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House Calendar No. 178
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 265
[Report No. 105–513]
Authorizing the use of the East Front of the Capitol Grounds for perform-
ances sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 29, 1998
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself and Mr. OBERSTAR) submitted the following con-
current resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure
MAY 6, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the use of the East Front of the Capitol Grounds
for performances sponsored by the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring),
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SECTION 1. AUTHORIZING USE OF EAST FRONT FOR PER-
FORMANCES SPONSORED BY KENNEDY CEN-
TER.
In carrying out its duties under section 4 of the John
F. Kennedy Center Act (20 U.S.C. 76j), the John F. Ken-
nedy Center for the Performing Arts in cooperation with
the National Park Service (in this resolution jointly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘sponsor’’) may sponsor public perform-
ances on the East Front of the Capitol Grounds at such
dates and times as the Speaker of the House of Represent-
atives and Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate may approve jointly.
SEC. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Any performance authorized
under section 1 shall be free of admission charge to the
public and arranged not to interfere with the needs of
Congress, under conditions to be prescribed by the Archi-
tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board.
(b) ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES.—The sponsor shall
assume full responsibility for all liabilities incident to all
activities associated with the performance.
SEC. 3. PREPARATIONS.
(a) STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT.—In consultation
with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the
Architect of the Capitol shall provide upon the Capitol
•HCON 265 RH
grounds such stage, sound amplification devices, and other
related structures and equipment as may be required for
a performance authorized under section 1.
(b) ADDITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.—The Architect of
the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board may make such
additional arrangements as may be required to carry out
the performance.
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY OF PROHIBITIONS.
Nothing in this resolution may be construed to waive
the applicability of the prohibitions established by section
4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d; 60 Stat.
718), concerning sales, displays, and solicitations on the
Capitol Grounds.
SEC. 5. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.
A performance may not be conducted under this reso-
lution after September 30, 1998.
House Calendar No. 178
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 265
[Report No. 105–513]
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Authorizing the use of the East Front of the Cap-
itol Grounds for performances sponsored by the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts.
MAY 6, 1998
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2336 
To amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, relating to protective 
orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of discovery information in civil 
actions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2015 
Mr. NADLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, 
relating to protective orders, sealing of cases, disclosures 
of discovery information in civil actions, 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 ‘‘Sunshine in Litigation 
Act of 2015’’. 
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section 513(f)(2), or a report under section 510(k), 
including the recognition of valid scientific evidence 
as described in section 513(a)(3)(B), and consider-
ation of the least burdensome means of evaluating 
device effectiveness or demonstrating substantial 
equivalence between devices with differing techno-
logical characteristics, as applicable. Nothing in this 
section alters the authority of the Secretary to act 
on an application pursuant to section 515(d) before 
completion of an establishment inspection, as the 
Secretary deems appropriate.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATED TO DES-
IGNATION DETERMINATIONS.—Section 517A(a)(1) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360g– 
1(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘a request for designa-
tion under section 515B,’’ after ‘‘an application under sec-
tion 515,’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 266
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should
continue to buy goods and services made domestically and not deviate
from the domestic source and manufacturing restrictions on procurements
as established by law.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 29, 1998
Mr. STRICKLAND (for himself and Mr. LOBIONDO) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on National
Security
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of
Defense should continue to buy goods and services made
domestically and not deviate from the domestic source
and manufacturing restrictions on procurements as es-
tablished by law.
Whereas the Department of Defense is responsible for pro-
tecting citizens of the United States and its possessions
from potential dangers from abroad;
Whereas it has always been a fundamental expectation that
the Department of Defense should function to protect,
and, when possible, benefit American communities, citi-
zens, and their livelihoods, and has succeeded in doing so
through its domestic procurement program; and
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 268
Honoring the international corps of volunteers, known as Machal, who served
Israel in its War of Independence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 30, 1998
Ms. HARMAN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on International Relations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Honoring the international corps of volunteers, known as
Machal, who served Israel in its War of Independence.
Whereas on November 29, 1947, the United Nations General
Assembly voted to partition the British Mandate of Pal-
estine and to create the State of Israel;
Whereas on May 14, 1948, the people of Israel proclaimed
the establishment of the sovereign and independent State
of Israel, which the United States immediately recognized
by establishing diplomatic relations;
Whereas the new State of Israel, having no regular army, no
tanks, no military planes, and no artillery with which to
defend itself, faced the enmity of neighboring countries
and the clear prospect of war;
•HCON 266 IH
Whereas the Department of Defense has proposed making ex-
ceptions to section 9005 of the National Defense Appro-
priations Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (popularly known as
the Berry Amendment), which restricts procurements of
certain articles, items, specialty metals, and tools to do-
mestic sources: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the De-
partment of Defense should—
(1) continue to apply the domestic source re-
strictions established by section 9005 of the Na-
tional Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year
1993 (Public Law 102–396; 106 Stat. 1876); and
(2) demonstrate greater fiscal responsibility in
all other areas before proposing to make any excep-
tions to such section.
Æ
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2337 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize priority 
review for breakthrough devices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2015 
Mr. PITTS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
authorize priority review for breakthrough devices. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PRIORITY REVIEW FOR BREAKTHROUGH DE-
VICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter V of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended— 
(1) in section 515(d)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
paragraph (5); and 
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(i) methodological considerations for 
the collection of patient experience data, 
which may include structured approaches 
to gathering information on— 
(I) the experience of a patient liv-
ing with a particular disease; 
(II) the burden of living with or 
managing the disease; 
(III) the impact of the disease on 
daily life and long-term functioning; 
and 
(IV) the effect of current thera-
peutic options on different aspects of 
the disease; and 
(ii) the establishment and mainte-
nance of registries designed to increase un-
derstanding of the natural history of a dis-
ease; 
(C) methodological approaches that may be 
used to assess patients’ beliefs with respect to 
the benefits and risks in the management of the 
patient’s disease; and 
(D) methodologies, standards, and poten-
tial experimental designs for patient-reported 
outcomes. 
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•HCON 268 IH
Whereas, in anticipation of the need to defend itself from in-
vasion, Israel’s leaders augmented the country’s defenses
by recruiting an international corps of volunteers, known
as ‘‘Machal’’ and whose members were known as
‘‘Machalniks’’ for the Hebrew ‘‘Mitnadvei Chutz L’Aretz’’
meaning ‘‘volunteers from outside Israel’’;
Whereas the Machal volunteers came from 37 different coun-
tries and included among their ranks 1,500 Americans,
400 Canadians, 700 South Africans, 600 Britons, and
contingents from France, Belgium, Australia, the Belgian
Congo, Rhodesia, Finland, Russia, Argentina, and Cuba;
Whereas the Machal volunteers, many of whom were veterans
of World War II, were eager to support the new Jewish
state in its hour of need and volunteered despite obsta-
cles, restrictions, and prohibitions, some of which were
imposed on them by their own governments;
Whereas the Machal volunteers served in 14 branches of the
Israeli military during the country’s War of Independence
and were among Israel’s first naval commanders, radar
technicians, heavy artillery gunners, tank commanders,
senior infantry commanders, fighter and bomber pilots,
and surgeons treating eye wounds and burns;
Whereas the Machal volunteers formed the core of the Israeli
Air Force, providing battle-hardened combat pilots for
the first fighter and bomber wings, and creating the Air
Transport Command that ferried badly needed Messer-
schmitt aircraft and weapons from Czechoslovakia to Tel
Nof Air Base in Israel;
Whereas 240 American and Canadian Machal volunteers
served as crews aboard the 10 ‘‘Aliya Bet’’ ships that
brought 32,000 Holocaust survivors to the British Man-
•HCON 268 IH
date of Palestine, in defiance of the British blockade on
Jewish immigration;
Whereas the Machal volunteers contributed far beyond their
numbers to Israel’s capability to fight one of its most de-
cisive wars;
Whereas, while the Israeli War of Independence was costly
for all of Israel, the Machal volunteers suffered dis-
proportionately, losing 119 volunteers in action, including
19 of the 33 pilots who lost their lives fighting for Israel;
and
Whereas, as the world prepares to celebrate the 50th anniver-
sary of the Israeli War of Independence, the heroic role
of the Machal volunteers serving Israel in its hour of
need deserves recognition: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress honors the courageous
service of the international corps of volunteers, known as
‘‘Machal’’, who contributed unselfishly to help ensure the
birth of the State of Israel.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 269
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the heroism, sacrifice, and
service of former South Vietnamese commandos in connection with
United States armed forces during the Vietnam conflict.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 30, 1998
Ms. SANCHEZ submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on National Security
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the heroism,
sacrifice, and service of former South Vietnamese com-
mandos in connection with United States armed forces
during the Vietnam conflict.
Whereas South Vietnamese commandos were recruited by the
United States as part of OPLAN 34A or its predecessor
or OPLAN 35 from 1961 to 1970;
Whereas the commandos conducted covert operations in
North Vietnam during the Vietnam conflict;
Whereas many of the commandos were captured and impris-
oned by North Vietnamese forces, some for as long as 20
years;
Whereas the commandos served and fought proudly during
the Vietnam conflict; and
•HCON 269 IH
Whereas many of the commandos lost their lives serving in
operations conducted by the United States during the
Vietnam conflict: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress recognizes and honors the
former South Vietnamese commandos for their heroism,
sacrifice, and service in connection with United States
armed forces during the Vietnam conflict.
Æ
IV
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 26
Relating to the treatment of Social Security under any constitutional
amendment requiring a balanced budget.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1997
Mr. SHIMKUS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Rules
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Relating to the treatment of Social Security under any
constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That, for the purposes of any constitutional
amendment requiring a balanced budget, the appropriate
committees of the House and the Senate shall report to
their respective Houses implementing legislation to
achieve a balanced budget without increasing the receipts
or reducing the disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disabil-
ity Insurance Trust Fund to achieve that goal.
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HR 4754 RH 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND 
RELATED AGENCY 
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall 
be available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances 
and differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of title 
5, United States Code; for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and for hire of passenger transportation pur-
suant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b). 
SEC. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-
partment of State in this Act may be transferred between 
such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not 
to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
for the current fiscal year for the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as oth-
erwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided further, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section.
HR 4754 RH 
SEC. 403. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of State or the Broad-
casting Board of Governors to provide equipment, tech-
nical support, consulting services, or any other form of 
assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 
SEC. 404. (a) The Senior Policy Operating Group on 
Trafficking in Persons, established under section 406 of 
division B of Public Law 108–7 to coordinate agency ac-
tivities regarding policies (including grants and grant poli-
cies) involving the international trafficking in persons, 
shall coordinate all such policies related to the activities 
of traffickers and victims of severe forms of trafficking. 
(b) None of the funds provided in this or any other 
Act shall be expended to perform functions that duplicate 
coordinating responsibilities of the Operating Group. 
(c) The Operating Group shall continue to report only 
to the authorities that appointed them pursuant to section 
406 of division B of Public Law 108–7. 
SEC. 405. (a) Subsection (b) of section 36 of the 
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2708) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tenant Income 
Verification Relief Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REVIEWS OF FAMILY INCOMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of paragraph 
(1) of section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)(1)) is amended by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘; except that, 
in the case of any family with a fixed income, as defined 
by the Secretary, after the initial review of the family’s 
income, the public housing agency or owner shall not be 
required to conduct a review of the family’s income for 
any year for which such family certifies, in accordance 
with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish, 
which shall include policies to adjust for inflation-based 
income changes, that 90 percent or more of the income 
of the family consists of fixed income, and that the sources 
of such income have not changed since the previous year, 
except that the public housing agency or owner shall con-
duct a review of each such family’s income not less than 
once every 3 years’’. 
(b) HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.—Sub-
paragraph (A) of section 8(o)(5) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(5)(A)) is
amended by striking ‘‘not less than annually’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘as required by section 3(a)(1) of this Act’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 23, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 233 
AN ACT 
To allow reviews of certain families’ incomes every 
3 years for purposes of determining eligibility for 
certain Federal assisted housing programs.
•HCON 270 EH
Whereas it is the policy of the United States Government to
take all necessary action to ensure peace and stability on
the Taiwan Strait, while continuing mutually beneficial
trade relations with Taiwan’s vibrant economy;
Whereas the American people have repeatedly welcomed and
supported democracy for the people of Taiwan;
Whereas Taiwan set an example for democratization in the
region having successfully held free and fair elections at
the local and national level and encouraging the develop-
ment of democratic institutions;
Whereas the American people seek to promote economic sta-
bility and growth amidst the current financial turmoil in
the Asia-Pacific region;
Whereas Taiwan’s economy has weathered the current Asian
financial crisis better than others in the region;
Whereas Taiwan has proposed to use various means to help
stabilize the economies of many of its neighbors, includ-
ing possibilities for action by the Asian Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) forum of which it is a member;
Whereas Taiwan has expressed its willingness to provide fi-
nancial assistance to its neighbors;
Whereas in the spring of 1996, the political leadership of the
People’s Republic of China used provocative military ma-
neuvers, including missile launch exercises in the Taiwan
Strait, in an attempt to intimidate the people of Taiwan
during their historic, free, and democratic presidential
election;
Whereas officials of the People’s Republic of China refuse to
renounce the use of force against the people on Taiwan;
•HCON 270 EH
Whereas the use of force, and the threat to use force, by the
People’s Republic of China against Taiwan undermines
regional stability; and
Whereas a senior United States executive branch official has
again recently called upon the People’s Republic of China
to renounce any use of force against Taiwan: Now, there-
fore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the United States abides by all previous un-
derstandings of a ‘‘one China’’ policy and its abiding
interest in a peaceful resolution of the Taiwan
Straits issue; and
(2) the President of the United States should
seek, at the June summit meeting this year in Bei-
jing, a public renunciation by the People’s Republic
of China of any use of force, or threat to use force,
against democratic Taiwan.
Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 1998.
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 233 
To allow reviews of certain families’ incomes every 3 years for purposes 
of determining eligibility for certain Federal assisted housing programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2015 
Mr. PERLMUTTER (for himself and Mr. STIVERS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To allow reviews of certain families’ incomes every 3 years 
for purposes of determining eligibility for certain Federal 
assisted housing programs. 
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 ‘‘Tenant Income 
Verification Relief Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REVIEWS OF FAMILY INCOMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of paragraph 
(1) of section 3(a) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)(1)) is amended by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘; except that, 
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in the case of any family with a fixed income, as defined 
by the Secretary, after the initial review of the family’s 
income, the public housing agency or owner shall not be 
required to conduct a review of the family’s income for 
any year for which such family certifies, in accordance 
with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish, 
which shall include policies to adjust for inflation-based 
income changes, that 90 percent or more of the income 
of the family consists of fixed income, and that the sources 
of such income have not changed since the previous year, 
except that the public housing agency or owner shall con-
duct a review of each such family’s income not less than 
once every 3 years’’. 
(b) HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.—Sub-
paragraph (A) of section 8(o)(5) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(5)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘not less than annually’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘as required by section 3(a)(1) of this Act’’. 
Æ 
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