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SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF DIRECT TRANSFERS BETWEEN 
CUBAN AND UNITED STATES FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS UNDER THE TRADE SANCTIONS 
REFORM AND EXPORT ENHANCEMENT ACT 
OF 2000. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
President may not restrict direct transfers from a Cuban 
financial institution to a United States financial institu-
tion executed in payment for a product authorized for sale 
under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhance-
ment Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 
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nity agreement or permit and, in the case
of a permit, notifies the affected local gov-
ernment of the permit, as soon as prac-
ticable but not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this section.
‘‘(ii) Information establishing that
during 1993, the landfill or incinerator re-
ceived shipments of out-of-State municipal
solid waste. Such information shall be in
such documented form as will result in
criminal penalties under State law in case
of false or misleading information. Such
information 
shall 
include 
information
about the date of shipment, place of origin
of the waste, and the type of waste.
‘‘(B) In the case of a landfill or incinerator
in operation on the date of the enactment of
this section, the landfill or incinerator must be
in compliance as of such date with applicable
Federal and State environmental laws (includ-
ing regulations), including, in the case of land-
fills, applicable laws and regulations relating to
design and location standards, leachate collec-
tion, ground water monitoring, and financial as-
ping Act, 1916, and section 12102(a), a vessel meeting
the criteria of subsection (d) or (e) is deemed to be owned
exclusively by citizens of the United States.’’.
SEC. 1012. REPEAL OF GREAT LAKES ENDORSEMENTS.
(a) REPEAL.—Section 12107 of title 46, United
States Code, is repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The analysis at the beginning of chapter
121 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by
striking the item relating to section 12107.
(2) Section 12101(b)(3) of title 46, United
States Code, is repealed.
(3) Section 4370(a) of the Revised Statutes of
the United States (46 App. U.S.C. 316(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or 12107’’.
(4) Section 2793 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (46 App. U.S.C. 111, 123; 19 U.S.C.
288) is amended by striking ‘‘coastwise, Great
Lakes’’ and inserting ‘‘registry’’.
(5) Section 441(6) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1441) is amended by striking ‘‘with a
Great Lakes endorsement when towing vessels’’ and
inserting ‘‘when towing vessels on the Great Lakes
or their tributary or connecting waters’’.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 836 
To rescind the unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief 
Program and to terminate the program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2011 
Mr. HENSARLING (for himself, Mr. BACHUS, and Mrs. BIGGERT) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To rescind the unobligated funding for the Emergency 
Mortgage Relief Program and to terminate the program. 
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 ‘‘Emergency Mortgage 
Relief Program Termination Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF FUNDING FOR EMERGENCY MORT-
GAGE RELIEF PROGRAM. 
Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
there are rescinded and permanently canceled all unobli-
gated balances remaining available as of such date of en-
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actment of the amounts made available by section 1496(a) 
of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act (Public Law 111–203; 124 Stat. 2207; 12 
U.S.C. 2706 note). 
SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY MORTGAGE RELIEF 
PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Title I of the Emergency Housing Act 
of 1975 (12 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), as amended by section 
1496(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Con-
sumer Protection Act, is hereby repealed. 
(b) TREATMENT OF REMAINING FUNDS.—Notwith-
standing the repeal under subsection (a) of this section, 
any amounts made available under the provision specified 
in section 2 of this Act and obligated before the date of 
the enactment of this Act shall continue to be governed 
by the provisions of law specified in subsection (a) of this 
section, as in effect immediately before such repeal. 
(c) TERMINATION.—Upon the completion of outlays 
to liquidate all amounts referred to in subsection (b) of 
this section and the completion of all activities with re-
spect to such amounts under the provisions of law speci-
fied in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall terminate the 
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Emergency Mortgage Relief Program authorized under 
the provisions specified in subsection (a). 
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102
‘‘(2) Except with respect to use on a public vessel,
the Secretary may treat an approval of equipment or ma-
terials by a foreign government as approval by the Sec-
retary for purposes of paragraph (1) if the Secretary de-
termines that—
‘‘(A) the design standards and testing proce-
dures used by that government meet the require-
ments of the International Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea, 1974;
‘‘(B) the approval of the equipment or material
by the foreign government will secure the safety of
individuals and property on board vessels subject to
inspection; and
‘‘(C) for lifesaving equipment, the foreign gov-
ernment—
‘‘(i) has given equivalent treatment to ap-
provals of lifesaving equipment by the Sec-
retary; and
‘‘(ii) otherwise ensures that lifesaving
equipment approved by the Secretary may be
used on vessels that are documented and sub-
ject to inspection under the laws of that coun-
try.’’.
(b) FOREIGN APPROVALS.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation, in consultation with other interested Federal
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5148 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to exempt certain higher-risk mortgages 
from property appraisal requirements and to exempt individuals from 
penalties for failure to report certain appraisers, and to amend the 
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 
to exempt certain higher-risk mortgages from property appraisal require-
ments, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2014 
Mr. LUETKEMEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to exempt certain high-
er-risk mortgages from property appraisal requirements 
and to exempt individuals from penalties for failure to 
report certain appraisers, and to amend the Financial 
Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 
1989 to exempt certain higher-risk mortgages from prop-
erty appraisal requirements, 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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(1) The current and future health care needs of 
veterans residing in the Far South Texas area are 
not being fully met by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
(2) The Department of Veterans Affairs esti-
mates that more than 117,000 veterans reside in 
Far South Texas. 
(3) In its Capital Asset Realignment for En-
hanced Services study, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs found that fewer than 3 percent of its enroll-
ees in the Valley-Coastal Bend Market of Veterans 
Integrated Service Network 17 reside within its 
acute hospital access standards. 
(4) Travel times for veterans from the market 
referred to in paragraph (3) can exceed 6 hours 
from their residences to the nearest Department of 
Veterans Affairs hospital for acute inpatient health 
care. 
(5) Even with the significant travel times, vet-
erans from Far South Texas demonstrate a high de-
mand for health care services from the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
(6) Current deployments involving members of 
the Texas National Guard and other members of the 
reserve components of the Armed Forces who reside 
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in Texas will continue to increase demand for med-
ical services provided by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. 
SEC. 3. INPATIENT HEALTH CARE AT THE SOUTH TEXAS 
VETERANS AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure that the South Texas Veterans Affairs Health 
Care Center in Harlingen, Texas, includes a full-service 
Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient health care fa-
cility and, if necessary, shall modify the existing facility 
to meet this requirement. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report outlining the specific actions the Sec-
retary plans to take to satisfy the requirements in sub-
section (a), including a detailed estimate of the cost of 
such actions, if any, and the time necessary for completion 
of any modification required by such subsection. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 838 
To prohibit treatment of gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan 
as endangered species, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2011 
Mr. KLINE (for himself, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. CRAVAACK, 
Mr. PETRI, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, and Mrs. MILLER of Michigan) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To prohibit treatment of gray wolves in Minnesota, Wis-
consin, and Michigan as endangered species, 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 ‘‘Western Great Lakes 
Wolf Management Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. 
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(2) WOLF.—The term ‘‘wolf’’ means any spe-
cies, subspecies, or population segment of Canis 
lupus. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON TREATMENT OF WOLVES IN MIN-
NESOTA, WISCONSIN, AND MICHIGAN UNDER 
THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973. 
Any wolf in Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Michigan shall 
not be treated under any status of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), including as an 
endangered species, a threatened species, an essential ex-
perimental population, or a nonessential experimental pop-
ulation. 
SEC. 4. STATE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY. 
(a) STATE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.—Each State 
shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the management of 
wolves within the borders of that State. 
(b) PROTECTION BY STATES.—Nothing in this Act 
shall preclude any State from providing protections to 
wolves equivalent to those protections provided by the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
(c) REIMBURSEMENT BY STATES.—Nothing in this 
Act shall preclude any State from reimbursing the owner 
of livestock for any loss of livestock that results from dep-
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4780
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make section 313 (relat-
ing to extraneous matter in reconciliation legislation and popularly known
as the Byrd rule) applicable to the Senate only.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 1994
Mr. SABO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Rules
A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make
section 313 (relating to extraneous matter in reconcili-
ation legislation and popularly known as the Byrd rule)
applicable to the Senate only.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That (a) section 313 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 is amended—
(1) in the first subsection (c), by striking ‘‘and
again upon the submission of a conference report on
such a reconciliation bill or resolution,’’;
(2) by striking the second subsection (c) (relat-
ing to conference reports); and
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘, motion, or
conference report’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘or motion’’.
(b) The first sentence of section 312 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘, ex-
cept for section 313,’’ after ‘‘Act’’.
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and the laws (including treaties, statutes, exec-
utive orders, and regulations) of the foreign
state, or the regional economic integration orga-
nization, represented by the foreign antitrust
authority, that protect the confidentiality of
antitrust evidence that may be provided under
such agreement or such memorandum. Such ci-
tations and such descriptions shall include the
enforcement mechanisms and penalties applica-
ble under such laws.
(D) Terms and conditions that specifically
prohibit using antitrust evidence received under
such agreement or such memorandum, for any
purpose other than the administration or en-
forcement of the foreign antitrust laws involved.
(E) An assurance that antitrust evidence
received under section 2, 3, or 4 from the At-
torney General or the Commission, and all cop-
ies of such evidence, in the possession or control
of the foreign antitrust authority will be re-
turned to the Attorney General or the Commis-
sion, respectively, at the conclusion of the for-
eign investigation or proceeding with respect to
which such evidence was so received.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE TO A FOREIGN ANTITRUST AUTHOR-
ITY OF ANTITRUST EVIDENCE.
In accordance with an antitrust mutual assistance
agreement in effect under this Act, subject to section 8,
and except as provided in section 5, the Attorney General
of the United States and the Federal Trade Commission
may provide to a foreign antitrust authority with respect
to which such agreement is in effect under this Act, anti-
trust evidence to assist the foreign antitrust authority—
(1) in determining whether a person has vio-
lated or is about to violate any of the foreign anti-
trust laws administered or enforced by the foreign
antitrust authority, or
(2) in enforcing any of such foreign antitrust
laws.
SEC. 3. INVESTIGATIONS TO ASSIST A FOREIGN ANTITRUST
AUTHORITY IN OBTAINING ANTITRUST EVI-
DENCE.
(a) REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE.—A
request by a foreign antitrust authority for investigative
assistance under this section shall be made to the Attorney
General, who may deny the request in whole or in part.
No further action shall be taken under this section with
respect to any part of a request that has been denied by
the Attorney General.
(ii) with respect to a specified disclo-
sure or use requested by a foreign anti-
trust authority and essential to a signifi-
cant law enforcement objective, in accord-
ance with the prior written consent that
the Attorney General or the Commission,
as the case may be, gives after—
(I) determining that such anti-
trust evidence is not otherwise readily
available with respect to such objec-
tive,
(II) making the determinations
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of
section 8(a), with respect to such dis-
closure or use, and
(III) making the determinations
applicable to a foreign antitrust au-
thority under section 8(a)(1) (other
than the determination regarding the
assurance described in subparagraph
(A) of this paragraph), with respect to
each additional governmental entity, if
any, to be provided such antitrust evi-
dence in the course of such disclosure
or use, after having received adequate
written assurances applicable to each
such governmental entity.
(F) An assurance that antitrust evidence
received under section 2, 3, or 4 from the At-
torney General or the Commission, and all cop-
ies of such evidence, in the possession or control
of the foreign antitrust authority will be re-
turned to the Attorney General or the Commis-
sion, respectively, at the conclusion of the for-
eign investigation or proceeding with respect to
which such evidence was so received.
(G) Terms and conditions that specifically
provide that such agreement or such memoran-
dum will be terminated if—
(i) the confidentiality required under
such agreement or such memorandum is
violated with respect to antitrust evidence,
and
(ii) adequate action is not taken both
to minimize any harm resulting from the
violation and to ensure that the confiden-
tiality required under such agreement or
such memorandum is not violated again.
(H) Terms and conditions that specifically
provide that if the confidentiality required
under such agreement or such memorandum is
violated with respect to antitrust evidence, no-
tice of the violation will be given—
(i) by the foreign antitrust authority
promptly to the Attorney General or the
Commission with respect to antitrust evi-
dence provided by the Attorney General or
the Commission, respectively, and
(ii) by the Attorney General or the
Commission to the person (if any) that
provided such evidence to the Attorney
General or the Commission.
(3) The term ‘‘Attorney General’’ means the
Attorney General of the United States.
(4) The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal
Trade Commission.
(5) The term ‘‘Federal antitrust laws’’ has the
meaning given the term ‘‘antitrust laws’’ in sub-
section (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15
U.S.C. 12(a)) but also includes section 5 of the Fed-
eral Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the
extent that such section 5 applies to unfair methods
of competition.
(6) The term ‘‘foreign antitrust authority’’
means a governmental entity of a foreign state or of
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 839 
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to terminate 
the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new assistance 
under the Home Affordable Modification Program, while preserving as-
sistance to homeowners who were already extended an offer to participate 
in the Program, either on a trial or permanent basis. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2011 
Mr. MCHENRY (for himself, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. HENSARLING, Mrs. BIGGERT, 
Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GRIMM, and Mrs. CAPITO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 
2008 to terminate the authority of the Secretary of the 
Treasury to provide new assistance under the Home Af-
fordable Modification Program, while preserving assist-
ance to homeowners who were already extended an offer 
to participate in the Program, either on a trial or perma-
nent basis. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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a regional economic integration organization that is
vested by such state or such organization with au-
thority to enforce the foreign antitrust laws of such
state or such organization.
(7) The term ‘‘foreign antitrust laws’’ means
the laws of a foreign state, or of a regional economic
integration organization, that are substantially simi-
lar to any of the Federal antitrust laws and that
prohibit conduct similar to conduct prohibited under
the Federal antitrust laws.
(8) The term ‘‘person’’ has the meaning given
such term in subsection (a) of the first section of the
Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)).
(9) The term ‘‘regional economic integration or-
ganization’’ means an organization that is con-
stituted by, and composed of, foreign states, and on
which such foreign states have conferred sovereign
authority to make decisions that are binding on such
foreign states, and that are directly applicable to
and binding on persons within such foreign states,
including the decisions with respect to—
(A) administering or enforcing the foreign
antitrust laws of such organization, and
(B) prohibiting and regulating disclosure
of information that is obtained by such organi-
zation in the course of administering or enforc-
ing such laws.
SEC. 13. AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT.
The Attorney General and the Commission are au-
thorized to receive from a foreign antitrust authority, or
from the foreign state or regional economic integration or-
ganization represented by such foreign antitrust authority,
reimbursement for the costs incurred by the Attorney Gen-
eral or the Commission, respectively, in conducting an in-
vestigation under section 3 requested by such foreign anti-
trust authority, applying for an order under section 4 to
assist such foreign antitrust authority, or providing anti-
trust evidence to such foreign antitrust authority under
an antitrust mutual assistance agreement in effect under
this Act with respect to such foreign antitrust authority.
Passed the House of Representatives October 3,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4781
AN ACT
To facilitate obtaining foreign-located antitrust evi-
dence by authorizing the Attorney General of the
United States and the Federal Trade Commis-
sion to provide, in accordance with antitrust mu-
tual assistance agreements, antitrust evidence to
foreign antitrust authorities on a reciprocal basis;
and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The HAMP Termi-
nation Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
Section 120 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization 
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5230) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION
OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE 
NEW ASSISTANCE UNDER
THE HOME AFFORDABLE 
MODIFICATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection the Secretary may not provide any 
assistance under the Home Affordable Modification 
Program under the Making Home Affordable initia-
tive of the Secretary, authorized under this Act, on 
behalf of any homeowner. 
‘‘(2) PROTECTION OF EXISTING OBLIGATIONS 
ON BEHALF OF HOMEOWNERS ALREADY EXTENDED 
AN
OFFER
TO
PARTICIPATE
IN
THE
PROGRAM.— 
Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to assist-
ance provided on behalf of a homeowner who, before 
the date of the enactment of this subsection, was ex-
tended an offer to participate in the Home Afford-
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able Modification Program on a trial or permanent 
basis.’’. 
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