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H. Res. 733
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 7, 2006.
Whereas, by 1776, nearly 300,000 people had emigrated from 
Ireland to the United States; 
Whereas, following the victory of General George Washing-
ton’s troops at Yorktown, Lord Mountjoy reported to the 
British Parliament the surrender of General Charles 
Cornwallis, proclaiming, ‘‘We have lost America through 
the exertions of the Irish’’; 
Whereas Irish-born Commodore John Barry was the first flag 
officer of the United States Navy and is endeared by 
many as the ‘‘Father of the American Navy’’; 
Whereas at least 8 signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence were of Irish ancestry; 
Whereas 19 Presidents of the United States proudly claim 
Irish heritage, including the first President, George 
Washington; 
Whereas Irish-born James Hoban designed the White House, 
and he was integral in its restoration after it was severely 
damaged by fire in 1814; 
Whereas, in 1892, Annie Moore, from County Cork, Ireland, 
was the first immigrant admitted through Ellis Island, 
contributing to America’s diverse culture by offering the 
rich customs and culture of her native land;
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Whereas at least 263 recipients of the Congressional Medal 
of Honor proudly claim Ireland as their birthplace, mak-
ing Irish-born individuals the largest group of foreign-
born recipients of the prestigious honor; 
Whereas Irish-American social reformer Elizabeth Cady Stan-
ton successfully championed women’s voting rights, which 
were granted in 1920 by the 19th amendment to the 
Constitution; 
Whereas pioneers of the American space program were of 
Irish descent, including Kathryn Sullivan, the first 
woman to walk in space, and Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, 
America’s first school teacher to bravely engage in space 
exploration, who ultimately gave her life to the empiri-
cism of knowledge about the surrounding universe; 
Whereas more than 44 million American citizens are of Irish 
descent; 
Whereas each year, on March 17th, the United States and 
its citizens humbly observe St. Patrick’s Day in honor of 
the patron saint of Ireland; and 
Whereas the Irish and their descendants have toiled through-
out the existence of the United States, contributing sig-
nificantly to the enrichment of all aspects of life in this 
Nation, including military and public service, science, 
education, agriculture, industry, dance, music, theatre, 
film, literature, visual composition, business, technology, 
athletics, and leadership: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Represent-
atives that—
(1) an Irish-American Heritage Month should be es-
tablished; and
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(2) the people of the United States should observe 
such a month with appropriate ceremonies, celebrations, 
and activities. 
Attest:
Clerk.
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 504 
Commending the people of the Republic of Iraq for holding a successful 
referendum on a new constitution for Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the people of the Republic of Iraq for holding 
a successful referendum on a new constitution for Iraq. 
Whereas on October 15, 2005, approximately ten million 
Iraqis participated in voting on a referendum for a new 
constitution for Iraq; 
Whereas there was a high turnout of the Sunni population 
of Iraq for the referendum; 
Whereas Iraqi military and police forces were able to ensure 
that the referendum was held in a relatively peaceful 
manner; 
Whereas the referendum was held despite the fact that the 
people of Iraq have experienced insurgency from terror-
ists who want to prevent the establishment of a free Iraq;
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Whereas, in holding the referendum, the people of Iraq took 
advantage of an opportunity to change their future for 
the better; 
Whereas, in holding the referendum, the people of Iraq dem-
onstrated that there are ways to deal with a country’s 
problems other than by resorting to violence; 
Whereas Iraqi voters proudly displayed ink-dipped fingers to 
demonstrate that they voted in the referendum; and 
Whereas the people of Iraq are currently experiencing free-
doms they have been denied for so many years: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the people of the Republic of 
Iraq for holding a successful referendum on a new 
constitution for Iraq; 
(2) recognizes the tremendous progress Iraq 
has made in moving toward democracy; and 
(3) commends Iraqi military and police forces 
for their excellent work to ensure that the ref-
erendum was held in a relatively peaceful manner. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3865
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to provide for the clean up of munici-
pal waste landfill Superfund sites, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1994
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts)
introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees
on Energy and Commerce and Public Works and Transportation
A BILL
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to pro-
vide for the clean up of municipal waste landfill
Superfund sites, 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. STATE PROGRAMS FOR CLEAN UP OF MUNICI-
PAL WASTE LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITES.
(a) STATE PROGRAMS.—(1) The Comprehensive En-
vironmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end of title I the following new section:
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 505 
Requesting the President of the United States and directing the Secretary 
of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents 
in their possession relating to the White House Iraq Group. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. KUCINICH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Requesting the President of the United States and directing 
the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Rep-
resentatives certain documents in their possession relat-
ing to the White House Iraq Group. 
Resolved, That the President of the United States is 
requested and the Secretary of State is directed to provide 
to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days 
after the date of adoption of this resolution— 
(1) all documents from 2003 pertaining to the 
taskforce organized by Andrew Card, consisting of 
Karl Rove, Karen Hughes, Mary Matalin, Nicholas 
E. Calio, James R. Wilkinson, Condoleezza Rice,
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Stephen Hadley and I. Lewis Libby, known as the 
White House Iraq Group; 
(2) all drafts of all white papers on the topic of 
Iraq’s nuclear threat assembled in 2003 by the 
White House Iraq Group; and 
(3) all documents, including notes from meet-
ings, memos, telephone and electronic mail records, 
logs and calendars, and records of internal discus-
sions in the possession of the President or the Sec-
retary of State relating to the White House Iraq 
Group. 
Æ
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defense, and that such self-defense might include under-
taking military action to prevent an imminent attack; 
Whereas the doctrine of preemption represents a radical de-
parture from the official position of the United States 
since the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations; 
Whereas the doctrine of preemption threatens to set a dan-
gerous precedent that might then be cited by other coun-
tries, including other nuclear powers, to justify preemp-
tive military action against perceived threats; 
Whereas United States policy has long recognized the value 
to our national security of advancing the respect for and 
adherence to the international rule of law; 
Whereas actions that diminish the international consensus on 
normative legal behavior and leave open the prospect that 
nations will readily resort to military force outside of 
those normative boundaries increase international insta-
bility and undercut the national security interests of the 
United States; 
Whereas the doctrine of preemption contradicts the Charter 
of the United Nations to which the United States is a 
signatory, which, as a result of its ratification by the 
United States, is incorporated into United States law, 
and which reads, in part, ‘‘All members shall refrain in 
their international relations from the threat or use of 
force against the territorial integrity or political inde-
pendence of any state, or in any other manner incon-
sistent with the purposes of the United Nations’’ (Article 
2, section 4); 
Whereas the Charter of the United Nations, while disallowing 
preventive war, does not preclude military actions of self- 
defense, reading in part, ‘‘Nothing in the present Charter
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(3) acknowledges the United States Helsinki 
Commission and the House of Representatives’ 
International Relations’ subcommittees charged with 
human rights monitoring for their work in high-
lighting this case through hearings and legislation; 
(4) supports the efforts of The Honorable 
Mitchell Reiss, President Bush’s special envoy for 
the Northern Ireland Peace Process, in pushing for 
the full implementation of the Weston Park Agree-
ment and the establishment of an independent, judi-
cial inquiry into the murder of Patrick Finucane; 
and 
(5) calls on the Government of the United 
Kingdom to— 
(A) reconsider its position on the Finucane 
case to take full account of the family’s objec-
tions, Judge Cory’s objections, objections raised 
by officials of the United States Government, 
other governments, and international bodies, 
and amend the UK Inquiries Act of 2005; and 
(B) establish immediately a full, inde-
pendent, public judicial inquiry into the murder 
of Pat Finucane, as recommended by Judge 
Cory, which would enjoy the full cooperation of 
the family and the wider community throughout 
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Ireland and abroad, under British law at the 
time of the publication of the Cory Collusion 
Inquiry Reports. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5512 
AN ACT 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to realign divisions 
within two judicial districts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective 
self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member 
of the United Nations, until the Security Council has 
taken the measures necessary to maintain international 
peace and security’’ (Article 51); and 
Whereas under the United States Constitution, the President, 
as Commander in Chief, possesses the authority to use 
military force to protect the United States from attack 
or imminent attack: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that the United States possesses the inherent 
right to defend itself against imminent or actual at-
tack, as codified in the Charter of the United Na-
tions and embodied in the traditions of international 
law, but that right does not extend to undertaking 
military action in the absence of such an imminent 
or actual attack; and 
(2) the House of Representatives disavows the 
doctrine of preemption because it poses a threat to 
international law and to the national security inter-
ests of the United States. 
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H. Res. 508
In the House of Representatives, U.S., 
October 27, 2005.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 420) to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules 
of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for 
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of the 
bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill 
and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be 
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 
be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the 
Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. Not-
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withstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
in order except those printed in the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend-
ment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, 
may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 
shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 
specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of 
the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. 
All points of order against such amendments are waived. At 
the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 
such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 
may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 
adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
•HRES 508 EH 
tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions.
Attest:
Clerk.
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discrimination to which female athletes are still subject: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the March 17, 2005, ‘‘Additional Clarifica-
tion’’ violates the spirit and intent of the mandate 
of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to 
provide equal opportunities in athletics and changes 
prior Department of Education policies and long-
standing title IX law; 
(2) the Department of Education should with-
draw the March 17, 2005, ‘‘Additional Clarifica-
tion,’’ leaving intact the standards of the 1996 Clar-
ification, which standards anticipate the use of a 
multiplicity of tools and analyses to demonstrate 
compliance under the third part of title IX’s three- 
part test; and 
(3) the Department of Education should honor 
its 2003 commitment to enforce the standards of 
longstanding title IX athletics policies, including the 
1996 Clarification. 
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H. Res. 830
In the House of Representatives, U.S., 
May 23, 2006.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 5384) making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 
and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 
dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the 
bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the bill 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure 
to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except for 
sections 749, 751, and 752. During consideration of the bill 
for amendment, the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole
H. Res. 736
In the House of Representatives, U.S., 
March 29, 2006.
Whereas the United States, at great cost in blood and treas-
ure, helped the people of Afghanistan liberate themselves 
from the tyranny of the Taliban and adopt free institu-
tions and practices, including respect for rule of law and 
internationally recognized human rights; 
Whereas the preamble of the Constitution of the Islamic Re-
public of Afghanistan affirms that the people of Afghani-
stan are ‘‘for creation of a civil society free of oppression, 
atrocity, discrimination, and violence and based on the 
rule of law, social justice, protection of human rights, 
and dignity, and ensuring the fundamental rights and 
freedoms of the people’’; 
Whereas Article 7 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic 
of Afghanistan provides that ‘‘the state shall observe the 
United Nations Charter, inter-state agreements, as well 
as international treaties to which Afghanistan has joined, 
and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,’’ which 
includes the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and 
religion and the freedom to change one’s religion or be-
lief; 
Whereas Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil 
and Political Rights, to which Afghanistan has acceded, 
provides that ‘‘[e]veryone shall have the right to freedom
H. Res. 509
In the House of Representatives, U.S., 
October 26, 2005.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 1461) to reform the regulation of certain hous-
ing-related Government-sponsored enterprises, and for other 
purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of the bill are 
waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall 
not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Financial Services. After general debate the bill shall be con-
sidered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be 
in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services now printed in the bill. The committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered
•HRES 509 EH 
as read. All points of order against the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. Notwith-
standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in 
order except those printed in the report of the Committee on 
Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment 
may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 
be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time speci-
fied in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All 
points of order against such amendments are waived. At the 
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 
Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 
such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member 
may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 
adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
•HRES 509 EH 
tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions.
Attest:
Clerk.
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of thought, conscience and religion . . . [t]his right shall 
include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief 
of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in com-
munity with others and in public or private, to manifest 
his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and 
teaching’’; and 
Whereas the President of the United States has expressed his 
concern about the Abdul Rahman apostasy case, stating 
that ‘‘[i]t is deeply troubling that a country we helped 
liberate would hold a person to account, because they 
chose a particular religion over another’’: Now, therefore, 
be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the 
enforcement of laws against apostasy; 
(2) requests the President to continue to work with 
the Government of Afghanistan to establish better pro-
tections for religious minorities, including converts to 
minority religions, and to enhance human rights protec-
tions in Afghanistan; and 
(3) calls upon the Government of Afghanistan, and 
especially President Hamid Karzai, to continue to con-
form Afghan laws to Afghanistan’s international human 
rights treaty obligations, thereby protecting Afghan citi-
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zens who have converted or plan to convert to other reli-
gions from prosecution.
Attest: 
Clerk.