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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2995
To provide that service of the members of the group known as the United
States Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II constituted active mili-
tary service for purposes of any law administered by the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 29, 1996
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on National
Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide that service of the members of the group known
as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during World
War II constituted active military service for purposes
of any law administered by 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,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Cadet
Nurse Corps Equity Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. SERVICE DEEMED TO BE ACTIVE MILITARY SERV-
ICE.
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—For 
purposes 
of 
section
401(a)(1)(A) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 (38
U.S.C. 106 note), the Secretary of Defense is deemed to
have determined that qualified service of a person con-
stituted active military service.
(b) DETERMINATION OF DISCHARGE STATUS.—
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall issue an
honorable discharge under section 401(a)(1)(B) of
the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 to each person
whose qualified service warrants an honorable dis-
charge.
(2) Such discharge shall be issued before the
end of the one-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF RETROACTIVE BENEFITS.
Benefits shall not be paid to any person as a result
of the enactment of this Act for any period before the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. DEFINITION.
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘qualified service’’
means service of a person as a member of the group known
as the United States Cadet Nurse Corps during the period
beginning July 1, 1943, and ending December 15, 1945.
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H. R. 5106 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Admiral 
Callaghan Lane in Vallejo, California, as the ‘‘Philmore Graham Post Office 
Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PHILMORE GRAHAM POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in Vallejo, Cali-
fornia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Philmore Graham 
Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Philmore Graham Post Office Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Calendar No. 718
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1903
[Report No. 105–412]
AN ACT
To amend the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act to enhance the ability of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology to
improve computer security, and for other pur-
poses.
OCTOBER 13 (legislative day, OCTOBER 2), 1998
Reported without amendment
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(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by a vote of three-
fifths of the members duly chosen and sworn.
SEC. 6. REPORTS OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.
Beginning on January 6, 1996, and at one-year inter-
vals thereafter, the Comptroller General shall submit a re-
port to each House of Congress which provides the follow-
ing information:
(1) A list of each proposed Presidential rescis-
sion of discretionary budget authority and veto of a
targeted tax benefit submitted through special mes-
sages for the fiscal year ending during the preceding
calendar year, together with their dollar value, and
an indication of whether each rescission of discre-
tionary budget authority or veto of a targeted tax
benefit was accepted or rejected by Congress.
(2) The total number of proposed Presidential
rescissions of discretionary budget authority and ve-
toes of a targeted tax benefit submitted through spe-
cial messages for the fiscal year ending during the
preceding calendar year, together with their total
dollar value.
(3) The total number of Presidential rescissions
of discretionary budget authority or vetoes of a tar-
geted tax benefit submitted through special mes-
SEC. 3. STANDING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any federally recognized Indian
tribe within the State in which a petitioning Indian group
resides—
(1) shall have standing to participate as a party
in all administrative proceedings and hearings on a
petition by such group for Federal recognition as an
Indian tribe,
(2) shall be entitled to obtain from the Sec-
retary of the Interior, and respond to, all evidence
supporting the petition, and
(3) shall have a right to appeal a final decision
of the Secretary on such petition to the Federal Dis-
trict Court for the district in which the petitioner re-
sides.
(b) LIMITED WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.—
In any appeal under subsection (a) of a final decision of
the Secretary extending Federal recognition to a petition-
ing Indian group, the newly recognized petitioners shall
not have sovereign immunity to being joined as a party
in such appeal.
SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.
The provisions of this Act shall apply to any petition
pending before the Secretary of the Interior on the date
of enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the stage of
such petition, and any petition submitted, or subject to
A BILL 
To establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program 
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and 
for other purposes. 
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(1) Seventy percent of all money invested in
crime prevention and law enforcement each year in
the United States is spent by the private sector.
(2) There are nearly three employees in private
sector security for every one in public law enforce-
ment.
(3) More than half of the responses to crime
come from private security.
(4) A bipartisan study commission specially
constituted for the purposes of examining appro-
priate cooperative roles between public sector law en-
forcement and private sector security will be able to
offer comprehensive proposals for statutory and pro-
cedural initiatives.
SEC. 3. PURPOSES.
The purposes of the Commission are as follows:
(1) To identify critical issues in crime control
and law enforcement which may be better addressed
through improved cooperation between public law en-
forcement agencies and private sector security pro-
fessionals.
(2) To examine existing models of public-pri-
vate cooperation and, through consultation with
leading authorities in law enforcement, private secu-
rity, criminal justice and business, improve such
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5106 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in Vallejo, California, as the ‘‘Philmore 
Graham Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2014 
Mr. THOMPSON of California (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. 
BERA of California, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. 
CAMPBELL, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. CHU, Mr. COOK, Mr. 
COSTA, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DENHAM, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, 
Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HONDA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. HUNTER, 
Mr. ISSA, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. MCCLIN-
TOCK, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, Mr. 
GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. NUNES, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PETERS of California, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ 
of California, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, 
Mr. TAKANO, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. WATERS, and Mr. WAX-
MAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in Vallejo, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Philmore Graham Post Office Building’’. 
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. PHILMORE GRAHAM POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in 
Vallejo, California, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Philmore Graham Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Philmore Graham 
Post Office Building’’. 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5106 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in Vallejo, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Philmore Graham Post Office Building’’. 
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. PHILMORE GRAHAM POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in 
Vallejo, California, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Philmore Graham Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Philmore Graham 
Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 8, 
2014. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2997
To establish certain criteria for administrative procedures to extend Federal
recognition to certain Indian groups, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 29, 1996
Mr. METCALF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Resources
A BILL
To establish certain criteria for administrative procedures
to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian groups,
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. PRECLUSION OF CERTAIN RECOGNITION PETI-
TIONS.
No Indian group, which has submitted a petition for
Federal recognition as an Indian tribe to the Secretary
of the Interior, shall be eligible for such recognition if—
(1) such group—
(A) was a party to, or attempted to inter-
vene in, any action in a United States court of
competent jurisdiction in which such group
claimed status as an Indian tribe or as a suc-
cessor-in-interest to an Indian tribe that was a
party to a treaty with the United States; and
(B) was determined by such court—
(i) not to be an Indian tribe;
(ii) not to have maintained an orga-
nized tribal structure, or
(iii) not to be a successor-in-interest
to an Indian tribe that was a party to a
treaty with the United States; and
(2) a federally recognized Indian tribe was a
party to such action in opposition to the claim of
any such group.
SEC. 2. GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION.
In the consideration of any petition by an Indian
group for Federal recognition as an Indian tribe, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall require, in addition to any
other requirements for recognition under administrative
regulations, a showing that a majority of the membership
of the petitioning group lives, and since historical times
has lived, concentrated in a specific geographic settlement
area or areas viewed as American Indian, and distinct
from other populations in the area or areas.
further consideration, after the date of enactment of this
Act.
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Calendar No. 595 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5106 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
NOVEMBER 13, 2014 
Reported by Mr. CARPER, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in Vallejo, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Philmore Graham Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PHILMORE GRAHAM POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 Admiral Callaghan Lane in 
Vallejo, California, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Philmore Graham Post Office Building’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Philmore Graham 
Post Office Building’’. 
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Calendar No. 595 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5106 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 100 Admiral Callaghan 
Lane in Vallejo, California, as the ‘‘Philmore 
Graham Post Office Building’’. 
NOVEMBER 13, 2014 
Reported without amendment 
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(1) a congressional review period of twenty cal-
endar days of session, beginning on the first cal-
endar day of session after the date of submission of
the special message, during which Congress must
complete action on the rescission/receipts disapproval
bill and present such bill to the President for ap-
proval or disapproval;
(2) after the period provided in paragraph (1),
an additional ten days (not including Sundays) dur-
ing which the President may exercise his authority
to sign or veto the rescission/receipts disapproval
bill; and
(3) if the President vetoes the rescission/re-
ceipts disapproval bill during the period provided in
paragraph (2), an additional five calendar days of
session after the date of the veto.
(c) If a special message is transmitted by the Presi-
dent under this Act and the last session of the Congress
adjourns sine die before the expiration of the period de-
scribed in subsection (b), the rescission or veto, as the case
may be, shall not take effect. The message shall be deemed
to have been retransmitted on the first Monday in Feb-
ruary of the succeeding Congress and the review period
referred to in subsection (b) (with respect to such mes-
sage) shall run beginning after such first day.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 36 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain- 
capable unborn children, 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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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2999
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain severance
payment amounts from income.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 29, 1996
Mr. TORRICELLI 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 exclude
certain severance payment amounts from income.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME OF SEVERANCE
PAYMENT AMOUNTS.
(A) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
items specifically excluded from gross income) is amended
by redesignating section 137 as section 138 and by insert-
ing after section 136 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 137. SEVERANCE PAYMENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual,
gross income shall not include any qualified severance pay-
ment.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The amount to which the exclu-
sion under subsection (a) applies shall not exceed $50,000
with respect to any separation from employment.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED SEVERANCE PAYMENT.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘qualified severance pay-
ment’ means any payment received by an individual if—
‘‘(1) such payment was paid by such individ-
ual’s employer on account of such individual’s sepa-
ration from employment, and
‘‘(2) such separation was in connection with a
reduction in the work force of the employer.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code
is amended by striking the item relating to section 137
and inserting the following new items:
‘‘Sec. 137. Severance payments.
‘‘Sec. 138. Cross references to other Acts.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1995.
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sion of law, the rate of basic pay for each office or
position to which this section applies shall—
(A) for the period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act and ending at the
close of the day before the first day to which
subparagraph (B) applies, be equal to the rate
payable for such office or position as of the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(B) on and after the date specified in
paragraph (2), be adjusted in accordance with
paragraph (3).
(2) SPECIFICATION OF DATE.—The date speci-
fied in this paragraph is the first date, after the first
day referred to in section 1(b)(2), as of which the
rate of pay payable to a Senator or Member of the
House of Representatives (or, if those rates are not
the same, whichever is less) is at least equal to the
rate payable to a judge of a district court of the
United States as of the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(3) METHOD FOR ADJUSTING PAY.—The meth-
od for adjusting pay for an office or position under
this paragraph shall be—
(A) as required under applicable provisions
of law (disregarding any adjustments which,
but for this Act, would have taken effect under
those provisions during the period described in
paragraph (1)(A)); except that
(B) the first adjustment taking effect after
the end of such period shall (for each such of-
fice or position) be equal to such percentage as
results in the rate of pay for a judge of a dis-
trict court of the United States being equal to
the rate then payable to a Senator or Member
of the House of Representatives (or, if those
rates are not the same, whichever is less).
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF SECTION 225 OF THE FEDERAL SALARY
ACT OF 1967.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 225 of the Federal Salary
Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351 and following) is repealed.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Paragraph (1) of section 601(a) of the Leg-
islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(1))
is amended by striking ‘‘shall be’’ through the period
and inserting ‘‘shall be the rate determined for such
positions under this subsection.’’.
(2) The first sentence of section 104 of title 3,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘shall
be’’ through the period and inserting ‘‘shall be the
rate determined for such position under this sec-
tion.’’.
(3) Sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5,
United States Code, are each amended by striking
‘‘shall be’’ through the colon and inserting ‘‘shall be
the rate determined with respect to such level under
section 5318:’’.
(4) Sections 5, 44(d), 135, and 252 of title 28,
United States Code, are each amended by striking
‘‘determined under’’ through the period and insert-
ing ‘‘determined under section 461 of this title.’’.
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SECTION 1. USPTO LAW SCHOOL CLINIC CERTIFICATION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Law School Clinic Cer-
tification Program of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office, as implemented by the Office, is established 
as a program entitled the ‘‘Law School Clinic Certification 
Program’’. The Program shall allow students enrolled in 
a participating law school’s clinic to practice patent and 
trademark law before the Office by drafting, filing, and 
prosecuting patent or trademark applications, or both, on 
a pro-bono basis for clients that qualify for assistance 
from the law school’s clinic. The Director shall establish 
regulations and procedures for application to and partici-
pation in the Program. All law schools accredited by the 
American Bar Association are eligible for participation in 
the Program, and shall be examined for acceptance using 
identical criteria established by the Director. The Program 
shall be in effect for the 10-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) REPORT ON THE PROGRAM.—The Director shall, 
not later than the last day of the 2-year period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the 
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a report on the Program, describing 
the number of law schools and law students participating 
in the Program, the work done through the Program, the
benefits of the Program, and any recommendations of the 
Director for modifications to the Program. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office. 
(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the Law School Clinic Certification Program estab-
lished in subsection (a). 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
Property and Director of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5108 
AN ACT 
To establish the Law School Clinic Certification 
Program of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office, and for other purposes.