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shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid-
eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Financial Services. After 
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider 
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under 
the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute recommended by the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices now printed in the bill. Each section of the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be consid-
ered as read. All points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No 
amendment to the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute shall be in order except those received for 
printing in the portion of the Congressional Record des-
ignated for that purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII in a 
daily issue dated March 9, 2011, or earlier and except pro 
forma amendments for the purpose of debate. Each 
amendment so received may be offered only by the Mem-
ber who caused it to be printed or a designee and shall 
be considered as read if printed. At the conclusion of con-
sideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall 
rise and report the bill to the House with such amend-
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ments as may have been adopted. Any Member may de-
mand 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. 
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House Calendar No. 15 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 151 
{Report No. 112–28] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 836) 
to rescind the unobligated funding for the Emer-
gency Mortgage Relief Program and to terminate 
the program. 
MARCH 8, 2011 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 152 
Recognizing the life-saving role of ostomy care and prosthetics in the daily 
lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2011 
Mr. LANCE (for himself and Mr. HOLT) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the life-saving role of ostomy care and pros-
thetics in the daily lives of hundreds of thousands of 
people in the United States. 
Whereas over 700,000 people in the United States, from 
young children to senior citizens, have an ostomy, a sur-
gical procedure that creates an artificial opening in the 
abdomen to the intestines or urinary system to allow for 
the elimination of bodily wastes; 
Whereas an ostomy procedure is essential to many patients 
who suffer on a daily basis from Crohn’s disease, ulcera-
tive colitis, birth defects, serious, chronic, or life-threat-
ening traumatic injury to the abdomen, illnesses and con-
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ditions, such as colorectal or bladder cancer, or other in-
testinal or urinary medical conditions; 
Whereas active duty military personnel wounded in battle 
often receive an ostomy as a result of penetrating 
colorectal injuries; 
Whereas following ostomy surgery, patients need specially se-
lected medical prosthetics to manage, temporarily or per-
manently restore intestinal or urinary system function, 
re-establish activities of daily living, improve quality of 
life; and require access to uniquely skilled ostomy spe-
cialty nurses who recommend and customize ostomy 
products for patients; 
Whereas ostomy products are prosthetic devices prescribed by 
health care providers and meet the definition of pros-
thetics under the Medicare program; 
Whereas, however, ostomy products are reimbursed under the 
Medicare program as medical supplies and not as pros-
thetics; 
Whereas there is a significant inconsistency under the Medi-
care program between the coverage category of, and re-
imbursement policy for, ostomy products; 
Whereas the Federal law does not require coverage of pros-
thetics, including ostomy products, under the Medicaid 
program; 
Whereas Medicare’s inconsistent policy and reimbursement 
approach to ostomy products and Medicaid’s inadequate 
coverage and reimbursement for ostomy products could 
affect access for patients in need; 
Whereas ostomy products are customized to the clinical needs 
of individual patients and are not the same as other eas-
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The written statement required under the preceding sen-
tence shall be furnished to the person on or before Janu-
ary 31 of the year following the calendar year for which
the return under subsection (a) was made.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBU-
TION.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified
family development contribution’ has the meaning given
such term by section 23(b).’’
(2) PENALTIES.—
(A) 
Subparagraph 
(B) 
of 
section
6724(d)(1) of such Code is amended by insert-
ing after clause (viii) the following new clause
(and by redesignating the following clauses ac-
cordingly):
‘‘(ix) section 6050Q (relating to re-
turns relating to qualified family develop-
ment contributions),’’
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 6724(d) of
such Code is amended by inserting after sub-
paragraph (P) the following new subparagraph
(and by redesignating the following subpara-
graphs accordingly):
‘‘(Q) section 6050Q(b) (relating to returns
relating to qualified family development con-
tributions),’’
Calendar No. 262
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1350
AN ACT
To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to revi-
talize the United States-flag merchant marine,
and for other purposes.
DECEMBER 7, 1995
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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ily interchangeable medical supplies such as gauze and 
bandages; 
Whereas Congress previously has recognized the physical, 
psychological, and emotional importance of restoring 
function and improving the quality of life through sup-
porting access to and coverage of prostheses; 
Whereas ongoing advances and innovation in ostomy pros-
thetics technology can dramatically improve the lives of 
those who undergo ostomy surgery by helping to nor-
malize their intestinal or urinary system function, by im-
proving physical well-being, and often by enabling them 
to rejoin the workforce; and 
Whereas House of Representatives recognizes the importance 
of encouraging and facilitating the development and use 
of new medical technologies: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the life-saving role of ostomy 
care and prosthetics in the daily lives of hundreds of 
thousands of people in the United States and the ne-
cessity of a specialized ostomy nurse to recommend 
and customize ostomy prosthesis for the individual; 
(2) recognizes if a surgical procedure results in 
a patient needing a prosthetic that manages or re-
stores intestinal or urinary system function—specifi-
cally the control of the elimination of the body’s 
waste products, then such a patient should have ac-
cess to individually prescribed, customized pros-
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thetics that the health care provider believes will 
best meet the patient’s needs; 
(3) urges that ostomy products be recognized, 
categorized, covered, and adequately reimbursed by 
Medicare in a new payment category of ‘‘prosthetic 
supplies’’ consistent with Medicare’s current recogni-
tion of ostomy products as prosthetics in order to 
allow appropriate patient access; and 
(4) urges the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services to ensure that programs, policies, and pay-
ment practices of the Department of Health and 
Human Services facilitate, and do not discourage, 
innovation of and access to medical devices that re-
store or improve intestinal or urinary system func-
tion of individuals in the United States with an 
ostomy. 
Æ 
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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2609 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for energy and water development 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2014, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(ii) a real estate investment trust
(within the meaning of section 856), and
‘‘(iii) a common trust fund (within the
meaning of section 584).
‘‘(2) PARTNERSHIPS.—In the case of a partner-
ship, the adjustment made under subsection (a) at
the partnership level shall be passed through to the
partners.
‘‘(f) DISPOSITIONS BETWEEN RELATED PERSONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall not apply
to any sale or other disposition of property between
related persons except to the extent that the basis
of such property in the hands of the transferee is a
substituted basis.
‘‘(2) RELATED PERSONS DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘related persons’
means—
‘‘(A) persons bearing a relationship set
forth in section 267(b), and
‘‘(B) persons treated as single employer
under subsection (b) or (c) of section 414.
‘‘(g) TRANSFERS TO INCREASE INDEXING ADJUST-
MENT.—If any person transfers cash, debt, or any other
property to another person and the principal purpose of
such transfer is to secure or increase an adjustment under
subsection (a), the Secretary may disallow part or all of
such adjustment or increase.
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) NET
LEASE
PROPERTY
DEFINED.—The
term ‘net lease property’ means leased real property
where—
‘‘(A) the term of the lease (taking into ac-
count options to renew) was 50 percent or more
of the useful life of the property, and
‘‘(B) for the period of the lease, the sum
of the deductions with respect to such property
which are allowable to the lessor solely by rea-
son of section 162 (other than rents and reim-
bursed amounts with respect to such property)
is 15 percent or less of the rental income pro-
duced by such property.
‘‘(2) STOCK INCLUDES INTEREST IN COMMON
TRUST FUND.—The term ‘stock in a corporation’ in-
cludes any interest in a common trust fund (as de-
fined in section 584(a)).
‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to
carry out the purposes of this section.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for part II of subchapter O of such chapter 1 is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 1021 the
following new item:
‘‘Sec. 1022. Indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining
gain or loss.’’
(c) ADJUSTMENT TO APPLY FOR PURPOSES OF DE-
TERMINING EARNINGS AND PROFITS.—Subsection (f) of
section 312 (relating to effect on earnings and profits of
gain or loss and of receipt of tax-free distributions) is
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) EFFECT ON EARNINGS AND PROFITS OF
INDEXED BASIS.—
For substitution of indexed basis for adjusted
basis in the case of the disposition of certain assets
after December 31, 1991 see section 1022(a)(1).’’
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to
dispositions after December 31, 1993, in taxable years
ending after such date.
Æ
IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 156 
Calling for an environmental and social responsibility amendment to the 
United States Constitution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2011 
Mr. KUCINICH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for an environmental and social responsibility 
amendment to the United States Constitution. 
Whereas it has become settled law and Supreme Court prece-
dent to regard corporations as the legal equivalent of in-
dividual persons, with many of the rights, liberties, and 
protections to which an individual person is entitled; 
Whereas corporate persons, by virtue of their ability to cre-
ate, allocate, and preserve wealth, have an advantage 
over individual persons in expressing political speech, in-
cluding campaign contributions, and petitioning their 
government; 
Whereas the United States, the Earth, and its inhabitants 
face significant dangers from environmentally destructive 
economic arrangements that derive short-term corporate 
profits at the expense of long-term, planetary damage; 
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Whereas the long-term prosperity of the United States and 
its people is interrelated and inextricable from the long- 
term sustainability of the Earth; and 
Whereas civic, religious, and labor leaders in the United 
States believe an amendment to the Constitution is nec-
essary to restore individual rights to their traditional su-
premacy over the rights of corporations and to ensure the 
long-term interests of the United States people and the 
world: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that, as articulated in the environmental and 
social responsibility amendment to the United States Con-
stitution, the— 
(1) Constitution of the United States should be 
amended to subordinate the political rights of cor-
porations to the rights of individuals; and 
(2) laws of the United States should be amend-
ed to include a public Federal election campaign fi-
nance system, a social and environmental responsi-
bility education initiative, and a new Federal cor-
porate charter statute to facilitate environmentally 
and socially responsible corporate practices. 
Æ 
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Whereas the United States should also work towards improv-
ing the life of its own poorest population, as over 14 per-
cent live below the Federal poverty level; 
Whereas over 16,000,000 people in the United States live in 
extreme poverty and almost 21 percent of all children liv-
ing in the United States live in poverty; 
Whereas there are more than 43,000,000 persons living on 
incomes less than the Federal Poverty Level, including 
nearly 10,000,000 African-American persons, nearly 
2,000,000 Asian persons, and over 12,000,000 Hispanic 
persons; 
Whereas, at the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000, 
the United States joined more than 180 countries in 
committing to work toward the United Nations Millen-
nium Development Goals to improve life for the world’s 
poorest people by 2015; 
Whereas more than halfway to the 2015 deadline to achieve 
the Millennium Development Goals, major advances in 
the fight against poverty and hunger have begun to slow 
or even reverse as a result of the global economic and 
food crises, a progress report by the United Nations has 
found; 
Whereas empowering people in the United States and abroad 
to support themselves will provide a solid foundation for 
global economic recovery; 
Whereas the economic gap between the rich and the poor is 
even greater today than it was following World War II, 
when the United States Congress deemed the Marshall 
Plan essential to the security of the United States; 
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4901
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the assessment
and collection of the excise tax on arrows.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 4, 1994
Mr. BARCIA of Michigan (for himself, Mr. BREWSTER and Mr. CAMP) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify
the assessment and collection of the excise tax on arrows.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SIMPLIFICATION OF IMPOSITION OF EXCISE
TAX ON ARROWS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 4161 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to imposition
of tax) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) BOWS AND ARROWS, ETC.—
‘‘(1) BOWS.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby im-
posed on the sale by the manufacturer, pro-
ducer, or importer of any bow which has a draw
weight of 10 pounds or more, a tax equal to 11
percent of the price for which so sold.
‘‘(B) PARTS AND ACCESSORIES.—There is
hereby imposed upon the sale by the manufac-
turer, producer, or importer—
‘‘(i) of any part of accessory suitable
for inclusion in or attachment to a bow de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), and
‘‘(ii) of any quiver suitable for use
with arrows described in paragraph (2),
a tax equivalent to 11 percent of the price for
which so sold.
‘‘(2) ARROWS.—There is hereby imposed on the
sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of
any shaft, point, nock, or vane of a type used in the
manufacture of any arrow which after its assem-
bly—
‘‘(A) measures 18 inches overall or more in
length, or
‘‘(B) measures less than 18 inches overall
in length but is suitable for use with a bow de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A),
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a tax equal to 11 percent of the price for which so
sold.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH SUBSECTION (a).—
No tax shall be imposed under this subsection with
respect to any article taxable under subsection (a).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to articles sold by the manufac-
turer, producer, or importer after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
Æ
IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 159 
Condemning al Shabaab for its practice of child conscription in the Horn 
of Africa. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2011 
Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California (for himself, Ms. WILSON of Florida, 
Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. SHULER, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, 
Mr. WOLF, and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning al Shabaab for its practice of child conscription 
in the Horn of Africa. 
Whereas, according to the United States State Department 
Trafficking in Persons Report in June 2010, the recruit-
ment and use of children in militias and other fighting 
forces is a longstanding practice by al Shabaab which has 
continued through this year; 
Whereas a January 2010 United Nations report indicated 
that the number of child soldiers in Somalia had in-
creased over the last 4 years, with widespread recruit-
ment from schools, madrasas, and among street children; 
Whereas, during the reporting period of the United Nations 
report, al Shabaab used force and deception to exploit or-
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phaned and street children for use in armed conflict, car-
rying out assassinations, planting bombs, portering, and 
domestic servitude; 
Whereas al Shabaab systematically and forcibly conscripted 
children, sometimes as young as 8 years of age, from 
southern Somalia and Puntland; 
Whereas the group also forcibly recruited girls who were then 
‘‘married off’’ to its militia leaders and used for logistical 
support and intelligence gathering; 
Whereas al Shabaab has extended its terror internationally to 
Uganda where it slaughtered 76 civilians including 1 
United States citizen during a bombing; and 
Whereas al Shabaab has openly affiliated itself with the al 
Qaeda terrorist network and has recruited from the 
United States proving it is a legitimate threat to the na-
tional security of the United States: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-
demns al Shabaab for its practice of child conscription in 
the Horn of Africa. 
Æ 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 15 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that general 
appropriations for military construction and veterans’ affairs be consid-
ered as stand-alone measures. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Mr. GINGREY
of Georgia (for himself, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. POSEY, Mr. MANZULLO, 
Mr. JONES, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. HARP-
ER, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. POE of 
Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
require that general appropriations for military construc-
tion and veterans’ affairs be considered as stand-alone 
measures. 
Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
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scribed by the Secretary in regulations) ending before the
date the regulation is so prescribed.
SEC. 202. INAPPLICABILITY TO GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORI-
TIES.
Section 201 shall not apply to any department or
agency of the United States, of a State, or of a political
subdivision of a State, or to any official conduct of any
officer or employee of such a department or agency.
TITLE III—ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle A—Civil Enforcement
SEC. 301. CIVIL PENALTIES.
(a) AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE FINES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall impose
upon any person who violates section 201 a civil fine
in an amount that does not exceed the applicable
amount.
(2) SCOPE OF OFFENSE.—Each violation of sec-
tion 201 (other than of subsection (a)(3) or (d) of
such section) shall constitute a separate offense with
respect to each firearm product involved.
(b) APPLICABLE AMOUNT.—
(1) FIRST
5-YEAR
PERIOD.—The applicable
amount for the 5-year period described in subsection
(f)(1) is $5,000.