datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5250
To amend title 49, United States Code, to make modifications to the Federal 
flight deck officer program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself and Mr. MICA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to make 
modifications to the Federal flight deck officer program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Congress assem-
bled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Flight Deck 
Officer Improvement Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. FEDERAL FLIGHT DECK OFFICER TRAINING AND 
REQUALIFICATION TRAINING. 
(a) TRAINING, SUPERVISION, AND EQUIPMENT.—
Section 44921(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LOCATION OF TRAINING.—
‘‘(A) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct 
a study of the feasibility of conducting Federal 
flight deck officer initial training at facilities lo-
cated throughout the United States, including 
an analysis of any associated programmatic im-
pacts to the Federal flight deck officer pro-
gram. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate a report on the results of the study. 
‘‘(4) DATES OF TRAINING.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that a pilot who is eligible to receive Federal 
flight deck officer training is offered a choice of 
training dates and is provided at least 30 days ad-
vance notice of the dates.
SEC. 2. STATE LAW PREEMPTION STANDARDS FOR NA-
TIONAL BANKS CLARIFIED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title LXII of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States (12 U.S.C. 21 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 5136B the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 5136C. STATE LAW PREEMPTION STANDARDS FOR NA-
TIONAL BANKS AND SUBSIDIARIES CLARI-
FIED. 
‘‘(a) STATE CONSUMER LAWS OF GENERAL APPLI-
CATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of Federal law, any State consumer law of 
general application (including any law relating to 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices and any con-
sumer fraud law) shall apply to any national bank. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL BANK DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘national bank’ includes any 
Federal branch established in accordance with the 
International Banking Act of 1978. 
‘‘(b) STATE BANKING LAWS ENACTED PURSUANT TO 
FEDERAL LAW.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of Federal law and except as provided in 
paragraph (2), any State law that— 
‘‘(A) is applicable to State banks; and
‘‘(3) TRACKING OF CHANGES IN INFORMATION 
SUBMITTED TO DATA BANK.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that updates to the data bank submitted 
under paragraphs (1)(A)(xviii) and (2)(A)(v) do not 
result in the removal from the data bank of the 
original submissions or of any preceding updates, 
and that information in the data bank is presented 
in a manner that enables users to readily access 
each original submission and to track the changes 
made by the updates. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall dis-
seminate information in the data bank through in-
formation systems in accordance with this sub-
section. Information required in this section to be 
submitted to the data bank shall not be considered 
confidential commercial information or trade secrets, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION AGAINST FEES.— The Sec-
retary may not impose a fee for providing access to 
information in the data bank. 
‘‘(3) INTERNET SITES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
operate one or more searchable Internet sites 
for purposes of presenting to clinicians and re-
(xii) State consumer protection laws 
(reported as a separate aggregate number 
for each State and each State consumer 
protection law). 
(xiii) Any other State law (reported 
separately for each State and each State 
law). 
(C) A summary description of the resolu-
tion efforts by the Comptroller for complaints 
received during the period covered, including— 
(i) the average amount of time to re-
solve each complaint; 
(ii) the median period of time to re-
solve each complaint; 
(iii) the average and median time to 
resolve complaints in each category of com-
plaints described in each clause of sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(iv) a summary description of the 
longest outstanding complaint during the 
reporting period and the reason for the dif-
ficulty in resolving such complaint in a 
more timely fashion. 
(3) 
DISCLOSURE
OF
REPORT
ON
OCC 
WEBSITE.—Each report submitted to the Congress
under this subsection shall be posted, by the Comp-
troller of the Currency, in a timely fashion and 
maintained on the website of the Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency on the World Wide 
Web. 
Æ
I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3892 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exception for 
certain spun-off voluntary employees’ beneficiary associations to the limi-
tation on the exemption from tax on unrelated business taxable income 
of amounts set aside for qualified benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 
Mrs. WALORSKI (for herself and Mr. CARSON of Indiana) 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 provide 
an exception for certain spun-off voluntary employees’ 
beneficiary associations to the limitation on the exemp-
tion from tax on unrelated business taxable income of 
amounts set aside for qualified benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:01 Oct 04, 2017
Jkt 079200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H3892.IH
H3892
srobinson on DSKBC5CHB2PROD with BILLS
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5256 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Polyethylene HE2591. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Mr. ADERHOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Polyethylene HE2591. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. POLYETHYLENE HE2591. 
(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: 
‘‘ 
9902.39.33 
Polyethylene HE2591 (CAS 
No. 25087–43–7), with l- 
butene as comonomer (pro-
vided for in subheading 
3901.20.50) .........................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2008 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ
contamination and the processes of which do not in-
clude a step validated to destroy contaminants. 
(7) CATEGORY 3 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 3 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that processes meat, poultry, seafood 
products, and other products that the Administrator 
determines by regulation to be at high risk of con-
tamination and whose processes include a step vali-
dated to destroy contaminants. 
(8) CATEGORY 4 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 4 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that processes all other categories of 
food products not described in paragraphs (5) 
through (7). 
(9) CATEGORY 5 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 5 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that stores, holds, or transports food 
products prior to delivery for retail sale. 
(10) CONTAMINANT.—The term ‘‘contaminant’’ 
includes a bacterium, chemical, natural or manufac-
tured toxin, virus, parasite, prion, physical hazard, 
or other human pathogen that when found on or in 
food can cause human illness, injury, or death. 
(11) CONTAMINATION.—The term ‘‘contamina-
tion’’ refers to a presence of a contaminant in food.
(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of Food Safety ap-
pointed under section 101(a)(3). 
(3) ADULTERATED.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘adulter-
ated’’ has the meaning described in subsections 
(a) through (c) of section 402 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
342(a)–(c)). 
(B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘adulterated’’ 
includes bearing or containing a contaminant 
that causes illness or death among sensitive 
populations. 
(4) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(5) CATEGORY 1 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 1 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that routinely slaughters animals for 
human consumption. 
(6) CATEGORY 2 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
term ‘‘category 2 food establishment’’ means a food 
establishment that processes raw meat, poultry, sea-
food products, and other products that the Adminis-
trator determines by regulation to be at high risk of
(1) in section 3014(a) by striking ‘‘an approved 
program of education’’ and inserting ‘‘a program of 
education of the individual’s choosing’’; and 
(2) 
in 
sections 
3014A(b)(1), 
3015(a)(1), 
3015(a)(2), 3015(b)(1), 3015(b)(2), 3015(g)(1), 
3015(g)(2), 
3016(b), 
3016(c), 
3022(a)(1), 
3022(a)(2), and 3034(a)(3) by striking ‘‘an ap-
proved program’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘a program’’. 
(b) EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE SELECTED RESERVE.—Section 16131 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘of the 
person’s choosing’’ after ‘‘pursuing a program of 
education’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (c)(1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(c)(1) Educational assistance shall be provided to 
each person entitled to educational assistance under this 
chapter for pursuit of any program of education of the 
person’s choosing that is a program of education for pur-
poses of chapter 30 of title 38.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)(2)(B)(i) by striking ‘‘an 
approved program’’ and inserting ‘‘a program’’.
SEC. 4. SERVICE IN THE SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) CREDIT FOR 24 MONTHS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERV-
ICE.—Subsection 3012 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)(i) by striking ‘‘an 
obligated period’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘in the Armed Forces’’ and inserting ‘‘for a cu-
mulative period of at least 24 months of obli-
gated active duty in the Armed Forces during 
any 6-year period’’; 
(B) 
in 
paragraphs 
(1)(B)(i) 
and 
(1)(C)(iii)(I) by striking ‘‘at least two years of 
continuous active duty in the Armed Forces’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘for a cu-
mulative period of at least 24 months of active 
duty in the Armed Forces during any 6-year 
period’’; and 
(C) 
in 
paragraphs 
(1)(B)(ii) 
and 
(1)(C)(iii)(II) by striking ‘‘two years’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘24 months’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘two years of service’’ and 
inserting ‘‘24 months of service’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘during such two years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘during such service’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3013(b) of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘con-
tinuous’’. 
Æ
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5258 
To provide that the Secretary of Education may give preference, in the 
distribution of certain grants under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act, to local educational agencies and public or private non-
profit organizations that provide training to regular education personnel 
to meet the needs of children with disabilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Mr. CUMMINGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide that the Secretary of Education may give pref-
erence, in the distribution of certain grants under the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, to local edu-
cational agencies and public or private nonprofit organi-
zations that provide training to regular education per-
sonnel to meet the needs of children with disabilities. 
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 ‘‘Teacher Training Ex-
pansion Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. PREFERENCES ALLOWED IN DISTRIBUTION OF CER-
TAIN GRANTS. 
Section 673(g)(3) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1473(g)(3)) is amended— 
(1) at the end of subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(2) at the end of subparagraph (B) by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) give preference to local educational 
agencies and public or private nonprofit organi-
zations that provide training to regular edu-
cation personnel to meet the needs of children 
with disabilities in integrated settings and pro-
vide training to regular education personnel to 
work in collaboration with special education 
personnel in integrated settings.’’. 
Æ
HR 534 PCS 
mosomes) obtained or derived from a living or de-
ceased human body at any stage of development. 
‘‘§ 302. Prohibition on human cloning 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son or entity, public or private, in or affecting interstate 
commerce, knowingly—
‘‘(1) to perform or attempt to perform human 
cloning; 
‘‘(2) to participate in an attempt to perform 
human cloning; or 
‘‘(3) to ship or receive for any purpose an em-
bryo produced by human cloning or any product de-
rived from such embryo. 
‘‘(b) IMPORTATION.—It shall be unlawful for any per-
son or entity, public or private, knowingly to import for 
any purpose an embryo produced by human cloning or any 
product derived from such embryo. 
‘‘(c) PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Any person or enti-
ty that violates this section shall be fined under this 
title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(2) CIVIL
PENALTY.—Any person or entity 
that violates any provision of this section shall be 
subject to, in the case of a violation that involves the 
derivation of a pecuniary gain, a civil penalty of not
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5260 
To extend the life of the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs 
until September 30, 2006. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself and Mr. TURNER of Ohio) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To extend the life of the Advisory Committee on Veterans 
Business Affairs until September 30, 2006. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF LIFE OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
ON VETERANS BUSINESS AFFAIRS. 
Section 203(h) of the Veterans Entrepreneurship and 
Small Business Development Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 657b 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2004’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2006’’.
SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AS-
SUMPTION OF DUTIES OF ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ON VETERANS BUSINESS AFFAIRS BY 
NATIONAL VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOP-
MENT CORPORATION. 
Section 33(h) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
657c(h)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2004’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2006’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘of 
the Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business 
Development Act of 1999 (15 U.S.C. 657b note)’’. 
Æ
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5263 
To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act 
of 1996 to require that, in order to determine that a democratically 
elected government in Cuba exists, the government extradite to the 
United States convicted felon William Morales and all other individuals 
who are living in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement 
for criminal offenses committed in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Mr. KING of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To amend the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to require that, in order 
to determine that a democratically elected government 
in Cuba exists, the government extradite to the United 
States convicted felon William Morales and all other 
individuals who are living in Cuba in order to escape 
prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses com-
mitted in the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO LIBERTAD ACT. 
Section 206 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6066) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) has proven its respect for the democratic 
rule of law by ceasing to provide a safe harbor to 
individuals who have been legally indicted or con-
victed of serious criminal offenses, including con-
victed felon William Morales, and all other individ-
uals who have fled from the United States to Cuba 
for the sole purpose of avoiding prosecution or con-
finement for serious criminal offenses committed in 
the United States.’’. 
Æ
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5264 
To authorize the use of Strategic Petroleum Reserve capacity above 
700,000,000 barrels to address sustained petroleum product price increases. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004 
Mr. LANGEVIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To authorize the use of Strategic Petroleum Reserve capacity 
above 700,000,000 barrels to address sustained petro-
leum product price increases. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6241) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) 
SUSTAINED
PRICE
INCREASES.—Notwith-
standing subsections (d) and (h) (except for paragraph 
(2)(A) and (B) of subsection (h)), the Secretary may draw 
down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve to address sustained petroleum product 
price increases in the United States that could have an 
adverse impact on the Nation’s economy, whether there 
has been a supply interruption or shortage or not. The 
Secretary may not reduce the capacity of the Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve under this subsection to less than 
700,000,000 barrels of petroleum product.’’. 
SEC. 2. SAVINGS PROVISION. 
Nothing in the amendment made by section 1 shall 
be construed to limit or alter the authority of the Sec-
retary to draw down petroleum products under section 
161(a) through (j) of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act. 
Æ
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 
(1) COMMERCIAL SEX ACT.—The term ‘‘com-
mercial sex act’’ means any sex act for which any-
thing of value is directly or indirectly given to, or re-
ceived by, traffickers, exploiters, or purchasers of sex 
acts.
(2) DOMESTIC TRAFFICKING.—The term ‘‘do-
mestic trafficking’’ means any unlawful commercial 
sex act performed in the United States. 
(3) EXPLOITER OF A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT.—
The term ‘‘exploiter of a commercial sex act’’ means 
any person who, for financial gain, procures, sells, or 
purveys a victim of a commercial sex act.
(4) PURCHASER OF A COMMERCIAL SEX ACT.—
The term ‘‘purchaser of a commercial sex act’’ 
means any person who solicits or purchases a com-
mercial sex act from an exploiter or victim of a com-
mercial sex act. 
(5) QUALIFIED
NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANI-
ZATION.—The term ‘‘qualified non-governmental or-
ganization’’ means any organization that the Attor-
ney General, the Assistant Secretary of Children and 
Families of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, or the chief law enforcement officer of a 
State or political subdivision of a State determines
(2) UNIFORMED
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘uni-
formed services’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 101 of title 37, United States Code. 
(3) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun-
try’’ has the meaning given that term in subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 1151 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
Æ
I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5267
To improve the security clearance process and increase the number of 
detention beds along the United States-Mexico border. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. ORTIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To improve the security clearance process and increase the 
number of detention beds along the United States-Mexico 
border.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States must have adequate in-
frastructure and policies in place under the deten-
tion and removal operation of the Department of 
Homeland Security to protect against terrorists im-
migrating into the United States.
(2) Other than Mexican (OTM) immigrants, 
many from countries of interest, are immigrating to 
the United States and are released at the border on 
their own recognizance because of the lack of deten-
tion capacity. 
(3) The Department of Homeland Security esti-
mates that up to 90 percent of these immigrants do 
not appear for their hearings before the immigration 
hearing officer. 
(4) The Department of Homeland Security 
needs more personnel at the borders with the nec-
essary security clearances and equipment to ade-
quately screen and detain immigrants coming to the 
United States through our borders. 
SEC. 2. IMPROVEMENT IN SECURITY CLEARANCE PROCESS 
AND INCREASE IN DETENTION BEDS ALONG 
THE UNITED STATE-MEXICO BORDER. 
(a) IMPROVEMENT IN SECURITY CLEARANCE PROC-
ESS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall—
(1) expeditiously implement policies ensuring 
that personnel of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity along the United States-Mexico border have 
the security clearances required to access informa-
tion necessary to adequately screen immigrants en-
tering the United States at such border, including
IDENT and IAFIS databases and databases used 
by the Department’s inspectors in secondary inspec-
tions; and 
(2) develop the interagency agreements and in-
formation technology infrastructure necessary for 
border agents to adequately screen immigrants en-
tering the United States at such border. 
(b) INCREASE IN DETENTION BEDS.—Subject to the 
availability of appropriations, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall increase by 2,000 the number of detention 
beds in the Port Isabel Service Processing Center at Los 
Fresnos, Texas.
Æ