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IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1030 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health Week. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2020 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD (for herself, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. 
SIMPSON) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Health 
Week. 
Whereas the week of April 6, 2020, is National Public Health 
Week; 
Whereas the theme for National Public Health Week in 2020 
is ‘‘NPHW @ 25: Looking Back, Moving Forward.’’; 
Whereas the goal of National Public Health Week in 2020 
is to recognize the contributions of public health in— 
(1) improving the health of the people of the United 
States; and 
(2) achieving health equity; 
Whereas, as of the date of introduction of this resolution, the 
United States and the global community are responding 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4788 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish limitations on the ap-
proval of cooperative arrangements between 2 or more air carriers or 
between an air carrier and a foreign air carrier, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2010 
Mr. BISHOP of New York (for himself, Mr. MICHAUD, and Mr. MCCOTTER) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish limita-
tions on the approval of cooperative arrangements be-
tween 2 or more air carriers or between an air carrier 
and a foreign air carrier, 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 ‘‘Aviation Jobs Out-
sourcing Prevention Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON APPROVAL OF COOPERATIVE AR-
RANGEMENTS BETWEEN AIR CARRIERS. 
(a) FILING.—Section 41309(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘may file’’ the 
following: ‘‘, and, with respect to an arrangement de-
scribed in subsection (b)(3), shall file,’’. 
(b) APPROVAL.—Section 41309(b) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1)(B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2)(B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) or, after periodic review, end approval of, an 
agreement, request, or modification that provides for or 
permits the sharing or pooling of revenue or profits be-
tween participating carriers earned in covered operations, 
unless the Secretary finds that each participating air car-
rier’s share of the pooled revenue or pooled profits (which-
ever share is greater) contributed by covered operations 
in any measurement period does not exceed 130 percent 
of the participating air carrier’s share of pooled ASMs in 
covered operations during the measurement period.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 41309 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(I) those drugs in a class that 
provide a greater clinical benefit, in-
cluding fewer safety concerns or less 
risk of side-effects, than another drug 
in the same class that should be in-
cluded in the formulary; 
‘‘(II) those drugs in a class that 
provide less clinical benefit, including 
greater safety concerns or a greater 
risk of side-effects, than another drug 
in the same class that should be ex-
cluded from the formulary; and 
‘‘(III) drugs in a class with same 
or similar clinical benefit for which it 
would be appropriate for the Sec-
retary to competitively bid (or nego-
tiate) for placement on the formulary. 
‘‘(C) CONSIDERATION
OF
AHRQ
REC-
OMMENDATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, 
after taking into consideration the rec-
ommendations under subparagraph (B)(v), 
shall establish a formulary, and formulary 
incentives, to encourage use of covered 
part D drugs that— 
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‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In subsection (b)(3) and this 
subsection, the following definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) COVERED OPERATIONS.—The term ‘cov-
ered operations’ means the nonstop carriage of pas-
sengers under an agreement, request, or modifica-
tion described in subsection (b)(3) between a place 
in the United States and a place outside the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) 
MEASUREMENT
PERIOD.—The 
term 
‘measurement period’ means any period of 12 con-
secutive months commencing on or after the first 
day of the first month of operations under an agree-
ment, request, or modification described in sub-
section (b)(3) following the Secretary’s approval or 
reapproval thereof. 
‘‘(3) PARTICIPATING AIR CARRIER.—The term 
‘participating air carrier’ means an air carrier par-
ticipating in an agreement, request, or modification 
described in subsection (b)(3). 
‘‘(4) PARTICIPATING
CARRIERS.—The term 
‘participating carriers’ means 2 or more air carriers, 
or an air carrier and a foreign air carrier, partici-
pating in an agreement, request, or modification de-
scribed in subsection (b)(3). 
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‘‘(5) POOLED ASMS.—The term ‘pooled ASMs’ 
means the available seat miles operated by the par-
ticipating carriers in covered operations that con-
tribute to the pooled revenues or profits from such 
operations in the measurement period. 
‘‘(6) SHARE
OF
POOLED
ASMS.—The term 
‘share of pooled ASMs’ means, with respect to an air 
carrier during a measurement period, the quotient of 
the pooled ASMs operated by the air carrier in that 
period divided by the aggregate of all pooled ASMs 
operated in that period by the participating car-
riers.’’. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to agreements, requests, and modifica-
tions referred to in section 41309(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, whether approved before the date of enact-
ment of this Act or submitted for approval prior to, on, 
or after such date of enactment. 
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H. Res. 103 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
February 6, 2019. 
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are 
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION: Mr. Walker, 
Mr. Loudermilk. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 478 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require annual reviews 
by Inspectors General of the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness 
of Federal programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2009 
Mr. JORDAN of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require 
annual reviews by Inspectors General of the operations, 
efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal programs. 
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 ‘‘Federal Agency Per-
formance Review and Efficiency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL INSPECTOR GENERAL PERFORMANCE RE-
VIEWS OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND AGEN-
CIES. 
(a) PRINCIPAL DUTY.—Section 4 of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b), (c), 
and (d) as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respec-
tively; 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) It shall be the principal duty and responsibility 
of each Inspector General, with respect to the establish-
ment within which his Office is established, to review an-
nually the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness of all 
Federal programs within such establishment and submit 
to the Congress and the President not later than Sep-
tember 1 of each year recommendations, accompanied by 
proposed legislation, on whether an abolishment, reorga-
nization, consolidation, or transfer of existing Federal pro-
grams and agencies is necessary— 
‘‘(1) to reduce Federal expenditures; 
‘‘(2) to increase efficiency of government oper-
ations; 
‘‘(3) to eliminate overlap and duplication in 
Federal programs and offices; 
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‘‘(4) to abolish agencies or programs that no 
longer serve an important governmental purpose; 
and 
‘‘(5) to identify reductions in amounts of discre-
tionary budget authority or direct spending that can 
be dedicated to Federal deficit reduction.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(1) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(1)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 8(d), by striking ‘‘section 4(d)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 4(e)’’; and 
(2) in section 8D(k)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘section 
4(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4(e)’’. 
Æ 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4792 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Minerals Manage-
ment Service, to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, 
and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals, other than 
oil and natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2010 
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Minerals Management Service, to conduct a technological 
capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility 
study regarding recovery of minerals, other than oil and 
natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the 
United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, SURVEY, AND 
STUDY OF DEEP SEABED MINERALS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Minerals Management Service and in 
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IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1046 
Supporting the designation of August 2020 as National Women’s Suffrage 
Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2020 
Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto 
Rico, and Ms. DEAN) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the designation of August 2020 as National 
Women’s Suffrage Month. 
Whereas the 19th Amendment extended the franchise to 
women across the United States; 
Whereas August 18, 2020, marks the centennial of the ratifi-
cation of the 19th Amendment by three-fourths of the 
States; 
Whereas August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the 19th 
Amendment becoming part of the Constitution of the 
United States; 
Whereas the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amend-
ment is a pivotal chapter in the history of American de-
mocracy; 
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consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal 
agencies, shall conduct— 
(1) an assessment of all available domestic tech-
nological capabilities required for the location and 
the efficient and environmentally sound recovery of 
minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the 
shallow and deep seabed of the United States; 
(2) a survey of the shallow and deep seabed of 
the United States to identify sites for the recovery 
of such minerals; and 
(3) an economic feasibility study on the recov-
ery of such minerals. 
(b) REPORT.—No later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a re-
port to Congress containing the findings and recommenda-
tions of the assessment, survey, and study under this sec-
tion. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘‘shallow 
and deep seabed of the United States’’— 
(1) means areas of the seabed that are contig-
uous to and within 200 miles of the territorial sea 
of the United States and the resources of which are 
subject to its jurisdiction or control; and 
(2) includes such areas that are contiguous to 
and within 200 miles of the territorial sea around 
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Union Calendar No. 362 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4790 
[Report No. 111–620, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 
require shareholder authorization before a public 
company may make certain political expendi-
tures, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 
Reported from the Committee on Financial Services with 
an amendment 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 
Committee on House Administration discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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any inhabited and uninhabited territory or posses-
sion of the United States including American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
Midway Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
Palau, Marshall Islands, Midway Islands, Wake Is-
land, Johnston Atoll, Baker, Howland, and Jarvis 
Islands, Kingman Reef, Navassa Island, Serranilla 
Bank, Bajo Nuevo Bank, and Palmyra Atoll. 
Æ 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4793 
To designate the library and archives gallery at the Washington’s Head-
quarters Museum at Morristown National Historical Park in the State 
of New Jersey, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2010 
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate the library and archives gallery at the Washing-
ton’s Headquarters Museum at Morristown National His-
torical Park in the State of New Jersey, 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. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) in 1933, Lloyd W. Smith was instrumental 
in the establishment of the Nation’s first national 
historical park, Morristown National Historical 
Park, in Morristown, New Jersey, with his donation 
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of much of the land for the Jockey Hollow Unit of 
the park; 
(2) in 1955, upon his death, his extensive li-
brary and archival collection was donated to Morris-
town National Historical Park, provided that an ap-
propriate building was constructed to house the col-
lection; 
(3) in 1957, a new library wing to the Washing-
ton’s Headquarters Museum was built to house the 
collections; 
(4) in 2007, a new and larger library wing was 
added to the museum to better preserve and display 
the extensive collection, and the former library wing 
of the museum was converted to an archives gallery; 
and 
(5) Lloyd W. Smith’s significant contributions 
to the establishment of the Morristown National 
Historical Park and to the establishment of the re-
nowned library with an extensive archives collection 
should be recognized. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES GAL-
LERY 
AT 
THE 
WASHINGTON’S 
HEAD-
QUARTERS MUSEUM. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The library and archives gallery 
located in the Washington’s Headquarters Museum at 
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Morristown National Historical Park shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘Lloyd W. Smith Library’’ and the 
‘‘Lloyd W. Smith Archives Gallery’’, respectively. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the library and archives gallery at the Washing-
ton’s Headquarters Museum referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lloyd W. Smith 
Library’’ and the ‘‘Lloyd W. Smith Archives Gallery’’, re-
spectively. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4794 
To prohibit the use of any recommendation of the Preventive Services Task 
Force (or any successor task force) to deny or restrict coverage of 
an item or service under a Federal health care program, a group health 
plan, or a health insurance issuer, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2010 
Mr. LANCE (for himself, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. PAULSEN, and Mrs. MCMORRIS 
RODGERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on 
Ways and Means and Education and Labor, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of any recommendation of the Preventive 
Services Task Force (or any successor task force) to 
deny or restrict coverage of an item or service under 
a Federal health care program, a group health plan, 
or a health insurance issuer, 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 ‘‘Safeguarding Access 
to Preventative Services Act of 2010’’. 
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H. Res. 1058 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 21, 2020. 
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is 
hereby, elected to the following standing committees of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE: Mr. Jacobs. 
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET: Mr. Jacobs. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
(A) the event is canceled before the sched-
uled occurrence of the event, and is not re-
scheduled; 
(B) the event ticket sold by the person and 
received by the purchaser is counterfeit; 
(C) the event ticket has been canceled by 
the ticket issuer for nonpayment by the original 
purchaser, or for any reason other than an act 
or omission of the consumer; 
(D) the event ticket materially and to the 
detriment of the consumer fails to conform to 
the description provided by the seller; or 
(E) the event ticket was not delivered to 
the consumer prior to the occurrence of the 
event, unless such failure of delivery was due to 
any act or omission of the consumer; 
(2) shall include in a full refund the full price 
paid by the consumer for the event ticket, together 
with any fees charged in connection with that pur-
chase, including convenience fees, processing fees, 
at-home printing charges, shipping and handling 
charges, or delivery fees; and 
(3) may condition entitlement to a refund upon 
timely return of the ticket purchased, and may in-
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sonably expected date of such settlement, 
judgment, award, or other payment, sub-
mit to the Secretary, in accordance with 
regulations to be promulgated by the Sec-
retary, a request for a recovery demand 
letter for reimbursement required under 
clause (ii) of such payment. The Secretary 
shall have 60 days to respond to such re-
quest with such final demand. Not later 
than 60 days after the date of receipt of 
such final demand, the claimant or applica-
ble plan may reimburse the appropriate 
Trust Fund for such payment in the 
amount identified in such final demand, in 
accordance with regulations promulgated 
by the Secretary. With respect to a pay-
ment made under clause (i) for items and 
services provided to a claimant, any such 
reimbursement made in accordance with 
this subclause shall satisfy any obligations 
of the claimant and the applicable plan 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(II) FAILURE
OF
THE
SECRETARY 
TO PROVIDE FINAL DEMAND FOR CONDI-
TIONAL PAYMENT.—In the case that the 
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(2) empowers the operator of a venue or its 
agent to deny admission to any person, or to eject 
any person from an event, in order to preserve pub-
lic safety or order, or to prevent or restrict the ad-
mission of minors; 
(3) prohibits fraud, deception, or similar prac-
tices in connection with the sale or resale of tickets, 
or prohibits the sale or resale of counterfeit tickets; 
(4) treats a ticket as a license for any purpose 
other than the prohibition or restriction of resale; 
(5) regulates the initial sale of event tickets by 
limiting the number of tickets that may be pur-
chased from a ticket issuer by a single person; or 
(6) prohibits the intentional circumvention of 
technological means employed by ticket issuers to 
enforce limitations on the number of tickets that 
may be purchased by a single person, or the sale or 
distribution of devices, computer programs, or other 
tools for the purpose of such circumvention. 
SEC. 8. EXCEPTIONS. 
Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to invalidate 
restrictions on the resale of tickets imposed by— 
(1) sponsors or promoters of events intended 
solely to benefit charitable endeavors, for which all 
tickets are distributed free of charge; 
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(2) not-for-profit educational institutions, with 
respect to athletic events involving athletes or teams 
of such institutions, to the extent that such restric-
tions apply to tickets initially distributed by the in-
stitution to— 
(A) students, faculty, staff members, or 
alumni without charge; or 
(B) members of bona fide booster organi-
zations consisting of those making substantial 
financial contributions to the institution. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of 
enactment, and shall apply to tickets for all events which 
occur on or after the effective date. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 479 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 
a means for continued improvement in emergency 
medical services for children.