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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 792 
To provide for no net increase in the total acreage of certain Federal land 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, the National 
Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest 
Service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2015 
Mr. GRIFFITH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for no net increase in the total acreage of certain 
Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management, the National Park Service, the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest 
Service, 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 ‘‘Acre In, Acre Out 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. NO NET INCREASE IN CERTAIN FEDERAL LANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For acquisition of land by the 
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture 
that would result in a net increase of total land acreage 
under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of 
Land Management, or the Forest Service, the Secretary 
concerned shall offer for sale an equal number of acres 
of Federal land that is under the same jurisdictional sta-
tus. 
(b) EXEMPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
easements acquired— 
(1) by the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate 
management of Federal lands; or 
(2) by the Secretary of Agriculture to facilitate 
management of Federal lands. 
(c) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Land sold pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be offered for sale— 
(A) at fair market value (based on local 
comparable sales); and 
(B) at a price that is reduced by 10 per-
cent each month if the land is not sold or under 
contract to be sold by the date that is 6 months 
after the land was first offered for sale. 
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(2) EXCEPTION.—Time periods during which 
land is under contract for sale or withdrawn from 
the market shall not be counted for the purposes of 
price reduction under paragraph (1)(B). 
(d) EXISTING RIGHTS.—The sale of Federal lands 
pursuant to this section shall be subject to valid existing 
rights. 
(e) PROCEEDS OF SALE OF LANDS.—All net proceeds 
from the sale of Federal lands pursuant to this section 
shall be deposited directly into the Treasury for reduction 
of the public debt. 
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‘‘(3) develop electronic links or other connec-
tions to information databases provided by Federal
departments and agencies, State and local govern-
mental agencies, public and private entities, and in-
dividuals to assist other such agencies, entities, and
individuals in the process of identifying and applying
for assistance and resources under economic develop-
ment programs and activities of the Federal, State,
and local governments.
‘‘(c) ELECTRONIC LINKS AND CONNECTIONS.—The
databases to which the Office shall develop electronic links
or other connections shall include the following kinds of
information:
‘‘(1) Relevant information concerning available
economic development programs of the Federal Gov-
ernment, including key contact personnel, descrip-
tions of the application process, eligibility require-
ments and criteria, selection and follow-up proce-
dures, and other such relevant information.
‘‘(2) Relevant information concerning major
State and local governmental economic development
programs, including lists of appropriate offices, offi-
cers, and contact personnel connected with, or in-
volved in, such programs.
H. R. 4818—246
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law
95–87, as amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 10
passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; $109,805,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations,
may use directly or through grants to States, moneys collected
in fiscal year 2005 for civil penalties assessed under section 518
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30
U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining
practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That appropriations for the Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel
and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored
training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87,
as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10 passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $190,863,000, to be derived
from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to
remain available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000, to
be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, shall
be for supplemental grants to States for the reclamation of aban-
doned sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines, and
for associated activities, through the Appalachian Clean Streams
Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum program States will
be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That
pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior
is authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of the
delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to pay
for contracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds
made available under title IV of Public Law 95–87 may be used
for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects funded
by the Federal Government for the purpose of environmental res-
toration related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such projects must
be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act: Provided further, That the State
of Maryland may set aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent
of the total of the grants made available to the State under title
IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977,
as amended (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside
is deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment
fund established under a State law, pursuant to which law the
amount (together with all interest earned on the amount) is
expended by the State to undertake acid mine drainage abatement
and treatment projects, except that before any amounts greater
than 10 percent of its title IV grants are deposited in an acid
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA, 
WATER 
RECLAMATION 
PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Title XVI of Pub-
lic Law 102–575; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 16ll. SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WATER 
RECLAMATION PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation Dis-
trict, California, is authorized to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of, and land acquisition for, a 
project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in accordance 
with subsection (b), within Sacramento County, Cali-
fornia. 
‘‘(b) PHASED PROJECT.—The project referred to in 
subsection (a) shall consist of three phases, the first of 
which shall include the planning, design, and construction 
of water conveyance and related infrastructure to provide 
recycled water to irrigate approximately 4,500 acres of 
land in southern Sacramento County. 
‘‘(c) COST SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
costs of the project described in subsection (a) shall 
not exceed 25 percent of the total cost. 
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‘‘(2) FORM
OF
NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The 
non-Federal share may be in the form of any in-kind 
services that the Secretary determines would con-
tribute substantially toward the completion of the 
water reclamation and reuse project, including— 
‘‘(A) reasonable costs incurred by the Sac-
ramento Regional County Sanitation District 
relating to the planning, design, and construc-
tion of the water reclamation and reuse project; 
and 
‘‘(B) the acquisition costs of land acquired 
for the project that is— 
‘‘(i) used for planning, design, and 
construction of the water reclamation and 
reuse project facilities; and 
‘‘(ii) owned by the Sanitation District 
and directly related to the project. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 
funds for the operations and maintenance of the project 
described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$30,000,000.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by insert-
ing after the last item relating to title XVI the following: 
‘‘Sec. 16ll. Sacramento County, California, water reclamation project.’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 797 
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy to waive certain debts owed to the United States related to disaster 
assistance distributed to individuals and households in error, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2015 
Mr. MEEKS (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to waive certain debts owed to the 
United States related to disaster assistance distributed 
to individuals and households in error, 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 ‘‘Disaster Assistance 
Recoupment Fairness Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEBTS OWED TO UNITED STATES RELATED TO DIS-
ASTER ASSISTANCE DISTRIBUTED IN ERROR. 
(a) COVERED ASSISTANCE DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered assistance’’ means assistance pro-
vided— 
(1) under section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5174); and 
(2) in relation to a major disaster declared by 
the President under section 401 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) on or after January 1, 2011. 
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency— 
(1) subject to paragraph (2) and subsection (c), 
may waive a debt owed to the United States related 
to covered assistance provided to an individual or 
household if— 
(A) the covered assistance was distributed 
based on an error by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency; 
(B) there was no fault on behalf of the 
debtor; and 
(C) the collection of the debt would be 
against equity and good conscience; and 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 799 
To revise the authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail 
in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the trail into Vermont to 
connect with the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2015 
Mr. NOLAN (for himself, Mr. WELCH, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
PETERSON, Mr. WALZ, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. PAULSEN, 
and Ms. MCCOLLUM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To revise the authorized route of the North Country National 
Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend 
the trail into Vermont to connect with the Appalachian 
National Scenic Trail, 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 ‘‘North Country Na-
tional Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act’’. 
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(2) may not waive a debt under paragraph (1) 
if the debt involves fraud, the presentation of a false 
claim, or misrepresentation by the debtor or any 
party having an interest in the claim. 
(c) PRESUMPTION OF REPAYMENT.—In determining 
whether to waive a debt under subsection (b), the Admin-
istrator shall presume that, if the adjusted gross income 
(as defined under section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986) of the household of the debtor for the last taxable 
year ending in or with the calendar year preceding the 
date on which the income is determined exceeds $100,000 
(adjusted annually for inflation beginning with the year 
following the date of enactment of this Act), the debtor 
should be required to make at least a partial payment on 
the debt. 
(d) REPORTING.—Not later than 3 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months there-
after, the Inspector General of the Department of Home-
land Security shall submit a report that assesses the cost- 
effectiveness of the efforts of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency to recoup improper payments under the 
individuals and household program under section 408 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) to— 
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(1) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Subcommittee on 
Homeland Security of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
and the Subcommittee on Homeland Security of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(e) MONITORING OF COVERED ASSISTANCE DISTRIB-
UTED BASED ON ERROR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General shall 
monitor the distribution of covered assistance to in-
dividuals and households to determine the percent-
age of such assistance distributed based on an error 
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
(2) REMOVAL OF WAIVER AUTHORITY BASED 
ON EXCESSIVE ERROR RATE.—If the Inspector Gen-
eral determines, with respect to any 12-month pe-
riod, that the amount of covered assistance distrib-
uted based on an error by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency exceeds 4 percent of the total 
amount of covered assistance distributed— 
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(A) the Inspector General shall notify the 
Administrator and publish the determination in 
the Federal Register; and 
(B) with respect to any major disaster de-
clared by the President under section 401 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) 
after the date of the determination, the author-
ity of the Administrator to waive debt under 
subsection (b) shall no longer be effective. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 798 
To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to prohibit 
the flying of unmanned recreational aircraft near commercial airports. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2015 
Mr. MEEKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 
to prohibit the flying of unmanned recreational aircraft 
near commercial airports. 
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 ‘‘Responsible Skies Act 
of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON THE FLYING OF UNMANNED REC-
REATIONAL AIRCRAFT NEAR COMMERCIAL 
AIRPORTS. 
Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform 
Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (c) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ; and ‘‘, including that the op-
erator of an unmanned recreational aircraft may not 
fly the aircraft— 
‘‘(1) above 400 feet and within 5 miles of the perim-
eter of an airport that provides scheduled passenger air 
transportation; or 
‘‘(2) where it may be seem from the perimeter of the 
airport.’’; and 
(2) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 
year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report containing— 
‘‘(1) a description of any incident in which an 
unmanned recreational aircraft flew above 400 feet 
less than 5 miles from the perimeter of an airport 
that provides scheduled passenger air transportation; 
and 
‘‘(2) the action taken by the Secretary in re-
sponse to the incident. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION
OF UNMANNED RECREATIONAL 
AIRCRAFT.—In this section, the term ‘unmanned rec-
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reational aircraft’ means an unmanned aircraft flown for 
hobby or recreational purposes.’’. 
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SEC. 2. ROUTE ADJUSTMENT. 
Section 5(a)(8) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘thirty two hundred miles, ex-
tending from eastern New York State’’ and inserting 
‘‘4,600 miles, extending from the Appalachian Trail 
in Vermont’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Proposed North Country Trail’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘June 1975.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘ ‘North Country National Scenic Trail, Au-
thorized Route’ dated February 2014, and numbered 
649/116870.’’. 
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United States applicable to the protection of the pri-
vacy and civil liberties of United States persons; 
(19) eliminate waste and unnecessary duplica-
tion within the intelligence community; and 
(20) perform such other functions as the Presi-
dent may direct. 
(b) UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR SENSITIVE COM-
PARTMENTED
INFORMATION.—The President, acting 
through the National Intelligence Director, shall establish 
uniform standards and procedures for the grant to sen-
sitive compartmented information in accordance with sec-
tion 115. 
(c) PERFORMANCE OF COMMON SERVICES.—(1) The 
National Intelligence Director shall, in consultation with 
the heads of departments and agencies of the United 
States Government containing elements within the intel-
ligence community and with the Director of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, direct and coordinate the perform-
ance by the elements of the intelligence community within 
the National Intelligence Program of such services as are 
of common concern to the intelligence community, which 
services the National Intelligence Director determines can 
be more efficiently accomplished in a consolidated manner.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 802 
To require the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to 
provide chiropractic health care services and benefits for certain new 
beneficiaries as part of the TRICARE program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2015 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. LOEBSACK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Defense to develop and imple-
ment a plan to provide chiropractic health care services 
and benefits for certain new beneficiaries as part of 
the TRICARE program. 
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 ‘‘Chiropractic Health 
Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act’’. 
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