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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1234 
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2011 
Mr. KILDEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the author-
ity of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into 
trust for Indian tribes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REAFFIRMATION OF AUTHORITY. 
(a) MODIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 
19 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’; 25 U.S.C. 479), 
is amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting 
‘‘Effective beginning on June 18, 1934, the 
term’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘any recognized Indian 
tribe now under Federal jurisdiction’’ and in-
serting ‘‘any federally recognized Indian tribe’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in 
the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’; 25 U.S.C. 479), on 
the date of the enactment of that Act. 
(b) RATIFICATION
AND
CONFIRMATION
OF
AC-
TIONS.—Any action taken by the Secretary of the Interior 
pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’; 25 U.S.C. 461 et 
seq.), for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized 
on that date of the action is ratified and confirmed, to 
the extent such action is subjected to challenge based on 
whether the Indian tribe was federally recognized or under 
Federal jurisdiction on June 18, 1934, ratified and con-
firmed as fully to all intents and purposes as if the action 
had, by prior Act of Congress, been specifically authorized 
and directed. 
(c) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section or 
the amendments made by this section shall affect— 
(A) the application or effect of any Federal 
law other than the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 
U.S.C. 461 et seq.), as amended by subsection 
(a) of this section; or 
(B) any limitation on the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior under any Federal law 
or regulation other than the Act of June 18, 
1934 (25 U.S.C. 461 et seq.), as so amended. 
(2) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.—An express 
reference to the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 
461 et seq.), contained in any other Federal law 
shall be considered to be a reference to that Act as 
amended by subsection (a) of this Act. 
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•HCON 265 IH
most, the right to believe whatever religious doctrine one
desires’’;
Whereas the Supreme Court has firmly settled that under the
Constitution the public expression of ideas may not be
prohibited merely because the content of ideas is offen-
sive to some;
Whereas Congress enacted the Religious Freedom Restora-
tion Act of 1993 to restate and clear again our intent
and position that religious liberty is and should forever
be granted protection from unwarranted and unjustified
Government intrusions and burdens;
Whereas the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
has written proposed guidelines to title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, published in the Federal Register on
October 1, 1993, that may result in the infringement of
religious freedom;
Whereas such guidelines do not resolve issues related to reli-
gious liberty and religious expression in the workplace;
Whereas properly drawn guidelines for the determination of
religious harassment should provide appropriate guide-
lines to employers and employees to assist in the contin-
ued preservation of religious liberty as guaranteed by the
first amendment;
Whereas the Commission states in its proposed guidelines
that it retains wholly separate guidelines for the deter-
mination of sexual harassment in employment because
the Commission believes that sexual harassment raises is-
sues about human interaction that are to some extent
unique in comparison to other harassment and may war-
rant separate treatment; and
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and will discourage United States investment in seabed
mining;
Whereas signature of the agreement will bind the United
States provisionally to the seabed mining agreement and
portions of the Law of the Sea Treaty for up to four
years, even absent Senate ratification of the agreement
and the Law of the Sea Treaty;
Whereas this provisional application will force the United
States to finance 25 percent of the operations of the
large bureaucracy created by the Treaty, including the
International Seabed Authority, which will eventually
support a direct competitor to United States’ and private
mining interests, and distribute revenues from seabed
mining to developing countries and groups of national
liberation;
Whereas provisional application will coerce United States sea-
bed miners to participate in the regime by filing mining
claims and paying quarter million dollar exploration and
exploitation application fees to the International Seabed
Authority;
Whereas the plain language of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 prohibits the participation by the
United States in an international organization and other
international activities for which provision has not been
made by any treaty for longer than one year without ap-
proval of Congress; and
Whereas possible ultimate failure by the United States to rat-
ify the Law of the Sea Treaty will cause chaos for the
United States seabed mining industry: Now, therefore,
be it
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Whereas the subject of religious harassment in employment
also raises issues about human interaction that are to
some extent unique in comparison to other harassment:
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that for
the purpose of issuing final regulations under title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in connection with the pro-
posed guidelines published by the Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission on October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg.
51266)—
(1) the category of religion should be withdrawn
from the proposed guidelines at this time;
(2) any new guidelines for the determination of
religious harassment in employment should be draft-
ed so as to make explicitly clear that symbols or ex-
pressions of religious belief consistent with the first
article of amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, and with the Religious Freedom Act
of 1993, are not to be restricted and do not con-
stitute proof of harassment;
(3) the Commission should hold public hearings
on such new proposed guidelines; and
•HCON 265 IH
(4) the Commission should receive additional
public comment before issuing similar new guide-
lines.
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benefit of their native community, donations to which are
deductible under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986.
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1235 
To provide a Federal regulatory moratorium, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2011 
Mr. CARTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, 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 provide a Federal regulatory moratorium, 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 ‘‘Regulation Morato-
rium Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL REGULATORY MORATORIUM. 
Except as provided in section 3, no department or 
agency of the United States shall put into force any rule 
until January 31, 2013. 
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SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS TO MORATORIUM. 
Section 2 does not apply in the case of a rule excepted 
by section 553(a) from the requirements of that section 
or for which notice of proposed rulemaking is not required 
under subsection 553(b). 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1236 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate 
of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2011 
Mr. GERLACH (for himself, Mr. NEAL, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
HUNTER, and Mr. DEFAZIO) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domesti-
cally by certain small producers. 
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 ‘‘Small Brewer Rein-
vestment and Expanding Workforce Act’’ or as the ‘‘Small 
BREW Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REDUCED RATE OF EXCISE TAX ON BEER PRO-
DUCED DOMESTICALLY BY CERTAIN SMALL 
PRODUCERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 5051(a) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively, and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a brew-
er who produces not more than 6,000,000 bar-
rels of beer during the calendar year, the per 
barrel rate of tax imposed by this section shall 
be— 
‘‘(i) $3.50 on the first 60,000 quali-
fied barrels of production, and 
‘‘(ii) $16 on the first 1,940,000 quali-
fied barrels of production to which clause 
(i) does not apply. 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED
BARRELS
OF
PRODUC-
TION.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘qualified barrels of production’ means, 
with respect to any brewer for any calendar 
year, the number of barrels of beer which are 
removed in such year for consumption or sale 
and which have been brewed or produced by 
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the
United States should refrain from signing the seabed min-
ing agreement relating to the Law of the Sea Treaty.
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such brewer at qualified breweries in the United 
States.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Subparagraph (C) of section 5051(a)(2) of 
such Code, as redesignated by this section, is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2,000,000 barrel quan-
tity’’ and inserting ‘‘6,000,000 barrel quantity’’, 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘60,000 barrel quantity’’ 
and inserting ‘‘60,000 and 1,940,000 barrel 
quantities’’. 
(2) Subparagraph (D) of such section, as so re-
designated, is amended by striking ‘‘2,000,000 bar-
rels’’ and inserting ‘‘6,000,000 barrels’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to beer removed during calendar 
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 268
To express the sense of the Congress that the United States should refrain
from signing the seabed mining agreement relating to the Law of the
Sea Treaty.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 1994
Mr. FIELDS of Texas submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To express the sense of the Congress that the United States
should refrain from signing the seabed mining agreement
relating to the Law of the Sea Treaty.
Whereas many of the minerals underlying the seabed have
strategic and military importance to the United States;
Whereas the Law of the Sea Treaty will come into force on
November 16, 1994, having been ratified to date by
sixty-one countries, none of which is industrialized;
Whereas a new seabed mining agreement amending the Law
of the Sea Treaty will be open for signature on July 29,
1994, and the United States will sign the agreement;
Whereas the Law of the Sea Treaty, even as amended, con-
tinues to discriminate against the United States and our
industrialized allies, is antithetical to business interests
IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 269
Concerning consideration of United States military action against Haiti.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 19, 1994
Mr. GOSS (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. DUNN, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr.
LINDER, Mr. HORN, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr.
BACHUS of Alabama, Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr.
SMITH of Texas, Mr. KYL, Mr. BAKER of California, Mr. HUTCHINSON,
Mr. CANADY, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. TALENT, Mr. WALKER, Mr. STEARNS,
Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. EWING, Mr. BURTON of
Indiana, Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas, Mr. STUMP, Mr. ROTH, Mr. HERGER,
Mr. LEWIS of Florida, Mr. WELDON, Mr. SCHAEFER, Mr. GRANDY, Mr.
LIVINGSTON, Mr. GILMAN, and Mr. SHAW) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Concerning consideration of United States military action
against Haiti.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the
United States should not undertake any military action
directed against Haiti unless the President first certifies
to the Congress that there exists a clear and present dan-
IV
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 26
Expressing the sense of Congress in support of the United States military
forces in Somalia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1993
Mr. SOLOMON (for himself and Mr. DREIER) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress in support of the United
States military forces in Somalia.
Whereas, since 1991 over three hundred thousand Somalis,
including one fourth of the children under the age of five,
died due to civil strife, disease, and famine;
Whereas, prior to United Nations authorized operations in
Somalia, at least one-half of Somalia’s population of
eight million people, were considered at risk of starvation;
Whereas, in December 1992 the United Nations Security
Council unanimously approved the use of all necessary
force to secure relief efforts in Somalia;
Whereas, the number of deaths from starvation in Somalia
has declined significantly since the arrival of United
States led coalition forces; and
•HCON 269 IH
ger to the citizens of the United States and that United
States interests require such action.
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Whereas, the United States has contributed immeasurably to
Operation Restore Hope, including the deployment of
over twenty thousand military troops and the loss of
American lives: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the United States Congress commends
United States military forces for successfully establishing
a secure environment for the humanitarian relief oper-
ations in Somalia.
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IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 271
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the termination of subsidies
for the export of durum wheat from the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 1994
Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. MEEHAN) submitted the
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the termination
of subsidies for the export of durum wheat from the
United States.
Whereas the United States has produced in excess of
11,613,000,000 bushels of wheat since 1989 and ex-
ported 6,151,000,000 bushels during this same period;
Whereas such wheat exports have been subsidized by the
Federal Government for a total payment in excess of
$4,838,410,152 since 1985;
Whereas, due to United States policies, only 250,000,000
bushels of the 484,000,000 bushels of durum wheat that
were produced between 1989 and 1994 were available for
purchase for the domestic pasta industry, which required
•HCON 271 IH
381,000,000 bushels to fulfill its production require-
ments;
Whereas these purchasers of durum wheat have been forced
to seek a supplemental supply of durum wheat from Can-
ada due to severe shortages of this commodity in the
United States;
Whereas any limit on access to durum wheat will have a di-
rect effect on the domestic pasta industry’s ability to
compete and maintain its employees;
Whereas the domestic pasta industry currently faces in-
creased competition from imported pasta at prices below
United States cost of production;
Whereas despite the shortage of an adequate supply of durum
wheat to meet domestic pasta production needs, United
States taxpayers continue to subsidize the sale of ex-
ported wheat through the Export Enhancement Program;
and
Whereas some of the targeted export enhancement countries
that have purchased taxpayer subsidized durum wheat
are major exporters of finished pasta products to the
United States: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the Sec-
retary of Agriculture should refuse to subsidize the export
of durum wheat under the Export Enhancement Program
or any other program under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary—
(1) in any calendar year succeeding a calendar
year in which the domestic harvest of quality durum
•HCON 271 IH
wheat is inadequate to meet the needs of pasta pro-
ducers in the United States; and
(2) in any calendar year in which there are in
effect any trade restrictions on the importation of
durum wheat into the United States, including
quotas, ad valorem tariffs, or tariff rate quotas.
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IV
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 272
Calling upon the Secretary of State to instruct the American Embassy and
Consular officials throughout the world to convey the concern of the
American people over the desecration of the dead and to assist groups
and individuals who seek to protect the integrity of cemeteries and
the repose of the dead.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 25, 1994
Mr. TOWNS (for himself, Mr. NADLER, and Mr. GILMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Calling upon the Secretary of State to instruct the American
Embassy and Consular officials throughout the world
to convey the concern of the American people over the
desecration of the dead and to assist groups and individ-
uals who seek to protect the integrity of cemeteries and
the repose of the dead.
Whereas the Nazi slaughter of millions of Jews and the
deaths of millions of others in World War II left thou-
sands of communities bereft of their inhabitants;
Whereas the decades since the end of World War II have
seen many population shifts throughout the world;
•HCON 272 IH
Whereas millions of American citizens no longer live within
reach of cemeteries in which their ancestors are buried;
Whereas the populations surrounding such cemeteries have
no emotional or religious identification with the people
buried therein;
Whereas Communist countries instituted legislation declaring
unused cemeteries to be available for municipal use;
Whereas postwar refugees have improperly represented them-
selves as controlling the rights to cemeteries and have
sold them for commercial use;
Whereas public works have been planned with no concern for
the integrity of existing cemeteries;
Whereas archaeologists have declared the study of the past
to transcend the right of the dead to lie undisturbed;
Whereas graves have been pillaged by robbers and others
seeking riches and artifacts of the past;
Whereas vandals, hooligans, and antisemites have smashed
tombstones and removed bodies from graves in sending
their message of hate;
Whereas the desecration of the dead causes great pain to the
people of the United States and does violence to this Na-
tion’s traditional respect for the dead;
Whereas the dignity of the individual extends to, and is in-
herent in the dignity of the dead; and
Whereas the nations of the world look to the people of the
United States for the leadership in the quest for human
rights and the dignity of the individual: Now, therefore,
be it
•HCON 272 IH
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress calls upon the Secretary
of State to instruct American Embassy and Consular offi-
cials throughout the world to convey the concern of the
American people over the desecration of the dead and to
assist groups and individuals who seek to protect the in-
tegrity of cemeteries and the repose of the dead.
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