datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
certify by signature under penalty of 
perjury information relating to family 
assets for purposes of determining 
and redetermining financial eligibility; 
and 
‘‘(II) takes steps to verify assets 
through means other than by requir-
ing documentation from parents and 
applicants except in individual cases 
of discrepancies or where otherwise 
justified. 
‘‘(C) ELIMINATION OF IN-PERSON INTER-
VIEW REQUIREMENT.—The State does not re-
quire an application of a child for medical as-
sistance under title XIX (or for child health as-
sistance under this title), including an applica-
tion for renewal of such assistance, to be made 
in person nor does the State require a face-to- 
face interview, unless there are discrepancies or 
individual circumstances justifying an in-person 
application or face-to-face interview. 
‘‘(D) USE
OF
JOINT
APPLICATION
FOR 
MEDICAID
AND
CHIP.—The application form 
and supplemental forms (if any) and informa-
tion verification process is the same for pur-
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 102
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Encouraging the development of strategies to re-
duce hunger and poverty, and to promote free
market economies and democratic institutions, in
sub-Saharan Africa.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5757 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to converting 
chapter 7 cases of certain debtors who are victims of identity theft. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2006 
Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect 
to converting chapter 7 cases of certain debtors who 
are victims of identity theft. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 11 OF THE UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
Title 11 of the United States Code is amended— 
(1) in section 101— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (23B) as 
paragraph (23C), and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (23A) the 
following: 
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‘‘(23B) The term ‘identity theft’ means a fraud 
committed by a person other than the debtor and 
the debtor’s spouse, by using personally identifiable 
information of the debtor.’’, and 
(2) in section 707(b) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(8) No judge, United States trustee (or bankruptcy 
administrator, if any), trustee, or other party in interest 
may file a motion under paragraph (2) if the aggregate 
amount of the allowed claims against the debtor (or in 
a joint case, the debtor and the debtor’s spouse) that arose 
in any 12-month period in the 3-year period ending on 
the date of the commencement of the case and that re-
sulted from identity theft exceeds— 
‘‘(A) $20,000 (or in a joint case, $40,000); 
‘‘(B) 50 percent of the aggregate amount of all 
allowed claims against the debtor (or in a joint case, 
the debtor and the debtor’s spouse); or 
‘‘(C) 25 percent of the debtor’s (or in a joint 
case, the debtor’s and such spouse’s) gross income 
for the 12-month period in which the claims result-
ing from identity theft arose.’’. 
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SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on May 1, 2006. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to 
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code 
on or after the effective date of this Act. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5758 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that World War II 
merchant mariners who were awarded the Mariners Medal shall be pro-
vided eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs health care on the 
same basis as veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2006 
Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. SIMMONS, and Ms. 
BORDALLO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that 
World War II merchant mariners who were awarded 
the Mariners Medal shall be provided eligibility for De-
partment of Veterans Affairs health care on the same 
basis as veterans who have been awarded the Purple 
Heart. 
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. WORLD WAR II MERCHANT MARINERS AWARD-
ED THE MARINERS MEDAL TO BE PROVIDED 
PRIORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE ON SAME BASIS AS 
VETERANS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART. 
(a) HEALTH CARE PRIORITY.—Sections 1705(a)(3) 
and 1710(a)(2)(D) of title 38, United States Code, are 
amended by inserting ‘‘or the Mariners Medal’’ after ‘‘the 
Purple Heart’’. 
(b) MARINERS MEDAL DEFINED.—Section 1701 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) The term ‘Mariners Medal’ means the medal 
authorized to be awarded pursuant to section 3 of the Act 
of May 10, 1943, entitled ‘An Act to provide for the 
issuance of devices in recognition of the services of mer-
chant sailors’ (Public Law 52 of the 78th Congress), to 
any person, who while serving on any vessel in the Amer-
ican merchant marine during the World War II period, 
was wounded, suffered physical injury, or suffered through 
dangerous exposure as a result of an act of an enemy of 
the United States.’’. 
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(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4) and adding after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) If the head of an executive agency has not issued 
an order within 180 days after the submission of a com-
plaint under subsection (b) and there is no showing that 
such delay is due to the bad faith of the complainant, the 
complainant shall be deemed to have exhausted his admin-
istrative remedies with respect to the complaint, and the 
complainant may bring an action at law or equity for de 
novo review to seek compensatory damages and other re-
lief available under this section in the appropriate district 
court of the United States, which shall have jurisdiction 
over such an action without regard to the amount in con-
troversy.’’. 
(b) ARMED SERVICES CONTRACTS.—Section 2409 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘If the head’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘actions:’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘Not later than 180 days after sub-
mission of a complaint under subsection (b), the 
head of the agency concerned shall determine wheth-
er the contractor concerned has subjected the com-
plainant to a reprisal prohibited by subsection (a) 
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and shall either issue an order denying relief or shall 
take one or more of the following actions:’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4) and adding after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) If the head of an agency has not issued an order 
within 180 days after the submission of a complaint under 
subsection (b) and there is no showing that such delay 
is due to the bad faith of the complainant, the complainant 
shall be deemed to have exhausted his administrative rem-
edies with respect to the complaint, and the complainant 
may bring an action at law or equity for de novo review 
to seek compensatory damages and other relief available 
under this section in the appropriate district court of the 
United States, which shall have jurisdiction over such an 
action without regard to the amount in controversy.’’. 
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101 
‘‘(I) education or counseling services de-
signed to improve the financial literacy and eco-
nomic literacy of students and, as appropriate, 
their parents.’’; 
(7) in section 323(a) (20 U.S.C. 1062(a))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 360(a)(2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘399(a)(2)’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7) 
through (12) as paragraphs (8) through (13), 
respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following: 
‘‘(7) Education or counseling services designed 
to improve the financial literacy and economic lit-
eracy of students and, as appropriate, their par-
ents.’’; 
(8) 
in 
section 
324(d)(2) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1063(d)(2)), by striking ‘‘section 360(a)(2)(A)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 399(a)(2)(A)’’; 
(9) 
in 
section 
326(e)(1) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1063b(e)(1)), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting a colon after ‘‘the following’’; 
(10) in section 327(b) (20 U.S.C. 1063c(b)), by 
striking ‘‘initial’’;
102 
(11) 
in 
section 
342(5)(C) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1066a(5)(C))— 
(A) by inserting a comma after ‘‘equip-
ment’’ the first place it appears; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘technology,,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘technology,’’; 
(12) in section 343(e) (20 U.S.C. 1066b(e)), by 
inserting after the subsection designation the fol-
lowing: ‘‘SALE OF QUALIFIED BONDS.—’’; 
(13) in section 351(a) (20 U.S.C. 1067a(a)), by 
striking ‘‘of 1979’’; 
(14) in section 391(b)(7)(E) (20 U.S.C. 
1068(b)(7)(E)), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (E)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’; and 
(15) in section 396 (20 U.S.C. 1068e), by strik-
ing ‘‘section 360’’ and inserting ‘‘section 399’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 1024 (20 U.S.C. 1135b–3), as 
transferred by section 301(a)(5) of the Higher Education 
Amendments of 1998 (Public Law 105–244; 112 Stat. 
1636), is repealed. 
SEC. 305. TITLE III AUTHORIZATIONS. 
Section 399(a) (20 U.S.C. 1068h(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘2006’’;
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 606
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the
Interior for the restoration of the Angel Island
Immigration Station in the State of California.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 117
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing sympathy to the family, friends, and co-
workers of Veronica ‘‘Roni’’ Bowers and Charity
Bowers.
109TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 606
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior
for the restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Sta-
tion in the State of California.
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 ‘‘Angel Island Immigra-
tion Station Restoration and Preservation Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Angel Island Immigration Station, also
known as the Ellis Island of the West, is a National
Historic Landmark.
(2) Between 1910 and 1940, the Angel Island
Immigration Station processed more than 1,000,000
immigrants and emigrants from around the world.
(3) The Angel Island Immigration Station con-
tributes greatly to our understanding of our Na-
tion’s rich and complex immigration history.
(4) The Angel Island Immigration Station was
built to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
and subsequent immigration laws, which unfairly
and severely restricted Asian immigration.
(5) During their detention at the Angel Island
Immigration Station, Chinese detainees carved
poems into the walls of the detention barracks. More
than 140 poems remain today, representing the
unique voices of immigrants awaiting entry to this
country.
(6) More than 50,000 people, including 30,000
schoolchildren, visit the Angel Island Immigration
Station annually to learn more about the experience
of immigrants who have traveled to our shores.
(7) The restoration of the Angel Island Immi-
gration Station and the preservation of the writings
and drawings at the Angel Island Immigration Sta-
tion will ensure that future generations also have the
benefit of experiencing and appreciating this great
symbol of the perseverance of the immigrant spirit,
and of the diversity of this great Nation.
SEC. 3. RESTORATION.
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the
Interior $15,000,000 for restoring the Angel Island Immi-
gration Station in the San Francisco Bay, in coordination
with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
and the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
(b) FEDERAL FUNDING.—Federal funding under this
Act shall not exceed 50 percent of the total funds from
all sources spent to restore the Angel Island Immigration
Station.
(c) PRIORITY.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(2), the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be
used for the restoration of the Immigration Station Hos-
pital on Angel Island.
(2) Any remaining funds in excess of the amount re-
quired to carry out paragraph (1) shall be used solely for
the restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station.
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2005.
Attest:
Clerk.
211 
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lish a university based research and development program 
to study carbon capture and sequestration using the var-
ious types of coal. 
(b) GRANTS.—Under this section, the Secretary shall 
award 5 grants for projects submitted by colleges or uni-
versities to study carbon capture and sequestration in con-
junction with the recovery of oil and other enhanced ele-
mental and mineral recovery. Consideration shall be given 
to areas that have regional sources of coal for the study 
of carbon capture and sequestration. 
(c) RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.—The 
Secretary shall designate that at least 2 of these grants 
shall be awarded to rural or agricultural based institutions 
that offer interdisciplinary programs in the area of envi-
ronmental science to study carbon capture and sequestra-
tion in conjunction with the recovery of oil and other en-
hanced elemental and mineral recovery. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are to be authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to 
carry out this section. 
Subtitle G—Global Change 
Research 
SEC. 4601. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Global Change Re-
search and Data Management Act of 2007’’. 
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and 6 of the Protect America Act of 2007 (Pub-
lic Law 110–55) are hereby repealed. 
SEC. 18. SUNSET; TRANSITION PROCEDURES. 
(a) SUNSET OF NEW PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), effective on December 
31, 2009— 
(A) sections 105A, 105B, 105C, and 
105D of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.) are hereby repealed; and 
(B) the table of contents in the 
first section of such Act is amended 
by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 105A, 105B, 105C, and 105D. 
(2) ACQUISITIONS AUTHORIZED PRIOR TO 
SUNSET.—Any 
authorization 
or 
order 
issued under section 105B of the Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as 
amended by this Act, in effect on Decem-
ber 31, 2009, shall continue in effect until 
the date of the expiration of such author-
ization or order. 
(b) ACQUISITIONS AUTHORIZED PRIOR TO EN-
ACTMENT.— 
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(1) 
EFFECT.—Notwithstanding 
the 
amendments made by this Act, an author-
ization of the acquisition of foreign intel-
ligence information under section 105B of 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) made be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act 
shall remain in effect until the date of the 
expiration of such authorization or the 
date that is 180 days after such date of 
enactment, whichever is earlier. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the expiration of all au-
thorizations of acquisition of foreign in-
telligence information under section 105B 
of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978 (as added by Public Law 110– 
55) made before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act in accordance with para-
graph (1), the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Attorney General shall 
submit to the Permanent Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Select Committee on 
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H. R. 606
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 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for the restoration 
of the Angel Island Immigration Station in the State of California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Angel Island Immigration Station 
Restoration and Preservation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Angel Island Immigration Station, also known as 
the Ellis Island of the West, is a National Historic Landmark. 
(2) Between 1910 and 1940, the Angel Island Immigration 
Station processed more than 1,000,000 immigrants and emi-
grants from around the world. 
(3) The Angel Island Immigration Station contributes 
greatly to our understanding of our Nation’s rich and complex 
immigration history. 
(4) The Angel Island Immigration Station was built to 
enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and subsequent 
immigration laws, which unfairly and severely restricted Asian 
immigration. 
(5) During their detention at the Angel Island Immigration 
Station, Chinese detainees carved poems into the walls of the 
detention barracks. More than 140 poems remain today, rep-
resenting the unique voices of immigrants awaiting entry to 
this country. 
(6) More than 50,000 people, including 30,000 school-
children, visit the Angel Island Immigration Station annually 
to learn more about the experience of immigrants who have 
traveled to our shores. 
(7) The restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Station 
and the preservation of the writings and drawings at the Angel 
Island Immigration Station will ensure that future generations 
also have the benefit of experiencing and appreciating this 
great symbol of the perseverance of the immigrant spirit, and 
of the diversity of this great Nation. 
SEC. 3. RESTORATION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior $15,000,000 
for restoring the Angel Island Immigration Station in the San 
Francisco Bay, in coordination with the Angel Island Immigration
H. R. 606—2
Station Foundation and the California Department of Parks and 
Recreation. 
(b) FEDERAL FUNDING.—Federal funding under this Act shall 
not exceed 50 percent of the total funds from all sources spent 
to restore the Angel Island Immigration Station. 
(c) PRIORITY.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be used for the 
restoration of the Immigration Station Hospital on Angel Island. 
(2) Any remaining funds in excess of the amount required 
to carry out paragraph (1) shall be used solely for the restoration 
of the Angel Island Immigration Station.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
103 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding fiscal years’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘5 succeeding fiscal 
years’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ in subpara-
graph (B) and inserting ‘‘$23,800,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in subpara-
graph (C) and inserting ‘‘$11,900,000’’; 
(4) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$135,000,000’’ in sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘$241,000,000’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$35,000,000’’ in subpara-
graph (B) and inserting ‘‘$59,000,000’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘$110,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$212,000’’. 
TITLE IV—STUDENT ASSISTANCE 
PART A—GRANTS TO STUDENTS 
SEC. 401. PELL GRANTS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 401(a) (20 
U.S.C. 1070a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
(b) DIRECT PAYMENT.—Section 401(a) (20 U.S.C. 
1070a(a)) is further amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and
Intelligence and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the Senate a report on such 
authorizations, including— 
(A) the number of targets of an 
acquisition under section 105B of 
such Act (as in effect on the day be-
fore the date of the enactment of this 
Act) that were later determined to be 
located in the United States; 
(B) the number of persons located 
in the United States whose commu-
nications have been acquired under 
such section; 
(C) the number of reports dis-
seminated containing information on 
a United States person that was col-
lected under such section; 
(D) the number of applications 
submitted for approval of electronic 
surveillance under section 104 of 
such Act based upon information col-
lected pursuant to an acquisition au-
thorized under section 105B of such 
Act (as in effect on the day before the 
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poses of establishing and renewing eligibility for 
children for medical assistance under title XIX 
and child health assistance under this title. 
‘‘(E) AUTOMATIC RENEWAL (USE OF AD-
MINISTRATIVE RENEWAL).— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The State pro-
vides, in the case of renewal of a child’s 
eligibility for medical assistance under title 
XIX or child health assistance under this 
title, a pre-printed form completed by the 
State based on the information available to 
the State and notice to the parent or care-
taker relative of the child that eligibility of 
the child will be renewed and continued 
based on such information unless the State 
is provided other information. Nothing in 
this clause shall be construed as preventing 
a State from verifying, through electronic 
and other means, the information so pro-
vided. 
‘‘(ii) SATISFACTION
THROUGH
DEM-
ONSTRATED USE OF EX PARTE PROCESS.— 
A State shall be treated as satisfying the 
requirement of clause (i) if renewal of eli-
gibility of children under title XIX or this
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 135
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas for more than 50 years, a close relationship has ex-
isted between the United States and Taiwan, which has
been of enormous economic, cultural, and strategic ad-
vantage to both countries;
Whereas the United States and Taiwan share common ideals
and a vision for the 21st century;
IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 606
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 24, 2005
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior 
for the restoration of the Angel Island Immigration Sta-
tion in the State of California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,