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land Security, acting through the Under Secretary of In-
telligence and Analysis, shall conduct a terrorism threat 
assessment of the transportation of chemical, biological, 
nuclear, and radiological materials through United States 
land borders and within the United States. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the terrorism 
threat assessment required under subsection (a), the 
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall con-
sult with the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, and the heads of other Federal depart-
ments and agencies, as appropriate, to ensure that such 
terrorism threat assessment is informed by current infor-
mation about homeland security threats. 
(c) DISTRIBUTION.—Upon completion of the ter-
rorism threat assessment required under subsection (a), 
the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall 
disseminate such terrorism threat assessment to Federal 
partners, including the Department of Transportation and 
the Department of Energy, and State and local partners, 
including the National Network of Fusion Centers. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3350 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 21, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To require a terrorism threat assessment regarding the 
transportation of chemical, biological, nuclear, and radio-
logical materials through United States land borders and 
within the United States, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Know the CBRN Ter-
rorism Threats to Transportation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TERRORISM THREAT ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, acting through the Under Secretary of In-
telligence and Analysis, shall conduct a terrorism threat 
assessment of the transportation of chemical, biological, 
nuclear, and radiological materials through United States 
land borders and within the United States. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the terrorism 
threat assessment required under subsection (a), the 
Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall con-
sult with the Administrator of the Transportation Security 
Administration, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, and the heads of other Federal depart-
ments and agencies, as appropriate, to ensure that such 
terrorism threat assessment is informed by current infor-
mation about homeland security threats. 
(c) DISTRIBUTION.—Upon completion of the ter-
rorism threat assessment required under subsection (a), 
the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis shall 
disseminate such terrorism threat assessment to Federal 
partners, including the Department of Transportation and 
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the Department of Energy, and State and local partners, 
including the National Network of Fusion Centers. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 20, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3351 
To provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs 
based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. HONDA (for himself, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 
Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and 
Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal 
benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer 
Price Index for the elderly. 
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 ‘‘CPI-E Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES FOR CERTAIN FED-
ERAL BENEFITS PROGRAMS BASED ON IN-
CREASES IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX 
FOR THE ELDERLY. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever 
there is an increase in the Consumer Price Index for the 
elderly, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 
dollar amounts in effect for the payment of the following 
benefits, as such amounts were in effect immediately be-
fore the increase in the Consumer Price Index for the el-
derly, shall be increased by the same percentage as such 
price index was increased: 
(1) An annuity under the Civil Service Retire-
ment System or the Federal Employees Retirement 
System. 
(2) Department of Veterans Affairs wartime 
disability compensation under section 1114 of title 
38, United States Code. 
(3) Department of Veterans Affairs additional 
compensation for dependents under section 1115(1) 
of such title. 
(4) The Department of Veterans Affairs cloth-
ing allowance under section 1162 of such title. 
(5) Department of Veterans Affairs dependency 
and indemnity compensation to surviving spouse 
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under subsections (a) through (d) of section 1311 of 
such title. 
(6) Department of Veterans Affairs dependency 
and indemnity compensation to children under sec-
tions 1313(a) and 1314 of such title. 
(7) Military retirement and survivor benefit 
programs, as defined in section 1461(b) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(8) Any old-age, survivors, or disability insur-
ance benefit under title II of the Social Security Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3352 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide greater flexibility with respect to 
waivers granted to States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Mr. HULTGREN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide great-
er flexibility with respect to waivers granted to States, 
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 ‘‘State Health Care Op-
tions Act of 2015’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 335 
To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act 
of 1997, the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine 
Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2015 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. PIERLUISI) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act, the 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the 
Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Great 
Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine Turtle 
Conservation Act of 2004, 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 ‘‘Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 
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the prisoner’s term of imprisonment, beginning at the end 
of the first year of the term,’’ and inserting ‘‘of up to 54 
days for each year of the prisoner’s sentence imposed by 
the court,’’. 
(b) RESTORATION OF CREDIT.—Section 3624(b)(1) 
is amended by striking the sentence beginning ‘‘Credit 
that has not been earned’’ and inserting ‘‘The Bureau may 
subsequently restore any or all credit previously denied, 
based on the prisoner’s maintaining good behavior as de-
termined by the Bureau.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section apply with respect to each prison sentence that has 
not been completed before the date of the enactment of 
this Act, except any sentence imposed before November 
1, 1987. 
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scribed in subsection (f)(3) with respect to such 
plan and such individual. 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE FOR PART-TIME RESIDENT 
TAXPAYERS WITH INCOME ABOVE 300 PERCENT OF 
FPL.—In the case of a taxpayer who, during a tax-
able year, obtains coverage with respect to a 1332A 
State and with respect to a State which is not a 
1332A State, paragraph (1) shall not apply and the 
premium assistance amount (otherwise determined 
under subsection (b)(2)) for such taxpayer for a cov-
erage month shall be 0 if— 
‘‘(A) the household income of the taxpayer 
for the taxable year equals or exceeds 300 per-
cent of an amount equal to the poverty line for 
a family of the size involved, and 
‘‘(B) the taxpayer receives coverage with 
respect to a section 1332A State for such cov-
erage month. 
‘‘(6) SECTION
1332A
STATE
DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘section 1332A 
State’ means a State has in effect a waiver under 
section 1332A of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act.’’. 
(2) REDUCED COST-SHARING.—Section 1402(f) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 18071(f)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(4) 1332A WAIVERS.—If a State has in effect 
a waiver under 1332A, the following shall apply with 
respect to a coverage month with respect to individ-
uals residing in the State on the first of the month: 
‘‘(A) ELIMINATING REDUCED COST-SHAR-
ING FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INCOME ABOVE 300 
PERCENT OF FPL.—No individual whose house-
hold income exceeds 300 percent of the poverty 
line for a family of the size involved may be 
considered an eligible insured under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(B) PERMISSIBLE HEALTH PLANS.—For 
the purposes of this section, a permissible 
health plan, as defined in section 1332A(c)(A), 
shall be treated as a qualified health plan. 
‘‘(C) EXCHANGE WAIVER.—If a State has 
in effect an exchange waiver described in sec-
tion 1332A(b)(2), subsections (b)(1), (d)(1), 
and (e)(3) shall apply as if there were no ref-
erences to an Exchange.’’. 
(c) ACCELERATION OF INNOVATION WAIVERS.—Sec-
tion 1332(a)(1) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18052) is amended, in the matter 
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preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘January 1, 
2017’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the enactment of the 
State Health Care Options Act of 2015’’. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1599
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of
1994 to provide the descendants of female United States citizens born
abroad before May 24, 1934, with the same rights to United States
citizenship at birth as the descendants of male citizens born abroad
before such date.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1997
Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself and Mr. JACKSON of Illinois) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Technical Correc-
tions Act of 1994 to provide the descendants of female
United States citizens born abroad before May 24, 1934,
with the same rights to United States citizenship at
birth as the descendants of male citizens born abroad
before such date.
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 ‘‘Equity in Trans-
mission of Citizenship Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) since certain children born abroad to United
States citizen mothers before May 24, 1934, only be-
came entitled to claim United States citizenship, ac-
quired at birth, as of October 25, 1994, with the en-
actment of the Immigration and Nationality Tech-
nical Corrections Act of 1994, they could not enter
into the United States as a citizen prior to that
date; and
(2) therefore, such children could not satisfy
any physical-presence requirement necessary to
transmit United States citizenship to their descend-
ants in the same manner as could the children born
abroad to United States citizen fathers before such
date.
SEC. 3. EQUAL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN BORN ABROAD
OF FEMALE UNITED STATES CITIZENS IN
TRANSMITTING CITIZENSHIP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(d) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–416; 108 Stat. 4306) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(d) WAIVER
OF PHYSICAL-PRESENCE REQUIRE-
MENT FOR TRANSMISSION OF CITIZENSHIP.—The phys-
ical-presence requirement in section 301(g) of the Immi-
SECTION 1. ALLOWING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, NURSE 
PRACTITIONERS, AND CLINICAL NURSE SPE-
CIALISTS TO SUPERVISE CARDIAC, INTEN-
SIVE CARDIAC, AND PULMONARY REHABILI-
TATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) CARDIAC AND INTENSIVE CARDIAC REHABILITA-
TION PROGRAMS.—Section 1861(eee) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(eee)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘physician-supervised’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘under the supervision of 
a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1)) or 
a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or 
clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are de-
fined in subsection (aa)(5))’’ before the period 
at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘a 
physician’’ and inserting ‘‘a physician (as de-
fined in subsection (r)(1)) or a physician assist-
ant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse spe-
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gration and Nationality Act, and any residence or phys-
ical-presence requirement in a predecessor provision to
such section (such as section 201(g) of the Nationality Act
of 1940), shall be considered to have been satisfied by any
person born before the date of the enactment of this Act
who otherwise qualifies for United States citizenship based
on such person’s descent from an individual described in
section 301(h) of such Act.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in the Immi-
gration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of
1994.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3355 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow physician assistants, 
nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, 
intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Ms. JENKINS of Kansas (for herself and Mr. LEWIS) 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 sub-
sequently 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 allow 
physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical 
nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, 
and pulmonary rehabilitation programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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Federal criminal offenses may apply to a person oth-
erwise liable for the unlawful discharge of a pollut-
ant under this Act and shall be determined by the 
courts of the United States according to the prin-
ciples of common law as may be interpreted in light 
of reason and experience.’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 159
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the excise tax
treatment of draft cider.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, and
Mr. MCHUGH) 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 clarify
the excise tax treatment of draft cider.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION 
OF 
TAX 
TREATMENT 
OF
DRAFT CIDER.
(a) DRAFT CIDER CONTAINING NOT MORE THAN 7
PERCENT ALCOHOL TAXED AS WINE.—Subsection (b) of
section 5041 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relat-
ing to imposition and rate of tax) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) On draft cider derived primarily from ap-
ples or apple concentrate and water, containing no
other fruit product, and containing at least one-half
of 1 percent and not more than 7 percent of alcohol
by volume, 22.6 cents per wine gallon.’’
(b) EXCLUDED FROM SMALL PRODUCER CREDIT.—
Paragraph (1) of section 5041(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (relating to credit for small domestic produc-
ers) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(4)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraphs (4) and (6) of subsection (b)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply on and after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3354 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alternate release 
date for certain nonviolent offenders, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, with respect to the computation of the good time credit toward 
service of sentences of imprisonment, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2015 
Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an alter-
nate release date for certain nonviolent offenders, to 
amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
the computation of the good time credit toward service 
of sentences of imprisonment, 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 ‘‘Federal Prison Bureau 
Relief Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT OF-
FENDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘at the early 
release date provided in subsection (g), if applicable, 
or otherwise’’ after ‘‘A prisoner shall be released by 
the Bureau of Prisons’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) EARLY RELEASE FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT 
OFFENDERS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Bureau of Prisons, pursuant to a good time pol-
icy, shall release from confinement a prisoner who has 
served one-half or more of his term of imprisonment (in-
cluding any consecutive term or terms of imprisonment) 
if that prisoner— 
‘‘(1) has attained the age of 45 years; 
‘‘(2) has never been convicted of a crime of vio-
lence; and 
‘‘(3) has not engaged in any violation, involving 
violent conduct, of institutional disciplinary regula-
tions.’’. 
SEC. 3. GOOD TIME CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3624(b)(1) of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, beyond the 
time served, of up to 54 days at the end of each year of 
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