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2011.’’ and inserting ‘‘and $25,328,000 for fiscal year 
2011.’’. 
SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFE-
TY ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) MOTOR
CARRIER
SAFETY
GRANTS.—Section 
31104(a)(7) of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(7) $209,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
(b) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Section 
31104(i)(1)(G) of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(G) $244,144,000 for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
(c) 
GRANT
PROGRAMS.—Section 
4101(c) 
of 
SAFETEA–LU (119 Stat. 1715) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and all 
that follows before the period and inserting ‘‘2011’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘, 2007’’ and 
all that follows before the period and inserting 
‘‘through 2011’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘, 2007’’ and 
all that follows before the period and inserting 
‘‘through 2011’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2009’’ and all 
that follows before the period and inserting ‘‘2011’’; 
and 
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in a neighborhood with a high concentration of
single parent families; and
(P) the greater the incidence of single par-
ent families in a neighborhood, the higher the
incidence of violent crime and burglary; and
(4) in light of this demonstration of the crisis
in our Nation, the reduction of out-of-wedlock births
is an important government interest and the policy
contained in provisions of this title address the cri-
sis.
(b) ELIMINATION OF AFDC BENEFITS TO YOUNG
UNWED PARENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
(A) STATE
PLAN
AMENDMENT.—Section
402(a) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)), as amended by sec-
tions 101 (b)(2)(A) and (e) and 103 (a) and
(b), is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
paragraph (48);
(ii) by striking the period at the end
of paragraph (49) and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
and
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (49)
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(50)(A) except as provided in subparagraph
(B), if a child is born to an individual who is unmar-
ried and who has not attained age 21 (or another
age that exceeds 21, as determined appropriate by
the State), aid to families with dependent children
under the State plan shall not be payable with re-
spect to the child and the parents of the child; and
‘‘(B) provide that subparagraph (A) shall not
apply—
‘‘(i) if, after the birth of the child—
‘‘(I) the custodian of the child marries
an individual who assumes lawful paternity
or permanent legal guardianship and fi-
nancial responsibility for the child; or
‘‘(II) the child is legally adopted;
‘‘(ii) if the parents of the dependent child
were married during the 10-month period pre-
ceding the birth of the child and 1 parent died
prior to the birth of the child; or
‘‘(iii) with respect to the child after the
child has attained age 18.’’.
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments
made by subparagraph (A) shall apply to chil-
dren born on or after the date that is 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) NUMBER OF GRANTS.—A State may not re-
ceive more than 1 grant under this section per grant 
period. 
(3) DURATION OF GRANTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this sec-
tion shall be awarded for a period of not more 
than 4 years. 
(B) CONTINUATION OF GRANTS.—A State 
that is awarded a grant under this section shall 
not receive grant funds under this section for 
the second or any subsequent year of the grant 
unless the State demonstrates to the Attorney 
General, at such time and in such manner as 
determined by the Attorney General, that the 
State is— 
(i) making progress in implementing 
the plan under subsection (d)(1)(C) at a 
rate that the Attorney General determines 
will result in the State fully implementing 
such plan during the remainder of the 
grant period; or 
(ii) making progress against the per-
formance measures set forth in subsection 
(e) at a rate that the Attorney General de-
termines will result in the State reaching 
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TITLE I—WORK REQUIREMENTS
FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS
SEC. 101. REFORM OF THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC
SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM.
(a) AMENDMENT TO STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—
Section 402(a)(19) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(19)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(19) provide that the State has in effect and
operation a welfare and dependency reduction pro-
gram which meets the requirements of part F;’’.
(b) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING PROGRAM WITH A
NEW PROGRAM.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Part F of title IV (42
U.S.C. 481 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘PART F—WORKFARE AND DEPENDENCY REDUCTION
PROGRAM
‘‘PURPOSE OF PROGRAM
‘‘SEC. 481. It is the purpose of this part to ensure
that individuals receiving welfare assistance contribute
services to their communities in exchange for such assist-
ance.
‘‘ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE PROGRAMS
‘‘SEC. 482. As a condition of its participation in the
program of aid to families with dependent children under
part A, each State shall establish and operate a workfare
and dependency reduction program (in this part referred
to as the ‘‘program’’) which meets the requirements of this
part.
‘‘PROGRAM PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
‘‘SEC. 483. (a) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
PARENTS IN THE AFDC UNEMPLOYED PARENT PRO-
GRAM.—
‘‘(1) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR INDI-
VIDUALS.—In the case of any family eligible for aid
to families with dependent children by reason of the
unemployment of the parent who is the principal
earner, the State shall require one parent to partici-
pate in the community work service program de-
scribed in section 484 for not less than 32 hours per
week and to conduct job search activities for not less
than 8 hours per week.
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION RATE REQUIREMENT FOR
STATES.—With respect to individuals described in
paragraph (1), each State shall maintain a partici-
pation rate (as determined under subsection (d)(1))
of 95 percent for quarters during fiscal year 1995
and succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘(b) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN
NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS.—
‘‘(1) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR INDI-
VIDUALS.—
purposes of any provision of law, except that such wages
shall not be taken into account in determining the eligi-
bility of such individual for the programs described in sub-
section (c) during such individual’s participation in the
program.
‘‘(f) USE
OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, for purposes of computing the
amount of the Federal payment to a State with respect
to any amount determined under subsection (c) with re-
spect to an individual, such amount shall be treated as
if paid to the individual under the applicable program.
‘‘(g) LIMIT ON PARTICIPATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), an individual’s participation in a State
benefits to wages program shall be limited to 18
months.
‘‘(2) STATE OPTION.—A State may reduce the
number of months referred to in paragraph (1) as
determined appropriate by the State.
‘‘PENALTIES ON INDIVIDUALS WHO FAIL TO MEET
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT
‘‘SEC. 486. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subsection (b) and section 484(e), the State shall have the
option to impose a penalty on any individual who fails to
adequately participate in the program consisting of—
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‘‘(C) ensuring that the process occurs with-
out interference, influence, or coercion. 
‘‘(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’ means the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 903. REPEAL OF RULE. 
Effective January 1, 2011, the rule prescribed by the 
National Mediation Board relating to representation elec-
tion procedures published on May 11, 2010 (95 Fed. Reg. 
26062) and revising sections 1202 and 1206 of title 29, 
Code of Federal Regulations, shall have no force or effect. 
TITLE X—COMMERCIAL SPACE 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 1001. SPACE FLIGHT PASSENGERS. 
Chapter 509 of title 51, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘space flight participant’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘space flight pas-
senger’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘space flight participants’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘space flight pas-
sengers’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 19 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 658 
[Report No. 112–29, Parts I and II] 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to author-
ize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, 
to streamline programs, create efficiencies, re-
duce waste, and improve aviation safety and ca-
pacity, to provide stable funding for the national 
aviation system, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 23, 2011 
The Committees on Science, Space, and Technology and 
the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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must nonetheless allow the participant to complete
the training or program activity.
‘‘(4) A State conducting a program under this
subsection shall not be required—
‘‘(A) to accept all applicants even though
they meet the criteria of paragraph (3), or
‘‘(B) to provide the same training, services,
or employment opportunities to all participants,
and the State shall not require—
‘‘(C) that individuals participate in the
JOBS program (or in education or training ac-
tivities comparable or similar to the JOBS pro-
gram) as a prerequisite to participation in the
WORK program (or comparable program of
subsidized employment), or
‘‘(D) that the custodial parent of an indi-
vidual’s child be participating in the JOBS pro-
gram under part F or the WORK program
under part G as a condition of such individual’s
eligibility to participate in the program under
this subsection.
‘‘(5) The State agency shall assure that wages
will be paid for work performed by the participant
and may provide for the payment of training sti-
pends.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6590 
To provide incentives for States to invest in practices and technology that 
are designed to expedite voting at the polls and to simplify voter registration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2012 
Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia (for himself and Mr. LANGEVIN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To provide incentives for States to invest in practices and 
technology that are designed to expedite voting at the 
polls and to simplify voter registration. 
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 ‘‘Fair, Accurate, Secure, 
and Timely Voting Act of 2012’’ or the ‘‘FAST Voting 
Act of 2012’’. 
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‘‘USE OF GRANT FUNDS
‘‘SEC. 441. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subsection (b), each qualified State that receives grant
funds under this part may use such funds—
‘‘(1) to establish or expand programs to reduce
out-of-wedlock pregnancies,
‘‘(2) to promote adoption,
‘‘(3) to establish and operate orphanages,
‘‘(4) to establish and operate closely supervised
residential group homes for unwed mothers, or
‘‘(5) in any manner that the State deems ap-
propriate to accomplish the purpose of this part.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) NO INDIVIDUAL PAYMENTS.—A qualified
State that receives grant funds under this part shall
not, directly or indirectly, use such funds for provid-
ing payments to an individual who is the parent of
a child born out-of-wedlock and such child if the
parent and the child live—
‘‘(A) in a household headed by such par-
ent,
‘‘(B) in the household of a relative, or
‘‘(C) in any other conventional residential
or community setting.
‘‘(2) NO
FUNDS
USED
FOR
ABORTION.—No
grant funds received by a qualified State under this
part shall be used for making abortion available as
a method of family planning or for any counseling
or advising with respect to abortion.
‘‘(c) PENALTY FOR MISUSE OF FUNDS.—If a quali-
fied State fails to comply with subsection (b) in any fiscal
year, the Secretary shall reduce the amount to be paid
to such State under this part for the succeeding fiscal year
by an amount equal to the amount of funds misused by
such State.
‘‘AMOUNT OF GRANT
‘‘SEC. 442. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
make a payment to each qualified State for fiscal years
1995 through 1999 in an amount equal to the Federal
savings amount for the State determined under subsection
(b)(1) for the applicable fiscal year.
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF GRANT AMOUNT.—
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Federal 
savings
amount for a State for a fiscal year is an amount
that is equal to the product of—
‘‘(A) the State per capita amount for the
fiscal year (as determined under paragraph
(2)); and
‘‘(B) the State’s excluded population (as
determined under paragraph (3)).
SEC. 2. INCENTIVES FOR STATES TO INVEST IN PRACTICES 
AND TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE DESIGNED TO 
EXPEDITE VOTING AT THE POLLS AND SIM-
PLIFY VOTER REGISTRATION. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are 
to— 
(1) provide incentives for States to invest in 
practices and technology that are designed to expe-
dite voting at the polls; and 
(2) provide incentives for States to simplify 
voter registration. 
(b) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the amount 
made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 
the Attorney General may reserve not more than 10 per-
cent of such amount to carry out activities related to— 
(1) technical assistance; and 
(2) outreach and dissemination. 
(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the amounts made 
available under subsection (h) for a fiscal year and 
not reserved under subsection (b), the Attorney Gen-
eral shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to 
States in accordance with subsection (d)(2), to en-
able the States to carry out the purposes of this sec-
tion. 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1377
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize States to deny
public education benefits to aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 3, 1995
Mr. GALLEGLY (for himself, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. AR-
CHER, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. KIM, Mrs.
SEASTRAND, 
Mr. 
SAXTON, 
Mr. 
SHAYS, 
Mr. 
MCKEON, 
Mr.
ROHRABACHER, Mr. EWING, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. BAKER of
California, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. BONO, Mr.
RADANOVICH, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. HERGER,
Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. STUMP, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. HUNTER,
Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. HOKE, and Mrs. ROUKEMA) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize
States to deny public education benefits to aliens not
lawfully present in the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(8) INJURY.—The term ‘‘injury’’ means any in-
jury, illness, disease, or other harm that is the sub-
ject of a health care malpractice claim.
(9) MEDICAL PRODUCT.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘medical
product’’ means a drug (as defined in section
201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)) or a medical
device (as defined in section 201(h) of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
321(h)) if—
(i) such drug or device was subject to
premarket approval under section 505,
507, or 515 of the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355, 357, or
360e) or section 351 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) with respect
to the safety of the formulation or per-
formance of the aspect of such drug or de-
vice which is the subject of the claimant’s
allegation or the adequacy of the packag-
ing or labeling of such drug or device, and
such drug or device is approved by the
Food and Drug Administration; or
than the daily equivalent of the maximum
annual rate of basic pay payable for grade
GS-18 of the General Schedule for each
day (including travel time) during which
the member is engaged in the actual per-
formance of duties of the panel.
(ii) PROHIBITION AGAINST COMPENSA-
TION OF FEDERAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOY-
EES.—Members of the panel who are full-
time officers or employees of the United
States may not receive additional pay, al-
lowances, or benefits by reason of their
service on the panel.
(B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of
the panel shall receive travel expenses, including
per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance
with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United
States Code.
(4) PROCEDURE.—
(A) QUORUM.—51 percent of the members
of the panel who may vote on a matter shall
constitute a quorum with respect to the matter
but a lesser number may hold hearings.
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able to States under this section as necessary to comply
with the funding limitation specified in subparagraph (A).
(j) DISTRIBUTION
OF CHILD SUPPORT COLLEC-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding section 457 of the Social Secu-
rity Act, support payments collected from the noncustodial
parent of a child receiving (or who has received) child sup-
port assurance payments under this section shall be dis-
tributed as follows:
(1) first, amounts equal to the total support
owed for such month shall be paid to the family;
(2) second, from any remainder, amounts owed
to the State on account of child support assurance
payments to the family shall be paid to the State
(with appropriate reimbursement to the Federal
Government of its share to such payments);
(3) third, from any remainder, arrearages of
support owed to the family shall be paid to the fam-
ily; and
(4) fourth, from any remainder, amounts owed
to the State on account of current or past payments
of aid under title IV–A of the Social Security Act
shall be paid to the State (with appropriate reim-
bursement to the Federal Government of its share of
such payments).
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1655
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of
the United States Government, the Community
Management Account, and the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Retirement and Disability Sys-
tem, and for other purposes.
‘‘(III) a reasonable allowance for
meals, lodging, transportation, and
child care, while attending an eligible
educational institution.
‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE EDUCATIONAL INSTI-
TUTION.—The term ‘eligible educational
institution’ means the following:
‘‘(I) INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION.—An institution described
in section 481(a)(1) or 1201(a) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1088(a)(1) or 1141(a)), as
such sections are in effect on the date
of the enactment of this section.
‘‘(II) 
POSTSECONDARY
VOCA-
TIONAL
EDUCATION
SCHOOL.—An
area vocational education school (as
defined in subparagraph (C) or (D) of
section 521(4) of the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational and Applied Technology
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2471(4)))
which is in any State (as defined in
section 521(33) of such Act), as such
sections are in effect on the date of
the enactment of this section.
(1) from providing (in an equitable and non-
discriminatory manner) a longer period for early vot-
ing than the minimum period required under section 
304 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (as 
added by section 2(a)); or 
(2) from providing (in an equitable and non-
discriminatory manner) a greater number of sys-
tems, poll workers, and other election resources at 
any polling place than the minimum number re-
quired under section 305 of such Act (as added by 
section 2(a)). 
Æ 
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‘‘(viii) the party’s work telephone
number or numbers;
‘‘(B) require the court or administrative
agency in any action related to child support to
presume, for the purpose of providing sufficient
notice (other than the initial notice in an action
to establish parentage or a child support order),
that the noncustodial parent resides at the last
residential address given by the noncustodial
parent to the court or agency; and
‘‘(C) ensure that information concerning
the location of a custodial parent or a child of
the custodial parent is not released to a
noncustodial parent if a court order has been
issued against the noncustodial parent for the
physical protection of the custodial parent or
the child.’’.
SEC. 203. FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT AMENDMENT.
Section 604 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act
(15 U.S.C. 1681b) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(4) To a State agency administering a State plan
under section 454 of the Social Security Act, for use to
establish or modify a child support award.’’.
imposed by sections 11, 511, 821(a) or (c), and 831(a), 
there is hereby imposed a tax (if such tax is less than 
the tax imposed by such sections) which shall consist of 
the sum of— 
‘‘(1) a tax computed on the taxable income re-
duced by the amount of the net capital gain, at the 
rates and in the manner as if this subsection had 
not been enacted, 
‘‘(2) 0 percent of the adjusted net capital gain 
(or, if less, taxable income), 
‘‘(3) 25 percent of the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(A) the unrecaptured section 1250 gain 
(or, if less, the net capital gain (determined 
without regard to subsection (b)(2)), over 
‘‘(B) the excess (if any) of— 
‘‘(i) the sum of the amount on which 
tax is determined under paragraph (1) 
plus the net capital gain, over 
‘‘(ii) taxable income, plus 
‘‘(4) 28 percent of the amount of taxable in-
come in excess of the sum of the amounts on which 
tax is determined under the preceding paragraphs of 
this subsection. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
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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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Voter Fraud Preven-
tion Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PENALTIES FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVI-
TIES INVOLVING VOTER REGISTRATION AND 
VOTING. 
(a) INCREASE IN LENGTH OF TERM OF IMPRISON-
MENT.—Section 12 of the National Voter Registration Act 
of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg–10) is amended in the matter 
following paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘10 years’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION FROM VOTING IN SUBSEQUENT 
ELECTIONS.—Section 12 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg– 
10) is amended in the matter following paragraph (2) by 
striking the period at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘and, in the case of an individual, shall not be permitted 
to cast a ballot in any subsequent election for Federal of-
fice.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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