datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
with the requirements of section 1214(f) of title 5, United 
States Code.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Notification and Federal Em-
ployee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 
U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 206 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 207. Complaint tracking. 
‘‘Sec. 208. Notation in personnel record.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE IV—PROCESSING AND REFERRAL 
‘‘Sec. 401. Processing and resolution of complaints. 
‘‘Sec. 402. No limitation on Human Capital or General Counsel advice. 
‘‘Sec. 403. Head of Program reports to head of agency. 
‘‘Sec. 404. Referrals of findings of discrimination.’’. 
SEC. 8. NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT LIMITATION. 
Section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (13)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or the Office of Special 
Counsel’’ after ‘‘Inspector General’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘implement’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) implement’’; and 
(C) by striking the period that follows the 
quoted material and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
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(2) by adding after subparagraph (A), as added 
by paragraph (1)(B), and preceding the flush left 
matter that follows paragraph (13), the following: 
‘‘(B) implement or enforce any nondisclo-
sure policy, form, or agreement, if such policy, 
form, or agreement prohibits or restricts an em-
ployee from disclosing to Congress, the Office of 
Special Counsel, or an Office of the Inspector 
General any information that relates to any vio-
lation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mis-
management, a gross waste of funds, an abuse 
of authority, or a substantial, and specific dan-
ger to public health or safety, or any other 
whistleblower protection.’’. 
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and resolution of a complaint, including providing legal 
representation to an agency in any proceeding. 
‘‘SEC. 403. HEAD OF PROGRAM REPORTS TO HEAD OF 
AGENCY. 
‘‘The head of each Federal agency’s Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Program shall report directly to the 
head of the agency. 
‘‘SEC. 404. REFERRALS OF FINDINGS OF DISCRIMINATION. 
‘‘(a) EEOC FINDINGS
OF DISCRIMINATION.—Not 
later than 30 days after the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission issues an appellate decision involving 
a finding of discrimination or retaliation within a Federal 
agency, the Commission shall refer the matter to the Of-
fice of Special Counsel. 
‘‘(b) REFERRALS TO SPECIAL COUNSEL.—The Office 
of Special Counsel shall accept and review a referral from 
the Commission under subsection (a) for purposes of seek-
ing disciplinary action under its authority against an Fed-
eral employee who commits an act of discrimination or re-
taliation. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION.—The Office of Special Counsel 
shall notify the Commission in a case in which the Office 
of Special Counsel initiates disciplinary action. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL COUNSEL APPROVAL.—An agency may 
not take disciplinary action against a Federal employee 
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governing the appropriate handling, disclosure, or 
use of classified information; 
(2) to affect the conduct of authorized law en-
forcement or intelligence activities; or 
(3) to modify the authority of a department or 
agency of the Federal Government to protect classi-
fied information, intelligence sources and methods, 
and the national security of the United States. 
(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in 
this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be 
construed to affect any requirement under any other pro-
vision of law for a non-Federal entity to provide informa-
tion to the Federal Government. 
(f) INFORMATION SHARING RELATIONSHIPS.—Noth-
ing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall 
be construed— 
(1) to limit or modify an existing information- 
sharing relationship; 
(2) to prohibit a new information-sharing rela-
tionship; or 
(3) to require a new information-sharing rela-
tionship between any non-Federal entity and the 
Federal Government. 
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for an alleged act of discrimination or retaliation referred 
by the Commission under this section except in accordance 
with the requirements of section 1214(f) of title 5, United 
States Code.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Notification and Federal Em-
ployee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (5 
U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 206 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 207. Complaint tracking. 
‘‘Sec. 208. Notation in personnel record.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE IV—PROCESSING AND REFERRAL 
‘‘Sec. 401. Processing and resolution of complaints. 
‘‘Sec. 402. No limitation on Human Capital or General Counsel advice. 
‘‘Sec. 403. Head of Program reports to head of agency. 
‘‘Sec. 404. Referrals of findings of discrimination.’’. 
SEC. 8. NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT LIMITATION. 
Section 2302(b) of title 5, United States Code is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (13)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or the Office of Special 
Counsel’’ after ‘‘Inspector General’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘implement’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) implement’’; and 
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(C) by striking the period that follows the 
quoted material and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(2) by adding after subparagraph (A), as added 
by paragraph (1)(B), and preceding the flush left 
matter that follows paragraph (13), the following: 
‘‘(B) implement or enforce any nondisclo-
sure policy, form, or agreement, if such policy, 
form, or agreement prohibits or restricts an em-
ployee from disclosing to Congress, the Office of 
Special Counsel, or an Office of the Inspector 
General any information that relates to any vio-
lation of any law, rule, or regulation, or mis-
management, a gross waste of funds, an abuse 
of authority, or a substantial, and specific dan-
ger to public health or safety, or any other 
whistleblower protection.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 134
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol
to allow Members of Congress to greet and re-
ceive His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew.
(B) receive a cyber threat indicator or de-
fensive measure from any other non-Federal enti-
ty or an appropriate Federal entity. 
(2) LAWFUL RESTRICTION.—A non-Federal enti-
ty receiving a cyber threat indicator or defensive 
measure from another non-Federal entity or a Federal 
entity shall comply with otherwise lawful restrictions 
placed on the sharing or use of such cyber threat indi-
cator or defensive measure by the sharing non-Federal 
entity or Federal entity. 
(3) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed to— 
(A) authorize the sharing or receiving of a 
cyber threat indicator or defensive measure other 
than as provided in this subsection; 
(B) authorize the sharing or receiving of 
classified information by or with any person not 
authorized to access such classified information; 
(C) prohibit any Federal entity from engag-
ing in formal or informal technical discussion 
regarding cyber threat indicators or defensive 
measures with a non-Federal entity or from pro-
viding 
technical 
assistance 
to 
address 
vulnerabilities or mitigate threats at the request 
of such an entity; 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 155 
To provide that no funds appropriated or otherwise made available may 
be used to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce certain memo-
randa related to immigration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. MARINO (for himself, Mr. HARPER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. POE of 
Texas, Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. ROTHFUS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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 provide that no funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available may be used to implement, administer, carry 
out, or enforce certain memoranda related to immigra-
tion. 
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 ‘‘Defund Amnesty Act 
of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 
PURPOSES RELATED TO IMMIGRATION. 
No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
may be used to implement, administer, carry out, or en-
force the following policy memoranda: 
(1) The memoranda issued by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security on November 20, 2014. 
(2) The memoranda issued by the President on 
November 21, 2014, including— 
(A) the memorandum entitled ‘‘Creating 
Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating 
Immigrants and Refugees’’; and 
(B) the memorandum entitled ‘‘Modern-
izing and Streamlining the U.S. Immigrant 
Visa System for the 21st Century’’. 
(3) Any similar memorandum issued after No-
vember 21, 2014. 
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC SKILLS
For carrying out aid to families with dependent
children work programs, as authorized by part F of title
IV of the Social Security Act, $1,000,000,000.
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For making payments under title XXVI of the
Omnibus 
Budget 
Reconciliation 
Act 
of 
1981,
$1,000,000,000.
For making payments under title XXVI of the
Omnibus 
Budget 
Reconciliation 
Act 
of 
1981,
$1,000,000,000, to be available for obligation in the pe-
riod October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For making payments for refugee and entrant as-
sistance activities authorized by title IV of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee
Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–422),
$412,076,000: Provided, That funds appropriated pursu-
ant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act under Public Law 103–333 for fiscal year 1995 shall
be available for the costs of assistance provided and other
activities conducted in such year and in fiscal years 1996
and 1997.
Union Calendar No. 401
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3903
[Report No. 105–706, Part I]
A BILL
To provide for an exchange of lands located near
Gustavus, Alaska, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1998
Committee on Commerce discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed
II
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3910
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 12 (legislative day, OCTOBER 2), 1998
Received
AN ACT
To authorize the Automobile National Heritage Area in the
State of Michigan, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3939
AN ACT
To designate the United States Postal Service
building located at 658 63rd Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘Edgar C. Campbell, Sr.,
Post Office Building’’.
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(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to— 
(A) authorize the monitoring of an infor-
mation system, or the use of any information 
obtained through such monitoring, other than 
as provided in this title; 
(B) authorize the Federal Government to 
conduct surveillance of any person; or 
(C) limit otherwise lawful activity. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR OPERATION OF DEFENSIVE 
MEASURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, a private entity may, for a cybersecurity pur-
pose, operate a defensive measure that is operated 
on— 
(A) an information system of such private 
entity to protect the rights or property of the 
private entity; and 
(B) an information system of a non-Fed-
eral entity or a Federal entity upon written au-
thorization of such non-Federal entity or such 
Federal entity for operation of such defensive 
measure to protect the rights or property of 
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Senate, that adequate domestic supplies are not available
to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order
to acquire capability for national security purposes.
SEC. 8083. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, funds available to the Department of Defense
shall be made available to provide transportation of medi-
cal supplies and equipment, on a nonreimbursable basis,
to American Samoa: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds available to the Department
of Defense shall be made available to provide transpor-
tation of medical supplies and equipment, on a non-
reimbursable basis, to the Indian Health Service when it
is in conjunction with a civil-military project.
SEC. 8084. None of the funds in this Act may be
used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu-
factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of
Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees
that such an acquisition must be made in order to ac-
quire capability for national security purposes that is not
available from United States manufacturers.
SEC. 8085. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Naval shipyards of the United States shall be
eligible to participate in any manufacturing extension
404 
and projects planned in accordance with subsections 
(b) and (c), including activities and projects that— 
‘‘(A) increase public awareness and edu-
cation on commercial motor vehicle safety; 
‘‘(B) target unsafe driving of commercial 
motor vehicles and noncommercial motor vehicles 
in areas identified as high risk crash corridors; 
‘‘(C) improve the safe and secure movement 
of hazardous materials; 
‘‘(D) improve safe transportation of goods 
and persons in foreign commerce; 
‘‘(E) demonstrate new technologies to im-
prove commercial motor vehicle safety; 
‘‘(F) support participation in performance 
and registration information systems manage-
ment under section 31106(b)— 
‘‘(i) for entities not responsible for sub-
mitting the plan under subsection (c); or 
‘‘(ii) for entities responsible for submit-
ting the plan under subsection (c)— 
‘‘(I) before October 1, 2020, to 
achieve compliance with the require-
ments of participation; and 
‘‘(II) beginning on October 1, 
2020, or once compliance is achieved,
434 
(A) is equitable due to reasonable cir-
cumstances; 
(B) will ensure the continuation of commer-
cial motor vehicle enforcement activities in the 
State; and 
(C) is necessary to ensure that the total 
amount of State maintenance of effort and 
matching expenditures required under sections 
31102 and 31104 of title 49, United States Code, 
as amended by this subtitle, does not exceed a 
sum greater than the average of the total amount 
of State maintenance of effort and matching ex-
penditures required under those sections for the 
3 fiscal years prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT
METHODOLOGY.—If requested 
by a State, the Secretary may modify the mainte-
nance of effort baseline referred to in paragraph (1) 
for the State according to the following methodology: 
(A) The Secretary shall establish the main-
tenance of effort baseline for the State using the 
average baseline of fiscal years 2004 and 2005, 
as required by section 31102(b)(4) of title 49, 
United States Code, as that section was in effect
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 137
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representa-
tives concerning the urgent need for an inter-
national criminal tribunal to try members of the
Iraqi regime for crimes against humanity.
343
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
and of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Pro-
gram Participation Act of 1973, $169,950,000: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be made available for the United Nations Fund for
Science and Technology: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading that are made
available to the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA) shall be made available for activities in the
People’s Republic of China: Provided further, That not
more than $25,000,000 of the funds appropriated under
this heading may be made available to the UNFPA: Pro-
vided further, That not more than one-half of this
amount may be provided to UNFPA before March 1,
1997, and that no later than February 15, 1997, the
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations indicating the amount UNFPA is
budgeting for the People’s Republic of China in 1997:
Provided further, That any amount UNFPA plans to
spend in the People’s Republic of China in 1997 shall be
deducted from the amount of funds provided to UNFPA
after March 1, 1997, pursuant to the previous provisos:
Provided further, That with respect to any funds appro-
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 139
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United
States should fully participate in EXPO 2000 in
the year 2000, in Hannover, Germany, and
should encourage the academic community and
the private sector in the United States to support
this worthwhile undertaking.
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such private entity, such non-Federal entity, or 
such Federal entity. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The authority provided in 
paragraph (1) does not include a defensive measure 
that destroys, renders unusable or inaccessible (in 
whole or in part), or substantially harms an infor-
mation system or information stored on, processed 
by, or transiting such information system not owned 
by— 
(A) the private entity operating such de-
fensive measure; or 
(B) a non-Federal entity or a Federal enti-
ty that has provided written authorization to 
that private entity for operation of such defen-
sive measure on the information system or in-
formation of the entity in accordance with this 
subsection. 
(3) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed— 
(A) to authorize the use of a defensive 
measure other than as provided in this sub-
section; or 
(B) to limit otherwise lawful activity. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 146
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the
terrorist bombing in Jerusalem on September 4,
1997.
IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1560 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 27, 2015 
Received 
JULY 14, 2016 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To improve cybersecurity in the United States through en-
hanced sharing of information about cybersecurity 
threats, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
to enhance multi-directional sharing of information re-
lated to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and 
civil liberties protections, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Table of Contents. 
TITLE I—PROTECTING CYBER NETWORKS ACT 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures by the 
Federal Government with non-Federal entities. 
Sec. 103. Authorizations for preventing, detecting, analyzing, and mitigating 
cybersecurity threats. 
Sec. 104. Sharing of cyber threat indicators and defensive measures with ap-
propriate Federal entities other than the Department of De-
fense or the National Security Agency. 
Sec. 105. Federal Government liability for violations of privacy or civil liberties. 
Sec. 106. Protection from liability. 
Sec. 107. Oversight of Government activities. 
Sec. 108. Report on cybersecurity threats. 
Sec. 109. Construction and preemption. 
Sec. 110. Definitions. 
Sec. 111. Comptroller General report on removal of personal identifying infor-
mation. 
Sec. 112. Sunset. 
TITLE II—NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION 
ADVANCEMENT ACT 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. 
Sec. 203. Information sharing structure and processes. 
Sec. 204. Information sharing and analysis organizations. 
Sec. 205. Streamlining of Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity and 
infrastructure protection organization. 
Sec. 206. Cyber incident response plans. 
Sec. 207. Security and resiliency of public safety communications; Cybersecu-
rity awareness campaign. 
Sec. 208. Critical infrastructure protection research and development. 
Sec. 209. Report on reducing cybersecurity risks in DHS data centers. 
Sec. 210. Assessment. 
Sec. 211. Consultation. 
Sec. 212. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 213. Prohibition on new regulatory authority. 
Sec. 214. Sunset. 
Sec. 215. Prohibition on new funding. 
Sec. 216. Protection of Federal information systems. 
Sec. 217. Sunset. 
Sec. 218. Report on cybersecurity vulnerabilities of United States ports. 
Sec. 219. Report on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure. 
Sec. 220. GAO report on impact privacy and civil liberties. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 156
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing concern for the continued deterioration
of human rights in Afghanistan and emphasizing
the need for a peaceful political settlement in
that country.