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H. Res. 794 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 5, 2016. 
Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolu-
tion the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 
declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 5485) making appropriations for financial services and 
general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2017, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined 
to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations. 
SEC. 2. (a) After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall 
be considered as read through page 265, line 9. Points of 
order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 
clause 2 or clause 5(a) of rule XXI are waived except as fol-
lows: beginning with ‘‘: Provided further’’ on page 122, line
programs under section 1861(v) if the individ-
uals had not been enrolled as described in sub-
paragraph (A).’’.
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•HRES 794 EH 
19, through ‘‘2012’’ on page 122, line 22. Where points of 
order are waived against part of a paragraph, points of order 
against a provision in another part of such paragraph may 
be made only against such provision and not against the en-
tire paragraph. 
(b) No amendment to the bill shall be in order except 
those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution, amendments en bloc described in sec-
tion 3 of this resolution, and pro forma amendments de-
scribed in section 4 of this resolution. 
(c) Each amendment printed in the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules shall be considered only in the order printed 
in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable 
for the time specified in the report equally divided and con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be sub-
ject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this res-
olution, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
(d) All points of order against amendments printed in 
the report of the Committee on Rules or against amendments 
en bloc described in section 3 of this resolution are waived. 
SEC. 3. It shall be in order at any time for the chair of 
the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in the
•HRES 794 EH 
report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu-
tion not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc offered pur-
suant to this section shall be considered as read, shall be de-
batable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ap-
propriations or their respective designees, shall not be subject 
to amendment except as provided by section 4 of this resolu-
tion, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
SEC. 4. During consideration of the bill for amendment, 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 
10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose 
of debate. 
SEC. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to 
the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without inter-
vening motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. 
SEC. 6. Section 1201 of H.R. 5485 shall be considered 
to be a spending reduction account for purposes of section 
3(d) of House Resolution 5.
•HRES 794 EH 
SEC. 7. During consideration of H.R. 5485, section 3304 
of Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 shall not apply. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4736
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the proper payment
of approved nursing and paramedical education programs under the
Medicare Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 8, 1998
Mr. BENTSEN (for himself, Mr. CRANE, Mr. GANSKE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. RAN-
GEL, Mr. STARK, and Mr. JEFFERSON) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined 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 ensure
the proper payment of approved nursing and paramedical
education programs under the Medicare Program.
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 Nursing and
Paramedical Education Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF NURSING AND PARAMEDICAL EDU-
CATION 
COSTS 
IN 
CALCULATING
MEDICARE+CHOICE PAYMENT RATE.
(a) EXCLUDING COSTS IN CALCULATING PAYMENT
RATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1853(c)(3)(C)(i) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–
23(c)(3)(C)(i)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
subclause (II) and inserting ‘‘, and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
‘‘(III) for costs attributable to
approved nursing and paramedical
education programs under section
1861(v).’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by paragraph (1) apply in determining the annual
per capita rate of payment for years beginning with
2000.
(b) PAYMENT
TO HOSPITALS
OF NURSING
AND
PARAMEDICAL
EDUCATION
PROGRAM
COSTS
FOR
MEDICARE+CHOICE ENROLLEES.—Section 1886(d) of
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Whereas the World Health Organization adopted similar 
country-specific and biased resolutions targeting Israel at 
the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly in 2014, and 
again at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in 
2015; and 
Whereas the United States has consistently remained opposed 
to these resolutions noting that the resolutions are incon-
sistent ‘‘with the shared objective of a Health Assembly 
focused purely on public health that refrained from sin-
gling out countries on a political basis’’: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) affirms the votes of the eight countries in-
cluding the United States opposing the Sixty-ninth 
World Health Assembly resolution titled, ‘‘Health 
conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, in-
cluding east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian 
Golan’’; 
(2) urges the World Health Assembly to annul 
the aforementioned resolution; and 
(3) urges the World Health Organization to 
abide by their stated goals of leadership on critical 
health matters and cease engagement on matters of 
political nature. 
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treatment which, in the opinion of the treating phy-
sician, is medically necessary to approximate a nor-
mal appearance.
‘‘(3) TREATMENT DEFINED.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In this section, the
term ‘treatment’ includes reconstructive sur-
gical procedures (procedures that are generally
performed to improve function, but may also be
performed to approximate a normal appear-
ance) that are performed on abnormal struc-
tures of the body caused by congenital defects,
developmental abnormalities, trauma, infection,
tumors, or disease, including—
‘‘(i) procedures that do not materially
affect the function of the body part being
treated; and
‘‘(ii) procedures for secondary condi-
tions and follow-up treatment.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Such term does not in-
clude cosmetic surgery performed to reshape
normal structures of the body to improve ap-
pearance or self-esteem.
‘‘(b) NOTICE.—A health insurance issuer under this
part shall comply with the notice requirement under sec-
tion 713(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974 with respect to the requirements referred to
in subsection (a) as if such section applied to such issuer
and such issuer were a group health plan.’’.
(2) Section 2762(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
300gg–62(b)(2)), as added by section 605(b)(3)(B) of
Public Law 104–204, is amended by striking ‘‘section
2751’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2751 and 2752’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—(1) The amendments made
by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to group health
plans for plan years beginning on or after January 1,
1999.
(2) The amendment made by subsection (b) shall
apply with respect to health insurance coverage offered,
sold, issued, renewed, in effect, or operated in the individ-
ual market on or after such date.
(d) COORDINATED REGULATIONS.—Section 104(1)
of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 is amended by striking ‘‘this subtitle (and the
amendments made by this subtitle and section 401)’’ and
inserting ‘‘the provisions of part 7 of subtitle B of title
I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, the provisions of parts A and C of title XXVII of
the Public Health Service Act, and chapter 100 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986’’.
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IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 795 
Recognizing the 70th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2016 
Mr. HILL (for himself, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. 
COLE, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEKS, and Mr. PEARCE) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the 70th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program. 
Whereas August 1, 2016, marks the 70th anniversary of 
President Harry S. Truman signing into law the Ful-
bright Act of 1946; 
Whereas the Fulbright Program was established by Senator 
James William Fulbright of Arkansas for the ‘‘promotion 
of international good will through the exchange of stu-
dents in the fields of education, culture, and science’’; 
Whereas the Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau 
of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of 
State; 
Whereas the Fulbright Program provides approximately 
8,000 grants annually and currently operates in over 160 
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•HRES 795 IH 
countries, including 50 that have established cost-sharing 
binational commissions; 
Whereas 1,300 United States higher education institutions, 
both public and private, host students at home and send 
scholars abroad; 
Whereas current Fulbright students and scholars hail from 
all 50 States and 2 United States territories, and ap-
proximately a quarter are from minority or underrep-
resented populations; 
Whereas more than 370,000 persons from across the globe 
have benefited from this unique opportunity; 
Whereas alumni of the Fulbright Program include 54 Nobel 
Prize laureates, 82 recipients of the Pulitzer Prize, 33 
heads of state, 16 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipi-
ents, 8 members of the United States Congress, and a 
former Secretary-General of the United Nations; 
Whereas, on April 21, 2016, an American Elm was planted 
on the Capitol grounds in recognition of the 70th anni-
versary of the Fulbright Program; and 
Whereas the Fulbright Program promotes United States 
higher education abroad and remains a valuable diplo-
matic tool: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 70th anniversary of the 
founding of the Fulbright Program; 
(2) encourages the President and the Secretary 
of State to work with the Bureau of Educational 
and Cultural Affairs to support the work of the Ful-
bright Program; 
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(3) congratulates all recipients of Fulbright 
awards, both past and present; and 
(4) calls on students, scholars, and profes-
sionals around the world to seek out opportunities to 
engage with each other and promote international 
good will. 
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H. Res. 797 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 23, 2016. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall 
be in order to consider the conference report to accompany 
the bill (H.R. 2577) making appropriations for the Depart-
ments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2016, and for other purposes. All points of order 
against the conference report and against its consideration 
are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
conference report to its adoption without intervening motion. 
During consideration of the conference report, the second 
sentence of clause 1(a) of rule XIX shall not apply. 
SEC. 2. It shall be in order without intervention of any 
point of order to consider concurrent resolutions providing for 
adjournment during the month of July, 2016. 
SEC. 3. On any legislative day during the period from 
June 23, 2016, through July 4, 2016—
•HRES 798 IH 
Whereas the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly adopted its 
only country-specific resolution requesting the Director- 
General ‘‘to report and make practical recommendations 
on the health conditions in the occupied Palestinian terri-
tory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syr-
ian Golan’’, at the next annual World Health Assembly; 
Whereas the resolution uniquely singles out the State of 
Israel, diverting resources from global health challenges 
towards a politically motivated agenda; 
Whereas seven nations joined the United States in con-
demning this resolution, Australia, Canada, Guatemala, 
Israel, Micronesia (Federated States of), Papua New 
Guinea, and Paraguay; 
Whereas the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly ignored the 
public health crisis caused by the violence in Syria, which 
has seen outbreaks of polio, leishmaniasis, and cholera, 
and where regime and associated forces have targeted 
medical facilities and providers, leaving Syrians with 
fewer places to access care; 
Whereas the State of Israel continues to provide medical care 
to Palestinians and facilitate workshops for Palestinian 
health care professionals; 
Whereas the Coordinator of Government Activities in the 
Territories Unit (COGAT) reported ‘‘over 190,000 en-
trances from the West Bank into Israel for Palestinians 
receiving medical treatment in Israel and their compan-
ions in 2015’’; 
Whereas Israel continues to treat Syrians fleeing the Syrian 
civil war in hospitals that Israel erected on its border 
with Syria for that purpose; 
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•HRES 797 EH 
(a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 
shall be considered as approved; and 
(b) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad-
journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 
clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an-
nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 
SEC. 4. The Speaker may appoint Members to perform 
the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period ad-
dressed by section 3 of this resolution as though under clause 
8(a) of rule I. 
SEC. 5. It shall be in order at any time on the legislative 
day of June 23, 2016, or June 24, 2016, for the Speaker to 
entertain motions that the House suspend the rules as 
though under clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or his des-
ignee shall consult with the Minority Leader or her designee 
on the designation of any matter for consideration pursuant 
to this section. 
SEC. 6. Upon adoption of the conference report specified 
in the first section of this resolution, House Concurrent Reso-
lution 139 shall be considered as adopted. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 798 
Affirming the votes of the eight countries including the United States oppos-
ing the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly resolution titled, ‘‘Health 
conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, 
and in the occupied Syrian Golan’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2016 
Mr. FLEMING (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mr. BRENDAN F. 
BOYLE of Pennsylvania) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Affirming the votes of the eight countries including the 
United States opposing the Sixty-ninth World Health 
Assembly resolution titled, ‘‘Health conditions in the oc-
cupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, 
and in the occupied Syrian Golan’’. 
Whereas the World Health Assembly is the decisionmaking 
body of the World Health Organization and sets policies 
for the Organization; 
Whereas the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly adopted sev-
eral resolutions, with topics spanning from the prevention 
and control of non-communicable diseases, ending child-
hood obesity, air pollution, and healthy aging; 
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ated or organized (or in the case of a
qualified business unit described in section
989(a), is attributable to activities of the
unit in the country in which the unit both
maintains its principal office and conducts
substantial business activity).’’.
(d) EXEMPTION FROM FOREIGN BASE COMPANY
SERVICES INCOME.—Paragraph (2) of section 954(e) is
amended by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B)
and inserting a period, by striking subparagraph (C), and
by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:
‘‘Paragraph (1) shall also not apply to income which
is exempt insurance income (as defined in section
953(e)) or which is not treated as foreign personal
holding income by reason of subsection (c)(2)(C)(ii),
(h), or (i).’’.
(e) EXEMPTION FOR GAIN.—Section 954(c)(1)(B)(i)
(relating to net gains from certain property transactions)
is amended by inserting ‘‘other than property which gives
rise to income not treated as foreign personal holding com-
pany income by reason of subsection (h) or (i) for the tax-
able year’’ before the comma at the end.
(1) The amendments made by subsections (a)
and (b)(3) shall apply to taxable years beginning
after December 31, 1983.
(2) The amendment made by subsection (b)(1)
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 1986.
(3) The amendment made by subsection (b)(2)
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 1990.
SEC. 405. OTHER AMENDMENTS.
(a) AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SECTION 6103 OF
1986 CODE.—
(1) Subsection (j) of section 6103 of the 1986
Code is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(5) DEPARTMENT
OF
AGRICULTURE.—Upon
request in writing by the Secretary of Agriculture,
the Secretary shall furnish such returns, or return
information reflected thereon, as the Secretary may
prescribe by regulation to officers and employees of
the Department of Agriculture whose official duties
require access to such returns or information for the
purpose of, but only to the extent necessary in,
structuring, preparing, and conducting the census of
agriculture pursuant to the Census of Agriculture
Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–113).’’.
(2) Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p) of the
1986 Code is amended by striking ‘‘(j)(1) or (2)’’ in
the material preceding subparagraph (A) and in sub-
paragraph (F) and inserting ‘‘(j)(1), (2), or (5)’’.
(3) The amendments made by this subsection
shall apply to requests made on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(b) AMENDMENT RELATED TO SECTION 9004 OF
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
FOR
THE 21ST CEN-
TURY.—
(1) Paragraph (2) of section 9503(f) of the
1986 Code is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) notwithstanding section 9602(b), obliga-
tions held by such Fund after September 30, 1998,
shall be obligations of the United States which are
not interest-bearing.’’
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect on October 1, 1998.
(c) AMENDMENT RELATED TO TREASURY AND GEN-
ERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999.—
(1) The Treasury and General Government Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 is amended by striking sec-
tion 804 (relating to technical and clarifying amend-
ments relating to judicial retirement program).
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect as if such section 804 had never
been enacted.
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Clause (i) of section 51(d)(6)(B) of the
1986 Code is amended by striking ‘‘rehabilitation
plan’’ and inserting ‘‘plan for employment’’. The ref-
erence to ‘‘plan for employment’’ in such clause shall
be treated as including a reference to the rehabilita-
tion plan referred to in such clause as in effect be-
fore the amendment made by the preceding sen-
tence.
(2) Paragraph (3) of section 56(a) of the 1986
Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 460(b)(2)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 460(b)(1)’’ and by striking
‘‘section 
460(b)(4)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section
460(b)(3)’’.
(3) Paragraph (10) of section 2031(c) of the
1986 Code is amended by striking ‘‘section
2033A(e)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2057(e)(3)’’.
(4) Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section
6693(a)(2) of the 1986 Code are each amended by
striking ‘‘Section’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 12,
1998.
Attest:
Clerk.
IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 79 
Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Rules in the One 
Hundred Fourteenth Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 
Mr. SESSIONS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
RESOLUTION 
Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on 
Rules in the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress. 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. AMOUNTS FOR COMMITTEE EXPENSES. 
For the expenses of the Committee on Rules (here-
after in this resolution referred to as the ‘‘Committee’’), 
including the expenses of all staff salaries, there shall be 
paid, out of the applicable accounts of the House of Rep-
resentatives for committee salaries and expenses, not more 
than $5,771,964 for the One Hundred Fourteenth Con-
gress. 
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SEC. 2. SESSION LIMITATIONS. 
Of the amount specified in section 1— 
(1) not more than $2,885,982 shall be available 
for expenses incurred during the period beginning at 
noon on January 3, 2015, and ending immediately 
before noon on January 3, 2016; and 
(2) not more than $2,885,982 shall be available 
for expenses incurred during the period beginning at 
noon on January 3, 2016, and ending immediately 
before noon on January 3, 2017. 
SEC. 3. VOUCHERS. 
Payments under this resolution shall be made on 
vouchers authorized by the Committee, signed by the 
Chairman of the Committee, and approved in the manner 
directed by the Committee on House Administration. 
SEC. 4. REGULATIONS. 
Amounts made available under this resolution shall 
be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by 
the Committee on House Administration. 
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