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dangerous situations to temporarily remain in the 
United States. 
(13) Granting temporary protected status to 
nationals of Pakistan is consistent with the interests 
of the United States and promotes the values and 
morals that have made the United States strong. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the extraordinary 
and temporary conditions caused by flooding in Pakistan 
qualifies Pakistan for designation under subparagraph (B) 
or (C) of section 244(b)(1) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(1)), pursuant to which 
nationals of Pakistan would be eligible for temporary pro-
tected status in the United States. 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION FOR PURPOSES OF GRANTING TEM-
PORARY PROTECTED STATUS. 
(a) DESIGNATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 244 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1254a), Pakistan shall be treated as if it had been 
designated under subsection (b) of such section, sub-
ject to the provisions of this section. 
(2) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.—The initial pe-
riod of such designation shall begin on the date of 
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the enactment of this Act and shall remain in effect 
for 12 months. 
(b) ALIENS ELIGIBLE.—In applying section 244 of 
such Act pursuant to the designation made under this sec-
tion, subject to section 244(c)(3) of such Act, an alien who 
is a national of Pakistan is deemed to satisfy the require-
ments of section 244(c)(1) of such Act only if the alien— 
(1) has been continuously physically present in 
the United States since July 22, 2010; 
(2) is admissible as an immigrant, except as 
otherwise provided under section 244(c)(2)(A) of 
such Act, and is not ineligible for temporary pro-
tected status under section 244(c)(2)(B) of such 
Act; and 
(3) registers for temporary protected status in 
a manner that the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall establish. 
(c) CONSENT TO TRAVEL ABROAD.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall give the prior consent to travel 
abroad described in section 244(f)(3) of such Act to an 
alien who is granted temporary protected status pursuant 
to the designation made under this section, if the alien 
establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Home-
land Security that emergency and extenuating cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the alien require the 
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alien to depart for a brief, temporary trip abroad. An alien 
returning to the United States in accordance with such 
an authorization shall be treated the same as any other 
returning alien provided temporary protected status under 
section 244 of such Act. 
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‘‘(E) That the accused committed the offense
with the intent to avoid hazardous duty.
‘‘(F) That, only in the case of an offense under
section 918 or 920 of this title (article 118 or 120),
the offense was committed in time of war and in ter-
ritory in which—
‘‘(i) the United States or an ally of the
United States was then an occupying power; or
‘‘(ii) the armed forces of the United States
were then engaged in active hostilities.
‘‘(G) That, only in the case of an offense under
section 918(l) of this title (article 118(l)), any of the
following is applicable:
‘‘(i) The accused was serving a sentence of
confinement for 30 years or more or for life at
the time of the offense.
‘‘(ii) The offense was committed while the
accused—
‘‘(I) was engaged in the commission
or attempted commission of robbery, rape,
aggravated arson, sodomy, burglary, kid-
napping, mutiny, sedition, or piracy of an
aircraft or vessel; or
‘‘(II) was engaged in flight or at-
tempted flight after the commission or at-
tempted commission of any such offense.
‘‘(iii) The offense was committed for the
purpose of receiving money or a thing of value.
‘‘(iv) The accused procured another by
means of compulsion, coercion, or a promise of
an advantage, a service, or a thing of value to
commit the offense.
‘‘(v) The offense was committed with the
intent to avoid or to prevent lawful apprehen-
sion or effect an escape from custody or con-
finement.
‘‘(vi) The victim of the offense was—
‘‘(I) the President, the President-
elect, the Vice President (or, if there was
no Vice President, the officer next in the
order of succession to the office of Presi-
dent), the Vice President-elect, or an indi-
vidual who is acting as President under the
Constitution and laws of the United
States;
‘‘(II) a Member of Congress (includ-
ing a Delegate to, or Resident Commis-
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act or any other appli-
cable provision of law. 
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ondary School Exchange’’, ‘‘South Pacific Ex-
changes’’, and ‘‘Arts America’’, $41,807,000
for the fiscal year 1994 and $42,936,000 for
the fiscal year 1995.
(3) BROADCASTING
TO
CUBA.—For ‘‘Broad-
casting to Cuba’’, $28,351,000 for the fiscal year
1994 and $28,362,000 for the fiscal year 1995.
(4) INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
ACTIVI-
TIES.—For ‘‘International Broadcasting Activities’’
under part B, $606,790,000 for the fiscal year
1994, and $717,790,000 for the fiscal year 1995.
(5) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—
For ‘‘Office of the Inspector General’’, $4,390,000
for the fiscal year 1994 and $4,396,000 for the fis-
cal year 1995.
(6) NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT
FOR
DEMOC-
RACY.—For ‘‘National Endowment for Democracy’’,
$48,000,000 
for 
the 
fiscal 
year 
1994 
and
$49,296,000 for the fiscal year 1995.
(7) CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL
INTERCHANGE
BETWEEN
EAST
AND
WEST.—For
‘‘Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange be-
tween East and West’’, $23,000,000 for the fiscal
year 1994 and $23,621,000 for the fiscal year 1995.
HR 2401 RH
TITLE III—OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE
Subtitle A—Authorization of
Appropriations
SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 1994 for the use of the Armed Forces and other
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main-
tenance in amounts as follows:
(1) For the Army, $16,462,610,000.
(2) For the Navy, $20,102,493,000.
(3) For the Marine Corps, $1,990,139,000.
(4) For the Air Force, $19,788,648,000.
(5) For Defense-wide activities, $9,069,428,000.
(6) 
For 
Medical 
Programs, 
Defense,
$9,106,685,000.
(7) For the Army Reserve, $1,095,590,000.
(8) For the Naval Reserve, $775,800,000.
(9) For the Marine Corps Reserve, $75,050,000.
(10) For the Air Force Reserve, $1,354,578,000.
(11) 
For 
the 
Army 
National 
Guard,
$2,223,255,000.
(12) 
For 
the 
Air 
National 
Guard,
$2,665,233,000.
HR 2339 EAS
activities funded through a grant made under section
102 or 103 with the activities carried out by other
councils within the State, including—
‘‘(A) any council or commission specified in
the assurance provided by the State in accord-
ance with section 101(36) of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 721(36));
‘‘(B) the Statewide Independent Living
Council established under section 705 of the Re-
habilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 796d);
‘‘(C) the advisory panel established under
section 613(a)(12) of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1413(a)(12));
‘‘(D) the State Planning Council described
in section 124 of the Developmental Disabilities
Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C.
6024);
‘‘(E) the State mental health planning
council established under section 1914 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–3);
and
‘‘(F) any council established under section
204, 206(g)(2)(A), or 712(a)(3)(H) of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3015,
3017(g)(2)(A), and 3058g(a)(3)(H).
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fense to comply with applicable environmental
laws, set forth separately for the Department of
Defense as a whole and for each military instal-
lation.
‘‘(D) An analysis of the effect that compli-
ance with such environmental laws may have on
the operations and mission capabilities of the
Department of Defense as a whole and of each
military installation.
‘‘(E) A statement of the funding levels re-
quested in the budget for carrying out research,
development, testing, and evaluation for environ-
mental purposes or environmental activities of
the Department of Defense. The statement shall
set forth separately the funding levels requested
for the Department of Defense as a whole and for
each military department and Defense Agency.
‘‘(F) A description of the number and duties
of current full-time personnel, both civilian and
military, who carry out environmental activities
(including research) for the Department of De-
fense, including a description of the organiza-
tional structure of such personnel from the Sec-
retary of Defense down to the military installa-
tion level.
H. Res. 70
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
February 4, 1993.
Resolved, That the following named Member be elected
to the following standing Committee of the House of Rep-
resentatives:
STANDARDS OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT: Nancy Pelosi, Cali-
fornia, to rank after Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland.
Attest:
Clerk.
‘‘(3) If there is more than one alternative to the 
proposed rule that would achieve the relevant statu-
tory objectives at a lower cost than the proposed 
rule, which alternative would achieve the relevant 
statutory objectives at the lowest cost. 
‘‘(4) Whether, if the agency proposes to adopt 
a rule that is more costly than the least costly alter-
native that would achieve the relevant statutory ob-
jectives (including all costs to be considered under 
subsection (b)(6)), the additional benefits of the 
more costly rule exceed the additional costs of the 
more costly rule. 
‘‘(5) Whether the evidence and other informa-
tion upon which the agency bases the proposed rule 
meets the requirements of the Information Quality 
Act. 
‘‘(6) Upon petition by an interested person who 
has participated in the rule making, other issues rel-
evant to the rule making, unless the agency deter-
mines that consideration of the issues at the hearing 
would not advance consideration of the rule or 
would, in light of the nature of the need for agency 
action, unreasonably delay completion of the rule 
making. An agency shall grant or deny a petition
HR 3310 RFS 
(B) in paragraph (15)(C), by striking 
clause (iv); 
(5) in section 331(b), by striking the last sen-
tence; 
(6) in section 336(e), by amending paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Commission shall annually 
advise the Congress on the amounts collected pursu-
ant to the program required by this subsection.’’; 
(7) in section 339(c), by striking paragraph (1); 
(8) in section 396— 
(A) by striking subsection (i); 
(B) in subsection (k)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking sub-
paragraph (F); and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(B)(iii), by strik-
ing subclause (V); 
(C) in subsection (l)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘shall be included’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘The audit report’’; and 
(D) by striking subsection (m); 
(9) in section 398(b)(4), by striking the third 
sentence; 
(10) in section 624A(b)(1)— 
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HR 2490 RH
(RESCISSION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Of the funds made available for the functional re-
placement of publicly-owned facilities located within the
proposed right-of-way of Interstate Route 170 in Public
Law 96–131, $200,000 are rescinded.
(RESCISSION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 100–71, $364,180 are rescinded.
(RESCISSION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Of the authority made available for the intersection
safety demonstration project in Public Law 100–457,
$3,059,960 are rescinded.
(RESCISSION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Of the authority made available for bridges on Fed-
eral dams pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 320, $9,478,139 are re-
scinded.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational
SEC. 4. AUDIO AND VISUAL COVERAGE OF JOINT COM-
MITTEE HEARINGS. 
Section 401(b)(5)(F) of the Budget Control Act of 
2011 is amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) 
AUDIO
AND
VISUAL
COV-
ERAGE.—Whenever a hearing conducted by 
the joint committee is open to the public, 
those proceedings shall be open to coverage 
by audio and visual means, including in a 
format that is streaming on the Internet 
via the website of the joint committee.’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2861 
To restore the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
over amusement park rides which are at a fixed site, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To restore the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission over amusement park rides which are at 
a fixed site, 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 ‘‘National Amusement 
Park Ride Safety Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. JURISDICTION OVER FIXED SITE AMUSEMENT 
RIDES. 
Section 3(a)(1) of the Consumer Product Safety Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2052(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and 
which is not permanently fixed to a site. Such term does 
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SEC. 13268. INCREASE 
IN 
STEPPARENT 
INCOME 
DIS-
REGARD.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a)(31) (42 U.S.C.
602(a)(31)) is amended by striking ‘‘$75’’ and inserting
‘‘$90’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1993, and
shall apply to payments under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act for fiscal year 1994 and such pay-
ments for succeeding fiscal years.
SEC. 13269. EXTENSION OF NEW YORK STATE CHILD SUP-
PORT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Section 9122(g)(1) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 602 note; 101 Stat. 1330–
312) is amended by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’.
SEC. 13270. EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
Section 501(a) of the Family Support Act of 1988
(42 U.S.C. 1315 note; 102 Stat. 2400) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(4) For grants to States to conduct demonstration
projects under this subsection, there are authorized to be
appropriated not to exceed $3,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 1994 through 1998.’’.
not include such a device which is permanently fixed to 
a site.’’ and inserting a period. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission $500,000 for each fis-
cal year to enable the Commission to carry out the Con-
sumer Product Safety Act as amended by this Act. 
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(B) The pro rata share of adult Members who elect
not to withdraw their payment from this Trust Fund shall
be managed, invested and administered, together with the
funds of Members who have not attained the age of 21
years on the date the final base membership roll is pub-
lished, until such Member requests in writing that their
pro rata share be distributed, at which time such Mem-
ber’s pro rata share shall be paid, together with the net
income of the Trust Fund allocable to such Member’s
share as of the date of distribution.
(C) No member may elect to have their pro rata share
managed by this Trust Fund for a period of more than
21 years after the date of publication of the final base
membership roll.
(5)(A) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph,
the pro rata share of any Member who has not attained
the age of 21 years on the date the final base membership
roll is published shall be managed, invested and adminis-
tered pursuant to the provisions of this section until such
Member has attained the age of 21 years, at which time
such Member’s pro rata share shall be paid, together with
the net income of the Trust Fund allocable to such Mem-
ber’s share as of the date of payment. Such Members shall
be paid their pro rata share of this Trust Fund on the
date they attain 21 years of age unless they elect in writ-
shall be appropriately reduced to reflect the amount 
of the increase by reason of such paragraph. 
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163 
(c) REPEALS.—Section 1241 of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(A)’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2), (4), (5), 
(6), and (7); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); 
(2) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) through 
(7) of’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘wet-
lands reserve program’’ and inserting ‘‘ease-
ment benefits program’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘environ-
mental quality incentives program for land de-
termined to have special environmental signifi-
cance pursuant to section 1240G(b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘working land program for land deter-
mined to have special environmental signifi-
cance’’; 
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(ii) by striking the period at the end 
of clause (iii) and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iv) 70 percent for the sixth such fis-
cal year; and 
‘‘(v) 65 percent for the seventh such 
fiscal year.’’; 
(E) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘(A) take’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall take’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by strik-
ing ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
and 
(iv) 
by 
redesignating 
clauses 
(i) 
through (iv) of subparagraph (A) as sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D), respectively, 
and moving each of such provisions 2 ems 
to the left; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR AD-
MINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF THE SECRETARY.—Not 
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Energy Agency safeguards as required under the
treaty.
(6) Inspections of North Korea’s nuclear mate-
rials by the International Atomic Energy Agency
suggested discrepancies in North Korea’s declara-
tions regarding special nuclear materials.
(7) North Korea has not given a scientifically
satisfactory explanation for those discrepancies.
(8) North Korea refused to provide Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency inspectors with full
access to two sites for the purposes of verifying its
compliance with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons.
(9) When called upon by the International
Atomic Energy Agency to provide such full access as
required by the Treaty, North Korea announced its
intention to withdraw from the Treaty, effective
after the required three months notice.
(10) After intensive negotiations with the Unit-
ed States, North Korea agreed to suspend its inten-
tion to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Pro-
liferation of Nuclear Weapons and begin consulta-
tions with the International Atomic Energy Agency
on providing access to its suspect sites.
or was unemployed and had exhausted the right 
to such unemployment compensation,’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
of subparagraph (D), and by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) prior to the date the employment 
with the employer begins, has not been em-
ployed by the employer at any time, and 
‘‘(F) is employed on average at least 30 
hours of service per week.’’. 
(3) RECAPTURE.—Subsection (c) of section 
3221 of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) RECAPTURE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which 
an individual ceases to be a qualified individual 
with respect to the employer during the 1-year 
period beginning with the date the individual’s 
employment with the employer began, the tax 
imposed under subsection (a) with respect to in-
dividuals in his employ shall be increased by the 
amount such tax was reduced with respect to 
such individual by reason of paragraph (1). 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for such subchapter A is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 9512. Pacific Whiting Fisheries Research Trust Fund.’’
Æ
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2862 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a temporary divi-
dends received deduction and to create the Jobs Trust Fund to fund 
infrastructure projects. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. MEEKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, 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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
a temporary dividends received deduction and to create 
the Jobs Trust Fund to fund infrastructure projects. 
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 ‘‘Putting America Back 
to Work Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 2(5) of the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701(5)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘subject to the provisions of this Act’’ after ‘‘Indian
lands’’.
(b) POLICY.—Section 3(2) of such Act (25 U.S.C.
2702(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘by an Indian tribe’’.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
(a) INDIAN LANDS.—Section 4(4) of the Indian Gam-
ing Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703(4)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(4) The term ‘Indian lands’ means lands over which
an Indian tribe exercises governmental power, and which
are located—
‘‘(A) within the exterior boundaries of an In-
dian reservation and held in fee by the Indian tribe
for which such lands have been reserved;
‘‘(B) within the exterior boundaries of the res-
ervation title to which is either held in trust by the
United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or
member of such tribe or held by an Indian tribe or
member of such tribe subject to restriction by the
United States against alienation; or
‘‘(C) outside the exterior boundaries of a recog-
nized reservation, as such boundaries existed on Oc-
tober 17, 1988, title to which is either held in trust