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the United States House of Representatives by 
a number of Representatives in proportion to 
its share of the national population (and the 
number of Members of the House of Represent-
atives would be increased by the same number), 
and for the election of the President and the 
Vice President of the United States by a num-
ber of votes in the Electoral College equal to 
the number of its Senators and Representatives. 
‘‘(G) The Government of Puerto Rico, like 
the governments of the other States, would 
have permanent authority over all matters not 
delegated to the Federal Government or the 
people by the Constitution of the United States. 
Do you want Puerto Rico to be admitted as a State 
of the United States? Yesll Noll’’. 
SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION.—If a majority of votes 
cast in the ratification vote held under section 3 are for 
the admission of Puerto Rico as a State of the Union, 
the President, not later than 180 days after the certifi-
cation of the vote, shall submit to Congress legislation to 
admit Puerto Rico as a State of the Union on an equal 
footing with the several States in all respects, consistent 
with the terms of this Act. 
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IA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 120
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 15, 1995
Mr. OBEY (for himself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. BARRETT of
Wisconsin, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. BERMAN,
Mr. BEVILL, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BROWDER, Ms.
BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr.
BRYANT of Texas, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr.
CLEMENT, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COLEMAN, Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Mr.
CONYERS, Mr. COYNE, Mr. CRAMER, Ms. DANNER, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms.
DELAURO, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DIXON, Mr.
DOGGETT, Mr. DOOLEY, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr.
ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR of Cali-
fornia, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FAZIO of California, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FLAKE,
Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. FORD, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FRAZER,
Mr. FROST, Ms. FURSE, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas,
Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas,
Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL of Texas, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of
Florida, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr.
HOYER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. JOHNSON of South Da-
kota, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSTON of Flor-
ida, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr.
KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mrs. KENNELLY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KLECZ-
KA, Mr. KLINK, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of
Georgia, Mrs. LINCOLN, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUTHER, Mrs.
MALONEY, Mr. MANTON, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MASCARA,
Mr. MATSUI, Ms. MCCARTHY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs.
MEEK of Florida, Mr. MFUME, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. MINGE,
Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. MORAN, Mr.
NADLER, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr.
OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. ORTON, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAS-
TOR, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Ms. PELOSI, Mr.
PETERSON of Florida, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. POSHARD, Mr. RAHALL, Mr.
RANGEL, Mr. REED, Mr. RICHARDSON, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. ROEMER, Mr.
ROSE, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr.
SAWYER, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SERRANO,
HJ 120 IH
Mr. SKAGGS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. STARK, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. STOKES,
Mr. STUDDS, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TEJEDA, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. THORN-
TON, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. TORRES, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr.
TUCKER, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VENTO, Mr. WARD, Ms. WATERS, Mr.
WATT of North Carolina, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WILSON,
Mr. WISE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. YATES) introduced the
following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Appro-
priations
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
1996, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 106(c) of Public Law 104–31 (109 Stat.
280) is amended by striking ‘‘November 13, 1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘November 17, 1995’’.
Æ
Calendar No. 255
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1788
AN ACT
To reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to au-
thorize appropriations for Amtrak, and for other
purposes.
DECEMBER 4, 1995
Read twice and placed on the calendar
IA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. J. RES. 121
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States in order
to secure the unalienable right of the people to acknowledge, worship,
and serve their Creator, according to the dictates of conscience.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 15, 1995
Mr. HYDE (for himself, Mr. CANADY of Florida, and Mr. GOODLATTE) intro-
duced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States in order to secure the unalienable right of the
people to acknowledge, worship, and serve their Creator,
according to the dictates of conscience.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-
thirds of each House concurring therein), That the follow-
ing article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitu-
tion of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents
and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by
the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States with-
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in seven years after the date of its submission for ratifica-
tion:
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘Neither the United States nor any State shall deny
benefits to or otherwise discriminate against any private
person or group on account of religious expression, belief,
or identity; nor shall the prohibition on laws respecting
an establishment of religion be construed to require such
discrimination.’’.
Æ
Union Calendar No. 155
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1788
[Report No. 104–299]
A BILL
To reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to au-
thorize appropriations for Amtrak, and for other
purposes.
OCTOBER 30, 1995
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
(1) effective 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, handguns manufactured in the 
United States must be personalized handguns; and 
(2) effective 3 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, handguns sold, offered for sale, 
traded, transferred, shipped, leased, or distributed in 
the United States must be— 
(A) personalized handguns, if manufac-
tured on or after the effective date in para-
graph (1); or 
(B) retrofitted personalized handguns, if 
manufactured before the effective date in para-
graph (1). 
(c) EXEMPTIONS.— 
(1) ANTIQUE FIREARMS.—The standard estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall not require retro-
fitting or personalization of antique firearms. 
(2) MILITARY FIREARMS.—The standard estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall not apply to a fire-
arm that is owned by the Department of Defense. 
(d) COST OF RETROFITTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the cost of retrofitting a handgun as re-
quired under subsection (b) shall be borne by the 
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is not included in the version passed by the one House,
or whenever the rate for operations for an ongoing project
or activity provided by section 101 for which there is a
budget request would result in the project or activity being
significantly reduced, the pertinent project or activity may
be continued under the authority and conditions provided
in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year
1995 by increasing the rate for operations provided by sec-
tion 101 to a rate for operations not to exceed one that
provides the minimal level that would enable existing ac-
tivities to continue. No new contracts or grants shall be
awarded in excess of an amount that bears the same ratio
to the rate for operations provided by this section as the
number of days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
For the purposes of the Act, the minimal level means a
rate for operations that is reduced from the current rate
by 40 percent.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the rate
for operations for any continuing project or activity pro-
vided by section 101 or section 111 for which there is a
budget request would result in a furlough of Government
employees, that rate for operations may be increased to
the minimum level that would enable the furlough to be
avoided. No new contracts or grants shall be awarded in
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1791
AN ACT
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to
make certain technical corrections relating to
physicians’ services.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2003 
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the label 
of drugs intended for human use to contain a parenthetical statement 
identifying the source of any ingredient constituting or derived from 
a grain or starch-containing ingredient. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2013 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself and Mrs. LOWEY) 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 the label of drugs intended for human use to 
contain a parenthetical statement identifying the source 
of any ingredient constituting or derived from a grain 
or starch-containing ingredient. 
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 ‘‘Gluten in Medicine 
Disclosure Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. LABELING OF SOURCE OF HUMAN DRUG INGREDI-
ENTS CONSTITUTING OR DERIVED FROM A 
GRAIN 
OR 
STARCH-CONTAINING 
INGRE-
DIENT. 
(a) MISBRANDING.—Section 502 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 352) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(bb) If it is a drug— 
‘‘(1) that is intended for human use; 
‘‘(2) that contains an ingredient (other than a 
polyol) that constitutes or is derived from a grain or 
starch-containing ingredient; and 
‘‘(3) whose label fails to include a parenthetical 
statement identifying the source of the ingredient so 
constituted or derived.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 502(bb) of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by subsection 
(a) of this section, shall apply beginning on the sooner 
of— 
(1) a date to be determined by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services; and 
(2) the date that is 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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resolution that makes the availability of any appropriation
provided therein dependent upon the enactment of addi-
tional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective
before the date set forth in section 106(c) of this joint
resolution.
SEC. 110. Appropriations and funds made available
by or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution
may be used without regard to the time limitations for
submission and approval of apportionments set forth in
section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing
herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of
law governing the apportionment of funds.
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, whenever an Act
listed in section 101 as passed by both the House and
Senate as of the date of enactment of this joint resolution,
does not include funding for an ongoing project or activity
for which there is a budget request, or whenever an Act
listed in section 101 has been passed by only the House
or only the Senate as of the date of enactment of this
joint resolution, and an item funded in fiscal year 1995
is not included in the version passed by the one House,
or whenever the rate for operations for an ongoing project
or activity provided by section 101 for which there is a
budget request would result in the project or activity being
HJ 122 IH
significantly reduced, the pertinent project or activity may
be continued under the authority and conditions provided
in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year
1995 by increasing the rate for operations provided by sec-
tion 101 to a rate for operations not to exceed one that
provides the minimal level that would enable existing ac-
tivities to continue. No new contracts or grants shall be
awarded in excess of an amount that bears the same ratio
to the rate for operations provided by this section as the
number of days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
For the purposes of the Act, the minimal level means a
rate for operations that is reduced from the current rate
by 40 percent.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the rate
for operations for any continuing project or activity pro-
vided by section 101 or section 111 for which there is a
budget request would result in a furlough of Government
employees, that rate for operations may be increased to
the minimum level that would enable the furlough to be
avoided. No new contracts or grants shall be awarded in
excess of an amount that bears the same ratio to the rate
for operations provided by this section as the number of
days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1791
AN ACT
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make
certain technical corrections relating to physicians’ services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2006 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand access to Coverdell 
education savings accounts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2013 
Mr. WALBERG (for himself and Mr. KILDEE) 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 expand 
access to Coverdell education savings accounts. 
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 ‘‘Helping Families Save 
for Education Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) College costs have increased tremendously 
over the past decade. Between academic year 2002– 
2003 and academic year 2012–2013— 
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(A) published tuition and fees for students 
at public 4-year institutions of higher education 
increased from $5,213 to $8,655 or by 66 per-
cent beyond the rate of inflation, 
(B) published tuition and fees for students 
at public 2-year institutions of higher education 
increased from $2,129 to $3,131 or by 47 per-
cent beyond the rate of inflation, and 
(C) published tuition and fees for students 
at private 4-year institutions of higher edu-
cation increased from $22,974 to $29,056 or by 
26 percent beyond the rate of inflation. 
(2) Federal financial aid for students has also 
increased rapidly but failed to mitigate the issues of 
rising college costs. Between academic year 2001– 
2002 and academic year 2011–2012— 
(A) the amount of Federal financial aid in 
the form of Federal Pell Grants, Federal stu-
dent loans, campus-based aid, veterans edu-
cational benefits, and tax credits increased from 
$72.3 billion to $173.8 billion or by 140 percent 
beyond the rate of inflation, and 
(B) the Federal Government’s share of 
total student aid administered increased from 
67 percent to 73 percent. 
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IA 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 108 
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human 
Services relating to ‘‘Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project 
Recipients in Selecting Subrecipients’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 20, 2016 
Mr. MESSER submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Department of Health 
and Human Services relating to ‘‘Compliance with Title 
X Requirements by Project Recipients in Selecting Sub-
recipients’’. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the De-
partment of Health and Human Services relating to 
‘‘Compliance with Title X Requirements by Project Recipi-
ents in Selecting Subrecipients’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 91852), 
and such rule shall have no force or effect. 
Æ 
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I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2007 
To eliminate the limitation on the period for which borrowers are eligible 
for guaranteed assistance under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2013 
Mr. WELCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To eliminate the limitation on the period for which borrowers 
are eligible for guaranteed assistance under the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF LIMITATION ON PERIOD BOR-
ROWERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR GUARANTEED 
ASSISTANCE. 
Section 319 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1949) is amended by striking 
subsection (b). 
Æ 
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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3870
AN ACT
To authorize the Agency for International Develop-
ment to offer voluntary separation incentive pay-
ments to employees of that agency.
I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2008 
To prohibit United States assistance for Afghanistan unless the United States 
and Afghanistan enter into a bilateral agreement which provides that 
work performed in Afghanistan by United States contractors is exempt 
from taxation by the Government of Afghanistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2013 
Mr. WELCH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit United States assistance for Afghanistan unless 
the United States and Afghanistan enter into a bilateral 
agreement which provides that work performed in Af-
ghanistan by United States contractors is exempt from 
taxation by the Government of Afghanistan. 
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 ‘‘Stop Taxing American 
Assistance to Afghanistan Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR 
AFGHANISTAN UNLESS WORK PERFORMED IN 
AFGHANISTAN BY UNITED STATES CONTRAC-
TORS IS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No funds made available to carry 
out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 
et seq.) or any other Act may be made available to provide 
assistance for Afghanistan unless the President certifies 
to Congress that a bilateral agreement between the United 
States and Afghanistan is in effect which provides that 
work performed in Afghanistan under a contract in Af-
ghanistan is exempt from taxation by the Government of 
Afghanistan. The prohibition on assistance under this sub-
section shall not apply with respect to a contract under 
which the contractor or subcontractor is not a national 
of the United States or a contract involving commercial 
operations of United States diplomatic missions in Af-
ghanistan. 
(b) WAIVER.—The President may waive the prohibi-
tion on assistance under subsection (a) on a case-by-case 
basis if the President determines and certifies to Congress 
that it is in the national interests of the United States 
to do so. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONTRACT
IN
AFGHANISTAN.—The term 
‘‘contract in Afghanistan’’ has the meaning given 
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is not included in the version passed by the one House,
or whenever the rate for operations for an ongoing project
or activity provided by section 101 for which there is a
budget request would result in the project or activity being
significantly reduced, the pertinent project or activity may
be continued under the authority and conditions provided
in the applicable appropriations Act for the fiscal year
1995 by increasing the rate for operations provided by sec-
tion 101 to a rate for operations not to exceed one that
provides the minimal level that would enable existing ac-
tivities to continue. No new contracts or grants shall be
awarded in excess of an amount that bears the same ratio
to the rate for operations provided by this section as the
number of days covered by this resolution bears to 366.
For the purposes of the Act, the minimal level means a
rate for operations that is reduced from the current rate
by 40 percent.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 106, whenever the rate
for operations for any continuing project or activity pro-
vided by section 101 or section 111 for which there is a
budget request would result in a furlough of Government
employees, that rate for operations may be increased to
the minimum level that would enable the furlough to be
avoided. No new contracts or grants shall be awarded in
the term ‘‘contract in Iraq or Afghanistan’’ in sec-
tion 864(a)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 
10 U.S.C. 2302 note), except that each reference in 
such section to ‘‘or Iraq’’ is deemed to be deleted. 
(2) GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Government 
of Afghanistan’’ includes the government of any 
political subdivision of Afghanistan, and any 
agency or instrumentality of the Government of 
Afghanistan. 
(B) AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘agen-
cy or instrumentality of the Government of Af-
ghanistan’’ means an agency or instrumentality 
of a foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) 
of title 28, United States Code, with each ref-
erence in such section to ‘‘a foreign state’’ 
deemed to be a reference to ‘‘Afghanistan’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 
with respect to funds made available to carry out the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other Act for fiscal 
year 2014 and subsequent fiscal years. 
Æ 
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