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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 127
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore and make permanent
the exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. SHAW, Mr. CAMP, and Mr. RANGEL) 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 restore
and make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided
educational assistance.
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 ‘‘Employee Educational
Assistance Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYER-PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 127 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 (relating to educational assistance pro-
grams) is amended by striking subsection (d) and by re-
designating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3380 
To delay any increases in premium rates for flood insurance coverage under 
the National Flood Insurance Program until the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency completes a comprehensive review and updating 
of all flood insurance rate maps and the Army Corps of Engineers 
reviews and certifies that such maps include all flood mitigation and 
flood control projects completed by the Corps. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2013 
Mr. RAHALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To delay any increases in premium rates for flood insurance 
coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program 
until the Federal Emergency Management Agency com-
pletes a comprehensive review and updating of all flood 
insurance rate maps and the Army Corps of Engineers 
reviews and certifies that such maps include all flood 
mitigation and flood control projects completed by the 
Corps. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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ton, Mississippi, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘First Sergeant 
Landres Cheeks Post Office Building’’. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2882
To amend section 615(e) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
to limit the award of attorneys’ fees under the section to fees incurred
for or in connection with the commencement and prosecution of a civil
action.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5, 1993
Mr. DUNCAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To amend section 615(e) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act to limit the award of attorneys’ fees under
the section to fees incurred for or in connection with
the commencement and prosecution of a civil action.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ATTORNEYS’ FEES.
Section 615(e)(4) of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1415(e)(4)) is amended—
(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(B) In any civil action brought in a State court or
in a district court of the United States under this sub-
section, the court, in its discretion, may award reasonable
attorneys’ fees incurred for or in connection with the com-
mencement and prosecution of the civil action as part of
the costs to the parents or guardian of a child or youth
with a disability who is the prevailing party.’’;
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘action or
proceeding’’ and inserting ‘‘civil action’’;
(3) in subparagraph (4)(D)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘action or proceeding’’ and inserting
‘‘civil action’’;
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Procedure
or,’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘Proce-
dure.’’; and
(C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or adminis-
trative officer’’;
(4) in clauses (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (F),
by striking ‘‘action or proceeding,’’ and inserting
‘‘civil action,’’; and
(5) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘action or
proceeding’’ and inserting ‘‘civil action’’.
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3772 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 29, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 150 South Union Street in Canton, Mis-
sissippi, as the ‘‘First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post 
Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 3772 RFS 
SECTION 1. FIRST SERGEANT LANDRES CHEEKS POST OF-
FICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 150 South Union Street in Can-
ton, Mississippi, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘First Sergeant Landres Cheeks Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘First Sergeant 
Landres Cheeks Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 28, 2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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HR 2884 EAS
authorized within a State to provide a program of
education beyond secondary education, and includes a
community college, a technical college, a postsecond-
ary vocational institution, a tribally controlled com-
munity college, as defined in section 1 of the Tribally
Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978,
and a 4-year college or university;
(10) the term ‘‘registered apprenticeship agency’’
means the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training in
the Department of Labor or a State apprenticeship
agency recognized and approved by the Bureau of Ap-
prenticeship and Training as the appropriate body
for State registration or approval of local apprentice-
ship programs and agreements for Federal purposes;
(11) the term ‘‘registered apprenticeship pro-
gram’’ means a program registered by a registered
apprenticeship agency;
(12) the term ‘‘related services’’ includes the
types of services described in section 602(17) of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20
U.S.C. 1401(17));
(13) the term ‘‘school site mentor’’ means a pro-
fessional employed at a school who is designated as
the advocate for a particular student, and who works
in consultation with classroom teachers, counselors,
HR 2884 EAS
related services personnel, and the employer of the
student to design and monitor the progress of the
School-to-Work Opportunities program of the student;
(14) the term ‘‘School-to-Work Opportunities
program’’ means a program that meets the require-
ments of this Act, other than a program described in
section 401(a);
(15) the term ‘‘secondary school’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 1201(d) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(d));
(16) the term ‘‘Secretaries’’ means the Secretary
of Education and the Secretary of Labor;
(17) the term ‘‘skill certificate’’ means a port-
able, industry-recognized credential issued by a
School-to-Work Opportunities program under an ap-
proved plan, that certifies that a student has mastered
skills at levels that are at least as challenging as skill
standards endorsed by the National Skill Standards
Board established under the National Skill Standards
Act of 1993, except that until such skill standards are
developed, the term ‘‘skill certificate’’ means a creden-
tial issued under a process described in the approved
plan of a State;
HR 2884 EH
Subtitle B—State Implementation
Grants
SEC. 211. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this subtitle is to assist States and
the territories in the implementation of comprehensive,
statewide School-to-Work Opportunities systems.
SEC. 212. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries may provide im-
plementation grants to States in such amounts as the Sec-
retaries determine is necessary to enable such States to
implement 
comprehensive, 
statewide 
School-to-Work
Opportunities systems.
(b) GRANTS TO TERRITORIES.—From amounts re-
served under section 6(b)(1), the Secretaries shall provide
grants in accordance with this subtitle to the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States
of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and
Palau, to implement comprehensive School-to-Work
Opportunities systems in those territories.
(c) PERIOD OF GRANT.—The provision of payments
under a grant under subsection (a) or subsection (b) shall
extend over a period of 5 fiscal years and shall be subject
to the annual approval of the Secretaries and subject to
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shall submit the application to a peer review process, deter-
mine whether to approve the plan described in subsection
(b), and, if such determination is affirmative, further deter-
mine whether to take one or more of the following actions:
(1) Award an implementation grant described in
subsection (a) to the State submitting the application.
(2) Approve the request of the State, if any, for
a waiver in accordance with the procedures set forth
in title V.
(3) Inform the State of the opportunity to apply
for further development funds under subtitle A, by
submitting to the Secretaries an application that in-
cludes a timetable and an estimate of the amount of
funding needed to complete the planning and develop-
ment necessary to implement a comprehensive, state-
wide School-to-Work Opportunities system, except
that further development funds may not be awarded
to a State that receives an implementation grant
under subsection (e).
(d) REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS.—In evaluating an ap-
plication submitted under subsection (a), the Secretaries
shall—
(1) take into consideration the quality of the ap-
plication, including the replicability, sustainability,
HR 2884 EAS
and innovation of programs described in the applica-
tion;
(2) give priority to applications, based on the ex-
tent to which the system described in the application
would limit administrative costs and increase
amounts spent on delivery of services to students en-
rolled in programs carried out through the system
under this Act;
(3) give priority to applications that describe the
highest levels of—
(A) concurrence with the plan for the sys-
tem; and
(B) collaboration in the development and
implementation of the system; and
(4) give priority to applications that describe
systems that include programs that will provide paid
high-quality, work-based learning experiences;
by appropriate State agencies and officials and the
private sector.
(e) GRANT AMOUNT AND DURATION OF GRANT.—
(1) AMOUNT.—The Secretaries shall establish the
minimum and maximum amounts available for an
implementation grant under subsection (a), and shall
determine the actual amount granted to any State
under such subsection, based on such criteria as the
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3773 
To amend the Renewable Fuel Program in section 211(o) of the Clean 
Air Act to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion 
of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2012 
Mr. OLSON (for himself, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. PITTS, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. GONZALEZ, and Mr. COSTA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Renewable Fuel Program in section 211(o) 
of the Clean Air Act to allow domestic alternative fuel 
to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable 
volume of renewable fuel. 
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 ‘‘Domestic Alternative 
Fuels Act of 2012’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3776 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding 
school libraries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2012 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. HOLT, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 regarding school libraries, 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 ‘‘Strengthening Kids’ 
Interest in Learning and Libraries Act’’ or the ‘‘SKILLS 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
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SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF DOMESTIC ALTERNATIVE FUEL IN 
APPLICABLE VOLUME OF RENEWABLE FUEL. 
(a) 
DEFINITION
OF
DOMESTIC
ALTERNATIVE 
FUEL.—Section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(G) 
through (L) as subparagraphs (H) through (M), re-
spectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(G) DOMESTIC
ALTERNATIVE
FUEL.— 
The term ‘domestic alternative fuel’ means eth-
anol that— 
‘‘(i) is produced from domestic fossil 
fuels other than petroleum; and 
‘‘(ii) is used to replace or reduce the 
quantity of petroleum present in a trans-
portation fuel.’’. 
(b) APPLICABLE VOLUME
OF RENEWABLE FUEL 
AND DOMESTIC ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—Section 211(o)(2) 
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘con-
tains at least’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘contains at least the applicable volume of 
renewable fuel, advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, 
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biomass-based diesel, and domestic alternative fuel, 
determined in accordance with subparagraph (B)’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)— 
(A) in the heading of subclause (I), by 
striking ‘‘RENEWABLE
FUEL’’ and inserting 
‘‘RENEWABLE
FUEL
AND
DOMESTIC
ALTER-
NATIVE FUEL’’; 
(B) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘the ap-
plicable volume of renewable fuel for the cal-
endar years 2006 through 2022’’ and inserting 
‘‘the applicable volume of renewable fuel for the 
calendar years 2006 through 2011, and the ap-
plicable volume of renewable fuel and domestic 
alternative fuel (in the aggregate) for the cal-
endar years 2012 through 2022’’; and 
(C) in the table in subclause (I), by strik-
ing ‘‘Applicable volume of renewable fuel’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Applicable volume of renewable fuel 
and domestic alternative fuel (in the aggre-
gate)’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3775 
To provide dollars to the classroom. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2012 
Mr. PITTS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide dollars to the classroom. 
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 ‘‘Dollars to the Class-
room Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE BY STATES OF FEDERAL 
FUNDS PROVIDED FOR ELEMENTARY AND 
SECONDARY EDUCATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not less 
than 95 percent of any Federal funds made available to 
a State or State educational agency by the Secretary of 
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Education for a purpose relating to elementary or sec-
ondary education shall be used for— 
(1) academic purposes; and 
(2) classroom, or classroom-related, purposes or 
at the school level. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3778 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a point of 
order to prohibit the extension of the public debt limit unless a concur-
rent resolution on the budget has been agreed to and is in effect. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2012 
Mr. LAMBORN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish 
a point of order to prohibit the extension of the public 
debt limit unless a concurrent resolution on the budget 
has been agreed to and is in effect. 
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 ‘‘Budget Before Bor-
rowing Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF 
DEBT LIMIT EXTENSION. 
Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF 
DEBT LIMIT EXTENSION.—(1) It shall not be in order 
in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider 
any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
ference report thereon, to extend the public debt limit un-
less a concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed 
to and is in effect for the fiscal year during which such 
measure is being considered. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended in 
the House of Representatives or the Senate only by the 
affirmative vote of two-thirds of its Members, duly chosen 
and sworn. 
‘‘(3) An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Mem-
bers, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Sen-
ate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a 
point of order under paragraph (1).’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3779 
To hold accountable Federal departments and agencies that fail to meet 
goals relating to the participation of small business concerns in procure-
ment contracts, to authorize Federal departments and agencies to give 
preference to small business concerns when procuring goods or services, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 18, 2012 
Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee 
on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To hold accountable Federal departments and agencies that 
fail to meet goals relating to the participation of small 
business concerns in procurement contracts, to authorize 
Federal departments and agencies to give preference to 
small business concerns when procuring goods or serv-
ices, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Growth 
and Federal Accountability Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN PROCURE-
MENT CONTRACTS. 
(a) CONSEQUENCE FOR FAILURE TO MEET GOAL.— 
If a Federal department or agency does not meet a covered 
goal with respect to a fiscal year, that department or agen-
cy, in the succeeding fiscal year, may not expend for the 
procurement of goods or services an amount that is great-
er than 90 percent of the amount expended for the pro-
curement of goods or services in the fiscal year with re-
spect to which that department or agency did not meet 
the covered goal. 
(b) PREFERENCE.—To meet a covered goal, the head 
of a Federal department or agency may give preference 
to a small business concern when procuring goods or serv-
ices. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) COVERED GOAL.—The term ‘‘covered goal’’ 
means a goal established by the head of a Federal 
department or agency— 
(A) under section 15(g) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)); and 
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(B) relating to the participation of small 
business concerns in the procurement contracts 
of that department or agency. 
(2) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
that term under section 3(a) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 377 
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of food stamp eligibility of ex-offenders. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2011 
Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of food 
stamp eligibility of ex-offenders. 
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 ‘‘Food Assistance to 
Improve Reintegration Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DENIAL OF BENEFITS. 
Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (21 U.S.C. 862a) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking paragraph (2); 
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(2) in subsection (b) by striking paragraph (2); 
and 
(3) in subsection (e) by striking paragraph (2). 
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