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Union Calendar No. 381 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1206 
[Report No. 114–499] 
To prohibit the hiring of additional Internal Revenue Service employees until 
the Secretary of the Treasury certifies that no employee of the Internal 
Revenue Service has a seriously delinquent tax debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2015 
Mr. ROUZER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
APRIL 18, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BABIN, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. WALK-
ER, Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. OLSON, Mr. 
POSEY, Mr. YOHO, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. 
POLIQUIN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. NEWHOUSE, 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. POE of 
Texas, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
BISHOP of Michigan, and Mr. CHAFFETZ 
APRIL 18, 2016 
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 March 2, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To prohibit the hiring of additional Internal Revenue Service 
employees until the Secretary of the Treasury certifies 
that no employee of the Internal Revenue Service has 
a seriously delinquent tax debt. 
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(3) outlines the remedial actions that would be 
required for the Secretary to be in a position to so 
certify; and 
(4) provides an indication of the time that would 
be required for those actions to be completed. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to of-
fers of employment extended after December 31, 2016. 
SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 
requirements of this Act. Such requirements shall be carried 
out using amounts otherwise authorized. 
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Union Calendar No. 381 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1206 
[Report No. 114–499] 
A BILL 
To prohibit the hiring of additional Internal Rev-
enue Service employees until the Secretary of the 
Treasury certifies that no employee of the Inter-
nal Revenue Service has a seriously delinquent 
tax debt. 
APRIL 18, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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V
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 413
To authorize issuance of a certificate of documentation with appropriate
endorsement for the vessel SMALLEY 6808 Amphibious Dredge.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. GOSS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize issuance of a certificate of documentation with
appropriate endorsement for the vessel SMALLEY 6808
Amphibious Dredge.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 27 of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act
of June 19, 1886 (46 App. U.S.C. 289), and sections
12106, 12107, and 12108 of title 46, United States Code,
as applicable on the date of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation may issue a certificate of documentation
with appropriate endorsement for the vessel SMALLEY
6808 Amphibious Dredge, Florida, FL1855FF.
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deemed to be a reference to an area or population 
group described in paragraph (5). 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘maternity care health profes-
sional shortage area’ means— 
‘‘(i) an area in an urban or rural area 
(which need not conform to the geographic 
boundaries of a political subdivision and which 
is a rational area for the delivery of health serv-
ices) which the Secretary determines has a 
shortage of providers of full scope maternity 
care health services; 
‘‘(ii) an area in an urban or rural area 
(which need not conform to the geographic 
boundaries of a political subdivision and which 
is a rational area for the delivery of health serv-
ices) which the Secretary determines has a 
shortage of hospital or birth center labor and 
delivery units; or 
‘‘(iii) a population group which the Sec-
retary determines has such a shortage of mater-
nal providers or facilities. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘full scope maternity care health 
services’ includes during labor care, birthing, pre-
natal care, and postpartum care. 
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(C) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On com-
pletion of the report, the Secretary shall submit 
the report to— 
(i) the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate; and 
(ii) the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives. 
(j) EFFECT
OF DESIGNATION.—Nothing in this 
Act— 
(1) precludes the local coordinating entity from 
using Federal funds made available under other laws 
for the purposes for which those funds were author-
ized; or 
(2) affects any water rights or contracts. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000, of which not 
more than $1,000,000 may be made available for any fis-
cal year. 
(b) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—The Federal 
share of the total cost of any activity under this Act shall 
be determined by the Secretary, but shall be not more than 
50 percent. 
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(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 
of the total cost of any activity under this Act may be 
in the form of in-kind contributions of goods or services. 
SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If a proposed Heritage Area man-
agement plan has not been submitted to the Secretary by 
the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Heritage Area designation shall be rescinded. 
(b) FUNDING AUTHORITY.—The authority of the 
Secretary to provide assistance under this Act terminates 
on the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
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(9) STATE GRANT FORMULAS.—For all State
grant programs subject to direct spending caps—
(A) the total amount of funds available for
all states shall be reduced by the amount re-
quired to be sequestered; and
(B) if in the absence of caps states would
receive increased funding in the budget year
compared to the immediately preceding fiscal
year, sequestration shall first be applied to the
estimated increases before reductions are made
compared to actual payments to states in the
previous year—
(i) the reductions shall be applied first
to the total estimated increases for all
states; then
(ii) the uniform reduction shall be
made from each state’s grant; and
(iii) the uniform reduction shall apply
to the base funding levels available to
states in the immediately preceding fiscal
year only to the extent necessary to elimi-
nate any remaining excess over the appli-
cable direct spending cap.
(10) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CERTAIN
PRO-
GRAMS.—Except matters exempted under sec-
section 3(a), the Secretary shall permanently bar such
purchaser—
(1) from doing business with the Department of
Housing and Urban Development;
(2) from participating in any program of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development;
and
(3) from receiving any assistance from the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development.
Any penalty imposed under this section shall be in addi-
tion to any other penalties authorized under law that may
be imposed.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions
shall apply:
(1) OWNER-OCCUPANT PURCHASER.—The term
‘‘owner-occupant purchaser’’ means a purchaser of a
qualified property who, in purchasing the property
(including any bidding procedure), indicates to the
Secretary an intent to use the property as his or her
principal residence.
(2) QUALIFIED PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘quali-
fied property’’ means any 1- to 4-family property ac-
quired by the Secretary pursuant to—
(A) foreclosure of a mortgage insured
under title II the National Housing Act;
(B) foreclosure of a rehabilitation loan
under section 312 of the Housing Act of 1964
(as in effect before October 1, 1991);
(C) foreclosure of a purchase money or as-
signed mortgage that is held by the Secretary;
(D) assignment by the Secretary of De-
fense, pursuant to acquisition of the property
under section 1013 of the Demonstration Cities
and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966; or
(E) foreclosure of a home improvement
loan insured under title I of the National Hous-
ing Act.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
except when specifically provided otherwise.
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in the appropriate State court, then the start of the one
hundred and eighty day limitation period under section
2258 shall be deferred until a transcript is made available
to the prisoner or his counsel.
‘‘SEC. 2262. LIMITATION PERIODS FOR DETERMINING PETI-
TIONS.
‘‘(a)(1) A Federal district court shall determine such
a petition or motion within 60 days of any argument heard
on an evidentiary hearing, or where no evidentiary hearing
is held, within 60 days of any final argument heard in
the case.
‘‘(2)(A) The court of appeals shall hear and deter-
mine any appeal relating to such a petition or motion with-
in 90 days after the filing of any reply brief or within
90 days after such reply brief would be due. For purposes
of this provision, any reply brief shall be due within 14
days of the opposition brief.
‘‘(B) The court of appeals shall decide any petition
for rehearing and or request by an appropriate judge for
rehearing en banc within 20 days of the filing of such a
petition or request unless a responsive pleading is required
in which case the court of appeals shall decide the applica-
tion within 20 days of the filing of the responsive pleading.
If en banc consideration is granted, that en banc court
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Access to 
Maternity Care Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MATERNITY CARE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TARGET 
AREAS. 
Section 332 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254e) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(k)(1) The Secretary, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion, shall identify, based on the data collected under para-
graph (3), maternity care health professional target areas 
that satisfy the criteria described in paragraph (2) for 
purposes of, in connection with receipt of assistance under 
this title, assigning to such identified areas maternity care 
health professionals who, without application of this sub-
section, would otherwise be eligible for such assistance. 
The Secretary shall distribute maternity care health pro-
fessionals within health professional shortage areas using 
the maternity care health professional target areas so 
identified. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall establish criteria for maternity care health profes-
sional target areas that identify geographic areas within 
health professional shortage areas that have a shortage 
of maternity care health professionals.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall collect and publish in the Federal Register data com-
paring the availability and need of maternity care health 
services in health professional shortage areas and in areas 
within such health professional shortage areas. 
‘‘(4) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall seek input from relevant provider organizations, in-
cluding medical societies, organizations representing med-
ical facilities, and other organizations with expertise in 
maternity care. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘full 
scope maternity care health services’ includes during labor 
care, birthing, prenatal care, and postpartum care. 
‘‘(6) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
as— 
‘‘(A) requiring the identification of a maternity 
care health professional target area in an area not 
otherwise already designated as a health professional 
shortage area; or 
‘‘(B) affecting the types of health professionals, 
without application of this subsection, otherwise eli-
gible for assistance, including a loan repayment or
scholarship, pursuant to the application of this sec-
tion.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1209 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to dis-
tribute maternity care health professionals to 
health professional shortage areas identified as in 
need of maternity care health services.
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (15) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(16) where such expenses are for any item, or
service, furnished for the purpose of causing, or the
purpose of assisting in causing, the death of any in-
dividual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or
mercy killing.’’.
(b) TREATMENT OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES.—Section
1866(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(f)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
create any requirement with respect to a portion of an ad-
vance directive that directs the purposeful causing, or the
purposeful assisting in causing, of the death of any indi-
vidual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy
killing.
‘‘(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
require any provider of services or prepaid or eligible orga-
nization, or any employee of such a provider or organiza-
tion, to inform or counsel any individual regarding any
right to obtain an item, or service, furnished for the pur-
pose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing,
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 120 
To repeal the War Powers Resolution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. GARRETT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 
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 repeal the War Powers Resolution. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF WAR POWERS RESOLUTION. 
The War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93–148; 50 
U.S.C. 1541 et seq.) is repealed. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4143
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive the English language
and civics requirements for naturalization for persons who are over
65 and have resided legally in the United States for at least 20 years.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 24, 1996
Mr. BLUTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive
the English language and civics requirements for natu-
ralization for persons who are over 65 and have resided
legally in the United States for at least 20 years.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WAIVER OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND CIVICS
REQUIREMENTS.
Section 312(b)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1423(b)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) The requirements of subsection (a) shall
not apply to any person who, on the date of the fil-
ing of the person’s application for naturalization as
provided in section 334 is over sixty-five years of age
and has been living in the United States for periods
totaling at least twenty years subsequent to a lawful
admission for permanent residence.’’.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1212 
To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from reclassifying 
broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and 
from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2015 
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. OLSON, 
Mr. LATTA, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, 
Mr. CRAMER, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. LANCE, Mr. BARTON, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HARPER, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. COLLINS of New York, and Mr. BURGESS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from 
reclassifying broadband Internet access service as a tele-
communications service and from imposing certain regu-
lations on providers of such service. 
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 ‘‘Internet Freedom 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF FCC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The rule adopted by the Federal 
Communications Commission in GN Docket No. 14–28 on 
February 26, 2015 (relating to broadband Internet access 
service) shall have no force or effect, and the Commission 
may not reissue such rule in substantially the same form, 
or issue a new rule that is substantially the same as such 
rule, unless the reissued or new rule is specifically author-
ized by a law enacted after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—This section does not apply to any 
rule that the Federal Communications Commission deter-
mines necessary— 
(1) to prevent damage to the national security 
of the United States; 
(2) to ensure the public safety; or 
(3) to assist or facilitate any actions taken by 
a Federal or State law enforcement agency. 
(c) RULE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘rule’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 804 of title 
5, United States Code. 
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‘‘(2) DEPRECIATION
ALLOWANCES.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), depreciation allowances
under section 167 shall be treated as expenses.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED DAY CARE CENTER.—For purposes
of this section, the term ‘qualified day care center’ means
any day care center—
‘‘(1) which is operated by the taxpayer exclu-
sively for purposes of providing dependent care serv-
ices to employees,
‘‘(2) which is located on the business premises
of the taxpayer or on a site adjacent to such prem-
ises,
‘‘(3) which complies with all applicable laws and
regulations of a State or unit of local government,
and
‘‘(4) the operation of which is part of a depend-
ent care assistance program (as defined in section
129(d)).’’
(b) CREDIT MADE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS
CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code is
amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (10),
by striking the period at the end of paragraph (11) and
inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by adding at the end thereof the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(C) the plan or issuer shall develop proce-
dures for periodically reviewing and modifying
the utilization review of the plan or relating to
the coverage under which providers may partici-
pate in the plan or coverage in the development
and review of utilization review policies and
procedures;
‘‘(D) utilization review—
‘‘(i) shall be conducted in accordance
with uniformly applied standards that are
based on the most currently available med-
ical evidence,
‘‘(ii) shall develop and apply recorded
(written or otherwise) utilization review de-
cision protocols based on sound medical
evidence;
‘‘(E) the clinical review criteria used under
the utilization review decision protocols to as-
sess the appropriateness of medical services
shall be clearly documented and available to
participating health professionals upon request
and shall include a mechanism for assessing the
consistency of the application of the criteria
used under the protocols across reviewers, and
(c) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary
may issue coins minted under this Act beginning April 15,
1997.
(d) TERMINATION
OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No
coins may be minted under this Act after December 15,
1998.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum
of—
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharge provided in subsection (d)
with respect to such coins; and
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery,
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable
discount.
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act
before the issuance of such coins.
H. R. 1213—2 
(1) MEDIATIONS.—Section 416(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
1416(b)) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
inserting the following: ‘‘, and the Executive Director shall 
notify each person participating in the mediation of the con-
fidentiality requirement and of the sanctions applicable to any 
person who violates the confidentiality requirement.’’. 
(2) HEARINGS AND DELIBERATIONS.—Section 416(c) of such 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1416(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘The Executive Director shall notify each person 
participating in a proceeding or deliberation to which this sub-
section applies of the requirements of this subsection and of 
the sanctions applicable to any person who violates the require-
ments of this subsection.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to mediations and other proceedings which 
are first initiated after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL TERM FOR MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
OF OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE. 
Notwithstanding section 301(e)(1) of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(e)(1)), any individual serving 
as a member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance 
as of February 28, 2015, may be appointed to serve for one addi-
tional term of 2 years. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.