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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 30 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 9, 2015 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time 
employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replace 
it with 40 hours. 
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 ‘‘Save American Work-
ers Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 30-HOUR THRESHOLD FOR CLASSIFICA-
TION AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR PUR-
POSES OF THE EMPLOYER MANDATE IN THE 
PATIENT 
PROTECTION 
AND 
AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT AND REPLACEMENT WITH 40 
HOURS. 
(a) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended— 
(1) by repealing subparagraph (E), and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TREATED 
AS
FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES.—Solely for pur-
poses of determining whether an employer is an 
applicable large employer under this paragraph, 
an employer shall, in addition to the number of 
full-time employees for any month otherwise de-
termined, include for such month a number of 
full-time employees determined by dividing the 
aggregate number of hours of service of employ-
ees who are not full-time employees for the 
month by 174.’’. 
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(b) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
(1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and 
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘full-time 
employee’ means, with respect to any month, an 
employee who is employed on average at least 
40 hours of service per week.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered 
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec-
tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 30 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 9, 2015 
Received 
JANUARY 12, 2015 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time 
employee for purposes of the employer mandate in the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and replace 
it with 40 hours. 
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 ‘‘Save American Work-
ers Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF 30-HOUR THRESHOLD FOR CLASSIFICA-
TION AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE FOR PUR-
POSES OF THE EMPLOYER MANDATE IN THE 
PATIENT 
PROTECTION 
AND 
AFFORDABLE 
CARE ACT AND REPLACEMENT WITH 40 
HOURS. 
(a) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS.—Paragraph (2) of 
section 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended— 
(1) by repealing subparagraph (E), and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENTS TREATED 
AS
FULL-TIME
EMPLOYEES.—Solely for pur-
poses of determining whether an employer is an 
applicable large employer under this paragraph, 
an employer shall, in addition to the number of 
full-time employees for any month otherwise de-
termined, include for such month a number of 
full-time employees determined by dividing the 
aggregate number of hours of service of employ-
ees who are not full-time employees for the 
month by 174.’’. 
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(b) FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.—Paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 4980H(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
(1) by repealing subparagraph (A), and 
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘full-time 
employee’ means, with respect to any month, an 
employee who is employed on average at least 
40 hours of service per week.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered 
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to sec-
tion 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 8, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3100 
To prohibit conditioning health care provider licensure on participation in 
a health plan or the meaningful use of electronic health records. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2015 
Mr. TOM PRICE of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit conditioning health care provider licensure on 
participation in a health plan or the meaningful use 
of electronic health records. 
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 ‘‘Medical Practice Free-
dom Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LICENSURE CANNOT BE 
CONDITIONED 
ON 
PARTICIPATION 
IN 
A 
HEALTH PLAN OR THE MEANINGFUL USE OF 
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and any State (as a condition of receiving 
Federal financial participation under title XIX of the So-
cial Security Act) may not require any health care pro-
vider, as a condition of licensure of the provider in any 
State— 
(1) to participate in any health plan; or 
(2) to comply with any requirements relating to 
the meaningful use of electronic health records (in-
cluding under part 170 of title 45, Code of Federal 
Regulations). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘health plan’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 1171(5) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d(5)), 
and includes a basic health program established 
under section 1331 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18051), a qualified 
health plan offered by a qualified nonprofit health 
insurance issuer under the Consumer Operated and 
Oriented Plan (CO–OP) program under section 
1322 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18042), a qualified 
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health plan offered under a health care choice com-
pact under section 1333 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
18053), a multi-State qualified health plan offered 
under section 1334 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18054), 
or other health plan offered under title I of such 
Act. 
(2) HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘health care provider’’ means any person or entity 
that is required by State or Federal laws or regula-
tions to be licensed, registered, or certified to pro-
vide health care services and is so licensed, reg-
istered, or certified, or exempted from such require-
ment by other statute or regulation. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term for purposes of title XIX of the 
Social Security Act. 
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(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF PROCESS.— 
The Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs shall review the process by which the Secretary deter-
mines that a veteran is a former prisoner of war, including 
whether the Secretary is following guidelines established 
by the Secretary to determine that a veteran is a former 
prisoner of war. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to Congress a report on the VA POW 
list, including the following: 
(1) Any discrepancies, by period of conflict, in 
the number of prisoners of war included on the VA 
POW list and the DOD POW list. 
(2) With respect to veterans included on the VA 
POW list who are not included on the DOD POW 
list, information regarding how such determinations 
were made, including what types of evidence were 
used, in a manner that does not personally identify 
such veterans. 
(3) The results of the review of the Inspector 
General under subsection (b), without change. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘DOD POW list’’ means the list 
maintained by the Secretary of Defense, acting 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3101 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review the list of veterans 
designated as former prisoners of war, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2015 
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio (for himself, Mr. STIVERS, and Mr. TIBERI) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to review the 
list of veterans designated as former prisoners of war, 
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 ‘‘POW Accountability 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REVIEW OF LISTS OF FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR. 
(a) REVIEW OF LISTS OF PRISONERS OF WAR.—The 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall review the VA POW 
list and the DOD POW list to identify any discrepancies 
in such lists. 
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a committee of conference, the Comptroller General of the
United States, upon a request of the committee or a ma-
jority of the members of the minority party or majority
party of the committee, shall, prior to the filing of the
report, prepare and submit to the committee a statement
assessing the extent to which the provisions of the bill,
joint resolution, or conference report reduce protection of
the environment.
(b) ASSISTANCE TO COMMITTEES AND STUDIES.—At
the request of any committee of the Senate or the House
of Representatives, the Comptroller General shall, to the
extent practicable, consult with and assist such committee
in assessing the extent to which the provisions of a bill,
joint resolution, or conference report reduce the protection
of the environment.
SEC. 6. DUTIES OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT OF BUDGET.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall ensure that each depart-
ment or agency of the United States—
(1) collects and catalogs available information
that would assist in assessing whether any provision
in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference
report before Congress would reduce protection of
the environment;
through the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Per-
sonnel Office, of members of the Armed Forces who 
were prisoners of war. 
(2) The term ‘‘VA POW list’’ means the list 
maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of 
veterans whom the Secretary determines are former 
prisoners of war. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 13
To amend the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Act to
provide that the Secretary of the Interior may acquire lands for purposes
of that Act only by donation or exchange, or otherwise with the consent
of the owner of the lands.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. BASS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Resources
A BILL
To amend the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife
Refuge Act to provide that the Secretary of the Interior
may acquire lands for purposes of that Act only by
donation or exchange, or otherwise with the consent of
the owner of the lands.
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 ‘‘Silvio O. Conte Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Refuge Eminent Domain Preven-
tion Act’’.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON METHOD OF ACQUISITION OF
LANDS FOR PURPOSES OF THE SILVIO O.
CONTE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE REF-
UGE ACT.
Section 106 of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and
Wildlife Refuge Act (title I of Public Law 102–212; 105
Stat. 1655; 16 U.S.C. 668dd note) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) RESTRICTION ON METHOD OF ACQUISITION.—
The Secretary may acquire lands in New Hampshire and
Vermont for purposes of this title only by donation or ex-
change, or otherwise with the consent of the owner of the
lands.’’.
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1400
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of
Reclamation, to participate in a water conservation project with the
Tumalo Irrigation District in the State of Oregon.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 17, 1997
Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. FURSE, Ms. HOOLEY
of Oregon, and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through
the Bureau of Reclamation, to participate in a water
conservation project with the Tumalo Irrigation District
in the State of Oregon.
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 ‘‘Tumalo Irrigation Dis-
trict Water Conservation Project Authorization Act’’.
SEC. 
2. 
PARTICIPATION 
IN 
WATER 
CONSERVATION
PROJECT WITH TUMALO IRRIGATION DIS-
TRICT, OREGON.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to
participate in accordance with this section in the design,
planning, and construction of a comprehensive water con-
servation project by the Tumalo Irrigation District in the
State of Oregon, to conserve the water flows in Tumalo
Creek and the Deschutes River, Oregon.
(b) PHASES.—The project shall be carried out in 4
phases, as follows:
(1) PHASE I.—Phase I shall consist of partial
piping of Tumalo Feed Canal and adjoining laterals,
to allow abandonment of Columbia Southern Canal
and increased flows to approximately 8.4 miles of
Tumalo Creek.
(2) PHASE II.—Phase II shall consist of piping
of all open canals and flumes in the Tumalo Irriga-
tion District located north of Oregon State Highway
20.
(3) PHASE III.—Phase III shall consist of pip-
ing of all other open canals and flumes in the
Tumalo Irrigation District, except Bend and Tumalo
Feed Canals and the Tumalo Reservoir Road, Two
Rivers, Tumalo Feed, Kipple, and Bend Feed
laterals.
(4) PHASE IV.—Phase IV shall consist of piping
of all other open canals and flumes in the Tumalo
Irrigation District, including the main canals.
(c) FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The Federal share of
the cost of the project shall not exceed 50 percent of the
cost of the project.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
Federal share of the cost of the project, there are author-
ized to be appropriated—
(1) $3,300,000 for phase I;
(2) $3,200,000 for phase II;
(3) $3,400,000 for phase III; and
(4) $3,600,000 for phase IV.
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the fulfillment of the purposes of a refuge or the
mission of the System;
‘‘(vi) provide for the elimination or modification
of any use as expeditiously as practicable after a de-
termination is made that the use is not a compatible
use;
‘‘(vii) require, after an opportunity for public
comment, reevaluation of each existing use, other
than those uses specified in clause (viii), when condi-
tions under which the use is permitted change sig-
nificantly or when there is significant new informa-
tion regarding the effects of the use, but not less
frequently than once every 10 years, to ensure that
the use remains a compatible use;
‘‘(viii) require, after an opportunity for public
comment, reevaluation of each compatible wildlife-
dependent recreational use when conditions under
which the use is permitted change significantly or
when there is significant new information regarding
the effects of the use, but not less frequently than
in conjunction with each preparation or revision of
a conservation plan under subsection (e) or at least
every 15 years; and
‘‘(ix) provide an opportunity for public review
and comment on each evaluation of a use, unless an
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1401
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 5-year extension
of the credit for producing electricity from wind.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 21, 1997
Mr. THOMAS (for himself, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. EHLERS, Ms.
DUNN, Mr. FAZIO of California, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. MINGE) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide
a 5-year extension of the credit for producing electricity
from wind.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 5-YEAR EXTENSION OF CREDIT FOR PRODUC-
ING ELECTRICITY FROM WIND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 45(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining qualified fa-
cility) is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Transpor-
tation shall provide the Commission with such administra-
tive support as it shall require to carry out its duties.
(b) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission
may procure temporary and intermittent services under
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code.
(c) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commission
may secure directly from any department or agency of the
United States information necessary to enable it to carry
out this Act. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Com-
mission, the head of that department or agency shall fur-
nish that information to the Commission.
(d) MAILS.—The Commission may use the United
States mails in the same manner and under the same con-
ditions as other departments and agencies of the United
States.
SEC. 7. REPORTS.
(a) INTERIM REPORT.—The Commission shall trans-
mit to the Administrator an interim report not later than
2 years after its initial meeting under section 5(f).
(b) FINAL REPORT.—The Commission shall transmit
a final report to the Administrator not later than 36
months after its initial meeting under section 5(f). The
final report shall contain a detailed statement of the find-
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED FACILITY.—The term ‘quali-
fied facility’ means any facility owned by the tax-
payer which is originally placed in service—
‘‘(A) in the case of a facility using wind to
produce electricity, after December 31, 1993,
and before July 1, 2004, and
‘‘(B) in the case of a facility using closed-
loop biomass to produce electricity, after De-
cember 31, 1992, and before July 1, 1999.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1403
To extend the supplemental security income benefits program to Guam and
the United States Virgin Islands.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 17, 1997
Mr. UNDERWOOD (for himself, Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr.
JEFFERSON, and Mrs. MINK of Hawaii) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To extend the supplemental security income benefits program
to Guam and the United States Virgin Islands.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY
INCOME BENEFITS PROGRAM TO GUAM AND
THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, the Virgin Islands, and Guam’’ each place such
term appears.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 303(b) of the Social Security
Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 1484) is amended by
striking ‘‘, Guam, and the Virgin Islands’’.
(2) Sections 3(a)(2), 1003(a)(2), 1403(a)(2),
and 1603(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 303(a)(2),
1203(a)(2), 1353(a)(2), and 1383 note) are each
amended by striking ‘‘, the Virgin Islands, and
Guam’’.
(3) Section 1614(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1382c(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the District
of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘, the District of Colum-
bia, the Virgin Islands, and Guam’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 3rd
calendar month that begins after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3102 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 7, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform 
programs of the Transportation Security Administration, 
streamline transportation security regulations, 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 ‘‘Airport Access Control 
Security Improvement Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. AVIATION SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XVI of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1602. RISK-BASED SCREENING OF EMPLOYEES AT 
AIRPORTS. 
‘‘(a) SCREENING MODEL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
Administrator shall establish a risk-based, intel-
ligence-driven model for the screening of employees 
at airports based on level of access and employment 
positions at domestic airports. Such screening model 
shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that only those individuals au-
thorized to have access to the secure areas of 
a domestic airport are permitted such access; 
‘‘(B) ensure that an individual is imme-
diately denied entry to a secure area when such 
individual’s access authorization for such secure 
area is withdrawn; and 
‘‘(C) provide a means to differentiate be-
tween individuals authorized to have access to 
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research with respect to palliative care’’ after ‘‘or national 
centers’’. 
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