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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3400 
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade 
relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uz-
bekistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. KING of Iowa, and Mr. GOHMERT) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment 
(normal trade relations treatment) to the products of 
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV 
OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO THE PROD-
UCTS OF KAZAKHSTAN. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTEN-
SION
OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwith-
standing any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may— 
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(1) determine that the denial of nondiscrim-
inatory treatment should no longer apply to the 
products of Kazakhstan; and 
(2) after making a determination under para-
graph (1) with respect to Kazakhstan, proclaim the 
extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal 
trade relations treatment) to the products of 
Kazakhstan. 
(b) TERMINATION
OF APPLICABILITY
OF TITLE 
IV.—On and after the date on which the President ex-
tends nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of 
Kazakhstan pursuant to subsection (a), title IV of the 
Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to Kazakhstan. 
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF 
THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO THE PRODUCTS 
OF TAJIKISTAN. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTEN-
SION
OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwith-
standing any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may— 
(1) determine that the denial of nondiscrim-
inatory treatment should no longer apply to the 
products of Tajikistan; and 
(2) after making a determination under para-
graph (1) with respect to Tajikistan, proclaim the 
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tends nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Uz-
bekistan pursuant to subsection (a), title IV of the Trade 
Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to Uzbekistan. 
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HR 1658 RFS
‘‘(B) risks potential depletion in the future
without effective monitoring and conservation
and management measures.
‘‘(4) It is in the national interest to implement
effective procedures and measures to provide for ef-
fective interjurisdictional conservation and manage-
ment of this species.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is therefore declared to be the
purpose of the Congress in this Act to support and encour-
age the development, implementation, and enforcement of
effective interstate action regarding the conservation and
management of the Atlantic striped bass.
‘‘SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this Act—
‘‘(1) the term ‘Magnuson Act’ means the Mag-
nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
‘‘(2) The term ‘Atlantic striped bass’ means
members of stocks or populations of the species
Morone saxatilis, which ordinarily migrate seaward
of the waters described in paragraph (3)(A)(i).
‘‘(3) The term ‘coastal waters’ means—
‘‘(A) for each coastal State referred to in
paragraph (4)(A)—
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3402 
To strengthen the ability of the Secretary of Homeland Security to detect 
and prevent intrusions against, and to use countermeasures to protect, 
government agency information systems and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To strengthen the ability of the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity to detect and prevent intrusions against, and to 
use countermeasures to protect, government agency in-
formation systems 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 Information 
Security Management Reform Act of 2015’’. 
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‘‘(B) EFFECT OF NOTIFICATION OF CON-
FIDENTIALITY.—If an individual provides a no-
tification to the institution under this para-
graph with respect to an allegation, the institu-
tion may not initiate or otherwise carry out any 
institutional disciplinary proceeding with re-
spect to the allegation, including imposing in-
terim measures described in subsection (c), but 
only if the individual includes in the notification 
a statement that the individual understands the 
effect under this subparagraph of providing the 
notification. 
‘‘(b) RESTRICTIONS
ON INSTITUTIONAL DISCIPLI-
NARY PROCEEDINGS DURING PERIOD OF LAW ENFORCE-
MENT INVESTIGATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period in which 
a law enforcement agency is investigating a covered 
allegation reported by an institution under sub-
section (a), the institution may not initiate or other-
wise carry out any institutional disciplinary pro-
ceeding with respect to the allegation, except to the 
extent that the institution may impose interim sanc-
tions under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) PERIOD
OF
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
INVES-
TIGATION DESCRIBED.—For purposes of this sub-
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declared under section 5(a) regarding a coastal State
and ending on the day on which the Commission no-
tifies the Secretaries that that State has taken appro-
priate remedial action with respect to those matters
that were the case of the moratorium being declared.
‘‘(10) The term ‘Plan’ means a plan for manag-
ing Atlantic striped bass, or an amendment to such
plan, that is prepared and adopted by the Commis-
sion.
‘‘(11) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary
of Commerce or a designee of the Secretary of the Sec-
retary of Commerce.
‘‘(12) The term ‘Secretaries’ means the Secretary
of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior or their
designees.
‘‘SEC. 4. MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCE-
MENT BY COASTAL STATES.
‘‘(a) DETERMINATION.—During December of each fis-
cal year, and at any other time it deems necessary the Com-
mission shall determine—
‘‘(1) whether each coastal State has adopted all
regulatory measures necessary to fully implement the
Plan in its coastal waters; and
‘‘(2) whether the enforcement of the Plan by each
coastal State is satisfactory.
‘‘(b) SATISFACTORY STATE ENFORCEMENT.—For pur-
poses of subsection (a)(2), enforcement by a coastal State
shall not be considered satisfactory by the Commission if,
in its view, the enforcement is being carried out in such
a manner that the implementation of the Plan within the
coastal waters of the State is being, or will likely be, sub-
stantially and adversely affected.
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION OF SECRETARIES.—The Commis-
sion shall immediately notify the Secretaries of each nega-
tive determination made by it under subsection (a).
‘‘SEC. 5. MORATORIUM.
‘‘(a) SECRETARIAL ACTION AFTER NOTIFICATION.—
Upon receiving notice from the Commission under section
4(c) of a negative determination regarding a coastal State,
the Secretaries shall determine jointly, within thirty days,
whether that coastal State is in compliance with the Plan
and, if the State is not in compliance, the Secretaries shall
declare jointly a moratorium on fishing for Atlantic striped
bass within the coastal waters of that coastal State. In mak-
ing such a determination, the Secretaries shall carefully
consider and review the comments of the Commission and
that coastal State in question.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITED ACTS DURING MORATORIUM.—Dur-
ing a moratorium period, it is unlawful for any person—
reduction partnership with a prison or community- 
based facility operated by the Bureau of Prisons. 
‘‘(3) RECIDIVISM REDUCTION PARTNERSHIPS.— 
The Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall develop 
policies to require wardens of prisons and commu-
nity-based facilities to enter into recidivism reduc-
tion partnerships with faith-based and community- 
based nonprofit organizations that are willing to pro-
vide, on a volunteer basis, programs described in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit to Congress 
an annual report on the last day of each fiscal year 
that— 
‘‘(A) details, for each prison and commu-
nity-based facility for the fiscal year just 
ended— 
‘‘(i) the number of recidivism reduc-
tion partnerships under this section that 
were in effect; 
‘‘(ii) the number of volunteers that 
provided recidivism reduction program-
ming; and 
‘‘(iii) the number of recidivism reduc-
tion programming hours provided; and 
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‘‘(2) The exemption under title IX that allows 
single-sex organizations to continue to flourish at in-
stitutions of higher education is still essential to de-
veloping a wide range of enrichment opportunities 
for students to learn and grow. 
‘‘(3) While title IX has done much to provide 
opportunities for women and men alike, the single- 
sex exemption is a part of that tapestry of opportu-
nities, and institutions of higher education may not 
take actions that undermine this single-sex exemp-
tion. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITING INSTITUTIONS FROM REQUIRING 
SINGLE-SEX STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS TO WAIVE TITLE 
IX PROTECTIONS.—An institution of higher education 
which is subject to this part may not— 
‘‘(1) require a student organization which is au-
thorized under section 901(a)(6)(A) of the Edu-
cation 
Amendments 
of 
1972 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1681(a)(6)(A)) to limit its membership to individ-
uals of one sex to admit individuals as members who 
do not meet the organization’s membership require-
ments; 
‘‘(2) compel a student organization or the gov-
erning body of a student organization that is itself 
comprised of single-sex organizations to accept orga-
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nizations or individuals that do not meet the organi-
zation’s or governing body’s membership qualifica-
tions; or 
‘‘(3) require an organization which is covered 
by section 901(a)(6)(A) of the Education Amend-
ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681(a)(6)(A)) to waive 
its coverage under such section as a disciplinary or 
punitive measure.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to allegations made on 
or after the expiration of the 1-year period that begins 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3404 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax free distributions 
from health savings accounts for fitness facility membership and classes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. SALMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax 
free distributions from health savings accounts for fitness 
facility membership and classes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TAX FREE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM HEALTH SAV-
INGS 
ACCOUNTS 
FOR 
FITNESS 
FACILITY 
MEMBERSHIPS AND CLASSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223(d)(2) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
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‘‘(D) FITNESS
FACILITY
MEMBERSHIPS 
AND
CLASSES
TREATED
AS
MEDICAL
EX-
PENSE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), amounts paid for mem-
bership at (or for participation or instruc-
tion in a program of physical exercise or 
physical activity conducted at or by) a fit-
ness facility shall be treated as amounts 
paid for medical care. 
‘‘(ii) FITNESS FACILITY DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
term ‘fitness facility’ means a facility— 
‘‘(I) providing instruction in a 
program of physical exercise, offering 
facilities for the preservation, mainte-
nance, encouragement, or development 
of physical fitness, or serving as the 
site of such a program of a State or 
local government, 
‘‘(II) which is not a private club 
owned and operated by its members, 
‘‘(III) which does not offer golf, 
hunting, sailing, or riding facilities, 
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‘‘(IV) whose health or fitness fa-
cility is not incidental to its overall 
function and purpose, and 
‘‘(V) which is fully compliant 
with the State of jurisdiction and 
Federal anti-discrimination laws.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3405 
To prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from obligating 
or expending any funds for grants for developing or evaluating a video 
game to train parents in food parenting practices, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. SALMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services 
from obligating or expending any funds for grants for 
developing or evaluating a video game to train parents 
in food parenting practices, and for other purposes. 
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. PROHIBITING GRANT FUNDS FOR ‘‘KIDDIO: 
FOOD FIGHT—TRAINING VEGETABLE PAR-
ENTING PRACTICES’’. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Department of Health and 
Human Services may not obligate or expend any funds 
for— 
(1) grant project # 4R44HD075521–02 of the 
National Institutes of Health (‘‘Kiddio: Food 
Fight—Training Vegetable Parenting Practices’’; or 
(2) any other grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement for developing or evaluating a video game 
to train parents in food parenting practices. 
(b) UNOBLIGATED
BALANCES.—Of the amounts 
made available for any grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement of the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices described in paragraph (1), the unobligated balances 
of such amounts are hereby rescinded. 
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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5186 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Received 
AN ACT 
To reduce certain special allowance payments and provide 
additional teacher loan forgiveness on Federal student loans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
effectiveness of the program funded with a 
grant under subsection (f); and 
‘‘(C) includes as a goal of the plan to re-
duce the rate of recidivism for offenders re-
leased from prison, jail or a juvenile facility 
with funds made available under subsection (f). 
‘‘(2) LOCAL EVALUATOR.—A partnership with a 
local evaluator described in subsection (d)(2) shall 
require the local evaluator to use the baseline data 
and target population characteristics developed 
under a subsection (e) planning grant to derive a 
target goal for recidivism reduction during the 3- 
year period beginning on the date of implementation 
of the program.’’; 
(5) in subsection (i)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘under this section’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘under subsection (f)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(e)(4)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(f)(2)(D)’’; 
(6) in subsection (j)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘for an 
implementation grant under subsection (f)’’ 
after ‘‘applicant’’; 
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States under the Agreement may be filed with the Presi-
dent by an interested party. Upon the filing of a request, 
the President shall review the request to determine, from 
information presented in the request, whether to com-
mence consideration of the request. 
(b) ALLEGATION OF CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—An 
interested party filing a request under this section may— 
(1) allege that critical circumstances exist such 
that delay in the provision of relief would cause 
damage that would be difficult to repair; and 
(2) based on such allegation, request that relief 
be provided on a provisional basis. 
(c) PUBLICATION OF REQUEST.—If the President de-
termines that the request under subsection (a) provides 
the information necessary for the request to be considered, 
the President shall cause to be published in the Federal 
Register a notice of commencement of consideration of the 
request, and notice seeking public comments regarding the 
request. The notice shall include a summary of the request 
and the dates by which comments and rebuttals must be 
received. 
SEC. 322. DETERMINATION AND PROVISION OF RELIEF. 
(a) DETERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If a positive determination is 
made under section 321(c), the President shall de-
termine whether, as a result of the reduction or 
elimination of a duty under the Agreement, an Aus-
tralian textile or apparel article is being imported 
into the United States in such increased quantities, 
in absolute terms or relative to the domestic market 
for that article, and under such conditions as to 
cause serious damage, or actual threat thereof, to a 
domestic industry producing an article that is like, 
or directly competitive with, the imported article. 
(2) SERIOUS
DAMAGE.—In making a deter-
mination under paragraph (1), the President— 
(A) shall examine the effect of increased 
imports on the domestic industry, as reflected 
in changes in such relevant economic factors as 
output, productivity, utilization of capacity, in-
ventories, market share, exports, wages, em-
ployment, domestic prices, profits, and invest-
ment, none of which is necessarily decisive; and 
(B) shall not consider changes in tech-
nology or consumer preference as factors sup-
porting a determination of serious damage or 
actual threat thereof. 
(b) PROVISION OF RELIEF.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If a determination under 
subsection (a) is affirmative, the President may pro-
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3407 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove the deduction 
for charitable contributions from the overall limitation on itemized deductions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. HARPER, and Mr. JONES) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove 
the deduction for charitable contributions from the over-
all limitation on itemized deductions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CHARITABLE DEDUCTION EXCEPTION TO 
OVERALL LIMITATION ON ITEMIZED DEDUC-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 68 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (2), by striking the period 
at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and 
by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(4) the deduction under section 170 (relating 
to charitable, etc., contributions and gifts).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2014. 
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H. R. 1659
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight
An Act
To provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of private mineral
interests within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument mandated
by the 1982 Act that established the Monument, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mount St. Helens National
Volcanic Monument Completion Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to designate the Mount St.
Helens National Volcanic Monument in the State of Washing-
ton, and for other purposes’’, approved August 26, 1982 (96
Stat. 301; 16 U.S.C. 431 note), required the United States
to acquire all land and interests in land in the Mount St.
Helens National Volcanic Monument.
(2) The Act directed the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire
the surface interests and the mineral and geothermal interests
by separate exchanges and expressed the sense of the Congress
that the exchanges be completed by November 24, 1982, and
August 26, 1983, respectively.
(3) The surface interests exchange was consummated
timely, but the exchange of all mineral and geothermal interests
has not yet been completed a decade and a half after the
enactment of the Act.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to facilitate and other-
wise provide for the expeditious completion of the previously man-
dated Federal acquisition of private mineral and geothermal
interests within the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
SEC. 3. ACQUISITION OF MINERAL AND GEOTHERMAL INTERESTS
WITHIN 
MOUNT 
ST. 
HELENS 
NATIONAL 
VOLCANIC
MONUMENT.
Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to designate the Mount
St. Helens National Volcanic Monument in the State of Washington,
and for other purposes’’, approved August 26, 1982 (Public Law
97–243; 96 Stat. 302; 16 U.S.C. 431 note), is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(g) EXCHANGES FOR MINERAL
AND GEOTHERMAL INTERESTS
HELD BY CERTAIN COMPANIES.—