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H. R. 1937
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the twenty-third day of January, two thousand and two
An Act
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in certain feasibility studies
of water resource projects in the State of Washington.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pacific Northwest Feasibility
Studies Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior may engage
in the following feasibility studies:
(1) The Tulalip Tribes Water Quality Feasibility Study,
to identify ways to meet future domestic and commercial water
distribution needs of the Tulalip Indian Reservation on the
Eastern Shore of Puget Sound, Washington.
(2) The Lower Elwha Klallam Rural Water Supply Feasi-
bility Study, to identify additional rural water supply sources
for the Lower Elwha Indian Reservation on the Olympic Penin-
sula, Washington.
(3) The Makah Community Water Source Project Feasi-
bility Study, to identify ways to meet the current and future
domestic and commercial water supply and distribution needs
of the Makah Indian Tribe on the Olympic Peninsula, Wash-
ington.
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF RESULTS.—The Secretary of the
Interior shall make available to the public, upon request, the results
of each feasibility study authorized under subsection (a), and shall
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promptly publish in the Federal Register a notice of the availability
of those results.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1937
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in certain feasibility
studies of water resource projects in the State of Washington.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2001
Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. DICKS, Mr. INSLEE, and Mr.
SMITH of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to engage in
certain feasibility studies of water resource projects in
the State of Washington.
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 ‘‘Pacific Northwest Fea-
sibility Studies Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior may
engage in the following feasibility studies:
(1) The Tulalip Tribes Water Quality Feasi-
bility Study, to identify ways to meet future domes-
tic and commercial water distribution needs of the
Tulalip Indian Reservation on the Eastern Shore of
Puget Sound, Washington.
(2) The Lower Elwha Klallam Rural Water
Supply Feasibility Study, to identify additional
groundwater supply sources for the Lower Elwha In-
dian Reservation on the Olympic Peninsula, Wash-
ington.
(3) The Makah Community Water Source
Project Feasibility Study, to identify ways to meet
the current and future domestic and commercial
water supply and distribution needs of the Makah
Indian Tribe on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF RESULTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall make available to the public,
upon request, the results of each feasibility study author-
ized under subsection (a), and shall promptly publish in
the Federal Register a notice of the availability of those
results.
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program which provides benefits or service based, in
whole or in part, on need.
(2) 
PROHIBITION
AGAINST
RECOVERY
OF
VALUE OF EXCESSIVE BENEFITS OR SERVICES.—No
officer, agency, or instrumentality of any govern-
ment may attempt to recover the value of excessive
benefits or services provided under a program de-
scribed in subsection (a) before January 1, 2000, by
reason of any failure to take account of excludable
restitution payments received before such date.
(3) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Any agency of govern-
ment that has taken into account excludable restitu-
tion payments in determining eligibility for a pro-
gram described in subsection (a) before January 1,
2000, shall make a good faith effort to notify any
individual who may have been denied eligibility for
benefits or services under the program of the poten-
tial eligibility of the individual for such benefits or
services.
(4) COORDINATION WITH 1994 ACT.—Nothing
in this Act shall be construed to override any right
or requirement under ‘‘An Act to require certain
payments made to victims of Nazi persecution to be
disregarded in determining eligibility for and the
amount of benefits or services based on need’’, ap-
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1939
To amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to allow individuals
who return to Government service after receiving a refund of retirement
contributions to recapture credit for the service covered by that refund
by repaying the amount that was so received, with interest.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2001
Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. DAVIS
of Illinois, Mr. WYNN, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. CUMMINGS) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Re-
form
A BILL
To amend chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to
allow individuals who return to Government service after
receiving a refund of retirement contributions to recap-
ture credit for the service covered by that refund by
repaying the amount that was so received, with interest.
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 ‘‘FERS Redeposit Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEPOSIT AUTHORITY.
Section 8422 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h)(1) Each employee or Member who has received
a refund of retirement deductions under this retirement
system may deposit the amount received, with interest.
Credit may not be allowed for the service covered by the
refund until the deposit is made.
‘‘(2) Interest under this subsection shall be computed
in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of section
8334(e) and regulations prescribed by the Office.
‘‘(3) For the purpose of survivor annuities, deposits
authorized by this subsection may also be made by a sur-
vivor of an employee or Member.’’.
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) 
DEFINITIONAL
AMENDMENT.—Section
8401(19)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘8411(f);’’ and inserting ‘‘8411(f) or
8422(h);’’.
(b) CREDITING OF DEPOSITS.—Section 8422(c) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘Deposits made by an employee, Mem-
ber, or survivor also shall be credited to the Fund.’’.
(c) SECTION HEADING.—(1) The heading for section
8422 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘§ 8422. Deductions from pay; contributions for mili-
tary service; deposits’’.
(2) The analysis for chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to
section 8422 and inserting the following:
‘‘8422. Deductions from pay; contributions for military service; deposits.’’.
(d) RESTORATION OF ANNUITY RIGHTS.—The last
sentence of section 8424(a) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘based.’’ and inserting ‘‘based,
until the employee or Member is reemployed in the service
subject to this chapter.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 193
To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. STUMP introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to estate, gift, and genera-
tion-skipping taxes) is hereby repealed.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to estates of decedents dying, and
transfers made, after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1941
To amend the Federal Power Act to provide the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission with authority to order certain refunds of electric rates,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2001
Mr. OSE (for himself and Mr. HORN) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Power Act to provide the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission with authority to order
certain refunds of electric rates, 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 ‘‘Electric Refund Fair-
ness Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. WHOLESALE RATE REFUND AUTHORITY.
Section 206(b) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
824e(b)) is amended as follows:
(1) In the second sentence, strike ‘‘shall not be
earlier than the date 60 days after the filing of such
complaint nor later than 5 months after the expira-
tion of such 60-day period’’ and insert ‘‘shall be the
date of the filing of such complaint’’.
(2) In the third sentence, strike ‘‘shall not be
earlier than the date 60 days after the publication
by the Commission of notice of its intention to ini-
tiate such proceeding nor later than 5 months after
the expiration of such 60-day period’’ and insert
‘‘shall be the date of publication by the Commission
of notice of its intention to initiate such proceeding’’.
(3) Beginning in the seventh sentence, strike
‘‘through a date fifteen months after such refund ef-
fective date’’ and all that follows down through
‘‘prior to the conclusion of the proceeding’’ and in-
sert ‘‘through the conclusion of the proceeding’’.
(4) In the last sentence, after ‘‘interest’’ insert
‘‘and any penalties the Commission deems appro-
priate’’.
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(3) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS.—If the amount allo-
cated to a State to carry out this title for any fiscal
year is insufficient to pay the full amounts that all
local educational agencies in such State are eligible
to receive under paragraph (2) for such year, the
State shall ratably reduce such amounts for such
year.
(b) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available
under this section to a local educational agency shall be
used for the following classroom services and activities:
(1) Programs for the acquisition and use of in-
structional and educational materials, including li-
brary services and materials (including media mate-
rials), assessments, reference materials, and other
curricular materials which are tied to high academic
standards and which will be used to improve student
achievement and which are part of an overall edu-
cation reform program.
(2) Professional development for instructional
staff.
(3) Programs to improve the higher order
thinking skills of disadvantaged elementary and sec-
ondary school students and to prevent students from
dropping out of school.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1942
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board to investigate all fatal railroad grade crossing acci-
dents.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2001
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board to investigate all
fatal railroad grade crossing accidents.
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 ‘‘Fatal Grade Crossing
Accident Investigations Act’’.
SEC. 2. GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENTS.
That section 1131(a)(1) of title 49, United States
Code, is amended:
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(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘including
a railroad grade crossing accident’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing a railroad grade crossing accident,’’ after ‘‘rail-
road accident’’.
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(4) Efforts to lengthen the school day or the
school year.
(5) Programs to combat illiteracy in the student
population.
(6) Programs to provide for the educational
needs of gifted and talented children.
(7) Promising education reform projects that
are tied to State student content and performance
standards.
(8) Carrying out comprehensive school reform
programs that are based on reliable research.
(9) Programs for homeless children and youth.
(10) Programs that are built upon partnerships
between local educational agencies and institutions
of higher education, educational service agencies, li-
braries, businesses, regional educational laboratories,
or other educational entities, for the purpose of pro-
viding educational services consistent with this sec-
tion.
(11) The acquisition of books, materials and
equipment, payment of compensation of instructional
staff, and instructional activities that are necessary
for the conduct of programs in magnet schools.
(12) Programs to promote academic achieve-
ment among women and girls.
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.—With respect to
the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Pro-
gram established in section 338A, the provisions of
this subpart that apply to such program shall, ex-
cept as determined by the Secretary to be incon-
sistent with subsection (a), apply to the program es-
tablished in subsection (a) in the same manner and
to the same extent as such provisions apply to the
National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program.
‘‘(2) LOAN
REPAYMENT
PROGRAM.—With re-
spect to the National Health Service Corps Loan
Repayment Program established in section 338B,
the provisions of this subpart that apply to such pro-
gram shall, except as determined by the Secretary to
be inconsistent with subsection (b), apply to the pro-
gram established in subsection (b) in the same man-
ner and to the same extent as such provisions apply
to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repay-
ment Program.
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘school of veterinary medicine’ has the meaning given
such term in section 799B.
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM.—For the pur-
pose of carrying out this section with respect to the
program under subsection (a), there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary
for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
‘‘(2) LOAN
REPAYMENT
PROGRAM.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section with respect to
the program under subsection (b), there are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through
2005.’’.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1944
To provide dollars to the classroom.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2001
Mr. PITTS (for himself, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr.
ROYCE, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. MAN-
ZULLO, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. WELDON of Flor-
ida, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr.
TOOMEY, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. HERGER, Ms. HART, Mr. BRADY of
Texas, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. VITTER, Mr. TERRY, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr.
SESSIONS, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. SAM
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. PENCE, and Mr. NORWOOD) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
A BILL
To provide dollars to the classroom.
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 ‘‘Dollars to the Class-
room Act’’.
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TITLE I—IMPROVEMENT OF CLASSROOM
SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
SEC. 101. GRANTS TO STATES.
The Secretary is authorized to award grants in ac-
cordance with this title to States for use by States and
local educational agencies to improve classroom services
and activities for students.
SEC. 102. GRANT AWARD.
(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the amount ap-
propriated to carry out this title for any fiscal year, the
Secretary shall reserve—
(1) 1⁄2 of 1 percent for the outlying areas, to be
distributed among the outlying areas on the basis of
their relative need, as determined by the Secretary
in accordance with the purposes of this section; and
(2) 1⁄2 of 1 percent for the Secretary of the In-
terior for programs under this title in schools oper-
ated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(b) STATE ALLOCATIONS.—Funds appropriated to
carry out this title for any fiscal year, which are not re-
served under subsection (a), shall be allocated among the
States as follows:
(1) HOLD HARMLESS.—If the amount of funds
appropriated to carry out this title in any fiscal year
equals or exceeds the aggregate amount all States
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received in fiscal year 2001 under the following pro-
visions, as such provisions were in effect on the day
preceding the date of the enactment of this Act—
(A) title III of the Goals 2000: Educate
America Act (20 U.S.C. 5881 et seq.);
(B) section 1002(g)(2) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6302(g));
(C) section 1502 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6492);
(D) part B of title II of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 6641 et seq.);
(E) section 3132 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6842 et seq.);
(F) title VI of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7311
et seq.) (excluding amounts appropriated under
section 307 of the Department of Education
Appropriations Act of 1999); and
(G) part B of title VII of the Stewart B.
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11421 et seq.),
cially disadvantaged owners and operators to partici-
pate in the conservation security program.
‘‘(9) PROGRAM
EVALUATION.—The Secretary
shall maintain data concerning conservation security
plans, conservation practices planned or imple-
mented, environmental outcomes, economic costs,
and related matters under this section.
‘‘(10) CONFIDENTIALITY.—To maintain con-
fidentiality, the Secretary shall not release or dis-
close publicly the conservation security plan of an
owner or operator under this chapter unless the
Secretary—
‘‘(A) obtains the authorization of the
owner or operator for the release or disclosure;
‘‘(B) releases the information in an anony-
mous or aggregated form; or
‘‘(C)(i) is otherwise required by law to re-
lease or disclose the plan and;
‘‘(ii) releases the plan in an anonymous or
aggregated form.
‘‘(11) MEDIATION AND INFORMAL HEARINGS.—
If the Secretary makes a decision under this chapter
that is adverse to an owner or operator, at the re-
quest of the owner or operator, the Secretary shall
(4) Lake Elwell, near Chester, Montana, would 
provide the most available, reliable, and safe rural 
and municipal water supply for serving the needs of 
the Reservation and north central Montana. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to ensure a safe and adequate rural, munic-
ipal, and industrial water supply for the residents of 
the Rocky Boy’s Reservation in the State of Mon-
tana; 
(2) to assist the citizens residing in Chouteau, 
Hill, Liberty, Pondera, Teton, and Toole Counties, 
Montana, but outside the Reservation, in developing 
safe and adequate rural, municipal, and industrial 
water supplies; 
(3) to require the Secretary of the Interior, act-
ing through the Commissioner of Reclamation—
(A) to plan, design, and construct the core 
and noncore systems of the Rocky Boy’s/North 
Central Montana Regional Water System in the 
State of Montana; and 
(B) to operate, maintain, and replace the 
core system and the on-Reservation water dis-
tribution systems, including service connections 
to communities and individuals; and
(2) OTHER TITLE VII PROGRAMS.—Section 740
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293d)
is amended—
(A) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (c) the
following subsection:
‘‘(d) MEDICAL LABORATORY PERSONNEL.—For the
purpose of increasing the number of individuals trained
as medical laboratory personnel through making awards
of grants or contracts under sections 737 through 739 for
appropriate schools of allied health, there are authorized
to be appropriated, in addition to authorizations of appro-
priations under subsections (a) through (c) that are avail-
able for such purpose, the following:
‘‘(1) For awards under section 737 to such
schools, $11,193,000 for fiscal year 2002, and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal
years 2003 through 2006.
‘‘(2) For awards under section 738 to serve as
members of the faculty of such schools, $332,500 for
fiscal year 2002, and such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2003 through
2006.
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hind Act of 2001, the Director of the Office of In-
dian Education Programs shall—
‘‘(A) conduct such studies as may be need-
ed to establish an empirical basis for deter-
mining relevant factors substantially affecting
required administrative costs of tribal elemen-
tary and secondary education programs, using
the formula set forth in subsection (c); and
‘‘(B) conduct a study to determine—
‘‘(i) a maximum base rate which ensures
that the amount of the grants provided under
this section will provide adequate (but not ex-
cessive) funding of the administrative costs of
the smallest tribal elementary or secondary edu-
cational programs;
‘‘(ii) a minimum base rate which ensures
that the amount of the grants provided under
this section will provide adequate (but not ex-
cessive) funding of the administrative costs of
the largest tribal elementary or secondary edu-
cational programs; and
‘‘(iii) a standard direct cost base which is
the aggregate direct cost funding level for which
the percentage determined under subsection (c)
will—
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1947
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that fra-
grances containing known toxic substances or allergens be labeled accord-
ingly.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2001
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, and Ms. BERKLEY) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to
require that fragrances containing known toxic sub-
stances or allergens be labeled accordingly.
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 ‘‘Safe Notification and
Information for Fragrances Act’’.
SEC. 2. LABELING OF FRAGRANCES WITH RESPECT TO
KNOWN TOXIC SUBSTANCES OR ALLERGENS.
Section 602 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 362) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(g) If it is a fragrance that contains a known toxic
substance, unless it bears labeling stating that fact and
the common or usual name of such substance.
‘‘(h) If it is a fragrance that contains a known aller-
gen, unless it bears labeling stating that fact and the com-
mon or usual name of such allergen, or the name specified
in any definition and standard of identity for the allergen
under section 401, as applicable.’’.
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115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1005 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
provision of adult day health care services for veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,