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(b) AMENDMENT.—Section 301(h)(1) of the Customs 
Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (19 
U.S.C. 2075(h)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) enforcing provisions of law relating 
to health and safety.’’. 
SEC. 364. STAFFING ENHANCEMENTS AT ICE. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to ICE such 
funds as may be necessary for additional personnel to 
carry out the additional responsibilities of ICE under this 
title regarding the enforcement of United States health 
and safety laws and the enforcement of intellectual prop-
erty rights, including for developing and implementing a 
training program with respect to United States health and 
safety laws and intellectual property rights for each ICE 
attache´ office outside the United States. 
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Subtitle D—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 371. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for each fis-
cal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
title and the amendments made by this title. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 49 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competi-
tive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally 
sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the 
oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce and Science and Technology, 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 con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and 
implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program 
that will result in an environmentally sound program 
for the exploration, development, and production of the 
oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, 
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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•HR 5136 EH1S 
‘‘(3) Each audit under this section shall be performed 
in accordance with applicable generally accepted Govern-
ment auditing standards. 
‘‘(b) INDEPENDENT
AUDITOR.—Subject to sub-
section (c)— 
‘‘(1) for each agency with an Inspector General 
appointed under the Inspector General Act of 1978 
or any other law, the annual audit required by this 
section shall be performed by the Inspector General 
or by an independent external auditor, as deter-
mined by the Inspector General of the agency; and 
‘‘(2) for each agency to which paragraph (1) 
does not apply, the head of the agency shall engage 
an independent external auditor to perform the 
audit. 
‘‘(c) NATIONAL
SECURITY
SYSTEMS.—For each 
agency operating or exercising control of a national secu-
rity system, that portion of the audit required by this sec-
tion directly relating to a national security system shall 
be performed— 
‘‘(1) only by an entity designated head; and 
‘‘(2) in such a manner as to ensure appropriate 
protection for information associated with any infor-
mation security vulnerability in such system com-
HR 5116 EAS 
SEC. 507. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORT ON MID- 
SCALE INSTRUMENTATION. 
(a) 
MID-SCALE
RESEARCH
INSTRUMENTATION 
NEEDS.—The National Science Board shall evaluate the 
needs, across all disciplines supported by the Foundation, 
for mid-scale research instrumentation that falls between 
the instruments funded by the Major Research Instrumenta-
tion program and the very large projects funded by the 
Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction 
program. 
(b) REPORT ON MID-SCALE RESEARCH INSTRUMENTA-
TION PROGRAM.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the National Science Board shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on mid-scale research instrumenta-
tion at the Foundation. At a minimum, this report shall 
include— 
(1) the findings from the Board’s evaluation of 
instrumentation needs required under subsection (a), 
including a description of differences across dis-
ciplines and Foundation research directorates; 
(2) a recommendation or recommendations re-
garding how the Foundation should set priorities for 
mid-scale instrumentation across disciplines and 
Foundation research directorates; 
(3) a recommendation or recommendations re-
garding the appropriateness of expanding existing
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4972 
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2010 
Mr. KING of Iowa (for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AKIN, Mrs. BACHMANN, 
Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. BONNER, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUYER, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. CARTER, Mr. 
COBLE, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOODLATTE, 
Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. INGLIS, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Illinois, Mr. JONES, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LATTA, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PENCE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SMITH of 
Texas, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 
ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. OLSON, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, 
and Mrs. LUMMIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Natural 
Resources, Rules, House Administration, and Appropriations, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
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. REPEAL OF PPACA. 
Effective as of the enactment of the Patient Protec-
tion and Affordable Care Act, such Act is repealed, and 
the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act 
are restored or revived as if such Act had not been en-
acted. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5107 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require persons to 
keep records of non-employees who perform labor or services for remu-
neration and to provide a special penalty for persons who misclassify 
employees as non-employees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 22, 2010 
Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Mr. ANDREWS, and Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor, 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 jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require 
persons to keep records of non-employees who perform 
labor or services for remuneration and to provide a spe-
cial penalty for persons who misclassify employees as 
non-employees, 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 
‘‘Employee 
Misclassification Prevention Act’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4973 
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer pro-
grams and community partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2010 
Mr. KRATOVIL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize 
volunteer programs and community partnerships for na-
tional wildlife refuges, 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 Wildlife Ref-
uge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS TO IM-
PLEMENT VOLUNTEER, COMMUNITY PART-
NERSHIP 
AND 
EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS 
UNDER FISH AND WILDLIFE ACT OF 1956. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 7(f) of the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f(f)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), 
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 7 of the 
Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f) is amend-
ed in subsections (b)(2)(B)(ii) and (d)(2)(C)(i) by striking 
‘‘National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act of 1966’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Wildlife Ref-
uge System Administration Act of 1966’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
SYSTEM VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY PART-
NERSHIP ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1998. 
Section 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act 
of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 742f–1) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘PROJECTS’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL VOLUNTEER 
COORDINATION PROGRAM’’; 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Wildlife Ref-
uge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS TO IM-
PLEMENT VOLUNTEER, COMMUNITY PART-
NERSHIP 
AND 
EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS 
UNDER FISH AND WILDLIFE ACT OF 1956. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 7(f) of the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f(f)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), 
$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 7 of the 
Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f) is amend-
ed in subsections (b)(2)(B)(ii) and (d)(2)(C)(i) by striking 
‘‘National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act of 1966’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Wildlife Ref-
uge System Administration Act of 1966’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
SYSTEM VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY PART-
NERSHIP ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 1998. 
Section 4(a) of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Volunteer and Community Partnership Enhancement Act 
of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 742f–1) is amended— 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4974 
To provide for quadrennial national security reviews, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 25, 2010 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. SKELTON, Ms. HARMAN, 
Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. WALZ, Mr. REYES, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, 
and Mr. CARTER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To provide for quadrennial national security reviews, 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 ‘‘Quadrennial National 
Security Review Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On February 24, 2009, President Barack 
Obama noted the importance of utilizing a whole-of- 
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Union Calendar No. 304 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4973 
[Report No. 111–531] 
A BILL 
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to re-
authorize volunteer programs and community 
partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and for 
other purposes. 
JULY 13, 2010 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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SEC. 2. CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND NON-EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) 
RECORDKEEPING
AND
NOTICE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 11(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(c) Every employer subject to 
any provision of this Act or of any order issued 
under this Act’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) RECORDKEEPING
AND
NOTICE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Every person subject to 
any provision of this Act or of any order issued 
under this Act’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘of the persons employed by 
him’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘of— 
‘‘(A) each individual employed by such per-
son’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘employment maintained by 
him, and shall’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘em-
ployment; 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), each indi-
vidual— 
‘‘(i) who is not an employee within the 
meaning given the term in section 3(e) (re-
ferred to in this subsection as a ‘non-em-
ployee’); 
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SECTION 1. INDEXATION OF DEFERRED ANNUITIES. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SUBCHAPTER III OF CHAPTER 
83.—Section 8338 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘(d) An’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(d) Subject to subsection (e), an’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e)(1) The average pay used in the computation of 
an annuity authorized by this section shall be equal to the 
average pay described in section 8331(4), increased by the 
percentage adjustments (compounded) in rates of pay of 
the General Schedule taking effect during the period— 
‘‘(A) beginning on the day after the date of the 
separation on which title to annuity is based; and 
‘‘(B) ending on the day before the commence-
ment date of such annuity. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a former employee or Member who 
dies after having separated from the service with title to 
an annuity authorized by this section but before having 
established a valid claim for such annuity, the average pay 
used in the computation of any survivor annuity payable 
based on the service of such former employee or Member 
shall be increased in the manner described in paragraph 
(1), except that, in applying subparagraph (B) of para-
graph (1) for purposes of this paragraph, the commence-
ment date of such survivor annuity shall be used instead 
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operations with other agencies and depart-
ments; 
‘‘(H) an identification of the elements of 
national power (including political, military, 
economic, intelligence, legal, cultural, and edu-
cational assets and capabilities) needed to deter 
aggression and implement such goals and poli-
cies, including description of existing assets and 
capabilities available to the United States; 
‘‘(I) a description of how the Federal Gov-
ernment will coordinate elements of national 
power among agencies and departments of the 
Federal Government to produce unity of effort 
in pursuing such goals and policies; 
‘‘(J) an assessment of any additional re-
sources, policy recommendations, or other 
changes needed to maximize the ability of the 
United States to achieve the interests, goals, 
and objectives discussed in the QNSR; 
‘‘(K) the national security strategy report 
required under section 108(a)(3); and 
‘‘(L) a projection of the costs of imple-
menting the goals described in subparagraph 
(A) for the 5 fiscal years following the fiscal 
year in which the QNSR is submitted, including 
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(1) Part VI of subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
such Code is amended— 
(A) by striking section 179E, and 
(B) by striking the item relating to such 
section in the table of sections of such part. 
(2) Section 263(a)(1) of such Code is amended 
by striking subparagraph (L), by striking ‘‘, or’’ at 
the end of subparagraph (K) and inserting a period, 
and by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(J). 
(3) Section 312(k)(3)(B) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘179D, or 179E’’ each place it 
appears in the heading and text thereof and insert-
ing ‘‘or 179D’’. 
(4) Paragraphs (2)(C) and (3)(C) of section 
1245(a) of such Code are each amended by striking 
‘‘179E,’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 38(b) of such Code is amended by 
striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph (34), by 
striking the period at the end of paragraph (35) and 
inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(36) the advanced mine safety equipment 
credit determined under section 45R(a).’’. 
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Calendar No. 693 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4973 
[Report No. 111–366] 
AN ACT 
To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to re-
authorize volunteer programs and community 
partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and for 
other purposes. 
DECEMBER 14, 2010 
Reported without amendment 
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H. Res. 868 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 5, 2009. 
Whereas women are and have historically been an important 
part of all United States war efforts, voluntarily serving 
in every military conflict in United States history since 
the Revolutionary War; 
Whereas 34,000 women served in World War I, 400,000 
served in World War II, 120,000 served in the Korean 
War, over 7,000 served in the Vietnam War, and more 
than 41,000 served in the first Gulf War; 
Whereas more than 185,000 women have been deployed in 
support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi 
Freedom, and other missions since 2001; 
Whereas over 350 servicewomen have given their lives for the 
Nation in combat zones since World War I, and more 
than 85 have been held as prisoners of war; 
Whereas over 350,000 women serving in the Armed Forces 
make up approximately 15 percent of active duty per-
sonnel, 15 percent of Reserves, and 17 percent of the Na-
tional Guard; 
Whereas women are now playing an increasingly important 
role in America’s military forces; and 
Whereas the women of America’s military, past and present, 
have served their Nation in times of peace and war, at
location, character, or ownership of human remains of a 
person of Indian ancestry; or resources, cultural items, 
uses, or activities identified by an Indian tribe as tradi-
tional or cultural because of the long-established signifi-
cance or ceremonial nature to the Indian tribe; shall not 
be subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code, if the head of the agency, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Interior and an affected In-
dian tribe, determines that disclosure may— 
(1) cause a significant invasion of privacy; 
(2) risk harm to the human remains or re-
sources, cultural items, uses, or activities; or 
(3) impede the use of a traditional religious site 
by practitioners. 
(c) APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW.—The Secretary of 
the Interior may apply the provisions of Public Law 93– 
638 where appropriate in the implementation of this sub-
part. 
SEC. 4. WILDLIFE CORRIDORS STEWARDSHIP AND PROTEC-
TION PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer amounts 
in the Wildlife Corridors Stewardship and Protection 
Fund established by this section, without further Act 
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‘‘(ii) whom the person has engaged, in 
the course of the person’s trade or busi-
ness, for the performance of labor or serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(iii)(I) with respect to whom the per-
son is required to file an information re-
turn under section 6041A(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986; or 
‘‘(II) who is providing labor or serv-
ices to the person through an entity that 
is a trust, estate, partnership, association, 
company, or corporation (as such terms 
are used in section 7701(a)(1) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986) if— 
‘‘(aa) such individual has an 
ownership interest in the entity; 
‘‘(bb) creation or maintenance of 
such entity is a condition for the pro-
vision of such labor or services to the 
person; and 
‘‘(cc) the person would be re-
quired to file an information return 
for the entity under section 6041A(a) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
if the entity were an individual; and 
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HR 5116 EAS 
programs, including the Major Research Instrumenta-
tion program or the Major Research Equipment and 
Facilities Construction program, to support more in-
strumentation at the mid-scale; 
(4) a recommendation or recommendations re-
garding the need for and appropriateness of a new, 
Foundation-wide program or initiative in support of 
mid-scale 
instrumentation, 
including 
any 
rec-
ommendations regarding the administration of and 
budget for such a program or initiative and the ap-
propriate scope of instruments to be funded under 
such a program or initiative; and 
(5) any recommendation or recommendations re-
garding other options for supporting mid-scale re-
search instrumentation at the Foundation. 
SEC. 508. PARTNERSHIPS FOR INNOVATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall carry out a pro-
gram to award merit-reviewed, competitive grants to insti-
tutions of higher education to establish and to expand part-
nerships that promote innovation and increase the impact 
of research by developing tools and resources to connect new 
scientific discoveries to practical uses. 
(b) PARTNERSHIPS.—