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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4336 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the highway safety 
improvement program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2014 
Mr. MICHAUD (for himself and Mr. RIBBLE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to 
the highway safety improvement program, 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 ‘‘Local Road Safety Act 
of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) STATE STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN.— 
Section 148(a)(12) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(A) in clause (ix) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) by redesignating clause (x) as clause 
(xi); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (ix) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(x) private sector experts in the field 
of roadway safety infrastructure; and’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (E) by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing the results of any strategic highway safety plan 
developed by a county or local government entity or 
regional transportation planning organization’’ after 
‘‘processes’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULES.—Section 148(g) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) COUNTY
AND
LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION 
AGENCIES.—Each fiscal year, a State shall provide 
to county and local transportation agencies, from 
amounts apportioned to that State under section 
104(b)(3) in that fiscal year, amounts that the State 
determines are necessary to assist such agencies to 
address significant safety needs, and high fatality 
segments, of non-State-owned public roads and 
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roads on tribal land identified in a State strategic 
highway safety plan.’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4337 
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept a statue depicting 
Pierre L’Enfant from the District of Columbia and to provide for the 
permanent display of the statue in the United States Capitol. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2014 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept 
a statue depicting Pierre L’Enfant from the District 
of Columbia and to provide for the permanent display 
of the statue in the United States Capitol. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Pierre L’Enfant was born in France in 
1754, and traveled to the United States to serve 
with the United States in the Revolutionary War. 
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(2) Pierre L’Enfant was an engineer and archi-
tect, and in 1791 he developed the unique and ex-
ceptional design for the Nation’s capital that laid 
the framework for the modern-day District of Co-
lumbia that is followed and maintained until today. 
(3) L’Enfant’s remarkable design envisioned a 
distinguishable federal and residential city with di-
agonal streets propelling from Congress and the 
President’s home, beautiful boulevards on local 
streets and neighborhoods, and open spaces for 
monuments, memorials, and historical structures, all 
of which largely remain intact, protected as a histor-
ical treasure. 
(4) The United States Capitol does not cur-
rently appropriately recognize the contributions of 
Pierre L’Enfant. 
SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF STATUE OF PIERRE L’ENFANT FOR 
PLACEMENT IN UNITED STATES CAPITOL. 
(a) ACCEPTANCE.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Committee 
on the Library shall accept from the District of Columbia 
the donation of a statue depicting Pierre L’Enfant, sub-
ject to the terms and conditions that the Joint Committee 
considers appropriate. 
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(b) PLACEMENT.—The Joint Committee shall place 
the statue accepted under subsection (a) in a suitable per-
manent location in the United States Capitol. 
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for the costs of attending such a pro-
prietary institution of higher edu-
cation, Federal education assistance 
provided under— 
(aa) chapter 33 of title 38, 
United States Code; 
(bb) section 2007 of title 10, 
United States Code; and 
(cc) section 1784a of title 
10, United States Code. 
(II) REVENUE.—The report shall 
provide information on the revenue of 
proprietary institutions of higher edu-
cation that are publicly traded cor-
porations that is derived from the 
Federal education assistance described 
in subclause (I). 
(C) COMPARISON
DATA.—To the extent 
practicable, the report shall provide information 
comparing the data described in subparagraph 
(B) for proprietary institutions of higher edu-
cation that are publicly traded corporations 
with such data for public institutions of higher 
education disaggregated by State. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4345 
To reauthorize the weatherization and State energy programs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2014 
Mr. TONKO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the weatherization and State energy 
programs, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Weatherization Enhancement, and Local Energy Effi-
ciency Investment and Accountability Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
TITLE I—WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4340 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to passenger motor 
vehicle crash avoidance information, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2014 
Mr. ROKITA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to 
passenger motor vehicle crash avoidance 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safety Through In-
formed Consumers Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE INFORMATION. 
Section 32302 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) CRASH AVOIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Safety Through Informed 
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Consumers Act of 2014, the Secretary shall ensure that 
crash avoidance information is provided alongside of and 
in the same format as crashworthiness information each 
place that crashworthiness information is made available 
to the public under this section.’’. 
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(2) by striking the item relating to title II and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘TITLE II—PREPARING, TRAINING, AND RECRUITING HIGH QUAL-
ITY TEACHERS, SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS, AND 
PRINCIPALS’’; 
and 
(3) by striking the item relating to part A of 
title II and inserting the following: 
‘‘PART A—TEACHER, SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST, AND PRINCIPAL 
TRAINING AND RECRUITING FUND’’. 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1875 
To extend the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund and to direct 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept certain documents as proof 
of service in determining the eligibility of a person to receive amounts 
from such Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2015 
Mr. HECK of Nevada (for himself, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. BORDALLO, and Mr. 
VARGAS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To extend the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund 
and to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to accept 
certain documents as proof of service in determining 
the eligibility of a person to receive amounts from such 
Fund. 
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 ‘‘Filipino Veterans Rec-
ognition Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FILIPINO VETERANS EQUITY COM-
PENSATION FUND AND PROOF OF ELIGI-
BILITY. 
(a) EXTENDED APPLICATION PERIOD.—Subsection 
(c) of section 1002 of the American Recovery and Rein-
vestment Act of 2009 (division A of Public Law 111–5; 
38 U.S.C. 107 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) EXTENDED
APPLICATION
PERIOD.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (1), and subject to the 
availability of amounts made available to the com-
pensation fund before the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph, the Secretary may make a payment 
from the compensation fund to an eligible person 
who, during the one-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph, submits to 
the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) a claim for benefits under this sec-
tion; or 
‘‘(B) with respect to a person who filed a 
claim for benefits under this section during the 
period described in paragraph (1), a new claim 
or an appeal to such previously filed claim.’’. 
(b) PROOF.—Such section 1002 is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(m) USE OF AGO FORM 23.— 
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I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1919 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare bene-
ficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices 
and to remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment under 
the Medicare Program with respect to speech generating devices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2015 
Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS (for herself and Mr. SCALISE) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
Medicare beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories 
for speech generating devices and to remove the rental 
cap for durable medical equipment under the Medicare 
Program with respect to speech generating devices. 
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 ‘‘Steve Gleason Act of 
2015’’. 
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(e) WAIVER OF LEGAL CLAIMS.—In return for the con-
veyances of mineral interests under subsection (a)— 
(1) the Tribe shall waive any and all claims 
arising from the continuing failure of the United 
States to acquire the private coal and iron ore min-
eral interests identified in subsection (a)(1) in trust 
for the Tribe as part of the Reservation as directed 
by Congress in 1900; and 
(2) Great Northern Properties shall waive any 
claim against the United States relating to the value 
or completion of the conveyances under subsection (a). 
(f) RESCISSION OF MINERAL CONVEYANCES.—If any 
portion of the mineral conveyances under subsection (a) is 
invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction and the 
judgment of that court is not vacated or reversed on ap-
peal— 
(1) not later than 1 year after the date on which 
there is a final judgment, the Secretary or Great 
Northern Properties may rescind completely each 
mineral conveyance under subsection (a); and 
(2) if the Secretary or Great Northern Properties 
carries out a rescission under paragraph (1), the 
waiver of the Tribe under this section shall be consid-
ered to be rescinded. 
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(4) On September 28, 2010, the House of Rep-
resentatives adopted House Resolution 1631, calling 
for the protection of religious sites and artifacts, as 
well as for general respect for religious freedom in 
Turkish-occupied areas of northern Cyprus. 
(5) Christian churches and communities in the 
Republic of Turkey and in the occupied areas of Cy-
prus continue to be prevented from fully practicing 
their faith and face serious obstacles to reestab-
lishing full legal, administrative, and operational 
control over stolen, expropriated, confiscated, or oth-
erwise unreturned churches and other religious prop-
erties and sites. 
(6) In many cases the rightful Christian church 
authorities, including relevant Holy Sees located out-
side Turkey and Turkish-occupied territories, are ob-
structed from safeguarding, repairing, or otherwise 
caring for their holy sites upon their ancient home-
lands, because the properties have been destroyed, 
expropriated, converted into mosques, storage facili-
ties, or museums, or subjected to deliberate neglect. 
(7) While the Turkish Government has made 
efforts in recent years to address these issues and to 
return some church properties, much more must be 
done to rectify the situation of Christian commu-
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ance initiatives shows the success of NATO’s Open- 
Door Policy. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States should remain committed 
to maintaining a military presence in Europe as a 
means of promoting allied interoperability and pro-
viding visible assurance to NATO allies in the re-
gion; and 
(2) at the September 2014 NATO Summit in 
Wales, the United States, along with NATO allies, 
should continue to pursue enlargement initiatives for 
the aspirant countries. 
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maintained in perpetuity, and the earnings of the Perma-
nent Fund shall be used as provided in the Northern 
Cheyenne Tribe Permanent Fund Plan. 
(c) WAIVER OF LEGAL CLAIMS.—In return for trans-
fer of the Fund under subsection (a), the Tribe shall waive 
any and all claims arising from the United States manage-
ment of the Fund. 
SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER FEDERAL BENEFITS. 
No sums or other benefits provided to the Tribe 
under this Act shall result in the reduction or denial of 
any Federal services, benefits, or programs to the Tribe 
or to any member of the Tribe to which the Tribe or mem-
ber is entitled or eligible because of— 
(1) the status of the Tribe as a federally recog-
nized Indian tribe; or 
(2) the status of the member as a member of 
the Tribe. 
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‘‘(A) A common general education core 
curriculum consisting of not less than 30 credit 
hours or the equivalent coursework, which are 
fully acceptable in transfer at any such public 
institution of higher education in the State to-
ward meeting specific degree or certificate re-
quirements. 
‘‘(B) Common course numbering for sub-
stantially similar courses in such common gen-
eral education core curriculum. 
‘‘(C) A guarantee that an associate degree 
in an academic major in the arts or sciences 
that is awarded by a public institution of higher 
education in the State on or after July 1, 2017, 
shall be fully acceptable in transfer and credited 
as the first 2 years of a related baccalaureate 
program at a public institution of higher edu-
cation in such State. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR TRIBAL COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES.—A Tribal College or University (as 
defined in section 316) shall not be required to enter 
into or otherwise participate in an articulation 
agreement required under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to— 
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‘‘(A) except as provided in paragraph (2), 
authorize the Secretary or the National Advi-
sory Committee on Institutional Quality and In-
tegrity to require particular policies, proce-
dures, or practices by institutions of higher 
education with respect to transfer of credit; 
‘‘(B) authorize an officer or employee of 
the Department to exercise any direction, su-
pervision, or control over the curriculum, pro-
gram of instruction, administration, or per-
sonnel of any institution of higher education, or 
over any accrediting agency or association; 
‘‘(C) limit the application of the General 
Education Provisions Act; 
‘‘(D) require an institution of higher edu-
cation to accept or enroll a student; or 
‘‘(E) create any legally enforceable right, 
including with respect to a guarantee under 
paragraph (2)(C), on the part of a student to 
require an institution of higher education to ac-
cept the student for enrollment or to accept a 
transfer of credit from another institution.’’. 
(b) ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS.—Section 486A(b) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1093a(b)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘that meet the require-
ments of section 485(h)(2)’’ after ‘‘comprehen-
sive articulation agreements’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘comprehensive articula-
tion agreements’’ after ‘‘practicable)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘2017’’; and 
(D) by striking the third sentence, includ-
ing subparagraphs (A) through (D); and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘and section 
485(h)(2)’’. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 434 
To make the moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and 
discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce permanent. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2013 
Mr. CHABOT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To make the moratorium on Internet access taxes and mul-
tiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce 
permanent. 
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 ‘‘Permanent Internet 
Tax Freedom Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PERMANENT MORATORIUM ON INTERNET ACCESS 
TAXES AND MULTIPLE AND DISCRIMINATORY 
TAXES ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1101(a) of the Internet 
Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note) is amended by 
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striking ‘‘taxes during the period beginning November 1, 
2003, and ending November 1, 2014:’’ and inserting 
‘‘taxes:’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxes imposed after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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