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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3149
To permit the approval and administration of drugs and devices to patients
who are terminally ill.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 21, 1996
Mr. SHAW (for himself, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia,
Mr. JACOBS, Mr. BUNNING of Kentucky, Mr. CHRISTENSEN, Mr.
BILBRAY, and Mr. BURR) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To permit the approval and administration of drugs and
devices to patients who are terminally ill.
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 ‘‘Terminally Ill Access
to Treatment Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. DRUGS AND DEVICES FOR TERMINALLY ILL.
(a) APPROVAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall approve, for purposes of treating
the terminally ill only, drugs and devices which have not
received final approval from the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration and which have not been shown to be unsafe.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—It is not illegal for a health
care practitioner to administer a drug or device approved
under subsection (a) to a terminally ill patient if the prac-
titioner—
(1) has given the patient sufficient notice that
the drug or device has not received final approval
from the Food and Drug Administration and should
be considered experimental; and
(2) has received from such patient or the pa-
tient’s legal representative written approval to ad-
minister such drug or device.
(c) UNSAFE DRUG OR DEVICE.—If a health care
practitioner administers, in accordance with subsection
(b), a drug or device approved under subsection (a) and
determines the drug is unsafe and has caused acute harm
to the practitioner’s terminally ill patient, the practitioner
shall cease the administration of the drug or device and
shall report to the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices the practitioner’s findings of acute harm.
(d) NOTICE.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall give timely public notice of—
(1) the benefits derived from a drug or device
approved under subsection (a); and
(2) any harm caused by a drug or device ap-
proved under subsection (a).
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘terminally ill’’ means an individ-
ual who has been certified by a physician as having
an illness or physical condition which can reasonably
be expected to result in death in 24 months or less
after the date of certification; and
(2) the term ‘‘physician’’ has the same meaning
as is given that term by section 1861(r)(1) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C 1395x(r)(1)).
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 314
To provide for monthly reporting of child support obligations to certain
consumer reporting agencies.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. LEVIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To provide for monthly reporting of child support obligations
to certain consumer reporting agencies.
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 ‘‘Child Support Credit
Bureau Reporting Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. MONTHLY REPORTING TO CERTAIN CONSUMER RE-
PORTING AGENCIES OF CHILD SUPPORT OB-
LIGATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 466(a)(7) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(7)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(7)(A)(i) Procedures which require the State
agency to provide to each qualified consumer report-
ing agency, on a monthly basis, such information
(and in such form and in such manner) as the Sec-
retary shall require by regulation with respect to any
child support obligation owed by an absent parent to
any person being provided services under the State
plan approved under this part, except that informa-
tion with respect to overdue support payable shall be
made available under such procedures only after—
‘‘(I) the State agency has transmitted to
the absent parent notice that the information is
to be so provided;
‘‘(II) the absent parent has been given a
reasonable opportunity to contest the accuracy
of the information; and
‘‘(III) full compliance with all procedural
due process requirements of the State.
‘‘(ii) Clause (i) shall not be construed to require
the provision of more than 1 notice to an absent
parent with respect to child support payable by the
absent parent pursuant to a child support order.
‘‘(B) As used in subparagraph (A), the term
‘qualified consumer reporting agency’ means—
‘‘(i) each consumer reporting agency (as
defined in section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Re-
porting Act) that is a major reporting agency
(as determined by the Secretary in regulations);
and
‘‘(ii) at the option of the State, any other
consumer reporting agency (as so defined).’’.
(b) REGULATIONS.—Within 6 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall prescribe such regulations as may
be necessary to carry out the amendment made by sub-
section (a).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect 12 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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case of a USAccount subject to management under section 
4(g) of the USAccounts: Investing in America’s Future 
Act of 2014, the term ‘excess contributions’ means the 
sum of— 
‘‘(1) the aggregate amount contributed for the 
taxable year to the account, and 
‘‘(2) the amount determined under this sub-
section for the preceding taxable year, reduced by 
the sum of— 
‘‘(A) the distributions out of the account, 
and 
‘‘(B) the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) the maximum amount allowable 
as a contribution under section 4(c)(3)(C) 
of the USAccounts: Investing in America’s 
Future Act of 2014 for the taxable year, 
over 
‘‘(ii) the amount contributed to the 
account for the taxable year.’’. 
(2) PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS.—Section 4975 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(A) by adding at the end of subsection (c) 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) SPECIAL RULE FOR USACCOUNTS.—An in-
dividual for whose benefit a USAccount subject to 
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United States who tenders a container or trailer sub-
ject to this chapter for intermodal transportation if
the first carrier is a motor carrier.’’.
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Subsection (b) of section 5902
(relating to certification) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person who tenders a load-
ed container or trailer with an actual gross cargo
weight of more than 29,000 pounds to a first carrier
for intermodal transportation shall provide a certifi-
cation of the contents of the container or trailer in
writing, or electronically, before or when the con-
tainer or trailer is so tendered.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATION.—The certifi-
cation required by paragraph (1) shall include—
‘‘(A) the actual gross cargo weight;
‘‘(B) a reasonable description of the con-
tents of the container or trailer;
‘‘(C) the identity of the certifying party;
‘‘(D) the container or trailer number; and
‘‘(E) the date of certification or transfer of
data to another document, as provided for in
paragraph (3).
‘‘(3) TRANSFER
OF
CERTIFICATION
DATA.—A
carrier who receives a certification may transfer the
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5566 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore National SMART 
Grants for a certain number of award years. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 
Mr. CARNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore 
National SMART Grants for a certain number of award 
years. 
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 ‘‘SMART Grant Reau-
thorization Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF SMART GRANTS. 
Section 401A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a–1) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘NATIONAL SMART GRANTS’’; 
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shall give preference to port areas to the extent that an-
nual payments of the harbor maintenance fee under sec-
tion 9505 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 exceed
Federal expenditures made from the Harbor Maintenance
Trust Fund for projects in such port area.
(d) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—No funds
comprising the Federal share of costs described in sub-
section (a) shall be expended until the Secretary of the
Army determines that such funds are not otherwise re-
quired to cover other eligible operation and maintenance
costs assigned to commercial navigation. The Federal
share for each project made eligible by subsection (c) shall
not exceed $25,000,000 in any fiscal year.
(e) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to the
construction of dredged material disposal facilities for
which a contract for construction or usable increment
thereof, or the construction of the associated navigation
project or usable increment thereof has not been awarded
on or before the date of the enactment of this Act. The
Secretary of the Army may amend, with the consent of
the non-Federal interest, project cooperation agreements
to provide for the Federal share of project costs of dredged
material disposal facilities as provided in this section.
(f) PROTECTION OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Noth-
ing in this section shall increase, or result in the increase
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(B) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘for the third’’ and inserting 
‘‘this section for the third’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and 
(B); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
through (E) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
respectively; 
(C) in subparagraph (A)(i), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I) and inserting ‘‘and’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘major in’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘the physical’’ and in-
serting ‘‘major in the physical’’; and 
(iii) by striking subclause (II); and 
(D) in subparagraph (C)(i), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I) and inserting ‘‘and’’; 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘major in’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘the physical’’ and in-
serting ‘‘major in the physical’’; and 
(iii) by striking subclause (II); 
(4) in subsection (d)(1)(A)— 
(A) by striking clauses (i) and (ii); 
(B) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) 
as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
(C) in clause (i), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘subparagraph (C) or (D)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’; and 
(D) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)’’; 
(5) by amending subsection (e)(1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATION OF 
FUNDS.—There are authorized to be appropriated, 
and there are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the De-
partment of Education to carry out this section 
$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each of the 
5 succeeding fiscal years.’’; 
(6) by striking subsection (f); 
(7) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f); and 
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(8) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘2010–2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2020–2021’’. 
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quested in accordance with the rules of the appropriate
House, the vote on final passage of the resolution shall
occur.
(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating
to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House
of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure
relating to a resolution described in subsection (a) shall
be decided without debate.
(e) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—(1) If, be-
fore the passage by one House of a resolution of that
House described in subsection (a), that House receives
from the other House a resolution described in subsection
(a), then the following procedures shall apply:
(A) The resolution of the other House shall not
be referred to a committee and may not be consid-
ered in the House receiving it except in the case of
final passage as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii).
(B) With respect to a resolution described in
subsection (a) of the House receiving the resolu-
tion—
(i) the procedure in that House shall be
the same as if no resolution had been received
from the other House; but
(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on
the resolution of the other House.
(2) Upon disposition of the resolution received from
the other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider
the resolution that originated in the receiving House.
(f) RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE.—This sec-
tion is enacted by Congress—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with
respect to the procedure to be followed in that
House in the case of a resolution described in sub-
section (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the
extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change the rules (so far as
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time,
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in
the case of any other rule of that House.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed
$2,500,000 for carrying out this Act.
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Israel’’ means actions by states, non-member 
states of the United Nations, international orga-
nizations, or affiliated agencies of international 
organizations that are politically motivated and 
are intended to penalize or otherwise limit com-
mercial relations specifically with Israel or per-
sons doing business in Israel or in Israeli-con-
trolled territories. 
(20) GOOD GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, THE 
EFFECTIVE OPERATION OF LEGAL REGIMES, AND THE 
RULE OF LAW OF TRADING PARTNERS.—The principal 
negotiating objectives of the United States with re-
spect to ensuring implementation of trade commit-
ments and obligations by strengthening good govern-
ance, transparency, the effective operation of legal re-
gimes and the rule of law of trading partners of the 
United States is through capacity building and other 
appropriate means, which are important parts of the 
broader effort to create more open democratic societies 
and to promote respect for internationally recognized 
human rights. 
(c) CAPACITY BUILDING AND OTHER PRIORITIES.—In 
order to address and maintain United States competitive-
ness in the global economy, the President shall— 
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(1) direct the heads of relevant Federal agen-
cies— 
(A) to work to strengthen the capacity of 
United States trading partners to carry out obli-
gations under trade agreements by consulting 
with any country seeking a trade agreement with 
the United States concerning that country’s laws 
relating to customs and trade facilitation, sani-
tary and phytosanitary measures, technical bar-
riers to trade, intellectual property rights, labor, 
and the environment; and 
(B) to provide technical assistance to that 
country if needed; 
(2) seek to establish consultative mechanisms 
among parties to trade agreements to strengthen the 
capacity of United States trading partners to develop 
and implement standards for the protection of the en-
vironment and human health based on sound science; 
(3) promote consideration of multilateral envi-
ronmental agreements and consult with parties to 
such agreements regarding the consistency of any such 
agreement that includes trade measures with existing 
environmental exceptions under Article XX of GATT 
1994; and 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 213 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country 
numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the 
per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2015 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. LABRADOR, and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate 
the per-country numerical limitation for employment- 
based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical 
limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, 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 ‘‘Fairness for High- 
Skilled Immigrants Act of 2015’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Trans-
port Correction Advancement Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the Secretary of Transportation is consider-
ing, as part of a proposed rulemaking, expanding the
exceptions provided for transportation of small quan-
tities of hazardous materials from unnecessary and
burdensome regulations;
(2) the Secretary has found that certain busi-
nesses, and especially small businesses, carry small
quantities of hazardous materials;
(3) small businesses are critical in creating jobs
in the United States economy and can be signifi-
cantly affected by Federal regulations; and
(4) regulatory relief for small businesses trans-
porting relatively small quantities of hazardous ma-
terials should be promptly acted on and the Sec-
retary has stated an intention to issue a final rule
to provide this regulatory relief by December 31,
1996.
SEC. 3. MATERIALS OF TRADE EXCEPTIONS FROM HAZARD-
OUS 
MATERIALS 
TRANSPORTATION 
RE-
QUIREMENTS.
(a) DEADLINE FOR ISSUANCE OF FINAL RULE.—Not
later than December 31, 1996, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall issue, under the rulemaking proceeding under
docket number HM–200, entitled ‘‘Hazardous Materials
in Intrastate Transportation’’, a final rule relating to ma-
terials of trade exceptions from chapter 51 of title 49,
United States Code, and regulations issued pursuant
thereto. The final rule shall substantially address the ma-
terials of trade exceptions contained in the proposed rule
relating to hazardous materials in intrastate transpor-
tation published in the Federal Register on March 20,
1996 (61 Fed. Reg. 11489–11490).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The final rule issued under
subsection (a) shall become effective not later than 90
days after date of publication of the final rule.
(c) TRAINING OF INSPECTORS.—Before the effective
date of the final rule issued under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall provide sufficient training of inspectors to pro-
vide for implementation of the final rule.
SEC. 4. FARM-RELATED EXCEPTIONS FROM HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS 
TRANSPORTATION 
REQUIRE-
MENTS.
Any provision of a final rule relating to intrastate
transportation of hazardous materials issued under the
rulemaking proceeding under docket number HM–200
that prohibits States from granting exceptions for not-for-
hire intrastate transportation by farmers and farm-related
service industries shall not take effect with respect to not-
for-hire intrastate transportation by farmers and farm-re-
lated service industries before the earlier of—
(1) the date of the enactment of a law which
authorizes appropriations to carry out chapter 51 of
title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 1998; or
(2) the 180th day following the effective date of
the final rule.
Passed the House of Representatives September 24,
1996.
Attest:
Clerk.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3153
To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt from regulation the
transportation of certain hazardous materials by vehicles with a gross
vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 1996
Mr. DELAY (for himself, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. DOOLEY of California, Mr. BARR
of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. CHRISTENSEN,
Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. CRAMER, Mr.
CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylva-
nia, Mr. EWING, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. HAYES,
Mr. KIM, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr.
LINDER, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. NEY, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr.
SCARBOROUGH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TRAFICANT, and Mr. WAMP) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt from
regulation the transportation of certain hazardous mate-
rials by vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of
10,000 pounds or less.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN HAZARDOUS MATE-
RIAL TRANSPORTATION FROM REGULATION.
Section 5117 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as sub-
sections (d) and (e), respectively, and by inserting after
subsection (b) the following:
‘‘(c) STATUTORY EXEMPTION.—This chapter and
regulations prescribed under this chapter shall not apply
to—
‘‘(1) any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rat-
ing of 10,000 pounds or less transporting a sub-
stance or material—
‘‘(A) designated as a hazardous material
under this chapter (or the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act) on or before January 1,
1996; and
‘‘(B) for which placarding of a motor vehi-
cle was not required as of January 1, 1996,
under regulations prescribed under this chapter
(or the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act); and
‘‘(2) any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rat-
ing of 10,000 pounds or less transporting a sub-
stance or material designated as a hazardous mate-
rial under this chapter after January 1, 1996, unless
the Secretary determines that the hazardous mate-
rial poses a significant risk to health and safety or
property.’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3153
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 24 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 20), 1996
Received
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final
rule relating to materials of trade exceptions from haz-
ardous materials transportation requirements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 842
AN ACT
To provide off-budget treatment for the Highway
Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund, the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, and
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.