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Union Calendar No. 109 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1991 
[Report No. 114–151, Part I] 
To extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture to carry out the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2015 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in 
addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
JUNE 12, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
JUNE 12, 2015 
The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To extend the authority of the Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the Federal 
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Federal Lands Recre-
ation Enhancement Act Extension Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY UNDER FEDERAL 
LANDS RECREATION ENHANCEMENT ACT. 
Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation En-
hancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 810. SUNSET PROVISION. 
‘‘The authority of the Secretary to carry out this title 
shall terminate on September 30, 2017.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 109 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1991 
[Report No. 114–151, Part I] 
A BILL 
To extend the authority of the Secretary of the In-
terior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry 
out the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 12, 2015 
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources 
JUNE 12, 2015 
The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUAL DEVELOP-
MENT ACCOUNTS.—An individual for whose benefit
an individual development account is established and
any contributor to such account shall be exempt
from the tax imposed by this section with respect to
any transaction concerning such account (which
would otherwise be taxable under this section) if,
with respect to such transaction, the account ceases
to be an individual development account by reason
of the application of section 220(e)(2)(A) to such ac-
count.’’, and
(2) by inserting ‘‘, an individual development
account described in section 220(c)(3),’’ in sub-
section (e)(1) after ‘‘described in section 408(a)’’.
(e) FAILURE TO PROVIDE REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL
DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS.—Section 6693 of such Code
(relating to failure to provide reports on individual retire-
ment accounts or annuities) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘OR ON INDIVIDUAL DEVEL-
OPMENT ACCOUNTS’’ after ‘‘ANNUITIES’’ in the
heading of such section, and
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the
following new sentence: ‘‘The person required by sec-
tion 220(i) to file a report regarding an individual
development account at the time and in the manner
U.S.C. 262), and the terms of any lease under that Act, 
the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the out-
put of sodium compounds and related products at the 
point of shipment to market from Federal land in the 5- 
year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be 2 percent. 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 45 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 338 
[Report No. 114–179] 
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amend-
ment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1295) to extend the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act, the Generalized System of Pref-
erences, the preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2015 
Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the 
House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill 
(H.R. 1295) to extend the African Growth and Oppor-
tunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the 
preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for 
other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill 
(H.R. 1295) to extend the African Growth and Oppor-
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•HRES 338 RH 
tunity Act, the Generalized System of Preferences, the 
preferential duty treatment program for Haiti, and for 
other purposes, with the Senate amendment to the House 
amendment to the Senate amendment thereto, and to con-
sider in the House, without intervention of any point of 
order, a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on 
Ways and Means or his designee that the House concur 
in the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the 
Senate amendment. The Senate amendment and the mo-
tion shall be considered as read. The motion shall be de-
batable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Ways and Means. The previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the motion to adoption without inter-
vening motion. 
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HR 4 RFS 
Sec. 302. State option to pass through all child support payments to families 
that formerly received TANF. 
Sec. 303. Mandatory review and adjustment of child support orders for families 
receiving TANF. 
Sec. 304. Mandatory fee for successful child support collection for family that 
has never received TANF. 
Sec. 305. Report on undistributed child support payments. 
Sec. 306. Use of new hire information to assist in administration of unemploy-
ment compensation programs. 
Sec. 307. Decrease in amount of child support arrearage triggering passport 
denial. 
Sec. 308. Use of tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support 
on behalf of children who are not minors. 
Sec. 309. Garnishment of compensation paid to veterans for service-connected 
disabilities in order to enforce child support obligations. 
Sec. 310. Improving Federal debt collection practices. 
Sec. 311. Maintenance of technical assistance funding. 
Sec. 312. Maintenance of Federal Parent Locator Service funding. 
TITLE IV—CHILD WELFARE 
Sec. 401. Extension of authority to approve demonstration projects. 
Sec. 402. Elimination of limitation on number of waivers. 
Sec. 403. Elimination of limitation on number of States that may be granted 
waivers to conduct demonstration projects on same topic. 
Sec. 404. Elimination of limitation on number of waivers that may be granted 
to a single State for demonstration projects. 
Sec. 405. Streamlined process for consideration of amendments to and exten-
sions of demonstration projects requiring waivers. 
Sec. 406. Availability of reports. 
Sec. 407. Technical correction. 
TITLE V—SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME 
Sec. 501. Review of State agency blindness and disability determinations. 
TITLE VI—STATE AND LOCAL FLEXIBILITY 
Sec. 601. Program coordination demonstration projects. 
Sec. 602. State food assistance block grant demonstration project. 
TITLE VII—ABSTINENCE EDUCATION 
Sec. 701. Extension of abstinence education program. 
TITLE VIII—TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 801. Extension of medicaid transitional medical assistance program 
through fiscal year 2004. 
Sec. 802. Adjustment to payments for medicaid administrative costs to prevent 
duplicative payments and to fund extension of transitional 
medical assistance. 
TITLE IX—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 901. Effective date.
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 Soda Ash 
Competitiveness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATE ON SODA ASH. 
Notwithstanding section 102(a)(9) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701(a)(9)), section 24 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 
U.S.C. 262), and the terms of any lease under that Act, 
the royalty rate on the quantity or gross value of the out-
put of sodium compounds and related products at the 
point of shipment to market from Federal land in the 5- 
year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be 2 percent. 
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Union Calendar No. 178 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1992 
[Report No. 114–236] 
A BILL 
To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be 
paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and 
for other purposes. 
JULY 29, 2015 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 952
To repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 15, 1995
Mrs. FOWLER (for herself, Mr. BAKER of Louisiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CLEM-
ENT, Mr. COX
of California, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. GOSS, Mr.
KNOLLENBERG, Ms. MEEK of Florida, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Ms.
PRYCE, and Mr. STEARNS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means and, in addition, to the
Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsquently 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 repeal the Medicare and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank,
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. REPEAL OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID COV-
ERAGE DATA BANK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective January 1, 1994, sec-
tion 13581 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1993 is hereby repealed and any provision of the law
HR 952 IH
amended by such section is restored and shall be applied
and administered as if such a section had not been enacted
into law.
(b) STUDY AND REPORT.—
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services (hereafter in this subsection re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a study
on how to achieve the objectives of the data bank de-
scribed in section 1144 of the Social Security Act
(as in effect on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act) in the most cost-effective manner,
taking into account—
(A) the administrative burden of such data
bank on private sector entities and govern-
ments,
(B) the possible duplicative reporting re-
quirements of the Health Care Financing Ad-
ministration in effect on such date of enact-
ment, and
(C) the legal ability of such entities and
governments to acquire the required informa-
tion.
(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report to the
Congress on the results of the study described in
HR 952 IH
paragraph (1) by not later than 180 days after the
enactment of this Act.
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 953
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide clarification for
the deductibility of expenses incurred by a taxpayer in connection with
the business use of the home.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 15, 1995
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut 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 provide
clarification for the deductibility of expenses incurred
by a taxpayer in connection with the business use of
the home.
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 ‘‘Home Office Deduc-
tion Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF PRINCIPAL
PLACE OF BUSINESS.
Subsection (f) of section 280A of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraphs
(2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec-
tively, and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(2) PRINCIPAL
PLACE
OF
BUSINESS.—For
purposes of subsection (c), a home office shall in any
case qualify as the principal place of business if—
‘‘(A) the office is the location where the
taxpayer’s essential administrative or manage-
ment activities are conducted on a regular and
systematic (and not incidental) basis by the tax-
payer, and
‘‘(B) the office is necessary because the
taxpayer has no other location for the perform-
ance of the administrative or management ac-
tivities of the business.’’
SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF STORAGE OF PRODUCT SAMPLES.
Paragraph (2) of section 280A(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘inventory’’
and inserting ‘‘inventory or product samples’’.
‘‘(B) With respect to the second offense, re-
moval. 
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), 
and notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 
7513 and section 7543 of title 5, the provisions of sub-
sections (d) and (e) of section 713 of this title shall apply 
with respect to an adverse action carried out under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(B) An employee who is notified of being the subject 
of a proposed adverse action under paragraph (1) may not 
be given more than five days following such notification 
to provide evidence to dispute such proposed adverse ac-
tion. If the employee does not provide any such evidence, 
or if the Secretary determines that such evidence is not 
sufficient to reverse the determination to propose the ad-
verse action, the Secretary shall carry out the adverse ac-
tion following such five-day period. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON OTHER ADVERSE ACTIONS.— 
With respect to a prohibited personnel action described in 
subsection (c), if the Secretary carries out an adverse ac-
tion against a supervisory employee, the Secretary may 
carry out an additional adverse action under this section 
based on the same prohibited personnel action if the total 
severity of the adverse actions do not exceed the level spec-
ified in subsection (a).
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to tax-
able years beginning after December 31, 1994.
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 954
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the cost of property
which may be expensed by small businesses to $50,000.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 15, 1995
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut 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 increase
the cost of property which may be expensed by small
businesses to $50,000.
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 ‘‘Small Business Assist-
ance Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN EXPENSE TREATMENT FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Paragraph (1) of section
179(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to
dollar limitation) is amended by striking ‘‘$17,500’’ and
inserting ‘‘$50,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1994.
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other Act, to fund all or any portion of the basic Federal 
contribution to a project or activity under a Federal grant 
program in the region in an amount that is above the fixed 
maximum portion of the cost of the project otherwise au-
thorized by applicable law, but not to exceed 80 percent 
of the costs of the project. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any program 
or project for which all or any portion of the basic 
Federal contribution to the project under a Federal 
grant program is proposed to be made under this 
section, no Federal contribution shall be made until 
the Federal official administering the Federal law 
authorizing the contribution certifies that the pro-
gram or project— 
(A) meets the applicable requirements of 
the applicable Federal grant law; and 
(B) could be approved for Federal con-
tribution under the law if funds were available 
under the law for the program or project. 
(2) CERTIFICATION BY COMMISSION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The certifications and 
determinations required to be made by the 
Commission for approval of projects under this 
Act in accordance with section 9—
(i) shall be controlling; and 
(ii) shall be accepted by the Federal 
agencies. 
(B) ACCEPTANCE BY FEDERAL COCHAIR-
PERSON.—Any finding, report, certification, or 
documentation required to be submitted to the 
head of the department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the Federal Government responsible for 
the administration of any Federal grant pro-
gram shall be accepted by the Federal cochair-
person with respect to a supplemental grant for 
any project under the program. 
SEC. 6. LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS; CERTIFICATION 
AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DIS-
TRICT.—In this section, the term ‘‘local development dis-
trict’’ means an entity designated by the State that— 
(1) is— 
(A)(i) a planning district in existence on 
the date of enactment of this Act that is recog-
nized by the Economic Development Adminis-
tration of the Department of Commerce; or 
(ii) a development district recognized by 
the State; or
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 912
AN ACT
To authorize the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration to estab-
lish an awards program in honor of Charles
‘‘Pete’’ Conrad, astronaut and space scientist, for
recognizing the discoveries made by amateur as-
tronomers of asteroids with near-Earth orbit tra-
jectories.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 215
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas the people of Guyana voted on December 15, 1997,
to re-elect the ruling party, the People’s Progressive
Party/Civic (PPP/Civic);
Whereas the Guyanese people showed their strong belief in
the democratic process by approximately an 88 percent
voter turnout; and
schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 
of the Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CLERICAL.—The table of sections at the be-
ginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘714. Employees: removal or demotion based on performance or misconduct.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING.—Section 4303(f) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) any removal or demotion under section 
714 of title 38.’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIRED PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR NEW EM-
PLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 
States Code, as amended by section 2, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 715. Probationary period for employees 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 3321 
and 3393(d) of title 5, the appointment of a covered em-
ployee shall become final only after such employee has 
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(B) if an entity described in subparagraph 
(A)(i) or (A)(ii) does not exist, an entity des-
ignated by the Commission that satisfies the 
criteria developed by the Economic Develop-
ment Administration for a local development 
district; and 
(2) has not, as certified by the Federal cochair-
person— 
(A) inappropriately used Federal grant 
funds from any Federal source; or 
(B) appointed an officer who, during the 
period in which another entity inappropriately 
used Federal grant funds from any Federal 
source, was an officer of the other entity. 
(b) GRANTS TO LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may make 
grants for administrative expenses under this sec-
tion. 
(2) CONDITIONS FOR GRANTS.— 
(A) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of 
any grant awarded under paragraph (1) shall 
not exceed 80 percent of the administrative ex-
penses of the local development district receiv-
ing the grant.
(B) LOCAL SHARE.—The contributions of 
a local development district for administrative 
expenses may be in cash or in kind, fairly evalu-
ated, including space, equipment, and services. 
(c) DUTIES OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.— 
A local development district shall— 
(1) operate as a lead organization serving 
multicounty areas in the region at the local level; 
and 
(2) serve as a liaison between State and local 
governments, 
nonprofit 
organizations 
(including 
community-based groups and educational institu-
tions), the business community, and citizens that— 
(A) are involved in multijurisdictional plan-
ning; 
(B) provide technical assistance to local ju-
risdictions and potential grantees; and 
(C) provide leadership and civic develop-
ment assistance. 
SEC. 7. DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS. 
(a) STATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.—In accordance 
with policies established by the Commission, each State 
member shall submit a development plan for the area of 
the region represented by the State member.
(b) CONTENT OF PLAN.—A State development plan 
submitted under subsection (a) shall reflect the goals, ob-
jectives, and priorities identified in the regional develop-
ment plan developed under section 3(d)(2). 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the develop-
ment planning process, a State shall— 
(1) consult with— 
(A) local development districts; 
(B) local units of government; and 
(C) institutions of higher learning; and 
(2) take into consideration the goals, objectives, 
priorities, and recommendations of the entities de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(d) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—The Commission and 
applicable State and local development districts shall en-
courage and assist, to the maximum extent practicable, 
public participation in the development, revision, and im-
plementation of all plans and programs under this Act. 
SEC. 8. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In considering programs and 
projects to be provided assistance under this Act, and in 
establishing a priority ranking of the requests for assist-
ance provided by the Commission, the Commission shall 
follow procedures that ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, consideration of—
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 218
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Concerning the urgent need to establish a cease fire
in Afghanistan and begin the transition toward a
broad-based multiethnic government that ob-
serves international norms of behavior.