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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5183 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude benefits of adopted 
disabled adult children from determinations of the family maximum. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Mr. KUHL of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to exclude 
benefits of adopted disabled adult children from deter-
minations of the family maximum. 
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 ‘‘Social Security for 
Adopted Disabled Adult Children Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF BENEFITS OF ADOPTED DISABLED 
ADULT CHILDREN IN DETERMINATIONS OF 
THE FAMILY MAXIMUM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(a)(3) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(a)(3)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) When any of such individuals who is an adopted 
child of the insured individual is entitled for any month 
to monthly benefits as a child described in section 
202(d)(1)(G), the benefit to which such child is entitled 
on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of 
such insured individual for such month shall be deter-
mined without regard to this subsection, and the benefits 
of all other individuals who are entitled for such month 
to monthly benefits under section 202 based on the wages 
and self-employment income of such insured individual 
shall be determined as if no such child were entitled to 
such benefits for such month.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to benefits for months 
ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4647 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 22, 2005 
Received 
JANUARY 27, 2006 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to extend the sunset 
of certain provisions of such Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4647 RFS 
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE 
USA PATRIOT ACT. 
Section 224(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening 
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to 
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) 
Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–56; 115 Stat. 295) is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘February 3, 2006’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 22, 
2005. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5184 
To require businesses to permit customers to cancel certain subscription 
services in the same manner and by the same means as is provided 
by such person to individuals to subscribe to such service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require businesses to permit customers to cancel certain 
subscription services in the same manner and by the 
same means as is provided by such person to individuals 
to subscribe to such service. 
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 ‘‘Consumer Cancellation 
Fairness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CANCELLATION OF SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES. 
Not later than 180 days days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission 
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shall promulgate rules pursuant to section 18 of the Fed-
eral trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a) to require any 
person providing a subscription service to provide, at min-
imum, the ability for individuals who have subscribed to 
such service to cancel such service in the same manner 
and by the same means as is provided by such person to 
individuals to subscribe to such service. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of the rulemaking required under sec-
tion 2— 
(1) the term ‘‘person’’ has the same meaning 
given such term in section 551(2) of title 5, United 
States Code; and 
(2) the term ‘‘subscription service’’ means any 
service, including the regular delivery of any prod-
uct, for which an individual agrees to receive regular 
or continual receipt of such service or product and 
is charged recurring fees or charges for the period 
during which the individual receives such service, 
and shall not include any service which requires pay-
ment in full before receiving such service. 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) YEARS
AFTER
2006.—The amendments 
made by subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) shall apply to 
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006. 
(3) TRANSITIONAL RULES.— 
(A) SEPARATE BASKET TREATMENT.—Any 
taxes paid or accrued in a taxable year begin-
ning on or before the date of the enactment of 
this Act, with respect to income which was de-
scribed 
in 
subparagraph 
(I) 
of 
section 
904(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (as in effect on the day before the date 
of the enactment of this Act), shall be treated 
as taxes paid or accrued with respect to foreign 
oil and gas income to the extent the taxpayer 
establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary 
of the Treasury that such taxes were paid or 
accrued with respect to foreign oil and gas in-
come. 
(B) CARRYOVERS.—Any unused oil and 
gas extraction taxes which under section 907(f) 
of such Code (as so in effect) would have been 
allowable as a carryover to the taxpayer’s first 
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taxable year beginning after the date of the en-
actment of this Act (without regard to the limi-
tation of paragraph (2) of such section 907(f) 
for first taxable year) shall be allowed as 
carryovers under section 904(c) of such Code in 
the same manner as if such taxes were unused 
taxes under such section 904(c) with respect to 
foreign oil and gas extraction income. 
(C) LOSSES.—The amendment made by 
subsection (c)(3) shall not apply to foreign oil 
and gas extraction losses arising in taxable 
years beginning on or before the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 10. ELIMINATION OF DEFERRAL FOR FOREIGN OIL 
AND GAS EXTRACTION INCOME. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Paragraph (1) of section 
954(g) (defining foreign base company oil related income) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, the term ‘foreign oil and 
gas income’ means any income of a kind which 
would be taken into account in determining the 
amount of— 
‘‘(A) foreign oil and gas extraction income 
(as defined in section 907(c)), or 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4648 
To prohibit assistance to Lebanon unless the Government of Lebanon 
extradites Mohammed Ali Hammadi to the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 22, 2005 
Mr. FOSSELLA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit assistance to Lebanon unless the Government 
of Lebanon extradites Mohammed Ali Hammadi to the 
United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On June 14, 1985, terrorists hijacked 
United States jetliner TWA Flight 847 en route 
from Athens to Rome.
(2) During the 17-day hijacking, one of the ter-
rorists, Mohammed Ali Hammadi, brutally tortured 
and killed United States Navy diver Robert Dean 
Stethem aboard the United States jetliner. 
(3) In 1987, Mohammed Ali Hammadi was ar-
rested in Frankfurt, Germany. He was tried and 
convicted of the murder of United States Navy diver 
Robert Dean Stethem and sentenced to life impris-
onment. 
(4) On December 20, 2005, the Government of 
Germany released Mohammed Ali Hammadi and al-
lowed him to return to his native Lebanon. 
(5) On December 21, 2005, officials at the 
United States Departments of Justice and State in-
dicated that they would seek the extradition of Mo-
hammed Ali Hammadi to the United States so he 
could be tried for his role in the hijacking of TWA 
Flight 847, including the murder of United States 
Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, assistance may not be provided to Lebanon 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act unless 
the President certifies to Congress that the Government
of Lebanon has extradited Mohammed Ali Hammadi to 
the United States. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘assist-
ance’’— 
(1) means assistance in the form of a grant, 
concessional sale, guaranty, insurance, or by any 
other means on terms more favorable than is gen-
erally available in the applicable market, whether in 
the form of a loan, lease, credit, debt relief, or other-
wise, including subsidies for exports to Lebanon and 
favorable tariff treatment of articles that are the 
growth, product, or manufacture of Lebanon; and 
(2) does not include— 
(A) assistance of the type authorized under 
chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292 et seq.; relating 
to international disaster assistance); and 
(B) assistance that involves the provision 
of food (including monetization of food) or med-
icine. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4649 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to provide assistance to local edu-
cational agencies serving homeless children and youths displaced by Hur-
ricane Katrina, Rita, or Wilma. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 22, 2005 
Mrs. BIGGERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Education to provide assistance 
to local educational agencies serving homeless children 
and youths displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Rita, or 
Wilma. 
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 ‘‘Hope for Homeless 
Kids Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS YOUTH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 
provide assistance to local educational agencies serving
homeless children and youths displaced by Hurricane 
Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, consistent with section 723 of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11433), including identification, enrollment assistance, as-
sessment and school placement assistance, transportation, 
coordination of school services, supplies, referrals for 
health, mental health, and other needs. 
(b) EXCEPTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of providing as-
sistance under subsection (a), subsections (c) and 
(e)(1) of section 722 and subsections (b) and (c) of 
section 723 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11432(c) and (e)(1), 11433(b) 
and (c)) shall not apply. 
(2) DISBURSEMENT.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation shall disburse funding provided under sub-
section (a) to State educational agencies based on 
demonstrated need, as determined by the Secretary, 
and such State educational agencies shall distribute 
funds available under subsection (c) to local edu-
cational agencies based on demonstrated need, for 
the purposes of carrying out section 723 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11433).
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$50,000,000. 
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‘‘(B) foreign oil related income (as defined 
in section 907(c)).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Subsections (a)(5), (b)(5), and (b)(6) of 
section 954, and section 952(c)(1)(B)(ii)(I), are each 
amended by striking ‘‘base company oil related in-
come’’ each place it appears (including in the head-
ing of subsection (b)(6)) and inserting ‘‘oil and gas 
income’’. 
(2) Subsection (b)(4) of section 954 is amended 
by striking ‘‘base company oil-related income’’ and 
inserting ‘‘oil and gas income’’. 
(3) The subsection heading for subsection (g) of 
section 954 is amended by striking ‘‘FOREIGN BASE 
COMPANY OIL RELATED INCOME’’ and inserting 
‘‘FOREIGN OIL AND GAS INCOME’’. 
(4) Subparagraph (A) of section 954(g)(2) is 
amended by striking ‘‘foreign base company oil re-
lated income’’ and inserting ‘‘foreign oil and gas in-
come’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years of foreign corpora-
tions beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and to taxable years of United States shareholders 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5186 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace the expired tax 
benefits for the DC Zone, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the 
Judiciary and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to replace 
the expired tax benefits for the DC Zone, 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 ‘‘District of Columbia 
Tax Incentives Improvement Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DC TARGET AREAS TO RE-
PLACE EXPIRED DC ZONE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1400 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to establishment of DC Zone) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1400. ESTABLISHMENT OF DC TARGET AREAS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF DC DEVELOPMENT TAR-
GET AREA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title— 
‘‘(A) the modified DC area is hereby des-
ignated as the DC Development Target Area, 
and 
‘‘(B) except for purposes of sections 51 
and 1396 and as otherwise provided in this sub-
chapter, the DC Development Target Area shall 
be treated as an empowerment zone designated 
under subchapter U. 
‘‘(2) MODIFIED DC AREA.—For purposes of this 
section— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘modified 
DC area’ means the area consisting of— 
‘‘(i) the census tracts located in the 
District of Columbia which are part of an 
enterprise community designated under 
subchapter U before August 5, 1997, 
‘‘(ii) all other census tracts— 
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ending with or within such taxable years of foreign cor-
porations. 
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‘‘(I) which are located in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and 
‘‘(II) for which the poverty rate 
is not less than 20 percent as deter-
mined on the basis of the 1990 cen-
sus, and 
‘‘(iii) the 31 census tracts identified 
for commercial and industrial development 
(as of October 11, 2005) by the Deputy 
Mayor for Planning and Economic Devel-
opment of the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION OF RESIDENTIAL CENSUS 
TRACTS.—Such term shall not include any cen-
sus tract described in clause (i) or (ii) of sub-
paragraph (A) if no portion of such census 
tract is zoned by the District of Columbia for 
non-residential development as of June 30, 
2003. 
‘‘(C) 
EXCLUSION
OF
RESIDENTIAL 
BLOCKS.—Such term shall not include any resi-
dential block (as determined by the Deputy 
Mayor for Planning and Economic Development 
of the District of Columbia). 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR APPLICATION OF EN-
TERPRISE ZONE BUSINESS DEFINITION.—For pur-
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poses of this subchapter and for purposes of apply-
ing subchapter U with respect to the DC Develop-
ment Target Area, section 1397C shall be applied 
without regard to subsections (b)(6), (c)(5), and 
(d)(2)(B) thereof. 
‘‘(4) TIME FOR WHICH DESIGNATION APPLICA-
BLE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The designation made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply for the period be-
ginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on De-
cember 31, 2009. 
‘‘(B) COORDINATION
WITH
DC
ENTER-
PRISE
COMMUNITY
DESIGNATED
UNDER
SUB-
CHAPTER U.—With respect to the portions of 
the census tracts referred to in paragraph 
(2)(A)(i) which are in the modified DC area— 
‘‘(i) section 1400(f)(2) shall not apply, 
and 
‘‘(ii) the designation under subchapter 
U of such portions shall terminate on De-
cember 31, 2009. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF DC EMPLOYMENT TARGET 
AREA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this title— 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4148
AN ACT
To make technical amendments to the provisions of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
relating to contract support costs, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 4279 RFS 
was intended to have had such label affixed, en-
closing, or accompanying. 
‘‘(ii) Any property constituting or derived 
from any proceeds obtained directly or indi-
rectly as a result of an offense under subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(iii) Any property used, or intended to be 
used, to commit or substantially facilitate the 
commission of an offense under subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) The forfeiture of property under subpara-
graph (A), including any seizure and disposition of 
the property and any related judicial or administra-
tive proceeding, shall be governed by the procedures 
set forth in section 413 of the Comprehensive Drug 
Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 
U.S.C. 853), other than subsection (d) of that sec-
tion. At the conclusion of the forfeiture proceedings, 
the court shall order that any counterfeit label or il-
licit label and any article to which a counterfeit label 
or illicit label has been affixed, which a counterfeit 
label or illicit label encloses or accompanies, or 
which was intended to have had such label affixed, 
enclosing, or accompanying, be destroyed or other-
wise disposed of according to law. 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3225 
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to improve the disclosure 
of fees and expenses of open-end investment companies registered under 
the Investment Company Act of 1940. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2007 
Mr. CASTLE (for himself and Mr. MOORE of Kansas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to im-
prove the disclosure of fees and expenses of open-end 
investment companies registered under the Investment 
Company Act of 1940. 
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 ‘‘Mutual Fund Fee Re-
form Act’’. 
SEC. 2. RULEMAKING ON FUND FEES REQUIRED. 
(a) INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS.—Within 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities and 
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which shall be added to and administered as part of 
the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. 
(2) NEW COMPONENTS OF NATIONAL WILDER-
NESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.— 
(A) BURNT CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land administered by the Upper Snake 
and Challis Field Offices of the Bureau of Land 
Management comprising approximately 22,000 
acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, which 
shall be known as the Burnt Creek Wilderness. 
(B) HAWLEY
MOUNTAIN
WILDERNESS.— 
Certain Federal land administered by the 
Upper Snake Field Office of the Bureau of 
Land Management comprising approximately 
17,000 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ 
and 
dated 
llllll, which shall be known as the 
Hawley Mountain Wilderness. 
(C) JERRY
PEAK
WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land administered by the Challis Field 
Office of the Bureau of Land Management 
comprising approximately 28,000 acres, as gen-
erally 
depicted 
on 
the 
map 
entitled 
‘‘lllll’’ and dated llllll, 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 473(a)(1)(A) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 673(a)(1)(A)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘who have not attained 21 years of age’’ before 
the period. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
473(a)(4)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673(a)(4)(A)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘the age of eighteen’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘twenty-one’’ and inserting ‘‘21 
years of age’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 474(a)(1) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘under section 472 for children in foster family homes or 
child-care institutions’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with 
section 472’’. 
SEC. 116. YOUTH ACCESS TO THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. 
Within 12 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committees on Ways and Means and 
on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Finance and on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report on the 
policies and practices of the States regarding (1) access 
to child welfare services (including services related to fos-
ter care and adoption) by children who have attained 13 
years of age, (2) and consideration of runaway and home-
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