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SEC. 2. FACILITATE WATER LEASING AND WATER TRANS-
FERS TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION AND EF-
FICIENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (12) of section 501(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) TREATMENT OF MUTUAL DITCH IRRI-
GATION COMPANIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 
mutual ditch or irrigation company or like 
organization, subparagraph (A) shall be 
applied without taking into account any in-
come received or accrued— 
‘‘(I) from the sale, lease, or ex-
change of fee or other interests in real 
property, including interests in water, 
‘‘(II) from the sale or exchange 
of stock in a mutual ditch or irriga-
tion company or like organization or 
contract rights for the delivery or use 
of water, or 
‘‘(III) from the investment of 
proceeds from sales, leases, or ex-
changes under subclauses (I) and (II), 
except that any income received under sub-
clause (I), (II), or (III) which is distrib-
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uted or expended for expenses (other than 
for operations, maintenance, and capital 
improvements) of the mutual ditch or irri-
gation company or like organization shall 
be treated as nonmember income in the 
year in which it is distributed or expended. 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
expenses (other than for operations, main-
tenance, and capital improvements) include 
expenses for the construction of convey-
ances designed to deliver water outside of 
the mutual ditch or irrigation company or 
like organization system. 
‘‘(ii) 
TREATMENT
OF
ORGANIZA-
TIONAL GOVERNANCE.—In the case of a 
mutual ditch or irrigation company or like 
organization, where State law provides that 
such a company or organization may be or-
ganized in a manner that permits voting 
on a basis which is pro rata to share own-
ership on corporate governance matters, 
subparagraph (A) shall be applied without 
taking into account whether its member 
shareholders have one vote on corporate 
governance matters per share held in the 
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corporation. Nothing in this clause shall be 
construed to create any inference about the 
requirements of this subsection for compa-
nies or organizations not included in this 
clause.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 419
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4495
[Report No. 103–771]
A BILL
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to pro-
hibit smoking on all scheduled airline flight seg-
ments in air transportation or intrastate air
transportation.
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
IB
Union Calendar No. 419
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4495
[Report No. 103–771]
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on all
scheduled airline flight segments in air transportation or intrastate air
transportation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 1994
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. SWETT, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. WASHINGTON, Mr. MIL-
LER of California, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SYNAR,
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida,
Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. CANADY, Ms. NORTON,
Mr. STARK, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. YATES, Ms. CANTWELL,
Mr. BARCIA of Michigan, Mr. HAMBURG, and Mr. LIPINSKI
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
A BILL
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit
smoking on all scheduled airline flight segments in air
transportation or intrastate air transportation.
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 ‘‘Airliner Cabin Air
Quality Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHEDULED
FLIGHTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(d)(1)(A) of the Fed-
eral Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1374(d)(1)(A))
is amended by striking ‘‘, which is’’ and all that follows
before the period at the end.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the 60th day following
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airliner Cabin Air
Quality Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHEDULED
FLIGHTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41706 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 41706. Prohibitions against smoking on scheduled
flights
‘‘(a) SMOKING PROHIBITION
IN INTRASTATE
AND
INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION.—An individual may
(B) The last sentence of section 25A(i)(5) 
of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘25B’’ and 
inserting ‘‘36C’’. 
(C) Sections 904(i) of such Code is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘23, 24, and 25B,’’ and inserting 
‘‘23 and 24’’. 
(D) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘36C,’’ after ‘‘36B,’’. 
(E) The table of sections for subpart A of 
part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such 
Code is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 25B. 
(F) The table of sections for subpart C of 
such part is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 36C. Elective deferrals and IRA contributions by certain individuals.’’. 
(G) Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘36C,’’ 
after ‘‘36B,’’. 
(c) MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS.—Subsection (a) of 
section 36C of such Code, as redesignated by subsection 
(b), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an eligible 
individual, there shall be allowed as a credit against 
the tax imposed by this subtitle for the taxable year 
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not smoke in the passenger cabin or lavatory of an aircraft
on a scheduled airline flight segment in interstate air trans-
portation or intrastate air transportation.
‘‘(b) SMOKING PROHIBITION IN FOREIGN AIR TRANS-
PORTATION.—The Secretary of Transportation shall require
all air carriers and foreign air carriers to prohibit, on and
after the 120th day following the date of the enactment of
the Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1994, smoking in
the passenger cabin and lavatory of any aircraft on a sched-
uled airline flight segment within the United States or be-
tween a place in the United States and a place outside the
United States.
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
regulations necessary to carry out this section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the 60th day following the
date of the enactment of this Act.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6463 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the President to submit 
with the budget an estimate of the deficit using generally accepted 
accounting principles. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Budget 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Presi-
dent to submit with the budget an estimate of the deficit 
using generally accepted accounting principles. 
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 ‘‘Generally Accepted 
Accounting Principles Act’’ or the ‘‘GAAP Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BUDGET DEFICIT CALCULATION USING GENERALLY 
ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating the second paragraph (37) 
(relating to a list of plans and reports for elimi-
nation or consolidation) as paragraph (39); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(40) an estimate of the deficit or surplus for 
the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, 
prepared using generally accepted accounting prin-
ciples.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirement added by 
subsection (a) shall take effect beginning with the budget 
submission made by the President in 2014. 
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138 
HR 658 EAS 
45303(c) shall be obligated for programs under section 
406 of the Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reau-
thorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) and section 
41745 of this title. Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
this section shall remain available until expended.’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$77,000,000’’ in paragraph (2) 
and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000’’. 
SEC. 416. SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE. 
(a) PRIORITIES.—Section 41743(c)(5) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in sub-
paragraph (D); 
(2) by striking ‘‘fashion.’’ in subparagraph (E) 
and inserting ‘‘fashion; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) multiple communities cooperate to sub-
mit a region or multistate application to im-
prove air service.’’. 
(b) 
EXTENSION
OF
AUTHORIZATION.—Section 
41743(e)(2) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘is appropriated’’ and inserting 
‘‘are appropriated’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6465 
To restrict COPS funding for States that grant driver’s licenses to certain 
illegal immigrants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. WESTMORELAND, 
and Mrs. MYRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To restrict COPS funding for States that grant driver’s 
licenses to certain illegal immigrants. 
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 ‘‘Preventing Access to 
Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Immigrants Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON COPS FUNDING. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a State 
that issues a driver’s licence to an alien granted deferred 
action pursuant to the Memorandum dated June 15, 
2012, from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Se-
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curity regarding ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States 
as Children’’, after the date of enactment of this Act 
shall— 
(1) within 30 days after the issuance of a driv-
er’s license to such an alien, return any unobligated 
funds available to the State on the date of issuance 
that were appropriated in any Act for the Commu-
nity Oriented Policing Services Program; and 
(2) be ineligible to receive any funds appro-
priated in any Act for the Community Oriented Po-
licing Services Program until such time as the State 
has in effect throughout the State laws and policies 
that prohibit the issuance of a driver’s license to 
such an alien. 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4497
AN ACT
To award a congressional gold medal to Rabbi Menachem
Mendel Schneerson.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress hereby finds the following:
(1) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the
leader of the Lubavitch movement for 40 years, has
made outstanding and lasting contributions toward
improvements in world education, morality, and acts
of charity.
(2) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, as a
refugee first from Stalinist Russia and then from
Nazi Germany, has made the headquarters of the
Chabad-Lubavitch movement in New York City a
center of over 2,000 educational, social, and rehabili-
tative institutions touching millions of people from
all walks of life in every corner of the globe.
(3) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson,
throughout his 92 years of life, has exemplified the
highest ideals of scholarship, teaching, ethics, and
charity.
(4) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson has
interpreted with keen insight the miraculous events
of our time and has inspired people to a renewal of
individual values of spirituality, cooperation, and
love of learning.
(5) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s ex-
traordinary life and work have long been recognized
by the Congress through the enactment of joint reso-
lutions designating his birthday in each of the last
16 years as ‘‘Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to present, on behalf of the Congress, to the
Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson,
a gold medal of appropriate design, in recognition of his
outstanding and enduring contributions toward world edu-
cation, morality, and acts of charity.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions reflecting the theme of
education to be determined by the Secretary.
(c) GIFTS OR DONATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall accept, use, and disburse gifts or donations
of property or money to carry out this section.
(2) NO
APPROPRIATION
AUTHORIZED.—No
amount is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this section.
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell
duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant
to section 1 under such regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof,
including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national
medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United
States Code.
Passed the House of Representatives October 7,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Soledad Canyon area has been used to 
mine construction aggregate resources since the 
1960s. 
(2) In 1987, the State of California classified 
Soledad Canyon as a ‘‘regionally significant con-
struction aggregate resource area’’. 
(3) The construction sand and gravel industry 
is valued at more than $5,900,000,000 by the 
United States Geological Survey, with an estimated 
4,000 companies performing 6,400 construction 
sand and gravel operations in 50 States. California 
leads the Nation in gross tonnage of sand and gravel 
mined. 
(4) Sand and gravel are estimated to be used 
in accordance with the following percentages: 
(A) 41 percent for concrete aggregates. 
(B) 25 percent for road base, coverings, 
and stabilization. 
(C) 13 percent as construction fill. 
(D) 12 percent for asphalt. 
(E) 4 percent for plaster. 
(F) 5 percent for miscellaneous products, 
including filtration and railroad ballasts, bricks, 
and pipes. 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4497
AN ACT
To award a congressional gold medal to Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6468 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that tar sands 
are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. PASCRELL) 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 clarify 
that tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal 
excise tax on petroleum. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF TAR SANDS AS CRUDE OIL 
FOR EXCISE TAX PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 4612(a) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and natural gasoline’’ and inserting ‘‘, natural gaso-
line, and tar sands’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2013. 
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H. R. 4497
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Act
To award a congressional gold medal to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
The Congress hereby finds the following:
(1) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the leader of
the Lubavitch movement for 40 years, has made outstanding
and lasting contributions toward improvements in world edu-
cation, morality, and acts of charity.
(2) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, as a refugee first
from Stalinist Russia and then from Nazi Germany, has made
the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in New
York City a center of over 2,000 educational, social, and
rehabilitative institutions touching millions of people from all
walks of life in every corner of the globe.
(3) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, throughout his
92 years of life, has exemplified the highest ideals of scholar-
ship, teaching, ethics, and charity.
(4) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson has interpreted
with keen insight the miraculous events of our time and has
inspired people to a renewal of individual values of spirituality,
cooperation, and love of learning.
(5) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s extraordinary
life and work have long been recognized by the Congress
through the enactment of joint resolutions designating his birth-
day in each of the last 16 years as ‘‘Education and Sharing
Day, U.S.A.’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is authorized
to present, on behalf of the Congress, to the Lubavitcher rebbe,
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a gold medal of appropriate
design, in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions
toward world education, morality, and acts of charity.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the presentation
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall
strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions
reflecting the theme of education to be determined by the Secretary.
(c) GIFTS OR DONATIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall
accept, use, and disburse gifts or donations of property or
money to carry out this section.
H. R. 4497—2
(2) NO APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED.—No amount is author-
ized to be appropriated to carry out this section.
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell duplicates
in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 1 under
such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient
to cover the cost thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of
machinery, and overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals
for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
a gold medal of appropriate design, in recognition of his
outstanding and enduring contributions toward world edu-
cation, morality, and acts of charity.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Treasury shall strike a gold medal with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions reflecting the theme of
education to be determined by the Secretary.
(c) GIFTS OR DONATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall accept, use, and disburse gifts or donations
of property or money to carry out this section.
(2) NO
APPROPRIATION
AUTHORIZED.—No
amount is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this section.
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell
duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant
to section 1 under such regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof,
including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.