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SALARIES AND EXPENSES, COMMUNITY RELATIONS 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 
Service, $13,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 
General that emergent circumstances require additional 
funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-
tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 
General may transfer such amounts to the Community Re-
lations Service, from available appropriations for the cur-
rent fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section. 
UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-
shals Service, $1,220,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$6,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, and not to exceed $15,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended.
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction in space controlled, occupied or uti-
lized by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner 
holding and related support, $11,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to United States pris-
oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 
as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 
Code, $1,058,081,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid-
ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce-
ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the United 
States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 
the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System: 
Provided further, That any unobligated balances available 
from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘General Ad-
ministration, Detention Trustee’’ shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation under this heading.
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such other designated time determined by the applicant
and the accredited person, provide the Secretary with a
report and recommendation in accordance with the re-
quirements of subparagraph (C).
‘‘(E) The Secretary shall approve or deny an applica-
tion reviewed by an accredited person within 180 days of
receipt of an application which has been accepted for filing
under subsection (c), unless the accredited person submits
its report and recommendation to the Secretary later than
150 days after such receipt. If the report and rec-
ommendation of an accredited person is submitted to the
Secretary later than 150 days after receipt of an applica-
tion which has been accepted for filing under subsection
(c), the Secretary shall have 30 days from the date of re-
ceipt to approve or deny the application.
‘‘(F) The recommendation of an accredited person to
approve or deny an application shall be binding upon the
Secretary, unless the Secretary finds that such rec-
ommendation is clearly erroneous. In the event that the
Secretary makes such a finding, the Secretary shall pro-
vide a detailed explanation of the basis therefor.
‘‘(G) The Secretary shall approve or deny applica-
tions for premarket approval of class III devices pursuant
to the requirements of subsection (d).
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Project 96–D–123, retrofit heating, ven-
tilation, and air conditioning and chillers for
ozone protection, Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Ten-
nessee, $2,700,000.
Project 95–D–122, sanitary sewer up-
grade, Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
$12,600,000.
Project 94–D–124, hydrogen fluoride sup-
ply system, Y–12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
$1,400,000.
Project 94–D–125, upgrade life safety,
Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri,
$2,000,000.
Project 93–D–122, life safety upgrades,
Y–12 
Plant, 
Oak 
Ridge, 
Tennessee,
$2,100,000.
Project 92–D–126, replace emergency noti-
fication system, various locations, $3,200,000.
Project 88–D–122, facilities capability as-
surance 
program, 
various 
locations,
$18,920,000.
(c) PROGRAM DIRECTION.—Funds are hereby au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy
for fiscal year 1998 for program direction in carrying out
‘‘(B) establish procedures for informing all 
Commissioners of a reasonable number of op-
tions available to the Commission for resolving 
a petition, complaint, application, rulemaking, 
or other proceeding; 
‘‘(C) establish procedures for ensuring that 
all Commissioners have adequate time, prior to 
being required to decide a petition, complaint, 
application, rulemaking, or other proceeding 
(including at a meeting held pursuant to section 
5(d)), to review the proposed Commission deci-
sion document, including the specific language 
of any proposed rule or any proposed amend-
ment of an existing rule; 
‘‘(D) establish procedures for publishing 
the text of agenda items to be voted on at an 
open meeting in advance of such meeting so 
that the public has the opportunity to read the 
text before a vote is taken; 
‘‘(E) establish deadlines (relative to the 
date of filing) for disposition of applications for 
a license under section 1.913 of title 47, Code 
of Federal Regulations; 
‘‘(F) assign resources needed in order to 
meet the deadlines described in subparagraph
(B) Subsection (a)(5) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3055)’’ 
after ‘‘section 118’’. 
(55) Section 332(b) of Public Law 111–259 (50 U.S.C. 3107 note) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3107)’’ after ‘‘section 508 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947’’. 
(56) Section 602 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3122) 
is amended as follows: 
(A) Subsection (a) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3121)’’ after 
‘‘section 601’’. 
(B) Subsection (b)(1) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3121)’’ 
after ‘‘section 601’’. 
(C) Subsection (c) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3121)’’ after 
‘‘section 601’’. 
(D) Subsection (d) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3121)’’ 
after ‘‘section 601’’. 
(57) Section 603 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3124) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3121)’’ after ‘‘section 601’’. 
(58) Section 605(5) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3126(5)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))’’ after ‘‘section 
3(4)’’. 
(59) Section 501(b) of Public Law 106–120 (50 U.S.C. 3142 note) is 
amended by— 
(A) striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 431(a))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
3141(a))’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘section 105B of the National Security Act of 1947’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 702 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3142)’’. 
(60) Section 801(a)(3) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3161(a)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3162)’’ after ‘‘section 802 
of this title’’. 
(61) Section 305(c) of Public Law 106–120 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3161(a)(3))’’ after ‘‘section 801(a)(3) of 
the National Security Act of 1947’’. 
(62) Title VII of Public Law 106–567 (50 U.S.C. 3161 note) is amended 
as follows: 
(A) Section 704(a)(2)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 
401a(4))’’ and inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 3003(4))’’. 
(B) Section 705(c) is amended by striking ‘‘section 103(c)(6) of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–3(c)(6))’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 102A(i) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3024(i))’’.
A BILL 
To provide for a technical change to the Medicare long- 
term care hospital moratorium exception, and for other 
purposes. 
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periodically thereafter, the risk adjust-
ment system under this subparagraph 
so that a risk score under such sys-
tem, with respect to an individual, 
takes into account the number of 
chronic conditions with which the in-
dividual has been diagnosed. 
‘‘(II) 
EVALUATION
OF
DIF-
FERENT
RISK
ADJUSTMENT
MOD-
ELS.—The Secretary shall evaluate 
the impact of including 2 years of 
data to compare the models used to 
determine risk scores for 2013 and 
2014 under such system. 
‘‘(III) EVALUATION
AND
ANAL-
YSIS
ON
CHRONIC
KIDNEY
DISEASE 
(CKD)
CODES.—The Secretary shall 
evaluate the impact of removing the 
diagnosis codes related to chronic kid-
ney disease in the 2014 risk adjust-
ment model and conduct an analysis 
of best practices of MA plans to slow 
disease progression related to chronic 
kidney disease.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2582 
AN ACT 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
delay the authority to terminate Medicare Advan-
tage contracts for MA plans failing to achieve 
minimum quality ratings, to make improvements 
to the Medicare Adjustment risk adjustment sys-
tem, and for other purposes.
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 257 
To provide for United States participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2015 
Ms. LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide for United States participation in the Inter- 
Parliamentary Union, 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. UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE INTER- 
PARLIAMENTARY UNION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), 
founded in 1889, is the world organization of na-
tional parliaments comprising over 160 parliaments 
(including all the major allies of the United States) 
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and working closely with the regional parliamentary 
organizations on all continents. 
(2) The core mission of the IPU is the pro-
motion of parliamentary democracy, the elaboration 
of standards and criteria for democratic parliamen-
tary practice, the protection of human rights, the 
political empowerment of women, and greater trans-
parency and accountability at the global level, which 
are in line with United States interests and prior-
ities. 
(3) Congress was a founding member of the 
IPU, and played an active and prominent role for 
many decades. 
(4) The main concerns of Congress, including 
the scheduling of main Assembly and arrears, have 
been fully addressed by the IPU. 
(5) Through the activities of the IPU, the 
United States can usefully promote its core values of 
freedom, democracy, and human rights, and help 
build stronger parliaments around the world. 
(b) UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE INTER- 
PARLIAMENTARY UNION.—Notwithstanding section 2503 
of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
1998 (division G of Public Law 105–277)— 
(1) the Secretary of State is authorized—— 
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(A) to facilitate the readmission and par-
ticipation of the United States in the Inter-Par-
liamentary Union; and 
(B) to pay expenses to meet the annual ob-
ligations of membership in the Inter-Parliamen-
tary Union, in accordance with the assessments 
determined by the Governing Council; and 
(2) the majority leader of the Senate, in con-
sultation with the minority leader of the Senate, and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in con-
sultation with the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives, are authorized to designate Mem-
bers of Congress to serve as delegates to the Assem-
bly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. 
Æ 
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‘‘(3) DELAY IN CONTRACT TERMINATION AU-
THORITY FOR PLANS FAILING TO ACHIEVE MINIMUM 
QUALITY RATING.—The Secretary may not termi-
nate a contract under this section with respect to 
the offering of an MA plan by a Medicare Advantage 
organization solely because the MA plan has failed 
to achieve a minimum quality rating under the 5- 
star rating system established under section 1853(o) 
during the period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this paragraph and through the end of 
plan year 2018.’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS TO MA RISK ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM. 
Section 1853(a)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–23(a)(1)(C)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new clauses: 
‘‘(iv) EVALUATION AND SUBSEQUENT 
REVISION OF THE RISK ADJUSTMENT SYS-
TEM
TO
ACCOUNT
FOR
CHRONIC
CONDI-
TIONS
AND
OTHER
FACTORS
FOR
THE 
PURPOSE OF MAKING THE RISK ADJUST-
MENT
SYSTEM
MORE
ACCURATE, TRANS-
PARENT, AND REGULARLY UPDATED.— 
‘‘(I) REVISION BASED ON NUM-
BER OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary shall revise for 2017 and
materials from the territory of Australia or the
United States that are used in the production of a
good in the territory of the other country shall be
considered to originate in the territory of the other
country.
(2) MULTIPLE PROCEDURES.—A good that is
produced in the territory of Australia, the United
States, or both, by 1 or more producers, is an origi-
nating good if the good satisfies the requirements of
subsection (b) and all other applicable requirements
of this section.
(e) REGIONAL VALUE-CONTENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection
(b)(2), the regional value-content of a good referred
to in Annex 5–A of the Agreement, except for goods
to which paragraph (4) applies, shall be calculated
by the importer, exporter, or producer of the good,
on the basis of the build-down method described in
paragraph (2) or the build-up method described in
paragraph (3).
(2) BUILD-DOWN METHOD.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The regional value-con-
tent of a good may be calculated on the basis
of the following build-down method:
AV–VNM
RVC = ———— × 100
AV
(B) DEFINITIONS.—In subparagraph (A):
(i) RVC.—The term ‘‘RVC’’ means
the regional value-content of the good, ex-
pressed as a percentage.
(ii) AV.—The term ‘‘AV’’ means the
adjusted value of the good.
(iii) VNM.—The term ‘‘VNM’’ means
the value of nonoriginating materials that
are acquired and used by the producer in
the production of the good, but does not
include the value of a material that is self-
produced.
(3) BUILD-UP METHOD.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The regional value-con-
tent of a good may be calculated on the basis
of the following build-up method:
VOM
RVC = ———— × 100
AV
(B) DEFINITIONS.—In subparagraph (A):
(i) RVC.—The term ‘‘RVC’’ means
the regional value-content of the good, ex-
pressed as a percentage.
(ii) AV.—The term ‘‘AV’’ means the
adjusted value of the good.
(iii) VOM.—The term ‘‘VOM’’ means
the value of originating materials that are
acquired or self-produced, and used by the
producer in the production of the good.
(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN AUTOMOTIVE
GOODS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-
section (b)(2), the regional value-content of an
automotive good referred to in Annex 5–A of
the Agreement shall be calculated by the im-
porter, exporter, or producer of the good, on the
basis of the following net cost method:
NC–VNM
RVC = ———— × 100
NC
(B) DEFINITIONS.—In subparagraph (A):
(i) AUTOMOTIVE
GOOD.—The term
‘‘automotive good’’ means a good provided
for in any of subheadings 8407.31 through
8407.34, subheading 8408.20, heading
8409, or in any of headings 8701 through
8708.
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5111
To enforce restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized 
aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employ-
ment Eligibility Database, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2004
Mr. DREIER (for himself, Mr. REYES, and Mr. ISSA) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Ju-
diciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To enforce restrictions on employment in the United States 
of unauthorized aliens through the use of improved So-
cial Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Data-
base, 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 ‘‘Illegal Immigration 
Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2004’’.
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(A) NONPUBLIC COLLABORATIVE DISCUS-
SIONS.—Subsection (c) of section 13 of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as added by sub-
section (a), shall apply beginning on the first 
date on which all of the procedural changes to 
the rules of the Federal Communications Com-
mission required by subsection (a)(1) of such 
section have taken effect. 
(B) REPORT RELEASE SCHEDULES.—Sub-
section (j) of such section 13 shall apply with 
respect to 2016 and any year thereafter. 
(C) ANNUAL SCORECARD REPORTS.—Sub-
section (k) of such section 13 shall apply with 
respect to 2015 and any year thereafter. 
(D) INTERNET PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN 
FCC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—Subsection 
(e) of such section 13 shall apply beginning on 
the date that is 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) RULES.—Except as otherwise provided in 
such section 13, the Federal Communications Com-
mission shall promulgate any rules necessary to 
carry out such section not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2583 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for greater trans-
parency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal Commu-
nications Commission, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 29, 2015 
Mr. WALDEN (for himself and Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for 
greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures 
followed by the Federal Communications Commission, 
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 ‘‘Federal Communica-
tions Commission Process Reform Act of 2015’’. 
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Commissioners have not cast a vote on an 
order, decision, report, or action that has 
been on circulation for more than 60 days; 
‘‘(ii) for the petitions, applications, 
complaints, and other requests for action by 
the Commission that were pending at the 
Commission on the last day of such quarter 
(or more frequent period, as the case may 
be)— 
‘‘(I) the number of such requests, 
broken down by the bureau primarily 
responsible for action and, for each bu-
reau, the type of request (such as a pe-
tition, application, or complaint); and 
‘‘(II) information regarding the 
amount of time for which such requests 
have been pending, broken down as de-
scribed in subclause (I); and 
‘‘(iii) a list of the congressional inves-
tigations of the Commission that were pend-
ing on the last day of such quarter (or more 
frequent period, as the case may be) and the 
cost of such investigations, individually and 
in the aggregate; 
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‘‘(E) establish deadlines (relative to the date 
of filing) for— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a petition for a de-
claratory ruling under section 1.2 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations, issuing a 
public notice of such petition; 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a petition for rule-
making under section 1.401 of such title, 
issuing a public notice of such petition; and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of a petition for re-
consideration under section 1.106 or 1.429 
of such title or an application for review 
under section 1.115 of such title, issuing a 
public notice of a decision on the petition or 
application by the Commission or under 
delegated authority (as the case may be); 
‘‘(F) establish guidelines (relative to the 
date of filing) for the disposition of petitions 
filed under section 1.2 of such title; 
‘‘(G) establish procedures for the inclusion 
of the specific language of the proposed rule or 
the proposed amendment of an existing rule in 
a notice of proposed rulemaking; and 
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‘‘(H) require notices of proposed rulemaking 
and orders adopting a rule or amending an ex-
isting rule that— 
‘‘(i) create (or propose to create) a pro-
gram activity to contain performance meas-
ures for evaluating the effectiveness of the 
program activity; and 
‘‘(ii) substantially change (or propose 
to substantially change) a program activity 
to contain— 
‘‘(I) performance measures for 
evaluating the effectiveness of the pro-
gram activity as changed (or proposed 
to be changed); or 
‘‘(II) a finding that existing per-
formance 
measures 
will 
effectively 
evaluate the program activity as 
changed (or proposed to be changed). 
‘‘(3) INQUIRY.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of the Federal Communications 
Commission Process Reform Act of 2015, the Commis-
sion shall complete an inquiry to seek public comment 
on whether and how the Commission should— 
‘‘(A) establish procedures for allowing a bi-
partisan majority of Commissioners to place an 
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