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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 626 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require Medicare Advan-
tage organizations to disclose certain information on the changes made 
to the MA plan offered by such organization pursuant to changes re-
quired by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health 
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2015 
Mr. DENHAM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require 
Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose certain in-
formation on the changes made to the MA plan offered 
by such organization pursuant to changes required by 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, 
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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Seniors’ Rights to 
Know Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN CHANGES TO 
MA PLANS PURSUANT TO REQUIREMENTS OF 
THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 
Section 1851 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395w–21) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(4), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) CHANGES
PURSUANT
TO
THE
AF-
FORDABLE CARE ACT.—For plan year 2015 and 
each subsequent plan year, a description of the 
changes made by the Medicare Advantage orga-
nization, with respect to the MA plan offered by 
such organization, for such plan year pursuant 
to the provisions of, and amendments made by, 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
and the Health Care and Education Reconcili-
ation Act of 2010, which may include an assess-
ment of the affect of such provisions and 
amendments on Medicare Advantage eligible in-
dividuals who enroll under such plan.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h)(2), by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding the 
previous sentence, the Secretary may not disapprove 
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information described in subsection (d)(4)(F) in-
cluded in such material or form for purposes of sat-
isfying the requirements of subsection (d) unless 
such information is factually inaccurate for the plan 
year for which the information is provided or any 
preceding plan year beginning after March 23, 
2010.’’. 
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H. R. 4818—59
PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BENEFITS
To remain available until expended, for payments authorized
by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), such sums as are necessary, as
authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–
4340); and $3,615,000, to remain available until expended for pay-
ments as authorized by section 1201(b) of said Act; and $2,795,000
for educational assistance, as authorized by section 1212 of the
1968 Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SEC. 101. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
in this title for official reception and representation expenses, a
total of not to exceed $60,000 from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney
General for official reception and representation expenses.
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall
be available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the
mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term,
or in the case of rape: Provided, That should this prohibition be
declared unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this
section shall be null and void.
SEC. 103. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall
be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any
way the performance of, any abortion.
SEC. 104. Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service out-
side the Federal facility: Provided, That nothing in this section
in any way diminishes the effect of section 103 intended to address
the philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau
of Prisons.
SEC. 105. Authorities contained in the 21st Century Department
of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–273)
shall remain in effect until the effective date of a subsequent
Department of Justice appropriations authorization Act.
SEC. 106. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice
in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but
no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided,
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated
as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with
the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to ‘‘Buildings and Facilities, Federal
Prison System’’ in this or any other Act may be transferred to
‘‘Salaries and Expenses, Federal Prison System’’, or any other
Department of Justice account, unless the President certifies that
such a transfer is necessary to the national security interests of
the United States, and such authority shall not be delegated, and
shall be subject to section 605 of this Act.
SEC. 107. Section 114 of Public Law 107–77 shall remain in
effect during fiscal year 2005.
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Calendar No. 574
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3830
[Report No. 105–331]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 25, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
SEPTEMBER 14, 1998
Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment
AN ACT
To provide for the exchange of certain lands within the
State of Utah.
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 ‘‘Utah Schools and
Lands Exchange Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
HR 3830 RS
(1) The State of Utah owns approximately
176,600 acres of land, as well as approximately
24,165 acres of mineral interests, administered by
the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands
Administration, within the exterior boundaries of the
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, es-
tablished by Presidential proclamation on September
18, 1996, pursuant to section 2 of the Antiquities
Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431). The State of Utah
also owns approximately 200,000 acres of land, and
76,000 acres of mineral interests, administered by
the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Ad-
ministration, within the exterior boundaries of sev-
eral units of the National Park System and the Na-
tional Forest System, and within certain Indian res-
ervations in Utah. These lands were granted by Con-
gress to the State of Utah pursuant to the Utah En-
abling Act, chap. 138, 28 Stat. 107 (1894), to be
held in trust for the benefit of the State’s public
school system and other public institutions.
(2) Many of the State school trust lands within
the monument may contain significant economic
quantities of mineral resources, including coal, oil,
and gas, tar sands, coalbed methane, titanium, ura-
nium, and other energy and metalliferous minerals.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3831
To provide that children’s sleepwear shall be manufactured in accordance
with stricter flammability standards.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1998
Mr. ANDREWS (for himself, Ms. DELAURO, and Mr. WELDON of Pennsyl-
vania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Commerce
A BILL
To provide that children’s sleepwear shall be manufactured
in accordance with stricter flammability standards.
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 ‘‘Children’s Sleepwear
Safety Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Product
Safety Commission shall propose for comment and, not
later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, issue a final rule amending its Flammable Fab-
rics Act standards to revoke the amendments to the stand-
ards for the flammability of children’s sleepwear sizes 0
through 6X (contained in regulations published at 16
CFR part 1615) and 7 through 14 (contained in regula-
tions published at 16 CFR part 1616) issued by the Com-
mission on September 9, 1996 (61 FR 47634).
(b) APPLICATION.—None of the following shall apply
with respect to the promulgation of the amendment pre-
scribed by subsection (a):
(1) The Consumer Product Safety Act (15
U.S.C. 2051 et seq.).
(2) The Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C.
1191 et seq.).
(3) Chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code.
(4) The National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq).
(5) The Small Business Regulatory Enforce-
ment Fairness Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–121).
(6) Any other statute or Executive order.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Sleepwear manufactured or
imported before the effective date (as established by the
Commission) of the Commission’s revocation required by
subsection (a) shall not be considered in violation of the
Flammable Fabrics Act if it complied with the Commis-
sion rules in effect at the time it was manufactured or
imported.
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6273 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount 
of education debt reduction available for health care professionals em-
ployed by the Veterans Health Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mr. O’ROURKE (for himself and Mr. BOST) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the 
maximum amount of education debt reduction available 
for health care professionals employed by the Veterans 
Health Administration, 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 ‘‘VA Health Care Pro-
vider Education Debt Relief Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Veterans Health Administration suffers 
from personnel shortages. 
(2) It is essential that the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs work to correct such shortages, focus-
ing on health professional shortage areas designated 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
(3) To correct such shortages, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs should aggressively exercise the au-
thority under section 7683 of title 38, United States 
Code, to reduce the education debt of health care 
providers employed by the Veterans Health Adminis-
tration. 
SEC. 3. INCREASED MAXIMUM EDUCATION DEBT REDUC-
TION FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS 
EMPLOYED BY THE VETERANS HEALTH AD-
MINISTRATION. 
Section 7683(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$120,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$150,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$24,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$30,000’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking all that fol-
lows ‘‘who’’ and inserting ‘‘works in a geographical 
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area that the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices has designated under section 332 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e) as a health 
professional shortage area with regards to the spe-
cialty or assignment of the participant’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3834
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that meals furnished
to all employees at a place of business shall be excludable from gross
income if most employees at such place of business are furnished meals
for the convenience of the employer.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1998
Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GINGRICH, and Mr. LOBIONDO)
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 provide
that meals furnished to all employees at a place of busi-
ness shall be excludable from gross income if most em-
ployees at such place of business are furnished meals
for the convenience of the employer.
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 ‘‘Worker Meal Fairness
Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF EXCLUSION OF MEALS FOR
CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 119 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to meals or
lodging furnished for the convenience of the employer) is
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(4) MEALS
FURNISHED
TO
EMPLOYEES
ON
BUSINESS PREMISES WHERE MEALS OF MOST EM-
PLOYEES ARE OTHERWISE EXCLUDABLE.—All meals
furnished on the business premises of an employer
to such employer’s employees shall be treated as fur-
nished for the convenience of the employer if, with-
out regard to this paragraph, more than half of the
employees to whom such meals are furnished on
such premises are furnished such meals for the con-
venience of the employer.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning be-
fore, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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made by subsection (a), does not result in any in-
crease or decrease in the expenditures under title
XVIII of the Social Security Act on a fiscal year
basis.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3835
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the financial
limitation on rehabilitation services under part B of the Medicare Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1998
Mr. ENSIGN (for himself, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr.
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. COOK, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. RAHALL,
Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. NUSSLE, and Mr. DEUTSCH) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the commit-
tee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal
the financial limitation on rehabilitation services under
part B of the Medicare 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 ‘‘Reinstatement of the
Medicare Rehabilitation Benefit Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FINANCIAL LIMITATION ON REHABILI-
TATION SERVICES.
(a) REPEAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833 of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (g).
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made
by paragraph (1) shall apply to services furnished on
or after January 1, 1999.
(b) OFFSETTING PORTION OF ADDITIONAL EXPEND-
ITURES THROUGH PAYMENT REFORM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for outpatient physical therapy
services, outpatient occupational therapy services,
and outpatient speech-language pathology services
covered under title XVIII of the Social Security Act
and furnished on or after January 1, 2000, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall imple-
ment a new payment methodology based on the clas-
sification of individuals by diagnostic category, func-
tional status, and prior use of services in both inpa-
tient and outpatient settings.
(2) BUDGET
NEUTRALITY
IN
IMPLEMENTA-
TION.—Such payment methodology shall be designed
so that the methodology, taking into account the in-
creased expenditures resulting from the amendment
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3836
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the right
of nationals of the United States to make contributions in connection
with an election to political office.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1998
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
clarify the right of nationals of the United States to
make contributions in connection with an election to
political office.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF RIGHT OF NATIONALS OF
THE UNITED STATES TO MAKE POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(b)(2)) is amended by inserting
after ‘‘United States’’ the following: ‘‘or a national of the
United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act)’’.
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tractor stated, in its response to the solicitation for the
contract, that it planned to perform in the United States.
‘‘(c) INELIGIBILITY FOR CONTRACT RENEWAL.—The
head of an agency may not renew a contract made pursu-
ant to a solicitation referred to in subsection (a) if the
amount of work performed outside the United States
under the contract exceed the maximum amount of work
that the contractor was expected to perform outside the
United States, based on the amount of work that the con-
tractor stated, in its response to the solicitation for the
contract, that it planned to perform inside the United
States.
‘‘(d) WAIVER.—The head of an agency may waive
subsection (a), (b), or (c) on a case-by-case basis upon
a determination that an emergency situation or the na-
tional security interests of the United States requires such
a waiver.
‘‘(e) SCOPE OF COVERAGE.—This section applies—
‘‘(1) to any contract for any amount greater
than the simplified acquisition threshold (as speci-
fied in section 2302(7) of title 10, United States
Code); and
‘‘(2) to any contract for items described in sec-
tion 2534(a)(5) of this title.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
of chapter 25 of such Code is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 3513. Treatment of locum tenens physicians.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to remuneration for services per-
formed after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6277 
To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department of Veterans Affairs 
rule relating to the practice authority of advanced practice registered nurses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. HAR-
RIS, Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia, and Mr. BUCSHON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the implementation of a proposed Department 
of Veterans Affairs rule relating to the practice authority 
of advanced practice registered nurses. 
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 ‘‘Veterans’ Health Care 
Safety Act of 2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS RULE RELATING TO PRAC-
TICE AUTHORITY OF ADVANCED PRACTICE 
REGISTERED NURSES. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not make final 
the proposed rule amending section 17.415 of title 38, 
Code of Federal Regulations, published in the Federal 
Register on May 25, 2016. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3837
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States to use
funds under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program for coverage
of uninsured pregnant women.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1998
Mr. HYDE (for himself and Mrs. LOWEY) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit
States to use funds under the State Children’s Health
Insurance Program for coverage of uninsured pregnant
women.
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 ‘‘Safe and Healthy
Motherhood Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. OPTIONAL COVERAGE OF LOW-INCOME, UNIN-
SURED PREGNANT WOMEN UNDER A STATE
CHILD HEALTH PLAN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XXI of the Social Security
Act is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 2111. OPTIONAL COVERAGE OF LOW-INCOME, UNIN-
SURED PREGNANT WOMEN.
‘‘(a) OPTIONAL COVERAGE.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this title, a State child health plan may
provide for coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for
targeted low-income pregnant women in accordance with
this section.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) PREGNANCY-RELATED ASSISTANCE.—The
term ‘pregnancy-related assistance’ has the meaning
given the term child health assistance in section
2110(a) as if any reference to targeted low-income
children were a reference to targeted low-income
pregnant women, except that the assistance shall be
limited to services related to pregnancy (which in-
clude prenatal, delivery, and postpartum services)
and to other conditions that may complicate preg-
nancy and shall not include prepregnancy services
and supplies.