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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3522 
To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current 
group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential 
health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2013 
Mr. CASSIDY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, 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 authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer 
for sale current group health insurance coverage in satis-
faction of the minimum essential health insurance cov-
erage requirement, 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 ‘‘Employee Health Care 
Protection Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. IF YOU LIKE YOUR GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE 
PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP IT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (including 
any amendment made by such Act or by the Health Care 
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010), a health insur-
ance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage 
in the group market on any date during 2013 may con-
tinue after such date to offer such coverage for sale during 
and after 2014 in such market outside of an Exchange 
established under section 1311 or 1321 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 18031, 18041). 
(b) TREATMENT
AS
GRANDFATHERED
HEALTH 
PLAN IN SATISFACTION OF MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COV-
ERAGE.—Health insurance coverage described in sub-
section (a) shall be treated as a grandfathered health plan 
for purposes of the amendment made by section 1501(b) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
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II 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3522 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 
Received 
AN ACT 
To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer 
for sale current group health insurance coverage in satis-
faction of the minimum essential health insurance cov-
erage requirement, 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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act other than in the best interests of its cli-
ents; 
‘‘(F) compensates employees in a manner 
that does not incentivize employees to act other 
than in the best interests of its clients; and 
‘‘(G) meets such other requirements as the 
Bureau determines appropriate.’’. 
(2) in section 129C(a) (15 U.S.C. 1639c(a)), by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) EXEMPTION
FOR
NON-PROFIT
LOW-IN-
COME HOUSING PROVIDERS.—This subsection shall 
not apply to a residential mortgage loan made by a 
non-profit low-income housing provider (as such 
term is defined under section 128(f)(4)).’’; 
(3) in section 129E (15 U.S.C. 1638e), by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) EXEMPTION
FOR NON-PROFIT LOW-INCOME 
HOUSING PROVIDERS.—This section shall not apply to a 
residential mortgage loan made by a non-profit low-income 
housing provider (as such term is defined under section 
128(f)(4)), or any services provided with respect to such 
a mortgage loan.’’; and 
(4) in section 129H (15 U.S.C. 1638h), by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Employee Health Care 
Protection Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. IF YOU LIKE YOUR GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE 
PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP IT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (including 
any amendment made by such Act or by the Health Care 
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010), a health insur-
ance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage 
in the group market on any date during 2013 may after 
such date offer such coverage for sale through December 
31, 2018, in such market outside of an Exchange estab-
lished under section 1311 or 1321 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
18031, 18041). A group health plan shall not be treated 
as not complying with the requirements of such Act (or 
the amendments made by such Acts) insofar as it provides 
health benefits through health insurance coverage that is 
permitted under the previous sentence. 
(b) TREATMENT
AS
GRANDFATHERED
HEALTH 
PLAN IN SATISFACTION OF MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COV-
ERAGE.—Health insurance coverage described in sub-
section (a) shall be treated as a grandfathered health plan 
for purposes of the amendment made by section 1501(b) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
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(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as affecting the authority of States with respect 
to the regulation of health insurance coverage in the group 
market. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 430 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3522 
[Report No. 113–580, Part I] 
To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current 
group health insurance coverage in satisfaction of the minimum essential 
health insurance coverage requirement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2013 
Mr. CASSIDY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, 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 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. HARPER, Mr. MURPHY of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. BILI-
RAKIS, Mr. PEARCE, and Mr. TERRY 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 
The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer 
for sale current group health insurance coverage in satis-
faction of the minimum essential health insurance cov-
erage requirement, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Employee Health Care 
Protection Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. IF YOU LIKE YOUR GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE 
PLAN, YOU CAN KEEP IT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (including 
any amendment made by such Act or by the Health Care 
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010), a health insur-
ance issuer that has in effect health insurance coverage 
in the group market on any date during 2013 may con-
tinue after such date to offer such coverage for sale during 
and after 2014 in such market outside of an Exchange 
established under section 1311 or 1321 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 18031, 18041). 
(b) TREATMENT
AS
GRANDFATHERED
HEALTH 
PLAN IN SATISFACTION OF MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COV-
ERAGE.—Health insurance coverage described in sub-
section (a) shall be treated as a grandfathered health plan 
for purposes of the amendment made by section 1501(b) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
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‘‘(ii) 
establishing 
quality 
control 
standards; 
‘‘(iii) instituting safety guidelines and 
standards; and 
‘‘(iv) developing monitoring and eval-
uation protocols. 
‘‘(2) TRAINING HOSPITAL.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Assistance provided 
under subsection (b) shall, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, be used to establish a surgeon 
training program within a pediatric hospital 
based in a developing country with a high inci-
dence of hydrocephalus with the goal of training 
four surgeons annually and a total of 20 sur-
geons over a 5-year period to treat hydro-
cephalus utilizing the ETV/CPC technique. 
‘‘(B) TIMELINE.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the surgeon training program de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) should be oper-
ational no later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
‘‘(C) TRAINING
ADMISSIONS
CRITERIA.— 
Candidates for the surgeon training program 
established under subparagraph (A) shall— 
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Union Calendar No. 430 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3522 
[Report No. 113–580, Part I] 
A BILL 
To authorize health insurance issuers to continue to 
offer for sale current group health insurance cov-
erage in satisfaction of the minimum essential 
health insurance coverage requirement, and for 
other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 
Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 
The Committee on Ways and Means discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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pates each benefit will be achieved by the proposed
rule;
‘‘(B) an analysis of the costs of the proposed
rule, and an explanation of how the agency antici-
pates each such cost will result from the proposed
rule;
‘‘(C) an identification (including an analysis of
the costs and benefits) of reasonable alternatives for
achieving the identified benefits of the proposed rule,
including alternatives that—
‘‘(i) require no Government action;
‘‘(ii) will accommodate differences among
geographic regions and among persons with dif-
fering levels of resources with which to comply;
and
‘‘(iii) employ performance or other market-
based standards that permit the greatest flexi-
bility in achieving the identified benefits of the
proposed rule and that comply with the require-
ments of subparagraph (D);
‘‘(D) an assessment of the feasibility of estab-
lishing a regulatory program that operates through
the application of market-based mechanisms;
‘‘(E) in any case in which the proposed rule is
based on one or more scientific evaluations or infor-
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3524 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide grants to States 
for on-the-job training programs for adults in economically disadvantaged 
areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2013 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide 
grants to States for on-the-job training programs for 
adults in economically disadvantaged areas. 
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 ‘‘Economic Recovery 
On-the-Job Training Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. ON-THE-JOB TRAINING FOR ECONOMICALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED AREAS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT 
ACT OF 1998.—The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
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‘‘(i) have a demonstrated commitment 
to providing medical assistance in the de-
veloping world; and 
‘‘(ii) certify that the candidate intends 
to remain and practice medicine in the de-
veloping world following completion of the 
program. 
‘‘(D) 
TRAINING
PROGRAM
METHOD-
OLOGY.—The surgeon training program estab-
lished under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) be conducted by a neurosurgeon 
with a minimum of 3 years of full-time op-
erating experience in the developing world; 
‘‘(ii) be a hands-on operating room ex-
perience in the developing world; 
‘‘(iii) utilize a hydrocephalus treat-
ment protocol with an emphasis on ETV/ 
CPC as the preferred treatment when 
medically appropriate; and 
‘‘(iv) require that each trainee com-
plete a minimum of 50 ETV/CPC or ETV 
procedures and at least 25 VP shunt pro-
cedures. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT CENTERS.— 
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(B) lobby any representative of the Federal 
Government or a State, local, or tribal govern-
ment regarding the award of grant funding. 
(2) PENALTY.—If the Attorney General deter-
mines that a covered grantee has violated paragraph 
(1), the Attorney General shall— 
(A) require the covered grantee to repay 
the grant in full; and 
(B) prohibit the covered grantee from re-
ceiving a grant under the covered grant pro-
gram from which it received a grant award dur-
ing at least the 5-year period beginning on the 
date of such violation. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered grant program’’ means 
the following: 
(A) The grant program under section 203 
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthor-
ization Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 14044b). 
(B) The grant programs under section 214 
and 214A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 13002, 13003). 
(2) The term ‘‘covered grantee’’ means a recipi-
ent of a grant from a covered grant program.
mation or is subject to the risk assessment require-
ments of subchapter III, a description of actions un-
dertaken by the agency to verify the quality, reliabil-
ity, and relevance of such scientific evaluations or
scientific information in accordance with the risk as-
sessment requirements of subchapter III;
‘‘(F) an assessment of the aggregate effect of
the rule on small businesses with fewer than 100
employees, including an assessment of the net em-
ployment effect of the rule; and
‘‘(G) an analysis of whether the identified bene-
fits of the proposed rule are likely to exceed the
identified costs of the proposed rule, and an analysis
of whether the proposed rule will provide greater net
benefits to society than any of the alternatives to the
proposed rule, including alternatives identified in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (C).
‘‘(d)(1) When the agency publishes a final major rule,
the agency shall also issue and place in the rulemaking
record a final cost-benefit analysis, and shall include a
summary of the analysis in the statement of basis and
purpose.
‘‘(2) Each final cost-benefit analysis shall contain—
‘‘(A) a description and comparison of the bene-
fits and costs of the rule and of the reasonable alter-
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(ii) by striking ‘‘a noncertified’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a nonaccredited’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘a certification’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an accreditation’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking the last sentence; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘exceed 5 years.’’ and 
inserting the following ‘‘exceed— 
‘‘(A) 5 years; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a nonaccredited poison 
control center operating pursuant to a waiver 
under this subsection as of October 1, 2014, 6 
years.’’; 
(5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘for activities 
of the center’’ and inserting ‘‘for its activities’’; and 
(6) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$28,600,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019. 
The Secretary may utilize an amount not to exceed 6 per-
cent of the amount appropriated under this preceding sen-
tence in each fiscal year for coordination, dissemination, 
technical assistance, program evaluation, data activities, 
and other program administration functions, which are de-
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(ii) by striking ‘‘a noncertified’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a nonaccredited’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘a certification’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an accreditation’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking the last sentence; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘exceed 5 years.’’ and 
inserting the following ‘‘exceed— 
‘‘(A) 5 years; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a nonaccredited poison 
control center operating pursuant to a waiver 
under this subsection as of October 1, 2014, 6 
years.’’; 
(5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘for activities 
of the center’’ and inserting ‘‘for its activities’’; and 
(6) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$28,600,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019. 
The Secretary may utilize an amount not to exceed 6 per-
cent of the amount appropriated under this preceding sen-
tence in each fiscal year for coordination, dissemination, 
technical assistance, program evaluation, data activities, 
and other program administration functions, which are de-
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2391 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require the payment 
of an additional rebate to the State Medicaid plan in the case of increase 
in the price of a generic drug at a rate that is greater than the 
rate of inflation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2015 
Mr. CUMMINGS (for himself and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require 
the payment of an additional rebate to the State Med-
icaid plan in the case of increase in the price of a 
generic drug at a rate that is greater than the rate 
of inflation. 
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 ‘‘Medicaid Generic Drug 
Price Fairness Act of 2015’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 317
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Members
of Congress should follow the examples of self-
sacrifice and devotion to character displayed by
Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson of the United
States Capitol Police.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 317
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson of the United
States Capitol Police laid down their lives for their coun-
try and all of us;
Whereas beyond the devotion of Jacob Chestnut and John
Gibson to duty, honor, and country was their commit-
ment to respect;
natives to the rule described in the rulemaking, in-
cluding the market-based mechanisms identified pur-
suant to subsection (c)(2)(D); and
‘‘(B) an analysis, based upon the rulemaking
record considered as a whole, of—
‘‘(i) whether the benefits of the rule out-
weigh the costs of the rule; and
‘‘(ii) whether the rule will provide greater
net benefits to society than any of the alter-
natives described in the rulemaking, including
the market-based incentives identified pursuant
to subsection (c)(2)(D).
‘‘(e)(1)(A) The description of the benefits and costs
of a proposed and a final rule required under this section
shall include, to the extent feasible, a quantification or nu-
merical estimate of the quantifiable benefits and costs.
Such quantification or numerical estimate shall be made
in the most appropriate unit of measurement, using com-
parable assumptions, including time periods, and shall
specify the ranges of predictions and shall explain the
margins of error involved in the quantification methods
and in the estimates used. An agency shall describe the
nature and extent of the nonquantifiable benefits and
costs of a final rule pursuant to this section in as precise
and succinct a manner as possible.
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lands to be conveyed under this section, and the administration 
of the overriding interests reserved hereunder.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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a description of the results of the activities carried out
under subsection (a) and recommendations concerning
how to further reduce energy costs and energy con-
sumption in the future.
(2) BY SECRETARY OF ENERGY.—The reports re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall be included in the
annual reports required to be submitted to Congress
by the Secretary of Energy under section 548(b) of the
Act (42 U.S.C. 8258(b)).
(3) CONTENTS.—With respect to the period since
the date of the preceding report, a report under para-
graph (1) or (2) shall—
(A) specify the total energy costs of the fa-
cilities used by the agency;
(B) identify the reductions achieved;
(C) specify the actions that resulted in the
reductions;
(D) with respect to the procurement proce-
dures of the agency, specify what actions have
been taken to—
(i) implement the procurement au-
thorities provided by subsections (a) and (c)
of section 546 of the National Energy Con-
servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8256); and
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ten selection criteria established by the pub-
lic housing agency pursuant to section
6(c)(4)(A)’’; and
(vii) in section 24(e)—
(I) by striking ‘‘(e) EXCEPTIONS.’’
and all that follows through ‘‘The Sec-
retary may’’ and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘(e) EXCEPTION TO GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may’’; and
(II) by striking paragraph (2).
(B) CRANSTON-GONZALEZ
NATIONAL
AF-
FORDABLE
HOUSING
ACT.—The Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42
U.S.C. 12704 et seq.) is amended—
(i) in section 455(a)(2)(D)(iii), by
striking ‘‘would qualify for a preference
under’’ and inserting ‘‘meet the written se-
lection criteria established pursuant to’’;
(ii) in section 522(f)(6)(B), by striking
‘‘any preferences for such assistance under
section 8(d)(1)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘the
written selection criteria established pursu-
ant to section 8(d)(1)(A)’’; and