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provide to the Administrator notice of the 
intent of the exporter to export the pes-
ticide. 
‘‘(ii) TIMING OF NOTICE FOR BANNED 
OR SEVERELY RESTRICTED PESTICIDE OR 
ACTIVE INGREDIENT USED IN PRODUCING 
A PESTICIDE.— 
‘‘(I) FIRST EXPORT.—In the case 
of a first export that an exporter 
makes from the territory of the 
United States to each importing for-
eign state after the Administrator 
issues a notice under paragraph 
(12)(A), the exporter shall provide the 
notice so that the Administrator re-
ceives the notice not earlier than 45 
nor later than 15 calendar days before 
the date of export. 
‘‘(II) SUBSEQUENT
EXPORTS.— 
In the case of subsequent exports to 
the importing foreign state in cal-
endar years subsequent to the notifi-
cation provided under subclause (I), 
the exporter shall provide the notice 
so that the Administrator receives the 
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notice not earlier than 45 nor later 
than 15 calendar days before the date 
of the first export in each calendar 
year. 
‘‘(iii) TIMING OF PRE-EXPORT NOTICE 
FOR PESTICIDES LISTED ON ANNEX III OF 
THE PIC CONVENTION.— 
‘‘(I) FIRST EXPORT.—In the case 
of a first export that an exporter 
makes from the territory of the 
United States to each importing for-
eign state after the Administrator no-
tifies the public under paragraph 
(12)(C), the exporter shall provide the 
notice so that the Administrator re-
ceives the notice not earlier than 45 
nor later than 15 calendar days before 
the date of export. 
‘‘(II) SUBSEQUENT
EXPORTS.— 
In the case of subsequent exports by 
the exporter to the importing foreign 
state in calendar years subsequent to 
the notification provided under sub-
clause (I), the exporter shall provide 
the notice so that the Administrator 
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receives the notice not earlier than 45 
nor later than 15 calendar days before 
the date of the first such subsequent 
export in each calendar year. 
‘‘(III) CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES 
MERITING
NEW
NOTICE.—If condi-
tions or restrictions imposed by the 
importing foreign state change and 
the Administrator notifies the public 
of 
the 
change 
under 
paragraph 
(12)(C), or if an earlier pre-export no-
tice no longer applies, the exporter 
shall provide the notice so that the 
Administrator receives the notice not 
earlier than 45 nor later than 15 cal-
endar days before the date of export. 
‘‘(iv) TIMING OF PRE-EXPORT NOTICE 
FOR PESTICIDE THE EXPORT OF WHICH IS 
NOT
PROHIBITED
UNDER
PARAGRAPH 
(2).— 
‘‘(I) FIRST EXPORT OF THE CAL-
ENDAR YEAR.—In the case of the first 
export that an exporter makes from 
the territory of the United States to 
each importing foreign state of a pes-
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ticide not prohibited from being ex-
ported under paragraph (2), the ex-
porter shall provide the notice so that 
the Administrator receives the notice 
not earlier than 45 nor later than 15 
calendar days before the date of the 
first export. 
‘‘(II) SUBSEQUENT
EXPORTS.— 
In the case of subsequent exports by 
the exporter to the importing foreign 
state in calendar years subsequent to 
the notification provided under sub-
clause (I) to the importing foreign 
state, the exporter shall provide the 
notice so that the Administrator re-
ceives the notice not earlier than 45 
nor later than 15 calendar days before 
the date of the first such subsequent 
export in each calendar year. 
‘‘(III) CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES 
MERITING NEW NOTICE.—If the infor-
mation provided in an earlier pre-ex-
port notice is no longer accurate, the 
exporter shall provide the notice so 
that the Administrator receives the 
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notice not earlier than 45 nor later 
than 15 calendar days before the date 
of export. 
‘‘(B) ALTERNATE TIME FRAME FOR NO-
TICES.— 
‘‘(i) 
DISCRETIONARY
ALTERNATE 
TIME
FRAMES.—Notwithstanding clauses 
(ii), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (A), the 
Administrator may set an alternate time 
frame if the Administrator determines that 
such alternate time frame is appropriate 
and is able, within such alternate time 
frame, to administer notice activities in ac-
cordance with the PIC Convention and 
comply with the POPs Convention. 
‘‘(ii) MANDATORY REVIEW OF STATU-
TORY
TIME
FRAMES
AND
PROCESSES.— 
Within 18 months of entry into force for 
the United States of the PIC Convention 
and within 18 months of entry into force 
for the United States of the POPs Conven-
tion, the Administrator shall review the 
statutory time frames for receipt of pre-ex-
port notices and the Administrator’s proc-
essing of such notices. In review of such 
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715 
‘‘(2) such projects would increase energy effi-
ciency and lower pollution by generating power with 
no incremental fossil fuel consumption; 
‘‘(3) because recovered waste energy and com-
bined heat and power projects are associated with 
end-uses of thermal energy and electricity at the 
local level, they help avoid new transmission lines, 
reduce line losses, reduce local air pollutant emis-
sions, and reduce vulnerability to extreme weather 
and terrorism; and 
‘‘(4) States, localities, electric utilities, and 
other electricity customers may benefit from private 
investments in recovered waste energy and combined 
heat and power projects at industrial and commer-
cial sites by avoiding generation, transmission and 
distribution expenses, and transmission line loss ex-
penses that may otherwise be required to be recov-
ered from ratepayers. 
‘‘SEC. 372. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For purposes of this Part: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Administrator’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘waste energy’ meansl 
‘‘(A) exhaust heat and flared gases from 
any industrial process;
time frames and processes, the Adminis-
trator shall consider whether amendments 
to the time frames and modifications to 
the processes would be appropriate to ad-
minister notice activities in accordance 
with the PIC Convention and to comply 
with the POPs Convention. 
‘‘(C) 
CONTENT
OF
PRE-EXPORT
NO-
TICES.— 
‘‘(i) NOTICES
FOR
BANNED
OR
SE-
VERELY
RESTRICTED
PESTICIDE
OR
AC-
TIVE INGREDIENT USED IN PRODUCING A 
PESTICIDE.—A notice under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) shall include— 
‘‘(I) the name and address of the 
exporter; 
‘‘(II) the name and address of 
the appropriate designated national 
authority of the United States; 
‘‘(III) the name and address of 
the appropriate designated national 
authority of the importing foreign 
state, if available; 
‘‘(IV) the name and address of 
the importer; 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 389 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the centenary of the bestowal of the Nobel Peace Prize on President 
Theodore Roosevelt, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2005 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. BAKER, Mr. 
FOSSELLA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. 
HYDE, Mr. WAMP, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, 
Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. GOODE, Mr. KENNEDY of 
Minnesota, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. REGULA, Mr. 
KANJORSKI, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. CLYBURN, 
Mr. WEINER, Mr. LEACH, Mr. NADLER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 
HALL, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. DENT, Mr. SMITH of Texas, 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Ms. BORDALLO, and Mr. SOUDER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of the centenary of the bestowal of 
the Nobel Peace Prize on President Theodore Roosevelt, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(A) DETERMINATION
WHETHER
PES-
TICIDE
IS
BANNED
OR
SEVERELY
RE-
STRICTED.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall determine whether a pesticide or ac-
tive ingredient used in producing a pes-
ticide is banned or severely restricted with-
in the United States (as those terms are 
defined by the PIC Convention). 
‘‘(ii) NOTICE OF DETERMINATIONS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Administrator shall issue to the 
Secretariat of the PIC Convention and the 
public a notice of each determination 
under subparagraph (A) that includes— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a notice to the 
Secretariat of the PIC Convention, 
the information specified in Annex I 
to the PIC Convention; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of a notice to 
the public, at a minimum, a summary 
of that information. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, on receipt of a 
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shall be used only for owner-occupied, multi-fam-
ily dwellings. 
(B) The plan must provide for the use of a 
portion of the property for commercial purposes. 
(C) The plan shall be developed in consulta-
tion with appropriate representatives of the local 
governments and communities for the area in 
which the property is located. 
(2) PROPERTY
DESCRIBED.—The property de-
scribed in this paragraph is any real property of the 
Transit Authority which is located within one mile of 
the Largo Town Center Metro Rail Station. 
(d) NO EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORITIES.—Except as 
specifically provided, nothing in this section may be con-
strued to affect any law, rule, or regulation governing the 
development or disposition of real property of the Transit 
Authority. 
SEC. 5. STUDY AND REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct a 
study on the use of the funds provided under section 18 
of the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 (as 
added by this Act). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Government Reform 
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of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
on the study conducted under subsection (a). 
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Union Calendar No. 245 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3496 
[Report No. 109–440] 
A BILL 
To amend the National Capital Transportation Act 
of 1969 to authorize additional Federal contribu-
tions for maintaining and improving the transit 
system of the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority, and for other purposes. 
APRIL 26, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3497 
To ensure that when Federal law allows a court to award attorney fees 
to one party, the law must allow the court to award attorney fees 
to any party. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2005 
Mr. ISTOOK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To ensure that when Federal law allows a court to award 
attorney fees to one party, the law must allow the court 
to award attorney fees to any party. 
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 ‘‘Loser Pays Legal Fee 
Fairness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RECIPROCITY IN AWARDS OF ATTORNEY FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, whenever Federal law provides a basis on 
which a court may award attorney fees to one prevailing
party, the court may award attorney fees to any prevailing 
party on that basis. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply to a 
Federal law that provides a basis on which a court may 
award attorney fees only to the United States. 
Æ
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Union Calendar No. 399 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3849 
[Report No. 109–668] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 
Rodenticide Act to implement pesticide-related 
obligations of the United States under the inter-
national conventions or protocols known as the 
PIC Convention, the POPs Convention, and the 
LRTAP POPs Protocol. 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Theodore Roosevelt 
Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Theodore Roosevelt, one of America’s great-
est presidents, was born on October 27, 1858, in 
New York City, New York. 
(2) At the young age of 23, Theodore Roosevelt 
was elected to the first of 3 terms as a representa-
tive in the New York State Assembly (1882–1884). 
(3) From 1895–1897, Theodore Roosevelt 
served as Commissioner of the New York City Police 
Department. 
(4) While serving as Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy under President William McKinley (1897– 
1898), Theodore Roosevelt organized the First 
United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, popu-
larly known as the ‘‘Rough Riders’’, and then served 
as Colonel of this regiment during the Spanish- 
American War. 
(5) From 1898–1900, Theodore Roosevelt 
served as Governor of New York. 
(6) In 1900, with the election of President 
McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt was elected as the 
25th Vice-President of the United States.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 349 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a full deduction 
for meals and lodging in connection with medical care. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2005 
Mr. PLATTS 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 allow a 
full deduction for meals and lodging in connection with 
medical care. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FULL DEDUCTION FOR MEALS AND LODGING 
IN CONNECTION WITH MEDICAL CARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 213(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to amounts 
paid for certain lodging away from home treated as paid 
for medical care) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘meals and’’ before ‘‘lodging’’ 
in the heading,
(2) by inserting ‘‘meals and’’ before ‘‘lodging’’ 
in the text, and 
(3) by striking the last sentence. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 384 
To prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the final rule issued 
by the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for the designation 
of minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy into the United States, including designation of Canada 
as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the United States 
from Canada of certain bovine ruminant products during that calendar 
year, unless country of origin labeling is required for the retail sale 
of a covered commodity during that calendar year. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2005 
Ms. HERSETH (for herself and Mrs. CUBIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To prohibit the operation during a calendar year of the 
final rule issued by the Secretary of Agriculture to estab-
lish standards for the designation of minimal-risk regions 
for the introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy 
into the United States, including designation of Canada 
as a minimal-risk region, and the importation into the 
United States from Canada of certain bovine ruminant 
products during that calendar year, unless country of 
origin labeling is required for the retail sale of a covered 
commodity during that calendar year.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ANNUAL CONDITION ON APPLICATION OF 
FINAL RULE REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT 
OF MINIMAL-RISK REGIONS, INCLUDING CAN-
ADA, 
FOR 
BOVINE 
SPONGIFORM 
ENCEPHALOPATHY AND IMPORTATION OF 
CERTAIN BOVINE RUMINANT PRODUCTS. 
If mandatory country of origin labeling is not re-
quired for the retail sale of a covered commodity during 
any calendar year under subtitle D of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.), during 
that calendar year— 
(1) the final rule issued by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture on January 4, 2005, amending parts 93, 
94, 95, and 96 of title 9 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations to establish standards for the designation of 
minimal-risk regions for the introduction of bovine 
spongiform encephalopathy into the United States, 
to provide for the importation of certain ruminants, 
ruminant products, and ruminant byproducts from 
such minimal-risk regions, and to designate Canada 
as a minimal-risk region (and any successor regula-
tions) shall not apply; and
(2) any bovine ruminant product that (as of the 
date of enactment of this Act) was permitted to be 
imported into the United States from Canada, may 
not be imported into the United States from Can-
ada. 
Æ
(7) Becoming the 26th President of the United 
States the following year, Theodore Roosevelt took a 
very active role in foreign affairs, establishing the 
United States as a new world power, and instituted 
broad reforms, at home, particularly with respect to 
labor, monopolies, and conservation, until the end of 
his presidency in 1909. 
(8) On January 16, 2001, Theodore Roosevelt 
was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal 
of Honor for leading a charge up the San Juan 
Heights in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, 
shortly before the war ended, thereby becoming the 
first President of the United States to be awarded 
the Congressional Medal of Honor. 
(9) 2006 will mark the 100th anniversary of 
Theodore Roosevelt receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, 
the first citizen of the United States to receive such 
prize, for drawing up the 1905 peace treaty ending 
the Russo-Japanese War. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue the following coins: 
(1) $1 SILVER COINS WITH ROUGH RIDER DE-
SIGN
ON
OBVERSE.—Not more than 500,000 $1
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3503
To ensure privacy for e-mail communications. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2005
Mr. CANNON (for himself and Mr. INSLEE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To ensure privacy for e-mail communications.
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 ‘‘E-Mail Privacy Act 
of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF THE DEFINITION OF INTER-
CEPT. 
Section 2510(4) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘through the use of any electronic, 
mechanical, or other device.’’ and inserting ‘‘contempora-
neous with transit, or on an ongoing basis during transit, 
through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other de-
vice or process, notwithstanding that the communication 
may simultaneously be in electronic storage;’’.
Æ
coins bearing the designs specified in section 
4(a)(2), each of which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per-
cent copper. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS WITH ADVENTURER DE-
SIGN
ON
OBVERSE.—Not more than 500,000 $1 
coins bearing the designs specified in section 
4(a)(3), each of which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per-
cent copper. 
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 
5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
(d) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT WEST 
POINT, NEW YORK.—It is the sense of the Congress that 
the coins minted under this Act should be struck at the 
United States Mint at West Point, New York, to the 
greatest extent possible.