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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5892 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 10, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To improve hydropower, 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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HR 5892 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Promoting small hydroelectric power projects. 
Sec. 4. Promoting conduit hydropower projects. 
Sec. 5. FERC authority to extend preliminary permit periods. 
Sec. 6. Promoting hydropower development at nonpowered dams and closed 
loop pumped storage projects. 
Sec. 7. DOE study of pumped storage and potential hydropower from conduits. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the hydropower industry currently employs 
approximately 300,000 workers across the United 
States; 
(2) hydropower is the largest source of clean, 
renewable electricity in the United States; 
(3) as of the date of enactment of this Act, hy-
dropower resources, including pumped storage facili-
ties, provide— 
(A) nearly 7 percent of the electricity gen-
erated in the United States; and 
(B) approximately 100,000 megawatts of 
electric capacity in the United States; 
(4) only 3 percent of the 80,000 dams in the 
United States generate electricity, so there is sub-
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Union Calendar No. 404 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5892 
[Report No. 112–563] 
A BILL 
To improve hydropower, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 29, 2012 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subclause (II) 
of section 53(d)(1)(B)(ii) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘, (5), and (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (5)’’. 
(c) REPEAL OF 28 PERCENT CAPITAL GAINS RATE 
ON QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS STOCK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
1(h)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) collectibles gain, over’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 1(h) of such Code is amended 
by striking paragraph (7). 
(B)(i) Section 1(h) of such Code is amend-
ed by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), 
(11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), 
(10), (11), and (12), respectively. 
(ii) 
Sections 
163(d)(4)(B), 
854(b)(5), 
857(c)(2)(D) of such Code are each amended 
by striking ‘‘section 1(h)(11)(B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1(h)(10)(B)’’. 
(iii) The following sections of such Code 
are 
each 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
1(h)(11)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1(h)(10)’’: 
(I) Section 301(f)(4). 
(II) Section 306(a)(1)(D). 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4177
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office building located
at 1601 Highway 35 in Middletown, New Jersey, as
the ‘‘Candace White Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office building located at
1601 Highway 35 in Middletown, New Jersey, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Candace White Post
Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the building
HR 4177 EH
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the Candace White Post Office.
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4177
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office building
located at 1601 Highway 35 in Middletown, New
Jersey, as the ‘‘Candace White Post Office’’.
shall be diminished by the amounts, if any, that
such person has been or may be required to dis-
gorge, pursuant to a court order obtained at the in-
stance of the Commission in a proceeding brought
under section 21(d) of this Act, or in connection
with any Commission administrative action, relating
to the same alleged misconduct.
‘‘(d) BURDEN OF PROOF.—In any implied cause of
action arising under this Act in which the plaintiff may
recover money damages only if it proves that the defend-
ant acted with scienter, the plaintiff must establish that
element of his claim by clear and convincing evidence in
order to establish a right to recover money damages.
‘‘(e) PLEADING
REQUIREMENT.—In any implied
cause of action arising under this Act in which the plain-
tiff may recover money damages only if it proves that the
defendant acted with scienter, the plaintiff must allege in
its complaint facts suggesting that the defendant acted
with that state of mind.
‘‘(f) AIDING AND ABETTING LIABILITY.—In any im-
plied cause of action arising under this Act in which the
plaintiff may recover damages only if it proves that the
defendant acted with scienter, a defendant may be held
liable as an aider and abettor only if the plaintiff proves
that the defendant knew that another party had violated
H. R. 4177
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Act
To designate the United States Post Office building located at 1601 Highway 35
in Middletown, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Candace White Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office building located at 1601 Highway
35 in Middletown, New Jersey, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Candace White Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the building referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Candace
White Post Office.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4177
To designate the Post Office building located at 1601 Highway 35 in
Middletown, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Candace White United States Post Office’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 12, 1994
Mr. PALLONE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To designate the Post Office building located at 1601 High-
way 35 in Middletown, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Candace
White United States Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The Post Office building located at 1601 Highway
35 in Middletown, New Jersey, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Candace White United States Post
Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the building
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Candace White United States Post Office’’.
Æ
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4177
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To designate the United States Post Office building located
at 1601 Highway 35 in Middletown, New Jersey, as
the ‘‘Candace White Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States Post Office building located at
1601 Highway 35 in Middletown, New Jersey, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Candace White Post
Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the building
HR 4177 RFS
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the Candace White Post Office.
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5894 
To repeal section 4004 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
(authorizing an education and outreach campaign). 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2012 
Mr. FLAKE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Appro-
priations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal section 4004 of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act (authorizing an education and outreach 
campaign). 
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 ‘‘Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act Education and Outreach Campaign 
Repeal Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PPACA EDUCATION AND OUTREACH 
CAMPAIGN. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 4004 of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–12; authorizing 
an education and outreach campaign regarding preventive 
benefits) is hereby repealed. 
(b) RESCISSION.—The unobligated balance of any 
funds made available for the purpose of carrying out sec-
tion 4004 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300u–12), as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, is hereby rescinded. 
Æ 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5896 
To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2012 
Mr. GIBSON (for himself and Mr. HANNA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 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. 
Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 950bb) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(8) ADDITIONAL
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall establish a process under which an incumbent 
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service provider which, as of the date of the publica-
tion of notice under paragraph (5) with respect to 
an application submitted by the provider, is pro-
viding broadband service to a remote rural area, 
may (but shall not be required to) submit to the 
Secretary, not less than 15 and not more than 30 
days after that date, information regarding the 
broadband services that the provider offers in the 
proposed service territory, so that the Secretary may 
assess whether the application meets the require-
ments of this section with respect to eligible 
projects.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT.—In considering the tech-
nology needs of customers in a proposed service ter-
ritory, the Secretary shall take into consideration the 
upgrade or replacement cost for the construction or 
acquisition of facilities and equipment in the terri-
tory.’’. 
Æ 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5897 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to make certain 
United States territories eligible for nonprofit capacity building grants 
under that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2012 
Mr. SABLAN
(for himself, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 
PIERLUISI, and Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
to make certain United States territories eligible for non-
profit capacity building grants under that Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF UNITED STATES TERRITORIES. 
Section 198S(a)(4) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653s(a)(4)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 
‘‘, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, 
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American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands’’. 
Æ 
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V 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5899 
For the relief of Zenon Kolenda and Orysya Bilyanska Kolenda. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2012 
Ms. BUERKLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
For the relief of Zenon Kolenda and Orysya Bilyanska 
Kolenda. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR ZENON 
KOLENDA 
AND 
ORYSYA 
BILYANSKA 
KOLENDA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Zenon Kolenda and Orysya Bilyanska Kolenda shall 
each be eligible for issuance of an immigrant visa or for 
adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted 
for permanent residence upon filing an application for 
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issuance of an immigrant visa under section 204 of such 
Act or for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resi-
dent. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—If Zenon Kolenda or 
Orysya Bilyanska Kolenda enters the United States before 
the filing deadline specified in subsection (c), he or she 
shall be considered to have entered and remained lawfully 
and shall, if otherwise eligible, be eligible for adjustment 
of status under section 245 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Zenon Kolenda and Orysya Bilyanska Kolenda, 
the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to 
reduce by 2, during the current or next following fiscal 
year, the total number of immigrant visas that are made 
available to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth 
under section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act or, if applicable, the total number of immigrant visas 
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that are made available to natives of the country of the 
aliens’ birth under section 202(e) of such Act. 
(e) 
DENIAL
OF
PREFERENTIAL
IMMIGRATION 
TREATMENT
FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural 
parents, brothers, and sisters of Zenon Kolenda and 
Orysya Bilyanska Kolenda shall not, by virtue of such re-
lationship, be accorded any right, privilege, or status 
under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
Æ 
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second-tier emergency unemployment com-
pensation; or 
‘‘(ii) the payment of third-tier emer-
gency unemployment compensation prior to 
the payment of increased first-tier emer-
gency unemployment compensation, then, 
for purposes of determining whether an ac-
count may be augmented for fourth-tier 
emergency 
unemployment 
compensation 
under subsection (e), such State shall treat 
the date of exhaustion of such increased 
first-tier emergency unemployment com-
pensation as the date of exhaustion of 
third-tier emergency unemployment com-
pensation, if such date is later than the 
date of exhaustion of the third-tier emer-
gency unemployment compensation. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION
OF
MODIFICATIONS
(RE-
LATING
TO
ADDITIONAL
FIRST-TIER
EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION) WITH EXTENDED 
COMPENSATION.—Notwithstanding an election under 
section 4001(e) by a State to provide for the pay-
ment of emergency unemployment compensation 
prior to extended compensation, such State may pay 
extended compensation to an otherwise eligible indi-
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4180
To prohibit the withdrawal of acknowledgement or recognition of an Indian
tribe or Alaska Native group or of the leaders of an Indian tribe or
Alaska Native group, absent an Act of Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 12, 1994
Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming (for himself, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. YOUNG of Alas-
ka, and Mr. BOEHLERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To prohibit the withdrawal of acknowledgement or recogni-
tion of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native group or of
the leaders of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native group,
absent an Act of Congress.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON WITHDRAWAL OF RECOGNI-
TION.
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Federal recognition or ac-
knowledgement of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native Group
may not be withdrawn, except by an Act of Congress.
(b) LEADERS.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(2), the Federal recognition of the duly elected, appointed,
or chosen leaders of an Indian tribe or Alaska Native
group may not be withdrawn, except by an Act of
Congress.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of a
change in leadership brought about pursuant to—
(A) the election process specified in the con-
stitution or bylaws of a tribe subject to a constitu-
tion or bylaws, or
(B) the process traditionally relied upon by a
tribe which does not have an election process speci-
fied in a constitution or bylaws of the tribe.
SEC. 2. PETITION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior may
submit a petition to the committees and Members of Con-
gress referred to in subsection (b) to withdraw the Federal
acknowledgment or recognition of an Indian tribe or the
Federal recognition of the leaders of an Indian tribe.
(b) COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS.—
(1) COMMITTEES.—The committees referred to
in subsection (a) are the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.
(2) MEMBERS.—The Members of Congress re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are—
(A) each Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives in whose district the Indian tribe is
located; and
(B) the Senators of the State in which the
Indian tribe is located.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION.
For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’
means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other or-
ganized group or community, including any Alaska Native
village or regional corporation as defined in or established
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act,
which is recognized as eligible for the special programs
and services provided by the United States to Indians be-
cause of their status as Indians.
Æ
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5900 
To modify the training requirements for certain fire departments applying 
for Federal grants. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 6, 2012 
Mr. LANKFORD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To modify the training requirements for certain fire 
departments applying for Federal grants. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TRAINING REQUIREMENT MODIFICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any fire station serving a rural 
area may apply for a grant from the Federal Government 
for which it would otherwise be eligible regardless of 
whether it has completed the National Incident Manage-
ment System (NIMS) training. 
(b) DELAYED TRAINING.—Any fire station serving a 
rural area that receives a grant for which it applied under 
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SEC. 7. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS; PREFERENCES.
(a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall al-
locate funds appropriated under section 9 of this Act as
follows:
(1) INDIAN TRIBES.—21⁄2 percent of such funds
shall be set aside and shall be expended only for
grants for public works projects under this Act to
Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages. None of
the remainder of such funds shall be expended for
such grants to such tribes and villages.
(2) OTHERS.—After the set-aside required by
paragraph (1) of this subsection, 65 percent of such
funds shall be allocated among the States on the
basis of the ratio that the number of unemployed
persons in each State bears to the total number of
unemployed persons in all the States and 35 percent
of such funds shall be allocated among those States
with an average unemployment rate for the preced-
ing 6-month period in excess of 6.0 percent on the
basis of the relative severity of unemployment in
each such State, except that no State shall be allo-
cated less than three-quarters of one percent or
more than 121⁄2 percent of such funds for local pub-
lic works projects within such State, except that in
the case of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
subsection (a) shall complete such training by the end of 
the period of time covered by the grant award and may 
claim the cost of such training as an allowable cost under 
the grant award. 
(c) FIRE STATION SERVING A RURAL AREA DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘fire station serving a 
rural area’’ means any fire department with a service area 
that comprises all territory, population, and housing units 
in rural areas or outside a city or town with a population 
of less than 20,000 people. 
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