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for permits under the Marine Mammal Protection 
Act of 1972 to be issued in a timely fashion. 
(16) During a June 14, 2011, hearing, the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives received testimony from State and 
tribal witnesses expressing concern that significant 
pinniped predation of important Northwest fish re-
sources other than salmonids is severely impacting 
fish stocks determined by both Federal and State 
fishery management agencies to be at low levels of 
abundance, and that this cannot be addressed by 
section 120 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1389), which as in effect before 
the enactment of this Act restricted control of preda-
tory pinnipeds’ impact only with respect to endan-
gered salmonids. 
SEC. 3. TAKING OF SEA LIONS ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER 
AND ITS TRIBUTARIES TO PROTECT ENDAN-
GERED AND THREATENED SPECIES OF SALM-
ON AND OTHER NONLISTED FISH SPECIES. 
Section 120 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1389) is amended by striking sub-
section (f) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(f) TEMPORARY MARINE MAMMAL REMOVAL AU-
THORITY ON THE WATERS OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER OR 
ITS TRIBUTARIES.— 
‘‘(1) REMOVAL
AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act, the Secretary may 
issue a permit to an eligible entity authorizing the 
intentional lethal taking on the waters of the Colum-
bia River and its tributaries of sea lions that are 
part of a healthy population that is not listed as an 
endangered species or threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), to protect endangered and threatened species 
of salmon and other nonlisted fish species. 
‘‘(2) PERMIT PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may 
apply to the Secretary for a permit under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(B) DEADLINE FOR CONSIDERATION OF 
APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall approve or 
deny an application for a permit under this sub-
section by not later than 30 days after receiving 
the application. 
‘‘(C) DURATION
OF
PERMIT.—A permit 
under this subsection shall be effective for no 
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more than one year after the date it is issued, 
but may be renewed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION
ON
PERMIT
AUTHOR-
ITY.—Subject to subparagraph (B), a permit 
issued under this subsection shall not authorize 
the lethal taking of more than 10 sea lions dur-
ing the duration of the permit. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON ANNUAL TAKINGS.— 
The cumulative number of sea lions authorized 
to be taken each year under all permits in ef-
fect under this subsection shall not exceed one 
percent of the annual potential biological re-
moval level. 
‘‘(4) DELEGATION
OF
PERMIT
AUTHORITY.— 
Any eligible entity may delegate to any other eligible 
entity the authority to administer its permit author-
ity under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) NEPA.—Section 102(2)(C) of the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332(2)(C)) shall not apply with respect to this sub-
section and the issuance of any permit under this 
subsection during the 5-year period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this subsection. 
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‘‘(6) SUSPENSION
OF
PERMITTING
AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
‘‘If, 5 years after enactment, the Sec-
retary, after consulting with State and tribal 
fishery managers, determines that lethal re-
moval authority is no longer necessary to pro-
tect salmonid and other fish species from sea 
lion predation, may suspend the issuance of 
permits under this subsection. 
‘‘(7) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘eligible entity’ means each of the 
State of Washington, the State of Oregon, the State 
of Idaho, the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated 
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Con-
federated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 
of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of 
the Yakama Nation, and the Columbia River Inter- 
Tribal Fish Commission’’. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) preventing predation by sea lions, recovery 
of listed salmonid stocks, and preventing future list-
ings of fish stocks in the Columbia River is a vital 
priority; 
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(2) permit holders exercising lethal removal au-
thority pursuant to the amendment made by this 
Act should be trained in wildlife management; and 
(3) the Federal Government should continue to 
fund lethal and nonlethal removal measures for pre-
venting such predation. 
SEC. 5. TREATY RIGHTS OF FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED IN-
DIAN TRIBES. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendment made by this 
Act shall be construed to affect or modify any treaty or 
other right of any federally recognized Indian tribe. 
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Union Calendar No. 220 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3069 
[Report No. 112–322] 
A BILL 
To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972 to reduce predation on endangered Colum-
bia River salmon and other nonlisted species, and 
for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 8, 2011 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 306 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an 
agreement to provide for management of the free-roam-
ing wild horses in and around the Currituck National 
Wildlife Refuge. 
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 ‘‘Corolla Wild Horses 
Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WILD HORSES IN AND AROUND THE CURRITUCK 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(a) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall enter into an agreement with the Corolla 
Wild Horse Fund (a nonprofit corporation estab-
lished under the laws of the State of North Caro-
lina), the County of Currituck, North Carolina, and 
the State of North Carolina within 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act to provide for 
management of free-roaming wild horses in and 
around the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge. 
(2) TERMS.—The agreement shall— 
(A) allow a herd of not less than 110 and 
not more than 130 free-roaming wild horses in 
and around such refuge, with a target popu-
lation of between 120 and 130 free-roaming 
wild horses; 
(B) provide for cost-effective management 
of the horses while ensuring that natural re-
sources within the refuge are not adversely im-
pacted;
(C) provide for introduction of a small 
number of free-roaming wild horses from the 
herd at Cape Lookout National Seashore as is 
necessary to maintain the genetic viability of 
the herd in and around the Currituck National 
Wildlife Refuge; and 
(D) specify that the Corolla Wild Horse 
Fund shall pay the costs associated with— 
(i) coordinating a periodic census and 
inspecting the health of the horses; 
(ii) maintaining records of the horses 
living in the wild and in confinement; 
(iii) coordinating the removal and 
placement of horses and monitoring of any 
horses removed from the Currituck County 
Outer Banks; and 
(iv) administering a viable population 
control plan for the horses including auc-
tions, adoptions, contraceptive fertility 
methods, and other viable options. 
(b) CONDITIONS
FOR EXCLUDING WILD HORSES 
FROM REFUGE.—The Secretary shall not exclude free- 
roaming wild horses from any portion of the Currituck 
National Wildlife Refuge unless—
cial services performed by the United States for tribes be-
cause of their status as Indian tribes.
(c) HEALTH CARDS.—In addition to any other enti-
tlement or eligibility the Tribe or Members may have be-
cause of their status as Indians, the Indian Health Service
shall issue health cards for use by any Member in a health
care facility of their choosing approved by the Indian
Health Service as to quality of care. Such health card shall
entitle the Member to the same level of care as is available
at any Indian health care facility or through contract
health care for Indians.
(d) REPEAL OF TERMINATION ACT.—The Termi-
nation Act is repealed, and the provisions of the Termi-
nation Act shall not apply to the Tribe or Members after
the effective date of this Act.
(e) EFFECT ON PROPERTY RIGHTS AND OTHER OB-
LIGATIONS.—Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this Act, this Act shall not affect any property right or
obligation or any contractual right or obligation in exist-
ence before the effective date of this Act, or any obligation
for taxes levied before that date.
(f) EXTENT OF JURISDICTION.—This Act shall not
be construed to empower the Tribe with special jurisdic-
tion or to deprive the State of jurisdiction other than as
expressly provided by this Act or by the State implement-
(1) the Secretary finds that the presence of 
free-roaming wild horses on a portion of the Refuge 
threatens the survival of an endangered species for 
which such land is designated as critical habitat 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 
(2) such finding is based on a credible peer-re-
viewed scientific assessment; and 
(3) the Secretary provides a period of public no-
tice and comment on that finding. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR INTRODUCTION OF HORSES 
FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NATIONAL SEASHORE.—During 
the effective period of the memorandum of understanding 
between the National Park Service and the Foundation 
for Shackleford Horses, Inc. (a non-profit corporation or-
ganized under the laws of and doing business in the State 
of North Carolina) signed in 2007, no horse may be re-
moved from Cape Lookout National Seashore for intro-
duction at Currituck National Wildlife Refuge except— 
(1) with the approval of the Foundation; and 
(2) consistent with the terms of such memo-
randum (or any successor agreement) and the Man-
agement Plan for the Shackleford Banks Horse 
Herd signed in January 2006 (or any successor 
management plan).
(d) NO LIABILITY CREATED.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as creating liability for the United 
States for any damages caused by the free-roaming wild 
horses to any person or property located inside or outside 
the boundaries of the refuge. 
Passed the House of Representatives February 6, 
2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 306 
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
an agreement to provide for management of the 
free-roaming wild horses in and around the 
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.
(c) FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE.—As soon as prac-
ticable after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
publish in the Federal Register a notice stating:
(1) That the rolls of the Tribe are open and will
remain open for a period of 90 days.
(2) The requirements for membership.
(3) The final membership roll as of September
21, 1959.
(4) The updated membership roll as prepared
by the Executive Committee and approved by the
General Council.
(5) The name and address of the tribal or Fed-
eral official to whom inquiries should be made.
(d) FINALIZING MEMBERSHIP ROLL.—Within 120
days after publication of notice under subsection (c), the
Secretary, after consultation with the Tribe, shall prepare
and publish in the Federal Register a proposed final roll
of the Tribe’s membership. Within 60 days from the date
of publication of the proposed final roll, an appeal may
be filed with the Executive Committee under rules made
by the Executive Committee in consultation with the Sec-
retary. Such an appeal may be filed by a Member with
respect to the inclusion of any name on the proposed mem-
bership roll and by any person with respect to the exclu-
sion of his or her name from the membership roll. The
(2) consistent with the terms of such memo-
randum (or any successor agreement) and the Man-
agement Plan for the Shackleford Banks Horse 
Herd signed in January 2006 (or any successor 
management plan). 
(d) NO LIABILITY CREATED.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as creating liability for the United 
States for any damages caused by the free-roaming wild 
horses to any person or property located inside or outside 
the boundaries of the refuge. 
Æ 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority of the Sec-
retary under this Act with respect to cormorants in 
a State is hereby delegated to the governor of the 
State effective on the date on which the Secretary 
approves a management plan for cormorants in the 
State that is submitted by the governor. 
‘‘(2) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF MANAGE-
MENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
approve or disapprove a management plan sub-
mitted under this subsection by not later than 
the end of the 60-day period beginning on the 
date the plan is submitted. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT
TO
APPROVE.—The 
Secretary shall approve a management plan 
submitted under this subsection if the plan is in 
accordance with United States obligations 
under treaties and Federal law. 
‘‘(C) DISAPPROVAL OF PLAN.—If the Sec-
retary disapproves a management plan under 
this subsection the Secretary shall provide to 
the governor who submitted the plan the rea-
sons for the disapproval and an opportunity to 
revise and resubmit the plan. 
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any duty treatment set forth in Annex 2.3 of the 
Agreement, 
(3) such continuation of duty-free or excise 
treatment, or 
(4) such additional duties, 
as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate 
to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually 
advantageous concessions with respect to Colombia pro-
vided for by the Agreement. 
(c) CONVERSION TO AD VALOREM RATES.—For pur-
poses of subsections (a) and (b), with respect to any good 
for which the base rate in the Schedule of the United 
States to Annex 2.3 of the Agreement is a specific or com-
pound rate of duty, the President may substitute for the 
base rate an ad valorem rate that the President deter-
mines to be equivalent to the base rate. 
(d) TARIFF RATE QUOTAS.—In implementing the 
tariff rate quotas set forth in Appendix I to the General 
Notes to the Schedule of the United States to Annex 2.3 
of the Agreement, the President shall take such action as 
may be necessary to ensure that imports of agricultural 
goods do not disrupt the orderly marketing of commodities 
in the United States.
change in tariff classification set forth in Annex 
4.1 of the Agreement. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 
only if— 
(A) the accessories, spare parts, or tools 
are classified with and not invoiced separately 
from the good, regardless of whether such ac-
cessories, spare parts, or tools are specified or 
are separately identified in the invoice for the 
good; and 
(B) the quantities and value of the acces-
sories, spare parts, or tools are customary for 
the good. 
(3) REGIONAL VALUE CONTENT.—If the good is 
subject to a regional value-content requirement, the 
value of the accessories, spare parts, or tools shall 
be taken into account as originating or nonorigi-
nating materials, as the case may be, in calculating 
the regional value-content of the good. 
(i) PACKAGING MATERIALS AND CONTAINERS FOR 
RETAIL SALE.—Packaging materials and containers in 
which a good is packaged for retail sale, if classified with 
the good, shall be disregarded in determining whether all 
the nonoriginating materials used in the production of the 
good undergo the applicable change in tariff classification
subject of such determination, as provided in para-
graph (2), to the extent that the President deter-
mines necessary to remedy or prevent the serious 
damage and to facilitate adjustment by the domestic 
industry. 
(2) NATURE OF RELIEF.—The relief that the 
President is authorized to provide under this sub-
section with respect to imports of an article is an in-
crease in the rate of duty imposed on the article to 
a level that does not exceed the lesser of— 
(A) the column 1 general rate of duty im-
posed under the HTS on like articles at the 
time the import relief is provided; or 
(B) the column 1 general rate of duty im-
posed under the HTS on like articles on the 
day before the date on which the Agreement en-
ters into force. 
SEC. 323. PERIOD OF RELIEF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the im-
port relief that the President provides under section 
322(b) may not be in effect for more than 2 years. 
(b) EXTENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the President may extend the effective period of any 
import relief provided under this subtitle for a pe-
IIA
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2685
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 22 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the Federal
Physicians Comparability Allowance Act of 1978, 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. EXTENSIONS.
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—
verification under subsection (a)(1) regarding 
compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A), if 
the Secretary determines that the person has 
provided incorrect information to support any 
claim for preferential tariff treatment that has 
been made with respect to any such good; or 
(B) the textile or apparel good for which a 
claim of preferential tariff treatment has been 
made that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding a claim described in 
subsection (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary deter-
mines that a person has provided incorrect in-
formation to support that claim; 
(3) detention of any textile or apparel good ex-
ported or produced by the person that is the subject 
of a verification under subsection (a)(1) regarding 
compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or a 
claim described in subsection (a)(2)(B), if the Sec-
retary determines that there is insufficient informa-
tion to determine the country of origin of any such 
good; and 
(4) denial of entry into the United States of 
any textile or apparel good exported or produced by 
the person that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding compliance described in 
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forces described in subsection (b) in the same manner as
a member who is killed or wounded in action as the result
of an act of an enemy of the United States.
‘‘(b) A member described in this subsection is a mem-
ber who is killed or wounded in action by weapon fire while
directly engaged in armed conflict, other than as the result
of an act of an enemy of the United States, unless (in the
case of a wound) the wound is the result of willful mis-
conduct of the member.
‘‘(c) This section applies to members of the armed
forces who are killed or wounded on or after December 7,
1941. In the case of a member killed or wounded as de-
scribed in subsection (b) on or after December 7, 1941, and
before the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary
concerned shall award the Purple Heart under subsection
(a) in each case which is known to the Secretary before the
date of the enactment of this section or for which an appli-
cation is made to the Secretary in such manner as the Sec-
retary requires.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘1129. Purple Heart: members killed or wounded in action by friendly fire.’’.
Calendar No. 115
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 67
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Setting forth the congressional budget for the
United States Government for the fiscal years
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
MAY 22 (legislative day, MAY 15), 1995
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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(C) Section 1301 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993, which
reduced the spending proposed by the Depart-
ment of Defense for overseas basing activities
during fiscal year 1993 by $500,000,000.
(D) Sections 913 and 915 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990
and 1991, which directed the President to consult
with East Asian allies, and to develop a plan,
regarding gradually reducing the United States
military force structure in East Asia.
(4) The East Asia Strategy Initiative, which was
developed in response to sections 913 and 915 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years
1990 and 1991, has resulted in the withdrawal of
more than 12,000 United States military personnel
from Japan and the Republic of Korea since fiscal
year 1990.
(5) In response to actions by the executive
branch and the Congress, allied countries in which
United States military personnel are stationed and
alliances in which the United States participates have
agreed in the following ways to offset more of the costs
incurred by the United States in basing military
forces overseas:
(A) IN GENERAL.—The regional value-con-
tent of a good may be calculated on the basis 
of the following build-down method: 
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public the Presidential record covered by the notice, except 
any record (or reasonably segregable part of a record) with 
respect to which the Archivist receives from a former 
President or the incumbent President notification of a 
claim of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure 
under subsection (b). 
‘‘(B) A former President or the incumbent President 
may extend the period under subparagraph (A) once for 
not more than 30 additional days (excepting Saturdays, 
Sundays, and legal public holidays) by filing with the Ar-
chivist a statement that such an extension is necessary 
to allow an adequate review of the record. 
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), if 
the 60-day period under subparagraph (A), or any exten-
sion of that period under subparagraph (B), would other-
wise expire during the 6-month period after the incumbent 
President first takes office, then that 60-day period or ex-
tension, respectively, shall expire at the end of that 6- 
month period. 
‘‘(b)(1) For purposes of this section, the decision to 
assert any claim of constitutionally based privilege against 
disclosure of a Presidential record (or reasonably seg-
regable part of a record) must be made personally by a 
former President or the incumbent President, as applica-
ble. 
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