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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3355 
To increase the competitiveness of American manufacturing by reducing regu-
latory and other burdens, encouraging greater innovation and investment, 
and developing a stronger workforce for the twenty-first century, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2013 
Mr. GUTHRIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Ways and Means, Armed Services, Education and the Workforce, Natural 
Resources, House Administration, the Judiciary, Rules, Appropriations, 
Science, Space, and Technology, and 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To increase the competitiveness of American manufacturing 
by reducing regulatory and other burdens, encouraging 
greater innovation and investment, and developing a 
stronger workforce for the twenty-first century, 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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‘‘(iv) PROGRAMS THAT LEAD TO AN 
INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED
AND
NATIONALLY 
PORTABLE CREDENTIAL.—In assisting in-
dividuals in selecting programs of training 
services under this section, a one-stop op-
erator and employees of a one-stop center 
referred to in subsection (c) may give pri-
ority consideration to programs (approved 
in conjunction with eligibility decisions 
made under section 122) that lead to rec-
ognized postsecondary credentials (as de-
fined in section 103 of the Investing in 
America’s Workforce Act) that are aligned 
with in-demand occupations or industries 
in the local area involved.’’. 
(3) CRITERIA.— 
(A) GENERAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAIN-
ING ACTIVITIES.—Section 122(b)(2)(D) of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2842(b)(2)(D)) is amended— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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551, Ω134æ$200,000,000 $170,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal yearΩ135æ:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no funds made available to the Saint Lawrence Sea-
way Development Corporation from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund may be obligated for fiscal year 1996,
if the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
expends or obligates funds from the financial reserve fund
of the Corporation for the design, development, or procure-
ment of a global position system vessel traffic service system
during that fiscal year: Provided further, That no funds
made available to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none
of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli-
cants for the second career training program: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to
any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such
employee actually performed work during the time cor-
responding to such premium pay: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated in this or any subsequent
Act may be used to pay premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546a
for any fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1995; ex-
cept that, (i) for fiscal year 1996, such premium pay may
be paid at 50 percent of the rate specified in 5 U.S.C.
5546a; and (ii) for fiscal year 1997, such premium pay
may be paid at 25 percent of the rate specified in 5 U.S.C.
5546a: Provided further, That the unexpended balances of
the appropriation ‘‘Office of Commercial Space Transpor-
tation, Operations and Research’’ shall be transferred to
and merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That
none of the funds derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund may be used to support the operations and ac-
tivities of the Associate Administrator for Commercial
Space Transportation.
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $375,175,000, of which $32,500,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$191,200,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren-
ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 2000;
$16,500,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and
increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1998; $42,200,000 shall be available for other
equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1998;
$82,275,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids
to navigation facilities, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1998; and $43,000,000 shall be available for per-
sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re-
main available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That
funds received from the sale of the VC–11A and HU–25
aircraft shall be credited to this appropriation for the pur-
pose of acquiring new aircraft and increasing aviation ca-
pacity: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer
funds between projects under this head, not to exceed
$50,000,000 in total for the fiscal year, thirty days after
notification to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, solely for the purpose of providing funds for
facility renovation, construction, exit costs, and other im-
not later than 15 days before a hearing held under sub-
section (d)(4)(B). 
‘‘(f) FINAL RULES.—(1) The agency shall adopt a 
rule only following consultation with the Administrator of 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to facili-
tate compliance with applicable rule making requirements. 
‘‘(2) The agency shall adopt a rule only on the basis 
of the best reasonably obtainable scientific, technical, eco-
nomic, and other evidence and information concerning the 
need for, consequences of, and alternatives to the rule. 
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
agency shall adopt the least costly rule considered during 
the rule making (including all costs to be considered under 
subsection (b)(6)) that meets relevant statutory objectives. 
‘‘(B) The agency may adopt a rule that is more costly 
than the least costly alternative that would achieve the rel-
evant statutory objectives only if the additional benefits 
of the more costly rule justify its additional costs and only 
if the agency explains its reason for doing so based on 
interests of public health, safety or welfare that are clearly 
within the scope of the statutory provision authorizing the 
rule. 
‘‘(4) When it adopts a final rule, the agency shall 
publish a notice of final rule making. The notice shall in-
clude—
IB
Union Calendar No. 161
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 924
[Report No. 104–309]
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from transferring any national forest
system lands in the Angeles National Forest in California out of Federal
ownership for use as a solid waste landfill.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 13, 1995
Mr. MCKEON (for himself, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BONO, Mr. BROWN of Cali-
fornia, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DOOLITTLE,
Mr. FARR, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. KIM, Mr. LEWIS of California, Ms.
LOFGREN, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. MINETA, Mr.
MOORHEAD, Mr. POMBO, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. ROYCE, Mr.
THOMAS, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BARCIA, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. LIGHTFOOT,
Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr. RICHARDSON, and Mrs. WALDHOLTZ) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources
NOVEMBER 6, 1995
Additional sponsors: Ms. ESHOO, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. BOEHLERT,
Ms. HARMAN, and Mr. KILDEE
NOVEMBER 6, 1995
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from transferring
any national forest system lands in the Angeles National
and, where the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation
or any successor is obligated to make payments on such
deed of trust on the Secretary’s behalf, including pay-
ments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary
is authorized to receive such payments directly from the
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to
the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and
make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds:
Provided further, That such additional sums as may be
necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be
advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances
available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be re-
imbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation.
RAILROAD SAFETY
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad
safety, not otherwise provided for, $49,940,660, of which
$2,687,000 shall remain available until expended.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $21,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor
improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revi-
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3358 
To provide for an exemption from the individual mandate under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act for individuals residing in States 
in which the Exchange Websites are not fully functional, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2013 
Mr. MESSER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 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 provide for an exemption from the individual mandate 
under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
for individuals residing in States in which the Exchange 
Websites are not fully functional, 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 ‘‘Fairness for Individ-
uals Using Exchange Websites Act of 2013’’. 
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IIA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2002
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 26 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Department of Transportation and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$55,011,500, of which not to exceed $40,000 shall be
available as the Secretary may determine for allocation
within the Department for official reception and represen-
tation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion up to $1,000,000 in funds received in user fees estab-
lished to support the electronic tariff filing system: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this
Act or otherwise made available may be used to maintain
duplicate physical copies of airline tariffs that are already
available for public and departmental access at no cost;
to secure them against detection, alteration, or tampering;
or open them to inspection by the Department.
become unallocated as the year progresses to those points
for which a State, local government, or other non-Federal
entity does not agree to pay at least fifty percent of the
cost of such transportation.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(RESCISSION)
Of the budgetary resources remaining available under
this heading, $6,786,971 are rescinded.
RENTAL PAYMENTS
For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters
and field space not to exceed 8,580,000 square feet and
for related services assessed by the General Services Ad-
ministration, $130,803,000 $139,689,000: Provided, That
of this amount, $1,897,000 shall be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund, $41,441,000 shall be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $836,000 shall be
derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $169,000
shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund: Provided further, That in addition, for assessments
by the General Services Administration related to the
space needs of the Federal Highway Administration,
$17,099,000 $17,685,000, to be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid
Highways’’, subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General Operat-
ing Expenses’’.
H. Res. 149
In the House of Representatives, U. S.
May 17, 1995.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule
XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 67) setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for
the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and
2002. The first reading of the concurrent resolution shall be
dispensed with. All points of order against the concurrent res-
olution and against its consideration are waived. General de-
bate shall be confined to the congressional budget and shall
not exceed six hours (including one hour on the subject of
economic goals and policies) equally divided and controlled by
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee
on the Budget. After general debate the concurrent resolution
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute
rule. The amendment printed in the report of the Committee
on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as
son the particular information specified in the non-
disclosure requirement during the time period to 
which the requirement applies. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A person who receives 
an order entered under subsection (c) that con-
tains a nondisclosure requirement may disclose 
information otherwise subject to any applicable 
nondisclosure requirement to— 
‘‘(i) those persons to whom disclosure 
is necessary to comply with the order; 
‘‘(ii) an attorney to obtain legal advice 
or assistance regarding the order; or 
‘‘(iii) other persons as permitted by 
the Director of the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation or the designee of the Director. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—A person to whom 
disclosure is made under subparagraph (A) 
shall be subject to the nondisclosure require-
ments applicable to a person to whom an order 
is directed under this section in the same man-
ner as the person to whom the order is directed. 
‘‘(C) NOTICE.—Any person who discloses 
to a person described in subparagraph (A) in-
formation otherwise subject to a nondisclosure 
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IIA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2005
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 31, 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
AN ACT
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to make technical
corrections in maps relating to the Coastal Barrier Re-
sources System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2004
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from the social
security tax on self-employment income certain amounts received by
insurance salesmen after retirement.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 11, 1995
Mr. BOEHNER 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 exclude
from the social security tax on self-employment income
certain amounts received by insurance salesmen after
retirement.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT TAX
FOR CERTAIN AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY IN-
SURANCE SALESMEN AFTER RETIREMENT.
(a) INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—Subsection (a) of
section 1402 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defin-
ing net-earnings from self-employment) is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (14), by striking
the period at the end of paragraph (15) and inserting
‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (15) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(16) there shall be excluded amounts received
by a former insurance salesman after retirement if—
‘‘(A) such amounts are deferred or renewal
commissions on policies sold by such salesman
before retirement or are computed by reference
to commissions received by such salesman be-
fore retirement on such policies, and
‘‘(B) such salesman was not an employee
for purposes of chapter 21 with respect to the
sale of such policies.’’
(b) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 211 of the Social Security Act (defining net-earnings
from self-employment) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end of paragraph (13), by striking the period at the
end of the paragraph (14) and inserting a semicolon, by
striking the period at the end of paragraph (15) and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after paragraph (15) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(16) There shall be excluded amounts received
by a former insurance salesman after retirement if—
‘‘(A) such amounts are deferred or renewal
commissions on policies sold by such salesman
before retirement or are computed by reference
to commissions received by such salesman be-
fore retirement on such policies, and
‘‘(B) such salesman was not an employee
for purposes of chapter 21 of such Code with
respect to the sale of such policies.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1994.
Æ
ministrator of the Office of Information and Regu-
latory Affairs that qualified the rule as a negative 
impact on jobs and wages rule. 
All information considered by the agency in connection 
with its adoption of the rule, and, at the discretion of the 
President or the Administrator of the Office of Informa-
tion and Regulatory Affairs, information provided by that 
Office in consultations with the agency, shall be placed 
in the docket for the rule and made accessible to the public 
for the public’s use no later than when the rule is adopted. 
‘‘(g) EXCEPTIONS FROM NOTICE AND HEARING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—(1) Except when notice or hearing is re-
quired by statute, the following do not apply to interpre-
tive rules, general statements of policy, or rules of agency 
organization, procedure, or practice: 
‘‘(A) Subsections (c) through (e). 
‘‘(B) Paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection 
(f). 
‘‘(C) Subparagraphs (B) through (H) of sub-
section (f)(4). 
‘‘(2)(A) When the agency for good cause, based upon 
evidence, finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief 
statement of reasons therefor in the rules issued) that 
compliance with subsection (c), (d), or (e) or requirements 
to render final determinations under subsection (f) of this
section before the issuance of an interim rule is impracti-
cable or contrary to the public interest, including interests 
of national security, such subsections or requirements to 
render final determinations shall not apply to the agency’s 
adoption of an interim rule. 
‘‘(B) If, following compliance with subparagraph (A) 
of this paragraph, the agency adopts an interim rule, it 
shall commence proceedings that comply fully with sub-
sections (d) through (f) of this section immediately upon 
publication of the interim rule, shall treat the publication 
of the interim rule as publication of a notice of proposed 
rule making and shall not be required to issue supple-
mental notice other than to complete full compliance with 
subsection (d). No less than 270 days from publication 
of the interim rule (or 18 months in the case of a major 
rule or high-impact rule), the agency shall complete rule 
making under subsections (d) through (f) of this sub-
section and take final action to adopt a final rule or re-
scind the interim rule. If the agency fails to take timely 
final action, the interim rule will cease to have the effect 
of law. 
‘‘(C) Other than in cases involving interests of na-
tional security, upon the agency’s publication of an interim 
rule without compliance with subsection (c), (d), or (e) or 
requirements to render final determinations under sub-
IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 158
Congratulating the people of Mongolia on the 5th anniversary of the first
democratic multiparty elections held in Mongolia on July 29, 1990.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 1995
Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HAMILTON, Mr.
LEACH, and Mr. ROHRABACHER) submitted the following resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
RESOLUTION
Congratulating the people of Mongolia on the 5th anniversary
of the first democratic multiparty elections held in Mon-
golia on July 29, 1990.
Whereas in 1990 Mongolia ended nearly 7 decades of Soviet
domination and single party Communist rule;
Whereas the 1992 Mongolian constitution established Mongo-
lia as an independent and sovereign republic and guaran-
teed fundamental human rights;
Whereas the people of Mongolia enjoyed their first multiparty
democratic elections on July 29, 1990, and their first di-
rect presidential election on June 6, 1993;
Whereas the Department of State’s 1994 Country Report on
Human Rights practices commended Mongolia for
‘‘steady—if sometimes uneven—progress in its transition
SECTION 1. CORRECTION TO MAP.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior
shall, before the end of the 30-day period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act, make such correc-
tions to the map described in subsection (b) as are nec-
essary—
(1) to move on that map the eastern boundary
of the excluded area covering Ocean Beach, Seaview,
Ocean Bay Park, and part of Point O’Woods to the
western boundary of the Sunken Forest Preserve;
and
(2) to ensure that on that map the depiction of
areas as ‘‘otherwise protected areas’’ does not in-
clude any area that is owned by the Point O’Woods
Association (a privately held corporation under the
laws of the State of New York).
(b) MAP DESCRIBED.—The map described in this
subsection is the map that is included in a set of maps
entitled ‘‘Coastal Barrier Resources System’’, dated Octo-
ber 24, 1990, that relates to the unit of the Coastal Bar-
rier Resources System entitled Fire Island Unit NY–59P.
Passed the House of Representatives October 30,
1995.
Attest:
Clerk.