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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3645
AN ACT 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet im-
mediate needs arising from the consequences of Hurri-
cane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2005, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’, 
$10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amount provided herein is designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. 
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $500,000,000 for emergency 
hurricane expenses, to support costs of evacuation, emer-
gency repairs, deployment of personnel, and other costs 
resulting from immediate relief efforts, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Defense may transfer these funds to appropriations for 
military personnel, operation and maintenance, procure-
ment, family housing, Defense Health Program, and work-
ing capital funds: Provided further, That funds transferred
shall be merged with and be available for the same pur-
poses and for the same time period as the appropriation 
or fund to which transferred: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority available to the Department of Defense: Provided 
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the 
funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec-
essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 
may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not more 
than 5 days after making transfers from this appropria-
tion, notify the congressional defense committees in writ-
ing of any such transfer: Provided further, That the 
amount provided herein is designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Aris-
ing From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3645
AN ACT 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to 
meet immediate needs arising from the con-
sequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2005, and for other 
purposes.
Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail 
and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for- 
profit organization with operational headquarters at 100 
Valmont Drive, Nebraska City, Nebraska, 68410, all 
right, title and interest of the United States in and to the 
federally owned land under jurisdiction of the Secretary 
consisting of 2 parcels described as follows: 
Tract 102–01, 64.92 acres, a tract of 
land situated in the East Half Northwest 
Quarter of Section 15, Township 8 North, 
Range 14 East, Sixth Principal Meridian, 
Otoe County, Nebraska, except 5 acres 
therefrom, being 5 acres out of the North-
west corner of said East Half of said 
Northwest Quarter, said 5 acres being de-
scribed as follows: 
Beginning at the Northwest corner of 
the East Half of the Northwest Quarter, 
thence running 40 rods East along the 
North line of said East half of the North-
west Quarter; thence running 20 rods 
North along said West line to the places of 
beginning; and also except a tract con-
sisting of 9.38 acres more or less., ac-
quired by the State of Nebraska for high-
way right-of-way, in a condemnation pro-
ceeding filed in the County Court of Otoe 
County, Nebraska, the description of which 
is more particularly described in Book 49 
Miscellaneous Records at page 18 of the 
records in the Office of the Register of 
Deeds, Otoe County, Nebraska; and except 
a right-of-way for road out of the South-
east corner of said 80 acres, 5 rods and 25 
feet long, running North and South. 
Tract 102–02, 13.00 acres, a tract of 
land situated in the South Half Section 10 
with the southeasterly right-of-way line of 
State Highway 2 as acquired by the State 
of Nebraska by document recorded Sep-
tember 15, 1983 in Book 49 of the mis-
cellaneous records, Page 52 of the Otoe 
County records, said point of beginning is 
Westerly 275.54 feet as measured along 
said Section line from the Southeast Quar-
ter of said Section 10 according to plat of 
right-of-way by the State of Nebraska De-
partment of Roads Right of Way Division; 
Thence Easterly along said Section 
line 275.54 feet to the northwest corner of
Northwest Quarter Northeast Quarter of 
said Section 15; 
Thence Southerly along the west line 
of said Northwest Quarter Northeast 
Quarter 1320.00 feet, more or less, to the 
southwest corner thereof; 
Thence Easterly along the south line 
of said Northwest Quarter Northeast 
Quarter 250.00 feet; 
Thence Northerly parallel with the 
west line of said Northwest Quarter North-
east Quarter 700.00 feet; 
Thence along a line deflecting to the 
right 53 00 minutes 00 seconds to the 
intersection with the southwesterly line of 
a 200 foot wide strip of land conveyed to 
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad 
Company by deed recorded March 15, 
1986 in Deed Book 115, Page 288 of the 
Otoe County records; 
Thence Northwesterly along the right 
of way of the railroad to the intersection 
with aforesaid southeasterly right-of-way 
line of the State Highway 2;
H. R. 3645
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 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet immediate needs arising 
from the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2005, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’, $10,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount 
provided herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide’’, $500,000,000 for emergency hurricane expenses, to 
support costs of evacuation, emergency repairs, deployment of per-
sonnel, and other costs resulting from immediate relief efforts, 
to remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds to appropriations 
for military personnel, operation and maintenance, procurement, 
family housing, Defense Health Program, and working capital funds: 
Provided further, That funds transferred shall be merged with 
and be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
period as the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided 
further, That this transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: Provided 
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the funds 
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the pur-
poses provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 
this appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense
H. R. 3645—2
shall, not more than 5 days after making transfers from this appro-
priation, notify the congressional defense committees in writing 
of any such transfer: Provided further, That the amount provided 
herein is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Con-
sequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Thence along said Highway right-of- 
way line the following four courses: 
(1) deflecting to the left 34 44 min-
utes 59 seconds a distance of 109.40 feet; 
(2) deflecting to the right 28 30 min-
utes 19 seconds a distance of 93.86 feet; 
(3) deflecting to the left 51 03 min-
utes 26 seconds a distance of 90.00 feet; 
and 
(4) deflecting to the left 55 26 min-
utes 58 seconds a distance of 322.28 feet 
to the point of beginning and containing 
13.00 acres of land, more or less. 
(b) SURVEY; CONVETANCE COST.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the land to be conveyed under sec-
tion (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to 
the Secretary. The cost of the survey and all other costs 
incurred by the Secretary to convey the land shall be borne 
by the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive 
Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. 
(c) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE, USE OF CONVEYED 
LAND.—The conveyance authorized under subsection (a) 
shall be subject to the condition that the Missouri River 
Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Cen-
ter Foundation, Inc. use the conveyed land as a historic
site and interpretive center for the Lewis and Clark Na-
tional Historic Trail. 
(d) DISCONTINUANCE OF USE.—If Missouri River 
Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Cen-
ter Foundation, Inc. determines to discontinue use of the 
land conveyed under subsection (a) as an historic site and 
interpretive center for the Lewis and Clark National His-
toric Trail, the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark In-
terpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. shall 
convey lands back to the Secretary without consideration. 
(e) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Secretary may require such additional terms and condi-
tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection 
(a) or the conveyance, if any, under subsection (d) as the 
Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of 
the United States. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To assist 
with the operation of the facility there is authorized to 
be appropriated $150,000 per year for a period not to ex-
ceed 10 years. 
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‘‘(i) 
CHARITABLE
REMAINDER 
TRUSTS.—Notwithstanding section 664(b), 
distributions made from a trust described 
in subparagraph (G)(i) shall be treated as 
ordinary income in the hands of the bene-
ficiary to whom is paid the annuity de-
scribed in section 664(d)(1)(A) or the pay-
ment described in section 664(d)(2)(A). 
‘‘(ii) POOLED
INCOME
FUNDS.—No 
amount shall be includible in the gross in-
come of a pooled income fund (as defined 
in subparagraph (G)(ii)) by reason of a 
qualified charitable distribution to such 
fund, and all distributions from the fund 
which are attributable to qualified chari-
table distributions shall be treated as ordi-
nary income to the beneficiary. 
‘‘(iii) 
CHARITABLE
GIFT
ANNU-
ITIES.—Qualified charitable distributions 
made for a charitable gift annuity shall not 
be treated as an investment in the con-
tract. 
‘‘(F) DENIAL
OF
DEDUCTION.—Qualified 
charitable distributions shall not be taken into
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3645 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 
Received 
AN ACT 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to meet im-
mediate needs arising from the consequences of Hurri-
cane Katrina, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2005, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3645 RDS 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
DISASTER RELIEF 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief’’, 
$10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the amount provided herein is designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. 
Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress). 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $500,000,000 for emergency 
hurricane expenses, to support costs of evacuation, emer-
gency repairs, deployment of personnel, and other costs 
resulting from immediate relief efforts, to remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Defense may transfer these funds to appropriations for 
military personnel, operation and maintenance, procure-
ment, family housing, Defense Health Program, and work-
ing capital funds: Provided further, That funds transferred
HR 3645 RDS 
shall be merged with and be available for the same pur-
poses and for the same time period as the appropriation 
or fund to which transferred: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority available to the Department of Defense: Provided 
further, That upon a determination that all or part of the 
funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec-
essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 
may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not more 
than 5 days after making transfers from this appropria-
tion, notify the congressional defense committees in writ-
ing of any such transfer: Provided further, That the 
amount provided herein is designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Aris-
ing From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, 2005’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 2, 
2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3646 
To provide consumers with relief from high gas prices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide consumers with relief from high gas prices. 
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 ‘‘Gas Price Relief and 
Oil Conservation Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITS ON WHOLESALE GASOLINE PRICES AND OIL 
COMPANY PROFITS. 
The Secretary of Energy shall promulgate regulations 
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act to—
(1) prevent companies from raising wholesale 
prices for gasoline more than once every 24 hours; 
and 
(2) limit, immediately and until the end of fis-
cal year 2006, the profits of oil companies that sell 
gasoline on the wholesale market to no more than 
the average of their profits during the five-year pe-
riod from fiscal year 2001 through fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 3. CONSERVATION OF OIL. 
For purposes of reducing waste of oil and decreasing 
demand for foreign oil, not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, appropriate Federal De-
partments and agencies, as identified by the President, 
shall propose voluntary, regulatory, and other actions suf-
ficient to reduce demand for oil in the United States by 
at least 1,000,000 barrels per day from projected demand 
for oil in 2013. 
SEC. 4. INVESTIGATION OF PRICE GOUGING IN THE WAKE 
OF HURRICANE KATRINA. 
The Federal Trade Commission shall commence an 
investigation to determine whether price gouging has oc-
curred in the wholesale and retail gasoline markets in the 
wake of Hurricane Katrina and whether consolidation in 
the markets has led to higher prices for consumers. The 
Federal Trade Commission shall then recommend enforce-
ment and regulatory actions to be taken by the Secretary 
of Energy and the Attorney General. 
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be appropriated $150,000 per year for a period not to ex-
ceed 10 years. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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account in determining the deduction under sec-
tion 170. 
‘‘(G) SPLIT-INTEREST ENTITY DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘split- 
interest entity’ means— 
‘‘(i) a charitable remainder annuity 
trust or a charitable remainder unitrust 
(as such terms are defined in section 
664(d)) which must be funded exclusively 
by qualified charitable distributions, 
‘‘(ii) a pooled income fund (as defined 
in section 642(c)(5)), but only if the fund 
accounts separately for amounts attrib-
utable to qualified charitable distributions, 
and 
‘‘(iii) a charitable gift annuity (as de-
fined in section 501(m)(5)).’’. 
(b) MODIFICATIONS RELATING TO INFORMATION RE-
TURNS BY CERTAIN TRUSTS.— 
(1) RETURNS.—Section 6034 (relating to re-
turns by trusts described in section 4947(a)(2) or 
claiming charitable deductions under section 642(c)) 
is amended to read as follows:
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House Calendar No. 18 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 203 
[Report No. 110–26] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 800) to amend the National 
Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees 
to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory 
injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2007 
Ms. SUTTON, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 800) to amend 
the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient 
system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor 
organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for 
unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for 
other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3647
AN ACT 
To render nationals of Denmark eligible to enter the United 
States as nonimmigrant traders and investors.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS 
FROM DENMARK. 
Denmark shall be considered, for purposes of section 
101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), to be a foreign state described 
in such section (other than clause (iii) of such section) 
if Denmark extends reciprocal nonimmigrant treatment to 
nationals of the United States.
Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3647
AN ACT 
To render nationals of Denmark eligible to enter 
the United States as nonimmigrant traders and 
investors.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3872 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow loans from individual 
retirement plans for qualified small business capital assets. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 
Mr. FORTENBERRY 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 loans 
from individual retirement plans for qualified small busi-
ness capital assets. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LOANS FROM INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT PLANS 
FOR QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL 
ASSETS. 
(a) EXEMPTION FROM PROHIBITED TRANSACTION 
RULES.—Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to tax on prohibited transactions) is 
amended by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as sub-
sections (i) and (j), respectively, and by inserting after 
subsection (g) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) SPECIAL RULE FOR LOANS FOR QUALIFIED 
SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL ASSETS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibitions provided 
in subsection (c) shall not apply to any qualified 
small business loan from an individual retirement 
plan to the individual for whose benefit the plan is 
maintained to the extent that such loan (when added 
to the outstanding balance of all other such loans) 
does exceed the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) $50,000, reduced by the excess (if 
any) of— 
‘‘(i) the highest outstanding balance 
of such loans during the 1-year period end-
ing on the day before the date on which 
such loan was made, over 
‘‘(ii) the outstanding balance of such 
loans on the date on which such loan was 
made, or 
‘‘(B) the greater of— 
‘‘(i) one-half of the amount available 
for distribution under the plan, or 
‘‘(ii) $10,000.
SEC. 4. UNIFIED CREDIT INCREASED TO EQUIVALENT OF 
$3,000,000 EXCLUSION; INFLATION ADJUST-
MENT OF UNIFIED CREDIT. 
(a) INCREASE IN UNIFIED CREDIT.—Subsection (c) 
of section 2010 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (re-
lating to applicable credit amount) is amended by striking 
all that follows ‘‘were the applicable exclusion amount’’ 
and inserting ‘‘. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 
the applicable exclusion amount is $3,000,000.’’ 
(b) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 2010 of such 
Code is amended by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e) and by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of 
any decedent dying, and gift made, in a calendar year 
after 2007, the $3,000,000 amount set forth in subsection 
(c) shall be increased by an amount equal to— 
‘‘(1) $3,000,000, multiplied by 
‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 
under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year by sub-
stituting ‘calendar year 2006’ for ‘calendar year 
1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof. 
If any amount as adjusted under the preceding sentence 
is not a multiple of $10,000, such amount shall be round-
ed to the nearest multiple of $10,000.’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3647 
To render nationals of Denmark eligible to enter the United States as 
nonimmigrant traders and investors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2005 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To render nationals of Denmark eligible to enter the United 
States as nonimmigrant traders and investors. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS 
FROM DENMARK. 
Denmark shall be considered, for purposes of section 
101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), to be a foreign state described 
in such section if Denmark extends reciprocal non-
immigrant treatment to nationals of the United States. 
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