datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
slavery, free enterprise economic system, culture, art, 
music, and national security capabilities. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—In conducting the study, the Sec-
retary shall seek and coordinate the assistance of a wide 
array of expertise of individuals and organizations regard-
ing Civil War history, potential locations where this sto-
ried history may be shared, including adaptive reuse of 
existing structures, and donated funding resources to help 
facilitate carrying out this section. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
a report with recommendations regarding the study re-
quired by subsection (a) to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer 
the National Historical Park in accordance with this Act 
and the laws generally applicable to units of the National 
Park System. 
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 
provide technical assistance to local governments and pri-
vate individuals and organizations for the management, 
interpretation, and preservation of historically significant 
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resources associated with the Civil War defenses of Wash-
ington. 
(c) DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept, hold, 
administer, and use gifts, bequests, devises, and other do-
nations, including labor and services, for purposes of this 
Act, including preserving or providing access to sites and 
other resources relating to the Civil War defenses of 
Washington. 
(d) OTHER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In addi-
tion to the authority provided by section 5(a), the Sec-
retary may enter into cooperative agreements with State 
governments, units of local government, organizations, or 
individuals to further the purposes of the Act, including 
to provide visitor services and administrative facilities 
within reasonable proximity to the National Historical 
Park. 
(e) MARKING OF HISTORICAL SITES.—The Secretary 
may identify significant federally or nonfederally owned 
sites relating to the Civil War history in Washington and 
adjacent environs in northern Virginia and Montgomery 
County, Maryland, and, with the consent of the owner or 
owners thereof, mark them appropriately and make ref-
erence to them in any interpretive literature. 
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SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
(1) NATIONAL
HISTORICAL
PARK.—The term 
‘‘National Historical Park’’ means the Civil War De-
fenses of Washington National Historical Park des-
ignated by section 3. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4916 
To reauthorize the program of the Department of Veterans Affairs under 
which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides health services to vet-
erans through qualifying non-Department health care providers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2016 
Mr. POLIQUIN (for himself and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the program of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
provides health services to veterans through qualifying 
non-Department health care providers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM OF EN-
HANCED CONTRACT CARE AUTHORITY FOR 
HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF VETERANS. 
Paragraph (3) of section 403(a) of the Veterans’ 
Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 
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(Public Law 110–387; 38 U.S.C. 1703 note) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) DURATION.—A veteran may receive health 
services under this section during the period begin-
ning on the date specified in paragraph (2) and end-
ing on August 7, 2021.’’. 
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5(d), shall make such report available for public inspection 
over the Internet not more than 48 hours after the report 
is so filed’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out paragraph (9) of section 6 of such 
Act, as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 204. QUARTERLY FILING OF LOBBYING DISCLOSURE 
REPORTS. 
(a) QUARTERLY FILING REQUIRED.—Section 5 of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) is 
further amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Semiannual’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Quarterly’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the semiannual period’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘July of each 
year’’ and insert ‘‘the quarterly period begin-
ning on the first days of January, April, July, 
and October of each year’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘such semiannual period’’ 
and insert ‘‘such quarterly period’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)—
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 417 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 41749. Termination of essential air service pro-
gram 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The authority of the Secretary 
of Transportation to carry out the essential air service 
program under this subchapter shall terminate on October 
1, 2016. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FEES FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal years beginning 
after September 30, 2016, amounts credited to the 
account established under section 45303 from over-
flight fees authorized under section 45301(a)(1) that 
would otherwise be made available under section 
41742 for obligation and expenditure to carry out 
the essential air service program under this sub-
chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the 
Treasury and shall be used for the sole purpose of 
deficit reduction. 
‘‘(2) STATUTORY
CONSTRUCTION.—Paragraph 
(1) shall apply notwithstanding any provision of sec-
tion 45303(c) that directs the amounts described in 
paragraph (1) to be made available for expenditure 
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for activities of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 41748 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘41749. Termination of essential air service program.’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4918 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance 
for the safe prescribing of opioids for the treatment of acute pain. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2016 
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Mr. KATKO) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
issue guidance for the safe prescribing of opioids for 
the treatment of acute pain. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. OPIOID PRESCRIPTION GUIDELINES. 
Not later than two years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, in consultation with stakeholders 
as the Secretary determines appropriate, shall issue guid-
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ance for the safe prescribing of opioids for the treatment 
of acute pain. 
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SEC. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TREATY MINUTE. 
Section 805 of the Tijuana River Valley Estuary and 
Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 277d–45; 
114 Stat. 1980) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading striking ‘‘NEGOTIA-
TION OF’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—In light of the continuing 
threat to the environment and to public health and safety 
within the United States as a result of the river and ocean 
pollution in the San Diego-Tijuana border region, the 
Commission is requested to give the highest priority to the 
implementation of Treaty Minute 311 to the Treaty for 
the Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Riv-
ers and of the Rio Grande, dated February 3, 1944, which 
establishes a framework for the siting of a treatment facil-
ity in Mexico to provide for the secondary treatment of 
effluent from the IWTP at the Mexican facility, to provide 
for additional capacity for advanced primary and sec-
ondary treatment of additional sewage emanating from the 
Tijuana River area, Mexico, and to meet the water quality 
standards of Mexico, the United States, and the State of 
California consistent with the provisions of this title, in 
order that the other provisions of this title to address such 
pollution may be implemented as soon as possible.’’.
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 806 of the Tijuana River Valley Estuary and 
Beach Sewage Cleanup Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 277d–46; 
114 Stat. 1981) is amended by striking ‘‘$156,000,000 
for fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘$230,000,000’’. 
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SEC. 135. ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY DETENTION IN EX-
PEDITED REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS. 
Section 
235(b)(1)(B)(iii)(IV) 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1225(b)(1)(B)(iii)(IV)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(IV) DETENTION.—Aliens sub-
ject to the procedures under this 
clause shall be detained in accordance 
with section 236.’’. 
SEC. 136. RIGHT TO COUNSEL. 
Section 292 (8 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by striking 
the matter after the section designation and inserting the 
following: ‘‘In any bond, custody, detention, or removal 
proceedings before the Attorney General and in any appeal 
proceedings before the Attorney General from any such 
proceedings, the person concerned shall have the privilege 
of being represented (at no expense to the government) 
by such counsel, authorized to practice in such pro-
ceedings, as he shall choose. With consent of their clients, 
counsel may enter appearances limited to bond, custody, 
or other specific proceedings.’’.
SEC. 137. AUTOMATIC STAYS OF RELEASE ORDERS. 
(a) RELEASE ORDERS OF IMMIGRATION JUDGES AND 
THE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION APPEALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.——
(A) STAY.—In the case of an alien de-
tained by the Service in which a district direc-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2517
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
Mr. RILEY (for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr.
SCARBOROUGH, Mr. HILL, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. SOUDER, Mr.
TIAHRT, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr.
FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. BRADY, Mr.
THUNE, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. WAMP, and Mr. CHRISTENSEN) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Over-
sight, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of
Congress.
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 ‘‘Congressional Pay In-
tegrity and Accountability Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.
Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 601. (a) Until adjusted under section 225 of
the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351 and follow-
ing) or other provision of law, the annual rate of pay for—
‘‘(1) each Senator, Member of the House of
Representatives, and Delegate to the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Resident Commissioner from
Puerto Rico,
‘‘(2) the President pro tempore of the Senate,
the majority leader and the minority leader of the
Senate, and the majority leader and the minority
leader of the House of Representatives, and
‘‘(3) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives,
shall be the rate payable for such position as of the date
of enactment of the Congressional Pay Integrity and Ac-
countability Act of 1997.’’.
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and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services— 
‘‘(1) shall award grants to State and local law 
enforcement or public safety agencies to assist such 
agencies in designing, establishing, and operating 
locative tracking technology programs for individuals 
with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Dis-
ease, or children with developmental disabilities, 
such as autism, who have wandered from safe envi-
ronments; and 
‘‘(2) shall award competitive grants to State 
and local law enforcement or public safety agencies 
and nonprofit organizations to assist such entities in 
planning, designing, establishing, or operating locally 
based, proactive programs to prevent wandering and 
locate missing individuals with forms of dementia, 
such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or developmental dis-
abilities, such as autism, who, due to their condition, 
wander from safe environments, including programs 
that— 
‘‘(A) provide prevention and response in-
formation, including online training resources, 
and referrals to families or guardians of such 
individuals who, due to their condition, wander 
from a safe environment; 
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2518
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase student options
for the consolidation of their student loan obligations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
Mr. BOEHNER (for himself, Mr. GORDON, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. HERGER, Mr.
HAYWORTH, and Mr. HUTCHINSON) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase
student options for the consolidation of their student
loan obligations, 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 ‘‘Student Loan Options
Act’’.
SEC. 2. TWO-WAY CONSOLIDATION AUTHORITY.
(a) ABILITY OF PART D BORROWERS TO OBTAIN
FEDERAL STAFFORD CONSOLIDATION LOANS.—Section
428C(a)(4) (20 U.S.C. 1078–3(a)(4)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C),
and (D) as subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E), respec-
tively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) made under part D of this title;’’.
(b) ABILITY OF PART B BORROWERS TO OBTAIN
FEDERAL DIRECT CONSOLIDATION LOANS.—Paragraph
(5) of section 428C(b) (20 U.S.C. 1078–3(b)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(5) DIRECT CONSOLIDATION LOANS FOR BOR-
ROWERS IN SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES.—(A) The
Secretary may offer a Federal Direct Consolidation
loan if such borrower is otherwise eligible for a con-
solidation loan pursuant to this section and such
borrower is unable to obtain a consolidation loan
from any lender with an agreement under subsection
(a)(1) that holds one of such borrower’s loans under
this part.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall establish appropriate
certification procedures to verify the eligibility of
borrowers for consolidation loans under this para-
graph.
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall not offer consolidation
loans under this paragraph if, in the Secretary’s
judgment, the Department does not have the nec-
essary origination and servicing arrangements in
place for such loans.’’.
SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF DIRECT LOAN ADMINISTRATIVE
BUDGET.
Section 458(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(1)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each fiscal year, there
shall be available to the Secretary from funds not
otherwise appropriated, funds to be obligated for—
‘‘(A) administrative costs under this part
and part B, including the costs of the direct
student loan programs under this part, and
‘‘(B) administrative cost allowances pay-
able to guaranty agencies under part B and cal-
culated in accordance with paragraph (2),
not to exceed (from such funds not otherwise appro-
priated) 
$497,000,000 
in 
fiscal 
year 
1998,
$600,000,000 in fiscal year 1999, $695,000,000 in
fiscal year 2000, $735,000,000 in fiscal year 2001,
and $730,000,000 in fiscal year 2002. Administra-
tive cost allowances under subparagraph (B) of this
paragraph shall be paid quarterly and used in ac-
cordance with section 428(f). The Secretary may
‘‘(B) provide education and training, in-
cluding online training resources, to first re-
sponders, school personnel, clinicians, and the 
public in order to— 
‘‘(i) increase personal safety and sur-
vival skills for such individuals who, due to 
their dementia or developmental disabil-
ities, wander from safe environments; 
‘‘(ii) facilitate the rescue and recovery 
of individuals who, due to their dementia 
or developmental disabilities, wander from 
safe environments; and 
‘‘(iii) recognize and respond to endan-
gered missing individuals with dementia or 
developmental disabilities who, due to their 
condition, wander from safe environments; 
‘‘(C) provide prevention and response 
training and emergency protocols for school ad-
ministrators, staff, and families or guardians of 
individuals with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s 
Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as 
autism, to help reduce the risk of wandering by 
such individuals; and 
‘‘(D) develop, operate, or enhance a notifi-
cation or communications systems for alerts, 
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carry over funds available under this section to a
subsequent fiscal year.’’.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2519
To increase the legal age of smoking from 18 to 21.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
Ms. DEGETTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To increase the legal age of smoking from 18 to 21.
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-Free Youth
Act’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN LEGAL AGE OF SMOKING.
Section 1926 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300x–26) is amended by striking ‘‘under the age
of 18’’ each place it occurs and inserting ‘‘under the age
of 21’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect
with respect to the first fiscal year beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act, except that in the case
of a State the legislature of which does not convene a regu-
lar session in such fiscal year or the next fiscal year, such
amendments shall take effect with respect to the third fis-
cal year beginning after such date.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2520
To suspend the duty on halofenozide until January 1, 2001.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend the duty on halofenozide until January 1, 2001.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 
1. 
TEMPORARY 
SUSPENSION 
OF 
DUTY 
ON
HALOFENOZIDE.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tar-
iff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting
in numerical sequence the following new heading:
‘‘
9902.29.28
4-Chloro-z-ben-
zoyl-2-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)
benzoic acid hy-
drazide (CAS No.
112226-61-6)
(provided for in
subheading
2928.00.25) .........
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2000
’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by this Act applies with re-
spect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 491 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to specify the circumstances in 
which a person may acquire geolocation information and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2015 
Mr. CHAFFETZ (for himself, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 
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 title 18, United States Code, to specify the cir-
cumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation 
information 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 TITLES. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Geolocational Privacy 
and Surveillance Act’’ or the ‘‘GPS Act’’. 
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