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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 deter-
mines was in a position to have financial deal-
ings 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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shall continue in effect, notwithstanding section 209 of 
such Act, through the earlier of (1) the date specified in 
section 106(3) of this joint resolution; or (2) the date of 
the enactment into law of an authorization Act relating 
to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. 
SEC. 129. Funds appropriated by section 101 of this 
joint resolution for the Internal Revenue Service may be 
obligated in the account and budget structure set forth 
in title II of H.R. 5576 (109th Congress), as passed by 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 130. Activities authorized by title V of the De-
partments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1998 may continue through the date specified in sec-
tion 106(3) of this joint resolution. 
SEC. 131. Section 255(g) of the National Housing 
Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)) is amended by striking 
‘‘250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘275,000’’. 
SEC. 132. Section 403(f) of Public Law 103–356 (31 
U.S.C. 501 note) shall be applied by substituting the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this joint resolution for ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 2006’’. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing 
Appropriations Resolution, 2007’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 98 
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 
Mrs. MUSGRAVE introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution 
of the United States. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several 
States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification: the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 
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which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part 
of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of 
three-fourths of the several States within seven years after 
the date of its submission for ratification: 
‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. Total outlays for any fiscal year shall 
not exceed total receipts for that fiscal year, unless three- 
fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress shall 
provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts 
by a rollcall vote. 
‘‘SECTION 2. The limit on the debt of the United 
States held by the public shall not be increased, unless 
three-fifths of the whole number of each House shall pro-
vide by law for such an increase by a rollcall vote. 
‘‘SECTION 3. Prior to each fiscal year, the President 
shall transmit to the Congress a proposed budget for the 
United States Government for that fiscal year in which 
total outlays do not exceed total receipts. 
‘‘SECTION 4. No bill to increase revenue shall become 
law unless approved by a majority of the whole number 
of each House by a rollcall vote. 
‘‘SECTION 5. The Congress may waive the provisions 
of this article for any fiscal year in which a declaration 
of war is in effect. The provisions of this article may be 
waived for any fiscal year in which the United States is 
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engaged in military conflict which causes an imminent and 
serious military threat to national security and is so de-
clared by a joint resolution, adopted by a majority of the 
whole number of each House, which becomes law. 
‘‘SECTION 6. The Congress shall enforce and imple-
ment this article by appropriate legislation, which may rely 
on estimates of outlays and receipts. 
‘‘SECTION 7. Total receipts shall include all receipts 
of the United States Government except those derived 
from borrowing. Total outlays shall include all outlays of 
the United States Government except for those for repay-
ment of debt principal. 
‘‘SECTION 8. This article shall take effect beginning 
with the later of the second fiscal year beginning after its 
ratification or the first fiscal year beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2010.’’. 
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1919
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize transportation on military 
aircraft on a space-available basis for veterans with a service-connected 
disability rated 50 percent or more. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2003
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trans-
portation on military aircraft on a space-available basis 
for veterans with a service-connected disability rated 50 
percent or more.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON 
A SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS FOR VETERANS 
WITH A SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY 
RATED 50 PERCENT OR MORE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 157 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 2647 Space-available travel on Department of De-
fense aircraft: veterans with service-con-
nected disabilities rated 50 percent or 
more 
‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall provide transpor-
tation on Department of Defense aircraft on a space-avail-
able bases for veterans with service-connected disabilities 
rated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as 50 percent 
or more disabling, and for the dependents of such vet-
erans, on the same basis as such transportation is pro-
vided to members of the armed forces entitled to retired 
or retainer pay and their dependents.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:
‘‘2647. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: veterans with 
service-connected disabilities rated 50 percent or more .’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2647 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take
effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 99 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding 
healthcare. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota introduced the following joint resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States regarding healthcare. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Health 
Protection Amendment’’. 
SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 
The following article is proposed as an amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitu-
tion when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of 
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the several States within seven years after the date of its 
submission for ratification: 
‘‘ARTICLE— 
‘‘SECTION 1. Healthcare, including care to prevent 
and treat illness, is the right of all citizens of the United 
States and necessary to ensure the strength of the Nation. 
‘‘SECTION 2. The Congress shall have power to en-
force and implement this article by appropriate legisla-
tion.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3397 
To establish a program that enables college-bound residents of the Northern 
Mariana Islands to have greater choices among institutions of higher 
education, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2009 
Mr. SABLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To establish a program that enables college-bound residents 
of the Northern Mariana Islands to have greater choices 
among institutions of higher education, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Northern Mariana Is-
lands College Access Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
It is the purpose of this Act to establish a program 
that enables college-bound residents of the Northern Mar-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 193
To amend section 922 of chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to 
protect the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. HEFLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 922 of chapter 44 of title 18, United 
States Code, to protect the rights of citizens under the 
Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States.
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 ‘‘Second Amendment 
Rights Protection Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS. 
Subsection (t) of section 922 of chapter 44 of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the 
end thereof the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) None of the funds appropriated pursuant 
to any provision of law may be used for (1) any sys-
tem to implement this subsection that does not re-
quire and result in the immediate destruction of all 
information, in any form whatsoever, submitted by 
or on behalf of any person who has been determined 
not to be prohibited from owning a firearm; (2) the 
implementation or collection of any tax or fee by any 
officer, agent, or employee of the United States, or 
by any state or local officer or agent acting on be-
half of the United States, in connection with the im-
plementation of this subsection; provided, that any 
person aggrieved by a violation of this provision may 
bring an action in the Federal district court for the 
district in which the person resides; provided fur-
ther, that any person who is successful with respect 
to any such action shall receive damages, punitive 
damages, and such other remedies as the court may 
determine to be appropriate, including a reasonable 
attorney’s fee.’’.
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accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act (16 
U.S.C. 1131–1136) that govern areas designated by that 
Act as wilderness, except that for purposes of this sub-
section any reference in such provisions to the effective 
date of the Wilderness Act or any similar reference shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of 
each wilderness area designated under this title with the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives. Each map and legal description shall have 
the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except 
that correction of clerical and typographical errors in the 
map and legal description may be made. Each map and 
legal description shall be on file and available for public 
inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 108. BLACKFEET WILDERNESS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—In furtherance of the purposes of 
the Wilderness Act, the preservation of Blackfeet religious 
lands, and Blackfeet treaty rights, certain lands within the 
Lewis and Clark National Forest comprising approxi-
mately 128,622 acres known as the Badger-Two Medicine 
Area, as depicted on the map dated January 2003, and 
entitled ‘‘Blackfeet Wilderness’’, are hereby designated as 
the Blackfeet Wilderness Area. 
(b) TREATY RIGHTS.—The Congress recognizes that 
the Blackfeet Nation retains treaty rights in the lands de-
scribed in subsection (a), provided for in the 1896 treaty 
with the United States Government. 
(c) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall con-
duct a review of the wilderness area established under this 
section in accordance with the Wilderness Act. The Sec-
retary shall report the results of the review to the Con-
gress not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(d) REVIEW COMMITTEE.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish a committee composed of the 
following: 
(A) Representatives of the Blackfeet Tribal 
Business Council. 
(B) Blackfeet Tribal Traditionalists se-
lected in a manner consistent with the historic 
Cultural Law of the Tribe, independently of the 
Business Council. The Secretary shall give care-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4144 
To require those applying for, and renewing, SCHIP, TAA, and ATAA 
benefits to present documentation proving both citizenship and identity 
in order to receive those benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 9, 2007 
Mr. GOODE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require those applying for, and renewing, SCHIP, TAA, 
and ATAA benefits to present documentation proving 
both citizenship and identity in order to receive those 
benefits. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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IA 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 9 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal 
the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation 
on the number of terms an individual may serve as President. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mr. SERRANO introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, 
thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms 
an individual may serve as President. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two- 
thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
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States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification: 
‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘The twenty-second article of amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States is hereby repealed.’’. 
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1947
To ensure that members of the Armed Forces who are married and have 
minor dependents are eligible for military family housing containing 
more than two bedrooms. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 1, 2003
Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. OSE, and Mr. GRIJALVA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To ensure that members of the Armed Forces who are mar-
ried and have minor dependents are eligible for military 
family housing containing more than two bedrooms.
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 ‘‘Armed Forces Housing 
Improvement Act’’.
SEC. 2. ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR MARRIED MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES WITH MINOR DEPEND-
ENTS. 
(a) MINIMUM NUMBER OF BEDROOMS.—(1) A mem-
ber of the Armed Forces who has a spouse and at least 
one dependent under the age of nineteen residing with the 
member shall be eligible for installation housing con-
taining at least three bedrooms, regardless of the grade, 
rank, or rating of the member, and installation housing 
containing less than three bedrooms shall be considered 
to be inadequate housing for such a member. 
(2) The actual occupancy of installation housing de-
scribed in paragraph (1) by a member described in such 
paragraph shall be subject to availability. 
(b) REVISION OF HOUSING MARKET ANALYSIS AND 
FAMILY HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretaries of 
the military departments shall require the military base 
housing office for each military installation to review and 
revise its housing market analysis and military family 
housing requirements in order to accommodate the policy 
specified in subsection (a)(1). 
(c) CONDITIONS ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS FOR 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION.—Funds appropriated 
before the effective date of this Act for the construction 
of military family housing, and unobligated by that date,
may not be obligated until the Secretaries of the military 
departments certify to Congress that—
(1) the housing market analysis and military 
family housing requirements have been revised as re-
quired by subsection (b); and 
(2) the unobligated military housing funds will 
be used as part of a plan to accommodate the policy 
specified in subsection (a)(1) and implement the out-
come of its revised housing market analysis and 
military housing requirements. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1000
To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require 
that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health 
plans provide coverage for treatment of a minor child’s congenital or 
developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, 
or disease. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005
Mrs. KELLY (for herself and Mrs. MCCARTHY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committees on Ways and Means and Education and the 
Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and indi-
vidual health insurance coverage and group health plans 
provide coverage for treatment of a minor child’s con-
genital or developmental deformity or disorder due to 
trauma, infection, tumor, or disease.
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 ‘‘Treatment of Chil-
dren’s Deformities Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF MINOR CHILD’S CONGENITAL OR DE-
VELOPMENTAL DEFORMITY OR DISORDER. 
(a) GROUP HEALTH PLANS.—
(1) PUBLIC
HEALTH
SERVICE
ACT
AMEND-
MENTS.—(A) Subpart 2 of part A of title XXVII of 
the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2707. STANDARDS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR 
MINOR CHILD’S CONGENITAL OR DEVELOP-
MENTAL DEFORMITY OR DISORDER. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SUR-
GERY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A group health plan, and a 
health insurance issuer offering group health insur-
ance coverage, that provides coverage for surgical 
benefits shall provide coverage for outpatient and in-
patient diagnosis and treatment of a minor child’s 
congenital or developmental deformity, disease, or 
injury. A minor child shall include any individual 
through 21 years of age. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Any coverage provided 
under paragraph (1) shall be subject to pre-author-
ization or pre-certification as required by the plan or