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•HRES 424 IH 
Whereas some 10–15 percent of all persons with cancer will 
experience a metastatic brain tumor at some point; 
Whereas brain tumors may be either malignant or benign, 
but can be life-threatening in either case; 
Whereas treatment of brain tumors is complicated by the 
more than 120 different types of such tumors; 
Whereas national priorities for dealing with brain tumors in-
clude— 
(1) protecting research programs at the National 
Cancer Institute such as the Specialized Programs of Re-
search Excellence brain tumor programs; 
(2) strengthening brain tumor research program 
leadership at the National Institutes of Health, including 
the National Cancer Institute; and 
(3) eliminating the current two-year waiting period 
for Medicare benefits; 
Whereas the North American Brain Tumor Coalition has es-
tablished a Brain Tumor Action Week during the first 
week of May 2007 and each subsequent first week in 
May; 
Whereas the Lori Arquilla Andersen Foundation is recog-
nized for their efforts to promote awareness of the life- 
threatening effects of brain tumors, to advocate on behalf 
of brain tumor patients, and to raise funds for medical 
research; 
Whereas May would be an appropriate month to recognize as 
National Brain Cancer Awareness Month; and 
Whereas there is a need for greater awareness of brain tu-
mors and brain cancer on the part of the public, includ-
ing awareness of symptoms and warning signs, treatment 
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options, research needs, and public policy implications: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that there should be established a National 
Brain Cancer Awareness Month; and 
(2) the House of Representatives applauds the 
actions of medical professionals and other caregivers, 
researchers, patients and their families, and others 
who strive to combat and raise public awareness of 
brain tumors and brain cancer. 
Æ 
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 425 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Luis Posada 
Carriles, mastermind of the vicious attack on Cubana Airlines Flight 
455 and perpetrator of numerous other acts of terrorism, should be 
certified as a terrorist and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2007 
Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
BERMAN, and Ms. LEE) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Luis Posada Carriles, mastermind of the vicious attack 
on Cubana Airlines Flight 455 and perpetrator of numer-
ous other acts of terrorism, should be certified as a 
terrorist and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. 
Whereas the attack of Cubana Airlines Flight 455 in October 
of 1976 took the lives of 73 innocent people, making it 
one of the worst terrorist attacks on a plane in the Amer-
icas; 
Whereas declassified FBI and CIA documents report Posa-
da’s participation in planning the attack on Flight 455; 
Whereas, in 1985, Posada escaped from a Venezuelan prison 
after being charged with the bombing of Flight 455, only 
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•HRES 425 IH 
to continue his campaign of violent attacks on innocent 
civilians; 
Whereas the Department of Justice has failed to present an 
extradition case to a Federal court at the request of the 
Venezuelan Government, despite treaty obligations which 
call for such actions; 
Whereas a United States District Court threw out all charges 
against Posada on May 8, 2007, allowing Posada to go 
free days before he was set to be tried for immigration 
fraud; 
Whereas the Department of Justice has described Posada as 
‘‘an unrepentant criminal and admitted mastermind of 
terrorist plots’’; and 
Whereas section 236A(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1226a(a)) provides authority to certify Po-
sada as an alien terrorist and thus detain him: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that Luis Posada Carriles, mastermind of 
the vicious attack on Cubana Airlines Flight 455 and per-
petrator of numerous other acts of terrorism, should be 
certified as a terrorist and prosecuted to the fullest extent 
of the law. 
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imum a determination of whether the alleged 
sexual abuse occurred, an in-depth analysis of 
the relevant facts including the causes of any 
sexual abuse that may have occurred and 
whether and to what extent the alleged abuse 
indicates a failure of policy, a failure of train-
ing, a failure of oversight, or a failure of man-
agement, and a description of the actions that 
the facility will take to prevent the occurrence 
of similar incidents in the future and a plan for 
monitoring the implementation of those actions. 
The detention facility shall provide to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security periodic reports 
monitoring the implementation of the plan in 
accordance with the schedule set forth in such 
plan as approved by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security. 
(4) TRANSFER OF DETAINEES.— 
(A) PROCEDURES.—In adopting proce-
dures governing the transfer of individuals de-
tained under section 236 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226), and sub-
ject to the exception in subparagraph (D), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall promul-
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•HRES 426 EH 
Whereas women and children also comprise a large majority 
of the internally displaced; 
Whereas very few internally displaced Colombians have been 
able to return to their original homes due to ongoing con-
flict throughout the country, and when returns take place 
they should be carried out voluntarily, in safety and with 
dignity; 
Whereas, in 1997, the Government of Colombia passed land-
mark legislation, known as Law 387, to guarantee rights 
and assistance to its internally displaced population; 
Whereas the Government of Colombia has expanded its abil-
ity to assist internally displaced people through its own 
agencies, and with the financial, technical, and oper-
ational support of the international community; 
Whereas the Constitutional Court of Colombia has handed 
down multiple decisions recognizing the insufficient na-
ture of the government’s efforts to meet the basic needs 
of internally displaced persons and upheld the importance 
of implementing law 387 in light of the United Nations 
Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement; 
Whereas the Constitutional Court of Colombia, in consulta-
tion with the Government of Colombia, civil society, and 
the United Nations, has developed an extensive set of 
measurements to ensure government compliance with 
Law 387; 
Whereas the Government of Colombia, the international com-
munity, and civil society are engaged in the London- 
Cartagena Process to develop coordinated responses to 
domestic problems, including humanitarian assistance 
and internal displacement;
•HRES 426 EH 
Whereas the Government of the United States provides valu-
able, but limited, humanitarian assistance through Plan 
Colombia, and has programs targeted specifically for in-
ternally displaced people; and 
Whereas the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-
gees, Antonio Guterres, on a visit to Colombia in March 
2007, urged greater attention to the issue, stating that 
it should be a ‘‘national priority’’ and asked for ‘‘greater 
coherence’’ in programs to address the needs of the inter-
nally displaced: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Represent-
atives that— 
(1) the United Nations High Commissioner for Ref-
ugees, the Colombian Catholic Church, and the 
Consultancy for Human Rights and Internal Displace-
ment should be commended for their initiative to declare 
the Year of the Rights of the Internally Displaced Peo-
ple in Colombia; 
(2) the Government of Colombia and the inter-
national donor community should be encouraged to 
prioritize discussion of humanitarian assistance and in-
ternal displacement with the international donor commu-
nity, especially within the context of the London- 
Cartagena Process; and 
(3) the Government of the United States should in-
crease the resources it makes available to provide emer-
gency humanitarian assistance and protection through
•HRES 426 EH 
international and civilian government agencies, and as-
sist Colombia’s internally displaced people in rebuilding 
their lives in a dignified, safe, and sustainable manner. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 429 EH 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived except 
those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. Notwith-
standing clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to the com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in 
order except those printed in the report of the Committee on 
Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment 
may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 
be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time speci-
fied in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All 
points of order against such amendments are waived except 
those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. At the con-
clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Com-
mittee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may 
demand 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 pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
amendments thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
•HRES 429 EH 
tion except one motion to recommit with or without instruc-
tions. 
SEC. 2. During consideration in the House of H.R. 1100 
pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the operation of 
the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consid-
eration of the bill to such time as may be designated by the 
Speaker. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1164 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to exempt certain repayments under 
the Civil Service Retirement System from the requirement that they 
be made with interest. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2009 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to exempt certain 
repayments under the Civil Service Retirement System 
from the requirement that they be made with interest. 
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 ‘‘CSRS Retirement Re-
payment Technical Correction Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN REPAYMENTS UNDER THE 
CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FROM 
THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY BE MADE 
WITH INTEREST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8334(d)(1) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(d)(1)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(d)(1)(A)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) No interest under subparagraph (A) shall be re-
quired in the case of any deposit to the extent that it rep-
resents the amount of any refund that was made to an 
employee or Member during the period beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 1990, and ending on February 28, 1991.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101–508). 
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gate regulations prohibiting transfer of a de-
tainee if such transfer would— 
(i) negatively affect an existing attor-
ney-client relationship; 
(ii) negatively affect the detainee’s 
legal proceedings, including merits or cal-
endar hearings, or a pending application 
with United States Citizenship and Immi-
gration Services or the Executive Office for 
Immigration Review, by— 
(I) limiting the detainee’s access 
to securing legal representation; 
(II) limiting the detainee’s ability 
to prepare a legal defense to removal; 
or 
(III) removing the detainee from 
the legal venue of such proceeding; 
(iii) negatively affect the detainee’s 
health and medical fitness; or 
(iv) to the extent it does not conflict 
with clauses (i), (ii), and (iii)— 
(I) place the detainee in a loca-
tion more distant from the detainee’s 
residence than the original detention 
location; or 
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(II) place the detainee in a loca-
tion more distant from family mem-
bers than the original detention loca-
tion. 
(B) 
NOTICE.—Unless 
exigent 
cir-
cumstances dictate an immediate transfer— 
(i) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall provide not less than 72 hours 
notice to any detainee prior to transferring 
the detainee to another detention facility; 
(ii) detainees shall be afforded at least 
one toll-free call following any transfer, 
and within 24 hours after the detainee’s 
arrival at the transferee facility, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall notify 
the detainee’s legal representative or if un-
represented, an adult family member or 
other person designated by the detainee, of 
the transfer and the detainee’s new loca-
tion; 
(iii) if removal proceedings are pend-
ing, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall also promptly notify the Immigration 
Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, or 
the Circuit Court of Appeals, as appro-
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IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 430 
Calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately 
release Dr. Haleh Esfandiari. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2007 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. GILCHREST, 
and Mr. ACKERMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran 
to immediately release Dr. Haleh Esfandiari. 
Whereas Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, Ph.D., holds dual citizenship 
in the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran; 
Whereas Dr. Esfandiari taught Persian language and lit-
erature for many years at Princeton University, where 
she inspired untold numbers of students to study the rich 
Persian language and culture; 
Whereas Dr. Esfandiari is a resident of the State of Mary-
land and the Director of the Middle East Program at the 
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 
Washington, DC (referred to in this preamble as the 
‘‘Wilson Center’’); 
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Whereas, for the past decade, Dr. Esfandiari has traveled to 
Iran twice a year to visit her ailing 93-year-old mother; 
Whereas, in December 2006, on her return to the airport 
during her last visit to Iran, Dr. Esfandiari was robbed 
by 3 masked, knife-wielding men, who stole her travel 
documents, luggage, and other effects; 
Whereas, when Dr. Esfandiari attempted to obtain replace-
ment travel documents in Iran, she was invited to an 
interview by a representative of the Ministry of Intel-
ligence of Iran; 
Whereas Dr. Esfandiari was interrogated by the Ministry of 
Intelligence for 7 to 8 hours per day; 
Whereas the questioning of the Ministry of Intelligence fo-
cused on the Middle East Program at the Wilson Center; 
Whereas Dr. Esfandiari answered all questions to the best of 
her ability, and the Wilson Center also provided extensive 
information to the Ministry in a good faith effort to aid 
Dr. Esfandiari; 
Whereas Lee Hamilton, former United States Representative 
and president of the Wilson Center, has written to the 
President of Iran to call his attention to Dr. Esfandiari’s 
dire situation; 
Whereas Mr. Hamilton repeated that the Wilson Center’s 
mission is to provide forums to exchange views and opin-
ions and not to take positions on issues, nor try to influ-
ence specific outcomes; 
Whereas the lengthy interrogations of Dr. Esfandiari by the 
Ministry of Intelligence of Iran stopped on February 14, 
2007, but she heard nothing for 10 weeks and was de-
nied her passport; 
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•HRES 437 EH 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary; and (2) 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. Upon the adoption of this resolution, the Speak-
er may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the 
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on 
the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2316) to provide more rigorous requirements with respect to 
disclosure and enforcement of lobbying laws and regulations, 
and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 
dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 
of rule XXI. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 
shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on the Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered 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 substitute recommended by the Committee on the 
Judiciary now printed in the bill. The committee amendment 
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All 
points of order against the committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute are waived except those arising under 
clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule 
XVIII, no amendment to the committee amendment in the
•HRES 430 IH 
Whereas, on May 7, 2007, Dr. Esfandiari was summoned to 
the Ministry of Intelligence and taken immediately to 
Evin prison, where she is currently being held; 
Whereas the Ministry of Intelligence has yet to produce any 
evidence of wrong-doing on Dr. Esfandiari’s behalf to 
justify its actions toward her; and 
Whereas the Government of Iran should immediately and un-
conditionally release Dr. Esfandiari and all other individ-
uals being detained for participating in the free exchange 
of scholarship and ideas: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives calls on the 
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to im-
mediately release Dr. Haleh Esfandiari, replace her 
lost travel documents, and cease its harassment tac-
tics; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that— 
(A) 
the 
United 
States 
Government, 
through all appropriate means and diplomatic 
channels, should encourage the Government of 
Iran to release Dr. Esfandiari and offer her an 
apology; and 
(B) the United States should coordinate its 
response with its allies throughout the Middle 
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•HRES 430 IH 
East, other governments, and all appropriate 
international organizations. 
Æ 
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‘‘(i) the person exporting or importing 
a qualifying drug into the United States 
under this section; or 
‘‘(ii) the person distributing, selling, 
or using a qualifying drug imported into 
the United States under this section. 
‘‘(B) DRUG DIFFERENCES.—It shall be an 
affirmative defense to a charge that a manufac-
turer has caused there to be a difference de-
scribed in subparagraph (G) of paragraph (1) 
that— 
‘‘(i) the difference was required by the 
country in which the drug is distributed; 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary has determined 
that the difference was necessary to im-
prove the safety or effectiveness of the 
drug; 
‘‘(iii) the person manufacturing the 
drug for distribution in the United States 
has given notice to the Secretary under 
subsection (g)(2)(B)(i) that the drug for 
distribution in the United States is not dif-
ferent from a drug for distribution in per-
mitted countries whose combined popu-
lation represents at least 50 percent of the 
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