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or employee of the United States Postal Service or the 
Postal Regulatory Commission. 
SEC. 6. FORFEITURE OF CSRS OR FERS ANNUITY FOR ANY 
EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF A FELONY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 83 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 8323. Forfeiture of annuity for felony conviction. 
‘‘(a)(1) An individual appointed to the service who 
is not subject to the requirements of section 2 of the Pro-
mote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act may 
not be paid an annuity or retired pay on the basis of the 
service of the individual which is creditable toward the an-
nuity if the individual was finally convicted of a felony of-
fense. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘felony 
offense’ means any felony offense committed by the indi-
vidual that is related to the performance of any position 
within the service occupied by such individual. 
‘‘(b) An individual who is an at-will employee (as de-
termined under section 2 of the Promote Accountability 
and Government Efficiency Act) may not be paid an annu-
ity on the basis of the service of the individual which is 
creditable toward the annuity if the individual was finally 
convicted of a felony offense— 
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‘‘(2) 
TARGETED
LOW-INCOME
PREGNANT
WOMAN.—The term ‘targeted low-income pregnant
woman’ has the meaning given the term targeted
low-income child in section 2110(b) as if any ref-
erence to a child were deemed a reference to a
woman during pregnancy and through the end of the
month in which the 60-day period (beginning on the
last day of her pregnancy) ends.
‘‘(c) 
REFERENCES
TO
TERMS
AND
SPECIAL
RULES.—In the case of, and with respect to, a State pro-
viding for coverage of pregnancy-related assistance to tar-
geted low-income pregnant women under subsection (a),
the following special rules apply:
‘‘(1) Any reference in this title (other than sub-
section (b)) to a targeted low income child is deemed
to include a reference to a targeted low-income preg-
nant woman.
‘‘(2) Any such reference to child health assist-
ance with respect to such women is deemed a ref-
erence to pregnancy-related assistance.
‘‘(3) Any such reference to a child is deemed a
reference to a woman during pregnancy and the pe-
riod described in subsection (b)(2).
‘‘(4) The medicaid applicable income level is
deemed a reference to the income level established
under section 1902(l)(2)(A).
‘‘(5) Subsection (a) of section 2103 (relating to
required scope of health insurance coverage) shall
not apply insofar as a State limits coverage to serv-
ices described in subsection (b)(1) and the reference
to such section in section 2105(a)(1) is deemed not
to require, in such case, compliance with the require-
ments of section 2103(a).
‘‘(6) There shall be no exclusion of benefits for
services described in subsection (b)(1) based on any
pre-existing condition.
‘‘(d) NO IMPACT ON ALLOTMENTS.—Nothing in this
section shall be construed as affecting the amount of any
initial allotment provided to a State under section
2104(b).
‘‘(e) APPLICATION OF FUNDING RESTRICTIONS.—
The coverage under this section (and the funding of such
coverage) is subject to the restrictions of section
2105(c).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and shall apply to allotments for all fiscal
years.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3838
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require, in the evaluation of
bids and proposals for a contract for the procurement by the Department
of Defense of property or services, the consideration of the percentage
of work under the contract planned to be performed in the United
States, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1998
Ms. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on National Security
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require, in the
evaluation of bids and proposals for a contract for the
procurement by the Department of Defense of property
or services, the consideration of the percentage of work
under the contract planned to be performed in the
United States, 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. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONTRACT PER-
FORMANCE IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 141 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
‘‘§ 2410n. Requirements relating to contract perform-
ance in the United States
‘‘(a) CONSIDERATION
OF PERCENTAGE
OF WORK
PERFORMED IN THE UNITED STATES.—In the evaluation
of sealed bids and competitive proposals submitted in re-
sponse to a solicitation for a contract for the procurement
of property or services, the head of an agency—
‘‘(1) shall include, as a factor in the statement
required by section 2305(a)(2)(A)(i) of this title of
significant factors expected to be considered in such
evaluation, the percentage of work under the con-
tract that the bidder or offeror plans to perform in
the United States; and
‘‘(2) shall assign a high importance to such fac-
tor.
‘‘(b) BREACH
OF CONTRACT
FOR TRANSFERRING
WORK OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—The head of an
agency shall include in each contract for the procurement
of property or services a clause providing that the contrac-
tor is deemed to have breached the contract if the contrac-
tor performs less work in the United States than the con-
‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION.—Subsections (a), (b), and (c)
may not be construed to diminish the primary importance
of considerations of quality in the procurement of defense-
related property or services.
‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘head of
an agency’ has the meaning provided by section 2302(1)
of this title.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘2410n. Requirements relating to contract performance in the United States.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2410n of title 10,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall
apply with respect to contracts entered into on or after
the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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‘‘(3) Subject to the authority, direction, and control
of the Secretary of Defense, the commander of the joint
forces command, in carrying out his responsibilities under
subsection (d), shall have authority to exercise the func-
tions of the head of an agency under chapter 137 of this
title.
‘‘(h) BUDGET SUPPORT FOR JOINT FORCE ACTIVI-
TIES.—(1) Before the budget proposal for the joint forces
command for any fiscal year is submitted to the Secretary
of Defense, the commander of the joint forces command
shall consult with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments concerning funding for joint force experimentation.
If the Secretary of a military department does not concur
in the recommended level of funding with respect to such
experimentation that is under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary, the commander shall include with the budget pro-
posal submitted to the Secretary of Defense the views of
the Secretary of the military department concerning such
funding.
‘‘(2) Before the budget proposal for a military depart-
ment for any fiscal year is submitted to the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of that military department shall
consult with the commander of the joint forces command
concerning funding for participation in joint experimen-
tation in the military personnel, operations and mainte-
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3839
To promote protection of Federal law enforcement officers who intervene
in certain situations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1998
Mr. KOLBE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To promote protection of Federal law enforcement officers
who intervene in certain situations.
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 ‘‘Federal Law Enforce-
ment Officers’ Good Samaritan Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OF-
FICERS WHO INTERVENE IN CERTAIN SITUA-
TIONS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
(1) the term ‘‘crime of violence’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 16 of title 18, United
States Code; and
(2) the term ‘‘law enforcement officer’’ has the
meaning given that term in section 8401 of title 5,
United States Code.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for purposes of chapter 171 of title
28, United States Code, or any other provision of law re-
lating to tort liability, a law enforcement officer shall be
construed to be acting within the scope of his or her office
or employment, if the officer takes any action, including
the use of force, that is determined by the officer to be
necessary to—
(1) protect an individual in the presence of the
officer from a crime of violence;
(2) provide immediate assistance to an individ-
ual who has suffered or who is threatened with bod-
ily harm; or
(3) prevent the escape of any individual who the
officer reasonably believes to have committed in the
presence of the officer a crime of violence.
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‘‘(A) the academic record of the fellowship
applicant;
‘‘(B) the recommendations submitted in
support of the applicant; and
‘‘(C) evidence indicating the nature of the
contribution the applicant will make to the
manufacturing enterprise.
‘‘(4) GEOGRAPHIC
LIMITATION.—Not more
than 20 advanced manufacturing fellowships shall be
awarded for employment in any single State.
‘‘(5) FELLOWSHIP
AWARDS.—The contractor
shall provide for an appropriate public ceremony or
ceremonies for, or other means of publicizing, the
announcement of fellowship awards.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
INDIVIDUALS.—An individual
shall be eligible for an advanced manufacturing fel-
lowship if—
‘‘(A) such individual has received a mas-
ters or doctorate degree within the 5 years pre-
ceding the award in a science or engineering
field of study;
‘‘(B) such individual is a citizen of the
United States; and
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 627 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless 
veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2015 
Ms. HAHN (for herself and Mr. BENISHEK) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the defini-
tion of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under 
the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
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. EXPANSION OF DEFINITION OF HOMELESS 
VETERAN 
FOR 
PURPOSES 
OF 
BENEFITS 
UNDER THE LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE 
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
Section 2002(1) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or (b)’’ after ‘‘section 103(a)’’. 
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‘‘(ii) after expiration or forfeiture of 
any exclusivity with respect to such drug 
under such subsection (j)(5)(B)(iv).’’. 
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‘‘(C) such individual is or will be employed
by a small business manufacturing enterprise.
‘‘(2) SMALL
BUSINESS
MANUFACTURING
EN-
TERPRISE.—A business corporation, partnership, or
other business organization shall be an eligible small
business manufacturing enterprise for purposes of
subsection (b)(2) if such corporation, partnership, or
organization—
‘‘(A) has not more than 1,000 employees;
and
‘‘(B) is engaged in the manufacture of a
product, or in the active development of a prod-
uct that the enterprise will manufacture.
‘‘SEC. 983. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this part $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal
years.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3842
To provide that certain Federal property shall be made available to States
for State use before being made available to other entities, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 12, 1998
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition
to the Committees on National Security, Small Business, International
Relations, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall wihin
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide that certain Federal property shall be made avail-
able to States for State use before being made available
to other entities, 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 ‘‘Federal Surplus Prop-
erty Improvement Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. PRIORITY TO STATES FOR THE TRANSFER OF NON-
LETHAL EXCESS SUPPLIES OF THE DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE.
Section 2547 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sub-
section (d), the Secretary of Defense’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (c), the follow-
ing:
‘‘(d) Nonlethal excess supplies of the Department of
Defense shall be made available to a State, a local govern-
ment of a State, or a possession, upon the request of the
State, local government, or possession pursuant to author-
ity provided in another provision of law, before such sup-
plies are made available for humanitarian relief purposes
under this section. Notwithstanding the preceding sen-
tence, the President may make such supplies available for
humanitarian purposes before such supplies are made
available to a State, local government, or possession under
this subsection in order to respond to an emergency pre-
cipitated by a natural disaster.’’.
HR 3849 IH
the National League of Cities, and the United
States Conferences of Mayors; and 1 represent-
ative each from the International City/County
Managers Association and the American Legis-
lative Exchange Council.
(C) Thirteen representatives of taxpayers
and business, of which 3 shall be appointed by
the President and 2 each shall be appointed by
the Senate majority leader, the Senate minority
leader, the Speaker of the House, the House
majority leader, and the house minority leader.
(2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Commission shall have
2 chairpersons to serve as co-chairpersons. One of
the Chairpersons shall be a representative selected
by the National Governors Association from 1 of the
groups identified in subsection (b)(1)(B). The other
Chairperson shall be a representative selected jointly
by the Speaker of the house of Representatives and
the majority leader of the Senate from 1 of the
groups identified in subsection (b)(1)(C).
(3) 
APPOINTMENTS.—Appointments 
to 
the
Commission shall be made not later than 45 days
after the date of enactment of this Act. The Chair-
persons shall be appointed not later than 60 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. TRANSFERS OF PROPERTY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Section 607 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2357(d)) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2),
and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), respec-
tively;
(B) by striking ‘‘(d) The’’ and inserting
‘‘(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2),
the’’; and
(C) by adding at the end of the following:
‘‘(2) No property may be transferred under para-
graph (1) unless the Administrator of General Services de-
termines that there is no Federal or State use require-
ments for the property under any other provision of law.’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the transfer
of confiscated property to foreign countries.’’.
SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO SMALL BUSINESS ACT.
Section 7(j)(13)(F) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 636(j)(13)(F) is amended—
(1) by striking the third sentence; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘This
subparagraph shall be carried out with the oversight
of the Administrator of General Services in consulta-
tion with State agencies responsible for the distribu-
tion of surplus property.’’.
SEC. 5. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SCIENCE EDUCATION EN-
HANCEMENT ACT AMENDMENT.
Section 3166(b) of the Department of Energy
Science Education Enhancement Act (42 U.S.C. 7381c
(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through
(6) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively.
SEC. 6. REPORT ON DISPOSAL AND DONATION OF SURPLUS
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall
review all statutes relating to the disposal and donation
of surplus personal property and submit to Congress a re-
port on such statutes including—
(1) the effectiveness of programs administered
under such statutes (except for any program that
grants access to personal property by local commu-
nities impacted by the closure of a military base),
and the amount and type of property administered
under each such program during fiscal years 1997
and 1998; and
(2) legislative recommendations to integrate
and consolidate all such programs to be adminis-
tered by a single Federal authority working with
State agencies while accomplishing the purposes of
such programs.
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6282 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, New York, 
as the ‘‘Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DR. ROSCOE C. BROWN, JR. POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, 
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Dr. 
Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, 
Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6282 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in 
Bronx, New York, as the ‘‘Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, 
Jr. Post Office Building’’.
H. R. 6282 
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2024 Jerome 
Avenue, in Bronx, New York, as the ‘‘Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DR. ROSCOE C. BROWN, JR. POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, New York, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post 
Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6282 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, New York, as the ‘‘Dr. Roscoe C. 
Brown, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. HIG-
GINS, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. TONKO, Ms. MENG, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. KATKO, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. HANNA, Ms. 
CLARKE of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY 
of New York, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. COLLINS 
of New York, Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. GIBSON, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. 
REED, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. ZELDIN, and Ms. STEFANIK) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, New York, 
as the ‘‘Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DR. ROSCOE C. BROWN, JR. POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 2024 Jerome Avenue, in Bronx, 
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New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Dr. 
Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, 
Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
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‘‘(F) Developing scenarios and measures of ef-
fectiveness for experimentation activities.
‘‘(G) Assessing the effectiveness of organiza-
tional structures, operational concepts, and tech-
nologies, platforms, and systems employed in joint
experimentation activities.
‘‘(H) Acquiring material, supplies, and services
required for the conduct of joint experimentation.
‘‘(I) Exercising authority, direction, and control
over the expenditure of funds for the conduct of
joint experimentation activities of forces assigned to
the joint forces command.
‘‘(J) Integrating and testing in joint experi-
ments those systems and concepts which emerge
from service or agency experimentation activities.
‘‘(K) Developing and recommending to the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff requirements
for future joint warfighting capabilities.
‘‘(L) Advising the Secretary of Defense and the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in establishing
priorities for joint requirements and acquisition pro-
grams as they relate to joint warfighting capabilities.
‘‘(e) JOINT EXPERIMENTATION FORCE.—The com-
mander of the joint forces command shall establish with
assigned forces from each of the armed forces a joint ex-