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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5281 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and improve certain provi-
sions relating to the removal of litigation against Federal officers or 
agencies to Federal courts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2010 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, 
and Mr. COBLE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify and im-
prove certain provisions relating to the removal of litiga-
tion against Federal officers or agencies to Federal 
courts, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Removal Clarification 
Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN LITIGATION TO FEDERAL 
COURTS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION
OF INCLUSION
OF CERTAIN 
TYPES
OF PROCEEDINGS.—Section 1442 of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(c) As used in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) the terms ‘civil action’ and ‘criminal pros-
ecution’ include any proceeding in which a judicial 
order, including a subpoena for testimony or docu-
ments, is sought or issued; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘against’ when used with respect 
to such a proceeding includes directed to.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1442(a) 
of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘capacity for’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘capacity, for or relating to’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘sued’’; and 
(2) in each of paragraphs (3) and (4), by in-
serting ‘‘or relating to’’ after ‘‘for’’. 
(c) REVIEWABILITY ON APPEAL.—Section 1447(d) of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘1442 or’’ before ‘‘1443’’. 
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HR 5282 RFS
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
(2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 
(5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3555 
To provide additional protections for farmers and ranchers that may be 
harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, 
to ensure fairness for farmers and ranchers in their dealings with biotech 
companies that sell genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, to 
assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 2, 2011 
Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. STARK) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and 
in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and the Judici-
ary, 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 
A BILL 
To provide additional protections for farmers and ranchers 
that may be harmed economically by genetically engi-
neered seeds, plants, or animals, to ensure fairness for 
farmers and ranchers in their dealings with biotech com-
panies that sell genetically engineered seeds, plants, or 
animals, to assign liability for injury caused by geneti-
cally engineered organisms, 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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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Genetically Engineered Technology Farmer Protection 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP AND ANIMAL 
FARMER PROTECTION 
Sec. 101. Short title; findings. 
Sec. 102. Information requirements regarding sale of genetically engineered 
seeds, plants, and animals. 
Sec. 103. Contract limitations regarding sale of genetically engineered seeds, 
plants, and animals. 
Sec. 104. Prevention of noncompetitive practices involving technology fees. 
Sec. 105. Measures to avoid cross pollination involving genetically engineered 
seeds or plants. 
Sec. 106. Resistance of agricultural pests to certain naturally occurring pes-
ticides. 
Sec. 107. Prohibition on labeling certain seeds as non-genetically engineered. 
Sec. 108. Prohibition on certain non-fertile plant seeds. 
Sec. 109. Prohibition on loan discrimination. 
Sec. 110. Civil penalties for violation. 
Sec. 111. Citizen suits. 
Sec. 112. Definitions. 
TITLE II—GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ORGANISM LIABILITY 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Findings. 
Sec. 203. Liability. 
TITLE 
I—GENETICALLY 
ENGI-
NEERED CROP AND ANIMAL 
FARMER PROTECTION 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘Genetically Engineered Crop and Animal Farmer Protec-
tion Act’’. 
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Corps of Engineers and other Federal 
agencies are required to preserve and catalogue arti-
facts and other items of national historical signifi-
cance that are uncovered during the course of their 
work. 
(2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 
Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of reposi-
tories and museums across the Nation. 
(3) In October 2009, the Corps of Engineers, 
Center of Expertise for Curation and Management 
of Archeological Collections, used $3,500,000 in 
temporary funds made available in the American Re-
covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–5) to begin the Veterans’ Curation Program to 
employ and train Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in 
archaeological processing. 
(4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 
veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 
sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man-
aged by the Corps of Engineers. 
(5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro-
gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 
database management, records management, photo-
graphic and scanning techniques, computer software
proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and inter-
personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 
and training in archaeology and history. 
(6) 
Experience 
in 
archaeological 
curation 
gained through the Veterans’ Curation Program is 
valuable training and experience for the museum, 
forensics, administrative, records management, and 
other fields. 
(7) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 
may assist the Corps of Engineers in developing a 
more efficient and comprehensive collections man-
agement program and also may provide the work-
force to meet the records management needs at 
other agencies and departments, including the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND 
MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES IN CURATION 
AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
(a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of 
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall 
develop a Veterans’ Curation Program to hire veterans 
and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary 
in carrying out curation and historic preservation activi-
ties.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
(2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 
(5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5282 
AN ACT 
To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers 
to hire veterans and members of the Armed 
Forces to assist the Corps with curation and his-
toric preservation activities, and for other pur-
poses.
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Agribusiness and biotechnology companies 
have rapidly consolidated market power while the av-
erage farmer’s profits and viability have significantly 
declined. 
(2) Policies promoted by biotech corporations, 
such as the patenting of seeds, depriving farmers the 
right to save seeds, unreasonable seed contracts, and 
intrusion into everyday farm operations, have sys-
tematically revoked basic farmer rights, which have 
been enjoyed by farmers since the beginning of the 
practice of agriculture and which are essential for 
agricultural sustainability and the survival of family 
farms. 
(3) The introduction of genetically engineered 
crops has also created obstacles for farmers, includ-
ing the loss of markets and increased liability con-
cerns. 
(4) In Monsanto v. Geerston Farms, the United 
States Supreme Court determined that the threat of 
transgenic contamination is so harmful and onerous 
to organic and conventional farmers to give such 
farmers standing to challenge future biotech crop 
commercialization. 
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(5) To mitigate the abuses upon farmers, a 
clear set of farmer’s rights must be established. 
SEC. 102. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS REGARDING SALE 
OF 
GENETICALLY 
ENGINEERED 
SEEDS, 
PLANTS, AND ANIMALS. 
(a) FULL DISCLOSURE OF RISKS OF USE.—A biotech 
company that sells any genetically engineered animal, ge-
netically engineered plant, or genetically engineered seed 
that the biotech company knows, or has reason to believe, 
will be used by a purchaser in the United States to 
produce an agricultural commodity shall provide written 
notice to the purchaser that fully and clearly discloses the 
possible legal and environmental risks that the use of the 
genetically engineered animal, genetically engineered 
plant, or genetically engineered seed may pose to such pur-
chaser. 
(b) EFFECT OF DISCLOSURE.—The provision of writ-
ten notice under subsection (a) regarding the risks of 
using a genetically engineered animal, genetically engi-
neered plant, or genetically engineered seed does not re-
lieve the biotech company from any liability that may re-
sult from the release of genetically engineered material 
into the environment. The receipt of the written notice by 
the purchaser shall not be construed to create any liability 
for the purchaser. 
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grams).’’ and inserting ‘‘(including facilities in-
volved in community day programs and facili-
ties in the State that are operated by the Sec-
retary of the Interior or Indian tribes).’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘, 
schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation,’’ after ‘‘returning to local educational 
agencies’’; 
(9) in section 1423— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subsection (A), by inserting 
‘‘and, as appropriate, an Indian tribe in 
the State’’ after ‘‘program to be assisted’’; 
and 
(ii) in subsection (B), by inserting ‘‘, 
including such facilities operated by the 
Secretary of the Interior and Indian 
tribes’’ after ‘‘juvenile justice system’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(4) 
through (13) as paragraphs (5) through (14), 
respectively; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) a description of the process for consulta-
tion and coordination with Indian tribes in the State 
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significance that are uncovered during the course of 
their work. 
(2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 
Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of reposi-
tories and museums across the country. 
(3) In October of 2009, the Army Corps of En-
gineers, Center of Expertise for Curation and Man-
agement 
of 
Archeological 
Collections, 
used 
$3,500,000 in temporary funds from the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to begin the 
Veterans’ Curation Program to employ and train 
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in archaeological 
processing. 
(4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 
veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 
sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man-
aged by the Army Corps of Engineers. 
(5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro-
gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 
database management, records management, photo-
graphic and scanning techniques, computer software 
proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and inter-
personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 
and training in archaeology and history. 
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(6) 
Experience 
in 
archaeological 
curation 
gained through the Veterans’ Curation Program is 
valuable training and experience for the museum, 
forensics, administrative, records management, and 
other fields. 
(7) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 
may assist the Army Corps of Engineers to develop 
a more efficient and comprehensive collections man-
agement program and also may provide the work-
force to meet the records management needs at 
other agencies and departments, including the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED SERVICES IN 
CURATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
(a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Chief of the 
Army Corps of Engineers shall develop a Veterans’ 
Curation Program to hire veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces to assist the Corps with its curation and 
historic preservation activities. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATION.—Begin-
ning in fiscal year 2010, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for each fiscal 
year. 
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(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 
(5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 
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(4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 
veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 
sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man-
aged by the Corps of Engineers. 
(5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro-
gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 
database management, records management, photo-
graphic and scanning techniques, computer software 
proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and inter-
personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 
and training in archaeology and history. 
(6) Experience in archaeological curation gained 
through the Veterans’ Curation Program is valuable 
training and experience for the museum, forensics, 
administrative, records management, and other fields. 
(7) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 
may assist the Corps of Engineers in developing a 
more efficient and comprehensive collections manage-
ment program and also may provide the workforce to 
meet the records management needs at other agencies 
and departments, including the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs. 
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SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND 
MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES IN CURATION 
AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
(a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of 
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall de-
velop a Veterans’ Curation Program to hire veterans and 
members of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary in car-
rying out curation and historic preservation activities. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
(2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 
(5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 
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Union Calendar No. 339 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5282 
[Report No. 111–589] 
A BILL 
To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers 
to hire veterans and members of the Armed 
Forces to assist the Corps with curation and his-
toric preservation activities, and for other pur-
poses. 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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(c) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary shall issue such 
rules as may be necessary to implement and enforce this 
section. 
SEC. 103. CONTRACT LIMITATIONS REGARDING SALE OF 
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SEEDS, PLANTS, 
AND ANIMALS. 
(a) CERTAIN CONTRACT TERMS AND LIMITATIONS 
UNENFORCEABLE.—If a contract for the sale of a geneti-
cally engineered animal, genetically engineered plant, or 
genetically engineered seed to a purchaser for use in agri-
cultural production contains a provision described in sub-
section (b), the provision is hereby declared to be against 
public policy and therefore void and unenforceable as a 
matter of law. 
(b) PROHIBITED TERMS
AND LIMITATIONS.—The 
provisions referred to in subsection (a) are any of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) In the case of a sale of a genetically engi-
neered plant or genetically engineered seed, a provi-
sion that prohibits the purchaser from retaining a 
portion of the harvested crop for future crop plant-
ing by the purchaser or that charges a fee to retain 
a portion of the harvested crop for future crop 
planting. 
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‘‘(III) a corporation. 
‘‘(ii) A partnership shall be treated as a person 
with a seriously delinquent tax debt if such partner-
ship has a partner who— 
‘‘(I) holds an ownership interest of 50 per-
cent or more in that partnership; and 
‘‘(II) who has a seriously delinquent tax 
debt. 
‘‘(iii) A corporation shall be treated as a person 
with a seriously delinquent tax debt if such corpora-
tion has an officer or a shareholder who— 
‘‘(I) holds 50 percent or more, or a con-
trolling interest that is less than 50 percent, of 
the outstanding shares of corporate stock in 
that corporation; and 
‘‘(II) who has a seriously delinquent tax 
debt. 
‘‘(C)(i) The term ‘seriously delinquent tax debt’ 
means an outstanding debt under the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 for which a notice of lien has 
been filed in public records pursuant to section 6323 
of such Code. 
‘‘(ii) Such term does not include— 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5287 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit 
the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf of the 
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2010 
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to perma-
nently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the 
outer Continental Shelf of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf 
of Mexico. 
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 ‘‘East Coast and Gulf 
Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2010’’. 
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ment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall conduct a 
referendum among producers who, during a rep-
resentative period (as determined by the Secretary), 
have been engaged in the production of milk for 
commercial use for the purpose of ascertaining 
whether the proposed order shall take effect. The 
Program shall be implemented only if the Secretary 
determines that it has been approved by not less 
than a majority of the eligible producers voting in 
the referendum. If implementation of the Program is 
not approved by a majority of the eligible producers 
voting in the referendum, the Secretary may not 
issue a final order to establish the Program. To de-
termine the approval or disapproval of producers, 
the Secretary shall consider the approval or dis-
approval by any cooperative association of producers, 
engaged in a bona fide manner in marketing milk or 
the products thereof, as the approval or disapproval 
of the producers who are members of or under con-
tract with such cooperative association of producers. 
If a cooperative association of producers elects to 
vote on behalf of its members, such cooperative asso-
ciation shall provide each producer, on whose behalf 
the cooperative association is expressing approval or 
disapproval, a description of the question presented 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING ON ATLAN-
TIC OCEAN AND GULF OF MEXICO OCS. 
Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(q) PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN 
CERTAIN AREAS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section or any other law, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall not issue a lease for the exploration, development, 
or production of oil or natural gas in any area on the outer 
Continental Shelf of the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mex-
ico.’’. 
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(7) APPROVING STATE PROGRAMS FOR MUNICI-
PALITIES.—If the Secretary approves municipalities 
to be participating municipalities under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall take into account the ad-
ditional considerations in section 206(d) in making 
the determination under section 205 or 206 that the 
State program or programs to be implemented by 
the participating municipalities, including a State 
capital access program, is eligible for Federal con-
tributions to, or for the account of, the State pro-
gram. 
SEC. 205. APPROVING STATE CAPITAL ACCESS PROGRAMS. 
(a) APPLICATION.—A participating State that estab-
lishes a new, or has an existing, State capital access pro-
gram that meets the eligibility criteria in subsection (c) 
may apply to Secretary to have the State capital access 
program approved as eligible for Federal contributions to 
the reserve fund. 
(b) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall approve such 
State capital access program as eligible for Federal con-
tributions to the reserve fund if— 
(1) within 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this title, the State has filed with the Secretary 
a notice of intent to apply for approval by the Sec-
retary of a State capital access program;