datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
each fund of the District of Columbia during the
first 5 fiscal years beginning after the submission of
the plan.
‘‘(2) REPORT ON COMPLIANCE.—
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later
than March 1 of every year (beginning with
1997), the Mayor shall submit a report to the
Committee on the District of Columbia of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, the Comptroller
General , and the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office on the extent to which the gov-
ernment of the District of Columbia was in
compliance during the preceding fiscal year
with the applicable requirements of the finan-
cial accountability plan submitted for such fis-
cal year under this subsection.
‘‘(B) 
EVALUATION
OF
REPORT.—The
Comptroller General, in consultation with the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office,
shall review and evaluate the financial account-
ability compliance report submitted under sub-
paragraph (A) and not later than April 15 of
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3817 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve the energy 
efficiency of electric instantaneous water heaters, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2012 
Mr. HIMES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to im-
prove the energy efficiency of electric instantaneous 
water heaters, 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. STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC INSTANTANEOUS 
WATER HEATERS. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF
WATER
HEATER.—Section 
321(27)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6291(27)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘12 kilo-
watts’’ and inserting ‘‘25 kilowatts’’. 
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(b) STANDARDS
FOR WATER HEATERS.—Section 
325(e) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6295(e)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) ELECTRIC
INSTANTANEOUS
WATER
HEAT-
ERS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the energy factor 
of electric instantaneous water heaters with an input of 
25 kilowatts or less, manufactured on or after January 
1, 2012, shall be not less than the following: 0.960- (.0003 
× Rated Storage Volume in gallons).’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) (as 
so redesignated), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1), (3), or (4)’’. 
(c) TEST PROCEDURES.—Section 323(b) of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(19) 
ELECTRIC
INSTANTANEOUS
WATER 
HEATERS.—Not later than January 31, 2012, the 
Secretary shall prescribe test procedures under this 
section for electric instantaneous water heaters to 
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which standards are applicable under subsection 
(e)(2) of section 325.’’. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2902
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reor-
ganization Act to revise and make permanent the use of a formula
based on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for
determining the amount of the annual Federal payment to the District
of Columbia, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5, 1993
Mr. STARK (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. WHEAT)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
District of Columbia
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act to revise and make
permanent the use of a formula based on adjusted Dis-
trict General Fund revenues as the basis for determining
the amount of the annual Federal payment to the Dis-
trict of Columbia, 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 ‘‘Federal Payment For-
mula Revision Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. PERMANENT USE AND REVISION OF FORMULA TO
DETERMINE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL FEDERAL
PAYMENT TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 503 of the District of Co-
lumbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganiza-
tion Act (sec. 47–3406.1, D.C. Code) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘FEDERAL PAYMENT FORMULA
‘‘SEC. 503. (a) Subject to subsection (b), there is au-
thorized to be appropriated as the annual Federal pay-
ment to the District of Columbia for a fiscal year (begin-
ning with fiscal year 1995) an amount equal to the appli-
cable percentage of the adjusted District General Fund
revenues for the second fiscal year preceding such fiscal
year, as such revenues are reported in the independent
audit of the financial operations of the government of the
District of Columbia conducted under section 4(a) of Pub-
lic Law 94–399 and as reviewed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral under section 715(e) of title 31, United States Code.
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated under such subsection for a
fiscal year may not be less than an amount equal to the
average of the annual Federal payments made to the Dis-
trict of Columbia pursuant to this title during the 3 fiscal
years immediately preceding such fiscal year.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4135 
To permit United States companies to participate in the exploration for 
and the extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of a 
foreign maritime exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the exclu-
sive economic zone of the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2012 
Mr. FLAKE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To permit United States companies to participate in the 
exploration for and the extraction of hydrocarbon re-
sources from any portion of a foreign maritime exclusive 
economic zone that is contiguous to the exclusive eco-
nomic zone of the United States, 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 ‘‘Western Hemisphere 
Energy Security Act of 2012’’. 
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‘‘(c) In this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
‘‘(1) The term ‘applicable percentage’ means—
‘‘(A) with respect to fiscal year 1995, 25
percent; and
‘‘(B) with respect to each succeeding fiscal
year, the lesser of—
‘‘(i) the applicable percentage deter-
mined under this paragraph for the pre-
ceding fiscal year increased by 1.0, or
‘‘(ii) 30 percent.
‘‘(2) The term ‘adjusted District General Fund
revenues’ means all revenues of the General Fund of
the government of the District of Columbia, adjusted
to include operating transfers from the Lottery and
Games Fund to such General Fund (but no other
payments or transfers to such fund from any other
intragovernmental source), and not including—
‘‘(A) revenues that are required to be ac-
counted for in a fund other than such General
Fund; and
‘‘(B) revenues from Federal sources.
‘‘(3) The term ‘revenues from Federal sources’
means revenues derived from payments made by the
Federal Government to the District of Columbia, in-
cluding fees or charges for products or services,
grants, payments in lieu of taxes, and direct appro-
priations.’’.
SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) INDEPENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT OF DISTRICT FI-
NANCIAL OPERATIONS.—The first sentence of section 4(a)
of Public Law 94–399 (sec. 47–119(a), D.C. Code) is
amended by striking ‘‘a report of the revenues’’ and all
that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘a report of the
adjusted District General Fund revenues for the fiscal
year (as described in section 503(c)(2) of the District of
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganiza-
tion Act).’’.
(b) REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Section
715(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘report of the breakdown’’ and all that follows
and inserting the following: ‘‘report of the adjusted Dis-
trict General Fund revenues for the preceding fiscal year
that is included in the independent annual audit of the
financial operations of the government of the District of
Columbia conducted for such fiscal year under section 4(a)
of Public Law 94–399.’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to fis-
cal years beginning with fiscal year 1995.
(B) a statement, from the Governor of
each State in which the proposed National Her-
itage Area lies, that such Governor approves of
the requested National Heritage Area designa-
tion.
(2) APPROVAL
AND
SUBMISSION
BY
SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary approves, pursuant to sec-
tion 6(b), the compact referred to in paragraph (1)
and submits the feasibility study for the area and
the compact to the Congress together with any com-
ments that the Secretary deems appropriate regard-
ing a preferred action.
SEC. 6. FEASIBILITY STUDIES, COMPACTS, AND MANAGE-
MENT PLANS.
(a) CONTENTS AND REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) FEASIBILITY
STUDIES.—Each feasibility
study submitted under this Act shall include suffi-
cient information to determine whether an area has
the potential to meet the criteria referred to in sec-
tion 5(c). Each such feasibility study shall be pre-
pared with public participation. Each such feasibility
study shall include, but need not be limited to, each
of the following:
(A) A description of the natural, historic,
and cultural resources and recreational opportu-
nities presented by the area, including an as-
sessment of the quality and degree of integrity
of, the availability of public access to, and the
themes represented by such resources and op-
portunities.
(B) An assessment of the interest of and
impact upon potential partners, units of govern-
ment, nonprofit organizations, and other private
entities, including property owners.
(C) A description of tentative boundaries
for a National Heritage Area proposed to be es-
tablished in the area.
(D) Identification of a possible manage-
ment entity for a National Heritage Area pro-
posed to be established in the area.
(2) COMPACTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—A compact submitted
under this Act shall include information relat-
ing to the objectives and management of an
area proposed for designation as a National
Heritage Area. Such information shall include,
but not be limited to, each of the following:
(i) A delineation of the boundaries of
the proposed National Heritage Area.
(ii) A discussion of the goals and ob-
jectives of the proposed National Heritage
Area, including an explanation of the ap-
proach, proposed by the partners referred
to in clause (iv), to conservation and inter-
pretation of resources.
(iii) An identification and description
of the management entity that will admin-
ister the proposed National Heritage Area.
(iv) A list of the initial partners to be
involved in developing and implementing
the management plan for the proposed Na-
tional Heritage Area, and a statement of
the financial commitment of the partners.
(v) A description of the role of the
State or States in which the proposed Na-
tional Heritage Area is located.
(B) 
PREPARATION
OF
AND
ACTIONS
CALLED FOR IN COMPACT.—
(i) PREPARATION.—The compact shall
be prepared with public participation.
(ii) ACTIONS.—Actions called for in
the compact shall be likely to be initiated
within a reasonable time after designation
of the proposed National Heritage Area
Union Calendar No. 414
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2902
[Report No. 103–754]
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Govern-
ment and Governmental Reorganization Act to
revise and make permanent the use of a formula
based on adjusted District General Fund reve-
nues as the basis for determining the amount of
the annual Federal payment to the District of
Columbia, and for other purposes.
SEPTEMBER 27, 1994
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 414
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2902
[Report No. 103–754]
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reor-
ganization Act to revise and make permanent the use of a formula
based on adjusted District General Fund revenues as the basis for
determining the amount of the annual Federal payment to the District
of Columbia, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 5, 1993
Mr. STARK (for himself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. WHEAT)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
District of Columbia
SEPTEMBER 27, 1994
Reported with amendments, 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]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 5, 1993]
A BILL
To amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and
Governmental Reorganization Act to revise and make
permanent the use of a formula based on adjusted Dis-
trict General Fund revenues as the basis for determining
the amount of the annual Federal payment to the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and for other purposes.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4138 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to create a National Neuromyelitis 
Optica Consortium to provide grants and coordinate research with respect 
to the causes of, and risk factors associated with, neuromyelitis optica, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2012 
Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to create a National 
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium to provide grants and 
coordinate research with respect to the causes of, and 
risk factors associated with, neuromyelitis optica, 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 ‘‘Neuromyelitis Optica 
Consortium Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) According to the U.S. Department of Jus-
tice, from Fiscal Year 1995 to Fiscal Year 2000, the 
COPS program funded 105,000 police officers. 
(2) According to the Government Accountability 
Office, the COPS program has contributed to a 2.5 
percent decline in the violent crime rate between 
1999 and 2000. 
(3) According to University of Chicago econo-
mist Steven Levitt, each 10 percent increase in the 
size of a police force reduces violent crime by 4 per-
cent and property crime by 5 percent. 
(4) A study by University of Maryland econo-
mists William Evans and Emily Owens suggests that 
a 2 percent increase in police officers put on the 
streets through the COPS program led to a 2 per-
cent decline in violent crime. 
(5) Economists David Anderson of Centre Col-
lege and Mark Cohen of Vanderbilt University sug-
gest that the total cost of crime in the United States 
is approximately $2,000,000,000, annually, and that 
each additional dollar provided to the COPS pro-
gram may generate $4.00 to $8.50 in savings to the 
Nation by reducing crimes committed and the over-
all cost of crime. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 381 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for grants to increase the number of law enforcement officers 
on the streets by 5 to 10 percent in areas with high incidences of 
violent crime. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2011 
Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to provide for grants to increase the number 
of law enforcement officers on the streets by 5 to 10 
percent in areas with high incidences of violent 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 ‘‘Enhanced Violent 
Crime Community Policing Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) a dependent of the taxpayer (as de-
fined in section 152, determined without regard 
to subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (d)(1)(B), and 
(d)(1)(C)) who is the father or mother of the 
taxpayer (or an ancestor of such father or 
mother) and who is physically or mentally in-
capable of caring for himself or herself.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph 
(B) of section 21(b)(1) of such Code is amended by 
inserting ‘‘(other than a dependent described in sub-
paragraph (D))’’ after ‘‘and (d)(1)(B))’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2010. 
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(1) More than 10 million people in the United 
States already have long-term care needs. Studies 
estimate that unpaid family members deliver an even 
larger share of the care, and the cost of nursing 
home care averages $72,000 a year. 
(2) The proportion of adult children providing 
personal care or financial assistance to a parent has 
more than tripled during the past 15 years. 
(3) Researchers estimate that families furnish 
the majority of care to people with disabilities. Sev-
enty-two percent of older adults with disabilities re-
ceive help with basic personal activities or household 
chores exclusively from family caregivers. 
SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR EXPENSES FOR 
HOUSEHOLD AND DEPENDENT CARE SERV-
ICES NECESSARY FOR GAINFUL EMPLOY-
MENT. 
(a) CREDIT ALLOWED FOR COSTS INCURRED TO 
CARE FOR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS WHO DO NOT 
LIVE WITH THE TAXPAYER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 
21(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B), by striking the period at the end of sub-
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3820 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the dependent 
care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grand-
parents who do not live with the taxpayer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2012 
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. LOEBSACK, and Mr. TOWNS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify 
the dependent care credit to take into account expenses 
for care of parents and grandparents who do not live 
with the taxpayer. 
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 ‘‘Elder Care Tax Credit 
Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3186
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located
in Houma, Louisiana, as the ‘‘George Arceneaux,
Jr., United States Courthouse’’.
and shall ensure effective implementation
of the State and local aspects of the com-
pact.
(3) MANAGEMENT
PLANS.—A management
plan submitted under this Act for a National Herit-
age Area shall present comprehensive recommenda-
tions for the conservation, funding, management,
and development of the area. The plan shall be pre-
pared with public participation. The plan shall take
into consideration existing Federal, State, county,
and local plans and involve residents, public agen-
cies, and private organizations in the area. The plan
shall include a description of actions that units of
government and private organizations are rec-
ommended to take to protect the resources of the
area. The plan shall specify existing and potential
sources of funding for the conservation, manage-
ment, and development of the area. The plan also
shall include the following, as appropriate:
(A) An inventory of the resources con-
tained in the National Heritage Area, including
a list of property in the area that should be
conserved, restored, managed, developed, or
maintained because of the natural, cultural, or
historic significance of the property as it relates
to the themes of the area.
(B) A recommendation of policies for re-
source management that consider and detail the
application of appropriate land and water man-
agement techniques, including (but not limited
to) the development of intergovernmental coop-
erative agreements to manage the historical,
cultural, and natural resources and the rec-
reational opportunities of the area in a manner
consistent with the support of appropriate and
compatible economic viability.
(C) A program, including plans for res-
toration and construction, for implementation
of the management plan by the management
entity specified in the compact for the area and
specific commitments, for the first 5 years of
operation of the plan, by the partners identified
in the compact.
(D) An analysis of means by which Fed-
eral, State, and local programs may best be co-
ordinated to promote the purposes of this Act.
(E) An interpretive plan for the National
Heritage Area.
(b) APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL OF COMPACTS.—
Title II, Subtitle A
‘‘Except as provided in subsection (f), the
Council’’;
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The
Mayor’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in
subsection (f), the Mayor’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) In the case of a fiscal year which is a control
year (as defined in section 305(4) of the District of Co-
lumbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assist-
ance Act of 1995)—
‘‘(1) subsection (c) (other than the fourth sen-
tence) and subsection (d) shall not apply; and
‘‘(2) the Council may not approve, and the
Mayor may not forward to the President, any budget
which is not consistent with the financial plan and
budget established for the fiscal year under subtitle
A of title II of such Act.’’.
(2) 
EXPEDITED
PROCEDURES
FOR
DIS-
APPROVAL OF ITEMS AND PROVISIONS OF COUNCIL
BUDGET BY MAYOR.—Section 404(f) of the District
of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Re-
organization Act (sec. 1–227(f), D.C. Code) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘In the case of any budget act for a fiscal