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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4565 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Vinylidene chloride-methyl 
methacrylate-acrylonitrile copolymer. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on Vinylidene 
chloride-methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile copolymer. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE-METHYL METHACRY-
LATE-ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.23.09 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended 
by striking ‘‘12/31/2009’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered, or 
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1815 
AN ACT 
To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lena 
Horne in recognition of her achievements and contribu-
tions to American culture and the civil rights movement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1513
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located
at 10th and Main Streets in Richmond, Virginia,
as the ‘‘Lewis F. Powell, Jr. United States
Courthouse’’.
House Calendar No. 37
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1513
[Report No. 103–74]
A BILL
To designate the United States courthouse located
at 10th and Main Streets in Richmond, Virginia,
as the ‘‘Lewis F. Powell, Jr. United States
Courthouse’’.
APRIL 29, 1993
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
Union Calendar No. 461
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1517
[Report No. 103–818]
A BILL
To extend the coverage of certain Federal labor
laws to foreign documented vessels, and for other
purposes.
OCTOBER 3, 1994
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Union Calendar No. 407
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1520
[Report No. 103–737]
A BILL
To amend the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.
SEPTEMBER 22, 1994
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 158
AN ACT
To designate the United States courthouse located at 316
North 26th Street in Billings, Montana, as the ‘‘James
F. Battin United States Courthouse’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1605
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building and United
States courthouse located at 402 North Walnut
Street in Harrison, Arkansas, as the ‘‘J. Smith
Henley Federal Building and United States
Courthouse’’.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Melanie Blocker Stokes 
Mom’s Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Re-
search, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act’’ or 
the ‘‘Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘postpartum condition’’ means 
postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis; and 
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. 
TITLE I—RESEARCH ON 
POSTPARTUM CONDITIONS 
SEC. 101. EXPANSION AND INTENSIFICATION OF ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) CONTINUATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary 
is encouraged to continue activities on postpartum condi-
tions. 
(b) PROGRAMS FOR POSTPARTUM CONDITIONS.—In 
carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary is encouraged 
to continue research to expand the understanding of the 
causes of, and treatments for, postpartum conditions. Ac-
tivities under such subsection shall include conducting and 
supporting the following: 
(1) Basic research concerning the etiology and 
causes of the conditions.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1615
AN ACT
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to extend
the designation of a portion of the Lamprey
River in New Hampshire as a recreational river
to include an additional river segment.
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‘‘(1) The term ‘omnibus appropriation measure’ 
means any bill or joint resolution making continuing 
appropriations for a fiscal year and that is com-
prised of more than one regular appropriation bills. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘regular appropriation bill’ 
means any annual appropriation bill making appro-
priations, otherwise making funds available, or 
granting authority, for any of the following cat-
egories of projects and activities: 
‘‘(A) Agriculture, rural development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and related agencies 
programs. 
‘‘(B) The Department of Defense. 
‘‘(C) Energy and water development, and 
related agencies. 
‘‘(D) Foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs. 
‘‘(E) The Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
‘‘(F) The Department of the Interior, En-
vironmental Protection Agency, and related 
agencies. 
‘‘(G) The Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and re-
lated agencies.
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‘‘(H) Military quality of life and Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies. 
‘‘(I) Science, the Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies. 
‘‘(J) The Departments of Transportation, 
Treasury, and Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, 
and independent agencies. 
‘‘(K) The Legislative Branch.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 318 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 319. Treatment of extraneous appropriations in omnibus appropriation 
measures.’’. 
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cordance with section 603(d)(3) and only
after the Trust Fund is fully capitalized.’’;
and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking clause (ii)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(ii) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—On
notification in accordance with clause (i),
the Secretary of the Treasury shall make
available to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe funds
from the Cheyenne River Sioux Terrestrial
Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund
and the Lower Brule Sioux Terrestrial
Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund,
respectively, established under section 604,
to be used to carry out the plans for terres-
trial wildlife habitat restoration submitted
by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, respectively, after
the respective tribe certifies to the Secretary
of the Treasury that the funds to be dis-
bursed will be used in accordance with sec-
tion 604(d)(3) and only after the Trust
Fund is fully capitalized.’’.
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(b) INVESTMENT PROVISIONS
OF
THE STATE
OF
SOUTH DAKOTA TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE RESTORATION
TRUST FUND.—Section 603 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 388) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) INVESTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE OBLIGATIONS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall invest the amounts deposited under sub-
section (b) and the interest earned on those amounts
only in interest-bearing obligations of the United
States issued directly to the Fund.
‘‘(2) INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the
Treasury shall invest the Fund in accordance
with all of the requirements of this paragraph.
‘‘(B) SEPARATE
INVESTMENTS
OF
PRIN-
CIPAL AND INTEREST.—
‘‘(i) 
PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNT.—The
amounts deposited in the Fund under sub-
section (b) shall be credited to an account
within the Fund (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘principal account’) and in-
vested as provided in subparagraph (C).
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‘‘(ii) INTEREST ACCOUNT.—The inter-
est earned from investing amounts in the
principal account of the Fund shall be
transferred to a separate account within the
Fund (referred to in this paragraph as the
‘interest account’) and invested as provided
in subparagraph (D).
‘‘(iii) CREDITING.—The interest earned
from investing amounts in the interest ac-
count of the Fund shall be credited to the
interest account.
‘‘(C) 
INVESTMENT
OF
PRINCIPAL
AC-
COUNT.—
‘‘(i) 
INITIAL
INVESTMENT.—Each
amount deposited in the principal account
of the Fund shall be invested initially in el-
igible obligations having the shortest matu-
rity then available until the date on which
the amount is divided into 3 substantially
equal portions and those portions are in-
vested in eligible obligations that are iden-
tical (except for transferability) to the next-
issued publicly issued Treasury obligations
having a 2-year maturity, a 5-year matu-
rity, and a 10-year maturity, respectively.
Union Calendar No. 115
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1652
[Report No. 106–201]
A BILL
To establish the Yukon River Salmon Advisory
Panel.
JUNE 25, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
(2) ELIGIBLE NON-PROFIT HOSPITAL, CLINIC, 
OR LONG-TERM CARE PROVIDER.—To be eligible to 
receive a grant under paragraph (1) an entity 
shall— 
(A) be a non-profit hospital, clinic, or long- 
term care provider; 
(B) be an organization described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such Code for the year for which an application 
is submitted under subparagraph (C); and 
(C) prepare and submit to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services an application at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require. 
(3) AMOUNT
OF
GRANT.—The amount of a 
grant to a non-profit hospital, clinic, or long-term 
care provider under paragraph (1) shall equal 15 
percent of the amount of the qualified medical mal-
practice insurance expenditures of the hospital, clin-
ic, or long-term care provider for the year involved. 
(4) QUALIFIED MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSUR-
ANCE EXPENDITURE.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘qualified medical malpractice insurance expendi-
ture’’ means so much of any professional insurance
premium, surcharge, payment or other cost or ex-
pense which is incurred by a non-profit hospital, 
clinic, or long-term care provider in a year for the 
sole purpose of providing or furnishing general med-
ical malpractice liability insurance for such hospital, 
clinic, or long-term care provider as does not exceed 
twice the average of such costs for similarly situated 
hospitals, clinics, or long-term care provider homes. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45J. Credit for expenditures for medical professional malpractice insur-
ance.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2004. 
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‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT
INVESTMENT.—As
each 2-year, 5-year, and 10-year eligible ob-
ligation matures, the principal of the ma-
turing eligible obligation shall also be in-
vested initially in the shortest-maturity eli-
gible obligation then available until the
principal is reinvested substantially equally
in the eligible obligations that are identical
(except for transferability) to the next-issued
publicly issued Treasury obligations having
2-year, 5-year, and 10-year maturities.
‘‘(iii) DISCONTINUANCE OF ISSUANCE
OF OBLIGATIONS.—If the Department of the
Treasury discontinues issuing to the public
obligations having 2-year, 5-year, or 10-
year maturities, the principal of any ma-
turing eligible obligation shall be reinvested
substantially equally in eligible obligations
that are identical (except for transfer-
ability) to the next-issued publicly issued
Treasury obligations of the maturities
longer than 1 year then available.
‘‘(D) 
INVESTMENT
OF
INTEREST
AC-
COUNT.—
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‘‘(i) BEFORE FULL CAPITALIZATION.—
Until the date on which the Fund is fully
capitalized, amounts in the interest account
of the Fund shall be invested in eligible obli-
gations that are identical (except for trans-
ferability) to publicly issued Treasury obli-
gations that have maturities that coincide,
to the maximum extent practicable, with the
date on which the Fund is expected to be
fully capitalized.
‘‘(ii) AFTER FULL CAPITALIZATION.—
On and after the date on which the Fund
is fully capitalized, amounts in the interest
account of the Fund shall be invested and
reinvested in eligible obligations having the
shortest maturity then available until the
amounts are withdrawn and transferred to
fund the activities authorized under sub-
section (d)(3).
‘‘(E) PAR PURCHASE PRICE.—The price to
be paid for eligible obligations purchased as in-
vestments of the principal account shall not ex-
ceed the par value of the obligations so that the
amount of the principal account shall be pre-
served in perpetuity.
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‘‘(F) HIGHEST YIELD.—Among eligible obli-
gations having the same maturity and purchase
price, the obligation to be purchased shall be the
obligation having the highest yield.
‘‘(G) HOLDING TO MATURITY.—Eligible ob-
ligations purchased shall generally be held to
their maturities.
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REVIEW OF INVESTMENT ACTIVI-
TIES.—Not less frequently than once each calendar
year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall review with
the State of South Dakota the results of the invest-
ment activities and financial status of the Fund dur-
ing the preceding 12-month period.
‘‘(4) AUDITS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The activities of the
State of South Dakota (referred to in this sub-
section as the ‘State’) in carrying out the plan
of the State for terrestrial wildlife habitat res-
toration under section 602(a) shall be audited as
part of the annual audit that the State is re-
quired to prepare under the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget Circular A-133 (or a successor
circulation).
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‘‘(B) DETERMINATION
BY
AUDITORS.—An
auditor that conducts an audit under subpara-
graph (A) shall—
‘‘(i) determine whether funds received
by the State under this section during the
period covered by the audit were used to
carry out the plan of the State in accord-
ance with this section; and
‘‘(ii) include the determination under
clause (i) in the written findings of the
audit.
‘‘(5) MODIFICATION OF INVESTMENT REQUIRE-
MENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of the
Treasury determines that meeting the require-
ments under paragraph (2) with respect to the
investment of a Fund is not practicable, or
would result in adverse consequences for the
Fund, the Secretary shall modify the require-
ments, as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary.
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—Before modifying a
requirement under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall consult with the
State regarding the proposed modification.’’;
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(2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘of the
Treasury’’ after Secretary’’; and
(3) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, to pay expenses associated with investing the Fund
and auditing the uses of amounts withdrawn from the
Fund—
‘‘(1) up to $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2006
and 2007; and
‘‘(2) such sums as are necessary for each subse-
quent fiscal year.’’.
(c) INVESTMENT PROVISIONS
FOR
THE CHEYENNE
RIVER SIOUX TRIBE AND LOWER BRULE SIOUX TRIBE
TRUST FUNDS.—Section 604 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 389) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) INVESTMENTS.—
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE OBLIGATIONS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall invest the amounts deposited under sub-
section (b) and the interest earned on those amounts
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only in interest-bearing obligations of the United
States issued directly to the Funds.
‘‘(2) INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the
Treasury shall invest each of the Funds in ac-
cordance with all of the requirements of this
paragraph.
‘‘(B) SEPARATE
INVESTMENTS
OF
PRIN-
CIPAL AND INTEREST.—
‘‘(i) 
PRINCIPAL
ACCOUNT.—The
amounts deposited in each Fund under sub-
section (b) shall be credited to an account
within the Fund (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘principal account’) and in-
vested as provided in subparagraph (C).
‘‘(ii) INTEREST ACCOUNT.—The inter-
est earned from investing amounts in the
principal account of each Fund shall be
transferred to a separate account within the
Fund (referred to in this paragraph as the
‘interest account’) and invested as provided
in subparagraph (D).
‘‘(iii) CREDITING.—The interest earned
from investing amounts in the interest ac-
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any unexpended balances of such amounts for any 
open fiscal year; and 
(5) such additional information as may be re-
quired by regulation of the Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen-
ate. 
(c) PRINTING.—Each report under this section shall 
be printed as a House document. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 through 
March 31 and April 1 through September 30 of each year, 
beginning with the semiannual period in which this section 
is enacted. 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,112,000, 
of which $780,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2007: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 
Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 
appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 
property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 
Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex-
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count of each Fund shall be credited to the
interest account.
‘‘(C) 
INVESTMENT
OF
PRINCIPAL
AC-
COUNT.—
‘‘(i) 
INITIAL
INVESTMENT.—Each
amount deposited in the principal account
of each Fund shall be invested initially in
eligible obligations having the shortest ma-
turity then available until the date on
which the amount is divided into 3 substan-
tially equal portions and those portions are
invested in eligible obligations that are
identical (except for transferability) to the
next-issued publicly issued Treasury obliga-
tions having a 2-year maturity, a 5-year
maturity, and a 10-year maturity, respec-
tively.
‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT
INVESTMENT.—As
each 2-year, 5-year, and 10-year eligible ob-
ligation matures, the principal of the ma-
turing eligible obligation shall also be in-
vested initially in the shortest-maturity eli-
gible obligation then available until the
principal is reinvested substantially equally
in the eligible obligations that are identical
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(f) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the 
Federal Director shall submit to Congress a report that— 
(1) describes the status of the Federal high-per-
formance green building initiatives in effect as of the 
date of the report, including— 
(A) the extent to which the programs are 
being carried out in accordance with this part; 
and 
(B) the status of funding requests and ap-
propriations for those programs; 
(2) identifies within the planning, budgeting, 
and construction process all types of Federal facility 
procedures that inhibit new and existing Federal fa-
cilities from becoming high-performance green build-
ings; 
(3) identifies inconsistencies, as reported to the 
Advisory Committee, in Federal law with respect to 
product acquisition guidelines and high-performance 
product guidelines; 
(4) recommends language for uniform stand-
ards for use by Federal agencies in environmentally 
responsible acquisition;
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(except for transferability) to the next-issued
publicly issued Treasury obligations having
2-year, 5-year, and 10-year maturities.
‘‘(iii) DISCONTINUATION OF ISSUANCE
OF OBLIGATIONS.—If the Department of the
Treasury discontinues issuing to the public
obligations having 2-year, 5-year, or 10-
year maturities, the principal of any ma-
turing eligible obligation shall be reinvested
substantially equally in eligible obligations
that are identical (except for transfer-
ability) to the next-issued publicly issued
Treasury obligations of the maturities
longer than 1 year then available.
‘‘(D) INVESTMENT OF THE INTEREST AC-
COUNT.—
‘‘(i) BEFORE FULL CAPITALIZATION.—
Until the date on which each Fund is fully
capitalized, amounts in the interest account
of the Fund shall be invested in eligible obli-
gations that are identical (except for trans-
ferability) to publicly issued Treasury obli-
gations that have maturities that coincide,
to the maximum extent practicable, with the
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2294
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the use of autodialers 
for purposes of political solicitations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 11, 2005
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself and Ms. FOXX) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the 
use of autodialers for purposes of political solicitations, 
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 ‘‘Robocaller Identifica-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AUTOMATED CALLING FOR POLIT-
ICAL PURPOSES. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 227(b)(1) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, for any 
purpose other than for a political purpose,’’ after 
‘‘prerecorded voice’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(C); 
(3) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) to initiate any telephone call using an 
automatic telephone dialing system or an artifi-
cial or prerecorded voice for a political purpose, 
unless—
‘‘(i) at the beginning of the message, 
it states clearly the identity of the entity or 
individual that is responsible for initiating 
the call and the entity or individual respon-
sible for funding the call; and 
‘‘(ii) during or after the message—
‘‘(I) it states clearly a telephone 
number or address of such entity or 
individual where further information 
about the entity may be obtained; or
‘‘(II) it states the individuals 
that serve on the board of directors of 
the entity.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 227(a) of such Act is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘political purpose’ means the 
purpose of attempting to influence legislation, or of 
attempting to participate in or intervene in any po-
litical campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) 
any candidate for public office.’’.
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