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fund to be administered by a nonprofit community organi-
zation in support of small business revitalization that will
create a beneficial impact on employment, income, savings,
and the development of a stronger community economic
base in South Central Los Angeles shall instead be made
available to the Brotherhood Crusade Black United Front
of Los Angeles for the same purpose.
Of the $54,250,000 earmarked in Public Law 101–
507 for special purpose grants (104 Stat. 1351, 1357),
$1,350,000 made available for the Bickerdike Redevelop-
ment Corporation for the rehabilitation of 70 units in
three buildings, for rental to low-income tenants in the
City of Chicago shall instead be made available for the
Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, for the creation of
rental subsidy for 70 units of affordable housing for rental
to low-income tenants in the City of Chicago. The Rental
Subsidy program is to be set up through a secure invest-
ment portfolio by Bickerdike whereby principal and inter-
est earned will be used to subsidize rents for a period of
years.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
PROGRAM AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Program and research
operations’’, up to $5,000,000, to be derived by transfer
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from amounts provided under the head ‘‘Abatement, con-
trol, and compliance’’ in Public Law 102–389.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research and develop-
ment’’, $5,000,000, to be available until September 30,
1994, to be derived by transfer from amounts provided
under the head ‘‘Construction of facilities’’ in Public Law
102–389.
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 202. In fiscal year 1994 and thereafter, the pay-
ments, revenues, and surcharges referred to in sections
3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and 3406(c)(1), respectively, of Pub-
lic Law 102–575 shall be assessed and collected to the
extent required in appropriations Acts.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Appro-
priations Act of 1993’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 26, 1993.
Attest:
Clerk.
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‘‘(B) is capable of efficiently and effectively
performing directly or through contracts under
paragraph (4) such duties; and
‘‘(C) does not provide nursing facility serv-
ices or in-home care and does not have a direct
or indirect ownership or control interest in, or
direct or indirect affiliation or relationship with,
an entity that provides, such services or care.
‘‘(4) 
CONTRACTING
OUT
CERTAIN
FUNC-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall permit a case manage-
ment agency, to the extent necessary to carry out
functions under this section, to provide for assess-
ments and case management plans through con-
tracts with nonprofit or public organizations which
do not provide nursing facility services or in-home
care and do not have a direct or indirect ownership
or control interest in, or direct or indirect affiliation
or relationship with, an entity that provides, such
services or care.’’.
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section
1833(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)) is amend-
ed—
(A) by striking ‘‘1834(h)(1), (M)’’ and inserting
‘‘1834(h)(1), (N)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (r)(2)) and (N)’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (r)(2)), (O)’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘1848(a)(1);’’ and inserting the
following: ‘‘1848(a)(1), and (P) with respect to ex-
penses incurred for services described in section
1861(s)(2)(Q), the amounts paid shall be the
amounts determined under section 1890(c);’’.
(2) Section 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘HOME CARE AGENCY
‘‘(oo) The term ‘home care agency’ means a public
agency or private organization, or a subdivision of such
an agency or organization, which is a home health agency
(as defined in subsection (m)) or—
‘‘(1) is primarily engaged in providing services
of homemaker/home health aides and personal care
aides;
‘‘(2) maintains clinical records on all patients;
‘‘(3) in the case of an agency or organization in
any State in which State or applicable local law pro-
vides for the licensing of agencies or organizations of
this nature, (A) is licensed pursuant to such law, or
(B) is approved, by the agency of such State or lo-
cality, responsible for licensing agencies or organiza-
tions of this nature, as meeting the standards estab-
lished for such licensing; and
‘‘(4) meets such other requirements as the Sec-
retary may find necessary in the interest of the
health and safety of individuals who are furnished
services by such agency or organization and for the
effective and efficient operation of the program.’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to items and services furnished on
or after January 1, 1994.
SEC. 3. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF OUTPATIENT PRESCRIP-
TION DRUGS.
(a) 
DESCRIPTION
OF
COVERED
OUTPATIENT
DRUGS.—Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x) is amended—
(1) in subsection (s)(2), by amending subpara-
graph (J) to read as follows:
‘‘(J) covered outpatient drugs (as defined in
subsection (t)); and’’; and
(2) in subsection (t)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and paragraph (2)’’ after
‘‘subsection (m)(5)’’,
(B) by striking ‘‘(t)’’ and inserting
‘‘(t)(1)’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘including mental 
health facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘including 
mental health and ambulatory care facili-
ties’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘trauma care and 
emergency medical service systems’’ and 
inserting ‘‘trauma care, critical care, and 
emergency medical service systems’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘Medical evacuation and fatality management’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Fatality management, and co-
ordinated medical triage and evacuation to the 
appropriate medical institution based on patient 
medical need as part of regional systems’’. 
(l) VOLUNTEER MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS.—Section 
2813(i) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300hh–15(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘$22,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2007, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘$11,900,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2016’’. 
(m) EXTENSION OF LIMITED ANTITRUST EXEMP-
TION.—Section 405(b) of the Pandemic and All-Hazard 
Preparedness Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6a note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘at the end of the 6-year period that begins
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MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The third, fourth, and fifth provisos under this head
in title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1993, Public Law 102–389, are
repealed.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The accounts under the head ‘‘Management and ad-
ministration’’, except the account for the Office of Inspec-
tor General, in title II, Departments of Veterans Affairs
and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992, Public Law 102–139,
and the amounts in such accounts are hereby merged, into
‘‘Salaries and expenses’’, for the purposes of administer-
ing such accounts in accordance with 31 U.S.C., sub-
chapter IV, chapter 15.
The seventh paragraph under this heading in the De-
partments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1993, Public Law 102–389 (the second full para-
graph at 106 Stat. 1591) is repealed.
Of the $260,000,000 earmarked in Public Law 102–
389 for special purpose grants (106 Stat. 1571, 1584),
$1,750,000 made available to Los Angeles, CA, for a loan
814
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section,
the term ‘‘selected community development corpora-
tion’’ means any corporation—
(A) which is described in section 501(c)(3)
of such Code and exempt from tax under sec-
tion 501(a) of such Code,
(B) the principal purposes of which include
promoting employment of, and business oppor-
tunities for, low-income individuals who are
residents of the operational area, and
(C) which is selected by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development for purposes
of this section.
(2) ONLY
CORPORATIONS
MAY
BE
SE-
LECTED.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development may select 10 cor-
porations for purposes of this section, subject to
the availability of eligible corporations. Such se-
lections may be made only before July 1, 1994.
At least 4 of the operational areas of the cor-
porations selected must be rural areas (as de-
fined by section 1393(a)(3) of such Code).
(B) PRIORITY OF DESIGNATIONS.—In se-
lecting corporations for purposes of this section,
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AVIATION
AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary 
for 
Aviation 
and 
International 
Affairs,
$7,920,000 to be derived from amounts made available for
the ‘‘Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and
International Affairs’’ and the ‘‘Office of Essential Air
Service’’ in the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Amounts made available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Public Affairs in the Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1993, which are unobligated on the date of enactment of
this Act shall be transferred to and merged under this
head.
CHAPTER VIII
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL
GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses’’, $6,264,538, of which $4,264,538 is to be derived
by transfer from the following accounts and in the follow-
National Health Security Strategy under section 
2802.’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (j)(1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of carrying 
out this section, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $378,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2016.’’. 
(d) CDC PROGRAMS
FOR
COMBATING
PUBLIC 
HEALTH THREATS.—Section 319D of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–4) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘such sums as 
may be necessary in each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$160,121,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016’’. 
(e) DENTAL
EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS: PUBLIC 
HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESPONSE.— 
(1) ALL-HAZARDS PUBLIC HEALTH AND MED-
ICAL
RESPONSE
CURRICULA
AND
TRAINING.—Sec-
tion 319F(a)(5)(B) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 247d–6(a)(5)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘public health or medical’’ and inserting ‘‘public 
health, medical, or dental’’.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2402 
To specify the priority of the obligations of the United States Government 
if the debt ceiling is reached. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mr. WEBSTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To specify the priority of the obligations of the United States 
Government if the debt ceiling is reached. 
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 ‘‘Prioritize Spending 
Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS IF THE DEBT CEILING IS 
REACHED. 
In the event that the debt of the United States Gov-
ernment, as defined in section 3101 of title 31, United 
States Code, reaches the statutory limit, amounts nec-
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essary for obligations incurred by the Government of the 
United States shall be made available to the following obli-
gations before all other obligations and shall be made 
available as prioritized in the following order (with items 
listed in descending order of prioritization): 
(1) Amounts necessary to carry out the author-
ity of the Department of the Treasury provided in 
section 3123 of title 31, United States Code, to pay 
with legal tender the principal and interest on debt 
held by the public. 
(2) Such amounts as the Secretary of Defense 
(and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the case 
of the Coast Guard) determines to be necessary to 
continue to provide pay and allowances (without 
interruption) to members of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, including 
reserve components thereof, who perform active serv-
ice. 
(3) Such amounts as the President certifies to 
the Congress are necessary to carry out vital na-
tional security priorities. 
(4) Amounts necessary to carry out the author-
ity of the Commissioner of Social Security to pay 
monthly old-age, survivors’, and disability insurance 
benefits under title II of the Social Security Act. 
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(5) Amounts necessary to make payments 
under the Medicare program under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2403 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to State National 
Guards to provide counseling and reintegration services for members 
of reserve components of the Armed Forces ordered to active duty in 
support of a contingency operation, members returning from such active 
duty, veterans of the Armed Forces, and their families. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. GIBSON) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance 
to State National Guards to provide counseling and re-
integration services for members of reserve components 
of the Armed Forces ordered to active duty in support 
of a contingency operation, members returning from such 
active duty, veterans of the Armed Forces, and their 
families. 
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 ‘‘National Guard Out-
reach Act’’. 
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‘‘(C) the waiver will result in prejudice to
the objects or policy of this title or Act.
‘‘(2) TERMS OF WAIVER.—Any waiver granted
by the Secretary under this subsection shall state—
‘‘(A) the domestic ports permitted to be
served;
‘‘(B) the annual number or frequency of
sailings that may be provided; and
‘‘(C)(i) the annual volume of cargo per-
mitted,
‘‘(ii) for containerized or trailer service, the
annual 40-foot equivalent unit shipboard con-
tainer and trailer or vehicle or general cargo ca-
pacity permitted, or
‘‘(iii) for tug and barge service, the annual
barge house cubic foot capacity and the annual
barge deck general cargo capacity, or 40-foot
equivalent unit container, trailer, or vehicle ca-
pacity, permitted.
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS FOR WAIVERS.—An appli-
cation for a waiver under this subsection may be
submitted by a contractor and shall describe, as ap-
plicable, the nature and scope of—
‘‘(A) the service proposed to be conducted
in a noncontiguous trade under the waiver; or
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL GUARD COUNSELING AND 
REINTEGRATION SERVICES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Defense may provide assistance to a State National Guard 
to support programs to provide pre- and post-deployment 
outreach, reintegration, and readjustment services to the 
following persons: 
(1) Members of reserve components of the 
Armed Forces who reside in the State or are mem-
bers of the State National Guard regardless of place 
of residence and who are ordered to active duty in 
support of a contingency operation. 
(2) Members described in paragraph (1) upon 
their return from such active duty. 
(3) Veterans (as defined in section 101(2) of 
title 38, United States Code). 
(4) Dependents of persons described in para-
graph (1), (2), or (3). 
(b) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAMS.—Programs supported 
under subsection (a) shall use direct person-to-person out-
reach and other relevant activities to ensure that eligible 
persons receive all the services and support available to 
them during pre-deployment, deployment, and reintegra-
tion periods. 
(c) MERIT-BASED OR COMPETITIVE DECISIONS.—A 
decision to commit, obligate, or expend funds with or to 
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a specific State National Guard under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) be based on merit-based selection proce-
dures in accordance with the requirements of sec-
tions 2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United States 
Code, or on competitive procedures; and 
(2) comply with other applicable provisions of 
law. 
(d) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, 
and the Virgin Islands. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2707
To establish the Community Development Fund, to promote community devel-
opment lending by financial institutions in economically distressed areas,
to authorize the Federal Home Loan Bank System to engage in activities
to satisfy housing finance and community development needs that are
not being met, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 22, 1993
Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. LEACH, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. LA-
FALCE, Mr. RIDGE, Mr. WYNN, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. WATT, Mr. BAKER
of Louisiana, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD) introduced the following bill;
which was referred jointly to the Committees on Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs and Small Business
A BILL
To establish the Community Development Fund, to promote
community development lending by financial institutions
in economically distressed areas, to authorize the Federal
Home Loan Bank System to engage in activities to sat-
isfy housing finance and community development needs
that are not being met, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(i) 17 sailings each year in each di-
rection between ports in Washington, Or-
egon, and Northern California and ports in
Hawaii with an annual barge house cubic
foot capacity and annual barge deck 40-
foot equivalent unit container capacity in
each direction of 100 percent of the total
of the capacity of its vessels employed in
the service during the 6 calendar months
preceding July 1, 1992, annualized;
‘‘(ii) 253 sailings each year in each di-
rection between the East Coast or Gulf
Coast of the United States and Puerto
Rico with an annual 40-foot equivalent
unit container or trailer capacity equal to
100 percent of the capacity of its barges
employed in the service on the date of the
enactment of the Maritime Security and
Competitiveness Act of 1993;
‘‘(iii) 37 regularly scheduled tandem
tow rail barge sailings and 10 additional
single tow rail barge sailings each year in
each direction between Washington and the
Alaskan port range between and including
Anchorage and Whittier with an annual
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fund to be administered by a nonprofit community organi-
zation in support of small business revitalization that will
create a beneficial impact on employment, income, savings,
and the development of a stronger community economic
base in South Central Los Angeles shall instead be made
available to the Brotherhood Crusade Black United Front
of Los Angeles for the same purpose.
Of the $54,250,000 earmarked in Public Law 101–
507 for special purpose grants (104 Stat. 1351, 1357),
$1,350,000 made available for the Bickerdike Redevelop-
ment Corporation for the rehabilitation of 70 units in
three buildings, for rental to low-income tenants in the
City of Chicago shall instead be made available for the
Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, for the creation of
rental subsidy for 70 units of affordable housing for rental
to low-income tenants in the City of Chicago. The Rental
Subsidy program is to be set up through a secure invest-
ment portfolio by Bickerdike whereby principal and inter-
est earned will be used to subsidize rents for a period of
years.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
PROGRAM AND RESEARCH OPERATIONS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Program and research
operations’’, up to $5,000,000, to be derived by transfer
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from amounts provided under the head ‘‘Abatement, con-
trol, and compliance’’ in Public Law 102–389.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research and develop-
ment’’, $5,000,000, to be available until September 30,
1994, to be derived by transfer from amounts provided
under the head ‘‘Construction of facilities’’ in Public Law
102–389.
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 202. In fiscal year 1994 and thereafter, the pay-
ments, revenues, and surcharges referred to in sections
3404(c)(3), 3405(f), and 3406(c)(1), respectively, of Pub-
lic Law 102–575 shall be assessed and collected to the
extent required in appropriations Acts.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Appro-
priations Act of 1993’’.
capacity allocated to the service in each di-
rection of 100 percent of the total rail car
capacity of its vessels employed in the serv-
ice on July 1, 1992;
‘‘(iv) 8 regularly scheduled single tow
sailings each year in each direction be-
tween Washington and points in Alaska
(not including the port range between and
including Anchorage and Whittier, except
occasional deviations to discharge inciden-
tal quantities of cargo) with an annual ca-
pacity allocated to the service in each di-
rection of 100 percent of the total capacity
of its vessels employed in the service on
July 1, 1992; and
‘‘(v) unscheduled, contract carrier tug
and barge service between points in Alaska
south of the Arctic Circle not served by the
common carrier service permitted under
clause (iii) and points in the contiguous 48
States, with an annual capacity allocated
to that service not exceeding 100 percent
of the total capacity of the equipment that
was dedicated to service south of the Arctic
Circle on July 1, 1992, and actually uti-
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO COUN-
TRIES THAT CONSISTENTLY OPPOSE THE
UNITED STATES POSITION IN THE UNITED
NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Security assistance may not be
provided to a country that consistently opposed the United
States position in the United Nations General Assembly
during the most recent session of the General Assembly.
(b) CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT.—If—
(1) the Secretary of State determines that,
since the beginning of the most recent session of the
General Assembly, there has been a fundamental
change in the leadership and policies of the govern-
ment of a country to which the prohibition in sub-
section (a) applies, and
(2) the Secretary believes that because of that
change the government of that country will no
longer consistently oppose the United States position
in the General Assembly,
the Secretary may submit to the Congress a request that
the Congress enact an exemption from that prohibition for
that country. Any such exemption shall be effective only
until submission of the next report under section 117 of
the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1984 and 1985. Any request for such an exemption shall