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III 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 47
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 14, 2005
Received and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Commending the establishment in College Point, New York, 
of the first free, public kindergarten in the United States.
Whereas in 1854, Conrad Poppenhusen, a successful busi-
nessman from Germany, built a factory in College Point, 
Queens, New York, and, breaking with many entre-
preneurs of his time, worked to create an environment 
beneficial to the immigrant community, which included 
schools;
HCON 47 RFS 
Whereas the Poppenhusen Institute was established in 1868 
with a $100,000 donation; 
Whereas the Poppenhusen Institute was to serve the funda-
mental educational needs of the community and began as 
a free adult evening school for the residents of Flushing 
Town; 
Whereas in 1870, the Poppenhusen Institute’s services ex-
panded to serve as the first free, public kindergarten in 
the United States for the children of Mr. Poppenhusen’s 
factory and the community; 
Whereas children who attend a high-quality kindergarten 
demonstrate higher levels of reading and mathematics 
knowledge and skills than those who do not attend kin-
dergarten; 
Whereas a number of studies, including studies commissioned 
by the Department of Education, demonstrate that chil-
dren enrolled in kindergarten more rapidly acquire the 
knowledge and skills integral to succeed in school and 
life; 
Whereas the United States is a stronger, better place because 
of the children who are able to enrich their academic and 
social development through free kindergartens across the 
country; 
Whereas for some children, kindergarten is the first common 
ground where they interact with students from a myriad 
of cultural, economic, racial, and religious backgrounds to 
learn about their world, each other, and themselves; and 
Whereas universal, free, high-quality kindergarten for the 
Nation’s children provides benefits both to these children 
and to society at large: Now, therefore, be it
HCON 47 RFS 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That—
(1) the Congress commends the Poppenhusen 
Institute and the College Point community for estab-
lishing the first free, public kindergarten in the 
United States; and 
(2) the Congress supports the strong begin-
nings kindergartens across the United States provide 
for the Nation’s children.
Passed the House of Representatives June 13, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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In either case, the Secretary shall also publish a no-
tice stating that the Department’s analysis is pub-
licly available, and provide opportunity for written 
comment. 
‘‘(ii) Not later than 2 years after a notice is 
issued under clause (i)(II), the Secretary shall pub-
lish a final rule amending the standard for the prod-
uct. Not later than 3 years after a determination 
under clause (i)(I), the Secretary shall make a new 
determination and publication under clause (i)(I) or 
(II). 
‘‘(iii) An amendment prescribed under this sub-
paragraph shall apply to products manufactured 
after a date which is 3 years after publication of the 
final rule establishing a standard, except that a 
manufacturer shall not be required to apply new 
standards to a product with respect to which other 
new standards have been required within the prior 
6 years. 
‘‘(iv) The Secretary shall promptly submit to 
the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and 
to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources a progress report every 180 days on com-
pliance with this paragraph, including a specific plan 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 480
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 
3127) entitled ‘‘An Act to impose sanctions against indi-
viduals responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes 
against humanity, to support measures for the protection 
of civilians and humanitarian operations, and to support
•HCON 480 EH 
peace efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, and for other 
purposes’’, the Clerk of the House of Representatives is 
hereby authorized and directed to make the following cor-
rections in section 8(c)(1) of the bill: 
(1) Strike ‘‘to support’’ and insert ‘‘and to sup-
port’’. 
(2) Strike ‘‘and to implement’’ and insert ‘‘or 
to implement’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 480
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
To correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3127.
administrative action as the Board of Directors of 
the Corporation may determine to be appropriate. 
(e) STUDY OF RESERVE METHODOLOGY AND AC-
COUNTING FOR LOSS.—
(1) STUDY
REQUIRED.—The Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, in consultation with the 
Comptroller General, shall conduct a study of the re-
serve methodology and loss accounting used by the 
Corporation during the period beginning on January 
1, 1992, and ending December 31, 2004, with re-
spect to insured depository institutions in a troubled 
condition (as defined in the regulations prescribed 
pursuant to section 32(f) of the Federal Deposit In-
surance Act). 
(2) FACTORS TO BE INCLUDED.—In conducting 
the study pursuant to paragraph (1), the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation shall—
(A) consider the overall effectiveness and 
accuracy of the methodology used by the Cor-
poration for establishing and maintaining re-
serves and estimating and accounting for losses 
at insured depository institutions, during the 
period described in such paragraph;
(B) consider the appropriateness and reli-
ability of information and criteria used by the 
Corporation in determining—
(i) whether an insured depository in-
stitution was in a troubled condition; and 
(ii) the amount of any loss anticipated 
at such institution; 
(C) analyze the actual historical loss expe-
rience over the period described in paragraph 
(1) and the causes of the exceptionally high 
rate of losses experienced by the Corporation in 
the final 3 years of that period; and 
(D) rate the efforts of the Corporation to 
reduce losses in such 3-year period to minimally 
acceptable levels and to historical levels. 
(3) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Board of Direc-
tors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
shall submit a report to the Congress before the end 
of the 6-month period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, containing the findings and 
conclusions of the Corporation, in consultation with 
the Comptroller General, with respect to the study 
required under paragraph (1), together with such 
recommendations for legislative or administrative ac-
tion as the Board of Directors may determine to be 
appropriate. 
SEC. 11. BI-ANNUAL FDIC SURVEY AND REPORT ON IN-
CREASING THE DEPOSIT BASE BY ENCOUR-
AGING USE OF DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS 
BY THE UNBANKED. 
The Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 49. BI-ANNUAL FDIC SURVEY AND REPORT ON EN-
COURAGING USE OF DEPOSITORY INSTITU-
TIONS BY THE UNBANKED. 
‘‘(a) SURVEY REQUIRED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall con-
duct a bi-annual survey on efforts by insured deposi-
tory institutions to bring those individuals and fami-
lies who have rarely, if ever, held a checking ac-
count, a savings account or other type of transaction 
or check cashing account at an insured depository 
institution (hereafter in this section referred to as 
the ‘unbanked’) into the conventional finance sys-
tem. 
‘‘(2) FACTORS
AND
QUESTIONS
TO
CON-
SIDER.—In conducting the survey, the Corporation
H. Con. Res. 480
Agreed to September 26, 2006
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and six 
Concurrent Resolution
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 3127) entitled ‘‘An 
Act to impose sanctions against individuals responsible for genocide, 
war crimes, and crimes against humanity, to support measures 
for the protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and 
to support peace efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, and for 
other purposes’’, the Clerk of the House of Representatives is hereby 
authorized and directed to make the following corrections in section 
8(c)(1) of the bill: 
(1) Strike ‘‘to support’’ and insert ‘‘and to support’’. 
(2) Strike ‘‘and to implement’’ and insert ‘‘or to implement’’. 
Attest:
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4010 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
100 West Percy Street in Indianola, Mississippi, as the ‘‘Minnie Cox 
Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2007 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 100 West Percy Street in Indianola, Mis-
sissippi, as the ‘‘Minnie Cox Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MINNIE COX POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 West Percy Street in 
Indianola, Mississippi, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Minnie Cox Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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III 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 480 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 
Received 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
To correct the enrollment of the bill H.R. 3127. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 
3127) entitled ‘‘An Act to impose sanctions against indi-
viduals responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes 
against humanity, to support measures for the protection 
of civilians and humanitarian operations, and to support 
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peace efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, and for other 
purposes’’, the Clerk of the House of Representatives is 
hereby authorized and directed to make the following cor-
rections in section 8(c)(1) of the bill: 
(1) Strike ‘‘to support’’ and insert ‘‘and to sup-
port’’. 
(2) Strike ‘‘and to implement’’ and insert ‘‘or 
to implement’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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(i) by striking ‘‘any such assessment’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any such assessment is nec-
essary’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(iii) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘(A) is nec-
essary—’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘Bank Insurance 
Fund members’’ and inserting ‘‘in-
sured depository institutions’’; and 
(III) by redesignating clauses (i), 
(ii), and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C), respectively, and moving 
the margins 2 ems to the left; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (C) (as so redes-
ignated)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘that’’ before 
‘‘the Corporation’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting a period; 
(9) 
in 
section 
7(j)(7)(F) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1817(j)(7)(F)), by striking ‘‘Bank Insurance Fund 
or the Savings Association Insurance Fund’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’;
(10) 
in 
section 
8(t)(2)(C) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1818(t)(2)(C)), by striking ‘‘deposit insurance fund’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’; 
(11) in section 11 (12 U.S.C. 1821)—
(A) by striking ‘‘deposit insurance fund’’ 
each place that term appears and inserting 
‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4) of sub-
section (a) and inserting the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished the Deposit Insurance Fund, which the 
Corporation shall—
‘‘(i) maintain and administer; 
‘‘(ii) use to carry out its insurance 
purposes, in the manner provided by this 
subsection; and 
‘‘(iii) invest in accordance with section 
13(a). 
‘‘(B) USES.—The Deposit Insurance Fund 
shall be available to the Corporation for use 
with respect to insured depository institutions 
the deposits of which are insured by the De-
posit Insurance Fund.
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to remedy any failures to comply with deadlines for 
action set forth in this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 9010. UPDATING APPLIANCE TEST PROCEDURES. 
(a) CONSUMER APPLIANCES.—Section 323(b)(1)(A) 
of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6923(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary 
may’’ and all that follows through ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘At least every 7 years the Secretary shall review 
test procedures for all covered products and shall— 
‘‘(i) amend test procedures with respect to any 
covered product if the Secretary determines that 
amended test procedures would more accurately or 
fully comply with the requirements of paragraph (3); 
or 
‘‘(ii) publish notice in the Federal Register of 
any determination not to amend a test procedure’’. 
(b) INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT.—Section 343(a)(1) of 
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6314(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary may’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘At least every 7 years the Secretary shall conduct an 
evaluation of each class of covered equipment and— 
‘‘(A) if the Secretary determines that amended 
test procedures would more accurately or fully com-
ply with the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3), 
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‘‘(C) 
LIMITATION
ON
USE.—Notwith-
standing any provision of law other than section 
13(c)(4)(G), the Deposit Insurance Fund shall 
not be used in any manner to benefit any share-
holder or affiliate (other than an insured depos-
itory institution that receives assistance in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this Act) of—
‘‘(i) any insured depository institution 
for which the Corporation has been ap-
pointed conservator or receiver, in connec-
tion with any type of resolution by the 
Corporation; 
‘‘(ii) any other insured depository in-
stitution in default or in danger of default, 
in connection with any type of resolution 
by the Corporation; or 
‘‘(iii) any insured depository institu-
tion, in connection with the provision of as-
sistance under this section or section 13 
with respect to such institution, except 
that this clause shall not prohibit any as-
sistance to any insured depository institu-
tion that is not in default, or that is not 
in danger of default, that is acquiring (as
defined in section 13(f)(8)(B)) another in-
sured depository institution. 
‘‘(D) DEPOSITS.—All amounts assessed 
against insured depository institutions by the 
Corporation shall be deposited into the Deposit 
Insurance Fund.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraphs (5), (6), and 
(7) of subsection (a); and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (8) of sub-
section (a) as paragraph (5); 
(12) in section 11(f)(1) (12 U.S.C. 1821(f)(1)), 
by striking ‘‘, except that—’’ and all that follows 
through the end of the paragraph and inserting a 
period; 
(13) 
in 
section 
11(i)(3) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1821(i)(3))—
(A) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (B); and 
(C) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and 
(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 
(14) 
in 
section 
11(p)(2)(B) 
(12 
U.S.C. 
1821(p)(2)(B)), by striking ‘‘institution, any’’ and 
inserting ‘‘institution, the’’;
(15) in section 11A(a) (12 U.S.C. 1821a(a))—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘LIABIL-
ITIES.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Except’’ 
and inserting ‘‘LIABILITIES.—Except’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2)(B); and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the 
Bank Insurance Fund, the Savings Association 
Insurance Fund,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Deposit 
Insurance Fund’’; 
(16) in section 11A(b) (12 U.S.C. 1821a(b)), 
by striking paragraph (4); 
(17) in section 11A(f) (12 U.S.C. 1821a(f)), by 
striking ‘‘Savings Association Insurance Fund’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’; 
(18) in section 12(f)(4)(E)(iv) (12 U.S.C. 
1822(f)(4)(E)(iv)), by striking ‘‘Federal deposit in-
surance funds’’ and inserting ‘‘the Deposit Insur-
ance Fund (or any predecessor deposit insurance 
fund)’’; 
(19) in section 13 (12 U.S.C. 1823)—
(A) by striking ‘‘deposit insurance fund’’ 
each place that term appears and inserting 
‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘Bank 
Insurance Fund, the Savings Association Insur-
ance Fund,’’ and inserting ‘‘Deposit Insurance 
Fund’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)(4)(E)—
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘funds’’ and inserting ‘‘fund’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘any in-
surance fund’’ and inserting ‘‘the Deposit 
Insurance Fund’’; 
(D) in subsection (c)(4)(G)(ii)—
(i) by striking ‘‘appropriate insurance 
fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Deposit Insurance 
Fund’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the members of the 
insurance fund (of which such institution 
is a member)’’ and inserting ‘‘insured de-
pository institutions’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘each member’s’’ and 
inserting ‘‘each insured depository institu-
tion’s’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘the member’s’’ each 
place that term appears and inserting ‘‘the 
institution’s’’; 
(E) in subsection (c), by striking para-
graph (11);
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 483
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legisla-
tive day of Friday, September 29, 2006, Saturday, Sep-
tember 30, 2006, or Sunday, October 1, 2006, on a motion 
offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Ma-
•HCON 483 EH 
jority Leader or his designee, it stand adjourned until 2 
p.m. on Thursday, November 9, 2006, or until the time 
of any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
resolution, whichever occurs first; that when the House 
adjourns on the legislative day of Thursday, November 9, 
2006, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent res-
olution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
adjourned until 2 p.m. on Monday, November 13, 2006, 
or until the time of any reassembly pursuant to section 
2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; that 
when the Senate recesses or adjourns on any day from 
Friday, September 29, 2006, through Wednesday, October 
4, 2006, on a motion offered pursuant to this concurrent 
resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
recessed or adjourned until noon on Thursday, November 
9, 2006, or such other time on that day as may be speci-
fied by its Majority Leader or his designee in the motion 
to recess or adjourn, or until the time of any reassembly 
pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, which-
ever occurs first; and that when the Senate recesses or 
adjourns on Thursday, November 9, 2006, on a motion 
offered by its Majority Leader or his designee, it stand 
recessed or adjourned until noon on Monday, November 
13, 2006, or Tuesday, November 14, 2006, as may be 
specified by its Majority Leader or his designee in the mo-
•HCON 483 EH 
tion to recess or adjourn, or such other time on that day 
as may be specified by its Majority Leader or his designee 
in the motion to recess or adjourn, or until the time of 
any reassembly pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent 
resolution, whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority 
Leader of the Senate, or their respective designees, acting 
jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the 
House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify 
the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, 
to reassemble at such place and time as they may des-
ignate if, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant 
it.
Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 483
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the 
House of Representatives and a conditional re-
cess or adjournment of the Senate.
(F) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘Bank 
Insurance Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Deposit Insur-
ance Fund’’; 
(G) in subsection (k)(4)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘Savings Association Insurance Fund member’’ 
and inserting ‘‘savings association’’; and 
(H) in subsection (k)(5)(A), by striking 
‘‘Savings Association Insurance Fund mem-
bers’’ and inserting ‘‘savings associations’’; 
(20) in section 14(a) (12 U.S.C. 1824(a)), in 
the 5th sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘Bank Insurance Fund or 
the Savings Association Insurance Fund’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘each such fund’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Deposit Insurance Fund’’; 
(21) in section 14(b) (12 U.S.C. 1824(b)), by 
striking ‘‘Bank Insurance Fund or Savings Associa-
tion Insurance Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Deposit Insur-
ance Fund’’; 
(22) in section 14(c) (12 U.S.C. 1824(c)), by 
striking paragraph (3); 
(23) in section 14(d) (12 U.S.C. 1824(d))—
(A) by striking ‘‘Bank Insurance Fund 
member’’ each place that term appears and in-
serting ‘‘insured depository institution’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Bank Insurance Fund 
members’’ each place that term appears and in-
serting ‘‘insured depository institutions’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Bank Insurance Fund’’ 
each place that term appears (other than in 
connection with a reference to a term amended 
by subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph) 
and inserting ‘‘Deposit Insurance Fund’’; 
(D) by striking the subsection heading and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) BORROWING
FOR
THE DEPOSIT INSURANCE 
FUND FROM INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.—’’; 
(E) in paragraph (3), in the paragraph 
heading, by striking ‘‘BIF’’ and inserting ‘‘THE 
DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND’’; and 
(F) in paragraph (5), in the paragraph 
heading, by striking ‘‘BIF MEMBERS’’ and in-
serting ‘‘INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS’’; 
(24) in section 14 (12 U.S.C. 1824), by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) BORROWING
FOR
THE DEPOSIT INSURANCE 
FUND FROM FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS.—