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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5704 
To extend the duration of Military OneSource Program services for members 
of the Armed Forces upon their separation or retirement from the Armed 
Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 8, 2016 
Mr. VEASEY (for himself and Mr. RYAN of Ohio) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To extend the duration of Military OneSource Program serv-
ices for members of the Armed Forces upon their separa-
tion or retirement from the Armed Forces. 
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 ‘‘More for Veterans 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENDED DURATION OF AVAILABILITY OF MILI-
TARY ONESOURCE PROGRAM SERVICES FOR 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UPON 
THEIR SEPARATION OR RETIREMENT. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that retired 
and honorably discharged members of the Armed Forces, 
including members medically discharged, separated, or on 
the temporary disability retirement list, and their imme-
diate family remain eligible for services under the Military 
OneSource Program for at least one year after the end 
of the member’s tour of service, the member’s retirement 
date, or the member’s separation date, as the case may 
be. 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5705 
To authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms and 
explosives and Federal firearms and explosives licenses and permits to 
known or suspected terrorists. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 8, 2016 
Mr. VELA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize the Attorney General to deny the transfer of 
firearms and explosives and Federal firearms and explo-
sives licenses and permits to known or suspected terror-
ists. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO DENY TRANS-
FERS OF FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES, AND FIRE-
ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES LICENSES AND PER-
MITS TO TERRORISTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.— 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5706 
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the state of mind 
required for certain offenses involving defense information, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 8, 2016 
Mr. WENSTRUP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
the state of mind required for certain offenses involving 
defense information, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That section 793(f)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘through gross negligence’’. 
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priations, the Secretary shall initiate construction of
the Project.
(2) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the
costs of construction of the Project shall not exceed 50
percent of the total cost of that construction.
(3) COST SHARING AGREEMENT.—The Secretary
may not initiate construction of the Project unless the
Secretary, the Governor of California, and the Salton
Sea Authority enter into an agreement that—
(A) adopts the cost sharing formula for an-
nual operation, maintenance, energy, and re-
placement costs that is included in the reclama-
tion plan approved by the Committees under
subsection (d); and
(B) implements the cost sharing require-
ment under paragraph (2) of this subsection for
construction costs.
(4) LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL
FUNDS.—No Federal funds may be expended for any
construction activity under the Project unless there
are available to the Secretary from non-Federal
sources amounts sufficient to pay the non-Federal
share of the cost of the activity.
(f) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3268
To suspend temporarily the duty on the chemical DEMT.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1998
Mr. JENKINS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on the chemical DEMT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON DEMT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following
new heading:
‘‘
9902.32.50
N,n-diethyl-m-toluidine
(DEMT) (CAS No. 91–
67–8) (provided for in
subheading 2921.43.80) ..
Free
No change
No change
On or before
12/31/2000
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) applies 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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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3269
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to
increase Pell grant awards to students who graduate in the top 10
percent of their high school class.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1998
Mr. MCGOVERN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish
a program to increase Pell grant awards to students
who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school
class.
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 ‘‘Incentive for Achieve-
ment Through Pell Grants Act’’.
SEC. 2. PELL GRANT INCENTIVES.
Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(9)(A) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of
this subsection, the amount of the basic grant under this
section awarded to a student during the first two academic
years of undergraduate education who graduated in the
top 10 percent of his or her high school graduating class
shall be an amount equal to twice the amount for which
the student is eligible under this section as determined
without regard to the provisions of this paragraph.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall establish by regulation pro-
cedures for the determination of eligibility of students
under subparagraph (A). Such procedures shall include
measures to prevent any secondary school from certifying
more than 10 percent of it’s students for eligibility under
this paragraph.
‘‘(C) In prescribing procedures under subparagraph
(B), the Secretary shall ensure that the determination of
eligibility and the amount of the award is determined in
a timely manner consistent with the requirements of sec-
tion 482 and the submission of the financial aid form re-
quired by section 483. For such purposes, the Secretary
may provide that, for the first of a student’s two academic
years of eligibility under this section, class rank may be
determined prior to graduation, at such time and in such
manner as the Secretary may specify in the regulations
prescribed under this subsection.’’.
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‘‘SEC. 45D. CREDIT FOR HIGH TECHNOLOGY JOB TRAINING.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—For purposes of section 38,
the high technology job training credit determined under
this section is an amount equal to 50 percent of the quali-
fied high technology job training expenses paid or incurred
by the taxpayer during the taxable year.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The credit allowed under sub-
section (a) shall not exceed $2,500 for the taxable year
with respect to each substantially full-time employee.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED HIGH TECHNOLOGY JOB TRAINING
EXPENSE.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified high
technology job training expense’ means any expense
for educational assistance described in paragraph (1)
of section 127(c) for the training of a substantially
full-time employee in an information technology oc-
cupation.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term does not in-
clude—
‘‘(A) expenses for which any other Federal
or State credit or payment is made; or
‘‘(B) expenses paid or incurred for a pro-
fessional conference or for an orientation pro-
gram.
‘‘(d) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OCCUPATION.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘information tech-
the Middle East and North Africa, and Inter-Amer-
ican Investment Corporation. 
(c) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate on 
the day after the date on which the Secretary of State 
certifies and reports to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees that the requirements of subsection (a) are met. 
SEC. 5. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that, according to the 
Organization of American States (OAS) report on the Nic-
araguan 2011 Presidential elections, Nicaragua: Final Re-
port, General Elections, OAS (2011), the OAS made the 
following recommendations to the Government of Nica-
ragua: 
(1) ‘‘Prepare alternative procedures for updat-
ing the electoral roll when a registered voter dies.’’. 
(2) ‘‘Publish the electoral roll so that new addi-
tions, changes of address and exclusions can be 
checked.’’. 
(3) ‘‘Reform the mechanism for accreditation of 
poll watchers using a formula that ensures that the 
political parties will have greater autonomy to ac-
credit their respective poll watchers.’’. 
(4) ‘‘Institute regulations to ensure that party 
poll watchers are involved in all areas of the elec-
toral structure, including the departmental, regional 
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and municipal electoral councils and polling stations. 
Rules should be crafted to spell out their authorities 
and functions and the means by which they can ex-
ercise their authority and perform their functions.’’. 
(5) ‘‘Redesign the CSE administrative structure 
at the central and field levels, while standardizing 
technical and operational procedures, including the 
design of control mechanisms from the time registra-
tion to the delivery of the document to the citizens; 
the process of issuing identity cards should be timed 
to the calendar and, to avoid congestion within the 
process, be evenly spaced.’’. 
(b) ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION.—The Presi-
dent shall direct the United States Permanent Represent-
ative to the Organization of American States (OAS) to 
use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at 
the OAS to strongly advocate for an Electoral Observation 
Mission to be sent to Nicaragua in 2016 and 2017. 
SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
The Department of State and the United States 
Agency for International Development should prioritize 
foreign assistance to the people of Nicaragua to assist civil 
society in democracy and governance programs, including 
human rights documentation. 
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‘‘(A) the Secretary determines in regulations
prescribed under this section warrants a presump-
tion of service connection by reason of having a
prevalence among Persian Gulf veterans greater
than its prevalence among matched peers who are
veterans or active duty servicemembers of the same
era who were neither deployed nor vaccinated for de-
ployment; and
‘‘(B) becomes manifest within the period (if
any) prescribed in such regulations in a Persian
Gulf veteran.
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, a Persian Gulf
veteran who has a disease or disability described in para-
graph (2) shall be presumed to have been exposed by rea-
son of service on active duty in that theater of operations
during the Persian Gulf War to an agent or hazard in
the regulations prescribed under this section unless there
is conclusive evidence to establish that the veteran was not
exposed to the agent or hazard by reason of such service.
‘‘(b)(1)(A) Whenever the Secretary makes a deter-
mination described in subparagraph (B) or (C), the Sec-
retary shall prescribe regulations providing that a pre-
sumption of service connection is warranted for the dis-
ease or disability covered by that determination for the
purposes of this section.
means as public hearings and local news facili-
ties;
‘‘(D) the final plan, or a summary thereof,
shall be published not later than 80 days before
the first of the two program years and shall be
submitted to each Governor;
‘‘(E) the final plan shall be submitted to
the Secretary; and
‘‘(F) the Secretary shall approve or dis-
approve the final plan not later than 30 days
after the date on which the plan is submitted.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1501 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 456 the following:
‘‘Sec. 457. Regional private industry councils.’’
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3272
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to allow certain funds under
that Act to be used for payment of incentive bonuses to certain job
training providers that place large percentages of individuals in occupa-
tions for which a high demand exists.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1998
Mr. MORAN of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Job Training Partnership Act to allow certain
funds under that Act to be used for payment of incentive
bonuses to certain job training providers that place large
percentages of individuals in occupations for which a
high demand exists.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCENTIVE BONUSES UNDER THE JOB TRAIN-
ING PARTNERSHIP ACT FOR CERTAIN SERV-
ICE PROVIDERS THAT PLACE LARGE PER-
CENTAGES OF INDIVIDUALS IN HIGH DE-
MAND OCCUPATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 108 of the Job Training
Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1518) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, funds made available for direct training services
under parts A and C of title II and under title III may
be made available for payment by private industry councils
for incentive bonuses to providers of direct training serv-
ices described in paragraph (3) that place large percent-
ages of individuals in occupations for which a high demand
exists in accordance with section 141(d)(1) of this Act.
‘‘(2) The total amount of incentive bonuses paid to
service providers under paragraph (1) for a program year
may not exceed 5 percent of the total amount of funds
allocated to a service delivery area.
‘‘(3) Direct training services described in this para-
graph are services provided under any of the following:
‘‘(A) Subparagraphs (B), (C), (K) and (L) of
section 204(b)(1).
‘‘(B) Subparagraphs (H) and (I) of section
264(c)(1).
‘‘(C) Subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (I) of
section 314(d)(1).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to program years
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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‘‘§ 3106. Unlawful removal, destruction of records 
‘‘(a) NOTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) ARCHIVIST AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.— 
Whenever the actual, impending, or threatened un-
lawful concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, 
falsification, or destruction of any record, pro-
ceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing 
in the custody of a Federal agency comes to the at-
tention of the head of the Federal agency, the head 
shall— 
‘‘(A) notify the Archivist; and 
‘‘(B) publish a general description of the 
records at risk or that have been lost on the 
website of the Federal agency. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL AGENCY NOTIFICATION.—When-
ever the actual, impending, or threatened unlawful 
concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, fal-
sification, or destruction of any record, proceeding, 
map, book, document, paper, or other thing in the 
custody of a Federal agency comes to the attention 
of a Senior Agency Official for Records Manage-
ment, such official shall immediately notify the head 
of the Federal agency. 
‘‘(b) RECLAMATION OF RECORDS.—With the assist-
ance of the Archivist, the head of a Federal agency shall 
initiate action through the Attorney General for the recov-
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3273
To treat certain information technology occupations as if the Secretary of
Labor had made a determination under section (a)(5)(A) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act, to limit such determinations, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1998
Mr. MORAN of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To treat certain information technology occupations as if
the Secretary of Labor had made a determination under
section (a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,
to limit such determinations, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. TO TREAT CERTAIN INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY 
OCCUPATIONS 
AS 
IF 
THE 
SEC-
RETARY OF LABOR HAD MADE A DETERMINA-
TION UNDER SECTION (a)(5)(A) OF THE IMMI-
GRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—For a period of three years, begin-
ning six months after enactment of this Act, the occupa-
tion ‘‘information technology professional’’ shall be treated
as if the Secretary of Labor had made a determination
under section (a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and National-
ity Act that there are not sufficient workers who are able,
willing, qualified and available, and that the employment
of aliens in such occupations will not adversely affect the
wages and working conditions of United States workers
similarly employed.
(b) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL DE-
FINED.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘informa-
tion technology professional’’ means an individual skilled
in the study, design, development, implementation, sup-
port or management of computer based information sys-
tems, such as a computer scientist, computer engineer,
system analyst, or computer programmer.
HR 3273 IH
SEC. 2. LIMITING DETERMINATIONS BY THE SECRETARY
OF LABOR.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section (a)(5)(A) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act is amended by adding the follow-
ing new clause:
‘‘(iv) LIMITATION.—No determination
issued by the Secretary pursuant to this
subparagraph shall be valid for more than
three years from the date issued. Nothing
in this clause shall be construed to limit
the Secretary’s ability to reissue a deter-
mination under this subparagraph.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect upon passage.
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ery of records the head knows or has reason to believe 
have been unlawfully removed from the agency, or from 
another Federal agency whose records have been trans-
ferred to the legal custody of the head. 
‘‘(c) ACTION BY THE ARCHIVIST.—In any case in 
which the head of the Federal agency does not initiate an 
action for the recovery of records described in subsection 
(b) or other redress within a reasonable period of time 
after being notified of any such unlawful removal, the Ar-
chivist shall request the Attorney General to initiate an 
action described in subsection (b), and shall notify the 
Congress not later than 5 days after the date on which 
such a request has been submitted to the Attorney Gen-
eral.’’. 
SEC. 5. SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIAL FOR RECORDS MANAGE-
MENT. 
(a) SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIAL.—Chapter 31 of title 
44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3108. Senior Agency Official for Records Manage-
ment 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—Not later than October 1, 2016, 
the head of each Federal agency shall designate a Senior 
Agency Official for Records Management, and not later 
than November 15 of each year thereafter the head of each 
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3275
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt auxiliary power
units from the excise tax imposed on heavy trucks.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1998
Mr. PETRI (for himself and Mr. BOSWELL) 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 exempt
auxiliary power units from the excise tax imposed on
heavy trucks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FOR AUXILIARY POWER UNITS
FROM 
EXCISE 
TAX 
IMPOSED 
ON 
HEAVY
TRUCKS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4053 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) AUXILIARY
POWER
UNITS.—Any article
designed—
‘‘(A) to be mounted on an automobile
truck chassis or truck trailer or semitrailer
chassis, and
‘‘(B) to be used as a power unit for a pur-
pose other than providing transportation for
such automobile truck chassis or truck trailer
or semitrailer chassis.’’
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to sales made after December
31, 1998.
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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3276
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act with regard to qualifications for
membership in a Federal credit union.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1998
Mr. SMITH of Michigan (for himself, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. DICKEY, Mr.
THUNE, and Mr. MCKEON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act with regard to
qualifications for membership in a Federal credit union.
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 ‘‘Credit Union Member-
ship Protection Act’’.
SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF MEMBERSHIP IN CREDIT UNION
FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS WHO BECOME INELI-
GIBLE FOR SUCH MEMBERSHIP.
Section 109 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12
U.S.C. 1759) is amended—
(1) in the 1st sentence, by striking ‘‘Federal
credit union membership shall consist of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection
(b), Federal credit union membership shall consist
of’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) CONTINUING MEMBERSHIP FOR CERTAIN PER-
SONS WHO BECOME INELIGIBLE.—If any person who is
a member of a Federal credit union as of February 25,
1998, becomes ineligible for membership in such credit
union as a result of the decision of the Supreme Court
in the cases of National Credit Union Administration v.
First National Bank and Trust Company, et alia and
AT&T Family Federal Credit Union v. First National
Bank and Trust Company, et alia, such person may re-
main a member of such credit union after such date, not-
withstanding subsection (a).’’.
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