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Subtitle B—Other Matters
SEC. 121. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR THE
SEAWOLF SUBMARINE PROGRAM.
(a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy may
not obligate more than 50 percent of the funds appro-
priated for fiscal year 1998 for Shipbuilding and Conver-
sion for the Navy that are specified as being available for
the Seawolf submarine program until the Secretary cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that the
Secretary will include in the future-years defense program
accompanying the fiscal year 1999 budget for the Depart-
ment of Defense not less than 50 percent of the amount
necessary to fully fund incorporation into each of the first
four vessels in the New Attack Submarine program the
technology insertion opportunities specified in subsection
(b).
(b) TECHNOLOGY INSERTION OPPORTUNITIES.—The
technology insertion opportunities referred to in sub-
section (a) are those technology insertion opportunities
available for the first four vessels in the New Attack Sub-
marine program that were presented by the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisi-
tion) in testimony before the Procurement Subcommittee
of the Committee on National Security of the House of
Representatives on March 18, 1997.
validation, engineering and manufacturing develop-
ment, operational systems development, and procure-
ment programs of the military departments and De-
fense Agencies.
‘‘(B) The amount authorized to be appropriated
by law for the fiscal year concerned for projects of
the military departments and Defense Agencies
under the Manufacturing Technology Program.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to fiscal years 1998,
1999, and 2000.
‘‘(f) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of De-
fense may transfer funds made available pursuant to sub-
section (e) from a military department or Defense Agency
to another military department or Defense Agency to en-
sure efficient implementation of the Manufacturing Tech-
nology Program. The Secretary may delegate the author-
ity provided in the preceding sentence to the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology. Author-
ity to transfer funds under this subsection is in addition
to any other authority provided by law to transfer funds
(whether enacted before, on, or after the date of the enact-
ment of this section) and is not subject to any dollar limi-
tation or notification requirement contained in any other
such authority to transfer funds.
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(2) the total number of individual members not
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected
Reserve of such component who are on active duty
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end
of the fiscal year.
Whenever such units or such individual members are re-
leased from active duty during any fiscal year, the end
strength prescribed for such fiscal year for the Selected
Reserve of such reserve component shall be proportion-
ately increased by the total authorized strengths of such
units and by the total number of such individual members.
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.
Within the end strengths prescribed in section
411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are
authorized, as of September 30, 1998, the following num-
ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or
full-time duty, in the case of members of the National
Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, re-
cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components:
(1) The Army National Guard of the United
States, 22,310.
(2) The Army Reserve, 11,500.
(3) The Naval Reserve, 16,136.
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(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,559.
(5) The Air National Guard of the United
States, 10,616.
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 748.
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS
(DUAL STATUS).
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998.—The
minimum number of military technicians (dual status) as
of the last day of fiscal year 1998 for the reserve compo-
nents of the Army and the Air Force (notwithstanding sec-
tion 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall be the fol-
lowing:
(1) For the Army Reserve, 5,503.
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United
States, 23,125.
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,802.
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United
States, 22,853.
(b) REQUESTS FOR FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.—Sec-
tion 115(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In each
budget submitted by the President to Congress under sec-
tion 1105 of title 31, the end strength requested for mili-
tary technicians (dual status) for each reserve component
of the Army and Air Force shall be specifically set forth.’’.
(c) CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—
(1) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION.—When a
request filed under section 321(a) contains an alle-
gation of critical circumstances and a request for
provisional relief under section 321(b), the President
shall, not later than 60 days after the request is
filed, determine, on the basis of available informa-
tion, whether—
(A) there is clear evidence that—
(i) imports from Australia have in-
creased as the result of the reduction or
elimination of a customs duty under the
Agreement; and
(ii) such imports are causing serious
damage, or actual threat thereof, to the
domestic industry producing an article like
or directly competitive with the imported
article; and
(B) delay in taking action under this sub-
title would cause damage to that industry that
would be difficult to repair.
(2) EXTENT OF PROVISIONAL RELIEF.—If the
determinations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (1) are affirmative, the President shall
determine the extent of provisional relief that is nec-
essary to remedy or prevent the serious damage. The
nature of the provisional relief available shall be the
relief described in subsection (b)(2). Within 30 days
after making affirmative determinations under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), the Presi-
dent, if the President considers provisional relief to
be warranted, shall provide, for a period not to ex-
ceed 200 days, such provisional relief that the Presi-
dent considers necessary to remedy or prevent the
serious damage.
(3) SUSPENSION
OF
LIQUIDATION.—If provi-
sional relief is provided under paragraph (2), the
President shall order the suspension of liquidation of
all imported articles subject to the affirmative deter-
minations under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (1) that are entered, or withdrawn from ware-
house for consumption, on or after the date of the
determinations.
(4) TERMINATION OF PROVISIONAL RELIEF.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Any provisional relief
implemented under this subsection with respect
to an imported article shall terminate on the
day on which—
(i) the President makes a negative de-
termination under subsection (a) regarding
serious damage or actual threat thereof by
imports of such article;
(ii) action described in subsection (b)
takes effect with respect to such article;
(iii) a decision by the President not to
take any action under subsection (b) with
respect to such article becomes final; or
(iv) the President determines that, be-
cause of changed circumstances, such relief
is no longer warranted.
(B) SUSPENSION
OF
LIQUIDATION.—Any
suspension of liquidation ordered under para-
graph (3) with respect to an imported article
shall terminate on the day on which provisional
relief is terminated under subparagraph (A)
with respect to the article.
(C) RATES OF DUTY.—If an increase in, or
the imposition of, a duty that is provided under
subsection (b) on an imported article is dif-
ferent from a duty increase or imposition that
was provided for such an article under this sub-
section, then the entry of any such article for
which liquidation was suspended under para-
graph (3) shall be liquidated at whichever of
such rates of duty is lower.
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‘‘(1)(A) 40.63 percent of the fees collected under 
section 1930(a)(1)(A) of this title in cases commenced 
under chapter 7 of title 11; and 
‘‘(B) 70.00 percent of the fees collected under sec-
tion 1930(a)(1)(B) of this title in cases commenced 
under chapter 13 of title 11;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘one-half’’ and 
inserting ‘‘three-fourths’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘one-half’’ and 
inserting ‘‘100 percent’’. 
(c) COLLECTION AND DEPOSIT OF MISCELLANEOUS 
BANKRUPTCY FEES.—Section 406(b) of the Judiciary Ap-
propriations Act, 1990 (28 U.S.C. 1931 note) is amended 
by striking ‘‘pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 1930(b)’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘28 U.S.C. section 1931’’ and in-
serting ‘‘under section 1930(b) of title 28, United States 
Code, and 31.25 percent of the fees collected under section 
1930(a)(1)(A) of that title, 30.00 percent of the fees collected 
under section 1930(a)(1)(B) of that title, and 25 percent 
of the fees collected under section 1930(a)(3) of that title 
shall be deposited as offsetting receipts to the fund estab-
lished under section 1931 of that title’’. 
SEC. 326. SHARING OF COMPENSATION. 
Section 504 of title 11, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
(D) RATE OF DUTY IF PROVISIONAL RE-
LIEF.—If provisional relief is provided under
this subsection with respect to an imported arti-
cle and neither a duty increase nor a duty im-
position is provided under subsection (b) for
such article, the entry of any such article for
which liquidation was suspended under para-
graph (3) shall be liquidated at the rate of duty
that applied before the provisional relief was
provided.
SEC. 323. PERIOD OF RELIEF.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the im-
port relief that the President provides under subsections
(b) and (c) of section 322 may not, in the aggregate, be
in effect for more than 2 years.
(b) EXTENSION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the President may extend the effective period of any
import relief provided under this subtitle for a pe-
riod of not more than 2 years, if the President de-
termines that—
(A) the import relief continues to be nec-
essary to remedy or prevent serious damage
and to facilitate adjustment by the domestic in-
dustry to import competition; and
(B) there is evidence that the industry is
making a positive adjustment to import com-
petition.
(2) LIMITATION.—Any relief provided under
this subtitle, including any extensions thereof, may
not, in the aggregate, be in effect for more than 4
years.
SEC. 324. ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM RELIEF.
The President may not provide import relief under
this subtitle with respect to any article if—
(1) import relief previously has been provided
under this subtitle with respect to that article; or
(2) the article is subject to import relief
under—
(A) subtitle A; or
(B) chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.).
SEC. 325. RATE AFTER TERMINATION OF IMPORT RELIEF.
When import relief under this subtitle is terminated
with respect to an article, the rate of duty on that article
shall be the rate that would have been in effect, but for
the provision of such relief, on the date the relief termi-
nates.
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(2) in section 552(b)(1), by striking ‘‘product’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘products’’. 
SEC. 1205. PENALTY FOR PERSONS WHO NEGLIGENTLY OR 
FRAUDULENTLY PREPARE BANKRUPTCY PE-
TITIONS. 
Section 110(j)(4) of title 11, United States Code, as 
so redesignated by section 221, is amended by striking ‘‘at-
torney’s’’ and inserting ‘‘attorneys’ ’’. 
SEC. 1206. LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION OF PROFES-
SIONAL PERSONS. 
Section 328(a) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘on a fixed or percentage fee basis,’’ 
after ‘‘hourly basis,’’. 
SEC. 1207. EFFECT OF CONVERSION. 
Section 348(f)(2) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘of the estate’’ after ‘‘property’’ the 
first place it appears. 
SEC. 1208. ALLOWANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 
Section 503(b)(4) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or 
(E) of’’ before ‘‘paragraph (3)’’. 
SEC. 1209. EXCEPTIONS TO DISCHARGE. 
Section 523 of title 11, United States Code, as amend-
ed by sections 215 and 314, is amended—
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dates of the bankruptcy judges appointed 
under paragraph (1)(F); and 
(ii) resulting from the death, retire-
ment, resignation, or removal of a bank-
ruptcy judge; 
shall not be filled. 
(c) EXTENSIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The temporary office of bank-
ruptcy judges authorized for the northern district of 
Alabama, the district of Delaware, the district of 
Puerto Rico, and the eastern district of Tennessee 
under paragraphs (1), (3), (7), and (9) of section 3(a) 
of the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1992 (28 U.S.C. 
152 note) are extended until the first vacancy occur-
ring in the office of a bankruptcy judge in the appli-
cable district resulting from the death, retirement, res-
ignation, or removal of a bankruptcy judge and oc-
curring 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.—All 
other provisions of section 3 of the Bankruptcy Judge-
ship Act of 1992 (28 U.S.C. 152 note) remain appli-
cable to the temporary office of bankruptcy judges re-
ferred to in this subsection.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 981
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 141 Erie Street in
Linesville, Pennsylvania, as the ‘‘James R. Merry
Post Office’’.
108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 981
AN ACT
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 141 Erie Street in Linesville, Pennsylvania,
as the ‘‘James R. Merry Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(d) FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION; EXCEPTIONS.—(1)
A member is not entitled to more than one dislocation al-
lowance during a fiscal year unless—
‘‘(A) the Secretary concerned finds that the ex-
igencies of the service require the member to make
more than one change of permanent station during
the fiscal year;
‘‘(B) the member is ordered to a service school
as a change of permanent station;
‘‘(C) the member’s dependents are covered by
section 405a(a), 406(e), 406(h), or 554 of this title;
or
‘‘(D) subparagraph (C) or (D)(ii) of subsection
(a)(2) or subsection (b) apply with respect to the
member or the member’s dependents.
‘‘(2) This subsection does not apply in time of na-
tional emergency or in time of war.
‘‘(e) FIRST OR LAST DUTY.—A member is not enti-
tled to payment of a dislocation allowance when ordered
from the member’s home to the member’s first duty sta-
tion or from the member’s last duty station to the mem-
ber’s home.
‘‘(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of this
section, a member whose dependents may not make an au-
(13) Among men in the United States it is esti-
mated that there will be 2,350 new cases of invasive 
breast cancer and 440 breast cancer deaths in 2015. 
(14) At this time there are more than 3.1 mil-
lion breast cancer survivors in the United States. 
(15) It is estimated that breast cancer costs 
$12.5 billion in lost productivity. Such productivity 
losses will increase with projected growth rate and 
aging of the U.S. population if cancer mortality 
rates stay constant in the future. 
(16) There is a better chance of survival and 
there are more treatment options with early stage 
detection through mammograms and clinical breast 
exams. 
(17) Breast cancer is the most common cancer 
in women worldwide, with an estimated 1.7 million 
new cases of breast cancer among women worldwide 
in 2012. 
(18) Breast Cancer Research Foundation 
(BCRF) is considered one of the most efficient can-
cer research charities. 
(19) Of every dollar donated to BCRF, $0.91 
goes to research and awareness programs—88 cents 
towards research and 3 cents towards awareness. 
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(c) SELECTION AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR OB-
VERSE DESIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall hold a 
juried, compensated competition to determine the 
design of the common obverse of the coins minted 
under this Act, with such design being emblematic 
of the United States space program leading up to 
the first manned Moon landing. 
(2) SELECTION
PROCESS.—Proposals for the 
obverse design of coins minted under this Act may 
be submitted in accordance with the design selection 
and approval process developed by the Secretary in 
the sole discretion of the Secretary. 
(3) PROPOSALS.—As part of the competition 
described in this subsection, the Secretary may ac-
cept proposals from artists, engravers of the United 
States Mint, and members of the general public, and 
any designs submitted for the design review process 
described herein shall be anonymized until a final se-
lection is made. 
(4) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall de-
termine compensation for the winning design under 
this subsection, which shall be not less than $5,000. 
(d) REVERSE DESIGN.—The design on the common 
reverse of the coins minted under this Act shall be a rep-
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2731 
To amend section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
increased accountability of nonprofit athletic associations and to establish 
a commission to identify and examine issues of national concern related 
to the conduct of intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2015 
Mr. DENT (for himself, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. KATKO, Mr. CURBELO 
of Florida, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force 
A BILL 
To amend section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 to provide increased accountability of nonprofit ath-
letic associations and to establish a commission to iden-
tify and examine issues of national concern related to 
the conduct of intercollegiate athletics, 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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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2724 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize hydroelectric produc-
tion incentives and hydroelectric efficiency improvement incentives, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 10, 2015 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. BARR, Ms. 
DEGETTE, and Mr. LOEBSACK) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize 
hydroelectric production incentives and hydroelectric effi-
ciency improvement incentives, 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 ‘‘Reliable Investment 
in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act’’ or the ‘‘RIVER 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HYDROELECTRIC PRODUCTION INCENTIVES. 
Section 242(g) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15881(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the fis-
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cal years 2006 through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fis-
cal years 2016 through 2025’’. 
SEC. 3. HYDROELECTRIC EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT. 
Section 243(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15882(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the fis-
cal years 2006 through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fis-
cal years 2016 through 2025’’. 
Æ 
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SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 
of the 50th anniversary of the first manned Moon landing, 
the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue the fol-
lowing coins: 
(1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 
coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(B) be struck on a planchet having a di-
ameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 
$1 coins, which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) be struck on a planchet having a di-
ameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 
(3) HALF-DOLLAR
CLAD
COINS.—Not more 
than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 
(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 
(B) be struck on a planchet having a di-
ameter of 1.205 inches; and 
(C) be minted to the specifications for half- 
dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 
31, United States Code. 
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SEC. 326. TERMINATION OF RELIEF AUTHORITY.
No import relief may be provided under this subtitle
with respect to any article after the date that is 10 years
after the date on which duties on the article are eliminated
pursuant to the Agreement.
SEC. 327. COMPENSATION AUTHORITY.
For purposes of section 123 of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2133), any import relief provided by the Presi-
dent under this subtitle shall be treated as action taken
under chapter 1 of title II of such Act.
SEC. 328. BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
The President may not release information which is
submitted in a proceeding under this subtitle and which
the President considers to be confidential business infor-
mation unless the party submitting the confidential busi-
ness information had notice, at the time of submission,
that such information would be released, or such party
subsequently consents to the release of the information.
To the extent a party submits confidential business infor-
mation to the President in a proceeding under this sub-
title, the party also shall submit a nonconfidential version
of the information, in which the confidential business in-
formation is summarized or, if necessary, deleted.
Subtitle C—Cases Under Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974
SEC. 331. FINDINGS AND ACTION ON GOODS FROM AUS-
TRALIA.
(a) EFFECT OF IMPORTS.—If, in any investigation
initiated under chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.), the Commission makes an
affirmative determination (or a determination which the
President may treat as an affirmative determination under
such chapter by reason of section 330(d) of the Tariff Act
of 1930), the Commission shall also find (and report to
the President at the time such injury determination is sub-
mitted to the President) whether imports of the article
from Australia are a substantial cause of serious injury
or threat thereof.
(b) PRESIDENTIAL
DETERMINATION
REGARDING
AUSTRALIAN IMPORTS.—In determining the nature and
extent of action to be taken under chapter 1 of title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, the President shall determine
whether imports from Australia are a substantial cause
of the serious injury or threat thereof found by the Com-
mission and, if such determination is in the negative, may
exclude from such action imports from Australia.
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ury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 5, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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