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SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING EARLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN-
STRUCTION. 
Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1121 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating part D as part E; 
(2) by redesignating section 631 (20 U.S.C. 
1132) as section 641; and 
(3) by inserting after section 628 the following 
new part: 
‘‘PART D—EARLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
INSTRUCTION 
‘‘SEC. 631. EARLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligi-
ble partnership’ means a partnership that— 
‘‘(A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) a foreign language department of 
an institution of higher education; and 
‘‘(ii) a local educational agency; and 
‘‘(B) may include— 
‘‘(i) another foreign language or 
teacher training department of an institu-
tion of higher education; 
‘‘(ii) another local educational agency, 
or an elementary or secondary school; 
‘‘(iii) a business;
‘‘(iv) a nonprofit organization of dem-
onstrated effectiveness, including a mu-
seum; 
‘‘(v) heritage or community centers 
for language study; 
‘‘(vi) language resource centers; or 
‘‘(vii) the State foreign language coor-
dinator or State educational agency. 
‘‘(2) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 2102 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6602). 
‘‘(3) LESS-COMMONLY TAUGHT FOREIGN LAN-
GUAGES.—The term ‘less-commonly taught foreign 
languages’ includes the languages of Arabic, Korean, 
Chinese, Pashto, Persian-Farsi, Serbian-Croatian, 
Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, and any other lan-
guage identified by the Secretary of Education, in 
consultation with the Defense Language Institute, 
the Foreign Service Institute, and the National Se-
curity Education Program, as a foreign language 
critical to the national security of the United States. 
‘‘(4) SUMMER WORKSHOP OR INSTITUTE.—The 
term ‘summer workshop or institute’ means a work-
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 892
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building located at 236
Sharkey Street in Clarksdale, Mississippi, as the
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entities, and the people of the United States who 
support financial literacy programs and activities to 
promote wealth-building behavior in minority and 
historically disadvantaged communities 
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improve student performance and to strengthen 
the quality of foreign language instruction; and 
‘‘(C) a description of— 
‘‘(i) how the eligible partnership will 
carry out the authorized activities de-
scribed in subsection (e); and 
‘‘(ii) the eligible partnership’s evalua-
tion and accountability plan as described 
in subsection (f). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible partner-
ship shall use the grant funds provided under this section 
for 1 or more of the following activities related to elemen-
tary schools or secondary schools: 
‘‘(1) Creating opportunities for enhanced and 
ongoing professional development that improves the 
subject matter knowledge of foreign language teach-
ers. 
‘‘(2) Recruiting university students with foreign 
language majors for teaching. 
‘‘(3) Promoting strong teaching skills for for-
eign language teachers and teacher educators. 
‘‘(4) Establishing foreign language summer 
workshops or institutes (including follow-up train-
ing) for teachers.
‘‘(5) Establishing distance learning programs 
for foreign language teachers. 
‘‘(6) Designing programs to prepare a teacher 
at a school to provide professional development to 
other teachers at the school and to assist novice 
teachers at such school, including (if applicable) a 
mechanism to integrate experiences from a summer 
workshop or institute. 
‘‘(7) Developing instruction materials. 
‘‘(f) EVALUATION
AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN.— 
Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under this sec-
tion shall develop an evaluation and accountability plan 
for activities assisted under this section that includes 
strong performance objectives. The plan shall include ob-
jectives and measures for— 
‘‘(1) increased participation by students in ad-
vanced courses in foreign language; 
‘‘(2) increased percentages of secondary school 
classes in foreign language taught by teachers with 
academic majors in foreign language, respectively; 
and 
‘‘(3) increased numbers of foreign language 
teachers who participate in content-based profes-
sional development activities.
‘‘(g) REPORT.—Each eligible partnership receiving a 
grant under this section shall annually report to the Sec-
retary regarding the eligible partnership’s progress in 
meeting the performance objectives described in sub-
section (f). 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—If the Secretary determines 
that an eligible partnership is not making substantial 
progress in meeting the performance objectives described 
in subsection (f) by the end of the third year of a grant 
under this section, the grant payments shall not be made 
for the fourth and fifth year of the grant. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this part, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $48,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 
years.’’. 
SEC. 3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED FOREIGN 
LANGUAGE EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
support programs in colleges and universities that— 
(1) encourage students to develop both— 
(A) an understanding of science and tech-
nology; and 
(B) foreign language proficiency; and
(2) foster future international scientific collabo-
ration. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Education 
shall develop a program for the awarding of grants to in-
stitutions of higher education that develop innovative pro-
grams for the teaching of foreign languages. 
(c) REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Education shall promulgate regulations for the 
awarding of grants under subsection (b). Such regulations 
shall require institutions of higher education to use grant 
funds for, among other things— 
(1) the development of an on-campus cultural 
awareness program by which students attend classes 
taught in the foreign language and study the science 
and technology developments and practices in a non- 
English speaking country; 
(2) immersion programs where students take 
science or technology related course work in a non- 
English speaking country; and 
(3) other programs, such as summer work-
shops, that emphasize the intense study of a foreign 
language and science technology. 
(d) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—In distributing grants to 
institutions of higher education under this section, the 
Secretary of Education shall give priority to—
(1) institutions that have programs focusing on 
curriculum that combine the study of foreign lan-
guages and the study of science and technology and 
produce graduates who have both skills; and 
(2) institutions teaching the less-commonly 
taught languages of Arabic, Korean, Chinese, 
Pashto, Persian-Farsi, Serbian-Croatian, Japanese, 
Russian, Portuguese, and any language identified by 
the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the 
Defense Language Institute, the Foreign Service In-
stitute, and the National Security Education Pro-
gram, as a critical foreign language need. 
(e) SCIENCE.—In this section, the term ‘‘science’’ 
means any of the natural and physical sciences including 
chemistry, biology, physics, and computer science. Such 
term does not include any of the social sciences. 
(f) APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED.—To carry out 
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 4. FEDERAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION MAR-
KETING CAMPAIGN. 
The Secretary of Education shall establish a foreign 
language education marketing campaign to encourage stu-
dents at secondary schools and institutions of higher edu-
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 38
Recognizing the achievements of the National Captioning Institute in pro-
viding closed captioning services to Americans who are deaf or hard-
of-hearing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 1, 2005
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
GOODE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. BERMAN, and Mr. WALSH) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the achievements of the National Captioning 
Institute in providing closed captioning services to Ameri-
cans who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Whereas the National Captioning Institute is a nonprofit cor-
poration with the mission of ensuring that deaf and hard-
of-hearing people have access to television through the 
technology of closed captioning; 
Whereas during the past 25 years, the National Captioning 
Institute has revolutionized the way in which Americans 
who are deaf or hard-of-hearing participate in the world; 
Whereas the National Captioning Institute pioneered the first 
closed captioning television service in the world;
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Whereas the National Captioning Institute developed and im-
plemented real-time captioning and commissioned the 
captioning microchip now built into most new television 
sets sold in the United States; 
Whereas the National Captioning Institute has encouraged 
American broadcasters and consumers to implement 
closed captioning services; 
Whereas the National Captioning Institute has produced 
many of the finest real-time stenocaptioners across the 
United States; 
Whereas the National Captioning Institute has set the high-
est standards of quality and performance in the closed 
captioning industry and has commissioned and published 
the first formal assessment of the quality, availability, 
and use of captioning services in order to improve per-
formance throughout the industry; 
Whereas the National Captioning Institute has established 
the only consumer help desk in the United States dedi-
cated to communications access issues and provides this 
service at no charge to the people of the United States; 
Whereas the National Captioning Institute has enabled 
Americans of all ages to improve their language-learning 
and literacy skills through closed captioning television; 
Whereas the National Captioning Institute has provided 
scholarships to American students who are deaf or hard- 
of-hearing, enabling them to pursue higher education; 
and 
Whereas the National Captioning Institute has continued de-
velopment of the next wave of communications access 
technologies, 
including 
Internet 
captioning 
and 
a
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groundbreaking multi-lingual speech-recognition cap-
tioning system: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress recognizes the achievements of 
the National Captioning Institute in providing closed cap-
tioning services to Americans who are deaf or hard-of- 
hearing. 
Æ
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 390 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as a matter of economic and 
national security, the United States Government should protect and 
support United States currency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2006 
Mr. MANZULLO (for himself and Mr. RYAN of Ohio) submitted the following 
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as a matter 
of economic and national security, the United States 
Government should protect and support United States 
currency. 
Whereas the United States dollar, as the world’s reserve cur-
rency, is one of our country’s greatest assets; 
Whereas the strength and integrity of the United States dol-
lar provides America with economic stability and national 
security; 
Whereas any threat or change to the status of the dollar as 
a world reserve currency would be costly to the Treasury 
and could cause national economic instability; 
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Whereas international counterfeiting of the dollar is on the 
rise and currency counterfeiting has reportedly been used 
to finance rogue governments and terrorism; 
Whereas on January 26, 2006, President Bush made a 
strong commitment to protect our nation’s currency from 
counterfeiting by the North Korean regime or any other 
adversarial regime or organization; and 
Whereas every dollar issued by the United States Government 
is meant to be representative of the strength and soli-
darity of this Great Nation: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that, as a 
matter of economic and national security, the United 
States Government should provide America’s currency 
with the protection and support necessary to defend its 
integrity throughout the world, effectively deter counter-
feiting, and preserve the status of the dollar as the world’s 
reserve currency. 
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‘‘SEC. 460A. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR UNDERGRADUATES 
IN CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Education 
shall establish and implement a program to cancel the ob-
ligation of loan borrowers to pay the principal and interest 
on a loan provided under this part in order to serve as 
an incentive for students to obtain a degree in a critical 
foreign language. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a program of assuming the obligation to repay 
in accordance with subsection (c) the principal and 
interest, not to exceed a total of $10,000, on a loan 
made under this part for a borrower who— 
‘‘(A) has obtained an undergraduate de-
gree in a critical foreign language; 
‘‘(B) is employed in a full-time position— 
‘‘(i) in an elementary or secondary 
school as a teacher of a critical foreign lan-
guage; or 
‘‘(ii) in an agency of the United 
States Government in a position that regu-
larly requires the use of such critical for-
eign language;
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1383 
To temporarily preserve higher rates for tuition and fees for programs of 
education at non-public institutions of higher learning pursued by individ-
uals enrolled in the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs before the enactment of the Post-9/ 
11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2011 
Mr. MILLER of Florida (for himself and Mr. STUTZMAN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To temporarily preserve higher rates for tuition and fees 
for programs of education at non-public institutions of 
higher learning pursued by individuals enrolled in the 
Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs before the enactment of 
the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improve-
ments Act of 2010, 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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‘‘(C) is a United States citizen, United 
States national, permanent legal resident, or 
citizen of the Freely Associated States; and 
‘‘(D) is in repayment status on such loan 
and is not in default on a loan for which the 
borrower seeks forgiveness of principal and in-
terest payments. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION BY BORROWERS.—The Sec-
retary shall, by regulation, establish procedures by 
which borrowers shall apply for loan repayment 
under this section. 
‘‘(c) TERMS.— 
‘‘(1) PROMISE
TO
COMPLETE
SERVICE
RE-
QUIRED FOR PAYMENT.—Any application for pay-
ment under subsection (b) shall contain an agree-
ment by the applicant that the applicant will con-
tinue in a qualifying service described in subsection 
(b)(1)(B) for not less than 5 consecutive complete 
years, or will, upon a failure to complete such 5 
years, repay the United States the amount of the 
principal and interest repaid by the Secretary under 
subsection (b), at a rate and schedule, and in ac-
cordance with regulations, prescribed by the Sec-
retary. Such regulations may provide for waiver by 
the Secretary of such repayment obligations upon
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 271
JOINT RESOLUTION
Designating the month of November in each of cal-
endar years 1993 and 1994 as ‘‘National Amer-
ican Indian Heritage Month’’.
proof of economic hardship as specified in such regu-
lations. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT
IN
INSTALLMENTS.—After a 
borrower has obtained a bachelor’s degree in a crit-
ical foreign language, the Federal Government shall 
make payments under this section while the bor-
rower is in loan repayment status and continues in 
an employment position described in subsection 
(b)(1)(B). The Secretary shall repay a portion of a 
borrower’s outstanding loan, not to exceed a total of 
$10,000, in the following increments: 
‘‘(A) up to $1,500 or 15 percent of the 
borrower’s outstanding loan balance, whichever 
is less, at the completion of the second year of 
such service; 
‘‘(B) up to $1,500 or 15 percent of the 
borrower’s outstanding loan balance, whichever 
is less, at the completion of the third year of 
such service; 
‘‘(C) up to $2,000 or 20 percent of the 
borrower’s outstanding loan balance, whichever 
is less, at the completion of the fourth year of 
such service; and 
‘‘(D) up to $5,000 or 50 percent of the 
borrower’s outstanding loan balance, whichever
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 393 
Honoring the African Americans who have served in the Armed Forces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2006 
Mr. CONYERS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring the African Americans who have served in the 
Armed Forces. 
Whereas in 2004, there were 2,400,000 African American 
military veterans in the United States who have coura-
geously served in the Armed Forces; 
Whereas in 2005, 18.7 percent of the Navy, 22.3 percent of 
the Army, 14.9 percent of the Air Force, and 11.5 per-
cent of the Marine Corps were comprised of African 
Americans; 
Whereas in 2005, African Americans constituted 11.7 percent 
of the total adult population (over age 18) of the United 
States, but 18.1 percent of the total members of the 
Armed Forces; 
Whereas African Americans have recognized the call to duty 
and have served in the Armed Forces in every war in the 
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history of the Nation, including Crispus Attucks, a run-
away slave who was the first casualty of the American 
Revolutionary War; 
Whereas African Americans in the Armed Forces have faced 
racial segregation and discrimination in the course of 
their service to the United States; 
Whereas in post-September 11th, 2001, conflicts in Afghani-
stan and Iraq, 2,604 United States service members have 
lost their lives (as of April 1, 2006), of whom 259 were 
African Americans; and 
Whereas because African American members of the Armed 
Forces have demonstrated competence, skill, and devotion 
in their service, they have helped bridge the racial divide 
in the United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress honors and recognizes the 
contribution of African Americans who have served the 
United States in the Armed Forces. 
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is less, at the completion of the fifth year of 
such service. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE.—The term 
‘critical foreign language’ includes the languages of 
Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Pashto, Persian- 
Farsi, Serbian-Croatian, Russian, Portuguese, and 
any other language identified by the Secretary of 
Education, in consultation with the Defense Lan-
guage Institute, the Foreign Service Institute, and 
the National Security Education Program, as a crit-
ical foreign language need. 
‘‘(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency of the United 
States Government’ means any agency, office, estab-
lishment, instrumentality, or other entity of the ex-
ecutive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Govern-
ment.’’. 
(c) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Education shall propose regulations to carry out 
this section and submit to the appropriate committees of 
the Congress a report on how the Secretary plans to imple-
ment the programs under amendments made by this sec-
tion and advertise such programs to institutions of higher 
education and potential applicants. Not later than 6
months after the date on which the comment period for 
the regulations proposed under the preceding sentence 
ends, the Secretary shall promulgate final regulations to 
carry out this section. 
Æ
Section 2702(b) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–1(b)) is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting 
before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (3)’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) NO DISCRIMINATION IN GROUP PREMIUMS 
BASED ON GENETIC INFORMATION.—For purposes 
of this section, a group health plan, or a health in-
surance issuer offering group health insurance cov-
erage in connection with a group health plan, shall 
not adjust premium or contribution amounts for a 
group on the basis of genetic information concerning 
an individual in the group or a family member of the 
individual (including information about a request for 
or receipt of genetic services by an individual or 
family member of such individual).’’. 
(2) LIMITATIONS ON GENETIC TESTING.—Sec-
tion 2702 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300gg–1) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(c) GENETIC TESTING.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON REQUESTING OR REQUIR-
ING GENETIC TESTING.—A group health plan, or a
health insurance issuer offering health insurance 
coverage in connection with a group health plan, 
shall not request or require an individual or a family 
member of such individual to undergo a genetic test. 
‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this part shall be construed to— 
‘‘(A) limit the authority of a health care 
professional who is providing health care serv-
ices with respect to an individual to request 
that such individual or a family member of such 
individual undergo a genetic test; 
‘‘(B) limit the authority of a health care 
professional who is employed by or affiliated 
with a group health plan or a health insurance 
issuer and who is providing health care services 
to an individual as part of a bona fide wellness 
program to notify such individual of the avail-
ability of a genetic test or to provide informa-
tion to such individual regarding such genetic 
test; or 
‘‘(C) authorize or permit a health care pro-
fessional to require that an individual undergo 
a genetic test. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION TO ALL PLANS.—The provisions 
of subsections (a)(1)(F), (b)(3), and (c) shall apply to