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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4081 
To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Education or the 
Department of Justice from being used to provide postsecondary courses 
in prisons. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2014 
Mr. COLLINS of New York (for himself, Mr. REED, and Mr. GIBSON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force, 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 prohibit funds made available to the Department of Edu-
cation or the Department of Justice from being used 
to provide postsecondary courses in prisons. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR COLLEGE 
COURSES IN PRISONS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
made available to the Department of Education or the De-
partment of Justice shall be used to provide or assist in 
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providing a postsecondary course to an inmate in a Fed-
eral or State prison. 
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IIA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 826
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 6, 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To extend the deadline for the completion of certain land
exchanges involving the Big Thicket National Preserve
in Texas, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) under the Big Thicket National Preserve
Addition Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–46), Con-
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gress increased the size of the Big Thicket National
Preserve through authorized land exchanges;
(2) such land exchanges were not consummated
by July 1, 1995, as required by Public Law 103–46;
and
(3) failure to consummate such land exchanges
by the end of the three-year extension provided by
this Act will necessitate further intervention and di-
rection from Congress concerning such land ex-
changes.
SEC. 2. TIME PERIOD FOR LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) EXTENSION.—The last sentence of subsection (d)
of the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize
the establishment of the Big Thicket National Preserve
in the State of Texas, and for other purposes’’, approved
October 11, 1974 (16 U.S.C. 698(d)), is amended by
striking out ‘‘two years after date of enactment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘five years after the date of enactment’’.
(b) INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL.—Subsection (d) of
the first section of such Act (16 U.S.C. 698(d)) is further
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Sec-
retary, in considering the values of the private lands to
be exchanged under this subsection, shall consider inde-
pendent appraisals submitted by the owners of the private
lands.’’.
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(c) LIMITATION.—Subsection (d) of the first section
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 698(d)), as amended by subsection
(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘The authority to exchange lands under this subsection
shall expire on July 1, 1998.’’.
SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
Not later than six months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and every six months thereafter until the
earlier of the consummation of the exchange or July 1,
1998, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall each submit a report to the Committee
on Resources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate concerning the progress in consummating the land ex-
change authorized by the amendments made by Big Thick-
et National Preserve Addition Act of 1993 (Public Law
103–46).
SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE IN LIBERTY COUNTY, TEXAS.
If, within one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act—
(1) the owners of the private lands described in
subsection (b)(1) offer to transfer all their right,
title, and interest in and to such lands to the Sec-
retary of the Interior, and
waste capacity, and anticipated monthly and yearly
waste quantities to be handled.
‘‘(B) A map of the facility site that indicates
the location of the facility in relation to the local
road system and topographical and hydrological fea-
tures and any buffer zones and facility units to be
acquired by the owner or operator of the facility.
‘‘(C) A description of the existing environ-
mental conditions at the site, and any violations of
applicable laws or regulations.
‘‘(D) A description of environmental controls to
be utilized at the facility.
‘‘(E) A description of the site access controls to
be employed, and roadway improvements to be
made, by the owner or operator, and an estimate
of the timing and extent of increased local truck
traffic.
‘‘(F) A list of all required Federal, State, and
local permits.
‘‘(G) Any information that is required by State
or Federal law to be provided with respect to any
violations of environmental laws (including regula-
tions) by the owner and operator, the disposition of
enforcement proceedings taken with respect to the
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4082 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work opportunity 
tax credit and to provide such credit for hiring long-term unemployed 
individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2014 
Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee 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 extend 
the work opportunity tax credit and to provide such 
credit for hiring long-term unemployed individuals. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX 
CREDIT AND PROVISION OF CREDIT FOR HIR-
ING LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF WORK OPPORTUNITY TAX CRED-
IT.—Section 51(c)(4)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015’’. 
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(b) CREDIT ALLOWED FOR HIRING LONG-TERM UN-
EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 51(d)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (H), by striking 
the period at the end of subparagraph (I) and in-
serting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(J) a qualified long-term unemployed in-
dividual.’’. 
(2) QUALIFIED LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED INDI-
VIDUAL.—Section 51(d) of such Code is amended by 
striking paragraph (14), by redesignating para-
graphs (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (12), 
(13), and (14), respectively, and by inserting after 
paragraph (10) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) QUALIFIED
LONG-TERM
UNEMPLOYED 
INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘qualified long-term unem-
ployed individual’ means any individual who is cer-
tified by the designated local agency as— 
‘‘(A) an individual in receipt of unemploy-
ment compensation under State or Federal law 
during the entire 26-week period ending on the 
hiring date, or 
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‘‘(B) an individual unemployed for such 
period who would have received such compensa-
tion for such period but for having exhausted 
the right to such compensation.’’. 
(3) CREDIT LIMITED TO $1,000 FOR HIRING OF 
EACH LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL.—Sec-
tion 51(b)(3) of such Code is amended by inserting 
‘‘($2,500 in the case of any qualified long-term un-
employed individual)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer after December 31, 2013. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4083 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax 
regarding the taxation of distilled spirits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2014 
Mr. GIBSON 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 reduce 
the rate of tax regarding the taxation of distilled spirits. 
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 ‘‘Distillery Excise Tax 
Reform Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCED RATE OF TAX ON CERTAIN DISTILLED 
SPIRITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5001 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to imposition, rate, and at-
tachment of tax on distilled spirits) is amended by redesig-
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nating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting 
after subsection (b) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) REDUCED RATE.—In the case of a distilled spir-
its producer, the otherwise applicable tax rate under sub-
section (a)(1) on the first 100,000 of proof gallons of dis-
tilled spirits produced by such producer during the cal-
endar year in the United States shall be $2.70 per proof 
gallon.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7652(f)(2) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 5001(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 5001(a)(1) 
and 5001(c)(1)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to distilled spirits produced in cal-
endar years beginning after December 31, 2014. 
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(2) Liberty County, Texas, agrees to accept the
transfer of the Federal lands described in subsection
(b)(2),
the Secretary shall accept such offer of private lands and,
in exchange and without additional consideration, transfer
to Liberty County, Texas, all right, title, and interest of
the United States in and to the Federal lands described
in subsection (b)(2).
(b) LANDS DESCRIBED.—
(1) PRIVATE
LANDS.—The private lands de-
scribed in this paragraph are approximately 3.76
acres of lands located in Liberty County, Texas, as
generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Big Thicket
Lake Estates Access—Proposed’’.
(2) FEDERAL LANDS.—The Federal lands de-
scribed in this paragraph are approximately 2.38
acres of lands located in Menard Creek Corridor
Unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve, as gen-
erally depicted on the map referred to in paragraph
(1).
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF LANDS ACQUIRED BY THE
UNITED STATES.—The lands acquired by the Secretary
under this section shall be added to and administered as
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part of the Menard Creek Corridor Unit of the Big Thick-
et National Preserve.
Passed the House of Representatives December 5,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
By LINDA NAVE,
Deputy Clerk.
‘‘(H) Coordinating funds received under 
this program with other Federal and State 
funds to implement high-quality programs. 
‘‘(I) Providing a list of prescreened exter-
nal organizations to eligible entities under sec-
tion 4203(a)(12).’’. 
SEC. 4. STATE APPLICATION. 
Section 4203 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7173) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(3) contains an assurance that the State edu-
cational agency— 
‘‘(A) will make awards under this part only 
to eligible entities that propose to serve stu-
dents who primarily attend schools eligible for 
schoolwide programs under section 1114, and 
families of such students; and 
‘‘(B) will give priority to eligible entities 
that propose to serve students described in sec-
tion 4204(i)(1);’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘meet 
local content and student academic achievement 
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‘‘(b) In carrying out the Program established under 
subsection (a), the Director shall give priority to— 
‘‘(1) volunteers with experience in health, nutri-
tion, and gardening; 
‘‘(2) projects located in varied geographic re-
gions; and 
‘‘(3) selecting a balance of urban and rural 
projects.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 501(a) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5081(a)) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
(4); and 
(2) inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) COMMUNITY GARDEN PILOT PROGRAM.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
section 110 of part A of title I $4,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2014 and such sums shall remain available 
until expended.’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4950) is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 109 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 110. Community Garden Pilot Program.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
Not later than 90 days after the completion of the 
Community Garden Pilot Program established under sec-
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tion 110(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4951(a)), the Assistant Director appointed 
pursuant to section 194(d)(1)(A) of the National and 
Community 
Service 
Act 
of 
1990 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12651e(d)(1)(A)), shall submit to Congress a report con-
taining— 
(1) a description of the projects and volunteer 
placements under the Program; 
(2) results and analysis of completed projects 
under the Program; and 
(3) any recommendations for continuation of 
the Program. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2438
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of lands to certain
individuals in Gunnison County, Colorado, and
for other purposes.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2438
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of lands to certain individuals
in Gunnison County, Colorado, 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. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AND LAND CONVEY-
ANCE, RAGGEDS WILDERNESS, WHITE RIVER
NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Certain landowners in Gunnison County,
Colorado, who own real property adjacent to the por-
tion of the Raggeds Wilderness in the White River
National Forest, Colorado, have occupied or im-
proved their property in good faith and in reliance
on erroneous surveys of their properties that the
landowners reasonably believed were accurate.
(2) In 1993, a Forest Service resurvey of the
Raggeds Wilderness established accurate boundaries
between the wilderness area and adjacent private
lands.
(3) The resurvey indicated that a small portion
of the Raggeds Wilderness is occupied by adjacent
landowners on the basis of the earlier erroneous land
surveys.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to
remove from the boundaries of the Raggeds Wilderness
certain real property so as to permit the Secretary of Agri-
culture to use the authority of Public Law 97–465 (com-
monly known as the Small Tracts Act; 16 U.S.C. 521c–
521i) to convey the property to the landowners who occu-
pied the property on the basis of erroneous land surveys.
(c) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the
Raggeds Wilderness, Gunnison and White River National
Forests, Colorado, as designated by section 102(a)(16) of
Public Law 96–560 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note), is hereby
modified to exclude from the area encompassed by the wil-
derness a parcel of real property approximately 0.86-acres
in size situated in the SW1⁄4 of the NE1⁄4 of Section 28,
Township 11 South, Range 88 West of the 6th Principal
Meridian, as depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Encroachment-
Raggeds Wilderness’’, dated November 17, 1993. Such
map shall be on file and available for inspection in the
appropriate offices of the United States Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture.
(d) CONVEYANCE OF LAND REMOVED FROM WIL-
DERNESS AREA.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use
the authority provided by Public Law 97–465 (commonly
known as the Small Tracts Act; 16 U.S.C. 521c–521i) to
convey all right, title, and interest of the United States
in and to the real property excluded from the boundaries
of the Raggeds Wilderness under subsection (c) to those
owners of real property in Gunnison County, Colorado,
whose real property adjoins the excluded lands and who
have occupied the excluded lands in good faith reliance
on an erroneous survey.
Passed the House of Representatives September 4,
1996.
Attest:
Clerk.
IIA
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2438
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 5, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To provide for the conveyance of lands to certain individuals
in Gunnison County, Colorado, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
from any and all claims resulting from hazardous material
on the conveyed land.
SEC. 5. WILDERNESS MODIFICATION.
The Congress hereby determines and directs that the
boundary of the Raggeds Wilderness, Colorado, as des-
ignated by Public Law 96–560, is hereby modified to ex-
clude from the wilderness a parcel of land approximately
1-acre in size situated in the SW1⁄4 of the NE1⁄4 of Section
28, Township 11 South, Range 88 West of the 6th Prin-
cipal Meridian described as follows:
Beginning at the Northeast One-Sixteenth sec-
tion corner of said Section 28 monumented with an
aluminum cap on pipe, thence N. 89° 59′ W. along
the latitudinal center line of the Northeast Quarter
of Section 28 a distance of 75 feet; thence S. 0° 46′
E. a distance of 500 feet more or less to a point on
the extension of the south line of Lot 1, Crystal
Meadows Subdivision; thence S. 89° 59′ E. 75 feet
to the intersection of the longitudinal centerline of
the Northeast 1⁄4 of Section 28 with the south line
of said Lot 1 of the subdivision; thence N. 0° 46′
W. 500 feet more or less to the Northeast One-Six-
teenth section corner of Section 28, being the point
of beginning, containing 0.86 acres, more or less.
The Secretary may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in such legal description.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.
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(ii) the Secretary approves the appli-
cation of the Indian tribe. 
(2) NOTICE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide a written notice to each Indian tribe ap-
proved to participate in the Project. 
(B) CONTENTS.—A notice under subpara-
graph (A) shall include— 
(i) a statement that the application of 
the Indian tribe has been approved by the 
Secretary; and 
(ii) a requirement that the Indian 
tribe shall submit to the Secretary a pro-
posed Indian trust asset management plan 
in accordance with section 104. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate 
in the Project, an Indian tribe shall submit to the 
Secretary a written application in accordance with 
paragraph (2). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall take 
into consideration an application under this sub-
section only if the application— 
(A) includes a copy of a resolution or other 
appropriate action by the governing body of the 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1867 
To encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for 
commercial buildings. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2015 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself and Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy 
information for commercial buildings. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ENERGY INFORMATION FOR COMMERCIAL 
BUILDINGS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT OF BENCHMARKING AND DISCLO-
SURE FOR LEASING BUILDINGS WITHOUT ENERGY STAR 
LABELS.—Section 435(b)(2) of the Energy Independence 
and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17091(b)(2)) is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘signing the contract,’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end and in-
serting the following: ‘‘signing the contract, the fol-
lowing requirements are met: 
‘‘(A) The space is renovated for all energy 
efficiency and conservation improvements that 
would be cost effective over the life of the lease, 
including improvements in lighting, windows, 
and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 
systems. 
‘‘(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), the space is 
benchmarked under a nationally recognized, on-
line, free benchmarking program, with public 
disclosure, unless the space is a space for which 
owners cannot access whole building utility con-
sumption data, including spaces— 
‘‘(I) that are located in States with 
privacy laws that provide that utilities shall 
not provide such aggregated information to 
multitenant building owners; and 
‘‘(II) for which tenants do not provide 
energy consumption information to the 
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