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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1011 
To make clear that an agency outside of the Department of Health and 
Human Services may not designate, appoint, or employ special consult-
ants, fellows, or other employees under subsection (f) or (g) of section 
207 of the Public Health Service Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 13, 2017 
Mr. BURGESS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To make clear that an agency outside of the Department 
of Health and Human Services may not designate, ap-
point, or employ special consultants, fellows, or other 
employees under subsection (f) or (g) of section 207 
of the Public Health Service Act. 
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 ‘‘Health and Human 
Services Hiree Clarification Act’’. 
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‘‘(1) shall seek to develop partnerships with
firms in the private sector to enhance employment
opportunities for spouses of members of the armed
forces and to provide for improved job portability for
such spouses, especially in the case of the spouse of
a member of the armed forces accompanying the
member to a new geographical area because of a
change of permanent duty station of the member;
and
‘‘(2) shall work with the United States Cham-
ber of Commerce and other appropriate private-sec-
tor entities to facilitate the formation of such part-
nerships.’’.
SEC. 6. EMPLOYMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES BY DEFENSE
CONTRACTORS.
Section 1784 of title 10, United States Code, as
amended by section 5, is further amended adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) EMPLOYMENT
WITH
DEFENSE
CONTRAC-
TORS.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regula-
tion to ensure, to the extent practicable, that private-sec-
tor entities, in hiring for work to be performed on a con-
tract with the Department of Defense, provide preference
to qualified spouses of members of the armed forces and
other employment opportunities for such spouses in the
same manner as is provided for positions in the Depart-
ment of Defense under subsection (b).’’.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect
on October 1, 2001.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2414
To require any amounts appropriated for Members’ Representational Allow-
ances for the House of Representatives for a fiscal year that remain
after all payments are made from such Allowances for the year to
be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce
the Federal debt.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. ROEMER (for himself, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HILL, Mr.
KIRK, Mr. LARGENT, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr.
MOORE, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Ms.
RIVERS, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. SIMMONS, Mrs. THURMAN, and Mr. TURNER)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
House Administration
A BILL
To require any amounts appropriated for Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowances for the House of Representa-
tives for a fiscal year that remain after all payments
are made from such Allowances for the year to be depos-
ited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or
to reduce the Federal debt.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEM-
BERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO
BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO RE-
DUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any amounts appropriated for Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowances for the House of Representatives
for a fiscal year which remain after all payments are made
under such Allowances for the year shall be deposited in
the Treasury and used for deficit reduction, except that
in the case of a fiscal year for which there is no Federal
budget deficit, such amounts shall be used to reduce the
Federal debt (in such manner as the Secretary of the
Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with
respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2415
To amend title 35, United States Code, to direct the Director of the Patent
and Trademark Office to adjust fees charged by the Office so that
the fees collected in any fiscal year will equal, to the greatest extent
practicable, the amount appropriated to the Office for that fiscal year.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 35, United States Code, to direct the Director
of the Patent and Trademark Office to adjust fees
charged by the Office so that the fees collected in any
fiscal year will equal, to the greatest extent practicable,
the amount appropriated to the Office for that fiscal
year.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PATENT FEES.
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF PATENT FEES.—Section 42 of
title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) Notwithstanding the fees prescribed under sub-
sections (a), (b), and (d) of section 41, and notwith-
standing section 41(f) of this title and section 31 of the
Trademark Act of 1946, the Director shall adjust the fees
charged by the Office in each fiscal year so that the
amount of fees collected by the Office in that fiscal year
will equal, to the greatest extent practicable, the amount
of funds appropriated to the Office for that fiscal year.’’.
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efforts by the States to regulate Interstate com-
merce.
SEC. 3. FEDERAL AUTHORITY TO REGULATE COMMERCE IN
DIGITAL GOODS AND SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Responsibility and authority to
regulate digital commercial transactions is reserved solely
to the Federal Government.
(b) PROHIBITION
OF
STATE
REGULATION.—No
State or political subdivision thereof may enact or enforce
any law, rule, regulation, standard, or other provision hav-
ing the force or effect of law that regulates, or has the
effect of regulating, digital commercial transactions.
(c) PROHIBITION OF DELEGATION TO STATES.—Any
responsibility or authority to regulate digital commercial
transactions that, pursuant to subsection (a), is retained
by the Federal government may not be delegated, by any
Federal agency or officer, to any State or political subdivi-
sion thereof.
(d) INAPPLICABILITY TO NON-DIGITAL COMMERCIAL
TRANSACTIONS.—This Act may not be construed—
(1) to modify, impair, or supersede, or to au-
thorize the modification, impairment, or superseding
of, any authority that any State or any political sub-
division thereof may have to regulate any commer-
by subsection (f) shall apply to estates of decedents
dying after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. STUDY OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES AFFECTING EM-
PLOYEE-OWNED 
AND 
EMPLOYEE-CON-
TROLLED CORPORATIONS.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall—
(1) conduct a study of all Federal Government
regulations and policies that might impact the cre-
ation and operation of an employee-owned and em-
ployee-controlled corporation as defined in section
7701(a)(47) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
(2) identify those regulations and policies that
are barriers to employee ownership and control of
such a corporation, and
(3) not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, submit a report on the find-
ings of such study, together with such recommenda-
tions as the Comptroller General determines appro-
priate, to the Congress.
SEC. 5. PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON EMPLOYEE OWN-
ERSHIP.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall
establish a commission to be known as the ‘‘Presidential
Commission on Employee Ownership’’ (hereafter in this
section referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
(b) DUTIES AND REPORT.—The Commission shall—
(1) conduct a study concerning all issues that
affect ownership of businesses in the United States,
with a primary focus on the issues that affect em-
ployee ownership of such businesses, and
(2) not later than two years after the date of
its establishment, submit a final report to the Presi-
dent and the Congress which includes the findings
and recommendations of the Commission.
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be com-
posed of 15 members appointed by the President as fol-
lows:
(1) Three individuals, each of whom is an em-
ployee of a corporation that has at least 50 percent
of its voting stock in a trust for the benefit of em-
ployees and who is not an officer or senior manager
of that corporation.
(2) Three individuals, each of whom is an em-
ployee of a corporation that has at least 50 percent
of its voting stock in a trust for the benefit of em-
ployees and who is an officer or senior manager of
that corporation.
(3) Three individuals, each of whom is a pro-
fessor employed by an institution of higher learning.
(4) Three individuals, each of whom is em-
ployed by a not-for-profit entity that has as its pri-
mary mission issues arising from employee owner-
ship of businesses.
(5) The Secretary of Labor, or his designee, the
Secretary of the Treasury, or his designee, and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
or his designee.
(d) STAFF.—The Commission shall have such num-
ber of staff as the President shall determine, except that
such staff shall include not less than five full-time employ-
ees.
(e) GIFTS AND BEQUESTS.—The Commission may
accept, use, and dispose of gifts or bequests or services
or personal property for the purpose of aiding or facili-
tating the work of the Commission. Gifts or bequests of
money and proceeds from sales of other property received
as gifts or bequests shall be deposited in the Treasury and
shall be available for disbursement upon order of the Com-
mission.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2418
To amend title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. RUSH, and Mr. LARGENT) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title X of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 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. REAUTHORIZATION OF THORIUM REIMBURSE-
MENT.
(a) Section 1001(b)(2)(C) of the Energy Policy Act
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 2296a(b)(2)(C)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$140,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$263,000,000’’.
(b) Section 1003(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 2296a–
2(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$490,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$613,000,000’’.
(c) Section 1802(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2297g–1(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘$488,333,333’’ and inserting ‘‘$508,833,333’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 241
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 20, 2001
Mr. RILEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of
Congress.
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 ‘‘Congressional Pay In-
tegrity and Accountability Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF AUTOMATIC PAY ADJUSTMENTS.
Section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 601. (a) Until adjusted under section 225 of
the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351 and fol-
lowing) or other provision of law, the annual rate of pay
for—
‘‘(1) each Senator, Member of the House of
Representatives, and Delegate to the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Resident Commissioner from
Puerto Rico,
‘‘(2) the President pro tempore of the Senate,
the majority leader and the minority leader of the
Senate, and the majority leader and the minority
leader of the House of Representatives, and
‘‘(3) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives,
shall be the rate payable for such position as of the date
of enactment of the Congressional Pay Integrity and Ac-
countability Act of 2001.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2424
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the Federal
minimum wage by $1.62 over 3 years.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase
the Federal minimum wage by $1.62 over 3 years.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.
Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this
section—
‘‘(A) not less than $5.65 an hour begin-
ning on the effective date of this subparagraph;
‘‘(B) not less than $6.15 an hour begin-
ning one year after the effective date of sub-
paragraph (A); and
‘‘(C) not less than $6.77 an hour begin-
ning two years after the effective date of sub-
paragraph (A);’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect
90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2425
To authorize assistance to establish a water treatment plant in Tirana,
Albania.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. TRAFICANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To authorize assistance to establish a water treatment plant
in Tirana, Albania.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROGRAM TO FACILITATE THE ESTABLISH-
MENT OF A WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN
TIRANA, ALBANIA.
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
President, 
acting
through the Administrator of the United States Agency
for International Development, is authorized to establish
a program to provide assistance to the Government of the
Republic of Albania for the purpose of facilitating the es-
tablishment of a water treatment plant in Tirana, Albania.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available for the purposes of this section,
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
dent to carry out this section $30,000,000 for fiscal
year 2002.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations under
paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available
until expended.
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of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence
upon filing an application for issuance of an immigrant
visa under section 204 of such Act or for adjustment of
status to lawful permanent resident.
(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF STATUS.—If Rigaud Moise,
Cinette Dorlus Moise, Jean Rigaud Moise, or Phara Moise
enters the United States before the filing deadline speci-
fied in subsection (c), he or she shall be considered to have
entered and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligi-
ble, be eligible for adjustment of status under section 245
of the Immigration and Nationality 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 Rigaud Moise, Cinette Dorlus Moise, Jean
Rigaud Moise, and Phara Moise, the Secretary of State
shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 4, 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 that are made available
to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth under section
202(e) of such Act.
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(b) AVAILABILITY.—Any sums appropriated under
subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall remain available until
the end of the succeeding fiscal year.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2428
To require that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget explain
any omission of any insular area from treatment as part of the United
States in statements issued by the Office of Management and Budget.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Mr. UNDERWOOD (for himself, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, and Mrs. CHRISTENSEN)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, 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 com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To require that the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget explain any omission of any insular area
from treatment as part of the United States in state-
ments issued by the Office of Management and Budget.
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 ‘‘Insular Areas Over-
sight Avoidance Act’’.
SEC. 2. EXPLANATION OF OMISSION OF ANY INSULAR AREA
FROM TREATMENT AS PART OF UNITED
STATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall publish, with respect to
each covered statement issued after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act that defines the term ‘‘United States’’,
‘‘United States of America’’, or ‘‘State’’ and that does not
include in such term any insular area—
(1) an explanation of the reasons for that omis-
sion; and
(2) a recommendation of whether the definition
should include such insular area.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) COVERED STATEMENT.—The term ‘‘covered
statement’’ means—
(A) any Presidential proclamation or Exec-
utive order required by section 1505 of title 44,
United States Code, to be published in the Fed-
eral Register;
(B) any written Presidential directive,
other than a Presidential proclamation or Exec-
utive order, that—
(i) is signed or endorsed by, or is
issued at the direction of, the President or
an appointee of the President in the Exec-
utive Office of the President; and
(ii)(I) establishes a policy;
(II) directs the carrying out of law or
policy;
(III) authorizes or requires the use of
appropriated funds or other resources (in-
cluding personnel); or
(IV) otherwise asserts or appears to
assert an authority of the President;
(C) any treaty presented to the Senate for
approval pursuant to section 2 of Article II of
the Constitution of the United States;
(D) any executive agreement executed by
the President or a representative of the Presi-
dent that is binding on the United States as a
matter of international law;
(E) any rule, circular, guidance, or state-
ment of administration policy or position that is
issued by the Office of Management and Budg-
et; and
(F) any proposed legislation submitted to
the Congress by or on behalf of the President.
(2) INSULAR AREA.—The term ‘‘insular area’’
means Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
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(b) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not
apply to the working groups established under this section.
(c) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—This section cre-
ates no private right of action to sue for enforcement of
any provision of this section.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 242
For the relief of Rigaud Moise, Cinette Dorlus Moise, Jean Rigaud Moise,
and Phara Moise.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 20, 2001
Mr. WEXLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Rigaud Moise, Cinette Dorlus Moise, Jean
Rigaud Moise, and Phara Moise.
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 RIGAUD
MOISE, 
CINETTE 
DORLUS 
MOISE, 
JEAN
RIGAUD MOISE, AND PHARA MOISE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act, Rigaud Moise, Cinette Dorlus Moise, Jean Rigaud
Moise, and Phara Moise shall each be eligible for issuance
of an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to that
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2430
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to make
contributions to communities impacted by noise from Los Angeles Inter-
national Airport.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 28, 2001
Ms. WATERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air car-
riers to make contributions to communities impacted by
noise from Los Angeles International Airport.
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 ‘‘Aircraft Noise Com-
pensation Act’’.
SEC. 2. AIR CARRIER CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITIES
IMPACTED BY NOISE FROM LOS ANGELES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 475 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘§ 47511. Air carrier contributions to communities
impacted by noise from Los Angeles
International Airport
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation
shall require each air carrier providing scheduled air
transportation to or from Los Angeles International Air-
port to contribute funds to non-profit organizations in
communities that are impacted by noise from the airport.
‘‘(b) AMOUNT AND USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The
Secretary shall coordinate negotiations between air car-
riers described in subsection (a) and communities de-
scribed in subsection (a) to determine the amount and use
of funds to be contributed under subsection (a).
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—Non-
profit organizations that provide educational services,
health care services, environmental services, speech and
hearing services, and services to persons with disabilities
in communities impacted by noise from Los Angeles Inter-
national Airport shall be eligible for contributions under
subsection (a).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘47511. Air carrier contributions to communities impacted by noise from Los
Angeles International Airport.’’.
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