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Calendar No. 385 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3250 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 1210 West Main Street in 
Riverhead, New York, as the ‘‘Private First 
Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
MAY 18, 2010 
Reported without amendment 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3251 
To repeal certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to Federal 
employees’ official time and labor organization activities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2009 
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia (for himself, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
HARPER, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. LATTA, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. 
RADANOVICH, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. ISSA, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. SHAD-
EGG, Mr. CAMPBELL, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. LINDER, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. 
FLEMING, Mr. PITTS, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. 
BRADY of Texas, Mr. STEARNS, and Mr. COBLE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
A BILL 
To repeal certain provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
relating to Federal employees’ official time and labor 
organization 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 ‘‘Federal Employee Ac-
countability Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO OF-
FICIAL TIME. 
Subsections (a) and (c) of section 7131 of title 5, 
United States Code, are repealed. 
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† HR 3326 EAS 
connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva-
lent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 
title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the De-
partment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund, 
$611,500,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 
8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States 
Code, in connection with performing duty specified in sec-
tion 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while un-
dergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $1,584,712,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under section 10211, 10302,
SEC. 2. ANNUAL LEAVE FOR FAMILY OF DEPLOYED MEM-
BERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 44—ANNUAL LEAVE FOR FAM-
ILY OF DEPLOYED MEMBERS OF THE 
UNIFORMED SERVICES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘4401. Definitions. 
‘‘4402. Leave requirement. 
‘‘4403. Certification. 
‘‘4404. Employment and benefits protection. 
‘‘4405. Prohibited acts. 
‘‘4406. Enforcement. 
‘‘4407. Miscellaneous provisions. 
‘‘§ 4401. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) The terms ‘benefit’, ‘rights and benefits’, 
‘employee’, ‘employer’, and ‘uniformed services’ have 
the meaning given such terms in section 4303 of 
this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘contingency operation’ has the 
same meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13) 
of title 10. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘eligible employee’ means an in-
dividual who is— 
‘‘(A) a family member of a member of a 
uniformed service; and 
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HR 3254 PCS 
(f) NO FORFEITURE OR ABANDONMENT.—The non-
use by a lessee or subcontractor of the Pueblo of any right 
to which the Pueblo is entitled under the Partial Final 
Decree shall in no event result in a forfeiture, abandon-
ment, relinquishment, or other loss of all or any part of 
those rights. 
(g) NO PREEMPTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The approval authority of 
the Secretary provided under subsection (e) shall not 
amend, construe, supersede, or preempt any State or 
Federal law, interstate compact, or international 
treaty that pertains to the Colorado River, the Rio 
Grande, or any of their tributaries, including the ap-
propriation, use, development, storage, regulation, 
allocation, conservation, exportation, or quantity of 
those waters. 
(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—The provisions of sec-
tion 2116 of the Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 177) 
shall not apply to any water made available under 
the Settlement Agreement. 
(h) NO PREJUDICE.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to establish, address, prejudice, or prevent any 
party from litigating whether or to what extent any appli-
cable State law, Federal law, or interstate compact does 
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(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this subsection 
precludes the tolling of any period of limitations or 
any time-based equitable defense under any other 
applicable law. 
SEC. 12. INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) LIMITED WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.— 
Upon and after the enforcement date, if any party to the 
settlement agreement brings an action in any court of 
competent jurisdiction over the subject matter relating 
only and directly to the interpretation or enforcement of 
the settlement agreement or this Act, and names the 
United States or the Pueblo as a party, then the United 
States, the Pueblo, or both may be added as a party to 
any such action, and any claim by the United States or 
the Pueblo to sovereign immunity from the action is 
waived, but only for the limited and sole purpose of such 
interpretation or enforcement, and no waiver of sovereign 
immunity is made for any action against the United States 
or the Pueblo that seeks money damages. 
(b) SUBJECT
MATTER
JURISDICTION
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—Nothing in this Act shall be deemed as confer-
ring, restricting, enlarging, or determining the subject 
matter jurisdiction of any court, including the jurisdiction 
of the court that enters the partial final decree adjudi-
cating the Pueblo’s water rights. 
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(c) REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to determine or limit 
any authority of the State or the Pueblo to regulate or 
administer waters or water rights now or in the future. 
SEC. 13. DISCLAIMER. 
Nothing in the settlement agreement or this Act shall 
be construed in any way to quantify or otherwise adversely 
affect the land and water rights, claims, or entitlements 
to water of any other Indian tribe. 
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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. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purpose. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Pueblo rights. 
Sec. 5. Pueblo water infrastructure and watershed enhancement. 
Sec. 6. Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund. 
Sec. 7. Marketing. 
Sec. 8. Mutual-Benefit Projects. 
Sec. 9. San Juan-Chama Project contracts. 
Sec. 10. Authorizations, ratifications, confirmations, and conditions precedent. 
Sec. 11. Waivers and releases. 
Sec. 12. Interpretation and enforcement. 
Sec. 13. Disclaimer. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to approve, ratify, and confirm the Taos 
Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement; 
(2) to authorize and direct the Secretary to exe-
cute the Settlement Agreement and to perform all ob-
ligations of the Secretary under the Settlement Agree-
ment and this Act; and 
(3) to authorize all actions and appropriations 
necessary for the United States to meet its obligations 
under the Settlement Agreement and this Act. 
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‘‘(B) an employee of the employer with re-
spect to whom leave is requested under section 
4402 of this title. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘family member’ means an indi-
vidual who is, with respect to another individual, one 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) The spouse of the other individual. 
‘‘(B) A son or daughter of the other indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(C) A parent of the other individual. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘reduced leave schedule’ means a 
leave schedule that reduces the usual number of 
hours per workweek, or hours per workday, of an 
employee. 
‘‘(6) The terms ‘spouse’, ‘son or daughter’, and 
‘parent’ have the meaning given such terms in sec-
tion 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611). 
‘‘§ 4402. Leave requirement 
‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE.—In any 12-month 
period, an eligible employee shall be entitled to two work-
weeks of leave for each family member of the eligible em-
ployee who, during such 12-month period— 
‘‘(1) is in the uniformed services; and 
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(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this subsection 
precludes the tolling of any period of limitations or 
any time-based equitable defense under any other 
applicable law. 
SEC. 12. INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) LIMITED WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.— 
Upon and after the Enforcement Date, if any Party to 
the Settlement Agreement brings an action in any court 
of competent jurisdiction over the subject matter relating 
only and directly to the interpretation or enforcement of 
the Settlement Agreement or this Act, and names the 
United States or the Pueblo as a party, then the United 
States, the Pueblo, or both may be added as a party to 
any such action, and any claim by the United States or 
the Pueblo to sovereign immunity from the action is 
waived, but only for the limited and sole purpose of such 
interpretation or enforcement, and no waiver of sovereign 
immunity is made for any action against the United States 
or the Pueblo that seeks money damages. 
(b) SUBJECT
MATTER
JURISDICTION
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—Nothing in this Act shall be deemed as confer-
ring, restricting, enlarging, or determining the subject 
matter jurisdiction of any court, including the jurisdiction 
of the court that enters the Partial Final Decree adjudi-
cating the Pueblo’s water rights. 
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(c) REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to determine or limit 
any authority of the State or the Pueblo to regulate or 
administer waters or water rights now or in the future. 
SEC. 13. DISCLAIMER. 
Nothing in the Settlement Agreement or this Act 
shall be construed in any way to quantify or otherwise ad-
versely affect the land and water rights, claims, or entitle-
ments to water of any other Indian tribe. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 21, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 266 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3254 
AN ACT 
To approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights 
Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 1, 2010 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
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demonstration program under this section, together 
with recommendations for such legislation and ad-
ministrative action as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Subsection (b) of section 410A of the Medi-
care Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Mod-
ernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 117 
Stat. 2272) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘2)’’ and inserting ‘‘2))’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘cost’’ 
before ‘‘reporting period’’ the first place such 
term appears in each of subparagraphs (A) and 
(B). 
(2) Subsection (f)(1) of section 410A of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 
117 Stat. 2272) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(B)’’; and 
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(4) waives any claim of a member of the Pueblo 
in an individual capacity that does not derive from 
a right of the Pueblo. 
(e) TOLLING OF CLAIMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each applicable period of 
limitation and time-based equitable defense relating 
to a claim described in this section shall be tolled for 
the period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act and ending on the earlier of— 
(A) December 31, 2016; or 
(B) the Enforcement Date. 
(2) EFFECT OF SUBSECTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection revives any claim or tolls any period of 
limitation or time-based equitable defense that ex-
pired before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this subsection pre-
cludes the tolling of any period of limitations or any 
time-based equitable defense under any other applica-
ble law. 
SEC. 12. INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) LIMITED WAIVER
OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.— 
Upon and after the Enforcement Date, if any Party to the 
Settlement Agreement brings an action in any court of com-
petent jurisdiction over the subject matter relating only and 
directly to the interpretation or enforcement of the Settle-
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ment Agreement or this Act, and names the United States 
or the Pueblo as a party, then the United States, the Pueblo, 
or both may be added as a party to any such action, and 
any claim by the United States or the Pueblo to sovereign 
immunity from the action is waived, but only for the lim-
ited and sole purpose of such interpretation or enforcement, 
and no waiver of sovereign immunity is made for any ac-
tion against the United States or the Pueblo that seeks 
money damages. 
(b) SUBJECT
MATTER
JURISDICTION
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—Nothing in this Act shall be deemed as confer-
ring, restricting, enlarging, or determining the subject mat-
ter jurisdiction of any court, including the jurisdiction of 
the court that enters the Partial Final Decree adjudicating 
the Pueblo’s water rights. 
(c) REGULATORY AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.—Noth-
ing in this Act shall be deemed to determine or limit any 
authority of the State or the Pueblo to regulate or admin-
ister waters or water rights now or in the future. 
SEC. 13. DISCLAIMER. 
Nothing in the Settlement Agreement or this Act shall 
be construed in any way to quantify or otherwise adversely 
affect the land and water rights, claims, or entitlements to 
water of any other Indian tribe. 
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Union Calendar No. 232 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3254 
[Report No. 111–395] 
A BILL 
To approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights 
Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 12, 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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projects until new units in the receiving project are 
available for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 
is in the best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (c)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 
project resulting from additional financing obtained 
by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in-
sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, 
such project by the Secretary. 
(8) If the transferring project meets the re-
quirements of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or 
mortgagor of the receiving project or projects shall 
execute and record either a continuation of the exist-
ing use agreement or a new use agreement for the 
project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 
such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 
existing use restrictions. 
(9) Any financial risk to the FHA General and 
Special Risk Insurance Fund, as determined by the 
Secretary, would be reduced as a result of a transfer 
completed under this section.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 325 
AN ACT 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Avra/Black Wash Rec-
lamation and Riparian Restoration Project. 
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 ‘‘Avra/Black Wash Rec-
lamation and Riparian Restoration Project’’. 
SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 16ll. AVRA/BLACK WASH RECLAMATION AND RI-
PARIAN 
RESTORATION 
PROJECT, 
PIMA 
COUNTY, ARIZONA. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with Pima County, Arizona, may participate in the 
planning, design, and construction of water recycling fa-
cilities and to enhance and restore riparian habitat in the 
Black Wash Sonoran Desert ecosystem in Avra Valley 
west of the metropolitan Pima County area. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Federal funds provided under 
this section shall not be used for operation or maintenance 
of the project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$14,000,000.
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Federal funds provided under 
this section shall only be used for the design, planning 
and construction of water-related infrastructure.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for Public Law 102–575 is amended by inserting after the 
last item relating to title XVI the following: 
‘‘Sec. 16ll. Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project, 
Pima County, Arizona.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 325 
AN ACT 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to author-
ize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian 
Restoration Project.
(C) $250,000,000 shall be made available 
for major research equipment and facilities con-
struction; 
(D) $428,480,000 shall be made available 
for agency operations and award management; 
(E) $5,550,000 shall be made available for 
the Office of the National Science Board; and 
(F) $17,020,000 shall be made available 
for the Office of Inspector General. 
SEC. 213. NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD ADMINISTRATIVE 
AMENDMENTS. 
(a) STAFFING AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD.— 
Section 4(g) of the National Science Foundation Act of 
1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘not 
more than 5’’. 
(b) SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATORS DUE 
DATE.—Section 4(j)(1) of the National Science Founda-
tion Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘January 15’’ and inserting ‘‘May 31’’. 
(c) NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS.—Section 
4(j)(2) of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 
(42 U.S.C. 1863(j)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘within 
the authority of the Foundation (or otherwise as requested 
by the appropriate Congressional committees of jurisdic-
tion or the President)’’ after ‘‘individual policy matters’’. 
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575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 16ll. AVRA/BLACK WASH RECLAMATION AND RI-
PARIAN 
RESTORATION 
PROJECT, 
PIMA 
COUNTY, ARIZONA. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with Pima County, Arizona, may participate in the 
planning, design, and construction of water recycling fa-
cilities and to enhance and restore riparian habitat in the 
Black Wash Sonoran Desert ecosystem in Avra Valley 
west of the metropolitan Pima County area. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Federal funds provided under 
this section shall not be used for operation or maintenance 
of the project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$14,000,000. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Federal funds provided under 
this section shall only be used for the design, planning 
and construction of water-related infrastructure.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for Public Law 102–575 is amended by inserting after the 
last item relating to title XVI the following: 
‘‘Sec. 16ll. Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project, 
Pima County, Arizona.’’. 
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