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Revenue Code of 1986 that does not endorse, sup-
port, oppose candidates or political parties and any
such debate features at least 2 candidates competing
for election to that office;
‘‘(iii) in the case of a voter guide, the guide is pre-
pared and distributed by a corporation or labor or-
ganization and consists of questions posed to at least
two candidates for election to that office; and
‘‘(iv) in the case of a voting record, the record
is prepared and distributed by a corporation or labor
organization and such preparation and distribution
occurs either without consultation with any can-
didate whose record is included or in consultation
with all such candidates;
for purposes of subsection (i)(4) such payments shall be
treated as contributions if any communication made by a
corporation or labor organization in connection with the
candidate appearance, candidate debate, voter guide, or
voting record contains express advocacy, or that no struc-
ture or format of the candidate appearance, candidate de-
bate, voter guide, or voting record, nor any preparation
or distribution of any such guide or record, reflects a pur-
pose of influencing the election of a particular candidate.’’.
ing or major drug transit country is modified or sus-
pended.
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—(1) For purposes of this section,
the terms ‘major illicit drug producing country’ and ‘major
drug transit country’ have the meanings such terms have
under section 481(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘air
transportation’, ‘air carrier’, ‘foreign air carrier’, and ‘for-
eign air transportation’ have the meanings such terms
have under section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of
1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1301).
‘‘(3) For purposes of this section, the term ‘appro-
priate congressional committees’ means the Committee on
Ways and Means and the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Finance and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.—Sections
804 and 805 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2493
and 2494) are repealed.
SEC. 3. DEFENSES OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER EXIST-
ING TRADE AGREEMENTS.
If proceedings are initiated by a country against the
United States in the World Trade Organization or under
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2109
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 to require reports filed under such Act to
be filed electronically and to require the Federal
Election Commission to make such reports avail-
able to the public within 24 hours of receipt.
tem of Preferences), the Caribbean Basin Eco-
nomic Recovery Act, the Andean Trade Pref-
erence Act, or any other law providing pref-
erential tariff treatment;
‘‘(B) apply to any or all of the dutiable
products of that country an additional duty at
a rate not to exceed 50 percent ad valorem or
the specific rate equivalent;
‘‘(C) apply to one or more duty-free prod-
ucts of that country a duty at a rate not to ex-
ceed 50 percent ad valorem;
‘‘(D) take the steps described in subsection
(g)(1) or (2), or both, to curtail air transpor-
tation between the United States and that
country;
‘‘(E) withdraw the personnel and resources
of the United States from participation in any
arrangement with that country for the pre-
clearance of customs by visitors between the
United States and that country;
‘‘(F) deny trade benefits under any agree-
ment between that country and the United
States establishing a free trade area;
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2109
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
require reports filed under such Act to be filed electroni-
cally and to require the Federal Election Commission
to make such reports available to the public within 24
hours of receipt.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2129
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located
at 150 North 3rd Street in Steubenville, Ohio, as
the ‘‘Douglas Applegate Post Office’’.
the North American Free Trade Agreement with respect
to actions taken pursuant to title VIII of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2491 et seq.), the President shall in-
voke all applicable defenses in such proceedings, including
exceptions for measures necessary to protect the national
security of the United States and to protect human, ani-
mal, or plant life, or health.
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2129
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located at 150
North 3rd Street in Steubenville, Ohio, as the ‘‘Douglas
Applegate Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Calendar No. 263
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H.R. 2129
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office located
at 150 North 3rd Street in Steubenville, Ohio, as
the ‘‘Douglas Applegate Post Office’’.
NOVEMBER 6, 1997
Reported without amendment
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2158
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Vet-
erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and for sundry independent agencies, com-
missions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1998, and for other
purposes.
I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3025
To suspend until January 1, 1999, the duty on 2,2-Dichlorophenylacetic
Acid Ethel Ester (DCPAE).
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 6, 1996
Mr. BAKER of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend until January 1, 1999, the duty on 2,2-
Dichlorophenylacetic Acid Ethel Ester (DCPAE).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 2,2-DICHLOROPHENYLACETIC ACID ETHEL
ESTER (DCPAE).
Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tar-
iff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting
in numerical sequence the following new subheading:
HR 3025 IH
‘‘
9902.31.12
2,2-
Dichlorophe-
nylacetic
Acid Ether
Ester (CAS
No. 5317–
66–5) (pro-
vided for in
subheading
2916.39.04)
From
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/98
’’.
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.
The amendment made by section 1 applies with re-
spect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3027
To amend title 18, United States Code, and the Controlled Substances Act,
with respect to the payment of the costs of court-appointed attorneys
in certain criminal cases.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 6, 1996
Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. DUNCAN,
Mr. GEKAS, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. HEINEMAN, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr.
MCCOLLUM, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, 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 amend title 18, United States Code, and the Controlled
Substances Act, with respect to the payment of the costs
of court-appointed attorneys in certain criminal cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 18.
Section 3006A of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5),
and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respec-
tively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the
following:
‘‘(4) DISCLOSURE
OF
FEES.—The amounts
paid under this subsection, for representation in any
case, shall be made available to the public.’’; and
(2) in subsection (e) by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(4) DISCLOSURE
OF
FEES.—The amounts
paid under this subsection for services in any case
shall be made available to the public.’’.
SEC. 2. FEES AND EXPENSES IN CAPITAL CASES.
Section 408(q)(10) of the Controlled Substances Act
(21 U.S.C. 848(q)(10)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(10)(A) Compensation shall be paid to attorneys ap-
pointed under this subsection at a rate of not less than
$75, and not more than $125, per hour for in-court and
out-of-court time. Fees and expenses shall be paid for in-
vestigative, expert, and other reasonably necessary serv-
ices authorized under paragraph (9) at the rates and in
the amounts authorized under section 3006A of title 18,
United States Code.
‘‘(B) The amounts paid under this paragraph for
services in any case shall be made available to the public.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act apply to cases
commenced on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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dividual enrolled under this title becomes 
an inmate of a public institution (except as 
a patient of a medical institution). 
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF REMAINING 
PERIOD.—Notwithstanding any changes to 
State law related to continuous eligibility 
during the time that an individual is an in-
mate of a public institution (except as a 
patient of a medical institution), subject to 
clause (iii), with respect to an eligible indi-
vidual who was subject to a suspension 
under clause (i), on the date that such in-
dividual is released from a public institu-
tion the suspension of continuous eligibility 
under such clause shall be lifted for a pe-
riod that is equal to the time remaining in 
the period of continuous eligibility for such 
individual on the date that such period was 
suspended under such clause. 
‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION.—If a State makes 
a determination that an individual is not 
eligible to be enrolled under the State 
plan— 
‘‘(I) on or before the date that 
the suspension of continuous eligibility 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3028
To secure the voting rights of former felons who have been released from
incarceration.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 6, 1996
Mr. CONYERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To secure the voting rights of former felons who have been
released from incarceration.
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 ‘‘Voting Rights of
Former Offenders Act’’.
SEC. 2. RIGHTS OF CITIZENS.
The right of a citizen of the United States, who other-
wise is qualified, to vote in any election for Federal office
shall not be denied or abridged because he has committed
a criminal offense unless such citizen is imprisoned in a
correctional institution or facility at the time of such elec-
tion.
SEC. 3. STATE REQUIREMENTS.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the
States from establishing requirements for the holding of
State or local elective office; nor from enacting any State
law which affords the right to vote in any election for Fed-
eral office on terms less restrictive than those established
by this Act.
SEC. 4. OFFENSE.
Whoever intentionally denies or attempts to deny any
person any right secured by this Act shall be fined under
title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than
one year, or both.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘correctional institution or facil-
ity’’ means any prison, penitentiary, jail, or other in-
stitution or facility for the confinement of individ-
uals convicted of criminal offenses, except that such
term does not include any residential community
treatment center (or similar public or private facil-
ity);
(2) the term ‘‘election’’ means (A) a general,
special, primary, or runoff election, (B) a convention
or caucus of a political party held to nominate a
candidate, (C) a primary election held for the selec-
tion of delegates to a national nominating conven-
tion of a political party, or (D) a primary election
held for the expression of a preference for the nomi-
nation of persons for election to the office of Presi-
dent; and
(3) the term ‘‘Federal office’’ means the office
of President or Vice President of the United States,
or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the
United States.
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IIA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 840
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 6, 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building and United States court-
house located at 215 South Evans Street in Greenville,
North Carolina, as the ‘‘Walter B. Jones Federal Build-
ing and United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Federal building and United States courthouse
located at 215 South Evans Street in Greenville, North
HR 840 RFS
Carolina, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Walter
B. Jones Federal Building and United States Court-
house’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building and United States courthouse referred to in sec-
tion 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Walter
B. Jones Federal Building and United States Court-
house’’.
Passed the House of Representatives December 5,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
By LINDA NAVE,
Deputy Clerk.
(iii) either House of Congress to consider 
an extension disapproval resolution after June 
30, 2018. 
(d) COMMENCEMENT OF NEGOTIATIONS.—In order 
to contribute to the continued economic expansion of the 
United States, the President shall commence negotiations 
covering tariff and nontariff barriers affecting any indus-
try, product, or service sector, and expand existing sec-
toral agreements to countries that are not parties to those 
agreements, in cases where the President determines that 
such negotiations are feasible and timely and would ben-
efit the United States. Such sectors include agriculture, 
commercial services, intellectual property rights, industrial 
and capital goods, government procurement, information 
technology products, environmental technology and serv-
ices, medical equipment and services, civil aircraft, and in-
frastructure products. In so doing, the President shall 
take into account all of the negotiating objectives set forth 
in section 2. 
SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, CONSULTATIONS, 
AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION. 
(a) CONSULTATIONS
WITH
MEMBERS
OF
CON-
GRESS.— 
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(1) CONSULTATIONS DURING NEGOTIATIONS.— 
In the course of negotiations conducted under this 
Act, the United States Trade Representative shall— 
(A) meet upon request with any Member of 
Congress regarding negotiating objectives, the 
status of negotiations in progress, and the na-
ture of any changes in the laws of the United 
States or the administration of those laws that 
may be recommended to Congress to carry out 
any trade agreement or any requirement of, 
amendment to, or recommendation under, that 
agreement; 
(B) upon request of any Member of Con-
gress, provide access to pertinent documents re-
lating to the negotiations, including classified 
materials; 
(C) consult closely and on a timely basis 
with, and keep fully apprised of the negotia-
tions, the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate; 
(D) consult closely and on a timely basis 
with, and keep fully apprised of the negotia-
tions, the House Advisory Group on Negotia-
tions and the Senate Advisory Group on Nego-
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF COURTHOUSE.
The United States courthouse located at 3rd Street
and Constitution Avenue, Northwest, in Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, shall be designated and known as the
‘‘E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be deemed
to be a reference to the ‘‘E. Barrett Prettyman United
States Courthouse’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 3029
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
An Act
To designate the United States courthouse in Washington, District of Columbia,
as the ‘‘E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF COURTHOUSE.
The United States courthouse located at 3rd Street and Con-
stitution Avenue, Northwest, in Washington, District of Columbia,
shall be designated and known as the ‘‘E. Barrett Prettyman United
States Courthouse’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the United States courthouse
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the
‘‘E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5301 
To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
to establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for retail electricity 
suppliers and a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity 
and natural gas suppliers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2014 
Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 
Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable electricity 
standard for retail electricity suppliers and a Federal 
energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and 
natural gas suppliers, 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 ‘‘American Renewable 
Energy and Efficiency Act’’. 
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SEC. 207. REALLOCATION OF PAYROLL TAX REVENUE 
FROM THE OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSUR-
ANCE TRUST FUND TO THE FEDERAL DIS-
ABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND. 
(1) WAGES.—Section 201(b)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(b)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and (R) 1.80 per centum of the wages (as 
so defined) paid after December 31, 1999, and so 
reported’’ and inserting ‘‘(R) 1.80 per centum of the 
wages (as so defined) paid after December 31, 1999, 
and before January 1, 2015, and so reported, (S) 
2.8 per centum of the wages (as so defined) paid 
after December 31, 2014, and before January 1, 
2016, and so reported, (T) 2.4 per centum of the 
wages (as so defined) paid after December 31, 2015, 
and before January 1, 2017, and so reported, (U) 
2.2 per centum of the wages (as so defined) paid 
after December 31, 2016, and before January 1, 
2020, and so reported, (V) 2.0 per centum of the 
wages (as so defined) paid after December 31, 2019, 
and before January 1, 2026, and so reported, and 
(W) 1.8 per centum of the wages (as so defined) 
paid after December 31, 2025, and so reported’’. 
(2) 
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
INCOME.—Section 
201(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 401(b)(2)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and (R) 1.80 per centum of 
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‘‘(I) count only measures and savings that 
are additional to business-as-usual customer 
purchase practices; 
‘‘(J) ensure that the retail electricity sup-
plier or retail natural gas supplier claiming the 
electricity savings or natural gas savings, in-
cluding codes and standards savings, played a 
significant role in achieving the savings (includ-
ing through the activities of a designated agent 
of the supplier or through the purchase of 
transferred electricity savings or natural gas 
savings); 
‘‘(K) avoid double-counting of savings used 
for compliance with this section, including 
transferred savings; 
‘‘(L) include electricity savings or natural 
gas savings from programs administered by the 
retail electric supplier or natural gas supplier 
that are funded by Federal, State, or other 
sources; 
‘‘(M) credit large customer self-directed 
electricity savings or natural gas savings to the 
retail electricity supplier or the retail natural 
gas supplier if the large customers receive in-
centives or rate reductions from the retail sup-
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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2158
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Af-
fairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sun-
dry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998,
and for other purposes.
(4) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘and com-
mercial and Federal undersea communications ca-
bles’’ after ‘‘observing technologies’’. 
(c) TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM.—Subsection (c) of 
such section 4 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM.—The program 
under this section shall operate a tsunami warning system 
that— 
‘‘(1) is capable of forecasting tsunami, includ-
ing forecasting tsunami arrival time and inundation 
estimates, anywhere in the Pacific and Arctic Ocean 
regions and providing adequate warnings; 
‘‘(2) is capable of forecasting and providing 
adequate warnings in areas of the Atlantic Ocean, 
including the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, 
that are determined— 
‘‘(A) to be geologically active, or to have 
significant potential for geological activity; and 
‘‘(B) to pose significant risks of tsunami 
for States along the coastal areas of the Atlan-
tic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, or Gulf of Mexico; 
and 
‘‘(3) supports other international tsunami fore-
casting and warning efforts.’’.
‘‘(ii) in the case of an eligible entity 
described in subclause (I) or (III) of sub-
paragraph (E)(ii), the schools that will 
participate in the project; 
‘‘(iii) how the eligible entity will en-
sure sufficient information technology is 
available to carry out the project; 
‘‘(iv) how the eligible entity will en-
sure sufficient digital instructional re-
sources are available to students partici-
pating in the project; 
‘‘(v) the ongoing professional develop-
ment to be provided for teachers, school 
leaders, and other personnel carrying out 
the project; 
‘‘(vi) the State policies and procedures 
for which the eligible entity requests waiv-
ers from the State to carry out the project, 
which may include requests for the waivers 
described in section 2112(b)(13)(B); 
‘‘(vii) as appropriate, how the eligible 
entity will use the blended learning project 
to improve instruction and access to the 
curriculum for diverse groups of students, 
including students with disabilities and 
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