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deviations from the financial terms of the loan guar-
antee; and 
(2) shall not subordinate the interests of the 
United States Government to any other financing 
for the project. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any Federal official who is re-
sponsible for the issuance of a loan guarantee under title 
XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 in a manner that 
violates the requirements of such title or of this Act shall 
be subject to appropriate administrative discipline includ-
ing, when circumstances warrant, suspension from duty 
without pay or removal from office. 
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘‘Federal official’’ means— 
(1) an individual serving in a position in level 
I, II, III, IV, or V of the Executive Schedule, as pro-
vided in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, 
United States Code; and 
(2) an individual serving in a Senior Executive 
Service position, as provided in subchapter II of 
chapter 31 of title 5, United States Code. 
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(or ‘‘call before you dig’’) programs, and some
States have mandated one-call programs, although
the scope and effectiveness of these programs is in-
consistent;
(8) to maximize the effectiveness of one-call
programs, national standards are needed;
(9) these standards should apply, without ex-
ception, to all excavation near any underground fa-
cilities; and
(10) these standards should produce one-call
systems which are simple to use, with a single tele-
phone number established which excavators must
call to obtain information on the location of any type
of underground facility anywhere in the United
States.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act, the term—
(1) ‘‘damage’’ means any impact or contact
with an underground facility, its appurtenances, or
its protective coating, or weakening of the support
for the facility or protective housing, which requires
repair;
(2) ‘‘excavation’’ means any operation in which
earth, rock, or other material in the ground is
moved, removed, or otherwise displaced by means of
SEC. 12. USE OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMOTE AND ABOVE-
GROUND PIPELINE LOCATION.
The Secretary shall consult with other agencies as to
the availability and affordability of technologies which will
help relocate pipelines from above-ground and remote loca-
tions.
SEC. 13. VISION WAIVER STUDY PROGRAM.
Pursuant to section 31136(e) of title 49, United
States Code, and in order to further substantiate research
carried out by the Secretary in fiscal year 1992 under the
vision waiver study program, the Secretary shall carry out
a follow-up study to such program to include drivers who
otherwise would have qualified to participate in the initial
vision waiver study but for the time limits on applications
and the failure to learn of the program in a timely man-
ner.
SEC. 14. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING
NOTICE.
(a) PURCHASE
OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of Congress that, to the
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available under this Act
should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE
TO RECIPIENTS
OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance under this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Research and Special Programs Administra-
tion of the Department of Transportation, to the greatest
extent practicable, shall provide to each recipient of the
assistance a notice describing the statement made in sub-
section (a).
Passed the House of Representatives October 3,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4394
AN ACT
To require State’s to consider adopting mandatory,
comprehensive, Statewide one-call notification
systems to protect natural gas and hazardous liq-
uid pipelines and all other underground facilities
from being damaged by any excavations, and for
other purposes.
any tools, equipment, or explosive, and includes,
without limitation, grading, boring, milling, trench-
ing, tunneling, scraping, tree and root removal, cable
or pipe plowing, pile driving, wrecking, razing, rend-
ing, or removing any structure or mass material, but
shall not include the tilling of soil for agricultural
purposes to a depth of 18 inches or less;
(3) ‘‘facility operator’’ means any person who
owns or operates an underground facility, except for
any person who is the owner of real property where-
in are located underground facilities for the purpose
of furnishing services or materials only to himself or
occupants of such property;
(4) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Trans-
portation; and
(5) ‘‘underground facility’’ means any under-
ground line, system, or structure used for producing,
gathering, storing, conveying, transmitting, or dis-
tributing natural gas, hazardous liquids, communica-
tion, electricity, petroleum, petroleum products,
water, steam, sewerage, or any other commodities
the Secretary determines to be similar and appro-
priate.
338
this title does not make a decision on an application for naturalization with-
in 120 days after the date of the examination, the applicant may request
the district court of the United States for the district in which the applicant
resides to hold a hearing on the matter. The court may—
(1) order the application granted or denied; or
(2) remand the matter, with appropriate instructions, to the officer
or employee conducting the examination.
(b) DENIALS AFTER HEARINGS.—An individual whose application for
naturalization is denied after a hearing under section 20507 of this title
may obtain review of the denial in the United States district court for the
district in which the individual resides. At the individual’s request, the court
shall hold a new hearing. Regardless of whether the court holds a new hear-
ing, the court shall make its own findings of fact and conclusions of law.
§ 20509. Oath requirement
(a) OATH OF ALLEGIANCE.—To be naturalized as a citizen of the United
States, an individual must take an oath, in substance—
(1) to support the Constitution;
(2) to support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United
States against all enemies foreign and domestic;
(3) to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution and laws of
the United States;
(4) to renounce all allegiance to any foreign prince, potentate, coun-
try, or sovereignty of which the individual was a citizen or subject; and
(5) to comply with a requirement of law—
(A) to bear arms for the United States;
(B) to perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the
United States when wearing the uniform of a branch of the armed
forces and subject to military discipline and court martial; or
(C) to perform work of national importance under civilian direc-
tion.
(b) OMISSIONS FROM OATH BECAUSE OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF.—(1) In
this subsection, ‘‘religious belief’’ means belief in a relation to a Supreme
Being involving duties superior to those arising from a human relation, but
does not include essentially political, sociological, or philosophical views or
a personal moral code.
(2) If an individual satisfies the Attorney General by clear and convincing
evidence that, because of religious belief, the individual opposes—
(A) bearing arms in the armed forces of the United States, the indi-
vidual may omit from the oath the substance of subsection (a)(5)(A)
of this section; or
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coverage made available under this subsection shall 
be available to limited resource, beginning, and so-
cially disadvantaged producers, as determined by the 
Secretary, in exchange for a premium that is 50 per-
cent of the premium determined for a producer 
under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after October 1, 2013, the Secretary shall make 
assistance available to producers of an other-
wise eligible crop described in subsection (a)(2) 
that suffered losses— 
‘‘(i) to a 2012 annual fruit crop 
grown on a bush or tree; and 
‘‘(ii) in a county covered by a declara-
tion by the Secretary of a natural disaster 
for production losses due to a freeze or 
frost. 
‘‘(B) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
make assistance available under subparagraph 
(A) in an amount equivalent to assistance avail-
able under paragraph (1), less any fees not pre-
viously paid under paragraph (2).’’. 
(b) TERMINATION DATE.— 
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SECTION 1. REMEDIES FOR DILUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 43(c)(6) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the registration and protection 
of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provi-
sions of certain international conventions, and for other 
purposes’’, approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’; 15 U.S.C. 1125(c)(6)), 
is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) is brought by another person under 
the common law or a statute of a State; and 
‘‘(B)(i) seeks to prevent dilution by blur-
ring or dilution by tarnishment; or 
‘‘(ii) asserts any claim of actual or likely 
damage or harm to the distinctiveness or rep-
utation of a mark, label, or form of advertise-
ment.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any action commenced on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 
2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6215 
AN ACT 
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an 
error in the provisions relating to remedies for 
dilution.
H. R. 6215 
One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twelve 
An Act 
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions relating 
to remedies for dilution. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REMEDIES FOR DILUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 43(c)(6) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used 
in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international 
conventions, and for other purposes’’, approved July 5, 1946 (com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’; 15 U.S.C. 
1125(c)(6)), is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) is brought by another person under the common 
law or a statute of a State; and 
‘‘(B)(i) seeks to prevent dilution by blurring or dilution 
by tarnishment; or 
‘‘(ii) asserts any claim of actual or likely damage or 
harm to the distinctiveness or reputation of a mark, label, 
or form of advertisement.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply to any action commenced on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6215 
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions 
relating to remedies for dilution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2012 
Mr. SMITH of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error 
in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REMEDIES FOR DILUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 43(c)(6) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the registration and protection 
of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provi-
sions of certain international conventions, and for other 
purposes’’, approved July 6, 1946 (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’; 15 U.S.C. 1125(c)(6)), 
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is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) is brought by another person under 
the common law or a statute of a State; and 
‘‘(B)(i) seeks to prevent dilution by blur-
ring or dilution by tarnishment; or 
‘‘(ii) asserts any claim of actual or likely 
damage or harm to the distinctiveness or rep-
utation of a mark, label, or form of advertise-
ment.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any action commenced on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6215 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error 
in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 6215 RFS
SECTION 1. REMEDIES FOR DILUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 43(c)(6) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the registration and protection 
of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provi-
sions of certain international conventions, and for other 
purposes’’, approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’; 15 U.S.C. 1125(c)(6)), 
is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) is brought by another person under 
the common law or a statute of a State; and 
‘‘(B)(i) seeks to prevent dilution by blur-
ring or dilution by tarnishment; or 
‘‘(ii) asserts any claim of actual or likely 
damage or harm to the distinctiveness or rep-
utation of a mark, label, or form of advertise-
ment.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any action commenced on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 
2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4395
To the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide that the require-
ment regarding the continued educational placement of children with
disabilities in public schools during the pendency of certain proceedings
shall not apply with respect to disciplinary proceedings against those
children for possession of firearms.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1994
Ms. SCHENK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
A BILL
To the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide
that the requirement regarding the continued educational
placement of children with disabilities in public schools
during the pendency of certain proceedings shall not
apply with respect to disciplinary proceedings against
those children for possession of firearms.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NONAPPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING CONTINUED EDUCATIONAL PLACE-
MENT 
OF 
CHILDREN 
WITH 
DISABILITIES
DURING DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR
POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 615(e)(3) of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
1415(e)(3)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(3) During the pendency’’ and
inserting ‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), during the pendency’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs:
‘‘(B) The requirement contained in subparagraph (A)
regarding the maintenance of a child with a disability in
the current educational placement of such child shall not
apply with respect to a disciplinary proceeding against
such child for possession of a firearm.
‘‘(C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
lieve a State or local educational agency of an obligation
under the Act to provide an education to individuals with
disabilities.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply with respect to a disciplinary proceed-
ing commenced on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4397
To permit refunding of certain bonds.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1994
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To permit refunding of certain bonds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REFUNDING OF CERTAIN BONDS PERMITTED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by section
10632 of the Revenue Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–203)
shall not apply to any bond the proceeds of which are used
exclusively to refund (including advance refund) a bond
that was part of the $31,750,000 issue of Special Obliga-
tion Revenue Bonds Series 1986 issued by a recognized
tribe of Indians between September 24, 1986 and Septem-
ber 26, 1986, (or to a bond that is part of a series of
refundings of such bond); provided if—
IB 
Union Calendar No. 465 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6215 
[Report No. 112–647] 
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions 
relating to remedies for dilution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2012 
Mr. SMITH of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error 
in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution. 
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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. REMEDIES FOR DILUTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 43(c)(6) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to provide for the registration and protection 
of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provi-
sions of certain international conventions, and for other 
purposes’’, approved July 6, 1946 (commonly referred to 
as the ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’; 15 U.S.C. 1125(c)(6)), 
is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) is brought by another person under 
the common law or a statute of a State; and 
‘‘(B)(i) seeks to prevent dilution by blur-
ring or dilution by tarnishment; or 
‘‘(ii) asserts any claim of actual or likely 
damage or harm to the distinctiveness or rep-
utation of a mark, label, or form of advertise-
ment.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to any action commenced on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 465 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6215 
[Report No. 112–647] 
A BILL 
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an 
error in the provisions relating to remedies for 
dilution. 
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4396
To amend section 203 of the National Housing Act to increase the maximum
mortgage amount limitation under the single family housing mortgage
insurance program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
for homes in nonhigh-cost areas.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1994
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To amend section 203 of the National Housing Act to in-
crease the maximum mortgage amount limitation under
the single family housing mortgage insurance program
of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
for homes in nonhigh-cost areas.
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 ‘‘FHA Mortgage Up-
grade Act’’.
(1) the amount of the refunding bond does not
exceed the amount necessary to retire the refunded
bond; and
(2) the average maturity of the issue of which
the refunding bond is a part does not exceed the av-
erage maturity of the original issue.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (a) shall apply to
bonds issued after the date of enactment of this Act.
Æ
SEC. 2. MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT LIMITATION.
Subparagraph (A) of the first sentence of section
203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1709(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘the dollar amount
limitation in effect under this section for the area on May
12, 1992’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘$100,000 in the
case of property upon which there is located a dwelling
designed principally for a 1-family residence, $112,600 in
the case of a 2-family residence, $136,300 in the case of
a 3-family residence, $158,500 in the case of 4-family resi-
dence’’.
Æ
V
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4398
For the relief of Lester J. Reschly.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 11, 1994
Mr. VOLKMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
For the relief of Lester J. Reschly.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CLASSIFICATION OF TRANSFER FOR PURPOSES
OF RELOCATION EXPENSES.
The transfer of Lester J. Reschly from Ottumwa,
Iowa to Columbia, Missouri in March 1992, by the Food
Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agri-
culture shall be considered to be a transfer in the interest
of the Government from one official duty station to an-
other for permanent duty, for the purpose of entitling Les-
ter J. Reschly to reimbursement, under sections 5724 and
5724a of title 5, United States Code, for the unreimbursed