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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1618 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters 
to vote by mail in Federal elections. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2015 
Mrs. DAVIS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow 
all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections. 
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 ‘‘Universal Right to 
Vote by Mail Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) An inequity of voting rights exists in the 
United States because voters in some States have 
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5, United States Code, for the period covered 
by the report. 
(B) An assessment of progress made to-
ward meeting the backlog goals pursuant to 
subsection (e) during the period covered by the 
report and the periods covered by the two pre-
ceding reports. 
(2) FISCAL
YEAR
2016
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Chief FOIA Officer shall include in the second semi-
annual privacy report for fiscal year 2016 each of 
the following: 
(A) A description of any cost savings iden-
tified under subsection (d). 
(B) The plan developed under subsection 
(d). 
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(C) a successor contract is not being con-
sidered for approval under section 123 or the
Corporation has already rejected two successor
contracts;
(D) the guaranteed party is not appealing
the rejection by the Corporation, under section
123, of a successor contract or final judgment
has been reached on such an appeal; or
(E) the guaranteed party is not a debtor
under any proceeding under title 11 of the
United States Code,
the Corporation may appoint a receiver for the guar-
anteed party and file a bankruptcy petition, pursu-
ant to section 125(c).
(h) CANCELLATION
OF
CONTRACTS
BY
SYN-
DICATES.—
(1) RIGHT TO CANCEL.—
(A) DEFAULT
RULE.—Unless otherwise
agreed in a cross-guarantee or stop-loss con-
tract, a cross-guarantee or stop-loss syndicate
may cancel such contract at any time without
cause provided that the syndicate agent under
such contract provides notice of such cancella-
tion to the Corporation and the guaranteed
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FOIA Officer, shall update and issue guidance to the 
heads of each of the relevant components of the Depart-
ment regarding the goal of reducing the backlog in proc-
essing requests made under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
of section 552(a) of title 5, United States Code, by 50 
percent between fiscal year 2015 and fiscal year 2018. 
(f) REPORT.— 
(1) SEMIANNUAL PRIVACY REPORT.—The Chief 
FOIA Officer shall include in each semiannual pri-
vacy report submitted under section 1062(f) of the 
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 
of 2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee–1(f)) each of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The total costs to the Department of 
meeting the requirements of section 552 of title 
5, United States Code, for the period covered 
by the report. 
(B) An assessment of progress made to-
ward meeting the backlog goals pursuant to 
subsection (e) during the period covered by the 
report and the periods covered by the two pre-
ceding reports. 
(C) An assessment of whether the Depart-
ment has adequate staffing and other resources 
to address the backlog goals pursuant to sub-
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section (e) for processing requests made under 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 552(a) 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(D) An assessment of the progress made 
towards automating the processing of requests 
made under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of sec-
tion 552(a) of title 5, United States Code, dur-
ing the period covered by the report. 
(2) FISCAL
YEAR
2016
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Chief FOIA Officer shall include in the second semi-
annual privacy report for fiscal year 2016 each of 
the following: 
(A) A description of any cost savings iden-
tified under subsection (d). 
(B) The plan developed under subsection 
(d). 
(g) DUPLICATIVE ACTION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘duplicative actions’’ means actions carried 
out by two or more components or programs that are en-
gaged in the same activities or provide the same services 
related to the processing of FOIA requests to the same 
beneficiaries. 
SEC. 3. PROGRESS ON AUTOMATION. 
Upon completion of the plan to automate the proc-
essing of requests made under paragraphs (1), (2), and 
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(3) of section 552(a) of title 5, United States Code, the 
Chief FOIA Officer shall provide the plan to the heads 
of the components of the Department and seek written 
feedback from each head of a component agency regarding 
the extent to which that component will adopt the plan, 
the associated costs, and the projected timelines. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Union Calendar No. 106 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1615 
[Report No. 114–148] 
To direct the Chief FOIA Officer of the Department of Homeland Security 
to make certain improvements in the implementation of section 552 
of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of 
Information Act), and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2015 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia (for himself, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. KATKO, Mr. HURD 
of Texas, Mr. WALKER, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Ms. MCSALLY, and Mr. 
RATCLIFFE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security 
JUNE 11, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PERRY and Mrs. MILLER of Michigan 
JUNE 11, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 25, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To direct the Chief FOIA Officer of the Department of 
Homeland Security to make certain improvements in the 
implementation of section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information 
Act), and for other purposes. 
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‘‘(5) RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR NATURAL GAS PIPE-
LINES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a right-of- 
way granted under paragraph (1)(D) shall— 
‘‘(A) be for a term of not more than 30 
years; and 
‘‘(B) not exceed 50 feet in width after con-
struction of the natural gas pipeline.’’. 
SEC. 4. CERTAIN NATURAL GAS GATHERING LINES LO-
CATED ON FEDERAL LAND AND INDIAN 
LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title III of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 
685) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 319. CERTAIN NATURAL GAS GATHERING LINES LO-
CATED ON FEDERAL LAND AND INDIAN 
LAND. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) GAS GATHERING LINE AND ASSOCIATED 
FIELD COMPRESSION UNITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘gas gath-
ering line and associated field compression 
units’ means— 
‘‘(i) a pipeline that is installed to 
transport natural gas production associ-
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trator to enforce compliance with any 
law.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections for 
Federal office held after December 2015. 
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a processing plant or a common carrier pipeline for 
delivery to markets; and 
‘‘(2) any issues impeding that progress.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 594) is amend-
ed by adding at the end of subtitle B of title III the 
following: 
‘‘Sec. 319. Natural gas gathering lines located on Federal land and Indian 
land.’’. 
(2) Section (1)(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–58; 119 Stat. 594) is amend-
ed by adding at the end of title XXVIII the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 1841. Natural gas gathering system assessments.’’. 
SEC. 5. DEADLINES FOR PERMITTING NATURAL GAS GATH-
ERING LINES UNDER THE MINERAL LEASING 
ACT. 
Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 
185) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(z) NATURAL GAS GATHERING LINES.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior or other appropriate agency head 
shall issue a sundry notice or right-of-way for a gas gath-
ering line and associated field compression units (as de-
fined in section 319(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005) 
that are located on Federal land not later than 90 days 
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after the date on which the applicable agency head receives 
the request for issuance unless the Secretary or agency 
head finds that the sundry notice or right-of-way would 
violate the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 
470 et seq.) or the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1619 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective 
remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the 
basis of sex, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2015 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. FRANKEL of Flor-
ida, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BEYER, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. BISHOP of Geor-
gia, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. 
BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CAR-
NEY, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. WALZ, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 
CASTRO of Texas, Ms. CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of 
Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE
of New York, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, 
Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUELLAR, 
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, 
Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FARR, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. FOSTER, 
Ms. FUDGE, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. GRA-
HAM, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK of Wash-
ington, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. 
HOYER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIND, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. TED LIEU of 
California, 
Mr. 
TAKANO, 
Mr. 
LOEBSACK, 
Ms. 
LOFGREN, 
Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Ms. 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN 
B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, 
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party or parties under the contract at least 90
days prior to the effective date of cancellation.
(B) MINIMUM NOTICE PERIOD STILL RE-
QUIRED FOR ANY CONTRARY AGREEMENT.—If
the parties to a cross-guarantee or stop-loss
contract agree to cancellation rules different
than those provided under subparagraph (A),
the contract shall still require the syndicate
agent under the contract to give notice of can-
cellation to the Corporation and to the guaran-
teed party or parties under the contract at least
90 days prior to the effective date of the can-
cellation.
(C) WITHDRAWAL OF CANCELLATION NO-
TICE.—A cross-guarantee syndicate may, prior
to the cancellation becoming effective, withdraw
the cancellation notice issued under this para-
graph.
(2) CANCELLATION OF ONE GUARANTEED FI-
NANCIAL
GROUP
UNDER
A
GROUP
CONTRACT.—A
cross-guarantee syndicate may cancel a cross-guar-
antee contract with 1 guaranteed financial group
under a group cross-guarantee contract without af-
fecting the rights, privileges, duties, and obligations
arising out of the syndicate contract with regard to
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a guaranteed company under this section, the power
to limit or expand the rights and obligations of the
guaranteed company, by analogous reference to any
statutory law or common law which grants, or may
be construed as granting, special rights to the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation to repudiate con-
tracts of an insured depository institution for which
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has been
appointed a conservator or receiver.
(e) NO AUTHORITY
FOR CGRC, ANY FEDERAL
BANKING AGENCY, OR STATE BANK SUPERVISOR TO
STAY ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL.—Neither the Corpora-
tion nor any Federal banking agency, State bank super-
visor, or any other Federal or State agency may take any
action to prevent the assumption of control of a guaran-
teed company under subsection (a).
(f) ASSUMPTION OF CONTROL NOT AN EVENT OF
DEFAULT OR GROUNDS FOR ACCELERATION OF OBLIGA-
TIONS.—The assumption of control of a guaranteed com-
pany under subsection (a) shall not be an event of default
by the guaranteed company or grounds for acceleration
of any obligation, whether or not it is a guaranteed obliga-
tion, under any agreement to which the guaranteed com-
pany is a party.
II 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 161 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 22, 2015 
Received 
AN ACT 
To provide for the timely consideration of all licenses, per-
mits, and approvals required under Federal law with 
respect to the siting, construction, expansion, or oper-
ation of any natural gas pipeline projects. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Natural Gas Pipeline 
Permitting Reform Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REGULATORY APPROVAL OF NATURAL GAS PIPE-
LINE PROJECTS. 
Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i)(1) The Commission shall approve or deny an ap-
plication for a certificate of public convenience and neces-
sity for a prefiled project not later than 12 months after 
receiving a complete application that is ready to be proc-
essed, as defined by the Commission by regulation. 
‘‘(2) The agency responsible for issuing any license, 
permit, or approval required under Federal law in connec-
tion with a prefiled project for which a certificate of public 
convenience and necessity is sought under this Act shall 
approve or deny the issuance of the license, permit, or ap-
proval not later than 90 days after the Commission issues 
its final environmental document relating to the project. 
‘‘(3) The Commission may extend the time period 
under paragraph (2) by 30 days if an agency demonstrates 
that it cannot otherwise complete the process required to 
approve or deny the license, permit, or approval, and 
therefor will be compelled to deny the license, permit, or 
approval. In granting an extension under this paragraph, 
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(g) SECOND-TIER GUARANTORS CANNOT DISPUTE
LOSSES.—A direct guarantor of any direct guarantor
which is a member of a cross-guarantee syndicate which
assumes control of a guaranteed party under subsection
(a) may not bring a cause of action against the cross-guar-
antee syndicate based on damages arising out of the syn-
dicate’s decision to assume control or failure to minimize
losses under the cross-guarantee contract.
SEC. 119. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CONTRACTS AND RELATED
ACTIONS.
(a) JURISDICTION OF FEDERAL COURTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of section
1331 of title 28, United States Code, any action
arising under any cross-guarantee or stop-loss con-
tract shall be deemed to arise under Federal law.
(2) REMOVAL.—Any action arising under any
cross-guarantee or stop-loss contract which is
brought in a State court may be removed by the de-
fendant or the defendants to a district court of the
United States.
(3) DESIGNATION OF COURT IN CONTRACT.—
Each cross-guarantee and stop-loss contract shall
designate the district court of the United States
which shall have original jurisdiction over any action
described under section 117(e)(1)(A)(i).
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the Commission may offer technical assistance to the 
agency as necessary to address conditions preventing the 
completion of the review of the application for the license, 
permit, or approval. 
‘‘(4) If an agency described in paragraph (2) does 
not approve or deny the issuance of the license, permit, 
or approval within the time period specified under para-
graph (2) or (3), as applicable, such license, permit, or 
approval shall take effect upon the expiration of 30 days 
after the end of such period. The Commission shall incor-
porate into the terms of such license, permit, or approval 
any conditions proffered by the agency described in para-
graph (2) that the Commission does not find are incon-
sistent with the final environmental document. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘prefiled project’ means a project for the siting, construc-
tion, expansion, or operation of a natural gas pipeline with 
respect to which a prefiling docket number has been as-
signed by the Commission pursuant to a prefiling process 
established by the Commission for the purpose of 
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facilitating the formal application process for obtaining a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 21, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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Union Calendar No. 436 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1621 
[Report No. 114–562, Part I] 
To modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2015 
Mr. FORBES (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
MAY 11, 2016 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BEYER and Mrs. COMSTOCK 
MAY 11, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MAY 11, 2016 
The Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 25, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield 
in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes. 
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land Security. No additional funds are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1622 
To provide a Federal charter to the Fab Foundation for the National Fab 
Lab Network, a national network of local digital fabrication facilities 
providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools for learning 
skills, developing inventions, creating businesses, and producing personal-
ized products. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2015 
Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. HULTGREN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. 
MASSIE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide a Federal charter to the Fab Foundation for 
the National Fab Lab Network, a national network of 
local digital fabrication facilities providing community 
access to advanced manufacturing tools for learning 
skills, developing inventions, creating businesses, and 
producing personalized 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 ‘‘National Fab Lab Net-
work Act of 2015’’. 
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