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of all assistance received by financial institutions under 
TARP. 
(b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Not more than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Treasury shall issue a report to the Con-
gress containing— 
(1) the strategy and timeline developed under 
subsection (a); 
(2) the date by which the Secretary expects to 
have received all repayment of assistance received by 
financial institutions under TARP; 
(3) the date by which the Secretary expects the 
Government to have divested itself of all assets ac-
quired under TARP; and 
(4) the date by which the Secretary expects to 
have recovered all TARP funds spent on insuring 
troubled assets. 
(c) TARP DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘TARP’’ means the Troubled Asset Relief Pro-
gram under title I of the Emergency Economic Stabiliza-
tion Act of 2008. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2833 
To require a minimum loss ratio for 90 percent for health insurance coverage 
offered through an insurance exchange. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. ELLISON (for himself, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. TIERNEY, and Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require a minimum loss ratio for 90 percent for health 
insurance coverage offered through an insurance exchange. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT OF MINIMUM LOSS RATIO OF 90 
PERCENT FOR A HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN 
TO BE OFFERED THROUGH AN INSURANCE 
EXCHANGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No health insurance coverage may 
be offered through a health insurance exchange (as de-
fined in subsection (b)) unless the coverage is dem-
onstrated to have a medical loss ratio (as defined by the 
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Secretary of Health and Human Services) of at least 90 
percent. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘health insurance exchange’’ 
means a mechanism established or recognized under 
Federal law, whether operated at a national, re-
gional, or State level, that provides a coordinated, 
centralized mechanism for offering for purchase to 
individuals (and others) of health insurance coverage 
from more than one health insurance issuer. 
(2) The terms ‘‘health insurance coverage’’ and 
‘‘health insurance issuer’’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 2791 of the Public Health 
Service Act. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
health insurance coverage offered on or after January 1, 
2010. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2834 
To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration to conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and 
economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals, other than 
oil and natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed of the United 
States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to conduct a technological 
capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility 
study regarding recovery of minerals, other than oil and 
natural gas, from the shallow and deep seabed 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. TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, SURVEY, AND 
STUDY OF DEEP SEABED MINERALS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in con-
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sultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal 
agencies, shall conduct— 
(1) an assessment of all available domestic tech-
nological capabilities required for the location and 
the efficient and environmentally sound recovery of 
minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the 
shallow and deep seabed of the United States; 
(2) a survey of the shallow and deep seabed of 
the United States to identify sites for the recovery 
of such minerals; and 
(3) an economic feasibility study on the recov-
ery of such minerals. 
(b) REPORT.—No later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
a report to Congress containing the findings and rec-
ommendations of the assessment, survey, and study under 
this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘‘shallow 
and deep seabed of the United States’’— 
(1) means areas of the seabed that are contig-
uous to and within 200 miles of the territorial sea 
of the United States and the resources of which are 
subject to its jurisdiction or control; and 
(2) includes such areas that are contiguous to 
and within 200 miles of the territorial sea around 
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any inhabited and uninhabited territory or posses-
sion of the United States including American 
Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
Midway Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
Palau, Marshall Islands, Midway Islands, Wake Is-
land, Johnston Atoll, Baker, Howland, and Jarvis 
Islands, Kingman Reef, Navassa Island, Serranilla 
Bank, Bajo Nuevo Bank, and Palmyra Atoll. 
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(D) a pharmacy or other entity authorized 
under local or State law to distribute medical 
marijuana to authorized patients from obtain-
ing, possessing or distributing marijuana to 
such authorized patients. 
(2) PRODUCTION.—No provision of the Con-
trolled Substances Act shall prohibit or otherwise re-
strict an entity authorized by a State or local gov-
ernment, in which marijuana may be prescribed or 
recommended by a physician for medical use, for the 
purpose of producing marijuana for prescription or 
recommendation by a physician for medical use from 
producing, processing, or distributing marijuana for 
such purpose. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No provision of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise re-
strict in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed 
or recommended by a physician for medical use under ap-
plicable State law— 
(1) the prescription or recommendation of mari-
juana by a physician for medical use; 
(2) an individual from obtaining, possessing, or 
transporting within their State, manufacturing, or 
using marijuana in accordance with a prescription or 
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recommendation of marijuana by a physician for 
medical use by such individual, hereinafter in this 
section referred to as ‘‘an authorized patient’’; 
(3) an individual authorized under State law to 
obtain, possess, transport within their State, or 
manufacture marijuana from obtaining, possessing, 
transporting within their State, or manufacturing 
marijuana on an authorized patient’s behalf; or 
(4) a pharmacy or other entity authorized 
under local or State law to distribute medical mari-
juana to authorized patients from obtaining, pos-
sessing or distributing marijuana to such authorized 
patients. 
(b) PRODUCTION.—No provision of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise 
restrict an entity authorized by a State or local govern-
ment, in which marijuana may be prescribed or rec-
ommended by a physician for medical use, for the purpose 
of producing marijuana for prescription or recommenda-
tion by a physician for medical use from producing, proc-
essing, or distributing marijuana for such purpose. 
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SEC. 4. RELATION OF ACT TO CERTAIN PROHIBITIONS RE-
LATING TO SMOKING. 
This Act does not affect any Federal, State, or local 
law regulating or prohibiting smoking in public. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2838 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term ground 
lease for the operation and maintenance of Rock Creek, Langston, and 
East Potomac as golf courses, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. CLAY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
a long-term ground lease for the operation and mainte-
nance of Rock Creek, Langston, and East Potomac as 
golf courses, 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. GOLF COURSE PRESERVATION AND MOD-
ERNIZATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Langston Golf Course, Rock Creek Golf 
Course, and East Potomac Golf Course are owned 
by the United States and are under the administra-
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tive jurisdiction of the National Park Service, and 
each golf course has a long history of service to the 
general public as an integral part of the Nation’s 
capital, including services to local and regional resi-
dents, visitors, and tourists. 
(2) Golf courses differ considerably from other 
lands administered by the National Park Service be-
cause they require a significant and continuing in-
vestment that cannot be required of a conces-
sionaire. 
(3) East Potomac Golf Course opened in 1920 
with three courses to accommodate all levels of play, 
including an 18-hole tournament-level course and 
two 9-hole practice courses, and was initially seg-
regated, with African-Americans allowed to play on 
Mondays. 
(4) Rock Creek Golf Course opened in 1923 as 
a 9-hole course, and in 1925 the course was com-
pleted as an 18-hole tournament-level course. This 
course was located in Rock Creek Park, a major 
recreation and picnic facility for residents. 
(5) Langston Golf Course opened in 1939 as a 
golf facility for African-Americans and has been the 
home course of both the Royal Golf Club and the 
Wake Robin Golf Club, the Nation’s first golf clubs 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2843 
To provide for the joint appointment of the Architect of the Capitol by 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore 
of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate, and the chairs and ranking minority members 
of the committees of Congress with jurisdiction over the Office of the 
Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2009 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. 
DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
LATHAM, and Mr. WAMP) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the joint appointment of the Architect of 
the Capitol by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the ma-
jority and minority leaders of the House of Representa-
tives and Senate, and the chairs and ranking minority 
members of the committees of Congress with jurisdiction 
over the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and 
for other purposes. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2839 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puerto 
Rico eligible for the earned income tax credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. MALONEY, 
Mr. SIRES, Mr. MICA, and Mr. TOWNS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
residents of Puerto Rico eligible for the earned income 
tax credit. 
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 ‘‘Puerto Rico Work and 
Empowerment Act of 2009’’. 
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‘‘(iii) Lease tracts for which leases are 
issued prior to October 1, 2009, located in 
the Alaska OCS Region completely beyond 
4 marine leagues from any coastline and 
completely within 100 miles of the coast-
line. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall share the fol-
lowing percentages of OCS Receipts from the 
leases described in subparagraph (A) derived 
during the fiscal year indicated: 
‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2010, 5 percent. 
‘‘(ii) For fiscal year 2011, 8 percent. 
‘‘(iii) For fiscal year 2012, 11 per-
cent. 
‘‘(iv) For fiscal year 2013, 14 percent. 
‘‘(v) For fiscal year 2014, 17 percent. 
‘‘(vi) For fiscal year 2015, 20 percent. 
‘‘(vii) For fiscal year 2016, 23 per-
cent. 
‘‘(viii) For fiscal year 2017, 26 per-
cent. 
‘‘(ix) For fiscal year 2018, 29 percent. 
‘‘(x) For fiscal year 2019, 32 percent. 
‘‘(xi) For fiscal year 2020, 35 percent. 
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SEC. 2. PUERTO RICO RESIDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR EARNED 
INCOME TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 32 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to earned income) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of residents of 
Puerto Rico— 
‘‘(A) the United States shall be treated as 
including Puerto Rico for purposes of sub-
sections (c)(1)(A)(ii)(I) and (c)(3)(C), 
‘‘(B) subsection (c)(1)(D) shall not apply 
to nonresident alien individuals who are resi-
dents of Puerto Rico, and 
‘‘(C) adjusted gross income and gross in-
come shall be computed without regard to sec-
tion 933 for purposes of subsections (a)(2)(B) 
and (c)(2)(A)(i). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON CREDIT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The credit allowed 
under this section by reason of this subsection 
for any taxable year shall not exceed the tax-
payer’s social security taxes for such year. 
‘‘(B) SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A)— 
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘social 
security taxes’ means, with respect to any 
taxpayer for any taxable year— 
‘‘(I) the amount of the taxes im-
posed by sections 3101 and 3201(a) 
on amounts received by the taxpayer 
during the calendar year in which the 
taxable year begins, 
‘‘(II) the amount of the taxes im-
posed on employers by section 3111 
and 3221(a) on amounts received by 
the taxpayer during the calendar year 
which the taxable year begins, 
‘‘(III) the amount of the taxes 
imposed by section 1401 on the self- 
employment income of the taxpayer 
for the taxable year, and 
‘‘(IV) the amount of the taxes 
imposed 
by 
section 
3211(a) 
on 
amounts received by the taxpayer dur-
ing the calendar year in which the 
taxable year begins. 
‘‘(ii) COORDINATION
WITH
SPECIAL 
REFUND
OF
SOCIAL
SECURITY
TAXES.— 
The term ‘social security taxes’ shall not 
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include any taxes to the extent the tax-
payer is entitled to a special refund of such 
taxes under section 6413(c). 
‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULE.—Any amounts 
paid pursuant to an agreement under sec-
tion 3121(l) (relating to agreements en-
tered into by American employers with re-
spect to foreign affiliates) which are equiv-
alent to the taxes imposed by sections 
3101 and 3111 shall be treated as such 
taxes for purpose of clause (i).’’. 
(b) CHILD TAX CREDIT NOT REDUCED.—Subclause 
(II) of section 24(d)(1)(B)(ii) of such Code (relating to 
child tax credit) is amended by inserting before the period 
‘‘(determined without regard to section 32(n) in the case 
of residents of Puerto Rico)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2009. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 283 
To modify the boundary of the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park 
in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2009 
Mr. SPACE (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mrs. 
SCHMIDT, Mr. KUCINICH, and Ms. SUTTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To modify the boundary of the Hopewell Culture National 
Historical Park in the State of Ohio, 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 ‘‘Hopewell Culture Na-
tional Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BOUNDARY EXPANSION. 
Section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to rename and 
expand the boundaries of the Mound City Group National 
Monument in Ohio’’, approved May 27, 1992 (106 Stat. 
185), is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subsection 
(a)(3); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
section (a)(4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(3) by adding after subsection (a)(4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) the map entitled ‘Hopewell Culture Na-
tional Historical Park, Ohio Proposed Boundary Ad-
justment’ numbered 353/80,049 and dated June, 
2006.’’; and 
(4) by adding after subsection (d)(2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may acquire lands added by 
subsection (a)(5) only from willing sellers.’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENHANCED CHARITABLE DEDUCTION FOR CON-
TRIBUTIONS OF FOOD INVENTORY MADE 
PERMANENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
170(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed by striking clause (iv). 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to contributions made after De-
cember 31, 2009. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2842 
To rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2009 
Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. JONES, Mr. LAMBORN, and Mr. 
ROHRABACHER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
To rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED STIMULUS 
FUNDS. 
Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
there are rescinded all unobligated balances of the discre-
tionary appropriations made available by division A of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111–5). 
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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 ‘‘Architect of the Capitol 
Appointment Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF SERVICE OF ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.—The Architect of the Capitol 
shall be appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Sen-
ate, the majority and minority leaders of the House of 
Representatives and Senate, the chair and ranking minor-
ity member of the Committee on House Administration 
of the House of Representatives, the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration of the Senate, and the chairs and ranking minority 
members of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate. 
(b) TERM OF SERVICE.—The Architect of the Capitol 
shall be appointed for a term of 10 years, and may be 
reappointed for additional terms. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 319 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 
1801) is repealed. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appointments made on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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