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‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(1) QUALIFIED PROGRAM.—The term ‘quali-
fied program’ means a program in writing under 
which an eligible for profit organization awards one 
or more grants for the purpose of carrying out the 
objectives of promoting economic and financial lit-
eracy, as specified in section 5532 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7267a), that meet the requirements of section 5533b 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7267b). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘eligible for profit organization’ means 
with respect to a taxable year, an organization 
that— 
‘‘(A) has a qualified program in effect for 
the taxable year, and 
‘‘(B) has been determined by the Secretary 
under subsection (b)(2) to be an organization to 
whom the credit is allowed for the taxable year. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION
OF
ASSETS.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (2)(B), in determining assets, 
the Secretary shall use the same method used by the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
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(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION
REQUIRED.—In the case of a State plan approved
under section 402(a) of the Social Security Act
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services
determines requires State legislation (other than leg-
islation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to
meet the additional requirement imposed by the
amendment made by subsection (a) of this section,
the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to
comply with the requirements of such section 402(a)
solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet
such additional requirement before the end of the 2-
year period that begins with the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1800 
To require the Commissioner of Social Security to update the medical- 
vocational guidelines used in disability determinations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas (for himself, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. REED, Mrs. MIMI 
WALTERS of California, and Mr. MARCHANT) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require the Commissioner of Social Security to update 
the medical-vocational guidelines used in disability deter-
minations. 
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 ‘‘Guiding Responsible 
and Improved Disability Decisions Act of 2015’’ or the 
‘‘GRIDD Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. UPDATING OF MEDICAL-VOCATIONAL GUIDELINES. 
As soon as possible after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall pre-
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scribe rules and regulations that update the medical-voca-
tional guidelines, as set forth in appendix 2 to subpart 
P of part 404 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, 
used in disability determinations, including full consider-
ation of new employment opportunities made possible by 
advances in treatment, rehabilitation, and technology and 
full consideration of the effect of prevalent languages on 
education. 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 742
To amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to limit the application of
that Act to meetings between Federal officers or employees and rep-
resentatives of State, county, and local governments and Indian tribes,
and to limit the application of that Act to activities of the Department
of the Interior related to consultations of the Department with Indian
tribal organizations with respect to the management of funds held in
trust by the United States for Indian tribes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 1995
Mr. DICKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to limit the
application of that Act to meetings between Federal offi-
cers or employees and representatives of State, county,
and local governments and Indian tribes, and to limit
the application of that Act to activities of the Depart-
ment of the Interior related to consultations of the De-
partment with Indian tribal organizations with respect
to the management of funds held in trust by the United
States for Indian tribes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
to determine a bank holding company’s consolidated 
assets under section 165 of the Financial Stability 
Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5365). 
‘‘(4) ELECTION NOT TO CLAIM CREDIT.—This 
section shall not apply to a taxpayer for any taxable 
year if such taxpayer elects to have this section not 
apply for such taxable year. 
‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH OTHER DEDUCTIONS 
OR CREDITS.—The amount of any deduction or cred-
it otherwise allowable under this chapter for any 
amount taken into account for purposes of sub-
section (a) shall be reduced by the credit allowed by 
this section. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue such 
regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or ap-
propriate to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CREDIT MADE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS 
CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at 
the end of paragraph (35), by striking the period at the 
end of paragraph (36) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(37) the excellence in economic education cred-
it determined under section 45S(a).’’. 
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SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF FEDERAL AD-
VISORY COMMITTEE ACT TO CERTAIN MEET-
INGS AND CONSULTATIONS.
Section 4 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App.) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c) by inserting before the pe-
riod the following: ‘‘, or to any meeting between a
full-time officer or employee of the Federal Govern-
ment and one or more representatives of any com-
bination of one or more State, county, or local gov-
ernments or Indian tribes’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) This Act does not apply to any activity of the
Department of the Interior related to consultation of the
Department with an Indian tribal organization with re-
spect to the management of funds held in trust by the
United States for an Indian tribe.’’.
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(1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Bonneville Power Administration.
(2) The term ‘‘capital investment’’ means a
capitalized cost funded by Federal appropriations
that—
(A) is for a project, facility, or separable
unit or feature of a project or facility;
(B) is a cost for which the Administrator
is required by law to establish rates to repay to
the United States Treasury through the sale of
electric power, transmission, or other services;
(C) excludes a Federal irrigation invest-
ment; and
(D) excludes an investment financed by the
current revenues of the Administrator or by
bonds issued and sold, or authorized to be is-
sued and sold, by the Administrator under sec-
tion 13 of the Federal Columbia River Trans-
mission System Act (16 U.S.C. 838(k)).
(3) The term ‘‘new capital investment’’ means
a capital investment for a project, facility, or sepa-
rable unit or feature of a project or facility, placed
in service after September 30, 1995.
(4) The term ‘‘old capital investment’’ means a
capital investment whose capitalized cost—
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45S. Excellence in economic education.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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ing United States Government activi-
ties regarding the Group’s priority 
trade issue, including— 
‘‘(aa) providing for receipt 
and transmission to the appro-
priate U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection office of allegations 
from interested parties in the pri-
vate sector of violations of cus-
toms and trade laws of the 
United States of merchandise re-
lating to the priority trade issue; 
‘‘(bb) obtaining information 
from the appropriate U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection of-
fice on the status of any activi-
ties resulting from the submis-
sion of any such allegation, in-
cluding any decision not to pur-
sue the allegation, and providing 
any such information to each in-
terested party in the private sec-
tor that submitted the allegation 
every 90 days after the allegation 
was received by U.S. Customs 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The limitation in section
10(c)(1) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945,
as added by subsection (a), shall apply only with respect
to fiscal years after fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 508. LIMITATION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE FUNDS FOR UNITED STATES SHARE
OF COSTS OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEP-
ING ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 20 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 405,
as added by section 401 of this Act, the following new
section:
‘‘§ 406. Use of Department of Defense funds for Unit-
ed States share of costs of United Nations
peacekeeping activities: limitation
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENT
OF ASSESSMENTS AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.—
(1) Funds available to the Department of Defense may
not be used to make a financial contribution (directly or
through another department or agency of the United
States) to the United Nations—
‘‘(A) for the costs of a United Nations peace-
keeping activity; or
‘‘(B) for any United States arrearage to the
United Nations.
‘‘(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1)(A) applies to
voluntary contributions, as well as to contributions pursu-
ant to assessment by the United Nations for the United
States share of the costs of a peacekeeping activity.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PARTICIPA-
TION IN UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—
Funds available to the Department of Defense may be
used for payment of the incremental costs associated with
the participation of elements of the armed forces in a
United Nations peacekeeping activity only to the extent
that Congress has by law specifically authorized the use
of those funds for that purpose.
‘‘(c) COVERED PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—In this
section, the term ‘United Nations peacekeeping activity’
means a peacekeeping activity carried out pursuant to a
resolution of the United Nations Security Council for
which costs are met (in whole or in part) through assess-
ments by the United Nations to its member nations.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘406. Use of Department of Defense funds for United States share of costs of
United Nations peacekeeping activities: limitation.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 406 of title 10, Unit-
ed States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take ef-
fect on October 1, 1995.
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 
(a) shall include, for the fiscal year preceding the submis-
sion of the report, information on— 
(1) the overall number of entries of merchan-
dise for transportation in bond through the United 
States; 
(2) the ports at which merchandise arrives in 
the United States for transportation in bond and at 
which records of the arrival of such merchandise are 
generated; 
(3) the average time taken to reconcile such 
records with the records at the final destination of 
the merchandise in the United States to demonstrate 
that the merchandise reaches its final destination or 
is re-exported; 
(4) the average time taken to transport mer-
chandise in bond from the port at which the mer-
chandise arrives in the United States to its final des-
tination in the United States; 
(5) the total amount of duties, taxes, and fees 
owed with respect to shipments of merchandise 
transported in bond and the total amount of such 
duties, taxes, and fees paid; 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of first-year 
compensation paid by a qualified employer after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection with respect 
to having a specified veteran in the employer’s em-
ploy for services rendered to such qualified employer, 
the applicable percentage under subsection (a) shall 
be equal to the rate of tax in effect under section 
3111(b) for the calendar year. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—With respect to any speci-
fied veteran employed by a qualified employer, the 
amount of compensation to which paragraph (1) ap-
plies shall not exceed— 
‘‘(A) $125,490 in the case of an individual 
who is a qualified veteran by reason of section 
51(d)(3)(A)(ii)(II), 
‘‘(B) $73,203 in the case of an individual 
who is a qualified veteran by reason of section 
51(d)(3)(A)(iv), 
‘‘(C) $62,745 in the case of an individual 
who is a qualified veteran by reason of section 
51(d)(3)(A)(ii)(I), and 
‘‘(D) $31,373 in the case of any other 
qualified veteran. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED EMPLOYER.—The term ‘quali-
fied employer’ means any employer other than the 
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SEC. 509. CODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF
UNITED STATES ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPER-
ATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the United Nations
Participation Act of 1945 is amended by adding after sub-
section (c), as added by section 507, the following new
subsection:
‘‘(d) LIMITATION
ON
ASSESSED
CONTRIBUTION
WITH RESPECT
TO
A PEACEKEEPING OPERATION.—
Funds authorized to be appropriated for ‘Contributions
for International Peacekeeping Activities’ for any fiscal
year shall not be available for the payment of the United
States assessed contribution for a United Nations peace-
keeping operation in an amount which is greater than 25
percent of the total amount of all assessed contributions
for that operation, and any arrearages that accumulate
as a result of assessments in excess of 25 percent of the
total amount of all assessed contributions for any United
Nations peacekeeping operation shall not be recognized or
paid by the United States.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The limitation contained in
section 10(d) of the United Nations Participation Act of
1945, as added by subsection (a), shall apply only with
respect to funds authorized to be appropriated for ‘‘Con-
tributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’ for
fiscal years after fiscal year 1995.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 404(b) of
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236) is amended by
striking paragraph (2).
SEC. 510. BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT.
Section 10 of the United Nations Participation Act
of 1945 is amended by adding after subsection (d), as
added by section 509, the following new subsections:
‘‘(e) BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENT.—No funds may
be obligated or expended to pay any United States as-
sessed or voluntary contribution for United Nations peace-
keeping activities unless the Secretary of State determines
and certifies to the designated congressional committees
that United States manufacturers and suppliers are being
given opportunities to provide equipment, services, and
material for such activities equal to those being given to
foreign manufacturers and suppliers.
‘‘(f) DESIGNATED
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES
DEFINED.—As used in this section, the term ‘designated
congressional committees’ means—
‘‘(1) the Committee on International Relations
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives; and
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 743
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to allow labor management
cooperative efforts that improve economic competitiveness in the United
States to continue to thrive, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 1995
Mr. GUNDERSON (for himself, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. GOODLING, Mr. HOEKSTRA,
Mr. PETRI, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BARRETT of Ne-
braska, Mr. TALENT, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. BEREUTER,
Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. HOKE, Mr. LINDER, Mr. PORTER, Mr. PORTMAN,
Mr. STENHOLM, and Mr. HAYES) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
A BILL
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to allow labor
management cooperative efforts that improve economic
competitiveness in the United States to continue to
thrive, 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 ‘‘Teamwork for Employ-
ees and Managers Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) the escalating demands of global competi-
tion have compelled an increasing number of employ-
ers in the United States to make dramatic changes
in workplace and employer-employee relationships;
(2) such changes involve an enhanced role for
the employee in workplace decisionmaking, often re-
ferred to as ‘‘Employee Involvement’’, which has
taken many forms, including self-managed work
teams, quality-of-worklife, quality circles, and joint
labor-management committees;
(3) Employee Involvement programs, which op-
erate 
successfully 
in 
both 
unionized 
and
nonunionized settings, have been established by over
80 percent of the largest employers in the United
States and exist in an estimated 30,000 workplaces;
(4) in addition to enhancing the productivity
and competitiveness of businesses in the United
States, Employee Involvement programs have had a
positive impact on the lives of such employees, better
enabling them to reach their potential in work force;
(5) recognizing that foreign competitors have
successfully utilized Employee Involvement tech-
niques, the Congress has consistently joined busi-
ness, labor and academic leaders in encouraging and
transferred among its members to perform agricul-
tural labor of the same nature for which the applica-
tion was approved. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.—If an indi-
vidual member of a joint employer association 
violates any condition for approval with respect 
to the member’s application, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall deny such application only 
with respect to that member of the association 
unless the Secretary determines that the asso-
ciation or other member participated in, had 
knowledge of, or had reason to know of the vio-
lation. 
‘‘(B) ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL EM-
PLOYERS.— 
‘‘(i) JOINT EMPLOYER.—If an associa-
tion representing agricultural employers as 
a joint employer violates any condition for 
approval with respect to the association’s 
application, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall deny such application only with re-
spect to the association and may not apply 
the denial to any individual member of the 
association, unless the Secretary deter-
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recognizing successful Employee Involvement pro-
grams in the workplace through such incentives as
the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award;
(6) employers who have instituted legitimate
Employee Involvement programs have not done so to
interfere with the collective bargaining rights guar-
anteed by the labor laws, as was the case in the
1930’s when employers established deceptive sham
‘‘company unions’’ to avoid unionization; and
(7) Employee Involvement is currently threat-
ened by legal interpretations of the prohibition
against employer-dominated ‘‘company unions’’.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of this Act is—
(1) to protect legitimate Employee Involvement
programs against governmental interference;
(2) to preserve existing protections against de-
ceptive, coercive employer practices; and
(3) to allow legitimate Employee Involvement
programs to continue to evolve and proliferate.
SEC. 3. EMPLOYER EXCEPTION.
Section 8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act
is amended by striking the semicolon and inserting the
following: ‘‘: Provided further, That it shall not constitute
or be evidence of an unfair labor practice under this para-
graph for an employer to establish, assist, maintain, or
participate in any organization or entity of any kind, in
which employees participate, to address matters of mutual
interest, including issues of quality, productivity and effi-
ciency, and which does not have, claim, or seek authority
to negotiate or enter into collective bargaining agreements
with the employer or to amend existing collective bargain-
ing agreements between the employer and any labor
organization.’’.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON EFFECT OF ACT.
Nothing in this Act shall affect employee rights and
responsibilities contained in provisions other than section
8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.
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