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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6267 
To require Federal agencies to begin acquiring all telecommunications services 
under the Networx contracts of the General Services Administration 
not later than May 31, 2011. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. TOWNS (for himself and Mr. ISSA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require Federal agencies to begin acquiring all tele-
communications services under the Networx contracts of 
the General Services Administration not later than May 
31, 2011. 
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 ‘‘Complete the Networx 
Telecommunications Transition Act’’. 
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‘‘(I) is payable on a one-time 
basis only upon the next transfer of 
an interest in the specified real prop-
erty and, once paid, shall not bind 
successors in title to the property; 
‘‘(II) constitutes a loan assump-
tion or similar fee charged by a lender 
holding a lien on the property; or 
‘‘(III) constitutes a fee or com-
mission paid to a licensed real estate 
broker for brokerage services rendered 
in connection with the transfer of the 
property for which the fee or commis-
sion is paid; 
‘‘(ii) any provision in a deed, memo-
randum, or other document recorded for 
the purpose of providing record notice of 
an agreement described in clause (i); 
‘‘(iii) any provision of a document re-
quiring payment of a fee, charge, assess-
ment, dues, fine, contribution, or other 
amount payable to a covered association 
pursuant to a declaration or covenant or 
law applicable to such covered association, 
including fees or charges payable for estop-
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6259 
To require approval to enter into trade agreements with foreign countries, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. SPACE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To require approval to enter into trade agreements with 
foreign countries, 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 ‘‘Vote On Trade Every 
time Act’’ or ‘‘VOTE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPROVAL TO ENTER INTO TRADE AGREEMENTS. 
(a) APPROVAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the President may not enter into a trade 
agreement with one or more foreign countries unless the 
electors of the United States authorize the President to 
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for 180 consecutive days, without further action the 
Acting Chief Financial Officer shall become the 
Chief Financial Officer. 
(b) DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—The 
duties of the Chief Financial Officer shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Develop and report on the financial status 
of the Government of the Virgin Islands not later 
than 6 months after appointment and quarterly 
thereafter. Such reports shall be available to the 
public. 
(2) Each year prepare and certify spending lim-
its of the annual budget, including annual estimates 
of all revenues of the territory without regard to 
sources, and whether or not the annual budget is 
balanced. 
(3) Revise and update standards for financial 
management, including inventory and contracting, 
for the Government of the Virgin Islands in general 
and for each agency in conjunction with the agency 
head. 
(c) DOCUMENTS PROVIDED.—The heads of each de-
partment of the Government of the Virgin Islands, in par-
ticular the head of the Department of Finance of the Vir-
gin Islands and the head of the Internal Revenue Bureau
take such action. The President, in consultation with State 
election officials, shall promulgate such regulations as may 
be necessary to carry out the previous sentence. 
(b) PUBLIC HEARINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before entering into negotia-
tions to enter into a trade agreement with one or 
more foreign countries, the United States Trade 
Representative shall hold a series of public hearings 
throughout the United States to receive input on the 
effects of the trade agreement on economic growth 
and employment in the United States. 
(2) LOCATION OF HEARINGS.—The public hear-
ings required under paragraph (1) should be held in 
areas of the United States that have been, are, or 
may be adversely affected by trade agreements with 
foreign countries, as determined by the Department 
of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘trade 
agreement’’ means any bilateral, regional, or multilateral 
free trade agreement. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with 
respect to entering into a trade agreement with one or 
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more foreign countries on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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IB
Union Calendar No. 157
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2632
[Report No. 103–285]
To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark Office in the
Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1994.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 14, 1993
Mr. HUGHES (for himself and Mr. MOORHEAD) (both by request) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
OCTOBER 12, 1993
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]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 14, 1993]
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Patent and Trademark
Office in the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 1994.
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 ‘‘Patent and Trademark
Office Authorization Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO THE
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Patent and Trademark
Office for salaries and necessary expenses the sum of
$103,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, to be derived from depos-
its in the Patent and Trademark Office Fee Surcharge
Fund established under section 10101 of the Omnibus Budg-
et Reconciliation Act of 1990 (35 U.S.C. note).
(b) FEES.—There are also authorized to be made avail-
able to the Patent and Trademark Office for fiscal year
1994, to the extent provided in advance in appropriation
Acts, such sums as are equal to the amount collected during
such fiscal year from fees under title 35, United States
Code, and the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 and
following).
SEC. 3. AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE CARRIED OVER.
Amounts appropriated or made available pursuant to
this Act may remain available until expended.
SEC. 4. ADJUSTMENT OF TRADEMARK FEES.
Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the
fee under section 31(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15
U.S.C. 1113(a)) for filing an application for the registra-
tion of a trademark shall be $245. Any adjustment of such
fee under the second sentence of such section may not be
effective before October 1, 1994.
108 
(iii) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; 
and 
(iv) in paragraph (3), as redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘basis of—’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘grants’’ and inserting ‘‘basis 
of the length of any period during which 
the eligible entity has received a grant or 
grants’’. 
SEC. 160. TRIBAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS. 
Subpart 2 of part A of title VII of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7441 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 7123. TRIBAL EDUCATION AGENCY COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, an Indian tribe may enter into a cooper-
ative agreement with a State educational agency or a local 
education agency that serves a school within the Indian 
lands of such Indian tribe. 
‘‘(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Upon the request 
of an Indian tribe that includes, within the Indian lands 
of the tribe, a school served by a State educational agency 
or a local educational agency that receives assistance 
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under this Act, the State educational agency or local edu-
cational agency shall enter into a cooperative agreement 
with the Indian tribe with respect to such school. The In-
dian tribe and the State educational agency or local edu-
cational agency, as the case may be, shall determine the 
terms of the agreement, and the agreement may— 
‘‘(1) authorize the tribal education agency of 
the Indian tribe to plan, conduct, consolidate, and 
administer programs, services, functions, and activi-
ties, or portions thereof, administered by the State 
educational agency or local educational agency; and 
‘‘(2) authorize the tribal education agency to 
reallocate funds for such programs, services, func-
tions, and activities, or portions thereof as nec-
essary. 
‘‘(c) DISAGREEMENT.—If an Indian tribe has re-
quested a cooperative agreement under subsection (b) with 
a State educational agency or local educational agency 
that receives assistance under this Act, and the Indian 
tribe and State educational agency or local educational 
agency cannot reach an agreement, the Indian tribe may 
submit to the Secretary the information that the Secretary 
determines relevant to make a determination. The Sec-
retary shall provide notice to the affected State edu-
cational agency or local educational agency not later than 
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the minimum allotment under paragraph (1)(C) by
such percentage change in the Consumer Price
Index For All Urban Consumers.’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting a
new subsection (b) to read as follows:
‘‘(b) PROPORTIONAL REDUCTION.—To provide allot-
ments to States in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(B),
to provide minimum allotments to States (as increased
under subsection (a)(3)) under subsection (a)(1)(C), or to
provide minimum allotments to States under subsection
(a)(2)(B), the Commissioner shall proportionately reduce
the allotments of the remaining States under subsection
(a)(1)(A), with such adjustments as may be necessary to
prevent the allotment of any such remaining State from
being reduced to less than the amount required by sub-
section (a)(1)(B).’’.
(f) PAYMENTS TO STATES FROM ALLOTMENTS.—
Section 712(b) (29 U.S.C. 796e–1(b)) is amended by
striking paragraph (3).
(g) AUTHORIZED USES OF FUNDS.—Section 713(3)
(29 U.S.C. 796e–2(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘that are
in compliance with the standards and assurances set forth
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 725’’ after ‘‘living’’.
(h) CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.—Section
721 (29 U.S.C. 796f) is amended—
SEC. 2. EXPENDITURE REPORTS AS A CONDITION OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 890A. EXPENDITURE REPORTS AS A CONDITION OF 
HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) QUARTERLY REPORTS REQUIRED AS A CONDI-
TION OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) EXPENDITURE REPORTS REQUIRED.—As a 
condition of receiving a grant administered by the 
Secretary, the Secretary shall require the grant re-
cipient to submit quarterly reports to the Secretary 
describing the nature and amount of each expendi-
ture made by the recipient using grant funds. 
‘‘(2) DEADLINE
FOR
REPORTS.—Each report 
required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not 
later than 30 days after the last day of a fiscal quar-
ter and shall cover expenditures made during that 
fiscal quarter. 
‘‘(b) PUBLICATION OF EXPENDITURES.—Not later 
than one week after receiving a report under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall publish and make publicly avail-
able on the Internet website of the Department a descrip-
tion of the nature and amount of each expenditure covered 
by the report.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end of the items relating to such subtitle the following: 
‘‘Sec. 890A. Expenditure reports as a condition of homeland security grants.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6265 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent the approval 
of genetically engineered fish. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
prevent the approval of genetically engineered fish. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PREVENTING THE APPROVAL OF GENETICALLY 
ENGINEERED FISH. 
Section 512(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 360b(a)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section, a genetically engineered fish shall be 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6263 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to 
receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska 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 allow Indian 
tribes to receive charitable contributions of apparently 
wholesome food. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF APPAR-
ENTLY 
WHOLESOME 
FOOD 
TO 
INDIAN 
TRIBES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 170(e)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (F), and 
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) 
SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
INDIAN 
TRIBES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, an Indian tribe (as defined 
in section 7871(c)(3)(E)(ii)) shall be treat-
ed as an organization eligible to be a donee 
under subparagraph (A) with respect to 
apparently wholesome food (as defined in 
section 22(b)(2) of the Bill Emerson Good 
Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 
1791(b)(2)) (as in effect on the date of the 
enactment of this subparagraph)) only. 
‘‘(ii) USE
OF
PROPERTY.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A)(i), if the use of 
the apparently wholesome food donated is 
related to the exercise of an essential gov-
ernmental function of the Indian tribal 
government (within the meaning of section 
7871), such use shall be treated as related 
to the purpose or function constituting the 
basis for the organization’s exemption.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2009. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6264 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling 
of genetically engineered fish. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
require labeling of genetically engineered fish. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, 
AND COSMETIC ACT REGARDING GENETI-
CALLY ENGINEERED SALMON. 
Section 403 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 343), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(z) If it contains genetically engineered fish unless 
the food bears a label stating that fact.’’. 
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deemed unsafe under this section, including for pur-
poses of section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii).’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES TO TRANS-
FER TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, Federal agencies and other Federal entities con-
cerned shall begin acquiring all telecommunications serv-
ices under the Networx contracts of the General Services 
Administration not later than May 31, 2011. 
(b) LIMITATION
RELATING
TO
FUTURE
CON-
TRACTS.—To the maximum extent practicable, the Admin-
istrator of General Services may not accept any offer for 
an FTS2001 bridge or crossover contract after the date 
of the enactment of this Act unless the goods or services 
to be provided under such contract are at a price that is 
equal to or less than the price of comparable goods or serv-
ices under the Networx contracts of the General Services 
Administration. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘Federal 
agencies and other Federal entities concerned’’ means 
Federal agencies and entities that are acquiring tele-
communications services under the General Services Ad-
ministration FTS2001 bridge and crossover contracts as 
in effect on September 29, 2010. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6269 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for burial in 
national cemeteries for certain members of the reserve components of 
the Armed Forces and National Guard, and to increase the amount 
payable by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the burial and funeral 
expenses of certain veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility 
for burial in national cemeteries for certain members 
of the reserve components of the Armed Forces and 
National Guard, and to increase the amount payable 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the burial and 
funeral expenses of certain veterans. 
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. PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR INTERMENT IN NA-
TIONAL CEMETERIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2402 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) Subject to section 5303A(b)(4) of this title, any 
member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, and 
any member of the Army National Guard or the Air Na-
tional Guard, who performed a period of active duty for 
training and was discharged or released from such period 
of active duty for training under conditions that were 
other than dishonorable.’’. 
(b) MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR CER-
TAIN INDIVIDUALS.—Section 5303A(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) For purposes of section 2402(9) of this title, the 
minimum active duty service requirements under this sub-
section shall apply to a period of active duty for training 
in the same manner that such requirements apply to a 
period of active duty.’’. 
SEC. 2. BURIAL AND FUNERAL EXPENSES OF CERTAIN VET-
ERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2302(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$300’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$500’’. 
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‘‘(ii) if not used by the employee of 
such employer before the end of the 12- 
month period (as referred to in subsection 
(a)(1)) to which it relates, shall not accu-
mulate for any subsequent use.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall not be effective with respect to any birth 
or placement occurring before the end of the 6-month pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL 
GUARD AND RESERVES. 
(a) EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES.—For pur-
poses of determining the eligibility of an employee who is 
a member of the National Guard or Reserves to take leave 
under paragraph (1)(A) or (B) of section 6382(a) of title 
5, United States Code, or to substitute such leave pursu-
ant to paragraph (2) of such section (as added by section 
2), any service by such employee on active duty (as defined 
in section 6381(7) of such title) shall be counted as service 
as an employee for purposes of section 6381(1)(B) of such 
title. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.—For purposes of 
determining the eligibility of a covered employee (as such 
term is defined in section 101(3) of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act) who is a member of the National Guard
(b) DEATH IN DEPARTMENT FACILITY; PLOT AL-
LOWANCE.—Section 2303 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘$300’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘$500’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to deaths occurring on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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