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TITLE I—MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC
ASSISTANCE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the United States share of the paid-in share portion
of the increases in capital stock for the General Capital In-
crease, $23,009,101, to remain available until expended.
LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without
fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion of the
United States share of increases in capital stock in an
amount not to exceed $743,923,914.
For payment to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, for the United States contribution to the Global Envi-
ronment Facility (GEF), $98,800,000, to remain available
until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
For payment to the International Development Asso-
ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,235,000,000,
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for the United States contribution to the replenishment, to
remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
CORPORATION
For payment to the International Finance Corpora-
tion by the Secretary of the Treasury, $68,743,028, for the
United States share of the increase in subscriptions to cap-
ital stock, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the amount appropriated under this heading not
more than $5,364,000 may be expended for the purchase
of such stock in fiscal year 1995.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT
BANK
For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank
by the Secretary of the Treasury for the United States
share of the paid-in share portion of the increase in capital
stock, $28,111,959, and for the United States share of the
increases in the resources of the Fund for Special Oper-
ations, $21,338,000, and for the United States share of the
capital stock of the Inter-American Investment Corporation,
$190,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That $25,269,224 of the amount made available for the
paid-in share portion of the increase in capital stock, and
$20,317,000 of the resources of the Fund for Special Oper-
ations shall be subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations.
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LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
The United States Governor of the Inter-American De-
velopment Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limita-
tion to the callable capital portion of the United States
share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$1,594,568,180.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS
MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT FUND
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multi-
lateral Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury,
for the United States contribution to the Fund to be admin-
istered 
by 
the 
Inter-American 
Development 
Bank,
$75,000,000 to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the United States contribution by the Secretary
of the Treasury to the increases in resources of the Asian
Development Fund, as authorized by the Asian Develop-
ment
Bank
Act,
as amended (Public Law 89–369),
$167,960,000, to remain available until expended.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
For payment to the African Development Fund by the
Secretary of the Treasury, $124,229,309, for the United
States contribution to the African Development Fund, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, $20,000,000 shall
(A) means a drug (as that term is defined 
in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)); and 
(B) includes any controlled substance (as 
that term is defined in section 102 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)). 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means an entity that is a State, local, or tribal 
government, a correctional institution, a law enforce-
ment agency, a community agency, a professional or-
ganization in the field of poison control and surveil-
lance, or a private nonprofit organization. 
(4) NATIONAL
POISON
DATA
SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘‘National Poison Data System’’ means the 
system operated by the American Association of Poi-
son Control Centers, in partnership with the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, for real-time 
local, State, and national electronic reporting, and 
the corresponding database network. 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other terri-
tory or possession of the United States. 
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(6) TRAINING.—The term ‘‘training’’ means 
any activity that is educational, instructional, or 
consultative in nature, and may include volunteer 
trainings, awareness building exercises, outreach to 
individuals who are at-risk of a drug overdose, and 
distribution of educational materials. 
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propriated herein shall be available solely for environ-
mental restoration.
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT, PART II
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base
Closure Account 1990 established by section 2906(a)(1)
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991
(Public Law 101–510), $265,700,000, to remain available
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
not 
less 
than
$138,700,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available solely for environmental restoration: Provided
further, That, in addition, not to exceed $133,000,000
may be transferred from ‘‘Homeowners Assistance Fund,
Defense’’ to ‘‘Base Realignment and Closure Account,
Part II’’, to be merged with, and to be available for the
same purposes and the same time period as that account.
BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACCOUNT, PART III
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base
Closure Account 1990 established by section 2906(a)(1)
of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1991
(Public Law 101–510), $2,322,858,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That not less than
$302,700,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available solely for environmental restoration.
ommendations for the closure or realignment of 
agencies and programs. 
(4) If the President approves all of the revised 
plan and recommendations of the Commission trans-
mitted to the President under paragraph (3), the 
President shall transmit a copy of such revised plan 
and recommendations to Congress, together with a 
certification of such approval. 
(5) If the President does not transmit to Con-
gress an approval and certification described in 
paragraph (2) or (4) by October 15 of any year in 
which the Commission has transmitted its plan and 
recommendations to the President under this sec-
tion, the process by which agencies and programs 
may be selected for realignment or elimination under 
this Act with respect to that year shall be termi-
nated. 
(e) CARRYFORWARD
OF GROUPING
AND EVALUA-
TION.—If the process by which agencies and programs 
may be selected for realignment or elimination under this 
Act with respect to a year is terminated under subsection 
(d)(5)— 
(1) if the termination occurs in 2013 or 2014, 
the grouping of agencies and programs evaluated 
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tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of a resolution described in sub-
section (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the 
extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 10. OFFSETTING RESCISSIONS. 
Of the unobligated balance of funds available for each 
of the following accounts, $3,000,000 is rescinded from 
each such account: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Office of the Secretary—General Depart-
mental Management’’. 
(2) ‘‘Agricultural Programs—Departmental Ad-
ministration’’. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Education—Departmental 
Management—Program Administration’’. 
(4) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment—Management and Administration—Admin-
istration, Operations, and Management’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6312 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to place certain synthetic drugs 
in Schedule I. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Mrs. EMERSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to place certain 
synthetic drugs in Schedule I. 
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 ‘‘Synthetic Cathinones 
Control Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITION OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS TO SCHEDULE I 
OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. 
Schedule I of section 202(c) of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)) is amended in subsection 
(c) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(29) 
3,4-methylenedioxymethcathinone 
(methylone). 
‘‘(30) Naphthylpyrovalerone (naphyrone). 
‘‘(31) 4-fluoromethcathinone (flephedrone). 
‘‘(32) 4-methoxymethcathinone (methedrone; 
Bk–PMMA). 
‘‘(33) Ethcathinone (N-ethylcathinone). 
‘‘(34) 
3,4-methylenedioxyethcathinone 
(ethylone). 
‘‘(35) 
Beta-keto-N-methyl-3,4- 
benzodioxyolybutanamine (butylone). 
‘‘(36) 
N,N-dimethylcathinone 
(metamfepramone). 
‘‘(37) Alpha-pyrrolidinopropiophenone (alpha- 
PPP). 
‘‘(38) 4-methoxy-alphapyrrolidinopropiophenone 
(MOPPP). 
‘‘(39) 
3,4- 
methylenedioxyalphapyrrolidinopropiophenone 
(MDPPP). 
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‘‘(40) Alpha-pyrrolidinovalerophenone (alpha- 
PVP). 
‘‘(41) 6,7-dihydro-5H-indeno[5,6-d][1,3]dioxol- 
6-amine (MDAI). 
‘‘(42) 3-fluoromethcathinone. 
‘‘(43) 
4′-methyl-α-pyrrolidinobutiophenone 
(MPBP).’’. 
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I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1335
To provide for the extension of a hydroelectric project located in the State
of West Virginia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 28, 1995
Mr. MOLLOHAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To provide for the extension of a hydroelectric project located
in the State of West Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time period
specified in section 13 of the Federal Power Act (16
U.S.C. 806) that would otherwise apply to the Federal En-
ergy Regulatory Commission project numbered 7307, the
Commission shall, upon the request of the licensee for the
project, in accordance with the good faith, due diligence,
and public interest requirements of that section and the
each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘and depository institution holding companies’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or nonbank financial 
companies supervised by the Board of Gov-
ernors’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or the primary finan-
cial regulatory agency in the case of 
nonbank financial companies supervised by 
the Board of Governors’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or by nonbank finan-
cial companies supervised by the Board of 
Governors’’ each place such term appears; 
and 
(ii) by adding a period at the end. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1956.— 
The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 
1841 et seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 13 (12 U.S.C. 1851)— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking para-
graph (2); 
(ii) in subsection (b)(2)(B)— 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6318 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New Jersey, as the ‘‘Staff 
Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Mr. GARRETT (for himself, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. 
SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. LANCE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. 
SIRES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in Waldwick, New 
Jersey, as the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post 
Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STAFF SERGEANT JOSEPH D’AUGUSTINE POST 
OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1 Walter Hammond Place in 
Waldwick, New Jersey, shall be known and designated as 
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the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office 
Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Joseph 
D’Augustine Post Office Building’’. 
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against the tax imposed by subsection (a) on wages 
paid with respect to the employment of all employees 
of the qualified small business for days in an appli-
cable calendar quarter an amount equal to the pay-
roll tax credit portion of the research credit deter-
mined under section 41(a). 
‘‘(2) CARRYOVER OF UNUSED CREDIT.—In any 
case in which the payroll tax credit portion of the re-
search credit determined under section 41(a) exceeds 
the tax imposed under subsection (a) for an applica-
ble calendar quarter— 
‘‘(A) the succeeding calendar quarter shall 
be treated as an applicable calendar quarter, 
and 
‘‘(B) the amount of credit allowed under 
paragraph (1) shall be reduced by the amount 
of credit allowed under such paragraph for all 
preceding applicable calendar quarters. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION
OF
CREDIT
FOR
CON-
TROLLED
GROUPS, 
ETC.—In 
determining 
the 
amount of the credit under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) all persons treated as a single tax-
payer under section 41 shall be treated as a 
single taxpayer under this section, and 
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‘‘(B) the credit (if any) allowable by this 
section to each such member shall be its pro-
portionate share of the qualified research ex-
penses, basic research payments, and amounts 
paid or incurred to energy research consor-
tiums, giving rise to the credit allowable under 
section 41. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section— 
‘‘(A) APPLICABLE CALENDAR QUARTER.— 
The term ‘applicable calendar quarter’ means— 
‘‘(i) the first calendar quarter fol-
lowing the date on which the qualified 
small business files a return under section 
6012 for the taxable year for which the 
payroll tax credit portion of the research 
credit under section 41(a) is determined, 
and 
‘‘(ii) any succeeding calendar quarter 
treated as an applicable calendar quarter 
under paragraph (2)(A). 
‘‘For purposes of determining the date on 
which a return is filed, rules similar to the rules 
of section 6513 shall apply. 
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(1) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘;’’;
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding the following new paragraph:
‘‘(11) measures taken by the PLO to prevent acts
of terrorism, crime and hostilities and to legally pun-
ish offenders, as called for in the Gaza-Jericho agree-
ment of May 4, 1994.’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1995’’.
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘An Act making ap-
propriations for foreign operations, export financing, and
related programs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 25, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 631 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a base minimum 
wage for tipped employees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2011 
Ms. EDWARDS (for herself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. NADLER, 
Mr. TONKO, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish 
a base minimum wage for tipped employees. 
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 ‘‘Working for Adequate 
Gains for Employment in Services Act’’ or ‘‘WAGES 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES. 
Section 3(m)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(1)) is amended by adding before 
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the semicolon the following: ‘‘, except that, for purposes 
of this paragraph, the cash wage paid such employee shall 
be not less than— 
‘‘(A) $3.75 an hour beginning 90 days 
after the date of enactment of the Working for 
Adequate Gains for Employment in Services 
Act; 
‘‘(B) $5.00 an hour beginning 1 year after 
the date on which the change required by sub-
paragraph (A) takes effect; and 
‘‘(C) beginning 2 years after the date on 
which the change required by subparagraph (A) 
takes effect and adjusted as necessary there-
after, 70 percent of the wage in effect under 
section 6(a)(1) but in no case less than $5.50 
an hour.’’. 
SEC. 3. PUBLICATION OF NOTICE. 
Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) Not later than 10 days prior to the effective date 
of any increase in the minimum wage for tipped employees 
in accordance with section 3(m)(1), the Secretary shall 
publish (in the Federal Register and on the Internet 
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website of the Department of Labor) a notice announcing 
the adjusted required wage.’’. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4428
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to maintain the existing capacity of the Department of Veterans
Affairs to provide specialized services to disabled veterans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 16, 1994
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to maintain the existing capac-
ity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide
specialized services to disabled veterans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SPECIAL-
IZED TREATMENT CAPACITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 73 of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7318
the following new section:
‘‘§ 7319. Specialized treatment services: preservation
of Department capacities
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall ensure that the Department
maintains the capacity to provide for the specialized treat-
ment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans (includ-
ing veterans with spinal cord dysfunction, blindness, and
mental illness) within distinct programs or facilities of the
Department that are dedicated to the specialized needs of
those veterans in a manner that affords those veterans
reasonable access to care and services for those specialized
needs.
‘‘(b) The Secretary shall ensure that overall capacity
of the Department to provide such specialized services is
not reduced below the capacity of the Department, nation-
wide, to provide those services, as of the date of the enact-
ment of this section. Nothing in this section precludes the
Secretary from expanding the number or type of facilities
or programs that provide treatment and rehabilitation
services for the specialized needs of such veterans, includ-
ing provision of specialized services on an outpatient
basis.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 7318 the following new
item:
‘‘7319. Specialized treatment services: preservation of Department capacities.’’.