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(2) A copy of any complaint in an action
brought under paragraph (1) shall be promptly de-
livered to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives, and each House of
Congress shall have the right to intervene in such
action.
(3) Any action brought under paragraph (1)
shall be heard and determined by a three-judge
court in accordance with section 2284 of title 28,
United States Code.
Nothing in this section or in any other law shall infringe
upon the right of the House of Representatives to inter-
vene in an action brought under paragraph (1) without
the necessity of adopting a resolution to authorize such
intervention.
(b) APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, any order of the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia which is issued
pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) shall be reviewable by appeal directly to the
Supreme Court of the United States. Any such appeal
shall be taken by a notice of appeal filed within 10 days
after such order is entered; and the jurisdictional state-
ment shall be filed within 30 days after such order is en-
tered. No stay of an order issued pursuant to an action
SEC. 208. JURISDICTION OF FEDERAL COURTS.
The district courts of the United States shall not
have jurisdiction of any health care liability action based
on sections 1331 or 1337 of title 28, United States Code.
SEC. 209. PREEMPTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—This title supersedes any State
law only to the extent that the State law permits the recov-
ery by a claimant or the assessment against a defendant
of a greater amount of damages, permits the awarding of
a greater amount of attorneys’ fees, establishes a longer
period during which a medical malpractice claim or medi-
cal product liability claim may be initiated, or establishes
a less strict standard of proof for determining whether a
defendant has committed malpractice, than the provisions
of this title.
(b) EFFECT ON SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AND CHOICE
OF LAW
OR VENUE.—Nothing in this title shall be
construed to—
(1) waive or affect any defense of sovereign im-
munity asserted by any State under any provision of
law;
(2) waive or affect any defense of sovereign im-
munity asserted by the United States;
(3) affect the applicability of any provision of
the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976;
(4) preempt State choice-of-law rules with re-
spect to claims brought by a foreign nation or a citi-
zen of a foreign nation; or
(5) affect the right of any court to transfer
venue or to apply the law of a foreign nation or to
dismiss a claim of a foreign nation or of a citizen
of a foreign nation on the ground in inconvenient
forum.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1573
To strengthen the international trade position of the United States by
extending the Super 301 provision of United States trade law.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 31, 1993
Mr. LEVIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To strengthen the international trade position of the United
States by extending the Super 301 provision of United
States trade law.
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 ‘‘Super 301 Extension
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ‘‘SUPER 301’’ AUTHORITY FOR FIVE
YEARS.
Section 310(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2420(a)(1)) is amended by striking out ‘‘calendar
year 1989, and also the date in calendar year 1990,’’ and
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inserting ‘‘each of calendar years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
and 1998’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1574
To permit national banks to underwrite municipal revenue bonds.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 31, 1993
Mrs. MALONEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To permit national banks to underwrite municipal revenue
bonds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) State and local governments presently have
few available options for raising funds for local im-
provement projects; and
(2) this lack of options results in higher bor-
rowing rates for State and local governments when
funds are needed for local improvement projects.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to permit national banks to underwrite mu-
nicipal revenue bonds to provide for enhanced finan-
cial services for State and local governments; and
(2) to encourage municipalities to utilize local
resources to finance improvement projects in an ef-
fort to reduce the overall cost to the taxpayer of
such projects.
SEC. 2. MUNICIPAL REVENUE BOND UNDERWRITING.
The paragraph designated the ‘‘Seventh’’ of section
5136 of the Revised Statutes (12 U.S.C. 24) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘The limitations and restrictions in this section per-
taining to dealing in, underwriting, and purchasing securi-
ties for a national bank’s own account shall not apply to
any obligation issued by or on behalf of any State, the
District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the
United States, or any political subdivision, agency, or in-
strumentality of any such State, District, territory, or pos-
session. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, such lim-
itations and restrictions shall apply to a private activity
bond (as defined in section 141 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986) unless—
‘‘(1) a State, the District of Columbia, or a ter-
ritory or possession of the United States, or any po-
litical subdivision of any such State, District, terri-
tory, or possession, pledges its full faith and credit
for payment of the entire principal of and interest
on such bond; or
‘‘(2) the interest on such bond is excluded from
gross income under section 103(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, and the issuer, or the gov-
ernmental unit on behalf of which such bond was is-
sued, is the sole owner, for Federal income tax pur-
poses, of the facility to be financed from the pro-
ceeds of such bond.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, any bond de-
scribed in section 1312(c)(2) of the Tax Reform Act of
1986 to which section 141(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 does not apply (by reason of section 1311,
1312, or 1313 of such Act), shall not be treated as a pri-
vate activity bond.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1575
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for
social security taxes imposed on wages paid for dependent care services
in the home.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 31, 1993
Mrs. MALONEY 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 allow a
deduction for social security taxes imposed on wages
paid for dependent care services in the home.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY
TAXES.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Section 164 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to deduction for taxes)
is amended by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection
(h) and by inserting after subsection (f) the following new
subsection:
‘‘(g) DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY
TAXES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individ-
ual, in addition to the taxes described in subsection
(a), there shall be allowed as a deduction for the
taxable year an amount equal to the dependent-care
provider social security taxes paid by the taxpayer
during the taxable year.
‘‘(2) DEPENDENT-CARE PROVIDER SOCIAL SE-
CURITY TAXES.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the
term ‘dependent-care provider social security taxes’
means any taxes—
‘‘(A) which are imposed by section 3111 on
wages paid by the taxpayer for domestic serv-
ices in the private home of the taxpayer,
‘‘(B) the payment of which by the taxpayer
qualify as employment-related expenses under
section 21(b), and
‘‘(C) which the taxpayer elects to take into
account under this subsection.
‘‘(3) DEPENDENT-CARE CREDIT NOT ALLOWED
FOR DEDUCTED TAXES.—Any dependent-care pro-
vider social security taxes allowed as a deduction
under this subsection shall not be taken into account
in determining the amount of the credit allowed
under section 21(a).’’
(b) DEDUCTION
ALLOWED
IN
COMPUTING
AD-
JUSTED GROSS INCOME.—Subsection (a) of section 62
(defining adjusted gross income) is amended by inserting
after paragraph (14) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(15) DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN SOCIAL SECU-
RITY
TAXES.—The deduction allowed by section
164(g).’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1993.
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ate after it receives the bill. A committee failing to
report the bill within such period shall be automati-
cally discharged from consideration of the bill, and
the
bill
shall
be
placed
upon
the
appropriate
calendar.
‘‘(B) A vote on final passage of a bill transmit-
ted to the Senate shall be taken on or before the
close of the 10th legislative day of the Senate after
the date on which the bill is transmitted.
‘‘(4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to
the consideration of a bill under this section shall be
privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the
motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order
to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion
is agreed to or disagreed to.
‘‘(B) Debate in the Senate on a bill under this
section, and all debatable motions and appeals in
connection therewith, shall not exceed 10 hours. The
time shall be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the majority leader and the minority leader or
their designees.
‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable
motion or appeal in connection with a bill under this
section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to
be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
‘‘(5) any agency of the legislative or judicial
branch of the Government; and
‘‘(6) any advisory committee to which the Fed-
eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2)
applies.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR GARNISHMENT
PROCEEDINGS.—Section 459(b) (42 U.S.C. 659(b)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(2) With respect to any Federal employee, including
any member of the armed services, the agent designated
under paragraph (1) shall receive service of process—
‘‘(A) at the designated post of duty or regular
place of business of the employee or member of the
armed services; or
‘‘(B) at a location within the United States for
an employee or member of the armed services whose
post of duty is outside of the United States.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit any employee or member of the armed services from
requesting or being granted a stay or continuance in any
action in a Federal or State court, including any relief
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1577
To amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to clarify that crude oil and deriva-
tives thereof consumed in refining operations are not subject to duty
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 31, 1993
Mr. ORTIZ (for himself and Mr. ABERCROMBIE) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to clarify that crude
oil and derivatives thereof consumed in refining oper-
ations are not subject to duty under the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of 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. CERTAIN FUEL NOT SUBJECT TO DUTY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(d) of the Act of June
18, 1934 (commonly known as the Foreign Trade Zones
Act (19 U.S.C. 81c(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘In regard’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)
CALCULATION OF RELATIVE VALUES.—In regard’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) FUEL CONSUMED IN REFINING OPERATIONS.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, crude oil and
derivatives thereof admitted into a foreign trade zone and
consumed in the refining process are not subject to duty.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to articles admitted
into a foreign trade zone after the date which is 60 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3592 
To provide that the Postal Service may not close any post office which 
results in more than 10 miles distance (as measured on roads with 
year-round access) between any 2 post offices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. DEFAZIO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide that the Postal Service may not close any post 
office which results in more than 10 miles distance (as 
measured on roads with year-round access) between any 
2 post offices. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Rural Post 
Offices Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CLOSING OF POST OFFICES. 
Section 404(d) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
section, in making any determination under subsection 
(a)(3) as to the necessity for the closing or consolidation 
of any post office, the Postal Service may not close any 
post office which results in more than 10 miles distance 
(as measured on roads with year-round access) between 
any 2 post offices.’’. 
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‘‘(D) any insurance premium or sum-cer-
tain health care expense for which the individ-
ual who owes such obligation is responsible
shall be included in the child support order;
‘‘(E) the individual owed such obligation
under the child support order may act in the
place of the insured, including the right to
make direct application for insurance, and to
make claims and sign claim forms to the same
extent as the insured could;
‘‘(F) if the individual who owes such obli-
gation is securing the insurance, such individual
shall provide, within 30 days of the order, writ-
ten proof to the individual owed such obligation
and the State child support enforcement agency
that insurance has been obtained or an applica-
tion made for insurance, and the date the in-
surance coverage is to take effect;
‘‘(G) each welfare benefit plan operating
under the laws of the State is required to in-
clude in such plan that—
‘‘(i) the employer or union shall re-
lease to the individual owed such obligation
or the State child enforcement agency,
upon request, information on the depend-
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‘‘(C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable
motion or appeal in connection with a bill under this
section shall be limited to not more than 1 hour, to
be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
mover and the manager of the bill, except that in
the event the manager of the bill is in favor of any
such motion or appeal, the time in opposition there-
to, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his
designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from
time under their control on the passage of a bill,
allot additional time to any Senator during the con-
sideration of any debatable motion or appeal.
‘‘(D) A motion in the Senate to further limit
debate on a bill under this section is not debatable.
A motion to recommit a bill under this section is not
in order.
‘‘(d) AMENDMENTS
AND
DIVISIONS
GENERALLY
PROHIBITED.—(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2),
no amendment to a bill considered under this section or
to a substitute amendment referred to in paragraph (2)
shall be in order in either the House of Representatives
or the Senate. It shall not be in order to demand a division
of the question in the House of Representatives (or in a
Committee of the Whole) or in the Senate. No motion to
suspend the application of this subsection shall be in order
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1837 
AN ACT 
To address certain water-related concerns on the 
San Joaquin River, and for other purposes.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3593 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, 
as the ‘‘National Clandestine Service of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memo-
rial Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NATIONAL CLANDESTINE SERVICE OF THE 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY NCS OFFI-
CER GREGG DAVID WENZEL MEMORIAL POST 
OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, 
New York, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Na-
tional Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence 
Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial 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 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘National Clandestine 
Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer 
Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3593 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 787 State Route 17M in 
Monroe, New York, as the ‘‘National Clandestine 
Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS 
Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Of-
fice’’.
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3595 
To establish a mandatory mediation process for servicers of residential 
mortgages and borrowers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2011 
Ms. WILSON of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To establish a mandatory mediation process for servicers 
of residential mortgages and borrowers. 
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 ‘‘Mandatory Foreclosure 
Mediation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 
(1) ALTERNATIVE
TO
FORECLOSURE.—The 
term ‘‘alternative to foreclosure’’— 
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and community development, small business
and commercial loans, and home mortgage
loans and investments; and methods to involve
all segments of the financial services industry in
community development.
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In the conduct of
the study, the Fund shall consult, or cause con-
sultation with, the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, the Federal Housing
Finance Board, the Farm Credit Administra-
tion, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Na-
tional Credit Union Administration, community
reinvestment, civil rights, consumer and finan-
cial organizations, and such representatives of
agencies or other persons as the Fund may de-
termine.
‘‘(C) REPORTS.—
‘‘(i) INITIAL
REPORT.—Within 270
days after the date of enactment of the
Bank Enterprise Act Amendments of
1993, the Board shall report to the Presi-
dent its initial findings and recommenda-
of submission of such proposal. If such district 
or agency or the Secretary determines that such 
proposal is incomplete, such district or agency 
or the Secretary shall state with specificity 
what must be added to or revised in order for 
such proposal to be complete. 
‘‘(F) Except as provided in this section, 
the Secretary shall not impose mitigation or 
other requirements on a proposed transfer, but 
the contracting district from which the water is 
coming or the agency shall retain all authority 
under State law to approve or condition a pro-
posed transfer.’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law— 
‘‘(A) the authority to make transfers or ex-
changes of, or banking or recharge arrange-
ments using, Central Valley Project water that 
could have been conducted before October 30, 
1992, is valid, and such transfers, exchanges, 
or arrangements shall not be subject to, limited, 
or conditioned by this title; and 
‘‘(B) this title shall not supersede or re-
voke the authority to transfer, exchange, bank, 
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(b) APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, any order of the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia which is issued
pursuant to an action brought under paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) shall be reviewable by appeal directly to the
Supreme Court of the United States. Any such appeal
shall be taken by a notice of appeal filed within 10 days
after such order is entered; and the jurisdictional state-
ment shall be filed within 30 days after such order is en-
tered. No stay of an order issued pursuant to an action
brought under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be
issued by a single Justice of the Supreme Court.
(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.—It shall be the
duty of the District Court for the District of Columbia
and the Supreme Court of the United States to advance
on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible ex-
tent the disposition of any matter brought under sub-
section (a).
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1589
To amend the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to grant a waiver of the oxygenated fuels
requirement, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 1, 1993
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to authorize the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency to grant a waiv-
er of the oxygenated fuels requirement, 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. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether
oxygenated fuels (referred to in this Act as ‘‘M–T–
B–E oxygenated fuels’’) as one means of compliance
with section 211(m) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
court deems proper. The Administrator may modify
prior findings as to the facts by reason of the addi-
tional evidence so taken and may modify the order
or regulation accordingly. The Administrator shall
file with the court any such modified finding, order,
or regulation.
‘‘(D) The judgment of the court affirming or
setting aside, in whole or in part, any order under
paragraph (6) and any regulation which is the sub-
ject of such an order shall be final, subject to review
by the Supreme Court of the United States as pro-
vided in section 1254 of title 28 of the United States
Code. The commencement of proceedings under this
paragraph shall not, unless specifically ordered by
the court to the contrary, operate as a stay of a reg-
ulation or order.
‘‘(E) Any issue as to which review is or was ob-
tainable under paragraph (6) and this paragraph
shall not be the subject of judicial review under any
other provision of law.
‘‘(e) ACTION
ON ADMINISTRATOR’S OWN INITIA-
TIVE.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—The Administrator may
issue a regulation—