alea-institute/kl3m-data-sample-004-shuffled huggingface dataset:
Editorial Note on Subpart B of Part 591
Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to subpart B of part 591 appear at 70 FR 31313, May 31, 2005.

§ 591.216 How does OPM combine survey data for the DC area and for COLA areas with multiple survey areas? ( a ) *Washington, DC, area.* For each survey item except shelter, OPM averages separately the prices collected in each of the DC survey areas identified in § 591.215(a) and then averages these average prices together using equal weights to compute an overall average by item for the DC area.
( b ) *COLA areas with multiple survey areas.* OPM computes weighted average indexes at the item, PEG, MEG, and/or overall level by using the corresponding indexes and Federal employment weights from each survey area within the COLA area.
[67 FR 22340, May 3, 2002, as amended at 69 FR 59763, Oct. 6, 2004]
I 

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1539

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral restrictions to interests purchased 

on terms generally available to the public. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 1, 2003

Mr. KLECZKA (for himself and Mr. STARK) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 

addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit 

the hospital ownership exception to physician self-referral 

restrictions to interests purchased on terms generally 

available to the public.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hospital Investment 

5 Act of 2003’’.
2

•HR 1539 IH 

1 SEC. 2. LIMITING THE HOSPITAL OWNERSHIP EXCEPTION 

2 TO PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL RESTRIC3 TIONS TO INTERESTS PURCHASED ON TERMS 

4 GENERALLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1877(d)(3) of the Social 

6 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395nn(d)(3)) is amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara8 graph (A); 

9 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub10 paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(C) the ownership or investment interest 

14 is purchased on terms generally available to the 

15 public at the time.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 subsection (a) apply to ownership and investment interests 

18 purchased on or after July 12, 2001.

Æ
G. BRAD BECKSTEAD
Certified Public Accountant
                                         330 E. Warm Springs
                                         Las Vegas, NV 89119
                                                702.257.1984
                                            702.362.0540 fax





March 27, 2002


To Whom It May Concern:

The  firm  of  G.  Brad  Beckstead,  CPA,  consents  to  the
inclusion  of my report of March 27, 2002, on the  Financial
Statements of YFC 355 Corp. for the years ended December
31,  2001  and 2000, in its Form 10K-SB filing to  be  filed
with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Signed,




G. Brad Beckstead, CPA
### §576c. Corps of Engineers operation of unmanned aircraft systems

#### (a) In general

The Secretary shall designate an individual, within the headquarters office of the Corps of Engineers, who shall serve as the coordinator and principal approving official for developing the process and procedures by which the Corps of Engineers—

(1) operates and maintains small unmanned aircraft (as defined in section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 1 note)) systems in support of civil works and emergency response missions of the Corps of Engineers; and

(2) acquires, applies for, and receives any necessary Federal Aviation Administration authorizations for such operations and systems.

#### (b) Requirements

A small unmanned aircraft system acquired, operated, or maintained for carrying out the missions specified in subsection (a) shall be operated in accordance with regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration as a civil aircraft or public aircraft, at the discretion of the Secretary, and shall be exempt from regulations of the Department of Defense, including the Department of the Army, governing such system.

#### (c) Limitation

A small unmanned aircraft system acquired, operated, or maintained by the Corps of Engineers is excluded from use by the Department of Defense, including the Department of the Army, for any mission of the Department of Defense other than a mission specified in subsection (a).

(Pub. L. 114–322, title I, §1124, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1647.)

#### **Editorial Notes**

#### References in Text

Section 331 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is section 331 of Pub. L. 112–95, which was set out in a note under section 40101 of Title 49, Transportation, and was transferred and is now set out in a note under section 44802 of Title 49.

#### **Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries**

#### "Secretary" Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 1002 of Pub. L. 114–322, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

1 See References in Text note below.
### §2. Performance of duties in absence of director

On and after July 1, 1916, in the absence of the Director of the United States Bureau of Mines the assistant director of said bureau shall perform the duties of the director during the latter's absence, and in the absence of the Director and of the Assistant Director of the United States Bureau of Mines the Secretary of the Interior may designate some officer of said bureau to perform the duties of the director during his absence.

(July 1, 1916, ch. 209, §1, 39 Stat. 303; Ex. Ord. No. 4239, June 4, 1925; Ex. Ord. No. 6611, Feb. 22, 1934; Pub. L. 102–285, §10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)

#### **Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries**

#### Change of Name

"United States Bureau of Mines" substituted in text for "Bureau of Mines" pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102–285, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. For provisions relating to closure and transfer of functions of the United States Bureau of Mines, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 1 of this title.
<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed
herewith.

                          Armstrong Holdings, Inc. and
                        Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
                                (the "Companies")


                  Written Statement by Chief Executive Officer
              Pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


I certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that the Companies' Form 10-K
annual report containing their respective financial statements for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2002 fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and that information contained in
that report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition
and results of operations of the Companies as of that date.


/s/ Michael D. Lockhart
-----------------------
Michael D. Lockhart
Chief Executive Officer
Armstrong Holdings, Inc. and
Armstrong World Industries, Inc.


Dated: March 19, 2003
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#### § 731.301 Scope.

This subpart covers OPM-initiated suitability actions against an *applicant, appointee,* or *employee.*
### §10724. Application

To be eligible for an award of a grant or cooperative agreement under this subchapter, an entity shall submit to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance an application in such form and manner, and containing such information, as required by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, §3034, as added Pub. L. 115–76, §3(a), Nov. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 1249.)
§ 531.404 Earning within-grade increase. An employee paid at less than the maximum rate of the grade of his or her position shall earn advancement in pay to the next higher step of the grade or the next higher rate within the grade (as defined in § 531.403) upon meeting the following three requirements established by law: ( a ) The employee's performance must be at an acceptable level of competence, as defined in this subpart. To be determined at an acceptable level of competence, the employee's most recent rating of record (as defined in § 430.203 of this chapter) shall be at least Level 3 (“Fully Successful” or equivalent). ( 1 ) When a within-grade increase decision is not consistent with the employee's most recent rating of record a more current rating of record must be prepared.
( 2 ) The rating of record used as the basis for an acceptable level of competence determination for a within-grade increase must have been assigned no earlier than the most recently completed appraisal period.
( b ) The employee must have completed the required waiting period for advancement to the next higher step of the grade of his or her position.
( c ) The employee must not have received an equivalent increase during the waiting period.
[51 FR 8420, Mar. 11, 1986, as amended at 58 FR 65536, Dec. 15, 1993; 60 FR 43948, Aug. 23, 1995]
#### The People of the State of New York ex rel. Joseph Bravatta, Appellant, against Vernon A. Morhous, as Warden of Great Meadow Prison, Respondent.

All concur.
**UN PUBLISHED** 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

**No. 1**  **0 -**  **14 6**  **1**

VEDA PRYOR , Plaintiff

– Appell ant ,

v. PETE G E REN, Secretary of the US Army; ROBERT M. FANO , Chief, Civilian Personnel Law Team; EUGENE JOHNSON, Compensation Specia list , Defendant s – Appell ees .

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland , at Greenbelt

. Alexander Williams , Jr., District Judge. ( 8:09

- cv - 0 1366

- A W )

Submitted : Octo ber 19 , 2010 Decided: October 25, 2010

Befor e DUNCAN , KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judge s .

Affirmed by un published per curiam opinion

.
Veda Pryor , Appellant Pro Se. Michael Justin Friedman, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY , Baltimore, Maryland, Neil R. White, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland , for Appellee s . Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.2 PER CURIAM: Veda Pryor appeals the district court ’ s granting Defendants’ motion to dismiss her complaint filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act o f 1964 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Pryor v. Geren , No. 8:09

- cv - 01366

- AW (D. Md. Apr. 7 , 2010)

. We further deny Pryor’ s motion for transcript at government expense. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED
### §21741. Training and technical assistance for States

The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and in coordination with the Elder Justice Coordinating Council (established under section 1397k of title 42), shall create, compile, evaluate, and disseminate materials and information, and provide the necessary training and technical assistance, to assist States and units of local government in—

(1) investigating, prosecuting, pursuing, preventing, understanding, and mitigating the impact of—

(A) physical, sexual, and psychological abuse of elders;

(B) exploitation of elders, including financial abuse and scams targeting elders; and

(C) neglect of elders; and

(2) assessing, addressing, and mitigating the physical and psychological trauma to victims of elder abuse.

(Pub. L. 115–70, title IV, §403, Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1214.)
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AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT is dated for reference the 18th day
of May, 2006.

BETWEEN:

TERYL RESOURCES CORP.
#1103, 11871 Horseshoe Way Richmond, BC V7A 5H5

(hereinafter referred to as
"Teryl")

OF THE FIRST PART

AND:

IAS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.#1103  11871 Horseshoe Way Richmond, BC V7A 5H5

(hereinafter referred to as "IASCA")

OF THE SECOND PART

WHEREAS:

IASCA has completed an agreement with Energy Sources, Inc. to
drill up to 24 gas wells in the Ken Lee lease in Kentucky (see attached
agreement dated April 18, 2006);

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants and
conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

|1. | IASCA agrees to farm out a 40% interest in the Ken Lee #1
      Well (the Well), subject to a 12 1⁄2 percent net revenue interest
      to the landowner and 27 1⁄2 percent interest to Energy Sources, Inc., in
      consideration for paying 50% of the total cost of the Well.
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|2. | Teryl will have first refusal to drill up to 23
      additional wells pursuant to the Energy Sources, Inc. agreement with IASCA
      dated April 18, 2006.                                                                                                                    

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

|TERYL RESOURCES CORP. |  | IAS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
|--------------------- |  | ------------------------
|                      |  |                         
|/s/ John Robertson    |  | /s/ John Robertson      
|Signature             |  | Signature               
|                      |  |                         
|                      |  |                         
|John Robertson        |  | John Robertson          
|Print Name            |  | Print Name              
|                      |  |                         
|                      |  |                         
|President             |  | President               
|Title                 |  | Title                   

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# L_2017263EN.01004201.xml

| 12.10.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 263/42 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

12.10.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 263/42

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 321/2015

of 11 December 2015

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1832]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/253 of 16 February 2015 laying down the rules concerning the sampling and reporting under Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
| --- | --- |

(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/253 of 16 February 2015 laying down the rules concerning the sampling and reporting under Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
| --- | --- |

(2)

Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following point is inserted after point 21ada (Commission Decision 2010/769/EU) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘21adb. | 32015 D 0253: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/253 of 16 February 2015 laying down the rules concerning the sampling and reporting under Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels (OJ L 41, 17.2.2015, p. 55).’ |
| --- | --- |

‘21adb.

32015 D 0253: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/253 of 16 February 2015 laying down the rules concerning the sampling and reporting under Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels (OJ L 41, 17.2.2015, p. 55).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/253 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 12 December 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda SLETNES

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(1)  
  OJ L 41, 17.2.2015, p. 55.

1

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

*1

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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1649 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1649

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act 
  to clarify rules for determining whether certain agent-drivers and 
                   commission-drivers are employees.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 2003

  Mr. Crane introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act 
  to clarify rules for determining whether certain agent-drivers and 
                   commission-drivers are employees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF FACILITIES FOR AGENT-DRIVERS 
              AND COMMISSION-DRIVERS.

    (a) Internal Revenue Code.--Subsection (d) of section 3121 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining employee) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new flush sentence:
``For purposes of paragraph (3), the determination of whether an agent-
driver or commission-driver described in paragraph (3)(A) has a 
substantial investment in facilities shall be made by treating an 
investment in a distribution right or territory as an investment in 
facilities.''
    (b) Social Security Act.--Subsection (j) of section 210 of the 
Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end the following new 
flush sentence:
``For purposes of paragraph (3), the determination of whether an agent-
driver or commission-driver described in paragraph (3)(A) has a 
substantial investment in facilities shall be made by treating an 
investment in a distribution right or territory as an investment in 
facilities.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to services performed after December 31, 2002.
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No. 07-098 August 1, 1007

NRC FINDS NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROMEXTENDED OPERATION OF VERMONT YANKEE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued its final environmental impact statement on theproposed renewal of the operating license for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. The report containsthe NRC’s finding that there are no environmental impacts that would preclude license renewal for anadditional 20 years of operation.

The Vermont Yankee plant is a boiling-water reactor located five miles south of Brattleboro,Vt. The current operating license expires March 21, 2012. The operator, Entergy Nuclear Operations,Inc., submitted an application for renewal of the license Jan. 27, 2006.

As part of its environmental review of the application, the NRC held public meetings near theplant to discuss the scope of the review and the draft version of the environmental impact statement.Comments were received and considered from members of the public, local officials, andrepresentatives of state and federal agencies.

The Vermont Yankee Final Environmental Impact Statement is available on the NRC’s Website at this address: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1437/supplement30/.

Copies are also available for inspection at the NRC’s Public Document Room at One WhiteFlint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Md; and locally at the Vernon Free Library, 567Governor Hunt Rd, Vernon, Vt.; the Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St., Brattleboro, Vt.; theHinsdale Public Library, 122 Brattleboro Rd., Hinsdale, N.H.; and the Dickinson Memorial Library,115 Main St., Northfield, Mass.

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