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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1724 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to reduce Federal spending on 
surface transportation programs by limiting State and local taxation 
on purchases of construction materials made with funds made available 
from the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. WESTERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to reduce Federal 
spending on surface transportation programs by limiting 
State and local taxation on purchases of construction 
materials made with funds made available from the 
Highway Trust Fund, 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 ‘‘Transportation Funds 
Exemption Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL TAXES UNDER 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 154 the 
following: 
‘‘§ 155. Treatment of State and local taxes 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not approve 
any project under section 106 in a State for a fiscal year 
if the Secretary determines that in the previous fiscal year 
State or local sales taxes were collected within the State 
on covered purchases of construction materials made, in 
whole or in part, with funds made available under this 
chapter. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) COVERED PURCHASE.—The term ‘covered 
purchase’— 
‘‘(A) means a purchase of construction ma-
terials that are used and consumed during the 
construction of a project or incorporated into 
the constructed, reconstructed, or improved 
product or facility; but 
‘‘(B) does not include a purchase of equip-
ment, heavy equipment, mechanized vehicles, 
and construction materials that are not fully 
consumed during the construction of a project. 
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‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.—The term ‘con-
struction material’ means any substance specified or nec-
essary to satisfactorily complete the contract work for a 
project.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for such 
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 154 the following: 
‘‘155. Treatment of State and local taxes.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to fiscal year 2017 and each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
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nificant unanswered orthotic and prosthetic research 
questions pertinent to the provision of evidence- 
based clinical care to members of the Armed Forces, 
veterans, and civilians. 
(2) For each report after the initial report 
under this subsection— 
(A) a summary of how the grants awarded 
under subsection (b) are addressing the most 
significant orthotic and prosthetic needs; and 
(B) the progress made towards resolving 
orthotic and prosthetic challenges facing mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and veterans. 
(i) VETERAN DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘veteran’’ has the meaning given that term in section 101 
of title 38, United States Code. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the 
Department of Defense for the Defense Health Program, 
$30,000,000 to carry out this section. 
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ment from the practice not later than 30 
days prior to the death of the individual. 
‘‘(ii) With respect to such individuals 
who have a stage IV disease and have re-
ceived treatment for such disease from the 
practice, the percentage of such individuals 
so treated who have had a documented 
end-of-life care conversation with a physi-
cian in the practice or another health care 
provider who is a member of the cancer 
care team of the practice. 
‘‘(iii) With respect to such an indi-
vidual who is referred to hospice care by a 
physician in the practice or a health care 
provider who is a member of the cancer 
care team of the practice, regardless of the 
setting in which such care is provided, the 
average number of days that the individual 
receives hospice care prior to the death of 
the individual. 
‘‘(iv) With respect to such individuals 
who die while receiving care from the prac-
tice, the percentage of such deceased indi-
viduals whose death occurred in an acute 
care setting. 
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SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 1996 through 2000.
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priated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years from 2016 
through 2020.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 8, 
2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1725 
AN ACT 
To amend and reauthorize the controlled substance 
monitoring program under section 399O of the 
Public Health Service Act, and for other pur-
poses.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1726 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to diabetes 
self-management training by authorizing certified diabetes educators to 
provide diabetes self-management training services, including as part 
of telehealth services, under part B of the Medicare program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself, Ms. DEGETTE, and Mr. REED) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve 
access to diabetes self-management training by author-
izing certified diabetes educators to provide diabetes self- 
management training services, including as part of tele-
health services, under part B of the Medicare 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 ‘‘Access to Quality Dia-
betes Education Act of 2015’’. 
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child who has been, or is expected by the caretaker rel-
ative in the family to be, absent from the home for
a period of 45 consecutive days or, at the option of
the State, such period of not less than 30 and not
more than 90 consecutive days as the State may pro-
vide for in the State plan;
‘‘(2) at the option of the State, may establish
such good cause exceptions to paragraph (1) as the
State considers appropriate if such exceptions are
provided for in the State plan; and
‘‘(3) shall provide that a caretaker relative shall
not be considered an eligible individual for purposes
of this part if the caretaker relative fails to notify the
State agency of an absence of a minor child from the
home for the period specified in or provided for under
paragraph (1), by the end of the 5-day period that be-
gins on the date that it becomes clear to the caretaker
relative that the minor child will be absent for the pe-
riod so specified or provided for in paragraph (1).
‘‘SEC. 406. PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE PARENTING.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
‘‘(1) Marriage is the foundation of a successful
society.
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by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, the amount so certified.
‘‘(iii) METHOD OF RECONCILIATION.—
If at the end of each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services finds
that a State which received amounts from
the Fund in such fiscal year did not meet
the maintenance of effort requirement under
paragraph (5)(B) for such fiscal year, the
Secretary shall reduce the State family as-
sistance grant for such State for the succeed-
ing fiscal year by such amounts.
‘‘(4) USE OF GRANT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible State may
use the grant—
‘‘(i) in any manner that is reasonably
calculated to accomplish the purpose of this
part; or
‘‘(ii) in any manner that such State
used amounts received under part A or F of
this title, as such parts were in effect before
October 1, 1995.
‘‘(B) REFUND OF UNUSED PORTION.—Any
amount of a grant under this subsection not used
the Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(18)(C)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(vii) A certified diabetes educator (as defined 
in section 1861(qq)(3)).’’. 
(c) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study to identify the 
barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with di-
abetes in accessing diabetes self-management train-
ing services under the Medicare program, including 
economic and geographic barriers and availability of 
appropriate referrals and access to adequate and 
qualified providers. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the study conducted under para-
graph (1). 
(d) AHRQ DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR OUTREACH METHODS AND REPORT.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
The Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research 
and Quality shall, through use of a workshop and 
other appropriate means, develop a series of rec-
ommendations on effective outreach methods to edu-
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cate physicians and other health care providers as 
well as the public about the benefits of diabetes self- 
management training in order to promote better 
health outcomes for patients with diabetes. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
shall submit to Congress a report on the rec-
ommendations developed under paragraph (1). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to items and services furnished 
after the end of the 12-month period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1727 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage, 
as supplies associated with the injection of insulin, of containment, re-
moval, decontamination and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, 
and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destruc-
tion device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program under part 
D of the Medicare program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself and Ms. DEGETTE) 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 subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for coverage, as supplies associated with the injection 
of insulin, of containment, removal, decontamination and 
disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other 
sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/de-
struction device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar 
program under part D of the Medicare program. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Safe Needle 
Disposal Coverage Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF CONTAINMENT, REMOVAL, DECON-
TAMINATION AND DISPOSAL OF HOME-GEN-
ERATED NEEDLES, SYRINGES, AND OTHER 
SHARPS THROUGH A SHARPS CONTAINER, 
DECONTAMINATION/DESTRUCTION 
DEVICE, 
OR SHARPS-BY-MAIL PROGRAM OR SIMILAR 
PROGRAM UNDER MEDICARE PART D. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–2(e)(1)(B) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(e)(1)(B)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘regulations of the Secretary’’ 
the following: ‘‘and including devices approved for home 
use by the Food and Drug Administration for the safe 
and effective containment, removal, decontamination and 
disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other 
sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/de-
struction device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar pro-
gram’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1729 
To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native 
articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible mi-
gratory bird parts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2015 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain 
Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale 
of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, 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. EXEMPTION FROM PROHIBITIONS FOR ALAS-
KAN NATIVE ARTICLES CONTAINING MIGRA-
TORY BIRD PARTS. 
Section 2 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 
U.S.C. 703) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(c) EXEMPTION FOR AUTHENTIC ALASKAN NATIVE 
ARTICLES OF HANDICRAFT OR CLOTHING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provisions of this Act, nothing in this Act prohibits 
possession, offering for sale, sale, offering to barter, 
barter, offering to purchase, purchase, delivery for 
shipment, shipment, causing to be shipped, delivered 
for transportation, transport or causing to be trans-
ported, carrying or causing to be carried, or receiv-
ing for shipment, transportation, or carriage, any 
authentic Alaskan Native article of handicraft or 
clothing on the basis that it contains a nonedible mi-
gratory bird part. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—This subsection shall not 
apply with respect to any handicraft or clothing con-
taining any part of a migratory bird that was taken 
in a wasteful manner. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ALASKAN NATIVE.—The term ‘Alas-
kan Native’ means any Indian, Aleut, or Es-
kimo who resides in Alaska. 
‘‘(B) AUTHENTIC ALASKAN NATIVE ARTI-
CLE OF HANDICRAFT OR CLOTHING.—The term 
‘authentic Alaskan Native article of handicraft 
or clothing’— 
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Subtitle C—Other Amendments
Sec. 421. Free and reduced price policy statement.
Sec. 422. Summer food service program for children.
Sec. 423. Child and adult care food program.
Sec. 424. Reducing required reports to State agencies and schools.
Subtitle D—Reauthorization
Sec. 431. Commodity distribution program; commodity supplemental food pro-
gram.
Sec. 432. Emergency food assistance program.
Sec. 433. Soup kitchens program.
Sec. 434. National commodity processing.
Sec. 435. Commodity supplemental food program.
TITLE V—NONCITIZENS
Sec. 501. State option to prohibit assistance for certain aliens.
Sec. 502. Deemed income requirement for Federal and federally funded programs.
Sec. 503. Requirements for sponsor’s affidavit of support.
Sec. 504. Limited eligibility of noncitizens for SSI benefits.
Sec. 505. Treatment of noncitizens.
Sec. 506. Information reporting.
Sec. 507. Prohibition on payment of Federal benefits to certain persons.
TITLE VI—CHILD CARE
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Amendments to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
1990.
Sec. 603. Repeals and technical and conforming amendments.
TITLE VII—PROTECTION OF BATTERED INDIVIDUALS
Sec. 701. Exemption of battered individuals from certain requirements.
TITLE VIII—ADOPTION EXPENSES
Sec. 801. Refundable credit for adoption expenses.
Sec. 802. Exclusion of adoption assistance.
Sec. 803. Withdrawal from IRA for adoption expenses.
TITLE IX—CHILD SUPPORT
Sec. 900. Reference to Social Security Act.
Subtitle A—Eligibility for Services; Distribution of Payments
Sec. 901. State obligation to provide child support enforcement services.
Sec. 902. Distribution of child support collections.
Sec. 903. Rights to notification and hearings.
Sec. 904. Privacy safeguards.
Subtitle B—Locate and Case Tracking
Sec. 911. State case registry.
Sec. 912. Collection and disbursement of support payments.
Sec. 913. State directory of new hires.
‘‘(i) means any item that is— 
‘‘(I) composed wholly or in some 
significant respect of natural mate-
rials; and 
‘‘(II) produced, decorated, or 
fashioned by an Alaskan Native, in 
the exercise of traditional Alaskan 
Native handicrafts, without the use of 
any pantograph or other mass copying 
device; and 
‘‘(ii) includes any weaving, carving, 
stitching, sewing, lacing, beading, drawing, 
or painting described in clause (i), or any 
combination thereof.’’. 
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The United States courthouse located at 501 East 
Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States Court-
house’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United 
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States 
Courthouse’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 172 
AN ACT 
To designate the United States courthouse located 
at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, 
as the ‘‘R. Jess Brown United States Court-
house’’.
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ance approved under section 2, a State program
funded under part B that provides cash pay-
ments for foster care, or the supplemental secu-
rity income program under title XVI (other
than service benefits provided through the use
of a grant made under part C of such title),
then the State may not disregard the payment
in determining the amount of assistance to be
provided to the family of which the individual is
a member under the State program funded
under this part.
‘‘(B) CERTAIN
SUPPORT
PAYMENTS.—A
State to which a grant is made under section
403 may not disregard an amount distributed
to a family under section 457(a)(1)(A) in deter-
mining the income of the family for purposes of
eligibility for assistance under the State pro-
gram funded under this part.
‘‘(3) NO ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN ALIENS.—
Notwithstanding section 403(c)(1), a State to which
a grant is made under section 403 may not use any
part of the grant to provide assistance for an indi-
vidual who is not a citizen or national of the United
States, except consistent with title IV of the Per-
sonal Responsibility Act of 1995.
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(g) Section 202(d) of the Social Security Amend-
ments of 1967 (81 Stat. 882; 42 U.S.C. 602 note) is here-
by repealed.
(h) Section 233 of the Social Security Act Amend-
ments of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 602 note) is hereby repealed.
(i) Section 903 of the Stewart B. McKinney Home-
less Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C.
11381 note), relating to demonstration projects to reduce
number of AFDC families in welfare hotels, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘aid to fami-
lies with dependent children under a State plan ap-
proved’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance under a State pro-
gram funded’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘aid to fami-
lies with dependent children in the State under a
State plan approved’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance in
the State under a State program funded’’.
SEC. 106. CONTINUED APPLICATION OF CURRENT STAND-
ARDS UNDER MEDICAID PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XIX of the Social Security
Act is amended—
(1) in section 1931, by inserting ‘‘subject to
section 1931(a),’’ after ‘‘under this title,’’ and by re-
designating such section as section 1932; and
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‘‘(A) Part A of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
‘‘(B) Part B of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.).
‘‘(C) Title XX of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1397 et seq.).
‘‘(D) The National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
‘‘(E) The Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et
seq.).
‘‘(2) SUFFICIENT FUNDING DETERMINATION.—
Prior to using any amounts received from a grant
under this Act for a fiscal year to carry out a State
program pursuant to any or all of the provisions of
law described in paragraph (1), the appropriate
State agency shall make a determination that suffi-
cient amounts will remain available for such fiscal
year to carry out this Act.
‘‘(3) RULES GOVERNING USE OF AMOUNTS FOR
OTHER
PURPOSES.—Amounts paid to the State
under a grant under this Act that are used to carry
out a State program pursuant to a provision of law
specified in paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the
requirements of this Act, but shall be subject to the
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(C) In fiscal year 2018, an amount that is 
22.5 percent less than the fiscal year 2015 ad-
ministration amount. 
(D) In fiscal year 2019, an amount that is 
30 percent less than the fiscal year 2015 admin-
istration amount. 
(2) ACHIEVEMENT OF REDUCTIONS.—As part of 
meeting the requirements in paragraph (1), the plan 
shall provide for reductions in personnel (including 
military and civilian personnel of the Department of 
Defense and contract personnel in support of the De-
partment) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
the secretariats and military staffs of the military de-
partments, the staffs of the Defense Agencies, the staffs 
of the Joint Staff, the staffs of the combatant com-
mands, and the staffs of their subordinate service 
component commands. 
(3) EXCLUSION.—The plan may not meet the re-
quirements in paragraph (1) through reductions in 
funding for administration for the following: 
(A) The United States Special Operations 
Command. 
(B) The Department of Defense Education 
Activity. 
(C) Any classified program.