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gard to a bank holding company or affiliate referred
to in such paragraph, the Board may order the bank
holding company to divest the insured depository in-
stitution within 180 days of receiving notice or such
longer period as the Board determines consistent
with the safe and sound operation of the insured de-
pository institution.
‘‘(4) CONDITIONS BEFORE DIVESTITURE.—Dur-
ing the period beginning on the date an order to di-
vest is issued by the Board under paragraph (3) to
a bank holding company and ending on the date the
divestiture is completed, the Board may impose any
conditions or restrictions on the holding company’s
ownership or operation of the insured depository in-
stitution, including restricting or prohibiting trans-
actions between the insured depository institution
and any affiliate of the institution, as are appro-
priate under the circumstances.’’.
SEC. 114. PRUDENTIAL SAFEGUARDS.
Section 5 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
(12 U.S.C. 1844) is amended by inserting after subsection
(g) (as added by section 113 of this subtitle) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(h) PRUDENTIAL SAFEGUARDS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board may, by regula-
tion or order, impose restrictions or requirements on
relationships or transactions between a depository
institution subsidiary of a bank holding company
and any affiliate of such depository institution (other
than a subsidiary of such institution) which the
Board finds is consistent with the public interest,
the purposes of this Act, the Financial Services Act
of 1998, the Federal Reserve Act, and other Federal
law applicable to depository institution subsidiaries
of bank holding companies and the standards in
paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) STANDARDS.—The Board may exercise au-
thority under paragraph (1) if the Board finds that
such action will have any of the following effects:
‘‘(A) Avoid any significant risk to the safe-
ty and soundness of depository institutions or
any Federal deposit insurance fund.
‘‘(B) Enhance the financial stability of
bank holding companies.
‘‘(C) Avoid conflicts of interest or other
abuses.
‘‘(D) Enhance the privacy of customers of
depository institutions.
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SEC. 221. TREATMENT OF BANK COMMON TRUST FUNDS.
(a) SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.—Section 3(a)(2) of
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77c(a)(2)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or any interest or participation in
any common trust fund or similar fund maintained by a
bank exclusively for the collective investment and reinvest-
ment of assets contributed thereto by such bank in its ca-
pacity as trustee, executor, administrator, or guardian’’
and inserting ‘‘or any interest or participation in any com-
mon trust fund or similar fund that is excluded from the
definition of the term ‘investment company’ under section
3(c)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940’’.
(b) SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.—Section
3(a)(12)(A)(iii) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(12)(A)(iii)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(iii) any interest or participation in any
common trust fund or similar fund that is ex-
cluded from the definition of the term ‘invest-
ment company’ under section 3(c)(3) of the In-
vestment Company Act of 1940;’’.
(c) INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940.—Section
3(c)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15
U.S.C. 80a–3(c)(3)) is amended by inserting before the
period the following: ‘‘, if—
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or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8101. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 
used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 
United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 
detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef-
fective control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is—
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eral Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1815(e)(9)(A))
is amended by striking ‘‘section 4(f)(6)’’ and inserting
‘‘section 6(g)(6)’’.
(4) AMENDMENT TO THE BANK HOLDING COM-
PANY ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1970.—Section 105 of the
Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970 (12
U.S.C. 1850) is amended by striking ‘‘, to engage di-
rectly or indirectly in a nonbanking activity pursu-
ant to section 4 of such Act,’’.
(5) AMENDMENT TO THE BANK SERVICE COM-
PANY ACT.—Section 4(f) of the Bank Service Com-
pany Act (12 U.S.C. 1864(f)) is amended by striking
the period and adding at the end the following: ‘‘(as
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of
the Financial Services Competition Act of 1997).’’.
(6) AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK-
ING ACT OF 1978.—Section 8(d) of the International
Banking Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3106(d)) is amended
by striking ‘‘and the exemptions provided in sections
4(c)(1), 4(c)(2), 4(c)(3), and 4(c)(4) of the Bank
Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1843(c)(1),
(2), (3), and (4))’’.
(7) AMENDMENT TO THE RIGHT TO FINANCIAL
PRIVACY
ACT
OF
1978.—Section 1101(6)(B) of the
Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C.
days after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, with respect to a claim for 
which a workers’ compensation settlement 
agreement is or has been established, a 
claimant or workers’ compensation payer 
who is party to the agreement may elect, 
but is not required, to transfer to the Sec-
retary a direct payment of the qualified 
Medicare set-aside. With respect to a quali-
fied Medicare set-aside paid directly to the 
Secretary, the parties involved may cal-
culate the Medicare set-aside amount of 
such set-aside using any of the following 
methods: 
‘‘(I) In the case of any Medicare 
set-aside of a compromise settlement 
agreement under paragraph (2)(C)(ii), 
the amount calculated in accordance 
with such paragraph. 
‘‘(II) In the case of any Medicare 
set-aside, the amount based upon the 
payment amount for items and serv-
ices under the workers’ compensation 
fee schedule (effective as of the date 
of the agreement) applicable to the 
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impose under this section a cap-
ital ratio that is not based on ap-
propriate risk-weighting consid-
erations.
‘‘(iii) NO CAPITAL REQUIREMENT
ON
REGULATED
ENTITIES.—The
Commission shall not, by rule,
regulation, guideline, order or
otherwise, 
impose 
any 
capital
adequacy provision on a non-
banking affiliate (other than a
broker or dealer) that is in com-
pliance with applicable capital re-
quirements of another Federal
regulatory authority or State in-
surance authority.
‘‘(iv) 
APPROPRIATE
EXCLU-
SIONS.—The 
Commission 
shall
take full account of the applicable
capital requirements of another
Federal regulatory authority or
State insurance regulator.
‘‘(C) INTERNAL
RISK
MANAGEMENT
MODELS.—The Commission may incor-
porate 
internal 
risk 
management
by subtitle A the aggregate monthly credit amounts deter-
mined under subsection (b) with respect to the taxpayer 
and the taxpayer’s qualifying family members for eligible 
coverage months beginning during the taxable year. 
‘‘(b) MONTHLY CREDIT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The monthly credit amount 
with respect to any individual for any eligible cov-
erage month is 1⁄12 of— 
‘‘(A) $900 in the case of an individual who 
has not attained age 18 as of the beginning of 
such month, 
‘‘(B) $1,200 in the case of an individual 
who has so attained age 18 but who has not so 
attained age 35, 
‘‘(C) $2,100 in the case of an individual 
who has so attained age 35, but who has not 
so attained age 50, and 
‘‘(D) $3,000 in the case of an individual 
who has so attained age 50. 
‘‘(2) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of 
any taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 
2016, each dollar amount contained in paragraph 
(1) shall be increased by an amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
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‘‘(i) applies to a workers’ compensa-
tion claim that is denied or contested, in 
whole or in part, by a workers’ compensa-
tion payer involved under the workers’ 
compensation law or plan applicable to the 
jurisdiction in which the agreement has 
been settled; and 
‘‘(ii) does not provide for a payment 
of the full amount of benefits sought or 
that may be payable under the workers’ 
compensation claim. 
‘‘(B) COMMUTATION
AGREEMENT.—The 
term ‘commutation agreement’ means a work-
ers’ compensation settlement agreement to set-
tle all or a portion of a workers’ compensation 
claim, in which— 
‘‘(i) liability for past and future bene-
fits is not disputed; and 
‘‘(ii) the parties to the agreement 
agree to include payment for future work-
ers’ compensation benefits payable after 
the date on which the agreement becomes 
effective. 
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the Secretary determines are in the best interest of the 
United States. 
(2) SOLICITATIONS.—The Secretary may— 
(A) make public or private solicitations for 
the sale or exchange of land under subsection (a); 
and 
(B) reject any offer that the Secretary deter-
mines is not— 
(i) adequate; or 
(ii) in the public interest. 
(g) BROKERS.—The Secretary may— 
(1) use a broker or other third party in the sale 
or exchange of land under subsection (a); and 
(2) from the proceeds of a sale or exchange of 
land under subsection (a), pay reasonable commis-
sions or fees, if applicable. 
SEC. 605. TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS. 
(a) 
DEPOSIT.—Except 
as 
provided 
in 
section 
604(g)(2), the Secretary shall deposit the proceeds or cash 
equalization payment of a sale or exchange under section 
604(a) in the fund established under Public Law 90–171 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Sisk Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 484a). 
(b) AVAILABILITY AND USE.—Subject to subsection (c), 
amounts deposited under subsection (a) shall be available 
to the Secretary until expended, without further appropria-
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tion, only for the acquisition of land in the State of Georgia 
for the National Forest System. 
(c) PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.—Nothing in 
this title authorizes the use of amounts deposited under sub-
section (a) to be used to acquire land without the written 
consent of the owner of the land. 
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Calendar No. 634 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2647 
AN ACT 
To expedite under the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969 and improve forest management 
activities on National Forest System lands, on 
public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau 
of Land Management, and on tribal lands to re-
turn resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested 
lands, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 
Reported with an amendment 
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‘‘(C) PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) REQUIRED
USE
OF
WORKERS’ 
COMPENSATION FEE SCHEDULE.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Except in the 
case of an optional direct payment of 
a Medicare set-aside made under 
paragraph 
(5)(A), 
the 
set-aside 
amount shall be based upon the pay-
ment amount for items and services 
under the workers’ compensation fee 
schedule (effective as of the date of 
the agreement) applicable to the work-
ers’ compensation law or plan in-
volved. 
‘‘(II) WORKERS’ COMPENSATION 
FEE SCHEDULE DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term 
‘workers’ compensation fee schedule’ 
means, with respect to a workers’ 
compensation law or plan of a State 
or a similar plan applicable in a State, 
the schedule of payment amounts the 
State has established to pay providers 
for items and services furnished to 
workers who incur a work-related in-
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how Executive agencies (as defined under section 105 of 
title 5, United States Code) determine whether the terms 
of a settlement agreement or the existence of a settlement 
agreement will be treated as confidential, which shall in-
clude recommendations, if any, for legislative or adminis-
trative action to increase the transparency of Government 
settlements while continuing to protect the legitimate in-
terests that confidentiality provisions serve. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 264 
To provide for the issuance of a semipostal to benefit the Peace Corps, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2015 
Ms. LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, 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 provide for the issuance of a semipostal to benefit the 
Peace Corps, 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 ‘‘Peace Stamp for the 
Peace Corps Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PEACE CORPS SEMIPOSTAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Postal Service 
shall, for a 2-year period beginning no later than 12 
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months after the date of the enactment of this Act, issue 
a semipostal to benefit the Peace Corps. 
(b) 
REQUIREMENTS
AND
AUTHORITIES.—The 
issuance of such semipostal and the disposition of the 
amounts becoming available from the issuance of such 
semipostal shall be governed by section 416 of title 39, 
United States Code, subject to the following: 
(1) The differential included in the rate of post-
age established for such semipostal under section 
416(c) of such title may not exceed 25 percent. 
(2) The Peace Corps shall be the sole agency to 
which any amounts becoming available from the sale 
of such semipostal may be transferred under section 
416(d)(1) of such title. 
(c) SEMIPOSTAL DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘semipostal’’ has the meaning given such 
term by section 416(a)(1) of such title. 
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‘‘(B) immediately upon such registration,
complies with all of the requirements of this Act,
and regulations prescribed by the Board pursu-
ant to this Act, including the nonbanking re-
strictions of this section; and
‘‘(C) does not, at the time of such registra-
tion, control banks in more than one State, the
acquisition of which would be prohibited by sec-
tion 3(d) of this Act if an application for such
acquisition by such company were filed under
section 3(a) of this Act.
‘‘(6) INFORMATION REQUIREMENT.—Each com-
pany described in paragraph (1) shall, within 60
days after the date of enactment of the Competitive
Equality Amendments of 1987, provide the Board
with the name and address of such company, the
name and address of each bank such company con-
trols, and a description of each such bank’s activities.
‘‘(7) EXAMINATION.—The Board may, from time
to time, examine a company described in paragraph
(1), or a bank controlled by such company, or require
reports under oath from appropriate officers or direc-
tors of such company or bank solely for purposes of
assuring compliance with the provisions of this sub-
section and enforcing such compliance.
edies, and procedures this Act provides to the Com-
mission, or any person, alleging such a practice (not 
an employment practice specifically excluded from 
coverage under section 1977A(a)(1) of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States). 
(e) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY SECTION 717 OF THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in section 717 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16) to the 
Commission, the Attorney General, the Librarian of 
Congress, or any person, alleging a violation of that 
section shall be the powers, remedies, and proce-
dures this Act provides to the Commission, the At-
torney General, the Librarian of Congress, or any 
person, respectively, alleging an unlawful employ-
ment practice in violation of this Act against an em-
ployee or applicant described in section 5(3)(E), ex-
cept as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(2) COSTS AND FEES.—The powers, remedies, 
and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 722 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (42 U.S.C. 1988) shall be the powers, rem-
edies, and procedures this Act provides to the Com-
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management models into its capital adequacy
guidelines or rules.’’.
SEC. 134. AUTHORITY OF STATE INSURANCE REGULATOR.
Section 5 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
(12 U.S.C. 1844) is amended by inserting after subsection
(h) (as added by section 133 of this subtitle) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(i) AUTHORITY OF STATE INSURANCE REGULATOR.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any regulation, order, or other ac-
tion of the Board which requires a bank holding com-
pany to provide funds or other assets to a subsidiary
insured depository institution shall not be effective
nor enforceable if—
‘‘(A) such funds or assets are to be provided
by—
‘‘(i) a bank holding company which is
an insurance company; or
‘‘(ii) an affiliate of the insured deposi-
tory institution which is an insurance com-
pany; and
‘‘(B) the State insurance authority for the
insurance company determines in writing sent
to the insurance company and the Board that
the insurance company shall not provide such
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2656 
To amend the Employee Retirement and Income Security Act of 1974 and 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the electronic delivery 
of pension plan information. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2015 
Mr. POLIS (for himself, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. KIND, and Mr. KELLY 
of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, 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 Employee Retirement and Income Security 
Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide for the electronic delivery of pension plan 
information. 
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 ‘‘Receiving Electronic 
Statements To Improve Retiree Earnings Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SERVICES, GOVERNMENT, AND CER-
TAIN NONPROFIT VOLUNTEERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4980H(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating para-
graphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), 
respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN EMERGENCY 
SERVICES, GOVERNMENT, AND NONPROFIT VOLUN-
TEERS.— 
‘‘(A) 
EMERGENCY
SERVICES
VOLUN-
TEERS.—Qualified services rendered as a bona 
fide volunteer to an eligible employer shall not 
be taken into account under this section as 
service provided by an employee. For purposes 
of the preceding sentence, the terms ‘qualified 
services’, ‘bona fide volunteer’, and ‘eligible em-
ployer’ shall have the respective meanings given 
such terms under section 457(e). 
‘‘(B) CERTAIN OTHER GOVERNMENT AND 
NONPROFIT VOLUNTEERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Services rendered 
as a bona fide volunteer to a specified em-
ployer shall not be taken into account 
under this section as service provided by 
an employee. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2658 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency 
services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the 
shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2015 
Mr. BARLETTA 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 ensure 
that emergency services volunteers are not taken into 
account as employees under the shared responsibility re-
quirements contained in the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Volunteer 
Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act’’. 
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‘‘(ii) BONA
FIDE
VOLUNTEER.—For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘bona fide volunteer’ means an employee of 
a specified employer whose only compensa-
tion from such employer is in the form 
of— 
‘‘(I) reimbursement for (or rea-
sonable allowance for) reasonable ex-
penses incurred in the performance of 
services by volunteers, or 
‘‘(II) reasonable benefits (includ-
ing length of service awards), and 
nominal fees, customarily paid by 
similar entities in connection with the 
performance of services by volunteers. 
‘‘(iii) 
SPECIFIED
EMPLOYER.—For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘specified employer’ means— 
‘‘(I) any government entity, and 
‘‘(II) any organization described 
in section 501(c) and exempt from tax 
under section 501(a). 
‘‘(iv) COORDINATION WITH SUBPARA-
GRAPH (A).—This subparagraph shall not 
fail to apply with respect to services merely 
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because such services are qualified services 
(as defined in section 457(e)(11)(C)).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to months beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2013. 
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