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‘‘(ii) the period for which the recipient 
received scholarship assistance; or 
‘‘(B) repay the amount of the scholarship. 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
REPAYMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall use any such repayments to carry out addi-
tional activities under this section. 
‘‘(g) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give priority 
under this section to eligible applicants who provide an 
assurance that they will recruit a high percentage of mi-
nority students to become highly qualified teachers. 
‘‘SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
‘‘(a) DURATION; ONE-TIME AWARDS; PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DURATION.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE STATES AND ELIGIBLE AP-
PLICANTS.—Grants awarded to eligible States 
and eligible applicants under this part shall be 
awarded for a period not to exceed 3 years. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
PARTNERSHIPS.—Grants 
awarded to eligible partnerships under this part 
shall be awarded for a period of 5 years. 
‘‘(2) ONE-TIME AWARD.—An eligible partner-
ship may receive a grant under each of sections 203 
and 204, as amended by the College Access and Op-
portunity Act of 2005, only once.
‘‘(3) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall make 
annual payments of grant funds awarded under this 
part. 
‘‘(b) PEER REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) PANEL.—The Secretary shall provide the 
applications submitted under this part to a peer re-
view panel for evaluation. With respect to each ap-
plication, the peer review panel shall initially rec-
ommend the application for funding or for dis-
approval. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In recommending applications 
to the Secretary for funding under this part, the 
panel shall— 
‘‘(A) with respect to grants under section 
202, give priority to eligible States that— 
‘‘(i) have initiatives to reform State 
teacher certification requirements that are 
based on rigorous academic content, sci-
entifically based research, including sci-
entifically based reading research, and 
challenging State student academic content 
standards; 
‘‘(ii) have innovative reforms to hold 
institutions of higher education with teach-
er preparation programs accountable for
preparing teachers who are highly qualified 
and have strong teaching skills; or 
‘‘(iii) have innovative efforts aimed at 
reducing the shortage of highly qualified 
teachers in high poverty urban and rural 
areas; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to grants under section 
203— 
‘‘(i) give priority to applications from 
broad-based eligible partnerships that in-
volve businesses and community organiza-
tions; and 
‘‘(ii) take into consideration— 
‘‘(I) providing an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of the grants 
throughout the United States; and 
‘‘(II) the potential of the pro-
posed activities for creating improve-
ment and positive change. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARIAL SELECTION.—The Secretary 
shall determine, based on the peer review process, 
which application shall receive funding and the 
amounts of the grants. In determining grant 
amounts, the Secretary shall take into account the 
total amount of funds available for all grants under
(2) PRIOR SERVICE PAY.—Except as provided 
in section 16(c)(1), a member of the Foreign Service 
may not receive a nonforeign area allowance or dif-
ferential under section 5941 of title 5, United States 
Code, for service performed on or after the first day 
of the first pay period beginning on or after April 
1, 2008. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the first 
day of the first pay period beginning on or after April 1, 
2008. 
SEC. 15. PAY FOR PERFORMANCE INTERIM SCHEDULE. 
(a) RATES OF PAY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
subsection (b), the Foreign Service Schedule estab-
lished under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980, in effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, including step rates— 
(A) shall be adjusted in accordance with 
section 5303 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(B) shall be capped at the maximum rate 
of basic pay for grade GS–15 of the General 
Schedule under section 5332 of that title. 
(2) LOCALITY PAY.—A member of the Service 
whose official duty station is located in an applicable 
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this part and the types of activities proposed to be 
carried out. 
‘‘(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) STATE GRANTS.—Each eligible State re-
ceiving a grant under section 202 or 204 shall pro-
vide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 
50 percent of the amount of the grant (in cash or 
in kind) to carry out the activities supported by the 
grant. 
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIP
GRANTS.—Each eligible 
partnership receiving a grant under section 203 or 
204 shall provide, from non-Federal sources (in cash 
or in kind), an amount equal to 25 percent of the 
grant for the first year of the grant, 35 percent of 
the grant for the second year of the grant, and 50 
percent of the grant for each succeeding year of the 
grant. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
An eligible State or eligible partnership that receives a 
grant under this part may not use more than 2 percent 
of the grant funds for purposes of administering the grant. 
‘‘SEC. 206. ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) STATE GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.—An 
eligible State that receives a grant under section 202 shall 
submit an annual accountability report to the Secretary,
locality pay area shall continue to receive locality- 
based comparability payments under section 5304 of 
that title. 
(b) INTERIM FOREIGN SERVICE SCHEDULE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State 
shall establish an interim Foreign Service Schedule 
for members of the Service designated class 1 or 
below whose official duty station is not located in 
areas for which such members receive payments pur-
suant to section 5304 or 5941 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(2) INCREASED RATES.—The rates under the 
Foreign Service Schedule established under this sub-
section shall be 9 percent higher than the rates 
under the Foreign Service Schedule described in 
subsection (a) unless a different percentage is pre-
scribed by the President. Each covered member shall 
receive a corresponding increase in the member’s 
rate of basic pay. Any adjustment of the rates under 
the Foreign Service Schedule described in subsection 
(a) shall result in a corresponding adjustment of 
rates under the Foreign Service Schedule established 
under this subsection. 
(3) CONVERSION
RULES.—The Secretary, in 
the Secretary’s sole and exclusive discretion, shall 
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establish conversion rules for a member who is 
transferred between the Foreign Service Schedule 
described in subsection (a) and the Foreign Service 
Schedule established under this subsection due to a 
change in official duty station. 
(c) STEP INCREASES.—A member covered by the 
Foreign Service Schedule (including the interim Foreign 
Service Schedule) shall receive within class salary step in-
creases in accordance with section 406 of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3966), including step in-
creases that become effective on the first day of the first 
pay period beginning on or after April 1, 2008. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
beginning on the first day of the first pay period beginning 
on or after April 1, 2007, and ending on the effective date 
described in section 14(e). 
SEC. 16. UNIFORM COMPENSATION FOR WORLDWIDE SERV-
ICE. 
(a) TRANSITIONS AND PAY FORMULAS.— 
(1) TRANSITION DATE.—Subject to paragraphs 
(2) through (4), a member of the Service designated 
class 1 or below shall be converted to the new For-
eign Service Schedule established under section 403 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4316 
To amend chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 to include Guam, 
the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of 
State for the purposes of the trade adjustment assistance for workers 
program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN (for herself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Ms. BORDALLO, and 
Mr. SABLAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 
to include Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands in the definition of State for the 
purposes of the trade adjustment assistance for workers 
program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3788 
To ensure that no Federal law shall prevent the Tuscarora Nation of Indians 
of the Carolinas from seeking Federal recognition as an Indian tribe, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 9, 2007 
Mrs. MYRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To ensure that no Federal law shall prevent the Tuscarora 
Nation of Indians of the Carolinas from seeking Federal 
recognition as an Indian tribe, 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. TUSCARORA NATION OF INDIANS OF THE 
CAROLINAS FEDERAL RECOGNITION PROC-
ESS. 
Neither the Lumbee Act of June 7, 1956 (Public Law 
570) nor the federally recognized status of any Indian 
tribe shall prevent the Tuscarora Nation of Indians of the 
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section 14, on the first day of the first pay period 
beginning on or after April 1, 2008. 
(2) SIMULTANEOUS PAY ACTIONS.—Subject to 
section 15(c), the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole 
and exclusive discretion, shall determine whether 
and how any applicable simultaneous pay actions 
will be applied in connection with a conversion, 
under paragraph (1). 
(3) PAY CONVERSION FORMULA.—Any member 
described in paragraph (1) whose official duty sta-
tion is not located in an area for which members re-
ceive payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall receive an increase 
in the member’s rate of basic pay upon conversion, 
if necessary, to ensure that the resulting rate equals 
the sum of— 
(A) the base rate under the Foreign Serv-
ice Schedule described in subsection (a) for the 
member’s class and step; and 
(B) the amount resulting from multiplying 
the rate described in subparagraph (A) by the 
locality-based comparability percentage in effect 
for the Washington, D.C. locality pay area at 
that time. 
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(4) LOCALITY-BASED
PAY.—Any member de-
scribed in paragraph (1) whose official duty station 
is located in an area for which such members receive 
payments pursuant to section 5304 or 5941 of title 
5, United States Code, shall, upon conversion, cease 
to receive payments authorized under such sections 
and shall receive instead an increase in the mem-
ber’s rate of basic pay equivalent to the percentage 
value of the locality-based comparability payment re-
ceived by members of the Service designated class 1 
or below whose official duty station was Washington, 
D.C. on the date of conversion. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS IN THE RATE OF BASIC PAY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After conversion to the For-
eign Service Schedule established under section 403 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by 
section 14, the Secretary, in the Secretary’s sole and 
exclusive discretion, may provide a special one-time 
adjustment in the rate of basic pay for career can-
didates or other members of the Service— 
(A) whose performance has not been re-
viewed by a selection board under section 602 
of such Act (22 U.S.C. 4002); and 
(B) who, if not for such conversion, would 
have been scheduled to receive a step increase 
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‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE STATES AND ELIGIBLE AP-
PLICANTS.—If the Secretary determines that an 
eligible State or eligible applicant is not making 
substantial progress in meeting the purposes, 
goals, objectives, and measures, as appropriate, 
by the end of the second year of a grant under 
this part, then the grant payment shall not be 
made for the third year of the grant. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
PARTNERSHIPS.—If the 
Secretary determines that an eligible partner-
ship is not making substantial progress in 
meeting the purposes, goals, objectives, and 
measures, as appropriate, by the end of the 
third year of a grant under this part, then the 
grant payments shall not be made for any suc-
ceeding year of the grant. 
‘‘(d) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.—The Sec-
retary shall evaluate the activities funded under this part 
and report annually the Secretary’s findings regarding the 
activities to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce of the House of Representatives. 
The Secretary shall broadly disseminate successful prac-
tices developed by eligible States and eligible partnerships
under this part, and shall broadly disseminate information 
regarding such practices that were found to be ineffective. 
‘‘SEC. 207. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PROGRAMS THAT PRE-
PARE TEACHERS. 
‘‘(a) STATE REPORT CARD ON THE QUALITY OF 
TEACHER PREPARATION.—Each State that receives funds 
under this Act shall provide to the Secretary annually, in 
a uniform and comprehensible manner that conforms with 
the definitions and methods established by the Secretary, 
a State report card on the quality of teacher preparation 
in the State, both for traditional certification or licensure 
programs and for alternative certification or licensure pro-
grams, which shall include at least the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the teacher certification 
and licensure assessments, and any other certifi-
cation and licensure requirements, used by the 
State. 
‘‘(2) The standards and criteria that prospec-
tive teachers must meet in order to attain initial 
teacher certification or licensure and to be certified 
or licensed to teach particular subjects or in par-
ticular grades within the State. 
‘‘(3) A description of the extent to which the 
assessments and requirements described in para-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4297 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring 
energy conservation provisions and to provide a tax credit for certain 
individuals using home heating oil. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 5, 2007 
Mr. SHUSTER 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 extend 
certain expiring energy conservation provisions and to 
provide a tax credit for certain individuals using home 
heating oil. 
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 ENERGY CONSERVA-
TION TAX INCENTIVES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF ENERGY EFFICIENT COMMER-
CIAL BUILDINGS DEDUCTION.—Subsection (h) of section 
179D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4343 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the President, the Vice 
President, Members of Congress, and other officers of the executive 
branch from lobbying on behalf of foreign governments or instrumental-
ities for 10 years after leaving office. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mr. WOLF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the Presi-
dent, the Vice President, Members of Congress, and 
other officers of the executive branch from lobbying on 
behalf of foreign governments or instrumentalities for 
10 years after leaving office. 
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 ‘‘Foreign Lobbying Re-
form Act’’. 
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after the date of conversion and before Sep-
tember 30, 2008. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Any such adjustment shall 
be prorated based on the portion of the waiting pe-
riod completed as of the day before conversion. No 
adjustment under this subsection may result in a 
rate above the maximum rate of the applicable rate 
range. 
(c) SPECIAL TRANSITIONAL RULES.— 
(1) SPECIAL
RULES.—The Secretary, in the 
Secretary’s sole and exclusive discretion, may estab-
lish special transitional rules to prevent a reduction 
in a member’s rate of pay due to a conversion to the 
Foreign Service Schedule established under section 
15(b). Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), such rules 
may authorize a member stationed in a nonforeign 
area to temporarily continue to receive a portion of 
an allowance or post differential under section 5941 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) 
APPLICABILITY.—This 
subsection 
shall 
apply to a member who, immediately before conver-
sion— 
(A) is entitled to a locality-based com-
parability payment under section 5304 of title 
5, United States Code, at a rate exceeding the 
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Union Calendar No. 191
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3419
[Report No. 103–353]
A BILL
To simplify certain provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, and for other purposes.
NOVEMBER 10, 1993
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4347 
AN ACT 
To designate the United States courthouse located at 709 
West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the ‘‘Robert 
Boochever United States Courthouse’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(P) 10 representatives of labor unions in 
New York City that—
(i) are not otherwise listed in this 
paragraph; and 
(ii) reflect a cross section of labor 
unions (including construction, municipal, 
and other labor unions) whose members re-
sponded to, or assisted with the cleanup 
resulting from, the attacks of September 
11, 2001. 
(Q) 5 representatives of nonprofit volun-
teer entities that assisted in recovery efforts fol-
lowing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001. 
(R) 5 representatives of a regional occupa-
tional provider that—
(i) works with the World Trade Cen-
ter Worker and Volunteer Medical Screen-
ing Program; and 
(ii) is under the direction of the 
Mount Sinai Center for Occupational and 
Environmental Medicine. 
(c) ADVISORY OPINIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Council may render an advisory opinion on the
scope of any obligation of the Federal Government 
resulting from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001, relative to any obligation of an insurance com-
pany resulting from such attacks. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The Council may issue an 
advisory opinion described in this subsection only at 
the request of a party to one of the obligations in-
volved. 
(d) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet not less than 
4 times each calendar year. 
(e) REPORTS.—Not less than once each calendar 
year, the Council shall submit to the Congress a report 
on the recommendations of the Council. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2006 through 2015.
Æ
H. Res. 22
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
January 19, 1999.
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and are
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the
House of Representatives:
COMMITTEE
ON STANDARDS
OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT:
Mr. Hefley of Colorado, Mr. Knollenberg of Michigan, Mr.
Portman of Ohio, and Mr. Camp of Michigan.
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5670 
To repeal the Cuban Adjustment Act, Public Law 89–732. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2006 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To repeal the Cuban Adjustment Act, Public Law 89–732. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF THE CUBAN ADJUSTMENT ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Public Law 89–732 is re-
pealed. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 
(2), the repeal made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and shall apply to any alien admitted or pa-
roled into the United States on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(2) TRANSITION.—The repeal made by 
subsection (a) shall not apply to any alien ad-
mitted or paroled into the United States before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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