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•HRES 135 EH
(3) provide recommendations to the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment regarding the provision of material assistance, such
as modern automation and office systems, information
technology, and library supplies, that the Commission
determines is needed by the parliament of a selected
country in order to improve the efficiency and trans-
parency of its work, and to oversee the provision of such
assistance.
(b) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out the activi-
ties described in subsection (a), the Commission shall
conduct on an annual basis (or more frequently if nec-
essary) a study on the feasibility of programs of assist-
ance for parliaments of countries described in paragraph
(2) for the purpose of strengthening the parliamentary
infrastructure of such countries. The Commission shall
designate those countries described in paragraph (2)
with respect to which a study will be conducted under
this subsection. The study shall assess—
(A) the independent and substantive role that
each parliament plays, or could reasonably be ex-
pected to play, in the legislative process and govern-
ment oversight;
•HRES 135 EH
(B) the potential benefit to each parliament of
expert advice from Members and staff of the House
of Representatives in areas such as the development
of research services and legislative information sys-
tems, parliamentary procedure, committee oper-
ations, budget process, government oversight, and
constituent services; and
(C) the need in each parliament for material
assistance, such as modern automation and office
systems, information technology, and research ma-
terials, in order to improve efficiency and trans-
parency.
(2) COUNTRIES
DESCRIBED.—The countries re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) are countries that have estab-
lished or are developing democratic parliaments which
would benefit from assistance described in this resolu-
tion.
(3) SENSE
OF
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—It is the sense of the House of Representatives
that the countries described in paragraph (2) with re-
spect to which studies will be conducted under this sub-
section should reflect a geographic diversity and over
time should include countries from each of the following
regions: Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, the Middle
East and Central Asia, and the Western Hemisphere.
III 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 139 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 6, 2009 
Received and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the first graduating class of the United 
States Air Force Academy on their 50th graduation an-
niversary and recognizing their contributions to the Na-
tion. 
Whereas, on April 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower 
signed legislation establishing the United States Air 
Force Academy to prepare young men for careers as Air 
Force officers; 
Whereas, on July 11, 1955, the first class entered the Air 
Force Academy, attending classes in temporary facilities 
at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado; 
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(4) SELECTED
COUNTRIES.—From the countries
studied, the Commission shall select one or more par-
liaments that it recommends should receive assistance
under the provisions of this resolution, based on the cri-
teria in paragraph (1). Assistance may be provided
under the provisions of this resolution to a parliament
selected under this paragraph only if the parliament first
expresses to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives an interest to receive such assistance.
(c) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30,
2005, and each September 30 thereafter until September
30, 2009, the Commission shall prepare and submit to
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minor-
ity Leader of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on International Relations and other appropriate
House committees, the Office of Interparliamentary Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives, and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, an annual report on the following:
(A) RESULTS OF STUDY.—The results of the
study conducted pursuant to subsection (b).
(B) COMMISSION ACTIVITIES.—In accordance
with the results of such study, a review of the ac-
tivities of the Commission in the previous year and
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 749 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide expanded access for 
persons in the field of membership of a Federal credit union to money 
order, check cashing, and money transfer services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2005 
Mr. GERLACH (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. 
KANJORSKI, and Mr. GUTIERREZ) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide expanded 
access for persons in the field of membership of a Fed-
eral credit union to money order, check cashing, and 
money transfer services. 
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 ‘‘Expanded Access to 
Financial Services Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. CHECK CASHING AND MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES 
OFFERED WITHIN THE FIELD OF MEMBER-
SHIP. 
Paragraph (12) of section 107 of the Federal Credit 
Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1757(12)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(12) in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Board— 
‘‘(A) to sell, to persons in the field of 
membership, negotiable checks (including trav-
elers checks), money orders, and other similar 
money transfer instruments (including elec-
tronic fund transfers); and 
‘‘(B) to cash checks and money orders and 
receive electronic fund transfers for persons in 
the field of membership for a fee;’’. 
Æ
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a proposal for the activities of the Commission in
the following year, as described in subsection (a).
(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
‘‘other appropriate House committees’’ means the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on House Ad-
ministration, and the Committee on Rules of the House
of Representatives.
SEC. 6. ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELA-
TIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall carry out the
duties described in section 5 using the staff and resources of
the Committee on International Relations, including the use
of consultants, such as individuals with expertise in develop-
ment of democratic parliaments, legislative systems manage-
ment, legislative research, parliamentary procedure, related
legislative matters, and technology systems management, as
appropriate.
(b) PARTICIPATION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOY-
EES.—At the request of the Commission, the head of any
House office or congressional support agency may assist the
work of the Commission by—
(1) detailing personnel of that office to the staff of
the Committee on International Relations; or
(2) authorizing personnel of that office to partici-
pate in activities of the Commission.
•HRES 135 EH
SEC. 7. TERMINATION.
The Commission shall terminate on September 30, 2009.
Attest:
Clerk.
•HRES 790 IH 
the prayer and complaint of souls boiling over with the 
bitterest anguish. Every tone was a testimony against 
slavery and a prayer to God for deliverance from 
chains. . . .’’; and 
Whereas the American Folklife Preservation Act (Public Law 
94–201; 20 U.S.C. 2101 note) finds that ‘‘the diversity 
inherent in American folklife has contributed greatly to 
the cultural richness of the nation and has fostered a 
sense of individuality and identity among the American 
people.’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes that African American spirituals 
are a poignant and powerful genre of music that 
have become one of the most significant segments of 
American music in existence; 
(2) expresses the deepest gratitude, recognition, 
and honor to the former enslaved Africans in the 
United States for their gifts to our Nation, including 
their original music and oral history; and 
(3) requests that the President issue a procla-
mation that reflects on the important contribution of 
African American spirituals to American history, 
and naming the African American spiritual a na-
tional treasure. 
Æ 
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IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 749 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 27, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide expanded 
access for persons in the field of membership of a Fed-
eral credit union to money order, check cashing, and 
money transfer services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 749 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanded Access to 
Financial Services Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. CHECK CASHING AND MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES 
OFFERED WITHIN THE FIELD OF MEMBER-
SHIP. 
Paragraph (12) of section 107 of the Federal Credit 
Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1757(12)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(12) in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Board— 
‘‘(A) to sell, to persons in the field of 
membership, negotiable checks (including trav-
elers checks), money orders, and other similar 
money transfer instruments (including inter-
national and domestic electronic fund trans-
fers); and 
‘‘(B) to cash checks and money orders and 
receive international and domestic electronic 
fund transfers for persons in the field of mem-
bership for a fee;’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 26, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 791 
Recognizing the establishment of Hunters for the Hungry programs across 
the United States and the contributions of those programs’ efforts to 
decrease hunger and help feed those in need. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2006 
Mr. GINGREY (for himself and Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the establishment of Hunters for the Hungry 
programs across the United States and the contributions 
of those programs’ efforts to decrease hunger and help 
feed those in need. 
Whereas Hunters for the Hungry programs are cooperative 
efforts among hunters, sportsmen’s associations, meat 
processors, State meat inspectors, and hunger relief orga-
nizations to help feed those in need; 
Whereas during the past three years Hunters for the Hungry 
programs have brought hundreds of thousands of pounds 
of venison to homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and food 
banks; and 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 19 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 749 
[Report No. 109–38] 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide expanded access for 
persons in the field of membership of a Federal credit union to money 
order, check cashing, and money transfer services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2005 
Mr. GERLACH (for himself, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. 
KANJORSKI, and Mr. GUTIERREZ) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
APRIL 12, 2005 
Additional sponsor: Mr. BACA 
APRIL 12, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide expanded 
access for persons in the field of membership of a Fed-
eral credit union to money order, check cashing, and 
money transfer services.
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 ‘‘Expanded Access to 
Financial Services Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. CHECK CASHING AND MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES 
OFFERED WITHIN THE FIELD OF MEMBER-
SHIP. 
Paragraph (12) of section 107 of the Federal Credit 
Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1757(12)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(12) in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Board—
‘‘(A) to sell, to persons in the field of 
membership, negotiable checks (including trav-
elers checks), money orders, and other similar 
money
transfer
instruments
(including
elec-
tronic fund transfers); and 
‘‘(B) to cash checks and money orders and 
receive electronic fund transfers for persons in 
the field of membership for a fee;’’.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanded Access to Fi-
nancial Services Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. CHECK CASHING AND MONEY TRANSFER SERVICES 
OFFERED WITHIN THE FIELD OF MEMBER-
SHIP. 
Paragraph (12) of section 107 of the Federal Credit 
Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1757(12)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(12) in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Board—
‘‘(A) to sell, to persons in the field of mem-
bership, negotiable checks (including travelers 
checks), money orders, and other similar money 
transfer instruments (including international 
and domestic electronic fund transfers); and 
‘‘(B) to cash checks and money orders and 
receive international and domestic electronic 
fund transfers for persons in the field of member-
ship for a fee;’’.
Union Calendar No. 19
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 749
[Report No. 109–38] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide 
expanded access for persons in the field of mem-
bership of a Federal credit union to money order, 
check cashing, and money transfer services. 
APRIL 12, 2005
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 74 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to impose limitations 
on wetlands mitigation activities carried out through the condemnation 
of private property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to impose 
limitations on wetlands mitigation activities carried out 
through the condemnation of private property. 
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 ‘‘Rural America Protec-
tion Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 
2. 
LIMITATIONS 
ON 
WETLANDS 
MITIGATION 
THROUGH CONDEMNATION. 
Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(u) LIMITATIONS
ON
WETLANDS
MITIGATION 
THROUGH CONDEMNATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or the State 
(in the case of a State administering a permit pro-
gram approved under this section) may not issue a 
permit under this section to a Federal, State, or 
local entity where compliance with this section is 
based on a permit condition requiring mitigation of 
adverse impacts to wetlands through the acquisition 
of private property for the creation, restoration, or 
protection of wetlands if— 
‘‘(A) the property is being acquired by con-
demnation; and 
‘‘(B) the property is located outside the 
United States Geological Survey 8-digit code 
cataloging unit (as defined by the Hydrologic 
Unit Map of the United States (U.S.G.S. 
1980)) in which the wetland to be impacted by 
the permitted activity is located. 
‘‘(2) COMPENSATION
OF
PRIVATE
PROPERTY 
OWNERS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary or the State may issue a permit under this 
section in the circumstance described in paragraph 
(1) if the Federal, State, or local entity acquiring 
the property by condemnation provides to the owner 
of the property compensation in an amount that 
equals or exceeds the greater of— 
‘‘(A) the fair market value of the property; 
or 
‘‘(B) the average fair market value of a 
parcel of property of the size of the property 
being acquired in the United States Geological 
Survey cataloging unit in which the wetland to 
be impacted by the permitted activity is lo-
cated.’’. 
Æ
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tion to a parliament selected under this paragraph 
only if the parliament first expresses to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives an interest to re-
ceive such assistance. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 
30, 2005, and each September 30 thereafter until 
September 30, 2009, the Commission shall prepare 
and submit to the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Minority Leader of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on International Re-
lations and other appropriate House committees, the 
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs of the House of 
Representatives, and the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, an annual report on the following: 
(A) RESULTS OF STUDY.—The results of 
the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b). 
(B) COMMISSION ACTIVITIES.—In accord-
ance with the results of such study, a review of 
the activities of the Commission in the previous 
year and a proposal for the activities of the 
Commission in the following year, as described 
in subsection (a).
I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3739
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide all taxpayers with
a 50 percent deduction for capital gains, to index the basis of certain
capital assets, and to allow the capital loss deduction for losses on
the sale or exchange of an individual’s principal residence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1994
Mr. ARCHER (for himself, Mr. CRANE, Mr. THOMAS of California, Mr. SHAW,
Mr. SUNDQUIST, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr.
HERGER, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. CAMP, and Mr. ZIMMER)
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 provide
all taxpayers with a 50 percent deduction for capital
gains, to index the basis of certain capital assets, and
to allow the capital loss deduction for losses on the
sale or exchange of an individual’s principal residence.
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 ‘‘Capital Formation and
Jobs Creation Act of 1994’’.
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts allotted to a State pursuant to 
this section— 
‘‘(A) for each of fiscal years 1998 through 
2007, shall remain available for expenditure by 
the State through the end of the second suc-
ceeding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, shall remain available for ex-
penditure by the State through the end of the 
succeeding fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
AMOUNTS
REDISTRIB-
UTED.—Amounts redistributed to a State under sub-
section (f) shall be available for expenditure by the 
State through the end of the fiscal year in which 
they are redistributed.’’. 
SEC. 106. MAKING PERMANENT REDISTRIBUTION OF UN-
USED FISCAL YEAR 2005 ALLOTMENTS TO AD-
DRESS STATE FUNDING SHORTFALLS; CON-
FORMING EXTENSION OF QUALIFYING STATE 
AUTHORITY; REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED 
ALLOTMENTS 
FOR 
SUBSEQUENT 
FISCAL 
YEARS. 
(a) REDISTRIBUTION
OF UNUSED FISCAL YEAR 
2005 ALLOTMENTS; EXTENSION OF QUALIFYING STATE 
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(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: — 
‘‘(a) FUNDING RULES.— 
‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants from 
the amount appropriated under section 404G for a 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall take into consider-
ation— 
‘‘(A) the geographic distribution of such 
awards; and 
‘‘(B) the distribution of such awards be-
tween urban and rural applicants. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary shall annu-
ally reevaluate the distribution of funds described in 
paragraph (1) based on number, quality, and promise 
of the applications.’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b), (e), and (f); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (g) 
as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 
awarded under this chapter shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds that 
would otherwise be expended to carry out activities assisted 
under this chapter.’’.
•HRES 135 IH 
(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘other appropriate House committees’’ means the 
Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
House Administration, and the Committee on Rules 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 6. ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RE-
LATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall carry out 
the duties described in section 5 using the staff and re-
sources of the Committee on International Relations, in-
cluding the use of consultants, such as individuals with 
expertise in development of democratic parliaments, legis-
lative systems management, legislative research, par-
liamentary procedure, related legislative matters, and 
technology systems management, as appropriate. 
(b) PARTICIPATION OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EM-
PLOYEES.—At the request of the Commission, the head 
of any House office or congressional support agency may 
assist the work of the Commission by— 
(1) detailing personnel of that office to the staff 
of the Committee on International Relations; or 
(2) authorizing personnel of that office to par-
ticipate in activities of the Commission.
•HRES 867 IH 
Whereas James Cameron founded America’s Black Holocaust 
Museum (the Museum) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the only 
memorial in the United States to victims of lynching and 
racial violence; 
Whereas Mr. Cameron was the last living survivor of a lynch-
ing until his death on June 11, 2006, at age 92; 
Whereas the Senate recognized Mr. Cameron as the Nation’s 
oldest living lynching victim in June 2005 and formally 
apologized for its failure to outlaw lynching, which killed 
more than 4,700 people from 1882 to 1968, three-fourths 
of whom were black; 
Whereas seven United States Presidents called for lynching 
to be outlawed, and the House of Representatives passed 
bans three times in the early twentieth century, only to 
have the Senate kill each of them with a filibuster, one 
that lasted six weeks; 
Whereas in Marion, Indiana in 1930, when he was 16 years 
old, Mr. Cameron and two friends, Abe Smith (age 19) 
and Tommy Shipp (age 18), were falsely accused of kill-
ing a white man and raping his girlfriend; 
Whereas after the arrest of the three men, a mob broke into 
the jail where they were being held and tried to lynch 
them; 
Whereas the mob lynched Mr. Smith and Mr. Shipp but mi-
raculously spared Mr. Cameron’s life; 
Whereas Mr. Cameron was beaten into signing a false confes-
sion, was convicted in 1931, and was paroled in 1935; 
Whereas the governor of Indiana pardoned Mr. Cameron in 
1993 and apologized to him; 
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