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(1) IN GENERAL.—On the 270th day after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and on each suc-
ceeding anniversary of such 270th day, each satellite 
carrier shall submit an annual report to the Com-
mission setting forth— 
(A) each local market in which it— 
(i) retransmits signals of 1 or more 
television broadcast stations with a com-
munity of license in that market; 
(ii) has commenced providing such 
signals in the preceding 1-year period; and 
(iii) has ceased to provide such signals 
in the preceding 1-year period; and 
(B) detailed information regarding the use 
and potential use of satellite capacity for the re-
transmission of local signals in each local mar-
ket. 
(2) TERMINATION.—The requirement under 
paragraph (1) shall cease after each satellite carrier 
has submitted 5 reports under such paragraph. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘local market’’ and ‘‘satellite car-
rier’’ have the meaning given such terms in section 
339(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 339(d)); and 
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(2) the term ‘‘television broadcast station’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 325(b)(7) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
325(b)(7)). 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1532
AN ACT
To direct the United States Sentencing Commission to pro-
vide sentencing enhancement for offenses against prop-
erty at national cemeteries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3293 
AN ACT 
To provide for greater accountability in Federal funding for 
scientific research, to promote the progress of science 
in the United States that serves that national interest. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1544
AN ACT
To prevent Federal agencies from pursuing policies
of unjustifiable nonacquiescence in, and relitiga-
tion of, precedents established in the Federal ju-
dicial circuits.
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘clause’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph’’; and 
(2) in section 119— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking 
‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2019’’. 
SEC. 202. TERMINATION OF LICENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 119 of title 17, United 
States Code, as amended in section 201, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION OF LICENSE.—This section shall 
cease to be effective on December 31, 2019.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 107(a) of 
the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 
2010 (17 U.S.C. 119 note) is repealed. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 389 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4572 
[Report No. 113–518] 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend expiring provisions 
relating to the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2014 
Mr. WALDEN (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WAXMAN, and Ms. ESHOO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
JULY 11, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 6, 2014] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to extend expir-
ing provisions relating to the retransmission of signals 
of television broadcast stations, and for other purposes. 
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SEC. 2652. SUBMISSION OF PLAN.
If the Mayor elects to utilize the powers granted
under section 2651, the Mayor shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services a plan for imple-
mentation. The plan shall include—
(1) plans to administer the program;
(2) plans to conduct evaluations on the success
or failure of the program;
(3) plans to monitor the participation of par-
ents;
(4) plans to withhold and reinstate benefits;
and
(5) long-term plans for the program.
SEC. 2653. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
Beginning on October 1, 1996 and each year there-
after, the District shall annually report to the Secretary
of Health and Human Services and to the Congress on
the progress and results of the program described in sec-
tion 2651 of this Act.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 2,
1995.
Attest:
Clerk.
(A) GENERAL NOTIFICATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Center trans-
mits notice under paragraph (1) of im-
pending international travel of a child-sex 
offender to the country or countries of des-
tination of the child-sex offender, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, in conjunc-
tion with any appropriate agency, shall 
make reasonable efforts to provide con-
structive notice through electronic or tele-
phonic communication to the child-sex of-
fender prior to the child-sex offender’s ar-
rival in the country or countries. 
(ii) EXCEPTION.—The requirement to 
provide constructive notice under clause (i) 
shall not apply in the case of impending 
international travel of a child-sex offender 
to the country or countries of destination 
of the child-sex offender if such construc-
tive notice would conflict with an existing 
investigation involving the child-sex of-
fender. 
(B) SPECIFIC
NOTIFICATION
REGARDING 
RISK
TO
LIFE
OR
WELL-BEING
OF
OF-
FENDER.—If the Center has reason to believe
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‘‘(1) Four years for an employee who qualified
for veteran’s preference under this Act, and
‘‘(2) Three years for an employee who qualified
for residency preference under this Act.
‘‘(i) Separation pursuant to this section shall not af-
fect an employee’s rights under either the Agency Reemploy-
ment Priority Program or the Displaced Employee Pro-
gram established pursuant to Chapter 24 of the District
Personnel Manual.
‘‘(j) The Mayor shall submit to the Council a listing
of all positions to be abolished by agency and responsibility
center by March 1, 1996, or upon the delivery of termi-
nation notices to individual employees.
‘‘(k) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1708 or
section 2402(d), the provisions of this act shall not be
deemed negotiable.
‘‘(l) A personnel authority shall cause a 30-day termi-
nation notice to be served, no later than September 1, 1996,
on any incumbent employee remaining in any position
identified to be abolished pursuant to subsection (b) of this
section.’’.
(2) 
TERMINATION.—The 
requirement 
under 
paragraph (1) shall cease after each satellite carrier 
has submitted 5 reports under such paragraph. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘local market’’ and ‘‘satellite car-
rier’’ have the meaning given such terms in section 
339(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
339(d)); and 
(2) the term ‘‘television broadcast station’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 325(b)(7) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
325(b)(7)). 
SEC. 9. REPORT ON DESIGNATED MARKET AREAS. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report containing an 
analysis of— 
(1) the extent to which consumers in each local 
market (as defined in section 122(j) of title 17, 
United States Code) have access to broadcast pro-
gramming from television broadcast stations (as de-
fined in section 325(b)(7) of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)(7))) located outside their 
local market, including through carriage by cable op-
erators and satellite carriers of signals that are sig-
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nificantly viewed (within the meaning of section 340 
of such Act (47 U.S.C. 340)); and 
(2) whether there are technologically and eco-
nomically feasible alternatives to the use of designated 
market areas (as defined in section 122(j) of title 17, 
United States Code) to define markets that would pro-
vide consumers with more programming options and 
the potential impact such alternatives could have on 
localism and on broadcast television locally, region-
ally, and nationally. 
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 
the Judiciary of the Senate. 
(2) 
COMMISSION.—The 
term 
‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
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Union Calendar No. 389 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4572 
[Report No. 113–518] 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ex-
tend expiring provisions relating to the retrans-
mission of signals of television broadcast sta-
tions, and for other purposes. 
JULY 11, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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Sec. 904. Pilot program for repayment of educational loans for certain psychia-
trists of Veterans Health Administration. 
TITLE X—MAKING PARITY WORK 
Sec. 1001. GAO study on mental health and substance use disorder parity en-
forcement efforts. 
Sec. 1002. Report to Congress on Federal assistance to State insurance regu-
lators regarding mental health parity enforcement. 
Sec. 1003. Annual report to Congress by Secretaries of Labor and Health and 
Human Services. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to improve the responsiveness, coordination, 
accountability, accessibility, and integration of per-
son-centered behavioral health services to provide 
timely and appropriate help to individuals, families, 
and communities; 
(2) to reduce mental health crises, homeless-
ness, and incarceration by strengthening community- 
based services, including early intervention, out-
reach, engagement, prevention, crisis support, reha-
bilitation, and peer-run services for persons of all 
ages; 
(3) to ensure that all Americans with mental ill-
nesses and their families can— 
(A) gain access to evidence-based and 
emerging best practices based on the values and 
principles of trauma-informed care and mental 
health recovery, delivered in a culturally and 
linguistically competent manner; and 
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Calendar No. 645 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4573 
AN ACT 
To protect children from exploitation, especially sex 
trafficking in tourism, by providing advance no-
tice of intended travel by registered child-sex of-
fenders outside the United States to the govern-
ment of the country of destination, requesting 
foreign governments to notify the United States 
when a known child-sex offender is seeking to 
enter the United States, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4575 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land to operate a 
visitor center for Joshua Tree National Park, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2014 
Mr. COOK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land 
to operate a visitor center for Joshua Tree National 
Park, 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. VISITOR CENTER FOR JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL 
PARK. 
The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 
U.S.C. 410aaa et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 407 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 408. VISITOR CENTER. 
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to acquire not more 
than five acres of land and interests in land, and improve-
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ments thereon, outside the boundaries of Joshua Tree Na-
tional Park, in the unincorporated village of Joshua Tree, 
for the purpose of operating a visitor center. The Sec-
retary shall modify the boundary of the park to include 
the land acquired under this section as a noncontiguous 
parcel. Lands and facilities acquired under this section— 
‘‘(1) may include the property currently owned 
by the Joshua Tree National Park Association and 
commonly referred to as the ‘Joshua Tree National 
Park Visitor Center’; 
‘‘(2) shall be administered by the Secretary as 
part of Joshua Tree National Park; and 
‘‘(3) may be acquired only with the consent of 
the owner, by donation, purchase with donated or 
appropriated funds, or exchange.’’. 
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‘‘(13A) ‘Nonschool-based personnel’ means any
employee of the District of Columbia Public Schools
who is not based at a local school or who does not
provide direct services to individual students.’’.
(2) A new paragraph (15A) is added to
read as follows:
‘‘(15A) ‘School administrators’ means prin-
cipals, assistant principals, school program directors,
coordinators, instructional supervisors, and support
personnel of the District of Columbia Public
Schools.’’.
(b) Section 801A(b)(2) (D.C. Code, sec. 1–
609.1(b)(2)) is amended by adding a new subpara-
graph (L–i) to read as follows:
‘‘(L–i) Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Board of Education shall not
issue rules that require or permit nonschool-
based personnel or school administrators to be
assigned or reassigned to the same competitive
level as classroom teachers;’’
(c) Section 2402 (D.C. Code, sec. 1–625.2) is
amended by adding a new subsection (f) to read as
follows:
‘‘(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Board of Education shall not require or permit nonschool-
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4576 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish and implement a 
fatigue management plan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2014 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. ESTY, Mr. HIMES, and Mr. SEAN PATRICK 
MALONEY of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Transportation to establish and 
implement a fatigue management plan, 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. FUNCTIONING ALERTER. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
such regulations as are necessary to ensure that all con-
trolling locomotives operated at speeds in excess of 25 
mph, regardless of the date on which the locomotive is 
placed in service for the first time, are equipped with a 
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powers and duties of an eligible chartering authority
with respect to the school and the charter granted
to the school.
(2)
ELIGIBLE
CHARTERING
AUTHORITIES.—
The eligible chartering authorities referred to in
paragraph (1) are the following:
(A) The Board of Education.
(B) Any other entity established, and des-
ignated as an eligible chartering authority, by
the District of Columbia Council by enactment
of a bill after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(d) INTERIM POWERS AND DUTIES OF SCHOOL.—
Except as provided in this section, the powers and duties
of a public charter school that has been granted a charter
by an eligible chartering authority that becomes unable
or unwilling to continue to act in the capacity of an eligible
chartering authority with respect to the school shall not
be affected by such discontinuance, if the school satisfies
the requirements of this section.
SEC. 2165. FEDERAL ENTITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following Federal agencies
and federally-established institutions shall explore whether
it is feasible for the agency or institution to establish one
or more public charter schools:
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(B) 1997 THROUGH 2000.—The amount of
the payment to a public charter school de-
scribed in paragraph (5) that begins operation
in any of fiscal years 1997 through 2000 shall
be calculated by multiplying the uniform dollar
amount used in the formula established under
2301(b) by 1⁄12 of the total anticipated enroll-
ment as set forth in the petition to establish the
public charter school.
(7) PAYMENT TO SCHOOLS.—
(A) TRANSFER.—On September 1 of each
of the years 1996 through 2000, the Mayor
shall transfer, by electronic funds transfer, the
amount determined under paragraph (6) for
each public charter school from the escrow ac-
count established under subsection (a) to a
bank designated by each such school.
(B) PRO RATA AND REMAINING FUNDS.—
Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (a)(2)
shall apply to payments made under this sub-
section.
‘‘(B) a control number shall be assigned with-
out further delay; and
‘‘(C) the agency may collect the information for
not more than 1 year.
‘‘(d)(1) For any proposed collection of information
contained in a proposed rule—
‘‘(A) as soon as practicable, but no later than
the date of publication of a notice of proposed rule-
making in the Federal Register, each agency shall
forward to the Director a copy of any proposed rule
which contains a collection of information and any
information requested by the Director necessary to
make the determination required under this sub-
section; and
‘‘(B) within 60 days after the notice of pro-
posed rulemaking is published in the Federal Reg-
ister, the Director may file public comments pursu-
ant to the standards set forth in section 3508 on the
collection of information contained in the proposed
rule.
‘‘(2) When a final rule is published in the Federal
Register, the agency shall explain—
‘‘(A) how any collection of information con-
tained in the final rule responds to the comments,
if any, filed by the Director or the public; or
‘‘(6) GAO AUDIT OF USE OF 2014 FUNDS.—The 
Comptroller General of the United States shall pro-
vide for an audit of expenditures made under this 
subsection with respect plans years beginning during 
2014. Such audit shall include a determination of 
the number of claims submitted by health insurance 
issuers, the amount of such claims, a comparison of 
the amount of such claims and the amounts collected 
to cover such claims, and the amount of reinsurance 
payments made under this section to health insur-
ance issuers. The Comptroller General shall submit 
a report on such audit to Congress not later than 3 
months after the last date that such reinsurance 
payments are made, but not later than July 1, 
2016.’’. 
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plan shall be consistent with the financial plan and budget
for fiscal year 1996 for the District of Columbia required
under section 201 of the District of Columbia Financial
Responsibility and Management Assistance Act of 1995
(Public Law 104–8).
Subtitle B—Public Charter Schools
SEC. 2151. PROCESS FOR FILING CHARTER PETITIONS.
(a) EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOL.—An eligible appli-
cant seeking to convert an existing District of Columbia
public school into a public charter school—
(1) shall prepare a petition to establish a public
charter school that meets the requirements of sec-
tion 2152;
(2) shall provide a copy of the petition to—
(A) the parents of minor students attend-
ing the existing school;
(B) adult students attending the existing
school; and
(C) employees of the existing school;
(3) shall file the petition with an eligible char-
tering authority for approval after the petition—
(A) has been signed by a majority of the
total number of—
(i) parents of minor students attend-
ing the school; and
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ter school not later than 45 days after the conclusion of
the public hearing on the petition.
(f) EXTENSION.—An eligible chartering authority
and an eligible applicant may agree to extend the 45-day
time period referred to in subsection (e) by a period that
does not exceed 30 days.
(g) EXPLANATION.—If an eligible chartering author-
ity denies a petition or finds it to be incomplete, the au-
thority shall specify in writing the reasons for its decision
and indicate, when appropriate, how the eligible applicant
who filed the petition may revise the petition to satisfy
the requirements for approval.
(h) APPROVED PETITION.—
(1) NOTICE.—Not later than 10 days after an
eligible chartering authority approves a petition to
establish a public charter school, the authority shall
provide a written notice of the approval, including a
copy of the approved petition and any conditions or
requirements agreed to under subsection (d)(2), to
the eligible applicant and to the Chief Financial Of-
ficer of the District of Columbia. The eligible char-
tering authority shall publish a notice of the ap-
proval of the petition in the District of Columbia
Register.