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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 581 
To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of the Virgin Islands, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2011 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To convey certain submerged lands to the Government of 
the Virgin Islands, 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. CONVEYANCE OF SUBMERGED LANDS TO THE 
GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 
all of the right, title, and interest of the United States 
in and to submerged lands in the area between the island 
of Saint Croix and the islands of Saint Thomas and Saint 
John is conveyed to the Government of the Virgin Islands 
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to be administered in trust for the benefit of the people 
thereof. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) AREA
BETWEEN
THE
ISLAND
OF
SAINT 
CROIX AND THE ISLANDS OF SAINT THOMAS AND 
SAINT JOHN.—The term ‘‘area between the island of 
Saint Croix and the islands of Saint Thomas and 
Saint John’’ means the area that is— 
(A) outside of the area conveyed to the 
Virgin Islands by section 1 of Public Law 93– 
435 (48 U.S.C. 1705); 
(B) north of Saint Croix; 
(C) south of Saint Thomas and Saint 
John; 
(D) east of the line running from the west-
ernmost point on the coastline of Saint Croix at 
mean high tide to the westernmost point on the 
coastline of Saint Thomas at mean high tide; 
and 
(E) west of the line running from the east-
ernmost point on the coastline of Saint Croix at 
mean high tide to the easternmost point on the 
coastline of Saint John at mean high tide. 
(2) SAINT
CROIX, 
SAINT
THOMAS, 
SAINT 
JOHN.—The terms ‘‘Saint Croix’’, ‘‘Saint Thomas’’, 
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and ‘‘Saint John’’ mean the islands of Saint Croix, 
Saint Thomas, and Saint John, respectively, in the 
United States Virgin Islands. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE 
VIRGIN ISLANDS. 
For purposes of the laws of the United States, and 
except as otherwise provided by international law or any 
international agreement in force for the United States, the 
territorial waters of the United States Virgin Islands shall 
consist of all waters in the belt of the seas measured from 
the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the 
coast which is in direct contact with the open sea and the 
line marking the seaward limit of inland waters, and ex-
tending seaward a distance of 9 miles. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5820 
To modify the provisions of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States relating to returned property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2012 
Mr. MCDERMOTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To modify the provisions of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States relating to returned property. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO 
RETURNED PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The article description for head-
ing 9801.00.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States is amended by inserting after ‘‘exported’’ 
the following: ‘‘, or any other products when returned 
within 3 years after having been exported,’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) 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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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5821 
To provide for duty free treatment for certain United States Government 
property returned to the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2012 
Mr. MCDERMOTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for duty free treatment for certain United States 
Government property returned to the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DUTY FREE TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN UNITED 
STATES GOVERNMENT PROPERTY RETURNED 
TO THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 98 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
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‘‘ 
9801.00.11 
United States Government 
property, returned to the 
United States without having 
been advanced in value or im-
proved in condition by any 
means while abroad, entered 
by the United States Govern-
ment or a contractor to the 
United States Government, 
and certified by the importer 
as United States Government 
property .................................
Free 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) 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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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1514
AN ACT
To authorize and facilitate a program to enhance
safety, training, research and development, and
safety education in the propane gas industry for
the benefit of propane consumers and the public,
and for other purposes.
Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations, and the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the Senate. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to infringe upon the sovereignty of Nige-
ria to combat militant or terrorist groups operating inside 
the boundaries of Nigeria. 
Æ 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5823 
To prohibit the Federal Housing Finance Agency from disposing of certain 
real estate-owned of such Agency, the Federal National Mortgage Asso-
ciation, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, under the 
initiative of such Agency for bulk sales of real estate-owned. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2012 
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California (for himself, Ms. CHU, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. SHERMAN, and 
Mr. BACA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Federal Housing Finance Agency from dis-
posing of certain real estate-owned of such Agency, the 
Federal National Mortgage Association, and the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, under the initiative 
of such Agency for bulk sales of real estate-owned. 
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 ‘‘Saving Taxpayers from 
Unnecessary GSE Bulk Sale Programs Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN REAL 
ESTATE-OWNED UNDER FHFA BULK SALES 
INITIATIVE. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Effective upon the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance 
Agency may not dispose of any covered real-estate owned 
that is located in the State of California under any initia-
tive for bulk sales of covered real estate-owned and may 
not carry out such initiative with respect to covered real 
estate-owned that is located in such State. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) INITIATIVE FOR BULK SALES OF COVERED 
REAL
ESTATE-OWNED.—The term ‘‘initiative for 
bulk sales of covered real estate-owned’’ means— 
(A) the initiative of the Federal Housing 
Finance Agency that— 
(i) was announced in 2012, pursuant 
to a request for information issued on Au-
gust 10, 2011; and 
(ii) provides for qualified investors to 
purchase pools of covered real estate- 
owned; and 
(B) any other program or initiative of the 
Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal 
National Mortgage Association, or the Federal 
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Home Loan Mortgage Corporation that is sub-
stantially similar to or substantially based on 
the initiative identified in subparagraph (A). 
(2) COVERED REAL ESTATE-OWNED.—The term 
‘‘covered real estate-owned’’ means real estate-owned 
of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal 
National Mortgage Association, and the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. 
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec-
tively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) TIERED APPLICATION PROCESS.—In car-
rying out this subsection, the Secretary shall estab-
lish a three-tiered application, evaluation, and over-
sight process that varies based on the cost of the 
proposed project with the process most simplified for 
projects referred to in subparagraph (A), more com-
prehensive for projects referred to in subparagraph 
(B), and most comprehensive for projects referred to 
in subparagraph (C). The three tiers for such proc-
ess shall be as follows: 
‘‘(A) TIER 1.—Projects for which the cost 
of the project funded under this subsection is 
not more than $80,000. 
‘‘(B) TIER 2.—Projects for which the cost 
of the project funded under this subsection is 
more than $80,000 but less than $200,000. 
‘‘(C) TIER 3.—Projects for which the cost 
of the project funded under this subsection is 
$200,000 or more.’’; 
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Calendar No. 576
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1514
AN ACT
To authorize and facilitate a program to enhance
safety, training, research and development, and
safety education in the propane gas industry for
the benefit of propane consumers and the public,
and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 5, 1996
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2642 
AN ACT 
To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural 
and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1527
AN ACT
To further clarify the authorities and duties of the
Secretary of Agriculture in issuing ski area per-
mits on National Forest System lands and to
withdraw lands within ski area permit boundaries
from the operation of the mining and mineral
leasing laws.
by the regulated lending institution, Federal agency
lender, or servicer in purchasing the insurance.
‘‘(2) REVIEW.—
‘‘(A) BY THE DIRECTOR.—A borrower may
request, based upon the submission of support-
ing technical data, that the Director review a
determination that the improved real estate or
manufactured home securing the loan is located
in an area having special flood hazards. Not
later than 45 days after the Director receives
the request, the Director shall review the deter-
mination and provide the borrower with a letter
stating whether or not the property is in an
area having special flood hazards. The deter-
mination of the Director shall be final. If the
Director fails to respond to a request within 45
days, the property shall be deemed not to be lo-
cated in an area having special flood hazards.
‘‘(B) INSURANCE
NOT
REQUIRED.—If a
person is provided by the borrower with a letter
issued by the Director pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) during the preceding 1-year period,
stating that the property is not in an area hav-
ing special flood hazards, such person shall
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5824 
To amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the cap on certain payments 
under the TANF program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 
and American Samoa, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2012 
Mr. PIERLUISI
(for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 
FALEOMAVAEGA, and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the cap on 
certain payments under the TANF program to Puerto 
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, 
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 ‘‘Territorial TANF Eq-
uity Act of 2012’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5825 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to 
reauthorize and improve the Rural Energy for America Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 17, 2012 
Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. WALZ of Minnesota) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 to reauthorize and improve the Rural Energy 
for America Program. 
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 ‘‘Rural Energy Improve-
ment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM. 
Section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
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(C) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A)), by striking paragraph (F) 
and inserting the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) the natural resource conservation 
benefits of the renewable energy system; and’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘in amounts not to exceed $100,000 per 
grant’’ after ‘‘in the form of grants’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretary shall not require a second 
meter for on-farm residential portions of rural 
projects connected to a power grid.’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORT.—Not later than 4 
years after the date of the enactment of the Rural 
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Energy Improvement Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to Congress a report on activities carried out under 
this section, including the outcomes achieved by 
projects funded under this section.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ‘‘for 
fiscal year 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fis-
cal years 2012 through 2017’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) 
by 
striking 
‘‘this 
section 
$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) $25,000,000’’; 
(ii) at the end of subparagraph (A) 
(as designated by clause (i)), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2013 through 2017.’’. 
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section (a) for the first such month shall be in-
creased by the excess (if any) of—
‘‘(A) the aggregate amount required to be
paid under such obligation for all months before
such month (including months in prior taxable
years), over
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount paid under
such obligation for all months before such
month.
‘‘(2) CROSS REFERENCE.—
‘‘For agreements to pay tax in installments, see
section 6159.
‘‘(f) APPLICABLE CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATION.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘applicable child
support obligation’ means a legal obligation to provide
child support (as defined in section 462(b) of the Social
Security Act), except that such term shall not include any
such obligation for any period during which section
466(a)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(12)) does not apply to the child support order with
respect thereto until the order is registered.’’
(b) WITHHELD CHILD SUPPORT TO BE SHOWN ON
W–2.—Subsection (a) of section 6051 of such Code is
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (8),
by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5827 
To ensure consideration of water intensity in the Department of Energy’s 
energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guar-
antee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and clean 
water resources. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 18, 2012 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas (for herself and Ms. EDWARDS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To ensure consideration of water intensity in the Department 
of Energy’s energy research, development, and dem-
onstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, 
and sustainable delivery of energy and clean water re-
sources. 
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 ‘‘Energy and Water Re-
search Integration Act of 2012’’. 
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‘‘(ii) the amount that such registry in-
dicates is to be deducted and withheld
from the wages of the employee to satisfy
such obligation; and
‘‘(B) send the amount so withheld to the
Secretary.
‘‘(b) CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS EXEMPT.—This section
shall not apply to a child support obligation if the order
requiring payment of such obligation specifies that such
obligation is exempt from the requirements of this section.
‘‘(c) LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT.—The employer shall
be liable for the payment of amounts deducted and with-
held under subsection (a) to the Secretary.
‘‘(d) NATIONAL
CHILD
SUPPORT
ORDER
REG-
ISTRY.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘national
child support order registry’ means the national registry
of all child support orders established under section 2 of
the Secure Assurance for Families Everywhere (SAFE)
Act.
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this chapter
(and so much of subtitle F as relates to this chapter), any
amount required to be deducted and withheld under this
section shall be treated as if it were a tax withheld under
chapter 24 and rules similar to the rules of chapter 24
shall apply.’’
(1) representation from each Federal agency 
that conducts research related to the energy-water 
nexus; and 
(2) non-Federal members, including representa-
tives of research and academic institutions and in-
dustry, who have expertise in technologies and prac-
tices relating to the energy-water nexus. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Council shall— 
(1) make recommendations on the development 
of data collection and data communication standards 
and protocols to agencies and entities currently en-
gaged in collecting the data for the energy-water 
nexus; 
(2) recommend ways to make improvements to 
Federal water use data to increase understanding of 
trends in energy generation and fuel production; 
(3) recommend best practices for utilizing infor-
mation from existing monitoring networks to provide 
nationally uniform water and energy use and infra-
structure data; and 
(4) conduct annual technical workshops, includ-
ing at least 1 regional workshop annually, to facili-
tate information exchange among Federal, regional, 
State, local, and tribal governments and private sec-
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tor experts on technologies that encourage the con-
servation and efficient use of water and energy. 
(c) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and at least once every 2 years 
thereafter, the Council, through the Secretary, shall trans-
mit to Congress a report on its findings and activities 
under this section. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car-
rying out this section $2,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2013 through 2017. 
SEC. 4. MANDATES. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require 
State, tribal, or local governments to take any action that 
may result in an increased financial burden to such gov-
ernments by restricting the use of water by such govern-
ments. 
SEC. 5. COORDINATION AND NONDUPLICATION. 
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary 
shall coordinate activities under this Act with other pro-
grams of the Department and other Federal research pro-
grams. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
Energy-Water Architecture Council established by 
section 3(a). 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(3) ENERGY-WATER
NEXUS.—The term ‘‘en-
ergy-water nexus’’ means the energy required to pro-
vide reliable water supplies and the water required 
to provide reliable energy supplies throughout the 
United States. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
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