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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5844 
To ban hydraulic fracturing on land owned by the United States and leased 
to a third party, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2014 
Mr. POCAN (for himself and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To ban hydraulic fracturing on land owned by the United 
States and leased to a third party, 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 ‘‘Protect Our Public 
Lands Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNDER 
FEDERAL LEASES. 
The Mineral Leasing Act is amended by inserting 
after section 37 (30 U.S.C. 193) the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 38. NO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ON LEASED LAND. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any lease issued, renewed, or re-
adjusted under this Act shall prohibit the lessee from con-
ducting any activity under the lease for the purpose of 
hydraulic fracturing. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING.—In 
this section, the term ‘hydrauling fracturing’ means an op-
eration conducted in an individual wellbore designed to in-
crease the flow of hydrocarbons from a rock formation to 
the wellbore through modifying the permeability of res-
ervoir rock by fracturing it, except that such term does 
not include enhanced secondary recovery, including water 
flooding, tertiary recovery, and other types of well stimula-
tion operations.’’. 
SEC. 3. APPLICATION. 
The amendment made by section 2 shall not apply 
to a lease in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act until the renewal or adjustment of the lease. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4538 
AN ACT 
To provide immunity from suit for certain individuals who 
disclose potential examples of financial exploitation of 
senior citizens, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
276
contract, with the consent of the TRICARE program con-
tractor and notwithstanding any requirement for competi-
tion, to require the contractor—
(1) to use software furnished under the Compos-
ite Health Care System to record military treatment
facility provider appointments; and
(2) to record TRICARE program enrollment
through direct use of the Composite Health Care Sys-
tem software or through the uniform two-way inter-
face between the contractor and military treatment
facilities systems, where applicable.
(c) PHASED IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall test the uniform version of the Composite Health
Care System required under subsection (a) in one region
of the TRICARE program for six months before deploying
the information system throughout the health care delivery
system of the uniformed services.
Subtitle C—Uniformed Services
Treatment Facilities
SEC. 721. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle:
(1) The term ‘‘administering Secretaries’’ means
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, and the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices.
a land use plan for any defense site selected by the Secretary
under subsection (b).
(b) SELECTION OF SITES.—The Secretary may select
up to 10 defense sites, from among sites where the Secretary
is planning or implementing environmental restoration ac-
tivities, for which land use plans may be developed under
this section.
(c) REQUIREMENT TO CONSULT WITH REVIEW COM-
MITTEE OR ADVISORY BOARD.—In developing a land use
plan under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall con-
sult with a technical review committee established pursuant
to section 2705(c) of title 10, United States Code, a restora-
tion advisory board established pursuant to section 2705(d)
of such title, a local land use redevelopment authority, or
another appropriate State agency.
(d) 50-YEAR PLANNING PERIOD.—A land use plan de-
veloped under this section shall cover a period of at least
50 years.
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—For each defense site for which
the Secretary develops a land use plan under this section,
the Secretary shall take into account the land use plan in
selecting and implementing, in accordance with applicable
law, environmental restoration activities at the site.
(f) DEADLINES.—For each defense site for which the
Secretary of Defense intends to develop a land use plan
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 584 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling 
of genetically engineered fish. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. THOMPSON 
of California, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
require labeling of genetically engineered fish. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, 
AND COSMETIC ACT REGARDING GENETI-
CALLY ENGINEERED SALMON. 
Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 343) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(z) If it contains genetically engineered fish unless 
the food bears a label stating that the food contains ge-
netically engineered fish.’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5850 
To exclude Social Security benefits from taxable income. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To exclude Social Security benefits from taxable income. 
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 ‘‘You Earned It Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FROM 
TAXABLE INCOME. 
Section 86 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
hereby repealed. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5851 
To designate Veterans Day as the Tuesday after the first Monday in 
November. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate Veterans Day as the Tuesday after the first 
Monday in November. 
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 ‘‘Honoring Our Vet-
erans By Exercising The Right To Vote On Veterans Day 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITION OF ELECTION DAY AS A LEGAL PUBLIC 
HOLIDAY. 
Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
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(1) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘, eyeglasses’’ 
through ‘‘hearing aids or examinations therefor,’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (12) by striking ‘‘where such 
expenses are for services in connection with the care, 
treatment, filling, removal, or replacement of teeth 
or structures directly supporting teeth, except that’’. 
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‘‘(a) The following are legal public holidays: 
‘‘New Year’s Day, January 1. 
‘‘Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third 
Monday in January. 
‘‘Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in 
February. 
‘‘Memorial Day, the last Monday in May. 
‘‘Independence Day, July 4. 
‘‘Labor Day, the first Monday in September. 
‘‘Columbus Day, the second Monday in October. 
‘‘Veterans Day, the Tuesday after the first 
Monday in November. 
‘‘Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in 
November. 
‘‘Christmas Day, December 25.’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5853 
To expand Medicare coverage to eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Mr. GRAYSON 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 expand Medicare coverage to eyeglasses, hearing aids, 
and dental care. 
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 ‘‘Seniors Have Eyes, 
Ears, and Teeth Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF MEDICARE COVERAGE. 
Section 1862(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395y(a)) is amended— 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5854 
To allow the importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and 
devices intended for use by terminally ill patients who execute an in-
formed consent document. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To allow the importation, distribution, and sale of investiga-
tional drugs and devices intended for use by terminally 
ill patients who execute an informed consent document. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DRUGS AND DEVICES FOR USE BY TERMINALLY 
ILL PATIENTS. 
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amend-
ed by inserting after section 561 (21 U.S.C. 360bbb) the 
following: 
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‘‘SEC. 561A. DRUGS AND DEVICES FOR USE BY TERMINALLY 
ILL PATIENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act or section 
351 of the Public Health Service Act prevents or restricts, 
and the Food and Drug Administration shall not imple-
ment or enforce any provision of law preventing or re-
stricting, the importation, distribution, or sale of an inves-
tigational drug or device intended for use by a terminally 
ill patient in accordance with subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) PATIENT REQUIREMENTS.—In order for an in-
vestigational drug or device to be intended for use in ac-
cordance with this subsection, such drug or device must 
be intended for use by a patient who has— 
‘‘(1) been diagnosed with a terminal illness by 
a licensed physician; 
‘‘(2) been informed by a licensed physician that 
no drug or device that is lawfully marketed in the 
United States is likely to cure the illness; and 
‘‘(3) executed a written informed consent docu-
ment that states— 
‘‘(A) the known and potential risks and 
benefits of such drug or device; and 
‘‘(B) any indications of the illness for 
which a drug or device is lawfully marketed, or 
for which treatment is otherwise available, in 
the United States. 
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‘‘(c) DEFINITION
OF INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG
OR 
DEVICE.—In this section, the term ‘investigational drug 
or device’ means a drug or device that— 
‘‘(1) has not yet been approved, licensed, or 
cleared for commercial distribution under section 
505, 510(k), or 515 of this Act or section 351 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262), and can-
not otherwise be lawfully marketed in the United 
States; and 
‘‘(2) is or has been the subject of one or more 
clinical trials.’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5855 
To require a report on procurement supply chain vulnerabilities within the 
Department of Defense. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require a report on procurement supply chain 
vulnerabilities within the Department of Defense. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPORT ON PROCUREMENT SUPPLY CHAIN 
VULNERABILITIES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re-
port on how sole source suppliers of components to the 
Department of Defense procurement supply chain create 
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vulnerabilities to military attack, terrorism, natural dis-
aster, industrial shock, financial crisis, or geopolitical cri-
sis, such as an embargo of key raw materials or industrial 
inputs. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.—The report required by 
subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) A list of the components in the Department 
of Defense procurement supply chain for which there 
is a supplier that controls over 50 percent of the 
global market. 
(2) A list of parts of the supply chain where 
there is inadequate information to ascertain whether 
there is a single source supplier of components. 
(3) The Secretary’s recommendations on which 
single source suppliers create vulnerabilities, as well 
as recommendations on how to reduce those 
vulnerabilities. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) may be classified. 
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Subtitle C—Navy Programs
Sec. 121. Nuclear attack submarine programs.
Sec. 122. Cost limitations for Seawolf submarine program.
Sec. 123. Pulse Doppler Radar modification.
Sec. 124. Reduction in number of vessels excluded from limit on purchase of ves-
sels built in foreign shipyards.
Sec. 125. T–39N trainer aircraft for the Navy.
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs
Sec. 141. Repeal of limitation on procurement of F–15E aircraft.
Sec. 142. C–17 aircraft procurement.
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND
EVALUATION
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Amount for basic and applied research.
Sec. 203. Dual-use technology programs.
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and
Limitations
Sec. 211. Space launch modernization.
Sec. 212. Live-fire survivability testing of V–22 aircraft.
Sec. 213. Live-fire survivability testing of F–22 aircraft.
Sec. 214. Demilitarization of conventional munitions, rockets, and explosives.
Sec. 215. Research activities of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
relating to chemical and biological warfare defense technology.
Sec. 216. Limitation on funding for F–16 tactical manned reconnaissance air-
craft.
Sec. 217. Unmanned aerial vehicles.
Sec. 218. Hydra–70 rocket product improvement program.
Sec. 219. Space-Based Infrared System program.
Sec. 220. Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) program.
Sec. 221. Joint United States-Israeli Nautilus Laser/Theater High Energy Laser
program.
Sec. 222. Nonlethal weapons research and development program.
Subtitle C—Ballistic Missile Defense Programs
Sec. 231. Funding for Ballistic Missile Defense programs for fiscal year 1997.
Sec. 232. Certification of capability of United States to defend against single bal-
listic missile.
Sec. 233. Policy on compliance with the ABM Treaty.
Sec. 234. Requirement that multilateralization of the ABM Treaty be done only
through treaty-making power.
Sec. 235. Report on ballistic missile defense and proliferation.
Sec. 236. Revision to annual report on Ballistic Missile Defense programs.
Sec. 237. ABM Treaty defined.
Sec. 238. Capability of National Missile Defense system.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5856 
To prohibit the United States Department of Homeland Security from 
purchasing, operating, or maintaining armed unmanned aerial vehicles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2014 
Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To prohibit the United States Department of Homeland Se-
curity from purchasing, operating, or maintaining armed 
unmanned aerial vehicles. 
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 ‘‘No Armed Drones for 
DHS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE, USE, OR MAINTE-
NANCE OF ARMED DRONES. 
The United States Department of Homeland Security 
is prohibited from purchasing, operating, or maintaining 
armed unmanned aerial vehicles. 
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HR 3231 IH
(10) For contingency construction projects of
the Secretary of Defense under section 2804 of title
10, United States Code, $9,500,000.
(11) For architectural and engineering services
and construction design under section 2807 of title
10, United States Code, $12,239,000.
(12) For Energy Conservation projects author-
ized by section 2405, $47,765,000.
(13) For base closure and realignment activities
as authorized by the Defense Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of
Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note),
$2,507,476,000.
(14) For military family housing functions:
(A) For improvement and planning of mili-
tary family housing and facilities, $4,371,000.
(B) For support of military housing (in-
cluding functions described in section 2833 of
title 10, United States Code), $30,963,000, of
which not more than $25,637,000 may be obli-
gated or expended for the leasing of military
family housing units worldwide.
(C) For the Family Housing Improvement
Fund as authorized by section 2404(a),
$20,000,000.
157
SEC. 409. IMAGERY COLLECTION, PROCESSING, AND EX-
PLOITATION.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure
through the Central Imagery Office (except as
otherwise directed by the President or the
National Security Council), with appropriate
representation from the Intelligence Commu-
nity, the continued operation of an effective
unified organization within the Department
of Defense for carrying out tasking of imagery
collection, for the coordination of imagery
processing and exploitation activities, and for
ensuring the dissemination of imagery in a
timely manner to authorized recipients.
SEC. 410. OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure
through the National Reconnaissance Office
(except as otherwise directed by the Presi-
dent or the National Security Council), the
continued operation of an effective unified or-
ganization for the research and development,
acquisition, and operation of overhead recon-
naissance systems necessary to satisfy the re-
quirements of all elements of the Intelligence
Community.
‘‘(1) such corporation is a corporation described
in section 1397B(b) (except that in applying such
section any references to an empowerment zone shall
be treated as including a reference to an enterprise
community) or, in the case of a new corporation,
such corporation is being organized for purposes of
being such a corporation,
‘‘(2) such corporation does not have more than
one class of stock,
‘‘(3) the sum of—
‘‘(A) the money,
‘‘(B) the aggregate unadjusted bases of
property owned by such corporation, and
‘‘(C) the value of property leased to the
corporation (as determined under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary),
does not exceed $50,000,000, and
‘‘(4) more than 20 percent of the total voting
power, and 20 percent of the total value, of the
stock of such corporation is owned directly by indi-
viduals or estates or indirectly by individuals
through partnerships or trusts.
The determination under paragraph (3) shall be made as
of the time of issuance of the stock in question but shall
include amounts received for such stock.
ings from self-employment (as defined in sec-
tion 1402)), shall be sourced at the place such
services are performed.
‘‘(B) SERVICES PERFORMED IN WASHING-
TON-BALTIMORE
AREA
TREATED
AS
PER-
FORMED
IN
THE
DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA.—
Services performed in the Washington-Balti-
more area shall be treated as performed in the
District of Columbia.
‘‘(C) INDIVIDUALS
PERFORMING
PER-
CENT OF SERVICES WITHIN WASHINGTON-BAL-
TIMORE AREA.—If, during any taxable year, at
least 80 percent of the hours of service per-
formed by an individual are performed within
the Washington-Baltimore area, all such service
shall be treated for purposes of this paragraph
as performed within the District of Columbia.
‘‘(D) WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE
AREA.—
For purposes of this paragraph, the term
‘Washington-Baltimore area’ means the area
consisting of—
‘‘(i) the Washington/Baltimore Con-
solidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (as
designated by the Office of Management
and Budget), and
A BILL 
To provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be 
displayed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Cen-
ter, and for other purposes. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to plan years beginning after De-
cember 31, 2013. 
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(A) to serve as the sole agent within the In-
telligence Community for the conduct of research,
development, test, and evaluation, for procure-
ment, and for launch of satellite reconnaissance
systems that may be required to satisfy the intel-
ligence collection requirements of the Intelligence
Community; and
(B) to serve as the primary agent within
the Intelligence Community for the conduct of re-
search, development, test, evaluation and for pro-
curement of reconnaissance, surveillance, and
sensor systems, including airborne and maritime
reconnaissance capabilities within the National
Foreign Intelligence Program and the Joint
Military Intelligence Program.
(4) Establishing a single agency for collection
and processing of imagery and geospatial informa-
tion. This should be examined as both a stand-alone
agency and as a subset of the agency described in
paragraph (2). Specifically, the study should evaluate
the substantive advantages and disadvantages of con-
solidating imagery collection into an overall collection
agency.
(b) CRITERIA.—The study under subsection (a) shall—