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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1601
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration to develop, assemble, and operate
the International Space Station.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
regard to any organizational level within the
Department of the Interior or the Department
of Health and Human Services, as appropriate,
at which the program, function, service, or ac-
tivity or portion thereof, including supportive
administrative functions that are otherwise con-
tractable, is operated’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after
‘‘consist of’’ the following: ‘‘an amount for’’;
and
(C) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(3)(A) The contract support costs that are eligible
costs for the purposes of receiving funding under this Act
shall include the costs of reimbursing each tribal contrac-
tor for reasonable and allowable costs of—
‘‘(i) direct program expenses for the operation
of the Federal program that is the subject of the
contract, and
‘‘(ii) any additional administrative or other ex-
pense related to the overhead incurred by the tribal
contractor in connection with the operation of the
Federal program, function, service, or activity pursu-
ant to the contract,
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 91 
To repeal certain amendments to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
with respect to lighting energy efficiency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 
BISHOP of Utah, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. COBLE, Mr. PAUL, Mr. AKIN, 
Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BURTON of In-
diana, and Mr. STEARNS) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To repeal certain amendments to the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act with respect to lighting energy efficiency. 
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 ‘‘Better Use of Light 
Bulbs Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIGHTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title III of the En-
ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 
110–140) is repealed. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) shall be applied 
and administered as if subtitle B of title III of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (and the amend-
ments made by that subtitle) had not been enacted. 
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HR 1296 RFS
in Federally appropriated funding such that the Trust will
be 80 percent self-sufficient at the end of 7 complete fiscal
years after establishment. The plan shall provide for elimi-
nation of all Federally appropriated funding for public
safety and fire protection purposes on lands or facilities
administered by the Trust at the end of 5 complete fiscal
years after establishment of the Trust. For each of the
11 fiscal years after fiscal year 1997, there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Trust not more than the
amounts specified in such plan. Such sums shall remain
available until expended.
(m) GAO AUDIT.—Ten years after the date of estab-
lishment of the Trust, the General Accounting Office shall
conduct a complete audit of the activities of the Trust and
shall report the results of that audit to the appropriate
congressional committees. The General Accounting Office
shall include in that audit an analysis of the ability of the
Trust to initiate payments to the Treasury.
(n) SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS.—If any provi-
sions of this Act or the application thereof to any body,
agency, situation, or circumstance is held invalid, the re-
mainder of the Act and the application of such provision
HR 1296 RFS
to other bodies, agencies, situations, or circumstances
shall not be affected thereby.
Passed the House of Representatives September 19,
1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
HR 1296 RFS——2
SEC. 103. PREFERENCE FOR LOCATION OF MANUFACTUR-
ING OUTREACH CENTERS IN URBAN AREAS.
(a) DESIGNATION.—In designating an organization
as a manufacturing outreach center under paragraph (1)
of section 304(c) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In-
novation Act of 1980, the Secretary of Commerce shall,
to the maximum extent practicable, designate organiza-
tions that are located in empowerment zones, enterprise
communities, or enterprise zones.
(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—In utilizing a competi-
tive, merit-based review process to determine the manufac-
turing outreach centers to which to provide financial as-
sistance under paragraph (3) of such section, the Sec-
retary shall give such additional preference to centers lo-
cated in empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and
enterprise zones as the Secretary determines appropriate
in order to ensure the continuing existence of such centers
in such zones.
SEC. 104. PREFERENCE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND IM-
PROVEMENT OF FEDERAL FACILITIES IN DIS-
TRESSED URBAN AREAS.
(a) PREFERENCE.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, in determining the location for the construc-
tion of a new facility of a department or agency of the
Federal Government, in determining to improve an exist-
ing facility (including an improvement in lieu of such con-
struction), or in determining the location to which to relo-
cate functions of a department or agency, the head of the
department or agency making the determination shall take
affirmative action to construct or improve the facility, or
to relocate the functions, in a distressed urban area.
(b) URBAN IMPACT STATEMENT.—A determination
to construct a new facility of a department or agency of
the Federal Government, to improve an existing facility,
or to relocate the functions of a department or agency may
not be made until the head of the department or agency
making the determination prepares and submits to the
President a report that—
(1) in the case of a facility to be constructed—
(A) identifies at least one distressed urban
area that is an appropriate location for the fa-
cility;
(B) describes the costs and benefits arising
from the construction and utilization of the fa-
cility in the area, including the effects of such
construction and utilization on the rate of un-
employment in the area; and
(C) describes the effect on the economy of
the area of the closure or consolidation, if any,
of Federal facilities located in the area during
the 10-year period ending on the date of the re-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disadvantaged Minor-
ity Health Improvement Authorization Extension Act of
1995’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PRO-
GRAMS RELATING TO HEALTH OF DISADVAN-
TAGED AND MINORITY INDIVIDUALS.
(a) 
OFFICE
OF
MINORITY
HEALTH.—Section
1707(f)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
300u–6(f)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘is authorized’’ and inserting
‘‘are authorized’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period the following:
‘‘, and such sums as may be necessary for each of
the fiscal years 1995 through 2000’’.
(b) COLLECTION OF HEALTH DATA.—Section 306(n)
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242k(n)), as
redesignated by section 501(a)(5)(B) of Public Law 103–
183 (107 Stat. 2237), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1998’’ and
inserting ‘‘2000’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1993,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘for each of the fiscal
years 1994 through 1998’’ and inserting the
following: ‘‘for fiscal year 1994, and such sums
(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by 
striking everything that follows ‘‘current year,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘excluding resources designated as an 
emergency requirement and any resources provided 
in supplemental appropriation laws.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and 
(5); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (2); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) NO
ADJUSTMENT
FOR
INFLATION.—No 
adjustment shall be made for inflation or for any 
other factor.’’. 
SEC. 3. EXTENSION. 
The second sentence of section 275(b) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
is amended by inserting ‘‘other than subsections (a) 
through (d) of section 257’’ after ‘‘title’’. 
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ing level for the contract, as determined under
section 106(a); or
‘‘(E) the program, function, service, or ac-
tivity (or portion thereof) that is the subject of
the proposal is beyond the scope of programs,
functions, services, or activities covered under
paragraph (1) because the proposal includes ac-
tivities that cannot lawfully be carried out by
the contractor.’’; and
(vi) by adding at the end of the para-
graph the following new flush material:
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary may extend or otherwise alter the 90-day period
specified in the second sentence of this subsection, if be-
fore the expiration of such period, the Secretary obtains
the voluntary and express written consent of the tribe or
tribal organization to extend or otherwise alter such pe-
riod. The contractor shall include in the proposal of the
contractor the standards under which the tribal organiza-
tion will operate the contracted program, service, function,
or activity, including in the area of construction, provi-
sions regarding the use of licensed and qualified archi-
tects, applicable health and safety standards, adherence
to applicable Federal, State, local, or tribal building codes
and engineering standards. The standards referred to in
‘‘(3) Prior to finalization of a construction con-
tract proposal pursuant to section 102(a), and upon
request of the contracting tribe or tribal organiza-
tion, there shall be a precontract negotiation phase
which shall, at a minimum, include—
‘‘(A) the provision of technical assistance
pursuant to section 103 and paragraph (2)
hereof;
‘‘(B) a joint scoping session to review all
plans, specifications, engineering reports, cost
estimates, and other information available to
the parties, for the purpose of identifying all
areas of agreement and disagreement;
‘‘(C) an opportunity for the Secretary to
revise his or her plans, designs, or cost esti-
mates in response to concerns raised or infor-
mation provided by the tribe or tribal organiza-
tion;
‘‘(D) a negotiation session during which
the Secretary and the tribe or tribal organiza-
tion shall seek to develop a mutually agreeable
contract proposal;
‘‘(E) upon the request of the tribe or tribal
organization, use of an alternative dispute reso-
lution mechanism to seek resolution of all re-
maining areas of disagreement pursuant to the
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (5
U.S.C. 571); and
‘‘(F) submission of a final contract pro-
posal pursuant to section 102(a).
‘‘(4) In funding a fixed-price construction con-
tract pursuant to section 106(a), the Secretary shall
include funds for (A) the reasonable costs of the
tribe or tribal organization for general administra-
tion to be incurred in connection with the contracted
project, and (B) a reasonable profit in light of the
risk and other relevant considerations: Provided,
That the Secretary shall not be required to sepa-
rately identify such components in the contract
budget: and Provided further, That the total amount
awarded under the contract shall reflect an overall
fair and reasonable price to the parties, including
but not limited to (i) the reasonable costs to the
tribal organization of performing the contract given
the terms of the contract and the requirements of
this Act and any other applicable law, (ii) the costs
of preparing the contract proposal and supporting
cost data, (iii) the costs associated with the tribal
organization’s audited general and administrative
costs, and (iv) in the case of a fixed-price contract,
Secretary shall initiate procedures under subchapter III
of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, to negotiate
and promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry
out this title.
‘‘(b) COMMITTEE.—A negotiated rulemaking commit-
tee established pursuant to section 565 of title 5, United
States Code, to carry out this section shall have as its
members only Federal and tribal government representa-
tives, a majority of whom shall be representatives of In-
dian tribes with agreements under this title.
‘‘(c) ADAPTATION OF PROCEDURES.—The Secretary
shall adapt the negotiated rulemaking procedures to the
unique context of Self-Governance and the government-to-
government relationship between the United States and
the Indian tribes.
‘‘(d) EFFECT.—The lack of promulgated regulations
shall not limit the effect of this title.
‘‘SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this title.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 7 (leg-
islative day, October 6), 1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
HR 4842 EH——2
HR 4842 EH——3
HR 4842 EH——4
HR 4842 EH——5
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2844 
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to consolidate 
the reporting obligations of the Federal Communications 
Commission in order to improve congressional oversight 
and reduce reporting burdens. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1606
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office building
located at 24 Corliss Street, Providence, Rhode
Island, as the ‘‘Harry Kizirian Post Office Build-
ing’’.
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Clerk 
shall issue regulations for carrying out this Act, including 
regulations to establish procedures (including any appro-
priate forms, guidelines, and accompanying certificates) 
for requesting a Capitol-flown flag. 
(b) APPROVAL BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINIS-
TRATION.—The regulations issued by the Clerk under sub-
section (a) shall take effect upon approval by the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for each of 
the fiscal years 2011 through 2016 such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act, to be derived from 
amounts appropriated in each such fiscal year for the op-
eration of the Capitol Visitor Center, except that the ag-
gregate amount appropriated to carry out this Act for all 
such fiscal years may not exceed $30,000. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date of its enact-
ment, except that no flags may be provided under section 
2 until the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives approves the regulations issued 
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by the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 
3. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 927 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production 
incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore lands that 
are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which 
production is not occurring, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2011 
Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. HOLT) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual 
production incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore 
and offshore lands that are subject to a lease for produc-
tion of oil or natural gas under which production is 
not occurring, 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 ‘‘United States Explo-
ration on Idle Tracts Act’’ or the ‘‘USE IT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRODUCTION INCENTIVE FEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, issue regulations to establish an annual production 
incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore 
lands that are subject to a lease for production of oil or 
natural gas under which production is not occurring. Such 
fee shall apply with respect to lands that are subject to 
such a lease that is in effect on the date final regulations 
are promulgated under this subsection or that is issued 
thereafter. 
(b) AMOUNT.—The amount of the fee shall be, for 
each acre of land from which oil or natural gas is produced 
for less than 90 days in a calendar year— 
(1) in the case of onshore land— 
(A) for each of the first 3 years of the 
lease, $4 per acre in 2011 dollars; 
(B) for the fourth year of the lease, $6 per 
acre in 2011 dollars; and 
(C) for the fifth year of the lease and each 
year thereafter for which the lease is otherwise 
in effect, $8 per acre in 2011 dollars; and 
(2) in the case of offshore land— 
(A) for each of the third, fourth, and fifth 
years of the lease, $4 per acre in 2011 dollars; 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 926 
To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of fire fighters, law 
enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue 
workers who are killed in the line of duty. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2011 
Mr. KING of New York (for himself, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. COURTNEY, 
Mr. GRIMM, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion 
A BILL 
To provide Capitol-flown flags to the immediate family of 
fire fighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical 
technicians, and other rescue workers who are killed 
in the line of duty. 
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 ‘‘Fallen Heroes Flag 
Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROVIDING CAPITOL-FLOWN FLAGS FOR FAMILIES 
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RESCUE WORK-
ERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the immediate 
family of a fire fighter, law enforcement officer, emergency 
technician, or other rescue worker who died in the line 
of duty, the Representative of the family may provide the 
family with a Capitol-flown flag, together with the certifi-
cate described in subsection (c). 
(b) NO COST TO FAMILY.—A flag provided under 
this section shall be provided at no cost to the family. 
(c) CERTIFICATE.—The certificate described in this 
subsection is a certificate which is signed by the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the Representative 
providing the flag, and which contains an expression of 
sympathy from the House of Representatives for the fam-
ily involved, as prepared and developed by the Clerk of 
the House of Representatives. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Capitol-flown flag’’ means a 
United States flag flown over the United States 
Capitol in honor of the deceased individual for whom 
such flag is requested; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Representative’’ includes a Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 
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(B) for the sixth year of the lease, $6 per 
acre in 2011 dollars; and 
(C) for the seventh year of the lease and 
each year thereafter for which the lease is oth-
erwise in effect, $8 per acre in 2011 dollars. 
(c) ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION.—The Secretary 
shall assess and collect the fee established under this sec-
tion. 
(d) DEPOSIT.—Amounts received by the United 
States as the fee under this section shall be deposited in 
the general fund of the Treasury. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Interior 
may issue regulations to prevent evasion of the fee under 
this section. 
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(A) is inadmissible by reason of having 
committed any offense covered in section 
212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 182(a)(2)); 
(B) is deportable by reason of having com-
mitted any offense covered in subparagraph 
(A)(ii), (A)(iii), (B), (C), or (D) of section 
237(a)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)); 
(C) 
is 
deportable 
under 
section 
237(a)(2)(A)(i) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1227(a)(2)(A)(i)) on the basis of an offense for 
which the alien has been sentenced to a term of 
imprisonment of at least 1 year; or 
(D) 
is 
inadmissible 
under 
section 
212(a)(3)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)) or de-
portable under section 237(a)(4)(B) (8 U.S.C. 
1227(a)(4)(B)). 
(2) CRIMINAL
ALIEN
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘Criminal Alien Program’’ means the Criminal Alien 
Program required by section 3. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 3. CRIMINAL ALIEN PROGRAM. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR
CRIMINAL
ALIEN
PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a program known 
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