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sole discretion of the covered person, whether to be 
assessed under the organic commodity promotion 
order or another applicable agricultural commodity 
promotion order. 
‘‘(4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro-
mulgate regulations concerning eligibility and com-
pliance for an exemption under paragraph (1).’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.— 
Section 513(1) of the Commodity Promotion, Research, 
and Information Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7412(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 
(F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) products, as a class, that are pro-
duced on a certified organic farm (as defined in 
section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production 
Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502)) and that are cer-
tified to be sold or labeled as ‘organic’ or ‘100 
percent organic’ (as defined in part 205 of title 
7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
regulations));’’. 
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SEC. 10013. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title and the amendments made by this title take 
effect on October 1, 2013. 
TITLE XI—CROP INSURANCE 
SEC. 11001. SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE OPTION. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE 
OPTION.—Section 508(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) YIELD AND LOSS BASIS OPTIONS.—A pro-
ducer shall have the option of purchasing additional 
coverage based on— 
‘‘(A)(i) an individual yield and loss basis; 
or 
‘‘(ii) an area yield and loss basis; or 
‘‘(B) an individual yield and loss basis, 
supplemented with coverage based on an area 
yield and loss basis to cover part of the deduct-
ible under the individual yield and loss policy, 
as authorized in paragraph (4)(C).’’. 
(b) LEVEL OF COVERAGE.—Section 508(c) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is amend-
ed by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) LEVEL OF COVERAGE.— 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 136 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pendleton, California, as the ‘‘Camp 
Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2015 
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in Camp Pen-
dleton, California, as the ‘‘Camp Pendleton Medal of 
Honor Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CAMP PENDLETON MEDAL OF HONOR POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1103 USPS Building 1103 in 
Camp Pendleton, California, shall be known and des-
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Retail Investor Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STAY ON RULES DEFINING CERTAIN FIDUCIARIES. 
After the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Labor shall not prescribe any regulation under the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) defining the circumstances under 
which an individual is considered a fiduciary until the date 
that is 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission issues a final rule relating to standards of conduct 
for brokers and dealers pursuant to the second subsection 
(k) of section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78o(k)). 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT 
OF 1934. 
The second subsection (k) of section 15 of the Securi-
ties Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(k)), as added 
by section 913(g)(1) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re-
form and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO RULEMAKING.— 
The Commission shall not promulgate a rule pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) before— 
‘‘(A) identifying if retail customers (and 
such other customers as the Commission may
by rule provide) are being systematically 
harmed or disadvantaged due to brokers or 
dealers operating under different standards of 
conduct than those standards that apply to in-
vestment advisors under section 211 of the In-
vestment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b– 
11); and 
‘‘(B) identifying whether the adoption of a 
uniform fiduciary standard of care for brokers 
or dealers and investment advisors would ad-
versely impact retail investor access to personal-
ized investment advice, recommendations about 
securities, or the availability of such advice and 
recommendations. 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
PROMULGATING
A 
RULE.—The Commission shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register alongside the rule promulgated pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) formal findings that such rule 
would reduce the confusion of a retail customer (and 
such other customers as the Commission may by 
rule provide) about standards of conduct applicable 
to brokers, dealers, and investment advisors. 
‘‘(5) REQUIREMENTS UNDER INVESTMENT AD-
VISERS
ACT
OF
1940.—In proposing rules under 
paragraph (1) for brokers or dealers, the Commis-
sion shall consider the differences in the registration, 
supervision, and examination requirements applica-
ble to brokers, dealers, and investment advisors.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 29, 
2013. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2374 
AN ACT 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 
provide protections for retail customers, and for 
other purposes.
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the additional deduction allowable by rea-
son of section 168(k).’’
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Clause (i) of section 280F(a)(1)(B) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘For purposes of this clause, the unre-
covered basis of any passenger automobile shall be
treated as including the additional amount deter-
mined under section 168 by reason of subsection (k)
thereof to the extent not allowed as a deduction by
reason of this paragraph for any taxable year in the
recovery period.’’
(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 382(h)(2) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘The amount of the net unrealized built-
in loss shall be increased by the amount of the addi-
tional deduction allowable by reason of section
168(k) which is treated under the preceding sen-
tence as a recognized built-in loss.’’
(3) Subsection (a) of section 465 is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) TREATMENT OF NEUTRAL COST RECOVERY
DEDUCTION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—None of the additional
deduction allowable by reason of section 168(k)
agencies based on the severity of the emer-
gency, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall next give priority 
to applications for modernization grants from 
local educational agencies that meet the re-
quirements of paragraph (3)(B) and, among 
such applications for modernization grants, 
shall give priority to those applications from 
local educational agencies based on the severity 
of the need for modernization, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) EMERGENCY GRANTS.—A local edu-
cational agency is eligible to receive an emer-
gency grant under paragraph (2)(A) if— 
‘‘(i) the agency (or in the case of a 
local educational agency that does not have 
the authority to tax or issue bonds, the 
agency’s fiscal agent)— 
‘‘(I) has no practical capacity to 
issue bonds; or 
‘‘(II) has minimal capacity to 
issue bonds and is at not less than 75 
percent of the agency’s limit of bond-
ed indebtedness; or 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1384 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the 
service in the reserve components of certain persons by 
honoring them with status as veterans under law. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2374 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide protections for 
retail customers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2013 
Mrs. WAGNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide 
protections for retail customers, 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 ‘‘Retail Investor Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STAY ON RULES DEFINING CERTAIN FIDUCIARIES. 
After the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Labor shall not prescribe any regulation under the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
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(D) Paragraph (2) of section 2001(c) is
amended by striking ‘‘$21,040,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the amount at which the average tax rate
under this section is 55 percent’’.
(E) 
Subparagraph 
(A) 
of 
section
2102(c)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘$192,800’’
and inserting ‘‘the applicable credit amount in
effect under section 2010(c) for the calendar
year which includes the date of death’’.
(2) UNIFIED
GIFT
TAX
CREDIT.—Paragraph
(1) of section 2505(a) is amended by striking
‘‘$192,800’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable credit
amount in effect under section 2010(c) for such cal-
endar year’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to the estates of dece-
dents dying, and gifts made, after December 31,
1995.
(b) ALTERNATE VALUATION
OF CERTAIN FARM,
ETC., REAL PROPERTY.—Subsection (a) of section 2032A
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of
estates of decedents dying in a calendar year after
IIB 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2374 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 30, 2013 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide 
protections for retail customers, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Retail Investor Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STAY ON RULES DEFINING CERTAIN FIDUCIARIES. 
After the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Labor shall not prescribe any regulation under the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) defining the circumstances under 
which an individual is considered a fiduciary until the date 
that is 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission issues a final rule relating to standards of conduct 
for brokers and dealers pursuant to the second subsection 
(k) of section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(15 U.S.C. 78o(k)). 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT 
OF 1934. 
The second subsection (k) of section 15 of the Securi-
ties Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(k)), as added 
by section 913(g)(1) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re-
form and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5301 et 
seq.), is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO RULEMAKING.— 
The Commission shall not promulgate a rule pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) before— 
‘‘(A) identifying if retail customers (and 
such other customers as the Commission may 
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the amendments made by section 1915 of the En-
ergy Policy Act of 1992.
(2) Clause (i) of section 613A(c)(3)(A) is
amended by striking ‘‘the table contained in’’.
(3) Section 6501 is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (m) (relating to
deficiency attributable to election under section
44B) and by redesignating subsections (n) and
(o) as subsections (m) and (n), respectively, and
(B) by striking ‘‘section 40(f) or 51(j)’’ in
subsection (m) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (A)) and inserting ‘‘section 40(f), 43, or
51(j)’’.
(4) Subparagraph (C) of section 38(c)(2) (as in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment
of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1990) is
amended by inserting before the period at the end
of the first sentence the following: ‘‘and without re-
gard to the deduction under section 56(h)’’.
(5) 
The 
amendment 
made 
by 
section
1913(b)(2)(C)(i) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992
shall apply to taxable years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 1990.
(f) AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SUBTITLE F.—
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by rule provide) are being systematically 
harmed or disadvantaged due to brokers or 
dealers operating under different standards of 
conduct than those standards that apply to in-
vestment advisors under section 211 of the In-
vestment Advisers Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b– 
11); and 
‘‘(B) identifying whether the adoption of a 
uniform fiduciary standard of care for brokers 
or dealers and investment advisors would ad-
versely impact retail investor access to personal-
ized investment advice, recommendations about 
securities, or the availability of such advice and 
recommendations. 
‘‘(4) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
PROMULGATING
A 
RULE.—The Commission shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register alongside the rule promulgated pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) formal findings that such rule 
would reduce the confusion of a retail customer (and 
such other customers as the Commission may by 
rule provide) about standards of conduct applicable 
to brokers, dealers, and investment advisors. 
‘‘(5) REQUIREMENTS UNDER INVESTMENT AD-
VISERS
ACT
OF
1940.—In proposing rules under 
paragraph (1) for brokers or dealers, the Commis-
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sion shall consider the differences in the registration, 
supervision, and examination requirements applica-
ble to brokers, dealers, and investment advisors.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 29, 
2013. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(2) ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN REPORT.—Such 
report shall include the following and shall identify 
all potential problems with the DMEPOS competi-
tive bidding program: 
(A) A review and assessment of the appro-
priateness of HCPCS codes selected for auc-
tions. 
(B) An evaluation and assessment of the 
ability of individuals eligible for the DMEPOS 
items subject to the program to obtain these 
items and services, including an assessment of 
utilization patterns. 
(C) An analysis of any current or future 
adverse effects on beneficiaries’ health outcomes 
related to the program and related costs to the 
Medicare trust fund, including an analysis of 
those beneficiaries in each competitively bid 
area who did not continue to receive such items 
and the effect on their Medicare claims under 
parts A, B, and D. 
(D) An identification and report on the 
cause of any material deterioration in the qual-
ity of items and services provided to an indi-
vidual eligible for DMEPOS benefits under the 
program. 
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Union Calendar No. 168 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2374 
[Report No. 113–228, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 
provide protections for retail customers, and for 
other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 
Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with 
an amendment 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 
The Committee on Education and the Workforce dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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‘‘(ii) the agency is eligible to receive 
assistance under subsection (a) for the fis-
cal year and has a school facility emer-
gency, as determined by the Secretary, 
that poses a health or safety hazard to the 
students and school personnel assigned to 
the school facility. 
‘‘(B) MODERNIZATION
GRANTS.—A local 
educational agency is eligible to receive a mod-
ernization grant under paragraph (2)(B) if— 
‘‘(i) the agency receives a basic sup-
port payment under section 8003(b) for 
the fiscal year; or 
‘‘(ii) the agency receives a Federal 
properties payment under section 8002 for 
the fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A)(i), a local edu-
cational agency— 
‘‘(i) has no practical capacity to issue 
bonds if the total assessed value of real 
property that may be taxed for school pur-
poses is less than $25,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) has minimal capacity to issue 
bonds if the total assessed value of real 
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(E) An evaluation of the costs of any pre-
ventable or prolonged hospitalizations due to 
lack of timely access to items and related serv-
ices subject to the program. 
(F) An identification, for each product cat-
egory and competitive bid area in the round 1 
re-bid, of the following: 
(i) The original winning bidders which 
signed contracts and the number of al-
lowed unique Medicare beneficiaries each 
contracting supplier fulfilled annually for 
the calendar years 2010, 2011 and 2012 in 
the competitive bidding areas. 
(ii) How many contracting suppliers 
failed to submit beneficiary product claims 
for more than 60 consecutive days. 
(iii) An identification of DMEPOS 
suppliers added after January 1, 2011, 
and the number of allowed unique Medi-
care beneficiaries each such added supplier 
served annually for the calendar years 
2010, 2011 and 2012 in the competitive 
bidding areas. 
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(G) An identification, for each product cat-
egory and each competitive bidding area in the 
round 1 re-bid and in round 2, of the following: 
(i) The number of winning suppliers. 
(ii) The number of such winning sup-
pliers which have not previously supplied 
the DMEPOS products bid for in the com-
petitive bidding area. 
(iii) The total actual unique Medicare 
beneficiaries served by such winning sup-
pliers, for 2010 with the round 1 re-bid 
and 2012 for round 2. 
(iv) The total capacity, measured by 
unique Medicare beneficiaries to be served 
by such winning suppliers, as estimated by 
Secretary to meet the needs of seniors dur-
ing the contracting period. 
(v) Such total capacity as bid by the 
winning bidders. 
(vi) The total capacity attributed by 
the Secretary to the winning bidders. 
(3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Such report shall 
also include such recommendations for changes in 
such program as the auction expert team determines 
appropriate, including recommendations that re-
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spond to all the potential problems identified under 
paragraph (2). 
Æ 
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ployment opportunities and year-round employ-
ment opportunities, including linkages to train-
ing and educational activities, consistent with 
subsection (f); 
(B) a description of the requirements the 
State will apply relating to the eligibility of low- 
income youth, consistent with section 2(4), for 
summer employment opportunities and year- 
round employment opportunities, which require-
ments may include criteria to target assistance 
to particular categories of such low-income 
youth, such as youth with disabilities, con-
sistent with subsection (f); 
(C) a description of the performance out-
comes to be achieved by the State through the 
activities carried out under this section and the 
processes the State will use to track perform-
ance, consistent with guidance provided by the 
Secretary of Labor regarding such outcomes 
and processes and with section 5(b); 
(D) a description of the timelines for im-
plementation of the strategies and activities de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), and the number of 
low-income youth expected to be placed in sum-
mer employment opportunities, and year-round 
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