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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5052 
To amend Public Law 110–36 to clarify that a period of employment by 
the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a security 
advisor, translator, or interpreter in Iraq or Afghanistan is to be counted 
as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States 
for purposes of qualifying for naturalization. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2010 
Mr. DENT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend Public Law 110–36 to clarify that a period of 
employment by the Chief of Mission or United States 
Armed Forces as a security advisor, translator, or inter-
preter in Iraq or Afghanistan is to be counted as a 
period of residence and physical presence in the United 
States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization. 
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. CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ABSENCE 
FROM THE UNITED STATES DUE TO EMPLOY-
MENT AS A TRANSLATOR OR INTERPRETER 
IN IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(e)(1) of Public Law 
110–36 (121 Stat. 228) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A period of absence from 
the United States described in paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) shall not be considered to break any 
period for which continuous residence or phys-
ical presence in the United States is required 
for naturalization under title III of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 et 
seq.); and 
‘‘(B) shall be treated as a period of resi-
dence and physical presence in the United 
States for purposes of satisfying the require-
ments for naturalization under such title.’’. 
(b) ABSENCE DESCRIBED.—Section 1(e)(2)(A) of 
Public Law 110–36 (121 Stat. 228) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) such employment involved working 
with the Chief of Mission or United States 
Armed Forces as translator, interpreter, or in a 
security position; and’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of Public Law 110–36. 
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134 
(2) information regarding the effects of the bio-
logical, chemical, or radiological agent on those ex-
posed to the agent; and 
(3) information regarding how emergency re-
sponse providers and mass care facilities may most 
effectively deal with individuals affected by an inci-
dent involving a nuclear, biological, radiological, or 
chemical material. 
(c) REVIEW AND REVISION OF GUIDELINES.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall— 
(1) not less frequently than every 2 years, re-
view the guidelines developed under subsection 
(a)(1); 
(2) make revisions to the guidelines as appro-
priate; and 
(3) make the revised guidelines available to 
State, local, and tribal governments, nongovern-
mental organizations, the private sector, and the 
general public. 
(d) PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING AND REVISING 
GUIDELINES.—In carrying out the requirements of this 
section, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall estab-
lish procedures— 
(1) to inventory any existing relevant hazardous 
material response guidelines; 
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SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 
building and United States courthouse referred to in sec-
tion 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘H. Dale 
Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. 
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3305 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To designate the Federal building and United States court-
house located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, as the ‘‘H. Dale Cook Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 3305 RFS
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘H. Dale Cook Fed-
eral Building and United States Courthouse’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 
building and United States courthouse referred to in sec-
tion 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘H. Dale 
Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 
2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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IB 
House Calendar No. 117 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3305 
[Report No. 111–286] 
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located 
at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ‘‘H. Dale 
Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2009 
Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. BOREN, Mr. COLE, and Ms. 
FALLIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
OCTOBER 6, 2009 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To designate the Federal building and United States court-
house located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, 
Oklahoma, as the ‘‘H. Dale Cook Federal Building and 
United States Courthouse’’. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The Federal building and United States courthouse 
located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘H. Dale Cook Fed-
eral Building and United States Courthouse’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal 
building and United States courthouse referred to in sec-
tion 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘H. Dale 
Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse’’. 
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House Calendar No. 117 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3305 
[Report No. 111–286] 
A BILL 
To designate the Federal building and United 
States courthouse located at 224 South Boulder 
Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ‘‘H. Dale 
Cook Federal Building and United States Court-
house’’. 
OCTOBER 6, 2009 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5540 
To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland- 
security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending for each of the 
fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2010 
Mrs. BLACKBURN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
To make 2 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-de-
fense, non-homeland-security, and non-veterans-affairs 
discretionary spending for each of the fiscal years 2010 
and 2011. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3309 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone the increase 
in the minimum wage for 1 year. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2009 
Mr. OLSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to postpone 
the increase in the minimum wage for 1 year. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. POSTPONEMENT OF WAGE INCREASE. 
Section 6(a)(1)(C) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 
‘‘beginning 24 months after that 60th day’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 24, 2010’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3307 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study of the population 
of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery, and to limit the authority 
of the Secretary to promulgate any interim rule that prohibits fishing 
in the South Atlantic red snapper fishery. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 23, 2009 
Mr. MICA (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. BROWN of South 
Carolina, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. WESTMORELAND, and Mr. 
MILLER of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a study 
of the population of the South Atlantic red snapper 
fishery, and to limit the authority of the Secretary to 
promulgate any interim rule that prohibits fishing in 
the South Atlantic red snapper fishery. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SOUTH ATLANTIC RED SNAPPER FISHERY. 
(a) POPULATION STUDY.—The Secretary of Com-
merce shall conduct a study of the population of the South 
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Atlantic red snapper fishery and submit to Congress a re-
port on the findings of such study. 
(b) LIMITATION ON INTERIM RULE CLOSING FISH-
ERY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce 
may not promulgate any interim rule under section 
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva-
tion and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1855(c)) that 
prohibits fishing in the South Atlantic red snapper 
fishery before the date the Secretary submits to 
Congress a report on findings of a study under sub-
section (b) that demonstrate the need for such in-
terim rules. 
(2) EXISTING
INTERIM
RULES.—Any interim 
rule described in paragraph (1) that was promul-
gated before the date of enactment of this Act shall 
have no force or effect. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 330 
To establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic develop-
ment and green job training and creation, and to establish the Metro 
Area Green Institute to produce and disseminate best practice informa-
tion to economic and workforce development initiatives undertaken by 
metropolitan communities nationally. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2009 
Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient 
economic development and green job training and cre-
ation, and to establish the Metro Area Green Institute 
to produce and disseminate best practice information 
to economic and workforce development initiatives under-
taken by metropolitan communities nationally. 
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 ‘‘Metro Economies 
Green Act’’ or ‘‘MEGA’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) GREEN
JOBS.—The term ‘‘green jobs’’ 
means well-paying, high-skill, career-track jobs that 
contribute directly to preserving or enhancing envi-
ronmental quality and promote energy efficiency and 
energy technology deployment, including jobs involv-
ing— 
(A) energy-efficient construction; 
(B) retrofitting public and private build-
ings; 
(C) installing solar panels, wind turbines, 
and other low-carbon or carbon-neutral power 
sources; 
(D) constructing transit lines; 
(E) environmental remediation activities; 
(F) installation of low-carbon infrastruc-
ture; 
(G) landscaping; and 
(H) developing or deploying— 
(i) sustainable energy technologies; 
(ii) low-carbon electricity technologies; 
(iii) advanced bio-fuels; 
(iv) carbon dioxide capture and stor-
age systems; 
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(v) electric and plug-in hybrid electric 
vehicles; and 
(vi) high-efficiency consumer prod-
ucts. 
(2) GREEN INDUSTRY.—The term ‘‘green in-
dustry’’ means existing or emerging industry sectors, 
small businesses, and micro-enterprise initiatives 
that create or involve green jobs. 
(3) HIGH
NEEDS.—The term ‘‘high needs’’ 
means, with respect to an individual, an individual 
who is— 
(A) unemployed, with a high school degree 
or lesser educational attainment; 
(B) working full-time, but living in pov-
erty, as determined by national poverty indica-
tors; or 
(C) marginally employed, as defined by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department 
of Labor. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(5) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
The term ‘‘unit of general local government’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 102 of the 
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the pregnancy’’ after ‘‘may complicate 
pregnancy’’. 
(2) Section 1903(v)(4)(A)(i) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396b(v)(4)(A)(i)) is amended by striking 
‘‘60-day’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year’’. 
(3) Section 1938(b)(2)(C) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396u–8(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking 
‘‘60 days’’ and inserting ‘‘1 year’’. 
(b) SCHIP.— 
(1) Section 2112(d)(2)(A) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397ll(d)(2)(A)) is amended— 
(A) in subsections (d)(2)(A) and (f)(2), by 
striking ‘‘60-day’’ and inserting ‘‘1-year’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(2)— 
(i) 
in 
the 
heading 
by 
striking 
‘‘POSTPARTUM
SERVICES’’ and inserting 
‘‘SERVICES POSTPARTUM’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘may continue’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall continue’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘, as well as 
postpartum 
services,’’ 
and 
‘‘and 
postpartum services’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘, but only if’’ and all 
that follows up to the period at the end. 
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‘‘(b)(1) An offshore supply vessel of less than 500 gross 
tons as measured under section 14502 of this title or 6,000 
gross tons as measured under section 14302 of this title on 
a voyage of less than 600 miles shall have a licensed mate. 
If the vessel is on a voyage of at least 600 miles, however, 
the vessel shall have 2 licensed mates. 
‘‘(2) An offshore supply vessel of at least 6,000 gross 
tons as measured under section 14302 of this title on a voy-
age of less than 600 miles shall have at least two licensed 
mates, provided the offshore supply vessel meets the require-
ments of section 8104(g)(2). An offshore supply vessel of at 
least 6,000 gross tons as measured under section 14302 of 
this title on a voyage of at least 600 miles shall have three 
licensed mates. 
‘‘(3) An offshore supply vessel of more than 200 gross 
tons as measured under section 14502 of this title, or an 
alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of this title 
as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of this 
title, may not be operated without a licensed engineer.’’. 
(d) WATCHES.—Section 8104(g) of title 46, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(g)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an offshore supply vessel 
of at least 6,000 gross tons as measured under section 14302
345 
(3) At the request of the Secretary, the Gov-
ernor of the State (or the Governor’s designee) shall 
grant, on a biennial basis, the Secretary access to 
State records and State personnel for the purpose of 
auditing State execution and enforcement of the 
State plan. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) The requirements of section 8903 of title 
46, United States Code, and the regulations issued 
thereunder shall not apply to any person operating 
under the authority of a State license issued pursu-
ant to an agreement under this section. 
(2) The State shall not compel a person, oper-
ating under the authority of a license issued either 
by another State, pursuant to a valid agreement 
under this section, or by the Secretary, pursuant to 
section 8903 of title 46, United States Code, to— 
(A) hold a license issued by the State, pur-
suant to an agreement under this section; or 
(B) pay any fee, associated with licensing, 
because the person does not hold a license 
issued by the State, pursuant to an agreement 
under this section. 
Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the authority 
of the State to impose requirements or fees for privi-
‘‘(cc) each family child care 
provider who provides or applies 
to provide such services; 
‘‘(II) to refuse to employ an indi-
vidual to provide such services— 
‘‘(aa) if such individual was 
convicted, in the then most re-
cent 5-year period ending on the 
date of receipt of such a criminal 
background check, of— 
‘‘(AA) a crime of vio-
lence (as defined in section 
20101 of subtitle A of title 
II of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
13701)); or 
‘‘(BB) a crime against 
a child for which the penalty 
exceeds imprisonment for a 
term exceeding 1 year; 
‘‘(bb) to an eligible child 
without the supervision of an em-
ployee 
whose 
criminal 
back-
ground check satisfies the re-
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quirements of the subparagraph, 
pending receipt of such a crimi-
nal background check of such in-
dividual; and 
‘‘(cc) to an eligible child 
with the supervision of an em-
ployee 
whose 
criminal 
back-
ground check satisfies the re-
quirements of the subparagraph 
and for a period exceeding 90 
days, pending receipt of such a 
criminal background check of 
such individual; and 
‘‘(ii) carry out at the request of an eli-
gible child care provider, as soon as prac-
ticable, a comprehensive criminal back-
ground check (at the State option for a fee 
not to exceed the actual cost to the State) 
of each employee of, and each applicant for 
employment by, a child care provider that 
is licensed by the State or receives funds 
provided under this subchapter by the 
State, and make the results of such check 
available to such provider and to such em-
ployee or applicant. 
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by requiring national criminal background checks of child 
care providers that are licensed by the State or that re-
ceive funds under the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) STATE PLAN.—Section 658E(c)(2) of the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(I) CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND
CHECK.— 
Certify that the State will— 
‘‘(i) require each eligible child care 
provider (excluding an eligible child care 
provider described in section 658P(5)(B)) 
that is licensed by the State or receives 
funds provided under this subchapter— 
‘‘(I) to obtain from the State a 
comprehensive criminal background 
check of— 
‘‘(aa) each employee who 
provides child care services; 
‘‘(bb) each applicant for em-
ployment to provide such serv-
ices; and 
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