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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1316
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 25, 1997
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To amend chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, with
respect to the order of precedence to be applied in the
payment of life insurance benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS.
Section 8705 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) The’’ and
inserting ‘‘(a) Except as provided in subsection (e),
the’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e)(1) Any amount which would otherwise be paid
to a person determined under the order of precedence
named by subsection (a) shall be paid (in whole or in part)
by the Office to another person if and to the extent ex-
pressly provided for in the terms of any court decree of
divorce, annulment, or legal separation, or the terms of
any court order or court-approved property settlement
agreement incident to any court decree of divorce, annul-
ment, or legal separation.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, a decree, order,
or agreement referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be
effective unless it is received, before the date of the cov-
ered employee’s death, by the employing agency or, if the
employee has separated from service, by the Office.
‘‘(3) A designation under this subsection with respect
to any person may not be changed except—
‘‘(A) with the written consent of such person, if
received as described in paragraph (2); or
‘‘(B) by modification of the decree, order, or
agreement, as the case may be, if received as de-
scribed in paragraph (2).
‘‘(4) The Office shall prescribe any regulations nec-
essary to carry out this subsection, including regulations
for the application of this subsection in the event that 2
or more decrees, orders, or agreements, are received with
respect to the same amount.’’.
SEC. 2. DIRECTED ASSIGNMENT.
Section 8706(e) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e)(1)’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) A court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal
separation, or the terms of a court-approved property set-
tlement agreement incident to any court decree of divorce,
annulment, or legal separation, may direct that an insured
employee or former employee make an irrevocable assign-
ment of the employee’s or former employee’s incidents of
ownership in insurance under this chapter (if there is no
previous assignment) to the person specified in the court
order or court-approved property settlement agreement.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 265
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 1316
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 25, 1997
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
NOVEMBER 6, 1997
Reported by Mr. THOMPSON, without amendment
AN ACT
To amend chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, with
respect to the order of precedence to be applied in the
payment of life insurance benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS.
Section 8705 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) The’’ and
inserting ‘‘(a) Except as provided in subsection (e),
the’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e)(1) Any amount which would otherwise be paid
to a person determined under the order of precedence
named by subsection (a) shall be paid (in whole or in part)
by the Office to another person if and to the extent ex-
pressly provided for in the terms of any court decree of
divorce, annulment, or legal separation, or the terms of
any court order or court-approved property settlement
agreement incident to any court decree of divorce, annul-
ment, or legal separation.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, a decree, order,
or agreement referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be
effective unless it is received, before the date of the cov-
ered employee’s death, by the employing agency or, if the
employee has separated from service, by the Office.
‘‘(3) A designation under this subsection with respect
to any person may not be changed except—
‘‘(A) with the written consent of such person, if
received as described in paragraph (2); or
‘‘(B) by modification of the decree, order, or
agreement, as the case may be, if received as de-
scribed in paragraph (2).
‘‘(4) The Office shall prescribe any regulations nec-
essary to carry out this subsection, including regulations
for the application of this subsection in the event that 2
or more decrees, orders, or agreements, are received with
respect to the same amount.’’.
SEC. 2. DIRECTED ASSIGNMENT.
Section 8706(e) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e)(1)’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) A court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal
separation, or the terms of a court-approved property set-
tlement agreement incident to any court decree of divorce,
annulment, or legal separation, may direct that an insured
employee or former employee make an irrevocable assign-
ment of the employee’s or former employee’s incidents of
ownership in insurance under this chapter (if there is no
previous assignment) to the person specified in the court
order or court-approved property settlement agreement.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 1997.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
HR 3236 RDS
ning on October 1, 2015, and ending on October 29, 
2015’’. 
(4) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION SYS-
TEMS
AND
NETWORKS
DEPLOYMENT
PROGRAM.— 
Section 4101(c)(4) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 
1715) is amended by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 
2013 and 2014 and $20,821,918 for the period be-
ginning on October 1, 2014, and ending on July 31, 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2015 and $1,980,874 for the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2015, and ending on October 29, 
2015’’. 
(5) SAFETY
DATA
IMPROVEMENT
GRANTS.— 
Section 4101(c)(5) of SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 
1715) is amended by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 
2013 and 2014 and $2,498,630 for the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2014, and ending on July 31, 
2015’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2015 and $237,705 for the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2015, and ending on October 29, 
2015’’. 
(d) 
HIGH-PRIORITY
ACTIVITIES.—Section 
31104(k)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2006 through 2014 and 
up to $12,493,151 for the period beginning on October 
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‘‘(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘Federal land’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of the Interior; and 
‘‘(B) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
United States Forest Service. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
LAND
MANAGEMENT
AGEN-
CIES.—The term ‘Federal land management agen-
cies’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
‘‘(B) the National Park Service; 
‘‘(C) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
‘‘(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; and 
‘‘(E) the United States Forest Service. 
‘‘(3) WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION
OPERATIONS.— 
The term ‘wildfire suppression operations’ means the 
emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland 
firefighting, including support, response, emergency 
stabilization activities, and other emergency manage-
ment activities of wildland firefighting on Federal 
lands (or on non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire 
protection agreement or cooperative agreement) by 
the Federal land management agencies covered by 
the wildfire suppression subactivity of the Wildland 
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SEC. 817. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 
title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 
of this title or of title IV. 
SEC. 818. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used to carry out the Reproductive Health Non- 
Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014 (D.C. Law 20– 
261) or to implement any rule or regulation promulgated 
to carry out such Act. 
TITLE IX 
ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 901. (1) No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion or the administrative 
expenses in connection with a multi-State qualified health 
plan offered under a contract under section 1334 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
18054) which provides any benefits or coverage for abor-
tions. 
(2) The provision of paragraph (1) shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 
fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result 
of an act of rape or incest. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 902. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-
ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 144 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2995 
[Report No. 114–194] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for financial services and 
general government for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 
JULY 9, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2996 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to establish wildfire on Federal lands as a major disaster. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2015 
Mr. HARDY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to establish wildfire on Federal 
lands as a major disaster. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘means’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) MAJOR DISASTER.— 
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‘‘(A) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘major 
disaster’ means’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON 
FEDERAL
LANDS.—The term ‘major disaster 
for wildfire on Federal lands’ means any wild-
fire or wildfires, which in the determination of 
the President under section 802 warrants as-
sistance under section 803 to supplement the 
efforts and resources of the Department of the 
Interior or the Department of Agriculture— 
‘‘(i) on Federal lands; or 
‘‘(ii) on non-Federal lands pursuant 
to a fire protection agreement or coopera-
tive agreement.’’. 
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILD-
FIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE VIII—MAJOR DISASTER 
FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL 
LAND 
‘‘SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘As used in this title— 
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may use to carry out this section any funds appropriated 
to the Secretary for the renewal of contracts under a pro-
gram described in subsection (a). 
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2015. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 131
To provide that a new Federal program shall terminate not later than 5
years after the date of the enactment of the law that authorizes the program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr.
MCKEON, Mr. RIGGS, and Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Re-
form and Oversight
A BILL
To provide that a new Federal program shall terminate not
later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of
the law that authorizes the program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), a Federal program established after the date of the
enactment of this Act shall terminate on the earlier of—
(1) the termination date provided for the pro-
gram by the Act that authorizes the program; or
(2) 5 years after the date of the enactment of
such Act.
(b) EXCEPTION
FOR ENTITLEMENTS.—Subsection
(a) shall not apply to a program that requires a payment
by the United States to a person (including a govern-
mental entity) if, under the provisions of the Act that au-
thorizes the program, the United States is obligated to
make such payment to any person that meets the eligi-
bility requirements established under the program for such
payment.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1320
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive in the case of
multiemployer plans the section 415 limit on benefits to the participant’s
average compensation for his high 3 years.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 14, 1997
Mr. VISCLOSKY 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 waive
in the case of multiemployer plans the section 415 limit
on benefits to the participant’s average compensation
for his high 3 years.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS
UNDER SECTION 415 LIMIT ON BENEFITS.
Paragraph (11) of section 415(b) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to special limitation rule for
governmental plans) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND MULTI-
EMPLOYER PLANS’’ after ‘‘GOVERNMENTAL PLANS’’;
and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or a multiemployer plan (as
defined in section 414(f))’’ after ‘‘governmental plan
(as defined in section 414(d))’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 1 shall apply to
plan years beginning after December 31, 1997.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1322
To implement the Victims’ Rights Constitutional Amendment and protect
the rights of crime victims.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 15, 1997
Mr. HYDE (for himself, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. ROYCE, Mr.
STUMP, Mr. BONO, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. HORN, Mr. BRADY, Mr.
FOLEY, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. GALLEGLY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Mr.
LOBIONDO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To implement the Victims’ Rights Constitutional Amendment
and protect the rights of crime 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 ‘‘Victims’ Rights Con-
stitutional Amendment Implementation Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. CRIME VICTIM RIGHTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in section 3,
each victim of a Federal felony offense or any other Fed-
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX, ESTATE AND GIFT
TAXES, AND CERTAIN EXCISE TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 are hereby repealed:
(1) Chapter 1 (relating to income tax).
(2) Chapter 5 (relating to tax on transfers to
avoid income tax).
(3) Chapter 6 (relating to consolidated returns).
(4) Chapter 24 (relating to collection of income
tax at source).
(5) Subtitle B (relating to estate and gift
taxes).
(6) Chapter 31 (relating to retail excise taxes).
(7) Chapter 32 (relating to manufacturers ex-
cise taxes).
(8) Subtitle E (relating to alcohol, tobacco, and
certain other excise taxes).
(9) Subtitle F (relating to procedure and ad-
ministration of the income tax and certain other
taxes) except for section 6103 (relating to confiden-
tiality), chapter 66 (relating to limitations), chapter
67 (relating to interest), section 6656 (relating to
failure to make deposit of taxes), section 6657 (re-
lating to bad checks), section 6658 (relating to co-
ordination with title 11), chapter 75 (relating to
crimes), chapter 76 (relating to Judicial Proceed-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1323
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow deductions for
advertising expenses for tobacco products.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 15, 1997
Mr. MCHALE (for himself, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr.
YATES, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. GEJDENSON, Ms. FURSE, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr.
EVANS, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. DELAURO) 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 disallow
deductions for advertising expenses for tobacco products.
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 ‘‘Tobacco Advertising
Tax Reform Act’’.
SEC. 2. DISALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTIONS FOR ADVERTIS-
ING 
EXPENSES 
RELATING 
TO 
TOBACCO
PRODUCT USE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part IX of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
items not deductible) is amended by adding at the end
the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 280I. DISALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION FOR TOBACCO
ADVERTISING EXPENSES.
‘‘No deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for
expenses for advertising cigars, cigarettes, smokeless to-
bacco, pipe tobacco, or any similar tobacco product. For
purposes of this section, any term used in this section
which is also used in section 5702 shall have the same
meaning given such term by section 5702.’’
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for such part IX is amended by adding after the
item relating to section 280H the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 280I. Disallowance of deduction for tobacco advertising
expenses.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after De-
cember 31, 1996.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 29 
To prohibit the use of funds for granting deferred action or other immigration 
relief to aliens not lawfully present in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mrs. 
BLACK, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. ROE of 
Tennessee, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. FRANKS 
of Arizona, Mr. COOK, Mr. MARINO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. 
ROTHFUS, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. BARLETTA, and Mr. KLINE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of funds for granting deferred action 
or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present 
in the United States. 
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 ‘‘Separation of Powers 
Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
(a) FOR DEFERRED ACTION OR PAROLE.—None of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to any 
Federal department or agency may be used to parole an 
alien into the United States or grant deferred action on 
a final order of removal, for any reason other than on an 
individual case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian rea-
sons. 
(b) FOR
THE ISSUANCE
OF WORK PERMITS
OR 
GREEN CARDS.—None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to any Federal department or agency 
may be used to issue to any alien who, on the date of 
enactment of this Act, is unlawfully present in the United 
States any document attesting to the lawful permanent 
resident status of that alien, or to the authorization for 
employment in the United States of that alien. 
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described in section 1874(e)(4)(C)(ii) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395kk(e)(4)(C)(ii)). 
(7) ASSESSMENT FOR A BREACH.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a breach 
of a data use agreement under this section or 
section 1874(e) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395kk(e)), the Secretary shall impose 
an assessment on the qualified entity both in 
the case of— 
(i) an agreement between the Sec-
retary and a qualified entity; and 
(ii) an agreement between a qualified 
entity and an authorized user. 
(B) ASSESSMENT.—The assessment under 
subparagraph (A) shall be an amount up to 
$100 for each individual entitled to, or enrolled 
for, benefits under part A of title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act or enrolled for benefits 
under part B of such title— 
(i) in the case of an agreement de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(i), for whom 
the Secretary provided data on to the 
qualified entity under paragraph (2); and 
(ii) in the case of an agreement de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii), for whom 
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amended by inserting after section 23 the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 24. CHILD TAX CREDIT.
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—There shall be al-
lowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter
for the taxable year an amount equal to $500 multiplied
by the number of qualifying children of the taxpayer.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the credit
which would (but for this subsection) be allowed by
subsection (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero)
by $25 for each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) by
which the taxpayer’s adjusted gross income exceeds
the threshold amount.
‘‘(2) THRESHOLD AMOUNT.—For purposes of
paragraph (1), the term ‘threshold amount’ means—
‘‘(A) $110,000 in the case of a joint re-
turn,
‘‘(B) $75,000 in the case of an individual
who is not married, and
‘‘(C) $55,000 in the case of a married in-
dividual filing a separate return.
For purposes of this paragraph, marital status shall
be determined under section 7703.