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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2189 
AN ACT 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney General cer-
tain information regarding the deaths of individuals in 
the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 
2. 
POLITICALLY-ORIENTED 
RECORDED 
MESSAGE 
CALLS PROHIBITED. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commis-
sion shall revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the 
Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310.1 et seq.) to 
prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone 
calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF POLITICALLY-ORIENTED RE-
CORDED MESSAGE CALLS.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘politically-oriented recorded message telephone 
call’’ means any outbound telephone call— 
(1) in which a person is not available to speak 
with the person answering the call, and the call in-
stead plays a recorded message; and 
(2) whose purpose is to promote, advertise, 
campaign, or solicit donations, for or against any po-
litical candidate or regarding any political issue, or 
uses in the recorded message any political can-
didate’s name. 
Æ 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1933
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, to extend
such Commission, and to support the planning
and performance of national service opportunities
in conjunction with the Federal legal holiday
honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3730 
To establish a United States-India interparliamentary exchange group. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 2, 2007 
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To establish a United States-India interparliamentary 
exchange group. 
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 ‘‘United States-India 
Interparliamentary Exchange Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. UNITED STATES-INDIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY EX-
CHANGE GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MEETINGS.—There is es-
tablished a United States-India Interparliamentary Ex-
change Group. Not to exceed 12 Members of Congress 
shall be appointed to meet annually and when Congress 
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(h) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion— 
(1) the term ‘‘base period’’ means the total 
sales of Federal Prison Industries during the period 
October 1, 2003, and September 30, 2004 (Fiscal 
Year 2004); 
(2) the term ‘‘business sectors’’ means the 
seven product/service business groups identified in 
the 2004 Federal Prison Industries annual report as 
the Clothing and Textiles Business Group, the Elec-
tronics Business Group, the Fleet Management and 
Vehicular Components Business Group, the Indus-
trial Products Business Group, the Office Furniture 
Business Group, the Recycling Activities Business 
Group, and the Services Business Group; and 
(3) the term ‘‘fair and reasonable price’’ shall 
be given the same meaning as, and be determined 
pursuant to, part 15.8 of the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation (48 C.F.R. 15.8). 
(i) FINDING
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH RE-
SPECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY.—(1) Not later than 60 days 
prior to the end of each fiscal year specified in subsection 
(e)(1), the Attorney General shall make a finding regard-
ing the effects of the percentage limitation imposed by 
such subsection for such fiscal year and the likely effects 
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of the limitation imposed by such subsection for the fol-
lowing fiscal year. 
(2) The Attorney General’s finding shall include a de-
termination whether such limitation has resulted or is like-
ly to result in a substantial reduction in inmate industrial 
employment and whether such reductions, if any, present 
a significant risk of adverse effects on safe prison oper-
ation or public safety. 
(3) If the Attorney General finds a significant risk 
of adverse effects on either safe prison management or 
public safety, he shall so advise the Congress. 
(4) In advising the Congress pursuant to paragraph 
(3), the Attorney General shall make recommendations for 
additional authorizations of appropriations to provide ad-
ditional alternative inmate rehabilitative opportunities and 
additional correctional staffing, as may be appropriate. 
(j) PROCEDURAL
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CIVILIAN 
AGENCIES RELATING TO PRODUCTS OF FEDERAL PRISON 
INDUSTRIES.—Title III of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 318. PRODUCTS OF FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES: 
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) MARKET
RESEARCH.—Before purchasing a 
product listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison 
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Industries catalog under section 4124(g) of title 18, 
United States Code, the head of an executive agency shall 
conduct market research to determine whether the Federal 
Prison Industries product is comparable to products avail-
able from the private sector that best meet the executive 
agency’s needs in terms of price, quality, and time of deliv-
ery. 
‘‘(b) COMPETITION REQUIREMENT.—If the head of 
the executive agency determines that a Federal Prison In-
dustries product is not comparable in price, quality, or 
time of delivery to products available from the private sec-
tor that best meet the executive agency’s needs in terms 
of price, quality, and time of delivery, the agency head 
shall use competitive procedures for the procurement of 
the product or shall make an individual purchase under 
a multiple award contract. In conducting such a competi-
tion or making such a purchase, the agency head shall 
consider a timely offer from Federal Prison Industries. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION
BY HEAD
OF EXECUTIVE 
AGENCY.—The head of an executive agency shall ensure 
that— 
‘‘(1) the executive agency does not purchase a 
Federal Prison Industries product or service unless 
a contracting officer of the agency determines that 
the product or service is comparable to products or 
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II 
Calendar No. 237 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2189 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
NOVEMBER 17, 2011 
Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To encourage States to report to the Attorney General cer-
tain information regarding the deaths of individuals in 
the custody of law enforcement agencies, 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 ‘‘Death in Custody Re-
porting Act of 2011’’. 
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services available from the private sector that best 
meet the agency’s needs in terms of price, quality, 
and time of delivery; and 
‘‘(2) Federal Prison Industries performs its 
contractual obligations to the same extent as any 
other contractor for the executive agency. 
‘‘(d) MARKET
RESEARCH
DETERMINATION
NOT 
SUBJECT TO REVIEW.—A determination by a contracting 
officer regarding whether a product or service offered by 
Federal Prison Industries is comparable to products or 
services available from the private sector that best meet 
an executive agency’s needs in terms of price, quality, and 
time of delivery shall not be subject to review pursuant 
to section 4124(b) of title 18. 
‘‘(e) PERFORMANCE AS A SUBCONTRACTOR.—(1) A 
contractor or potential contractor of an executive agency 
may not be required to use Federal Prison Industries as 
a subcontractor or supplier of products or provider of serv-
ices for the performance of a contract of the executive 
agency by any means, including means such as— 
‘‘(A) a contract solicitation provision requiring 
a contractor to offer to make use of products or 
services of Federal Prison Industries in the perform-
ance of the contract; 
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Union Calendar No. 48
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1934
[Report No. 103–93]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1994 for
the Federal Maritime Commission, and for other
purposes.
MAY 17, 1993
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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‘‘(B) a contract specification requiring the con-
tractor to use specific products or services (or class-
es of products or services) offered by Federal Prison 
Industries in the performance of the contract; or 
‘‘(C) any contract modification directing the use 
of products or services of Federal Prison Industries 
in the performance of the contract. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘contractor’, with 
respect to a contract, includes a subcontractor at any tier 
under the contract. 
‘‘(f) PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED AND SENSITIVE 
INFORMATION.—The head of an executive agency may not 
enter into any contract with Federal Prison Industries 
under which an inmate worker would have access to— 
‘‘(1) any data that is classified; 
‘‘(2) any geographic data regarding the location 
of— 
‘‘(A) surface and subsurface infrastructure 
providing communications or water or electrical 
power distribution; 
‘‘(B) pipelines for the distribution of nat-
ural gas, bulk petroleum products, or other 
commodities; or 
‘‘(C) other utilities; or 
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‘‘(3) any personal or financial information 
about any individual private citizen, including infor-
mation relating to such person’s real property how-
ever described, without the prior consent of the indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘competitive procedures’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 4(5) of the Of-
fice of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
403(5)). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘market research’ means obtain-
ing specific information about the price, quality, and 
time of delivery of products available in the private 
sector through a variety of means, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) contacting knowledgeable individuals 
in government and industry; 
‘‘(B) interactive communication among in-
dustry, acquisition personnel, and customers; 
and 
‘‘(C) interchange meetings or pre-solicita-
tion conferences with potential offerors.’’. 
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and shall be appointed without regard to political af-
filiation and solely on the basis of integrity and dem-
onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 
analysis, law, management analysis, public adminis-
tration, or investigations. 
(2) TERM OF SERVICE.—The Inspector General 
shall serve for a term of 5 years, and an individual 
serving as Inspector General may be reappointed for 
not more than 2 additional terms. 
(3) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General may be 
removed from office prior to the expiration of his 
term only by the unanimous vote of all of the mem-
bers of the Capitol Police Board, and the Board 
shall communicate the reasons for any such removal 
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
President pro tempore of the Senate. 
(4) SALARY.—The Inspector General shall be 
paid at an annual rate equal to $1,000 less than the 
annual rate of pay in effect for the Chief of the Cap-
itol Police. 
(5) DEADLINE.—The Capitol Police Board shall 
appoint the first Inspector General under this sec-
tion not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) DUTIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No person may operate a 
facility for the trading of swaps unless the facility is 
registered as a swap execution facility under this 
section. 
‘‘(2) DUAL REGISTRATION.—Any person that is 
required to be registered as a swap execution facility 
under this section shall register with the Commis-
sion regardless of whether that person also is reg-
istered with the Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion as a swap execution facility. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR TRADING.—A swap execu-
tion facility that is registered under subsection (a) may 
trade any swap. 
‘‘(c) TRADING BY CONTRACT MARKETS.—A board of 
trade that operates a contract market shall, to the extent 
that the board of trade also operates a swap execution fa-
cility and uses the same electronic trade execution system 
for trading on the contract market and the swap execution 
facility, identify whether the electronic trading is taking 
place on the contract market or the swap execution facil-
ity. 
‘‘(d) CRITERIA FOR REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be registered as a swap 
execution facility, the facility shall be required to 
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(1) APPLICABILITY OF DUTIES OF INSPECTOR 
GENERAL
OF
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
ESTABLISH-
MENT.—The Inspector General shall carry out the 
same duties and responsibilities with respect to the 
United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 
of an establishment carries out with respect to an 
establishment under section 4 of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 4), under the same 
terms and conditions which apply under such sec-
tion. 
(2) SEMIANNUAL
REPORTS.—The Inspector 
General shall prepare and submit semiannual re-
ports summarizing the activities of the Office in the 
same manner, and in accordance with the same 
deadlines, terms, and conditions, as an Inspector 
General of an establishment under section 5 of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5). 
For purposes of applying section 5 of such Act to 
the Inspector General, the Capitol Police Board shall 
be considered the head of the establishment, except 
that the Inspector General shall transmit to the 
Chief of the Capitol Police a copy of any report sub-
mitted to the Board pursuant to this paragraph. 
(3) INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLAINTS OF EM-
PLOYEES AND MEMBERS.—
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3798 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to make grants to eligible entities to train elemen-
tary and secondary school nurses on how to respond to a biological 
or chemical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school 
building or on school grounds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 13, 2009 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants 
to eligible entities to train elementary and secondary 
school nurses on how to respond to a biological or chem-
ical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a 
school building or on school grounds. 
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 ‘‘School Protection Act 
of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO PERFORM AS A FEDERAL SUBCON-
TRACTOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Federal Prison Industries is au-
thorized to enter into a contract with a Federal contractor 
(or a subcontractor of such contractor at any tier) to 
produce products as a subcontractor or supplier in the per-
formance of a Federal procurement contract. The use of 
Federal Prison Industries as a subcontractor or supplier 
shall be a wholly voluntary business decision by the Fed-
eral prime contractor or subcontractor, subject to any 
prior approval of subcontractors or suppliers by the con-
tracting officer which may be imposed by the Federal Ac-
quisition Regulation or by the contract. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON USE.—Federal Prison Indus-
tries is prohibited from being a subcontractor or supplier 
at any tier if— 
(1) the product or service is to be acquired by 
a Federal department or agency pursuant to section 
3 of the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 48); 
or 
(2) the product to be acquired by the Federal 
department or agency is subject to section 2533a of 
title 10, United States Code. 
(c) COMMERCIAL SALES PROHIBITED.—The author-
ity provided by subsection (a) shall not result, either di-
rectly or indirectly, in the sale in the commercial market 
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of a product or service resulting from the labor of Federal 
inmate workers in violation of section 1761(a) of title 18, 
United States Code. A Federal contractor (or subcon-
tractor at any tier) using Federal Prison Industries as a 
subcontractor or supplier in furnishing a commercial prod-
uct pursuant to a Federal contract shall implement appro-
priate management procedures to prevent introducing an 
inmate-produced product into the commercial market. 
(d) 
PROHIBITIONS
ON
MANDATING
SUBCON-
TRACTING WITH FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES.—Except 
as authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, 
the use of Federal Prison Industries as a subcontractor 
or supplier of products or provider of services shall not 
be imposed upon prospective or actual Federal prime con-
tractors or a subcontractors at any tier by means of— 
(1) a contract solicitation provision requiring a 
contractor to offer to make use of Federal Prison 
Industries, its products or services; 
(2) specifications requiring the contractor to 
use specific products or services (or classes of prod-
ucts or services) offered by Federal Prison Indus-
tries in the performance of the contract; 
(3) any contract modification directing the use 
of Federal Prison Industries, its products or serv-
ices; or 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1397 
Commending the important achievements of the National Coalition Against 
Domestic Violence as it celebrates 30 years of service to local domestic 
violence shelter and service programs and the victims of domestic vio-
lence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 31, 2008 
Mr. POE (for himself and Mr. COSTA) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the important achievements of the National 
Coalition Against Domestic Violence as it celebrates 30 
years of service to local domestic violence shelter and 
service programs and the victims of domestic violence. 
Whereas in 1978, more than 100 advocates for battered 
women from around the country gathered in Washington, 
DC, to attend the hearing held by the United States 
Commission on Civil Rights on the plight of battered 
women, and also to address in concert, the problems 
those advocates faced in aiding victims of domestic vio-
lence; 
Whereas the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 
(referred to in this resolution as the ‘‘NCADV’’) is the 
first national organization of grassroots shelter and serv-
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(4) any other means. 
SEC. 6. INMATE WAGES AND DEDUCTIONS. 
Section 4122(b) of title 18, United States Code (as 
amended by section 3 of this Act), is further amended by 
adding after paragraph (11) a new paragraph (12) as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(12)(A) The Board of Directors of Federal Prison 
Industries shall prescribe the rates of hourly wages to be 
paid inmates performing work for or through Federal 
Prison Industries. The Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons shall prescribe the rates of hourly wages for other 
work assignments within the various Federal correctional 
institutions. In the case of an inmate whose term of im-
prisonment is to expire in not more than 2 years, wages 
shall be earned at an hourly rate of not less than $2.50, 
but paid at the same rate and in the same manner as to 
any other inmate, and any amount earned but not paid 
shall be held in trust and paid only upon the actual expira-
tion of the term of imprisonment. 
‘‘(B) The various inmate wage rates shall be reviewed 
and considered for increase on not less than a biannual 
basis. 
‘‘(C) The Board of Directors of Federal Prison In-
dustries shall— 
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‘‘(i) not later than September 30, 2008, in-
crease the maximum wage rate for inmates per-
forming work for or through Federal Prison Indus-
tries to an amount equal to 50 percent of the min-
imum wage prescribed by section 6(a)(1) of the Fair 
Labor 
Standards 
Act 
of 
1938 
(29 
U.S.C. 
206(a)(1)); and 
‘‘(ii) not later than September 30, 2013, in-
crease such maximum wage rate to an amount equal 
to such minimum wage. 
‘‘(D) Wages earned by an inmate worker shall be paid 
in the name of the inmate. Deductions, aggregating to not 
more than 80 percent of gross wages, shall be taken from 
the wages due for— 
‘‘(i) applicable taxes (Federal, State, and local); 
‘‘(ii) payment of fines and restitution pursuant 
to court order; 
‘‘(iii) payment of additional restitution for vic-
tims of the inmate’s crimes (at a rate not less than 
10 percent of gross wages); 
‘‘(iv) allocations for support of the inmate’s 
family pursuant to statute, court order, or agree-
ment with the inmate; 
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