were sub-
stituted for ‘80 percent’ in subsection (c)(2),
subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substitut-
ing ‘75 percent’ for ‘70 percent’ and ‘35 per-
cent’ for ‘30 percent’.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED DISTRESSED AREA BUILDING; DIS-
TRESSED AREA.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED
DISTRESSED
AREA
BUILD-
ING.—The term ‘qualified distressed area building’
means any building (other than residential rental
property) which, when placed in service, is located in
a distressed area.
‘‘(2) DISTRESSED AREA.—The term ‘distressed
area’ means any census tract in which, for the most
recent year for which census data are available on
household income in such tract, 70 percent or more
of the households have an income which is 80 per-
cent or less of the area median gross income (within
the meaning of section 142(d)) for such year.
‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE BASIS.—For purposes of this section,
the eligible basis of any building shall be determined under
the rules of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 42(d).
‘‘(e) REHABILITATION EXPENDITURES TREATED AS
SEPARATE NEW BUILDING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Rehabilitation expenditures
paid or incurred by the taxpayer with respect to any
building shall be treated for purposes of this section
as a separate new building.
‘‘(2) REHABILITATION
EXPENDITURES.—For
purposes of paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘rehabilita-
tion expenditures’ means amounts chargeable to
capital account and incurred for property (or
additions or improvements to property) of a
character subject to the allowance for deprecia-
tion in connection with the rehabilitation of a
building.
‘‘(B) COST OF ACQUISITION, ETC., NOT IN-
CLUDED.—Such term does not include the cost
of acquiring any building (or interest therein).
‘‘(3) MINIMUM EXPENDITURES TO QUALIFY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall
apply to rehabilitation expenditures with respect
to any building only if the amount of such ex-
penditures during any 24-month period is not
less than 10 percent of the adjusted basis of the
building (determined as of the 1st day of such
period and without regard to paragraphs (2)
and (3) of section 1016(a)).
section 48(m) (as in effect on the day before the
date of the enactment of the Revenue Reconciliation
Act of 1990).’’
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 49(a)(1) of
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end
of clause (ii), by striking the period at the end of
clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at
the end thereof the following new clause:
‘‘(iv) the basis of any new nondefense
section 38 property and the cost of any
used nondefense section 38 property.’’
(2) Subparagraph (E) of section 50(a)(2) of
such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘or 48(c)(5)’’ be-
fore the period at the end thereof.
(3) Paragraph (5) of section 50(a) of such Code
is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN PROP-
ERTY.—In the case of any nondefense section
38 property which is 3-year property (within
the meaning of section 168(e))—
‘‘(i) the percentage set forth in clause
(ii) of the table contained in paragraph
(1)(B) shall be 66 percent,
‘‘(ii) the percentage set forth in clause
(iii) of such table shall be 33 percent, and
‘‘(iii) clauses (iv) and (v) of such table
shall not apply.’’
(4) Section 280C of such Code is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) CREDIT FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF DEFENSE
CONTRACTORS.—No deduction shall be allowed for that
portion of the qualified nondefense product expenses (as
defined in section 48(c)(8)) otherwise allowable as a de-
duction for the taxable year which is equal to the amount
of the credit determined for such taxable year under sec-
tion 48(c) with respect to such expenses. Rules similar to
the rules of paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) shall
apply for purposes of this subsection.’’
(5)(A) The section heading for section 48 of
such Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 48. OTHER CREDITS.’’
(B) The table of sections for subpart E of part
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is
amended by striking the item relating to section 48
and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 48. Other credits.’’
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after
December 31, 1994.
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determined in accordance with this subtitle and subtitle 
C. 
(c) ADJUSTMENT ON COUNTY BASIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish 
loan rates for a crop for producers in individual 
counties in a manner that results in the lowest loan 
rate being 95 percent of the national average loan 
rate, if those loan rates do not result in an increase 
in outlays. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—Adjustments under this 
subsection shall not result in an increase in the na-
tional average loan rate for any year. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT IN LOAN RATE FOR COTTON.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
appropriate adjustments in the loan rate for cotton 
for differences in quality factors. 
(2) TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS.—Loan rate ad-
justments under paragraph (1) may include— 
(A) the use of non-spot market price data, 
in addition to spot market price data, that 
would enhance the accuracy of the price infor-
mation used in determining quality adjustments 
under this subsection; 
(B) adjustments in the premiums or dis-
counts associated with upland cotton with a sta-
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 151
To amend chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, to eliminate the provision
prohibiting certain State and local employees from seeking elective office.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To amend chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, to
eliminate the provision prohibiting certain State and local
employees from seeking elective office.
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 ‘‘State and Local Em-
ployees Bill of Political Rights’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1502(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the
semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a period; and
(3) by striking paragraph (3).
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION 1502 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES
CODE.—Section 1502 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking subsection (c).
(2) SECTION 1503 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES
CODE.—
(A) REPEAL.—Section 1503 of title 5,
United States Code, is repealed.
(B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat-
ing to section 1503 in the table of sections for
chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, is re-
pealed.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3343 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to clarify 
the rules regarding the determination of the compensa-
tion of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Calendar No. 14
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1
AN ACT
To make certain laws applicable to the legislative
branch of the Federal Government.
JANUARY 11 (legislative day, JANUARY 10), 1995
Read twice and ordered placed on the calendar
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2002
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2002
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3357 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to States to improve 
the knowledge, credentials, compensation, and professional development 
of early childhood educators working with children in early childhood 
education programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2013 
Ms. MENG (for herself and Mr. POLIS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants 
to States to improve the knowledge, credentials, com-
pensation, and professional development of early child-
hood educators working with children in early childhood 
education programs. 
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 ‘‘Early Childhood Edu-
cation Professional Improvement Act of 2013’’. 
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Calendar No. 163
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2002
[Report No. 104–126]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes.
AUGUST 4 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Reported with amendments
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2005
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make
technical corrections in maps relating to the
Coastal Barrier Resources System.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2005
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical
corrections in maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2010
To reduce target prices for wheat, feed grains, rice, and cotton, to provide
for the termination of deficiency payments and marketing loans for
these crops, to abandon the use of acreage reduction programs regarding
these crops, to prohibit the provision of deficiency payments for acreage
diverted from these crops, to impose income limitations on participation
in programs regarding these crops, and to limit Commodity Credit Cor-
poration outlays on behalf of these crops.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 11, 1995
Mr. ZIMMER (for himself, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. FRANK
of Massachusetts, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. PORTER, Mr.
ROHRABACHER, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. SALM-
ON, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. HORN, Mr. EN-
SIGN, and Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To reduce target prices for wheat, feed grains, rice, and
cotton, to provide for the termination of deficiency pay-
ments and marketing loans for these crops, to abandon
the use of acreage reduction programs regarding these
crops, to prohibit the provision of deficiency payments
for acreage diverted from these crops, to impose income
limitations on participation in programs regarding these
crops, and to limit Commodity Credit Corporation out-
lays on behalf of these crops.
‘‘(1) not more than two-thirds of such assist-
ance may be provided at the time such application
is approved; and
‘‘(2) the remainder of such assistance may not
be provided until the Chairperson receives an in-
terim report described in subsection (k)(2)(B) and
finds that the recipient of such assistance is comply-
ing substantially with this section and with the con-
ditions under which such assistance is provided to
such recipient.
‘‘(n) The Inspector General of the Endowment shall
conduct appropriate reviews to ensure that recipients of
financial assistance under this section comply with the ap-
plicable regulations and procedures established under this
title including regulations relating to accounting and fi-
nancial matters.
‘‘(o) It shall be a condition of the receipt of any grant
under this section that the group or individual of excep-
tional talent or the State or State agency receiving such
grant furnish adequate assurances to the Secretary of
Labor that—
‘‘(1) all professional performers and related or
supporting professional personnel (other than labor-
ers and mechanics with respect to whom labor
standards are prescribed in subsection (p) of this
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3362 
AN ACT 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to require transparency in the operation of American 
Health Benefit Exchanges. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(d)(1) The Chairperson, with the advice of the Na-
tional Council on the Arts, is authorized to establish and
carry out a program of grants to assist the several States
in supporting projects, productions, or workshops that
meet the standards enumerated in subsection (c) of this
section, and in developing projects, productions, or work-
shops in the arts in such a manner as will furnish ade-
quate programs, facilities, and services in the arts to all
the people and communities in each of the several States.
‘‘(2) In order to receive assistance under this sub-
section in any fiscal year, a State shall submit an applica-
tion for such grants at such time as shall be specified by
the Chairperson and accompany such application with a
plan which the Chairperson finds—
‘‘(A) designates or provides for the establish-
ment of a State agency (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the ‘State agency’) as the sole agency
for the administration of the State plan;
‘‘(B) provides that funds paid to the State
under this subsection will be expended solely on
projects, productions, or workshops approved by the
State agency which carry out one or more of the ob-
jectives of subsection (c) of this section;
‘‘(C) provides that the State agency will make
such reports, in such form and containing such in-
‘‘(8) support the use of technology and im-
proved facilities and resources in education in the
arts programs at all levels; and
‘‘(9) foster the development of demonstration
projects, demonstration productions, demonstration
workshops, and demonstration programs in arts edu-
cation and collect, and make available to the public,
information on their implementation and effective-
ness.
Grants under this subsection are subject to the matching
requirements set forth in subsection (c).
‘‘(h) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for
the Arts shall, in ongoing consultation with State and local
agencies, relevant organizations, and relevant Federal
agencies, continue to develop and implement a practical
system of national information and data collection and
public dissemination on the arts, artists and arts groups,
and their audiences. Such system shall include artistic and
financial trends in the arts, trends in audience participa-
tion, and trends in arts education on national, regional,
and State levels. Such system shall also include informa-
tion regarding the availability of the arts to various audi-
ence segments, including rural communities. Such system
shall be used, along with a summary of the data submitted
with State plans under subsection (d) of this section, to
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(F) Education. 
(G) Infrastructure development. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2013. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2642 
AN ACT 
To provide for the reform and continuation of agri-
cultural and other programs of the Department 
of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for 
other purposes.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2017
AN ACT
To authorize an increased Federal share of the
costs of certain transportation projects in the
District of Columbia for fiscal years 1995 and
1996, and for other purposes.
JULY 31 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
base year or the rental charge calculated pursuant
to this Act, whichever is higher;
(2) for the 1996–1997 permit year, either the
rental charge paid for the 1994–1995 base year or
the rental charge calculated pursuant to this Act,
whichever is higher;
(3) for the 1997–1998 permit year, either the
rental charge for the 1994–1995 base year or the
rental charge calculated pursuant to this Act, which-
ever is higher.
If an individual permittee’s adjusted gross revenue for the
1995–1996, 1996–1997, or 1997–1998 permit years falls
more than 10 percent below the 1994–1995 base year, the
rental charge paid shall be the rental charge calculated
pursuant to this Act.
(e) Under no circumstances shall revenue, or sub-
permittee revenue (other than lift ticket, area use pass,
or ski school sales) obtained from operations physically lo-
cated on non-national forest land be included in the ski
area permit rental charge calculation.
(f) To reduce administrative costs of ski area permit-
tees and the Forest Service the terms ‘‘revenue’’ and
‘‘sales’’, as used in this section, shall mean actual income
from sales and shall not include sales of operating equip-
ment, refunds, rent paid to the permittee by sublessees,
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1522
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide management standards
and recycling requirements for spent lead-acid batteries.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 7, 1995
Mr. TORRES (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.
BONIOR, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. BRYANT of Texas, Mr. DELLUMS,
Ms. ESHOO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FAZIO of California, Mr.
FILNER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FROST, Ms. HARMAN, Mr.
LIPINSKI, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr.
MINETA, Mr. MORAN, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, Ms. ROYBAL-
ALLARD, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. VENTO,
Mr. WALSH, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. YATES)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide manage-
ment standards and recycling requirements for spent
lead-acid batteries.
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 ‘‘Lead Battery Recy-
cling Incentives Act’’.
‘‘(B) Scrap processors and recyclers.
‘‘(C) Auto parts and battery retailers.
‘‘(D) Auto parts and battery wholesalers.
‘‘(E) Automobile dealerships and sales.
‘‘(F) Battery distributors and other dis-
tributors.
‘‘(G) Other businesses and individuals who
accept spent lead/acid batteries.
‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to any
person who produces or imports more than 10,000 pounds
of new lead-acid batteries a year.
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall pro-
mulgate regulations to implement this section not later
than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the
Lead Battery Recycling Incentives Act. If the Adminis-
trator fails to promulgate such regulations by that date,
the recycling percentage under subsection (b) shall be 90
percent beginning on the date of enactment and continu-
ing until such time as the regulations are promulgated.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
for subtitle C (contained in section 1001) is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Sec. 3025. Recycling requirements for spent lead-acid batteries.’’.
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tic Violence Identification and Referral Act of 1995,
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the
Senate, a report specifying the health professions en-
tities that are receiving preference under paragraph
(1); the number of hours of training required by the
entities for purposes of such paragraph; the extent
of clinical experience so required; and the types of
courses through which the training is being pro-
vided.
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘domestic violence’ includes behav-
ior commonly referred to as domestic violence, sexual
assault, spousal abuse, woman battering, partner
abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, and acquaintance
rape.’’.
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3370 
AN ACT 
To delay the implementation of certain provisions of the 
Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3374 
AN ACT 
To provide for the use of savings promotion raffle products 
by financial institutions to encourage savings, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(43) The term ‘importer’ with respect to tires means
any person who imports tires, either individually or as part
of an automobile or other vehicle.
‘‘(44) The term ‘scrap tire’ means a tire from an
automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer or com-
bination, or truck tractor, that is no longer usable for the
original purpose.
‘‘(45) The term ‘scrap tire collection facility’ means
any facility or entity that voluntarily or involuntarily col-
lects, stores, or otherwise accumulates scrap tires in
amounts in excess of 1,000 tires a year, including an auto
parts retailer or municipality.
‘‘(46) The term ‘recycler’ means with respect to tires
the owner or operator of a tire recycling facility who has
a permit under section 4012.
‘‘(47) The term ‘recycling credit’ means with respect
to tires a legal record of a recycling activity undertaken
in accordance with section 4012 that represents scrap
tires recycled for purposes of complying with that section
and section 4011.
‘‘(48) The term ‘tire sale and installation facility’
means any facility which sells or installs more than 1,000
tires for operation on the highways of the United States.
‘‘(49) The term ‘tire-derived product’ means a prod-
uct made from the usable materials produced from the
chemical or physical processing of a scrap tire. Such term
does not include ash from burning a scrap tire.
‘‘(50) The term ‘tire fuel’ means tires used to produce
heat in an energy recovery combustion device designed to
burn fossil fuels (including coal, oil, and natural gas), re-
gardless of the size or shape of the tire upon entering the
combustion device.
‘‘(51) The term ‘tire-derived fuel’ means tire fuel that
is composed of shredded tires from which 95 percent of
the metal has been removed.
‘‘(52) The term ‘abatement increment’ means a pe-
riod of time not greater than six months and not less than
one month, as specified in an abatement plan, during
which a specified number of scrap tires will be removed
from a scrap tire collection facility and processed in ac-
cordance with section 4011.
‘‘(53) The term ‘shredded tire’ means a scrap tire
reduced to chips no larger than 2 inches by 2 inches.
‘‘(54) The term ‘crumb rubber’ means rubber from
a scrap tire that is separated from the steel fabric and
other contaminants of the tire, and reduced, with or with-
out processing agents, into particles of specified sizes and
shapes.
‘‘(55) The term ‘asphalt road paving mix’ includes
surface treatments, interlayers, and crack sealants.’’.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the amendments made by this Act.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4139
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
Received
AN ACT
To reauthorize and amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Con-
servation Act and the Anadromous Fish Conservation
Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,