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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6338 
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to permit certain livestock owners 
to plant a secondary crop for the use of the producer as emergency feed. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to permit certain 
livestock owners to plant a secondary crop for the use 
of the producer as emergency feed. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EMERGENCY EXCEPTION FOR PREVENTED 
PLANTING. 
Section 508A(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508a(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(6) or’’ before ‘‘subsections (d) and (e)’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘an emer-
gency described in paragraph (6) or’’ after ‘‘in the 
case of’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) EMERGENCY EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A producer may plant 
a second crop on the same acreage for harvest 
in the same crop year as a first crop and re-
ceive full prevented planting indemnity pay-
ments under this subsection, if, as determined 
by the Corporation— 
‘‘(i) the producer owns livestock; 
‘‘(ii) the affected agricultural oper-
ation of the producer is located in an area 
that experienced excessive precipitation 
that prevented the producer from planting 
the first crop by the final planting date for 
the crop established by the Risk Manage-
ment Agency; and 
‘‘(iii) the producer uses the second 
crop solely for emergency feed of the live-
stock of the producer. 
‘‘(B) EFFECT
ON
ACTUAL
PRODUCTION 
HISTORY.—In the case of a producer described 
in subparagraph (A)— 
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‘‘(i) the adjustment in actual produc-
tion history described in paragraph (3) 
shall be 100 percent of the producer’s ac-
tual production history for the agricultural 
commodity; and 
‘‘(ii) the second crop shall not be con-
sidered the crop of record unless the pro-
ducer so elects.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 633 
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer enemy combatants detained by 
the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the 
Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar, California, or the Camp Pendleton 
Base Brig, Camp Pendleton, California, or to construct facilities for 
such enemy combatants at such locations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2009 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. BILBRAY, and Mr. ISSA) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of funds to transfer enemy combatants 
detained by the United States at Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba, to the Naval Consolidated Brig, 
Miramar, California, or the Camp Pendleton Base Brig, 
Camp Pendleton, California, or to construct facilities for 
such enemy combatants at such locations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER 
INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO 
BAY, CUBA, TO THE NAVAL CONSOLIDATED 
BRIG, MIRAMAR, CALIFORNIA OR THE CAMP 
PENDLETON BASE BRIG, CAMP PENDLETON, 
CALIFORNIA, OR TO CONSTRUCT FACILITIES 
FOR SUCH INDIVIDUALS AT SUCH LOCA-
TIONS. 
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to any Federal department or agency may be 
used— 
(1) to transfer any enemy combatant detained 
by the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, to the Naval Consolidated Brig, 
Miramar, California or to the Camp Pendleton Base 
Brig, Camp Pendleton, California; or 
(2) to build, modify, or enhance any facility at 
the Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California, 
or the Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Cali-
fornia, for the purpose of housing any such enemy 
combatant. 
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‘‘(F) RESPONSE.—If the entity or entities 
described in subparagraph (B) resubmit the ap-
plication in an effort to overcome the finding of 
noncompliance not more than 30 days after the 
date the notification was received, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall approve or disapprove the 
resubmitted application not more than 30 days 
after the resubmitted application is received, or 
not more than 30 days after the conclusion of 
a hearing, whichever is later. If the Secretary of 
the Interior fails to approve or disapprove the 
resubmitted application within such time pe-
riod, the resubmitted application shall be 
deemed approved. 
‘‘(G) RESUBMISSION
RESPONSE.—If the 
Secretary of the Interior finds the resubmitted 
application described in subparagraph (F) to be 
in noncompliance, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall issue a final determination that— 
‘‘(i) cites the specific provisions in the 
application that are not in compliance; 
‘‘(ii) provides a detailed explanation of 
the basis for the finding of noncompliance 
for each provision found to be noncompli-
ant; and 
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4002(e)(2) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2008 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘6’’ and 
inserting ‘‘4’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘8.5’’ and 
inserting ‘‘7.0’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to individuals exhausting third- 
tier emergency unemployment compensation on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6341 
To establish a loan program to promote energy conservation in rural areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. HOLDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To establish a loan program to promote energy conservation 
in rural areas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GROWING RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY NET-
WORKS. 
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 313A the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 313B. GROWING RURAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY NET-
WORKS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘eligible 
borrower’ means— 
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‘‘(1) an entity that has received a loan or loan 
guarantee under this Act; or 
‘‘(2) a cooperative that is eligible to receive a 
loan or loan guarantee under this Act. 
‘‘(b) INTEREST-FREE LOANS.—The Secretary shall 
establish an initiative to promote energy efficiency by pro-
viding interest-free loans for the purposes of— 
‘‘(1) making energy efficiency improvements; 
and 
‘‘(2) achieving energy conservation. 
‘‘(c) LOAN PURPOSES.—To promote the purposes de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary shall make inter-
est-free loans to eligible borrowers to encourage such bor-
rowers to— 
‘‘(1) invest in and facilitate consumer energy ef-
ficiency improvements; or 
‘‘(2) increase energy conservation. 
‘‘(d) REPAYMENT TERMS.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall establish such reasonable terms 
and conditions as necessary to ensure participation by eli-
gible borrowers. 
‘‘(e) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall use the fees col-
lected pursuant to section 313A(c) to provide the interest- 
free loans authorized under this section. 
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‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) use only those fees required under section 
313A(c) that are collected for loans guaranteed 
under section 313A after the date of the enactment 
of this section; and 
‘‘(2) require that the amount of the annual fee 
paid for the guarantee of a bond or note under sec-
tion 313A be equal to 50 basis points of the amount 
of the unpaid principal of the bond or note guaran-
teed under such section, and an additional loan 
origination fee equal to 50 such basis points shall be 
paid at the time the guarantee is approved. 
‘‘(g) PROGRAM LEVEL.—The Secretary shall approve 
$3,000,000 in loan guarantees under this section to quali-
fied lenders as described in section 313A(b)(3) for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2010. 
‘‘(h) SUNSET.—Subsection (f) shall not be effective 
on or after September 30, 2011.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6342 
To establish pilot projects for agriculture renewable energy systems. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. HOLDEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To establish pilot projects for agriculture renewable energy 
systems. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PILOT PROJECTS FOR AGRICULTURE RENEW-
ABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish, 
under such terms and conditions as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate, pilot projects for renewable energy sys-
tems to provide financial and technical assistance through 
existing agriculture programs to eligible entities to imple-
ment renewable energy systems in participating States. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT
CRITERIA.—In establishing 
pilot projects under this section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, 
that such projects— 
(A) are located in geographically diverse 
regions of the United States; 
(B) consist of a diverse group of herd sizes 
and technologies; and 
(C) are located in States that have estab-
lished net metering programs; and 
(2) take into consideration any other criteria 
that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
(c) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Financial assistance pro-
vided under this section shall consist of cost-shares, 
grants, loans, or loan guarantees, or any combina-
tion thereof. 
(2) OPERATION.—In providing financial assist-
ance to carry out this section, the Secretary shall 
rely on the authorities granted to the Secretary 
under— 
(A) the Environmental Quality Incentives 
Program; 
(B) the Rural Energy for America Pro-
gram; 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3829 
To require a criminal background check for employees of child care providers, 
family child care providers, and adults who reside in the private resi-
dences of family child care providers in States that receive funds from 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2012 
Ms. MOORE (for herself, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To require a criminal background check for employees of 
child care providers, family child care providers, and 
adults who reside in the private residences of family 
child care providers in States that receive funds from 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(C) the Biomass Crop Assistance Program; 
(D) the Rural Utilities Service; or 
(E) any other program that the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate to carry out the 
purposes this section. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall consult with State and Federal agen-
cies, and any other entity that the Secretary determines 
has relevant experience. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the imple-
mentation of the program authorized under this section. 
(f) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
a study to evaluate rural electrification issues. Such 
study shall include— 
(A) an analysis of rural infrastructure; and 
(B) rural electric transmission and genera-
tion. 
(2) REPORT.—As soon as practicable after con-
ducting the study under paragraph (1), the Sec-
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retary shall submit to Congress a report containing 
the results of the study. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a producer or group of producers imple-
menting a renewable energy system on a farm. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
ELECTRIC
UTILITY.—The term 
‘‘eligible electric utility’’ means— 
(A) any public or cooperative electric util-
ity that is eligible to borrow from the Rural 
Utility Service electrification programs author-
ized under the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) that serves a rural 
area defined by that Act; 
(B) any current borrower from the Rural 
Utilities Service electrification program author-
ized under that Act; or 
(C) any entity primarily owned or con-
trolled by an entity described in subparagraph 
(A) or (B). 
(3) NET METERING.—The term ‘‘net metering’’ 
means measuring the difference between electricity 
supplied by an electric utility and the electricity gen-
erated by a net metering customer and fed back to 
the electric utility over the applicable billing period. 
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(4) RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS.—The term 
‘‘renewable energy systems’’ means a system where 
renewable energy is derived from animal waste and 
used for improving energy conservation on a farm. 
(5) PARTICIPATING STATE.—The term ‘‘partici-
pating state’’ means a State that has established a 
net metering program. 
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graphs (C) and (D), respectively, and by amending 
subparagraph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) 0 percent of the adjusted net capital 
gain (or, if less, taxable income);’’. 
(2) ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX.—Paragraph 
(3) of section 55(b) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (C), by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
subparagraph (C), and by amending subparagraph 
(B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) 0 percent of the adjusted net capital 
gain (or, if less, taxable excess), plus’’. 
(3) REPEAL OF SUNSET OF REDUCTION IN CAP-
ITAL GAINS RATES FOR INDIVIDUALS.—Section 303 
of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation 
Act of 2003 shall not apply to section 301 of such 
Act. 
(b) ZERO PERCENT CAPITAL GAINS RATE FOR COR-
PORATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1201 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating 
subsection (b) as subsection (c), and by striking sub-
section (a) and inserting the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—If for any taxable year a cor-
poration has a net capital gain, then, in lieu of the tax 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6345 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust personal exemptions 
for high cost-of-living areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS) 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 adjust 
personal exemptions for high cost-of-living areas. 
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 ‘‘The Personal Exemp-
tion Fairness Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. REGIONAL COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS IN PER-
SONAL EXEMPTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 151 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
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imposed by sections 11, 511, 821(a) or (c), and 831(a), 
there is hereby imposed a tax (if such tax is less than 
the tax imposed by such sections) which shall consist of 
the sum of— 
‘‘(1) a tax computed on the taxable income re-
duced by the amount of the net capital gain, at the 
rates and in the manner as if this subsection had 
not been enacted, 
‘‘(2) 0 percent of the adjusted net capital gain 
(or, if less, taxable income), 
‘‘(3) 25 percent of the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(A) the unrecaptured section 1250 gain 
(or, if less, the net capital gain (determined 
without regard to subsection (b)(2)), over 
‘‘(B) the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) the sum of the amount on which 
tax is determined under paragraph (1) 
plus the net capital gain, over 
‘‘(ii) taxable income, plus 
‘‘(4) 28 percent of the amount of taxable in-
come in excess of the sum of the amounts on which 
tax is determined under the preceding paragraphs of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6346 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to treat certain provider 
taxes as allowable costs for purposes of Medicare reimbursements to 
critical access hospitals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. GRAVES of Missouri) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to treat 
certain provider taxes as allowable costs for purposes 
of Medicare reimbursements to critical access hospitals. 
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 ‘‘Rural Hospital Protec-
tion Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CERTAIN PROVIDER TAXES TREATED AS ALLOW-
ABLE COSTS FOR PURPOSES OF MEDICARE 
CAH REIMBURSEMENTS. 
Section 1861(v)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(v)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(W) In determining such reasonable costs 
for critical access hospitals with respect to cost 
reporting periods beginning on or after January 
1, 2004, the Secretary shall include as allowable 
costs any health care related taxes, as defined 
in section 1903(w)(3). In computing the reason-
able costs with respect to such health care re-
lated taxes for purposes of the previous sen-
tence, the Secretary shall not offset against the 
amount of the tax assessments paid by a crit-
ical access hospital any amounts that the crit-
ical access hospital receives from a State if the 
Secretary has not determined that there is in 
effect a hold harmless provision, as described in 
section 1903(w)(4), with respect to the health 
care related tax.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6362 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve 
school safety. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to improve school safety. 
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 Schools Against 
Violence in Education Act’’ or the ‘‘SAVE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Secretary of Education reports that 
from 2003 to 2009 there have never been more than 
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sion, custody, or control and the specific locations 
where such property is maintained. If such entity 
does not have any such property in its possession, 
custody, or control, such entity must describe in de-
tail the point in time and the manner in which the 
entity disposed of or converted the property. 
(3) Whether the entity has provided restitution 
and reparations to all identifiable victims of the de-
portations described in subsection (a) or to their 
families, and whether the entity has otherwise 
reached a settlement agreement with all identifiable 
victims of such deportations or their families. 
(c) MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES.—Any entity that 
certifies that it had any direct involvement described in 
subsection (a) may, at its own discretion, provide any miti-
gating circumstances in narrative and documentary form 
and include such narrative and documentary in its disclo-
sures. 
(d) INELIGIBILITY.—Any entity that certifies that it 
had any direct involvement described in subsection (a) 
shall be ineligible to be awarded a contract with any agen-
cy or instrumentality of a State or local government for 
any high-speed rail project described in such subsection 
if such entity has failed to make restitutions and repara-
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tions or reach a settlement agreement as described in sub-
section (b)(3). 
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