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being hired, recruited, or referred that the indi-
vidual does not possess the documents nec-
essary to satisfy clause (i) or (ii) of subpara-
graph (A) as a result of such disaster.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 274A(b)(2) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Paragraph (1)(F) shall not be construed to affect 
the obligation under the preceding sentence.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and shall apply to hiring, recruitment, or refer-
ral of an individual for employment in the United States 
occurring on or after August 29, 2005. 
SEC. 10. REPLACEMENT OF DOCUMENTS EVIDENCING 
IDENTITY AND EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZA-
TION FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA. 
(a) IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) DOCUMENT REPLACEMENT.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security is authorized to provide imme-
diate assistance in States in which persons displaced 
by a specified hurricane disaster are residing for the 
purpose of replacing for such persons documents 
that were—
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‘‘(ii) operations, maintenance, repair, 
replacement, and other direct costs. 
‘‘(D) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may 
modify or make exceptions to the calculation of 
a 12-year simple payback under this paragraph 
in the guidelines issued by the Secretary under 
paragraph (5), if necessary and appropriate to 
achieve the purposes of this Act. 
‘‘(E) LIFE-CYCLE
COST-EFFECTIVE.—For 
the purpose of subparagraph (A), determination 
of whether a measure is life-cycle cost-effective 
shall use methods and procedures developed 
pursuant to section 544. 
‘‘(4) FOLLOW-UP
ON
IMPLEMENTED
MEAS-
URES.—For each measure implemented under para-
graph (3), each energy manager shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) equipment, including building and 
equipment controls, is fully commissioned at ac-
ceptance to be operating at design specifica-
tions; 
‘‘(B) a plan for appropriate operations, 
maintenance, and repair of the equipment is in 
place at acceptance and is followed; 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5588 
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering for oil and gas 
leasing or any related activity any tract in the Lease Sale 193 Area 
of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary deter-
mines whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species or an 
endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2008 
Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. HINCHEY, and Mr. LARSON of 
Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering for 
oil and gas leasing or any related activity any tract 
in the Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Region until the Secretary determines 
whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species 
or an endangered species under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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Union Calendar No. 142 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3405 
[Report No. 109–261, Part I] 
A BILL 
To prohibit the provision of Federal economic de-
velopment assistance for any State or locality 
that uses the power of eminent domain power to 
obtain property for private commercial develop-
ment or that fails to pay relocation costs to per-
sons displaced by use of the power of eminent do-
main for economic development purposes. 
OCTOBER 31, 2005 
Reported from the Committee on Agriculture with an 
amendment 
OCTOBER 31, 2005 
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Fi-
nancial Services, Resources, and Education and the 
Workforce discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and or-
dered to be printed
Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3898 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 
Veterans Business Outreach Centers and Technical Mentoring Assistance 
Committees. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 
Mr. AKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Small Business 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to establish Veterans Business Outreach Centers 
and Technical Mentoring Assistance Committees. 
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 ‘‘Entrepreneur Soldiers 
Empowerment Act’’.
SEC. 2. VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS AND 
TECHNICAL AND MENTORING ASSISTANCE 
COMMITTEES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 32 of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 657c) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(c) VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator, 
acting through the Associate Administrator for Vet-
erans Business Development, shall establish Vet-
erans Business Outreach Centers to offer business 
planning assistance to veterans. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER AND LOCATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish not less than one Veterans 
Business Outreach Center in each geographic region. 
‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The duties of each Veterans 
Business Outreach Center are as follows: 
‘‘(A) To provide business planning assist-
ance to veterans. 
‘‘(B) To offer information about continuity 
planning for small businesses in the event of an 
owner or essential employee who is a member of 
the National Guard or Reserve Components of 
the Armed Forces being called to serve on ac-
tive duty.
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL
AND
MENTORING
ASSISTANCE 
COMMITTEES.— 
‘‘(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Administrator, 
acting through the Associate Administrator for Vet-
erans Business Development, shall establish a Tech-
nical and Mentoring Assistance Committee in each 
District Office service location where no Veterans 
Business Outreach Center has been established. 
‘‘(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—A Technical and 
Mentoring Assistance Committee established pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) identify and recruit local volunteers 
to serve as veterans business mentors to provide 
assistance and guidance to members of the Re-
serve Component who own small businesses or 
are entrepreneurs and to the family members of 
such members and the caretakers of such mem-
ber’s businesses while such members are serving 
on active duty; 
‘‘(B) plan and initiate training and out-
reach seminars and programs designed to sup-
port small business ownership among members 
of the Reserve Component, their family mem-
bers, veterans, and service-disabled veterans;
TITLE I—PRIVATE SECTOR EM-
PLOYMENT WHISTLEBLOWER 
PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this title, the following definitions apply: 
(1) APPLICABLE LAW.—The term ‘‘applicable 
law’’ means any Federal law, rule, or regulation, or 
a law, rule or regulation of a State or political sub-
division of a State implementing any Federal law, 
rule or regulation, relating to— 
(A) health and health care; 
(B) environmental protection; 
(C) food and drug safety; 
(D) transportation safety; 
(E) working conditions and benefits; 
(F) building and construction-related re-
quirements, including safety requirements and 
structural and engineering standards; 
(G) energy, homeland, and community se-
curity, including facility safety; 
(H) financial transactions or reporting re-
quirements, including banking, insurance, and 
securities laws; and 
(I) consumer protection. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3407 
To provide grants to States and local governments to assess the effectiveness 
of sexual predator electronic monitoring programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2005 
Mr. EMANUEL (for himself, Mr. FILNER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Ms. CAR-
SON, Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
LANTOS, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. MCHUGH, and Mr. 
OWENS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide grants to States and local governments to assess 
the effectiveness of sexual predator electronic monitoring 
programs. 
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 ‘‘Jessica Lunsford and 
Sarah Lunde Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SEXUAL PREDATOR MONITORING PROGRAM. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to award grants (referred to as ‘‘Jessica 
Lunsford and Sarah Lunde Grants’’) to State and 
local governments to assist such States and local 
governments in— 
(A) carrying out programs to outfit sexual 
offenders with electronic monitoring units; and 
(B) the employment of law enforcement of-
ficials necessary to carry out such programs. 
(2) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award 
grants under this Act for a period not to exceed 3 
years. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State or local govern-
ment desiring a grant under this Act shall submit an 
application to the Attorney General at such time, in 
such manner, and accompanied by such information 
as the Attorney General may reasonably require. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) describe the activities for which assist-
ance under this Act is sought; and 
(B) provide such additional assurances as 
the Attorney General determines to be essential
to ensure compliance with the requirements of 
this Act. 
SEC. 3. INNOVATION. 
In making grants under this Act, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall ensure that different approaches to monitoring 
are funded to allow an assessment of effectiveness. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘sexual offender’’ means an of-
fender 18 years of age or older who commits a sexual of-
fense against a minor. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 
through 2008 to carry out this Act. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2008, the At-
torney General shall report to Congress— 
(1) assessing the effectiveness and value of pro-
grams funded by this Act; 
(2) comparing the cost-effectiveness of the elec-
tronic monitoring to reduce sex offenses compared to 
other alternatives; and 
(3) making recommendations for continuing 
funding and the appropriate levels for such funding. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5593 
AN ACT 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to make technical 
amendments to certain provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, enacted by the Congressional Review Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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(ii) office closures; 
(iii) airline flight cessations or delays; 
and 
(iv) other closures, cessations, or 
delays affecting case processing or travel 
necessary to satisfy legal requirements. 
(c) DIVERSITY IMMIGRANTS.— 
(1) WAIVER
OF
FISCAL
YEAR
LIMITATION.— 
Notwithstanding section 203(e)(2) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(e)(2)), an 
immigrant visa number issued to an alien under sec-
tion 203(c) of such Act for fiscal year 2005 may be 
used by the alien during the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2005, and ending on April 1, 2006, if the 
alien establishes that the alien was prevented from 
using it during fiscal year 2005 due to a cir-
cumstance described in paragraph (4) that is a con-
sequence of a specified hurricane disaster. 
(2) WORLDWIDE
LEVEL.—In the case of an 
alien entering the United States as a lawful perma-
nent resident, or adjusting to that status, under 
paragraph (1) or (3), the alien shall be counted as 
a diversity immigrant for fiscal year 2005 for pur-
poses of section 201(e) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(e)), unless the world-
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fied hurricane disaster, the alien (and each child of 
the alien) shall be considered, for purposes of section 
201(b) of such Act, to be an immediate relative after 
the date of the citizen’s death, but only if the alien 
files a petition under section 204(a)(1)(A)(ii) of such 
Act within 2 years after such date and only until the 
date the alien remarries. For purposes of such sec-
tion 204(a)(1)(A)(ii), an alien granted relief under 
the preceding sentence shall be considered an alien 
spouse described in the second sentence of section 
201(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act. 
(2) CHILDREN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an alien 
who was the child of a citizen of the United 
States at the time of the citizen’s death, if the 
citizen died as a consequence of a specified hur-
ricane disaster, the alien shall be considered, 
for purposes of section 201(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)), to 
remain an immediate relative after the date of 
the citizen’s death (regardless of changes in age 
or marital status thereafter), but only if the 
alien (or a parent or guardian of the alien) files 
a petition under subparagraph (B) within 2 
years after such date.
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(B) PETITIONS.—An alien (or parent or 
guardian) described in subparagraph (A) may 
file a petition with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security for classification of the alien under 
section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)). 
For purposes of such Act, such a petition shall 
be considered a petition filed under section 
204(a)(1)(A) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(A)). 
(3) UNCONDITIONAL
STATUS.—An alien who 
obtains the status of an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence pursuant to this subsection 
shall not be considered to have obtained such status 
on a conditional basis, and shall not be subject to 
section 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1186a). 
(b) SPOUSES, CHILDREN, UNMARRIED SONS
AND 
DAUGHTERS
OF
LAWFUL
PERMANENT
RESIDENT 
ALIENS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any spouse, child, or unmar-
ried son or daughter of an alien described in para-
graph (3) who is included in a petition for classifica-
tion as a family-sponsored immigrant under section 
203(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
‘‘(B) provide for the timely access to the 
information by producers, packers, and other 
market participants. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING.—Not later than 9:30 a.m. 
Central Time, or such other time as the Secretary 
considers appropriate, on each reporting day, a 
packer required to report under paragraph (1) shall 
report information regarding all sows and boars pur-
chased or priced during the prior business day of the 
packer. 
‘‘(3) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The informa-
tion from the prior business day of a packer re-
quired under this subsection shall include all pur-
chase data, including— 
‘‘(A) the total number of sows purchased 
and the total number of boars purchased, each 
divided into at least three reasonable and mean-
ingful weight classes specified by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) the number of sows that qualify as 
packer-owned swine; 
‘‘(C) the number of boars that qualify as 
packer-owned swine; 
‘‘(D) the average price paid for all sows; 
‘‘(E) the average price paid for all boars;
‘‘(F) the average price paid for sows in 
each weight class specified by the Secretary 
under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(G) the average price paid for boars in 
each weight class specified by the Secretary 
under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(H) the number of sows and the number 
of boars for which prices are determined, by 
each type of purchase; 
‘‘(I) the average prices for sows and the 
average prices for boars for which prices are de-
termined, by each type of purchase; and 
‘‘(J) such other information as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to carry out this 
subsection. 
‘‘(4) PRICE CALCULATIONS WITHOUT PACKER- 
OWNED SWINE.—A packer shall omit the prices of 
sows and boars that qualify as packer-owned swine 
from all average price calculations, price range cal-
culations, and reports required by this subsection. 
‘‘(5) REPORTING EXCEPTION: PUBLIC AUCTION 
PURCHASES.—The information required to be re-
ported under this subsection shall not include pur-
chases of sows or boars made by agents of the re-
porting packer at a public auction at which the title
of the sows and boars is transferred directly from 
the producer to such packer. 
‘‘(6) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall pub-
lish the information obtained under this paragraph 
in a prior day report not later than 11:00 a.m. Cen-
tral Time on the reporting day on which the infor-
mation is received from the packer. 
‘‘(7) ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSION
OF
INFORMA-
TION.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide 
for the electronic submission of any information re-
quired to be reported under this subsection through 
an Internet website or equivalent electronic means 
maintained by the Department of Agriculture.’’. 
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U.S.C. 1153(a)(2)) that was filed by such alien be-
fore August 29, 2005, shall be considered (if the 
spouse, child, son, or daughter has not been admit-
ted or approved for lawful permanent residence by 
such date) a valid petitioner for preference status 
under such section with the same priority date as 
that assigned prior to the death described in para-
graph (3)(A). No new petition shall be required to 
be filed. Such spouse, child, son, or daughter may be 
eligible for deferred action and work authorization. 
(2) SELF-PETITIONS.—Any spouse, child, or 
unmarried son or daughter of an alien described in 
paragraph (3) who is not a beneficiary of a petition 
for classification as a family-sponsored immigrant 
under section 203(a)(2) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act may file a petition for such classifica-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, if the 
spouse, child, son, or daughter was present in the 
United States on August 29, 2005. Such spouse, 
child, son, or daughter may be eligible for deferred 
action and work authorization. 
(3) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described 
in this paragraph if the alien— 
(A) died as a consequence of a specified 
hurricane disaster; and
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(B) on the day of such death, was lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence in the United 
States. 
(4) UNCONDITIONAL
STATUS.—An alien who 
obtains the status of an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence pursuant to this subsection 
shall not be considered to have obtained such status 
on a conditional basis, and shall not be subject to 
section 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1186a). 
(c) APPLICATIONS FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS BY 
SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF EMPLOYMENT- 
BASED IMMIGRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any alien who was, on Au-
gust 29, 2005, the spouse or child of an alien de-
scribed in paragraph (2), and who applied for ad-
justment of status prior to the death described in 
paragraph (2)(A), may have such application adju-
dicated as if such death had not occurred. 
(2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described 
in this paragraph if the alien— 
(A) died as a consequence of a specified 
hurricane disaster; and 
(B) on the day before such death, was—
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3409 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the withholding 
of income and social security taxes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2005 
Mr. HOSTETTLER (for himself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. 
CANNON, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. PENCE, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. BARTLETT of 
Maryland, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, and Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey) 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 repeal 
the withholding of income and social security taxes. 
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 ‘‘Federal Tax With-
holding Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF WITHHOLDING OF INCOME AND SOCIAL 
SECURITY TAXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following sections of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 are hereby repealed:
(1) Section 3102 (relating to deduction of social 
security tax from wages). 
(2) Section 3202 (relating to deduction of rail-
road retirement tax from compensation). 
(3) Chapter 24 (relating to income tax with-
holding). 
(b) REQUIREMENT OF ESTIMATED TAX PAYMENTS 
FOR EMPLOYEE SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES.—Subsection 
(f) of section 6654 of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘minus’’ at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘plus’’, 
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4), and by 
inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) the taxes imposed by section 3101(a) and 
3201(a), minus’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 340 
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit stationary sources located in ozone 
nonattainment areas from purchasing nitrogen oxide emission credits 
under the Environmental Protection Agency’s nitrogen oxide trading 
program without the consent of the State in which such source is located, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2005 
Mr. MORAN of Virginia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit stationary sources 
located in ozone nonattainment areas from purchasing 
nitrogen oxide emission credits under the Environmental 
Protection Agency’s nitrogen oxide trading program with-
out the consent of the State in which such source is 
located, 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. NOX
EMISSION TRADING BY SOURCES IN 
OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREAS. 
Section 126 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7426) 
is amended by adding the following new subsection at the 
end thereof: 
‘‘(d) NOX Trading.—No stationary source of oxides 
of nitrogen that is located in an ozone nonattainment area 
may purchase nitrogen oxide emission credits under any 
emissions trading program established by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency or use any other authority pro-
vided by rules promulgated by the Administrator that 
would permit emissions of oxides of nitrogen from such 
source in excess of emission limits for that air pollutant 
otherwise applicable to that source under the State imple-
mentation plan and section 407 of this Act.’’. 
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