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law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 
9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary 
in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in 
the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 
Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more 
than $5,000 may be expended on the certification of the 
Public Printer in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolv-
ing fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 
more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 
That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 
the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund 
shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided 
under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF 
DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together 
may not be available for the full-time equivalent employ-
ment of more than 2,621 workyears (or such other number
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of workyears as the Public Printer may request, subject 
to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate): Provided fur-
ther, That activities financed through the revolving fund 
may provide information in any format: Provided further, 
That not more than $10,000 may be expended from the 
revolving fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin 
Franklin Tercentenary Commission established by Public 
Law 107–202. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 
hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 
foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8));
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and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
eign countries, $482,395,000: Provided, That not more 
than $5,104,000 of payments received under section 782 
of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use 
in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That not more than 
$2,061,000 of reimbursements received under section 
9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 
for use in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 
Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail-
able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 
costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 
necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 
Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 
from which costs involved are initially financed. 
PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER 
TRUST FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative
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Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$14,000,000. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE 
VEHICLES.—No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi-
cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 
be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 
for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 
on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 
Committee on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—No part of 
the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available 
for obligation beyond fiscal year 2006 unless expressly so 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA-
TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 
(46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 
compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
propriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
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cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure 
of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 
service through procurement contract, under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where 
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued under existing law. 
SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums 
as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de-
scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 
pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
section. 
SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—Amounts available 
for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 
which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 
Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 
March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 
LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared
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among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may deter-
mine) may not exceed $2,000. 
SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi-
tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co-
lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land-
scape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the ir-
regular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Ave-
nue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, 
Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 
tunnel on the southeast. 
SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—None of the 
funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 
appropriation Act. 
SEC. 209. COMPENSATION LIMITATION.—None of 
the funds contained in this Act or any other Act may be 
used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the 
legislative branch during fiscal year 2006 or any suc-
ceeding fiscal year to the extent that the aggregate 
amount of compensation paid to the employee during the 
year (including base salary, performance awards and other 
bonus payments, and incentive payments, but excluding
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the value of any in-kind benefits and payments) exceeds 
the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives or a Senator. 
TITLE III—CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION 
SEC. 301. Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of the 
United States (2 U.S.C. 8) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The time’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), 
the time’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL
RULES
IN
EXTRAORDINARY
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—In 
extraordinary 
cir-
cumstances, the executive authority of any State in 
which a vacancy exists in its representation in the 
House of Representatives shall issue a writ of elec-
tion to fill such vacancy by special election. 
‘‘(2) TIMING OF SPECIAL ELECTION.—A special 
election held under this subsection to fill a vacancy 
shall take place not later than 49 days after the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives announces 
that the vacancy exists, unless, during the 75-day 
period which begins on the date of the announce-
ment of the vacancy—
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‘‘(A) a regularly scheduled general election 
for the office involved is to be held; or 
‘‘(B) another special election for the office 
involved is to be held, pursuant to a writ for a 
special election issued by the chief executive of 
the State prior to the date of the announcement 
of the vacancy. 
‘‘(3) NOMINATIONS BY PARTIES.—If a special 
election is to be held under this subsection, the de-
termination of the candidates who will run in such 
election shall be made—
‘‘(A) by nominations made not later than 
10 days after the Speaker announces that the 
vacancy exists by the political parties of the 
State that are authorized by State law to nomi-
nate candidates for the election; or 
‘‘(B) by any other method the State con-
siders appropriate, including holding primary 
elections, that will ensure that the State will 
hold the special election within the deadline re-
quired under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In this subsection, 
‘extraordinary circumstances’ occur when the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives an-
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nounces that vacancies in the representation 
from the States in the House exceed 100. 
‘‘(B) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—If any action is 
brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to 
challenge an announcement made under sub-
paragraph (A), the following rules shall apply: 
‘‘(i) Not later than 2 days after the 
announcement, the action shall be filed in 
the United States District Court having ju-
risdiction in the district of the Member of 
the House of Representatives whose seat 
has been announced to be vacant and shall 
be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur-
suant to section 2284 of title 28, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(ii) A copy of the complaint shall be 
delivered promptly to the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(iii) A final decision in the action 
shall be made within 3 days of the filing 
of such action and shall not be reviewable. 
‘‘(iv) The executive authority of the 
State that contains the district of the 
Member of the House of Representatives 
whose seat has been announced to be va-
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 117
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
2001, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Public Law 106–275, is further amended by striking
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2979 
To amend the Crow Boundary Settlement Act of 1994 regarding the 
distribution of capital gains from the Crow Tribal Trust Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2005 
Mr. REHBERG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Crow Boundary Settlement Act of 1994 re-
garding the distribution of capital gains from the Crow 
Tribal Trust Fund. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CROW TRIBAL TRUST FUND. 
Section 6(d) of the Crow Boundary Settlement Act 
of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 1776d(d)), is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘and 
Capital Gains’’ after ‘‘Interest’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Only’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (4), 
only’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL GAINS.—Not-
withstanding subsection (f), capital gains and any 
other noninterest income received on funds in the 
Crow Tribal Trust Fund shall be available for dis-
tribution by the Secretary to the Crow Tribe to the 
extent that the balance in the Crow Tribal Trust 
Fund (including capital gains) exceeds 85,000,000, 
for the same uses and subject to the same restric-
tions in paragraphs (1) and (3) as are applicable to 
distributions of interest.’’. 
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cant shall have the right to intervene either 
in support of or opposition to the position 
of a party to the case regarding the an-
nouncement of such vacancy. 
‘‘(5) PROTECTING
ABILITY
OF
ABSENT
MILI-
TARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN 
SPECIAL ELECTIONS.—
‘‘(A) DEADLINE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF AB-
SENTEE
BALLOTS.—In conducting a special 
election held under this subsection to fill a va-
cancy in its representation, the State shall en-
sure to the greatest extent practicable (includ-
ing through the use of electronic means) that 
absentee ballots for the election are transmitted 
to absent uniformed services voters and over-
seas voters (as such terms are defined in the 
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Vot-
ing Act) not later than 15 days after the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives an-
nounces that the vacancy exists. 
‘‘(B) 
PERIOD
FOR
BALLOT
TRANSIT 
TIME.—Notwithstanding the deadlines referred 
to in paragraphs (2) and (3), in the case of an 
individual who is an absent uniformed services 
voter or an overseas voter (as such terms are
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defined in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
Absentee Voting Act), a State shall accept and 
process any otherwise valid ballot or other elec-
tion material from the voter so long as the bal-
lot or other material is received by the appro-
priate State election official not later than 45 
days after the State transmits the ballot or 
other material to the voter. 
‘‘(6) APPLICATION TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
AND TERRITORIES.—This subsection shall apply—
‘‘(A) to a Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to the Congress in the same manner as 
it applies to a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
‘‘(B) to the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, 
Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands in 
the same manner as it applies to a State, ex-
cept that a vacancy in the representation from 
any such jurisdiction in the House shall not be 
taken into account by the Speaker in deter-
mining whether vacancies in the representation 
from the States in the House exceed 100 for 
purposes of paragraph (4)(A).
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‘‘(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING FED-
ERAL ELECTION LAWS.—Nothing in this subsection 
may be construed to affect the application to special 
elections under this subsection of any Federal law 
governing the administration of elections for Federal 
office (including any law providing for the enforce-
ment of any such law), including, but not limited to, 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 1973 et seq.), as amended. 
‘‘(B) The Voting Accessibility for the El-
derly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee 
et seq.), as amended. 
‘‘(C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.), 
as amended. 
‘‘(D) The National Voter Registration Act 
of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.), as amend-
ed. 
‘‘(E) The Americans With Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as amended. 
‘‘(F) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as amended. 
‘‘(G) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 
(42 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), as amended.’’.
(B) any access agreement between that per-
son and 1 or more merchants with regard to that 
covered electronic payment system. 
(4) MERCHANTS.—Any person who is 1 of the 10 
largest merchants using the covered electronic pay-
ment system, determined based on dollar amount of 
transactions made with the covered electronic pay-
ment system, shall produce to the Antitrust Division 
and to all negotiating parties— 
(A) an itemized list of the costs necessary to 
access an electronic payment system during the 
most recent full calendar year prior to the initi-
ation of the proceeding; and 
(B) any access agreement between that per-
son and 1 or more providers with regard to that 
covered electronic payment system. 
(5) DISAGREEMENT.—Any disagreement regard-
ing whether a person is required to make an initial 
disclosure under this clause, or the contents of such a 
disclosure, shall be resolved by the Antitrust Division. 
(6) ATTENDANCE
OF
ANTITRUST
DIVISION.—A 
representative of the Antitrust Division shall attend 
all negotiation sessions conducted under the authority 
of this section. 
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(2) In the case of a State plan for medical as-
sistance under title XIX of the Social Security Act 
which the Secretary determines requires State legis-
lation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in 
order for the plan to meet the additional require-
ments imposed by the amendments made by sub-
section (a), the State plan shall not be regarded as 
failing to comply with the requirements of such title 
solely on the basis of its failure to meet these addi-
tional requirements before the first day of the first 
calendar quarter beginning after the close of the 
first regular session of the State legislature that be-
gins after the date of the enactment of this Act. For 
purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a 
State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year 
of such session shall be deemed to be a separate reg-
ular session of the State legislature. 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. J. RES. 118
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
2001, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Public Law 106–275, is further amended by striking
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4235 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the estate tax, 
to repeal the carryover basis rule, to reduce estate tax rates by 20 
percent, to increase the unified credit against estate and gift taxes 
to the equivalent of a $3,000,000 exclusion and to provide an inflation 
adjustment of such amount, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2007 
Mrs. LOWEY 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 restore 
the estate tax, to repeal the carryover basis rule, to 
reduce estate tax rates by 20 percent, to increase the 
unified credit against estate and gift taxes to the equiva-
lent of a $3,000,000 exclusion and to provide an inflation 
adjustment of such amount, 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 ‘‘Estate Tax Reduction 
Act of 2007’’. 
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(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $12,000,000 to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 8703. STUDY OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE 
CHANGE ON WATER RESOURCES AND WATER 
QUALITY. 
(a) NATIONAL ACADEMY STUDY.—The Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall enter 
into an arrangement with the National Academy of 
Sciences under which the Academy shall— 
(1) produce a 2-part study that will consist 
of— 
(A) a study that will identify the potential 
impacts of climate change on the Nation’s wa-
tersheds 
and 
water 
resources, 
including 
hydrological and ecological impacts; 
(B) a study that will identify the potential 
impacts of climate change on water quality, in-
cluding the extent to which Federal and State 
efforts under the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and other 
ocean and coastal laws may be affected by cli-
mate change; 
(C) information, analyses, and data that 
will identify, to the maximum extent prac-
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2154 
To amend chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for an 
additional, limited exception to the provision prohibiting a State or local 
officer or employee from being a candidate for elective office. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2009 
Mr. STUPAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, to 
provide for an additional, limited exception to the provi-
sion prohibiting a State or local officer or employee from 
being a candidate for elective office. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXCEPTION TO PROHIBITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1503 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Section’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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ticable, hydrological and temperature changes 
by watershed in the United States and that 
support the findings made under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B); and 
(D) identification of the scientific con-
sensus, assumptions, and uncertainties related 
to predictions of climate change in the United 
States; 
(2) identify the potential impacts of climate 
change on the Nation’s water resources, watersheds, 
and water quality, including the potential for im-
pacts to wetlands, shoreline erosion, and saltwater 
intrusion as a result of sea level rise, and the poten-
tial for significant regional variation in precipitation 
events to impact Federal, State, and local efforts to 
attain or maintain water quality; 
(3) assess the extent to which Federal and 
State efforts under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act and other ocean and coastal laws may 
be affected by climate change; 
(4) identify prudent steps to assess emerging 
information and identify appropriate response ac-
tions to meet the requirements of such Act, includ-
ing provisions to attain or maintain water quality
SECTION 2. RESTORATION OF ESTATE TAX; REPEAL OF 
CARRYOVER BASIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitles A and E of title V of 
the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act 
of 2001, and the amendments made by such subtitles, are 
hereby repealed; and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
shall be applied as if such subtitles, and amendments, had 
never been enacted. 
(b) SUNSET NOT TO APPLY.— 
(1) Subsection (a) of section 901 of the Eco-
nomic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 
2001 is amended by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘this Act (other than title V) 
shall not apply to taxable, plan, or limitation years 
beginning after December 31, 2010.’’. 
(2) Subsection (b) of such section 901 is 
amended by striking ‘‘, estates, gifts, and transfers’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsections (d) 
and (e) of section 511 of the Economic Growth and Tax 
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and the amendments 
made by such subsections, are hereby repealed; and the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such 
subsections, and amendments, had never been enacted. 
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