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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6608 
AN ACT 
To provide for the replacement of lost income for employees 
of the House of Representatives who are members of 
a Reserve component of the Armed Forces who are on 
active duty for a period of more than 30 days, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
serve the significant historic resources of the re-
gion; 
(C) development and application of tech-
niques promoting the preservation of cultural, 
recreational and historic properties; 
(D) preservation, restoration, and reuse of 
publicly and privately owned historic buildings; 
(E) design and fabrication of a wide range 
of interpretive materials based on the manage-
ment plan, including, among other things, guide 
brochures, visitor displays, audio-visual, books, 
interpretive dialogues, interactive exhibits, and 
educational curriculum materials for public edu-
cation; and 
(F) implementation of initiatives prior to 
approval of the management plan. 
(b) APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT 
PLANS.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Gov-
ernors of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the States of 
Maryland and West Virginia, the Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania, shall approve or disapprove a management plan 
submitted under this Act not later than 90 days after re-
ceiving such plan. In approving the plan, the Secretary 
shall take into consideration the following criteria: 
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(1) The extent to which the management plan, 
when implemented, would adequately preserve, sup-
port and protect the significant historical, cultural 
and recreational resources of the Heritage Area. 
(2) The level of public participation in the de-
velopment of the management plan. 
(3) The extent to which the board of directors 
of the management entity is representative of the 
local governments affected and a wide range of in-
terested organizations and citizens. 
(c) ACTION FOLLOWING DISAPPROVAL.—If the Sec-
retary disapproves a management plan, the Secretary shall 
advise the management entity in writing of the reasons 
for the disapproval and shall make recommendations for 
revisions in the management plan. The Secretary shall ap-
prove or disapprove a proposed revision within 90 days 
after the date it is submitted. 
(d) APPROVING CHANGES.—The Secretary shall re-
view and approve amendments to the management plan 
under subsection (b) that make substantial changes. 
Funds appropriated under this Act may not be expended 
to implement such changes until the Secretary approves 
the amendments. 
(e) EFFECT OF INACTION.—If the Secretary does not 
approve or disapprove a management plan, revision, or 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5303 
To require the suspension of the use, sale, development, production, testing, 
and export of depleted uranium munitions pending the outcome of certain 
studies of the health effects of such munitions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 4, 2006 
Ms. MCKINNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 
and Commerce and International Relations, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the suspension of the use, sale, development, 
production, testing, and export of depleted uranium mu-
nitions pending the outcome of certain studies of the 
health effects of such munitions, 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 
‘‘Depleted Uranium Munitions Suspension and Study Act 
of 2006’’. 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 44 
To commend the University of Florida Gators for winning the Bowl 
Championship Series National Championship Game. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2007 
Mr. STEARNS (for himself, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. PUT-
NAM, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MACK, 
Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Ms. CAS-
TOR) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
To commend the University of Florida Gators for winning 
the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game. 
Whereas, on January 8, 2007, the University of Florida 
Gators defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 41–14 in the 
Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game 
in Glendale, Arizona; 
Whereas the Gators’ dominating victory over Ohio State was 
the second national title for the University of Florida, the 
other won in 1996; 
Whereas the Gators become the first Division I school to hold 
the national championships in men’s basketball and foot-
ball at the same time; 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 534 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6608 
[Report No. 110–832, Part I] 
To provide for the replacement of lost income for employees of the House 
of Representatives who are members of a Reserve component of the 
Armed Forces who are on active duty for a period of more than 30 
days, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2008 
Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. EHLERS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, 
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 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 
Reported from the Committee on House Administration 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct discharged; committed to the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
to be printed 
A BILL 
To provide for the replacement of lost income for employees 
of the House of Representatives who are members of 
a Reserve component of the Armed Forces who are on 
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to have had such label affixed, enclosing, or accom-
panying, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of accord-
ing to law. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the term ‘aiding and 
abetting’ means knowingly providing aid to the viola-
tor with the intent to facilitate the violation. 
‘‘(2) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS.—(A) 
The court, in imposing sentence on a person convicted 
of an offense under this section, shall order, in addi-
tion to any other sentence imposed, that the person 
forfeit to the United States the following property: 
‘‘(i) Any counterfeit documentation or pack-
aging, and any counterfeit label or illicit label, 
that was used, intended for use, or possessed with 
intent to use in the commission of an offense 
under subsection (a), and any article to which 
such a counterfeit label or illicit label has been 
affixed, which such a counterfeit label or illicit 
label encloses or accompanies, or which was in-
tended to have had such label affixed, enclosing, 
or accompanying. 
‘‘(ii) Any property constituting or derived 
from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly 
as a result of an offense under subsection (a). 
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change within 90 days after it is submitted to the Sec-
retary, then such management plan, revision, or change 
shall be deemed to have been approved by the Secretary. 
SEC. 7. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL ENTITIES. 
Any Federal entity conducting or supporting activi-
ties directly affecting the Heritage Area shall— 
(1) consult with the Secretary and the manage-
ment entity with respect to such activities; 
(2) cooperate with the Secretary and the man-
agement entity in carrying out their duties under 
this Act and, to the maximum extent practicable, co-
ordinate such activities with the carrying out of such 
duties; and 
(3) to the maximum extent practicable, conduct 
or support such activities in a manner that the man-
agement entity determines shall not have an adverse 
effect on the Heritage Area. 
SEC. 8. SUNSET. 
The Secretary may not make any grant or provide 
any assistance under this Act after the expiration of the 
15-year period beginning on the date that funds are first 
made available for this Act. 
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SEC. 9. REQUIREMENTS FOR INCLUSION OF PRIVATE 
PROPERTY. 
(a) NOTIFICATION
AND CONSENT
OF PROPERTY 
OWNERS REQUIRED.—No privately owned property shall 
be preserved, conserved, or promoted under the manage-
ment plan for the Heritage Area until the owner of that 
private property has been— 
(1) notified in writing by the management enti-
ty; and 
(2) given written consent for such preservation, 
conservation, or promotion to the management enti-
ty. 
(b) LANDOWNER WITHDRAW.—Any owner of private 
property included within the boundary of the Heritage 
Area shall have their property immediately removed from 
the boundary by submitting a written request to the man-
agement entity. 
(c) CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP.—If private property in-
cluded within the boundary of the Heritage Area has been 
excluded from the Heritage Area or has not been pre-
served, conserved, or promoted under the management 
plan for the Heritage Area because the owner has not 
given or has withdrawn consent, upon change of ownership 
of that private property, the management entity may re-
quest consent from the new owners. 
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SEC. 10. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION. 
(a) ACCESS
TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to— 
(1) require any private property owner to allow 
public access (including Federal, State, or local gov-
ernment access) to such private property; or 
(2) modify any provision of Federal, State, or 
local law with regard to public access to or use of 
private property. 
(b) LIABILITY.—Designation of the Heritage Area 
shall not be considered to create any liability, or to have 
any effect on any liability under any other law, of any pri-
vate property owner with respect to any persons injured 
on such private property. 
(c) RECOGNITION OF AUTHORITY TO CONTROL LAND 
USE.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to modify 
the authority of Federal, State, or local governments to 
regulate land use. 
(d) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS 
IN HERITAGE AREA.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued to require the owner of any private property located 
within the boundaries of the Heritage Area to participate 
in or be associated with the Heritage Area. 
(e) EFFECT OF ESTABLISHMENT.—The boundaries 
designated for the Heritage Area represent the area within 
which Federal funds appropriated for the purpose of this 
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Act may be expended. The establishment of the Heritage 
Area and its boundaries shall not be construed to provide 
any nonexisting regulatory authority on land use within 
the Heritage Area or its viewshed by the Secretary, the 
National Park Service, or the management entity. 
SEC. 11. USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FROM OTHER SOURCES. 
Nothing in this Act shall preclude the management 
entity from using Federal funds available under Acts other 
than this Act for the purposes for which those funds were 
authorized. 
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act the following funds, which 
shall remain available until expended: 
(1) Not more than $1,000,000 for any fiscal 
year. 
(2) Not more than a total of $10,000,000. 
(b) 50 PERCENT MATCH.—Financial assistance pro-
vided under this Act may not be used to pay more than 
50 percent of the total cost of any activity carried out with 
that assistance. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5196 
To amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to establish the Office 
of Trade Promotion in the Executive Office of the President, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2006 
Mr. MANZULLO (for himself, Mr. MICA, and Mrs. KELLY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Rela-
tions, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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 Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to establish 
the Office of Trade Promotion in the Executive Office 
of the President, 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 
‘‘Small Business Trade Promotion Enhancement Act of 
2006’’. 
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SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are the following: 
(1) To eliminate health threats from depleted 
uranium munitions to— 
(A) United States military personnel and 
United States civilian employees; 
(B) military personnel and employees of 
member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization; and 
(C) civilian populations in regions where 
such munitions were used (whether in conflict, 
training, or development) or produced. 
(2) To provide for studies of— 
(A) the level and scope of contamination of 
depleted uranium munitions by plutonium and 
other transuranic elements; 
(B) the health effects resulting from expo-
sure by inhalation, ingestion, or injection to de-
pleted uranium munitions; and 
(C) environmental contamination caused 
by depleted uranium at sites where depleted 
uranium was used in conflict, development, test-
ing, or training and at sites where depleted ura-
nium and depleted uranium munitions were 
produced. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 660 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, 
prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family mem-
bers, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(3) To require the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency to issue regulations 
and requirements, based upon Environmental Pro-
tection Agency studies, concerning the cleanup and 
mitigation of depleted uranium contamination at 
sites of depleted uranium munition use and produc-
tion in the United States. 
SEC. 4. SUSPENSION OF USE OF DEPLETED URANIUM MU-
NITIONS. 
(a) SUSPENSION OF USE.—Effective no later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall direct that all elements of the De-
partment of Defense suspend use of depleted uranium mu-
nitions. 
(b) DURATION.—(1) The suspension of use of de-
pleted uranium munitions required by subsection (a) shall 
remain in effect until the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, based upon the results of the study under section 
7(a), certifies to the committees specified in paragraph (2) 
that use of depleted uranium munitions in future con-
flicts— 
(A) will not pose a likely long-term or residual 
threat to the health of United States or NATO mili-
tary personnel; and 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4637 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for the calculation 
of the minimum wage based on the Federal poverty threshold for a 
family of 3, as determined by the Census Bureau. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. AL GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide for 
the calculation of the minimum wage based on the Fed-
eral poverty threshold for a family of 3, as determined 
by the Census Bureau. 
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 ‘‘Living American Wage 
(LAW) Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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SEC. 204. CLARIFICATION OF VENUE FOR RETALIATION 
AGAINST A WITNESS. 
Section 1513 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) A prosecution under this section may be brought 
in the district in which the official proceeding (whether 
pending, about to be instituted, or completed) was in-
tended to be affected, or in which the conduct constituting 
the alleged offense occurred.’’. 
SEC. 205. MODIFICATION OF TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS, 
VICTIM, OR AN INFORMANT OFFENSE. 
(a) CHANGES IN PENALTIES.—Section 1512 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) so that subparagraph (A) of subsection 
(a)(3) reads as follows: 
‘‘(A) in the case of a killing, the punishment 
provided in sections 1111 and 1112;’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(3)— 
(A) in the matter following clause (ii) of 
subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘30 years’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘10 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘ten years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘20 years’’; and
as 
generally 
depicted 
on 
the 
map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 
shall be known as the O’Neil Creek Wilderness. 
(g) HELENA NATIONAL FOREST.— 
(1) ADDITIONS TO EXISTING COMPONENTS OF 
NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.— 
(A) STONEWALL MOUNTAIN ADDITION TO 
SCAPEGOAT
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal 
land within the Helena National Forest com-
prising approximately 55,000 acres as generally 
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and 
dated llllll, which shall be added to 
and administered as part of the Scapegoat Wil-
derness. 
(B) GATES OF THE MOUNTAIN WILDER-
NESS ADDITION.—–Certain Federal land within 
the Helena National Forest comprising approxi-
mately 20,000 acres, as generally depicted on 
the map entitled ‘‘lllll’’ and dated 
llllll, which shall be added to and ad-
ministered as part of the Gates of the Mountain 
Wilderness. 
(2) NEW COMPONENTS OF NATIONAL WILDER-
NESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.— 
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‘‘(B) with respect to information required under 
paragraph (1)(B), shall be April 15, July 15, Octo-
ber 15, and January 15 of each year and of the fol-
lowing year as applicable to the fourth quarterly fil-
ing. 
‘‘(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘informa-
tion’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) The amount or value of each contribution 
made by a contributor referred to in paragraph (1) 
in the quarter covered by the submission. 
‘‘(B) The source of each such contribution, and 
the address of the entity or individual that is the 
source of the contribution. 
‘‘(C) If the source of such a contribution is an 
individual, the occupation of the individual. 
‘‘(D) The date of each such contribution. 
‘‘(4) The Archivist shall make available to the public 
through the Internet (or a successor technology readily 
available to the public) as soon as is practicable after each 
quarterly filing any information that is submitted in ac-
cordance with paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person who 
makes a contribution described in paragraph (1) to know-
ingly and willfully submit false material information or
omit material information with respect to the contribution 
to an organization described in such paragraph. 
‘‘(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title 
18, United States Code, shall apply with respect to a viola-
tion of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as a viola-
tion described in such section. 
‘‘(6)(A) It shall be unlawful for any organization de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to knowingly and willfully submit 
false material information or omit material information 
under such paragraph. 
‘‘(B) The penalties described in section 1001 of title 
18, United States Code, shall apply with respect to a viola-
tion of subparagraph (A) in the same manner as a viola-
tion described in such section. 
‘‘(7)(A) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly 
and willfully— 
‘‘(i) make a contribution described in paragraph 
(1) in the name of another person; 
‘‘(ii) permit his or her name to be used to effect 
a contribution described in paragraph (1); or 
‘‘(iii) accept a contribution described in para-
graph (1) that is made by one person in the name 
of another person. 
‘‘(B) The penalties set forth in section 309(d) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
437g(d)) shall apply to a violation of subparagraph (A) 
in the same manner as if such violation were a violation 
of section 316(b)(3) of such Act. 
‘‘(8) The Archivist shall promulgate regulations for 
the purpose of carrying out this subsection.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2112(h) of title 44, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a))— 
(1) shall apply to an organization established 
for the purpose of raising funds for creating, main-
taining, expanding, or conducting activities at a 
Presidential archival depository or any facilities re-
lating to a Presidential archival depository before, 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; 
and 
(2) shall only apply with respect to contribu-
tions (whether monetary or in-kind) made after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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