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‘‘(xiv) consortia of health care pro-
viders consisting of one or more entities 
described in clauses (i) through (xiii).’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF RURAL FOR HEALTH CARE SUP-
PORT.—Section 254(h)(7) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 
254(h)(7)) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(J) RURAL AREA.—Within 180 days after 
the date of enactment of the Universal Service 
Reform Act of 2010, the Commission shall pre-
scribe regulations that provide that, for pur-
poses of the rural health care universal service 
support mechanisms established pursuant to 
this subsection, a ‘rural area’ is— 
‘‘(i) any incorporated or unincor-
porated place in the United States, its ter-
ritories and insular possessions (including 
any area within the Federated States of 
Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands and the Republic of Palau) that 
has no more than 20,000 inhabitants 
based on the most recent available popu-
lation statistics from the Census Bureau; 
‘‘(ii) any area located outside of the 
boundaries of any incorporated or unincor-
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porated city, village, or borough having a 
population exceeding 20,000; 
‘‘(iii) any area with a population den-
sity of fewer than 250 persons per square 
mile; or 
‘‘(iv) any place that qualified as a 
‘rural area’ and received support from the 
rural health care support mechanism pur-
suant to the Commission’s rules in effect 
prior to December 1, 2004, and that con-
tinues to qualify as a ‘rural area’ pursuant 
to such rules.’’. 
(d) SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, RURAL HEALTH CARE, 
LIFE-LINE, LINK-UP, AND TOLL LIMITATION HOLD 
HARMLESS.—Except as provided in subsections (h)(1)(A), 
(h)(7)(B), and (h)(7)(J) of section 254 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254), as amended by this 
section— 
(1) nothing in this Act (and the amendments 
made by this Act) shall be construed as limiting, 
changing, modifying, or altering the amount or 
means of distribution of or, with respect to schools 
and libraries, eligibility to receive universal service 
support for the schools, libraries, rural health care, 
life-line, link-up, and toll limitation programs; and 
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(2) the Federal Communications Commission 
shall ensure that such amendments do not result in 
a decrease of such support to a level below the level 
for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which 
this Act is enacted. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5829 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to accept additional documentation when 
considering the application for veterans status of an individual who 
performed service in the merchant marines during World War II, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2010 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD (for himself, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. JONES, Mr. BRADY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. COBLE, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. KISSELL, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SPRATT, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. FOXX, Ms. MCCOL-
LUM, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. 
MCHENRY, Mr. DELAHUNT, and Mr. TAYLOR) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and in 
addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to accept additional docu-
mentation when considering the application for veterans 
status of an individual who performed service in the 
merchant marines during World War II, 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 ‘‘World War II Mer-
chant Mariner Service Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Merchant Marine Act, 1936 established 
the United States Maritime Commission, and stated 
as a matter of policy that the United States should 
have a merchant marine that is ‘‘capable of serving 
as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or 
national emergency’’. 
(2) The Social Security Act Amendments of 
1939 (Public Law 76–379) expanded the definition 
of employment to include service ‘‘on or in connec-
tion with an American vessel under contract of serv-
ice which is entered into within the United States or 
during the performance of which the vessel touches 
at a port in the United States, if the employee is 
employed on and in connection with such vessel’’. 
(3) The Joint Resolution to repeal sections 2, 
3, and 6 of the Neutrality Act of 1939, and for 
other purposes (Public Law 77–294; 55 Stat. 764) 
repealed section 6 of the Neutrality Act of 1939 (re-
lated to the arming of United States vessels) and 
authorized the President during the national emer-
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geographic area served by a regional office of the Adminis-
tration established under section 4(a).’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
4(b)(3)(B)(x) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
633(b)(3)(B)(x)) is amended by striking ‘‘Adminis-
tration district and region’’ and inserting ‘‘district 
and region of the Administration’’. 
SEC. 3. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 22 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 22. (a) There’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 22. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) OFFICE.—There’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by 
striking the period and inserting ‘‘for the pri-
mary purposes of increasing— 
‘‘(A) the number of small business con-
cerns that export; and 
‘‘(B) the volume of exports by small busi-
ness concerns.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of 
the Office shall be the Associate Administrator for 
International Trade, who shall be responsible to the 
Administrator.’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE AD-
MINISTRATOR.—Section 4(b)(1) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 633(b)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the fifth sentence, by striking ‘‘five Asso-
ciate Administrators’’ and inserting ‘‘Associate Ad-
ministrators’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘One 
such Associate Administrator shall be the Associate 
Administrator for International Trade, who shall be 
the head of the Office of International Trade estab-
lished under section 22.’’. 
(c) DISCHARGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE RESPON-
SIBILITIES OF ADMINISTRATION.—Section 22 of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(h) DISCHARGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE RE-
SPONSIBILITIES
OF
ADMINISTRATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall ensure that— 
‘‘(1) the responsibilities of the Administration 
regarding international trade are carried out by the 
Associate Administrator; 
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bility of service during the period beginning on December 
7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 1946. 
(c) DEFINITION OF PRIMARY NEXT OF KIN.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘primary next of kin’’ with respect to 
an individual seeking recognition for service under this 
section means the closest living relative of the individual 
who was alive during the period of such service. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 582 
To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2009 
Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimi-
nation program of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
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 ‘‘Public Housing Drug 
Elimination Program Reauthorization Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG ELIMI-
NATION PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
5129 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 
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11908) is amended by striking subsection (a) and insert-
ing the following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this chapter such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 
2011.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Section 5124(a)(6) of 
the 
Anti-Drug 
Abuse 
Act 
of 
1988 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11903(a)(6)) is amended by striking the semicolon at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘, except that the activi-
ties conducted under any program carried out in whole 
or in part with grant amounts provided pursuant to this 
paragraph may include only— 
‘‘(A) providing treatment for drug abuse 
through rehabilitation or relapse prevention; 
‘‘(B) providing education about the dan-
gers and adverse consequences of drug use or 
violent crime; 
‘‘(C) identifying drug users, assisting such 
users in discontinuing their drug use through 
an education program, and, if appropriate, re-
ferring the users to a drug treatment program; 
‘‘(D) providing after school activities for 
youths for the purpose of discouraging, reduc-
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ing, or eliminating drug use or violent crime by 
youths; 
‘‘(E) providing capital improvements for 
the purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi-
nating drug use or violent crime; and 
‘‘(F) providing security services for the 
purpose of discouraging, reducing, or elimi-
nating drug use or violent crime.’’. 
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HR 6080 RDS
an application for admission as a nonimmigrant under sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(L) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(L)) shall be increased by 
$2,250 for applicants that employ 50 or more employees 
in the United States if more than 50 percent of the appli-
cant’s employees are nonimmigrants admitted pursuant to 
section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of such Act or section 
101(a)(15)(L) of such Act. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act 
or any other provision of law, during the period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
September 30, 2014, the filing fee and fraud prevention 
and detection fee required to be submitted with an applica-
tion for admission as a nonimmigrant under section 
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) shall be increased by 
$2,000 for applicants that employ 50 or more employees 
in the United States if more than 50 percent of the appli-
cant’s employees are such nonimmigrants or non-
immigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(L) of such 
Act. 
(c) During the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2014, 
all amounts collected pursuant to the fee increases author-
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5831 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1081 Elbel Road in Schertz, Texas, as the ‘‘Schertz Veterans Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2010 
Mr. CUELLAR 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 1081 Elbel Road in Schertz, Texas, as the 
‘‘Schertz Veterans Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SCHERTZ VETERANS POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1081 Elbel Road in Schertz, 
Texas, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Schertz Vet-
erans Post Office’’. 
(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 
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be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Schertz Veterans Post 
Office’’. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1693 
AN ACT 
To eliminate the disparity in sentencing for cocaine offenses, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(5) recommendations, if any, for improving co-
ordination between the counseling programs and ex-
port financing programs of the Administration, in 
order to increase the volume of exports by rural 
small business concerns; and 
(6) any additional information the Adminis-
trator determines is necessary. 
SEC. 7. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COOPERATION BY SMALL 
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
Section 21(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
648(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(2) The Small Business Devel-
opment Centers’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) 
COOPERATION
TO
PROVIDE
INTER-
NATIONAL TRADE SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) INFORMATION AND SERVICES.—The 
small business development centers’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, 
by inserting ‘‘(including State trade agencies),’’ 
after ‘‘local agencies’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) COOPERATION
WITH
STATE
TRADE 
AGENCIES
AND
EXPORT
ASSISTANCE
CEN-
TERS.—A small business development center 
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that counsels a small business concern on issues 
relating to international trade shall— 
‘‘(i) consult with State trade agencies 
and Export Assistance Centers to provide 
appropriate services to the small business 
concern; and 
‘‘(ii) as necessary, refer the small 
business concern to a State trade agency 
or an Export Assistance Center for further 
counseling or assistance. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘Export Assistance Center’ has the same 
meaning as in section 22.’’. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 172 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 3564 IH 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY SERVICE 
AND FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437j) is amended by 
striking subsections (c) through (g). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The United States 
Housing Act of 1937 is amended— 
(1) in section 5A(d)(12) (42 U.S.C. 1437c– 
1(d)(12))— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
semicolon and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(2) in section 6(l)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1437d(l)(1)), 
by striking ‘‘except for noncompliance’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘based on such noncompliance’’; and 
(3) 
in 
section 
9(e)(1)(H) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437g(e)(1)(H)), by striking ‘‘a public housing work 
program under section 12’’ and inserting ‘‘any pro-
gram that provides work for residents of public 
housing’’. 
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able, as compared to the number of such 
children who reside in all such States for 
such year.’’; and 
(3) in part C— 
(A) in section 2302(b)(2) by striking ‘‘or 
public charter schools’’ and inserting ‘‘, public 
charter schools, or schools funded by the Bu-
reau of Indian Education’’; and 
(B) in section 2304— 
(i) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by insert-
ing ‘‘or with a school funded by the Bu-
reau of Indian Education,’’ after section 
‘‘2101’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (d)(3), in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘or public charter school’’ and inserting 
‘‘public charter school, or school funded by 
the Bureau of Indian Education’’. 
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Subtitle C—Native American 
Languages Programs 
SEC. 131. IMPROVEMENT OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF IN-
DIAN STUDENTS THROUGH NATIVE AMER-
ICAN LANGUAGES PROGRAMS. 
Subpart 1 of part A of title III of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6821 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3117. IMPROVEMENT OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF IN-
DIAN STUDENTS THROUGH NATIVE AMER-
ICAN LANGUAGES PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to improve the academic achievement of 
American Indian and Alaska Native students 
through Native American languages programs; and 
‘‘(2) to foster the acquisition of Native Amer-
ican languages. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AVERAGE.—The term ‘average’, when used 
with respect to the number of hours of instruction 
through the use of a Native American language, 
means the aggregate number of hours of instruction 
through the use of a Native American language to 
all students enrolled in a Native American language 
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SEC. 2. SUBPOENA AUTHORITY FOR THE LEAD DISCLO-
SURE RULE. 
Subsection (a) of section 1018 of Subtitle A, of Title 
X of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852d), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(A) INVESTIGATIONS.—The Secretary is 
authorized to conduct such investigations as 
may be necessary to administer and carry out 
the duties of the Secretary under this section. 
The Secretary is authorized to administer oaths 
and require by subpoena the production of doc-
uments, and the attendance and testimony of 
witnesses as the Secretary deems advisable. 
Nothing contained in this subparagraph shall 
prevent the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency from exercising authority 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act or this 
Act. 
‘‘(B) ENFORCEMENT.—Any district court 
of the United States within the jurisdiction of 
which an inquiry is carried, on application of 
the Attorney General, may, in the case of con-
tumacy, failure, or refusal to obey a subpoena 
of the Secretary issued under this section, issue 
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an order requiring such entry or such compli-
ance therewith; and any failure to obey such 
order of the court may be punished by such 
court as a contempt thereof.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5837 
To require persons to certify that they have not violated foreign corrupt 
practices statutes before being awarded Government contracts, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2010 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require persons to certify that they have not violated 
foreign corrupt practices statutes before being awarded 
Government contracts, 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. REQUIRED CERTIFICATION BY PERSONS PRIOR 
TO AWARD OF FEDERAL CONTRACTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—An Executive agency— 
(1) may not enter into a contract for the pro-
curement of goods or services with any person or en-
tity unless that person or entity has certified that 
the person or entity, and each of its officers, employ-
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ees, and agents, have not violated section 30A of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, section 104 or 
104A of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, 
or any comparable law of any other country; and 
(2) may not allow any contractor awarded a 
contract by the agency to enter into a subcontract 
(at any tier) under the contract with any person or 
entity that has not made the certification described 
in paragraph (1). 
(b) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning provided in sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) applies— 
(1) to contracts entered into after the date of 
the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) to subcontracts (at any tier) awarded under 
such contracts. 
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