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formation and technical assistance to employers, labor or-
ganizations, and the general public concerning compliance 
with this Act. 
(b) PROGRAM.—In order to achieve the objectives of 
this Act, the Secretary (and each officer specified in sec-
tion 12(a), as applicable) shall carry on a continuing pro-
gram of research, education, and technical assistance, in-
cluding— 
(1) conducting and promoting research with the 
intent of encouraging flexibility in work terms and 
conditions; 
(2) publishing and otherwise making available 
to employers, labor organizations, professional asso-
ciations, educational institutions, the various com-
munication media, and the general public the find-
ings of studies and other materials for promoting 
compliance with this Act; 
(3) sponsoring and assisting State and commu-
nity informational and educational programs; and 
(4) providing technical assistance to employers, 
labor organizations, professional associations, and 
other interested persons on means of achieving and 
maintaining compliance with the provisions of this 
Act. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1275 
AN ACT 
To direct the exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, 
and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 985 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of informa-
tion are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a state-
ment in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that 
such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclo-
sure protections, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 12, 2007 
Mr. WAXMAN (for himself, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, and Mr. TOM 
DAVIS of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, 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 title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclo-
sures of information are protected from prohibited per-
sonnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure 
policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such 
policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with cer-
tain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(14) prohibiting an employee from using their 
private time to discuss religion with willing cowork-
ers in public spaces to the same extent as they may 
discuss other subjects, so long as the public would 
reasonably understand the religious expression to be 
that of the employees acting in their personal capac-
ities; 
(15) discriminating against an employee on the 
basis of their religion, religious beliefs, or views con-
cerning their religion by promoting, refusing to pro-
mote, hiring, refusing to hire, or otherwise favoring 
or disfavoring, an employee or potential employee 
because of his or her religion, religious beliefs, or 
views concerning religion, or by explicitly or implic-
itly, insisting that the employee participate in reli-
gious activities as a condition of continued employ-
ment, promotion, salary increases, preferred job as-
signments, or any other incidents of employment or 
insisting that an employee refrain from participating 
in religious activities outside the workplace except 
pursuant to otherwise legal, neutral restrictions that 
apply to employees’ off-duty conduct and expression 
in general (such as restrictions on political activities 
prohibited by the Hatch Act); 
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reprisal not occurred, including voiding any directive 
or order denying, suspending, or revoking a security 
clearance or otherwise restricting access to classified 
or sensitive information that constituted a reprisal, 
as well as providing back pay and related benefits, 
medical costs incurred, travel expenses, and any 
other reasonable and foreseeable consequential dam-
ages including attorney’s fees and costs. any other 
reasonable and foreseeable consequential damages, and 
compensatory damages (including attorney’s fees, in-
terest, reasonable expert witness fees, and costs). If 
the head of the covered agency issues an order deny-
ing relief, he shall issue a report to the employee, 
former employee, or applicant detailing the reasons 
for the denial. 
‘‘(2)(A) If the head of the covered agency, in 
the process of implementing corrective action under 
paragraph (1), voids a directive or order denying, 
suspending, or revoking a security clearance or oth-
erwise restricting access to classified or sensitive in-
formation that constituted a reprisal, the head of the 
covered agency may re-initiate procedures to issue a 
directive or order denying, suspending, or revoking 
a security clearance or otherwise restricting access 
to classified or sensitive information only if those re- 
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‘‘§ 2304. Prohibited personnel practices affecting the 
Transportation Security Administration 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, any individual holding or applying for a posi-
tion within the Transportation Security Administration 
shall be covered by— 
‘‘(1) the provisions of section 2302(b)(1), (8), 
and (9); 
‘‘(2) any provision of law implementing section 
2302(b)(1), (8), or (9) by providing any right or 
remedy available to an employee or applicant for em-
ployment in the civil service; and 
‘‘(3) any rule or regulation prescribed under 
any provision of law referred to in paragraph (1) or 
(2). 
‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect any rights, apart from 
those described in subsection (a), to which an individual 
described in subsection (a) might otherwise be entitled 
under law. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef-
fect as of the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the items relating to sections 2304 and 2305, 
respectively, and by inserting the following: 
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‘‘2304. Prohibited personnel practices affecting the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘2305. Responsibility of the Government Accountability Office. 
‘‘2306. Coordination with certain other provisions of law.’’. 
SEC. 13. CLARIFICATION OF WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS RE-
LATING TO SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER RE-
SEARCH. 
Section 2302 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) As used in section 2302(b)(8), the term ‘abuse 
of authority’ includes— 
‘‘(1) any action that compromises the validity 
or accuracy of federally funded research or analysis; 
and 
‘‘(2) the dissemination of false or misleading 
scientific, medical, or technical information.’’. 
SEC. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, except as provided in the 
amendment made by section 12(a)(2). 
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what, if any, compliance action was taken in response to 
such report. 
‘‘(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT REQUIRED.— 
The Inspector General of the Department shall submit to 
the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate an annual report on the re-
ports received under the notification system established 
under subsection (a) and the Secretary’s disposition of 
such reports. 
‘‘SEC. 2119. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this title, annually 
thereafter for the next four years, and biennially there-
after, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate a report on progress in achieving compliance 
with this title. Each such report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) A qualitative discussion of how covered 
chemical facilities, differentiated by tier, have re-
duced the risks of chemical facility terrorist inci-
dents at such facilities, including— 
‘‘(A) a generalized summary of measures 
implemented by covered chemical facilities in 
order to meet each risk-based chemical facility 
performance standard established by this title, 
and those that the facilities already had in 
place— 
‘‘(i) in the case of the first report 
under this section, before the issuance of 
the final rule implementing the regulations 
known as the ‘Chemical Facility Anti-Ter-
rorism Standards’, issued on April 9, 
2007; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of each subsequent 
report, since the submittal of the most re-
cent report submitted under this section; 
and 
‘‘(B) any other generalized summary the 
Secretary deems appropriate to describe the 
measures covered chemical facilities are imple-
menting to comply with the requirements of 
this title. 
‘‘(2) A quantitative summary of how the cov-
ered chemical facilities, differentiated by tier, are
IB 
Union Calendar No. 91 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1171 
[Report No. 113–126] 
To amend title 40, United States Code, to improve veterans service 
organizations access to Federal surplus personal property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2013 
Mr. BENISHEK (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. ROE of Ten-
nessee, and Mr. O’ROURKE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
JUNE 25, 2013 
Additional sponsors: Mr. RUIZ, Mr. ENYART, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, and Mr. 
COTTON 
JUNE 25, 2013 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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donation or acquisition with the consent of the owner 
thereof, and shall be subject to the additional criteria set 
forth in the Eightmile River Watershed Management 
Plan. 
(h) WATERSHED APPROACH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the water-
shed approach to resource preservation and enhance-
ment articulated in the Eightmile River Watershed 
Management Plan, the tributaries of the Eightmile 
River watershed specified in paragraph (2) are rec-
ognized as integral to the protection and enhance-
ment of the Eightmile River and its watershed. 
(2) COVERED
TRIBUTARIES.—Paragraph (1) 
applies with respect to Beaver Brook, Big Brook, 
Burnhams Brook, Cedar Pond Brook, Cranberry 
Meadow Brook, Early Brook, Falls Brook, Fraser 
Brook, Harris Brook, Hedge Brook, Lake Hayward 
Brook, Malt House Brook, Muddy Brook, Ransom 
Brook, Rattlesnake Ledge Brook, Shingle Mill 
Brook, Strongs Brook, Tisdale Brook, Witch Mead-
ow Brook, and all other perennial streams within the 
Eightmile River watershed. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
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25.3 miles, to be administered by the Secretary of the In-
terior as follows: 
‘‘(A) The entire 10.8-mile segment of the main 
stem, starting at its confluence with Lake Hayward 
Brook to its confluence with the Connecticut River 
at the mouth of Hamburg Cove, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(B) The 8.0-mile segment of the East Branch 
of the Eightmile River starting at Witch Meadow 
Road to its confluence with the main stem of the 
Eightmile River, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(C) The 3.9-mile segment of Harris Brook 
starting with the confluence of an unnamed stream 
lying 0.74 miles due east of the intersection of Hart-
ford Road (State Route 85) and Round Hill Road 
to its confluence with the East Branch of the 
Eightmile River, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(D) The 1.9-mile segment of Beaver Brook 
starting at its confluence with Cedar Pond Brook to 
its confluence with the main stem of the Eightmile 
River, as a scenic river. 
‘‘(E) The 0.7-mile segment of Falls Brook from 
its confluence with Tisdale Brook to its confluence 
with the main stem of the Eightmile River at Ham-
burg Cove, as a scenic river.’’. 
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those described in subsection (a), to which an individual 
described in subsection (a) might otherwise be entitled 
under law. 
‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef-
fect as of the date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the items relating to sections 2304 and 2305, 
respectively, and by inserting the following: 
‘‘2304. Prohibited personnel practices affecting the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration. 
‘‘2305. Responsibility of the Government Accountability Office. 
‘‘2306. Coordination with certain other provisions of law.’’. 
SEC. 13. CLARIFICATION OF WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS RE-
LATING TO SCIENTIFIC AND OTHER RE-
SEARCH. 
Section 2302 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) As used in section 2302(b)(8), the term ‘abuse 
of authority’ includes— 
‘‘(1) any action that compromises the validity 
or accuracy of federally funded research or analysis; 
and 
‘‘(2) the dissemination of false or misleading 
scientific, medical, or technical information.’’. 
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SEC. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, except as provided in the 
amendment made by section 12(a)(2). 
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Union Calendar No. 18 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 985 
[Report No. 110–42, Part 1] 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify 
which disclosures of information are protected 
from prohibited personnel practices; to require a 
statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and 
agreements to the effect that such policies, 
forms, and agreements are consistent with cer-
tain disclosure protections, and for other pur-
poses. 
MARCH 9, 2007 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform with amendments 
MARCH 9, 2007 
Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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‘‘(3) CLONED
MEAT
FOOD
PRODUCT.—The 
term ‘cloned meat food product’ means a meat food 
product that contains a cloned product. 
‘‘(b) LABELING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED
LABELING
TO
AVOID
MIS-
BRANDING.— 
‘‘(A) INVOLVEMENT
OF
CLONED
MEAT 
FOOD PRODUCT.—For purposes of sections 1(n) 
and 10, a meat food product is misbranded if 
the meat food product— 
‘‘(i) is a cloned meat food product; 
and 
‘‘(ii) does not bear a label (or include 
labeling, in the case of a meat food product 
that is not packaged in a container) that 
provides, in a clearly legible and con-
spicuous manner, the notice described in 
subsection (c). 
‘‘(B) NO INVOLVEMENT OF CLONED MEAT 
FOOD PRODUCT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
sections 1(n) and 10, a meat food product 
is misbranded if the meat food product 
bears a label indicating that the meat food 
product is not a cloned meat food product, 
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•HRES 109 IH 
lant in protecting our Nation’s core values of equality, due 
process of law, and fundamental fairness. 
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•HRES 1421 EH 
of the bombing and those who died in Beirut from 1982 
to 1984; and 
(2) joins family and friends in mourning the mem-
bers of the Armed Forces who lost their lives in the 
tragic bombing and while serving as peacekeepers in Bei-
rut. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 1324 EH 
ice Corps, and AmeriCorps to participate in Na-
tional Night Out by supporting local efforts and 
neighborhood watches and by supporting local offi-
cials, including law enforcement personnel, to pro-
vide homeland security and combat terrorism in the 
United States. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 76 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 987 
AN ACT 
To endorse further enlargement of the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to facilitate 
the timely admission of new members to NATO, 
and for other purposes. 
MARCH 9, 2007 
Read twice and placed on the calendar 
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SECTION 1. LIEUTENANT TODD JASON BRYANT POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 5757 Tilton Avenue in Riverside, 
California, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lieuten-
ant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lieutenant Todd 
Jason Bryant Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2007. 
Attest:
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 988
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 5757 Tilton Avenue in Riv-
erside, California, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Todd 
Jason Bryant Post Office’’.
H. R. 988
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and seven 
An Act 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5757 Tilton 
Avenue in Riverside, California, as the ‘‘Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LIEUTENANT TODD JASON BRYANT POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5757 Tilton Avenue in Riverside, California, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lieutenant Todd Jason 
Bryant Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
122 
promulgation of such regulations, as described 
in paragraph (1)(A). A small tobacco product 
manufacturer shall be required— 
‘‘(i) to conduct such testing and re-
porting for 25 percent of its tobacco prod-
ucts during each year of such 4-year pe-
riod; and 
‘‘(ii) to conduct such testing and re-
porting for its largest-selling tobacco prod-
ucts (as determined by the Secretary) be-
fore its other tobacco products, or in such 
other order of priority as determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) 
CASE-BY-CASE
DELAY.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A), the Secretary may, 
on a case-by-case basis, delay the date by which 
an individual small tobacco product manufac-
turer must conduct testing and reporting for its 
tobacco products under this section based upon 
a showing of undue hardship to such manufac-
turer. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, 
the Secretary shall not extend the deadline for 
a small tobacco product manufacturer to con-
duct testing and reporting for all of its tobacco 
products beyond a total of 5 years after the ini-
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lieutenant Todd 
Jason Bryant Post Office’’. 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 988 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 17, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 5757 Tilton Avenue in Riverside, California, 
as the ‘‘Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. LIEUTENANT TODD JASON BRYANT POST OF-
FICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 5757 Tilton Avenue in Riverside, 
California, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Lieuten-
ant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Lieutenant Todd 
Jason Bryant Post Office’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 16, 2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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