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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1804 
To prescribe the oath of renunciation and allegiance for purposes of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Mr. RYUN of Kansas (for himself, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. BAKER, 
Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. KENNEDY of Min-
nesota, and Mr. EVERETT) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prescribe the oath of renunciation and allegiance for 
purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. OATH OF RENUNCIATION AND ALLEGIANCE. 
Section 337(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1448(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘the 
child is unable to understand its meaning.’’ the following: 
‘‘The oath referred to in this section shall be the oath pro-
vided for in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 337.1 of title
newed annually by the parties to such memorandum, 
in alignment with the beginning of the school year. 
‘‘(5) ABSENCE OF PREKINDERGARTEN.—In the 
absence of publicly funded prekindergarten in the 
service area of a Head Start agency, the Head Start 
agency shall submit notice to the Secretary and the 
chief executive officer of the State, and shall work 
with the State Early Learning Council and the State 
Director of Head Start Collaboration to improve co-
ordination in their service area. 
‘‘(b) STATEWIDE INTEGRATION.—From the amounts 
reserved under section 640(a)(2)(C)(ii), the Secretary shall 
award an early learning collaboration grant to each State 
for the purposes of supporting a State Early Learning 
Council responsible for advancing the development of a co-
ordinated early childhood services delivery system in the 
State. A State that receives a grant under this subpara-
graph shall— 
‘‘(1) establish a State Early Learning Council, 
which shall include the State Director of Head Start 
Collaboration, representatives from the State preschool 
programs, representatives of local educational agen-
cies, the State official who oversees child care pro-
grams, the State official who oversees section 619 and 
part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 1419, 1431 et seq.), the State official 
who oversees the State educational agency, and rep-
resentatives from Head Start agencies located in the 
State, including migrant and seasonal Head Start 
programs and Indian Head Start programs. The 
chief executive officer of the State may designate an 
existing entity to serve as the Early Learning Council 
if such entity includes representatives described in 
this paragraph; 
‘‘(2) ensure that allotted funds distributed to a 
State for a fiscal year to carry out this subsection 
may be used by the State to pay not more than 30 
percent of the cost of carrying out this subsection; 
‘‘(3) direct the Early Learning Council— 
‘‘(A) to increase coordination and collabora-
tion among State preschool, Head Start pro-
grams, child care programs, early childhood spe-
cial education, and other early childhood pro-
grams, including in the areas of outcomes and 
standards, technical assistance, coordination of 
services, cross-sector professional development 
and training, community outreach, communica-
tion, and better serving the needs of working 
families through provision of full-day and full- 
year early education services;
‘‘(B) to work with State agencies responsible 
for education, child care, and early intervention 
to provide leadership and assistance to local 
Head Start programs, school districts, and State 
and locally funded preschool and child care pro-
grams to increase integration among early child-
hood programs through adoption of local memo-
randa of understanding described in subpara-
graph (A) and other means; 
‘‘(C) to work with State agencies responsible 
for education, child care, and early intervention 
to provide leadership and assistance to develop a 
coherent sequence of standards for children age 3 
through the early elementary grades to effect a 
smooth transition to and success in the early ele-
mentary grades; 
‘‘(D) to conduct periodic statewide needs as-
sessments concerning early care and education 
programs for children from birth to school entry; 
‘‘(E) to work to identify and address bar-
riers to and opportunities for integration be-
tween entities carrying out Federal and State 
child development, child care, and early child-
hood education programs;
‘‘(F) to develop recommendations regarding 
means of establishing a unified data collection 
system for early care and education programs 
operating throughout the State; 
‘‘(G) to address coordination of early learn-
ing programs with health care (including mental 
and behavioral health care), welfare, family lit-
eracy and services for homeless children; 
‘‘(H) to support a State system of early 
childhood education, and training and technical 
assistance that improves the quality of early 
learning programs and the capacity of such pro-
grams to deliver services pursuant to section 
648(b); and 
‘‘(I) to develop a plan for increasing the 
participation of children underrepresented in 
State early childhood education and child care 
programs, including Head Start, State preschool 
programs, and programs carried out under the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.). 
‘‘(4) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
to provide the Early Learning Council with authority 
to alter the provisions of this Act.
‘‘(5) Funds made available under this section 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other 
Federal, State, and local funds that would otherwise 
be expended to carry out the purposes of this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 11. HEAD START ALIGNMENT WITH K–12 EDUCATION. 
Section 642A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837a) 
is amended— 
(1) by amending the heading to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 642A. HEAD START ALIGNMENT WITH K–12 EDU-
CATION.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘ongoing’’ after ‘‘estab-
lishing’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘McKinney-Vento liaisons 
as established under section 722 (g)(1)(J)(ii) of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11432(g)(1)(J)(ii)),’’ after ‘‘social work-
ers,’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) 
as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting the following after paragraph 
(2): 
‘‘(3) developing continuity of developmentally 
appropriate curricula between Head Start and local
educational agencies to ensure an effective transition 
and appropriate shared expectations for children’s 
learning and development as they make such transi-
tion to school; 
‘‘(4) organizing and participating in joint train-
ing, including transition-related training for school 
staff and Head Start staff;’’; 
(5) by amending paragraph (7), as so redesig-
nated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(7) developing and implementing a family out-
reach and support program in cooperation with enti-
ties carrying out parental involvement efforts under 
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 and family outreach and support efforts 
under subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431–11435);’’; 
(6) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and continuity in paren-
tal involvement activities’’ after ‘‘developmental 
continuity’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(7) by amending paragraph (9), as so redesig-
nated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) linking the services provided in such Head 
Start program with the education services, including
services relating to language, literacy, and numeracy, 
provided by such local educational agency;’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) helping parents (including grandparents 
and kinship caregivers, as appropriate) to understand 
the importance of parental involvement in a child’s 
academic success while teaching them strategies for 
maintaining parental involvement as their child 
moves from Head Start to elementary school; 
‘‘(11) developing and implementing a system to 
increase program participation of underserved popu-
lations of eligible children; and 
‘‘(12) coordinating activities and collaborating 
to ensure that curricula used in the Head Start pro-
gram is aligned with— 
‘‘(A) State early learning standards with 
regard to cognitive, social, emotional, and phys-
ical competencies that children entering kinder-
garten are expected to demonstrate; and 
‘‘(B) the Head Start Child Outcomes 
Framework developed by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 12. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS AND STAND-
ARDS. 
Section 644 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
9839(f)(2)) is amended—
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3593 
AN ACT 
To amend the United States International Broadcasting Act 
of 1994 to extend by one year the operation of Radio 
Free Asia, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1) STANDARDS.—’’ after 
‘‘(a)’’; and 
(B) by inserting after the 3d sentence the 
following: 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each Head Start agency shall 
make available to the public a report published at least once 
in each fiscal year that discloses the following information 
from the then most recently concluded fiscal year, except 
that reporting such information shall not reveal personally 
identifiable information about an individual child: 
‘‘(A) The total amount of public and private 
funds received and the amount from each source. 
‘‘(B) An explanation of budgetary expenditures 
and proposed budget for the following fiscal year. 
‘‘(C) The total number of children and families 
served and percent of average monthly enrollment, in-
cluding the percent of eligible children served. 
‘‘(D) The results of the most recent review by the 
Secretary and the financial audit. 
‘‘(E) The percentage of enrolled children that re-
ceived medical and dental exams. 
‘‘(F) Information about parent involvement ac-
tivities.
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‘‘(G) The agency’s efforts to prepare children for 
kindergarten. 
‘‘(H) Any other information that describes the 
activities of the agency. 
‘‘(3) PROCEDURAL CONDUCT.—’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2) 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) as subparagraphs (B) through (F), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting before subparagraph (B), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(A) a description of the consultation conducted 
by the Head Start agency with the providers in the 
community demonstrating capacity and capability to 
provide services under this subchapter, and of the po-
tential for collaboration with such providers and the 
cost effectiveness of such collaboration as opposed to 
the cost effectiveness of the purchase of a facility;’’. 
SEC. 13. ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 645(a) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)(i)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘to a reasonable extent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘not to exceed 10 percent of 
the total enrollment’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘benefit from such pro-
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit from such 
programs, including children referred by 
child welfare services,’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘(a homeless child 
shall be deemed to meet the low-income cri-
teria)’’ before the semicolon; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) The amount of a basic allowance provided under 
section 403 of title 37, United States Code, on behalf of an 
individual who is a member of the uniformed services for 
housing that is acquired or constructed under the authority 
of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other related provision of law, shall not be 
considered to be income for purposes of determining the eli-
gibility of a child of the individual for programs assisted 
under this subchapter.’’. 
SEC. 14. EARLY HEAD START PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 645A(b) of the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9840a(b)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraphs (4) and (5) to read 
as follows:
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‘‘(4) provide services to parents to support their 
role as parents (including parenting skills training 
and training in basic child development) and to help 
the families move toward self-sufficiency (including 
educational and employment services as appropriate); 
‘‘(5) coordinate services with services (including 
home-based services) provided by programs in the 
State and programs in the community (including 
programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities 
and programs for homeless infants and toddlers) to 
ensure a comprehensive array of services (such as 
health and mental health services, and family support 
services);’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (8) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(8) ensure formal linkages with the agencies 
and entities described in section 644(b) of the Indi-
viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
1444(b)) and providers of early intervention services 
for infants and toddlers with disabilities under the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) and the agency responsible for 
administering section 106 of the Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a);’’;
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(3) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (11); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) develop and implement a systematic proce-
dure for transitioning children and parents from an 
Early Head Start program into a Head Start pro-
gram or another local early childhood education pro-
gram; 
‘‘(10) establish channels of communication be-
tween staff of Early Head Start programs and staff 
of Head Start programs or other local early childhood 
education programs, to facilitate the coordination of 
programs; and’’. 
(b) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL PROGRAMS; COMMUNITY- 
AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 645A(d) of 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840a(d)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) entities operating Head Start programs 
under this subpart, including migrant and seasonal 
Head Start programs; and’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘, including 
community- and faith-based organizations’’ after ‘‘en-
tities’’ the 2d place it appears.
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(c) TRAINING
AND
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AC-
COUNT.—Section 645A(g)(2)(B) of the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9640a(g)(2)(B)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (iv) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) providing professional develop-
ment designed to increase program partici-
pation for underserved populations of eligi-
ble children.’’. 
(d) CENTER-BASED STAFF.—Section 645A of the 
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840a) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) CENTER-BASED STAFF.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that, not later than September 30, 2008, all teachers 
providing direct services to children and families partici-
pating in Early Head Start programs located in Early 
Head Start centers have a minimum of a child development 
associate credential or an associate degree, and have been 
trained (or have equivalent course work) in early childhood 
development.’’.
8, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on April 1, 
2005.’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1805 
To establish the position of Northern Border Coordinator in the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself and Mr. MCHUGH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To establish the position of Northern Border Coordinator 
in the Department of Homeland Security. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NORTHERN BORDER COORDINATOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) is amended— 
(1) in section 402, by redesignating paragraph 
(8) as paragraph (9) and by inserting after para-
graph (7) the following: 
‘‘(8) Increasing the security of the border be-
tween the United States and Canada and the ports
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crease in the population of limited English proficient 
individuals, as measured by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus.’’. 
(b) TRAINING IN USE OF MEDIA.—Section 648(d) of 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843(d)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, including community- and faith-based organiza-
tions’’ after ‘‘entities’’ the first place such term appears. 
(c) CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL ASSESSMENT 
PROGRAM.—Section 648(e) of the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9843(e)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) The Secretary shall provide, either directly or 
through grants or other arrangements, funds from programs 
authorized under this subchapter to support an organiza-
tion to administer a centralized child development and na-
tional assessment program leading to recognized credentials 
for personnel working in early childhood development and 
child care programs, training for personnel providing serv-
ices to limited English proficient children (including serv-
ices to promote the acquisition of the English language), 
training for personnel providing services to children deter-
mined to be abused or neglected, training for personnel pro-
viding services to children referred by or receiving child wel-
fare services, training for personnel in helping children cope 
with community violence, and resource access projects for 
personnel working with disabled children.’’.
of entry located along that border, and improving 
the coordination among the agencies responsible for 
maintaining that security.’’; and 
(2) in subtitle C, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 431. NORTHERN BORDER COORDINATOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the Direc-
torate of Border and Transportation Security the position 
of Northern Border Coordinator, who shall be appointed 
by the Secretary and who shall report directly to the 
Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Northern Border Co-
ordinator shall be responsible for— 
‘‘(1) increasing the security of the border, in-
cluding ports of entry, between the United States 
and Canada; 
‘‘(2) improving the coordination among the 
agencies responsible for the security described under 
paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) serving as the primary liaison with State 
and local governments and law enforcement agencies 
regarding security along the border between the 
United States and Canada; and 
‘‘(4) serving as a liaison with the Canadian gov-
ernment on border security.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1(b) of such 
Act is amended in the table of contents by inserting after 
the item relating to section 430 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 431. Northern Border Coordinator.’’. 
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(d) ADDRESSING UNIQUE NEEDS.—Section 648 of the 
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) The Secretary shall provide, either directly or 
through grants, or other arrangements, funds for training 
of Head Start personnel in addressing the unique needs of 
migrant and seasonal working families, families with a 
limited English proficiency, and homeless families. 
‘‘(g) More than 50 percent of funds expended under 
this section shall be used to provide high quality, sustained, 
intensive, and classroom-focused training and technical as-
sistance in order to have a positive and lasting impact on 
classroom instruction. Funds shall be used to carry out ac-
tivities related to any or all of the following: 
‘‘(1) Education and early childhood development. 
‘‘(2) Child health, nutrition, and safety. 
‘‘(3) Family and community partnerships. 
‘‘(4) Other areas that impact the quality or over-
all effectiveness of Head Start programs. 
‘‘(h) Funds under this subchapter used for training 
shall be used for needs identified annually by a grant appli-
cant or delegate agency in their program improvement 
plan, except that funds shall not be used for long-distance 
travel expenses for training activities available locally or
ceding sentence for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal 
years.’’. 
(2) The third sentence of section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘submission’’ 
after ‘‘budget’’. 
(f) LIMITATION ON CONTENTS OF BUDGET RESOLU-
TIONS.—Section 305 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON CONTENTS.—(1) It shall not be 
in order in the House of Representatives or in the Senate 
to consider any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter referred to in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) Any joint resolution on the budget or any 
amendment thereto or conference report thereon that con-
tains any matter not permitted in section 301(a) or (b) 
shall not be treated in the House of Representatives or 
the Senate as a budget resolution under subsection (a) or 
(b) or as a conference report on a budget resolution under 
subsection (c) of this section.’’. 
SEC. 104. BUDGET REQUIRED BEFORE SPENDING BILLS 
MAY BE CONSIDERED 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 302.—Section 302 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1806
To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding Federal prisoners 
under a contract with the Federal Government to make the same infor-
mation available to the public that Federal prisons and correctional 
facilities are required to do by law. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005
Mr. STRICKLAND (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. HOLDEN, and Mr. 
KENNEDY of Rhode Island) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require prisons and other correctional facilities holding 
Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Gov-
ernment to make the same information available to the 
public that Federal prisons and correctional facilities are 
required to do by 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 ‘‘Private Prison Infor-
mation Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUIREMENT FOR 
CONTRACT PRISONS. 
Each non-governmental entity contracting with the 
Federal Government to provide a prison or other correc-
tional facility, shall have the same duty to release informa-
tion about the operation of that prison or facility as a Gov-
ernment owned and run prison or correctional facility has 
under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, com-
monly called the Freedom of Information Act. Any party 
aggrieved by a violation of that duty may, in a civil action, 
obtain appropriate relief against that entity or any other 
proper party.
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