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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 866
To make a technical correction to section 601 of the Federal Aviation
Administration Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 8, 1995
Mr. RAHALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To make a technical correction to section 601 of the Federal
Aviation Administration 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 ‘‘Intrastate Tow Truck
Transportation Technical Correction Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 11501(h)(2) of title 49,
United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Strike ‘‘and’’ after subparagraph (A).
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(2) Strike the period at the end of subpara-
graph (B) and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’.
(3) Insert the following new subparagraph at
the end thereof:
‘‘(C) does not apply to the authority of a State
or its political subdivisions to enact or enforce a law,
regulations, or other provision relating to the trans-
portation for hire of a motor vehicle by a tow truck
if such transportation is performed—
‘‘(i) at the request of a law enforcement of-
ficer; or
‘‘(ii) without the prior consent or author-
ization of the owner or operator of the motor
vehicle.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the amend-
ment made by section 601(d) of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration Authorization Act of 1994.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 158 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 9, 2015 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
enhanced security measures for the visa waiver program, 
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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ant to ‘blank check’ spending authority, as that term is
defined in section 3(16) (2 U.S.C. 622), prior to the enact-
ment of the Budget Process Reform Act of 1996.’’.
SEC. 402. CONTINGENCY REGULATIONS.
Chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code (as
amended by section 401), is amended by inserting after
section 1311 the following new section:
‘‘§ 1312. Contingency regulations for automatic con-
tinuing resolution
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
except as provided by subsection (b), the head of each Ex-
ecutive agency shall provide for or approve the adjust-
ments of any agency expenditures, including eligibility re-
quirements, or the scope, duration, level, and availability
of payments, salaries and benefits, grants, loans, benefits,
services, or reimbursements, or both, such that aggregate
outlays for a fiscal period do not exceed the appropriation
provided pursuant to section 1311 (providing for an auto-
matic continuing resolution) for such fiscal period. Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the obligation of
the United States to make payments (including loans and
grants) to any person or government shall be subject to
the authority granted under this section.
‘‘(b) Exclusively for purposes of the implementation
of an automatic continuing resolution pursuant to section
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1590 
To establish a prize program to award a prize and contract for the develop-
ment of a fully-integrated electronic health records program for use 
by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2015 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a prize program to award a prize and contract 
for the development of a fully-integrated electronic health 
records program for use by the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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 ‘‘Integrated Electronic 
Health Records (iEHR) for Military and Veterans Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRIZE PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 
FULLY-INTEGRATED 
ELECTRONIC 
HEALTH 
RECORDS PROGRAM FOR USE BY THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) PRIZE AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly 
carry out a program to award a cash prize in the 
amount of $50,000,000 and contract to an entity 
that develops a fully-integrated electronic health 
records program for national use by the Department 
of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(2) ADVERTISING AND SOLICITATION OF COM-
PETITORS.— 
(A) ADVERTISING.—The Secretaries shall 
widely advertise prize competitions under this 
section to encourage broad participation by re-
searchers, large and small businesses, institu-
tions of higher education, and any other quali-
fied applicants, including veterans. 
(B) ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH FEDERAL 
REGISTER NOTICE.—The Secretaries shall an-
nounce each prize competition under this sec-
tion by publishing a notice in the Federal Reg-
ister. This notice shall include essential ele-
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(2) produces decisions on that budget early in
the budgeting cycle;
(3) encourages cooperation between Congress
and the President in adopting the budget;
(4) ties each subsequent spending decision to
an overall, binding budget total;
(5) requires regular, periodic decisions on ap-
propriate spending levels for all Federal programs,
not just those arbitrarily deemed ‘‘controllable’’; and
(6) produces a bias in favor of fiscal respon-
sibility that can be overcome only if the Congress ex-
pressly determines to do so.
SEC. 103. SAFEGUARDS AGAINST DELAY AND INACTION.
The Congress further finds that a properly function-
ing budget process should contain safeguards against
delay and inaction, so that temporary shut-downs of the
Federal Government may be avoided when the President
and the Congress fail to complete work on the budget prior
to the beginning of a fiscal period. Accordingly, this Act
is intended to provide an enforcement mechanism that
gives meaning and importance to the timely adoption of
a budget, and a sustaining mechanism that ensures a con-
tinuation of the Government should the political process
produce deadlock or a failure to act in a timely fashion.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1591 
To require zero-based budgeting for departments and agencies of the 
Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2015 
Mr. ROSS (for himself and Mr. JOLLY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Budget 
A BILL 
To require zero-based budgeting for departments and 
agencies of the Government. 
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 ‘‘Zero-based Budgeting 
Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. ZERO-BASED BUDGETING. 
Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(i)(1) The President shall submit with materials re-
lated to each budget transmitted under subsection (a) on 
or after January 1, 2017, a budget for each department 
and agency which contains the following information: 
‘‘(A) A description of each activity for which 
the department or agency receives an appropriation 
in the current fiscal year or for which the depart-
ment or agency requests an appropriation for the 
budget year. 
‘‘(B) The legal basis for each activity. 
‘‘(C) For each activity, three alternative fund-
ing levels for the budget year, and a summary of the 
priorities that would be accomplished within each 
level, and the additional increments of value that 
would be added by the higher funding levels. At least 
two of these funding levels shall be below the fund-
ing level for the current fiscal year. 
‘‘(D) For each activity, one or more measures 
of its cost efficiency and effectiveness. 
‘‘(2) As soon as practicable, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall publish guidelines to 
carry out this subsection. The guidelines shall require that 
the baseline budget of each department or agency is as-
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sumed to be zero and each proposed expenditure shall be 
justified as if it were a new expenditure.’’. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1592 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that the Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons ensure that each chief executive officer of a 
Federal penal or correctional institution provides a secure storage area 
located outside of the secure perimeter of the Federal penal or correc-
tional institution for firearms carried by certain employees of the Bureau 
of Prisons, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2015 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require that 
the Director of the Bureau of Prisons ensure that each 
chief executive officer of a Federal penal or correctional 
institution provides a secure storage area located outside 
of the secure perimeter of the Federal penal or correc-
tional institution for firearms carried by certain employ-
ees of the Bureau of Prisons, 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 ‘‘Lieutenant Osvaldo 
Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 
2015’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 
2004 (Public Law 108–277; 118 Stat. 865) gives 
certain law enforcement officers, including certain 
correctional officers of the Bureau of Prisons, the 
right to carry a concealed firearm in all 50 States 
for self-protection; 
(2) the purpose of that Act is to allow certain 
law enforcement officers to protect themselves while 
off duty; 
(3) correctional officers of the Bureau of Pris-
ons have been the targets of assaults and murders 
while off duty; and 
(4) while that Act allows certain law enforce-
ment officers to protect themselves off duty, the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Prisons allows correctional 
officers of the Bureau of Prisons to securely store 
personal firearms at only 33 Federal penal and cor-
rectional institutions while at work. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4003
AN ACT
To designate the United States Postal Service building lo-
cated at 2037 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania, as the ‘‘Max Weiner Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 3. SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 4049. Secure firearms storage 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ means a qualified law 
enforcement officer employed by the Bureau of Pris-
ons; and 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘firearm’ and ‘qualified law en-
forcement officer’ have the meanings given those 
terms under section 926B. 
‘‘(b) SECURE FIREARMS STORAGE.—The Director of 
the Bureau of Prisons shall ensure that each chief execu-
tive officer of a Federal penal or correctional institution— 
‘‘(1)(A) provides a secure storage area located 
outside of the secure perimeter of the institution for 
employees to store firearms; or 
‘‘(B) allows employees to store firearms in a ve-
hicle lockbox approved by the Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons; and 
‘‘(2) notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including regulations), allows employees to carry 
concealed firearms on the premises outside of the se-
cure perimeter of the institution.’’. 
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 303 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘4049. Secure firearms storage.’’. 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4284
To prohibit certain abortions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 28, 1996
Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mrs. THURMAN,
Mr. SAWYER, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BENTSEN, Ms. MCCARTHY, Mr. DOOLEY
of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. DICKS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. FROST, Mr.
SCOTT, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. RICHARDSON) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To prohibit certain abortions.
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 ‘‘Late Term Abortion
Restriction Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ABORTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful, in or affect-
ing interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly to perform
an abortion after the fetus has become viable.
(b) EXCEPTION.—This section does not prohibit any
abortion performed if, in the medical judgment of the at-
tending physician, the abortion is necessary to preserve
the life of the woman or to avert serious adverse health
consequences to the woman.
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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish 
a United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2015 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. YOUNG 
of Alaska, and Mr. SALMON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to establish a United States Ambassador at Large 
for Arctic Affairs, 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 ‘‘United States Ambas-
sador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR ARC-
TIC AFFAIRS. 
Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 63. UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR 
ARCTIC AFFAIRS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Department of State an Ambassador at Large for Arc-
tic Affairs (referred to in this section as the ‘Ambas-
sador’), appointed in accordance with subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.—The Ambassador shall be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) DIPLOMATIC
REPRESENTATION.—Subject 
to the direction of the President and the Secretary 
of State, the Ambassador is authorized to represent 
the United States in matters and cases relevant to 
Arctic affairs in— 
‘‘(A) contacts with foreign governments, 
intergovernmental organizations, and special-
ized agencies of the United Nations, the Arctic 
Council, and other international organizations 
of which the United States is a member; and 
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the date of enactment of the Budget Process Reform Act
of 1996.’’.
Subtitle D—‘‘Pay-as-You-Go’’
Requirement for New Spending
SEC. 309. SPENDING OFFSETS REQUIRED; TWO-THIRDS
POINT OF ORDER.
(a) SPENDING OFFSETS AND POINT OF ORDER.—
Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SPENDING OFFSETS REQUIRED
‘‘SEC. 314. (a)(1) Except as provided by paragraph
(2), it shall not be in order in either the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate to consider any spending bill
that a report referred to in section 308(d) indicates would
in any fiscal period exceed a budget ceiling, unless the
Congressional Budget Office has further determined that
any such increased spending called for therein is offset
fully in each such fiscal period in that spending bill by
at least an equal amount of reductions in spending in the
same functional category.
‘‘(2) In the case of a spending bill that a report re-
ferred to in section 308(d) indicates would in any fiscal
period would exceed a budget ceiling for the natural disas-
ter functional category, the increased spending called for
therein may be fully offset by at least an equal amount
‘‘(B) multilateral conferences and meetings 
relating to Arctic affairs. 
‘‘(2) CHAIR
OF
THE
ARCTIC
COUNCIL.—The 
Ambassador shall serve as the Chair of the Arctic 
Council when the United States holds the Chairman-
ship of the Arctic Council from 2015 through 2017. 
‘‘(3) POLICIES
AND
PROCEDURES.—The Am-
bassador shall coordinate United States Arctic poli-
cies.’’. 
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1311, in the case of social safety net programs, each State
shall have the option of receiving an aggregate amount
for the fiscal period for such programs equal to the
amount allocated for the benefit of persons in that State
in the preceding fiscal period for such programs. In the
event a State elects this option, it may, in its discretion,
allocate such aggregate amount among any or all of the
social safety net programs in the way that it determines
will best meet the needs of recipients in that State (in
which case such State may exercise the discretion over the
administration of such programs set forth in subsection
(a) of this section). Alternatively, each State shall have
the option of receiving for the fiscal period the amounts
it received for each social safety net program in the pre-
ceding fiscal period.
‘‘(c) As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘Executive agency’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 105 of title 5, United
States Code; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘social safety net programs’
means the following programs: family support pay-
ments, adoption assistance, child support enforce-
ment, food stamps, foster care, Medicaid, child nu-
trition programs, social services block grant, and
supplemental security income (SSI).’’.
ried after having attained age 55, or whose second or sub-
sequent marriage has been terminated by death, divorce 
or annulment. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the later 
of— 
(1) October 1, 2015; and 
(2) the first day of the first month that begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1595 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement security measures 
in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud 
from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2015 
Mr. YOHO (for himself and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to implement secu-
rity measures in the electronic tax return filing process 
to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with 
electronic identity theft. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. IMPLEMENTATION OF SECURITY MEASURES IN 
ELECTRONIC TAX RETURN FILING PROCESS 
TO PREVENT TAX REFUND FRAUD. 
The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Secretary’s 
designee, shall implement security measures in the elec-
tronic tax return filing process designed to prevent tax re-
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fund fraud from being perpetrated through the use of elec-
tronic identity theft. Such measures shall include the use 
of security questions which allow for electronic matching 
of the answers to such questions to establish the identity 
of the taxpayer before the electronic filing of a tax return 
by such taxpayer. 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4005
AN ACT
To amend titles 18 and 31, United States Code, to
improve methods for preventing money launder-
ing and other financial crimes, and for other pur-
poses.
endar year for the management of the budget of the
United States.
‘‘(16) The term ‘Social Security’ means the Old
Age, Survivors, and Disability Program established
under title II of the Social Security Act, as in effect
on the date of enactment of the Budget Process Re-
form Act of 1996.’’.
SEC. 702. USE OF TERMS.
Whenever any term is used in this Act which is de-
fined in section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974, the term shall have the
meaning given to such term in that Act.
SEC. 703. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by it shall be-
come effective January 1, 1997, and shall apply to the
budget process for fiscal periods beginning after Septem-
ber 30, 1997.
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