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Union Calendar No. 29 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 741 
[Report No. 109–50] 
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for 
judicial deference to conclusions of law determined by the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission with respect to an order issued 
by the Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2005 
Mr. NORWOOD (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 
MCKEON, Mr. EHLERS, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. KELLER, Mr. WILSON of 
South Carolina, Mr. KLINE, Mr. PAUL, and Mr. NEUGEBAUER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Additional sponsors: Mr. FORTUN˜O, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. PITTS, Mr. HALL, Mr. 
PRICE of Georgia, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. 
BOUSTANY, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. SOUDER, Ms. FOXX, 
and Mr. KUHL of New York 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
to provide for judicial deference to conclusions of law
determined by the Occupational Safety and Health Re-
view Commission with respect to an order issued by 
the Commission. 
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 ‘‘Occupational Safety 
and Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act 
of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. JUDICIAL DEFERENCE. 
Section 11(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 660(a)) is amended in the sixth 
sentence by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, 
and with respect to such record, the conclusions of the 
Commission with respect to questions of law that are sub-
ject to agency deference under governing court precedent 
shall be given deference if reasonable’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Occupational Safety and 
Health Independent Review of OSHA Citations Act of 
2005’’. 
SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT REVIEW. 
Section 11(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 660) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ‘‘The conclusions of the Commission with 
respect to all questions of law that are subject to agency
deference under governing court precedent shall be given 
deference if reasonable.’’.
Union Calendar No. 29 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 741 
[Report No. 109–50] 
A BILL 
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
of 1970 to provide for judicial deference to con-
clusions of law determined by the Occupational 
Safety and Health Review Commission with re-
spect to an order issued by the Commission. 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 132
To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the maximum 
Pell Grant should be increased to $5,800. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005
Mr. WU submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
To express the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the maximum Pell Grant should be increased to $5,800.
Resolved,
SECTION 1. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM PELL GRANT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The House of Representatives makes 
the following findings: 
(1) A college education has become increasingly 
important, not just to the individual beneficiary, but 
to the nation as a whole. The growth and continued 
expansion of the nation’s economy is heavily depend-
ent on an educated and highly skilled workforce.
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(2) The opportunity to gain a college education 
also is important to the nation as a means to help 
advance the American ideals of progress and equal-
ity. 
(3) The Federal Government plays an invalu-
able role in making student financial aid available to 
ensure that qualified students are able to attend col-
lege, regardless of their financial means. Since the 
inception of the Pell Grant program in 1973, nearly 
80,000,000 grants have helped low- and middle-in-
come students go to college, enrich their lives, and 
become productive members of society. 
(4) Nationwide, almost 65 percent of high 
school graduates continue on to higher education. 
This degree of college participation would not exist 
without the Federal investment in student aid, espe-
cially the Pell Grant program. Nearly 25 percent of 
all undergraduate students receive some amount of 
Pell Grant funding. 
(5) In the next 10 years, the number of under-
graduate students enrolled in the nation’s colleges 
and universities will increase by 11 percent to more 
than 11,000,000 students. Many of these students 
will be the first in their families to attend college. 
One in 5 of these students will be from families with
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incomes below the poverty level. The continued in-
vestment in the Pell Grant program is essential if 
college is to remain an achievable part of the Amer-
ican dream. 
(6) Increasing the maximum Pell Grant to 
$5,800 would result in a $1,800 increase in the 
maximum grant award. 
(7) Because Pell Grant recipients are more like-
ly to graduate with student loan debt and to amass 
more debt than other student borrowers, increasing 
the maximum Pell Grant to $5,800 will help remedy 
this disparity. 
(b) SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
maximum Pell Grant should be increased to $5,800.
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•HRES 593 RH 
Resolved, That the Secretary of State, the Secretary 
of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 
Attorney General are directed, and the President is re-
quested, to provide to the House of Representatives, not 
later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this 
resolution, all documents and records in their possession 
relating to the rendition, transfer, or return to a foreign 
country of any foreign person who has been imprisoned, 
detained, or held for transfer to another country by, or 
has otherwise been in the custody of, a department, agen-
cy, or official of the United States Government, or any 
contractor of any such department or agency.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6982 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
210 South Ellsworth Avenue in San Mateo, California, as the ‘‘Leo 
J. Ryan Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 
Ms. SPEIER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 210 South Ellsworth Avenue in San Mateo, 
California, as the ‘‘Leo J. Ryan Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LEO J. RYAN POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 210 South Ellsworth Avenue in 
San Mateo, California, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Leo J. Ryan Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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H. Res. 133
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
March 8, 2005.
Resolved, That there shall be available from the applica-
ble accounts of the House of Representatives such amounts
as may be necessary for continuing expenses of standing and
select committees of the House for the period beginning on
April 1, 2005, and ending on April 30, 2005, on the same
terms and conditions as amounts were available to such com-
mittees for the period beginning at noon on January 3, 2005,
and ending at midnight on March 31, 2005, pursuant to
clause 7 of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives (or, in the case of the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity, on the same terms and conditions as amounts were
available to such Committee for such period pursuant to
House Resolution 10, agreed to January 4, 2005).
Attest:
Clerk.
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Leo J. Ryan Post 
Office Building’’. 
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(1) COVERED
CLAIM.—The term ‘‘covered 
claim’’ means a claim against a covered foreign in-
surance company that arises out of the insurance 
coverage involved in an original request. 
(2) ORIGINAL REQUEST.—The term ‘‘original 
request’’ means a request that— 
(A) seeks payment of any claim on insur-
ance coverage that— 
(i) was provided by a covered foreign 
insurance company; 
(ii) had as the policyholder, insured, 
or beneficiary a listed Holocaust victim; 
and 
(iii) was in effect during any portion 
of the 13-year period beginning with 1933 
and ending with 1945; and 
(B) was made by a listed Holocaust victim, 
or the heirs or beneficiaries of such victim, to 
the covered foreign insurance company or the 
International Commission on Holocaust Era In-
surance Claims. 
(3) 
COVERED
FOREIGN
INSURANCE
COM-
PANY.—The term ‘‘covered foreign insurance com-
pany’’ means each of the following companies, and 
its affiliates and predecessor companies:
(A) Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. 
(B) Union Des Assurances de Paris. 
(C) Victoria Lebenversicherungs AG. 
(D) Winterthur Lebensversicherungs Ge-
sellschaft. 
(E) Allianz Lebensversicherungs AG. 
(F) Wiener Allianz Versicherungs AG. 
(G) Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta. 
(H) Vereinte Lebensversicherungs AG. 
(I) Basler Lebens-Versicherungs Gesell-
schaft. 
(J) Deutscher Ring Lebensversicherungs 
AG. 
(K) Nordstern Lebensversicherungs AG. 
(L) Gerling Konzern Lebensversicherungs 
AG. 
(M) Manheimer Lebensversicherung AG. 
(N) Der Anker. 
(O) Allgemeine Versicherungs AG. 
(P) Zuerich Lebensversicherungs Gesell-
schaft. 
(Q) Any other foreign insurance company 
that the States or the Attorney General of the 
United States determines was in a position to
have financial dealings with any individual who 
was a victim of the Holocaust. 
SEC. 5. LISTED HOLOCAUST VICTIMS. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘listed Holocaust 
victim’’ means the following individuals: 
(1) LIST OF SURVIVORS.—Any individual whose 
name is on the list of Jewish Holocaust Survivors 
maintained by the United States Holocaust Memo-
rial Museum in Washington, D.C. 
(2) LIST OF DECEASED.—Any individual whose 
name is on the list of individuals who died in the 
Holocaust maintained by the Yad Veshem of Jeru-
salem in its Hall of Names. 
(3) OTHER LISTS.—Any individual whose name 
is on— 
(A) any list of Holocaust victims that is 
designated as appropriate for use under this 
Act by the chief executive officer of a State or 
a State insurance commissioner or other prin-
cipal insurance regulatory authority of a State; 
or 
(B) any similar list, such as a list of the 
International Red Cross, the League of Red 
Cross Societies, the Supreme Headquarters of 
the Allied Expeditionary Forces, or other regu-
larly accessed source of information regarding 
Holocaust victims. 
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House Calendar No. 145 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 593 
[Report No. 109–374] 
RESOLUTION 
Directing the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
and the Attorney General, and requesting the 
President, to provide certain information to the 
House of Representatives relating to extraor-
dinary rendition of certain foreign persons. 
FEBRUARY 10, 2006 
Reported adversely from the Committee on International 
Relations, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered 
to be printed
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 745 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot project on 
the use of educational assistance under programs of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to defray training costs associated with the purchase 
of certain franchise enterprises. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2005 
Mr. BAKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a 
pilot project on the use of educational assistance under 
programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs to de-
fray training costs associated with the purchase of cer-
tain franchise enterprises. 
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 ‘‘Veterans Self-Employ-
ment Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR PAY-
MENT 
OF 
TRAINING 
COSTS 
ASSOCIATED 
WITH THE PURCHASE OF CERTAIN FRAN-
CHISE ENTERPRISES. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
FIVE-YEAR
PILOT 
PROJECT.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall con-
duct a five-year pilot project to test the feasibility and ad-
visability of the use of educational assistance under the 
programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs under the 
following provisions of law to pay for training costs associ-
ated with the purchase of a franchise enterprise: 
(1) Chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code. 
(2) Chapter 32 of such title. 
(3) Chapter 35 of such title. 
(4) Chapter 1606 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(5) Chapter 1607 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
the amount of educational assistance payable under 
the applicable provision of law referred to in sub-
section (a) to an individual entitled to such assist-
ance under such provision of law for the payment of 
training costs associated with the purchase of a 
franchise enterprise is equal to the lesser of 1⁄2 of
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 133
Providing amounts from the applicable accounts of the House of Representa-
tives for continuing expenses of standing and select committees of the 
House from April 1, 2005, through April 30, 2005. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2005
Mr. NEY submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
RESOLUTION 
Providing amounts from the applicable accounts of the House 
of Representatives for continuing expenses of standing 
and select committees of the House from April 1, 2005, 
through April 30, 2005.
Resolved, That there shall be available from the appli-
cable accounts of the House of Representatives such 
amounts as may be necessary for continuing expenses of 
standing and select committees of the House for the pe-
riod beginning on April 1, 2005, and ending on April 30, 
2005, on the same terms and conditions as amounts were 
available to such committees for the period beginning at 
noon on January 3, 2005, and ending at midnight on
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1776
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suit-
ability and feasibility of establishing the Buffalo Bayou
National Heritage Area in west Houston, Texas.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1801
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located
at 501 West 10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas,
as the ‘‘Eldon B. Mahon United States Court-
house’’.
the franchise fee or 1⁄3 of the remaining amount of 
educational assistance to which the individual is en-
titled under such applicable provision of law, such 
remaining amount determined as of the date of ap-
proval by the Secretary of the individual’s applica-
tion for such assistance for payment of such training 
costs. 
(2) LUMP SUM PAYMENT.—Amounts payable to 
an individual under paragraph (1) shall be made in 
a lump sum. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR PAYMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT
FOR
THE
PROVISION
OF 
TRAINING.—Payment may not be made for training 
costs associated with the purchase of a franchise en-
terprise under the pilot project under this section 
unless— 
(A) appropriate training is required and 
provided with respect to the purchase and oper-
ation of the franchise operation; and 
(B) such training, and the entity or orga-
nization offering the training, are approved by 
the Secretary in accordance with this sub-
section. 
(2) 
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
AP-
PROVAL.—The requirements of approval for such
training and organizations or entities offering such 
training shall be in accordance with the applicable 
provisions of chapters 30, 32, 35, and 36 of title 38, 
United States Code, and chapters 1606 and 1607 of 
title 10, United States Code, and with regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary to carry out this section, 
and shall include the following: 
(A) The organization or entity certifies to 
the Secretary that the training offered by the 
organization or entity is generally accepted, in 
accordance with relevant government, business, 
or industry standards, employment policies, or 
hiring practices, as attesting to a level of knowl-
edge or skill required to own and successfully 
operate a franchise operation. 
(B) The organization or entity is licensed, 
chartered, or incorporated in a State and has 
offered such training for a minimum of two 
years before the date on which the organization 
or entity first submits to the Secretary an ap-
plication for approval under this section. 
(C) The organization or entity maintains 
appropriate records with respect to all trainees 
who pursue such training for a period pre-
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ployee is a temporary employee, separated in accord-
ance with the terms of the appointment of the em-
ployee. 
(c) APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY FOR EXCEPTED EM-
PLOYEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an employee oc-
cupying a position in the excepted service, any ap-
pointment authority established under law or by reg-
ulations of the Office of Personnel Management for 
filling such position shall be transferred, subject to 
paragraph (2). 
(2) DECLINE OF TRANSFER.—The Director may 
decline a transfer of authority under paragraph (1), 
to the extent that such authority relates to a position 
excepted from the competitive service because of its 
confidential, policymaking, policy-determining, or 
policy-advocating character. 
(d) REORGANIZATION.—If the Director determines, 
after the end of the 1-year period beginning on the effective 
date of the abolishment under section 1311(a), that a reor-
ganization of the combined workforce is required, that reor-
ganization shall be deemed a major reorganization for pur-
poses of affording affected employee retirement under sec-
tion 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code.
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1801
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501
West 10th Street in Fort Worth, Texas, as the ‘‘Eldon
B. Mahon United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
ticable, but in no case later than the date that is 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(h) GAO EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 
(1) EVALUATION.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct periodic evaluations 
of the pilot project. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than the date that is 
the end of the third year of the pilot project, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a re-
port on the evaluations conducted under paragraph 
(1). The report shall include the following informa-
tion: 
(A) The number of individuals who partici-
pated in the pilot project. 
(B) The number of franchise enterprises 
operated by such individuals by reason of such 
participation. 
(C) The aggregate payments made by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs under the pilot 
project. 
(D) Recommendations for the continuation 
of the pilot project.
(E) Recommendations for such other ad-
ministrative action or legislation as the Comp-
troller General determines to be appropriate. 
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March 31, 2005, pursuant to clause 7 of rule X of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives.
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H. Res. 594
In the House of Representatives, U.S., 
December 13, 2005.
Whereas John D. Dingell learned firsthand about the institu-
tion of Capitol Hill at an early age, serving as a House 
of Representatives Page from 1938 to 1943; 
Whereas John D. Dingell served his country during the 
World War II as a member of the United States Army; 
Whereas John D. Dingell has served 50 years in the House 
of Representatives, since succeeding his late father, the 
Honorable John David Dingell, Sr., a 12-term incum-
bent, in a special election to the 84th Congress on De-
cember 13, 1955; 
Whereas a member of the Dingell family has represented the 
Detroit metropolitan area in the House of Representa-
tives since 1933; 
Whereas John D. Dingell, the Dean of the House of Rep-
resentatives since the 104th Congress, is the longest serv-
ing current Member of the House of Representatives, 
having been re-elected on 25 subsequent occasions; 
Whereas John D. Dingell’s term of service is the third-long-
est term of service in the history of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the fifth-longest in Congressional his-
tory; and
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‘‘(e) EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated 
under subsection (h) for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve not more than $1,000,000 to award a 
grant or contract to an organization outside the De-
partment for an independent evaluation of the impact 
of the demonstration program assisted under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE
BASIS.—The grant or con-
tract shall be awarded on a competitive basis. 
‘‘(3) MATTERS EVALUATED.—The evaluation de-
scribed in this subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) determine the number of individuals 
who were encouraged by the demonstration pro-
gram to pursue higher education; 
‘‘(B) identify the barriers to the effectiveness 
of the demonstration program; 
‘‘(C) assess the cost-effectiveness of the dem-
onstration program in improving access to high-
er education; 
‘‘(D) identify the reasons why participants 
in the demonstration program either received or 
did not receive a Federal Pell Grant;
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program under this section generally, or with re-
spect to any particular loan. 
‘‘(5) TERM OF MORTGAGE.—The refinanced eligi-
ble mortgage to be insured shall— 
‘‘(A) bear interest at a single rate that is 
fixed for the entire term of the mortgage; and 
‘‘(B) have a maturity of not less than 30 
years from the date of the beginning of amortiza-
tion of such refinanced eligible mortgage. 
‘‘(6) MAXIMUM
LOAN
AMOUNT.—The principal 
obligation amount of the eligible mortgage to be in-
sured shall not exceed 132 percent of the dollar 
amount limitation in effect for 2007 under section 
305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Cor-
poration Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)) for a property of 
the applicable size. 
‘‘(7) PROHIBITION ON SECOND LIENS.—A mort-
gagor may not grant a new second lien on the mort-
gaged property during the first 5 years of the term of 
the mortgage insured under this section, except as the 
Board determines to be necessary to ensure the main-
tenance of property standards; and provided that such 
new outstanding liens (A) do not reduce the value of 
the Government’s equity in the borrower’s home; and 
(B) when combined with the mortgagor’s existing