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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 729
To assure cost credibility of the Medicare prescription drug benefit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2005
Mr. STARK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To assure cost credibility of the Medicare prescription drug 
benefit.
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 ‘‘Medicare Drug Cost 
Credibility Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. COST CREDIBILITY FOR MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION 
DRUG BENEFIT. 
(a) COST CREDIBILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the net mandatory outlays 
for the medicare prescription drug benefit for a fis-
cal year (as contained in tables accompanying the 
Budget of the United States submitted by the Presi-
dent for that fiscal year) exceed the original CBO 
cost estimate of such benefit for that fiscal year (as 
described in paragraph (2)), the Secretary shall, not-
withstanding section 1860D–11(i)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–111(i)(1)), utilize 
negotiating authority in order to reduce the acquisi-
tion cost for prescription drugs. Such authority shall 
apply for benefits for the calendar year that begins 
in such fiscal year and for benefits for all subse-
quent calendar years. 
(2) ORIGINAL CBO COST ESTIMATE.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), the original CBO cost esti-
mate for the medicare prescription drug benefit for 
a fiscal year is the following (as specified in the 
communication of November 20, 2003, of the Direc-
tor of the Congressional Budget Office to conferees 
for ‘‘CBO Estimate of Effect on Direct Spending 
and Revenues of Conference Agreement on H.R. 1’’ 
as the changes in direct spending (outlays) attrib-
utable to the prescription drug benefit (titleI)): 
(A) For fiscal year 2006, $25.7 billion.
(B) For fiscal year 2007, $39.0 billion. 
(C) For fiscal year 2008, $44.6 billion. 
(D) For fiscal year 2009, $48.7 billion. 
(E) For fiscal year 2010, $53.7 billion. 
(F) For fiscal year 2011, $58.6 billion. 
(G) For fiscal year 2012, $65.3 billion. 
(H) For fiscal year 2013, $73.1 billion. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1860D–
11(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
111(i)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘subject to section 2(a) 
of the Medicare Drug Cost Credibility Act of 2005’’ before 
‘‘may not interfere’’.
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IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 125 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 841) to require States to hold 
special elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives not 
later than 45 days after the vacancy is announced by the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005 
Mr. COLE of Oklahoma submitted the following resolution; 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 841) to require 
States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the 
House of Representatives not later than 45 days after 
the vacancy is announced by the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives in extraordinary circumstances, and 
for other purposes.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6982 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 210 South Ellsworth Avenue in San Mateo, 
California, as the ‘‘Leo J. Ryan Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 72 
To define marriage for all legal purposes in the District of Columbia to 
consist of the union of one man and one woman. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To define marriage for all legal purposes in the District 
of Columbia to consist of the union of one man and 
one woman. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MARRIAGE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
In the District of Columbia, for all legal purposes, 
‘‘marriage’’ means the union of one man and one woman. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 730 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a temporary increase 
in the minimum end strength level for active duty personnel for the 
Army, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2005 
Mrs. TAUSCHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide a tem-
porary increase in the minimum end strength level for 
active duty personnel for the Army, the Marine Corps, 
and the Air Force, 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. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN MINIMUM END 
STRENGTH LEVEL FOR THE ARMY, MARINE 
CORPS, AND AIR FORCE. 
(a) FIVE-YEAR INCREASE.—Section 691 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
‘‘(g) Notwithstanding subsection (b), at the end of 
each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2009— 
‘‘(1) the number of members of the Army on 
active duty shall be not less than 522,400; 
‘‘(2) the number of members of the Marine 
Corps on active duty shall be not less than 190,000; 
and 
‘‘(3) the number of members of the Air Force 
on active duty shall be not less than 388,000.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING INCREASE IN FISCAL YEAR 2005 
END STRENGTH.—Section 401 of the Ronald W. Reagan 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 
(Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1862) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘502,400’’ 
and inserting ‘‘522,400’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘178,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘190,000’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘359,700’’ 
and inserting ‘‘388,000’’. 
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H. Res. 126
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
March 2, 2005.
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 27) to enhance the workforce investment sys-
tem of the Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers,
providing for more effective governance arrangements, pro-
moting access to a more comprehensive array of employment,
training, and related services, establishing a targeted ap-
proach to serving youth, and improving performance account-
ability, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill
shall be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to
the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of
the Committee on Education and the Workforce. After gen-
eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under
the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an
original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 731
To reaffirm the authority of States to regulate certain hunting and fishing 
activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2005
Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. OTTER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To reaffirm the authority of States to regulate certain 
hunting and fishing activities.
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 ‘‘Reaffirmation of State 
Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and 
Fishing Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY AND CONSTRUCTION OF 
CONGRESSIONAL SILENCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of Congress that 
is in the public interest for each State to continue to regu-
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 591 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2005 
Ms. PELOSI submitted the following resolution; which was laid on the table 
RESOLUTION 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
Whereas the recurring practice of improperly holding votes 
open for the sole purpose of overturning the will of the 
majority, including bullying and threatening Members to 
vote against their conscience, has occurred eight times 
since 2003, and three times in the 109th Congress alone; 
Whereas on November 22, 2003, the Republican Leadership 
held open the vote on H.R. 1, the Prescription Drug Con-
ference Report, for nearly three hours, the longest period 
of time in the history of electronic voting in the U.S. 
House of Representatives; 
Whereas the normal period of time for a recorded vote is 15 
minutes, and the Speaker of the House has reiterated 
that policy on Opening Day of each Congress by saying, 
‘‘The Chair announced, and then strictly enforced, a pol-
late the taking for any purpose of fish and wildlife within 
its boundaries, including by means of laws or regulations 
that differentiate between residents and non-residents of 
such State with respect to the availability of licenses or 
permits for taking of particular species of fish or wildlife, 
the kind and numbers of fish and wildlife that may be 
taken, or the fees charged in connection with issuance of 
licenses or permits for hunting or fishing. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF CONGRESSIONAL SILENCE.—
Silence on the part of Congress shall not be construed to 
impose any barrier under clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 
I of the Constitution (commonly referred to as the ‘‘com-
merce clause’’) to the regulation of hunting or fishing by 
a State or Indian tribe. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed—
(1) to limit the applicability or effect of any 
Federal law related to the protection or management 
of fish or wildlife or to the regulation of commerce; 
(2) to limit the authority of the United States 
to prohibit hunting or fishing on any portion of the 
lands owned by the United States; or 
(3) to abrogate, abridge, affect, modify, super-
sede, or alter any treaty-reserved right or other right 
of any Indian Tribe as recognized by any other
means, including but not limited to agreements with 
the United States, Executive Orders, statutes, and 
judicial decrees, and by Federal law. 
SEC. 4. STATE DEFINED. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘State’’ includes 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands.
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•HRES 126 EH
minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Education and the Work-
force now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. No
amendment to the committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute shall be in order except those printed in the report
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution.
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order
printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member des-
ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be de-
batable for the time specified in the report equally divided
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not
be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand for division of the question in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such
amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report
the bill to the House with such amendments as may have
been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in
the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in the
nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be consid-
ered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final
•HRES 126 EH
passage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions.
Attest:
Clerk.
HRES 591 LTH 
icy of closing electronic votes as soon as possible after the 
guaranteed period of 15 minutes’’; 
Whereas the sole purpose of holding the Prescription Drug 
vote open was to undermine the will of the House, and 
reverse the position that a majority of the House of Rep-
resentatives had taken during the entire vote; 
Whereas it was widely reported in the press that former Rep-
resentative Nick Smith (R–MI) was bribed on the House 
floor, and the incident was described in Robert Novak’s 
column in the Chicago Sun-Times, November 27, 2003: 
‘‘Nick Smith was told business interests would give his 
son $100,000 in return for his father’s vote. When he 
still declined, fellow Republican House members told him 
they would make sure Brad Smith never came to Con-
gress. After (Rep.) Nick Smith voted no and the bill 
passed, (Rep.) Duke Cunningham of California and other 
Republicans taunted him that his son was dead meat’’; 
Whereas the cost of the Prescription Drug bill was a critical 
factor in determining the votes of many Members of Con-
gress and Richard S. Foster, the chief actuary for the 
Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, conducted 
numerous estimates indicating the cost to be much high-
er, including a June 11, 2003 analysis of a similar plan 
in the Senate which would have cost $551 billion over ten 
years and Members were not made aware of this; 
Whereas the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated 
the cost of the Republican Prescription Drug bill to be 
$395 billion over ten years and yet, just two months after 
the vote in Congress, Joshua Bolten, Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, disclosed that the Ad-
ministration’s estimate of the cost was actually $534 bil-
lion;
H. Res. 867
In the House of Representatives, U.S., 
June 20, 2006.
Whereas James Cameron founded America’s Black Holocaust 
Museum (the Museum) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the only 
memorial in the United States to victims of lynching and 
racial violence; 
Whereas Mr. Cameron was the last living survivor of a lynch-
ing until his death on June 11, 2006, at age 92; 
Whereas a Senate resolution recognized Mr. Cameron as the 
Nation’s oldest living lynching victim in June 2005 and 
formally apologized for its failure to outlaw lynching, 
which killed more than 4,700 people from 1882 to 1968, 
three-fourths of whom were black; 
Whereas seven United States Presidents called for lynching 
to be outlawed, and the House of Representatives passed 
bans three times in the early twentieth century, only to 
have the Senate filibuster each of them, one filibuster 
lasting six weeks; 
Whereas in Marion, Indiana in 1930, when he was 16 years 
old, Mr. Cameron and two friends, Abe Smith (age 19) 
and Tommy Shipp (age 18), were falsely accused of kill-
ing a Caucasian man and raping his girlfriend;
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 734
To improve the safe operation of aircraft. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2005
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To improve the safe operation of aircraft.
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 ‘‘Flight 587 Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INFORMATION IN FLIGHT MANUALS. 
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall require each manufacturer of aircraft to list 
any information in the limitation section of each flight 
manual that may affect the safe operation of an aircraft. 
SEC. 3. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. 
Except in cases in which an adjudicatory resolution 
is sought, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall resolve a dispute between an aircraft 
manufacturer and an aircraft operator that arises regard-
ing the safe operation of an aircraft. 
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall 
conduct a study to review the effectiveness and timeliness 
of the Federal Aviation Administration in implementing 
recommendations made by the National Transportation 
Safety Board.
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House Calendar No. 8
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 126
[Report No. 109–11] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 27) to 
enhance the workforce investment system of the 
Nation by strengthening one-stop career centers, 
providing for more effective governance arrange-
ments, promoting access to a more comprehen-
sive array of employment, training, and related 
services, establishing a targeted approach to serv-
ing youth, and improving performance account-
ability, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 1, 2005
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed
HRES 591 LTH 
Whereas Representative Bill Thomas, the Chairman of the 
Ways and Means Committee and a key negotiator on the 
bill, told HHS Secretary Thompson on February 10, 
2004 in a hearing before the Ways and Means Com-
mittee, ‘‘I know some people were surprised that your 
(HHS) number was higher. I personally was not . . .’’ 
(Hearing Transcript, February 10, 2004); 
Whereas Representative Nancy Johnson, the Chairman of the 
Ways and Means Health Subcommittee and a key nego-
tiator on the bill, said she knew of the higher estimates 
and stated, ‘‘Absolutely, we knew about these numbers.’’ 
(The New York Times, March 18, 2004); 
Whereas the Republican Leadership and the committees of 
jurisdiction chose to ignore the warnings of higher cost 
estimates and intentionally misled Members of the House 
for the sole purpose of winning passage of an extremely 
controversial bill; 
Whereas in a clear conflict of interest the Chairman of the 
Energy and Commerce Committee, former Representative 
Billy Tauzin (R–LA), was actively engaged in a job 
search with the pharmaceutical industry at the same time 
that he was a key negotiator on major provisions in the 
bill, and after its passage, he subsequently left Congress 
to take a highly-paid executive position with the head of 
the pharmaceutical lobby, and is reportedly making many 
times his congressional salary; 
Whereas the Republican Leadership’s submissiveness to the 
influence of corporate interests, and their illegitimate ef-
forts to overturn the will of the House to pass flawed leg-
islation like the Prescription Drug bill, which was written 
to meet the needs of drug companies, call into question
HRES 591 LTH 
the legitimacy of the laws they enact and the agenda they 
pursue; and 
Whereas the culture of corruption has so permeated the Re-
publican Leadership that they will violate their own Rules 
and the customs and decorum of the House to win votes 
on the floor of the House of Representatives: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House denounces the culture of 
corruption exhibited by the Republican Leadership, de-
nounces the ongoing resort to illegitimate actions taken 
to pass legislation like the Prescription Drug bill under 
false pretenses, rejects the practice of improperly holding 
votes open beyond a reasonable period of time for the sole 
purpose of circumventing the will of the House, and di-
rects the Speaker to take such steps as necessary to pre-
vent any further abuse. 
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annual reports, and, in a case where corrective ac-
tion has been completed, a description of such cor-
rective action. 
‘‘(v) A certification whether or not the Inspec-
tor General has had full and direct access to all in-
formation relevant to the performance of the func-
tions of the Inspector General. 
‘‘(vi) A description of the exercise of the sub-
poena authority under subsection (f)(5) by the In-
spector General during the period covered by such 
report. 
‘‘(vii) Such recommendations as the Inspector 
General considers appropriate for legislation to pro-
mote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the 
administration and implementation of matters within 
the responsibility and authority of the Director of 
National Intelligence, and to detect and eliminate 
fraud and abuse in such matters. 
‘‘(C) Not later than the 30 days after the date of 
receipt of a report under subparagraph (A), the Director 
shall transmit the report to the congressional intelligence 
committees together with any comments the Director con-
siders appropriate. The Director shall transmit to the 
committees of the Senate and of the House of Representa-
tives with jurisdiction over a department of the United
States Government any portion of the report involving a 
component of such department simultaneously with sub-
mission of the report to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees. 
‘‘(2)(A) The Inspector General shall report imme-
diately to the Director whenever the Inspector General be-
comes aware of particularly serious or flagrant problems, 
abuses, or deficiencies relating to matters within the re-
sponsibility and authority of the Director of National In-
telligence. 
‘‘(B) The Director shall transmit to the congressional 
intelligence committees each report under subparagraph 
(A) within 7 calendar days of receipt of such report, to-
gether with such comments as the Director considers ap-
propriate. The Director shall transmit to the committees 
of the Senate and of the House of Representatives with 
jurisdiction over a department of the United States Gov-
ernment any portion of each report under subparagraph 
(A) that involves a problem, abuse, or deficiency related 
to a component of such department simultaneously with 
transmission of the report to the congressional intelligence 
committees. 
‘‘(3) In the event that— 
‘‘(A) the Inspector General is unable to resolve 
any differences with the Director affecting the exe-