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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2920 
To establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. CLARKE of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund. 
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 ‘‘Detroit Jobs Trust 
Fund Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DETROIT JOBS TRUST FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 9512. DETROIT JOBS TRUST FUND. 
‘‘(a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund 
to be known as the ‘Detroit Jobs Trust Fund’, consisting 
of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to 
such fund as provided in this section or section 9602(b). 
‘‘(b) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—There are here-
by appropriated to the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund amounts 
equivalent to receipts in the Treasury of taxes imposed 
under this title (with respect to periods after the date of 
the enactment of this section) which are (as determined 
by the Secretary) attributable to Detroit, Michigan. 
‘‘(c) EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, amounts in the Detroit Jobs 
Development Fund shall (without need of any fur-
ther appropriation) be distributed annually by the 
Secretary to the city of Detroit, Michigan to carry-
out the purposes described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
EXPENDITURES.—Amounts dis-
tributed to the city of Detroit, Michigan under this 
section shall be used for the following purposes and 
in the following order of priority: 
‘‘(A) 
To 
the 
extent 
of 
the 
first 
$378,256,650 distributed with respect the an-
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supplement, and not supplant, any other funding 
(including any Federal funding) for such city. 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—No amount shall be distributed 
from, or appropriated to, the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund 
after the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. Any amounts remaining in such Trust 
Fund at the end of such period shall be transferred to 
the general fund of the Treasury.’’. 
(b) The table of sections for subchapter A of chapter 
98 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 9512. Detroit Jobs Trust Fund.’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2923 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a Quality Assurance Surveil-
lance Plan for security contractors operating in Afghanistan and in 
support of other contingency operations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a Quality 
Assurance Surveillance Plan for security contractors op-
erating in Afghanistan and in support of other contin-
gency operations. 
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 ‘‘Josh Birchfield Secu-
rity Contractor Oversight Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN FOR SE-
CURITY CONTRACTORS OPERATING IN AF-
GHANISTAN AND IN SUPPORT OF OTHER 
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish a plan to be known as a ‘‘Quality Assurance Sur-
veillance Plan’’ setting standards that must be incor-
porated in Department of Defense oversight plans gov-
erning all security contractors operating in Afghanistan, 
and other future contingency operations, under a contract 
or subcontract funded by the Department of Defense. The 
Secretary shall designate a single appropriate official sta-
tioned in the country of operations to review each security 
contract or subcontract involving security contractors 
funded by the Department of Defense for compliance with 
the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. Such official 
shall certify that the official has reviewed the oversight 
plan for that contract, that the oversight plan is appro-
priate for that contract, that there is an appropriate num-
ber of appropriately trained personnel available to oversee 
that contract, and confirm that any and all licenses and 
permits required by the security contractor and its em-
ployees have been reviewed and verified as current and au-
thentic. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—These re-
quirements under subsection (a) shall be implemented by 
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not later than six months after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(c) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL
ASSESSMENT.—The 
Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct 
an assessment the Department of Defense’s compliance 
with this section and, not later than 6 months after the 
requirements of this section are implemented pursuant to 
subsection (b), shall submit to Congress a report on such 
assessment. 
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‘‘(1) MENTAL
CAPACITY.—The defendant’s
mental capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of
his conduct or to conform his conduct to the require-
ments of law was significantly impaired, regardless
of whether the capacity was so impaired as to con-
stitute a defense to the charge.
‘‘(2) DURESS.—The defendant was under un-
usual and substantial duress, regardless of whether
the duress was of such a degree as to constitute a
defense to the charge.
‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION IN OFFENSE MINOR.—The
defendant’s paticipation in the offense, which was
committed by another, was relatively minor, regard-
less of whether the participation was so minor as to
constitute a defense to the charge.
The jury, or if there is no jury, the court, shall consider
whether any other aspect of the defendant’s background,
character or record or any other circumstance of the of-
fense that the defendant may proffer as a mitigating fac-
tor exists.
‘‘(b) AGGRAVATING FACTORS FOR ESPIONAGE AND
TREASON.—In determining whether a sentence of death
is justified for an offense described in section 3591(1), the
jury, or if there is no jury, the court, shall consider each
I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2321
To provide comprehensive crime control measures.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 1993
Mr. SANGMEISTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide comprehensive crime control measures.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Comprehensive Violent Crime Control Act of 1993’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
TITLE I—DEATH PENALTY
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Death penalty procedures.
Sec. 103. Conforming amendment relating to destruction of aircraft or aircraft
facilities.
Sec. 104. Conforming amendment relating to espionage.
Sec. 105. Conforming amendment relating to transporting explosives.
Sec. 106. Conforming amendment relating to malicious destruction of Federal
property by explosives.
(A) by striking ‘‘Board, upon its’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary or 
the Bureau’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘its’’. 
SEC. 8. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The Act is further amended— 
(1) in section 12, by striking ‘‘Board or any of 
its’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary or the Bureau or any 
of their’’; 
(2) in section in section 14(c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Board, in its discretion’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Secretary or the Bureau, as the 
case may be, in their discretion’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Board’’ the second, third, 
and fourth places it appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary or the Bureau’’; and 
(3) in section 18, by striking ‘‘National Labor 
Relations Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2927 
To give priority to local and State artists when selecting appropriate artwork 
for Federal buildings. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To give priority to local and State artists when selecting 
appropriate artwork for Federal buildings. 
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 ‘‘Hometown Artists Act 
of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. SELECTION OF ARTISTS FOR GSA ART-IN-ARCHI-
TECTURE PROGRAM. 
(a) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL AND STATE ARTISTS.—To 
the maximum extent practicable, the Administrator of the 
General Service Administration (hereinafter referred to in 
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this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall give priority to 
local and State artists when selecting appropriate artwork 
for Federal buildings. 
(b) EXCEPTION FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—Sub-
section (a) shall not apply to artwork selected for Federal 
buildings located in the District of Columbia. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
by rule amend such Federal regulations as required to 
make such regulations consistent with this section. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2928 
To provide relief to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for settlement of 
certain claims against the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. KILDEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To provide relief to the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada for 
settlement of certain claims against the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS. 
(a) 
AUTHORIZATION
FOR
PAYMENT.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, subject to subsection 
(b), the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the 
Pottawatomi Nation in Canada $1,830,000 from amounts 
appropriated under section 1304 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
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(b) PAYMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH STIPULATION 
FOR RECOMMENDATION OF SETTLEMENT.—The payment 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) be made in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of the Stipulation for Recommendation of 
Settlement dated May 22, 2000, entered into be-
tween the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada and the 
United States (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Stipulation for Recommendation of Settlement’’); 
and 
(2) be included in the report of the Chief Judge 
of the United States Court of Federal Claims re-
garding Congressional Reference No. 94–1037X, 
submitted to the Senate on January 4, 2001, in ac-
cordance with sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
(c) FULL SATISFACTION OF CLAIMS.—The payment 
under subsection (a) shall be in full satisfaction of all 
claims of the Pottawatomi Nation in Canada against the 
United States that are referred to or described in the Stip-
ulation for Recommendation of Settlement. 
(d) NONAPPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use 
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or Distribution Act (25 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) does not 
apply to the payment under subsection (a). 
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(H) Prairie Island Sioux Tribe of Minnesota;
(I) Rosebud Sioux Tribe;
(J) Shakopee-Mdewakanton Sioux Tribe of
Minnesota;
(K) Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe;
(L) Standing Rock Sioux Tribe;
(M) Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska;
(N) Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation;
(O) Upper Sioux Tribe of Minnesota;
(P) Yankton Sioux Tribe; and
(Q) Sioux Tribes of Canada
shall be exempt from the payment of any fees for admis-
sion into the park.
(2) The Secretary shall collect the admission fee from
all other persons entering the park. All fees collected shall
be disbursed yearly to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and
Oglala Sioux Tribe on a proportional basis as follows:
(A) An equivalent yearly lease payment shall be
paid to each tribe for tribal lands leased to the Sec-
retary under section 4.
(B) The remainder of each tribe’s respective
share shall be paid to the Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribal College and the Oglala Lakota College to be
used for scholarships for tribal members attending
such colleges.
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HR 2333 EAS
lift the United States trade embargo against Vietnam
expeditiously; and
(7) moveover, as the United States and Vietnam
move toward normalization of relations, the Govern-
ment of Vietnam should demonstrate further improve-
ments in meeting internationally recognized stand-
ards of human rights.
SEC. 719. STUDY OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAM EFFECTIVE-
NESS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the National Endowment for Democracy will
fund $35,000,000 in democracy development pro-
grams overseas in fiscal year 1994;
(2) the Agency for International Development
will fund approximately $400,000,000 worth of de-
mocracy development programs overseas in fiscal year
1994;
(3) it is in the interest of the United States to
have a coordinated approach to the funding of inter-
national democracy programs supported by United
States Government funds;
(4) both the Agency for International Develop-
ment and the National Endowment for Democracy
have funded overlapping programs in the same coun-
try; and
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2929 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide an exception 
to that Act for actions carried out against grizzly bears in self-defense, 
defense of others, or a reasonable belief of imminent danger. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. LABRADOR (for himself and Mr. SIMPSON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide 
an exception to that Act for actions carried out against 
grizzly bears in self-defense, defense of others, or a rea-
sonable belief of imminent danger. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 
1973 FOR SELF-DEFENSE, DEFENSE OF OTH-
ERS, OR REASONABLE BELIEF OF IMMINENT 
DANGER REGARDING GRIZZLY BEARS. 
Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1539) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(k) SELF-DEFENSE, DEFENSE
OF OTHERS, OR 
REASONABLE BELIEF OF IMMINENT DANGER REGARDING 
GRIZZLY BEARS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law (including regulations), the provisions of this Act shall 
not apply with respect to the taking of any grizzly bear 
by an individual who demonstrates to the Secretary by a 
preponderance of the evidence that the individual carried 
out the taking as a result of— 
‘‘(1) self-defense; 
‘‘(2) defense of another individual; or 
‘‘(3) a reasonable belief of imminent danger 
posed by the grizzly bear to any individual.’’. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2322
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify
that certain footwear assembled in CBI beneficiary countries is excluded
from duty-free treatment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 27, 1993
Ms. SNOWE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States to clarify that certain footwear assembled in CBI
beneficiary countries is excluded from duty-free treat-
ment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF FOOTWEAR AND LEATHER-RE-
LATED PRODUCTS.
U.S. Note 2 to subchapter II of chapter 98 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (b), by inserting ‘‘footwear,
leather-related products,’’ after ‘‘apparel article,’’;
(2) by striking the flush sentence following sub-
paragraph (ii); and
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(c) As used in this note—
‘‘(i) the term ‘beneficiary country’ means a
country listed in general note 3(c)(v)(A); and
‘‘(ii) the term ‘leather-related products’ means
articles of handbags, luggage, flat goods, work
gloves, and leather wearing apparel described in sec-
tion 213(h)(1) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Re-
covery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(h)(1)).’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by section
1 apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION TO TERMINATION OF
PREVIOUS SUSPENSION.—Notwithstanding section 514 of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other pro-
vision of law, upon proper request filed with the appro-
priate customs officer before the 90th day after the date
of the enactment of this Act, any entry, or withdrawal
from warehouse for consumption, of any good described
in the amendments made by section 1 shall, if such entry
or withdrawal was made—
(1) after September 30, 1992; and
(2) before the 15th day after the date of the en-
actment of this Act;
be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or with-
drawal occurred on the 15th day after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
Æ
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY PRINTING OF 
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS FOR USE OF OF-
FICES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF MANDATORY PRINTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
706 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 706A. Prohibiting printing of bills and resolutions 
for use of offices of Members of Congress 
‘‘(a) NO PRINTING PERMITTED.—The Public Printer 
shall make bills and resolutions available for the use of 
offices of Members of Congress only in an electronic for-
mat which is accessible through the Internet. 
‘‘(b) MEMBER OF CONGRESS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, a ‘Member of Congress’ means a Senator or a Rep-
resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 706 
of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There shall be printed’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Subject to 
section 706A, there shall be printed’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Of concurrent and simple 
resolutions’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to section 
706A, of concurrent and simple resolutions’’.
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions of chapter 7 of such title is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 706 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘706A. Prohibiting printing of bills and resolutions for use of offices of Mem-
bers of Congress.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect upon the expiration of the 3- 
month period which begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 18, 
2011. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 292 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate 
the mandatory printing of bills and resolutions 
for the use of offices of Members of Congress.