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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 280 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 3, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recoup 
bonuses and awards paid to employees of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs. 
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. AUTHORITY TO RECOUP BONUSES OR AWARDS 
PAID TO EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 715. Recoupment of bonuses or awards paid to em-
ployees of Department 
‘‘(a) RECOUPMENT.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the Secretary may issue an order directing 
an employee of the Department to repay the amount, or 
a portion of the amount, of any award or bonus paid to 
the employee under title 5, including under chapters 45 
or 53 of such title, or this title if— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary determines such repayment 
appropriate pursuant to regulations prescribed under 
subsection (c); and 
‘‘(2) before such repayment, the employee is af-
forded notice and an opportunity for a hearing con-
ducted by another department or agency of the Fed-
eral Government. 
‘‘(b) REVIEW.—A decision regarding a repayment by 
an employee pursuant to subsection (a)(2) is final and 
may not be reviewed by any department or agency or any 
court. 
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‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘715. Recoupment of bonuses or awards paid to employees of Department.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 715 of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall 
apply with respect to an award or bonus paid by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to an employee of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act or the 
amendments made by this Act may be construed to modify 
the certification issued by the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment and the Office of Management and Budget regarding 
the performance appraisal system of the Senior Executive 
Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 2, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1122
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 19, 1997
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-
birth abortions.
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 ‘‘Partial-Birth Abortion
Ban Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after chapter 73 the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 74—PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS
‘‘Sec.
‘‘1531. Partial-birth abortions prohibited.
‘‘§ 1531. Partial-birth abortions prohibited
‘‘(a) Any physician who, in or affecting interstate or
foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth
abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than two years,
or both. This paragraph shall not apply to a partial-birth
abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother
whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness,
or injury: Provided, That no other medical procedure
would suffice for that purpose. This paragraph shall be-
come effective one day after enactment.
‘‘(b)(1) As used in this section, the term ‘partial-birth
abortion’ means an abortion in which the person perform-
ing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus
before killing the fetus and completing the delivery.
‘‘(2) As used in this section, the term ‘physician’
means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy legally author-
ized to practice medicine and surgery by the State in
which the doctor performs such activity, or any other indi-
vidual legally authorized by the State to perform abor-
tions: Provided, however, That any individual who is not
a physician or not otherwise legally authorized by the
State to perform abortions, but who nevertheless directly
performs a partial-birth abortion, shall be subject to the
provisions of this section.
(b) LIMITATION
ON
ATTORNEY’S
AND
AGENT’S
FEES.—Not more than 10 percent of the sum appro-
priated by subsection (a) shall be paid to or received by
any agent or attorney for services rendered in connection
with the claim described in such subsection. Any person
violating the provisions of this subsection shall be fined
not more than $10,000.
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‘‘(c)(1) The father, if married to the mother at the
time she receives a partial-birth abortion procedure, and
if the mother has not attained the age of 18 years at the
time of the abortion, the maternal grandparents of the
fetus, may in a civil action obtain appropriate relief, unless
the pregnancy resulted from the plaintiff’s criminal con-
duct or the plaintiff consented to the abortion.
‘‘(2) Such relief shall include—
‘‘(A) money damages for all injuries, psycho-
logical and physical, occasioned by the violation of
this section; and
‘‘(B) statutory damages equal to three times
the cost of the partial-birth abortion.
‘‘(d) A woman upon whom a partial-birth abortion
is performed may not be prosecuted under this section,
for a conspiracy to violate this section, or for an offense
under section 2, 3, or 4 of this title based on a violation
of this section.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters
for part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after the item relating to chapter 73 the follow-
ing new item:
‘‘74. Partial-birth abortions ........................................................... 1531’’.
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2811 
To repeal section 3003 of the the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2015 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. JONES, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. BEN 
RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. POLIS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. 
BECERRA, Mr. GALLEGO, and Ms. MOORE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To repeal section 3003 of the the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015. 
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 ‘‘Save Oak Flat Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 
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Union Calendar No. 21 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 280 
[Report No. 114–32, Part I] 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
recoup bonuses and awards paid to employees of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
MARCH 2, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs with 
an amendment 
MARCH 2, 2015 
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) au-
thorizes approximately 2422 acres of Forest Service 
land known as ‘‘Oak Flat’’ in the Tonto National 
Forest in Southeastern Arizona that is sacred to In-
dian tribes in the region, including the San Carlos 
Apache Tribe and the Yavapai-Apache Nation, to be 
transferred to a mining company called Resolution 
Copper. That company plans to hold the Forest land 
privately for a mining project that will result in the 
physical destruction of tribal sacred areas and de-
prive American Indians from practicing their reli-
gions, ceremonies, and other traditional practices. 
The mining project will also create significant nega-
tive environmental impacts by destroying the area 
and depleting and contaminating precious water re-
sources. 
(2) Once Resolution Copper owns the Oak Flat 
area, it plans to use the highly destructive block cave 
mining method to remove one cubic mile of ore that 
is now 7,000 feet beneath the surface of the earth 
without replacing any of the earth removed because 
that is the cheapest form of mining. Resolution Cop-
per admits that the surface will subside and ulti-
mately collapse, destroying forever this place of wor-
ship. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2812 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for 
premiums for insurance which constitutes medical care. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2015 
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. FLEMING, 
Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. YOHO, Mr. WILSON
of South Carolina, Mr. 
LAMALFA, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Mr. ISSA, Mr. COLE, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. 
BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. ROUZER, and Mrs. 
BLACKBURN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 
deduction for premiums for insurance which constitutes 
medical 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 ‘‘Tax Free Health In-
surance Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR PREMIUMS FOR HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VII of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by redesignating section 224 as section 225 and by insert-
ing after section 223 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 224. DEDUCTION FOR PREMIUMS FOR HEALTH IN-
SURANCE. 
‘‘In the case of an individual, there shall be allowed 
as a deduction to the taxpayer for the taxable year 
amounts paid by the taxpayer for insurance which con-
stitutes medical care (as defined in section 213(d)) for the 
taxpayer and the taxpayer’s spouse and dependents. No 
amount shall be taken into account under the preceding 
sentence if a deduction or credit is allowed for such 
amount under this chapter or to any other taxpayer.’’. 
(b) DEDUCTION ALLOWED WHETHER OR NOT INDI-
VIDUAL ITEMIZES OTHER DEDUCTIONS.—Subsection (a) 
of section 62 of such Code is amended by inserting before 
the last sentence at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(22) DEDUCTION FOR PREMIUMS FOR HEALTH 
INSURANCE.—The deduction allowed by section 
224.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
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is amended by striking the item relating to section 224 
and adding at the end the following new items: 
‘‘Sec. 224. Deduction for premiums for health insurance. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Cross reference.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2015. 
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I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1125
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that amounts collected
with respect to the provision of health care at a Department of Veterans
Affairs medical center may be retained by that medical center.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 19, 1997
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. WATTS of Okla-
homa, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr.
GILMAN, Mr. KLINK, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr.
ACKERMAN, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. PETERSON of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, and Mr. HOUGHTON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that
amounts collected with respect to the provision of health
care at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center
may be retained by that medical center.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
IIA
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1127
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 8, 1997
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To amend the Antiquities Act regarding the establishment
by the President of certain national monuments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RETENTION BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTERS OF MEDICAL
CARE COST RECOVERY AMOUNTS.
(a) 
AUTHORITY
FOR
RETENTION.—Section
1729(g)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(2) Amounts recovered or collected under this sec-
tion with respect to the cost of the furnishing of care or
services under this chapter at a facility of the Department
shall be credited to amounts currently available for the
furnishing of care and services under this chapter at that
facility.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to amounts recov-
ered or collected under section 1729 of title 38, United
States Code, after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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A. Carr Veterans Outpatient Clinic’’. Any reference to 
such community-based outpatient clinic in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States shall be considered to be a reference to the Dannie 
A. Carr Veterans Outpatient Clinic. 
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(f) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
on which the pilot grant program terminates pursuant to 
subsection (i), the Secretaries shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the pilot grant program that in-
cludes— 
(1) the number of veterans served under the 
program; 
(2) the types of services offered under the pro-
gram to such veterans; 
(3) the amount of money spent under the pro-
gram on each such veteran; 
(4) a recommendation as to the feasibility and 
advisability of continuing the program; and 
(5) any other information the Secretaries con-
sider appropriate. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretaries to carry 
out this section $50,000,000. 
(h) HOMELESS VETERAN DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘homeless veteran’’ means a veteran who— 
(1) has attained the age of 55; and 
(2) is homeless (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a))). 
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(i) TERMINATION.—The pilot grant program estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date 
that is two years after the date on which the Secretaries 
award a grant under such subsection. 
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H. R. 4759—11 
(i) each of the nonoriginating materials used in 
the production of the good undergoes an applicable 
change in tariff classification specified in Annex 4– 
A or Annex 5–A of the Agreement; 
(ii) the good otherwise satisfies any applicable 
regional value-content requirement referred to in 
Annex 5–A of the Agreement; or 
(iii) the good meets any other requirements speci-
fied in Annex 4–A or Annex 5–A of the Agreement; 
and 
(B) the good satisfies all other applicable requirements 
of this section; 
(3) the good is produced entirely in the territory of Aus-
tralia, the United States, or both, exclusively from materials 
described in paragraph (1) or (2); or 
(4) the good otherwise qualifies as an originating good 
under this section. 
(c) DE MINIMIS AMOUNTS OF NONORIGINATING MATERIALS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraphs (2) 
and (3), a good that does not undergo a change in tariff classi-
fication pursuant to Annex 5–A of the Agreement is an origi-
nating good if— 
(A) the value of all nonoriginating materials that— 
(i) are used in the production of the good, and 
(ii) do not undergo the required change in tariff 
classification, 
does not exceed 10 percent of the adjusted value of the 
good; 
(B) the good meets all other applicable requirements 
of this section; and 
(C) the value of such nonoriginating materials is 
included in the value of nonoriginating materials for any 
applicable regional value-content requirement for the good. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not apply to the fol-
lowing: 
(A) A nonoriginating material provided for in chapter 
4 of the HTS or in subheading 1901.90 that is used in 
the production of a good provided for in chapter 4 of the 
HTS. 
(B) A nonoriginating material provided for in chapter 
4 of the HTS or in subheading 1901.90 that is used in 
the production of a good provided for in subheading 
1901.10, 1901.20, or 1901.90, heading 2105, or subheading 
2106.90, 2202.90, or 2309.90. 
(C) A nonoriginating material provided for in heading 
0805 or any of subheadings 2009.11 through 2009.39 that 
is used in the production of a good provided for in any 
of subheadings 2009.11 through 2009.39, or in subheading 
2106.90 or 2202.90. 
(D) A nonoriginating material provided for in chapter 
15 of the HTS that is used in the production of a good 
provided for in any of headings 1501.00.00 through 1508, 
or in heading 1512, 1514, or 1515. 
(E) A nonoriginating material provided for in heading 
1701 that is used in the production of a good provided 
for in any of headings 1701 through 1703.
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The State of Tennessee, the Volunteer 
State, holds a proud tradition of selfless vol-
unteerism to the United States Armed Forces. 
(2) Specialist Four Dannie A. Carr, of Sevier 
County, Tennessee, served with distinction in B 
Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st 
Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War in defense 
of the United States. 
(3) Specialist Four Dannie A. Carr, twice 
wounded in battle and later killed in action by artil-
lery fire on July 3, 1969, has been duly recognized 
by the Army, having been awarded the Bronze Star 
for Valor and the Purple Heart. 
(4) The heroism of Dannie A. Carr is well 
known and held in high regard within the commu-
nity of Sevier County, Tennessee. 
(5) The municipalities of Pittman Center, 
Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and Sevier 
County have agreed to and passed resolutions sup-
porting the renaming of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Sevier 
County, Tennessee, in honor of Specialist Four 
Dannie Arthur Carr.
SEC. 2. NAME OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
COMMUNITY-BASED 
OUTPATIENT 
CLINIC, 
SEVIERVILLE, TENNESSEE. 
The Department of Veterans Affairs community- 
based outpatient clinic located at 1124 Blanton Drive, 
Sevierville, Tennessee, shall after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act be known and designated as the ‘‘Dannie 
A. Carr Veterans Outpatient Clinic’’. Any reference to 
such community-based outpatient clinic in any law, regula-
tion, map, document, record, or other paper of the United 
States shall be considered to be a reference to the Dannie 
A. Carr Veterans Outpatient Clinic. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 1, 
2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2814 
AN ACT 
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs com-
munity-based outpatient clinic in Sevierville, Ten-
nessee, the Dannie A. Carr Veterans Outpatient 
Clinic.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1127
AN ACT
To amend the Antiquities Act regarding the estab-
lishment by the President of certain national
monuments.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1127
AN ACT
To amend the Antiquities Act regarding the establishment
by the President of certain national monuments.
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 ‘‘National Monument
Fairness Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NATIONAL MONU-
MENT STATUS AND CONSULTATION.
Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906, commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Antiquities Act’’ (34 Stat. 225; 16
U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding the following at the
end thereof: ‘‘A proclamation of the President under this
section that results in the designation of a total acreage
in excess of 50,000 acres in a single State in a single cal-
endar year as a national monument may not be issued
until 30 days after the President has transmitted the pro-
posed proclamation to the Governor of the State in which
such acreage is located and solicited such Governor’s writ-
ten comments, and any such proclamation shall cease to
be effective on the date 2 years after issuance unless the
Congress has approved such proclamation by joint resolu-
tion.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 7,
1997.
Attest:
Clerk.