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(c) Whenever an Act listed in this section has been
passed by only the House or only the Senate as of the
date of enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent
project or activity shall be continued under the appropria-
tion, fund, or authority granted by the one House at a
rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the
rate permitted by the action of the one House, whichever
is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided
in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year
1995: Provided, That where an item is funded in the appli-
cable appropriations Act for the fiscal year 1995 and not
included in the version passed by the one House as of the
date of enactment of this joint resolution, the pertinent
project or activity shall not be continued except as pro-
vided for in section 111 or 112 under the appropriation,
fund, or authority granted by the applicable appropria-
tions Act for the fiscal year 1995 and under the authority
and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations
Act for the fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 102. No appropriation or funds made available
or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the De-
partment of Defense shall be used for new production of
items not funded for production in fiscal year 1995 or
prior years, for the increase in production rates above
those sustained with fiscal year 1995 funds, or to initiate,
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1995 by increasing the rate for operations provided by sec-
tion 101 to a rate for operations not to exceed one that
provides the minimal level that would enable existing ac-
tivities to continue. No new contracts or grants shall be
awarded in excess of an amount that bears the same ratio
to the rate for operations provided by this section as the
number of days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
For the purposes of the Act, the minimal level means a
rate for operations that is reduced from the current rate
by 40 percent.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the rate
for operations for any continuing project or activity pro-
vided by section 101 or section 111 for which there is a
budget request would result in a furlough of Government
employees, that rate for operations may be increased to
the minimum level that would enable the furlough to be
avoided. No new contracts or grants shall be awarded in
excess of an amount that bears the same ratio to the rate
for operations provided by this section as the number of
days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except sections 106, 111, and 112,
for those programs that had high initial rates of operation
or complete distribution of funding at the beginning of the
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Amend the long title so as to read ‘‘An Act to establish 
an Oversight Board to assist the Government of Puerto Rico, 
including instrumentalities, in managing its public finances, 
and for other purposes.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
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will welcome a private visit by President Lee Teng-hui to
his alma mater, Cornell University, and will welcome a
transit stop by President Lee in Anchorage, Alaska, to at-
tend the USA-ROC Economic Council Conference.
SEC. 2. The Clerk of the House of Representatives
shall transmit a copy of this concurrent resolution to the
President.
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(1) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, school li-
brary media specialists,’’ before ‘‘and principals’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘, school li-
brary media specialist,’’ before ‘‘and paraprofes-
sional’’. 
SEC. 204. STATE USE OF FUNDS. 
Section 2113(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6613(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting ‘‘highly qualified school library 
media specialists,’’ before ‘‘principals’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 
highly qualified school library media special-
ists,’’ before ‘‘and principals’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘teachers and 
principals’’ each place the term appears and insert-
ing ‘‘teachers, school library media specialists, and 
principals’’. 
SEC. 205. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. 
Section 2123(a) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6623(a)) is amended 
by inserting after paragraph (8) the following: 
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5006 of that Act, shall give the Secretary any addi-
tional authority over energy projects on Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act lands.’’. 
SEC. 5005. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) TIME FOR FILING COMPLAINT.—Any energy re-
lated action must be filed not later than the end of the 
60-day period beginning on the date of the final agency 
action. Any energy related action not filed within this time 
period shall be barred. 
(b) DISTRICT COURT VENUE AND DEADLINE.—All 
energy related actions— 
(1) shall be brought in the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of Columbia; and 
(2) shall be resolved as expeditiously as pos-
sible, and in any event not more than 180 days after 
such cause of action is filed. 
(c) APPELLATE REVIEW.—An interlocutory order or 
final judgment, decree or order of the district court in an 
energy related action may be reviewed by the U.S. Court 
of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The D.C. 
Circuit Court of Appeals shall resolve such appeal as expe-
ditiously as possible, and in any event not more than 180 
days after such interlocutory order or final judgment, de-
cree or order of the district court was issued.
IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 228
Concerning the return of or compensation for wrongly confiscated foreign
properties in formerly Communist countries and by certain foreign finan-
cial institutions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 27, 1996
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. PORTER, Mr. WOLF, Mr.
FUNDERBURK, Mr. SALMON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. MARKEY, and Mr.
CARDIN) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on International Relations
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Concerning the return of or compensation for wrongly con-
fiscated foreign properties in formerly Communist coun-
tries and by certain foreign financial institutions.
Whereas Fascist and Communist dictatorships have caused
immeasurable human suffering and loss, degrading not
only every conceivable human right, but the human spirit
itself;
Whereas the villainy of communism was dedicated, in particu-
lar, to the organized and systematic destruction of pri-
vate property ownership;
Whereas the wrongful and illegal confiscation of property per-
petrated by Fascist and Communist regimes was often
specifically designed to victimize people because of their
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 139 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 2577, 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall amend the 
long title so as to read:
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religion, national or social origin, or expressed opposition
to the regimes which repressed them;
Whereas Fascists and Communists often obtained possession
of properties confiscated from the victims of the systems
they actively supported;
Whereas Jewish individuals and communities were often twice
victimized, first by the Nazis and their collaborators and
then by the subsequent Communist regimes;
Whereas churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious
properties were also destroyed or confiscated as a means
of breaking the spiritual devotion and allegiance of reli-
gious adherents;
Whereas Fascists, Nazis, and Communists have used foreign
financial institutions to launder and hold wrongfully and
illegally confiscated property and convert it to their own
personal use;
Whereas some foreign financial institutions violated their fi-
duciary duty to their customers by converting to their
own use financial assets belonging to Holocaust victims
while denying heirs access to these assets;
Whereas refugees from communism, in addition to being
wrongly stripped of their private property, were often
forced to relinquish their citizenship in order to protect
themselves and their families from reprisals by the Com-
munists who ruled their countries;
Whereas the participating states of the Organization for Se-
curity and Cooperation in Europe have agreed to give full
recognition and protection to all types of property, in-
cluding private property, as well as the right to prompt,
just, and effective compensation in the event private
property is taken for public use;
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(6) the National Institute of Justice technology
program should develop a program to improve
forensics technology and work with the Nation’s
crime labs;
(7) the National Institute of Justice should be
designated as the law enforcement partner in sur-
plus Federal property and equipment transfer pro-
grams;
(8) if working with the private sector, the Na-
tional Institute of Justice should be authorized to
waive Government patent rights and assign exclusive
use of a license; and
(9) the National Institute of Justice should be
exempted from many of the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act.
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Whereas the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as
well as the Caucasus and Central Asia, have entered a
post-Communist period of transition and democratic de-
velopment, and many countries have begun the difficult
and wrenching process of trying to right the past wrongs
of previous totalitarian regimes;
Whereas restrictions which require those whose properties
have been wrongly plundered by Nazi or Communist re-
gimes to reside in or have the citizenship of the country
from which they now seek restitution or compensation are
arbitrary and discriminatory in violation of international
law; and
Whereas the rule of law and democratic norms require that
the activity of governments and their administrative
agencies be exercised in accordance with the laws passed
by their parliaments or legislatures and such laws them-
selves must be consistent with international human rights
standards: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That the Congress—
(1) welcomes the efforts of many post-Com-
munist countries to address the complex and dif-
ficult question of the status of plundered properties;
(2) urges countries which have not already done
so to return plundered properties to their rightful
owners or, as an alternative, pay compensation, in
accordance with principles of justice and in a man-
ner that is just, transparent, and fair;
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(3) calls for the urgent return of property for-
merly belonging to Jewish communities as a means
of redressing the particularly compelling problems of
aging and destitute survivors of the Holocaust;
(4) calls on the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithua-
nia, Romania, Slovakia and any other country with
restrictions which require those whose properties
have been wrongly plundered by Nazi or Communist
regimes to reside in or have the citizenship of the
country from which they now seek restitution or
compensation to remove such restrictions from their
restitution or compensation laws;
(5) calls upon foreign financial institutions, and
the states having legal authority over their oper-
ation, that possess wrongfully and illegally property
confiscated from Holocaust victims, from residents
of former Warsaw Pact states who were forbidden
by Communist law from obtaining restitution of such
property, and from states that were occupied by
Nazi, Fascist, or Communist forces, to assist and to
cooperate fully with efforts to restore this property
to its rightful owners; and
•HCON 228 IH
(6) urges post-Communist countries to pass and
effectively implement laws that provide for restitu-
tion of, or compensation for, plundered property.
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IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 229
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment
of S. 1004.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 28, 1996
Mr. SHUSTER submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
considered and agreed to
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections
in the enrollment of S. 1004.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill S. 1004,
the Secretary of the Senate shall make the following cor-
rections:
(1) In section 1106(c), in the text added to sec-
tion 5 of the Act of January 2, 1951—
(A) strike ‘‘This section does not prohibit,
nor may any State make’’ and insert in lieu
thereof ‘‘With respect to a vessel operating in
HCON 229 ATH
Alaska, this section does not prohibit, nor may
the State of Alaska make’’;
(B) strike ‘‘except that a State may’’ and
insert in lieu thereof ‘‘except that such State
may’’; and
(C) strike paragraph (2) and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
‘‘(2) A voyage referred to in paragraph (1) is a voy-
age that—
‘‘(A) includes a stop in Canada or in a State
other than the State of Alaska;
‘‘(B) includes stops in at least 2 different ports
situated in the State of Alaska; and
‘‘(C) is of at least 60 hours duration.’’.
(2) In section 1113(d), in the text added to sec-
tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, in sub-
section (e)(1)(E) strike ‘‘section 12102’’ and insert
in lieu thereof ‘‘this section’’.
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 229
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make
corrections in the enrollment of S. 1004.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 229
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill S. 1004,
the Secretary of the Senate shall make the following cor-
rections:
(1) In section 1106(c), in the text added to sec-
tion 5 of the Act of January 2, 1951—
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(A) strike ‘‘This section does not prohibit,
nor may any State make’’ and insert in lieu
thereof ‘‘With respect to a vessel operating in
Alaska, this section does not prohibit, nor may
the State of Alaska make’’;
(B) strike ‘‘except that a State may’’ and
insert in lieu thereof ‘‘except that such State
may’’; and
(C) strike paragraph (2) and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
‘‘(2) A voyage referred to in paragraph (1) is a voy-
age that—
‘‘(A) includes a stop in Canada or in a State
other than the State of Alaska;
‘‘(B) includes stops in at least 2 different ports
situated in the State of Alaska; and
‘‘(C) is of at least 60 hours duration.’’.
(2) In section 1113(d), in the text added to sec-
tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, in sub-
•HCON 229 EH
section (e)(1)(E) strike ‘‘section 12102’’ and insert
in lieu thereof ‘‘this section’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28,
1996.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. Con. Res. 229
Agreed to September 28, 1996
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
Concurrent Resolution
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections in the enrollment of
S. 1004.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring), That, in the enrollment of the bill S. 1004, the Secretary
of the Senate shall make the following corrections:
(1) In section 1106(c), in the text added to section 5 of
the Act of January 2, 1951—
(A) strike ‘‘This section does not prohibit, nor may
any State make’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘With respect
to a vessel operating in Alaska, this section does not
prohibit, nor may the State of Alaska make’’;
(B) strike ‘‘except that a State may’’ and insert in
lieu thereof ‘‘except that such State may’’; and
(C) strike paragraph (2) and insert in lieu thereof
the following:
‘‘(2) A voyage referred to in paragraph (1) is a voyage that—
‘‘(A) includes a stop in Canada or in a State other than
the State of Alaska;
‘‘(B) includes stops in at least 2 different ports situated
in the State of Alaska; and
‘‘(C) is of at least 60 hours duration.’’.
H. Con. Res. 229—2
(2) In section 1113(d), in the text added to section 12106
of title 46, United States Code, in subsection (e)(1)(E) strike
‘‘section 12102’’ and insert in lieu thereof ‘‘this section’’.
Attest:
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Attest:
Secretary of the Senate.
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(2) each report submitted under paragraph (1)
should include, with respect to the month for which
the report is submitted—
(A) a full description of the activities of
the Mexican Central Bank and Mexican ex-
change rate policy, including the reserve posi-
tions of the Mexican Central Bank and data re-
lating to the functioning of Mexican monetary
policy;
(B) information regarding the implementa-
tion and the extent of wage, price, and credit
controls in the Mexican economy;
(C) a complete documentation of Mexican
tax policy and any proposed changes to such
policy;
(D) a list of planned or pending Mexican
Government regulations affecting the Mexican
private sector;
(E) any efforts to privatize public sector
entities in Mexico; and
(F) a full disclosure of all financial trans-
actions, both inside and outside of Mexico, di-
rectly involving funds disbursed from the ex-
change stabilization fund and the International
Monetary Fund, including transactions with—
III
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 229
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 28, 1996
Received
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make corrections
in the enrollment of S. 1004.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill S. 1004,
the Secretary of the Senate shall make the following cor-
rections:
(1) In section 1106(c), in the text added to sec-
tion 5 of the Act of January 2, 1951—
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(A) strike ‘‘This section does not prohibit,
nor may any State make’’ and insert in lieu
thereof ‘‘With respect to a vessel operating in
Alaska, this section does not prohibit, nor may
the State of Alaska make’’;
(B) strike ‘‘except that a State may’’ and
insert in lieu thereof ‘‘except that such State
may’’; and
(C) strike paragraph (2) and insert in lieu
thereof the following:
‘‘(2) A voyage referred to in paragraph (1) is a voy-
age that—
‘‘(A) includes a stop in Canada or in a State
other than the State of Alaska;
‘‘(B) includes stops in at least 2 different ports
situated in the State of Alaska; and
‘‘(C) is of at least 60 hours duration.’’.
(2) In section 1113(d), in the text added to sec-
tion 12106 of title 46, United States Code, in sub-
section (e)(1)(E) strike ‘‘section 12102’’ and insert
in lieu thereof ‘‘this section’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28,
1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 22
Affirming the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs created under
the Older Americans Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 1995
Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island (for himself and Mr. SCHUMER) submitted the
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
Economic and Educational Opportunities
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Affirming the purpose and value of senior nutrition programs
created under the Older Americans Act.
Whereas senior nutrition programs are low cost, locally man-
aged, and enjoy widespread community and volunteer
support;
Whereas an essential the key to the success of senior nutri-
tion programs is their openness. A means-test, if estab-
lished, would discourage participation;
Whereas the nutritional needs of more than 2.5 million senior
citizens are met by congregate meal programs which
serve more than 1.3 million meals a year in churches,
senior centers, and community locations;
Whereas more than 820,000 shut-in senior citizens receive
meals delivered to their homes each year;
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Whereas lunch can be delivered to a senior citizen at home
for a full year for less than the cost of one day in a hos-
pital;
Whereas senior nutrition programs are a method of preven-
tive care for senior citizens;
Whereas senior nutrition programs are a key link in the net-
work of senior support programs, often providing the op-
portunity to coordinate the services senior citizens need
to lead independent and rewarding lives;
Whereas senior nutrition programs connect senior citizens to
social activities which significantly add to their quality of
life; and
Whereas without senior nutrition programs, senior citizens
would face a greater risk of nutritional deficiency, poor
health, and isolation: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the
nutritional programs created under the Older Americans
Act provide essential assistance to senior citizens, that
their effectiveness would be severely compromised by re-
moving the programs from the Act, and that their viability
would be threatened by reducing the total funds available
and combining senior nutrition with means-tested public
assistance programs.
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Whereas imposition of any such fees will adversely and seri-
ously affect commerce among the United States, Canada,
and Mexico;
Whereas imposition of any such fees violates the spirit of free
trade in general and, in particular, the United States-
Canada Free Trade Agreement and the North American
Free Trade Agreement;
Whereas imposition of any such fees would be, in actuality,
an unreasonable and unfair tax on border crossings; and
Whereas imposition of any such fees would be likely to result
in the imposition of similar fees on the part of the Cana-
dian and Mexican governments, thus exacerbating the ad-
verse economic impacts noted above: Now, therefore, be
it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that cross-
border entry fees or taxes on vehicles and/or pedestrians
seeking to enter the United States from Canada or Mex-
ico, such as those proposed in the President’s budget, are
economically unsound and are likely to result in retaliatory
fees or taxes on the part of the Canadian and Mexican
Governments, and therefore such fees should not be im-
posed by the United States, and the President is urged
to remove this proposal from his budget recommendations.
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IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 230
Providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the One
Hundred Fourth Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 28, 1996
Mr. ARMEY submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
considered and agreed to
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session
of the One Hundred Fourth Congress.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That when the House adjourns on the legisla-
tive day of Monday, September 30, 1996, or on Tuesday,
October 1, 1996, on a motion offered pursuant to this con-
current resolution by the majority leader, or his designee,
it stand adjourned sine die, or until noon on the second
day after Members are notified to reassemble pursuant to
section 2 of this concurrent resolution, and that when the
Senate adjourns on Monday, September 30, 1996, or
Tuesday, October 1, 1996, on a motion offered pursuant
HCON 230 ATH
to this concurrent resolution by the majority leader, or his
designee, it stand adjourned sine die, or until noon on the
second day after Members are notified to reassemble pur-
suant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution.
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