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‘‘(ll) THE GREAT WESTERN TRAIL NATIONAL 
HISTORIC TRAIL (ALSO KNOWN AS THE DODGE CITY 
TRAIL).—The Secretary of the Interior shall undertake a 
study of the routes commonly known as the Great Western 
Trail, from the vicinity of San Antonio, Texas, north-by- 
northwest through the vicinities of Kerrville and Menard, 
Texas; north-by-northeast through the vicinities of Cole-
man and Albany, Texas; north through the vicinity of 
Vernon, Texas, to Doan’s Crossing, Texas; northward 
through Oklahoma through or near the vicinities of Altus, 
Lone Wolf, Canute, Vici, May; and north through Kansas 
to Dodge City, to determine the feasibility and suitability 
of designation of one or more of the routes as components 
of the Great Western Trail National Historic Trail.’’. 
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIREMENTS AND OBJECTIVES.—The 
study requirements and objectives specified in section 5(b) 
of the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(b)) 
shall apply to studies required by this Act. 
(b) COMPLETION AND SUBMISSION OF STUDY.—Not 
later than three complete fiscal years after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall complete and submit to Congress the studies re-
quired. In the case of a study added to this section after 
that date, the study shall be completed and submitted to
Congress not later than three complete fiscal years after 
the date of the enactment of the law adding the study to 
this section. 
SEC. 5. LAND ACQUISITION. 
No lands or interests therein outside the exterior 
boundaries of any federally administered area may be ac-
quired by the Federal Government for the Chisholm Trail 
or Great Western Trail except with the consent of the 
owner thereof. 
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allocations among the entities as the entities may deter-
mine) may not exceed $2,000. 
SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi-
tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co-
lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land-
scape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the ir-
regular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Ave-
nue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, 
Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 
tunnel on the southeast. 
SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—None of the 
funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 
appropriation Act.
Ω4æSEC. 209. COMPENSATION LIMITATION.—None 
of the funds contained in this Act or any other Act may 
be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of 
the legislative branch during fiscal year 2006 or any suc-
ceeding fiscal year to the extent that the aggregate 
amount of compensation paid to the employee during the 
year (including base salary, performance awards and other 
bonus payments, and incentive payments, but excluding 
the value of any in-kind benefits and payments) exceeds
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the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives or a Senator.
SEC. 209. COMPENSATION LIMITATION. Legislative 
branch appropriations are not available to pay the salary 
of any officer or employee to the extent that the aggregate 
amount of compensation (including base salary, awards, 
bonus incentives, excluding in-kind compensation) exceeds 
the annual rate for a Senator or Member unless the applica-
ble entity head has certified that the entity has a perform-
ance appraisal system which (as designed and applied) 
makes meaningful distinctions based on relative perform-
ance consistent with the criteria established pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 5307(d)(3)(A). Each entity head shall recertify its 
performance appraisal system (bi-annually in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 5307(d)(3)(B)). Entities with such certified 
appraisal systems may pay total annual compensation up 
to the amounts Executive branch personnel subject to cer-
tified performance appraisal systems may receive.
Ω5æTITLE III—CONTINUITY IN 
REPRESENTATION
SEC. 301. Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (2 U.S.C. 8) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The time’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), 
the time’’; and
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2965
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to require Federal 
Prison Industries to compete for its contracts minimizing 
its unfair competition with private sector firms and their 
non-inmate workers and empowering Federal agencies 
to get the best value for taxpayers’ dollars, to provide 
a five-year period during which Federal Prison Industries 
adjusts to obtaining inmate work opportunities through 
other than its mandatory source status, to enhance in-
mate access to remedial and vocational opportunities and 
other rehabilitative opportunities to better prepare in-
mates for a successful return to society, to authorize 
alternative inmate work opportunities in support of non-
profit organizations and other public service programs, 
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 
‘‘Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting 
Act of 2006’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Governmentwide procurement policy relating to purchases from Federal 
Prison Industries. 
Sec. 3. Public participation regarding expansion proposals by Federal Prison 
Industries. 
Sec. 4. Transitional mandatory source authority. 
Sec. 5. Authority to perform as a Federal subcontractor. 
Sec. 6. Inmate wages and deductions. 
Sec. 7. Clarifying amendment relating to services. 
Sec. 8. Conforming amendment. 
Sec. 9. Rules of construction relating to chapter 307. 
Sec. 10. Providing additional rehabilitative opportunities for inmates. 
Sec. 11. Re-entry employment preparation through work-based training and ap-
prenticeship. 
Sec. 12. Restructuring the Board of Directors. 
Sec. 13. Management matters. 
Sec. 14. Transitional personnel management authority. 
Sec. 15. Federal Prison Industries report to Congress. 
Sec. 16. Definitions. 
Sec. 17. Implementing regulations and procedures. 
Sec. 18. Rules of construction. 
Sec. 19. Effective date and applicability. 
Sec. 20. Clerical amendments.
SEC. 2. GOVERNMENTWIDE PROCUREMENT POLICY RELAT-
ING TO PURCHASES FROM FEDERAL PRISON 
INDUSTRIES. 
Section 4124 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b)
SPECIAL
RULES
IN
EXTRAORDINARY
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—
‘‘(1)
IN
GENERAL.—In
extraordinary
cir-
cumstances, the executive authority of any State in 
which a vacancy exists in its representation in the 
House of Representatives shall issue a writ of elec-
tion to fill such vacancy by special election. 
‘‘(2) TIMING OF SPECIAL ELECTION.—A special 
election held under this subsection to fill a vacancy 
shall take place not later than 49 days after the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives announces 
that the vacancy exists, unless, during the 75-day 
period which begins on the date of the announce-
ment of the vacancy—
‘‘(A) a regularly scheduled general election 
for the office involved is to be held; or 
‘‘(B) another special election for the office 
involved is to be held, pursuant to a writ for a 
special election issued by the chief executive of 
the State prior to the date of the announcement 
of the vacancy. 
‘‘(3) NOMINATIONS BY PARTIES.—If a special 
election is to be held under this subsection, the de-
‘‘§ 4124. Governmentwide procurement policy relat-
ing to purchases from Federal Prison In-
dustries 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Purchases from Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated, a wholly owned Government cor-
poration, as referred to in section 9101(3)(E) of title 31, 
may be made by a Federal department or agency only in 
accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) SOLICITATION AND EVALUATION OF OFFERS 
AND CONTRACT AWARDS.—(1)(A) If a procurement activ-
ity of a Federal department or agency has a requirement 
for a specific product or service that is authorized to be 
offered for sale by Federal Prison Industries, in accord-
ance with section 4122 of this title, and is listed in the 
catalog referred to in subsection (g), the procurement ac-
tivity shall solicit an offer from Federal Prison Industries, 
if the purchase is expected to be in excess of the micro-
purchase threshold (as defined by section 32(f) of the Of-
fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
428(f))). 
‘‘(B) The requirements of subparagraph (A) shall 
also apply to a procurement that a Federal department 
or agency intends to meet by placing an order against a 
contract maintained by the General Services Administra-
tion under the Multiple Award Schedule Contracts Pro-
gram.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1237
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to permit
grants for the national estuary program to be used for
the development and implementation of a comprehensive
conservation and management plan, to reauthorize appro-
priations to carry out the program, and for other pur-
poses.
‘‘(iii) Excess capital costs of machinery and ex-
cess inventories used within a prison environment 
that are the result of the unique environment of 
prison life. 
‘‘(iv) Other costs of performing the contract re-
sulting from the unique environment of prison facili-
ties. 
‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE BY FEDERAL PRISON INDUS-
TRIES.—Federal Prison Industries shall perform its con-
tractual obligations under a contract awarded by a Fed-
eral department or agency to the same extent as any other 
contractor. 
‘‘(e) FINALITY OF CONTRACTING OFFICER’S DECI-
SION.—(1) A decision by a contracting officer regarding 
the award of a contract to Federal Prison Industries or 
relating to the performance of such contract shall be final, 
unless reversed on appeal pursuant to paragraph (2) or 
(3). 
‘‘(2)(A) The Chief Operating Officer of Federal Pris-
on Industries may protest a decision by a contracting offi-
cer not to award a contract to Federal Prison Industries 
pursuant to subsection (b)(4), in accordance with section 
33.103, (Protests to the agency) of the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation (48 C.F.R. part 33.103).
‘‘(B) In the event of an adverse decision of a protest 
filed pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Assistant Attor-
ney General for Administration may request a reconsider-
ation of such adverse decision by the head of the Federal 
agency or department, which shall be considered de novo 
and the decision issued by such agency head on a non-
delegable basis. Such decision upon reconsideration by the 
agency head shall be final. 
‘‘(3) A dispute between Federal Prison Industries 
and a procurement activity regarding performance of a 
contract shall be subject to—
‘‘(A) alternative means of dispute resolution 
pursuant to subchapter IV of chapter 5 of title 5; 
or 
‘‘(B) final resolution by the board of contract 
appeals having jurisdiction over the procurement ac-
tivity’s contract performance disputes pursuant to 
the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.). 
‘‘(f) REPORTING OF PURCHASES.—Each Federal de-
partment or agency shall report purchases from Federal 
Prison Industries to the Federal Procurement Data Sys-
tem (as referred to in section 6(d)(4) of the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 405(d)(4))) in the 
same manner as it reports to such System any acquisition
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4550 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 5-Chloro-3-hydroxy-2-methyl- 
2-naphthanilide. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 5-Chloro- 
3-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-naphthanilide. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
5-CHLORO-3-HYDROXY-2-METHYL-2-NAPH-
THANILIDE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.23.59 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended 
by striking ‘‘12/31/2009’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered, or 
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Union Calendar No. 130
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1243
[Report No. 106–224]
A BILL
To reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries
Act.
JULY 12, 1999
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
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termination of the candidates who will run in such 
election shall be made—
‘‘(A) by nominations made not later than 
10 days after the Speaker announces that the 
vacancy exists by the political parties of the 
State that are authorized by State law to nomi-
nate candidates for the election; or 
‘‘(B) by any other method the State con-
siders appropriate, including holding primary 
elections, that will ensure that the State will 
hold the special election within the deadline re-
quired under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In this subsection, 
‘extraordinary circumstances’ occur when the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives an-
nounces that vacancies in the representation 
from the States in the House exceed 100. 
‘‘(B) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—If any action is 
brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to 
challenge an announcement made under sub-
paragraph (A), the following rules shall apply: 
‘‘(i) Not later than 2 days after the 
announcement, the action shall be filed in 
the United States District Court having ju-
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1251
AN ACT
To designate the United States Postal Service
building located at 8850 South 700 East, Sandy,
Utah, as the ‘‘Noal Cushing Bateman Post Of-
fice Building’’.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2796 
To expand the use of DNA for the identification and prosecution of sex 
offenders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2005 
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To expand the use of DNA for the identification and 
prosecution of sex offenders, 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 ‘‘DNA Fingerprinting 
Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANDING USE OF DNA TO IDENTIFY AND PROS-
ECUTE SEX OFFENDERS. 
(a) EXPANSION
OF NATIONAL DNA INDEX SYS-
TEM.—Section 210304 of the DNA Identification Act of 
1994 (42 U.S.C. 14132) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘, pro-
vided’’ and all that follows through ‘‘System’’; and 
(2) by striking subsections (d) and (e). 
(b) DNA SAMPLE COLLECTION FROM PERSONS AR-
RESTED OR DETAINED UNDER FEDERAL AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the DNA Anal-
ysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
14135a) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The 
Director’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) The Attorney General may, as pro-
vided by the Attorney General by regulation, 
collect DNA samples from individuals who are 
arrested or detained under the authority of the 
United States. The Attorney General may dele-
gate this function within the Department of 
Justice as provided in section 510 of title 28, 
United States Code, and may also authorize 
and direct any other agency of the United 
States that arrests or detains individuals or su-
pervises individuals facing charges to carry out 
any function and exercise any power of the At-
torney General under this section. 
‘‘(B) The Director’’; and
(ii) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by 
striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Attorney General, the Director of the Bu-
reau of Prisons,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Director 
of the Bureau of Prisons’’ and inserting ‘‘Attor-
ney General, the Director of the Bureau of 
Prisons,’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Subsections 
(b) and (c)(1)(A) of section 3142 of title 18, United 
States Code, are each amended by inserting ‘‘and 
subject to the condition that the person cooperate in 
the collection of a DNA sample from the person if 
the collection of such a sample is authorized pursu-
ant to section 3 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimi-
nation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14135a)’’ after ‘‘pe-
riod of release’’. 
(c) TOLLING OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN SEX-
UAL ABUSE CASES.—Section 3297 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘except for a felony 
offense under chapter 109A,’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2797 
To amend the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent 
Offender Registration Act to extend registration requirements to juvenile 
sex offenders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2005 
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children 
and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act to extend 
registration requirements to juvenile sex offenders. 
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 ‘‘Aime Zyla Act of 
2005’’.
SEC. 2. REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR JUVENILE SEX OF-
FENDERS. 
Section 170101(a)(1) of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
14071(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) a person who was adjudicated a juve-
nile delinquent for conduct that would be an of-
fense described in subparagraph (A) or (B) if 
committed by an adult to register as required 
under subparagraph (A) or (B) if the adjudica-
tion were a conviction for the offense.’’. 
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risdiction in the district of the Member of 
the House of Representatives whose seat 
has been announced to be vacant and shall 
be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur-
suant to section 2284 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(ii) A copy of the complaint shall be 
delivered promptly to the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(iii) A final decision in the action 
shall be made within 3 days of the filing 
of such action and shall not be reviewable. 
‘‘(iv) The executive authority of the 
State that contains the district of the 
Member of the House of Representatives 
whose seat has been announced to be va-
cant shall have the right to intervene either 
in support of or opposition to the position 
of a party to the case regarding the an-
nouncement of such vacancy. 
‘‘(5) PROTECTING
ABILITY
OF
ABSENT
MILI-
TARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN 
SPECIAL ELECTIONS.—
‘‘(A) DEADLINE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF AB-
SENTEE
BALLOTS.—In
conducting
a
special
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2798 
To authorize the disinterment from the American Ardennes Cemetery at 
Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium, of the remains of Sergeant Roaul R. 
Prieto, who died in combat in April 1945, and to authorize the transfer 
of his remains to his next of kin. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 8, 2005 
Mrs. BONO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the disinterment from the American Ardennes 
Cemetery at Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium, of the re-
mains of Sergeant Roaul R. Prieto, who died in combat 
in April 1945, and to authorize the transfer of his re-
mains to his next of kin. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF DISINTERMENT AND 
TRANSFER OF CUSTODY OF REMAINS OF A 
SPECIFIED AMERICAN WORLD WAR II FATAL-
ITY INTERRED IN THE AMERICAN ARDENNES 
CEMETERY, BELGIUM. 
(a) DISINTERMENT.—The Secretary of the Army and 
the American Battle Monuments Commission shall take 
such steps as are necessary to authorize the next of kin 
of Sergeant Roaul R. Prieto, United States Army, who 
died on April 6, 1945, as a result of a mid-air collision 
during a bombing mission over Leipzig, Germany, to dis-
inter his remains from the American Ardennes Cemetery, 
Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium (such remains being in-
terred in Plot A, Row 41, Grave 46). 
(b) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of the Army and the 
American Battle Monuments Commission shall take such 
steps as are necessary to authorize the transfer of the re-
mains of Roaul R. Prieto to the custody of his next of 
kin. 
(c) NO EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—No 
Federal funds may be expended for the disinterment and 
transfer of custody authorized by this section. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 279
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to include nurse 
practitioners and domestic partners within the scope of coverage of 
the Act and to extend the period of family or medical leave for spouses 
employed by the same employer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2005
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to 
the Committees on House Administration and Government Reform, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to 
include nurse practitioners and domestic partners within 
the scope of coverage of the Act and to extend the 
period of family or medical leave for spouses employed 
by the same employer.
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 ‘‘Family and Medical 
Leave Protection Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE 
ACT OF 1993. 
(a) INCLUSION OF NURSE PRACTITIONER WITHIN 
DEFINITION
OF
HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—Section 
101(6) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2611(6)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-
paragraph (C); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) a nurse practitioner; or’’; 
(b) INCLUSION
OF DOMESTIC PARTNER WITHIN 
DEFINITION OF SPOUSE.—Section 101(13) of such Act 
(29 U.S.C. 2611(13)) is amended by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘and includes a domestic 
or civil partner registered or recognized under the applica-
ble domestic or civil partnership State or local law’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF FAMILY OR MEDICAL 
LEAVE FOR SPOUSES EMPLOYED BY SAME EMPLOYER.—
Section 102(f) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2612(f)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘12 workweeks’’ and inserting ‘‘24 work-
weeks’’.
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