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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2860
To repeal restrictive provisions of Federal law relating to colored margarine.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1996
Mr. WHITFIELD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To repeal restrictive provisions of Federal law relating to
colored margarine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COLORED MARGARINE.
(a) FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT.—
(1) SECTION 301.—Paragraph (m) of section
301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 331) is repealed.
(2) SECTION 407.—Section 407 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 347) is
repealed.
H. R. 4994—2 
‘‘(ii) enable comparison of such assessment data 
across all such providers to whom such data are 
applicable. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(A) POST-ACUTE
CARE
(PAC)
PROVIDER.—The terms 
‘post-acute care provider’ and ‘PAC provider’ mean— 
‘‘(i) a home health agency; 
‘‘(ii) a skilled nursing facility; 
‘‘(iii) an inpatient rehabilitation facility; and 
‘‘(iv) a long-term care hospital (other than a hos-
pital classified under section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv)(II)). 
‘‘(B) PAC ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT.—The term ‘PAC 
assessment instrument’ means— 
‘‘(i) in the case of home health agencies, the 
instrument used for purposes of reporting and assess-
ment with respect to the Outcome and Assessment 
Information Set (OASIS), as described in sections 
484.55 and 484.250 of title 42, the Code of Federal 
Regulations, or any successor regulation, or any other 
instrument used with respect to home health agencies 
for such purposes; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of skilled nursing facilities, the 
resident’s assessment under section 1819(b)(3); 
‘‘(iii) in the case of inpatient rehabilitation facili-
ties, any Medicare beneficiary assessment instrument 
established by the Secretary for purposes of section 
1886(j); and 
‘‘(iv) in the case of long-term care hospitals, the 
Medicare beneficiary assessment instrument used with 
respect to such hospitals for the collection of data 
elements necessary to calculate quality measures as 
described in the August 18, 2011, Federal Register 
(76 Fed. Reg. 51754–51755), including for purposes 
of section 1886(m)(5)(C), or any other instrument used 
with respect to such hospitals for assessment purposes. 
‘‘(C) APPLICABLE
REPORTING
PROVISION.—The term 
‘applicable reporting provision’ means— 
‘‘(i) 
for 
home 
health 
agencies, 
section 
1895(b)(3)(B)(v); 
‘‘(ii) for skilled nursing facilities, section 1888(e)(6); 
‘‘(iii) for inpatient rehabilitation facilities, section 
1886(j)(7); and 
‘‘(iv) 
for 
long-term 
care 
hospitals, 
section 
1886(m)(5). 
‘‘(D) PAC PAYMENT SYSTEM.—The term ‘PAC payment 
system’ means— 
‘‘(i) with respect to a home health agency, the 
prospective payment system under section 1895; 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a skilled nursing facility, the 
prospective payment system under section 1888(e); 
‘‘(iii) with respect to an inpatient rehabilitation 
facility, the prospective payment system under section 
1886(j); and 
‘‘(iv) with respect to a long-term care hospital, 
the prospective payment system under section 1886(m). 
‘‘(E) SPECIFIED APPLICATION DATE.—The term ‘specified 
application date’ means the following:
(b) FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT.—Section 15
of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 55) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and
inserting ‘‘(a)’’ and by striking paragraph (2), and
(2) by repealing subsection (f).
(c) ACT OF MARCH 16, 1950.—Sections 3(a) and 6
of the Act of March 16, 1950 (21 U.S.C. 347a, 347b)
are repealed.
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SEC. 2. STANDARDIZATION OF POST-ACUTE CARE DATA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XVIII of the Social Security 
Act is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 1899B. STANDARDIZED POST-ACUTE CARE (PAC) AS-
SESSMENT DATA FOR QUALITY, PAYMENT, 
AND DISCHARGE PLANNING. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR STANDARDIZED ASSESS-
MENT DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) require under the applicable reporting 
provisions post-acute care providers (as defined 
in paragraph (2)(A)) to report— 
‘‘(i) standardized patient assessment 
data in accordance with subsection (b); 
‘‘(ii) data on quality measures under 
subsection (c)(1); and 
‘‘(iii) data on resource use and other 
measures under subsection (d)(1); 
‘‘(B) require data described in subpara-
graph (A) to be standardized and interoperable 
so as to allow for the exchange of such data 
among such post-acute care providers and other 
providers and the use by such providers of such 
data that has been so exchanged, including by 
using common standards and definitions, in 
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H. R. 4994—19 
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows: ‘‘MEDICARE 
IMPROVEMENT FUND’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish under this 
title a Medicare Improvement Fund (in this section referred to 
as the ‘Fund’) which shall be available to the Secretary to make 
improvements under the original Medicare fee-for-service program 
under parts A and B for individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, 
benefits under part or enrolled under part B including adjustments 
to payments for items and services furnished by providers of services 
and suppliers under such original Medicare fee-for-service pro-
gram.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘during’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘during and after fiscal year 2020, 
$195,000,000.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘from the Federal’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘from the Federal Hospital Insur-
ance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insur-
ance Trust Fund in such proportion as the Secretary determines 
appropriate.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2861
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude long-term capital
gains from gross income.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1996
Mr. DREIER (for himself, Mr. TAUZIN, and Mr. ZIMMER) 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
long-term capital gains from gross 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 ‘‘Private Sector Job
Creation and Economic Growth Act’’.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME FOR LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS.
(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. 100 PERCENT EXCLUSION FOR LONG-TERM CAP-
ITAL GAIN.
‘‘Gross income shall not include 100 percent of any
long-term capital gain recognized on the sale or exchange
of any property.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for such part III is amended by striking the last item and
inserting the following new items:
‘‘Sec. 137. 100 percent exclusion for long-term capital gain.
‘‘Sec. 138. Cross references to other Acts.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to sales and exchanges occurring
after December 31, 1994, in taxable years ending after
such date.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2862
To permanently increase the public debt limit.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 22, 1996
Mrs. KENNELLY (for herself, Mr. SABO, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. MATSUI, Mr.
KLECZKA, Mr. STARK, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. MCDERMOTT,
Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. FORD, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. PAYNE of Vir-
ginia, Mr. COYNE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. GEPHARDT) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To permanently increase the public debt limit.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.
Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking the dollar amount
contained 
in 
such 
subsection 
and 
inserting
‘‘$5,500,000,000,000’’.
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4994 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for standardized 
post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge 
planning, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2014 
Mr. CAMP (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KIND, Mr. TIBERI, and Mrs. BLACK) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
for standardized post-acute care assessment data for 
quality, payment, and discharge planning, 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 ‘‘Improving Medicare 
Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014’’ or the 
‘‘IMPACT Act of 2014’’. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2865
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the tax on handguns
and assault weapons, to increase the license application fee for gun
dealers, and to use the proceeds from those increases to pay for medical
care for gunshot victims.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 23, 1996
Mrs. MEEK of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on
the Judiciary and Commerce, 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 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase
the tax on handguns and assault weapons, to increase
the license application fee for gun dealers, and to use
the proceeds from those increases to pay for medical
care for gunshot victims.
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 ‘‘Firearm Victims Pre-
vention Act of 1996’’.
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bill, except that in the event the manager of the bill
is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the time
in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the mi-
nority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either
of them, may, from the time under their control on
the passage of the bill, allot additional time to any
Senator during the consideration of any debatable
motion or appeal.
(4) A motion to further limit debate is not de-
batable. A motion to recommit (except a motion to
recommit with instructions to report back within a
specified number of days not to exceed one, not
counting any day on which the Senate is not in ses-
sion) is not in order.
(f) POINTS OF ORDER.—
(1) It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any rescission/receipts disapproval bill that
relates to any matter other than the rescission of
budget authority or veto of the provision of law
transmitted by the President under this Act.
(2) It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any amendment to a rescission/receipts dis-
approval bill.
(1) the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion was created as an independent agency, in 1974, 
with a mandate— 
(A) to enforce and administer the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); 
(B) to ensure commodities market integ-
rity; 
(C) to protect commodities market users 
from fraud and abusive trading practices; and 
(D) to prevent and prosecute manipulation 
of the price of any commodity in interstate 
commerce; 
(2) Congress has given the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission authority under the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.) to take necessary 
actions to address market emergencies; 
(3) the Commodity Futures Trading Commis-
sion may use the emergency authority of the Com-
mission with respect to any major market disturb-
ance that prevents the market from accurately re-
flecting the forces of supply and demand for a com-
modity; 
(4) Congress declared in section 4a of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 6a) that excessive 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4995 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, California, as the ‘‘Marilyn 
Monroe Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2014 
Mr. CA´RDENAS (for himself, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. SWALWELL 
of California, Mr. COSTA, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. FARR, Mr. 
RUIZ, Mr. PETERS of California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. WATERS, 
and Mr. LOWENTHAL) 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 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in Van Nuys, Cali-
fornia, as the ‘‘Marilyn Monroe Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MARILYN MONROE POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 6531 Van Nuys Boulevard in 
Van Nuys, California, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Marilyn Monroe Post Office’’. 
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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 ‘‘Marilyn Monroe Post 
Office’’. 
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(1) Section 611(a)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘608(b),’’. 
(2) Section 611(a)(2) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘608(b),’’. 
(3) Section 611(a)(3) of such title is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(3)(A) A small entity’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) A small entity’’. 
SEC. 306. PROCEDURES FOR GATHERING COMMENTS. 
Section 609 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking subsection (b) and all that follows through 
the end of the section and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b)(1) Prior to publication of any proposed rule de-
scribed in subsection (e), an agency making such rule shall 
notify the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Busi-
ness Administration and provide the Chief Counsel with— 
‘‘(A) all materials prepared or utilized by the 
agency in making the proposed rule, including the 
draft of the proposed rule; and 
‘‘(B) information on the potential adverse and 
beneficial economic impacts of the proposed rule on 
small entities and the type of small entities that 
might be affected.
seq.) 
may—’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(8 
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.)—’’; 
(II) in clause (i), by inserting be-
fore ‘‘permit such child to withdraw’’ 
the following: ‘‘may’’; and 
(III) in clause (ii), by inserting 
before ‘‘return such child’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘shall’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by amending the heading to 
read as follows: ‘‘AGREEMENTS WITH 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.’’; and 
(II) in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by striking ‘‘The Secretary 
of State shall negotiate agreements 
between the United States and coun-
tries contiguous to the United States’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of State 
may negotiate agreements between the 
United States and any foreign country 
that the Secretary determines appro-
priate’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)(D)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘, except for an unaccompanied 
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property or stock is acquired from a related person.
The preceding sentence shall not apply to the extent
that the related person acquired the replacement prop-
erty or stock from an unrelated person during the pe-
riod described in subsection (a)(2)(B).
‘‘(2) RELATED PERSON.—For purposes of this
subsection, a person is related to another person if the
person bears a relationship to the other person de-
scribed in section 267(b) or 707(b)(1).’’
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
paragraph (1) shall apply to involuntary conversions
occurring on or after February 6, 1995.
(b) APPLICATION OF SECTION 1033 TO CERTAIN SALES
REQUIRED FOR MICROWAVE RELOCATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1033 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to involuntary conver-
sions), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by
redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k) and by
inserting after subsection (i) the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j) SALES OR EXCHANGES TO IMPLEMENT MICRO-
WAVE RELOCATION POLICY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subtitle,
if a taxpayer elects the application of this subsection
to a qualified sale or exchange, such sale or exchange
shall be treated as an involuntary conversion to which
this section applies.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED SALE OR EXCHANGE.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), the term ‘qualified sale or ex-
change’ means a sale or exchange before January 1,
2000, which is certified by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission as having been made by a taxpayer
in connection with the relocation of the taxpayer from
the 1850–1990MHz spectrum by reason of the Federal
Communications Commission’s reallocation of that
spectrum for use for personal communications serv-
ices. The Commission shall transmit copies of certifi-
cations under this paragraph to the Secretary.’’
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
paragraph (1) shall apply to sales or exchanges after
March 14, 1995.
SEC. 4. DENIAL OF EARNED INCOME CREDIT FOR INDIVID-
UALS HAVING MORE THAN $2,450 OF INVEST-
MENT INCOME.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 32 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsections (i)
and (j) as subsections (j) and (k), respectively, and by in-
serting after subsection (h) the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) DENIAL OF CREDIT FOR INDIVIDUALS HAVING
MORE THAN $2,450 OF INVESTMENT INCOME.—
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insured by the Secretary under this Act, or to accept as-
signments of such mortgages.’’.
(c) APPLICABILITY
OF AMENDMENTS.—Except as
provided in subsection (e), the amendments made by sub-
sections (a) and (b) shall apply only with respect to mort-
gages insured under the National Housing Act that are
originated before October 1, 1995.
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development shall issue interim regulations to
implement this section and the amendments made by this
section.
(e) EFFECTIVENESS
AND APPLICABILITY.—If this
Act is enacted after the date of enactment of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1995—
(1) subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this sec-
tion shall not take effect; and
(2) section 2052(c) of the Balanced Budget Act
of 1995 is amended by striking ‘‘that are originated
on or after October 1, 1995’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘that are originated before, during, and after
fiscal year 1996.’’.
This Act may be cited as ‘‘The Balanced Budget
Downpayment Act, I’’.
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year 1995 and which by its terms is applicable to more
than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be appli-
cable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in
this title of this Act.
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant-
ed pursuant to this title of this Act shall cover all obliga-
tions or expenditures incurred for any program, project,
or activity during the period for which funds or authority
for such project or activity are available under this Act.
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this title
of this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro-
priations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this title of this Act shall be available until
(a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project
or activity provided for in this title of this Act, or (b) the
enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act
without any provision for such project or activity, or (c)
March 15, 1996, whichever first occurs.
SEC. 107. This title of this Act shall be implemented
so that only the most limited funding action of that per-
mitted in title of this Act shall be taken in order to provide
for continuation of projects and activities.
SEC. 108. Expenditures made pursuant to this title
of this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropria-
tion, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2864
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for 501(c)(3)
bonds a tax treatment similar to governmental bonds, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 23, 1996
Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. CRANE, Mr. NEAL of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SHAW, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, and
Mrs. KENNELLY) 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 provide
for 501(c)(3) bonds a tax treatment similar to govern-
mental bonds, 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 ‘‘Nonprofit Organiza-
tions Tax-Exempt Bond Reform Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. TAX TREATMENT OF 501(c)(3) BONDS SIMILAR TO
GOVERNMENTAL BONDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 150 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to definitions
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4997 
To provide assistance to sub-Saharan Africa to combat obstetric fistula. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2014 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Ms. LEE of California) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide assistance to sub-Saharan Africa to combat 
obstetric fistula. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘United States Leadership to Eradicate Obstetric Fistula 
Act of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Comprehensive, integrated, 10-year strategy to combat obstetric fistula 
in sub-Saharan Africa. 
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