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income, the mortgagor shall pay to the Secretary the 
difference between 35 percent of the mortgagor’s net 
effective income and the mortgagor’s total housing 
expense unless otherwise determined by the Sec-
retary after examining the mortgagor’s financial cir-
cumstances and ability to contribute to repayment of 
the mortgage assistance. 
(2) HOUSING EXPENSE GREATER THAN 35 PER-
CENT.—If the mortgagor’s total housing expense is 
more than 35 percent of the mortgagor’s net effec-
tive income, repayment of the mortgage assistance 
shall be deferred until the mortgagor’s total housing 
expense is less than 35 percent of the mortgagor’s 
net effective income. 
(3) WHEN MORTGAGE PAID IN FULL.—Notwith-
standing paragraphs (1) and (2), if repayment of 
mortgage assistance is not made by the date that 
the mortgage is paid in full, the mortgagor shall 
make mortgage assistance repayments in an amount 
not less than the previous regular mortgage payment 
until the mortgage assistance is repaid. 
(c) INTEREST.—Interest shall accrue on all mortgage 
assistance made under this Act at the rate determined 
monthly by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equal to 
the then current average yield on outstanding 30-year 
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House Calendar No. 145
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. RES. 396
[Report No. 107–419]
RESOLUTION
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3231)
to replace the Immigration and Naturalization
Service with the Agency for Immigration Affairs,
and for other purposes.
APRIL 24, 2002
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4841 
AN ACT 
To approve, ratify, and confirm the settlement agreement 
entered into to resolve claims by the Soboba Band of 
Luiseno Indians relating to alleged interferences with 
the water resources of the Tribe, to authorize and direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to execute and perform 
the Settlement Agreement and related waivers, and for 
other purposes.
(16) The Convention for the Amelioration of 
the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in the 
Armed Forces in the Field (August 12, 1949). 
(17) The Convention for the Amelioration of 
the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked 
Members of Armed Forces at Sea (August 12, 
1949). 
(18) The Inter-American Convention on the 
Granting of Political Rights to Women (May 2, 
1948). 
(19) The Inter-American Convention on the 
Nationality of Women (December 26, 1933). 
SEC. 4. COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.— 
The Commission shall be composed of 18 members, as fol-
lows: 
(1) Nine Members of the House of Representa-
tives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives. Five Members shall be selected from 
the majority party and four Members shall be se-
lected, after consultation with the minority leader of 
the House of Representatives, from the minority 
party. The nine Members shall include the Chairman 
and Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee 
on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
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Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the 
Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refu-
gees, Border Security, and International Law of the 
Committee on the Judiciary. 
(2) Nine Members of the Senate appointed by 
the President of the Senate. Five Members shall be 
selected from the majority party of the Senate, after 
consultation with the majority leader, and four 
Members shall be selected, after consultation with 
the minority leader of the Senate, from the minority 
party. The nine Members shall include the Chairman 
and Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee 
on International Operations and Organizations, De-
mocracy and Human Rights of the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Chairman and Ranking 
Minority Member of the Subcommittee on Human 
Rights and the Law of the Committee on the Judici-
ary. 
(b) COMMISSION CHAIRMAN AND CO-CHAIRMAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall have 
a Chairman and a Co-Chairman. 
(2) DESIGNATION OF CHAIRMAN.— 
(A) HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—Not 
later than 30 days after the convening of each 
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bonds issued by the Secretary of the Treasury under sec-
tion 3102 of title 31, United States Code, and shall accrue 
only during the period in which the mortgagor is required 
to make repayment under this section. 
(d) LIEN TO SECURE REPAYMENT
OF ASSIST-
ANCE.—Repayment of amounts owed to the Secretary 
from a mortgagor shall be secured by a mortgage lien on 
the property and by such other obligation as the Secretary 
may require. The lien or other security interest of the Sec-
retary shall not be deemed to take priority over any other 
secured lien or secured interest in effect against the mort-
gagor’s property on the date assistance payments begin. 
The Secretary may allow subordination of the mortgage 
assistance lien only if such subordination is necessary to 
permit the mortgagor to obtain a home improvement loan 
for repairs necessary to preserve the property. 
(e) TIME FOR REPAYMENT.—Payments under this 
section shall be made by the mortgagor to the Secretary 
not later than 14 days after each mortgage payment is 
due under the mortgage (or in the case of repayment after 
the mortgage has been paid in full, not later than the date 
the mortgage payments were due under the mortgage). 
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
apply: 
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(1) APPROVED
COUNSELING
AGENCY.—The 
term ‘‘approved counseling agency’’ means a non-
profit housing counseling agency approved by the 
Secretary pursuant to section 2(e). 
(2) GROSS
HOUSEHOLD
INCOME.—The term 
‘‘gross household income’’ means the total income of 
a mortgagor, the mortgagor’s spouse, children resid-
ing in the same residence as the mortgagor, and any 
other person living in such residence that is declared 
by the mortgagor as a dependent for Federal income 
tax purposes. 
(3) 
HOUSEHOLD.—The 
term 
‘‘household’’ 
means a mortgagor, the mortgagor’s spouse, chil-
dren residing in the same residence as the mort-
gagor, and any other person living in such residence 
that is declared by the mortgagor as a dependent for 
Federal income tax purposes. 
(4) HOUSING
EXPENSE.—The term ‘‘housing 
expense’’ means the sum of the mortgagor’s monthly 
maintenance, utility, and hazard insurance expense, 
taxes, and required mortgage payments, including 
escrows. 
(5) MORTGAGEE; 
MORTGAGOR.—The terms 
‘‘mortgagee’’ and ‘‘mortgagor’’ have the meanings 
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H. Res. 413
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 7, 2002.
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE ON RULES: Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts
to rank immediately after Ms. Slaughter of New York.
Attest:
Clerk.
‘‘(6)(A) The Secretary may establish regional stand-
ards for space heating and air conditioning products, other 
than window-unit air-conditioners and portable space 
heaters. For each space heating and air conditioning prod-
uct, the Secretary may establish a national minimum 
standard and two more stringent regional standards for 
regions determined to have significantly differing climatic 
conditions. Any standards set for any such region shall 
achieve the maximum level of energy savings that are tech-
nically feasible and economically justified within that re-
gion. As a preliminary step to determining the economic 
justifiability of establishing any such regional standard, 
the Secretary shall conduct a study involving stakeholders, 
including but not limited to a representative from the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology; representa-
tives of nongovernmental advocacy organizations; rep-
resentatives of product manufacturers, distributors, and 
installers; representatives of the gas and electric utility in-
dustries; and such other individuals as the Secretary may 
designate. Such study shall determine the potential bene-
fits and consequences of prescribing regional standards for 
heating and cooling products, and may, if favorable to 
such standards, constitute the evidence of economic justifi-
ability required under this Act. Regional boundaries shall 
follow State borders and only include contiguous States 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6055 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to establish requirements 
and issue a nationwide public safety broadband license, to establish 
a grant program to fund administrative and operational costs of the 
licensee, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2008 
Ms. HARMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to es-
tablish requirements and issue a nationwide public safety 
broadband license, to establish a grant program to fund 
administrative and operational costs of the licensee, 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 ‘‘Public Safety 
Broadband Authorization Act of 2008’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7278 
To suspend the beginning date for required distributions from defined con-
tribution plans based on attainment of age 701⁄2, to waive the 10 percent 
penalty on withdrawals from qualified retirement plans during 2008 
and 2009 for financial hardship, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2008 
Mr. RUPPERSBERGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend the beginning date for required distributions 
from defined contribution plans based on attainment of 
age 701⁄2, to waive the 10 percent penalty on withdrawals 
from qualified retirement plans during 2008 and 2009 
for financial hardship, 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 ‘‘Retirement Fairness 
and Emergency Relief Act of 2008’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 723 
To amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period 
for Social Security disability and the 24-month waiting period for Medi-
care benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2009 
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month 
waiting period for Social Security disability and the 24- 
month waiting period for Medicare benefits in the cases 
of individuals with disabling burn injuries. 
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 ‘‘Social Security and 
Medicare Improved Burn Injury Treatment Access Act of 
2009’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 725 
AN ACT 
To protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement 
of applicable criminal proceedings, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 729 
AN ACT 
To help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off- 
premises field trips. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
II 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5469
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 8, 2002
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to 
the statutory license for webcasting, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 72 
To increase global stability and security for the United States and the inter-
national community by reducing the number of individuals who are 
de jure or de facto stateless and at risk of being trafficked. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To increase global stability and security for the United States 
and the international community by reducing the number 
of individuals who are de jure or de facto stateless and 
at risk of being trafficked. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. 
It is the purpose of this Act to increase global sta-
bility and security for the United States and the inter-
national community and decrease trafficking and discrimi-
nation by reducing the number of individuals who are de 
jure or de facto stateless and as a consequence are unable 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended as fol-
lows: 
(A) In section 1450, by striking subsection 
(c). 
(B) In section 1451(c)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec-
tively. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such sub-
chapter is further amended as follows: 
(A) In section 1450— 
(i) by striking subsection (e); and 
(ii) by striking subsection (k). 
(B) In section 1451(g)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (C). 
(C) In section 1452— 
(i) in subsection (f)(2), by striking 
‘‘does not apply—’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘does not apply in the case 
of a deduction made through administra-
tive error.’’; and 
(ii) by striking subsection (g). 
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(D) In section 1455(c), by striking ‘‘, 
1450(k)(2),’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON RETROACTIVE BENEFITS.—No 
benefits may be paid to any person for any period before 
the effective date provided under subsection (f) by reason 
of the amendments made by subsection (a). 
(c) PROHIBITION
ON RECOUPMENT
OF CERTAIN 
AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY REFUNDED
TO SBP RECIPI-
ENTS.—A surviving spouse who is or has been in receipt 
of an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan under sub-
chapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, 
that is in effect before the effective date provided under 
subsection (f) and that is adjusted by reason of the 
amendments made by subsection (a) and who has received 
a refund of retired pay under section 1450(e) of title 10, 
United States Code, shall not be required to repay such 
refund to the United States. 
(d) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR OPTIONAL ANNUITY 
FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—Section 1448(d)(2) of 
such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘DEPENDENT
CHILDREN.—’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘In the case of a mem-
ber described in paragraph (1),’’ and inserting ‘‘DE-
PENDENT CHILDREN.—In the case of a member de-
scribed in paragraph (1),’’; and 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3588 
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission with greater authority to require recalls, mandatory 
routine product testing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 
Mr. KING of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater au-
thority to require recalls, mandatory routine product 
testing, 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 ‘‘Family Product Safety 
Protection Act’’. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3589 
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment assistance 
to certain service workers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 
Mr. KING of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend trade adjustment 
assistance to certain service workers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSIST-
ANCE TO SERVICES SECTOR. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR WORKERS.—Sec-
tion 221(a)(1)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2271(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘firm)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘firm, and workers in a service sector firm or subdivi-
sion of a service sector firm)’’. 
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(2) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(e) RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PREVIOUSLY 
ELIGIBLE SPOUSES.—The Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned shall restore annuity eligibility to any 
eligible surviving spouse who, in consultation with the Sec-
retary, previously elected to transfer payment of such an-
nuity to a surviving child or children under the provisions 
of section 1448(d)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 
as in effect on the day before the effective date provided 
under subsection (f). Such eligibility shall be restored 
whether or not payment to such child or children subse-
quently was terminated due to loss of dependent status 
or death. For the purposes of this subsection, an eligible 
spouse includes a spouse who was previously eligible for 
payment of such annuity and is not remarried, or remar-
ried after having attained age 55, or whose second or sub-
sequent marriage has been terminated by death, divorce 
or annulment. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The sections and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the later 
of— 
(1) the first day of the first month that begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(2) the first day of the fiscal year that begins 
in the calendar year in which this Act is enacted. 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5499
AN ACT
To reauthorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of
severely distressed public housing, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(b) GROUP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
222 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2272) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘agricultural firm)’’ and inserting 
‘‘agricultural firm, and workers in a service sec-
tor firm or subdivision of a service sector 
firm)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘like 
or directly competitive with articles 
produced’’ and inserting ‘‘or services 
like or directly competitive with arti-
cles produced or services provided’’; 
and 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii)(III), by 
striking the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
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‘‘(C)(i) there has been a shift, by such 
workers’ firm or subdivision to a foreign coun-
try, in provision of services like or directly com-
petitive with services which are provided by 
such firm or subdivision; or 
‘‘(ii) such workers’ firm or subdivision has 
obtained or is likely to obtain services described 
in clause (i) from a foreign country.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘agricultural firm)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘agricultural firm, and workers in a service 
sector firm or subdivision of a service sector firm)’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(or subdivision)’’ after 
‘‘such other firm’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, if the certification’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘Mexico’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 247 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2319) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(18) The term ‘service sector firm’ means an 
entity engaged in the business of providing informa-
tion technology or other high technology services.’’. 
Æ 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5504
AN ACT
To provide for the improvement of the safety of child re-
straints in passenger motor vehicles, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
IA 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 52 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to tempo-
rarily fill mass vacancies in the House of Representatives and the Senate 
and to preserve the right of the people to elect their Representatives 
and Senators in Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2009 
Mr. BAIRD (for himself and Mr. ROHRABACHER) introduced the following 
joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to temporarily fill mass vacancies in the House 
of Representatives and the Senate and to preserve the 
right of the people to elect their Representatives and 
Senators in Congress. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5512
AN ACT
To provide for an adjustment of the boundaries of Mount
Rainier National Park, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,