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‘‘(4) The Secretary may unilaterally terminate
any cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to
this section if the Secretary determines that the
quality of construction does not meet all standards
established for similar facilities constructed by the
Secretary or that the operation and maintenance of
the system does not meet conditions acceptable to
the Secretary for fulfilling the obligations of the
United States to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
‘‘(5) Upon execution of any cooperative agree-
ment authorized under this section, the Secretary is
authorized to transfer to the appropriate non-Fed-
eral entity, on a nonreimbursable basis, the funds
authorized to be appropriated by section 10(a) for
the Rosebud Sioux Rural Water System.
‘‘(c) SERVICE AREA.—The service area of the Rose-
bud Sioux Rural Water System shall extend to all of Todd
County, South Dakota, and to all other territory and lands
generally described in the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Municipal,
Rural and Industrial Water Needs Assessment, dated July
1993 and the Final Engineering Report for the Mni
Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project dated May 1993.
‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS.—The pump-
ing plants, pipelines, treatment facilities, and other appur-
tenant facilities for the Rosebud Sioux Rural Water Sys-
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3949
Entitled the ‘‘Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad Worker Act’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1994
Mr. BATEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
Entitled the ‘‘Volunteer Firefighter and Rescue Squad
Worker Act’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FIREFIGHTER AND RESCUE SQUAD SERVICES.
Paragraph (4) of section 3(e) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 303(e)) is amended by
adding after subparagraph (B) the following:
‘‘(C) The term ‘employee’ does not include a fire-
fighter or a member of a rescue squad during the period
in which the firefighter or rescue squad member volunteers
the firefighter’s or member’s services at a location where
the firefighter or member is not employed.’’.
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SEC. 2. WAIVER OF OVERTIME COMPENSATION.
The employer of a firefighter or member of a rescue
squad is not required to pay the firefighter or member
overtime compensation under section 7 of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 for a period—
(1) when the firefighter or member volunteered
their services to the employer, and
(2) for which the firefighter or member signed
a legally binding waiver of such compensation.
SEC. 3. COERCION.
Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 207) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(r) No employer may require (directly or indirectly)
an employee who is a firefighter or member of a rescue
squad to volunteer the employee’s firefighting or rescue
squad services during any period in which such employee
would be entitled to receive compensation for overtime em-
ployment under subsection (a) if section 3(e)(4)(C) was
not in effect.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 394
To amend title 38, United States Code, to change the date for the beginning
of the Vietnam era for the purpose of veterans benefits from August
5, 1964, to December 22, 1961.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to change the date
for the beginning of the Vietnam era for the purpose
of veterans benefits from August 5, 1964, to December
22, 1961.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 101(29) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘August 5, 1964’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘December 22, 1961’’.
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tem shall be planned and constructed to a size sufficient
to meet the municipal, rural and industrial water supply
requirements of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Lyman-
Jones Rural Water System, as generally described in the
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Municipal, Rural and Industrial
Water Needs Assessment, dated July 1993, and the Final
Engineering Report for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Sup-
ply Project dated May, 1993, taking into account the ef-
fects of the conservation plans described in section 5. The
Rosebud Rural Water System and Lyman-Jones Rural
Water System may be interconnected and provided with
water service from common facilities. Any joint costs asso-
ciated with common facilities shall be allocated to the
Rosebud Sioux Rural Water System.
‘‘(e) TITLE TO SYSTEM.—Title to the Rosebud Sioux
Rural Water System shall be held in trust for the Rosebud
Sioux Tribe by the United States and shall not be trans-
ferred or encumbered without a subsequent Act of Con-
gress.
‘‘(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is au-
thorized and directed to provide such technical assistance
as may be necessary to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe to plan,
develop, construct, operate, maintain, and replace the
Rosebud Sioux Rural Water System, including (but not
limited to) operation and management training.
SEC. 12. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Department of Education;
(2) the term ‘‘local entity’’ means—
(A) a local educational agency, or
(B) a community-based organization as de-
fined in section 1471(3) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965;
(3) the term ‘‘eligible community’’ means an
area which meets criteria with respect to significant
poverty and significant violent crime, and such addi-
tional criteria, as the Secretary may by regulation
require; and
(4) the term ‘‘public school’’ means a public ele-
mentary school as defined in section 1201(t) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(t)),
and a public secondary school, as defined in section
1201(d) of such Act.
SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated out of the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund established under
section 
1115 
of 
title 
31, 
United 
States 
Code,
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997,
1998, and 1999 to carry out this Act.
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‘‘(g) APPLICATION
OF
THE INDIAN SELF-DETER-
MINATION ACT.—Planning, design, construction, and op-
eration of the Rosebud Sioux Rural Water System shall
be subject to the provisions of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450).
‘‘SEC. 3B. LOWER BRULE SIOUX RURAL WATER SYSTEM.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized
and directed to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain,
and replace a municipal, rural, and industrial water sys-
tem, to be known as the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water
System, as generally described in the Final Engineering
Report for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project,
dated May 1993. The Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water
System shall consist of—
‘‘(1) necessary pumping and treatment facili-
ties;
‘‘(2) pipelines extending from the points of
interconnections with the Oglala Sioux Rural Water
Supply System to the Lower Brule Indian Reserva-
tion;
‘‘(3) facilities to allow for interconnections with
the Lyman-Jones Rural Water Supply System;
‘‘(4) distribution and treatment facilities to
serve the needs of the Lower Brule Indian Reserva-
tion, including (but not limited to) the purchase, im-
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3952
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to alleviate the inequitable
tax treatment of individuals operating small, expanding publishing busi-
nesses as S corporations or partnerships, thereby encouraging the growth
and development of such businesses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1994
Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. SHAW) 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 alleviate
the inequitable tax treatment of individuals operating
small, expanding publishing businesses as S corporations
or partnerships, thereby encouraging the growth and de-
velopment of such businesses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION TO MINIMUM TAX TREATMENT
OF CIRCULATION EXPENSES.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subparagraph (D) of section
56(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating
to circulation and research and experimental expenditures)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(D) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN EXPENDI-
TURES.—If the taxpayer materially participates
(within the meaning of section 469(h)) in an
activity, this paragraph shall not apply to any
amount allowable as a deduction under section
173 or 174(a) for expenditures paid or incurred
in connection with such activity.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to expenditures paid or in-
curred in taxable years ending after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) 5-YEAR SPREAD FOR PREVIOUSLY CAPITAL-
IZED EXPENDITURES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of deter-
mining the alternative minimum taxable income
of any taxpayer, the expenditures described in
subparagraph (B) shall be amortized ratably
over the 5-year period beginning with the first
day of the first taxable year ending after the
date of the enactment of this Act. Such amorti-
zation shall be treated as the amount allowable
under section 56(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986.
(B) DESCRIPTION
OF
EXPENDITURES.—
The expenditures described in this subpara-
graph consist of the unamortized balance (as of
the close of the taxpayer’s last taxable year
ending before the date of the enactment of this
Act) of the circulation expenditures which were
capitalized under section 56(b)(2)(A) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and which would
not have been so capitalized if the amendment
made by subsection (a) had applied to the tax-
able years in which such expenditures were paid
or incurred.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3953
To authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain lands in Florida
to a political subdivision of the State of Florida.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1994
Mr. HUTTO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources
A BILL
To authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain
lands in Florida to a political subdivision of the State
of Florida.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCE TO POLITI-
CAL SUBDIVISION OF STATE OF FLORIDA.
Notwithstanding the provision in the Act of July 30,
1946 (Chapter 699; 60 Stat. 712) that the lands described
in such Act may be conveyed by Escambia County, Flor-
ida, only by lease or to the Federal Government, the State
of Florida, or an agency of the State of Florida, the lands
described in such Act may be conveyed by Escambia Coun-
ty, Florida, to a political subdivision of the State of
Florida.
SEC. 2. ACTIONS BY SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall execute and
file in the appropriate office the appropriate deed and
other appropriate instruments, if any, necessary to allow
the conveyance authorized in section 1.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2519 
To direct the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance for 
individuals affected by exposure to Agent Orange, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 26, 2013 
Ms. LEE of California (for herself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Ms. PIN-
GREE of Maine) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs to provide assistance for individuals affected by 
exposure to Agent Orange, 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 ‘‘Victims of Agent Or-
ange Relief Act of 2013’’. 
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load adjustment for fiscal year 2013 (as deter-
mined under paragraph (3)(B)).’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) FISCAL YEAR 2013 INFLATION AND WORK-
LOAD ADJUSTMENTS.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1), the dollar amount of the inflation and workload 
adjustments for fiscal year 2013 shall be determined 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—The infla-
tion adjustment for fiscal year 2013 shall be 
the sum of— 
‘‘(i) $652,709,000 multiplied by the 
result of an inflation adjustment calcula-
tion determined using the methodology de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1)(B); and 
‘‘(ii) $652,709,000 multiplied by the 
result of an inflation adjustment calcula-
tion determined using the methodology de-
scribed in subsection (c)(1)(C). 
‘‘(B) WORKLOAD
ADJUSTMENT.—Subject 
to subparagraph (C), the workload adjustment 
for fiscal 2013 shall be— 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4312 
To establish an advisory committee to issue nonbinding governmentwide guide-
lines on making public information available on the Internet, to require 
publicly available Government information held by the executive branch 
to be made available on the Internet, to express the sense of Congress 
that publicly available information held by the legislative and judicial 
branches should be available on the Internet, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2014 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To establish an advisory committee to issue nonbinding gov-
ernmentwide guidelines on making public information 
available on the Internet, to require publicly available 
Government information held by the executive branch 
to be made available on the Internet, to express the 
sense of Congress that publicly available information held 
by the legislative and judicial branches should be avail-
able on the Internet, 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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(1) 
SUBMISSION
OF
ELEVATION
CERTIFI-
CATE.—Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this 
subsection, subsections (a), (b), and (e) of section 
102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4012a), and section 202(a) of such Act, 
shall not apply to a property located in an area des-
ignated as having a special flood hazard if the owner 
of such property submits to the Administrator an 
elevation certificate for such property showing that 
the lowest level of the primary residence on such 
property is at an elevation that is at least three feet 
higher than the elevation of the 100-year flood plain. 
(2) REVIEW OF CERTIFICATE.—The Adminis-
trator shall accept as conclusive each elevation cer-
tificate submitted under paragraph (1) unless the 
Administrator conducts a subsequent elevation sur-
vey and determines that the lowest level of the pri-
mary residence on the property in question is not at 
an elevation that is at least three feet higher than 
the elevation of the 100-year flood plain. The Ad-
ministrator shall provide any such subsequent ele-
vation survey to the owner of such property. 
(3) DETERMINATIONS
FOR
PROPERTIES
ON 
BORDERS OF SPECIAL FLOOD HAZARD AREAS.—
(A) EXPEDITED DETERMINATION.—In the 
case of any survey for a property submitted to 
the Administrator pursuant to paragraph (1) 
showing that a portion of the property is lo-
cated within an area having special flood haz-
ards and that a structure located on the prop-
erty is not located within such area having spe-
cial flood hazards, the Administrator shall expe-
ditiously process any request made by an owner 
of the property for a determination pursuant to 
paragraph (2) or a determination of whether 
the structure is located within the area having 
special flood hazards. 
(B) PROHIBITION OF FEE.—If the Admin-
istrator determines pursuant to subparagraph 
(A) that the structure on the property is not lo-
cated within the area having special flood haz-
ards, the Administrator shall not charge a fee 
for reviewing the flood hazard data and shall 
not require the owner to provide any additional 
elevation data. 
(C) SIMPLIFICATION
OF
REVIEW
PROC-
ESS.—The Administrator shall collaborate with 
private sector flood insurers to simplify the re-
view process for properties described in sub-
‘‘(c) FINANCIAL STATUS OF PROGRAM.—The report 
under this section for each year shall include information 
regarding the financial status of the national flood insur-
ance program under this title, including a description of 
the financial status of the National Flood Insurance Fund 
and current and projected levels of claims, premium re-
ceipts, expenses, and borrowing under the program.’’. 
SEC. 351. MITIGATION ASSISTANCE. 
(a) MITIGATION
ASSISTANCE
GRANTS.—Section 
1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4104c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking the last sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘Such financial 
assistance shall be made available— 
‘‘(1) to States and communities in the form of 
grants under this section for carrying out mitigation 
activities; 
‘‘(2) to States and communities in the form of 
grants under this section for carrying out mitigation 
activities that reduce flood damage to severe repet-
itive loss structures; and 
‘‘(3) to property owners in the form of direct 
grants under this section for carrying out mitigation 
activities that reduce flood damage to individual 
structures for which 2 or more claim payments for
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afford interested persons opportunity to present views.
The Secretary may not grant an exemption under this sec-
tion unless the Secretary affords an opportunity for a
hearing and makes a determination on the record with re-
spect to the findings required under subsection (a)(3). The
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make
a final determination with respect to any application filed
under this section in the case of a newly established ar-
rangement within 90 days after the date which the Sec-
retary determines is the date on which such application
is filed in complete form.
‘‘SEC. 704. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An exemption may be
granted by the Secretary under this part only on the
basis of an application filed with the Secretary in
such form and manner as shall be prescribed in reg-
ulations of the Secretary. Any such application shall
be signed by the operating committee and the spon-
sor of the arrangement.
‘‘(2) FILING FEE.—The arrangement shall pay
to the Secretary at the time of filing an application
under this section a filing fee in the amount of
$5,000, which shall be available, to the extent pro-
vided in appropriation Acts, to the Secretary for the
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be effective only upon notification of the Secretary of such
suspension or revocation.
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION
OF PARTICIPATING EMPLOY-
ERS.—All participating employers in a multiple employer
welfare arrangement shall be notified of the expiration,
suspension, or revocation of an exemption granted to such
arrangement under this part, by such persons and in such
form and manner as shall be prescribed in regulations of
the Secretary, not later than 20 days after such expiration
or after receipt of notice of a final decision requiring such
suspension or revocation.
‘‘(e) PUBLICATION OF EXPIRATIONS, SUSPENSIONS,
AND REVOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall publish all expi-
rations of, and all final decisions to suspend or revoke,
exemptions granted under this part.
‘‘SEC. 710. REVIEW OF ACTIONS OF THE SECRETARY.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any decision by the Secretary
which involves the denial of an application by a multiple
employer welfare arrangement for an exemption under this
part or the suspension or revocation of such an exemption
shall contain a statement of the specific reason or reasons
supporting the Secretary’s action, including reference to
the specific terms of the exemption and the statutory pro-
vision or provisions relevant to the determination.
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‘‘(b) DENIALS OF APPLICATIONS.—In the case of the
denial of an application for an exemption under this part,
the Secretary shall send a copy of the decision to the appli-
cant by certified or registered mail at the address specified
in the records of the Secretary. Such decision shall con-
stitute the final decision of the Secretary unless the ar-
rangement, or any party that would be prejudiced by the
decision, files a written appeal of the denial within 30 days
after the mailing of such decision. The Secretary may af-
firm, modify, or reverse the initial decision. The decision
on appeal shall become final upon the mailing of a copy
by certified or registered mail to the arrangement or party
that filed the appeal.
‘‘(c) SUSPENSIONS
OR REVOCATIONS
OF EXEMP-
TION.—In the case of the suspension or revocation of an
exemption granted under this part, the Secretary shall
send a copy of the decision to the arrangement by certified
or registered mail at its address, as specified in the
records of the Secretary. Upon the request of the arrange-
ment, or any party that would be prejudiced by the sus-
pension or revocation, filed within 15 days of the mailing
of the Secretary’s decision, the Secretary shall schedule
a hearing on such decision by written notice, sent by cer-
tified or registered mail to the arrangement or party
requesting such hearing. Such notice shall set forth—
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as permitted
under subparagraph (B), a health insurance
plan providing standard coverage shall not pro-
vide a deductible amount for benefits provided
in any plan year that exceeds—
(i) with respect to benefits payable for
items and services furnished to any em-
ployee with no family member enrolled
under the plan, for a plan year beginning
in—
(I) a calendar year prior to 1996,
$450; or
(II) for a subsequent calendar
year, the limitation specified in this
clause for the previous calendar year
increased by the percentage increase
in the consumer price index for all
urban consumers (United States city
average, as published by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics) for the 12-month
period ending on September 30 of the
preceding calendar year; and
(ii) with respect to benefits payable
for items and services furnished to any em-
ployee with a family member enrolled