datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(B) Lithium. 
(C) Scandium. 
(D) Cobalt. 
(E) Gallium. 
(F) Germanium. 
(G) Selenium. 
(H) Yttrium. 
(I) Ruthenium. 
(J) Rhodium. 
(K) Palladium. 
(L) Silver. 
(M) Indium. 
(N) Tellurium. 
(O) Lanthanum. 
(P) Rhenium. 
(Q) Osmium. 
(R) Iridium. 
(S) Platinum. 
(T) Cerium. 
(U) Praseodymium. 
(V) Neodymium. 
(W) Samarium. 
(X) Europium. 
(Y) Gadolinium. 
(Z) Terbium. 
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(AA) Dysprosium. 
(BB) Ytterbium. 
(CC) Lutetium. 
(DD) Any other element designated as an 
energy critical element by the Critical and Stra-
tegic Mineral Supply Chain Subcommittee of 
the National Science and Technology Council. 
(2) USGS.—The term ‘‘USGS’’ means the 
United States Geological Survey. 
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(1) The appropriate role of Fannie Mae and 
Freddie Mac in expanding homeownership and the 
appropriate role in helping the housing market re-
cover nationwide. 
(2) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s involve-
ment, if any, in the development of faulty risk 
standards and accounting practices and the creation 
and proliferation of the securitized mortgage instru-
ment, and how such instrument affected the solvency 
of such enterprises. 
(3) The role of the boards of directors of 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in developing and vot-
ing for the investment, accounting, and contracting 
policies of such enterprises, particularly as they re-
late to risk assessments, subprime mortgages, and 
the international securitization of mortgages. 
(4) Any board members, working committees, 
or executive officers responsible for making the deci-
sions to adapt or change risk assessments or grow 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s portfolios of 
subprime mortgage loans, a summary of actual 
board votes on the same, and the process that led 
to such decisions. 
(5) The decisions of the boards or executive of-
ficers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that contrib-
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2092 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax 
on indoor tanning services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2011 
Mr. GRIMM (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. GUINTA, Mr. STIVERS, 
Mr. WALBERG, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 
HUELSKAMP, Mr. HANNA, Mr. YODER, Mr. POMPEO, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. 
HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. TERRY, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. DENHAM, and Mr. ROG-
ERS of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal 
the excise tax on indoor tanning services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF EXCISE TAX ON INDOOR TANNING 
SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking chapter 49 and 
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by striking the item relating to such chapter in the table 
of chapters of such subtitle. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to services performed after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2095 
To establish a grant program to assist retail power providers with the estab-
lishment and operation of energy conservation programs using targeted 
residential tree-planting, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2011 
Ms. MATSUI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to assist retail power providers 
with the establishment and operation of energy conserva-
tion programs using targeted residential tree-planting, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Energy Conservation 
Through Trees Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2094 
To amend title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 to require the Secretary of Education to complete payments under 
such title to local educational agencies eligible for such payments within 
3 fiscal years. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2011 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. DICKS, Mr. GON-
ZALEZ, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. MORAN, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. 
KISSELL, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education 
to complete payments under such title to local edu-
cational agencies eligible for such payments within 3 
fiscal years. 
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 ‘‘Impact Aid Timely 
Repayment Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. TIMELY PAYMENTS. 
Section 8010 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7710) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) TIMELY PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall pay a local educational agency 
the full amount that the agency is eligible to receive 
under this title for a fiscal year not later than Sep-
tember 30 of the second fiscal year following the fis-
cal year for which such amount has been appro-
priated if, not later than 1 calendar year following 
the fiscal year in which such amount has been ap-
propriated, such local educational agency submits to 
the Secretary all the data and information necessary 
for the Secretary to pay the full amount that the 
agency is eligible to receive under this title for such 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS
WITH
RESPECT
TO
FISCAL 
YEARS IN WHICH INSUFFICIENT FUNDS ARE APPRO-
PRIATED.—For a fiscal year in which the amount 
appropriated under section 8014 is insufficient to 
pay the full amount a local educational agency is eli-
gible to receive under this title, paragraph (1) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘is available to pay the 
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agency’ for ‘the agency is eligible to receive’ each 
place it appears.’’. 
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(3) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(J) social and behavioral factors, includ-
ing human-computer interactions, usability, and 
user motivations.’’. 
SEC. 105. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CYBERSECU-
RITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY RESEARCH 
AREAS.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research 
and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘identity 
management,’’ after ‘‘cryptography,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (I), by inserting ‘‘, crimes 
against children, and organized crime’’ after ‘‘intel-
lectual property’’. 
(b) COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY RESEARCH 
GRANTS.—Section 4(a)(3) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
7403(a)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) and inserting the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(A) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
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gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any provision of Public Law 103–50, funds pro-
vided by such Act shall not be expended for 1993 crop
losses resulting from 1993 natural disasters, and claims
for assistance from funds provided by that Act by produc-
ers with 1990, 1991, and 1992 crop losses shall be paid
only to the extent such claims are filed by September 17,
1993.
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For an additional amount to repair damages to the
waterways and watersheds resulting from the Midwest
floods and other natural disasters of 1993, $25,000,000
$60,000,000, to remain available until June September 30,
1994 to carry out the Emergency Watershed Protection
Program of the Soil Conservation Service, of which
$25,000,000, shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by
the President to Congress: Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by Congress as an emergency re-
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quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That if the Secretary deter-
mines that the cost of land and levee restoration exceeds
the fair market value of an affected cropland, the Secretary
may use sufficient amounts from funds provided under this
head to accept bids from willing sellers to enroll such crop-
land inundated by the Midwest floods of 1993 in any of
the affected States in the Wetlands Reserve Program as au-
thorized by subchapter C of Chapter 1 of subtitle D of title
XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837).
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION
SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for salaries and expenses
of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service,
$12,000,000, to remain available until June 30, 1994, to
meet the needs arising from the Midwest floods and other
natural disasters: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for emergency expenses re-
sulting from the Midwest floods and other natural disas-
ters of 1993, $20,000,000 $30,000,000, to remain avail-
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(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the strategy devel-
oped under subsection (a), the Director shall give consid-
eration to activities that— 
(1) accelerate the development, in collaboration 
with the private sector, of standards that address 
interoperability and portability of cloud computing 
services; 
(2) advance the development of conformance 
testing performed by the private sector in support of 
cloud computing standardization; and 
(3) support, in consultation with the private 
sector, the development of appropriate security 
frameworks and reference materials, and the identi-
fication of best practices, for use by Federal agen-
cies to address security and privacy requirements to 
enable the use and adoption of cloud computing 
services, including activities— 
(A) to ensure the physical security of cloud 
computing data centers and the data stored in 
such centers; 
(B) to ensure secure access to the data 
stored in cloud computing data centers; 
(C) to develop security standards as re-
quired under section 20 of the National Insti-
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through (E) and inserting the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(A) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(B) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(C) $19,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.’’. 
(e) SCIENTIFIC
AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACT 
GRANTS.—Section 5(b)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
7404(b)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) and inserting the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(A) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(B) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(C) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2014.’’. 
(f) GRADUATE TRAINEESHIPS IN COMPUTER AND NET-
WORK SECURITY.—Section 5(c)(7) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
7404(c)(7)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) and inserting the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(A) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(B) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(C) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.’’. 
(g) 
CYBER
SECURITY
FACULTY
DEVELOPMENT 
TRAINEESHIP PROGRAM.—Section 5(e) of such Act (15 
U.S.C. 7404(e)) is repealed. 
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Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities 
Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide 
grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That 
any prior year balances for high cost energy grants author-
ized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with 
the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants Ac-
count: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 
not applicable to the funds made available under this head-
ing: Provided further, That any prior balances in the Rural 
Development, Rural Community Advancement Program ac-
count programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 
306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 
306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of such Act be 
transferred to and merged with this account and any other 
prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Commu-
nity Advancement Program account that the Secretary de-
termines is appropriate to transfer.
(3) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(J) social and behavioral factors, including 
human-computer interactions, usability, and 
user motivations.’’. 
SEC. 105. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CYBERSECU-
RITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY RESEARCH 
AREAS.—Section 4(a)(1) of the Cyber Security Research 
and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7403(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting ‘‘identity 
management,’’ after ‘‘cryptography,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (I), by inserting ‘‘, crimes 
against children, and organized crime’’ after ‘‘intel-
lectual property’’. 
(b) COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY RESEARCH 
GRANTS.—Section 4(a)(3) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
7403(a)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) and inserting the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(A) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(B) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2097 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the military housing 
allowance exclusion for purposes of determining area gross income in 
determining whether a residential rental property is a qualified residential 
rental property for purposes of the exempt facility bond rules, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2011 
Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand 
the military housing allowance exclusion for purposes 
of determining area gross income in determining whether 
a residential rental property is a qualified residential 
rental property for purposes of the exempt facility bond 
rules, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Military Families Af-
fordable Homes Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF HOUSING AL-
LOWANCE EXCLUSION FOR DETERMINING 
AREA MEDIAN GROSS INCOME FOR QUALI-
FIED RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROJECT EX-
EMPT FACILITY BONDS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (b) of section 3005 of 
the Housing Assistance Tax Act of 2008 is amended by 
striking ‘‘January 1, 2012’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘January 1, 2015’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
142(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in clause (iii)(I) by striking ‘‘qualified mili-
tary installation to which’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘December 31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘mili-
tary installation or facility’’, and 
(2) by striking clause (iv). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) SUBSECTION (a).—The amendments made 
by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of section 3005 of the Housing As-
sistance Tax Act of 2008. 
(2) SUBSECTION (b).—The amendments made 
by subsection (b) shall apply to— 
(A) determinations made after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and before January 
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1, 2015, in the case of any qualified building 
(as defined in section 142(d)(2)(B)(iii) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986)— 
(i) with respect to which housing cred-
it dollar amounts have been allocated on or 
before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, or 
(ii) with respect to buildings placed in 
service before such date of enactment, to 
the extent paragraph (1) of section 42(h) 
of such Code does not apply to such build-
ing by reason of paragraph (4) thereof, but 
only with respect to bonds issued before 
such date of enactment, and 
(B) determinations made after the date of 
enactment of this Act, in the case of qualified 
buildings (as so defined)— 
(i) with respect to which housing cred-
it dollar amounts are allocated after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and be-
fore January 1, 2015, or 
(ii) with respect to which buildings 
placed in service after the date of enact-
ment of this Act and before January 1, 
2015, to the extent paragraph (1) of sec-
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tion 42(h) of such Code does not apply to 
such building by reason of paragraph (4) 
thereof, but only with respect to bonds 
issued after such date of enactment and 
before January 1, 2015. 
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the amount allowable as a deduction under sub-
section (a) if—
‘‘(A) such distribution is received on or be-
fore the day prescribed by law (including exten-
sions of time) for filing such individual’s return
for such taxable year,
‘‘(B) no deduction is allowed under sub-
section (a) with respect to such excess contribu-
tion, and
‘‘(C) such distribution is accompanied by
the amount of net income attributable to such
excess contribution.
Any net income described in subparagraph (C) shall
be included in the gross income of the individual for
the taxable year in which such excess contribution
was made.
‘‘(e) TAX TREATMENT OF ACCOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) EXEMPTION
FROM
TAX.—An education
savings account is exempt from taxation under this
subtitle unless such account has ceased to be an
education savings account by reason of paragraph
(2) or (3). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence,
any such account is subject to the taxes imposed by
section 511 (relating to imposition of tax on unre-
(1) in every appropriate case, to contact in a 
timely fashion each person described in section 3(a), 
or the government with primary jurisdiction over 
such person, in order to afford such person, or such 
government, the opportunity to provide explanatory, 
exculpatory, or other additional information with re-
spect to the transfer that caused such person to be 
identified in a report submitted pursuant to section 
3(a); and 
(2) to exercise the authority described in sub-
section (a) in all cases in which information obtained 
from each person described in section 3(a), or from 
the government with primary jurisdiction over such 
person, establishes that the exercise of such author-
ity is warranted. 
(c) FORM OF TRANSMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the determination and report of the 
President under subsection (a) shall be transmitted 
in unclassified form. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The determination and report 
of the President under subsection (a) may be trans-
mitted in classified form if the President certifies to 
the appropriate congressional committees that it is
(8) The term ‘‘small employer’’ means an entity
actively engaged in business which, on at least 50
percent of its working days during the preceding
year, employed fewer than 100 full-time employees,
and includes a self-employed individual. For pur-
poses of determining if an employer is a small em-
ployer, rules similar to the rules of subsection (b)
and (c) of section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 shall apply.
(9) The term ‘‘small employer carrier’’ means a
carrier with respect to the issuance of a small em-
ployer health benefit plan.
(10) The term ‘‘small employer health benefit
plan’’ means an employer health benefit plan which
provides coverage to one or more full-time employees
of a small employer.
(11) The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 States,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, and American Samoa.
(12) The term ‘‘State commissioner of insur-
ance’’ includes a State superintendent of insurance.
‘‘(B) QUALIFYING EVENT.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A), the term ‘qualifying event’ 
means any event that satisfies clauses (i) and 
(ii). 
‘‘(i) EVENT.—An event satisfies this 
clause if the event is 1 or more of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(I) Windstorm (hurricane, cy-
clone, or tornado). 
‘‘(II) Earthquake (including any 
fire following). 
‘‘(III) Winter catastrophe (snow, 
ice, or freezing). 
‘‘(IV) Fire. 
‘‘(V) Tsunami. 
‘‘(VI) Flood. 
‘‘(VII) Volcanic eruption. 
‘‘(VIII) Hail. 
‘‘(ii) CATASTROPHE
DESIGNATION.— 
An event satisfies this clause if the event— 
‘‘(I) is designated a catastrophe 
by Property Claim Services or its suc-
cessor organization, 
‘‘(II) is declared by the President 
to be an emergency or disaster, or 
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