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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 ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park 
System on June 26, 1935. Prior to 1935, parts of 
the park had been acquired and protected by Civil 
War veterans and the War Department. 
(2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s 
Farm, which are battle sites along the route of Gen-
eral Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta. 
(3) Most of the park protects Confederate posi-
tions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the 
few original structures remaining from the Battle of 
Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions 
and strategy. 
(4) The Wallis House is strategically located 
next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5681 
AN ACT 
To improve certain administrative operations of the Library 
of Congress, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
which are located east of the park and known as the Frog
Pond, Rocky Glades Agricultural Area, and the Eight-and-
One-Half Square-Mile Area.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 15,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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 ‘‘Congressional Over-
sight and Spending Transparency (COST) Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMIT ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS’ REP-
RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE. 
The amount authorized to be appropriated for the 
Members’ Representational Allowance under section 101 
of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform 
Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 57b) for fiscal year 
2011 may not exceed the amount appropriated for such 
Allowance for fiscal year 2009. 
SEC. 3. RESTRICTING USE OF FRANK BY MEMBERS OF THE 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 
(a) RESTRICTING USE OF FRANK TO MATERIALS 
TRANSMITTED UNDER LETTERHEAD.—Section 311(e) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 
U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Funds of the House of Representatives may not 
be used for official mail of a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives for any material other than a document trans-
mitted under the official letterhead used for the Member’s 
stationery.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to official mail dis-
seminated on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION OF INFORMATION INCLUDED IN 
QUARTERLY REPORTS OF EXPENDITURES 
FOR OFFICIAL MAIL OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES. 
(a) SEPARATION OF INFORMATION AMONG TYPES OF 
COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(a)(3)) is 
amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ‘‘, and shall include in the statement a 
breakdown of the costs incurred for each category of mass 
mailings and communications covered by the statement.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports filed by 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives under section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(a)(3)) on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2621
To provide that certain civil defense employees and employees of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency may be eligible for certain public safety
officers death benefits, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1993
Mr. MONTGOMERY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide that certain civil defense employees and employees
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may be
eligible for certain public safety officers death benefits,
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. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS DEATH BENEFITS
FOR CIVIL DEFENSE EMPLOYEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1204 of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796b) is amended in paragraph (7) (relating to the defi-
nition of a public safety officer) by striking ‘‘or rescue
squad or ambulance crew’’ and inserting ‘‘rescue squad
or ambulance crew, or an employee of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency or civil defense officer’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of enactment
of this Act and shall apply only to employees of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency or civil defense offi-
cers who are injured or die in the line of duty on or after
such date.
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high levels of biological activity and are intended to 
be used for particular medical or industrial pur-
poses, under very controlled circumstances. None of 
these substances is intended to be incorporated in 
food or to be spread into the environment. 
(4) The magnitude of the risks posed by phar-
maceutical crops and industrial crops depends on 
many factors, including the chemicals involved, the 
organisms or environments exposed, and the level 
and duration of the exposure. Humans, animals, and 
the environment at large could be at risk from con-
tamination, a major concern of which is that bio-
active nonfood substances, which have not been test-
ed, will contaminate or otherwise adversely affect the 
food supply. Substances intended for use as human 
drugs are especially problematic because they are in-
tended to be biologically active in people. 
(5) Pharmaceutical crops and industrial crops 
also pose substantial liability and other economic 
risks to farmers, grain handlers, food companies, 
and other persons in the food and feed supply chain. 
These risks include liability for contamination epi-
sodes, costly food recalls, losses in export markets, 
reduced prices for a contaminated food or feed crop, 
and loss of confidence in the safety of the American 
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(G) Inspections and interviews of entrants 
into the United States that are more extensive 
than those customarily carried out. 
(H) Immigration-related workplace inves-
tigations. 
(I) Such other types of law enforcement 
encounters about which statistical information 
is compiled for or by the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation or the Department of Justice Bu-
reau of Justice Statistics. 
(9) REASONABLE
REQUEST.—The term ‘‘rea-
sonable request’’ means all requests for information, 
except for those that— 
(A) are immaterial to the investigation; 
(B) would result in the unnecessary disclo-
sure of personal information; or 
(C) would place a severe burden on the re-
sources of the law enforcement agency given its 
size. 
(10) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory 
or possession of the United States. 
(11) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 
‘‘unit of local government’’ means— 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park 
System on June 26, 1935. Prior to 1935, parts of 
the park had been acquired and protected by Civil 
War veterans and the War Department. 
(2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s 
Farm, which are battle sites along the route of Gen-
eral Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta. 
(3) Most of the park protects Confederate posi-
tions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the 
few original structures remaining from the Battle of 
Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions 
and strategy. 
(4) The Wallis House is strategically located 
next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD-
MINISTRATION. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified
to include the approximately 8 acres identified as ‘‘Wallis 
House and Harriston Hill’’, and generally depicted on the 
map titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 325/ 
80,020, and dated February 2010. 
(b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior is authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, 
land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by 
donation or exchange. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The 
Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and inter-
ests in land acquired under this section as part of the Ken-
nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance 
with applicable laws and regulations. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 
2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5152 
AN ACT 
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis 
House and Harriston Hill, and for other pur-
poses.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5152 
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park 
to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2010 
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. KING-
STON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National 
Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and 
Harriston Hill, 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 ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park 
System on June 26, 1935. Prior to 1935, parts of 
the park had been acquired and protected by Civil 
War veterans and the War Department. 
(2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s 
Farm, which are battle sites along the route of Gen-
eral Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta. 
(3) Most of the park protects Confederate posi-
tions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the 
few original structures remaining from the Battle of 
Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions 
and strategy. 
(4) The Wallis House is strategically located 
next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD-
MINISTRATION. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified 
to include the approximately 8 acres identified as ‘‘Wallis 
House and Harriston Hill’’, and generally depicted on the 
map titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 325/ 
80,020, and dated February 2010. 
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(b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior is authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, 
land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by 
donation or exchange. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The 
Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and inter-
ests in land acquired under this section as part of the Ken-
nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance 
with applicable laws and regulations. 
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5152 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National 
Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and 
Harriston Hill, 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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HR 5152 RFS
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park was authorized as a unit of the National Park 
System on June 26, 1935. Prior to 1935, parts of 
the park had been acquired and protected by Civil 
War veterans and the War Department. 
(2) Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park protects Kennesaw Mountain and Kolb’s 
Farm, which are battle sites along the route of Gen-
eral Sherman’s 1864 campaign to take Atlanta. 
(3) Most of the park protects Confederate posi-
tions and strategy. The Wallis House is one of the 
few original structures remaining from the Battle of 
Kennesaw Mountain associated with Union positions 
and strategy. 
(4) The Wallis House is strategically located 
next to a Union signal station at Harriston Hill. 
SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD-
MINISTRATION. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified 
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to include the approximately 8 acres identified as ‘‘Wallis 
House and Harriston Hill’’, and generally depicted on the 
map titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 325/ 
80,020, and dated February 2010. 
(b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior is authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, 
land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by 
donation or exchange. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The 
Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and inter-
ests in land acquired under this section as part of the Ken-
nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance 
with applicable laws and regulations. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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IB 
Union Calendar No. 351 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5152 
[Report No. 111–606] 
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park 
to include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2010 
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. KING-
STON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 
Additional sponsor: Mr. MARSHALL 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National 
Battlefield Park to include the Wallis House and 
Harriston Hill, and for other purposes. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5682 
AN ACT 
To improve the operation of certain facilities and programs 
of the House of Representatives, 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. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; AD-
MINISTRATION. 
(a) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundary of the 
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is modified 
to include the approximately 8 acres identified as ‘‘Wallis 
House and Harriston Hill’’, and generally depicted on the 
map titled ‘‘Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield 
Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment’’, numbered 325/ 
80,020, and dated February 2010. 
(b) MAP.—The map referred to in subsection (a) 
shall be on file and available for inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the National Park Service. 
(c) LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior is authorized to acquire, from willing owners only, 
land or interests in land described in subsection (a) by 
donation or exchange. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—The 
Secretary of the Interior shall administer land and inter-
ests in land acquired under this section as part of the Ken-
nesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in accordance 
with applicable laws and regulations. 
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Union Calendar No. 351 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5152 
[Report No. 111–606] 
A BILL 
To adjust the boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park to include the Wallis 
House and Harriston Hill, and for other pur-
poses. 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2622
To amend title 18, United States Code, to make certain drug offenses under
State law predicate offenses under the armed career criminal statute.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1993
Mr. MOORHEAD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to make certain
drug offenses under State law predicate offenses under
the armed career criminal statute.
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 ‘‘Armed Career Crimi-
nal Clarification Act’’.
SEC. 2. CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES UNDER STATE LAW
MADE PREDICATE OFFENSES UNDER THE
ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL STATUTE.
Section 924(e)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;
(2) in clause (ii), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) an offense under State law which, if
it had been prosecuted as a violation of the
Controlled Substances Act at the time of the of-
fense and because of the type and quantity of
the controlled substance involved, would have
been punishable by a maximum term of impris-
onment of ten years or more;’’.
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food supply among foreign importers and consumers 
of American agricultural commodities. 
(6) These risks necessitate a zero tolerance 
standard for the presence of pharmaceutical crops 
and industrial crops and their byproducts in crops 
used to produce human food or animal feed. 
(7) While there presently exists a pro forma 
zero tolerance standard, the Department of Agri-
culture and experts in the field acknowledge that 
contamination of human food and animal feed is in-
evitable due to the inherent imprecision of biological 
and agricultural systems, as well as the laxity of the 
regulatory regime. This is illustrated, for example, in 
the Department of Agriculture’s regulations, which 
aim not for prevention (recognized as unattainable), 
but rather mitigation of the gene flow that results 
in contamination of food/feed crops with these sub-
stances. Some experts in the field are calling for es-
tablishment of tolerances, despite the potential risks 
involved. 
(8) The rapidly emerging field of synthetic biol-
ogy is an extreme form of genetic engineering that 
has been heralded as a remedy for numerous societal 
ills ranging from climate change to environmental 
pollutants. The goal of synthetic biology is to create 
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life from scratch with synthetic DNA or without the 
use of DNA entirely. DNA is synthesized by a com-
puter is then inserted into organisms. There are a 
range of practices which can be classified as syn-
thetic biology, but such practices are more commonly 
defined as the design and construction of new bio-
logical parts, devices and systems that do not exist 
in the natural world and also the redesign of exist-
ing biological systems to perform specific tasks. 
(9) Proponents of synthetic biology are devel-
oping products that they may soon seek approval for 
entry into the food supply of the United States. 
(10) Therefore, appropriate regulatory controls, 
as established by this title, are urgently needed to 
ensure that the byproducts of pharmaceutical crops, 
industrial crops and organisms created as a result of 
synthetic biology, as well as their byproducts, do not 
enter human food or animal feed crops at any level. 
SEC. 103. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘genetically engineered plant’’ 
means a plant that contains a genetically engineered 
material or was produced from a genetically engi-
neered seed. A plant shall be considered to contain 
a genetically engineered material if the plant has 
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