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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1943
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem certain municipal
wastewater treatment facilities discharging into ocean waters as the
equivalent of secondary treatment facilities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 1995
Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. HUNTER,
and Mr. FILNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem
certain municipal wastewater treatment facilities dis-
charging into ocean waters as the equivalent of secondary
treatment facilities.
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 ‘‘San Diego Coastal
Corrections Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. COASTAL DISCHARGES.
Section 304(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(d)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(5) COASTAL DISCHARGES.—For purposes of
this subsection, any municipal wastewater treatment
facility shall be deemed the equivalent of a second-
ary treatment facility if each of the following re-
quirements is met:
‘‘(A) The facility employs chemically en-
hanced primary treatment.
‘‘(B) The facility, on the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph, discharges through an
ocean outfall into an open marine environment
greater than 4 miles offshore into a depth
greater than 300 feet.
‘‘(C) The facility’s discharge is in compli-
ance with all local and State water quality
standards for the receiving waters.
‘‘(D) The facility’s discharge will be sub-
ject to an ocean monitoring program acceptable
to relevant Federal and State regulatory agen-
cies.’’.
Æ
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3290 
To provide that all Federal employees shall be deemed to be employees 
excepted from furlough for purposes of the Government shutdown com-
mencing on or about October 1, 2013, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2013 
Mr. KINGSTON (for himself, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. 
MORAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide that all Federal employees shall be deemed to 
be employees excepted from furlough for purposes of 
the Government shutdown commencing on or about Octo-
ber 1, 2013, 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 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DURING 
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act applies with respect to 
any lapse in appropriations commencing on or about Octo-
ber 1, 2013. 
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(b) ALL EMPLOYEES TREATED AS EXCEPTED EM-
PLOYEES.—During a lapse in appropriations described in 
subsection (a), all Federal employees shall, for purposes 
of section 1342 of title 31, United States Code (and not-
withstanding the last sentence of such section), be deemed 
to be performing services relating to emergencies involving 
the safety of human life or the protection of property. 
(c) NORMAL RULES RELATING TO LEAVE AND HOLI-
DAYS.—Effective as of October 1, 2013, Federal employ-
ees considered excepted from furlough during a lapse in 
appropriations which is described in subsection (a), and 
which affects the agency activity in which the employee 
is engaged, shall not be considered to be furloughed when 
on leave and shall be subject to the same laws, rules, and 
regulations relating to leave and holidays as would apply 
if no lapse in appropriations had occurred. 
(d) COMPENSATION
FOR FURLOUGHED EMPLOY-
EES.—Federal employees furloughed as a result of a lapse 
in appropriations described in subsection (a) shall be com-
pensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the 
period for which they were so furloughed, as soon as prac-
ticable after such lapse in appropriations ends. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3291 
To amend the Pay Our Military Act to make appropriations available to 
continue the provision of support of the Army National Guard and 
the Air National Guard under cooperative agreements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 12, 2013 
Mr. MULVANEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
To amend the Pay Our Military Act to make appropriations 
available to continue the provision of support of the 
Army National Guard and the Air National Guard under 
cooperative agreements. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO 
PROVIDE FOR FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR THE 
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND THE AIR NA-
TIONAL GUARD. 
Section 2 of the Pay Our Military Act (Public Law 
113–39; 127 Stat. 532) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) CONTINUATION
OF SUPPORT
TO NATIONAL 
GUARD.—There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 
2014, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, for any period during which interim or full- 
year appropriations for fiscal year 2014 are not in effect, 
such sums as are necessary to continue the provision of 
support of the Army National Guard and the Air National 
Guard under cooperative agreements entered into pursu-
ant to sections 106 and 107 of title 32, United States 
Code.’’. 
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IB
Union Calendar No. 97
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1943
[Report No. 104–192]
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem certain municipal
wastewater treatment facilities discharging into ocean waters as the
equivalent of secondary treatment facilities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 1995
Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. HUNTER,
and Mr. FILNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
JULY 18, 1995
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem
certain municipal wastewater treatment facilities dis-
charging into ocean waters as the equivalent of secondary
treatment facilities.
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 ‘‘San Diego Coastal
Corrections Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. COASTAL DISCHARGES.
Section 304(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(d)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(5) COASTAL DISCHARGES.—For purposes of
this subsection, any municipal wastewater treatment
facility shall be deemed the equivalent of a second-
ary treatment facility if each of the following re-
quirements is met:
‘‘(A) The facility employs chemically en-
hanced primary treatment.
‘‘(B) The facility, on the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph, discharges through an
ocean outfall into an open marine environment
greater than 4 miles offshore into a depth
greater than 300 feet.
‘‘(C) The facility’s discharge is in compli-
ance with all local and State water quality
standards for the receiving waters.
‘‘(D) The facility’s discharge will be sub-
ject to an ocean monitoring program acceptable
to relevant Federal and State regulatory
agencies.’’.
Union Calendar No. 97
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1943
[Report No. 104–192]
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
to deem certain municipal wastewater treatment
facilities discharging into ocean waters as the
equivalent of secondary treatment facilities.
JULY 18, 1995
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
agreement with the Secretary concerned for purposes of 
managing certain qualifying Federal lands located in the 
State. 
(b) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary concerned 
shall approve or deny a petition (including a corrected pe-
tition that is resubmitted) submitted under this section 
not later than 90 days after the date on which the Sec-
retary concerned receives the petition. 
(c) DENIAL OF PETITION.—The Secretary concerned 
shall approve a petition submitted under subsection (a) 
if the Secretary concerned determines that— 
(1) the State has demonstrated that it has suf-
ficient funds to meet the cost-sharing requirement 
under subsection (f)(3) for the duration of the coop-
erative agreement; 
(2) the petition is complete; 
(3) the proposed cooperative agreement sub-
mitted with the petition contains all of the terms re-
quired under subsection (f); or 
(4) the petition is from a State that had a pre-
vious cooperative agreement terminated and the Sec-
retary determines that the reasons for that termi-
nation warrant denial of the new (or corrected) peti-
tion. 
(d) OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND PETITION.— 
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(1) NOTICE OF DENIAL.—If the Secretary con-
cerned denies a petition under subsection (b), the 
Secretary concerned shall provide to the State that 
submitted such petition written notice of the denial. 
Such written notice shall include— 
(A) a clear and comprehensive statement 
of the reasons why the petition was denied; and 
(B) a clear and comprehensive description 
of any deficiencies in the petition or the related 
proposed cooperative agreement. 
(2) RESUBMISSION OF CORRECTED PETITION.— 
After receiving a notice from the Secretary under 
paragraph (1), a State may amend and resubmit the 
denied petition. 
(e) PETITION
AND
COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT 
DEEMED APPROVED.—If the Secretary concerned does 
not approve or deny a petition submitted under subsection 
(a) or (d)(2) within the 90 days after receiving the peti-
tion, the petition and the proposed cooperative agreement 
submitted with the petition shall be deemed approved. 
(f) PETITION
CONTENTS.—A petition submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a letter signed by the Governor of the State 
submitting such petition addressed to the Secretary 
concerned that contains a description and a cor-
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(B) Deter Iran’s development of nuclear 
weapons in order to protect the national secu-
rity interests of the United States and to pro-
tect United States allies and partners against 
the development and transfer of such weapons 
to rogue regimes and non-state actors. 
(C) Degrade Iran’s capacity to develop 
such weapons in the future. 
SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 
IRAN. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
FOR IMPOSITION
OF SANC-
TIONS.—If any business, firm, or entity has not termi-
nated the provision of goods, services, or technology in 
Iran or with any Iranian-controlled entity, the President 
may— 
(1) prohibit that business, firm, or entity from 
receiving any United States Government contract or 
accessing United States capital markets; and 
(2) in the case of a business, firm, or entity 
that is a foreign financial institution, prohibit, or 
impose strict conditions on, the opening or maintain-
ing in the United States of a correspondent account 
or payable-through account by the business, firm, or 
entity. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) BUSINESS, FIRM, OR ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘business’’, ‘‘firm’’, or ‘‘entity’’— 
(A) means a partnership, association, 
trust, joint venture, corporation, company, gov-
ernmental, quasi-governmental or non-govern-
mental body, affiliate or other organization; and 
(B) includes any affiliate, subsidiary, or 
branch thereof. 
(2) IRAN.—The term ‘‘Iran’’ means the Govern-
ment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the 
central bank or monetary authority of that Govern-
ment and any agency or instrumentality of that Gov-
ernment. 
(3) IRANIAN-CONTROLLED ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘Iranian-controlled entity’’ means a partnership, as-
sociation, trust, joint venture, corporation, affiliate 
or other organization in which the Government of 
Iran— 
(A) holds more than 50 percent of the eq-
uity interest by vote or value in the entity; 
(B) holds a majority of seats on the board 
of directors of the entity; or 
(C) otherwise controls the actions, policies, 
or personnel decisions of the entity. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3293 
To reform the public debt limit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2013 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To reform the public debt limit. 
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 ‘‘Debt Limit Reform 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REFORM OF THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT. 
(a) AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT TO INCREASE PUB-
LIC DEBT LIMIT.—Section 3101 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) The dollar amount in effect under subsection (b) 
shall be increased at such times and in such amounts as 
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the President of the United States, or his designee, may 
provide.’’. 
(b) GOVERNMENT-HELD DEBT NOT TAKEN INTO 
ACCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.— 
Section 3101 of title 31, United States Code, as amended 
by subsection (a) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) Obligations held by the United States Govern-
ment (including any obligation which is classified as an 
intragovernmental holding by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury or which is held by any agency or instrumentality of 
the United States) shall not be taken into account for pur-
poses of applying the limitation imposed under subsection 
(b).’’. 
Æ 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3294 
To establish a streamlined process through which a State may claim authority 
over and responsibility for management of Federal lands located in the 
State without claiming ownership of the land, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 15, 2013 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, 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 establish a streamlined process through which a State 
may claim authority over and responsibility for manage-
ment of Federal lands located in the State without claim-
ing ownership of the land, 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-Run Federal 
Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) QUALIFYING
FEDERAL
LAND.—The term 
‘‘qualifying Federal land’’ means Federal land under 
the jurisdiction of— 
(A) the National Park Service, including 
national monuments and recreation areas; 
(B) the Bureau of Land Management; 
(C) the Forest Service; or 
(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, including wildlife refuges and pre-
serves. 
(2) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) in the case of land under the jurisdic-
tion of the National Park Service or the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Secretary 
of the Interior; and 
(B) in the case of land under the jurisdic-
tion of the Forest Service, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture. 
SEC. 3. PETITION BY STATES FOR MANAGEMENT OF CER-
TAIN QUALIFYING FEDERAL LANDS. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF PETITION BY STATE TO MANAGE 
FEDERAL LANDS.—Beginning 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, a State may submit to the Sec-
retary concerned a petition to enter into a cooperative 
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ual, subject to the requirements of such
rules of civil procedure; or
‘‘(iv) as directed by the court, includ-
ing publication if other means of notifica-
tion are ineffective, subject to the require-
ments of the State’s rules of civil proce-
dure;
‘‘(C) require that notice to commence a
child support or parentage action be delivered,
mailed, or published with sufficient time to
allow for serving an answer or other response
before any hearing in the State, in accordance
with the otherwise applicable rule regarding the
commencement of an original action in the
State;
‘‘(D) require notice of the commencement
of a child support or parentage action to each
party whose rights, privileges, duties, or powers
may be affected by the action;
‘‘(E) require that proof of service outside
the State may be made by the affidavit of the
individual who made the service, or in the man-
ner prescribed by the law of the State, by the
order under which the service is made, or by
the law of the place in which service is made,
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subsection 
(a)(4), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of subsection 
(a)(5), and by inserting after subsection (a)(5) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) a disaster savings account (within the 
meaning of section 224(d)),’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS TO DISASTER SAVINGS 
ACCOUNTS.—For purposes of this section, in the case of 
disaster savings accounts (within the meaning of section 
224(d)), the term ‘excess contributions’ means the sum 
of— 
‘‘(1) the aggregate amount contributed for the 
taxable year to the accounts (other than a rollover 
contribution described in section 224(f)(5)) which is 
not allowable as a deduction under section 224 for 
such year, and 
‘‘(2) the amount determined under this sub-
section for the preceding taxable year, reduced by 
the sum of— 
‘‘(A) the distributions out of the accounts 
which were included in gross income under sec-
tion 224(f)(2), and 
‘‘(B) the excess (if any) of— 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3296 
To authorize the United States Department of Treasury to prioritize certain 
payments in the event that the debt limit is reached. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 16, 2013 
Mr. GALLEGO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To authorize the United States Department of Treasury 
to prioritize certain payments in the event that the debt 
limit is reached. 
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 ‘‘Pay America First 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO PROTECT AMERICA’S SENIORS, VET-
ERANS, AND OTHER DOMESTIC PAYMENTS 
PRIOR TO DEBT OBLIGATIONS TO FOREIGN 
BONDHOLDERS. 
This Act shall take effect if the United States Gov-
ernment defaults on its legal obligations for the first time 
in its history, as evidenced by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury taking any of the following actions: 
(1) Withhold from making payments of debt obliga-
tions to foreign bond holders, including those in China, 
Iran, and the Cayman Islands, before making payments 
of debt obligations to programs as listed below: 
(a) Make a payment of a debt obligation to the 
Social Security and Medicare trust funds or redeem 
a debt obligation held by those trust funds. 
(b) Redeem a debt obligation held by a trust 
fund providing veterans benefits, including the Vet-
erans Special Life Insurance Fund, the Veterans Re-
opened Insurance Fund, the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home Fund, and the Court of Veteran Ap-
peals Retirement Fund. 
(c) Redeem a debt obligation held by an 
intragovernmental fund with the purpose of assisting 
Americans during a natural disaster, including re-
serves for the National Flood Insurance Program 
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and other disaster relief funds appropriated to the 
President. 
(d) Make a payment of debt obligations to the 
Department of Defense, including civilian and uni-
formed personnel (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force), 
military active pay and military retirement benefits, 
and military benefits to their families. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON CERTAIN ACTIONS. 
(1) In general, after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Treasury exercises his or her author-
ity under subsection (a), the Secretary shall thereafter 
submit a report each week to Congress on the payments 
issued and amount of revenues incoming and remaining 
reserves for upcoming payments issued. 
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