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paid under any guarantee of a trust certificate issued by 
the Administrator or its agents under this section. 
‘‘(d) FEES.—The Administrator shall not collect a fee 
for any guarantee of a trust certificate under this section, 
but any agent of the Administrator may collect a fee ap-
proved by the Administrator for the functions described 
in subsection (f )(2). 
‘‘(e) SUBROGATION AND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS.— 
‘‘(1) SUBROGATION.—In the event the Adminis-
trator pays a claim under a guarantee issued under 
this section, it shall be subrogated fully to the rights 
satisfied by such payment. 
‘‘(2) OWNERSHIP RIGHTS.—No Federal, State, 
or local law shall preclude or limit the exercise by 
the Administrator of its ownership rights in the de-
bentures residing in a trust or pool against which 
trust certificates are issued under this section. 
‘‘(f) MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) REGISTRATION.—The Administrator may 
provide for a central registration of all trust certifi-
cates issued under this section. 
‘‘(2) CONTRACTING OF FUNCTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
may contract with an agent or agents to carry 
out on behalf of the Administrator the pooling 
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Union Calendar No. 283 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4890 
[Report No. 109–505, Parts I and II] 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional and Impoundment 
Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited 
consideration of certain proposed rescissions of 
budget authority. 
JUNE 19, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on Rules with an amend-
ment; committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4891 
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct an Independent 
Safety Assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2006 
Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. ENGEL, and Mrs. 
KELLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to conduct 
an Independent Safety Assessment of the Indian Point 
Nuclear Power Plant. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INDEPENDENT SAFETY ASSESSMENT. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 
transmit to the Congress a report containing the results 
of— 
(1) a focused, in-depth Independent Safety As-
sessment of the design, construction, maintenance, 
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and operational safety performance of the systems at 
the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, Reactors 2 
and 3, located in Westchester County, New York, in-
cluding the systems described in section 2; and 
(2) a comprehensive evaluation of the radio-
logical emergency plan for Indian Point Nuclear 
Power Plant, Reactors 2 and 3, conducted by the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, which shall include— 
(A) a detailed explanation of the factual 
basis upon which the Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission and the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency relied in— 
(i) approving the radiological emer-
gency plan; and 
(ii) making subsequent annual find-
ings of reasonable assurance that the plan 
will adequately protect the public in the 
event of an emergency, 
beginning on July 25, 2003 and continuing to 
the present; and 
(B) a detailed response to each of the criti-
cisms of the radiological emergency plan con-
tained in the Review of Emergency Prepared-
ness of Areas Adjacent to Indian Point and 
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Millstone, published by James Lee Witt Associ-
ates on January 10, 2003. 
SEC. 2. SYSTEMS. 
The systems referred to in section 1(1) are the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The reactor protection system. 
(2) The control room ventilation system and the 
containment ventilation system. 
(3) The 4.16 kv electrical system. 
(4) The condensate system. 
(5) The spent fuel storage system. 
SEC. 3. INDEPENDENT SAFETY ASSESSMENT MODEL. 
The Independent Safety Assessment conducted at In-
dian Point Nuclear Power Plant shall be equal in depth 
and breadth to the Independent Safety Assessment of the 
Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, located near Bath, 
Maine, conducted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
in 1996. 
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a franchise area of any person or group , the 
Commission may refuse to accept for filing a 
new certification for authority of such person or 
group to provide cable service under this section 
in such franchise area until the Commission de-
termines that the basis of such revocation has 
been remedied. 
‘‘(G) RETURN TO LOCAL FRANCHISING IF 
CABLE COMPETITION CEASES.—
‘‘(i) If only one cable operator is pro-
viding cable service in a franchise area, 
and that cable operator obtained a national 
franchise for such franchise area under 
subsection (d)(2), the franchising authority 
for such franchise area may file a petition 
with the Commission requesting that the 
Commission terminate such national fran-
chise for such franchise area. 
‘‘(ii) The Commission shall provide 
public notice and opportunity to comment 
on such petition. If it finds that the re-
quirements of clause (i) are satisfied, the 
Commission shall issue an order granting 
such petition. Such order shall take effect 
one year from the date of such grant, if no
other cable operator offers cable service in 
such area during that one year. If another 
cable operator does offer cable service in 
such franchise area during that one year, 
the Commission shall rescind such order 
and dismiss such petition. 
‘‘(iii) A cable operator whose national 
franchise is terminated for such franchise 
area under this subparagraph may obtain 
new authority to provide cable service in 
such franchise area under this section, sec-
tion 621, or any other law, if and when eli-
gible. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS OF NATIONAL FRANCHISE.—A 
national franchise shall contain the following require-
ments: 
‘‘(1) FRANCHISE FEE.—A cable operator au-
thorized under this section to provide cable service 
in a franchise area shall pay to the franchising au-
thority in such franchise area a franchise fee of up 
to 5 percent (as determined by the franchising au-
thority) of such cable operator’s gross revenues from 
the provision of cable service under this section in 
such franchise area. Such payment shall be assessed 
and collected in a manner consistent with section
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4892 
To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to continue 
to make available to the public on a weekly basis information on the 
measure of the M3 monetary aggregate, and its components, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2006 
Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. JONES of North Carolina) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System to continue to make available to the public on 
a weekly basis information on the measure of the M3 
monetary aggregate, and its components, 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 ‘‘Sunshine in Monetary 
Policy Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. M3 MONETARY AGGREGATE REQUIRED TO BE PUB-
LISHED WEEKLY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the announce-
ment by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System on November 10, 2005, the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System shall continue, after March 
22, 2006, to compile and to publish on a weekly basis the 
measure of the M3 monetary aggregate and the compo-
nents of the M3 that are not included in the measure of 
the M2 monetary aggregate. 
(b) M3 MONETARY AGGREGATE DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘‘M3 monetary aggre-
gate’’ means the inclusive measure of money compiled by 
adding the following: 
(1) M1 COMPONENTS.—Currency in circulation 
(plus traveler’s checks), demand deposits, Negotiable 
Order of Withdrawal (NOW) accounts, and similar 
interest-earning checking account balances. 
(2) THE NON-M1 COMPONENTS OF M2.—House-
hold holdings of savings deposits, small time depos-
its, and retail money market mutual fund balances 
(exclusive of balances held in IRA and Keogh ac-
counts). 
(3) THE NON-M2 COMPONENTS OF M3.—Institu-
tional money market mutual fund balances and man-
aged liabilities of depositories consisting of large 
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time 
deposits, 
repurchase 
agreements, 
and 
Eurodollars. 
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622 and the definitions of gross revenues and fran-
chise fee in this section. 
‘‘(2) PEG/I-NET REQUIREMENTS.—A cable op-
erator authorized under this section to provide cable 
service in a franchise area shall comply with the re-
quirements of subsection (e). 
‘‘(3) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—A cable operator au-
thorized under this section to provide cable service 
in a franchise area shall comply with the rights-of-
way requirements of the franchising authority under 
subsection (f). 
‘‘(4) CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CUSTOMER 
SERVICE STANDARDS.—A cable operator authorized 
under this section to provide cable service in a fran-
chise area shall comply with the consumer protection 
and customer service standards established by the 
Commission under section 632(b). 
‘‘(5) CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.—A cable operator 
authorized under this section to provide cable service 
in a franchise area shall comply with the regulations 
on child pornography promulgated pursuant to sub-
section (i). 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY
FOR NATIONAL FRANCHISES.—
The following persons or groups are eligible to obtain a 
national franchise under this section:
‘‘(1) COMMENCEMENT OF SERVICE AFTER EN-
ACTMENT.—A person or group that is not providing 
cable service in a franchise area on the date of en-
actment of this section under section 621 or any 
other law may obtain a national franchise under this 
section to provide cable service in such franchise 
area. 
‘‘(2) EXISTING
PROVIDERS
OF
CABLE
SERV-
ICE.—A person or group that is providing cable 
service in a franchise area on the date of enactment 
of this section under section 621 or any other law 
may obtain a franchise under this section to provide 
cable service in such franchise area if, on the date 
that the national franchise becomes effective, an-
other person or group is providing cable service 
under this section, section 621, or any other law in 
such franchise area. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL 
USE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), a 
cable operator with a national franchise for a fran-
chise area under this section shall provide channel 
capacity for public, educational, and governmental 
use that is not less than the channel capacity re-
quired of the cable operator with the most sub-
scribers in such franchise area on the effective date 
of such national franchise. If there is no other cable 
operator in such franchise area on the effective date 
of such national franchise, or there is no other cable 
operator in such franchise area on such date that is 
required to provide channel capacity for public, edu-
cational, and governmental use, the cable operator 
shall provide the amount of channel capacity for 
such use as determined by Commission rule. 
‘‘(2) PEG AND I–NET FINANCIAL SUPPORT.—A 
cable operator with a national franchise under this 
section for a franchise area shall pay an amount 
equal to 1 percent of the cable operator’s gross reve-
nues (as such term is defined in this section) in the 
franchise area to the franchising authority for the 
support of public, educational, and governmental use 
and institutional networks (as such term is defined 
in section 611(f)). Such payment shall be assessed 
and collected in a manner consistent with section 
622, including the authority of the cable operator to 
designate that portion of a subscriber’s bill attrib-
utable to such payment. A cable operator that pro-
vided cable service in a franchise area on the date 
of enactment of this section and that obtains a na-
tional franchise under this section shall continue to
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4391
AN ACT
To amend title 4 of the United States Code to establish
sourcing requirements for State and local taxation of
mobile telecommunication services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
prior to March 7, 2006, has submitted to the Secretary or 
Chairman a fee-to-trust application or written request re-
quiring an eligibility determination pursuant to section 
20(b)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 20(b)(1)(B) of 
the 
Indian 
Gaming 
Regulatory 
Act 
(25 
U.S.C. 
2719(b)(1)(A), 2719(b)(1)(B)(ii), and 2719(b)(1)(B)(iii), 
respectively); provided that such lands are located within— 
(1) the State where the Indian tribe primarily 
resides; and 
(2) an area where the Indian Tribe has a pri-
mary geographical, historical, and temporal nexus. 
(c) FURTHER EXCEPTION.—The amendments made by 
section 2 shall not affect the right of any Indian Tribe to 
conduct gaming on Indian lands that are eligible for gam-
ing pursuant to section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2719), as determined by the National 
Indian Gaming Commission, Secretary of the Interior or 
a Federal court prior to the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 4. REGULATIONS REQUIRED. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate 
regulations to implement section 20 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2719). The regulations shall re-
quire tribal applicants for any of the exceptions listed in 
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section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to have 
an aboriginal or analogous historic connection to the lands 
upon which gaming activities are conducted under the In-
dian Gaming Regulatory Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 386 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4893 
[Report No. 109–650] 
A BILL 
To amend section 20 of the Indian Gaming 
Regulatory Act to restrict off-reservation gaming. 
SEPTEMBER 13, 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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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4894
AN ACT 
To provide for certain access to national crime information 
databases by schools and educational agencies for em-
ployment purposes, with respect to individuals who work 
with children.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ACCESS TO NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION 
DATABASES BY SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General of the 
United States shall, upon request of the chief executive 
officer of a State, conduct fingerprint-based checks of the 
national crime information databases (as defined in sec-
tion 534(f)(3)(A) of title 28, United States Code, as redes-
ignated under subsection (e)), pursuant to a request sub-
mitted by an entity of the State, or unit of local govern-
ment, which is designated to conduct background checks 
on individuals employed by, under consideration for em-
ployment by, or volunteering for, a private or public ele-
mentary school, private or public secondary school, local 
educational agency, or State educational agency in that 
State in a position in which the individual would work with 
or around children. Where possible, the check shall include 
a fingerprint-based check of State criminal history data-
bases. The Attorney General and the States may charge 
any applicable fees for these checks. 
(b) PROTECTION OF INFORMATION.—An individual 
having information derived as a result of a check under 
subsection (a) may release that information only to an ap-
propriate officer of a private elementary school, private 
secondary school, local educational agency, or State edu-
cational agency, or to any person authorized by law to re-
ceive that information. 
(c) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—An individual who know-
ingly exceeds the authority in subsection (a), or knowingly 
releases information in violation of subsection (b), shall 
be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined under title 
18, United States Code, or both. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘ele-
mentary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary 
school’’, and ‘‘State educational agency’’, have the mean-
ings given to those terms in section 9101 of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 534 of title 
28, United States Code, as amended by section 905(a) of 
the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162), is 
further amended by redesignating the second subsection 
(e) as subsection (f).
Passed the House of Representatives June 13, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4894
AN ACT 
To provide for certain access to national crime in-
formation databases by schools and educational 
agencies for employment purposes, with respect 
to individuals who work with children.
‘‘(i) provide for increased forfeiture 
penalties for repeated violations of the 
standards in such rules; and 
‘‘(ii) establish procedures by which 
any forfeiture penalty assessed by the 
Commission under this subsection shall be 
paid by the cable operator directly to the 
franchising authority affected by the viola-
tion. 
‘‘(4) COMPLAINTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any person may file a 
complaint with respect to an alleged violation of 
the Commission’s revised consumer protection 
rules in a franchise area by a cable operator 
franchised under this section—
‘‘(i) with the franchising authority in 
such area; or 
‘‘(ii) with the Commission. 
‘‘(B) LOCAL
FRANCHISING
AUTHORITY 
PROCEDURE.—On its own motion or at the re-
quest of any person, a franchising authority for 
a franchise area may—
‘‘(i) initiate its own complaint pro-
ceeding with respect to such an alleged vio-
lation; or
‘‘(ii) file a complaint with the Com-
mission regarding such an alleged viola-
tion. 
‘‘(C) TIMING.—The Commission or the 
franchising authority conducting a proceeding 
under this paragraph shall render a decision on 
any complaint filed under this paragraph within 
90 days of its filing. 
‘‘(5) LOCAL FRANCHISING ORDERS.—
‘‘(A) REQUIRING COMPLIANCE.—In a pro-
ceeding commenced by a franchising authority, 
a franchising authority may issue an order re-
quiring compliance with the Commission’s re-
vised consumer protection rules, but a fran-
chising authority may not create any new 
standard or regulation, or expand upon or mod-
ify the Commission’s revised consumer protec-
tion rules. 
‘‘(B) ACCESS
TO
RECORDS.—In such a 
proceeding, the franchising authority may issue 
an order requiring the filing of any data, docu-
ments, or records (including any contract, 
agreement, or arrangement between the sub-
scriber and the cable operator) that are directly 
related to the alleged violation.
H. Res. 496 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
June 19, 2007. 
Resolved, That the following named Member be, and is 
hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the 
House of Representatives: 
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE: Mr. Gillmor, 
to rank after Mr. Stearns. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
‘‘(C) COST
OF
FRANCHISING
AUTHORITY 
ORDERS.—A franchising authority may charge 
a cable operator franchised under this section a 
nominal fee to cover the costs of issuing orders 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(6) COMMISSION REMEDIES; APPEALS.—
‘‘(A) REMEDIES.—An order of a fran-
chising authority under this subsection shall be 
enforced by the Commission under this Act if—
‘‘(i) the order is not appealed to the 
Commission; 
‘‘(ii) the Commission does not agree 
to grant review during the 30-day period 
described in subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(iii) the order is sustained on appeal 
by the Commission. 
‘‘(B) APPEALS.—Any party may file a no-
tice of appeal of an order of a franchising au-
thority under this subsection with the Commis-
sion, and shall transmit a copy of such notice 
to the other parties to the franchising authority 
proceeding. Such appeal shall be deemed denied 
at the end of the 30-day period beginning on 
the date of the filing unless the Commission
agrees within such period to grant review of the 
appeal. 
‘‘(C) TIMING.—After the filing of a notice 
of appeal under subparagraph (B), if such no-
tice is not denied by operation of such subpara-
graph, the Commission shall render a decision 
within 90 days of such filing. 
‘‘(7) ANNUAL REPORT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, and 
annually thereafter, the Commission shall sub-
mit a report to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate on the implemen-
tation of this subsection, including the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) The number of complaints filed 
with franchising authorities under clause 
(4)(A)(i). 
‘‘(ii) Any trends concerning com-
plaints, such as increases in the number of 
particular types of complaints or in new 
types of complaints.