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(B) energy exploration and production, in-
cluding fossil fuels and renewable energy; 
(C) solid waste and wastewater; 
(D) transportation; 
(E) chemical manufacturing and user in-
dustries; 
(F) agriculture; 
(G) construction and development; and 
(H) forestry. 
(e) INELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—No employee, owner, di-
rector, or other affiliated person of an entity which has 
contributed pursuant to section 6(b) may be appointed to 
the Commission. 
SEC. 6. FUNDING FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMIS-
SION. 
(a) LIMITATION.—No additional amounts may be au-
thorized to be appropriated to establish or otherwise pay 
for the activities or salaries of the Commission. 
(b) PRIVATE SECTOR DONATIONS.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury may collect and disseminate to the Commis-
sion private sector funds donated for the purposes of this 
Act. 
(c) TRANSPARENCY.—The amounts and sources of all 
funds donated pursuant to subsection (b) and all spending 
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by the Commission shall be made publicly available on an 
Internet website. 
SEC. 7. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE STUDY 
AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General 
shall conduct a study of State, Federal, and private sector 
energy efficiency and renewable energy guaranteed loan 
programs, Green Banks, and other financial tools and in-
stitutions that are focused on— 
(1) reducing the level of greenhouse gas emis-
sions, including through sequestration and recycling; 
or 
(2) encouraging the research, development, 
prototyping, and deployment of energy efficiency and 
renewable energy technologies. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which the Comptroller General completes 
the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress a report containing— 
(1) the results of the study; and 
(2) an assessment of those financial tools, poli-
cies, and institutions most successful at contributing 
to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions while 
protecting economic growth and employment. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3810
To designate the United States Post Office located at 202 Center Street
in Garwood, New Jersey, as the ‘‘James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 7, 1998
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To designate the United States Post Office located at 202
Center Street in Garwood, New Jersey, as the ‘‘James
T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office located at 202 Center
Street in Garwood, New Jersey, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States Post Office referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Of-
fice’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3810
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 10, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located at 202
Center Street in Garwood, New Jersey, as the ‘‘James
T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3810 RFS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office located at 202 Center
Street in Garwood, New Jersey, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States Post Office referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Of-
fice’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 9,
1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 653
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3810
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 10, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
SEPTEMBER 25, 1998
Reported by Mr. THOMPSON, without amendment
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located at 202
Center Street in Garwood, New Jersey, as the ‘‘James
T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office located at 202 Center
Street in Garwood, New Jersey, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
HR 3810 RS
States Post Office referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Of-
fice’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 9,
1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 653
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3810
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located
at 202 Center Street in Garwood, New Jersey, as
the ‘‘James T. Leonard, Sr. Post Office’’.
SEPTEMBER 25, 1998
Reported without amendment
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6245 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing Hall, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee (for himself and Mr. LAMALFA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to sell Pershing 
Hall, 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 ‘‘Sell the VA’s Hotel 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SALE BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF 
PERSHING HALL. 
(a) SALE REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall sell for fair market value Pershing Hall 
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and transfer and convey to the purchaser all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in or to such 
property. The Secretary shall determine fair market 
value based on an independent assessment conducted 
by another department or agency of the Federal 
Government or a nongovernmental entity. The Sec-
retary may only accept money as consideration for 
such sale. 
(2) RETURN
OF
CERTAIN
PERSONAL
PROP-
ERTY.—When the Secretary sells Pershing Hall pur-
suant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall return to 
the American Legion, a United States Corporation, 
any personal property (including memorabilia re-
garding General Pershing and the American Expedi-
tionary Forces in France during World War I) in 
the possession of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs as of the date of the enactment of this sub-
section that was located in Pershing Hall (or other-
wise associated with Pershing Hall) on the date of 
such acquisition. 
(b) FUNDS.—The funds received by the Secretary 
pursuant to the sale of Pershing Hall under subsection 
(a) shall be deposited into the General Fund of the Treas-
ury. Effective on the date of the sale of Pershing Hall 
authorized under subsection (a), the Pershing Hall Revolv-
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including accrued interest, shall be deposited in the Gen-
eral Fund of the Treasury. 
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Calendar No. 369
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3811
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 13, 1998
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To establish felony violations for the failure to pay legal
child support obligations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3811 PCS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deadbeat Parents
Punishment Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FELONY VIOLATIONS.
Section 228 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 228. Failure to pay legal child support obligations
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Any person who—
‘‘(1) willfully fails to pay a support obligation
with respect to a child who resides in another State,
if such obligation has remained unpaid for a period
longer than 1 year, or is greater than $5,000;
‘‘(2) travels in interstate or foreign commerce
with the intent to evade a support obligation, if such
obligation has remained unpaid for a period longer
than 1 year, or is greater than $5,000; or
‘‘(3) willfully fails to pay a support obligation
with respect to a child who resides in another State,
if such obligation has remained unpaid for a period
longer than 2 years, or is greater than $10,000;
shall be punished as provided in subsection (c).
‘‘(b) PRESUMPTION.—The existence of a support ob-
ligation that was in effect for the time period charged in
the indictment or information creates a rebuttable pre-
sumption that the obligor has the ability to pay the sup-
port obligation for that time period.
HR 3811 PCS
‘‘(3) any other district with jurisdiction other-
wise provided for by law.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning
given that term in section 102 of the Federally Rec-
ognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C.
479a);
‘‘(2) the term ‘State’ includes any State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States; and
‘‘(3) the term ‘support obligation’ means any
amount determined under a court order or an order
of an administrative process pursuant to the law of
a State or of an Indian tribe to be due from a per-
son for the support and maintenance of a child or
of a child and the parent with whom the child is liv-
ing.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 369
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3811
AN ACT
To establish felony violations for the failure to pay
legal child support obligations, and for other pur-
poses.
MAY 13, 1998
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
tives and the Senate and the committees that have 
jurisdiction over the program. 
(2) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—If the Director 
determines, using the reports submitted under sub-
section (b)(2), that such a direct spending program 
has reached the applicable spending safeguard limi-
tation— 
(A) effective 30 days after such determina-
tion, no funds may be obligated to carry out 
such program; and 
(B) on the date of such determination, the 
Director shall submit a report to the Commit-
tees on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate and the committees that 
have jurisdiction over the program that such an 
obligation limitation has been imposed. 
(e) AGENCY PROCEDURES.—Any Federal agency im-
plementing a direct spending program listed on the score-
card established under subsection (b) shall ensure that any 
contract, offer of benefits, or other material provided to 
the program participants includes information specifying 
that the program is subject to a spending safeguard limi-
tation that may impact future availability of funds to pay 
benefits. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act— 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3812
To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit State and local governments
to adopt or continue in force speed limits for trains lower than Federal
speed limits.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 7, 1998
Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. COBURN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to permit State
and local governments to adopt or continue in force
speed limits for trains lower than Federal speed limits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STATE AND LOCAL SPEED LIMITS.
Section 20106 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—’’ be-
fore ‘‘Laws, regulations, and orders’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION
FOR SPEED LIMITS.—Notwith-
standing subsection (a), State and local governments may
adopt or continue in force lower speed limits for trains
than those established by the Secretary.’’.
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‘‘(B) 
DETERMINATIONS
MADE
SEPA-
RATELY.—For purposes of the separate applica-
tion of this subsection to a controlled foreign 
corporation and its qualified business units— 
‘‘(i) in the case of the controlled for-
eign corporation, only activities and items 
of income, deduction, gain, or loss and ac-
tivities of such corporation not properly al-
locable or attributable to any qualified 
business unit of such corporation shall be 
taken into account, and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a qualified busi-
ness unit, only activities and items of in-
come, deduction, gain, or loss and activities 
properly allocable or attributable to such 
unit shall be taken into account. 
‘‘(C) HOME
COUNTRY.—For purposes of 
this subsection, except as provided in regula-
tions, notwithstanding paragraph (5)(B), the 
home country with respect to any qualified 
business unit treated as a controlled foreign 
corporation under subparagraph (A) shall be 
the country in which such unit maintains its 
principal office. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6249 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
to provide for a macadamia tree health initiative, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 
Ms. GABBARD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade 
Act of 1990 to provide for a macadamia tree health 
initiative, 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 ‘‘Macadamia Tree 
Health Initiative’’. 
SEC. 2. MACADAMIA TREE HEALTH INITIATIVE. 
Section 1672(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925(d)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(11) MACADAMIA TREE HEALTH INITIATIVE.— 
Research and extension grants may be made under 
this section for the purposes of— 
‘‘(A) developing and disseminating science- 
based tools and treatments to combat the maca-
damia felted coccid (Eriococcus ironsidei); and 
‘‘(B) establishing an areawide integrated 
pest management program in areas affected by, 
or areas at risk of being affected by, the maca-
damia felted coccid.’’. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3814
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage
under the Medicare Program of insulin pumps as items of durable
medical equipment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 7, 1998
Mr. EWING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for coverage under the Medicare Program of insulin
pumps as items of durable medical equipment.
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 ‘‘Medicare Insulin Pump
Coverage Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF INSULIN PUMPS UNDER MEDICARE.
(a) INCLUSION
AS ITEM
OF DURABLE MEDICAL
EQUIPMENT.—Section 1861(n) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(n)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and insu-
lin infusion pumps (as defined in subsection (uu)) pre-
scribed by the physician of an individual with type I diabe-
tes who is experiencing severe swings of high and low
blood glucose levels and has successfully completed a
training program that meets standards established by the
Secretary or who has used such a pump without interrup-
tion for at least 18 months immediately before enrollment
under part B’’ before the semicolon.
(b) DEFINITION OF INSULIN INFUSION PUMP.—Sec-
tion 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘Insulin Infusion Pump
‘‘(uu) The term ‘insulin infusion pump’ means an in-
fusion pump, approved by the Federal Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, that provides for the computerized delivery
of insulin for individuals with diabetes in lieu of multiple
daily manual insulin injections.’’.
(c) PAYMENT FOR SUPPLIES RELATING TO INFUSION
PUMPS.—Section 1834(a)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395m(a)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end;
and
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following
new clause:
‘‘(iv) which is an accessory used in
conjunction with an insulin infusion pump
(as defined in section 1861(uu)),’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to items of durable
medical equipment furnished under title XVIII of the So-
cial Security Act on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 624 
To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for gross 
violations of internationally recognized human rights, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons respon-
sible for gross violations of internationally recognized 
human rights, 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 ‘‘Global Magnitsky 
Human Rights Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs, and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means a person that is not a United States 
person. 
(3) GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY 
RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘gross vio-
lations of internationally recognized human rights’’ 
includes torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading 
treatment or punishment, prolonged arbitrary deten-
tion, causing the disappearance of persons by the 
abduction and clandestine detention of those per-
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‘‘(7) ANTI-ABUSE RULES.—For purposes of ap-
plying this subsection— 
‘‘(A) there shall be disregarded any item of 
income, gain, loss, or deduction with respect to 
any transaction or series of transactions one of 
the principal purposes of which is qualifying in-
come or gain for the exclusion under this sec-
tion, including any transaction or series of 
transactions a principal purpose of which is the 
acceleration or deferral of any item in order to 
claim the benefits of such exclusion through the 
application of this subsection, 
‘‘(B) there shall be disregarded any item of 
income, gain, loss, or deduction of an entity 
which is not engaged in regular and continuous 
transactions with customers which are not re-
lated persons, 
‘‘(C) there shall be disregarded any item of 
income, gain, loss, or deduction with respect to 
any transaction or series of transactions uti-
lizing, or doing business with— 
‘‘(i) one or more entities in order to 
satisfy any home country requirement 
under this subsection, or 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3818
To provide additional compensation for certain World War II veterans who
survived the Bataan Death March and were held as prisoners of war
by the Japanese.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 7, 1998
Mr. MICA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To provide additional compensation for certain World War
II veterans who survived the Bataan Death March and
were held as prisoners of war by the Japanese.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. PAYMENT TO WORLD WAR II VETERANS WHO
SURVIVED BATAAN DEATH MARCH.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned shall pay, upon request, to an individ-
ual described in subsection (b) the amount determined
with respect to that individual under subsection (c).