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Calendar No. 710
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4822
[Report No. 103–397]
A BILL
To make certain laws applicable to the legislative
branch of the Federal Government.
OCTOBER 3 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Reported with an amendment and an amendment of the
title
of section 373 of that title, if the judge is re-
appointed, after the effective date of this section, 
under section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, 
as district judge for the District of the Virgin Is-
lands. 
(q) AMENDMENTS TO REVISED ORGANIC ACT OF 
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.— 
(1) REPEALS.—Sections 24, 25, 26, and 27 of 
the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 
U.S.C. 1614, 1615, 1616 and 1617) are repealed. 
(2) RIGHTS AND PROHIBITIONS.—Section 3 of 
the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 
U.S.C. 1561) is amended in the 23d undesignated 
paragraph— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘article III;’’ after ‘‘sec-
tion 9, clauses 2 and 3;’’ and 
(B) by striking ‘‘That all offenses against 
the laws of the United States’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘section 22(b) of this Act or’’ and 
inserting ‘‘That all offenses against the laws of 
the Virgin Islands which are prosecuted’’. 
(3) JURISDICTION.—Section 21 of the Revised 
Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1611) 
is amended to read as follows: 
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 159
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas in 1953, Alvin J. King of Emporia, Kansas, pro-
posed that Armistice Day be changed to Veterans Day to
recognize and honor all veterans from all wars and con-
flicts;
Whereas in 1953, Veterans Day was first organized and cele-
brated in Emporia, Kansas;
(8) Better monitoring, reporting, and public no-
tification of sewer overflows would save millions of 
Americans from getting sick every year. 
(9) Public health authorities are not routinely 
notified of sewer overflows that threaten public 
health. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(25) SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW.—The term 
‘sanitary sewer overflow’ means an overflow, spill, 
release, or diversion of wastewater from a sanitary 
sewer system. Such term does not include combined 
sewer overflows or other discharges from the com-
bined portions of a combined sewer system and does 
not include wastewater backups into buildings 
caused by a blockage or other malfunction of a 
building lateral that is privately owned. Such term 
includes overflows or releases of wastewater that 
reach waters of the United States, overflows or re-
leases of wastewater that do not reach waters of the 
United States, and wastewater backups into build-
ings that are caused by blockages or flow conditions 
in a sanitary sewer other than a building lateral. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H.R. 2206
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT
†
HR 3997 EAS
the payor will meet the requirements of
paragraph (1), and
‘‘(B) the covered expatriate—
‘‘(i) notifies the payor of his status as
a covered expatriate, and
‘‘(ii) makes an irrevocable waiver of
any right to claim any reduction under any
treaty with the United States in with-
holding on such item.
‘‘(4) DEFERRED COMPENSATION ITEM.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘deferred compensa-
tion item’ means—
‘‘(A) any interest in a plan or arrangement
described in section 219(g)(5),
‘‘(B) any interest in a foreign pension plan
or similar retirement arrangement or program,
‘‘(C) any item of deferred compensation,
and
‘‘(D) any property, or right to property,
which the individual is entitled to receive in con-
nection with the performance of services to the
extent not previously taken into account under
section 83 or in accordance with section 83.
‘‘(5) EXCEPTION.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall
not apply to any deferred compensation item which
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 15
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas the Republic of India is the world’s largest democ-
racy;
Whereas on January 26, 1950, India adopted its Constitu-
tion, which formalized India as a parliamentary democ-
racy;
(4) RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘renewable energy project’’ means a project— 
(A) for the commercial generation of elec-
tricity; and 
(B) that generates electricity from— 
(i) solar, wind, or geothermal energy 
or ocean energy; 
(ii) biomass (as defined in section 
203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
(42 U.S.C. 15852(b))); 
(iii) landfill gas; or 
(iv) Alaska small hydroelectric power. 
(b) 
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
CONSTRUCTION 
GRANTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
amounts appropriated under this section to make 
grants for use in carrying out renewable energy 
projects. 
(2) CRITERIA.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall set forth criteria for use in awarding grants 
under this section. 
(3) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant from the 
Secretary under paragraph (1), an eligible applicant 
shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
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‘‘SEC. 21. JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE VIRGIN 
ISLANDS. 
‘‘(a) JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE VIRGIN 
ISLANDS.—The judicial power of the Virgin Islands shall 
be vested in such trial and appellate courts as may have 
been or may hereafter be established by local law. The 
local courts of the Virgin Islands shall have jurisdiction 
over all causes of action in the Virgin Islands over which 
any court established by the Constitution and laws of the 
United States does not have exclusive jurisdiction. 
‘‘(b) PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE.—The rules gov-
erning the practice and procedure of the courts established 
by local law and those prescribing the qualifications and 
duties of the judges and officers thereof, oaths and bonds, 
and the times and places of holding court shall be gov-
erned by local law or the rules promulgated by those 
courts.’’. 
(4) INCOME TAX MATTERS.—Section 22 of the 
Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 
U.S.C. 1612) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 22. JURISDICTION OVER INCOME TAX MATTERS. 
‘‘The United States District Court for the District 
of the Virgin Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over 
all criminal and civil proceedings in the Virgin Islands 
with respect to the income tax laws applicable to the Vir-
gin Islands, except the ancillary laws relating to the in-
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 160
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United
Nations should remove the economic sanctions
against Iraq completely and without condition.
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 161
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Recognizing the outstanding efforts of the individ-
uals and communities who volunteered or do-
nated items to the North Platte Canteen in
North Platte, Nebraska, during World War II
from December 25, 1941, to April 1, 1946.
come tax enacted by the legislature of the Virgin Islands. 
Any act or failure to act with respect to the income tax 
laws applicable to the Virgin Islands which would con-
stitute a criminal offense described in chapter 75 of sub-
title F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall con-
stitute an offense against the Government of the Virgin 
Islands and may be prosecuted in the name of the Govern-
ment of the Virgin Islands by the appropriate officers 
thereof in the United States District Court for the District 
of the Virgin Islands without the request or consent of 
the United States attorney for the Virgin Islands.’’. 
(5) APPELLATE JURISDICTION.—Section 23A of 
the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 
U.S.C. 1613a) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘District Court of the Vir-
gin Islands’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘United States District Court for the District 
of the Virgin Islands’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘pursu-
ant to section 24(a) of this Act: Provided, That 
no more than one of them may be a judge of 
a court established by local law.’’ and inserting 
‘‘pursuant to chapter 13 of title 28, United 
States Code, or a recalled senior judge of the 
former District Court of the Virgin Islands. 
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privileged and not debatable. The motion shall not 
be subject to amendment, a motion to postpone, or 
a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 
business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be 
in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 
of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolu-
tion shall remain the unfinished business of the Sen-
ate until disposed of. 
(2) DEBATE.—Debate on a joint resolution of 
approval, and on all debatable motions and appeals 
in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more 
than 10 hours, which shall be equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations. A mo-
tion to further limit debate shall be in order and 
shall not be debatable, but such motion shall not be 
in order until after 5 hours of debate. An amend-
ment to the joint resolution shall not be in order. A 
motion to table, postpone, proceed to other business, 
or recommit the joint resolution shall not be in 
order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
be in order.
The chief judge of the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Third Circuit may assign to the 
appellate division a judge of a court of record 
of the Virgin Islands, except that no more than 
1 of the judges sitting in the appellate division 
at any session may be a judge of a court estab-
lished by local law.’’. 
(r) ADDITIONAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in 
any provision of law to the ‘‘District Court of the Virgin 
Islands’’ shall, on and after the effective date of this sec-
tion, be deemed to be a reference to the United States 
District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands. 
(s) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect at the end 
of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. Any complaint or proceeding pending 
in the District Court of the Virgin Islands on the effective 
date of this section may be pursued to final determination 
in the United States District Court for the District of the 
Virgin Islands, the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Third Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Federal Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United 
States. 
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SEC. 105. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in section 104(s), this title and 
the amendments made by this title shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—BANKRUPTCY 
JUDGESHIPS 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Enhanced Bankruptcy 
Judgeship Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL BANKRUPTCY 
JUDGESHIPS. 
The following judgeships shall be filled in the manner 
prescribed in section 152(a)(1) of title 28, United States 
Code, for the appointment of bankruptcy judges provided 
for in section 152(a)(2) of such title: 
(1) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern and western districts of Arkansas. 
(2) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern district of California. 
(3) 2 additional bankruptcy judgeships for the 
middle district of Florida. 
(4) 2 additional bankruptcy judgeships for the 
northern district of Georgia. 
(5) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
southern district of Georgia. 
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(6) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern district of Kentucky. 
(7) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of Maryland. 
(8) 3 additional bankruptcy judgeships for the 
eastern district of Michigan. 
(9) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
southern district of New York. 
(10) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
western district of Pennsylvania. 
(11) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
western district of Tennessee. 
(12) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern district of Texas. 
(13) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of Utah. 
SEC. 203. TEMPORARY BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY 
BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS.—The following judgeships 
shall be filled in the manner prescribed in section 
152(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, for the appoint-
ment of bankruptcy judges provided for in section 
152(a)(2) of such title: 
(1) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
northern district of Florida. 
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 162
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Honoring the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its many
partners, for hosting ‘‘Inventing Flight: The Cen-
tennial Celebration’’, a celebration of the centen-
nial of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s first flight.
(2) 2 additional bankruptcy judgeships for the 
middle district of Florida. 
(3) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
northern district of Indiana. 
(4) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
northern district of Mississippi. 
(5) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of Nevada. 
(6) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
western district of North Carolina. 
(7) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
southern district of Ohio. 
(b) VACANCIES.— 
(1) DISTRICTS WITH SINGLE APPOINTMENTS.— 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the first va-
cancy occurring in the office of bankruptcy judge in 
each of the judicial districts set forth in subsection 
(a)— 
(A) occurring 5 years or more after the ap-
pointment date of the bankruptcy judge ap-
pointed under subsection (a) to such office, and 
(B) resulting from the death, retirement, 
resignation, or removal of a bankruptcy judge, 
shall not be filled. 
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108TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 166
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Whereas Buckle Up America is a national campaign that pro-
motes and encourages safety belt and child safety seat
use;
Whereas failure to wear safety belts and use child safety
seats contributes to more fatalities than any other single
traffic safety-related behavior;
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 
EXPLOSIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $17,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008. 
CHAPTER 2 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Nuclear Non-
proliferation’’, $150,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS CHAPTER 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 2201. The Administrator of the National Nu-
clear Security Administration is authorized to transfer up 
to $1,000,000 from Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to
the Office of the Administrator during fiscal year 2007 
supporting nuclear nonproliferation activities. 
CHAPTER 3 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Analysis and Oper-
ations’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008, to be used for support of the State and Local 
Fusion Center program. 
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $115,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008, to be used to increase the number of 
officers, intelligence analysts and support staff responsible 
for container security inspections, and for other efforts to 
improve supply chain security: Provided, That up to 
$5,000,000 shall be transferred to Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, for basic 
training costs. 
AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION, OPERATIONS, 
MAINTENANCE, AND PROCUREMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Air and Marine Inter-
diction, Operations, Maintenance, and Procurement’’, for 
air and marine operations on the Northern Border, includ-
(1) 
FORMER
NINTH
CIRCUIT.—The 
term 
‘‘former ninth circuit’’ means the ninth judicial cir-
cuit of the United States as in existence on the day 
before the effective date of this title. 
(2) NEW
NINTH
CIRCUIT.—The term ‘‘new 
ninth circuit’’ means the ninth judicial circuit of the 
United States established by the amendment made 
by section 303(2)(A). 
(3) TWELFTH CIRCUIT.—The term ‘‘twelfth cir-
cuit’’ means the twelfth judicial circuit of the United 
States established by the amendment made by sec-
tion 303(2)(B). 
SEC. 303. NUMBER AND COMPOSITION OF CIRCUITS. 
Section 41 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding the table, by strik-
ing ‘‘thirteen’’ and inserting ‘‘fourteen’’; and 
(2) in the table— 
(A) by striking the item relating to the 
ninth circuit and inserting the following: 
‘‘Ninth ...........................................
California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern 
Mariana Islands.’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting after the item relating to 
the eleventh circuit the following: 
‘‘Twelfth ........................................
Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Ne-
vada, Oregon, Washington.’’. 
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SEC. 304. NUMBER OF CIRCUIT JUDGES. 
The table contained in section 44(a) of title 28, 
United States Code, as amended by section 102(c) of this 
Act, is further amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to the ninth 
circuit and inserting the following: 
‘‘Ninth .......................................................................................................
19’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to the 
eleventh circuit the following: 
‘‘Twelfth ....................................................................................................
14’’. 
SEC. 305. PLACES OF CIRCUIT COURT. 
The table contained in section 48(a) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to the ninth 
circuit and inserting the following: 
‘‘Ninth ...........................................
Honolulu, 
Pasadena, 
San 
Fran-
cisco.’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting after the item relating to the 
eleventh circuit the following: 
‘‘Twelfth ........................................
Las Vegas, Missoula, Phoenix, Port-
land, Seattle.’’. 
SEC. 306. ASSIGNMENT OF CIRCUIT JUDGES. 
Each circuit judge of the former ninth circuit who 
is in regular active service and whose official duty station 
on the day before the effective date of this title— 
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(1) is in California, Guam, Hawaii, or the 
Northern Mariana Islands shall be a circuit judge of 
the new ninth circuit as of such effective date; and 
(2) is in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Ne-
vada, Oregon, or Washington shall be a circuit judge 
of the twelfth circuit as of such effective date. 
SEC. 307. ELECTION OF ASSIGNMENT BY SENIOR JUDGES. 
Each judge who is a senior circuit judge of the former 
ninth circuit on the day before the effective date of this 
title may elect to be assigned to the new ninth circuit or 
the twelfth circuit as of such effective date and shall notify 
the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts of such election. 
SEC. 308. SENIORITY OF JUDGES. 
The seniority of each judge— 
(1) who is assigned under section 306, or 
(2) who elects to be assigned under section 307, 
shall run from the date of commission of such judge as 
a judge of the former ninth circuit. 
SEC. 309. APPLICATION TO CASES. 
The following apply to any case in which, on the day 
before the effective date of this title, an appeal or other 
proceeding has been filed with the former ninth circuit: 
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), if the 
matter has been submitted for decision, further pro-
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ceedings with respect to the matter shall be had in 
the same manner and with the same effect as if this 
title had not been enacted. 
(2) If the matter has not been submitted for de-
cision, the appeal or proceeding, together with the 
original papers, printed records, and record entries 
duly certified, shall, by appropriate orders, be trans-
ferred to the court to which the matter would have 
been submitted had this title been in full force and 
effect at the time such appeal was taken or other 
proceeding commenced, and further proceedings with 
respect to the case shall be had in the same manner 
and with the same effect as if the appeal or other 
proceeding had been filed in such court. 
(3) If a petition for rehearing en banc is pend-
ing on or after the effective date of this title, the pe-
tition shall be considered by the court of appeals to 
which it would have been submitted had this title 
been in full force and effect at the time that the ap-
peal or other proceeding was filed with the court of 
appeals. 
SEC. 310. TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF CIRCUIT JUDGES 
AMONG CIRCUITS. 
Section 291 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(c) The chief judge of the Ninth Circuit may, in the 
public interest and upon request by the chief judge of the 
Twelfth Circuit, designate and assign temporarily any cir-
cuit judge of the Ninth Circuit to act as circuit judge in 
the Twelfth Circuit. 
‘‘(d) The chief judge of the Twelfth Circuit may, in 
the public interest and upon request by the chief judge 
of the Ninth Circuit, designate and assign temporarily any 
circuit judge of the Twelfth Circuit to act as circuit judge 
in the Ninth Circuit.’’. 
SEC. 311. TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF DISTRICT JUDGES 
AMONG CIRCUITS. 
Section 292 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) The chief judge of the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may, in the public interest— 
‘‘(1) upon request by the chief judge of the 
Twelfth Circuit, designate and assign 1 or more dis-
trict judges within the Ninth Circuit to sit upon the 
Court of Appeals of the Twelfth Circuit, or a divi-
sion thereof, whenever the business of that court so 
requires; and 
‘‘(2) designate and assign temporarily any dis-
trict judge within the Ninth Circuit to hold a district 
court in any district within the Twelfth Circuit. 
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