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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3994 
To give States and localities the option to return unused Federal grant 
funds to the general fund of the Treasury for the purpose of deficit reduction. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 
Mr. POMPEO (for himself, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, 
and Mr. MILLER of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in 
addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To give States and localities the option to return unused 
Federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury 
for the purpose of deficit reduction. 
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 ‘‘Grant Return for Def-
icit Reduction Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. OPTION TO RETURN FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS FOR 
PURPOSE OF DEFICIT REDUCTION. 
(a) RETURN OF FUNDS.—If a grant is awarded by 
an executive agency of the Federal Government to a State 
or locality and the State or locality subsequently submits 
written notice as provided in subsection (b) that it will 
not use any remaining funds under the grant, any such 
remaining funds shall be deobligated and rescinded and 
returned to the general fund of the Treasury for the pur-
pose of deficit reduction. 
(b) NOTICE.—Notice under subsection (a) shall in-
clude a statement of intent to return the remaining funds 
described in such subsection and the amount of such 
funds, and shall be submitted to— 
(1) the head of the executive agency described 
in such subsection; 
(2) the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget; and 
(3) the Secretary of the Treasury. 
(c) APPLICATION.—Subsection (a) shall apply to re-
maining funds described in such subsection notwith-
standing any provision of law that would otherwise provide 
for redistribution of such funds. 
(d) REPORTING.—Not later than the first February 
15 after the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall compile and sub-
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mit to the Congress a report including a description and 
the amount of all funds returned under subsection (a) in 
such fiscal year. 
(e) STATE DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, the 
District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, or 
possession of the United States, and each federally recog-
nized Indian tribe. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3997 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for 
expensing of environmental remediation costs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 
Mr. BARROW 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 extend 
the deduction for expensing of environmental remediation 
costs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXPENSING OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDI-
ATION COSTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (h) of section 198 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to termi-
nation) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2013’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to expenditures paid or incurred 
after December 31, 2011. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3998 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for 
certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 
Mr. BARROW 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 extend 
the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and 
secondary school teachers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN EXPENSES OF ELEMENTARY AND SEC-
ONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. 
(a) INCREASE IN DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT.—Subpara-
graph (D) of section 62(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to certain expenses of elementary 
and secondary school teachers) is amended by striking 
‘‘$250’’ and inserting ‘‘$500’’. 
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(b) EXTENSION.—Subparagraph (D) of section 
62(a)(2) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘during 
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 
or 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘after December 31, 2001, and 
before January 1, 2014’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2011. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3999 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the deduction for 
mortgage insurance. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 
Mr. BARROW 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 extend 
the deduction for mortgage insurance. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MORTGAGE INSURANCE. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Subclause 
(I) 
of 
section 
163(h)(3)(E)(iv) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2011’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2013’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid or accrued after 
December 31, 2011. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stopping Trained in 
America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy Act of 2011’’ 
or the ‘‘STAPLE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS ON 
PERMANENT 
RESIDENTS 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
UNITED STATES EDUCATED IMMIGRANTS. 
(a) ALIENS NOT SUBJECT TO DIRECT NUMERICAL 
LIMITATIONS.—Section 201(b)(1) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) Aliens who have earned a Ph.D. de-
gree from a United States institution of higher 
education (as defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001(a))) in a field of science, technology, engi-
neering, or mathematics and who have an offer 
of employment from a United States employer 
in a field related to such degree.’’. 
(b) PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING IMMIGRANT STA-
TUS.—Section 204(a)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(F)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘203(b)(2)’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or 201(b)(1)(F)’’ after 
‘‘203(b)(3)’’; and 
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(3) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’. 
SEC. 3. EXEMPTION FROM H–1B NUMERICAL LIMITATION 
FOR CERTAIN UNITED STATES EDUCATED 
NONIMMIGRANTS. 
Section 214(g)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) has earned a Ph.D. degree from a United 
States institution of higher education (as defined in 
section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) in a field of science, tech-
nology, engineering, or mathematics and with re-
spect to whom the petitioning employer requires 
such education as a condition for the employment.’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 39 
To delist the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To delist the polar bear as a threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973. 
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 ‘‘Polar Bear Delisting 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DELISTING OF POLAR BEAR AS THREATENED SPE-
CIES. 
The determination by the United States Fish and 
Wildlife of the threatened status for the polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
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(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), published May 15, 2008 (73 
Fed. Reg. 28211 et seq.), and the listing of such species 
as a threatened species under that Act pursuant to such 
determination, shall have no force or effect. 
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(iii) the operator shall bring such min-
eral activities into compliance with this 
title by the end of such 5-year period. 
(B) Where an application for modification 
of a plan of operations referred to in subpara-
graph (A)(ii) has been timely submitted and an 
approved plan expires prior to Secretarial ac-
tion on the application, mineral activities and 
reclamation may continue in accordance with 
the terms of the expired plan until the Sec-
retary makes an administrative decision on the 
application. 
(c) FEDERAL LANDS SUBJECT TO EXISTING PER-
MIT.— 
(1) Any Federal land shall be subject to the re-
quirements of section 112(a)(2) if the land is— 
(A) subject to an operations permit; and 
(B) producing valuable locatable minerals 
in commercial quantities prior to the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) Any Federal land added through a plan 
modification to an operations permit on Federal land 
that is submitted after the date of enactment of this 
Act shall be subject to the terms of section 
112(a)(3). 
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(d) APPLICATION OF TITLE TO BENEFICIATION AND 
PROCESSING OF NON-FEDERAL MINERALS ON FEDERAL 
LANDS.—The provisions of this title (including the envi-
ronmental protection requirements of subtitle C) shall 
apply in the same manner and to the same extent to min-
ing claims, millsite claims, and tunnel site claims used for 
beneficiation or processing activities or activities related 
to, or incidental to, such mineral activities for any mineral 
without regard to whether or not the legal and beneficial 
title to the mineral is held by the United States. This sub-
section applies only to minerals that are locatable minerals 
or minerals that would be locatable minerals if the legal 
and beneficial title to such minerals were held by the 
United States. 
Subtitle A—Mineral Exploration 
and Development 
SEC. 111. ROYALTY. 
(a) RESERVATION OF ROYALTY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
production of all locatable minerals from any mining 
claim located under the general mining laws and 
maintained in compliance with this title, or mineral 
concentrates or products derived from locatable min-
erals from any such mining claim, as the case may 
be, shall be subject to a royalty of 12.5 percent of 
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134 
sideration under any contracts to 
lease, options to lease, contracts ex-
change, or options to exchange the 
Navajo Nation CAP water entered 
into by the Navajo Nation, except in 
a case in which the Navajo Nation de-
posits the proceeds of any such lease, 
option to lease, exchange, or option to 
exchange into an account held in trust 
for the Navajo Nation by the United 
States. 
(x) WATER USE ON NAVAJO LAND.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as au-
thorized by clause (v), the Navajo Na-
tion CAP water may only be used 
on— 
(aa) the Navajo Reservation; 
(bb) land held in trust by 
the United States for the benefit 
of the Navajo Nation; or 
(cc) land owned by the Nav-
ajo Nation in fee that is located 
within the State. 
(II) STORAGE.—The Navajo Na-
tion may store the Navajo Nation 
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ments that the Secretary determines appropriate for bot-
tled water.
‘‘(3) A regulation issued by the Secretary as provided
in this subsection shall require the following:
‘‘(A) In the case of contaminants for which a
maximum contaminant level is established in a na-
tional primary drinking water regulation under sec-
tion 1412 of the Public Health Service Act, the reg-
ulation under this subsection shall establish a maxi-
mum contaminant level for the contaminant in bot-
tled water which is at least as stringent as the maxi-
mum contaminant level provided in the national pri-
mary drinking water regulation.
‘‘(B) In the case of contaminants for which a
treatment technique is established in a national pri-
mary drinking water regulation under section 1412
of the Public Health Service Act, the regulation
under this subsection shall require that bottled water
be subject to requirements no less protective of the
public health than those applicable to water provided
by public water systems using the treatment tech-
nique required by the national primary drinking
water regulation.
‘‘(4)(A) If the Secretary fails to establish a regulation
under this subsection within the 180-day period described
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3 
To prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and to provide for conscience 
protections, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2011 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. AKIN, Mr. ALEX-
ANDER, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARLETTA, 
Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. BILIRAKIS, 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BOUSTANY, 
Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BROOKS, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BU-
CHANAN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CANSECO, Mr. 
CARTER, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COFFMAN of 
Colorado, Mr. COLE, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CRAVAACK, Mr. 
CRAWFORD, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CRITZ, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. DUFFY, 
Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mrs. EMER-
SON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 
FORTENBERRY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. 
GARRETT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 
GOWDY, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. GUTH-
RIE, Mr. HALL, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HARRIS, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HURT, 
Ms. JENKINS, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. JONES, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. 
KELLY, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. 
KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. KLINE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LANDRY, Mr. 
LANKFORD, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LEE of New York, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, Mr. LONG, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN 
of California, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MARINO, Mr. 
MCCARTHY
of California, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. 
MCCOTTER, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. GARY G. MILLER 
of California, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. MURPHY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mrs. NOEM, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. PITTS, Mr. POMPEO, 
Mr. POSEY, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. 
RIGELL, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROKITA, 
Mr. ROSKAM, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ROSS of Arkansas, Mr. ROYCE, 
Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. SCHILLING, Mrs. SCHMIDT, 
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‘‘(c) REMEDIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The courts of the United 
States shall have jurisdiction to prevent and redress 
actual or threatened violations of this section by 
issuing any form of legal or equitable relief, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) injunctions prohibiting conduct that 
violates this section; and 
‘‘(B) orders preventing the disbursement of 
all or a portion of Federal financial assistance 
to a State or local government, or to a specific 
offending agency or program of a State or local 
government, until such time as the conduct pro-
hibited by this section has ceased. 
‘‘(2) COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION.—An action 
under this subsection may be instituted by— 
‘‘(A) any health care entity that has stand-
ing to complain of an actual or threatened vio-
lation of this section; or 
‘‘(B) the Attorney General of the United 
States. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall designate the Director of the 
Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and 
Human Services— 
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‘‘(1) to receive complaints alleging a violation of 
this section; 
‘‘(2) subject to paragraph (3), to pursue the in-
vestigation of such complaints in coordination with 
the Attorney General; and 
‘‘(3) in the case of a complaint related to a 
Federal agency (other than with respect to the De-
partment of Health and Human Services) or pro-
gram administered through such other agency or 
any State or local government receiving Federal fi-
nancial assistance through such other agency, to 
refer the complaint to the appropriate office of such 
other agency. 
‘‘SEC. 312. HEALTH BENEFITS COVERAGE DEFINED. 
‘‘In this chapter the term ‘health benefits coverage’ 
means the package of services covered by a managed care 
provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other 
arrangement.’’. 
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to be reported on a date specified by the Attorney
General.
(5) TO WHOM REPORTED.—The information re-
quired to be reported under this subsection shall be
reported to the Attorney General or such person or
persons designated by the Attorney General.
(c) CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUS INFORMATION.—
(1) DISCLOSURE AND CORRECTION.—The At-
torney General shall provide for a procedure through
which a person, to whom information within the
data base established under this section pertains,
may review that information and obtain the correc-
tion of errors pertaining to that person.
(2) OTHER CORRECTIONS.—Each Government
agency and health care plan shall report corrections
of information already reported about any final ad-
verse action taken against a health care provider,
supplier, or practitioner, in such form and manner
as required by the Attorney General.
(d) ACCESS TO REPORTED INFORMATION.—
(1) AVAILABILITY.—The information in this
data base shall be available to the public, Federal
and State government agencies, and health care
plans pursuant to procedures established by the
Attorney General.
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the follow-
ing new subsections:
‘‘(f) REGISTRATION OF MULTIPLE EMPLOYER WEL-
FARE ARRANGEMENTS.—
‘‘(1) EXISTING
ARRANGEMENTS.—The person
or persons responsible under paragraph (4), with re-
spect to each multiple employer welfare arrangement
which provides benefits of medical care (within the
meaning of section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986) and which have commenced oper-
ations as of 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Multiple Employer Welfare Arrange-
ments Enforcement Improvements Act of 1993, shall
file with the Secretary—
‘‘(A) a registration statement described in
paragraph (3) covering the current fiscal year
or any part thereof, within 30 days after the
180-day period following the date of enactment
of such Act, and
‘‘(B) a registration statement described in
paragraph (3) for each fiscal year thereafter,
within 30 days after the end of each fiscal year.
‘‘(2) NEW
ARRANGEMENTS.—The person or
persons responsible under paragraph (4), with re-
spect to each multiple employer welfare arrangement
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or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and for
members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, and ex-
penses authorized by section 2131 of title 10, United
States Code, as authorized by law; and for payments to
the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund;
Ω6æ$1,565,838,000 $1,550,989,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 265 of title
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty
under section 672(d) of title 10, United States Code, in
connection with performing duty specified in section
678(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 2131 of
title 10, United States Code, as authorized by law; and
for payments to the Department of Defense Military Re-
tirement Fund; Ω7æ$350,490,000 $311,661,000.
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities,
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force
Reserve on active duty under sections 265, 8021, and
8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on