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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2267 
To amend title 11, United States Code, to provide an exception to the 
avoidance of transactions by bankruptcy trustee under section 548 where 
the transaction was a good faith payment by a parent of post secondary 
education tuition for that parent’s child. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2015 
Mr. COLLINS of New York (for himself and Mr. FARENTHOLD) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 11, United States Code, to provide an excep-
tion to the avoidance of transactions by bankruptcy 
trustee under section 548 where the transaction was 
a good faith payment by a parent of post secondary 
education tuition for that parent’s child. 
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 ‘‘The PACT (Protecting 
All College Tuition) Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCEPTION TO SECTION 548 AVOIDANCE. 
Section 548 of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) A payment of tuition by a parent to an institu-
tion of higher education (as defined in either section 101 
or 102 of the Higher Education Act) for the education 
of that parent’s child is not a transfer covered under para-
graph (1)(B).’’. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 538
Dismissing the election contest against Charlie Rose.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
Mr. THOMAS submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
agreed to
RESOLUTION
Dismissing the election contest against Charlie Rose.
Resolved, That the election contest of Robert Ander-
son, contestant, against Charlie Rose, contestee, relating
to the office of Representative from the Seventh Congres-
sional District of North Carolina, is dismissed.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2268 
To end the use of corporal punishment in schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2015 
Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LOEBSACK, 
Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POLIS, 
Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Ms. MCCOL-
LUM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To end the use of corporal punishment in schools, 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 ‘‘Ending Corporal Pun-
ishment in Schools Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Behavioral interventions for children must 
promote the right of all children to be treated with 
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dignity. All children have the right to be free from 
any corporal punishment. 
(2) Safe, effective, evidence-based strategies are 
available to support children who display challenging 
behaviors in school settings. 
(3) School personnel have the right to work in 
a safe environment and should be provided training 
and support to prevent injury and trauma to them-
selves and others. 
(4) According to the Department of Education’s 
Technical Assistance Center on School-Wide Positive 
Behavior Interventions and Support, outcomes asso-
ciated with school-wide positive behavior support are: 
decreased office discipline referrals, increased in-
structional time, decreased administrator time spent 
on discipline issues, efficient and effective use of 
scarce resources, and increased perception of school 
safety and sustainability through a team approach. 
(5) Every 30 seconds during the school year, a 
public school student is corporally punished. 
(6) Nineteen States continue to permit corporal 
punishment in public schools. 
(7) According to Department of Education sta-
tistics, each year in the United States, hundreds of 
thousands of school children are subjected to cor-
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(4) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To ensure compliance by a 
State with any agreement of the State under sub-
section (c) (including compliance by the State with 
all Federal laws for which responsibility is assumed 
under subsection (a)(2)), for each State participating 
in the program under this section, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than 6 months after execution 
of the agreement, meet with the State to review 
implementation of the agreement and discuss 
plans for the first annual audit; 
‘‘(B) conduct annual audits during each of 
the first 4 years of State participation; and 
‘‘(C) ensure that the time period for com-
pleting an annual audit, from initiation to com-
pletion (including public comment and responses 
to those comments), does not exceed 180 days.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) AUDIT TEAM.—An audit conducted under 
paragraph (1) shall be carried out by an audit team 
determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the
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House Calendar No. 286
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 538
[Report No. 104–852]
Dismissing the election contest against Charlie Rose.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
Mr. THOMAS, from the Committee on House Oversight, reported the following
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
RESOLUTION
Dismissing the election contest against Charlie Rose.
Resolved, That the election contest of Robert Ander-
son, contestant, against Charlie Rose, contestee, relating
to the office of Representative from the Seventh Congres-
sional District of North Carolina, is dismissed.
House Calendar No. 286
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 538
[Report No. 104–852]
RESOLUTION
Dismissing the election contest against Charlie
Rose.
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 539
Dismissing the election contest against Charles F. Bass.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
Mr. THOMAS submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
agreed to
RESOLUTION
Dismissing the election contest against Charles F. Bass.
Resolved, That the election contest of Joseph Haas,
contestant, against Charles F. Bass, contestee, relating to
the office of Representative from the Second Congres-
sional District of New Hampshire, is dismissed.
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IV
House Calendar No. 287
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 539
[Report No. 104–853]
Dismissing the election contest against Charles F. Bass.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
Mr. THOMAS, from the Committee on House Oversight, reported the following
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
RESOLUTION
Dismissing the election contest against Charles F. Bass.
Resolved, That the election contest of Joseph Haas,
contestant, against Charles F. Bass, contestee, relating to
the office of Representative from the Second Congres-
sional District of New Hampshire, is dismissed.
House Calendar No. 287
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 539
[Report No. 104–853]
RESOLUTION
Dismissing the election contest against Charles F.
Bass.
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
H. Res. 53
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
February 1, 1995.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 440) to provide for the conveyance of lands to
certain individuals in Butte County, California. The first
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. General debate
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Resources. After gen-
eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under
the five-minute rule. Each section shall be considered as read.
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment
the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with
such amendments as may have been adopted. The previous
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and
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‘‘(1) ensure that the Department and agencies of 
jurisdiction possess sufficient information early in the 
review process to determine a statement of a transpor-
tation project’s purpose and need and range of alter-
natives for analysis that the lead agency and agencies 
of jurisdiction will rely on for concurrent environ-
mental reviews and permitting decisions required for 
the proposed project; 
‘‘(2) achieve early concurrence or issue resolution 
during the NEPA scoping process on the Department 
of Transportation’s statement of a project’s purpose 
and need, and during development of the environ-
mental impact statement on the range of alternatives 
for analysis, that the lead agency and agencies of ju-
risdiction will rely on for concurrent environmental 
reviews and permitting decisions required for the pro-
posed project absent circumstances that require recon-
sideration in order to meet an agency of jurisdiction’s 
obligations under a statute or Executive order; and 
‘‘(3) achieve concurrence or issue resolution in 
an expedited manner if circumstances arise that re-
quire a reconsideration of the purpose and need or 
range of alternatives considered during any Federal 
agency’s environmental or permitting review in order
HRES 53 EH
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except one motion to recommit.
Attest:
Clerk.
HRES 542 IH
Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and associated
annexes (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Peace Agree-
ment’’), negotiated in Dayton, Ohio, and signed in
Paris, France, on December 14, 1995, and to the
unified state of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
(2) calls by certain political parties, organiza-
tions and individuals within Bosnia and Herzegovina
for secession by the Republika Srpska from the uni-
fied state of Bosnia and Herzegovina are inconsist-
ent with the provisions of the Peace Agreement and
should be condemned;
(3) the United States and the international
community should oppose any efforts to advocate se-
cession and should actively support the work of the
parties to the Peace Agreement to establish demo-
cratic institutions and the rule of law in Bosnia and
Herzegovina;
(4) the signatories to the Peace Agreement and
those nations and organizations participating in the
implementation of the Peace Agreement, in accord-
ance with the relevant mandates of the United Na-
tions and United Nations Security Council, should
make it an urgent priority to bring to justice per-
sons indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal
for the former Yugoslavia;
IV
House Calendar No. 9
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 53
[Report No. 104–14]
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 440) to provide for the
conveyance of lands to certain individuals in Butte County, California.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 31, 1995
Mr. LINDER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 440) to
provide for the conveyance of lands to certain individuals
in Butte County, California.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of
rule XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 440) to provide for the conveyance
of lands to certain individuals in Butte County, California.
The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. Gen-
HRES 53 RH
eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Resources. After general debate the bill shall be considered
for amendment under the five-minute rule. Each section
shall be considered as read. At the conclusion of consider-
ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise
and report the bill to the House with such amendments
as may have been adopted. The previous question shall
be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except
one motion to recommit.
House Calendar No. 9
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 53
[Report No. 104–14]
RESOLUTION
Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R.
440) to provide for the conveyance of lands to
certain individuals in Butte County, California.
JANUARY 31, 1995
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2270 
AN ACT 
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, lo-
cated in the State of Washington, as the Billy Frank 
Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, to establish the 
Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial within the 
wildlife refuge, 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 ‘‘Billy Frank Jr. Tell 
Your Story Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF THE NISQUALLY NATIONAL 
WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Nisqually National Wild-
life Refuge, located in the State of Washington, is redesig-
nated as the ‘‘Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife 
Refuge’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any statute, 
rule, regulation, Executive Order, publication, map, paper, 
or other document of the United States to the Nisqually 
National Wildlife Refuge is deemed to refer to the Billy 
Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. 
SEC. 3. MEDICINE CREEK TREATY NATIONAL MEMORIAL, 
WASHINGTON. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Med-
icine Creek Treaty National Memorial within the Billy 
Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge to com-
memorate the location of the signing of the Medicine 
Creek Treaty of 1854 between the United States Govern-
ment and leaders of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, 
and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes. 
(b) ACREAGE AND ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall establish the boundaries of the Medi-
cine Creek Treaty National Memorial and provide for ad-
ministration and interpretation of the memorial by the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall coordinate with representatives of the Muckleshoot, 
Nisqually, Puyallup, and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes in 
providing for the interpretation of the Medicine Creek 
Treaty National Memorial. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2270 
AN ACT 
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Ref-
uge, located in the State of Washington, as the 
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Ref-
uge, to establish the Medicine Creek Treaty Na-
tional Memorial within the wildlife refuge, and 
for other purposes.
H. Res. 540
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
September 27, 1996.
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it
shall be in order to consider the conference report to ac-
company the bill (H.R. 3539) to amend title 49, United
States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration, and for other purposes. All points of
order against the conference report and against its consid-
eration are waived. The conference report shall be consid-
ered as read.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 2270 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 
An Act 
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located in the State of 
Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, to establish 
the Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial within the wildlife refuge, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Billy Frank Jr. Tell Your Story 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF THE NISQUALLY NATIONAL WILDLIFE 
REFUGE. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, 
located in the State of Washington, is redesignated as the ‘‘Billy 
Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any statute, rule, regula-
tion, Executive order, publication, map, paper, or other document 
of the United States to the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge 
is deemed to refer to the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife 
Refuge. 
SEC. 3. MEDICINE CREEK TREATY NATIONAL MEMORIAL, WASH-
INGTON. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Medicine Creek 
Treaty National Memorial within the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually 
National Wildlife Refuge to commemorate the location of the signing 
of the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854 between the United States 
Government and leaders of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup, 
and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes. 
(b) ACREAGE
AND
ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the 
Interior shall establish the boundaries of the Medicine Creek Treaty 
National Memorial and provide for administration and interpreta-
tion of the memorial by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Interior shall coordi-
nate with representatives of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup,
H. R. 2270—2 
and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes in providing for the interpretation 
of the Medicine Creek Treaty National Memorial. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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House Calendar No. 285
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 540
[Report No. 104–851]
Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the
bill (H.R. 3539) to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize
programs of the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
Mr. LINDER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution;
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
RESOLUTION
Waiving points of order against the conference report to
accompany the bill (H.R. 3539) to amend title 49, Unit-
ed States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal
Aviation Administration, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it
shall be in order to consider the conference report to ac-
company the bill (H.R. 3539) to amend title 49, United
States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration, and for other purposes. All points of
order against the conference report and against its consid-
HRES 540 RH
eration are waived. The conference report shall be consid-
ered as read.
House Calendar No. 285
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 540
[Report No. 104–851]
RESOLUTION
Waiving points of order against the conference re-
port to accompany the bill (H.R. 3539) to amend
title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize pro-
grams of the Federal Aviation Administration,
and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 26, 1996
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2270 
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, located in the State 
of Washington, as the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Ref-
uge, to establish the Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site within 
the wildlife refuge, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2015 
Mr. HECK of Washington (for himself, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. LARSEN of Wash-
ington, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. MCMORRIS ROD-
GERS, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. COLE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. HONDA, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. GRI-
JALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To redesignate the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, lo-
cated in the State of Washington, as the Billy Frank 
Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, to establish the 
Medicine Creek Treaty National Historic Site within the 
wildlife refuge, 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 ‘‘Billy Frank Jr. Tell 
Your Story Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REDESIGNATION OF THE NISQUALLY NATIONAL 
WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—The Nisqually National Wild-
life Refuge, located in the State of Washington, is redesig-
nated as the ‘‘Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife 
Refuge’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any statute, 
rule, regulation, Executive Order, publication, map, paper, 
or other document of the United States to the Nisqually 
National Wildlife Refuge is deemed to refer to the Billy 
Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. 
SEC. 3. MEDICINE CREEK TREATY NATIONAL HISTORIC 
SITE, WASHINGTON. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as a unit 
of the National Park System the Medicine Creek Treaty 
National Historic Site within the Billy Frank Jr. 
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge to commemorate the 
location of the signing of the Medicine Creek Treaty of 
1854 between the United States Government and leaders 
of the Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Puyallup and Squaxin Is-
land Indian Tribes. 
(b) ACREAGE AND ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary 
of the Interior shall establish the boundaries of the Medi-
cine Creek Treaty National Historic Site and provide for 
administration and interpretation of the historic site. 
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(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall coordinate with representatives of the Muckleshoot, 
Nisqually, Puyallup and Squaxin Island Indian Tribes in 
providing for the interpretation of the Medicine Creak 
Treaty National Historic Site. 
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