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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4659
AN ACT 
To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset 
of certain provisions of such Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE 
USA PATRIOT ACT. 
Section 224(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening 
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to 
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) 
Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–56; 115 Stat. 295) is 
amended by striking ‘‘February 3, 2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 10, 2006’’.
Passed the House of Representatives February 1, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4659
AN ACT 
To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the 
sunset of certain provisions of such Act.
H. R. 4659
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
An Act 
To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions 
of such Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE USA 
PATRIOT ACT. 
Section 224(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by 
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct 
Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–
56; 115 Stat. 295) is amended by striking ‘‘February 3, 2006’’ 
and inserting ‘‘March 10, 2006’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
‘‘Last Payment of Benefit Terminated by Death 
‘‘(k) The amount of any individual’s monthly benefit 
under this section paid for the month in which the indi-
vidual dies shall be an amount equal to— 
‘‘(1) the amount of such benefit (as determined 
without regard to this subsection), multiplied by 
‘‘(2) a fraction— 
‘‘(A) the numerator of which is the number 
of days in such month preceding the date of 
such individual’s death, and 
‘‘(B) the denominator of which is the num-
ber of days in such month, rounded, if not a 
multiple of $1, to the next lower multiple of $1. 
This subsection shall apply with respect to such 
benefit after all other adjustments with respect 
to such benefit provided by this title have been 
made. Payment of such benefit for such month 
shall be made as provided in section 204(d).’’. 
(c) BENEFITS AT AGE 72 FOR CERTAIN UNINSURED 
INDIVIDUALS.—Section 228 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 428) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘Last Payment of Benefit Terminated by Death 
‘‘(i) The amount of any individual’s monthly benefit 
under this section paid for the month in which the indi-
vidual dies shall be an amount equal to— 
‘‘(1) the amount of such benefit (as determined 
without regard to this subsection), multiplied by 
‘‘(2) a fraction— 
‘‘(A) the numerator of which is the number 
of days in such month preceding the date of 
such individual’s death, and 
‘‘(B) the denominator of which is the num-
ber of days in such month, rounded, if not a 
multiple of $1, to the next lower multiple of $1. 
This subsection shall apply with respect to such 
benefit after all other adjustments with respect 
to such benefit provided by this title have been 
made. Payment of such benefit for such month 
shall be made as provided in section 204(d).’’. 
SEC. 4. DISREGARD OF BENEFIT FOR MONTH OF DEATH 
UNDER FAMILY MAXIMUM PROVISIONS. 
Section 203(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
403(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in applying the preceding provisions of this subsection 
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(and determining maximum family benefits under column 
V of the table in or deemed to be in section 215(a) as 
in effect in December 1978) with respect to the month 
in which the insured individual’s death occurs, the benefit 
payable to such individual for that month shall be dis-
regarded.’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to deaths occurring after the month in which this 
Act is enacted. 
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‘‘(A) clauses (i) and (iii) of subsection 
(a)(2)(A) (relating to gasoline, diesel fuel, and 
kerosene), determined after application of sub-
section (a)(2)(B) and without regard to sub-
section (a)(2)(C), and 
‘‘(B) paragraph (1) of section 4041(a) (re-
lating to diesel fuel and kerosene) with respect 
to fuel sold for use or used in a diesel-powered 
highway vehicle. 
‘‘(3) SUSPENSION
PERIOD.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘suspension period’ means 
the period beginning on May 29, 2006 (or, if later, 
the date of the enactment of this subsection) and 
ending on September 4, 2006. 
‘‘(4) MAINTENANCE OF TRUST FUND DEPOS-
ITS.—In determining the amounts to be appro-
priated to the Highway Trust Fund under section 
9503 and to the Leaking Underground Storage 
Tank Trust Fund under section 9508, an amount 
equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury 
by reason of this subsection shall be treated as taxes 
received in the Treasury under this section or sec-
tion 4041.’’. 
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would have constituted an infringement of copyright 
if this title had been applicable, is an infringement 
of the exclusive right to distribute copies or 
phonorecords under section 106, actionable under sec-
tions 501 and 506. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—This subsection does not 
apply to—’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3)(A) (as redesignated by this 
subsection) by inserting ‘‘or exportation’’ after ‘‘im-
portation’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (3)(B) (as redesignated by this 
subsection)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘importation, for the pri-
vate use of the importer’’ and inserting ‘‘impor-
tation or exportation, for the private use of the 
importer or exporter’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or departing from the 
United States’’ after ‘‘United States’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 602 of 
title 17, United States Code, is further amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘or ex-
portation’’ after ‘‘importation’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(b) In a case’’ and inserting 
‘‘(b) IMPORT PROHIBITION.—In a case’’; 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4659 
To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset of certain provisions 
of such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Select Committee on 
Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset 
of certain provisions of such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE 
USA PATRIOT ACT. 
Section 224(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening 
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to 
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) 
Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–56; 115 Stat. 295) is
amended by striking ‘‘February 3, 2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 10, 2006’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 518
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to refine the Depart-
ment of the Interior program for providing assistance 
for the conservation of neotropical migratory birds.
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 ‘‘Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Improvement Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD 
CONSERVATION ACT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 2(1) of the Neotropical Mi-
gratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101(1)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘but breed in Canada and the 
United States’’ after ‘‘the Caribbean’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—Section 3(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
6102(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Canada,’’ after 
‘‘United States,’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF CARIBBEAN.—Section 4 of such 
Act (16 U.S.C. 6103) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (3) and (5), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) CARIBBEAN.—The term ‘Caribbean’ in-
cludes Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Is-
lands.’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(4) FUND.—The term ‘Fund’ means the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Fund es-
tablished by section 9(a).’’.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF PROJECTS
TO ENHANCE 
CONSERVATION IN CANADA.—Section 5(c)(2) of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 6104(c)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘Can-
ada,’’ after ‘‘the United States,’’. 
(e) COST SHARING.—Section 5(e) of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 6104(e)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘25 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by amending subpara-
graph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) FORM OF PAYMENT.—
‘‘(i) 
PROJECTS
IN
THE
UNITED 
STATES
AND
CANADA.—The non-Federal 
share required to be paid for a project car-
ried out in the United States or Canada 
shall be paid in cash. 
‘‘(ii) PROJECTS
IN
LATIN
AMERICA 
AND
THE
CARIBBEAN.—The non-Federal 
share required to be paid for a project car-
ried out in Latin America or the Caribbean 
may be paid in cash or in kind.’’. 
(f) ADVISORY GROUP.—
(1) COMPOSITION.—Section 7(b)(1) of such Act 
(16 U.S.C. 6106(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘The advisory group as a whole
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4659 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2006 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset 
of certain provisions of such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4659 RDS 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE 
USA PATRIOT ACT. 
Section 224(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening 
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to 
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) 
Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–56; 115 Stat. 295) is 
amended by striking ‘‘February 3, 2006’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 10, 2006’’. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 465 
To provide for the establishment of a tsunami hazard mitigation program 
for all United States insular areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2005 
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of a tsunami hazard 
mitigation program for all United States insular areas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Tsunamis are very large ocean waves caused 
by underwater earthquakes or volcanic eruptions, 
which can travel thousands of miles in open water. 
(2) Tsunamis are threats to insular areas, espe-
cially in the Pacific because of its earthquake-prone 
perimeter.
(3) Local tsunamis give residents only a few 
minutes to seek safety. 
(4) Tsunamis originating in one place give resi-
dents of distant localities more time to evacuate po-
tentially-threatened areas, but better data is needed 
to accurately predict their potential to inflict damage 
in any given area. 
(5) False tsunami alerts can result in signifi-
cant costs to several communities, and reduce the se-
riousness with which future alerts will be taken. 
(6) The failure to issue tsunami alerts can be 
even more costly and can result in avoidable death 
and personal injury, as well as destruction of prop-
erty. 
(7) Once a tsunami occurs, the technology ex-
ists to analyze seismic changes in the Earth and 
changes in ocean water height to determine the di-
rection any given tsunami is traveling and the popu-
lated areas in which it may cause destruction. 
(8) The key steps to reducing damage caused 
by tsunamis are to assess the hazard, educate the 
public to the hazard, monitor the Earth’s seismic ac-
tivity on a real-time basis, and alert local govern-
ments and the public in time for them to take ap-
propriate action.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration shall establish a tsunami haz-
ard mitigation program for all United States insular areas 
to perform hazard assessment, monitoring and warning, 
and public education functions. Such program shall— 
(1) provide warnings of tsunamis, and maintain 
the equipment necessary to make such warnings; 
(2) conduct periodic tests of the tsunami warn-
ing system to ensure its operational effectiveness; 
(3) make tsunami warnings available to the 
broadest extent practicable; 
(4) establish a long-term plan to determine 
areas of possible inundation for all reasonably 
threatened insular areas of the United States; 
(5) coordinate the preparation of local evacu-
ation plans for susceptible communities; and 
(6) coordinate with and maintain membership 
in the International Tsunami Information Center. 
(b) PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES.—The Program estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall be designed for the ben-
efit of all insular areas of the United States, including 
American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, Puerto Rico, and the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Marianas Islands. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 518
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to refine 
the Department of the Interior program for pro-
viding 
assistance 
for 
the 
conservation 
of 
neotropical migratory birds.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) FLOOR STOCK REFUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If— 
(A) before the tax suspension date, tax has 
been imposed under section 4081 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 on any highway 
motor fuel, and 
(B) on such date such fuel is held by a 
dealer and has not been used and is intended 
for sale, 
there shall be credited or refunded (without interest) 
to the person who paid such tax (hereafter in this 
subsection referred to as the ‘‘taxpayer’’) an amount 
equal to the excess of the tax paid by the taxpayer 
over the tax which would be imposed on such fuel 
had the taxable event occurred on such date. 
(2) TIME FOR FILING CLAIMS.—No credit or re-
fund shall be allowed or made under this subsection 
unless— 
(A) claim therefor is filed with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury before the date which is 
6 months after the tax suspension date based 
on a request submitted to the taxpayer before 
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the date which is 3 months after the tax sus-
pension date by the dealer who held the high-
way motor fuel on such date, and 
(B) the taxpayer has repaid or agreed to 
repay the amount so claimed to such dealer or 
has obtained the written consent of such dealer 
to the allowance of the credit or the making of 
the refund. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
FUEL
HELD
IN
RETAIL 
STOCKS.—No credit or refund shall be allowed under 
this subsection with respect to any highway motor 
fuel in retail stocks held at the place where intended 
to be sold at retail. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
(A) TAX
SUSPENSION
DATE.—The term 
‘‘tax suspension date’’ means the first day of 
the suspension period in effect under section 
4081(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(as added by subsection (a) of this section). 
(B) HIGHWAY
MOTOR
FUEL.—The term 
‘‘highway motor fuel’’ has the meaning given 
such term for purposes of subsection (c). 
(C) OTHER TERMS.—The terms ‘‘dealer’’ 
and ‘‘held by a dealer’’ have the respective 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 416
AN ACT
To provide for the rectification of certain retirement coverage
errors affecting Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
meanings given to such terms by section 6412 
of such Code. 
(5) CERTAIN RULES TO APPLY.—Rules similar 
to the rules of subsections (b) and (c) of section 
6412 of such Code shall apply for purposes of this 
subsection. 
(c) FLOOR STOCKS TAX.— 
(1) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—In the case of any 
highway motor fuel which is held on the tax restora-
tion date by any person, there is hereby imposed a 
floor stocks tax equal to the excess of the tax which 
would be imposed on such fuel had the taxable event 
occurred on such date over the tax (if any) pre-
viously paid (and not credited or refunded) on such 
fuel. 
(2) LIABILITY FOR TAX AND METHOD OF PAY-
MENT.— 
(A) LIABILITY
FOR
TAX.—The person 
holding highway motor fuel on the tax restora-
tion date to which the tax imposed by para-
graph (1) applies shall be liable for such tax. 
(B) METHOD OF PAYMENT.—The tax im-
posed by paragraph (1) shall be paid in such 
manner as the Secretary shall prescribe. 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 417
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for
elections for Federal office, and for other pur-
poses.
(C) TIME
FOR
PAYMENT.—The tax im-
posed by paragraph (1) shall be paid on or be-
fore the 45th day after the tax restoration date. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
(A) TAX RESTORATION DATE.—The term 
‘‘tax restoration date’’ means the first day after 
the suspension period (as defined in section 
4081(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 
(B) HIGHWAY
MOTOR
FUEL.—The term 
‘‘highway motor fuel’’ means any liquid on 
which tax would have been imposed under sec-
tion 4081 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
during the suspension period in effect under 
section 4081(f) of such Code but for the 
amendments made by subsection (a). 
(C) HELD
BY
A
PERSON.—A highway 
motor fuel shall be considered as held by a per-
son if title thereto has passed to such person 
(whether or not delivery to the person has been 
made). 
(D) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of the Treasury or the 
Secretary’s delegate. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 518 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to refine the Department of the 
Interior program for providing assistance for the conservation of 
neotropical migratory birds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2005 
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. GILCHREST) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to refine the Depart-
ment of the Interior program for providing assistance 
for the conservation of neotropical migratory birds. 
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 ‘‘Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Improvement Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD 
CONSERVATION ACT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 2(1) of the Neotropical Mi-
gratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101(1)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘but breed in Canada and the 
United States’’ after ‘‘the Caribbean’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—Section 3(2) of the Neotropical Mi-
gratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6102(2)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘Canada,’’ after ‘‘United States,’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF CARIBBEAN.—Section 4 of the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act is amended 
by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) in order or para-
graphs (3) and (4), and by inserting paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) CARIBBEAN.—The term ‘Caribbean’ in-
cludes Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Is-
lands’’. 
(d) COST SHARING.—Section 5(e) of the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6104(e)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘25 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by amending subpara-
graph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) FORM OF PAYMENT.— 
‘‘(i) 
PROJECTS
IN
THE
UNITED 
STATES
AND
CANADA.—The non-Federal 
share required to be paid for a project car-
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 417
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
reform the financing of campaigns for elections for Fed-
eral office, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
ried out in the United States or Canada 
shall be paid in cash. 
‘‘(ii) PROJECTS
IN
LATIN
AMERICA 
AND
THE
CARIBBEAN.—The non-Federal 
share required to be paid for a project car-
ried out in Latin America or the Caribbean 
may be paid in cash or in kind.’’. 
(e) ADVISORY GROUP.— 
(1) 
REQUIREMENT
TO
CONVENE.—Section 
7(b)(1) of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 6106(b)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’. 
(2) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall convene an advisory group pursuant to the 
amendment made by paragraph (1) by not later 
than 6 months after the effective date of this Act. 
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the sched-
ule previously established by the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service for the submission, judging, and 
awarding of grants shall not be delayed by virtue of 
the convening of the advisory group. 
(3) COMPOSITION.—The advisory group as a 
whole shall have expertise in the methods and proce-
dures set forth in section 4(2) of the Neotropical Mi-
gratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C 6103(2))
given such term in section 3(44) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153(44)). 
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