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additional personnel as the Chairperson considers appro-
priate.
(c) APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE
LAWS.—The Director and staff of the Commission may
be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code, governing appointments in the com-
petitive service, and may be paid without regard to the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53
of that title relating to classification and General Schedule
pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not
receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay pay-
able for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section
5315 of the title 5, United States Code.
(d) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission
may procure temporary and intermittent services under
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates
for individuals not to exceed the maximum annual rate
of basic pay payable for GS–18 of the General Schedule.
(e) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon request
of the Commission, the head of any Federal department
or agency may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the
personnel of that department or agency to the Commission
to assist it in carrying out its duties under this Act.
SEC. 7. POWERS OF COMMISSION.
(a) HEARINGS
AND SESSIONS.—The Commission
may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, hold hear-
ings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony, and
receive evidence as the Commission considers appropriate.
(b) POWERS OF MEMBERS AND AGENTS.—Any mem-
ber or agent of the Commission may, if authorized by the
Commission, take any action which the Commission is au-
thorized to take by this section.
(c) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commission
may secure directly from any department or agency of the
United States information necessary to enable it to carry
out this Act. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Com-
mission, the head of that department or agency shall fur-
nish that information to the Commission.
(e) MAILS.—The Commission may use the United
States mails in the same manner and under the same con-
ditions as other departments and agencies of the United
States.
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—Upon the
request of the Commission, the Administrator of General
Services shall provide to the Commission, on a reimburs-
able basis, the administrative support services necessary
for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under
this Act.
SEC. 8. REPORTS.
(a) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—The Commission shall
submit to the President and the Congress a preliminary
report not later than 12 months after the date on which
all the members of the Commission have been appointed.
(b) FINAL REPORT.—The Commission shall submit
a final report to the President and the Congress not later
than 18 months after the date on which all the members
of the Commission have been appointed.
SEC. 9. TERMINATION.
The Commission shall terminate 30 days after sub-
mitting its final report pursuant to section 8(b).
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Amounts shall be made available to carry out this Act
only to the extent such amounts are made available in ad-
vance in appropriation Acts.
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SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted
pursuant to this title of this Act shall cover all obligations
or expenditures incurred for any program, project, or activ-
ity during the period for which funds or authority for such
project or activity are available under this Act.
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this title
of this Act or in the applicable appropriations Act, appro-
priations and funds made available and authority granted
pursuant to this title of this Act shall be available until
(a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project
or activity provided for in this title of this Act, or (b) the
enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act by
both Houses without any provision for such project or activ-
ity, or (c) September 30, 1996, whichever first occurs.
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this title of
this Act shall be charged to the applicable appropriation,
fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such appli-
cable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is
enacted into law.
SEC. 108. No provision in the appropriations Act for
the fiscal year 1996 referred to in section 101 of this Act
that makes the availability of any appropriation provided
therein dependent upon the enactment of additional author-
izing or other legislation shall be effective before the date
set forth in section 106(c) of this Act.
•HRES 468 IH 
Whereas small businesses generated 65 percent of net new 
jobs during the last 17 years; 
Whereas small businesses generate 60 to 80 percent of all 
new jobs annually; 
Whereas small businesses focus on 2 key strategies: deep-
ening relationships with customers and creating value for 
customers; 
Whereas, for every $100 spent with locally owned, inde-
pendent stores, $68 returns to the community through 
local taxes, payroll, and other expenditures; 
Whereas 92 percent of consumers in the United States agree 
that the success of small businesses is critical to the over-
all economic health of the United States; 
Whereas 93 percent of consumers in the United States agree 
that small businesses contribute positively to the local 
community by supplying jobs and generating tax revenue; 
Whereas 91 percent of consumers in the United States have 
small businesses in their community that the consumers 
would miss if the small businesses closed; 
Whereas 99 percent of consumers in the United States agree 
that it is important to support the small businesses in 
their community; 
Whereas 90 percent of consumers in the United States are 
willing to pledge support for a ‘‘buy local’’ movement; 
and 
Whereas November 26, 2011, would be an appropriate date 
to designate as ‘‘Small Business Saturday’’: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) supports the designation of a ‘‘Small Busi-
ness Saturday’’; and 
(2) supports efforts— 
(A) to encourage consumers to shop lo-
cally; and 
(B) to increase awareness of the value of 
locally owned small businesses and the impact 
of locally owned small businesses on the econ-
omy of the United States. 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 469 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2011 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees 
on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Education and the Work-
force, Natural Resources, House Administration, Rules, and Appropria-
tions, 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 concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is uncon-
stitutional. 
Whereas section 1501 of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18091), commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘individual mandate’’, is unconstitutional because 
it was not an exercise of Congress’s power to tax, and it 
is beyond Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause 
and the Necessary and Proper Clause; 
Whereas the individual mandate is not severable from the re-
mainder of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
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Act (42 U.S.C. 18001 note, et seq.): Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act is unconstitutional in its entirety; and 
(2) the Anti-Injunction Act (28 U.S.C. 2283) 
does not apply to the penalty provision that enforces 
the individual mandate, and therefore does not pre-
clude the Federal courts from finding that the Pa-
tient Protection and Affordable Care Act is uncon-
stitutional in its entirety. 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 46 
Restoring the democratic process by providing that section 3(b) of H. Res. 
5 shall have no force or effect during the remainder of the 112th Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2011 
Mr. YARMUTH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Restoring the democratic process by providing that section 
3(b) of H. Res. 5 shall have no force or effect during 
the remainder of the 112th Congress. 
Resolved, That section 3(b) of H. Res. 5 (relating to 
budget enforcement powers of chair of the Committee on 
the Budget) shall have no force or effect during the re-
mainder of the 112th Congress. 
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Secretary for the next fiscal year national and
regional priorities for grants under this sub-
section.
‘‘(4) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—Each grant
made under this subsection shall be subject to such
terms and conditions as the Secretary may require
to protect the interests of the United States, includ-
ing the following:
‘‘(A) RECORDS.—The recipient of the
grant—
‘‘(i) must keep such records as the
Secretary shall require as being necessary
and appropriate for disclosing the use
made of grant funds; and
‘‘(ii) shall allow the Secretary and the
Comptroller General of the United States,
or any of their authorized representatives,
access to such records for purposes of
audit and examination.
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of
a grant may not be less than 50 percent of the
estimated cost of the project.
‘‘(C) PERIOD
OF
GRANT.—A grant may
not provide funding for more than 2 years from
H. Res. 470 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 18, 2011. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 3094) to amend the National Labor Relations 
Act with respect to representation hearings and the timing of 
elections of labor organizations under that Act. The first 
reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 
against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate 
shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Education and the Work-
force. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order 
to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce now printed in the bill. The committee
•HRES 470 EH 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment 
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the 
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to 
the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. 
Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on 
any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to 
the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage
•HRES 470 EH 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
V
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5045
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise
trade for the vessel ANDREW J.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 13, 1994
Mr. HOEKSTRA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a
certificate of documentation with appropriate endorse-
ment for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel
ANDREW J.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That notwithstanding section 27 of the Merchant Marine
Act, 1920 (46 App. U.S.C. 883), the Act of June 19, 1886
(46 App. U.S.C. 289), and section 12106 of title 46,
United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation may
issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate en-
dorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the
vessel ANDREW J. (United States official number
322524).
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V
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1303
For the relief of John T. Monk.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 1995
Mr. MONTGOMERY (by request) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of John T. Monk.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. RELIEF FROM FURTHER PREMIUM PAYMENTS
UNDER NSLI PROGRAM.
(a) TERMINATION
OF PREMIUM PAYMENTS.—(1)
Notwithstanding any provision of subchapter I of chapter
19 of title 38, United States Code, John T. Monk of Jack-
son, Mississippi, may not be required to make premium
payments after the date of the enactment of this Act for
the National Service Life Insurance insurance policy for
which such individual was making monthly premium pay-
ments before such date.
(2) The termination of the requirement for premium
payments under paragraph (1) shall not terminate or oth-
erwise affect the coverage of John T. Monk of Jackson,
Mississippi, under the insurance policy referred to in such
paragraph.
(b) REFUND OF AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY PAID IN EX-
CESS OF INSURANCE AMOUNT.—The Secretary of the
Treasury shall pay, out of any sums in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to John T. Monk of Jackson, Mis-
sissippi, the amount equal to the difference between—
(1) the aggregate amount of the monthly pre-
mium payments by John T. Monk of Jackson, Mis-
sissippi, for the National Service Life Insurance in-
surance policy referred to in subsection (a)(1) be-
tween the date of the commencement of monthly
premium payments by that individual for that insur-
ance policy and the date of the enactment of this
Act; and
(2) the amount of insurance under that insur-
ance policy.
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•HRES 470 RH 
the timing of elections of labor organizations under that 
Act. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of the bill are 
waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 
shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an 
original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five- 
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
recommended by the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce now printed in the bill. The committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as 
read. All points of order against the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amend-
ment to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report 
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 
printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub-
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ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 
against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion 
of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 
shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may 
demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 
adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without 
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions. 
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House Calendar No. 93 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 470 
Report No. 112–291 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3094) 
to amend the National Labor Relations Act with 
respect to representation hearings and the timing 
of elections of labor organizations under that 
Act. 
NOVEMBER 17, 2011 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 475 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2011 
Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, 
Mr. DUNCAN
of Tennessee, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. 
BARLETTA, Mr. BONNER, Mr. HARPER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. WOODALL, 
Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, and Mrs. MILLER of Michigan) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and 
the Workforce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, House Administration, 
Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is uncon-
stitutional. 
Whereas section 5000A(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, added by section 1501 of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act, and commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘individual mandate’’, and the penalty provision in 
section 5000A(b) of such Code that enforces it, are un-
constitutional because they were not an exercise of 
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Congress’s power to tax, and they are beyond Congress’s 
power under the Commerce Clause and the Necessary 
and Proper Clause; and 
Whereas the individual mandate and the penalty provision 
that enforces it are not severable from the remainder of 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public 
Law 111–148): Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act is unconstitutional in its entirety; and 
(2) section 7421 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, commonly referred to as the ‘‘Anti-Injunc-
tion Act’’, applies neither to the individual mandate 
nor to the penalty provision that enforces it, and 
therefore does not preclude the Federal courts from 
finding that the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act is unconstitutional in its entirety. 
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•HJ 59 EAH3 
(1) EXTENSION
OF
TARGET
AMOUNT.—Section 
1886(b)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘October 1, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘April 
1, 2014’’; and 
(B) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘and the 
portion of fiscal year 2014 before April 1, 2014’’ 
after ‘‘through fiscal year 2013’’. 
(2) PERMITTING
HOSPITALS
TO
DECLINE
RE-
CLASSIFICATION.—Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 
1395ww note) is amended by striking ‘‘through fiscal 
year 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘through the first 2 quar-
ters of fiscal year 2014’’. 
SEC. 1107. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR 
SPECIAL NEEDS PLANS. 
Section 1859(f)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395w–28(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 1108. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF MEDICARE REASONABLE 
COST CONTRACTS. 
Section 1876(h)(5)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395mm(h)(5)(C)(ii)) is amended, in the matter
SEC. 2. COMMISSION ON STANDARDIZED MILITARY HONOR
CODE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF COMMISSION.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall establish a commission to develop
recommendations for a standardized honor code for use
at the military service academies and officer candidate
schools of the Armed Forces and in the Senior Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps.
(b) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—The members of the
commission shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense
and shall consist of—
(1) officers of the Armed Forces on active duty;
(2) persons who are graduates of a military
service academy but are no longer on active or re-
serve duty in the Armed Forces; and
(3) persons who are educators at institutions of
higher education.
(c) SUBMISSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the commission shall submit to the Secretary of Defense
and the Congress a report containing the commission’s
recommendations regarding—
(1) standardization of the various honor codes
in use at the military service academies; and
(2) whether such standardized honor code
should apply to the officer candidate schools of the
Armed Forces and the Senior Reserve Officers’
Training Corps.
(d) SERVICE ACADEMY DEFINED.—For purposes of
this section, the term ‘‘military service academy’’ means
the United States Military Academy, the United States
Air Force Academy, or the United States Naval Academy.
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