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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 305 
Recognizing the vital importance of hunting as a legitimate tool of wildlife 
resource management. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2005 
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin (for himself and Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Resources 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the vital importance of hunting as a legitimate 
tool of wildlife resource management. 
Whereas past predatory animal populations served to check 
the population of nonpredatory species; 
Whereas nonpredatory species experience prolonged starva-
tion and devastating disease due to overpopulation; 
Whereas hunting helps balance the population of nonpreda-
tory species; 
Whereas hunters have a strong commitment to the overall 
health of wildlife and to the broader public’s enjoyment 
of our natural resources; 
Whereas hunters have contributed a majority of the financial 
resources for wildlife preservation through Federal and
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State revenues generated from hunting licenses and 
stamps; 
Whereas these revenues are used to create and preserve habi-
tat for game, nongame, and endangered animal species; 
and 
Whereas these revenues are also used to regulate and effec-
tively protect the populations of these animals: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress— 
(1) recognizes hunting as a legitimate and nec-
essary tool of wildlife resource management; 
(2) affirms the vital importance of lawful hunt-
ing, regulated by the various State departments in 
charge of natural resources and the United States 
Department of the Interior, in maintaining healthy 
populations of wildlife; 
(3) declares, as a matter of principle, that no 
Federal law should be passed limiting the taking and 
consumptive use of wildlife, other than those reason-
able laws to ensure the safety of hunters and the 
continued perpetuation of wildlife itself; and 
(4) acknowledges exceptions to paragraph (3), 
including laws designed to— 
(A) protect species that are in danger of 
extinction;
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(B) protect species which are not tradition-
ally considered as game or suitable for con-
sumptive use; and 
(C) ensure hunting is carried out in a 
sportsmanlike manner. 
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quirements and receiving public comments, establish min-
imum requirements for criteria to be used by States for pur-
poses of clauses (ii), (v), (vi), and (vii) of subsection 
(c)(1)(A). 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION APPROVAL PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, a State shall submit an ap-
plication to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such assurances and information 
as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such 
application shall include— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a State that intends to 
use funds under the grant as provided for in sub-
section (a)(1)(A)— 
‘‘(i) a budget cost estimate for the con-
trolled substance monitoring program to be 
implemented under the grant; 
‘‘(ii) criteria for security for informa-
tion handling and for the database main-
tained by the State under subsection (e) 
generally including efforts to use appro-
priate encryption technology or other ap-
propriate technology to protect the security 
of such information;
‘‘(iii) an agreement to adopt health in-
formation interoperability standards, in-
cluding health vocabulary and messaging 
standards, that are consistent with any such 
standards generated or identified by the 
Secretary or his or her designee; 
‘‘(iv) criteria for meeting the uniform 
electronic format requirement of subsection 
(h); 
‘‘(v) criteria for availability of infor-
mation and limitation on access to program 
personnel; 
‘‘(vi) criteria for access to the database, 
and procedures to ensure that information 
in the database is accurate; 
‘‘(vii) criteria for the use and disclo-
sure of information, including a description 
of the certification process to be applied to 
requests for information under subsection 
(f); 
‘‘(viii) penalties for the unauthorized 
use and disclosure of information main-
tained in the State controlled substance 
monitoring program in violation of appli-
cable State law or regulation;
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 307
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legisla-
tive day of Friday, November 18, 2005, or Saturday, No-
vember 19, 2005, on a motion offered pursuant to this 
concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his des-
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ignee, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Decem-
ber 6, 2005, or until the time of any reassembly pursuant 
to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs 
first; and that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on 
any day from Friday, November 18, 2005, through 
Wednesday, November 23, 2005, on a motion offered pur-
suant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader 
or his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until noon 
on Monday, December 12, 2005, or Tuesday, December 
13, 2005, or until such other time on either of those days, 
as may be specified by its Majority Leader or his designee 
in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of 
any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
resolution, whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority 
Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting 
jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify 
the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, 
to reassemble at such place and time as they may des-
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ignate if, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant 
it.
Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 307
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the 
House of Representatives and a conditional re-
cess or adjournment of the Senate.
‘‘(ix) information on the relevant State 
laws, policies, and procedures, if any, re-
garding purging of information from the 
database; and 
‘‘(x) assurances of compliance with all 
other requirements of this section; or 
‘‘(B) with respect to a State that intends to 
use funds under the grant as provided for in sub-
section (a)(1)(B)— 
‘‘(i) a budget cost estimate for the con-
trolled substance monitoring program to be 
improved under the grant; 
‘‘(ii) a plan for ensuring that the State 
controlled substance monitoring program is 
in compliance with the criteria and penalty 
requirements 
described 
in 
clauses 
(ii) 
through (viii) of subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(iii) a plan to enable the State con-
trolled substance monitoring program to 
achieve interoperability with at least one 
other State controlled substance monitoring 
program; and 
‘‘(iv) assurances of compliance with all 
other requirements of this section or a state-
ment describing why such compliance is not
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 110
JOINT RESOLUTION
To authorize the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration to conduct appropriate
programs and activities to acknowledge the sta-
tus of the county of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as
the ‘‘World Capital of Aerobatics’’, and for other
purposes.
H. Con. Res. 307
Agreed to November 18, 2005
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
Concurrent Resolution
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring), That when the House adjourns on the legislative day of 
Friday, November 18, 2005, or Saturday, November 19, 2005, on 
a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its 
Majority Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. 
on Tuesday, December 6, 2005, or until the time of any reassembly 
pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs 
first; and that when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day 
from Friday, November 18, 2005, through Wednesday, November 
23, 2005, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution 
by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand recessed or 
adjourned until noon on Monday, December 12, 2005, or Tuesday, 
December 13, 2005, or until such other time on either of those 
days, as may be specified by its Majority Leader or his designee 
in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of any re-
assembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, which-
ever occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader 
of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting jointly after 
consultation with the Minority Leader of the House and the 
Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members of the 
House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble at such place
H. Con. Res. 307—2
and time as they may designate if, in their opinion, the public 
interest shall warrant it. 
Attest:
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate.
III 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 307 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2005 
Received 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of 
Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment 
of the Senate. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legisla-
tive day of Friday, November 18, 2005, or Saturday, No-
vember 19, 2005, on a motion offered pursuant to this 
concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his
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designee, it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, De-
cember 6, 2005, or until the time of any reassembly pursu-
ant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever 
occurs first; and that when the Senate recesses or ad-
journs on any day from Friday, November 18, 2005, 
through Wednesday, November 23, 2005, on a motion of-
fered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Major-
ity Leader or his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned 
until noon on Monday, December 12, 2005, or Tuesday, 
December 13, 2005, or until such other time on either 
of those days, as may be specified by its Majority Leader 
or his designee in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until 
the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this 
concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority 
Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting 
jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify 
the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, 
to reassemble at such place and time as they may
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designate if, in their opinion, the public interest shall war-
rant it. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 
2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 308
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 
3058) making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and inde-
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pendent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, and for other purposes, the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives shall make the following correction: 
In the second paragraph (relating to the Economic 
Development Initiative) under the heading ‘‘Community 
Development Fund’’ in title III of division A, strike 
‘‘statement of managers accompanying this Act’’ and in-
sert ‘‘statement of managers correction relating to the 
Economic Development Initiative, dated November 18, 
2005, and submitted by the Chairman of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives for 
printing in the House section of the Congressional Record 
on such date’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 308
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
to make a technical correction in the enrollment 
of H.R. 3058.
II 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 308 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2005 
Received 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make 
a technical correction in the enrollment of H.R. 3058. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 
3058) making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and
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independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, and for other purposes, the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives shall make the following correction: 
In the second paragraph (relating to the Economic 
Development Initiative) under the heading ‘‘Community 
Development Fund’’ in title III of division A, strike 
‘‘statement of managers accompanying this Act’’ and in-
sert ‘‘statement of managers correction relating to the 
Economic Development Initiative, dated November 18, 
2005, and submitted by the Chairman of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives for 
printing in the House section of the Congressional Record 
on such date’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 
2005. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk.
pensing of a controlled substance to an ultimate user 
who resides in such other State, or the dispensing of 
a controlled substance prescribed by a practitioner 
whose principal place of business is located in such 
other State. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘nonidentifiable information’ 
means information that does not identify a practi-
tioner, dispenser, or an ultimate user and with re-
spect to which there is no reasonable basis to believe 
that the information can be used to identify a practi-
tioner, dispenser, or an ultimate user. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘practitioner’ means a physician, 
dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator, phar-
macy, hospital, or other person licensed, registered, or 
otherwise permitted, by the United States or the juris-
diction in which he or she practices or does research, 
to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect 
to, administer, or use in teaching or chemical anal-
ysis, a controlled substance in the course of profes-
sional practice or research. 
‘‘(8) The term ‘State’ means each of the 50 
States and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(9) The term ‘ultimate user’ means a person 
who has obtained from a dispenser, and who pos-
sesses, a controlled substance for his or her own use,
for the use of a member of his or her household, or 
for the use of an animal owned by him or her or by 
a member of his or her household. 
‘‘(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated— 
‘‘(1) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
and 2007; and 
‘‘(2) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008, 
2009, and 2010.’’.
Union Calendar No. 115 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1132 
[Report No. 109–191] 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of a controlled 
substance monitoring program in each State. 
JULY 27, 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
of an action of the depository institution described 
in subparagraph (1) or (2) or similar in nature to 
such action, 
shall not be treated as the payment or receipt of interest 
for purposes of this Act and any provision of Public Law 
93–100, the Federal Reserve Act, the Home Owners’ Loan 
Act, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Act relating to the 
payment of interest on accounts or deposits at depository 
institutions. No provision of this Act shall be construed 
so as to require a depository institution that maintains 
an escrow account in connection with a real estate trans-
action to pay interest on such escrow account or to pro-
hibit such institution from paying interest on such escrow 
account. No provision of this Act shall be construed as 
preempting the provisions of law of any State dealing with 
the payment of interest on escrow accounts maintained in 
connection with real estate transactions. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1133 
To advance and strengthen democracy globally through peaceful means and 
to assist foreign countries to implement democratic forms of government, 
to strengthen respect for individual freedom, religious freedom, and 
human rights in foreign countries through increased United States advo-
cacy, to strengthen alliances of democratic countries, to increase funding 
for programs of nongovernmental organizations, individuals, and private 
groups that promote democracy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2005 
Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. 
PAYNE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To advance and strengthen democracy globally through 
peaceful means and to assist foreign countries to imple-
ment democratic forms of government, to strengthen re-
spect for individual freedom, religious freedom, and 
human rights in foreign countries through increased 
United States advocacy, to strengthen alliances of demo-
cratic countries, to increase funding for programs of 
nongovernmental organizations, individuals, and private 
groups that promote democracy, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic 
Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005’’ or the 
‘‘ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 4. Definitions. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 101. Promotion of democracy in foreign countries. 
Sec. 102. Reports. 
Sec. 103. Translation of annual Department of State reports. 
Sec. 104. Strategies to enhance the promotion of democracy in foreign coun-
tries. 
Sec. 105. Activities by the United States to promote democracy and human 
rights in foreign countries. 
Sec. 106. Democracy Promotion and Human Rights Advisory Board. 
Sec. 107. Establishment and maintenance of Internet site for global democracy 
and human rights. 
Sec. 108. Programs by United States missions in foreign countries and activi-
ties of chiefs of mission. 
Sec. 109. Training for Foreign Service officers. 
Sec. 110. Performance pay; promotions; Foreign Service awards. 
Sec. 111. Appointments. 
TITLE II—ALLIANCES WITH OTHER DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES 
Sec. 201. Alliances with other democratic countries. 
Sec. 202. Sense of Congress regarding the establishment of a Democracy Cau-
cus. 
Sec. 203. Annual diplomatic missions on multilateral issues. 
Sec. 204. Strengthening the Community of Democracies. 
Sec. 205. Funding for nongovernmental organizations supporting a Community 
of Democracies. 
Sec. 206. Reports. 
TITLE III—FUNDING FOR PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY 
Sec. 301. Policy. 
Sec. 302. Human Rights and Democracy Fund. 
TITLE IV—SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL AND REGIONAL INITIATIVES 
Sec. 401. Findings.
IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1224 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 25, 2005 
Received 
MAY 26, 2005 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs 
AN ACT 
To repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on 
demand deposits, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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(B) by inserting ‘‘otherwise’’ before ‘‘allow-
able’’ in subparagraph (C). 
(2) Section 411(a)(13)(A) of the 1986 Code is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ in clause 
(i) and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’, 
(B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(ii) the requirements of subsection 
(a)(11) or (c), or the requirements of sec-
tion 417(e), with respect to accrued bene-
fits derived from employer contributions,’’, 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ in the 
matter following clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (C)’’. 
(3) Subclause (II) of section 411(b)(5)(B)(i) of 
the 1986 Code is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(II) PRESERVATION
OF
CAP-
ITAL.—An applicable defined benefit 
plan shall be treated as failing to 
meet the requirements of paragraph 
(1)(H) unless the plan provides that 
an interest credit (or equivalent 
amount) of less than zero shall in no 
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Sec. 402. Sense of Congress regarding support for regional initiatives. 
TITLE V—PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS 
Sec. 501. Description of Presidential actions. 
Sec. 502. Investigation of violations of international humanitarian law. 
Sec. 503. Presidential communications. 
TITLE VI—NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
Sec. 601. Special Assistant on Nondemocratic Countries. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) All human beings are created equal and 
possess certain rights and freedoms, including the 
fundamental right to participate in the political life 
and government of their respective countries. These 
inalienable rights are recognized in the Declaration 
of Independence of the United States and in the 
Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the 
United Nations. 
(2) Political legitimacy derives from the consent 
of the governed, whether expressed directly or 
through representatives chosen by free, fair, and 
open elections. 
(3) In his Inaugural Address and State of the 
Union Address, President George W. Bush upheld 
the pursuit of freedom as the driving ideal of the 
foreign policy of the United States and made clear 
that the best way to defend freedom is to spread lib-
erty to the places where tyranny thrives, opportunity 
is stifled, and terrorism grows. 
(4) The right to democracy was affirmed as a 
human right by the United Nations Commission on 
Human Rights on April 27, 1999, by a vote of 50– 
0 with only two abstentions. The resolution recog-
nized that democracy is based on free, fair, and open 
elections, a foundation of open and transparent civil 
institutions, an independent judiciary, the rule of 
law, a free press, the right of peaceful assembly, the 
freedom of religion, and the right of every citizen to 
participate fully in the political life of the citizen’s 
country. 
(5) Over the past three decades, the number of 
fully democratic countries has more than doubled to 
89 from 41, while the number of countries governed 
by a dictator or a totalitarian government decreased 
by 37 percent, often as a result of nonviolent resist-
ance by the peoples of such countries, aided by sup-
port from democratic countries. 
(6) According to the annual Freedom in the 
World report published by Freedom House (an an-
nual comparative assessment of the state of political 
rights and civil liberties in 192 countries and 18 re-
lated and disputed territories), 75 percent of the