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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3883 
To require the President to implement the recommendations of the President’s 
Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2014 
Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select 
Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the 
Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Armed 
Services, Foreign Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the President to implement the recommendations 
of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and 
Communications Technologies. 
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 ‘‘Big Brother Is Not 
Watching You Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRED IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDA-
TIONS. 
(a) REQUIRED ACTION.—The President and all Exec-
utive Departments and Independent Agencies shall take 
all such actions, including all necessary rulemaking, need-
ed to implement the 46 enumerated recommendations of 
the report entitled ‘‘Liberty and Security in a Changing 
World’’ issued on December 12, 2013, by the President’s 
Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Tech-
nologies. 
(b) GRANT OF AUTHORITY.—The President, Execu-
tive Departments, and Independent Agencies are granted 
all statutory authority necessary and proper to implement 
the recommendations referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. DEADLINES. 
(a) RULEMAKING.—All rulemaking originated pursu-
ant to section 1 of this Act shall be concluded within one 
year of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) EXECUTIVE ORDERS.—All Executive orders nec-
essary to accomplish the requirements of section 1 of this 
Act shall be issued within six months of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3886 
To amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000 to exempt payments made to States and counties under such 
Act from any reduction pursuant to a sequestration order and to reim-
burse those States and counties that returned a portion of their January 
2013 payment because of sequestration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2014 
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Re-
sources and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- 
Determination Act of 2000 to exempt payments made 
to States and counties under such Act from any reduc-
tion pursuant to a sequestration order and to reimburse 
those States and counties that returned a portion of 
their January 2013 payment because of sequestration, 
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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SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF PAYMENTS TO STATES AND 
COUNTIES 
UNDER 
THE 
SECURE 
RURAL 
SCHOOLS 
AND 
COMMUNITY 
SELF-DETER-
MINATION ACT OF 2000 FROM SEQUESTRA-
TION ORDERS. 
(a) EXEMPTION.—Section 403 of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 
(16 U.S.C. 7153) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) EXEMPTION FROM SEQUESTRATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any Presidential se-
questration order issued after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection under part C of title II of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 900 et seq.) shall provide that no reduction is made 
with respect to funds made available under section 402 
or derived from the other funding sources authorized by 
section 102(b)(3) for the purpose of making the payments 
to States and counties required by section 102.’’. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
PREVIOUSLY
SEQUES-
TERED PAYMENTS OR FORGIVENESS OF REPAYMENT RE-
QUIREMENT.— 
(1) REIMBURSEMENT
REQUIRED.—Using the 
payment sources authorized by subsection (b)(3) of 
section 102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Com-
munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
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7112), the Secretary of the Treasury shall reimburse 
each State or county that, in response to a Presi-
dential sequestration order issued during fiscal year 
2013, repaid some of the payment received by the 
State or county during such fiscal year under such 
section 102 either by— 
(A) returning to the Secretary a portion of 
the payment; 
(B) having funds deducted from other 
amounts due the State or county under such 
Act; or 
(C) providing some combination of return-
ing and deducting funds. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT
AMOUNT.—The amount 
to be reimbursed to a State or county under para-
graph (1) shall be equal to the amount repaid by the 
State or county as provided in such paragraph. 
(3) FORGIVENESS.—In the case of any State or 
county that did not repay, before the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the required portion of the pay-
ment received by the State or county during fiscal 
year 2013 under section 102 of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) despite the Presidential se-
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questration order, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall waive the repayment requirement. 
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or in part in carrying out any of the following func-
tions:
(A) Naval reactors development.
(B) Weapons activities including defense
inertial confinement fusion.
(C) Verification and control technology.
(D) Defense nuclear materials production.
(E) Defense nuclear waste and materials
byproducts management.
(F) Defense nuclear materials security and
safeguards and security investigations.
(G) Defense research and development.
(2) PORT AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘port author-
ity’’ means any local, regional, State, or interstate
authority having jurisdiction with respect to the op-
eration of a port in the United States.
(3) REPOSITORY.—The term ‘‘repository’’ has
the meaning given such term by section 2(18) of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10101(18)).
(4) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent
nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given such term by
section 2(23) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101(23)).
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(d) INELIGIBILITY
OF FOR-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS.—A State, unit of local government, or In-
dian tribe receiving a grant under this Act may not part-
ner with nor provide any grant funds to a for-profit edu-
cational institution for the provision of any of the pro-
grams or services described in subsection (b). 
(e) NO EFFECT ON RECEIPT OF UNEMPLOYMENT 
COMPENSATION.—An individual may participate in any 
program or receive any services funded by a grant under 
this Act, including the receipt of compensation described 
in subsection (b)(2) notwithstanding the fact that such in-
dividual is receiving unemployment compensation. An indi-
vidual’s participation or receipt of services or compensa-
tion funded by a grant under this Act shall not be a cause 
for any reduction of the amount of unemployment com-
pensation that such individual is otherwise entitled to. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act. 
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‘‘(i) a class action under Federal,
State, or local law; or
‘‘(ii) any challenge to the constitu-
tionality of any statute.
Additional causes of action qualify as a quali-
fied cause of action if they arise out of the
same transaction as a cause of action described
in subparagraph (A) unless such additional
causes of action are described in clause (i) or
(ii).
‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any
State of the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or
possession of the United States and includes any
recognized governing body of an Indian Tribe or
Alaskan Native Village that carries out substantial
governmental powers and duties.
‘‘SEC. 3. GRANTS.
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General
shall make grants to States for the provision of qualified
legal services. To receive a grant under this subsection a
State shall make an application to the Attorney General.
Such an application shall be in such form and submitted
in such manner as the Attorney General may require.
‘‘(b) POVERTY LINE.—Grants shall be made under
subsection (a) to States in such proportion as the number
of residents of each State which receive a grant who live
in households having income equal to or less than the pov-
erty line established under section 673(2) of the Commu-
nity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) bears
to the total number of residents in the United States living
in such households.
‘‘(c) RETENTION OF GRANT FUNDS.—Each State
may in any fiscal year retain for administrative costs not
more than 5 percent of the amount granted to the State
under subsection (a) in such fiscal year. The remainder
of such grant shall be paid under contracts to qualified
legal service providers in the State for the provision in
the State of qualified legal services. If a State which has
received a grant under subsection (a) has at the end of
any fiscal year funds which have not been obligated, such
State shall return such funds to the Attorney General.
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ACT.—No State may
receive a grant under subsection (a) unless the State has
certified to the Attorney General that the State will com-
ply with and enforce the requirements of this Act.
SEC. 3. TRANSITION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) TERMINATION.—The Legal Services Corporation
shall terminate on the expiration of 6 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) PENDING CASES.—During the 6-month period
after the termination of the Legal Services Corporation,
the Attorney General may make funds available to grant-
ees under the Legal Services Corporation Act to bring to
a completion any legal action filed in a State or Federal
court on or before the date of the enactment of this Act.
The Attorney General shall use funds appropriated to the
Attorney General under section 3(h) of the Legal Aid
Grant Act to fund such grantees. Such funds for such pur-
pose may not exceed 1 percent of the amount appropriated
to the Attorney General under such section 3(h) for fiscal
year 1996.
(c) TRANSITION.—Upon termination of such Cor-
poration all assets, liabilities, obligations, property, and
records employed directly or held or used primarily in con-
nection with any function of the President of the Legal
Services Corporation in carrying out legal services activi-
ties under the Legal Services Corporation Act shall be
transferred to the Attorney General.
(d) ACTION OF THE PRESIDENT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, upon termination of the Legal
provider’s principal place of business. Such an audit shall
be limited to a determination of whether such provider is
meeting the requirements of this Act and the provider’s con-
tract under section 4.
‘‘(i) RECOVERY OF FEES.—A contract shall provide for
the recovery of reasonable attorneys’ fees in any successful
action brought to compel payment to a qualified legal serv-
ice provider under a contract under section 4.
‘‘(j) TERMINATION AND RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—The
Attorney General, the Governor, or the authority which
awarded a contract shall terminate a qualified legal service
provider who is found to have a committed a material vio-
lation of this Act. A material violation shall include in-
volvement with any prohibited activity. A breach of con-
tract by a qualified legal service provider shall entitle the
Governor or the authority to terminate the contract, to
award a new contract, and to recover any funds improperly
expended by the provider, together with interest at the statu-
tory rate in the State for interest on judgments. If such
a breach was willful, the provider shall pay to the authority
which awarded the contract an additional amount equal
to one half of the amount improperly expended by the pro-
vider.’’.
waste, the State shall bear the burden of establish-
ing that the cost recovery surcharge satisfies the
conditions set forth in paragraph (5).
‘‘(h) IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT.—Any
State may adopt such laws and regulations, not inconsist-
ent with this section, as are necessary to implement and
enforce this section, including provisions for penalties.
‘‘(i) CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE.—
‘‘(1) LIMIT.—Any State may establish, pursu-
ant to this paragraph, a limit on the amount of out-
of-State construction and demolition waste for dis-
posal at landfills in the State. A limit under this
paragraph may be imposed consistent with each of
the following:
‘‘(A) By January 1, 1997, each State seek-
ing to limit under this paragraph the receipt of
out-of-State construction and demolition waste
shall establish and implement a mechanism for
measuring the amount of construction and dem-
olition waste generated within the State, dis-
posed of within the State, imported into the
State and exported for disposal.
‘‘(B) By March 1, 1999, each State seek-
ing to limit under this paragraph the receipt of
construction and demolition waste shall estab-
SEC. 3. TRANSITION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) TERMINATION.—The Legal Services Corporation
shall terminate on the expiration of 6 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(b) PENDING CASES.—During the 6-month period
after the termination of the Legal Services Corporation, the
Attorney General may make funds available to grantees
under the Legal Services Corporation Act to bring to a com-
pletion any legal action filed in a State or Federal court
on or before the date of the enactment of this Act. The Attor-
ney General shall use funds appropriated to the Attorney
General under section 3(i) of the Legal Aid Grant Act to
fund such grantees. Such funds for such purpose may not
exceed 1 percent of the amount appropriated to the Attorney
General under such section 3(i) for fiscal year 1996.
(c) TRANSITION.—Upon termination of such Corpora-
tion all assets, liabilities, obligations, property, and records
employed directly or held or used primarily in connection
with any function of the President of the Legal Services
Corporation in carrying out legal services activities under
the Legal Services Corporation Act shall be transferred to
the Attorney General.
(d) ACTION
OF
THE PRESIDENT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, upon termination of the Legal
Services Corporation the President of the Legal Services
Corporation shall take such action as may be necessary—
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 388 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 300 West Second 
Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ‘‘Morris Sheppard Arnold United 
States Courthouse’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2013 
Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. CRAWFORD, and 
Mr. COTTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 300 
West Second Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the 
‘‘Morris Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse’’. 
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 courthouse located at 300 West 
Second Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Morris Sheppard Arnold United 
States Courthouse’’. 
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the United 
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the ‘‘Morris Sheppard Arnold United 
States Courthouse’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3891 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary 
of Homeland Security to award Urban Area Security Initiative grants 
to nonprofit organizations not located in high-risk urban areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2014 
Ms. TITUS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to award Urban 
Area Security Initiative grants to nonprofit organizations 
not located in high-risk urban areas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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spect to gifts and contributions made by the
owner or operator.
‘‘(J) Any information that is required by
State or Federal law to be provided with re-
spect to compliance by the owner or operator
with the State solid waste management plan.
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—Prior to taking formal
action with respect to granting authorization to re-
ceive out-of-State municipal solid waste pursuant to
this subsection, an affected local government shall—
‘‘(A) notify the Governor, contiguous local
governments, and any contiguous Indian tribes;
‘‘(B) publish notice of the action in a
newspaper of general circulation at least 30
days before holding a hearing and again at
least 15 days before holding the hearing, except
where State law provides for an alternate form
of public notification; and
‘‘(C) provide an opportunity for public
comment in accordance with State law, includ-
ing at least 1 public hearing.
‘‘(b) ANNUAL STATE REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each year the owner or op-
erator of each landfill or incinerator receiving out-of-
State municipal solid waste shall submit to the af-
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AU-
THORITY TO AWARD URBAN AREA SECURITY 
INITIATIVE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANI-
ZATIONS NOT LOCATED IN HIGH-RISK URBAN 
AREAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2003 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR GRANTS TO NONPROFIT 
ORGANIZATIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary may award a grant under this section 
to an organization (as described under section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
tax section 501(a) of such code) located in an area that 
is not designated as a high-risk urban area.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) apply with respect to a grant made after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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ment: starting at a point on the eastern limit of the exist-
ing project, N251052.93, E783934.59, thence running
north 5 degrees 25 minutes 21.3 seconds east 341.06 feet
to a point, N251392.46, E783966.82, thence running
north 47 degrees 24 minutes 14.0 seconds west 268.72
feet to a point, N251574.34, E783769.00, thence running
north 88 degrees 41 minutes 52.2 seconds west 249.06
feet to a point, N251580.00, E783520.00, thence running
south 46 degrees 16 minutes 22.9 seconds west 318.28
feet to a point, N251360.00, E783290.00, thence running
south 19 degrees 01 minute 32.2 seconds east 306.76 feet
to a point, N251070.00, E783390.00, thence running
south 45 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east 155.56 feet
to a point, N250960.00, E783500.00 on the existing west-
ern limit.
(b) NON-FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR INITIAL
DREDGING.—Any required initial dredging of the widened
portions of the turning basin identified in subsection (a)
shall be accomplished at non-Federal expense.
(c) CONFORMING DEAUTHORIZATION.—Those por-
tions of the existing turning basin which are not included
in the reconfigured turning basin as described in sub-
section (a) shall no longer be authorized after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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(1) the purposes of the statute under which the 
Project is authorized would not be adequately served 
by continuation of Federal financial assistance for 
the Project; and 
(2) the Authority may be unable to— 
(A) meet the contributory match percent-
age identified in Attachment 1, section 5, of the 
grant agreement; and 
(B) complete the Project according to the 
Project schedules included in Attachment 3 or 
Attachment 3A of the grant agreement. 
(b) SUSPENSION REQUIREMENT.—Based on the de-
termination made under subsection (a), not later than 5 
days after the date of enactment of this Act the Federal 
Railroad Administration shall exercise its right under At-
tachment 1, section 23, of the grant agreement to suspend 
any further financial assistance for the Project under the 
grant agreement until— 
(1) the Authority certifies in writing to the 
Federal Railroad Administration that— 
(A) it has access to State funds, or other 
non-Federal funds, in the amounts specified in 
Attachment 1, section 5, of the grant agree-
ment; 
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guage for such authorization may vary as long as it
clearly and affirmatively states the approval or con-
sent of the affected local government or State for re-
ceipt of municipal solid waste from sources or loca-
tions outside the State from which the owner or op-
erator of a landfill or incinerator proposes to import
it.’’.
SEC. 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.
The table of contents in section 1001 of the Solid
Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. prec. 6901) is amended
by adding after the item relating to section 4010 the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘Sec. 4011. Interstate transportation and disposal of municipal solid waste.’’.
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