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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 612 
Honoring the life of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, urging the State of Florida 
and others to repeal the Stand Your Ground law, and admonishing 
involved parties to pursue full investigations into all homicides, regardless 
of defenses asserted by the offender. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 30, 2012 
Mr. CLEAVER (for himself, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 
and Ms. WILSON of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life of 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin, urging 
the State of Florida and others to repeal the Stand 
Your Ground law, and admonishing involved parties to 
pursue full investigations into all homicides, regardless 
of defenses asserted by the offender. 
Whereas on February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, an African- 
American youth, was horrifically shot and killed while 
walking from his local 7-Eleven in Sanford, Florida, be-
cause he was viewed as ‘‘suspicious’’ by George Zimmer-
man; 
Whereas Zimmerman, a self-appointed, untrained neighbor-
hood watch volunteer, admitted to police that he shot 
Martin in the chest; 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 622 
Congratulating the University of Kentucky Wildcats on winning the 2012 
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Division I basket-
ball championship. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2012 
Mr. CHANDLER (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. 
YARMUTH, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, and Mr. GUTHRIE) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the University of Kentucky Wildcats on win-
ning the 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association 
(NCAA) Men’s Division I basketball championship. 
Whereas on April 2, 2012, the Kentucky Wildcats won the 
2012 NCAA championship by defeating the University of 
Kansas Jayhawks in New Orleans, Louisiana; 
Whereas the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team 
finished their season first in the Nation in scoring mar-
gin, blocks per game, and field goal percentage; 
Whereas the University of Kentucky Wildcats won their 8th 
national championship, which is the 2nd highest of any 
team in the United States; 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 613 
Supporting the Office of Science and Technology Policy interagency working 
group to coordinate Federal investments in neuroscience research. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2012 
Mr. FATTAH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the Office of Science and Technology Policy inter-
agency working group to coordinate Federal investments 
in neuroscience research. 
Whereas brain development, disease, injury, and cognition af-
fect every family in the United States; 
Whereas neuroscience research has the potential to dramati-
cally improve the quality of life for people facing brain 
disease and injury, and to significantly improve our un-
derstanding of learning; 
Whereas several Federal agencies, including the National 
Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department 
of Defense, oversee research on the brain and nervous 
system; 
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•HRES 613 IH 
Whereas over 50,000 veterans returning from the recent wars 
in Iraq and Afghanistan are suspected of suffering from 
traumatic brain injuries and more than 150,000 have 
been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; 
Whereas Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, epilepsy, traumatic 
brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and 
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) afflict more than 11 
million Americans; 
Whereas over seven million Americans, many of whom are 
currently school children, have autism, developmental 
delays, or learning disabilities; 
Whereas high-quality early childhood education returns $17 
for every dollar invested; 
Whereas the philanthropic, research, and advocacy commu-
nity, including the Adelson Collaborative, the Allen Insti-
tute for Brain Science, the Peter and Patricia Gruber 
Foundation, Steven Temares, One Mind for Research, 
George Vradenburg, Nobel Laureate Stan Prusiner, and 
CEO of the American Academy for the Advancement of 
Science Dr. Alan I. Leshner have all worked to bring 
neuroscience to the fore; 
Whereas the Alzheimer’s Association, American Academy of 
Addiction Psychiatry, American Academy of Child & Ado-
lescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Neurology, 
American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilita-
tion, American Association of Multi Sensory Environ-
ments, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 
American Dystonia Foundation, American Epilepsy Soci-
ety, American Headache Society, American Neurological 
Association, American Psychiatric Association, American 
Psychological Association, American Society for Experi-
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•HRES 616 IH 
goods and domestic job creation from rapidly expanding 
United States exports to China; 
Whereas the People’s Republic of China continuously in-
fringes United States patent and other intellectual prop-
erty rights, has been repeatedly found to violate World 
Trade Organization (WTO) rules and United States ex-
port control laws, and inhibits imports from the United 
States in a variety of ways; 
Whereas the People’s Republic of China consistently has 
pledged that its rise will be peaceful and its military ca-
pabilities defensive in nature; however, its continued lack 
of transparency, its regard for the United States as its 
principal strategic adversary, and its continued expansion 
of its military, intelligence, and economic reach fosters 
uncertainty in its long-term intentions; 
Whereas the People’s Republic of China consistently has 
pledged its peaceful intentions; however, it has developed 
and expanded one of the most aggressive intelligence ap-
paratus currently operating against the United States; 
Whereas the People’s Republic of China has conducted a 
rapid, multidecade military modernization effort to chal-
lenge United States defense capabilities in the Asia-Pa-
cific; however, over the past decade the United States de-
fense and intelligence community has consistently under-
estimated this effort and has been reactive in countering 
China’s growing capabilities; 
Whereas the United States longstanding regional alliances 
have for decades assured the Nation access and influence 
throughout the Asia-Pacific region, but the People’s Re-
public of China is pursuing a rapid military buildup that 
challenges United States defense capabilities and the sta-
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government-controlled corporation, or other estab-
lishment in the executive branch of the United
States Government.
SEC. 5. PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
No regulation issued by an agency after the date of
enactment of this section shall become effective until the
issuing agency is certified by the Attorney General to be
in compliance with Executive Order 12360 or similar pro-
cedures to assess the potential for the taking of private
property in the course of Federal regulatory activity, with
the goal of minimizing such takings where possible. The
Attorney General shall make a certification under this
paragraph no later than 90 days after the date of the issu-
ance of the regulation.
SEC. 6. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
(a) JURISDICTION.—Judicial review of an action
taken pursuant to this Act shall be limited to the question
of whether the Attorney General has certified the issuing
agency under section 5 as being in compliance with Execu-
tive Order 12360 or similar procedures.
(b) STANDING.—Only persons adversely affected by
an agency action taken pursuant to this Act shall have
standing to challenge and seek judicial review of that ac-
tion.
(c) SAVINGS.—Except as specifically provided in this
section, nothing in this section shall be construed to
limit—
(1) the right of a person to file a claim under
any other Federal law; or
(2) the scope of judicial review of an agency ac-
tion.
SEC. 7. STUDY AND REPORT ON TAKINGS, FARM ECONOMY,
AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION.
(a) STUDY.—Before the end of the 90-day period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall conduct a study to determine
the effect that this Act will have on the farm economy
and agricultural production of the United States.
(b) REPORT.—Before the end of the 90-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Sen-
ate a report on the findings and conclusions of the study
under subsection (a), which shall include—
(1) a discussion of—
(A) administrative procedures followed by
the Department of Agriculture to minimize the
taking of private property in regulatory activi-
ties of that department; and
(B) measures undertaken by that depart-
ment to implement Executive Order 12360; and
(2) recommendations for any further legislative
or administrative actions that are appropriate for
limiting the effect that this Act will have on the
farm economy and agricultural production of the
United States.
Æ
•HRES 614 EH 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against that amendment in the 
nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order ex-
cept those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may be 
offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be consid-
ered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not 
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 
against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of 
consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall 
rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments 
as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a sepa-
rate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the 
Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute made in order as original text. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 
and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
motion except one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions.
•HRES 614 EH 
SEC. 2. (a) Pending the adoption of a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2013, the provisions of 
House Concurrent Resolution 112, as adopted by the House, 
shall have force and effect in the House as though Congress 
has adopted such concurrent resolution (with the modifica-
tions specified in subsection (b)). 
(b) In section 201(b) of House Concurrent Resolution 
112, as adopted by the House, the following amounts shall 
apply: 
(1) $7,710,000,000 (in lieu of $8,200,000,000) for the 
period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013 with respect to the 
Committee on Agriculture; and 
(2) $3,490,000,000 (in lieu of $3,000,000,000) for the 
period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013 with respect to the 
Committee on Financial Services. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 615 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Members who 
vote in favor of the establishment of a public, Federal Government 
run health insurance option are urged to forgo their right to participate 
in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and agree 
to enroll under that public option. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2012 
Mr. FLEMING submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Members who vote in favor of the establishment of a 
public, Federal Government run health insurance option 
are urged to forgo their right to participate in the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and 
agree to enroll under that public option. 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that Members who vote in favor of the estab-
lishment of a public, Federal Government run health in-
surance option are urged to forgo their right to participate 
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in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program 
(FEHBP) and agree to enroll under that public option. 
Æ 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 617 
Recognizing the enduring cultural and historical significance of emancipation 
in the Nation’s capital on the 150th anniversary of President Abraham 
Lincoln’s signing of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation 
Act, which established the ‘‘first freed’’ on April 16, 1862. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2012 
Ms. NORTON submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the enduring cultural and historical significance 
of emancipation in the Nation’s capital on the 150th 
anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of 
the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, 
which established the ‘‘first freed’’ on April 16, 1862. 
Whereas the District of Columbia has a been a focal point 
of the Nation’s complex racial history, which has included 
slavery, the Civil War, brutal and unjustified killings of 
innocent citizens, racial segregation, and legal disenfran-
chisement, among other violations of human rights; 
Whereas on April 16, 1862, in the midst of the United States 
Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the District 
of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act, which au-
thorized the United States Treasury to expend nearly 
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multiple of $5,000 shall be rounded to the next low-
est multiple of $5,000.’’
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
415(c)(1)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘(or, if greater,
1⁄4 of the dollar limitation in effect under subsection
(b)(1)(A))’’.
(c) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT
FOR MAXIMUM
SALARY DEFERRAL.—Section 402(g)(5) is amended by
inserting before the period ‘‘; except that any increase
under this paragraph which is not a multiple of $500 shall
be rounded to the next lowest multiple of $500’’.
(d) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR ELIGIBILITY
FOR
SIMPLIFIED
EMPLOYEE
PENSIONS.—Section
408(k)(8) is amended by inserting before the period ‘‘; ex-
cept that any increase in the $300 amount which is not
a multiple of $50 shall be rounded to the next lowest mul-
tiple of $50’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section
shall apply to years beginning after December 31,
1994.
(2) ROUNDING
NOT
TO
RESULT
IN
DE-
CREASES.—The amendments made by this section
providing for the rounding of indexed amounts shall
•HRES 617 IH 
$1,000,000, up to $300 per slave, to effect the freeing 
of about 3,100 persons of African descent, and offered 
$100 to former slaves who agreed to emigrate to coun-
tries outside of the United States; 
Whereas on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln 
issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which established 
a ‘‘new birth of freedom’’ by legally emancipating mil-
lions of slaves in the 10 States of the Confederacy not 
under Union control, freeing the majority of the Nation’s 
slaves; 
Whereas the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States, which reads ‘‘Neither slavery nor in-
voluntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime 
whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall 
exist within the United States, or any place subject to 
their jurisdiction. Congress shall have power to enforce 
this article by appropriate legislation’’, was adopted on 
December 6, 1865, and effectively outlawed slavery in the 
United States; 
Whereas the enslavement of persons of African descent en-
dured for more than two centuries in what is now the 
United States, including the District of Columbia; 
Whereas in 2005, District of Columbia Emancipation Day 
was made a legal public holiday in the District of Colum-
bia, to be celebrated annually on April 16; and 
Whereas the residents of the District of Columbia, who pay 
Federal taxes, serve in the United States Armed Forces, 
are subject to all of the requirements of citizenship, and 
otherwise have long made contributions to the life, cul-
ture, and leadership of the United States, still are denied 
voting representation in the United States Congress, 
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budget autonomy, and other measures of independence 
from congressional interference afforded to other United 
States jurisdictions in violation of the basic principles of 
local governance and taxation requiring representation: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes District of Columbia Emancipation Day, marking 
the 150th anniversary of the end of slavery in the District 
of Columbia, and symbolizing the aspirations of the citi-
zens of the District of Columbia for the same rights and 
freedoms afforded to all United States citizens. 
Æ 
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H. Res. 619 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 18, 2012. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 4348) to provide an extension of Federal-aid 
highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and 
other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pend-
ing enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such pro-
grams, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined 
to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. After gen-
eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 
the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read. All 
points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. No 
amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed
•HRES 619 EH 
in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
resolution. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not 
be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such 
amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of 
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 
the bill to the House with such amendments as may have 
been adopted. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 622 IH 
Whereas the University of Kentucky Wildcats won National 
Titles in the years 1948, 1949, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 
1998, and 2012; 
Whereas the University of Kentucky Wildcats have made 52 
NCAA tournament appearances and 111 tournament 
game wins, which is the most of any team in the United 
States; 
Whereas the University of Kentucky Wildcats have made 15 
Final Four appearances, tying them for third highest 
number of Final Four appearances in the Nation, and 19 
Final Four wins, which is the second highest number of 
Final Four wins of any team in the United States; 
Whereas the University of Kentucky Wildcats are the 
winningest team in college basketball, with 2,090 wins; 
Whereas the University of Kentucky is the only school to 
have 5 different coaches win a national championship, 
Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Rick Pitino, Tubby Smith, 
and John Calipari; 
Whereas Coach John Calipari has not lost a game at Rupp 
Arena, which is the longest winning streak in the venue’s 
history; 
Whereas Coach Calipari, in his third year as head coach of 
the Kentucky Wildcats, has led his team to the Elite 
Eight, the Final Four, and the National Championship; 
Whereas the Wildcats’ success is a result of contributions by 
the 
entire 
organization, 
including 
players 
Twany 
Beckham, Anthony Davis, Ryan Harrow, Jon Hood, Ter-
rence Jones, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Doron Lamb, Brian 
Long, Sam Malone, Darius Miller, Jarrod Polson, Mar-
quis Teague, Eloy Vargas, and Kyle Wiltjer; 
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H. Res. 620 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
April 19, 2012. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 9) 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a de-
duction for domestic business income of qualified small busi-
nesses. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
are waived. The amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now print-
ed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The 
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, 
as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final 
passage without intervening motion except: (1) 70 minutes of 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means; 
(2) the further amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accom-
panying this resolution, if offered by Representative Levin of
•HRES 620 EH 
Michigan or his designee, which shall be in order without 
intervention of any point of order, shall be considered as 
read, and shall be separately debatable for 25 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent; 
and (3) one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.