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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2977 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 27, 2005 
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 306 2nd Avenue in Brockway, Montana, as 
the ‘‘Paul Kasten Post Office Building’’. 
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. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 306 2nd Avenue in Brockway, Montana, shall be 
known and designated as the ‘‘Paul Kasten Post Office 
Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Paul Kasten Post Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 26, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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green buildings and zero-net-energy commercial 
buildings. 
(5) FEDERAL DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Federal 
Director’’ means the individual appointed to the po-
sition established under section 9042(a). 
(6) FEDERAL
FACILITY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
facility’’ means any building that is constructed, ren-
ovated, leased, or purchased in part or in whole for 
use by the Federal Government. 
(7) HIGH-PERFORMANCE
GREEN
BUILDING.— 
The term ‘‘high-performance green building’’ means 
a building that, during its life-cycle, as compared 
with similar buildings (as measured by Commercial 
Buildings Energy Consumption Survey or Residen-
tial Energy Consumption Survey data from the En-
ergy Information Agency)— 
(A) reduces energy, water, and material re-
source use; 
(B) improves indoor environmental quality, 
including reducing indoor pollution, improving 
thermal comfort, and improving lighting and 
acoustic environments that affect occupant 
health and productivity; 
(C) reduces negative impacts on the envi-
ronment throughout the life-cycle of the build-
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Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
(done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and any regulations prescribed thereto, includ-
ing regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of 
Federal Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 20, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 484 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2977 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 27, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
JUNE 22, 2006 
Reported by Ms. COLLINS, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 306 2nd Avenue in Brockway, Montana, as 
the ‘‘Paul Kasten Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 306 2nd Avenue in Brockway, Montana, shall be 
known and designated as the ‘‘Paul Kasten Post Office 
Building’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Paul Kasten Post Office Building’’.
Calendar No. 484 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2977 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Post-
al Service located at 306 2nd Avenue in 
Brockway, Montana, as the ‘‘Paul Kasten Post 
Office Building’’. 
JUNE 22, 2006 
Reported without amendment
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(3) the funds involved were earmarked by either 
of the Committees for a specific activity which is dif-
ferent than the activity proposed under the request, 
without regard to whether the amount provided in 
the earmark is less than, equal to, or greater than 
the amount required to carry out the activity. 
SEC. 1006. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There 
is established in the United States Capitol Police the Of-
fice of the Inspector General (hereafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Office’’), headed by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the United States Capitol Police (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Inspector General’’). 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Inspector General 
shall be appointed by the Capitol Police Board, in 
consultation with and subject to the approval of the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
President pro tempore of the Senate, acting jointly, 
and shall be appointed without regard to political af-
filiation and solely on the basis of integrity and dem-
onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 
analysis, law, management analysis, public adminis-
tration, or investigations. 
(2) TERM OF SERVICE.—The Inspector General 
shall serve for a term of 5 years, and an individual
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serving as Inspector General may be reappointed for 
not more than 2 additional terms. 
(3) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General may be 
removed from office prior to the expiration of his 
term only by the unanimous vote of all of the mem-
bers of the Capitol Police Board, and the Board 
shall communicate the reasons for any such removal 
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
President pro tempore of the Senate. 
(4) SALARY.—The Inspector General shall be 
paid at an annual rate equal to $1,000 less than the 
annual rate of pay in effect for the Chief of the Cap-
itol Police. 
(5) DEADLINE.—The Capitol Police Board shall 
appoint the first Inspector General under this sec-
tion not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) APPLICABILITY OF DUTIES OF INSPECTOR 
GENERAL
OF
EXECUTIVE
BRANCH
ESTABLISH-
MENT.—The Inspector General shall carry out the 
same duties and responsibilities with respect to the 
United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 
of an establishment carries out with respect to an 
establishment under section 4 of the Inspector Gen-
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2978
AN ACT 
To allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation to enter into a lease or other tem-
porary conveyance of water rights recognized under the 
Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purpose of meeting 
the water needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Associa-
tion, Incorporated, and for other purposes.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1553
AN ACT
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 and fiscal
year 2001 for the National Weather Service, Atmospheric
Research, and National Environmental Satellite, Data
and Information Service activities of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other pur-
poses.
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ing, including air and water pollution and waste 
generation; 
(D) increases the use of environmentally 
preferable products, including biobased, recycled 
content, and nontoxic products with lower life- 
cycle impacts; 
(E) increases reuse and recycling opportu-
nities; 
(F) integrates systems in the building; 
(G) reduces the environmental and energy 
impacts of transportation through building loca-
tion and site design that support a full range 
of transportation choices for users of the build-
ing; and 
(H) considers indoor and outdoor effects of 
the building on human health and the environ-
ment, including— 
(i) improvements in worker produc-
tivity; 
(ii) the life-cycle impacts of building 
materials and operations; and 
(iii) other factors that the Federal Di-
rector or the Commercial Director consider 
to be appropriate.
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(8) LIFE-CYCLE.—The term ‘‘life-cycle’’, with 
respect to a high-performance green building, means 
all stages of the useful life of the building (including 
components, equipment, systems, and controls of the 
building) beginning at conception of a high-perform-
ance green building project and continuing through 
site selection, design, construction, landscaping, 
commissioning, operation, maintenance, renovation, 
deconstruction or demolition, removal, and recycling 
of the high-performance green building. 
(9) LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘life- 
cycle assessment’’ means a comprehensive system 
approach for measuring the environmental perform-
ance of a product or service over the life of the prod-
uct or service, beginning at raw materials acquisition 
and continuing through manufacturing, transpor-
tation, installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste 
management. 
(10) LIFE-CYCLE
COSTING.—The term ‘‘life- 
cycle costing’’, with respect to a high-performance 
green building, means a technique of economic eval-
uation that— 
(A) sums, over a given study period, the 
costs of initial investment (less resale value), re-
placements, operations (including energy use),
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and maintenance and repair of an investment 
decision; and 
(B) is expressed— 
(i) in present value terms, in the case 
of a study period equivalent to the longest 
useful life of the building, determined by 
taking into consideration the typical life of 
such a building in the area in which the 
building is to be located; or 
(ii) in annual value terms, in the case 
of any other study period. 
(11) OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL HIGH-PERFORM-
ANCE
GREEN
BUILDINGS.—The term ‘‘Office of 
Commercial High-Performance Green Buildings’’ re-
fers to the office established under section 9043(a). 
(12) OFFICE OF FEDERAL HIGH-PERFORMANCE 
GREEN BUILDINGS.—The term ‘‘Office of Federal 
High-Performance Green Buildings’’ refers to the 
Office established undersection 9042(a). 
(13) PRACTICES.—The term ‘‘practices’’ means 
design, financing, permitting, construction, commis-
sioning, operation and maintenance, and other prac-
tices that contribute to achieving zero-net-energy 
buildings or facilities.
(B) $4,350,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$4,350,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for Wind
Profiler; and
(C) $6,100,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$6,100,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for
Solar-Terrestrial Services and Research.
(b) PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION, AND CONSTRUC-
TION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to enable the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration to carry out the Atmospheric Research Pro-
curement, Acquisition, and Construction environmental re-
search and development activities of the Office of Oceanic
and Atmospheric Research $10,040,000 for fiscal year 2000
and $14,160,000 for fiscal year 2001, to remain available
until expended. Of such amounts—
(1) $5,700,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the Geo-
physical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Supercomputer;
and
(2) $4,340,000 for fiscal year 2000 and
$6,160,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be for the Ad-
vanced Composition Explorer (ACE) Follow-On Sat-
ellite/GEOSTORM.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1554
AN ACT
To amend the provisions of title 17, United States
Code, and the Communications Act of 1934, re-
lating to copyright licensing and carriage of
broadcast signals by satellite.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MONTANA INDIAN TRIBES; AGREEMENT WITH 
DRY PRAIRIE RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION, 
INCORPORATED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Tribes’’) may, with the approval of the 
Secretary of the Interior, enter into a lease or other tem-
porary conveyance of water rights recognized under the 
Fort Peck-Montana Compact (Montana Code Annotated 
85–20–201) for the purpose of meeting the water needs 
of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Incorporated 
(or any successor entity), in accordance with section 5 of 
the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 
2000 (Public Law 106–382; 114 Stat. 1454). 
(b) CONDITIONS OF LEASE.—With respect to a lease 
or other temporary conveyance described in subsection 
(a)—
(1) the term of the lease or conveyance shall 
not exceed 100 years; 
(2) the lease or conveyance may be approved by 
the Secretary of the Interior without monetary com-
pensation to the Tribes; and
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 ‘‘Chesapeake Bay Gate-
ways and Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 502 of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 
1998 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 105–312) is 
amending by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’. 
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(3) the Secretary of the Interior shall not be 
subject to liability for any claim or cause of action 
relating to the compensation or consideration re-
ceived by the Tribes under the lease or conveyance. 
(c) NO PERMANENT ALIENATION OF WATER.—Noth-
ing in this section authorizes any permanent alienation of 
any water by the Tribes.
Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2978
AN ACT 
To allow the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the 
Fort Peck Indian Reservation to enter into a 
lease or other temporary conveyance of water 
rights recognized under the Fort Peck-Montana 
Compact for the purpose of meeting the water 
needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Associa-
tion, Incorporated, and for other purposes.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5541 
AN ACT 
To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic 
emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Depart-
ment of the Interior and National Forest System lands, 
to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire man-
agement strategy, and for other purposes.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1554
AN ACT
To amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code,
and the Communications Act of 1934, relating to copy-
right licensing and carriage of broadcast signals by sat-
ellite.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Calendar No. 93
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1554
AN ACT
To amend the provisions of title 17, United States
Code, and the Communications Act of 1934, re-
lating to copyright licensing and carriage of
broadcast signals by satellite.
APRIL 28, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 4), under the same 
terms and conditions which apply under such sec-
tion. 
(2) SEMIANNUAL
REPORTS.—The Inspector 
General shall prepare and submit semiannual re-
ports summarizing the activities of the Office in the 
same manner, and in accordance with the same 
deadlines, terms, and conditions, as an Inspector 
General of an establishment under section 5 of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5). 
For purposes of applying section 5 of such Act to 
the Inspector General, the Capitol Police Board shall 
be considered the head of the establishment, except 
that the Inspector General shall transmit to the 
Chief of the Capitol Police a copy of any report sub-
mitted to the Board pursuant to this paragraph. 
(3) INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLAINTS OF EM-
PLOYEES AND MEMBERS.— 
(A) AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 
may receive and investigate complaints or infor-
mation from an employee or member of the 
Capitol Police concerning the possible existence 
of an activity constituting a violation of law, 
rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross 
waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a sub-
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stantial and specific danger to the public health 
and safety, including complaints or information 
the investigation of which is under the jurisdic-
tion of the Internal Affairs Division of the Cap-
itol Police as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(B) 
NONDISCLOSURE.—The 
Inspector 
General shall not, after receipt of a complaint 
or information from an employee or member, 
disclose the identity of the employee or member 
without the consent of the employee or member, 
unless the Inspector General determines such 
disclosure is unavoidable during the course of 
the investigation. 
(C) PROHIBITING RETALIATION.—An em-
ployee or member of the Capitol Police who has 
authority to take, direct others to take, rec-
ommend, or approve any personnel action, shall 
not, with respect to such authority, take or 
threaten to take any action against any em-
ployee or member as a reprisal for making a 
complaint or disclosing information to the In-
spector General, unless the complaint was made 
or the information disclosed with the knowledge
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that it was false or with willful disregard for its 
truth or falsity. 
(4) INDEPENDENCE
IN
CARRYING
OUT
DU-
TIES.—Neither the Capitol Police Board, the Chief 
of the Capitol Police, nor any other member or em-
ployee of the Capitol Police may prevent or prohibit 
the Inspector General from carrying out any of the 
duties or responsibilities assigned to the Inspector 
General under this section. 
(d) POWERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General may 
exercise the same authorities with respect to the 
United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 
of an establishment may exercise with respect to an 
establishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other 
than paragraphs (7) and (8) of such section. 
(2) STAFF.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 
may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel 
as the Inspector General considers appropriate. 
Such personnel may be appointed without re-
gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, regarding appointments in the competi-
tive service, and may be paid without regard to
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the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 
of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica-
tion and General Schedule pay rates, except 
that no personnel of the Office (other than the 
Inspector General) may be paid at an annual 
rate greater than $500 less than the annual 
rate of pay of the Inspector General under sub-
section (b)(4). 
(B) EXPERTS
AND
CONSULTANTS.—The 
Inspector General may procure temporary and 
intermittent services under section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of such title. 
(C) 
INDEPENDENCE
IN
APPOINTING 
STAFF.—No individual may carry out any of 
the duties or responsibilities of the Office unless 
the individual is appointed by the Inspector 
General, or provides services procured by the 
Inspector General, pursuant to this paragraph. 
Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 
to prohibit the Inspector General from entering 
into a contract or other arrangement for the 
provision of services under this section.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 200
To establish the framework for a health care system that will bring about
universal access to affordable, quality health care by containing the
growth in health care costs through a national health budget, managed
competition, and other means, by improving access to and simplifying
the administration of health insurance, by deterring and prosecuting
health care fraud and abuse, by expanding benefits under the medicare
program, by expanding eligibility and increasing payment levels under
the medicaid program, and by making health insurance available to
all children.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. STARK introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Education
and Labor
JANUARY 26, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mr. BLACKWELL, and Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´
A BILL
To establish the framework for a health care system that
will bring about universal access to affordable, quality
health care by containing the growth in health care costs
through a national health budget, managed competition,
and other means, by improving access to and simplifying
the administration of health insurance, by deterring and
prosecuting health care fraud and abuse, by expanding
benefits under the medicare program, by expanding eligi-
bility and increasing payment levels under the medicaid
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(D) APPLICABILITY
OF
CAPITOL
POLICE 
PERSONNEL RULES.—None of the regulations 
governing the appointment and pay of employ-
ees of the Capitol Police shall apply with re-
spect to the appointment and compensation of 
the personnel of the Office, except to the extent 
agreed to by the Inspector General. Nothing in 
the previous sentence may be construed to af-
fect subparagraphs (A) through (C). 
(3) EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.—The Chief of 
the Capitol Police shall provide the Office with ap-
propriate and adequate office space, together with 
such equipment, supplies, and communications facili-
ties and services as may be necessary for the oper-
ation of the Office, and shall provide necessary 
maintenance services for such office space and the 
equipment and facilities located therein. 
(e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—To the extent that any office 
or entity in the Capitol Police prior to the appoint-
ment of the first Inspector General under this sec-
tion carried out any of the duties and responsibilities 
assigned to the Inspector General under this section, 
the functions of such office or entity shall be trans-
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2297 
AN ACT 
To promote the development of the Southwest waterfront 
in the District of Columbia, 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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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6489 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
501 4th Street in Lake Oswego, Oregon, as the ‘‘Judie Hammerstad 
Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2008 
Ms. HOOLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 501 4th Street in Lake Oswego, Oregon, as 
the ‘‘Judie Hammerstad Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. JUDIE HAMMERSTAD POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 501 4th Street in Lake Oswego, 
Oregon, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Judie 
Hammerstad Post Office Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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