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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1406 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the authorized weight 
allowances for the shipment of baggage and household effects of senior 
noncommissioned officers of the uniformed services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005 
Mr. LATHAM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to increase the 
authorized weight allowances for the shipment of baggage 
and household effects of senior noncommissioned officers 
of the uniformed services. 
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 ‘‘Senior NCO Household 
Goods Shipment Equity Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following:
(1) Household-goods weight allowances for a 
member of the uniformed services during a perma-
nent change of station move are currently set as a 
grade-based benefit rather than reflecting the nor-
mal accumulation of goods during the career of the 
member and as the member’s family grows. 
(2) An undeniable aspect of the life of a senior 
noncommissioned officer is the jettisoning of per-
sonal property prior to a permanent change of sta-
tion move in order to avoid the financial penalties 
that must be paid for household goods weights that 
exceed the permitted weight allowances. 
(3) Increased household goods weight allow-
ances for senior noncommissioned officers and their 
families would serve as a career incentive and pro-
vide fairness to those members who have made mili-
tary service a career. 
SEC. 3. INCREASED WEIGHT ALLOWANCES FOR SHIPMENT 
OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS OF SENIOR NON-
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. 
(a) INCREASE.—The table in section 406(b)(1)(C) of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
items relating to pay grades E–7 through E–9 and insert-
ing the following new items: 
‘‘E–9 ...................................................
18,000 
18,000
E–8 .....................................................
16,000 
17,500
E–7 .....................................................
14,000 
17,000’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2006, and 
apply with respect to an order in connection with a change 
of temporary or permanent station issued on or after that 
date. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1407 
To provide that certain wire rods shall not be subject to any antidumping 
duty or countervailing duty order. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005 
Mr. LATOURETTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide that certain wire rods shall not be subject to 
any antidumping duty or countervailing duty order. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
SUSPENSION 
OF 
ANTIDUMPING 
OR 
COUNTERVALING DUTIES ON CERTAIN WIRE 
RODS. 
(a) SUSPENSION.—Wire rods described in subsection 
(b) shall not be subject to any antidumping or counter-
vailing duty order. 
(b) DESCRIPTION OF WIRE RODS.—
(1) COMPOSITION.—The wire rods referred to 
in subsection (a) are wire rods, produced by using 
either of the processes described in paragraph (2), 
that— 
(A) contain by weight .06 to .10 percent 
carbon, 1.40 percent to 1.60 percent man-
ganese, and .80 percent to 1.00 percent silicon; 
(B) are used to produce metal inert gas 
(mig) welding wire (also referred to as gas 
metal arc welding wire) meeting the American 
Welding Society ER 70S–6 classification; and 
(C) 
are 
provided 
for 
in 
subheading 
7227.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States. 
(2) PROCESSES.—The processes referred to in 
paragraph (1) are the following: 
(A) The electric arc furnace process with a 
minimum 90 percent virgin iron unit charge 
(using direct reduced iron or a combination of 
direct reduced iron and pig iron) in order to 
achieve the following residual maximums: phos-
phorous .020 percent; sulphur .015 percent; ni-
trogen .009 percent; copper .06 percent; nickel 
.10 percent; chromium .06 percent; molyb-
denum .02 percent; tin .01 percent; vanadium
.01 percent; calcium .001 percent; mercury 
10ppm (except that processing must preclude 
mercury (Hg.) contamination); aluminum .01 
percent; and a total sulphur, phosphorous and 
nitrogen level of .034 percent, if the wire rods 
are cooled on a stelmore conveyer with covers to 
achieve retarded cooling. 
(B) Steel from a basic oxygen furnace 
which duplicates the maximum residual element 
levels and mechanical requirements set forth in 
subparagraph (A), which are achieved by using 
a 90 percent virgin iron unit charge. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section applies to goods 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption 
on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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(2) by striking ‘‘, and shall not exceed 
$5,000,000’’. 
(c) MAJOR DISASTERS CAUSED BY TERRORIST AT-
TACKS.—Section 417 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5184) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) MAJOR DISASTERS CAUSED BY TERRORIST AT-
TACKS.—The President shall not require the payment of 
any interest or principal on a loan made under this section 
to a State or local government which may suffer a sub-
stantial loss of tax and other revenues as a result of a 
major disaster caused by a terrorist attack.’’. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to any major disaster oc-
curring on or after October 30, 2000. 
SEC. 4. COMMUNITY DISASTER LOANS FOR LOSSES RE-
LATED TO TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEP-
TEMBER 11, 2001. 
The President is authorized to make loans to New 
York City and the State of New York under section 417 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184), as amended by this Act, 
for losses of tax and other revenues as a result of the 
major disaster caused by the terrorist attacks of Sep-
tember 11, 2001. Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the total amount of such loans shall be
$8,800,000,000 or such greater amount as is determined 
by the President to be necessary to cover such losses. In 
accordance with section 417(e) of such Act, as added by 
section 3(c) of this Act, the President shall not require 
the payment of any interest or principal on such loans. 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1220 
Honoring the lives of Dr. Victor Westphall and Mrs. Jeanne Westphall and 
their contributions to the Nation’s veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2008 
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the lives of Dr. Victor Westphall and Mrs. Jeanne 
Westphall and their contributions to the Nation’s veterans. 
Whereas during the Vietnam War, over 58,000 Americans 
were killed; 
Whereas on the evening of May 22, 1968, First Lieutenant 
Victor David Westphall III was killed in action in Quang 
Tri Province; 
Whereas Dr. Victor Westphall and Mrs. Jeanne Westphall 
chose to honor the courage and sacrifice of their son and 
others who gave their lives in the war by creating a me-
morial in Angel Fire, New Mexico; 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1408 
To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005 
Ms. LEE (for herself, Mr. LEACH, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 
LANTOS, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, and Mr. ACKERMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Rela-
tions 
A BILL 
To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India, 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. ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS IN INDIA. 
Section 1(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII) of the State Department 
Basic 
Authorities 
Act 
of 
1956 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2651a(f)(2)(B)(ii)(VII)) is amended by inserting ‘‘India,’’ 
after ‘‘Haiti,’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
In addition to any amounts otherwise available for 
such purpose, there is authorized to be appropriated to
the President such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
years 2006 through 2008 to provide assistance to India 
pursuant to the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 
7601 et seq.) and the amendments made by that Act. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1796
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
route of the Mississippi River from its headwaters in 
the State of Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico for study 
for potential addition to the National Trails System as 
a national scenic trail, national historic trail, or both, 
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 ‘‘Mississippi River Trail 
Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ROUTE OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER FOR STUDY FOR POTENTIAL ADDI-
TION TO THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 5(c) of the National 
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating the first paragraph after 
paragraph (40) as paragraph (41) and, in such 
paragraph, by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘LONG 
WALK TRAIL.—The’’; 
(2) by redesignating the second paragraph after 
paragraph (40) as paragraph (42); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(43) MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRAIL.—The route of the 
Mississippi River from its headwaters in the State of Min-
nesota to the Gulf of Mexico.’’. 
(b) RELATION TO OTHER STUDIES.—The study re-
quired by the amendment made by this section is intended 
to complement, and not duplicate, other studies of the sce-
nic or historical importance of the Mississippi River that 
may be underway or undertaken. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1796
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to des-
ignate the route of the Mississippi River from its 
headwaters in the State of Minnesota to the Gulf 
of Mexico for study for potential addition to the 
National Trails System as a national scenic trail, 
national historic trail, or both, and for other pur-
poses.
representative involved, and whose primary 
responsibility shall be to serve as a link be-
tween parents and the board of directors 
and to make and submit recommendations 
on the following activities to the Board: 
‘‘(I) The strategic direction of the 
program, including long and short-
term planning goals and objectives. 
‘‘(II) Program operation policies, 
including standards of conduct for pro-
gram staff and volunteers. 
‘‘(III) Activities to support the ac-
tive involvement of parents in sup-
porting program operations. 
‘‘(IV) Classroom activities and 
staffing. 
‘‘(V) Program responsiveness to 
community and parent needs. 
‘‘(VI) Other areas the committee 
identifies as necessary to improve pro-
gram operations.
‘‘(C) To approve the selection and dismissal 
of the Head Start director, and to review annu-
ally the human resources available to ensure the 
effective operation of the Head Start agency.
‘‘(D) To consult, on a regular basis, with 
the policy committee and to take actions on rec-
ommendations submitted by such committee. 
‘‘(E) To review and approve the major 
operational policies of the Head Start agency, 
including policies addressing accounting, finan-
cial management, procurement, record confiden-
tiality, and personnel (including specific stand-
ards governing salaries, salary adjustments, 
travel and per diem allowances, and other em-
ployee benefits). 
‘‘(F) To ensure that the Head Start agency 
is operated in compliance with applicable Fed-
eral, State, and local laws (including regula-
tions), and to monitor agency implementation of 
any corrective action necessary to comply with 
applicable laws (including regulations); 
‘‘(G) To oversee the program planning of 
the Head Start agency, including adoption of the 
Head Start agency philosophy and mission 
statement, adoption of policies for determining 
community needs, setting long- and short-range 
goals and objectives, establishment of criteria for 
selecting families in Head Start programs or 
Early Head Start programs, and to oversee and
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1221 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2008 
Mr. BOEHNER submitted the following resolution; which was laid on the table 
RESOLUTION 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
Whereas the Democratic Leadership has engaged in a con-
tinuing pattern of withholding accurate information vital 
for Members of the House of Representatives to have be-
fore voting on legislation; 
Whereas the conference report on H.R. 2419, which was 
adopted by the House on May 14, 2008, and the Senate 
on May 15, 2008, contained title III, relating to trade, 
which contained sections 3001 through 3301; 
Whereas the Speaker and the Clerk certified that the enrolled 
copy of H.R. 2419 transmitted to the President was a 
true and accurate reflection of the actions taken by the 
House and Senate; 
Whereas the enrolled copy certified by the Speaker and the 
Clerk and presented to the President failed to include 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1796 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route of the 
Mississippi River from its headwaters in the State of Minnesota to 
the Gulf of Mexico for study for potential addition to the National 
Trails System as a national scenic trail, national historic trail, or both, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 
BERRY, and Mr. SABO) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
route of the Mississippi River from its headwaters in 
the State of Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico for study 
for potential addition to the National Trails System as 
a national scenic trail, national historic trail, or both, 
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 ‘‘Mississippi River Trail 
Study Act’’.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ROUTE OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER FOR STUDY FOR POTENTIAL ADDI-
TION TO THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 5(c) of the National 
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the first paragraph after 
paragraph (40) as paragraph (41) and, in such 
paragraph, by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘LONG 
WALK TRAIL.—The’’; 
(2) by redesignating the second paragraph after 
paragraph (40) as paragraph (42); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(43) MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRAIL.—The route of the 
Mississippi River from its headwaters in the State of Min-
nesota to the Gulf of Mexico.’’. 
(b) RELATION TO OTHER STUDIES.—The study re-
quired by the amendment made by this section is intended 
to complement, and not duplicate, other studies of the sce-
nic or historical importance of the Mississippi River that 
may be underway or undertaken. 
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approve the agency’s applications to receive 
funds made available under this subchapter; and 
‘‘(H) To establish, to adopt, and to periodi-
cally update written standards of conduct that 
establish standards and formal procedures for 
disclosing, addressing, and resolving—
‘‘(i) any conflict of interest, and any 
appearance of a conflict of interest, by 
board members, officers, employees, consult-
ants, and agents who provide services or 
furnish goods to the Head Start agency; and 
‘‘(ii) complaints, including investiga-
tions, when appropriate. 
‘‘(5) To seek the involvement of parents, area 
residents, and local business in the design and imple-
mentation of the program. 
‘‘(6) To provide technical and other support 
needed to enable parents and area residents to secure 
on their own behalf available assistance from public 
and private sources. 
‘‘(7) To establish effective procedures to facilitate 
the involvement of parents of participating children 
in activities designed to help such parents become full 
partners in the education of their children, and to af-
ford such parents the opportunity to participate in
the development and overall conduct of the program 
at the local level, including a process through which 
parents of children currently participating in a Head 
Start program or an Early Head Start program se-
lect the parent representatives to serve on the council 
under section 642(b)(4)(B)(ii). 
‘‘(8) To conduct outreach to schools in which 
children participating in Head Start programs en-
roll, local educational agencies, the local business 
community, community-based organizations, faith-
based organizations, museums, and libraries to gen-
erate support and leverage the resources of the entire 
local community in order to improve school readiness. 
‘‘(9) To offer (directly or through referral to local 
entities, such as entities carrying out Even Start pro-
grams under subpart 3 of part B of title I of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)), to parents of participating chil-
dren, family literacy services and parenting skills 
training. 
‘‘(10) To offer to parents of participating chil-
dren substance abuse counseling (either directly or 
through referral to local entities), including informa-
tion on drug-exposed infants and fetal alcohol syn-
drome.
IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1796 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 
Received 
NOVEMBER 13, 2006 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
route of the Mississippi River from its headwaters in 
the State of Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico for study 
for potential addition to the National Trails System as 
a national scenic trail, national historic trail, or both, 
and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Mississippi River Trail 
Study Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ROUTE OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER FOR STUDY FOR POTENTIAL ADDI-
TION TO THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Section 5(c) of the National 
Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1244(c)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating the first paragraph after 
paragraph (40) as paragraph (41) and, in such 
paragraph, by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘LONG 
WALK TRAIL.—The’’; 
(2) by redesignating the second paragraph after 
paragraph (40) as paragraph (42); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(43) MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRAIL.—The route of the 
Mississippi River from its headwaters in the State of Min-
nesota to the Gulf of Mexico.’’. 
(b) RELATION TO OTHER STUDIES.—The study re-
quired by the amendment made by this section is intended 
to complement, and not duplicate, other studies of the sce-
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nic or historical importance of the Mississippi River that 
may be underway or undertaken. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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‘‘(11) At the option of such agency, to offer (di-
rectly or through referral to local entities), to such 
parents—
‘‘(A) training in basic child development 
(including cognitive development); 
‘‘(B) assistance in developing literacy and 
communication skills; 
‘‘(C) opportunities to share experiences with 
other parents (including parent-mentor relation-
ships);
‘‘(D) mental and behavioral health services; 
‘‘(E) regular in-home visitation; or 
‘‘(F) any other activity designed to help 
such parents become full partners in the edu-
cation of their children. 
‘‘(12) To provide, with respect to each partici-
pating family, a family needs assessment that in-
cludes consultation with such parents about the bene-
fits of parent involvement and about the activities de-
scribed in paragraphs (5) through (8) in which such 
parents may choose to be involved (taking into con-
sideration their specific family needs, work schedules, 
and other responsibilities). 
‘‘(13) To consider providing services to assist 
younger siblings of children participating in its Head
Start program to obtain health services from other 
sources. 
‘‘(14) To perform community outreach to encour-
age individuals previously unaffiliated with Head 
Start programs to participate in its Head Start pro-
gram as volunteers. 
‘‘(15)(A) To inform custodial parents in single-
parent families that participate in programs, activi-
ties, or services carried out or provided under this 
subchapter about the availability of child support 
services for purposes of establishing paternity and ac-
quiring child support; and 
‘‘(B) refer eligible parents to the child support 
offices of State and local governments.
‘‘(16) provide parents of limited English pro-
ficient children outreach and services under this sub-
chapter, in an understandable and uniform format 
and, to the extent practicable, in a language that such 
parents can understand.’’. 
(b) COORDINATION
AND
COLLABORATION.—Section 
642(c) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837(c)) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) The head of each Head Start agency shall coordi-
nate and collaborate with the State agency responsible for 
administering the State program carried out under the
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Union Calendar No. 362 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1796 
[Report No. 109–622] 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route of the 
Mississippi River from its headwaters in the State of Minnesota to 
the Gulf of Mexico for study for potential addition to the National 
Trails System as a national scenic trail, national historic trail, or both, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 
BERRY, and Mr. SABO) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Resources 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. EVANS and Mr. KIND 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
route of the Mississippi River from its headwaters in 
the State of Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico for study 
for potential addition to the National Trails System as 
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