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technology functions and physical elements are deeply 
integrated and are actively connected to the physical 
world through sensors, actuators, or other means to 
perform monitoring and control functions;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘high-performance com-
puting’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa-
tion technology’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘supercomputer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘high-end computing’’; 
(4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘network referred to as’’ and all that follows 
through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘network, includ-
ing advanced computer networks of Federal agencies 
and departments;’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘National High-Performance Computing 
Program’’ and inserting ‘‘networking and informa-
tion technology research and development program’’. 
SEC. 113. LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH IN AREAS OF NATIONAL 
IMPORTANCE. 
Title I of such Act (15 U.S.C. 5511) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4169 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2009 
Mr. RANGEL (for himself and Mr. CAMP) 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 make 
technical corrections, 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; AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE; 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2009’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
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nal treasury, investment, and employee benefit func-
tions. 
(5) ONLY
FINANCIAL
ACTIVITIES
SUBJECT
TO 
PRUDENTIAL
SUPERVISION.—Nonfinancial activities 
of the company shall not be subject to supervision by 
the Board of Governors and prudential standards of 
the Board. For purposes of this Act, the financial ac-
tivities that are the subject of the determination in 
paragraph (1) shall be subject to the same require-
ments as a nonbank financial company. Nothing in 
this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the authority 
of the Board of Governors to apply prudential stand-
ards under this title to the financial activities that 
are subject to the determination in paragraph (1). 
(d) REEVALUATION AND RESCISSION.—The Council 
shall— 
(1) not less frequently than annually, reevaluate 
each determination made under subsections (a) and 
(b) with respect to each nonbank financial company 
supervised by the Board of Governors; and 
(2) rescind any such determination, if the Coun-
cil, by a vote of not fewer than 2⁄3 of the members then 
serving, including an affirmative vote by the Chair-
person, determines that the nonbank financial com-
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4172 
To provide the same penalty rate for taxpayers who voluntarily disclose 
unreported income from offshore accounts as was afforded Timothy 
Geithner with respect to his failure to pay self-employment taxes with 
respect to his compensation from the International Monetary Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2009 
Mr. CARTER (for himself, Mr. WESTMORELAND, and Mr. BURGESS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To provide the same penalty rate for taxpayers who volun-
tarily disclose unreported income from offshore accounts 
as was afforded Timothy Geithner with respect to his 
failure to pay self-employment taxes with respect to his 
compensation from the International Monetary Fund. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ZERO PENALTY RATE FOR OFFSHORE VOL-
UNTARY DISCLOSURE PROGRAM. 
The penalty assessed under the Internal Revenue 
Service special voluntary disclosure program for unre-
ported income from hidden offshore accounts shall not ex-
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cal year for which amounts are appropriated pursu-
ant to the authorization of appropriations under sec-
tion 8. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Such updates 
shall include the following: 
(A) Information on United States cooper-
ating agencies that are selected to assist in im-
plementing the programs authorized under sec-
tions 4 and 5. 
(B) An analysis of the positive and nega-
tive impacts the program authorized under sec-
tion 4 will have or is having on brain drain 
from the participating CARICOM countries. 
(C) A description of efforts made by the 
Secretary and the Administrator to implement 
the program authorized under section 5. 
(D) A description of the programs estab-
lished in each CARICOM country receiving as-
sistance under the program authorized under 
section 5. Such description shall include a de-
tailed explanation of the extent to which the 
program and the assistance provided are con-
tributing to the purpose of the program de-
scribed in section 5(b) in the CARICOM coun-
try. 
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(E) An evaluation of additional educational 
development goals in CARICOM countries, 
identifying those goals that could be maximized 
or achieved with United States assistance 
through the program authorized under section 
5. In addition to standard or necessary areas of 
education review, the evaluation should give at-
tention to factors affecting academic achieve-
ment, attrition, and graduation rates in 
CARICOM countries. The evaluation should 
suggest ways in which United States assistance 
can maximize success factors and address fac-
tors contributing to poor achievement. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
To carry out this Act, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 2009 through 2012. Amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under this 
section are in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4171 
To repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to extend the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2009 
Mr. TEAGUE (for himself, Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. 
KISSELL, and Mrs. HALVORSON) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury 
to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program, 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 ‘‘TARP Sunset and Fis-
cal Responsibility Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF TARP EXTENSION AUTHORITY. 
Section 120 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization 
Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5230) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘(a) TERMINATION.—’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 3. TARP FUNDS USED TO PAY DOWN NATIONAL DEBT. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all funds 
repaid, and profits paid, to the Secretary of the Treasury 
by companies in connection with assistance received under 
the Troubled Asset Relief Program under title I of the 
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 shall be 
used to pay down the national debt. 
SEC. 4. REDUCTION OF STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC 
DEBT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3101 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘minus the 
amount described in subsection (d)’’ before ‘‘, out-
standing at one time’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) The amount described in this subsection is 
$700,000,000,000 minus the amount of troubled assets 
purchased by the Secretary of the Treasury under the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program under title I of the Emer-
gency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 outstanding on 
December 31, 2009, but in no case shall the amount de-
scribed in this subsection be less than $0.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall take effect on January 1, 2010. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsequent to submission by 
the Council of a report to Congress under section 
115(c), the Board of Governors may promulgate regu-
lations that require each nonbank financial company 
supervised by the Board of Governors and bank hold-
ing companies described in subsection (a) to main-
tain a minimum amount of long-term hybrid debt 
that is convertible to equity in times of financial 
stress. 
(2) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—In establishing reg-
ulations under this subsection, the Board of Governors 
shall consider— 
(A) the results of the study undertaken by 
the Council, and any recommendations of the 
Council, under section 115(c); 
(B) an appropriate transition period for 
implementation of a conversion under this sub-
section; 
(C) the factors described in subsection 
(b)(3)(A); 
(D) capital requirements applicable to the 
nonbank financial company supervised by the 
Board of Governors or a bank holding company 
described in subsection (a), and subsidiaries 
thereof; and
ceed the penalty imposed with respect to Timothy 
Geithner’s failure to pay the tax imposed under section 
1401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 on his gross 
income derived from employment with the International 
Monetary Fund. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7795 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
ability of veterans to access and submit disability benefit 
questionnaire forms of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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ing, holding, or trading in commodity interests, 
respectively. 
‘‘(C) COMMODITY
INTERESTS.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, commodity interests 
shall include contracts of sale of a commodity for 
future delivery, options on such contracts, secu-
rity futures, swaps, leverage contracts, foreign 
exchange, spot and forward contracts on physical 
commodities, and any monies held in an account 
used for trading commodity interests.’’. 
(d) Section 5c of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 7a–2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, 5a(d),’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and section (2)(h)(7) with 
respect to significant price discovery contracts,’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
4d(c) of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4d(e)’’. 
(e) Section 5e of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 
U.S.C. 7b) is amended by striking ‘‘or revocation of the 
right of an electronic trading facility to rely on the exemp-
tion set forth in section 2(h)(3) with respect to a significant 
price discovery contract,’’.
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tional securities exchange, any security not so registered, 
or in connection with any security-based swap or security- 
based swap agreement with respect to such security creating 
actual or apparent active trading in such security, or rais-
ing or depressing the price of such security, for the purpose 
of inducing the purchase or sale of such security by others. 
‘‘(3) If a dealer, broker, security-based swap dealer, 
major security-based swap participant, or other person sell-
ing or offering for sale or purchasing or offering to purchase 
the security, a security-based swap, or a security-based 
swap agreement with respect to such security, to induce the 
purchase or sale of any security registered on a national 
securities exchange, any security not so registered, any secu-
rity-based swap, or any security-based swap agreement 
with respect to such security by the circulation or dissemi-
nation in the ordinary course of business of information 
to the effect that the price of any such security will or is 
likely to rise or fall because of market operations of any 
1 or more persons conducted for the purpose of raising or 
depressing the price of such security. 
‘‘(4) If a dealer, broker, security-based swap dealer, 
major security-based swap participant, or other person sell-
ing or offering for sale or purchasing or offering to purchase 
the security, a security-based swap, or security-based swap 
agreement with respect to such security, to make, regarding
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for hearing, that the nationally recognized statis-
tical rating organization does not have adequate 
financial and managerial resources to consist-
ently produce credit ratings with integrity. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making any 
determination under subparagraph (A), the 
Commission shall consider— 
‘‘(i) whether the nationally recognized 
statistical rating organization has failed 
over a sustained period of time, as deter-
mined by the Commission, to produce rat-
ings that are accurate for that class or sub-
class of securities; and 
‘‘(ii) such other factors as the Commis-
sion may determine.’’; 
(3) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) SEPARATION OF RATINGS FROM SALES AND 
MARKETING.— 
‘‘(A) RULES REQUIRED.—The Commission 
shall issue rules to prevent the sales and mar-
keting considerations of a nationally recognized 
statistical rating organization from influencing 
the production of ratings by the nationally recog-
nized statistical rating organization.
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services shall provide to any nationally recog-
nized statistical rating organization that pro-
duces a rating to which such services relate, 
written certification, as provided in subpara-
graph (C). 
‘‘(C) FORMAT AND CONTENT.—The Commis-
sion shall establish the appropriate format and 
content for the written certifications required 
under subparagraph (B), to ensure that pro-
viders of due diligence services have conducted a 
thorough review of data, documentation, and 
other relevant information necessary for a na-
tionally recognized statistical rating organiza-
tion to provide an accurate rating. 
‘‘(D) DISCLOSURE OF CERTIFICATION.—The 
Commission shall adopt rules requiring a na-
tionally recognized statistical rating organiza-
tion, at the time at which the nationally recog-
nized statistical rating organization produces a 
rating, to disclose the certification described in 
subparagraph (B) to the public in a manner 
that allows the public to determine the adequacy 
and level of due diligence services provided by a 
third party.
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‘‘(A) suggestions by employees of the Com-
mission for improvements in the work efficiency, 
effectiveness, and productivity, and the use of the 
resources, of the Commission; and 
‘‘(B) allegations by employees of the Com-
mission of waste, abuse, misconduct, or mis-
management within the Commission. 
‘‘(2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Inspector General 
shall maintain as confidential— 
‘‘(A) the identity of any individual who 
provides information by the means established 
under paragraph (1), unless the individual re-
quests otherwise, in writing; and 
‘‘(B) at the request of any such individual, 
any specific information provided by the indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION
OF REPORTS.—The Inspector 
General shall consider any suggestions or allegations re-
ceived by the means established under subsection (a)(1), and 
shall recommend appropriate action in relation to such sug-
gestions or allegations. 
‘‘(c) RECOGNITION.—The Inspector General may rec-
ognize any employee who makes a suggestion under sub-
section (a)(1) (or by other means) that would or does—
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7810 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 3519 East Walnut Street in Pearland, Texas, 
as the ‘‘Tom Reid Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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scribed in subsection (a)(1), or service providers 
thereto. The agreement shall include procedures 
for notice to the other agency, where feasible, 
prior to initiating a civil action to enforce any 
Federal law regarding the offering or provision 
of consumer financial products or services. 
(B) CIVIL ACTIONS.—Whenever a civil ac-
tion has been filed by, or on behalf of, the Bu-
reau or the Federal Trade Commission for any 
violation of any provision of Federal law de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), or any regulation 
prescribed under such provision of law— 
(i) the other agency may not, during 
the pendency of that action, institute a civil 
action under such provision of law against 
any defendant named in the complaint in 
such pending action for any violation al-
leged in the complaint; and 
(ii) the Bureau or the Federal Trade 
Commission may intervene as a party in 
any such action brought by the other agen-
cy, and, upon intervening— 
(I) be heard on all matters arising 
in such enforcement action; and
(2) To monitor the financial services market-
place to identify potential threats to the stability of 
the United States financial system. 
(3) To identify potential threats to the stability 
of the United States financial system that do not 
arise out of the financial services marketplace. 
(4) To develop strategies (and conduct exercises 
in furtherance of those strategies) to prepare for po-
tential threats identified under paragraphs (2) and 
(3). In doing so, the Council shall collaborate with 
participants in the financial sector, financial sector 
coordinating councils, and any other parties the 
Council determines to be appropriate. 
(5) To subject financial companies and financial 
activities to stricter prudential standards in order to 
promote financial stability and mitigate systemic 
risk in accordance with subtitle B. 
(6) To issue formal recommendations that a 
Council member agency adopt stricter prudential 
standards for firms it regulates to mitigate systemic 
risk in accordance with subtitle B of this title. 
(7) To monitor international regulatory develop-
ments, including both insurance and accounting de-
velopments, and to identify those developments that 
may conflict with the policies of the United States
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7829 
To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue 
Northwest in the District of Columbia as the ‘‘Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2020 
Mr. COHEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as 
the ‘‘Federal Bureau of Investigation Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION. 
The Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania 
Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia, commonly 
known as the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Building, shall be 
known and designated as the ‘‘Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation Building’’. 
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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7903 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to establish the 
Community Advantage Loan Program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7909 
AN ACT 
To facilitate access to child care services safely and securely 
during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7954 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef 
Conservation Act of 1998. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7990 
AN ACT 
To prioritize efforts of the Department of State to combat 
international trafficking in covered synthetic drugs and 
new psychoactive substances, 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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pursuant to this subsection and investigate the 
reason for the error. 
‘‘(B) REMEDIES.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of receipt of a notice from the 
sender pursuant to subparagraph (A), the remit-
tance transfer provider shall, as applicable to the 
error and as designated by the sender— 
‘‘(i) refund to the sender the total 
amount of funds tendered by the sender in 
connection with the remittance transfer 
which was not properly transmitted; 
‘‘(ii) make available to the designated 
recipient, without additional cost to the des-
ignated recipient or to the sender, the 
amount appropriate to resolve the error; 
‘‘(iii) provide such other remedy, as de-
termined appropriate by rule of the Board 
for the protection of senders; or 
‘‘(iv) provide written notice to the 
sender that there was no error with an ex-
planation responding to the specific com-
plaint of the sender. 
‘‘(2) RULES.—The Board shall establish, by rule 
issued not later than 1 calendar year after the date 
of enactment of the Restoring American Financial
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Stability Act of 2010, clear and appropriate stand-
ards for remittance transfer providers with respect to 
error resolution relating to remittance transfers, to 
protect senders from such errors. Standards prescribed 
under this paragraph shall include appropriate 
standards regarding record keeping, as required, in-
cluding documentation— 
‘‘(A) of the complaint of the sender; 
‘‘(B) that the sender provides the remittance 
transfer provider with respect to the alleged 
error; and 
‘‘(C) of the findings of the remittance trans-
fer provider regarding the investigation of the al-
leged error that the sender brought to their atten-
tion. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF THIS TITLE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A remittance transfer that is 
not an electronic fund transfer, as defined in section 
903, shall not be subject to any of the provisions of 
sections 905 through 913. A remittance transfer that 
is an electronic fund transfer, as defined in section 
903, shall be subject to all provisions of this title, ex-
cept for section 908, that are otherwise applicable to 
electronic fund transfers under this title.