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(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF STATUS.—If Benita Veliz- 
Castillo enters the United States before the filing deadline 
specified in subsection (c), she shall be considered to have 
entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligi-
ble, be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Benita Veliz-Castillo, the Secretary of State shall 
instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the cur-
rent or next following fiscal year, the total number of im-
migrant visas that are made available to natives of the 
country of the alien’s birth under section 203(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act or, if applicable, the 
total number of immigrant visas that are made available 
to natives of the country of the alien’s birth under section 
202(e) of such Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural 
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parents, brothers, and sisters of Benita Veliz-Castillo shall 
not, by virtue of such relationship, be accorded any right, 
privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality 
Act. 
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SEC. 8. GENERAL DISCHARGE AND RELEASE OF STATE OF
CONNECTICUT.
Except as expressly provided herein and in the State
Agreement and the Town Agreement, this Act shall con-
stitute a general discharge and release of all obligations
of the State of Connecticut and all of its political subdivi-
sions, agencies, departments, and all of the officers or em-
ployees thereof arising from any treaty or agreement with,
or on behalf of the Tribe of the United Sates as trustee
therefor.
SEC. 9. REVOCATION OF STATE AGREEMENT.
In the event that, within 15 years of the date of the
publication of the notice required by section 5(a), the
Agreement between the Mohegan Tribe and the State of
Connecticut is invalidated, or if the gaming compact pro-
vided in section 4(1) of this Act, or any implementing
agreements between the parties thereto, is invalidated by
a court of competent jurisdiction, the transfers, waivers,
releases, relinquishments and other commitments made by
the Mohegan Tribe in paragraph 1a of the State Agree-
ment shall no longer be of any force or effect, section 5
of this Act shall be inapplicable to the lands, interests in
lands or natural resources of the Mohegan Tribe and its
members as if never enacted, and the approvals of prior
transfers and the extinguishment of claims and aboriginal
title of the Mohegan Tribe otherwise effected by section
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by this Act, unless such action was filed prior to the date
of termination of the period specified in subsection (a).
Attest:
Secretary.
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necticut General Assembly in 1736 of lands reserved
and sequestered by the General Assembly for the
sole use and improvement of the Mohegan Indian
Tribe; and
(C) any claim the Mohegan Tribe might have
based on any action by the State in 1860, 1861, or
otherwise to allot, reallot, and/or confirm any lands
of the Mohegan Tribe to individual Indians or other
persons. Any transfer of lands or natural resources
located anywhere within the State of Connecticut in-
cluding, but not limited to, transfers pursuant to the
statute or treaty of or with any State or the United
States, by, from, or on behalf of the Mohegan Tribe,
or any predecessor or successor in interest, shall be
deemed to be in full force and effect, as provided in
subsection (a)(2): Provided, however, That nothing
herein shall be construed as extinguishing any ab-
original right, title, interest, or claim to lands or
natural resources solely to the extent of the rights
or interests defined as ‘‘excepted interests’’ in para-
graph 1a of the Agreement between the Mohegan
Tribe and the State of Connecticut, agreed to April
25, 1994.
(2) By virtue of the approval of a transfer of lands
or natural resources effected by this section, or an extin-
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(a) when making recommendations for exception funding 
for grant applications. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘recal-
citrant cancer’ means a cancer for which the five-year rel-
ative survival rate is below 50 percent.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 19, 
2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 734 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the medical device 
tax, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2011 
Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. CALVERT, and Mr. ROHRABACHER) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the medical device tax, 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. REPEAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE TAX. 
Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 1405 of the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, 
and the amendments made by such subsections, are hereby 
repealed, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be 
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applied and administered as if such subsections and 
amendments had never been enacted. 
SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF UNSPENT FEDERAL FUNDS TO OFF 
SET LOSS IN REVENUES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of all available unobligated funds, 
$39,000,000,000 in appropriated discretionary funds are 
hereby rescinded. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall determine and identify 
from which appropriation accounts the rescission under 
subsection (a) shall apply and the amount of such rescis-
sion that shall apply to each such account. Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit a report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Con-
gress of the accounts and amounts determined and identi-
fied for rescission under the preceding sentence. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to the 
unobligated funds of the Department of Defense or the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 737 
To terminate the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2011 
Mr. AKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To terminate the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks 
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. TERMINATION OF PAUL S. SARBANES TRANSIT 
IN PARKS PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEALS.—Section 5320 of title 49, United 
States Code, and the item relating to section 5320 in the 
analysis for chapter 53 of such title, are repealed. 
(b) EFFECT OF TERMINATION ON EXPENDITURE OF 
FUNDS ALREADY RECEIVED.—This section may not be 
construed to prevent the expenditure of any funds received 
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under section 5320 of title 49, United States Code, before 
the date of enactment of this Act. Such funds shall be 
subject to the laws and regulations that would have ap-
plied to the funds if this section had not been enacted. 
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‘‘(ii) in any case in which an incinerator is
on board the ship, the disposal of plastic resi-
due, if any, from the incinerator;
‘‘(B) there is no incinerator on board the ship;
or
‘‘(C) the quantity of plastic waste materials on
board the ship is too small with respect to the quan-
tity of plastic waste materials estimated to have
been generated on board the ship (on the basis of
documentation from the last legal disposal of plastic
waste materials from the ship).
‘‘(3) Not later than 30 days after the issuance of a
citation pursuant to paragraph (2), the recipient of the
citation shall either—
‘‘(A) pay the amount of the civil penalty; or
‘‘(B) submit a written request for a hearing on
the assessment of the civil penalty.
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary
of Agriculture to ensure that the record in a log book of
the disposal of waste materials alone may not, for the pur-
poses of this subsection, constitute proof of legal disposal
of waste materials.’’; and
(C) in subsection (g), as redesignated by
paragraph (1)—
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
3 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund. 
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‘‘(i) reimbursement for (or a reason-
able allowance for) reasonable expenses in-
curred in the performance of such services,
or
‘‘(ii) reasonable benefits (including
length of service awards), and nominal fees
for such services, customarily paid by eligi-
ble employers in connection with the per-
formance of such services by volunteers.
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED SERVICES.—For purposes
of this paragraph, the term ‘qualified services’
means fire fighting and prevention services,
emergency medical services, and ambulance
services.’’
(b) EXEMPTION FROM SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES.—
(1) Subsection (i) of section 3121 of such Code
is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(6) VOLUNTEERS
PERFORMING
FIRE
AND
MEDICAL SERVICES.—For purposes of this chapter,
the term ‘wages’ shall not include—
‘‘(A) any amount deferred under a plan de-
scribed in section 457(e)(11)(A)(ii) and main-
tained by an eligible employer (as defined in
section 457(e)(1)), and
ticularly those areas identified under section 210(b), 
including the promotion of ecologically sound naviga-
tion and anchorages near coral reefs; or 
‘‘(11) promoting and assisting entities to work 
with local communities, and all appropriate govern-
mental and nongovernmental organizations, to sup-
port community-based planning and management 
initiatives for the protection of coral reef eco-
systems.’’. 
SEC. 102. EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
Section 206 (16 U.S.C. 6405) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 206. EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate official may un-
dertake or authorize action necessary— 
‘‘(1) to minimize the destruction of or injury to 
a coral reef, or loss of an ecosystem function of a 
coral reef, from— 
‘‘(A) vessel impacts, derelict fishing gear, 
vessel anchors, and anchor chains; and 
‘‘(B) from unforeseen or disaster-related 
circumstances as a result of human activities; 
and 
‘‘(2) to stabilize, repair, recover, or restore a 
coral reef that is destroyed or injured, or that has 
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(6) the Sun Valley Company has assembled
lands with outstanding environmental, recreational,
and other values to convey to the Forest Service in re-
turn for the lands it will receive in the exchange, and
the Forest Service has identified such lands as desir-
able for acquisition by the United States; and
(7) completion of a land exchange and approval
of a development plan for Olympic related facilities
at the Snowbasin Ski Resort is essential to ensure
that all necessary facilities can be constructed, tested
for safety and other purposes, and become fully oper-
ational in advance of the 2002 Winter Olympics and
earlier pre-Olympic events.
(b) DETERMINATION.—The Congress has reviewed the
previous analyses and studies of the lands to be exchanged
and developed pursuant to this title, and has made its own
review of these lands and issues involved, and on the basis
of those reviews hereby finds and determines that a legis-
lated land exchange and development plan approval with
respect to certain National Forest System Lands is nec-
essary to meet Olympic goals and timetables.
SEC. 2002. PURPOSE AND INTENT.
The purpose of this title is to authorize and direct the
Secretary to exchange 1,320 acres of federally-owned land
within the Cache National Forest in the State of Utah for
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lands of approximately equal value owned by the Sun Val-
ley Company. It is the intent of Congress that this exchange
be completed without delay within the period specified by
section 2004.
SEC. 2003. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title—
(1) the term ‘‘Sun Valley Company’’ means the
Sun Valley Company, a division of Sinclair Oil Cor-
poration, a Wyoming Corporation, or its successors or
assigns; and
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
Agriculture.
SEC. 2004. EXCHANGE.
(a) FEDERAL SELECTED LANDS.—(1) Not later than
45 days after the final determination of value of the Federal
selected lands, the Secretary shall, subject to this title, trans-
fer all right, title, and interest of the United States in and
to the lands referred to in paragraph (2) to the Sun Valley
Company.
(2) The lands referred to in paragraph (1) are certain
lands within the Cache National Forest in the State of Utah
comprising 1,320 acres, more or less, as generally depicted
on the map entitled ‘‘Snowbasin Land Exchange—Pro-
posed’’ and dated October 1995.
I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4654
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage
under part B of the medicare program of drugs approved by the Food
and Drug Administration for the treatment of individuals with multiple
sclerosis.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 1994
Mr. GREENWOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to
the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for coverage under part B of the medicare program
of drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration
for the treatment of individuals with multiple sclerosis.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF DRUGS FOR TREAT-
MENT 
OF 
INDIVIDUALS 
WITH 
MULTIPLE
SCLEROSIS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)), as amended by sec-
tion 13553(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1993, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (P);
(2) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (Q); and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(R) a drug for the treatment of individuals
with multiple sclerosis (if the use of the drug for
such purpose is approved by the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration);’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to drugs furnished on or after
January 1, 1995.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4655
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude length of service
awards to volunteers performing fire fighting or prevention services,
emergency medical services, or ambulance services from the limitations
applicable to certain deferred compensation plans, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 1994
Mr. MCNULTY (for himself and Mr. BUNNING) 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 exclude
length of service awards to volunteers performing fire
fighting or prevention services, emergency medical serv-
ices, or ambulance services from the limitations applica-
ble to certain deferred compensation plans, 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. TREATMENT OF LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARDS
TO VOLUNTEERS PERFORMING FIRE FIGHT-
ING OR PREVENTION SERVICES, EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES, OR AMBULANCE SERV-
ICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (11) of section 457(e)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to deferred
compensation plans of State and local governments and
tax-exempt organizations) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(11) CERTAIN PLANS EXCLUDED.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The following plans
shall be treated as not providing for the defer-
ral of compensation:
‘‘(i) Any bona fide vacation leave, sick
leave, compensatory time, severance pay,
disability pay, or death benefit plan.
‘‘(ii) Any plan paying solely length of
service awards to bona fide volunteers (or
their beneficiaries) on account of qualified
services performed by such volunteers.
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULES
APPLICABLE
TO
LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD PLANS.—An indi-
vidual shall be treated as a bona fide volunteer
for purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii) if the only
compensation received by such individual for
performing qualified services is in the form of—
‘‘(B) any payment from such a plan.’’
(2) Section 209 of the Social Security Act is
amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(l) For purposes of this title, the term ‘wages’ shall
not include—
‘‘(1) any amount deferred under a plan de-
scribed in section 457(e)(11)(A)(ii) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and maintained by an eligible
employer (as defined in section 457(e)(1) of such
Code), and
‘‘(2) any payment from such a plan.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendment made
by subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years begin-
ning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendment made
by subsection (b) shall apply to remuneration paid
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4656
To make the provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 applicable
to Cambodia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 1994
Mr. SANTORUM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To make the provisions of title IV of the Trade Act of
1974 applicable to Cambodia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO
CAMBODIA.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, title IV
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.) shall
apply for purposes of determining the eligibility of the
products of Cambodia to receive nondiscriminatory (most-
favored-nation) trade treatment.
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5021 
AN ACT 
To provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway 
safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs 
funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
to commit a crime, which is a felony under the laws
of the place from which he flees, or which, in the
case of the State of New Jersey, is a high mis-
demeanor under the laws of such State; or
‘‘(2) violating a condition of probation or parole
imposed under Federal or State law.’’.
(2) EXCHANGE
OF
INFORMATION
WITH
LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Section 11(e)(8) of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(8)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and (C)’’ and inserting
‘‘(C)’’; and
(B) by inserting before the semicolon at
the end the following: ‘‘, (D) notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the address of a
member of a household shall be made available,
on request, to a Federal, State, or local law en-
forcement officer if the officer furnishes the
State agency with the name of the member and
notifies the agency that (i) the member (I) is
fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or con-
finement after conviction, under the laws of the
place from which he flees, for a crime, or an at-
tempt to commit a crime, which is a felony
under the laws of the place from which he flees,
or which, in the case of the State of New Jer-
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 739 
To provide that no Federal or State requirement to increase energy efficient 
lighting in public buildings shall require a hospital, school, day care 
center, mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize such 
energy efficient lighting if the lighting contains mercury. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2011 
Mr. BURGESS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that no Federal or State requirement to increase 
energy efficient lighting in public buildings shall require 
a hospital, school, day care center, mental health facility, 
or nursing home to install or utilize such energy efficient 
lighting if the lighting contains mercury. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MERCURY-CONTAINING LIGHTING. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Title III of the Energy Independ-
ence and Security Act of 2007 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 326. MERCURY-CONTAINING LIGHTING. 
‘‘Notwithstanding sections 321 through 325, and the 
amendments made by those sections, no Federal or State 
requirement to increase energy efficient lighting in public 
buildings shall require a hospital, school, day care center, 
mental health facility, or nursing home to install or utilize 
such energy efficient lighting if the lighting contains mer-
cury.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents for the Energy Independence and Security Act 
of 2007 is amended by adding at the end of the items 
relating to title III the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 326. Mercury-containing lighting.’’. 
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