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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2446 
To clarify the treatment of homeowner warranties under current law, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2011 
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself and Mr. CLAY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To clarify the treatment of homeowner warranties under 
current law, 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 ‘‘RESPA Home War-
ranty Clarification Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF HOMEOWNER WARRANTIES. 
Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures 
Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2607) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) HOMEOWNER WARRANTIES.— 
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Union Calendar No. 455 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2446 
[Report No. 112–633] 
A BILL 
To clarify the treatment of homeowner warranties 
under current law, and for other purposes. 
JULY 31, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in this section, 
section 2, or section 3 shall be deemed to include, 
or be deemed to have included, homeowner warran-
ties or similar residential service contracts for the 
repair or replacement of home system components or 
home appliances. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE.—Any person that pays another 
person not employed by the person for selling, adver-
tising, marketing, or processing, or performing an 
inspection in connection with, a homeowner war-
ranty or similar residential service contract for the 
repair or replacement of home system components or 
home appliances shall include the following state-
ment, in boldface type that is 10-point or larger, in 
any such warranty or contract offered or sold as an 
incident to or as part of any transaction involving 
the origination of a federally related mortgage loan: 
‘‘NOTICE: THIS COMPANY MAY PAY 
PERSONS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE COM-
PANY 
FOR 
SELLING, 
ADVERTISING, 
MARKETING, OR PROCESSING, OR PER-
FORMING AN INSPECTION IN CONNEC-
TION WITH, A HOMEOWNER WARRANTY 
OR 
SIMILAR 
RESIDENTIAL 
SERVICE 
CONTRACT FOR REPAIRING OR RE-
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PLACING HOME SYSTEM COMPONENTS 
OR HOME APPLIANCES.’’. 
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IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2446 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To clarify the treatment of homeowner warranties under 
current law, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘RESPA Home War-
ranty Clarification Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF HOMEOWNER WARRANTIES. 
Section 8 of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures 
Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2607) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) HOMEOWNER WARRANTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Nothing in this section, 
section 2, or section 3 shall be deemed to include, 
or be deemed to have included, homeowner warran-
ties or similar residential service contracts for the 
repair or replacement of home system components or 
home appliances. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE BY HOME WARRANTY COMPANY.— 
Any person that pays another person not employed 
by the person for selling, advertising, marketing, or 
processing, or performing an inspection in connec-
tion with, a homeowner warranty or similar residen-
tial service contract for the repair or replacement of 
home system components or home appliances shall 
include the following statement, in boldface type that 
is 10-point or larger, in any such warranty or con-
tract offered or sold as an incident to or as part of 
any transaction involving the origination of a feder-
ally related mortgage loan: 
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‘‘ ‘NOTICE: THIS COMPANY MAY PAY 
PERSONS NOT EMPLOYED BY THE COM-
PANY 
FOR 
SELLING, 
ADVERTISING, 
MARKETING, OR PROCESSING, OR PER-
FORMING AN INSPECTION IN CONNEC-
TION WITH, A HOMEOWNER WARRANTY 
OR 
SIMILAR 
RESIDENTIAL 
SERVICE 
CONTRACT FOR REPAIRING OR RE-
PLACING HOME SYSTEM COMPONENTS 
OR HOME APPLIANCES.’ 
‘‘(3) NOTICE
BY
REAL
ESTATE
AGENT
OR 
BROKER.—Any person who has contracted to receive 
payment from a provider of the services described in 
paragraph (1) for recommending the purchase of a 
home warranty or similar residential service con-
tract, and is not an employee of such provider, shall 
provide the potential purchaser, upon first recom-
mending the purchase of a homeowner warranty or 
similar residential service contract, a written notice 
containing the following language in boldface type 
that is 10-point or larger (with the bracketed matter 
being replaced with the information described by 
such bracketed matter): 
‘‘ ‘NOTICE: THIS IS TO GIVE YOU 
NOTICE THAT [the provider of the notice] 
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‘‘(3) NOTICE
BY
REAL
ESTATE
AGENT
OR 
BROKER.—Any person who has contracted to receive 
payment from a provider of the services described in 
paragraph (1) for recommending the purchase of a 
home warranty or similar residential service contract, 
and is not an employee of such provider, shall provide 
the potential purchaser, upon first recommending the 
purchase of a homeowner warranty or similar resi-
dential service contract, a written notice containing 
the following language in boldface type that is 10- 
point or larger (with the bracketed matter being re-
placed with the information described by such brack-
eted matter): 
‘‘ ‘NOTICE: THIS IS TO GIVE YOU NO-
TICE THAT [the provider of the notice] HAS 
RECEIVED 
OR 
WILL 
RECEIVE 
COM-
PENSATION FROM [the home warranty com-
pany] FOR [the residential service for which the 
notice provider is being compensated]. YOU 
ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PURCHASE A 
HOME WARRANTY OR A SIMILAR RESI-
DENTIAL SERVICE CONTRACT AND IF 
YOU CHOOSE TO PURCHASE SUCH COV-
ERAGE YOU ARE FREE TO PURCHASE IT 
FROM ANOTHER PROVIDER’.’’. 
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HAS RECEIVED OR WILL RECEIVE COM-
PENSATION FROM [the home warranty com-
pany] FOR [the residential service for which 
the notice provider is being compensated]. YOU 
ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PURCHASE A 
HOME WARRANTY OR A SIMILAR RESI-
DENTIAL SERVICE CONTRACT AND IF 
YOU CHOOSE TO PURCHASE SUCH COV-
ERAGE YOU ARE FREE TO PURCHASE 
IT FROM ANOTHER PROVIDER’.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives August 1, 
2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(2) a list of any claims of the United States de-
scribed in subsection (c)(3) that arose, were out-
standing, or were collected in whole or in part; and 
(3) a list of any funds that were withheld under 
subsection (c)(5). 
(e) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ includes the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin 
Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to funds obligated by a State or a political subdivi-
sion of a State after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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(ii) describe comprehensive policies, 
goals, strategies and recommendations for 
telling the story of the heritage of the area 
covered by the designation and encour-
aging long-term resource protection, en-
hancement, interpretation, funding, man-
agement, and development; 
(iii) a description of actions that gov-
ernments, private organizations, and indi-
viduals have agreed to take to protect the 
natural, historical and cultural resources of 
the Heritage Area; 
(iv) a program of implementation for 
the management plan by the local coordi-
nating entity that includes a description 
of— 
(I) actions to facilitate ongoing 
collaboration among partners to pro-
mote plans for resource protection, 
restoration, and construction; and 
(II) specific commitments for im-
plementation that have been made by 
the local coordinating entity or any 
government, organization, or indi-
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of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the 
award, on behalf of the Congress, of a single gold medal 
of appropriate design in honor of the Montford Point Ma-
rines, collectively, in recognition of their personal sacrifice 
and service to their country. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the 
award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 
Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) shall strike the gold medal with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the gold medal struck under section 2, at a price 
sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
Medals struck pursuant to this Act are National med-
als for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; PROCEEDS 
OF SALE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
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Public Enterprise Fund, an amount not to exceed $30,000 
to pay for the cost of the medals authorized under section 
2. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be 
deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund. 
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IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2447 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 31, 2011 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To grant the congressional gold medal to the Montford Point 
Marines. 
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. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) On June 25, 1941, President Franklin D. 
Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 8802 estab-
lishing the Fair Employment Practices Commission 
and opening the doors for the very first African- 
Americans to enlist in the United States Marine 
Corps. 
(2) The first Black Marine recruits were 
trained at Camp Montford Point, near the New 
River in Jacksonville, North Carolina. 
(3) On August 26, 1942, Howard P. Perry of 
Charlotte, North Carolina, was the first Black pri-
vate to set foot on Montford Point. 
(4) During April 1943 the first African-Amer-
ican Marine Drill Instructors took over as the senior 
Drill Instructors of the eight platoons then in train-
ing; the 16th Platoon (Edgar R. Huff), 17th (Thom-
as Brokaw), 18th (Charles E. Allen), 19th (Gilbert 
H. Johnson), 20th (Arnold R. Bostic), 21st 
(Mortimer A. Cox), 22nd (Edgar R. Davis, Jr.), and 
23rd (George A. Jackson). 
(5) Black Marines of the 8th Ammunition Com-
pany and the 36th Depot Company landed on the is-
land of Iwo Jima on D–Day, February 19, 1945. 
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(6) The largest number of Black Marines to 
serve in combat during World War II took part in 
the seizure of Okinawa in the Ryuku Islands with 
some 2,000 Black Marines seeing action during the 
campaign. 
(7) On November 10, 1945, the first African- 
American Marine, Frederick C. Branch, was com-
missioned as a second lieutenant at the Marine 
Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia. 
(8) Overall 19,168 Blacks served in the Marine 
Corps in World War II. 
(9) An enterprising group of men, including 
original Montford Pointer Master Sergeant Brooks 
E. Gray, planned a reunion of the Men of Montford 
Point, and on September 15, 1965, approximately 
400 Montford Point Marines gathered at the 
Adelphi Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to lay 
the foundation for the Montford Point Marine Asso-
ciation Inc., 16 years after the closure of Montford 
Point as a training facility for Black recruits. 
(10) Organized as a non-military, nonprofit en-
tity, the Montford Point Marine Association’s main 
mission is to preserve the legacy of the first Black 
Marines. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2450 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-intensity sweetener. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2011 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-intensity 
sweetener. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN HIGH-INTENSITY SWEETENER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
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‘‘ 
9902.01.00 
High-intensity sweet-
ener extracted from 
the cultivar variety 
of Stevia Rebaudiana 
Bertoni containing 
at least 95% 
Rebaudioside A and 
also containing 
Rebaudioside O (pro-
vided for in sub-
heading 2938.90.00) 
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2013. 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2451 
To restore certain provisions of the Banking Act of 1933, commonly referred 
to as the ‘‘Glass-Steagall Act’’, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2011 
Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 
WOOLSEY, and Mr. CAPUANO) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To restore certain provisions of the Banking Act of 1933, 
commonly referred to as the ‘‘Glass-Steagall Act’’, 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 ‘‘Glass-Steagall Restora-
tion Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESTORING PROVISIONS OF THE GLASS-STEAGALL 
ACT. 
(a) LIMITATION ON AFFILIATION.—The Banking Act 
of 1933 (12 U.S.C. 221a et seq.) is amended by inserting 
before section 21 the following section: 
‘‘SEC. 20. LIMITATION ON AFFILIATION. 
‘‘After the end of the 1-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of the Glass-Steagall Restoration 
Act of 2011, no member bank shall be affiliated in any 
manner described in section 2(b) with any corporation, as-
sociation, business trust, or other similar organization en-
gaged principally in the issue, flotation, underwriting, 
public sale, or distribution at wholesale or retail or 
through syndicate participation stocks, bonds, debenture, 
notes, or other securities: except that nothing in this sec-
tion shall apply to any such organization which shall have 
been placed in formal liquidation and which shall transact 
no business except such as may be incidental to the liq-
uidation of its affairs.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—The Banking 
Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C. 221 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 31 the following section: 
‘‘SEC. 32. LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION. 
‘‘No officer, director, or employee of any corporation 
or unincorporated association, no partner or employee of 
any partnership, and no individual, primarily engaged in 
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the issue, flotation, underwriting, public sale, or distribu-
tion, at wholesale or retail, or through syndicate participa-
tion, of stocks, bonds, or other similar securities, shall 
serve the same time as an officer, director, or employee 
of any member bank except in limited classes of cases in 
which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem may allow such service by general regulations when 
in the judgment of the said Board it would not unduly 
influence the investment policies of such member bank or 
the advice it gives its customers regarding investments.’’. 
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In the Senate of the United States, 
September 22 (legislative day, September 21), 2012. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2453) entitled ‘‘An Act to require the Secretary 
of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Mark 
Twain.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENTS: 
On page 7, strike lines 5 through 7 and insert the 
following: 
(2) One-quarter of the surcharges, to the Univer-
sity of California, Berkeley, California, for the benefit 
of the Mark Twain Project at the Bancroft Library 
to support programs to study and promote the legacy 
of Mark Twain. 
At the end, add the following: 
SEC. 8. NO NET COST. 
The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec-
essary to ensure that—
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(1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 
will not result in any net cost to the United States 
Government; and 
(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 
are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 
7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of 
the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, ma-
terials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 
marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the United 
States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 
5134(f) of title 31, United States Code. 
Attest: 
Secretary.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2454 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto 
Rico with one child or two children eligible for the refundable portion 
of the child tax credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2011 
Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. CROWLEY, 
Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. 
SERRANO, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Mr. HASTINGS of Florida) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
residents of Puerto Rico with one child or two children 
eligible for the refundable portion of the child tax credit. 
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 ‘‘Child Tax Credit 
Equality for Puerto Rico Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. REFUNDABLE CHILD TAX CREDIT ALLOWABLE TO 
RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO WITH LESS 
THAN 3 CHILDREN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 24(d) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to portion 
of credit refundable) is amended by inserting at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘For purposes of this para-
graph, taxable income shall be computed without regard 
to section 933.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2010. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any credit allowable by rea-
son of the amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
not exceed the applicable percentage of the amount 
of credit which would otherwise be allowable under 
section 24(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (without regard to this subsection). 
(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—The applicable 
percentage shall be determined as follows: 
In the case of any taxable 
The applicable 
year beginning in: 
percentage is: 
2011 ...................................................................................................
2012 ...................................................................................................
2013 ...................................................................................................
2014 ...................................................................................................
2015 and thereafter ...........................................................................
100. 
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