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(B) mandates that conservation of forest 
and forest land is the single-most significant 
use of the forest and forest land, and 
(C) requires that timber harvesting be con-
sistent with— 
(i) restoring and maintaining ref-
erence conditions for the region’s ecotype, 
(ii) restoring and maintaining a rep-
resentative sample of young, mid, and late 
successional forest age classes, 
(iii) maintaining or restoring the re-
sources’ ecological health for purposes of 
preventing damage from fire, insect, or dis-
ease, 
(iv) maintaining or enhancing wildlife 
or fish habitat, or 
(v) enhancing research opportunities 
in sustainable renewable resource uses. 
(2) CONSERVATION
RESTRICTION.—The con-
servation restriction described in this paragraph is a 
restriction which— 
(A) is granted in perpetuity to an unre-
lated person which is described in section 
170(h)(3) of such Code and which, in the case
Union Calendar No. 238
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3028
[Report No. 106–412]
A BILL
To amend certain trademark laws to prevent the
misappropriation of marks.
OCTOBER 25, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
confirmation will remain tentative 
until a final confirmation or noncon-
firmation 
is 
provided 
by 
the 
verification system within the time pe-
riod specified. In no case shall an em-
ployer terminate employment of an in-
dividual because of a failure of the in-
dividual to have identity and work eli-
gibility confirmed under this section 
until a nonconfirmation becomes final. 
Nothing in this clause shall apply to a 
termination of employment for any 
reason other than because of such a 
failure. In no case shall an employer 
rescind the offer of employment to an 
individual because of a failure of the 
individual to have identity and work 
eligibility confirmed under this sub-
section until a nonconfirmation be-
comes final. Nothing in this subclause 
shall apply to a recission of the offer 
of employment for any reason other 
than because of such a failure. 
‘‘(III) FINAL CONFIRMATION OR 
NONCONFIRMATION
RECEIVED.—If a 
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1ST SESSION
H. R. 2295
AN ACT
Making appropriations for foreign operations, ex-
port financing, and related programs for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 1994, and making
supplemental appropriations for such programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993,
and for other purposes.
or contiguous area and how adoption of the particular fuel 
revision would effect supply opportunities during reason-
ably foreseeable supply distribution emergencies. 
‘‘(IV) The Administrator, in consultation with the 
Secretary, shall develop a plan to harmonize the currently 
approved fuels in State implementation plans with the 
fuels included on the Federal Fuels List and shall promul-
gate implementing regulations for this plan not later than 
18 months after enactment of this subclause. This harmo-
nization shall be fully implemented by the States by De-
cember 31, 2008.’’. 
(b) STUDY.—Section 1541(c)(2) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) FOCUS OF STUDY.—The primary focus of 
the study required under paragraph (1) shall be to 
determine how to develop a Federal fuels system 
that maximizes motor fuel fungibility and supply, 
preserves air quality standards, and reduces motor 
fuel price volatility that results from the prolifera-
tion of boutique fuels, and to recommend to Con-
gress such legislative changes as are necessary to 
implement such a system. The study should include 
the impacts on overall energy supply, distribution, 
and use as a result of the legislative changes rec-
ommended. The study should include an analysis of
the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a man-
datory reduction in the number of fuels to 6, includ-
ing one Federal diesel fuel, one other diesel fuel, one 
conventional gasoline for ozone attainment areas, 
one reformulated gasoline (RFG) meeting the re-
quirements of subsection (k), and 2 additional gaso-
lines with Reid vapor pressure (RVP) controls for 
use in ozone nonattainment areas of varying degrees 
of severity.’’. 
SEC. 108. ATTAINMENT DATES FOR DOWNWIND OZONE 
NONATTAINMENT AREAS. 
Section 181 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7511) 
is amended by adding the following new subsection at the 
end thereof: 
‘‘(d) EXTENDED ATTAINMENT DATE FOR CERTAIN 
DOWNWIND AREAS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘upwind area’ means an 
area that—
‘‘(i) affects nonattainment in another 
area, hereinafter referred to as a downwind 
area; and 
‘‘(ii) is either—
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 369 
To provide for greater recognition of Veterans Day each year. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 26, 2005 
Mr. BACA (for himself, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CALVERT, 
Mr. FILNER, and Mr. MEEKS of New York) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide for greater recognition of Veterans Day each 
year. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Veterans of service in the Armed Forces 
have served the Nation with honor and at great per-
sonal sacrifice. 
(2) The American people owe the security of 
the Nation to those who have defended it.
(3) On Memorial Day each year, the Nation 
honors those who lost their lives in service to the 
Nation. 
(4) On Veterans Day each year, the Nation 
honors those who have defended democracy by serv-
ing in the Armed Forces. 
(5) The observance of Memorial Day and Vet-
erans Day is an expression of faith in democracy, 
faith in American values, and faith that those who 
fight for freedom will defeat those whose cause is 
unjust. 
(6) Section 116(a) of title 36, United States 
Code, provides that ‘‘The last Monday in May is Me-
morial Day’’ and section 116(b) of that title re-
quests the President to issue a proclamation each 
year— 
(A) calling on the people of the United 
States to observe Memorial Day by praying, ac-
cording to their individual religious faith, for 
permanent peace; 
(B) designating a period of time on Memo-
rial Day during which the people may unite in 
prayer for a permanent peace; 
(C) calling on the people of the United 
States to unite in prayer at that time; and
(D) calling on the media to join in observ-
ing Memorial Day and the period of prayer. 
(7) Section 4 of the National Moment of Re-
membrance Act (Public Law 106–579) provides, 
‘‘The minute beginning at 3:00 p.m. (local time) on 
Memorial Day each year is designated as the ‘Na-
tional Moment of Remembrance’ ’’. 
(8) Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States 
Code, provides that ‘‘Memorial Day, the last Monday 
in May’’ and ‘‘Veteran’s Day, November 11’’ are 
legal public holidays. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ACTIVI-
TIES RELATING TO VETERANS DAY. 
Congress— 
(1) encourages Americans to demonstrate their 
support for veterans on Veterans Day each year by 
treating that day as a special day of reflection; and 
(2) encourages houses of worship and other in-
stitutions to ring bells at 11:00 AM (local time) on 
Veterans Day each year and the American people to 
then observe a moment of reflection in recognition of 
those persons who have served as members of the 
Armed Forces.
SEC. 3. PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION. 
The President is authorized and requested to issue 
a proclamation each year in connection with the observ-
ance of Veterans Day calling on the people of the United 
States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies 
and activities. 
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‘‘(I) a nonattainment area with a 
later attainment date than the down-
wind area, or 
‘‘(II) an area in another State 
that the Administrator has found to 
be significantly contributing to non-
attainment in the downwind area in 
violation of section 110(a)(2)(D) and 
for which the Administrator has es-
tablished requirements through notice 
and comment rulemaking to eliminate 
the emissions causing such significant 
contribution. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘current classification’ 
means the classification of a downwind area 
under this section at the time of the determina-
tion under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding the provi-
sions of subsection (b)(2) of this section, a down-
wind area that is not in attainment within 18 
months of the attainment deadline required under 
this section may seek an extension of time to come 
into attainment by petitioning the Administrator for 
such an extension. If the Administrator—
of a nongovernmental unit, is organized and op-
erated for conservation purposes, 
(B) meets the requirements of clause (ii) 
or (iii)(II) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of such 
Code, 
(C) obligates the qualified organization to 
pay the costs incurred by the holder of the con-
servation restriction in monitoring compliance 
with such restriction, and 
(D) requires an increasing level of con-
servation benefits to be provided whenever cir-
cumstances allow it. 
(3) 
QUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term 
‘‘qualified organization’’ means an organization— 
(A) which is a nonprofit organization sub-
stantially all the activities of which are chari-
table, scientific, or educational, including ac-
quiring, protecting, restoring, managing, and 
developing forest lands and other renewable re-
sources for the long-term charitable, edu-
cational, scientific and public benefit, 
(B) more than half of the value of the 
property of which consists of forests and forest 
land acquired with the proceeds from qualified 
forest conservation bonds,
(C) which periodically conducts educational 
programs designed to inform the public of envi-
ronmentally sensitive forestry management and 
conservation techniques, 
(D) which has at all times a board of di-
rectors— 
(i) at least 20 percent of the members 
of which represent the holders of the con-
servation restriction described in para-
graph (2), 
(ii) at least 20 percent of the mem-
bers of which are public officials, and 
(iii) not more than one-third of the 
members of which are individuals who are 
or were at any time within 5 years before 
the beginning of a term of membership on 
the board, an employee of, independent 
contractor with respect to, officer of, direc-
tor of, or held a material financial interest 
in, a commercial forest products enterprise 
with which the qualified organization has a 
contractual or other financial arrangement, 
(E) the bylaws of which require at least 
two-thirds of the members of the board of direc-
tors to vote affirmatively to approve the quali-
469(d)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘sub-
part D’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart D, other than section 
40(a)(3),’’. 
(c) SMALL
ETHANOL
PRODUCER
CREDIT
NOT 
ADDED BACK TO INCOME UNDER SECTION 87.—Section 
87 of such Code (relating to income inclusion of alcohol 
fuel credit) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 87. ALCOHOL FUEL CREDIT. 
‘‘Gross income includes—
‘‘(1) the amount of the alcohol mixture credit 
determined with respect to the taxpayer for the tax-
able year under section 40(a)(1), 
‘‘(2) the alcohol credit determined with respect 
to the taxpayer for the taxable year under section 
40(a)(2), and 
‘‘(3) the biodiesel fuels credit determined with 
respect to the taxpayer for the taxable year under 
section 40A(a).’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2887 
AN ACT 
To provide an extension of surface and air transportation 
programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(b) AMOUNT OF REBATE.—The amount of any rebate 
paid pursuant to this section with respect to any sale of 
crude oil to a qualified small refinery—
(1) shall reflect the actual costs of transporting 
such oil from the point of origin to the qualified 
small refinery; and 
(2) shall not exceed $4.50 per barrel of oil sold. 
(c) SUBJECT
TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The require-
ment to pay rebates under this section is subject to the 
availability of funds provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts. 
(d) TERMINATION.—This section and any regulations 
issued under this section shall not apply on and after any 
date on which the Secretary of Energy determines that 
United States domestic refining capacity is sufficient. 
(e) QUALIFIED SMALL REFINERY DEFINED.—In this 
section the term ‘‘qualified small refinery’’ means a refin-
ery of a small business refiner (as that term is defined 
in section 45H(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986) that demonstrates to the Secretary of the Interior 
that it had unused crude oil processing capacity in 2004. 
SEC. 110. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO STREAM-
LINING PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator shall study ways to 
streamline the paperwork requirements associated with
351; 114 U.S.C. 1362; 16 U.S.C. 431 note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) EXPANSION OF BOUNDARIES.—In addition to 
the land described in subsection (c), the boundaries of the 
National Monument shall include the following lands iden-
tified as additions to the National Monument on the map 
entitled ‘Santa Rosa-San Jacinto National Monument Ex-
pansion and Santa Rosa Wilderness Addition’, and dated 
March 12, 2007: 
‘‘(1) The ‘Santa Rosa Peak Area Monument 
Expansion’. 
‘‘(2) The ‘Snow Creek Area Monument Expan-
sion’. 
‘‘(3) The ‘Tahquitz Peak Area Monument Ex-
pansion’. 
‘‘(4) The ‘Southeast Area Monument Expan-
sion’, which is designated as wilderness in section 
512(d), and is thus incorporated into, and shall be 
deemed part of, the San Rosa Wilderness.’’. 
SEC. 532. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE SANTA ROSA 
AND SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS NATIONAL 
MONUMENT ACT OF 2000. 
Section 7(d) of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains National Monument Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106–351; 114 U.S.C. 1362; 16 U.S.C. 431 note) is 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3911 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt members of the 
Armed Forces from naturalization requirements relating to English lan-
guage, knowledge of government, good moral character, and period of 
service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 
Mr. GERLACH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt 
members of the Armed Forces from naturalization re-
quirements relating to English language, knowledge of 
government, good moral character, and period of service. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES FROM CERTAIN NATURALIZATION 
REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ENGLISH LANGUAGE, KNOWLEDGE OF GOVERN-
MENT, AND GOOD MORAL CHARACTER.—Section 328(b)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1439(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) the requirements of sections 312(a) and 
316(a)(3) shall not apply.’’. 
(b) PERIOD OF SERVICE.—Section 328(a) of such 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1439) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for a period or periods aggre-
gating one year,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘within six months’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘at any time’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and apply to applications for 
naturalization filed on, before, or after such date. 
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(5) APPELLATE JURISDICTION.—Section 23A of 
the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 
U.S.C. 1613a) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘District Court of the Vir-
gin Islands’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘United States District Court for the District 
of the Virgin Islands’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘pursu-
ant to section 24(a) of this Act: Provided, That 
no more than one of them may be a judge of 
a court established by local law.’’ and inserting 
‘‘pursuant to chapter 13 of title 28, United 
States Code, or a recalled senior judge of the 
former District Court of the Virgin Islands. 
The chief judge of the United States Court of 
Appeals for the Third Circuit may assign to the 
appellate division a judge of a court of record 
of the Virgin Islands, except that no more than 
1 of the judges sitting in the appellate division 
at any session may be a judge of a court estab-
lished by local law.’’. 
(r) ADDITIONAL REFERENCES.—Any reference in 
any provision of law to the ‘‘District Court of the Virgin 
Islands’’ shall, on and after the effective date of this sec-
tion, be deemed to be a reference to the United States 
District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands. 
(s) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect at the end 
of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. Any complaint or proceeding pending 
in the District Court of the Virgin Islands on the effective 
date of this section may be pursued to final determination 
in the United States District Court for the District of the 
Virgin Islands, the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Third Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Federal Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United 
States. 
SEC. 105. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in section 104(s), this title and 
the amendments made by this title shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE II—BANKRUPTCY 
JUDGESHIPS 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Enhanced Bankruptcy 
Judgeship Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL BANKRUPTCY 
JUDGESHIPS. 
The following judgeships shall be filled in the manner 
prescribed in section 152(a)(1) of title 28, United States 
Code, for the appointment of bankruptcy judges provided 
for in section 152(a)(2) of such title: 
(1) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern and western districts of Arkansas. 
(2) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern district of California. 
(3) 2 additional bankruptcy judgeships for the 
middle district of Florida. 
(4) 2 additional bankruptcy judgeships for the 
northern district of Georgia. 
(5) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
southern district of Georgia. 
(6) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern district of Kentucky. 
(7) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of Maryland. 
(8) 3 additional bankruptcy judgeships for the 
eastern district of Michigan. 
(9) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
southern district of New York. 
(10) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
western district of Pennsylvania.
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4519 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 17, 2005 
Received 
JANUARY 27, 2006 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions 
AN ACT 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend funding 
for the operation of State high risk health insurance pools. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(11) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
western district of Tennessee. 
(12) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
eastern district of Texas. 
(13) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of Utah. 
SEC. 203. TEMPORARY BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION FOR ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY 
BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS.—The following judgeships 
shall be filled in the manner prescribed in section 
152(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, for the appoint-
ment of bankruptcy judges provided for in section 
152(a)(2) of such title: 
(1) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
northern district of Florida. 
(2) 2 additional bankruptcy judgeships for the 
middle district of Florida. 
(3) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
northern district of Indiana. 
(4) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
northern district of Mississippi. 
(5) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
district of Nevada. 
(6) 1 additional bankruptcy judgeship for the 
western district of North Carolina.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3293
AN ACT
To amend the law that authorized the Vietnam Vet-
erans Memorial to authorize the placement with-
in the site of the memorial of a plaque to honor
those Vietnam veterans who died after their serv-
ice in the Vietnam war, but as a direct result of
that service.
‘‘(1) BUDGETARY LEVELS WITH RESPECT TO 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—For 
purposes of enforcing any point of order under sub-
section (a)(1), the extent to which there is a deficit 
for any fiscal year shall be determined on the basis 
of budgetary aggregates set forth in the later of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget, as reported, or 
in the conference report on the concurrent resolution 
on the budget, adjusted to the maximum extent al-
lowable under all procedures that allow budgetary 
aggregates to be adjusted for legislation that would 
cause a decrease in any surplus or an increase in 
any deficit for any fiscal year covered by the concur-
rent resolution on the budget (other than procedures 
described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)). 
‘‘(2) CURRENT
LEVELS
WITH
RESPECT
TO 
SPENDING AND TAX LEGISLATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of en-
forcing subsection (a)(2), the extent to which 
there is a deficit for any fiscal year shall be— 
‘‘(i) calculated using the following as-
sumptions— 
‘‘(I) direct spending and revenue 
levels at the baseline levels underlying
the most recently agreed to concur-
rent resolution on the budget; and 
‘‘(II) for the budget year, discre-
tionary spending levels at current law 
levels and, for outyears, discretionary 
spending levels at the baseline levels 
underlying the most recently agreed to 
concurrent resolution on the budget; 
and 
‘‘(ii) adjusted for changes in the sur-
plus or deficit levels set forth in the most 
recently agreed to concurrent resolution on 
the budget pursuant to procedures in such 
resolution that authorize adjustments in 
budgetary aggregates for updated economic 
and technical assumptions in the mid-ses-
sion report of the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office. 
Such revisions shall be included in the first cur-
rent level report on the congressional budget 
submitted for publication in the Congressional 
Record after the release of such mid-session re-
port. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER AND APPEAL.—Subsection (a) may be 
waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and 
sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members 
of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required 
in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the 
Chair on a point of order raised under this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 316 in the table of contents set forth in section 
1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Safeguarding social security surpluses.’’. 
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