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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5655 
To designate the Little River Branch facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 140 NE 84th Street in Miami, Florida, as the ‘‘Jesse 
J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2010 
Mr. MEEK of Florida (for himself, Mr. BOYD, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Flor-
ida, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. BUCHANAN, Ms. CASTOR 
of Florida, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 
MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Flor-
ida, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. MACK, Mr. MICA, Mr. MIL-
LER of Florida, Mr. POSEY, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. ROONEY, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form 
A BILL 
To designate the Little River Branch facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 140 NE 84th Street 
in Miami, Florida, as the ‘‘Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post 
Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. JESSE J. MCCRARY, JR. POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Little River Branch facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 140 NE 
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84th Street in Miami, Florida, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Jesse J. McCrary, 
Jr. Post Office’’. 
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101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a))),’’ and inserting ‘‘an insti-
tution of higher education in a foreign coun-
try,’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end, the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(D) has earned a master’s or higher degree 
from a United States institution of higher education 
(as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))); or 
‘‘(E) has been awarded medical specialty certifi-
cation based on post-doctoral training and experi-
ence in the United States.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any petition or visa application 
pending on the date of enactment of this Act and any peti-
tion or visa application filed on or after such date. 
SEC. 102. MARKET-BASED VISA LIMITS. 
Section 214(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5655 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2010 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the Little River Branch facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 140 NE 84th Street 
in Miami, Florida, as the ‘‘Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post 
Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 5655 RFS
SECTION 1. JESSE J. MCCRARY, JR. POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Little River Branch facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 140 NE 
84th Street in Miami, Florida, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Jesse J. McCrary, Jr. Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Jesse J. McCrary, 
Jr. Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5656 
To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to extend 
the period for which certain nutrition assistance may be provided under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2010 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Mr. STARK, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MEEKS 
of New York, Mr. FILNER, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Ms. LEE of 
California, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 
FUDGE, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. OLVER, Ms. WAT-
SON, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. DAVIS of Illinois) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
of 2009 to extend the period for which certain nutrition 
assistance may be provided under the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008. 
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 ‘‘Supplemental Nutri-
tion Assistance Program for the Jobless Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 101(e) of the Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 121) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’, and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘2010’’ the 
last place it appears and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, or 
on September 30, 2010, whichever occurs earlier. 
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subsection (i), punishment shall be by a fine in accordance 
title 18, United States Code, or by imprisonment for not 
more than 20 years, or by both. 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of this subsection, the term ‘em-
ployer’ means, in addition to the definition contained in 
section 3 of this Act, any officer or director.’’; 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘fine of not 
more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more 
than six months,’’ and inserting ‘‘fine in accordance 
with title 18, United States Code, or by imprison-
ment for not more than 2 years,’’; 
(3) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘fine of not 
more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not 
more than six months,’’ and inserting ‘‘fine in ac-
cordance with title 18, United States Code, or by 
imprisonment for not more than 5 years,’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (j) through 
(m) as subsections (k) through (n), respectively; and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j)(1) Any employer who knowingly violates any 
standard, rule, or order promulgated under section 6, or 
any regulation prescribed under this Act, and that viola-
tion causes or contributes to serious bodily harm to any 
employee but does not cause death to any employee, shall, 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5659 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the payment 
of recovery rebates on the basis of tax returns for 2007 notwithstanding 
the limitation on timing of payments where necessary to correct a mani-
fest injustice. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2010 
Ms. PINGREE of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
for the payment of recovery rebates on the basis of 
tax returns for 2007 notwithstanding the limitation on 
timing of payments where necessary to correct a manifest 
injustice. 
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. PAYMENT OF RECOVERY REBATES BASED ON 
2007 RETURNS NOTWITHSTANDING LIMITA-
TION ON TIMING OF PAYMENTS TO CORRECT 
MANIFEST INJUSTICE. 
Paragraph (3) of section 6428(g) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘2008.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2008, unless the Secretary determines paying 
such refund or credit is necessary to correct a manifest 
injustice.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 565 
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained by the United 
States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Naval Consolidated 
Brig, Charleston, South Carolina. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2009 
Mr. BROWN of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. BARRETT of South Caro-
lina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained 
by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, to Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston, 
South Carolina. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER 
INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO 
BAY, CUBA, TO NAVAL CONSOLIDATED BRIG, 
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to any Federal department or agency may be 
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used to transfer any individual detained by the United 
States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Naval 
Consolidated Brig, Charleston, South Carolina. 
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this Act, including any mandatory health or 
safety standard or regulation promulgated under 
this Act’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such mandatory health or 
safety standards’’ and inserting ‘‘such provi-
sions, regulations, or mandatory health or safety 
standards’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘any 
mandatory health or safety standard’’ and inserting 
‘‘any provision of this Act, including any mandatory 
health or safety standard or regulation promulgated 
under this Act,’’. 
SEC. 202. A PATTERN OF RECURRING NONCOMPLIANCE OR 
ACCIDENTS. 
Section 104(e) (30 U.S.C. 814(e)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(e) PATTERN OF RECURRING NONCOMPLIANCE OR 
ACCIDENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PATTERN STATUS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
subsection, a coal or other mine shall be placed 
in pattern status if such mine has, as determined 
based on the regulations promulgated under 
paragraph (8)— 
‘‘(i) a pattern of— 
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costs of additional inspections under this sub-
section. The Secretary shall issue, by rule, a 
schedule of fees to be assessed against coal or 
other mines of varying types and sizes, and shall 
collect and assess amounts under this paragraph 
based on the schedule. 
‘‘(B) USE.—Amounts collected as provided 
in subparagraph (A) shall only be available to 
the Secretary for making expenditures to carry 
out the additional inspections required under 
paragraph (2)(D). 
‘‘(C) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—In addition to any other amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under this Act, there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Assistant 
Secretary for Mine Safety and Health for each 
fiscal year in which fees are collected under sub-
paragraph (A) an amount equal to the total 
amount of fees collected under such subpara-
graph during that fiscal year. Such amounts are 
authorized to remain available until expended. If 
on the first day of a fiscal year a regular appro-
priation to the Commission has not been enacted, 
the Commission shall continue to collect fees (as 
offsetting collections) under this subsection at the 
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(3) NONDISCRETIONARY
DUTY
OF
THE
GOV-
ERNING BOARD.—The term ‘‘nondiscretionary duty 
of the Governing Board’’ means any duty of the 
Governing Board specified in the Agreement as a re-
quirement for action by use of the term ‘‘shall’’, 
‘‘will’’, or ‘‘is required to’’. 
(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means an in-
dividual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, cor-
poration, limited liability company, or any other 
legal entity, and includes a State or local govern-
ment. 
(5) REMOTE SALE.—The term ‘‘remote sale’’ 
refers to a sale of goods or services attributed to a 
particular Member State with respect to which a 
seller does not have adequate physical presence to 
establish nexus under the law existing on the day be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act so as to 
allow such Member State to require, without regard 
to the authority granted by this Act, the seller to 
collect and remit taxes covered by this Act with re-
spect to such sale. 
(6) REMOTE SELLER.—The term ‘‘remote sell-
er’’ means any seller who makes a remote sale. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
any other territory or possession of the United 
States. 
(8) STREAMLINED SALES AND USE TAX AGREE-
MENT.—The term ‘‘Streamlined Sales and Use Tax 
Agreement’’ (or ‘‘the Agreement’’) means the 
multistate agreement with that title adopted on No-
vember 12, 2002, as in effect on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and unless the context otherwise 
indicates as further amended from time to time. 
SEC. 11. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DIGITAL GOODS AND 
SERVICES. 
It is the sense of Congress that each Member State 
that is a party to the Agreement should work with other 
Member States that are also parties to the Agreement to 
prevent double taxation in situations where a foreign coun-
try has imposed a transaction tax on a digital good or 
service. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5662 
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the offense of stalking. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2010 
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
the offense of stalking. 
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 ‘‘Simplifying The Am-
biguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe Act of 
2010’’ or the ‘‘STALKERS Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. STALKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2261A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘§ 2261A. Stalking 
‘‘(a) Whoever, with intent to kill, physically injure, 
harass, or intimidate a person, engages in any conduct in 
or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or in the spe-
cial maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
States that— 
‘‘(1) causes or attempts to cause bodily injury 
or serious emotional distress to a person other than 
the person engaging in the conduct; or 
‘‘(2) occurs in circumstances where the conduct 
would be reasonably expected to cause the other per-
son serious emotional distress; 
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) The punishment for an offense under this sec-
tion is the same as that for an offense under section 2261, 
except that— 
‘‘(1) if the offense involves conduct in violation 
of a protection order, the maximum term of impris-
onment that may be imposed is increased by 5 years, 
over the term of imprisonment otherwise provided 
for that offense in section 2261; and 
‘‘(2) if the victim of the offense is under the 
age of 18 years, the maximum term of imprisonment 
that may be imposed is increased by 10 years, over 
the term of imprisonment otherwise provided for 
that offense in section 2261.’’. 
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plying for coverage through the high risk pool; 
or 
‘‘(ii) will occur during the 30-day period 
following the date described in clause (i); and’’. 
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‘‘(11) REGULATIONS FOR PROTECTION AND SE-
CURITY OF RECORDS.—The Administrator shall pre-
scribe such regulations as may be necessary— 
‘‘(A) to protect and secure— 
‘‘(i) the personal privacy of any indi-
vidual whose records are accessed under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) the confidentiality of those 
records; and 
‘‘(B) to preclude the further dissemination 
of records received under paragraph (1) by the 
person who accessed the records. 
‘‘(12) 
GOOD
FAITH
EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), an air carrier may allow an 
individual to begin service as a pilot, without first 
obtaining information described in paragraph (2)(B) 
from the database pertaining to the individual, if— 
‘‘(A) the air carrier has made a docu-
mented good faith attempt to access the infor-
mation from the database; and 
‘‘(B) the air carrier has received written 
notice from the Administrator that the informa-
tion is not contained in the database because 
the individual was employed by an air carrier or 
other person that no longer exists or by a for-
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 829
AN ACT
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize funds re-
ceived by States and units of local government to
be expended to improve the quality and availabil-
ity of DNA records; to authorize the establish-
ment of a DNA identification index; and for
other purposes.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1459 
AN ACT 
To ensure that the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 applies to the declaration of national monuments, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
and submit to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration a report on the results of the review. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the review shall be, 
at a minimum— 
(1) to review the level of the Administration’s 
oversight of each part 121 air carrier; 
(2) to make recommendations to ensure that 
each part 121 air carrier is receiving an equivalent 
level of oversight; 
(3) to assess the number and level of experience 
of aviation safety inspectors assigned to each part 
121 air carrier; 
(4) to evaluate how the Administration is mak-
ing assignments of aviation safety inspectors to each 
part 121 air carrier; 
(5) to review various safety inspector oversight 
programs, including the geographic inspector pro-
gram; 
(6) to evaluate the adequacy of the number of 
operational research analysts assigned to each part 
121 air carrier; 
(7) to evaluate the surveillance responsibilities 
of aviation safety inspectors, including en route in-
spections; 
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conducted under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
‘‘(2) RECOMMENDATIONS
TO
BE
COVERED.— 
The report shall cover— 
‘‘(A) any recommendation for which the 
Secretary has developed, or intends to develop, 
procedures to adopt the recommendation or 
part of the recommendation, but has yet to 
complete the procedures; and 
‘‘(B) any recommendation for which the 
Secretary, in the preceding year, has issued a 
response under subsection (a)(2) or (a)(3) re-
fusing to carry out all or part of the procedures 
to adopt the recommendation. 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.— 
‘‘(A) PLANS
TO
ADOPT
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—For each recommendation of the 
Board described in paragraph (2)(A), the report 
shall contain— 
‘‘(i) a description of the recommenda-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the procedures 
planned for adopting the recommendation 
or part of the recommendation; 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5664 
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to 
permit certain individuals losing their COBRA continuation coverage 
to have access to the high-risk health insurance pool program established 
under such title. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2010 
Mr. ELLSWORTH (for himself and Mr. DOYLE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act to permit certain individuals losing their 
COBRA continuation coverage to have access to the 
high-risk health insurance pool program established 
under such title. 
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 ‘‘High-Risk Pool Fair-
ness Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANDING ACCESS TO HIGH-RISK HEALTH INSUR-
ANCE POOL PROGRAM TO CERTAIN INDIVID-
UALS LOSING THEIR COBRA CONTINUATION 
COVERAGE. 
Section 1101(d)(2) of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(2) has’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(A) 
has’’; 
(2) by striking at the end of subparagraph (A), 
as designated by paragraph (1) of this section, 
‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(B) is a qualified beneficiary for purposes of 
COBRA continuation coverage (as defined in sub-
paragraph (B) of section 3001(a)(10)(B) of division 
B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
of 2009 (Public Law 111–5)) who has elected such 
coverage and with respect to whom the date of the 
expiration of the maximum period of such coverage 
required under the applicable COBRA continuation 
coverage provision (as defined in subparagraph (C) 
of such section)— 
‘‘(i) occurred during the 6-month period 
prior to the date on which such individual is ap-
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