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of this Act, submit to the committees referred to in sub-
section (b) a report on the following: 
(1) Whether Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary 
Guard Corps meets the requirements for designation 
as a terrorist entity under section 1(b) of Executive 
Order 13224 of September 24, 2001. 
(2)(A) Whether an entity the board of directors 
of which is controlled by members of Iran’s Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps or by representatives of 
entities controlled by members of the Islamic Revo-
lutionary Guard Corps is considered to be an entity 
controlled by the Government of Iran for purposes 
of section 560.313 of title 31, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations. 
(B) What factors are used to determine control 
and a controlling interest for purposes of such sec-
tion 560.313. 
(b) COMMITTEES.—The committees to which the re-
port under subsection (a) shall be submitted are the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Home-
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Union Calendar No. 85
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1901
[Report No. 105–145]
To clarify that the protections of the Federal Tort Claims Act apply to
the members and personnel of the National Gambling Impact Study
Commission.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 17, 1997
Mr. HYDE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
JUNE 23, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To clarify that the protections of the Federal Tort Claims
Act apply to the members and personnel of the National
Gambling Impact Study Commission.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS
PROVISIONS.
Section 6 of the National Gambling Impact Study
Commission Act (18 U.S.C. 1955 note) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY
OF FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS
PROVISIONS.—For purposes of sections 1346(b) and
2401(b) and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code,
the Commission is a ‘Federal agency’ and each of the
members and personnel of the Commission is an ‘employee
of the Government’.’’.
SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION.
The amendment made by section 1 shall not be con-
strued to imply that any commission is not a ‘‘Federal
agency’’ or that any of the members or personnel of a com-
mission is not an ‘‘employee of the Government’’ for pur-
poses of sections 1346(b) and 2401(b) and chapter 171
of title 28, United States Code.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by section 1 shall be effective
as of August 3, 1996.
Union Calendar No. 85
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1901
[Report No. 105–145]
A BILL
To clarify that the protections of the Federal Tort
Claims Act apply to the members and personnel
of the National Gambling Impact Study Commis-
sion.
JUNE 23, 1997
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
land Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives. 
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H. R. 1902
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
An Act
To immunize donations made in the form of charitable gift annuities and charitable
remainder trusts from the antitrust laws and State laws similar to the antitrust
laws.
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 ‘‘Charitable Donation Antitrust
Immunity Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. IMMUNITY FROM ANTITRUST LAWS.
The Charitable Gift Annuity Antitrust Relief Act of 1995 (15
U.S.C. 37 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by amending section 2 to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 2. IMMUNITY FROM ANTITRUST LAWS.
‘‘(a) INAPPLICABILITY OF ANTITRUST LAWS.—Except as provided
in subsection (d), the antitrust laws, and any State law similar
to any of the antitrust laws, shall not apply to charitable gift
annuities or charitable remainder trusts.
‘‘(b) IMMUNITY.—Except as provided in subsection (d), any per-
son subjected to any legal proceeding for damages, injunction,
penalties, or other relief of any kind under the antitrust laws,
or any State law similar to any of the antitrust laws, on account
of setting or agreeing to rates of return or other terms for, negotiat-
ing, issuing, participating in, implementing, or otherwise being
involved in the planning, issuance, or payment of charitable gift
annuities or charitable remainder trusts shall have immunity from
suit under the antitrust laws, including the right not to bear the
cost, burden, and risk of discovery and trial, for the conduct set
forth in this subsection.
‘‘(c) TREATMENT
OF CERTAIN ANNUITIES
AND TRUSTS.—Any
annuity treated as a charitable gift annuity, or any trust treated
as a charitable remainder trust, either—
‘‘(1) in any filing by the donor with the Internal Revenue
Service; or
‘‘(2) in any schedule, form, or written document provided
by or on behalf of the donee to the donor;
shall be conclusively presumed for the purposes of this Act to
be respectively a charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder
trust, unless there has been a final determination by the Internal
Revenue Service that, for fraud or otherwise, the donor’s
annuity or trust did not qualify respectively as a charitable
gift annuity or charitable remainder trust when created.
(3) A brief statement of the purpose or pur-
poses to be achieved by the program.
(4) The committees which have jurisdiction over
legislation providing new budget authority for the
program, including the appropriate subcommittees of
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives.
(5) The agency and, if applicable, the subdivi-
sion thereof responsible for administering the pro-
gram.
(6) The grants-in-aid, if any, provided by such
program to State and local governments.
(7) The next reauthorization date for the pro-
gram.
(8) A unique identification number which links
the program and functional category structure.
(9) The year in which the program was origi-
nally established and, where applicable, the year in
which the program expires.
(10) Where applicable, the year in which new
budget authority for the program was last author-
ized and the year in which current authorizations of
new budget authority expire.
(f) LISTING OF EXEMPT PROGRAMS.—The inventory
shall contain a separate tabular listing of programs which
H. R. 1902—2
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply with
respect to the enforcement of a State law similar to any of the
antitrust laws, with respect to charitable gift annuities, or
charitable remainder trusts, created after the State enacts a statute,
not later than December 8, 1998, that expressly provides that
subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply with respect to such chari-
table gift annuities and such charitable remainder trusts.’’; and
(2) in section 3—
(A) by striking paragraph (1);
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1), as so redesignated,
the following:
‘‘(2) CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST.—The term ‘charitable
remainder trust’ has the meaning given it in section 664(d)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 664(d)).’’;
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as para-
graphs (5) and (6), respectively; and
(E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
‘‘(4) FINAL DETERMINATION.—The term ‘final determination’
includes an Internal Revenue Service determination, after
exhaustion of donor’s and donee’s administrative remedies, dis-
allowing the donor’s charitable deduction for the year in which
the initial contribution was made because of the donee’s failure
to comply at such time with the requirements of section
501(m)(5) or 664(d), respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(m)(5), 664(d)).’’.
SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF ACT.
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply
with respect to all conduct occurring before, on, or after the date
of the enactment of this Act and shall apply in all administrative
and judicial actions pending on or commenced after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. STUDY AND REPORT.
(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—The Attorney General shall carry out
a study to determine the effect of this Act on markets for nonchari-
table annuities, charitable gift annuities, and charitable remainder
trusts. The Attorney General shall prepare a report summarizing
the results of the study.
(b) DETAILS OF STUDY AND REPORT.—The report referred to
in subsection (a) shall include any information on possible inappro-
priate activity resulting from this Act and any recommendations
for legislative changes, including recommendations for additional
enforcement resources.
H. R. 1902—3
(c) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—The Attorney General shall submit
the report referred to in subsection (a) to the Chairman and the
ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House
of Representatives, and to the Chairman and the ranking member
of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, not later than
27 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
(1) by striking ‘‘(11) LEASING
OF
UNITS 
OWNED BY PHA.—If’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(11) LEASING OF UNITS OWNED BY PHA.— 
‘‘(A) INSPECTIONS AND RENT DETERMINA-
TIONS.—If’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) UNITS
OWNED
BY
PHA.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘owned by a 
public housing agency’ means, with respect to a 
dwelling unit, that the dwelling unit is in a 
project that is owned by such agency, by an en-
tity wholly controlled by such agency, or by a 
limited liability company or limited partnership 
in which such agency (or an entity wholly con-
trolled by such agency) holds a controlling in-
terest in the managing member or general part-
ner. A dwelling unit shall not be deemed to be 
owned by a public housing agency for purposes 
of this subsection because the agency holds a 
fee interest as ground lessor in the property on 
which the unit is situated, holds a security in-
terest under a mortgage or deed of trust on the 
unit, or holds a non-controlling interest in an 
entity which owns the unit or in the managing
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(2) information provided through cooperation 
with United Nations or World Health Organization 
agencies; 
(3) communications and reports provided by 
nongovernmental organizations working on the issue 
of trafficking of persons for the removal of their or-
gans; and 
(4) any other reports or information sources the 
Secretary of State determines to be necessary and 
appropriate. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) ORGAN.—The term ‘‘organ’’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘‘human organ’’ in section 
301(c)(1) of the National Organ Transplant Act (42 
U.S.C. 274e(c)(1)). 
(3) TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS FOR THE RE-
MOVAL OF THEIR ORGANS.—The term ‘‘trafficking 
of persons for the removal of their organs’’ means 
the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, 
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or receipt of a person, either living or deceased, for 
the purpose of removing one or more of the person’s 
organs, by means of— 
(A) coercion; 
(B) abduction; 
(C) deception; 
(D) fraud; 
(E) abuse of power or a position of vulner-
ability; or 
(F) transfer of payments or benefits to 
achieve the consent of a person having control 
over a person described in the matter preceding 
clause (i). 
SEC. 9. LIMITATION ON FUNDS. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act or any amendment made by 
this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 13, 2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(iv) in paragraph (2) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and
(v) in paragraph (3) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘(1) through (3)’’ and
inserting ‘‘(1) and (2)’’.
(c) FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION TO OPERATIONS OF
GOVERNMENT OF NATION’S CAPITAL.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds as follows:
(A) Congress has reduced the District of
Columbia’s ability to raise revenue by limiting
the height of buildings in the District and im-
posing other limitations relating to the Federal
presence in the District.
(B) Congress has imposed limitations on
the District’s ability to tax revenue at its
source.
(C) The District government cannot tax a
high proportion of the real property of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the effect of this inability
on the District’s revenues is magnified by the
District’s relatively small geographic size.
(D) The unique status of the District of
Columbia as the seat of the government of the
United States imposes unusual costs and re-
Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(g) The Institute shall not promulgate, enforce, or
otherwise adopt standards, or carry out activities or poli-
cies, for the Federal establishment of encryption standards
required for use in computer systems other than Federal
Government computer systems.’’.
SEC. 8. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.
Section 20 of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g–3), as amended by this
Act, is further amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(8), as so redesignated by
section 3(1) of this Act, by inserting ‘‘to the extent
that such coordination will improve computer secu-
rity and to the extent necessary for improving such
security for Federal computer systems’’ after ‘‘Man-
agement and Budget)’’;
(2) in subsection (e), as so redesignated by sec-
tion 5(1) of this Act, by striking ‘‘shall draw upon’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘may draw upon’’;
(3) in subsection (e)(2), as so redesignated by
section 5(1) of this Act, by striking ‘‘(b)(5)’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘(b)(8)’’; and
(2) in paragraph (b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘or footwear not accorded
duty-free treatment under paragraph (c),’’ after
‘‘apparel article,’’ in the parenthetical, and
(B) by striking the last sentence, and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(c)(i) An article of footwear provided for in any of
subheadings 
6115.93.20, 
6402.91.40, 
6402.99.18,
6404.11.20 through 6404.19.90, and 6405.20.90, may not
be treated as a foreign article, or as subject to duty, if—
‘‘(A) the requirements of paragraph (b)(i) and
(ii) are complied with with respect to the article;
‘‘(B) the article is produced by an existing foot-
wear manufacturer; and
‘‘(C) the article is entered during any calendar
year after 1996 before the aggregate quantity of
footwear produced by that manufacturer and entered
during the calendar year exceeds the annual duty-
free footwear amount for the manufacturer.
‘‘(ii) For purposes of this paragraph:
‘‘(A) The term ‘annual duty-free amount’ for
an existing footwear manufacturer means, in the
case of articles of footwear provided for in a sub-
heading classification listed in clause (i), an amount
equal to the average monthly quantity of footwear
provided for under such classification that was ex-
ported to the United States during calendar year
1996, by all existing manufacturing facilities of such
manufacturer, multiplied by 12.
‘‘(B) The term ‘existing footwear manufacturer’
means a person in the United States that was oper-
ating at least 1 existing manufacturing facility on
December 31, 1996.
‘‘(C) The term ‘existing manufacturing facility’
means a footwear manufacturing facility that was
operating in a beneficiary country on December 31,
1996.
‘‘(iii) The United States International Trade Com-
mission shall—
‘‘(A) identify each existing footwear manufac-
turer; and
‘‘(B) determine the annual duty-free footwear
amount for each applicable footwear subheading
classification for each such manufacturer,
and provide such identification and determination to the
Secretary of the Treasury.
‘‘(iv) The Secretary of the Treasury shall by regula-
tion specify such relevant entry information as may be re-
quired for purposes of implementing this paragraph.
(2) establish a central clearinghouse for the col-
lection by the Federal Government and dissemination
to the public of information to promote awareness of
information security threats; and
(3) promote the development of the national,
standards-based infrastructure needed to support com-
mercial and private uses of encryption technologies
for confidentiality and authentication.
SEC. 14. DIGITAL SIGNATURE INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) NATIONAL POLICY PANEL.—The Under Secretary
of Commerce for Technology shall establish a National Pol-
icy Panel for Digital Signatures. The Panel shall be com-
posed of nongovernment and government technical and legal
experts on the implementation of digital signature tech-
nologies, individuals from companies offering digital signa-
ture products and services, State officials, including offi-
cials from States which have enacted statutes establishing
digital signature infrastructures, and representative indi-
viduals from the interested public.
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Panel established under
subsection (a) shall serve as a forum for exploring all rel-
evant factors associated with the development of a national
digital signature infrastructure based on uniform standards
that will enable the widespread availability and use of digi-
tal signature systems. The Panel shall develop—
(1) model practices and procedures for certifi-
cation authorities to ensure accuracy, reliability, and
security of operations associated with issuing and
managing certificates;
(2) standards to ensure consistency among juris-
dictions that license certification authorities; and
(3) audit standards for certification authorities.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Under Secretary
of Commerce for Technology shall provide administrative
support to the Panel established under subsection (a) of this
section as necessary to enable the Panel to carry out its
responsibilities.
SEC. 15. SOURCE OF AUTHORIZATIONS.
Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act
shall be derived from amounts authorized under the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology Authorization
Act of 1997.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3696 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prevent Medicare part 
B premium and deductible increases for 2016. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2015 
Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to prevent 
Medicare part B premium and deductible increases for 2016. 
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 ‘‘Medicare Premium 
Fairness Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. PREVENTING MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM AND DE-
DUCTIBLE INCREASES FOR 2016. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1839(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(a)) is amended— 
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(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘Such’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph 
(5), such’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) In applying this part (including subsection (i) 
and section 1833(b)), the monthly actuarial rate for en-
rollees age 65 and over for 2016 shall be equal to the 
monthly actuarial rate for such enrollees for 2015.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING FUNDING.—Section 1844(a) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; plus’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) a Government contribution equal to, as es-
timated by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services, the reduction in ag-
gregate premiums payable for a month under this 
part that is attributable to the application of section 
1839(a)(5) with respect to— 
‘‘(A) enrollees age 65 and over; and 
‘‘(B) enrollees under age 65. 
In applying paragraph (1), the government contribution 
under paragraph (4) with respect to enrollees described 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph (4) shall 
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be treated as premiums payable and deposited in the 
Trust Fund under subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec-
tively, of paragraph (1).’’. 
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•HR 4766 EH1S 
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $42,500,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $1,800,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2005, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $36,765,000, 
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 
contracts.
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1904
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify
that certain footwear assembled in beneficiary countries is excluded from
duty-free treatment, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 17, 1997
Mr. MCINTYRE (for himself, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. HEFNER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr.
DELAHUNT, and Mr. KIND) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States to clarify that certain footwear assembled in bene-
ficiary countries is excluded from duty-free treatment,
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. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FOOTWEAR.
(a) IN GENERAL.—U.S. Note 2 to subchapter II of
chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the Unit-
ed States is amended—
(1) in paragraph (a) by striking ‘‘paragraph
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (b) and (c)’’;