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(c) SECTION 12.—Section 12 of the Real Estate Settle-
ment Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2610) is amended
by striking ‘‘section 6(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 6(n)’’.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to re-
quire notice of cancellation rights with respect to private
mortgage insurance which is required as a condition of
entering into certain federally related mortgage loans and
to provide for cancellation of such insurance, and for
other purposes.’’.
IA 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 38 
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known 
as the Stream Protection Rule. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2017 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio (for himself, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. 
MCKINLEY, Mr. MARINO, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. WESTERMAN, 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. 
AMODEI, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. BARR, Mr. 
GRIFFITH, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. RENACCI, 
Mr. PERRY, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. 
BARLETTA, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. JOYCE
of Ohio, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 
GUTHRIE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. BOST, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. DUNN, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. COOK, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. MCCLIN-
TOCK, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. COMER, Mr. 
EMMER, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. LAMBORN, Mrs. 
RADEWAGEN, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. CHENEY, Mrs. BLACK-
BURN, Mr. STEWART, and Mr. BRAT) submitted the following joint reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the 
Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement of 
the Department of the Interior relating to the ‘‘Stream 
Protection Rule’’ (published at 81 Fed. Reg. 93066 (De-
cember 20, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or 
effect. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 608
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Marion National Fish
Hatchery and the Claude Harris National Aquacultural Research Center
to the State of Alabama.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 5, 1997
Mr. HILLIARD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Marion
National Fish Hatchery and the Claude Harris National
Aquacultural Research Center to the State of Alabama.
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 ‘‘Marion National Fish
Hatchery Conveyance Act’’.
SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF MARION NATIONAL FISH HATCH-
ERY 
AND 
CLAUDE 
HARRIS 
NATIONAL
AQUACULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER TO THE
STATE OF ALABAMA.
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENT.—Within 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Interior shall convey to the State of Alabama with-
out reimbursement all right, title, and interest of the Unit-
ed States in and to the property described in subsection
(b) for use by the Game and Fish Division of the Alabama
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as
part of the State of Alabama fish culture program.
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property referred
to in subsection (a) consists of—
(1) that portion of the Marion National Fish
Hatchery leased to the Alabama Game and Fish Di-
vision, located on State Highway 175 seven miles
northeast of Marion, Alabama, as described in
Amendment No. 2 to the Cooperative Agreement
dated June 6, 1974, between the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service and the State of Alabama, De-
partment of Conservation and Natural Resources,
Game and Fish Division, comprised of approximately
300 acres (more or less), and the Claude Harris Na-
tional Aquacultural Research Center, located on
State Highway 175 seven miles northeast of Marion,
Alabama, as described in a United States Fish and
Wildlife Service document entitled ‘‘EXHIBIT A’’
and dated March 19, 1996, comprised of approxi-
mately 298 acres (more or less);
(2) all improvements and related personal prop-
erty under the control of the Secretary that is lo-
cated on that property, including buildings, struc-
tures, equipment, and all easements and leases relat-
ing to that property; and
(3) all water rights relating to that property.
(c) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—If any of the prop-
erty conveyed to the State of Alabama under this section
is used for any purpose other than the use authorized
under subsection (a), all right, title, and interest in and
to all property conveyed under this section shall revert to
the United States. The State of Alabama shall ensure that
all property reverting to the United States under this sub-
section is in substantially the same or better condition as
at the time of transfer to the State.
Æ
IIA 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 38 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2017 
Received 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the 
Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement of 
the Department of the Interior relating to the ‘‘Stream 
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Protection Rule’’ (published at 81 Fed. Reg. 93066 (De-
cember 20, 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or 
effect. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 1, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 3 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and 
honor the members of the Armed Forces who served 
on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm 
or Operation Desert Shield. 
Whereas subsection (b)(1) of section 8908 of title 40, United 
States Code, provides that the location of a commemora-
tive 
work 
in 
the 
area 
depicted 
as 
‘‘Area 
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’’ on the map described in subsection (a) of that section 
shall be deemed to be authorized only if approved by law 
not later than 150 days after the date on which Congress 
is notified that the subject of the commemorative work is 
of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the 
United States; 
Whereas section 3093 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 
113–291) authorized the National Desert Storm Memo-
rial Association to establish a memorial in the District of 
Columbia to commemorate and honor the members of the 
Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of 
Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield; and 
Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress 
of the determination of the Secretary of the Interior that 
the subject of the memorial is of preeminent historical 
and lasting significance to the United States and may be 
located in Area I: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the location of the commemorative work authorized 
by section 3093 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 113–291) 
to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed 
Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation 
Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield, within Area I,
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 60
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to the Casa
Malpais National Historic Landmark in Springerville, Arizona.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. HAYWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assist-
ance to the Casa Malpais National Historic Landmark
in Springerville, Arizona.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares
that—
(1) the Casa Malpais National Historic Land-
mark was occupied by one of the largest and most
sophisticated Mogollon communities in the United
States;
(2) the landmark includes a 58-room masonry
pueblo, including stairways, Great Kiva complex,
and fortification walls, a prehistoric trail, and cata-
comb chambers where the deceased were placed;
(3) the Casa Malpais was designated as a na-
tional historic landmark by the Secretary of the In-
terior in 1964; and
(4) the State of Arizona and the community of
Springerville are undertaking a program of interpre-
tation and preservation of the landmark.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to assist
in the preservation and interpretation of the Casa Malpais
National Historic Landmark for the benefit of the public.
SEC. 2. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the purpose of
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Ari-
zona and the town of Springerville, Arizona, pursuant to
which the Secretary may provide technical assistance to
interpret, operate, and maintain the Casa Malpais Na-
tional Historic Landmark and may also provide financial
assistance for planning, staff training, and development
of the Casa Malpais National Historic Landmark, but not
including other routine operations.
(b) ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.—Any such agreement
may also contain provisions that—
(1) the Secretary, acting through the Director
of the National Park Service, shall have right to ac-
cess at all reasonable times to all public portions of
the property covered by such agreement for the pur-
pose of interpreting the landmark; and
(2) no changes or alterations shall be made in
the landmark except by mutual agreement between
the Secretary and the other parties to all such
agreements.
SEC. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to provide financial assistance in accord-
ance with this Act.
Æ
IA 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 3 
Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and honor the members 
of the Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation 
Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2017 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee submitted the following joint resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and 
honor the members of the Armed Forces who served 
on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm 
or Operation Desert Shield. 
Whereas subsection (b)(1) of section 8908 of title 40, United 
States Code, provides that the location of a commemora-
tive work in the area depicted as ‘‘Area I’’ on the map 
described in subsection (a) of that section shall be 
deemed to be authorized only if approved by law not later 
than 150 days after the date on which Congress is noti-
fied that the subject of the commemorative work is of 
preeminent historical and lasting significance to the 
United States; 
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Whereas section 3093 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 
113–291) authorized the National Desert Storm Memo-
rial Association to establish a memorial in the District of 
Columbia to commemorate and honor the members of the 
Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of 
Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield; and 
Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress 
of the determination of the Secretary of the Interior that 
the subject of the memorial is of preeminent historical 
and lasting significance to the United States and may be 
located in Area I: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the location of the commemorative work authorized 
by section 3093 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 113–291) 
to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed 
Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation 
Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield, within Area I, 
as depicted on the map described in section 8908(a) of 
title 40, United States Code, is approved. 
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‘‘(c) A foreign national shall not direct, dictate, con-
trol, or directly or indirectly participate in the decision-
making process of any person, such as a corporation, labor
organization, or political committee, with regard to such
person’s Federal or non-Federal election-related activities,
such as decisions concerning the making of contributions
or expenditures in connection with elections for any local,
State, or Federal office or decisions concerning the admin-
istration of a political committee.’’.
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CLEARINGHOUSE OF POLITI-
CAL ACTIVITIES INFORMATION WITHIN THE
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be established
within the Federal Election Commission a clearinghouse
of public information regarding the political activities of
foreign principals and agents of foreign principals. The in-
formation comprising this clearinghouse shall include only
the following:
(1) All registrations and reports filed pursuant
to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1601 and following) during the preceding 5-year pe-
riod.
(2) All registrations and reports filed pursuant
to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, as amended
IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 3 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 5, 2017 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate and 
honor the members of the Armed Forces who served 
on active duty in support of Operation Desert Storm 
or Operation Desert Shield. 
Whereas subsection (b)(1) of section 8908 of title 40, United 
States Code, provides that the location of a commemora-
tive 
work 
in 
the 
area 
depicted 
as 
‘‘Area 
I 
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’’ on the map described in subsection (a) of that section 
shall be deemed to be authorized only if approved by law 
not later than 150 days after the date on which Congress 
is notified that the subject of the commemorative work is 
of preeminent historical and lasting significance to the 
United States; 
Whereas section 3093 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 
113–291) authorized the National Desert Storm Memo-
rial Association to establish a memorial in the District of 
Columbia to commemorate and honor the members of the 
Armed Forces who served on active duty in support of 
Operation Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield; and 
Whereas the Secretary of the Interior has notified Congress 
of the determination of the Secretary of the Interior that 
the subject of the memorial is of preeminent historical 
and lasting significance to the United States and may be 
located in Area I: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the location of the commemorative work authorized 
by section 3093 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note; Public Law 113–291) 
to commemorate and honor the members of the Armed 
Forces who served on active duty in support of Operation 
Desert Storm or Operation Desert Shield, within Area I, 
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as depicted on the map described in section 8908(a) of 
title 40, United States Code, is approved. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 4, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 614
To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 5, 1997
Mr. LUTHER (for himself, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. RAMSTAD, Ms.
FURSE, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BAKER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. EN-
SIGN, and Mr. MCHALE) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To reduce the number of executive branch political
appointees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF POLITICAL AP-
POINTEES.
(a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘political appointee’’ means any individual who—
(1) is employed in a position listed in sections
5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code
(relating to the Executive Schedule);
SEC. 6. PENALTIES FOR DISCLOSURE.
Any person who discloses information in violation of
section 4(b), and any person who sells or uses information
for the purpose of soliciting contributions or for any prof-
it-making purpose in violation of section 5(a)(2), shall be
imprisoned for a period of not more than 1 year, or fined
in the amount provided in title 18, United States Code,
or both.
SEC. 7. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN AGENTS REG-
ISTRATION ACT OF 1938, AS AMENDED.
(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Section 2(b) of the For-
eign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22
U.S.C. 612(b)), is amended in the first sentence by strik-
ing out ‘‘, within thirty days’’ and all that follows through
‘‘preceding six months’ period’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘on January 31, April 30, July 31, and October 31
of each year, file with the Attorney General a supplement
thereto on a form prescribed by the Attorney General,
which shall set forth regarding the three-month periods
ending the previous December 31, March 31, June 30, and
September 30, respectively, or if a lesser period, the period
since the initial filing,’’.
(b) EXEMPTION
FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION.—
Section 3(g) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 613(g)) is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘whether formal or informal.’’ the following:
‘‘A person may be exempt under this subsection only upon
filing with the Attorney General a request for such exemp-
tion.’’.
(c) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 8 of the Foreign
Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C.
618), is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing:
‘‘(i)(1) Any person who is determined, after notice
and opportunity for an administrative hearing—
‘‘(A) to have failed to file a registration state-
ment under section 2(a) or a supplement thereto
under section 2(b),
‘‘(B) to have omitted a material fact required to
be stated therein, or
‘‘(C) to have made a false statement with re-
spect to such a material fact,
shall be required to pay a civil penalty in an amount not
less than $2,000 or more than $5,000 for each violation
committed. In determining the amount of the penalty, the
Attorney General shall give due consideration to the na-
ture and duration of the violation.
‘‘(2)(A) In conducting investigations and hearings
under paragraph (1), administrative law judges may, if
necessary, compel by subpoena the attendance of witnesses
and the production of evidence at any designated place
or hearing.
‘‘(B) In the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a
subpoena lawfully issued under this paragraph and, upon
application by the Attorney General, an appropriate dis-
trict court of the United States may issue an order requir-
ing compliance with such subpoena and any failure to obey
such order may be punished by such court as contempt
thereof.’’.
Æ
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 40 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of 
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by 
the Social Security Administration relating to Implemen-
tation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 
2007. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
•HJ 40 EH 
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the So-
cial Security Administration relating to Implementation of 
the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (pub-
lished at 81 Fed. Reg. 91702 (December 19, 2016)), and 
such rule shall have no force or effect. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 2, 
2017. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 40 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Providing for congressional disapproval under chap-
ter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule 
submitted by the Social Security Administration 
relating to Implementation of the NICS Improve-
ment Amendments Act of 2007.