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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6359 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
any prizes or awards won in competition in the Olympic Games and 
Paralympic Games. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 7, 2012 
Mr. REYES 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 
from gross income any prizes or awards won in competi-
tion in the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF OLYMPIC 
AND PARALYMPIC MEDALS AND USOC PRIZE 
MONEY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 74 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
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‘‘(d) EXCEPTION FOR OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC 
MEDALS AND PRIZES.—Gross income shall not include the 
value of any medal awarded in, or any prize money re-
ceived from the United States Olympic Committee on ac-
count of, competition in the Olympic Games or Paralympic 
Games.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to prizes and awards received after 
December 31, 2011. 
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BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT, PART I
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base
Closure Account established by section 207(a)(1) of the
Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure
and 
Realignment 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
100–526),
$87,600,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1995: Provided, Ω28æThat none of these
funds may be obligated for base realignment and closure
activities under Public Law 100–526 which would cause
the Department’s $1,800,000,000 cost estimate for mili-
tary construction and family housing related to the Base
Realignment and Closure Program to be exceeded: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $66,800,000 of the
funds appropriated herein shall be available solely for en-
vironmental restoration.
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT, PART II
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base
Closure Account 1990 established by section 2906(a)(1)
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991
(Public Law 101–510), $265,700,000, to remain available
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
not 
less 
than
$138,700,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available solely for environmental restoration: Provided
further, That, in addition, not to exceed $133,000,000
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 635 
To require that all Federal agencies, contractors, and government-sponsored 
enterprises use the words ‘‘mother’’ and ‘‘father’’ when describing parents 
in all official documents and forms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2011 
Mr. FORBES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require that all Federal agencies, contractors, and govern-
ment-sponsored enterprises use the words ‘‘mother’’ and 
‘‘father’’ when describing parents in all official docu-
ments and forms. 
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 ‘‘Parental Title Protec-
tion Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. DESCRIPTION REQUIREMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal agency, con-
tractor (or subcontractor at any tier) pursuant to a con-
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tract with such agency, or government-sponsored enter-
prise shall use the words ‘‘mother’’ and ‘‘father’’ when de-
scribing parents, and not the words ‘‘parent 1’’ or ‘‘parent 
2’’ (or other similar words), in all official documents 
issued by the agency, contractor, or enterprise. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ by section 105 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(2) OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.—The term ‘‘official 
document’’ means any document issued by a Federal 
agency, contractor (or subcontractor at any tier) 
pursuant to a contract with such agency, or govern-
ment-sponsored enterprise, including any form that 
is completed by an applicant. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.—The require-
ments of this section shall apply to all official docu-
ments issued by a Federal agency or government- 
sponsored enterprise before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(2) GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTORS.—The re-
quirements of this section shall be implemented with 
respect to contracts entered into on or after the date 
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occurring 6 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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TITLE 
I—ACCOUNTABILITY 
IN 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OP-
ERATIONS 
SEC. 101. LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN CON-
TRACTS IN CONNECTION WITH OVERSEAS 
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON CONTRACT PERIODS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation to provide that the 
contract period of contracts entered into by a cov-
ered agency in connection with an overseas contin-
gency operation shall be limited to the contract peri-
ods specified in paragraph (2), except as provided in 
paragraph (3). 
(2) CONTRACT PERIODS.—The contract periods 
specified in this paragraph are as follows: 
(A) Three years in the case of competi-
tively bid contracts. 
(B) One year in the case of non-competi-
tively bid contracts and competitively bid con-
tracts for which only one offer was received by 
the covered agency. 
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IIA
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4453
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
AN ACT
Making appropriations for military construction for the De-
partment of Defense for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, for military con-
struction functions administered by the Department of
Defense, and for other purposes, namely:
(ii) Section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secre-
taries of State (24)’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant 
Secretaries of State (25)’’. 
(2) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH OFFICE OF 
CONTINGENCY
CONTRACTING.—The Secretary of 
State shall establish an Office of Contingency Con-
tracting in the Department of State. The Office of 
Contingency Contracting shall be headed by the As-
sistant Secretary of State for Contingency Con-
tracting and shall be responsible for planning, fund-
ing, staffing, and managing contingency contracting 
in the Department of State. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘contingency contracting’’ means all stages of the 
process of acquiring property or services by the De-
partment of State during an overseas contingency 
operation. 
(c) USAID.— 
(1) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR CONTIN-
GENCY CONTRACTING.—There shall be in the United 
States Agency for International Development an As-
sistant Administrator for Contingency Contracting 
who shall be the principal adviser to the Adminis-
trator of the Agency on matters relating to planning, 
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funding, staffing, and managing contingency con-
tracting of the Agency. 
(2) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH OFFICE OF 
CONTINGENCY
CONTRACTING.—The Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment shall establish an Office of Contingency Con-
tracting in the Agency. The Office of Contingency 
Contracting shall be headed by the Assistant Admin-
istrator for Contingency Contracting and shall be re-
sponsible for planning, funding, staffing, and man-
aging contingency contracting in the Agency. 
(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘contingency contracting’’ means all stages of the 
process of acquiring property or services by the 
United States Agency for International Development 
during an overseas contingency operation. 
SEC. 108. INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEWS AND EVALUA-
TIONS. 
(a) ANNUAL REVIEW AND EVALUATION.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the 
Department of State, and the United States Agency for 
International Development shall each review and evaluate 
noncompetitive contracts and one-offer contracts in the 
Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the 
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military
installations, facilities, and real property for the Army as
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $623,511,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
of this amount, not to exceed $67,700,000 shall be avail-
able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer
services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of De-
fense determines that additional obligations are necessary
for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of his determination
and the reasons therefor.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Navy as
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the
Naval Facilities Engineering Command and other per-
sonal services necessary for the purposes of this appropria-
tion, $462,701,000, to remain available until September
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proved July 1, 1955 (16 U.S.C. 18f), as amended by sub-
section (a), is further amended by adding the following:
‘‘SEC. 3. APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION.—Authorities in this Act shall be
available to the Secretary of the Interior with regard to mu-
seum objects and museum collections that were under the
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the purposes
of the National Park System before the date of enactment
of this section as well as those museum objects and museum
collections that may be acquired on or after such date.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of this Act, the
terms ‘museum objects’ and ‘museum collections’ mean ob-
jects that are eligible to be or are made part of a museum,
library, or archive collection through a formal procedure,
such as accessioning. Such objects are usually movable and
include but are not limited to prehistoric and historic arti-
facts, works of art, books, documents, photographs, and nat-
ural history specimens.’’.
SEC. 224. VOLUNTEERS IN PARKS INCREASE.
Section 4 of the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969
(16 U.S.C. 18j) is amended by striking out ‘‘1,000,000’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,750,000’’.
installations (including international military head-
quarters) and for related expenses for the collective de-
fense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized in
military construction Acts and section 2806 of title 10,
United States Code, $119,000,000 $219,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
FAMILY HOUSING, ARMY
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension and alteration and for operation and
maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor con-
struction, principal and interest charges, and insurance
premiums, as authorized by law, as follows: for Construc-
tion, $160,602,000 $173,502,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1999; for Operation and maintenance, and
for debt payment, $1,121,208,000 $1,065,708,000; in all
$1,281,810,000 $1,239,210,000.
FAMILY HOUSING, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension and alteration and
for operation and maintenance, including debt payment,
leasing, minor construction, principal and interest
charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law,
as follows: for Construction, $269,035,000 $229,295,000,
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nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, the employee
assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo-
cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month
for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair-
man of the Board, $2,000,000, to be disbursed by the
Clerk of the House of Representatives: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of
basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1995 shall
be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds avail-
able to the Department of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995
for the Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL
POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA-
RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice, $1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
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‘‘applicant for employment, or employee of
the Architect of the Capitol’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used
to employ more than thirty-three individuals: Provided fur-
ther, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during
emergencies, to employ not more than two additional indi-
viduals for not more than one hundred twenty days each,
and not more than ten additional individuals for not more
than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Of-
fice, $363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate.
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972
(Public Law 92–484), including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses (not to exceed $5,500 from the Trust
Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an em-
ployee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500),
and rental of space in the District of Columbia,
$21,931,000: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for salaries or expenses of any employee
of the Office of Technology Assessment in excess of 143
staff employees: Provided further, That no part of this ap-
propriation shall be available for assessments or activities
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may des-
ignate an area as an air and health quality em-
powerment zone if— 
(A) the air pollution control district or 
other local governmental entity authorized to 
regulate air quality for the area submits an ap-
plication under paragraph (2) nominating the 
area for such designation; and 
(B) the Administrator determines that— 
(i) the information in the application 
is reasonably accurate; and 
(ii) the nominated area satisfies the 
eligibility criteria described in paragraph 
(3). 
(2) NOMINATION.—To nominate an area for 
designation under paragraph (1), the air pollution 
control district or other local governmental entity 
authorized to regulate air quality for the area shall 
submit to the Administrator an application that— 
(A) demonstrates that the nominated area 
satisfies the eligibility criteria described in 
paragraph (3); and 
(B) includes a strategic plan that— 
(i) is designed for— 
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5, United States Code, upon their transfer to the appro-
priation for House office buildings.
SEC. 307. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS-
TEM.—The first sentence of section 8335(d) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘55’’ and in-
serting ‘‘57’’.
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) Section 8425 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by
striking ‘‘member of the Capitol Police or’’ and
‘‘member or’’;
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise
eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d)
shall be separated from the service on the last day of the
month in which such member becomes 57 years of age
or completes 20 years of service if then over that age. The
Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public in-
terest so requires, may exempt such a member from auto-
matic separation under this subsection until that member
becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall notify the mem-
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ber in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days
before that date. Action to separate the member if not ef-
fective, without the consent of the member, until the last
day of the month in which the 60-day notice expires.’’.
(2) Section 8415(d) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘(a) or (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a),
(b), or (c)’’.
SEC. 308. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE TO GRANTEES AND CONTRACTORS.—In
providing financial assistance to, or entering into any con-
tract with, any entity using funds made available in this
Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice de-
scribing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Con-
gress.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1995’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 26, 1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4454
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995,
and for other purposes.
port of the Chief of Engineers is issued and ap-
proved by the Secretary.
(8) KENTUCKY
LOCK
AND
DAM, TENNESSEE
RIVER, KENTUCKY.—The project for navigation,
Kentucky Lock and Dam, Tennessee River, Ken-
tucky: Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated June
4, 1992, at a total cost of $490,000,000. The costs
of construction of the project are to be paid 1⁄2 from
amounts appropriated from the general fund of the
Treasury and 1⁄2 from amounts appropriated from
the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
(9) POND CREEK, JEFFERSON COUNTY, KEN-
TUCKY.—The project for flood control, Pond Creek,
Jefferson County, Kentucky: Report of the Chief of
Engineers, dated June 28, 1994, at a total cost of
$16,374,000, with an estimated Federal cost of
$11,039,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of
$5,335,000.
(10) WOLF
CREEK
DAM
AND
LAKE
CUM-
BERLAND, KENTUCKY.—The project for hydropower,
Wolf Creek Dam and Lake Cumberland, Kentucky:
Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated June 28,
1994, at a total cost of $49,200,000, with an esti-
mated non-Federal cost of $49,200,000. Funds de-
rived by the Tennessee Valley Authority from its
vital a part of the Japanese industrial system as
Japanese companies have become in the United
States;
(8) one proven effective way in which the
United States Government can assist United States
industry in overcoming barriers to access in Japan,
improve awareness of scientific and technological de-
velopments in Japan, and facilitate greater coordina-
tion between United States industry and the United
States Government in the making of trade and tech-
nology policy is to promote the establishment of
United States industrial and service sector associa-
tion representative offices in Japan;
(9) despite the very large potential for sales in
Japan of goods manufactured in the United States,
because of the great cost of establishing representa-
tive operations in Japan, only 3 nonagricultural
United States industry associations have created
full-time offices in Japan (the auto parts, elec-
tronics, and semiconductor industries) and all have
relied on the partial support of funding under the
Market Development Cooperator Program estab-
lished under the Export Enhancement Act of 1988;
and
least the deficit reduction called for in such section 
for such periods; or 
(2) similar legislation that achieves outlay re-
ductions within five years after the date of enact-
ment that equal or exceed the outlay reductions 
flowing from the budget authority reductions man-
dated by sections 251A(7)(A) and 251A(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985, as in force immediately before the date 
of enactment of this Act, as it applies to direct 
spending in the defense function for fiscal year 2013 
combined with the outlay reductions flowing from 
the amendment to section 251A(7)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 made by subsection (c) of this section. 
(b) REVISED
2013 DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING 
LIMIT.—Paragraph (2) of section 251(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) with respect to fiscal year 2013, for the 
discretionary category, $1,047,000,000,000 in new 
budget authority;’’. 
(c) DISCRETIONARY SAVINGS.—Section 251A(7)(A) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: