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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3687 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the 
beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of 
certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities rehabili-
tation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2011 
Mr. MICHAUD (for himself and Mr. COURTNEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for cov-
erage under the beneficiary travel program of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans 
for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. COVERAGE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS BENEFICIARY TRAVEL PRO-
GRAM OF CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS FOR 
TRAVEL FOR CERTAIN SPECIAL DISABILITIES 
REHABILITATION. 
Section 111(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(G) A veteran with vision impairment, a vet-
eran with a spinal cord injury or disorder, or a vet-
eran with double or multiple amputations whose 
travel is in connection with in-patient care in a spe-
cial disabilities rehabilitation program of the Depart-
ment.’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3688 
To amend the copyright law to secure the rights of artists of works of 
visual art to provide for royalties, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2011 
Mr. NADLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the copyright law to secure the rights of artists 
of works of visual art to provide for royalties, 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 ‘‘Equity for Visual Art-
ists Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 101 of title 17, United States Code, is 
amended by— 
(1) inserting after the definition of ‘‘architec-
tural work’’ the following: 
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 368 
AN ACT 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and im-
prove certain provisions relating to the removal of litiga-
tion against Federal officers or agencies to Federal 
courts, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3689 
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
waive any emission standard or other requirement under section 112 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412) applicable to the control of 
asbestos emissions in the demolition or renovation of a condemned build-
ing for which there is a reasonable expectation of structural failure. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2011 
Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to waive any emission standard or other 
requirement under section 112 of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7412) applicable to the control of asbestos 
emissions in the demolition or renovation of a condemned 
building for which there is a reasonable expectation of 
structural failure. 
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 ‘‘Common Sense Waiver 
Act of 2011’’. 
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(e) OPTION TO OPT-OUT.—Each program of an en-
terprise required under this section shall provide for the 
enterprise to— 
(1) notify the mortgagor under a qualified 
mortgage in writing, before the proposed reduction 
of the interest rate on qualified mortgage of the 
mortgagor, of— 
(A) such proposed reduction and the inter-
est rate applicable to the mortgage upon such 
reduction; and 
(B) the opportunity, in accordance with 
paragraph (2), for the mortgagor to request 
that no such interest rate reduction be applied 
with respect to such mortgage; and 
(2) forego such interest rate reduction with re-
spect to the qualified mortgage of a mortgagor upon 
receipt by the enterprise of a request by the mort-
gagor that no such interest rate reduction be applied 
with respect to such mortgage. 
(f) MAINTENANCE OF LOAN STATUS.—Any reduction 
of the interest rate on a qualified mortgage under a pro-
gram under this section shall not result in the treatment 
of the modified mortgage as a new mortgage. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
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SEC. 2. WAIVER FROM ASBESTOS NESHAP REQUIREMENTS 
FOR DEMOLITION OR RENOVATION OF CON-
DEMNED BUILDINGS. 
(a) WAIVER.—At the request of a State or local gov-
ernment, the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’) may waive any emission standard or other re-
quirement under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7412) applicable to the control of asbestos emis-
sions in the demolition or renovation of a building. 
(b) STANDARD FOR APPROVAL.—The Administrator 
may approve a request for a waiver under subsection (a) 
only if the request demonstrates that— 
(1) the building has been condemned; and 
(2) there is a reasonable expectation of the 
building’s structural failure. 
(c) TIME PERIOD FOR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL 
OF REQUEST FOR WAIVER.—The Administrator shall ap-
prove or disapprove a request for a waiver under sub-
section (a) within 90 days after the date on which the re-
quest is received by the Administrator. If the Adminis-
trator fails to approve or disapprove such a request by 
the end of such 90-day period, the request is deemed to 
be approved. 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 245 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to allow certain loans that are not 
fully amortizing to be used in seller carryback financing on residential 
mortgage loans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2013 
Mr. SCHWEIKERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to allow certain loans 
that are not fully amortizing to be used in seller 
carryback financing on residential mortgage loans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REMOVING LIMITATION. 
Section 103(cc)(2)(E) of the Truth in Lending Act 
(as added by section 1401 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act) is amended— 
(1) by striking clause (ii); and 
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(2) by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), and (v) 
as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Removal Clarification 
Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN LITIGATION TO FEDERAL 
COURTS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION
OF INCLUSION
OF CERTAIN 
TYPES
OF PROCEEDINGS.—Section 1442 of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘that is’’ after ‘‘or crimi-
nal prosecution’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and that is’’ after ‘‘in a 
State court’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘or directed to’’ after 
‘‘against’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) As used in subsection (a), the terms ‘civil action’ 
and ‘criminal prosecution’ include any proceeding (wheth-
er or not ancillary to another proceeding) to the extent 
that in such proceeding a judicial order, including a sub-
poena for testimony or documents, is sought or issued. If 
removal is sought for a proceeding described in the pre-
vious sentence, and there is no other basis for removal, 
only that proceeding may be removed to the district 
court.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1442(a) 
of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘capacity for’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘capacity, for or relating to’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘sued’’; and 
(2) in each of paragraphs (3) and (4), by in-
serting ‘‘or relating to’’ after ‘‘for’’. 
(c) APPLICATION OF TIMING REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 1446 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) Where the civil action or criminal prosecution 
that is removable under section 1442(a) is a proceeding 
in which a judicial order for testimony or documents is 
sought or issued or sought to be enforced, the 30-day re-
quirement of subsections (b) and (c) is satisfied if the per-
son or entity desiring to remove the proceeding files the 
notice of removal not later than 30 days after receiving, 
through service, notice of any such proceeding.’’.
(d) REVIEWABILITY ON APPEAL.—Section 1447(d) of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘1442 or’’ before ‘‘1443’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 28, 
2011. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 368 
AN ACT 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify 
and improve certain provisions relating to the re-
moval of litigation against Federal officers or 
agencies to Federal courts, and for other pur-
poses.
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1278
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce tax benefits for
foreign corporations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 21, 1995
Mr. EVANS (for himself, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr.
HINCHEY, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. OWENS, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Ms.
KAPTUR, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HOLDEN, and Mr. SANDERS) 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 reduce
tax benefits for foreign corporations, 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 ‘‘Corporate Welfare
Reduction Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FOREIGN OIL AND GAS INCOME.
(a) SPECIAL RULES
FOR FOREIGN TAX CREDIT
WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN OIL AND GAS INCOME.—
(1) CERTAIN TAXES NOT CREDITABLE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 907 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to reduction in amount allowed as for-
eign tax under section 901) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(a) CERTAIN TAXES NOT CREDITABLE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sub-
title, the term ‘income, war profits, and excess prof-
its taxes’ shall not include—
‘‘(A) any taxes which are paid or accrued
to any foreign country with respect to foreign
oil and gas income and which are not imposed
under a generally applicable income tax law of
such country, and
‘‘(B) any taxes (not described in subpara-
graph (A)) which are paid or accrued to any
foreign country with respect to foreign oil and
gas income to the extent that the foreign law
imposing such amount of tax is structured, or
in fact operates, so that the amount of tax im-
posed with respect to foreign oil and gas income
will generally be materially greater, over a rea-
sonable period of time, than the amount gen-
erally imposed on income that is not foreign oil
and gas income.
In computing the amount not treated as tax under
subparagraph (B), such amount shall be treated as
a deduction under the foreign law.
‘‘(2) FOREIGN OIL AND GAS INCOME.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, the term ‘foreign oil and
gas income’ means the amount of foreign oil and gas
extraction income and foreign oil related income.
‘‘(3) GENERALLY
APPLICABLE
INCOME
TAX
LAW.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term
‘generally applicable income tax law’ means any law
of a foreign country imposing an income tax if such
tax generally applies to all income from sources
within such foreign country—
‘‘(A) without regard to the residence or na-
tionality of the person earning such income,
and
‘‘(B) in the case of any income earned by
a corporation, partnership, or other entity,
without regard to—
‘‘(i) where such corporation, partner-
ship, or other entity is organized, and
‘‘(ii) the residence or nationality of
the persons owning interests in such cor-
poration, partnership, or entity.’’
themes of transportation and commerce and indus-
try and Victorian culture in the United States.
(2) The City of Wheeling played an important
part in the settlement of this country by serving as
the western terminus of the National Road in the
early 1800’s, by serving as the Crossroads of Amer-
ica throughout the nineteenth century, by serving as
one of the few major inland ports in the nineteenth
century, by hosting the establishment of the Re-
stored State of Virginia, and later the State of West
Virginia during the Civil War years and serving as
the first capital of the new State of West Virginia,
through the development and maintenance of many
industries crucial to the Nation’s expansion, includ-
ing iron and steel, and textile manufacturing facili-
ties, boat building facilities, glass manufacturing fa-
cilities, stogie and chewing tobacco manufacturing
facilities, many of which are industries that continue
to play an important role in the Nation’s economy.
(3) The City of Wheeling has retained its na-
tional heritage themes with the designations of the
old custom house, now Independence Hall, as a Na-
tional Historic Landmark; with the designation of
the historic suspension bridge as a National Historic
Landmark; with five historic districts, and many in-
(i) by striking the first sentence and
inserting ‘‘If the Librarian of Congress
finds the existence of a controversy, the Li-
brarian shall, pursuant to chapter 8 of this
title, convene a copyright arbitration roy-
alty panel to determine the distribution of
royalty payments.’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘Tribunal’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Con-
gress’’; and
(iii) in the last sentence by striking
‘‘its reasonable administrative costs’’ and
inserting ‘‘the reasonable administrative
costs incurred by the Librarian’’.
(5) ARBITRATION OF CERTAIN DISPUTES.—Sec-
tion 1010 of title 17, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Copyright Royalty
Tribunal’’ and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Con-
gress’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Tribunal’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Con-
gress’’;
(B) in subsection (e)—
(i) in the subsection caption by strik-
ing ‘‘COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL’’ and
inserting ‘‘LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Copyright Royalty
Tribunal’’ and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Con-
gress’’;
(C) in subsection (f)—
(i) in the subsection caption by strik-
ing ‘‘COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL’’ and
inserting ‘‘LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘Copyright Royalty
Tribunal’’ and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Con-
gress’’;
(iii) by striking ‘‘Tribunal’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Con-
gress’’; and
(iv) in the third sentence by striking
‘‘its’’ and inserting ‘‘the Librarian’s’’; and
(D) in subsection (g)—
(i) by striking ‘‘Copyright Royalty
Tribunal’’ and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Con-
gress’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘Tribunal’s decision’’
and inserting ‘‘decision of the Librarian of
Congress’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘Tribunal’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Con-
gress’’.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments
made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 1994.
(b) EFFECTIVENESS OF EXISTING RATES AND DIS-
TRIBUTIONS.—All royalty rates and all determinations
with respect to the proportionate division of compulsory li-
cense fees among copyright claimants, whether made by the
Copyright Royalty Tribunal, or by voluntary agreement,
before the effective date set forth in subsection (a) shall re-
main in effect until modified by voluntary agreement or
pursuant to the amendments made by this Act.
(c) TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS.—All unexpended
balances of appropriations made to the Copyright Royalty
Tribunal, as of the effective date of this Act, are transferred
on such effective date to the Copyright Office for use by the
Copyright Office for the purposes for which such appropria-
tions were made.
I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2841
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to defer recognition of gain
on the sale or exchange of livestock on account of a Presidentially
declared disaster.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 3, 1993
Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota (for himself and Mr. MINGE) 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 defer rec-
ognition of gain on the sale or exchange of livestock
on account of a Presidentially declared disaster.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEFERRAL OF GAIN ON SALES AND EX-
CHANGES OF LIVESTOCK ON ACCOUNT OF
PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 1033 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to livestock
sold on account of drought) is amended—
(1) by inserting before the period ‘‘or any disas-
ter resulting in a determination by the President
that an area warrants assistance from the Federal
Government under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’’, and
(2) by inserting ‘‘OR PRESIDENTIALLY
DE-
CLARED DISASTERS’’ after ‘‘DROUGHT’’ in the head-
ing.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to disasters declared after De-
cember 31, 1992.
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H. R. 368 
One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven 
An Act 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provisions 
relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or agencies to Federal 
courts, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Removal Clarification Act of 
2011’’. 
SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN LITIGATION TO FEDERAL COURTS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF INCLUSION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF PRO-
CEEDINGS.—Section 1442 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘that is’’ after ‘‘or criminal prosecu-
tion’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and that is’’ after ‘‘in a State court’’; 
and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘or directed to’’ after ‘‘against’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) As used in subsection (a), the terms ‘civil action’ and 
‘criminal prosecution’ include any proceeding (whether or not 
ancillary to another proceeding) to the extent that in such pro-
ceeding a judicial order, including a subpoena for testimony or 
documents, is sought or issued. If removal is sought for a proceeding 
described in the previous sentence, and there is no other basis 
for removal, only that proceeding may be removed to the district 
court.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1442(a) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘capacity for’’ and inserting ‘‘capacity, 
for or relating to’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘sued’’; and 
(2) in each of paragraphs (3) and (4), by inserting ‘‘or 
relating to’’ after ‘‘for’’. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF TIMING REQUIREMENT.—Section 1446 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(g) Where the civil action or criminal prosecution that is remov-
able under section 1442(a) is a proceeding in which a judicial 
order for testimony or documents is sought or issued or sought
H. R. 368—2 
to be enforced, the 30-day requirement of subsections (b) and (c) 
is satisfied if the person or entity desiring to remove the proceeding 
files the notice of removal not later than 30 days after receiving, 
through service, notice of any such proceeding.’’. 
(d) REVIEWABILITY
ON APPEAL.—Section 1447(d) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘1442 or’’ before 
‘‘1443’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.