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104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3744
To require the Attorney General to promulgate regulations relating to gender-
related persecution, including female genital mutilation, for use in deter-
mining an alien’s eligibility for asylum or withholding of deportation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 1996
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr.
CLYBURN, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr.
FROST, Ms. FURSE, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LAFALCE, Ms. MCCARTHY, Ms.
MCKINNEY, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. NADLER,
Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. OLVER, Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Mrs.
SCHROEDER, and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require the Attorney General to promulgate regulations
relating to gender-related persecution, including female
genital mutilation, for use in determining an alien’s eligi-
bility for asylum or withholding of deportation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO PROMULGATE REGULA-
TIONS CONCERNING GENDER-RELATED PER-
SECUTION.
(a) REGULATIONS FOR USE IN EVALUATING ASYLUM
APPLICATIONS.—The Attorney General shall promulgate
regulations, which shall apply to the determination of an
alien’s eligibility to be granted asylum under section
208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, interpret-
ing, in a manner consistent with international law and
standards, the term ‘‘persecution’’, as used in section
101(a)(42)(A) of such Act, to include gender-related per-
secution, including female genital mutilation. The regula-
tions under this subsection may not create burdens, or in-
crease requirements, for establishing persecution beyond
those established by international law and standards and
recent decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
(b) REGULATIONS FOR USE IN WITHHOLDING DE-
PORTATION
OR RETURN.—The Attorney General shall
promulgate regulations relating to gender-related persecu-
tion, including female genital mutilation, which shall apply
to the determination under section 243(h) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act. The regulations under this sub-
section shall be consistent, to the extent appropriate under
such Act, with the regulations under subsection (a).
(c) DEADLINE.—The Attorney General shall promul-
gate the regulations required by this Act not later than
the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the term
‘‘gender-related persecution’’ means a harm that—
(1) is specific to, or disproportionately affects,
women on the ground of their gender; and
(2) otherwise would be considered persecution
for purposes of section 101(a)(42)(A) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act.
Æ
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3295
AN ACT
To designate the Federal building located at 1301
Clay Street in Oakland, California, as the ‘‘Ron-
ald V. Dellums Federal Building’’.
IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 571 
Recognizing the roles and contributions of America’s teachers to building 
and enhancing the Nation’s civic, cultural, and economic well-being. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2014 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (for himself, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. 
HANNA, Mr. CHABOT, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. WHIT-
FIELD, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. CONNOLLY, 
Mr. BENTIVOLIO, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. TERRY, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, 
Mr. SABLAN, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. HOLT, Mr. MILLER of Florida, 
Mr. GRIMM, Mr. REED, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. GIB-
SON, Mr. MARINO, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, and Ms. JENKINS) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the roles and contributions of America’s teachers 
to building and enhancing the Nation’s civic, cultural, 
and economic well-being. 
Whereas education and knowledge are the foundation of 
America’s current and future strength; 
Whereas teachers and other education staff have earned and 
deserve the respect of their students and communities for 
their selfless dedication to community service and the fu-
ture of our Nation’s children; 
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•HRES 571 IH 
Whereas the purpose of ‘‘National Teacher Day’’, held on 
May 6, 2014, is to raise public awareness of the 
unquantifiable contributions of teachers and to promote 
greater respect and understanding for the teaching pro-
fession; and 
Whereas students, schools, communities, and a number of or-
ganizations representing educators are hosting teacher 
appreciation events in recognition of ‘‘National Teacher 
Day’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives thanks 
and promotes the profession of teaching by encouraging 
students, parents, school administrators, and public offi-
cials to participate in teacher appreciation events during 
‘‘National Teacher Day’’. 
Æ 
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•HRES 573 EH 
Whereas, according to nongovernmental organizations, more 
than 1,500 people have been killed in attacks by Boko 
Haram or reprisals by Nigerian security forces this year 
alone, and that almost 4,000 people have been killed in 
Boko Haram attacks since 2011; 
Whereas, the enrollment, retention, and completion of edu-
cation for girls in Nigeria remains a major challenge; 
Whereas, according to the United Nations Children’s Emer-
gency Fund (UNICEF), some 4,700,000 children of pri-
mary school age are still not in school in Nigeria, with 
attendance rates lowest in the north; 
Whereas, studies have found that school children in Nigeria, 
particularly those in the northern provinces, are at a dis-
advantage in their education, with 37 percent of primary- 
age girls in the rural northeast not attending school, and 
30 percent of boys not attending school; 
Whereas, women and girls must be allowed to go to school 
without fear of violence and unjust treatment so that 
they can take their rightful place as equal citizens of and 
contributors to society; 
Whereas United States security assistance to Nigeria has em-
phasized military professionalization, peacekeeping sup-
port and training, and border and maritime security; 
Whereas, the Department of State designated Boko Haram 
as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in November 2013, 
recognizing the threat posed by the group’s large-scale 
and indiscriminate attacks against civilians, including 
women and children; 
Whereas Boko Haram is one of a number of radical Islamist 
terrorist organizations and extremist groups that pose a
•HRES 572 IH 
often experience discrimination in education, housing, 
health care, and the workplace; 
Whereas according to the California Mental Health Services 
Oversight and Accountability Commission’s report of 
2007, a public education campaign can improve the 
public’s awareness of unmet needs and reduce the harm-
ful effects of stigma and discrimination; and 
Whereas the first full week of May would be an appropriate 
week to designate as ‘‘National Mental Health No Stig-
ma Week’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 
the designation of ‘‘National Mental Health No Stigma 
Week’’. 
Æ 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3746
To amend title IX of the Public Works and Economic Development Act
of 1965 to make the development of brownfield sites eligible for assistance.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 1996
Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts (for himself, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr.
OLVER, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr.
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. MASCARA, and Mr. STARK) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Banking and Fi-
nancial Services, 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 concerned
A BILL
To amend title IX of the Public Works and Economic Devel-
opment Act of 1965 to make the development of
brownfield sites eligible for assistance.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 903 of the Public Works and Economic De-
velopment Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3243) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by inserting after
‘‘business development,’’ the following: ‘‘development
of brownfield sites,’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) BROWNFIELD SITE DEFINED.—In this section,
the term ‘brownfield site’ means a parcel of land that con-
tains or contained abandoned or under-used commercial
or industrial facilities the expansion or redevelopment of
which is complicated by the presence or potential presence
of hazardous substances.’’.
Æ
H. Res. 573 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 20, 2014. 
Whereas, on the night of April 14, 2014, 276 female stu-
dents, most of them between 15 and 18 years old, were 
abducted by Boko Haram from the Government Girls 
Secondary School, a boarding school located in the north-
eastern province of Borno in the Federal Republic of Ni-
geria; 
Whereas, all public secondary schools in Borno state were 
closed in March 2014 because of increasing attacks in 
the past year that have killed hundreds of students, but 
the young women at the Government Girls Secondary 
School were recalled to take their final exams; 
Whereas, Boko Haram burned down several buildings before 
opening fire on soldiers and police who were guarding the 
Government Girls Secondary School and forcing the stu-
dents into trucks; 
Whereas, according to local officials in Borno state, 53 stu-
dents were able to flee their captors, and the rest remain 
abducted; 
Whereas, there are reports that the abducted girls have been 
sold as brides to Islamist militants for the equivalent of 
$12 each;
•HRES 573 EH 
Whereas, the group popularly known as ‘‘Boko Haram’’, 
which loosely translates from the Hausa language to 
‘‘Western education is sin’’, is known to oppose the edu-
cation of girls; 
Whereas, on April 14, 2014, hours before the kidnapping in 
Borno state, and on May 2, 2014, Boko Haram bombed 
bus stations in Abuja, Nigeria, killing at least 94 people 
and wounding over 160, making it the deadliest set of at-
tacks ever in Nigeria’s capital; 
Whereas, Boko Haram has kidnapped girls in the past to use 
as cooks and sex slaves, and has claimed responsibility 
for the kidnapping in Borno state on April 14, 2014; 
Whereas, late May 5, 2014, suspected Boko Haram gunmen 
kidnapped an additional 8 girls, ranging in age from 12 
to 15, from a village in northeast Nigeria; 
Whereas, reports estimate that more than 500 students and 
100 teachers have been killed by Boko Haram and have 
destroyed roughly 500 schools in northern Nigeria, leav-
ing more than 15,000 students without access to edu-
cation; 
Whereas, Boko Haram has targeted schools, mosques, 
churches, villages, and agricultural centers, as well as 
government facilities, in an armed campaign to create an 
Islamic state in northern Nigeria, prompting the Presi-
dent of Nigeria to declare a state of emergency in three 
of the country’s northeastern states in May 2013; 
Whereas, human rights groups have indicated that the Nige-
rian state security forces should improve efforts to pro-
tect civilians during offensive operations against Boko 
Haram;
HR 3755 RH
(1) The term ‘‘Center’’ means the Gillis W.
Long Hansen’s Disease Center.
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(3) The term ‘‘State’’ means the State of Lou-
isiana.
(g) Section 320 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 247e) is amended by striking the section designa-
tion and all that follows and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 320. (a)(1) At the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s
Disease Center (located in the State of Louisiana), the
Secretary shall without charge provide short-term care
and treatment, including outpatient care, for Hansen’s
disease and related complications to any person deter-
mined by the Secretary to be in need of such care and
treatment.
‘‘(2) The Center referred to in paragraph (1) shall
conduct training in the diagnosis and management of
Hansen’s disease and conduct and promote the coordina-
tion of research, investigations, demonstrations, and stud-
ies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control,
and prevention of Hansen’s disease and the complications
of such disease.
•HRES 573 EH 
growing threat to United States’ interests in the region 
as well as broader peace and security; and 
Whereas these radical Islamist groups, which include Ansar 
al-Sharia, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, The Na-
tional Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa, and 
others have carried out deadly attacks in the region and 
constitute a growing threat to North and West Africa: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its strong support for the people of 
Nigeria, especially the parents and families of the girls 
abducted by Boko Haram in Borno state, and calls for 
the immediate, safe return of the girls; 
(2) condemns Boko Haram for its violent attacks 
on civilian targets, including schools, mosques, churches, 
villages, and agricultural centers in Nigeria; 
(3) encourages the Government of Nigeria to 
strengthen efforts to protect children seeking to obtain 
an education and to hold those who conduct such violent 
attacks accountable; 
(4) commends efforts by the United States Govern-
ment to hold terrorist organizations, such as Boko 
Haram, accountable; 
(5) supports offers of United States assistance to 
the government of Nigeria in the search for these ab-
ducted girls and encourages the government of Nigeria
•HRES 573 EH 
to work with the United States and other concerned gov-
ernments to resolve this tragic situation; 
(6) recognizes that every individual, regardless of 
gender, should have the opportunity to pursue an edu-
cation without fear of discrimination; 
(7) encourages the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development to 
continue their support for initiatives that promote the 
human rights of women and girls in Nigeria; 
(8) urges the President to immediately strengthen 
United States security, law enforcement, and intelligence 
cooperation with appropriate Nigerian forces, including 
offering United States personnel to support operations 
to locate and rescue the more than 200 schoolgirls kid-
napped by Boko Haram, and to support Nigerian efforts 
to counter this United States designated foreign terrorist 
organization; and 
(9) calls on the President to provide to Congress a 
comprehensive strategy to counter the growing threat 
posed by radical Islamist terrorist groups in West Afri-
ca, the Sahel, and North Africa. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
‘‘(i) any population census tract with
a poverty rate of not less than 20 percent,
‘‘(ii) a population census tract with a
population of less than 2,000 if—
‘‘(I) more than 75 percent of
such tract is zoned for commercial or
industrial use, and
‘‘(II) such tract is contiguous to
1 or more other population census
tracts which meet the requirement of
clause (i) without regard to this
clause,
‘‘(iii) any empowerment zone or enter-
prise community (and any supplemental
zone designated on December 21, 1994),
and
‘‘(iv) any site announced before Feb-
ruary 1, 1996, as being included as a
brownfields pilot project of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
‘‘(B) NATIONAL PRIORITIES LISTED SITES
NOT INCLUDED.—Such term shall not include
any site which is on the national priorities list
under section 105(a)(8)(B) of the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation,
•HRES 573 IH 
age girls in the rural northeast not attending school, and 
30 percent of boys not attending school; and 
Whereas, women and girls must be allowed to go to school 
without fear of violence and unjust treatment so that 
they can take their rightful place as equal citizens of and 
contributors to society: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) expresses its strong support for the people 
of Nigeria, especially the parents and families of the 
girls abducted by Boko Haram in Borno state, and 
calls for the immediate, safe return of the girls; 
(2) condemns Boko Haram for its violent at-
tacks on civilian targets, including schools, mosques, 
churches, villages, and agricultural centers in Nige-
ria; 
(3) encourages the Government of Nigeria to 
strengthen efforts to protect children seeking to ob-
tain an education and to hold those who conduct 
such violent attacks accountable; 
(4) commends efforts by the United States Gov-
ernment to hold terrorist organizations, such as 
Boko Haram, accountable; 
(5) supports offers of United States assistance 
to the government of Nigeria in the search for these 
abducted girls and encourages the government of Ni-
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•HRES 573 IH 
geria to work with the United States and other con-
cerned governments to resolve this tragic situation; 
(6) recognizes that every individual, regardless 
of gender, should have the opportunity to pursue an 
education without fear of discrimination; and 
(7) encourages the Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment to continue their support for initiatives that 
promote the human rights of women and girls in Ni-
geria. 
Æ 
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H. Res. 574 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 7, 2014. 
Resolved, That because Lois G. Lerner, former Director, 
Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service, offered a 
voluntary statement in testimony before the Committee, was 
found by the Committee to have waived her Fifth Amend-
ment Privilege, was informed of the Committee’s decision of 
waiver, and continued to refuse to testify before the Com-
mittee, Ms. Lerner shall be found to be in contempt of Con-
gress for failure to comply with a congressional subpoena. 
Resolved, That pursuant to 2 U.S.C. §§ 192 and 194, 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall certify the 
report of the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, detailing the refusal of Ms. Lerner to testify before the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform as directed 
by subpoena, to the United States Attorney for the District 
of Columbia, to the end that Ms. Lerner be proceeded against 
in the manner and form provided by law.
•HRES 574 EH 
Resolved, That the Speaker of the House shall otherwise 
take all appropriate action to enforce the subpoena. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
I
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3748
To amend certain Federal civil rights statutes to prevent the involuntary
application of arbitration to claims that arise from unlawful employment
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
or disability; and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 27, 1996
Mrs. SCHROEDER (for herself and Mr. MARKEY) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Op-
portunities, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the commit-
tee concerned
A BILL
To amend certain Federal civil rights statutes to prevent
the involuntary application of arbitration to claims that
arise from unlawful employment discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disabil-
ity; 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 ‘‘Civil Rights Proce-
dures Protection Act of 1996’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
ACT OF 1964.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000e et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘EXCLUSIVITY OF POWERS AND PROCEDURES
‘‘SEC. 719. Notwithstanding any Federal statute of
general applicability that would modify any of the powers
and procedures expressly applicable to a claim arising
under this title, such powers and procedures shall be the
exclusive powers and procedures applicable to such claim
unless after such claim arises the claimant voluntarily en-
ters into an agreement to resolve such claim through arbi-
tration or another procedure.’’.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EM-
PLOYMENT ACT OF 1967.
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
(29 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 16 and 17 as sec-
tions 17 and 18, respectively, and
(2) by inserting after section 15 the following:
‘‘EXCLUSIVITY OF POWERS AND PROCEDURES
‘‘SEC. 16. Notwithstanding any Federal statute of
general applicability that would modify any of the powers
and procedures expressly applicable to a right or claim
arising under this Act, such powers and procedures shall
•HRES 576 RH 
ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill 
to the House with such amendments as may have been 
adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 
House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 
the Whole to the bill or to the committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto 
to final passage without intervening motion except one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. On any legislative day during the period from 
May 12, 2014, through May 16, 2014— 
(a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 
shall be considered as approved; and 
(b) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad-
journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 
clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an-
nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 
SEC. 3. The Speaker may appoint Members to per-
form the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period 
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H. Res. 575 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 8, 2014. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order without intervention of any point of order 
to consider in the House the resolution (H. Res. 567) pro-
viding for the Establishment of the Select Committee on the 
Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi. 
The resolution shall be considered as read. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution to 
its adoption without intervening motion or demand for divi-
sion of the question except one hour of debate equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Rules. 
Attest: 
Clerk.