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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6092 
To provide that no Federal funds may be used for the design, renovation, 
construction, or rental of any headquarters for the United Nations in 
any location in the United States unless the President transmits to 
Congress a certification that the United Nations has adopted internation-
ally-recognized best practices in contracting and procurement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 
Mr. STEARNS (for himself and Mr. PENCE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To provide that no Federal funds may be used for the 
design, renovation, construction, or rental of any head-
quarters for the United Nations in any location in the 
United States unless the President transmits to Congress 
a certification that the United Nations has adopted inter-
nationally-recognized best practices in contracting and 
procurement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SEC. 8047. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used for the procurement of ball and roller bearings
other than those produced by a domestic source and of do-
mestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of the military
department responsible for such procurement may waive
this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writ-
ing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, that adequate domestic
supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense
requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition
must be made in order to acquire capability for national
security purposes: Provided further, That this restriction
shall not apply to the purchase of ‘‘commercial items’’, as
defined by section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procure-
ment Policy Act, except that the restriction shall apply to
ball or roller bearings purchased as end items.
SEC. 8048. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured
in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense cer-
tifies to the congressional defense committees that such an
acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for
national security purposes that is not available from
United States manufacturers.
SEC. 8049. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any
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officer or employee of the Department of Defense who ap-
proves or implements the transfer of administrative respon-
sibilities or budgetary resources of any program, project,
or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction of an-
other Federal agency not financed by this Act without the
express authorization of Congress: Provided, That this limi-
tation shall not apply to transfers of funds expressly pro-
vided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or provisions of
Acts providing supplemental appropriations for the De-
partment of Defense.
SEC. 8050. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, none of the funds available to the Department of
Defense for the current fiscal year may be obligated or ex-
pended to transfer to another nation or an international
organization any defense articles or services (other than in-
telligence services) for use in the activities described in sub-
section (b) unless the congressional defense committees, the
Committee on International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such transfer.
(b) This section applies to—
(1) any international peacekeeping or peace-en-
forcement operation under the authority of chapter VI
or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter under
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE 
DESIGN, RENOVATION, CONSTRUCTION, OR 
RENTAL OF ANY HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 
UNITED NATIONS IN ANY LOCATION IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No Federal funds may be used 
for the design, renovation, construction, or rental of any 
headquarters for the United Nations in any location in 
the United States. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall cease to be ef-
fective if the President transmits to Congress a certifi-
cation that the United Nations has adopted internation-
ally-recognized best practices in contracting and procure-
ment. 
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(1) by striking clause (i) of subsection (b)(1)(A) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) the student’s parents file a form 
described in paragraph (3) or certify that 
they are not required to file an income tax 
return, and the student files such a form 
or certifies that the student is not required 
to file an income tax return, or the stu-
dent’s parents receive benefits under a 
means-tested Federal benefit program;’’. 
(2) by striking clause (i) of subsection 
(b)(1)(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) the student (and the student’s 
spouse, if any) files a form described in 
paragraph (3) or certifies that the student 
(and the student’s spouse, if any) is not re-
quired to file an income tax return, or the 
student (and the student’s spouse, if any) 
receives benefits under a means-tested 
Federal benefit program;’’; 
(3) by striking subparagraph (A) of subsection 
(c)(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the student’s parents file a form de-
scribed in subsection (b)(3) or certify that they 
are not required to file an income tax return,
H. Res. 663 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 25, 2007. 
Whereas veterans of the Spanish-American War and Phil-
ippine Insurrection, the Nation’s first major foreign con-
flicts, faced hardships to include a complete lack of med-
ical care and pensions upon discharge from the service; 
Whereas on September 29, 1899 the American Veterans of 
Foreign Service and in December 1899, the National So-
ciety of the Army of the Philippines, were established to 
advocate for the rights and benefits then denied to vet-
erans of the Spanish-American War and Philippine In-
surrection; 
Whereas, in subsequent years, membership in these and other 
veterans organizations continued to grow; 
Whereas these veterans organizations, recognizing their com-
mon goals and the importance of unity, merged to form 
the present-day Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
States in 1914; 
Whereas membership in the Veterans of Foreign Wars con-
tinued to grow and reached nearly 200,000 in 1936 when 
the organization received its Congressional Charter; 
Whereas the 2.3 million members of the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars and Ladies Auxiliary remain committed to the or-
ganization’s mission of ‘‘ensuring rights, remembering
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it stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 30,
2001, or until noon on the second day after Members are
notified to reassemble pursuant to section 2 of this concur-
rent resolution, whichever occurs first; and that when the
Senate recesses or adjourns at the close of business on
Saturday, January 6, 2001; Sunday, January 7, 2001;
Monday, January 8, 2001; Tuesday, January 9, 2001;
Wednesday, January 10, 2001; Thursday, January 11,
2001; Friday, January 12, 2001; Saturday, January 13,
2001; Sunday, January 14, 2001; Monday, January 15,
2001; Tuesday, January 16, 2001; Wednesday, January
17, 2001; Thursday, January 18, 2001; or Friday, Janu-
ary 19, 2001; on a motion offered pursuant to this concur-
rent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it
stand recessed or adjourned until 10 a.m. on Saturday,
January 20, 2001, or until such time on that day as may
be specified by its Majority Leader or his designee in the
motion to recess or adjourn, or until noon on the second
day after Members are notified to reassemble pursuant to
section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs
first.
SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority
Leader of the Senate, acting jointly after consultation with
the Minority Leader of the House and the Minority Lead-
er of the Senate, shall notify the Members of the House
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6094
AN ACT 
To restore the Secretary of Homeland Security’s authority 
to detain dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of 
deportable criminal aliens, and combat alien gang crime.
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 ‘‘Community Protection 
Act of 2006’’. 
TITLE I—DANGEROUS ALIEN 
DETENTION ACT OF 2006
SEC. 101. DETENTION OF DANGEROUS ALIENS. 
Section 241(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 
it appears, except for the first reference in para-
graph (4)(B)(i), and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Home-
land Security’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end of 
subparagraph (B) the following: 
‘‘If, at that time, the alien is not in the custody 
of the Secretary of Homeland Security (under 
the authority of this Act), the Secretary shall 
take the alien into custody for removal, and the 
removal period shall not begin until the alien is 
taken into such custody. If the Secretary trans-
fers custody of the alien during the removal pe-
riod pursuant to law to another Federal agency 
or a State or local government agency in con-
nection with the official duties of such agency, 
the removal period shall be tolled, and shall 
begin anew on the date of the alien’s return to
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and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble whenever, in
their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.
Passed the House of Representatives January 3,
2001.
Attest:
Clerk.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 211
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Commending Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the 10th
anniversary of her receiving the Nobel Peace
Prize and expressing the sense of the Congress
with respect to the Government of Burma.
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House Calendar No. 118 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 664 
[Report No. 110–335] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2881) to amend title 49, United 
States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety 
and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 
Mr. WELCH of Vermont, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2881) to amend 
title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations 
for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 
2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and ca-
pacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation 
system, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
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the custody of the Secretary, subject to clause 
(ii).’’; 
(3) by amending clause (ii) of paragraph (1)(B) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) If a court, the Board of Immi-
gration Appeals, or an immigration judge 
orders a stay of the removal of the alien, 
the date the stay of removal is no longer 
in effect.’’; 
(4) by amending paragraph (1)(C) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(C) SUSPENSION
OF
PERIOD.—The re-
moval period shall be extended beyond a period 
of 90 days and the alien may remain in deten-
tion during such extended period if the alien 
fails or refuses to make all reasonable efforts to 
comply with the removal order, or to fully co-
operate with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’s efforts to establish the alien’s identity and 
carry out the removal order, including making 
timely application in good faith for travel or 
other documents necessary to the alien’s depar-
ture, or conspires or acts to prevent the alien’s 
removal subject to an order of removal.’’;
(5) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘If a court, the Board of Immigration Ap-
peals, or an immigration judge orders a stay of re-
moval of an alien who is subject to an administra-
tively final order of removal, the Secretary, in the 
exercise of the Secretary’s discretion, may detain the 
alien during the pendency of such stay of removal.’’; 
(6) by amending paragraph (3)(D) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(D) to obey reasonable restrictions on the 
alien’s conduct or activities, or perform affirma-
tive acts, that the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity prescribes for the alien, in order to prevent 
the alien from absconding, or for the protection 
of the community, or for other purposes related 
to the enforcement of the immigration laws.’’; 
(7) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘removal pe-
riod and, if released,’’ and inserting ‘‘removal period, 
in the discretion of the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, without any limitations other than those speci-
fied in this section, until the alien is removed. If an 
alien is released, the alien’’; and 
(8) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (10) and inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing:
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5841 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from paroling into the United 
States an alien who falls ill while seeking admission at a port of entry 
or seeks emergency medical assistance by approaching an agent or official 
of the Department of Homeland Security at or near a border. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2006 
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from parol-
ing into the United States an alien who falls ill while 
seeking admission at a port of entry or seeks emergency 
medical assistance by approaching an agent or official 
of the Department of Homeland Security at or near 
a border. 
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. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PAROLE POWER TO 
PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO ALIENS 
AT A BORDER. 
Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 
parole into the United States an alien solely because the 
alien— 
‘‘(i) falls ill while seeking admission, or waiting 
to seek admission, at a port of entry into the United 
States; or 
‘‘(ii) approaches an agent or official of the De-
partment of Homeland Security at or near the bor-
der in order to seek emergency medical assistance.’’. 
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(A) in paragraph (30) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (31) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(32) ‘Director’ means the Director of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management.’’; 
(2) by inserting after section 8336 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 8336a. Phased retirement 
‘‘(a) For the purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘composite retirement annuity’ 
means the annuity computed when a phased retiree 
attains full retirement status; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘full retirement status’ means 
that a phased retiree has ceased employment and is 
entitled, upon application, to a composite retirement 
annuity; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘phased employment’ means the 
less-than-full-time employment of a phased retiree; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘phased retiree’ means a retire-
ment-eligible employee who— 
‘‘(A) makes an election under subsection 
(b); and 
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the authority of a United Nations Security Council
resolution; and
(2) any other international peacekeeping, peace-
enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation.
(c) A notice under subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing:
(1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or
services to be transferred.
(2) A statement of the value of the equipment,
supplies, or services to be transferred.
(3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equip-
ment or supplies—
(A) a statement of whether the inventory re-
quirements of all elements of the Armed Forces
(including the reserve components) for the type
of equipment or supplies to be transferred have
been met; and
(B) a statement of whether the items pro-
posed to be transferred will have to be replaced
and, if so, how the President proposes to provide
funds for such replacement.
SEC. 8051. None of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or ex-
pended to pay a contractor under a contract with the De-
(6) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security in 
the exercise of discretion may determine inadmis-
sibility under section 212(a)(2) (relating to criminal 
offenses) and issue an order of removal pursuant to 
the procedures set forth in this subsection, in lieu of 
removal proceedings under section 240, with respect 
to an alien who—
‘‘(A) has not been admitted or paroled; 
‘‘(B) has not been found to have a credible 
fear of persecution pursuant to the procedures 
set forth in section 235(b)(1)(B); and 
‘‘(C) is not eligible for a waiver of inadmis-
sibility or relief from removal.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act but shall not apply to aliens who are 
in removal proceedings under section 240 of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act as of such date.
TITLE III—ALIEN GANG 
REMOVAL ACT OF 2006
SEC. 301. RENDERING INADMISSIBLE AND DEPORTABLE 
ALIENS 
PARTICIPATING 
IN 
CRIMINAL 
STREET GANGS. 
(a) INADMISSIBLE.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) CRIMINAL STREET GANG PARTICIPA-
TION.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien is inad-
missible if—
‘‘(I) the alien has been removed 
under section 237(a)(2)(F); or 
‘‘(II) the consular officer or the 
Secretary 
of 
Homeland 
Security 
knows, or has reasonable ground to 
believe that the alien—
‘‘(aa) is a member of a 
criminal street gang and has 
committed, conspired, or threat-
ened to commit, or seeks to enter 
the United States to engage sole-
ly, principally, or incidentally in,
a gang crime or any other unlaw-
ful activity; or 
‘‘(bb) is a member of a 
criminal street gang designated 
under section 219A. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 
this subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) CRIMINAL STREET GANG.—
The term ‘criminal street gang’ means 
a formal or informal group or associa-
tion of 3 or more individuals, who 
commit 2 or more gang crimes (one of 
which is a crime of violence, as de-
fined in section 16 of title 18, United 
States Code) in 2 or more separate 
criminal episodes in relation to the 
group or association. 
‘‘(II) GANG
CRIME.—The term 
‘gang crime’ means conduct consti-
tuting any Federal or State crime, 
punishable by imprisonment for one 
year or more, in any of the following 
categories:
‘‘(aa) A crime of violence (as 
defined in section 16 of title 18, 
United States Code). 
‘‘(bb) A crime involving ob-
struction of justice, tampering 
with or retaliating against a wit-
ness, victim, or informant, or 
burglary. 
‘‘(cc) A crime involving the 
manufacturing, importing, dis-
tributing, possessing with intent 
to distribute, or otherwise dealing 
in a controlled substance or listed 
chemical (as those terms are de-
fined in section 102 of the Con-
trolled 
Substances 
Act 
(21 
U.S.C. 802)). 
‘‘(dd) Any conduct punish-
able under section 844 of title 
18, United States Code (relating 
to 
explosive 
materials), 
sub-
section (d), (g)(1) (where the un-
derlying conviction is a violent 
felony (as defined in section 
924(e)(2)(B) of such title) or is a
serious drug offense (as defined 
in section 924(e)(2)(A)), (i), (j), 
(k), (o), (p), (q), (u), or (x) of 
section 922 of such title (relating 
to unlawful acts), or subsection 
(b), (c), (g), (h), (k), (l), (m), or 
(n) of section 924 of such title 
(relating to penalties), section 
930 of such title (relating to pos-
session of firearms and dan-
gerous weapons in Federal facili-
ties), section 931 of such title 
(relating to purchase, ownership, 
or possession of body armor by 
violent felons), sections 1028 and 
1029 of such title (relating to 
fraud and related activity in con-
nection with identification docu-
ments or access devices), section 
1952 of such title (relating to 
interstate and foreign travel or 
transportation in aid of racket-
eering enterprises), section 1956 
of such title (relating to the laun-
dering of monetary instruments),
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5844 
To prohibit the importation for sale of foreign-made flags of the United 
States of America. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 19, 2006 
Mr. STRICKLAND introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To prohibit the importation for sale of foreign-made flags 
of the United States of America. 
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 ‘‘Genuine American 
Flag Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IMPORTATION FOR SALE OF FOREIGN-MADE AMER-
ICAN FLAGS PROHIBITED. 
Beginning 6 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, no flag of the United States of America (re-
gardless of size and whether or not in compliance with 
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the standard proportions prescribed by Executive order) 
that is the product or manufacture of any foreign country 
or instrumentality may be imported for sale into the 
United States. 
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partment of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the
contractor to an employee when—
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in ex-
cess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the
employee; and
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs asso-
ciated with a business combination.
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 8052. During the current fiscal year, no more
than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act under
the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’
may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay
of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available
for the same time period as the appropriations to which
transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in con-
nection with support and services for eligible organizations
and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant
to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, in the case
of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense
for which the period of availability for obligation has ex-
pired or which has closed under the provisions of section
1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a nega-
tive unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or
an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any cur-