datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(as 
such 
terms 
are 
defined 
in 
section 
6050X(d)(2)),’’. 
(b) 
EXEMPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
GAMBLING 
WINNINGS.—Section 871(j) (relating to exemption for cer-
tain gambling winnings) is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘or to any bets or 
wagers placed over the Internet (as such terms are defined 
in section 6050X(d)(2))’’. 
(c) WITHHOLDING OF TAX ON NONRESIDENT ALIEN 
INDIVIDUALS.—The first sentence of subsection (b) of sec-
tion 1441 (relating to withholding of tax on nonresident 
aliens) is amended by inserting after ‘‘gains subject to tax 
under section 871(a)(1)(D),’’ the following: ‘‘the gross 
amount of winnings from wagers placed over the Internet 
described in section 871(a)(1)(E),’’. 
(d) SOURCE OF INTERNET GAMBLING WINNINGS.— 
Subsection (a) of section 861 is amending by inserting at 
the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) INTERNET
GAMBLING
WINNINGS.—Any 
Internet gambling winnings received from a licensee 
within the meaning of section 5382(3) of title 31, 
United States Code.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to bets or wagers placed after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 5. TERRITORIAL EXTENT. 
Paragraph (2) of section 4404 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) placed within the United States or any 
Commonwealth, territory, or possession thereof by a 
United States citizen or resident.’’. 
Æ 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 
9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking paragraph (2) and by redesig-
nating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) as para-
graphs (2), (3), (4), and (5). 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 9502(a) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 9503(c)(7)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 9503(c)(5)’’. 
(B) Section 9503(b)(4)(D) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)(D) or 
(5)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)(D) or 
(4)(B)’’. 
(C) Section 9503(c)(2) of such Code, as 
redesignated by paragraph (1), is amended by 
adding at the end of the following sentence: 
‘‘The amounts payable from the Highway Trust 
Fund under the preceding sentence shall be de-
termined by taking into account only the por-
tion of the taxes which are deposited into the 
Highway Trust Fund.’’. 
(D) Section 9503(e)(5)(A) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’. 
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‘‘, and’’, and by inserting after clause (viii) the following 
new clauses: 
‘‘(ix) the portion of the credit deter-
mined under section 30B which is attrib-
utable to the application of subsection 
(e)(3) thereof with respect to qualified al-
ternative fuel motor vehicles which are ca-
pable of being powered by compressed or 
liquefied natural gas, and 
‘‘(x) the portion of the credit deter-
mined under section 30C which is attrib-
utable to the application of subsection (b) 
thereof with respect to refueling property 
which is used to store and or dispense 
compressed or liquefied natural gas.’’. 
(b) PERSONAL CREDITS.— 
(1) 
NEW
QUALIFIED
ALTERNATIVE
FUEL 
MOTOR VEHICLES.—Subsection (g) of section 30B of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL
RULE
RELATING
TO
CERTAIN 
NEW QUALIFIED ALTERNATIVE FUEL MOTOR VEHI-
CLES.—In the case of the portion of the credit deter-
mined under subsection (a) which is attributable to 
the application of subsection (e)(3) with respect to 
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(20) Part W of title VIII (20 U.S.C. 1161w; re-
lating to the path to success). 
(21) Part X of title VIII (20 U.S.C. 1161x; re-
lating to the School of Veterinary Medicine Competi-
tive Grant program). 
(22) Part Z of title VIII (20 U.S.C. 1161z; re-
lating to the Henry Kuualoha Giugni Kupuna Me-
morial Archives). 
(b) HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1998.— 
The following provisions of the Higher Education Amend-
ments of 1998 (Public Law 105–244) are hereby repealed: 
(1) Part D of title VIII (20 U.S.C. 1151; relat-
ing to the Incarcerated Youth Program). 
(2) Part H of title VIII (20 U.S.C. 1153; relat-
ing to the Underground Railroad Educational and 
Cultural Program). 
(c) OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION LAWS.—The fol-
lowing provisions of law are hereby repealed: 
(1) Section 121 of the Education of the Deaf 
Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4341; relating to Cultural 
Experiences Grants). 
(2) Section 802 of the Higher Education Op-
portunity Act (20 U.S.C. 9631; relating to the Na-
tional Center for Research in Advanced Information 
and Digital Technologies). 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2270 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment 
of a compensation fund to make payments to qualified World War 
II veterans on the basis of certain qualifying service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2009 
Mr. BUYER (for himself, Mr. WALZ, and Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the 
establishment of a compensation fund to make payments 
to qualified World War II veterans on the basis of cer-
tain qualifying service. 
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 ‘‘Benefits for Qualified 
World War II Veterans Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR QUALIFIED WORLD WAR II VET-
ERANS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPENSATION FUND.— 
Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 532. Qualified World War II Veterans Equity Com-
pensation Fund 
‘‘(a) COMPENSATION FUND.—(1) There is in the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury a fund to be known as the 
‘Qualified World War II Veterans Equity Compensation 
Fund’ (in this section referred to as the ‘compensation 
fund’). 
‘‘(2) Subject to the availability of appropriations for 
such purpose, amounts in the compensation fund shall be 
available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation to 
make payments to eligible individuals in accordance with 
this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—(1) An eligible indi-
vidual is an individual who— 
‘‘(A) during the 1-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of the Benefits for Qualified 
World War II Veterans Act of 2009, submits to the 
Secretary an application containing such information 
and assurances as the Secretary may require; 
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munication’’, ‘‘electronic communications system’’, 
‘‘electronic storage’’, and ‘‘contents’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in section 2510 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
(3) FOREIGN OFFICIAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘foreign offi-
cial’’ means— 
(i) any officer or employee of a for-
eign government or of any department, 
agency, state-owned enterprise, or instru-
mentality thereof; or 
(ii) any person acting in an official ca-
pacity for or on behalf of, or acting under 
color of law with the knowledge of, any 
such government or such department, 
agency, state-owned enterprise, or instru-
mentality. 
(B) 
STATE-OWNED
ENTERPRISE.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘state- 
owned enterprise’’ means a commercial entity in 
which a foreign government owns or controls, 
directly or indirectly, more than 50 percent of 
the outstanding capital stock or other beneficial 
interest in such commercial entity. 
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‘‘(B) has not received benefits under the Serv-
icemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (Public Law 
78–346); and 
‘‘(C) has engaged in qualified service. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), a person has en-
gaged in qualified service if the service of the person has 
been determined to have been active duty service pursuant 
to section 1401 of the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977 
(38 U.S.C. 106 note). 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
make a monthly payment out of the compensation fund 
in the amount of $1,000 to an eligible individual. The Sec-
retary shall make such payments to eligible individuals in 
the order in which the Secretary receives the applications 
of the eligible individuals. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—(1) 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the compensa-
tion fund such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section. 
‘‘(2) Funds appropriated to carry out this section 
shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall include, in docu-
ments submitted to Congress by the Secretary in support 
of the President’s budget for each fiscal year, detailed in-
formation on the operation of the compensation fund, in-
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cluding the number of applicants, the number of eligible 
individuals receiving benefits, the amounts paid out of the 
compensation fund, the administration of the compensa-
tion fund, and an estimate of the amounts necessary to 
fully fund the compensation fund for that fiscal year and 
each of the three subsequent fiscal years. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
prescribe the regulations required under section 532(f) of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item related to section 531 the following new 
item: 
‘‘532. Qualified World War II Veterans Equity Compensation Fund.’’. 
Æ 
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in effect on the day before such effective date pursuant 
to the exercise of such authorities shall cease to be effec-
tive on such date. 
(c) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES UNDER OTHER PRO-
VISIONS OF LAW.— 
(1) REMOVAL OF PROHIBITIONS.—Any prohibi-
tion on exports to Cuba that is in effect on the day 
before the effective date of this Act under the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in ef-
fect under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act) shall cease to be effective on such effec-
tive date. 
(2) AUTHORITY FOR NEW RESTRICTIONS.—The 
President may, on and after the effective date of this 
Act— 
(A) impose export controls with respect to 
Cuba under section 5, 6(j), 6(l), or 6(m) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (as contin-
ued in effect under the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act), and 
(B) exercise the authorities the President 
has under the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act with respect to Cuba pursu-
ant to a declaration of national emergency re-
quired by that Act that is made on account of 
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SEC. 207. PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
President may waive the application of any of the provi-
sions of sections 201 through 205 with respect to a United 
States business or an Internet-restricting country, if the 
President determines and so reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that— 
(1) the government of the country has ceased 
the activities giving rise to the designation of the 
country as an Internet-restricting country; 
(2) the exercise of such waiver authority would 
further the purposes of this Act; or 
(3) the national interest of the United States 
requires the exercise of such waiver authority. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
the date of the exercise of a waiver under subsection (a), 
the President shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees of the waiver or the intention to exercise the 
waiver, together with a detailed justification for the waiv-
er. 
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TITLE III—EXPORT CONTROLS 
FOR INTERNET-RESTRICTING 
COUNTRIES 
SEC. 301. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF EX-
PORT CONTROLS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State, shall complete a feasi-
bility study and make recommendations regarding the de-
velopment of export controls and export license require-
ments with respect to the export of any item subject to 
sections 730 through 774 of title 15, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (commonly known as the ‘‘Export Administration 
Regulations’’) to an end user in an Internet-restricting 
country for the purpose, in whole or in part, of facilitating 
substantial restrictions on Internet freedom. 
SEC. 302. REPORT. 
Not later than 30 days after the end of the 180-day 
period described in section 301, the Secretary of Com-
merce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port describing the actions taken to carry out section 301. 
Æ 
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established not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this title, and shall be based on the study 
conducted under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this title, the Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Re-
search and Quality, shall complete a study of licensed 
practical nurse staffing and its effects on patient care in 
hospitals. The Director may contract with a qualified enti-
ty or organization to carry out such study under this para-
graph. The Director shall consult with licensed practical 
nurses and organizations representing licensed practical 
nurses regarding the design and conduct of the study. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION OF REGISTERED NURSE PROVI-
SIONS TO LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE STAFFING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Paragraphs (2), (3), (4)(A), and (5) of 
section 3101(b), section 3101(c), and section 3102 shall 
apply to the establishment and application of direct care 
licensed practical nurse staffing requirements under this 
section in the same manner that they apply to the estab-
lishment and application of direct care registered nurse- 
to-patient ratios under section 3101. 
‘‘(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of this 
section shall take effect as soon as practicable, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, but not later than 2 years after 
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(8) Subpart 4 of part C of title II (20 U.S.C. 
6721 et seq.; relating to the teaching of traditional 
American history). 
(9) Part D of title II (20 U.S.C. 6751 et seq.; 
relating to enhancing education through technology). 
(10) Subpart 4 of part B of title III (20 U.S.C. 
6961 et seq.; relating to the Emergency Immigrant 
Education program). 
(11) Section 4129 of subpart 2 of part A of 
title IV (20 U.S.C. 7139; relating to grants to re-
duce alcohol abuse). 
(12) Section 4130 of subpart 2 of part A of 
title IV (20 U.S.C. 7140; relating to mentoring pro-
grams). 
(13) Subpart 2 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7245; relating to elementary and secondary school 
counseling programs). 
(14) Subpart 4 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7249; relating to smaller learning communities). 
(15) Subpart 5 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7251; relating to the Reading is Fundamental—In-
expensive Book Distribution program). 
(16) Subpart 7 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7255 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Star 
Schools Act’’). 
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(17) Subpart 8 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7257 et seq.; relating to the Ready to Teach pro-
gram). 
(18) Subpart 9 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7259 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Foreign 
Language Assistance Act of 2001’’). 
(19) Subpart 10 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7261 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Carol M. 
White Physical Education Program’’). 
(20) Subpart 11 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7263 et seq.; relating to community technology cen-
ters). 
(21) Subpart 12 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7265 et seq.; relating to educational, cultural, ap-
prenticeship, and exchange programs for Alaska Na-
tives, Native Hawaiians, and their historical whaling 
and trading partners in Massachusetts). 
(22) Subpart 14 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7269 et seq.; relating to grants to improve mental 
health of children). 
(23) Subpart 15 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7271; relating to arts in education). 
(24) Subpart 18 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 
7277 et seq.; relating to healthy, high–performance 
schools). 
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(i) subsection (d)(3) of section 221 of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
1715l), and bears interest at a rate deter-
mined 
under 
the 
proviso 
of 
section 
221(d)(5) of such Act; or 
(ii) subsection (d)(4) of such section 
221; 
(B) insured or assisted under section 236 of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 
or 
(C) is assisted with a capital advance under 
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q) or a loan under such section (as 
in effect before October 1, 1991); 
(2) at the time a loan under this section is made, 
is provided project-based rental assistance under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) , or project rental assistance under sec-
tion 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as applicable, 
for 50 percent or more of the dwelling units in the 
project; and 
(3) is not a housing project owned or held by the 
Secretary, or subject to a mortgage held by the Sec-
retary. 
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bility to repudiate purveyors of incitement to vio-
lence. 
(2) For years, media outlets in the Middle East 
have repeatedly published or broadcast incitements 
to violence against the United States and Americans. 
(3) Television channels that broadcast incite-
ment to violence against Americans, the United 
States, and others have demonstrated the ability to 
shift their operations to different countries and their 
transmissions to different satellite providers in order 
to continue broadcasting and to evade account-
ability. 
(4) Television channels such as al-Manar, al- 
Aqsa, al-Zawra, and others that broadcast incite-
ment to violence against the United States and 
Americans aid Foreign Terrorist Organizations in 
the key functions of recruitment, fundraising, and 
propaganda. 
(5) The broadcast of incitement to violence 
against Americans and the United States on tele-
vision channels and other media that are accessible 
in the United States may increase the risk of 
radicalization and recruitment of Americans into 
Foreign Terrorist Organizations that seek to carry 
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of an individual, for the purpose of determining eligibility 
to receive, or the amount of, any assistance or benefit au-
thorized by such provision to be provided to or for the 
benefit of such individual, any amount (including earnings 
thereon) in any Individual Development Account of such 
individual and any matching deposit made on behalf of 
such individual (including earnings thereon) in any par-
allel account shall be disregarded for such purpose with 
respect to any period during which such individual main-
tains or makes contributions into such Individual Develop-
ment Account. 
Æ 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2278 
To direct the President to transmit to Congress a report on anti-American 
incitement to violence in the Middle East, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2009 
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself and Mr. CROWLEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the President to transmit to Congress a report 
on anti-American incitement to violence in the Middle 
East, 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. ANTI-AMERICAN INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE IN 
THE MIDDLE EAST. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Freedom of the press and freedom of ex-
pression are the foundations of free and prosperous 
societies worldwide, and with the freedom of the 
press and freedom of expression comes the responsi-
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of the members appointed under paragraph 
(1)(E), as specified by the minority leader 
of the House of Representatives; and 
(ii) the initial term shall be for 1 year 
in the case of one of the members ap-
pointed under paragraph (1)(B), as speci-
fied by the majority leader of the Senate, 
one of the members appointed under para-
graph (1)(C), as specified by the minority 
leader of the Senate and one of the mem-
bers appointed under paragraph (1)(D), as 
specified by the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives. 
(B) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed 
to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration 
of the term for which the member’s predecessor 
was appointed shall be appointed only for the 
remainder of that term. A member may serve 
after the expiration of that member’s term until 
a successor has taken office. A vacancy in the 
Commission shall be filled in the manner in 
which the original appointment was made. 
(3) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 
the call of its Chair or a majority of its members. 
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