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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2679 
To exclude the Internal Revenue Service from the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code, relating to labor-management relations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2013 
Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. 
FLEMING, Mr. COLE, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. FRANKS of Ari-
zona, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. COBLE, and Mr. 
GRIFFIN of Arkansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To exclude the Internal Revenue Service from the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, relating to labor-manage-
ment relations. 
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 ‘‘Preventing Unioniza-
tion of Revenue Service Employees Act’’ or the ‘‘PURSE 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7103(a)(3) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding after subparagraph (H) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) the Internal Revenue Service;’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or 
regulation, or of any preexisting collective bargaining 
agreement. 
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IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1847 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 15, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry 
AN ACT 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification 
requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access 
to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities 
under such Acts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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the same manner and to the extent as if such in-
sured depository institution were a member bank;
and for this purpose, any company which would be
an affiliate of an insured depository institution for
purposes of such sections 23A and 23B if such in-
sured depository institution were a member bank
shall be deemed to be an affiliate of such insured de-
pository institution.
(5) LIMITATIONS.—No insured depository insti-
tution that is an affiliate of a financial services hold-
ing company shall, directly or indirectly—
(A) extend credit in any manner to a secu-
rities affiliate or a subsidiary thereof;
(B) purchase for its own account assets of
a securities affiliate or a subsidiary thereof;
(C) issue a guarantee, acceptance, or letter
of credit, including an endorsement or standby
letter of credit, for the benefit of a securities af-
filiate or a subsidiary thereof; or
(D) extend credit in any manner to any in-
vestment company advised by or the shares of
which are distributed by a securities affiliate.
(6) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B)
of paragraph (5) do not apply to any extension of
credit by an insured depository institution made to
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 267 
To improve hydropower, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2013 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS (for herself, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. 
TERRY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. LATTA, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N 
of New Mexico, and Mr. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To improve hydropower, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Promoting small hydroelectric power projects. 
Sec. 4. Promoting conduit hydropower projects. 
Sec. 5. FERC authority to extend preliminary permit periods. 
Sec. 6. Promoting hydropower development at nonpowered dams and closed 
loop pumped storage projects. 
Sec. 7. DOE study of pumped storage and potential hydropower from conduits. 
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tractor of an entity described in subsection (g)(4), subject 
to paragraph (4) and subject to the following: 
‘‘(A) The first sentence of paragraph (1) ap-
plies in lieu of the first sentence of subsection 
(g)(1)(A). 
‘‘(B) With respect to an entity described in sub-
section (g)(4), a health care practitioner is not a 
health professional volunteer at such entity unless 
the entity sponsors the health care practitioner. For 
purposes of this subsection, the entity shall be con-
sidered to be sponsoring the health care practitioner 
if— 
‘‘(i) with respect to the health care practi-
tioner, the entity submits to the Secretary an 
application meeting the requirements of sub-
section (g)(1)(D); and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary, pursuant to subsection 
(g)(1)(E), determines that the health care prac-
titioner is deemed to be an employee of the 
Public Health Service. 
‘‘(C) In the case of a health care practitioner 
who is determined by the Secretary pursuant to sub-
section (g)(1)(E) to be a health professional volun-
teer at such entity, this subsection applies to the 
health care practitioner (with respect to services per-
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‘‘(A) The notice of proposed rulemaking
shall include a statement of its basis and pur-
pose, a request for any additional data needed,
and a bibliography of all significant scientific
data and studies on which the proposed rule is
based. The statement of basis and purpose shall
include a summary of—
‘‘(i) the factual data on which the pro-
posed rule is based;
‘‘(ii) the major scientific assumptions,
legal interpretations, and policy consider-
ations underlying the proposed rule;
‘‘(iii) a summary of available risk-ben-
efit information, including benefits and use
information as provided by the Secretary
of Agriculture; and
‘‘(iv) the Administrator’s analysis and
tentative conclusions regarding the bal-
ancing of such risks and benefits.
‘‘(B) Registrants of the pesticide and any
person who submits comments on the proposed
rule shall make a report to the Administrator of
all scientific data and studies in such person’s
possession concerning the risks and benefits of
the pesticide that are the subject of the rule-
‘‘(A) a detailed statement of the benefits of-
fered (including any maximums, limitations, exclu-
sions, and other definitions of benefits); 
‘‘(B) the premiums charged (including any limi-
tations or other conditions on their subsequent ad-
justment); 
‘‘(C) the duration of the enrollment period; and 
‘‘(D) such other terms and conditions (includ-
ing procedures for establishing eligibility for insur-
ance under this chapter) as may be determined by 
the Director, consistent with the requirements of 
this chapter. 
‘‘(2) Premiums charged under a contract under this 
section shall reasonably and equitably reflect the cost of 
the benefits provided, as determined by the Director. 
‘‘(c)(1) Each contract under this section shall require 
the carrier— 
‘‘(A) to provide payments or benefits described 
in section 8804(c) to an employee if such employee 
is entitled thereto under the terms of the contract; 
and 
‘‘(B) with respect to disputes regarding claims 
for payments or benefits under the terms of the con-
tract— 
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(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) any loan made under part D of such
title (the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan
Program, 20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); or’’.
(c) EDUCATION
LOAN
REPAYMENT
PROGRAM:
HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICERS SERVING IN SELECTED
RESERVE WITH WARTIME CRITICAL MEDICAL SKILL
SHORTAGES.—Section 16302(a) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through
(4) as paragraphs (3) through (5) respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(2) any loan made under part D of such title
(the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program,
20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); or’’.
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making and were not included in the bibliog-
raphy included in the notice required in sub-
paragraph (A). If such person receives addi-
tional scientific data or studies pertinent to the
rulemaking that were not included in such bibli-
ography, the person shall make a report of such
scientific data and studies to the Administrator
promptly after receipt. If the Administrator re-
ceives reports containing additional data con-
cerning risks or benefits, the Administrator
shall revise the bibliography to reflect such data
and make the revised bibliography available to
the public.
‘‘(C) The Administrator shall provide a
comment period of not less than 90 days after
the publication of the notice of proposed rule-
making. During such period any person may
submit comments, data, or documentary infor-
mation on the proposed rule. Promptly upon re-
ceipt by the Administrator, all written com-
ments and documentary information on the pro-
posed rule received from any person for inclu-
sion in the docket during the comment period,
shall be place in the docket.
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2682 
To prohibit the funding of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2013 
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia (for himself, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. 
STOCKMAN, Mr. JONES, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. COTTON, Mr. 
PALAZZO, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. 
PITTENGER, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. CAS-
SIDY, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 
WENSTRUP, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. GINGREY of 
Georgia, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. BAR-
TON, Mr. OLSON, Mr. HALL, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CUL-
BERSON, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. KING
of Iowa, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. 
HUELSKAMP, Mr. POSEY, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. SCALISE, and Mr. YOHO) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and 
Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, 
and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the funding of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act. 
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 ‘‘Defund Obamacare 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no Federal funds shall be made available to 
carry out any provisions of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or title I and 
subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152), or of 
the amendments made by either such Act. 
(b) LIMITATION.—No entitlement to benefits under 
any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or title I and subtitle B 
of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–152), or the amendments 
made by either such Act, shall remain in effect on and 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, nor shall any 
payment be awarded, owed, or made to any State, District, 
or territory under any such provision. 
(c) UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all unobligated balances available 
under the provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) 
are hereby rescinded. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2683 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose recordkeeping re-
quirements on the Internal Revenue Service to substantiate costs incurred 
in carrying out its responsibilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2013 
Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 
REICHERT, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, and Mr. REED) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose 
recordkeeping requirements on the Internal Revenue 
Service to substantiate costs incurred in carrying out 
its responsibilities. 
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 ‘‘IRS Equal Treatment 
Act of 2013’’. 
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month of telephony metadata pursuant to an order under 
section 501(i)(1)(B).’’. 
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‘‘(2) shall be accompanied by a signed state-
ment containing— 
‘‘(A) the contributor’s name and the con-
tributor’s address in the State in which the pri-
mary residence of the contributor is located; 
and 
‘‘(B) an oath declaring that the contrib-
utor— 
‘‘(i) understands that the purpose of 
the qualifying contribution is to show sup-
port for the candidate so that the can-
didate may qualify for Fair Elections fi-
nancing; 
‘‘(ii) is making the contribution in his 
or her own name and from his or her own 
funds; 
‘‘(iii) has made the contribution will-
ingly; and 
‘‘(iv) has not received any thing of 
value in return for the contribution; and 
‘‘(3) shall be acknowledged by a receipt that is 
sent to the contributor with a copy kept by the can-
didate for the Commission and a copy kept by the 
candidate for the election authorities in the State 
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ment of Defense for that fiscal year in accordance with allo-
cations made pursuant to subsection (b).
‘‘(2) The total amount credited to appropriations ac-
counts for a fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
be the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the amount equal to three percent of the
amount referred to in such paragraph that is recov-
ered in that fiscal year; or
‘‘(B) $500,000.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF RECOVERED FUNDS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall allocate amounts recovered in a con-
tractor fraud case through the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned to each installation that incurred a loss
or expense as a result of the fraud.
‘‘(c) USE
BY MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of a military department receiving an allocation
under subsection (b) in a fiscal year with respect to a con-
tractor fraud case—
‘‘(1) shall credit (for use by each installation
concerned) the amount equal to the costs incurred by
the military department in carrying out or support-
ing an investigation or litigation of the contractor
fraud case to appropriations accounts of the depart-
ment for such fiscal year that are used for paying the
‘‘(B) under the written governing instru-
ment creating the trust, no contribution will be 
accepted to the extent such contribution, when 
added to previous contributions to the trust for 
the calendar year, exceeds the dollar amount in 
effect under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) TREATMENT
OF
ACCOUNT
BEFORE
AGE 
18.—For purposes of this section, except as other-
wise provided in this subsection, a child health sav-
ings account established for the benefit of the child 
of a taxpayer shall be treated as a health savings ac-
count of the taxpayer until the child attains the age 
of 18, after which such account shall be treated as 
a health savings account of the child. 
‘‘(5) DISTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a child 
health savings account established under this 
section for the benefit of a child of a tax-
payer— 
‘‘(i) BEFORE
AGE
18.—Any amount 
paid or distributed out of such account be-
fore the child has attained the age of 18, 
shall be included in the gross income of the 
taxpayer, and subparagraph (A) of sub-
section (f) shall apply (relating to addi-
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(1) use the real and personal property and im-
provements conveyed under that subsection for eco-
nomic development relating to the jewel bearing
plant;
(2) enter into an agreement with an appropriate
public or private entity or person to lease such prop-
erty and improvements to that entity or person for
such economic development; or
(3) enter into an agreement with an appropriate
public or private entity or person to sell such prop-
erty and improvements to that entity or person for
such economic development.
(c) PREFERENCE FOR DOMESTIC DISPOSAL OF JEWEL
BEARINGS.—(1) In offering to enter into agreements pursu-
ant to any provision of law for the disposal of jewel bear-
ings from the National Defense Stockpile, the President
shall give a right of first refusal on all such offers to the
Authority or to the appropriate public or private entity or
person with which the Authority enters into an agreement
under subsection (b).
(2) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘National
Defense Stockpile’’ means the stockpile provided for in sec-
tion 4 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling
Act (50 U.S.C. 98(c)).
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the Commission shall issue a deter-
mination that the outside speech threshold with 
respect to an election is reached each time dur-
ing the election cycle that the Commission de-
termines that the amount disbursed for political 
activity with respect to the election exceeds— 
‘‘(i) the House threshold, in the case 
of an election for the office of Representa-
tive in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress; or 
‘‘(ii) the Senate threshold, in the case 
of an election for the office of Senator. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DISBURSE-
MENTS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), in 
determining the amount disbursed for political 
activity with respect to an election, there shall 
be excluded— 
‘‘(i) disbursements made by any au-
thorized committee of a candidate; and 
‘‘(ii) disbursements made by a polit-
ical committee of a national political party. 
‘‘(C) INCLUSION OF AMOUNTS SPENT ON 
NON-CANDIDATE-SPECIFIC ADVERTISEMENTS.— 
In determining the amount disbursed for polit-
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‘‘(5) The term ‘Department’ means the Depart-
ment of Defense.
‘‘(6) The term ‘Board of Actuaries’ means the
Department of Defense Education Benefits Board of
Actuaries referred to in section 2006(e)(1) of this title.
‘‘(7) The term ‘Fund’ means the Department of
Defense Ready Reserve Income Insurance Fund estab-
lished by section 12528(a) of this title.
‘‘§ 12522. Establishment of insurance program
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish
for members of the Ready Reserve an insurance program
to be known as the ‘Department of Defense Ready Reserve
Income Insurance Program’.
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The insurance program shall
be administered by the Secretary. The Secretary may pre-
scribe in regulations such rules, procedures, and policies as
the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to carry
out the insurance program.
‘‘§ 12523. Risk insured
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The insurance program shall in-
sure members of the Ready Reserve against the risk of being
ordered into covered service.
‘‘(b) ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS.—(1) An insured
member ordered into covered service shall be entitled to pay-
ment of a benefit for each month (and fraction thereof) of
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SEC. 1076. REPORTS REQUIRED BY OTHER PROVISIONS OF
LAW.
(a) PANAMA CANAL ACT OF 1979 REQUIREMENT FOR
ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING UNITED STATES TREATY
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS.—Section 3301 of the Panama
Canal Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3871) is repealed.
(b) PUBLIC LAW 91–611 REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL
REPORT ON WATER RESOURCES PROJECT AGREEMENTS.—
Section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C.
1962d–5b) is amended—
(1) by striking out subsection (e); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection
(e).
(c) PUBLIC LAW 94–587 REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL
REPORT
ON CONSTRUCTION
OF TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE
WATERWAY.—Section 185 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–587; 33 U.S.C. 544c)
is amended by striking out the second sentence.
(d) PUBLIC LAW 100–333 REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL
REPORT ON MONITORING OF NAVY HOME PORT WATERS.—
Section 7 of the Organotin Antifouling Paint Control Act
of 1988 (Public Law 100–333; 33 U.S.C. 2406) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking out subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as
subsections (d) and (e), respectively.
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with respect to which the candidate is seeking elec-
tion. 
‘‘(c) VERIFICATION
OF
QUALIFYING
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—The Commission shall establish procedures for 
the auditing and verification of qualifying contributions to 
ensure that such contributions meet the requirements of 
this section. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITING PAYMENT ON COMMISSION BASIS 
OF INDIVIDUALS COLLECTING QUALIFYING CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—No person may be paid a commission on a per 
qualifying contribution basis for collecting qualifying con-
tributions. 
‘‘(e) QUALIFYING CONTRIBUTION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘qualifying contribution’ means, with re-
spect to a candidate, a contribution that— 
‘‘(1) is in an amount that is— 
‘‘(A) not less than the greater of $5 or the 
amount determined by the Commission under 
section 532(c)(2), and 
‘‘(B) not more than the greater of $100 or 
the amount determined by the Commission 
under section 532(c)(2); 
‘‘(2) is made by an individual— 
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