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(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after the subsection 
heading; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in this paragraph, regula-
tions promulgated under paragraph (1), including policies, 
orders, or practices pursuant to such regulations, may 
not— 
‘‘(i) prohibit or restrict the possession, sale, de-
livery, receipt, shipping, or transportation, within 
the United States, of elephant ivory that has been 
lawfully imported into the United States; 
‘‘(ii) change any methods of, or standards for, 
determining if such ivory has been lawfully imported 
that were in effect on February 24, 2014, including 
any applicable presumptions and burdens of proof 
with respect to such determinations; 
‘‘(iii) prohibit or restrict the importation of 
such ivory that was lawfully importable into the 
United States on February 24, 2014; or 
‘‘(iv) prohibit or restrict the possession of such 
ivory that was lawfully possessable in the United 
States on February 24, 2014. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to regulations, 
including policies, orders, or practices pursuant to such 
regulations, that were in effect on February 24, 2014. 
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‘‘(C) Regulations promulgated under paragraph (1), 
including policies, orders, or practices pursuant to such 
regulations, that became effective during the period begin-
ning on February 25, 2014, and ending on the date of 
enactment of this paragraph, shall be revised, as nec-
essary, to comply with the requirements specified in sub-
paragraph (A) for regulations promulgated after such date 
of enactment.’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5052 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to protect and conserve 
species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the United States, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2014 
Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. MILLER of Florida) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to protect 
and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain 
ivory in 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lawful Ivory Protec-
tion Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 
1973. 
Section 11(f) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1540(f)) is amended— 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 293
To amend the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to establish
a presumption of eligibility for disability benefits in the case of certain
coal miners who filed claims under part C of such Act between July
1, 1973, and April 1, 1980.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. KANJORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
A BILL
To amend the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
of 1969 to establish a presumption of eligibility for dis-
ability benefits in the case of certain coal miners who
filed claims under part C of such Act between July
1, 1973, and April 1, 1980.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PRESUMPTION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DISABIL-
ITY BENEFITS UNDER THE BLACK LUNG BEN-
EFITS PROGRAM.
Section 422 of the Federal Coal Mine Health and
Safety Act of 1969 (30 U.S.C. 932) is amended by adding
after subsection (l) the following new subsection:
‘‘(m)(1) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or reg-
ulation, in the case of any claim filed under this part be-
tween July 1, 1973, and April 1, 1980, with respect to
a miner who has engaged in coal mining employment for
at least 10 years, such miner shall be presumed to be to-
tally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, or to have been to-
tally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, or the death of such
miner shall be presumed to be due to pneumoconiosis,
arising out of that employment, if any of the following
medical requirements is met:
‘‘(A) A single positive chest roentgenogram (X-
ray), biopsy, or autopsy indicates the existence of
pneumoconiosis.
‘‘(B) A single set of positive ventiliatory studies
indicates the presence of a chronic respiratory or
pulmonary disease.
‘‘(C) A single set of positive blood gas studies
indicates the presence of an impairment in the
transfer of oxygen from the lungs to the blood.
‘‘(D) Other medical evidence, including the doc-
umented opinion of a physician exercising reasonable
medical judgment, indicates the presence of totally
disabling respiratory impairment.
‘‘(2) The presentation of evidence which meets any
of the requirements under subparagraphs (A) through (D)
of paragraph (1) shall be sufficient to invoke the presump-
tion under such paragraph.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
require proof of any such medical requirement by a pre-
ponderance of the evidence or by any higher evidentiary
standard.’’.
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‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to expenditures
or disbursements made by a State, district or local com-
mittee of a political party for—
‘‘(A) a contribution to a candidate other than
for Federal office, provided that such contribution is
not designated or otherwise earmarked to pay for ac-
tivities described in paragraph (1);
‘‘(B) the costs of a State or district/local politi-
cal convention;
‘‘(C) the non-Federal share of a State, district
or local party committee’s administrative and over-
head expenses (but not including the compensation
in any month of any individual who spends more
than 20 percent of his or her time on activity during
such month which may affect the outcome of a Fed-
eral election). For purposes of this provision, the
non-Federal share of a party committee’s adminis-
trative and overhead expenses shall be determined by
applying the ratio of the non-Federal disbursements
to the total Federal expenditures and non-Federal
disbursements made by the committee during the
previous presidential election year to the committee’s
administrative and overhead expenses in the election
year in question;
‘‘(g) ‘Marine or aquatic park system resource’ means
any living or non-living part of a marine or aquatic regi-
men within or is a living part of a marine or aquatic regi-
men within the boundaries of a unit of the National Park
System, except for resources owned by a non-Federal en-
tity.’’.
(3) In section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 19jj–1(b)), by in-
serting ‘‘any marine or aquatic park resource’’ after
‘‘any park system resource’’.
ing ‘‘who shall be appointed by the Secretary’’ and all that
follows and inserting ‘‘who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
The Director shall have substantial experience and dem-
onstrated competence in land management and natural or
cultural resource conservation. The Director shall select two
Deputy Directors. The first Deputy Director shall have re-
sponsibility for National Park Service operations, and the
second Deputy Director shall have responsibility for other
programs assigned to the National Park Service.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on February
1, 1997, and shall apply with respect to the individual (if
any) serving as the Director of the National Park Service
on that date.
SEC. 7. NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD AU-
THORIZATION.
(a) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD.—Sec-
tion 3 of the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 667; 16
U.S.C. 463) is amended as follows:
(1) In subsection (a) by striking the first 3 sen-
tences and inserting in lieu thereof: ‘‘There is hereby
established a National Park System Advisory Board,
whose purpose shall be to advise the Director of the
National Park Service on matters relating to the Na-
date of the enactment of this Act. The report shall include
justifications for keeping, or for changing, each of the cri-
teria or factors used by the Department of the Interior with
regard to the provision of housing to employees of the Na-
tional Park Service.
(e) REVIEW OF CONDITION OF AND COSTS RELATING
TO HOUSING.—Using the revised criteria developed under
subsection (c), the Secretary shall undertake a review, for
each unit of the National Park System, of existing govern-
ment-owned housing provided to employees of the National
Park Service. The review shall include an assessment of the
physical condition of such housing and the suitability of
such housing to effectively carry out the missions of the De-
partment of the Interior and the National Park Service.
For each unit of such housing, the Secretary shall determine
whether the unit is needed and justified. The review shall
include estimates of the cost of bringing each such unit that
is needed and justified into usable condition that meets all
applicable legal housing requirements or, if the unit is de-
termined to be obsolete but is still warranted to carry out
the missions of the Department of the Interior and the Na-
tional Park Service, the cost of replacing the unit.
(f) AUTHORIZATION FOR HOUSING AGREEMENTS.—
For those units of the National Park System for which the
review required by subsections (c) and (e) has been com-
and for other purposes (Public Law 95–344; 92 Stat.
478; 16 U.S.C. 2302(c)).
(2) Section 503 of the Act of December 19, 1980
(Public Law 96–550; 94 Stat. 3228; 16 U.S.C. 410ii–
2).
(3) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 4 of the Act
of October 15, 1982 (Public Law 97–335; 96 Stat.
1628; 16 U.S.C. 341 note).
(4) Section 7 of Public Law 89–671 (96 Stat.
1457; 16 U.S.C. 284f).
(5) Section 3(c) of the National Trails System
Act (Public Law 90–543; 82 Stat. 919; 16 U.S.C.
1242(c)).
(6) Section 4(b) of the Act of October 24, 1984
(Public Law 98–540; 98 Stat. 2720; 16 U.S.C. 1a–8).
(7) Section 106(b) of the National Visitor Center
Facilities Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–264; 82 Stat.
44; 40 U.S.C. 805(b)).
(8) Section 6(f)(7) of the Act of September 3,
1964 (Public Law 88–578; 78 Stat. 900; 16 U.S.C.
460l–8(f)(7)).
(9) Subsection (b) of section 8 of the Act of Au-
gust 18, 1970 (Public Law 91–383; 90 Stat. 1940; 16
U.S.C. 1a–5(b)).
SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF ACTION. 
No action may be taken to carry out section 538 of 
title V of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 976) until at least 
180 days after the reports required by subsection (a)(2) of 
section 2 and, if applicable, subsection (b)(2) of such section 
have been submitted to Congress. 
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Union Calendar No. 441 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1887 
[Report No. 114–568] 
A BILL 
To amend certain appropriation Acts to repeal the 
requirement directing the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services to sell Federal property and assets 
that support the operations of the Plum Island 
Animal Disease Center in Plum Island, New 
York, and for other purposes. 
MAY 16, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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in particular through disciplines that eliminate or 
prevent discrimination and market-distorting sub-
sidies and that promote transparency. 
(9) LOCALIZATION BARRIERS TO TRADE.—The 
principal negotiating objective of the United States 
with respect to localization barriers is to eliminate 
and prevent measures that require United States 
producers and service providers to locate facilities, 
intellectual property, or other assets in a country as 
a market access or investment condition, including 
indigenous innovation measures. 
(10) LABOR
AND
THE
ENVIRONMENT.—The 
principal negotiating objectives of the United States 
with respect to labor and the environment are— 
(A) to ensure that a party to a trade 
agreement with the United States— 
(i) adopts and maintains measures 
implementing 
internationally 
recognized 
core labor standards (as defined in section 
11(17)) and its obligations under common 
multilateral environmental agreements (as 
defined in section 11(6)), 
(ii) does not waive or otherwise dero-
gate from, or offer to waive or otherwise 
derogate from— 
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108 
representative to an interested party partici-
pating in an investigation under paragraph (1) 
has access to business proprietary information 
released pursuant to administrative protective 
order in a proceeding under 19 U.S.C. §§ 1671 
et seq., 1673 et seq., or 1675 et seq. that is rel-
evant to the investigation conducted under para-
graph (1), that authorized representative may 
submit such information to the administering 
authority for its consideration in the context of 
the investigation conducted under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) AUTHORITY TO COLLECT AND VERIFY ADDI-
TIONAL INFORMATION.—In making a determination 
under paragraph (2) with respect to covered merchan-
dise, the administering authority may collect such ad-
ditional information as is necessary to make the de-
termination through such methods as the admin-
istering authority considers appropriate, including 
by— 
‘‘(A) issuing a questionnaire with respect to 
such covered merchandise to— 
‘‘(i) a person that filed an allegation 
under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) that resulted in 
the initiation of an investigation under 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 833
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that
pregnant women receiving assistance under title X of the Public Health
Service Act are provided with information and counseling regarding their
pregnancies, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 6, 1995
Mr. GREENWOOD (for himself, Mr. PORTER, Mr. WAXMAN, and Mrs. LOWEY)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Commerce
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services
to ensure that pregnant women receiving assistance
under title X of the Public Health Service Act are pro-
vided with information and counseling regarding their
pregnancies, 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 ‘‘Family Planning
Amendments Act of 1995’’.
(10) The last sentence of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Trails System Act (Public Law 90–543; 82
Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 1249(a)(2)).
(11) Section 4 of the Act of October 31, 1988
(Public Law 100–573; 102 Stat. 2891; 16 U.S.C. 460o
note).
(12) Section 104(b) of the Act of November 19,
1988 (Public Law 100–698; 102 Stat. 4621).
(13) Section 1015(b) of the Urban Park and
Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–625;
92 Stat. 3544; 16 U.S.C. 2514(b)).
(14) Section 105 of the Act of August 13, 1970
(Public Law 91–378; 16 U.S.C. 1705).
(15) Section 307(b) of the National Historic
Preservation Act (Public Law 89–665; 16 U.S.C.
470w–6(b)).
(b) AMENDMENTS.—The following provisions are
amended:
(1) Section 10 of the Archaeological Resources
Protection Act of 1979, by striking the last sentence
of subsection (c) (Public Law 96–95; 16 U.S.C.
470ii(c)).
(2) Section 5(c) of the Act of June 27, 1960
(Public Law 86–523; 16 U.S.C. 469a–3(c); 74 Stat.
220), by inserting a period after ‘‘Act’’ and striking
‘‘and shall submit’’ and all that follows.
(3) Section 7(a)(3) of the Act of September 3,
1964 (Public Law 88–578; 78 Stat. 903; 16 U.S.C.
460l–9(a)(3)), by striking the last sentence.
(4) Section 111 of the Petroglyph National
Monument Establishment Act of 1990 (Public Law
101–313; 104 Stat. 278), by striking out the second
sentence.
(5) Section 307(a) of the National Historic Pres-
ervation Act (Public Law 89–665; 16 U.S.C. 470w–
6(a)) is amended by striking the first and second sen-
tences.
(6) Section 101(a)(1)(B) of the National Historic
Preservation Act (Public Law 89–665; 16 U.S.C.
470a) by inserting a period after ‘‘Register’’ the last
place such term appears and by striking ‘‘and sub-
mitted’’ and all that follows.
SEC. 6. SENATE CONFIRMATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The first section of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to establish a National Park Service, and for other
purposes’’, approved August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16
U.S.C. 1; commonly referred to as the ‘‘National Park Serv-
ice Organic Act’’), is amended in the first sentence by strik-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘EPS Service Parts 
Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPT SUPPLIES. 
Section 325(u) of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(u)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(5) EXEMPT SUPPLIES.— 
‘‘(A) FEBRUARY 10, 2014, RULE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An external power 
supply shall not be subject to the final rule 
entitled ‘Energy Conservation Program: 
Energy Conservation Standards for Exter-
nal Power Supplies’, published at 79 Fed. 
Reg. 7845 (February 10, 2014), if the ex-
ternal power supply— 
‘‘(I) is manufactured during the 
period beginning on February 10, 
2016, and ending on February 10, 
2020; 
‘‘(II) is marked in accordance 
with the External Power Supply 
International Efficiency Marking Pro-
tocol, as in effect on February 10, 
2016;
‘‘(III) meets, where applicable, 
the 
standards 
under 
paragraph 
(3)(A), and has been certified to the 
Secretary as meeting International 
Efficiency Level IV or higher of the 
External Power Supply International 
Efficiency Marking Protocol, as in ef-
fect on February 10, 2016; and 
‘‘(IV) is made available by the 
manufacturer as a service part or a 
spare part for an end-use product 
that— 
‘‘(aa) constitutes the pri-
mary load; and 
‘‘(bb) was manufactured be-
fore February 10, 2016. 
‘‘(ii) 
REPORTING.—The 
Secretary 
may require manufacturers of products ex-
empted pursuant to clause (i) to report an-
nual total units shipped as service and 
spare parts that fall below International 
Efficiency Level VI. 
‘‘(iii) LIMITATION OF EXEMPTION.— 
The Secretary may issue a rule, after pro-
viding public notice and opportunity for
public comment, to limit the applicability 
of the exemption established under clause 
(i) if the Secretary determines that the ex-
emption is resulting in a significant reduc-
tion of the energy savings that would oth-
erwise result from the final rule described 
in such clause. 
‘‘(B) AMENDED STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary 
may exempt an external power supply from 
any amended standard under this sub-
section if the external power supply— 
‘‘(I) is manufactured within four 
years of the compliance date of the 
amended standard; 
‘‘(II) complies with applicable 
marking requirements adopted by the 
Secretary prior to the amendment; 
‘‘(III) meets the standards that 
were in effect prior to the amendment; 
and 
‘‘(IV) is made available by the 
manufacturer as a service part or a 
spare part for an end-use product 
that—
‘‘(aa) constitutes the pri-
mary load; and 
‘‘(bb) was manufactured be-
fore the compliance date of the 
amended standard. 
‘‘(ii) 
REPORTING.—The 
Secretary 
may require manufacturers of a product 
exempted pursuant to clause (i) to report 
annual total units shipped as service and 
spare parts that do not meet the amended 
standard.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5057 
AN ACT 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
to permit exemptions for external power supplies 
from certain efficiency standards, and for other 
purposes.
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‘‘(c) The circumstance referred to in subsection (a)
of this section is—
‘‘(1) that the offender crossed the border of a
State during or for the purposes of the commission
of the offense;
‘‘(2) that the offender in the course of the of-
fense used the United States mail or a facility in, or
instrumentality of interstate commerce, or
‘‘(3) the offense occurred in the special mari-
time and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
‘‘(d) For the purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) one harasses a person if—
‘‘(A) one knowingly engages in a course of
conduct directed specifically at that person;
‘‘(B) that conduct seriously alarms, an-
noys, or harasses that person but serves no le-
gitimate purpose; and
‘‘(C) the course of conduct is such as
would cause a reasonable person to suffer sub-
stantial emotional distress and does in fact
cause substantial emotional distress to the per-
son against whom it is directed;
‘‘(2) the term ‘course of conduct’ means a pat-
tern or conduct composed of a series of acts over a
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3657 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require that supplemental 
nutrition assistance program benefits be calculated with reference to 
the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 
Mr. DEUTCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to require 
that supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits 
be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost 
food plan as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
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 ‘‘Food Security Im-
provement Act of 2015’’. 
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