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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1816 
To exclude from consideration as income under the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 payments of pension made under section 1521 of title 
38, United States Code, to veterans who are in need of regular aid 
and attendance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Mr. HECK of Nevada introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To exclude from consideration as income under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made 
under section 1521 of title 38, United States Code, to 
veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance. 
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 ‘‘Vulnerable Veterans 
Housing Reform Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME. 
Paragraph (4) of section 3(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(4)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and any amounts’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, any amounts’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘or any deferred’’ and inserting 
‘‘, any deferred’’; and 
(3) by inserting after ‘‘prospective monthly 
amounts’’ the following: ‘‘, and any expenses related 
to aid and attendance as detailed under section 1521 
of title 38, United States Code’’. 
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1816 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 19, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To exclude from consideration as income under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 payments of pension made 
under section 1521 of title 38, United States Code, to 
veterans who are in need of regular aid and attendance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 1816 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vulnerable Veterans 
Housing Reform Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM INCOME. 
Paragraph (4) of section 3(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(4)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and any amounts’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, any amounts’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘or any deferred’’ and inserting 
‘‘, any deferred’’; and 
(3) by inserting after ‘‘prospective monthly 
amounts’’ the following: ‘‘, and any expenses related 
to aid and attendance as detailed under section 1521 
of title 38, United States Code’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON AWARDS AND BONUSES PAID TO 
EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
Section 705 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Ac-
countability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 
703 note) is amended by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, except that the dollar amount 
limitation applicable under this section for each of fiscal 
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years 2016 through 2020 shall be such dollar amount as 
reduced by $10,000,000’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
By ROBERT F. REEVES, 
Deputy Clerk. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code
is amended by striking the item relating to section 137
and inserting the following:
‘‘Sec. 137. Gain on investments in enterprise zone businesses and
domestic businesses.
‘‘Sec. 138. Cross references to other Acts.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply taxable years beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. DEDUCTION FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO INVESTMENT
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part VII of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
additional itemized deductions for individuals) is amended
by redesignating section 220 as section 221 and by insert-
ing after section 219 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 220. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INVESTMENT SAVINGS AC-
COUNTS.
‘‘(a) DEDUCTION ALLOWED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individ-
ual, there shall be allowed as a deduction for the
taxable year an amount equal to the sum of—
‘‘(A) 50 percent of the qualified contribu-
tions of the individual to an investment savings
account for the taxable year, and
HR 795 SC
SECTION 1. MORATORIUM ON SUPERFUND ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS AND ON AUTHORITY FOR CON-
TRIBUTION ACTIONS.
(a) MORATORIUM ON ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.—(1)
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy shall not continue or begin to conduct any enforcement
action against any person described in paragraph (3) or
(4) of section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
U.S.C. 9607(a)) if the person did not directly cause the
release or threat of release of the hazardous substance
concerned and did not have knowledge of the release or
threat of release.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), an enforcement
action is any administrative or judicial enforcement action
conducted by the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency under section 107(a) or section 106 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980.
(3) This subsection shall take effect on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(b) MORATORIUM ON AUTHORITY FOR CONTRIBU-
TION ACTIONS.—(1) The authority provided by para-
graphs (1) and (3)(B) of section 113(f) of the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9613(f)) for a person to seek
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1817 
To prohibit the provision of performance awards to employees of the Internal 
Revenue Service who owe back taxes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To prohibit the provision of performance awards to employees 
of the Internal Revenue Service who owe back taxes. 
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 ‘‘No Bonuses for Tax 
Delinquent IRS Employees Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PERFORMANCE AWARDS TO IRS 
EMPLOYEES WHO OWE BACK TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of the Internal 
Revenue Service shall not provide any performance award 
(including, but not limited to, bonuses, step increases, and 
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time off) to an employee of the Internal Revenue Service 
who owes an outstanding Federal tax debt. 
(b) OUTSTANDING FEDERAL TAX DEBT.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘outstanding Federal tax 
debt’’ means any outstanding debt under the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 which has not been paid after an as-
sessment of a tax, penalty, or interest and which is not 
subject to further appeal or a petition for redetermination 
under such Code. A debt shall not fail to be treated as 
an outstanding Federal tax debt merely because it is the 
subject of an installment agreement under section 6159 
of such Code or an offer-in-compromise under section 
7121 of such Code. 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 791
To deny supplemental security income benefits by reason of disability based
on addiction to alcohol or drugs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1995
Mr. ALLARD (for himself, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BURTON of Indi-
ana, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GOODLATTE,
Mr. HEINEMAN, Mr. METCALF, Mr. EWING, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr.
SCHIFF, Mr. STUMP, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, and Mr. GENE GREEN of
Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To deny supplemental security income benefits by reason
of disability based on addiction to alcohol or drugs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DENIAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME
BENEFITS BY REASON OF DISABILITY BASED
ON ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL OR DRUGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1614(a)(3) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(I) An individual shall not be considered to be dis-
abled for purposes of this title if (but for this subpara-
graph) alcoholism or drug addiction would be a contribut-
ing factor material to the Commissioner’s determination
that the individual is disabled.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1611(e) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)) is amended by striking
paragraph (3).
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veteran Emergency 
Medical Technician Support Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY 
MEDICAL 
TRAINING 
TO 
MEET 
REQUIRE-
MENTS 
FOR 
BECOMING 
CIVILIAN 
EMER-
GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 314 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 315. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMER-
GENCY MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET RE-
QUIREMENTS 
FOR 
BECOMING 
CIVILIAN 
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a pro-
gram consisting of awarding demonstration grants to 
States to streamline State requirements and procedures 
in order to assist veterans who completed military emer-
gency medical technician training while serving in the 
Armed Forces of the United States to meet certification, 
licensure, and other requirements applicable to becoming 
an emergency medical technician in the State. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received as a dem-
onstration grant under this section shall be used to pre-
pare and implement a plan to streamline State require-
ments and procedures as described in subsection (a), in-
cluding by— 
‘‘(1) determining the extent to which the re-
quirements for the education, training, and skill level 
of emergency medical technicians in the State are 
equivalent to requirements for the education, train-
ing, and skill level of military emergency medical 
technicians; and 
‘‘(2) identifying methods, such as waivers, for 
military emergency medical technicians to forgo or 
meet any such equivalent State requirements. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State shall demonstrate that the State has 
a shortage of emergency medical technicians. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress an annual report on the program under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—No additional funds are authorized 
to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this
section. This section shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise available for such purpose.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1818 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
grants to States to streamline State requirements 
and procedures for veterans with military emer-
gency medical training to become civilian emer-
gency medical technicians.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1818 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to States to 
streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military 
emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical techni-
cians. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2015 
Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois (for himself and Mrs. CAPPS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants 
to States to streamline State requirements and proce-
dures for veterans with military emergency medical train-
ing to become civilian emergency medical technicians. 
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 ‘‘Veteran Emergency 
Medical Technician Support Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY 
MEDICAL 
TRAINING 
TO 
MEET 
REQUIRE-
MENTS 
FOR 
BECOMING 
CIVILIAN 
EMER-
GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 
Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 314 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 315. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMER-
GENCY MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET RE-
QUIREMENTS 
FOR 
BECOMING 
CIVILIAN 
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a pro-
gram consisting of awarding demonstration grants to 
States to streamline State requirements and procedures 
in order to assist veterans who completed military emer-
gency medical technician training while serving in the 
Armed Forces of the United States to meet certification, 
licensure, and other requirements applicable to becoming 
an emergency medical technician in the State. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received as a dem-
onstration grant under this section shall be used to pre-
pare and implement a plan to streamline State require-
ments and procedures as described in subsection (a), in-
cluding by— 
‘‘(1) determining the extent to which the re-
quirements for the education, training, and skill level 
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SEC. 508. LIMITATION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE FUNDS FOR UNITED STATES SHARE
OF COSTS OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEP-
ING ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 20 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 405,
as added by section 401 of this Act, the following new
section:
‘‘§ 406. Use of Department of Defense funds for Unit-
ed States share of costs of United Nations
peacekeeping activities: limitation
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PAYMENT
OF ASSESSMENT.—No funds available to the Department
of Defense shall be available for payment of any United
States assessed or voluntary contribution for United Na-
tions peacekeeping activities.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PARTICIPA-
TION IN PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.—Funds available to
the Department of Defense may be used for payment of
the incremental costs associated with the participation of
elements of the armed forces in United Nations peacekeep-
ing activities only to the extent that Congress has by law
specifically authorized the use of those funds for such pur-
poses.’’.
of emergency medical technicians in the State are 
equivalent to requirements for the education, train-
ing, and skill level of military emergency medical 
technicians; and 
‘‘(2) identifying methods, such as waivers, for 
military emergency medical technicians to forego or 
meet any such equivalent State requirements. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State shall demonstrate that the State has 
a shortage of emergency medical technicians. 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress an annual report on the program under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—No additional funds are authorized 
to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this 
section. This section shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise available for such purpose.’’. 
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‘‘(B) investigation expenses for cases in-
volving child human trafficking, including— 
‘‘(i) wire taps; 
‘‘(ii) consultants with expertise spe-
cific to cases involving child human traf-
ficking; 
‘‘(iii) travel; and 
‘‘(iv) other technical assistance ex-
penditures; 
‘‘(C) dedicated anti-child human traf-
ficking prosecution units, including the funding 
of salaries for State and local prosecutors, in-
cluding assisting in paying trial expenses for 
prosecution of child human trafficking offenses, 
except that the percentage of the total salary of 
a State or local prosecutor that is paid using an 
award under this section shall be not more than 
the percentage of the total number of hours 
worked by the prosecutor that is spent working 
on cases involving child human trafficking; and 
‘‘(D) the establishment of child human 
trafficking victim witness safety, assistance, 
and relocation programs that encourage co-
operation with law enforcement investigations 
of crimes of child human trafficking by 
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SEC. 511. UNITED NATIONS BUDGETARY AND MANAGE-
MENT REFORM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United Nations Participation
Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is further amended
by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 11. (a) WITHHOLDING OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—
‘‘(1) ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS FOR REGULAR
UNITED
NATIONS
BUDGET.—At the beginning of
each fiscal year, 20 percent of the amount of funds
made available for that fiscal year for United States
assessed contributions for the regular United Na-
tions budget shall be withheld from obligation and
expenditure unless a certification for that fiscal year
has been made under subsection (b).
‘‘(2) ASSESSED
CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR
UNITED
NATIONS PEACEKEEPING.—At the beginning of each
fiscal year, 50 percent of the amount of funds made
available for that fiscal year for United States as-
sessed contributions for United Nations peacekeep-
ing activities shall be withheld from obligation and
expenditure unless a certification for that fiscal year
has been made under subsection (b).
‘‘(3) VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNITED
NATIONS PEACEKEEPING.—The United States may
not during any fiscal year pay any voluntary con-
tribution to the United Nations for international
‘‘Sec. 6693. Failure to provide reports on individual retirement
accounts or annuities or on investment savings ac-
counts; penalties relating to designated nondeduct-
ible contributions.’’
(4) The table of sections for part I of sub-
chapter B of chapter 68 of such Code is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 6716. Promotion of nonqualified investment as eligible for
domestic investment economic growth exclusion or
deduction.’’
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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HR 792 IH——3
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 793
To eliminate the administrative authority to prohibit the possession or transfer
of particular assault weapons.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1995
Mr. BAKER of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. EMERSON,
Mr. TANNER, Mr. STUMP, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. MCKEON, Mr.
BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. UPTON, Mr. NEY, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr.
LATOURETTE, and Mr. HANCOCK) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To eliminate the administrative authority to prohibit the
possession or transfer of particular assault weapons.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OR TRANS-
FER OF PARTICULAR ASSAULT WEAPONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 921(a)(30) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(30) The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’
means—
‘‘(A) any firearm known as—
‘‘(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Tech-
nologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs (all models);
‘‘(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Indus-
tries UZI and Galil;
‘‘(iii) Beretta Ar70 (SC–70);
‘‘(iv) Colt AR–15;
‘‘(v) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/
LAR, and FNC;
‘‘(vi) SWD M–10, M–11, M–11/9, and M–
12;
‘‘(vii) Steyr AUG; or
‘‘(viii) INTRATEC TEC–9, TEC–DC9
and TEC–22; and
‘‘(B) any revolving cylinder shotgun, such as
(or similar to) the Street Sweeper and Striker 12.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if the amendment were
included in subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 at the time such
subtitle became law.
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 794
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem certain municipal
treatment facilities as the equivalent of secondary treatment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1995
Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. HUNTER,
and Mr. FILNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to deem
certain municipal treatment facilities as the equivalent
of secondary treatment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MUNICIPAL TREATMENT FACILITIES TO BE
DEEMED THE EQUIVALENT OF SECONDARY
TREATMENT.
Section 304(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1314(d)) is amended by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following:
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, any municipal
treatment facility employing chemically enhanced primary
treatment that discharges via an ocean outfall into an
open marine environment over 4.0 miles off-shore into a
depth exceeding 300 feet and is in compliance with all
local and State receiving body water quality standards
shall be deemed the equivalent of secondary treatment.’’.
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