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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1763 
To provide for the minimum size of crews of freight trains, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 13, 2015 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide for the minimum size of crews of freight trains, 
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 ‘‘Safe Freight Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FREIGHT TRAIN CREW SIZE. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subchapter II of chapter 201 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 20168. Freight train crew size 
‘‘Effective 30 days after the date of enactment of the 
Safe Freight Act, no freight train or light engine used in 
connection with the movement of freight may be operated 
unless it has a crew consisting of at least 2 individuals, 
one of whom is certified under regulations promulgated 
by the Federal Railroad Administration as a locomotive 
engineer pursuant to section 20135, and the other of 
whom is certified under regulations promulgated by the 
Federal Railroad Administration as a conductor pursuant 
to section 20163.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 201 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘20168. Freight train crew size.’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1764 
To provide for the designation of the United States Chief Technology Officer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Mr. LOUDERMILK (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, and Mrs. COMSTOCK) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the designation of the United States Chief 
Technology Officer. 
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 ‘‘United States Chief 
Technology Officer Act’’. 
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER. 
Title II of the National Science and Technology Pol-
icy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4283
AN ACT
To support sustainable and broad-based agricultural and
rural development in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(B) during the second 3-month period in
which the family receives aid under the plan, the
needs of the caretaker relative, any other relative
with whom a dependent child is living, and any other
individual living in the same home as such relative
and the dependent child whose needs are taken into
account in making the determination under section
402(a)(7), shall not be taken into account in making
the determination with respect to the family for pur-
poses of paragraph (7) and in the case of a family
which is eligible by reason of section 407, both par-
ents shall not be taken into account into making
such a determination; and
‘‘(C) after the expiration of a 6-month period
beginning on the date on which the family entered
into the limited benefit plan, the family shall be in-
eligible for benefits under this title and may not re-
apply for such benefits within a 6-month period be-
ginning on the date of such expiration;
‘‘(2) during the duration of a limited benefit
plan, a third-party counselor shall inquire as to the
well-being of the dependent children; and
‘‘(3) within a 45-day period beginning on the
date that the family automatically enters a limited
benefit plan by reason of the family investment
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 979 
AN ACT 
To designate a mountain in the John Muir Wilderness of 
the Sierra National Forest as ‘‘Sky Point’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 718 [H——2 HR 718 [H——3 eHR 718 IH 31
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1765 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to appli-
cants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Mrs. HARTZLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to submit a report regarding certain 
plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees 
during the response to an emergency or disaster. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE FIELD TRANSITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall 
report to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
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mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate regarding the plans the agency will under-
take to provide the following: 
(1) Consistent guidance to applicants on FEMA 
disaster funding procedures during the response to 
an emergency or disaster. 
(2) Appropriate record maintenance and trans-
fer of documents to new teams during staff transi-
tions. 
(3) Accurate assistance to applicants and grant-
ees to ease the administrative burden throughout the 
process of obtaining and monitoring assistance. 
(b) MAINTAINING RECORDS.—The report shall also 
include a plan for implementing operating procedures and 
document retention requirements to ensure the mainte-
nance of appropriate records throughout the lifecycle of 
the disaster an emergency or disaster. 
(c) NEW TECHNOLOGIES.—Finally, the report shall 
identify new technologies that further aid the disaster 
workforce in partnering with State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments and private nonprofits in the wake of a disaster 
or emergency to educate, assist, and inform applicants on 
the status of their emergency or disaster assistance appli-
cations and projects. 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 719
To require Federal agencies to apply value engineering, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 27, 1995
Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois (for herself, Mr. MCHUGH, and Mrs. MALONEY) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To require Federal agencies to apply value engineering, 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 ‘‘Systematic Application
of Value Engineering Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. VALUE ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS FOR FED-
ERAL AGENCIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Federal agencies shall apply value
engineering consistent with subsection (b)(2) to, at a mini-
mum, identify and implement opportunities to reduce cap-
ital and operation costs and improve and maintain opti-
mum quality of construction, administrative, program, ac-
quisition, and grant projects. The head of each Federal
agency shall require senior management personnel to es-
tablish and maintain value engineering procedures and
processes. Such procedures and processes shall, at a mini-
mum—
(1) utilize qualified value engineering personnel
consistent with paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection
(b);
(2) provide for the aggressive and systematic
development and maintenance of the most effective,
efficient, and economical arrangement for conduct-
ing the work of the agency; and
(3) provide a sound basis for the reporting of
accomplishments to the Office of Management and
Budget, the President, the Congress, and the public.
(b) AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.—To ensure that
systemic value engineering improvements are achieved,
each Federal agency shall, at a minimum, carry out the
following:
(1) Designate a senior management official with
a significant, well-documented background in value
engineering as the value engineering manager within
the agency, to oversee and monitor value engineering
efforts and to coordinate the development of criteria
and guidelines referred to in paragraph (2).
(2) Develop criteria and guidelines for both
agency employees and contractor employees to iden-
tify programs, projects, systems, and products with
the greatest potential to yield savings and benefits
from the application of value engineering methodol-
ogy. The criteria and guidelines should recognize
that the potential savings are greatest during the
planning, design, and other early phases of program,
project, system, and product development. The cri-
teria and guidelines shall include the following:
(A) Consideration of return on the Govern-
ment’s investment in value engineering, deter-
mined by dividing the Government’s cost of per-
forming the value engineering function by the
savings generated by the function.
(B) A dollar amount threshold for requir-
ing the application of value engineering. The
threshold shall be designed to ensure that value
engineering is applied to—
(i) each program, project, system, and
product of the agency that has a dollar
value greater than the threshold; and
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 429
AN ACT
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to
provide for special immigrant status for NATO
civilian employees in the same manner as for em-
ployees of international organizations.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1766 
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to repeal a small business 
loan data collection requirement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Mr. PITTENGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to repeal a 
small business loan data collection requirement. 
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 ‘‘Right to Lend Act 
of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS LOAN DATA COLLECTION RE-
QUIREMENT. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 704B of the Equal Credit Op-
portunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691c–2) is repealed. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 701(b) of 
the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (15 U.S.C. 1691(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in-
serting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (5). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for title VII of the Consumer Credit Protection Act is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 704B. 
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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 71
To reduce the Official Mail Allowance of Members of the House and to
prohibit certain other mailing practices, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1995
Mr. GOSS (for himself, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. INGLIS of South Caro-
lina, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. HORN) introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred to the Committee House Oversight, and in
addition to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, 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 com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To reduce the Official Mail Allowance of Members of the
House and to prohibit certain other mailing practices,
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. REDUCTION IN OFFICIAL MAIL ALLOWANCE.
Section 311(e)(2)(B)(i) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2)(B)(i)) is
amended by striking ‘‘3 times’’ and inserting ‘‘1.5 times’’.
HR 71 IH
SEC. 2. BAN ON TRANSFER FROM OFFICIAL EXPENSES AL-
LOWANCE AND CLERK HIRE ALLOWANCE TO
OFFICIAL MAIL ALLOWANCE.
Section 311(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended by striking
paragraph (3).
SEC. 3. BAN ON UNSOLICITED MAIL AS FRANKED MAIL
WITHIN 60 DAYS BEFORE A MEMBER’S PRI-
MARY AND GENERAL ELECTION.
Section 3210(a)(6) of title 39, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘mass mailing’’ and inserting
‘‘unsolicited mailing’’ each place it occurs in sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D); and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(G) As used in this paragraph, the term
‘unsolicited mailing’ means all mail other than
mail that is—
‘‘(i) in direct response to a commu-
nication from a person to whom the matter
is mailed;
‘‘(ii) from a Member of Congress to
other Members of Congress;
‘‘(iii) of a news release to the commu-
nications media; or
HR 71 IH
‘‘(iv) in furtherance of the administra-
tive duties of the Member of Congress.’’.
SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE OF MEMBER’S FIRST CLASS MAILINGS
TO THE PUBLIC.
Section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(a)(3)) is amended by
adding before the period at the end ‘‘, including (by sepa-
rate category) the costs relating to franked, first class
mass mailings’’.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this section shall apply
with respect to sessions of Congress beginning after the
date of enactment of this Act.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1767 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require that lists of employees 
eligible to vote in organizing elections be provided to the National Labor 
Relations Board. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. KLINE, and Mr. TOM PRICE of Geor-
gia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require that 
lists of employees eligible to vote in organizing elections 
be provided to the National Labor Relations Board. 
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 ‘‘Employee Privacy Pro-
tection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LISTS OF EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN ELEC-
TIONS. 
Section 9(c)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act 
(29 U.S.C. 159(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end 
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the following: ‘‘Not earlier than 7 days after a final deter-
mination by the Board of the appropriate bargaining unit, 
the Board shall acquire from the employer a list of all 
employees eligible to vote in the election to be made avail-
able to all parties, which shall include the names of the 
employees, and not more than one additional form of per-
sonal contact information of the employee, (such as tele-
phone number, email address, or mailing address) chosen 
by the employee in writing.’’. 
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SEC. 208. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed as repealing
or modifying any Federal law, regulation, order or land
use plan, in effect prior to the effective date of this Act,
that prohibits or restricts the application of the general
mining laws, including such laws that provide for special
management criteria for operations under the general
mining laws as in effect prior to the effective date of this
Act, to the extent such laws provide environmental protec-
tion greater than required under this title.
SEC. 209. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided in section 206 (relating
to limitation on patent issuance) this title shall take effect
on the date 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act.
TITLE III—HELIUM
SEC. 301. AMENDMENT OF HELIUM ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of the Helium Act (50 U.S.C.
167 to 167n).
SEC. 302. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.
Sections 3, 4, and 5 are amended to read as follows:
lamation project, the payment limitation speci-
fied in paragraph (2) for such person shall be
reduced for that year. The amount of the re-
duction shall be equal to the total value during
that year of the subsidy portion of the contract
with such person for the delivery of the irriga-
tion water.
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION
OF
SUBSIDY
POR-
TION OF WATER CONTRACT.—The subsidy por-
tion of an irrigation water delivery contract is
equal to the amount by which full cost for the
delivery of the irrigation water exceeds the ac-
tual contract price for the delivery of the water.
‘‘(C) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this
paragraph, the terms ‘contract’, ‘full cost’, ‘irri-
gation water’, and ‘project’ have the meanings
given such terms in section 202 of the Reclama-
tion Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390bb).’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1001 of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘through 1001C’’ in paragraphs (1)(A),
(1)(B), (2)(A), and (5)(A) and inserting ‘‘through
1001D’’.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1769 
To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a national center for 
research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of the 
descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during service in 
the Armed Forces that are related to that exposure, to establish an 
advisory board on such health conditions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 14, 2015 
Mr. BENISHEK (for himself, Mr. HONDA, and Ms. ESTY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs a na-
tional center for research on the diagnosis and treatment 
of health conditions of the descendants of veterans ex-
posed to toxic substances during service in the Armed 
Forces that are related to that exposure, to establish 
an advisory board on such health conditions, 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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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 429
AN ACT
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide
for special immigrant status for NATO civilian employees
in the same manner as for employees of international
organizations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(A) CALCULATION.— 
(i) TREATMENT
OF
VIOLATIONS
OF 
SECTION 2.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1)(C) with regard to all violations of sec-
tion 2 resulting from the same related act or 
omission, the amount determined under this 
paragraph is the amount calculated by mul-
tiplying the number of days that a covered 
entity is not in compliance with such sec-
tion by an amount not greater than 
$11,000. 
(ii) TREATMENT
OF
VIOLATIONS
OF 
SECTION 3.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1)(C) with regard to a violation of section 
3, the amount determined under this para-
graph is the amount calculated by multi-
plying the number of violations of such sec-
tion by an amount not greater than $1,000. 
Each failure to send notification as re-
quired under section 3 to a resident of the 
State shall be treated as a separate viola-
tion. 
(B) MAXIMUM TOTAL LIABILITY.—Notwith-
standing the number of actions which may be 
brought against a covered entity under this sub-
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4300
AN ACT
To support enhanced drug interdiction efforts in
the major transit countries and support a com-
prehensive supply eradication and crop substi-
tution program in source countries.
(B) The terms and conditions of the existing
concession contract awarded for such park, if any,
including all fees and other forms of compensation
provided to the United States by the concessioner.
(C) Other authorized facilities or services which
may be included in a proposal.
(D) Facilities and services to be provided by the
Secretary to the concessioner, if any, including but
not limited to, public access, utilities, and buildings.
(E) Minimum public services to be offered with-
in a park by the Secretary, including but not limited
to, interpretive programs, campsites, and visitor cen-
ters.
(F) Such other information related to the con-
cessions operation as is provided by the Secretary
pursuant to a concession contract or is otherwise
available to the Secretary, as the Secretary deter-
mines is necessary to allow for the submission of
competitive proposals.
(d) MINIMUM PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.—(1) No
proposal shall be considered which fails to meet the mini-
mum requirements included in the prospectus. Such mini-
mum requirements shall include payment to the United
States of a franchise fee and shall also include, but need
not be limited to, the following:
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4300
AN ACT
To support enhanced drug interdiction efforts in the major
transit countries and support a comprehensive supply
eradication and crop substitution program in source
countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,