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Union Calendar No. 394 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3930 
[Report No. 110–632] 
To provide for a land exchange involving State land and Bureau of Land 
Management land in Chavez and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico, 
and to establish the Lesser Prairie Chicken National Habitat Preserva-
tion Area, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2007 
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
MAY 13, 2008 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 23, 2007] 
A BILL 
To provide for a land exchange involving State land and 
Bureau of Land Management land in Chavez and Dona 
Ana Counties, New Mexico, and to establish the Lesser 
Prairie Chicken National Habitat Preservation Area, and 
for other purposes. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3012 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income 
health care subsidy payments made to employers by local governments 
on behalf of volunteer firefighters. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2005 
Mr. ANDREWS 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 exclude 
from gross income health care subsidy payments made 
to employers by local governments on behalf of volunteer 
firefighters. 
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 ‘‘Volunteer Firefighters’ 
Protection Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF HEALTH CARE SUBSIDY PAYMENTS 
MADE ON BEHALF OF VOLUNTEER FIRE-
FIGHTERS. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Part III of subchapter B of 
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to items specifically excluded from gross income) is 
amended by inserting after section 139A the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 139B. HEALTH CARE SUBSIDY PAYMENTS MADE ON 
BEHALF OF VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of an employer, 
gross income does not include amounts received in a tax-
able year as a qualified health care subsidy payment. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED
HEALTH
CARE
SUBSIDY
PAY-
MENT.—For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘quali-
fied health care subsidy payment’ means a payment 
which— 
‘‘(1) is made by a political subdivision of a 
State to the taxpayer under a qualified volunteer 
firefighter agreement, and 
‘‘(2) does not exceed the aggregate of the appli-
cable premiums (within the meaning of section 
4980B(f)(4)) for insurance which constitutes med-
ical care (as defined in section 213(d)) for the em-
ployees of such taxpayer who are qualified volunteer 
firefighters, their spouses, and dependents.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER AGREE-
MENT.—The term ‘qualified volunteer firefighter agree-
ment’ means an agreement entered into between the tax-
payer and a political subdivision of a State under which— 
‘‘(1) the taxpayer allows the employees who are 
qualified volunteer firefighters to be on call while at 
work for the taxpayer for such hours as the taxpayer 
and employees may agree, and 
‘‘(2) the taxpayer agrees not to demote or fire 
any such employee as a result of work missed under 
such agreement. 
‘‘(d) QUALIFIED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER.—For 
purposes of this section, the term ‘qualified volunteer fire-
fighter’ means an individual who, at all times during the 
taxable year, with respect to firefighting qualifications is 
a member in good standing of a qualified volunteer fire 
department (as defined in section 150(e)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such part is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 139A the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 139B. Health care subsidy payments made on behalf of volunteer fire-
fighters.’’. 
(c) 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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SEC. 2. REGULATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the President shall promul-
gate a regulation providing for the temporary mandatory 
allocation of crude oil. Included in this regulation shall 
be a provision stipulating that the retail sale of gasoline 
may not exceed $2.50 per gallon. 
(b) PROVISIONS.—The regulation under subsection 
(a), to the maximum extent practicable, shall provide 
for— 
(1) protection of public health, safety, and wel-
fare (including maintenance of residential heating 
and cooling), and the national defense and homeland 
security; 
(2) maintenance of all public services (including 
facilities and services provided by municipally, coop-
eratively, or investor-owned utilities by any State or 
local government or authority, and including trans-
portation facilities and services which serve the pub-
lic at large; 
(3) maintenance of agricultural operations; 
(4) the prevention of undue economic harm to 
the retail and wholesale industry; 
(5) preservation of an economically sound and 
competitive petroleum industry; 
(6) economic efficiency;
(7) minimization of economic distortion, inflexi-
bility, and unnecessary interference with market 
mechanisms; 
(8) protection of the environment; and 
(9) energy conservation. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The President shall re-
port to Congress not later than 30 days after the promul-
gation of allocation regulations under section 2. 
(b) CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS.—The President may 
change the allocation of crude oil, residual oil, and refined 
petroleum products as often as necessary, after notifica-
tion to the Congress. 
(c) CRITERIA.—The President shall direct the Sec-
retary of Energy to develop criteria for determining the 
length of the mandatory allocation of crude oil, residual 
oil, and refined petroleum products under this Act, not 
to exceed one year. 
(d) FUTURE FUEL EMERGENCIES.—The Secretary 
of Energy shall develop criteria for declaring a fuel emer-
gency in the future. In the event of such an emergency, 
the authority for mandatory allocation of crude oil, resid-
ual oil, and refined petroleum products under this Act 
shall be revived. 
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(for purposes of section 1336), the Director shall consider 
a mortgagor’s income to be the income of the mortgagor at 
the time of origination of the mortgage. 
‘‘(f) CONSIDERATION OF PROPERTIES WITH RENTAL 
UNITS.—Mortgages financing 1-to-4 unit owner-occupied 
properties shall count toward the achievement of the single- 
family housing goal under this section, if such properties 
otherwise meet the requirements under this section notwith-
standing the use of 1 or more units for rental purposes. 
‘‘SEC. 1333. SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING REFINANCE GOALS. 
‘‘(a) PREPAYMENT OF EXISTING LOANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
annual goals for the purchase by each enterprise of 
mortgages on conventional, conforming, single-family, 
owner-occupied housing given to pay off or prepay an 
existing loan served by the same property for each of 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Low-income families. 
‘‘(B) Families that reside in low-income 
areas. 
‘‘(C) Very low-income families. 
‘‘(2) GOALS AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REFI-
NANCING
MORTGAGE
PURCHASES.—The goals de-
scribed under paragraph (1) shall be established as a 
percentage of the total number of single-family dwell-
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3723 
To require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
provide certain individuals or households affected by Hurricane Katrina 
in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida, with financial assistance 
and direct services under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster and Emergency 
Assistance Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for herself, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, 
Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. MICA, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. 
SHAW, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ- 
BALART of Florida, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. MIL-
LER of Florida, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. KELLER, Ms. 
HARRIS, Mr. MACK, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. 
CRENSHAW, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. BOYD, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. YOUNG of Flor-
ida, and Mr. WELDON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency to provide certain individuals or households 
affected by Hurricane Katrina in Miami-Dade and 
Broward Counties, Florida, with financial assistance and 
direct services under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
and Emergency Assistance Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBIT STATE MINIMUM THRESHOLD. 
Notwithstanding the individual assistance factors de-
scribed in part 206.48(b) of title 44, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, the Director of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency shall provide assistance and services de-
scribed in section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) 
to individuals or households in Miami-Dade and Broward 
Counties, Florida, who suffered home destruction or se-
vere damage from Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3014 
To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, regarding leasing of the Moses 
Allotments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2005 
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Act of August 9, 1955, regarding leasing 
of the Moses Allotments. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT RELATED TO MOSES ALLOT-
MENTS. 
The first section of the Act of August 9, 1955 (69 
Stat. 539; 25 U.S.C. 415), is amended by striking ‘‘and 
the lands comprising the Moses Allotment Numbered 10, 
Chelan County, Washington,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘and the lands comprising the Moses Allotment Numbered
8 and the Moses Allotment Numbered 10, Chelan County, 
Washington’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3724 
To waive the individual and corporate income limitations for charitable 
contributions for the relief of victims of Hurricane Katrina. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 
Mr. WICKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To waive the individual and corporate income limitations 
for charitable contributions for the relief of victims of 
Hurricane Katrina. 
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 ‘‘Charitable Donation 
Relief Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE INCOME LIMITA-
TIONS NOT TO APPLY TO CHARITABLE CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR RELIEF OF VICTIMS OF 
HURRICANE KATRINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of charitable contribu-
tions for the relief of victims of Hurricane Katrina, the 
50 percent limitation in paragraph (1) and the 10 percent 
limitation in paragraph (2) of section 170(b) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to percentage limita-
tions) shall not apply to contributions made after August 
28, 2005, and before January 1, 2006. 
(b) CARRYOVER.—Contributions subject to sub-
section (a) shall not be taken into account under section 
170(d) of such Code (relating to carryovers of excess con-
tributions). 
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ing units refinanced by mortgage purchases of each 
enterprise. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall deter-
mine, for each year that the housing goals under this 
section are in effect pursuant to section 1331(a), 
whether each enterprise has complied with the single- 
family housing refinance goals established under this 
section for such year. 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE.—An enterprise shall be con-
sidered to be in compliance with the goals of this sec-
tion for a year, only if, for each of the types of fami-
lies described in subsection (a), the percentage of the 
number of conventional, conforming, single-family, 
owner-occupied refinancing mortgages purchased by 
each enterprise in such year that serve such families, 
meets or exceeds the target for the year for such type 
of family that is established under subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL TARGETS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
annual targets for each goal described in subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing annual 
targets under paragraph (1), the Director shall con-
sider—
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3015 
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2 benzylthio-3-ethyl sulfonyl pyridine. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2005 
Mr. LAHOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on 2 benzylthio-3-ethyl 
sulfonyl pyridine. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. 2 BENZYLTHIO-3-ETHYL SULFONYL PYRIDINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading: 
‘‘ 
9902.05.70 
2 benzylthio-3-ethyl sulfonyl 
pyridine (CAS No. 175729– 
82–5) provided for in sub-
heading 2933.39.6190) ........
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2009 
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3725 
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from issuing and enforcing 
certain requirements relating to commercial motor vehicle drivers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 
Mr. ABERCROMBIE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from issuing 
and enforcing certain requirements relating to commer-
cial motor vehicle drivers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. LIMITATIONS ON COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LI-
CENSE REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall not issue or enforce any regulation, guidance, or 
other requirement that directly or indirectly— 
(1) prohibits a commercial motor vehicle driver 
from participating in a driving school in the disposi-
tion of a traffic violation;
(2) prohibits a State from issuing a provisional 
driver’s license to a commercial motor vehicle driver 
in the disposition of a traffic violation; or 
(3) requires a traffic violation by a commercial 
motor vehicle driver in a State (other than the driv-
er’s licensing State) to be automatically considered 
a violation, for commercial driver’s license disquali-
fication purposes, in the driver’s licensing State. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) LICENSING
STATE.—The term ‘‘licensing 
State’’ means, with respect to an individual, a State 
that issues a commercial driver’s license to the indi-
vidual. 
(2) PROVISIONAL
DRIVER’S
LICENSE.—The 
term ‘‘provisional driver’s license’’ means a driver’s 
license that permits an individual to drive only to 
and from work and in the scope of employment. 
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that affects an areas ability to attain’ in order to en-
sure that downwind areas are not unjustly penalized, 
and for purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this 
subsection.’’. 
SEC. 110. NORTHWEST CRUDE OIL SUPPLY. 
Section 5(b) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1978 to carry out the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972’’, enacted October 18, 
1977 (Public Law 95–136) is amended by striking ‘‘for 
consumption in the State of Washington’’. 
SEC. 111. DISCOUNTED SALES OF ROYALTY-IN-KIND OIL TO 
QUALIFIED SMALL REFINERIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall issue and begin implementing regulations by not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, under which the Secretary of the Interior shall charge 
a discounted price in any sale to a qualified small refinery 
of crude oil obtained by the United States as royalty-in- 
kind. 
(b) AMOUNT OF DISCOUNT.—The regulations shall 
provide that the amount of any discount applied pursuant 
to this section in 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) TERMINATION OF DISCOUNT.—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. 
(d) QUALIFIED SMALL REFINERY.—In this section 
the term ‘‘qualified small refinery’’ means a refinery 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. 112. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO STREAM-
LINING PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency shall study ways to streamline 
the paperwork requirements associated with title V of the 
Clean Air Act and corresponding requirements under 
State laws, particularly with regard to States that have 
more stringent requirements than the Federal Govern-
ment in this area.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3016 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on carbamic acid. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2005 
Mr. LAHOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on carbamic 
acid. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CARBAMIC ACID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.33.61 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
((3-((Dimethylamino)carbonyl)–2-pyridinyl)sulfonyl) car-
bamic acid, phenyl ester) is amended by striking ‘‘12/31/ 
2006’’ and inserting ‘‘12/31/2009’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3017
To provide certain requirements for the licensing of commercial nuclear 
facilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2005
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself and Mr. HINCHEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To provide certain requirements for the licensing of 
commercial nuclear facilities.
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 ‘‘Nuclear Power Licens-
ing Reform Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2133) is amended—
(1) in subsection b., by inserting ‘‘, including 
that the facility does not pose an unreasonable
threat to persons or the environment because of 
safety or security vulnerabilities (including vulner-
ability to terrorist attacks), and that there exist ade-
quate evacuation plans for emergency events and 
that those plans have been approved by the relevant 
Federal agencies and States within 50 miles of the 
facility’’ after ‘‘by rule establish’’; and 
(2) in subsection c., by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘Any such renewal shall be subject to the 
same criteria and requirements that would be appli-
cable for an original application for initial construc-
tion, and the Commission shall ensure that any 
changes in the size or distribution of the sur-
rounding population have not resulted in the facility 
being located at a site at which a new facility would 
not be allowed to be built.’’.
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pornography has greatly increased the ease of 
possessing child pornography. Taken together, 
these technological advances have had the un-
fortunate result of greatly increasing the inter-
state market in child pornography. 
(D) Intrastate incidents of production, 
transportation, distribution, receipt, advertising, 
and possession of child pornography, as well as 
the transfer of custody of children for the pro-
duction of child pornography, have a substantial 
and direct effect upon interstate commerce be-
cause: 
(i) Some persons engaged in the pro-
duction, transportation, distribution, re-
ceipt, advertising, and possession of child 
pornography conduct such activities en-
tirely within the boundaries of one State. 
These persons are unlikely to be content 
with the amount of child pornography they 
produce, transport, distribute, receive, ad-
vertise, or possess. These persons are 
therefore likely to enter the interstate mar-
ket in child pornography in search of addi-
tional child pornography, thereby stimu-
lating demand in the interstate market in 
child pornography. 
(ii) When the persons described in 
subparagraph (D)(i) enter the interstate 
market in search of additional child por-
nography, they are likely to distribute the 
child pornography they already produce, 
transport, distribute, receive, advertise, or 
possess to persons who will distribute addi-
tional child pornography to them, thereby 
stimulating supply in the interstate market 
in child pornography. 
(iii) Much of the child pornography 
that supplies the interstate market in child 
pornography is produced entirely within 
the boundaries of one State, is not trace-
able, and enters the interstate market sur-
reptitiously. This child pornography sup-
ports demand in the interstate market in 
child pornography and is essential to its 
existence. 
(E) Prohibiting the intrastate production, 
transportation, distribution, receipt, advertising, 
and possession of child pornography, as well as 
the intrastate transfer of custody of children for
the production of child pornography, will cause 
some persons engaged in such intrastate activi-
ties to cease all such activities, thereby reducing 
both supply and demand in the interstate mar-
ket for child pornography. 
(F) Federal control of the intrastate inci-
dents of the production, transportation, dis-
tribution, receipt, advertising, and possession of 
child pornography, as well as the intrastate 
transfer of children for the production of child 
pornography, is essential to the effective control 
of the interstate market in child pornography. 
(2) The importance of protecting children from 
repeat exploitation in child pornography: 
(A) The vast majority of child pornography 
prosecutions today involve images contained on 
computer hard drives, computer disks, and re-
lated media. 
(B) Child pornography is not entitled to 
protection under the First Amendment and 
thus may be prohibited. 
(C) The Government has a compelling 
State interest in protecting children from those 
who sexually exploit them, and this interest ex-