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‘‘(b) QUALIFIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘qualified retirement sav-
ings’ means— 
‘‘(1) amounts attributable to elective deferrals 
under an applicable retirement plan, and 
‘‘(2) amounts held in an individual retirement 
plan which is not a Roth IRA. 
‘‘(c) VIRGIN ISLANDS INVESTMENT PROGRAM.—For 
purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘Virgin Islands 
Investment Program’ means a program of the Virgin 
Islands which meets the requirements of paragraphs 
(2), (3), (4), and (5). 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT ACCEPTED FOR MAN-
AGEMENT.—A program meets the requirements of 
this paragraph if the amount accepted for manage-
ment 
under 
the 
program 
does 
not 
exceed 
$50,000,000,000. 
‘‘(3) FEES AND TAXES.—A program meets the 
requirements of this paragraph if— 
‘‘(A) the fees charged by investment man-
agers under the program do not exceed the fees 
customarily imposed by investment managers 
for managing like qualified retirement savings 
outside the Virgin Islands Investment Program, 
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contact lenses’’ means lenses that are intended to 
fully correct visual acuity or eliminate refractive 
error. 
(b) PROJECT DETAILS.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE
PARTICIPANTS.—An individual 
enrolled under such part is eligible to participate in 
the demonstration project if an ophthalmologist or 
optometrist, after a clinical evaluation, has deter-
mined and certifies through a prescription that fur-
nishing a low vision device to the individual is medi-
cally necessary. 
(2) NATIONAL
SCOPE
AND
DURATION.—The 
demonstration project shall be national in scope and 
shall be conducted for a period of 5 years. 
(3) PROJECT DESIGN.—The Secretary shall de-
sign the demonstration project in a manner so as to 
provide a rich, well-structured, and defined data set 
from which inferences about the impact of the 
project can be made using appropriate statistical 
methods. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the dem-
onstration project the Secretary shall consult with 
organizations of consumers with vision loss and 
other stakeholder organizations. 
(c) REPORTS.— 
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(1) INTERIM
REPORT.—Not later than 180 
days after the last day of the third year of the dem-
onstration project, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate and to the 
Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives a report 
that describes the progress and preliminary findings 
from the demonstration project. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the last day of the demonstration project and 
after solicitation and consideration of formal written 
input on the project from organizations representing 
consumers with vision loss and other stakeholder or-
ganizations, the Secretary shall submit to such Com-
mittees a final report on the project. Such report 
shall include an evaluation of the fiscal impact on 
the Medicare program of providing coverage of low 
vision devices and such other findings and rec-
ommendations as the Secretary deems appropriate. 
(d) FUNDING.—For fiscal year 2014 and for each of 
the four succeeding fiscal years, out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,500,000 is ap-
propriated to the Secretary to carry out the demonstration 
project. 
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the findings of the assessment required by para-
graph (1). 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3751 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the rule providing 
parity for exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit 
and parking benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2013 
Ms. NORTON 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 extend 
the rule providing parity for exclusion from income for 
employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF PARITY FOR EXCLUSION FROM 
INCOME FOR EMPLOYER-PROVIDED MASS 
TRANSIT AND PARKING BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 132(f) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘January 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2015’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to months after December 31, 
2013. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3752 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a payroll tax 
exemption for hiring long-term unemployed individuals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2013 
Ms. NORTON 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 
a payroll tax exemption for hiring long-term unemployed 
individuals. 
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 ‘‘Reducing Long-Term 
Unemployment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PAYROLL TAX EXEMPTION FOR HIRING LONG-TERM 
UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Paragraph (1) of section 3111(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or on the day after the date of the enactment 
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of the Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act and end-
ing on December 31, 2014,’’ after ‘‘December 31, 2010,’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION.— 
(1) UNEMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT.—Subpara-
graph (B) of section 3111(d)(3) of such Code is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) certifies by signed affidavit (under 
penalties of perjury) that such individual, dur-
ing the entire 27-week period ending on the hir-
ing date— 
‘‘(i) was in receipt of unemployment 
compensation under State or Federal law, 
or 
‘‘(ii) was unemployed and would have 
been so in receipt but for having exhausted 
the right to such unemployment compensa-
tion during such period,’’. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Subsection (d) of section 
3111 of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) LIMITATION.—The aggregate reduction in 
tax imposed under subsection (a) by reason of para-
graph (1) with respect to each qualified individual in 
the employer’s employ shall not exceed $5,000.’’. 
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(c) 
APPLICATION
TO
RAILROAD
RETIREMENT 
TAXES.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—Paragraph (1) of section 
3221(c) of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
on the day after the date of the enactment of the 
Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act and ending 
on December 31, 2014,’’ after ‘‘December 31, 
2010,’’. 
(2) MODIFICATION.— 
(A) 
UNEMPLOYMENT
REQUIREMENT.— 
Subparagraph (B) of section 3221(c)(3) of such 
Code is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) certifies by signed affidavit (under 
penalties of perjury) that such individual, dur-
ing the entire 27-week period ending on the hir-
ing date— 
‘‘(i) was in receipt of unemployment 
compensation under State or Federal law, 
or 
‘‘(ii) was unemployed and would have 
been so in receipt but for having exhausted 
the right to such unemployment compensa-
tion during such period,’’. 
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‘‘(iv) publish in the Federal Register the
results of that consideration and a description
of and schedule for any actions warranted by
the data.’’.
(g) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 1533),
as amended by section 302 of this Act, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(j) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DETERMINATIONS.—Any
determination with regard to whether a species is a threat-
ened species or endangered species shall be subject to a
de novo judicial review with the court determining whether
the decision is supported by a preponderance of the evi-
dence.’’.
SEC. 302. PEER REVIEW.
Section 4 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is amended by adding
after subsection (h), as redesignated by section 507(b)(2)
of this Act, the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) PEER REVIEW REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) The term ‘action’ means—
‘‘(i) the determination that a species
is an endangered species or a threatened
species under subsection (a);
‘‘(ii) the determination under sub-
section (a) that an endangered species or
(3) LIMITATION.—Subsection (c) of section 
3221 of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) LIMITATION.—The aggregate reduction in 
tax imposed under subsection (a) by reason of para-
graph (1) with respect to each qualified individual in 
the employer’s employ shall not exceed $5,000.’’. 
(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN CALENDAR QUAR-
TERS.—For purposes of section 3111(d) and 3221(c) of 
such Code, if the day after the date of the enactment of 
this Act is not the first day of a calendar quarter, then 
rules similar to the rules of section 3111(d)(5) and 
3221(c)(5) of such Code, respectively, shall apply with re-
spect to the last calendar quarter beginning before such 
day. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this subsection 
shall apply to wages paid after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(2) 
RAILROAD
RETIREMENT
TAXES.—The 
amendments made by subsection (d) shall apply to 
compensation paid after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3754 
To require the exercise of clean-up call options under securities issued by 
the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and to prohibit any 
new mortgage-backed securities issued by such Corporation or the Fed-
eral National Mortgage Association from containing provisions for a 
clean-up call option, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2013 
Mr. PERLMUTTER (for himself and Mr. SCHWEIKERT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the exercise of clean-up call options under securi-
ties issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor-
poration and to prohibit any new mortgage-backed secu-
rities issued by such Corporation or the Federal National 
Mortgage Association from containing provisions for a 
clean-up call option, 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 ‘‘Freddie Mac REMIC 
Reform Act of 2013’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3757 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit 
one year, to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified 
research credit, and to provide a 20 percent credit for payments to 
biotechnology research consortiums for biotechnology research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2013 
Mr. PETERS of California (for himself, Mr. HONDA, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. MUR-
PHY of Florida, and Ms. LOFGREN) 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 extend 
the research credit one year, to increase and make per-
manent the alternative simplified research credit, and 
to provide a 20 percent credit for payments to bio-
technology research consortiums for biotechnology re-
search. 
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 ‘‘Igniting American Re-
search Act’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3755 
To provide that the reinsurance fee for the transitional reinsurance program 
under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act be applied equally 
to all health insurance issuers and group health plans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2013 
Mr. PERRY (for himself and Mr. GOSAR) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide that the reinsurance fee for the transitional rein-
surance program under the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act be applied equally to all health insur-
ance issuers and group health plans. 
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 ‘‘Union Tax Fairness 
Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF REINSURANCE FEE. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the pay-
ments required to be made by health insurance issuers and 
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third party administrators (on behalf of group health 
plans) under section 1341(b)(1)(A) of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18061(b)(1)(A)) 
shall be applied equally to all such issuers and administra-
tors and may not be waived on behalf of any such issuer, 
administrator or group health plan. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3758 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the second generation 
biofuel producer credit and the special allowance for second generation 
biofuel plant property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2013 
Mr. PETERS of California 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 extend 
the second generation biofuel producer credit and the 
special allowance for second generation biofuel plant 
property. 
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 ‘‘Second Generation 
Biofuel Extension Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL 
PRODUCER CREDIT AND SPECIAL ALLOW-
ANCE FOR SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL 
PLANT PROPERTY. 
(a) SECOND
GENERATION
BIOFUEL
PRODUCER 
CREDIT.—Subparagraph (J) of section 40(b)(6) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘Jan-
uary 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2015’’. 
(b) SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR SECOND GENERATION 
BIOFUEL PLANT PROPERTY.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—Subparagraph (D) of section 
168(l)(2) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘Jan-
uary 1, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2015’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Paragraph 
(4) of section 168(l) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by 
striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
and inserting ‘‘, and’’, and by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) by substituting ‘January 1, 2015’ for 
‘January 1, 2014’ each place it appears there-
in.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) CREDIT.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to qualified sec-
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ond generation biofuel production after December 
31, 2013. 
(2) ALLOWANCE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (b) shall apply with respect to property 
placed in service after December 31, 2013. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3759 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the employer wage 
credit for activated military reservists. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2013 
Mr. PETERS of Michigan (for himself and Mr. GRIMM) 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 extend 
the employer wage credit for activated military reservists. 
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 ‘‘Military Reserve Small 
Business Jobs Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF EMPLOYER WAGE CREDIT FOR ACTI-
VATED MILITARY RESERVISTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45P(f) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to payments made after December 
31, 2013. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3761 
To properly define and distinguish between decorative hearth products and 
vented hearth heaters. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2013 
Mr. POMPEO (for himself, Mr. ENYART, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, and Mr. 
KLINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To properly define and distinguish between decorative hearth 
products and vented hearth heaters. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. VENTED HEARTH HEATERS AND DECORATIVE 
HEARTH PRODUCTS. 
Section 321 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended by inserting at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(67) VENTED
HEARTH
HEATER.—The term 
‘vented hearth heater’ means a vented gas fireplace, 
vented fireplace insert, or vented stove— 
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‘‘(A) for which any AFUE representation, 
or representation with respect to P.4 effi-
ciencies required for products sold in Canada, is 
made in any manufacturer advertising or lit-
erature; 
‘‘(B) that is certified to the ANSI Z21.88 
standard or identified in any manufacturer lit-
erature or advertising as a ‘heater-rated’ prod-
uct; or 
‘‘(C) that is equipped by the manufacturer 
with a thermostatic control. 
‘‘(68) DECORATIVE
HEARTH
PRODUCT.—The 
term ‘decorative hearth product’ means a vented gas 
fireplace, vented fireplace insert, vented stove, or 
vented gas log set that— 
‘‘(A) is not certified to the ANSI Z21.88 
standard and, in the case of a vented gas fire-
place, vented fireplace insert, or vented stove, is 
certified to the ANSI Z21.50 standard; 
‘‘(B) is sold without a thermostat and with 
a warranty provision expressly voiding all man-
ufacturer warranties in the event the product is 
used with a thermostat; and 
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‘‘(C) contains no energy efficiency rep-
resentations other than P.4 efficiencies required 
for products sold in Canada. 
Decorative hearth products shall not be considered 
direct heating equipment for purposes of this part. 
A vented gas fireplace, vented fireplace insert, vent-
ed stove, or vented gas log set that is not a decora-
tive hearth product shall be considered direct heat-
ing equipment for purposes of this part.’’. 
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134
‘‘(ii) the State agency has established ac-
ceptable conservation programs, consistent with
the purposes and policies of this Act, for all
resident species of fish or wildlife in the State
which are deemed by the Secretary to be endan-
gered species or threatened species or for those
species or taxonomic groups of species which
the State proposes to cover under its program,
and has furnished a copy of such plan and pro-
gram together with all pertinent details, infor-
mation, requested to the Secretary;
‘‘(iii) the State agency is authorized to
conduct investigations to determine the status
and requirements for survival of resident spe-
cies of fish and wildlife;
‘‘(iv) an agency of the State is authorized
to establish programs, including the acquisition
of land or aquatic habitat or interests therein,
for the conservation of resident endangered spe-
cies or threatened species of fish or wildlife;
‘‘(v) provision is made for public participa-
tion in designating resident species of fish or
wildlife as endangered species or threatened
species; and
areas within the State are affected by the determina-
tion.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (6) by amending all that pre-
cedes subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
‘‘(6) PUBLICATION
OF
DETERMINATION.—(A)
Within the one-year period beginning on the date on
which general notice is published in accordance with
paragraph (5)(A)(i) regarding a proposed regulation,
the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register,
if a determination as to whether a species is an en-
dangered species or a threatened species is involved,
either—
‘‘(i) a final regulation to implement such
determination,
‘‘(ii) a final regulation to implement such
revision or a finding that such revision should
not be made,
‘‘(iii) notice that such one-year period is
being extended under subparagraph (B)(i), or
‘‘(iv) notice that the proposed regulation is
being withdrawn under subparagraph (B)(ii),
together with the finding on which such with-
drawal is based.’’.
(c) NOTICE OF HEARINGS AND MEETINGS.—Section
14 is amended to read as follows: