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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 453
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make it unlawful
for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to transfer or market
nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 21, 1997
Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. DEL-
LUMS, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. KLECZ-
KA, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OWENS, Mr.
SCHUMER, Mr. SHAYS, and Mr. WAXMAN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to make
it unlawful for any stockyard owner, market agency,
or dealer to transfer or market nonambulatory cattle,
sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats, and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘Downed Animal Pro-
tection Act’’.
SEC. 2. UNLAWFUL STOCKYARD PRACTICES INVOLVING
NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK.
(a) UNLAWFUL PRACTICES.—Title III of the Packers
and Stockyards Act, 1921, is amended by inserting after
section 317 (7 U.S.C. 217a) the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 318. UNLAWFUL STOCKYARD PRACTICES INVOLVING
NONAMBULATORY LIVESTOCK.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘humanely euthanized’ means to
kill an animal by mechanical, chemical, or other
means that immediately render the animal uncon-
scious, with this state remaining until the animal’s
death.
‘‘(2) The term ‘nonambulatory livestock’ means
any livestock that is unable to stand and walk unas-
sisted.
‘‘(b) UNLAWFUL PRACTICES.—It shall be unlawful
for any stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer to buy,
sell, give, receive, transfer, market, hold, or drag any non-
ambulatory livestock unless the nonambulatory livestock
has been humanely euthanized.
‘‘(c) CIVIL PENALTY.—The Secretary shall assess a
civil penalty of not more than $2,500 against any stock-
yard owner, market agency, or dealer that violates this
section or any regulation or order of the Secretary under
this section. A penalty under this subsection shall be as-
sessed by the Secretary on the record after an opportunity
for a hearing. Each day on which a violation occurs and
each instance of prohibited action against nonambulatory
livestock shall be considered a separate violation.
‘‘(d) CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.—Any stockyard owner,
market agency, or dealer that knowingly violates this sec-
tion or any regulation or order of the Secretary under this
section shall be fined under title 18, United States Code,
or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both, for
each violation.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; RULES.—Section 318 of the
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as added by subsection
(a), shall take effect at the end of the one-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. By the
end of such period, the Secretary shall issue rules to im-
plement such section.
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IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 430 
Calling upon the President to declare a National Day of Prayer to end 
targeted violence against law enforcement officers and schedule appro-
priate public events in support of such a day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 
Mr. FLEMING (for himself, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MOONEY of West 
Virginia, Mr. POSEY, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. 
FLORES, and Mr. CULBERSON) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Calling upon the President to declare a National Day of 
Prayer to end targeted violence against law enforcement 
officers and schedule appropriate public events in support 
of such a day. 
Whereas all human lives have dignity and worth and are de-
serving of protection under the law; 
Whereas a pattern of violence is emerging against police offi-
cers in which officers are targeted for wearing a police 
uniform and performing their legitimate duties under the 
law; 
Whereas, on August 28, 2015, Deputy Sheriff Darren H. 
Goforth was targeted and assassinated in Harris County, 
Texas, while wearing his police uniform; 
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Whereas gunfire was directed at police officers during pro-
tests in Ferguson, Missouri, on March 12, 2015, and Au-
gust 9, 2015; 
Whereas New York City Police Department officers Rafael 
Ramos and Wenjian Liu were targeted and assassinated 
in New York, New York, while they sat in a patrol car 
on December 20, 2014; 
Whereas law enforcement is a dangerous profession under 
any circumstances, but this pattern of attacks makes the 
job even more dangerous; 
Whereas the number of police officers killed by firearms in-
creased by 56 percent between 2013 and 2014; and 
Whereas ‘‘ambush killings’’ were the leading cause of police 
officer fatalities in firearm-related deaths in 2014: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives calls 
upon the President to declare a National Day of Prayer 
to end targeted violence against law enforcement officers 
and schedule appropriate public events in support of such 
a day. 
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‘‘(18) any employee employed as a licensed fu-
neral director.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4541
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on
the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 10, 1998
Mr. HOUGHTON 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 repeal
the limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under
the alternative minimum tax.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON FOREIGN TAX
CREDIT UNDER ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 59(a) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to alternative minimum tax
foreign tax credit) is amended by striking paragraph (2)
and by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as para-
graphs (2) and (3), respectively.
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productivity loss and absenteeism, accounting for annual 
employer losses of $28,000,000,000; 
Whereas back pain was the cause of 671,000,000 bed days 
and 385,000,000 lost work days in 2008; 
Whereas spine impairment is currently the leading cause of 
disability in veterans of the United States Armed Forces; 
Whereas millions of children suffer from spinal deformities 
and conditions reducing quality of life and longevity; 
Whereas 94 percent of children with spine-related impairment 
report some level of associated disability; 
Whereas the North American Spine Foundation is a non- 
profit multistakeholder organization that is cohesively 
and collaboratively addressing the leading cause of dis-
ability in the United States, spinal impairment; 
Whereas the North American Spine Foundation has estab-
lished the Spine 10 x 25 Initiative with the stated goal 
of achieving a 10-percent reduction in spine-related dis-
ability in the United States by the year 2025; and 
Whereas February 2016 would be an appropriate month to 
designate as ‘‘National Spine Ability Month’’ to raise 
awareness for spinal impairment and support the goals of 
the Spine 10 x 25 Initiative: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Spine 
Ability Month’’; 
(2) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘National 
Spine Ability Month’’; 
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(3) continues to support research to find better 
prevention, treatments, and support services for spi-
nal impairment; and 
(4) commends organizations like the North 
American Spine Foundation for its Spine 10 x 25 
Initiative to reduce spine-related disability by 10 
percent in the United States by 2025. 
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‘‘(ii) describe the need for the release; and
‘‘(iii) the economic impacts of the release on
private landowners.’’.
SEC. 7. EXPEDITIOUS CONSIDERATION OF INCIDENTAL
TAKE PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
Section 10(a) (16 U.S.C. 1539(a)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall approve or disapprove an
application for an incidental take permit under paragraph
(1)(B) by not later than 90 days after the date the Sec-
retary receives the application.
‘‘(4)(A) If the Secretary disapproves an application
for an incidental take permit under paragraph (1)(B), the
Secretary shall provide the applicant notice in writing the
specific reasons the application was not approved and
measures that, if included in the amended application,
would result in approval of the application.
‘‘(B) If within 30 days after the date on which such
notice is provided the applicant submits an amended appli-
cation that adequately addresses the reasons for dis-
approval that are specified in the notice, the Secretary
shall promptly issue the permit.
‘‘(5) The Secretary may not charge any fee for proc-
essing a permit under paragraph (1)(B).’’.
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Calendar No. 123
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 748
AN ACT
To amend the prohibition of title 18, United States
Code, against financial transactions with terrorists.
JULY 23, 1997
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
‘‘SEC. 240002. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VULNERABLE
VICTIMS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Sentencing
Commission shall amend the Federal sentencing guidelines
to provide a sentencing enhancement of not less than 5
levels above the offense level otherwise provided for a
crime of violence, including those crimes of violence involv-
ing the environment, if the crime of violence is against
a child, elderly person, or other vulnerable person. If the
crime of violence is also a sex crime against a child, the
enhancement provided under the preceding sentence shall
be 6 instead of 5 levels.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used 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;
‘‘(2) the term ‘child’ means a person who is 14
years of age, or younger;
‘‘(3) the term ‘elderly person’ means a person
who is 65 years of age or older; and
‘‘(4) the term ‘vulnerable person’ means a per-
son whom the defendant knew or should have known
was unusually vulnerable due to age, physical or
mental condition, or otherwise particularly suscep-
tible to the criminal conduct, or is a victim of an of-
‘‘(c) 
MEDICAL
INNOVATION
BASE
PERIOD
AMOUNT.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘medical
innovation base period amount’ means the average annual
qualified medical innovation expenses paid by the taxpayer
during the 3-taxable year period ending with the taxable
year immediately preceding the first taxable year of the
taxpayer beginning after December 31, 1998.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON FOREIGN TESTING.—No
credit shall be allowed under this section with re-
spect to any clinical testing research activities con-
ducted outside the United States.
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
RULES
MADE
APPLICABLE.—
Rules similar to the rules of subsections (f) and (g)
of section 41 shall apply for purposes of this section.
‘‘(3) ELECTION.—This section shall apply to
any taxpayer for any taxable year only if such tax-
payer elects (at such time and in such manner as
the Secretary may by regulation prescribe) to have
this section apply for such taxable year.
‘‘(4) COORDINATION
WITH
CREDIT
FOR
IN-
CREASING
RESEARCH
EXPENDITURES
AND
WITH
CREDIT FOR CLINICAL TESTING EXPENSES FOR CER-
TAIN DRUGS FOR RARE DISEASES.—Any qualified
medical innovation expense for a taxable year to
which an election under this section applies shall not
be taken into account for purposes of determining
the credit allowable under section 41 or 45C for
such taxable year.’’
(b) GENERAL BUSINESS CREDIT.—Section 38(b) of
such Code (relating to current year business credit) is
amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (11),
by striking the period at the end of paragraph (12) and
inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(13) the medical innovation expenses credit
determined under section 41A(a).’’
(c) DEDUCTION FOR UNUSED PORTION OF CRED-
IT.—Section 196(c) of such Code (defining qualified busi-
ness credits) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (7) and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(8) the medical innovation expenses credit de-
termined under section 41A(a).’’
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter
1 of such Code is amended by adding after the item relat-
ing to section 41 the following:
‘‘Sec. 41A. Credit for medical innovation expenses.’’
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1998.
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(F) provides access on a regular basis to
humanitarian organizations in situations of con-
flict or famine.
(3) NOT ENGAGED IN CERTAIN ACTS OF ARMED
AGGRESSION.—Such government is not currently en-
gaged in acts of armed aggression in violation of
international law.
(4) FULL PARTICIPATION IN UNITED NATIONS
REGISTER OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS.—Such govern-
ment is fully participating in the United Nations
Register of Conventional Arms.
(b) REQUIREMENT
FOR
CONTINUING
COMPLI-
ANCE.—Any certification with respect to a foreign govern-
ment for a fiscal year under subsection (a) shall cease to
be effective for that fiscal year if the President certifies
to Congress that such government has not continued to
comply with the requirements contained in paragraphs (1)
through (4) of such subsection.
(c) EXEMPTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition contained in
subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a for-
eign government for a fiscal year if—
(A) subject to paragraph (2), the President
submits a request for an exemption to Congress
containing a determination that it is in the na-
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Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life cal-
culated to bring about its physical destruction in whole 
or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent 
births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children 
of the group to another group.’’; and 
Whereas the United States Department of State has an-
nounced plans to increase the amount of refugees reset-
tled in the United States to 85,000 in fiscal year 2016 
and 100,000 in fiscal year 2017: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the crimes being committed by the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Daesh, 
and other related groups constitute a genocide 
against the religious and ethnic minorities in the 
Middle East; 
(2) the United States should increase the 
amount of refugees being resettled to meet the de-
mands of these persecuted communities; and 
(3) the United States should prioritize the ap-
plications of families and individuals from the com-
munities facing genocide and offer them refuge. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4543
To amend section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require
owners of federally assisted housing to establish standards to prohibit
occupancy in such housing by drug and alcohol abusers in the same
manner that public housing agencies are required to establish such stand-
ards for public housing.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 10, 1998
Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend section 16 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 to require owners of federally assisted housing
to establish standards to prohibit occupancy in such
housing by drug and alcohol abusers in the same manner
that public housing agencies are required to establish
such standards for public housing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF OCCUPANCY STANDARDS
AND AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE TENANCY.
Section 16(e) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(e)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘IN
GEN-
ERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘PUBLIC HOUSING AND PHA-
ADMINISTERED SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or (2)’’ after ‘‘paragraph
(1)’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or an owner of federally
assisted housing’’ after ‘‘public housing agen-
cy’’;
(3) by redesignating paragraph (2), as so
amended, as paragraph (3); and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(2) FEDERALLY
ASSISTED
HOUSING.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, an owner of
federally assisted housing shall establish standards
for occupancy in units in such housing—
‘‘(A) that prohibit occupancy in any such
dwelling unit by any person—
‘‘(i) who the owner determines is ille-
gally using a controlled substance; or
‘‘(ii) if the owner determines that the
owner has reasonable cause to believe that
such person’s illegal use (or pattern of ille-
gal use) of a controlled substance, or abuse
(or pattern of abuse) of alcohol, may inter-
fere with the health, safety, or right to
peaceful enjoyment of the premises by
other residents of the project; and
‘‘(B) that allow the owner to terminate the
tenancy in any dwelling unit in the federally as-
sisted housing of any person—
‘‘(i) who the owner determines is ille-
gally using a controlled substance; or
‘‘(ii) whose illegal use of a controlled
substance, or whose abuse of alcohol, is de-
termined by the owner to interfere with the
health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoy-
ment of the premises by other residents of
the project.’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
Section 16(e) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(e)), as amended by section 2 of
this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the following definitions shall apply:
tional security interest of the United States to
provide military assistance and arms transfers
to such government; or
(B) the President determines that an
emergency exists under which it is vital to the
interest of the United States to provide military
assistance and arms transfers to such govern-
ment.
(2) DISAPPROVAL.—A request for an exemption
to provide military assistance and arms transfers to
a foreign government shall not take effect, or shall
cease to be effective, if a law is enacted disapproving
such request.
(d) NOTIFICATIONS TO CONGRESS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit
to Congress initial certifications under subsection (a)
and requests for exemptions under subsection
(c)(1)(A) in conjunction with the submission of the
annual congressional presentation documents for for-
eign assistance programs for a fiscal year and shall,
where appropriate, submit additional or amended
certifications and requests for exemptions at any
time thereafter in the fiscal year.
(2) DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO EMER-
GENCY SITUATIONS.—Whenever the President deter-
‘‘(A) FEDERALLY
ASSISTED
HOUSING.—
The term ‘federally assisted housing’ means
housing that is—
‘‘(i) provided project-based assistance
under section 8 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937, including new construc-
tion and substantial rehabilitation projects;
‘‘(ii) assisted under section 202 of the
Housing Act of 1959 (as amended by sec-
tion 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act);
‘‘(iii) assisted under section 202 of
the Housing Act of 1959, as such section
existed before the enactment of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
Act;
‘‘(iv) assisted under section 811 of the
Cranston-Gonzalez 
National 
Affordable
Housing Act;
‘‘(v) financed by a loan or mortgage
insured under section 221(d)(3) of the Na-
tional Housing Act that bears interest at a
rate determined under the proviso of sec-
tion 221(d)(5) of such Act;
‘‘(vi) insured, assisted, or held by the
Secretary or a State or State agency under
section 236 of the National Housing Act;
or
‘‘(vii) assisted under section 515 of
the Housing Act of 1949.
‘‘(B) OWNER.—The term ‘owner’ means,
with respect to federally assisted housing, the
entity or private person (including a cooperative
or public housing agency) that has the legal
right to lease or sublease dwelling units in such
housing.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4544
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
increase the amount paid to families of public safety officers killed
in the line of duty.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 10, 1998
Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island (for himself and Mr. STUPAK) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 to increase the amount paid to families
of public safety officers killed in the line of duty.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAYMENT INCREASE.
Section 1201(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (47 U.S.C. 3796) is amended
by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$175,000’’.
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