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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5736 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to require the owner 
or lawful possessor of a firearm to report its theft or loss. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2010 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. 
BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 
ISRAEL, and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
require the owner or lawful possessor of a firearm to 
report its theft or loss. 
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 ‘‘Firearm Owners Re-
sponsibility Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT OWNER OR LAWFUL POS-
SESSOR OF A FIREARM REPORT ITS THEFT 
OR LOSS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 922 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person who lawfully 
possesses or owns a firearm that has been shipped or 
transported in, or has been possessed in or affecting, inter-
state or foreign commerce, to fail to report the theft or 
loss of the firearm, within 72 hours after the person dis-
covers the theft or loss, to the Attorney General and to 
the appropriate local authorities.’’. 
(b) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(5) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘(s) or (t)’’ and inserting ‘‘(t) or 
(aa)’’. 
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services for which the fee is imposed, 
including all costs associated with col-
lecting such fees; and 
‘‘(III) remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(ii) CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.— 
The Administrator may continue to assess, 
collect, and spend fees established under 
this section during any period in which the 
funding for the Environmental Protection 
Agency is provided under an Act providing 
continuing appropriations in lieu of the 
Administration’s regular appropriations. 
‘‘(iii) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Adminis-
trator shall adjust the fees established by 
subparagraph (A) periodically to ensure 
that each of the fees required by subpara-
graph (A) is reasonably related to the Ad-
ministrator’s costs, as determined by the 
Administrator, of performing the activity 
for which the fee is imposed.’’. 
SEC. 3. TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON APPROVAL OF USE 
OF DISPERSANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
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SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF UNUSED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
UNDER POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN 
UNDER THE AGE OF 26. 
Section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) DEFINITION OF CHILD.—The definition of the 
term ‘child’ in paragraph (4) of section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code, shall be applied to this section by sub-
stituting ‘twenty-six’ for ‘twenty-three’ in subparagraph 
(A)(iii) of that paragraph.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 573 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the 
marketing of authorized generic drugs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2009 
Mrs. EMERSON (for herself, Mr. BERRY, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, and Mr. 
WAMP) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
prohibit the marketing of authorized generic drugs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF AUTHORIZED GENERICS. 
Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 355) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(w) PROHIBITION
OF
AUTHORIZED
GENERIC 
DRUGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, no holder of a new drug appli-
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cation approved under subsection (c) shall manufac-
ture, market, sell, or distribute an authorized ge-
neric drug, direct or indirectly, or authorize any 
other person to manufacture, market, sell, or dis-
tribute an authorized generic drug. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZED GENERIC DRUG.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘authorized generic 
drug’— 
‘‘(A) means any version of a listed drug 
(as such term is used in subsection (j)) that the 
holder of the new drug application approved 
under subsection (c) for that listed drug seeks 
to commence marketing, selling, or distributing, 
directly or indirectly, after receipt of a notice 
sent pursuant to subsection (j)(2)(B) with re-
spect to that listed drug; and 
‘‘(B) does not include any drug to be mar-
keted, sold, or distributed— 
‘‘(i) by an entity eligible for exclu-
sivity with respect to such drug under sub-
section (j)(5)(B)(iv); or 
‘‘(ii) after expiration or forfeiture of 
any exclusivity with respect to such drug 
under such subsection (j)(5)(B)(iv).’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5744 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for 
energy efficient appliances. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2010 
Mr. YARMUTH 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 extend 
the credit for energy efficient appliances. 
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 ‘‘Revitalizing American 
Manufacturing Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ENERGY EFFI-
CIENT APPLIANCE CREDIT. 
(a) 
DISHWASHERS.—Paragraph 
(1) 
of 
section 
45M(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (A), by 
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striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and 
inserting a comma, and by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) $25 in the case of a dishwasher which 
is manufactured in calendar year 2011 and 
which uses no more than 307 kilowatt hours 
per year and 5.0 gallons per cycle (5.5 gallons 
per cycle for dishwashers designed for greater 
than 12 place settings), 
‘‘(D) $50 in the case of a dishwasher 
which is manufactured in calendar year 2011, 
2012, or 2013 and which uses no more than 
295 kilowatt hours per year and 4.25 gallons 
per cycle (4.75 gallons per cycle for dishwashers 
designed for greater than 12 place settings), 
and 
‘‘(E) $75 in the case of a dishwasher 
which is manufactured in calendar year 2011, 
2012, or 2013 and which uses no more than 
280 kilowatt hours per year and 4 gallons per 
cycle (4.5 gallons per cycle for dishwashers de-
signed for greater than 12 place settings).’’. 
(b) CLOTHES WASHERS.—Paragraph (2) of section 
45M(b) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall apply to appliances produced after December 
31, 2010. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—The amendments made by 
subsection (d) shall apply to taxable years beginning 
after December 31, 2010. 
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(1) during the first fiscal year beginning after 
such date of enactment, by substituting ‘‘30 per-
cent’’ for ‘‘100 percent’’; 
(2) during the second fiscal year beginning 
after such date of enactment, by substituting ‘‘50 
percent’’ for ‘‘100 percent’’; and 
(3) during the third fiscal year beginning after 
such date of enactment, by substituting ‘‘80 per-
cent’’ for ‘‘100 percent’’. 
(d) GREEN TECHNOLOGIES DEFINED.—In this Act, 
the term ‘‘green technologies’’ means renewable energy 
and energy efficiency products and services that— 
(1) reduce dependence on unreliable sources of 
energy by encouraging the use of sustainable bio-
mass, wind, small-scale hydroelectric, solar, geo-
thermal, and other renewable energy and energy effi-
ciency products and services; and 
(2) use hybrid fossil-renewable energy systems. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
purchases of green technologies on and after October 1 
of the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
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‘‘(I) any period of employment with the 
United States Postal Service which follows 
‘‘(II) any other period of employment cred-
itable under section 8332 (whether with the en-
tity referred to in clause (i)(II) or otherwise), 
the applicable percentage under such provisions, de-
termined after taking into account any periods of 
employment described in subclause (II) which pre-
cede the period of employment (described in sub-
clause (I)) as to which the determination of the ap-
propriate percentage to apply under section 8339(a) 
is being made. 
‘‘(B)(i) Not later than the date which occurs 6 
months after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the 
Office shall determine (or, if applicable, redetermine) the 
amount of the Postal surplus or supplemental liability as 
of the close of the fiscal year most recently ending before 
such date of enactment, in conformance with the method-
ology required under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) If the result of the determination (or redeter-
mination) under clause (i) is a surplus, the Office shall 
transfer the amount of such surplus to the Postal Service 
Retiree Health Benefits Fund in such manner as the Of-
fice shall, within 90 days after the date of such determina-
tion (or redetermination), by regulation prescribe. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL 
FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No officer or employee of the Fed-
eral Government may provide Federal funds to any State, 
or political subdivision of a State, that is determined by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to be interfering with 
efforts to enforce Federal immigration laws. 
(b) TERMINATION OF FUNDING PROHIBITION.—Sub-
section (a) shall cease to be effective with respect to a 
State or political subdivision denied funds under such sub-
section when the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies 
that the State or political subdivision has entered into an 
agreement with the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
cease such interference. 
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(2) does not include the species Xiphias gladius 
(swordfish). 
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‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Be-
ginning with the school year ending in 2013, 
the Secretary shall establish and carry out a 
program under which the Secretary, not later 
than the beginning of each school year, shall 
provide a grant to each participating State 
agency to provide to each participating school 
food authority under the jurisdiction of the 
State agency, local food credits in an amount 
equal to not more than 10 percent of the total 
value of the commodity assistance (or cash pay-
ments in lieu thereof) that the authority would 
be eligible to receive under paragraph (2) for 
such school year, in lieu of such amount of 
commodity assistance (or cash payments in lieu 
thereof). 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING 
SCHOOL
FOOD
AUTHORITIES.—Each partici-
pating school food authority shall— 
‘‘(i) use the local food credit received 
under this paragraph to purchase local 
foods to be served under the school lunch 
program in schools under the jurisdiction 
of the authority; 
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rural, insular, or high cost areas that incorporates 
the following: 
‘‘(A) To participate in the competitive bid-
ding process, a mobile wireless communications 
service provider shall— 
‘‘(i) be designated as an eligible com-
munications service provider under this 
subsection or commit to immediately seek-
ing such designation under this subsection 
if the Commission selects its bid; and 
‘‘(ii) establish that it is legally, tech-
nically, financially, and otherwise qualified 
to serve a rural, insular, or high cost area. 
‘‘(B) The Commission shall determine 
whether a mobile wireless communications serv-
ice provider is legally, technically, financially, 
and otherwise qualified to serve a rural, insular, 
or high cost area in approximately the same 
manner as the Commission uses to qualify par-
ticipants for the Commission’s wireless spec-
trum auctions. 
‘‘(C) The Commission shall seek competi-
tive bids to provide mobile wireless communica-
tions service in rural, insular, or high cost areas 
where there are at least 3 mobile wireless com-
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘End Racial Profiling Act of 2010’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—PROHIBITION OF RACIAL PROFILING 
Sec. 101. Prohibition. 
Sec. 102. Enforcement. 
TITLE II—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY 
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
Sec. 201. Policies to eliminate racial profiling. 
TITLE III—PROGRAMS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL PROFILING BY 
STATE, LOCAL, AND INDIAN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 
AGENCIES 
Sec. 301. Policies required for grants. 
Sec. 302. Involvement of Attorney General. 
Sec. 303. Data collection demonstration project. 
Sec. 304. Best practices development grants. 
Sec. 305. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE IV—DATA COLLECTION 
Sec. 401. Attorney General to issue regulations. 
Sec. 402. Publication of data. 
Sec. 403. Limitations on publication of data. 
TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULATIONS AND 
REPORTS ON RACIAL PROFILING IN THE UNITED STATES 
Sec. 501. Attorney General to issue regulations and reports. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 601. Severability. 
Sec. 602. Savings clause. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5750 
To increase the number of Federal air marshals for certain flights, require 
criminal investigative training for such marshals, create an office and 
appoint an ombudsman for the marshals, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2010 
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas (for herself and Mr. DENT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To increase the number of Federal air marshals for certain 
flights, require criminal investigative training for such 
marshals, create an office and appoint an ombudsman 
for the marshals, 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 ‘‘FAMS Augmentation 
Act of 2010’’. 
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not approve the use of a dispersant under section 311(d) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1990 (33 
U.S.C. 1321(d)), and shall withdraw any approval of such 
use made before the date of enactment of this Act, until 
the date on which the rulemaking and study required by 
subparagraphs (A) and (E) of section 311(d)(5) of such 
Act (as added by this Act) are complete. 
(b) CONDITIONAL APPROVAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may ap-
prove the use of a dispersant under section 311(d) 
of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(d)) that is included or 
proposed to be included on the schedule under sec-
tion 
311(d)(2)(G) 
of 
such 
Act 
(33 
U.S.C. 
1321(d)(2)(G)) for the period of time before the 
date on which the rulemaking and study required by 
subparagraphs (A) and (E) of section 311(d)(5) of 
such Act (as added by this Act) are complete if the 
Administrator determines that such use will not 
have a negative impact on human health, water 
quality, the environment, or any other factor the Ad-
ministrator determines appropriate. 
(2) SUNSET.—An approval issued under para-
graph (1) shall cease to be effective after the last 
day of the 2-year period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbying Disclosure 
Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General shall 
establish the Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforcement Task 
Force (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Task Force— 
(1) shall have primary responsibility for inves-
tigating and prosecuting each case referred to the 
Attorney General under section 6(a)(8) of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(8)); 
and 
(2) shall collect and disseminate information 
with respect to the enforcement of the Lobbying Dis-
closure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 3. REFERRAL OF CASES TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 
Section 6(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1605(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’; and
(2) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’. 
SEC. 4. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVED ENFORCE-
MENT. 
The Attorney General may make recommendations to 
Congress with respect to— 
(1) the enforcement of and compliance with the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; and 
(2) the need for resources available for the en-
hanced enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
of 1995 
SEC. 5. INFORMATION IN ENFORCEMENT REPORTS. 
Section 6(b)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘by 
case’’ and all that follows through ‘‘public record’’ and in-
serting ‘‘by case and name of the individual lobbyists or 
lobbying firms involved, any sentences imposed’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5751 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of a task force 
that will be responsible for investigating cases re-
ferred to the Attorney General under the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995, and for other pur-
poses.
(c) INFORMATION.—In approving the use of a dis-
persant under subsection (b), the Administrator may re-
quire the manufacturer of the dispersant to provide such 
information as the Administrator determines necessary to 
satisfy the requirements of that subsection. 
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5751 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 29, 2010 
Received 
AUGUST 5, 2010 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of a task force that will 
be responsible for investigating cases referred to the At-
torney General under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
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, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbying Disclosure 
Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General shall 
establish the Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforcement Task 
Force (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Task Force— 
(1) shall have primary responsibility for inves-
tigating and prosecuting each case referred to the 
Attorney General under section 6(a)(8) of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(8)); 
and 
(2) shall collect and disseminate information 
with respect to the enforcement of the Lobbying Dis-
closure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 3. REFERRAL OF CASES TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 
Section 6(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1605(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’. 
SEC. 4. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVED ENFORCE-
MENT. 
The Attorney General may make recommendations to 
Congress with respect to— 
(1) the enforcement of and compliance with the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; and 
(2) the need for resources available for the en-
hanced enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
of 1995 
SEC. 5. INFORMATION IN ENFORCEMENT REPORTS. 
Section 6(b)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘by 
case’’ and all that follows through ‘‘public record’’ and in-
serting ‘‘by case and name of the individual lobbyists or 
lobbying firms involved, any sentences imposed’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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