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‘‘(D) the geographical extent of the trading
area in which the mark is used;
‘‘(E) the channels of trade for the goods or
services with which the mark is used;
‘‘(F) the degree of recognition of the reg-
istrant’s mark in the trading areas and channels of
trade of the registrant and the person against whom
the injunction is sought; and
‘‘(G) the nature and extent of use of the same
or similar marks by third parties.
‘‘(2) In an action brought under this subsection, the
registrant shall be entitled only to injunctive relief unless
the person against whom the injunction is sought willfully
intended to trade on the registrant’s reputation or to
cause dilution of the registrant’s mark. If such willful in-
tent is proven, the registrant shall also be entitled to the
remedies set forth in sections 35(a) and 36, subject to the
discretion of the court and the principles of equity.
‘‘(3) The ownership by a person of a valid registra-
tion of a mark under the Act of March 3, 1881, or the
Act of February 20, 1905, or on the principal register
shall be a complete bar to an action against that person,
with respect to that mark, that is brought by another per-
son under the common law or a statute of a State and
that seeks to prevent dilution of the distinctiveness of a
mark, label, or form of advertisement.
‘‘(4) The following shall not be actionable under this
section:
‘‘(A) Fair use of a registrant’s mark by another
person in comparative commercial advertising or
promotion to identify the registrant’s competing
goods or services.
‘‘(B) Noncommercial use of a mark.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for
title VIII of the Trademark Act of 1946 is amended by
striking ‘‘AND FALSE DESCRIPTIONS’’ and inserting
‘‘, FALSE DESCRIPTIONS, AND DILUTION’’.
SEC. 4. DEFINITION.
Section 45 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C.
1127) is amended by inserting after the paragraph defin-
ing when a mark shall be deemed to be ‘‘abandoned’’ the
following:
‘‘The term ‘dilution’ means the lessening of the ca-
pacity of a registrant’s mark to identify and distinguish
goods or services, regardless of the presence or absence
of—
‘‘(1) competition between the registrant and
other parties, or
SEC. 2. OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECRETARY OF EDU-
CATION.—Section 132(i)(1) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a(i)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (V), by adding at the end 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) Placement information required 
to be provided by the institution under sec-
tion 485(a)(R), as amended by the Higher 
Education and Employment Transparency 
Act, with respect to graduates of the insti-
tution’s degree or certificate programs.’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (W), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘and a link to 
the appropriate section of such website that provides 
information from the Occupational Employment Sta-
tistics program and the Occupational Outlook Hand-
book of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.— 
(1) INSTITUTIONAL
AND
FINANCIAL
ASSIST-
ANCE
INFORMATION
FOR
STUDENTS.—Section 
485(a)(R) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(R)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘, certificate programs,’’ 
the following: ‘‘including whether such employment 
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is paid or unpaid and whether such employment re-
quires any postsecondary education’’. 
(2) PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS.— 
Section 487(a) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(30) The institution will provide a link promi-
nently, and near any institutional statistics (such as 
job placement rates), on the institution’s website to 
the appropriate section of the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics website that provides information from the 
Occupational Employment Statistics program and 
the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be effective for aca-
demic year 2013–2014 and succeeding academic 
years. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4492
To extend the authorization for appropriations for the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission for five fiscal years.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 1994
Mr. DE LA GARZA (for himself, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota,
and Mr. COMBEST) (all by request) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To extend the authorization for appropriations for the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission for five fiscal years.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘CFTC Reauthorization
Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Effective October 1, 1994, section 12(d) of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 16(d)) is amended to read
as follows:
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‘‘(d) To carry out this Act, there are authorized to
be appropriated such sums as are necessary for each of
the 1995 through 1999 fiscal years.’’.
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Sec. 4. Collection of child support through wage withholding and the income
tax collection system.
Sec. 5. Distribution by the Department of Health and Human Services of child
support collected by the Internal Revenue Service.
Sec. 6. State role in collection and distribution of child support.
Sec. 7. National Child Support Guideline Commission.
Sec. 8. Uniform termination of child support obligations.
Sec. 9. Reallocation of resources.
Sec. 10. Direct accountability of child support enforcement programs.
Sec. 11. Social services demonstration projects.
SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL CHILD SUPPORT ASSURANCE SYSTEM.
(a) MONTHLY CHILD SUPPORT ASSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—
(1) ENTITLEMENT.—Each eligible individual
who has applied for benefits under this subsection
shall be entitled to payment of a monthly child sup-
port assurance benefit under this subsection.
(2) AMOUNT OF BENEFIT.—
(A) GENERAL RULE.—The amount of the
child support assurance benefit payable under
this subsection to an eligible individual for a
calendar month is—
(i) the basic benefit payable to the in-
dividual for the month; multiplied by
(ii) the inflation percentage in effect
for the month for the locality of the United
States in which the individual resides.
(B) BASIC
BENEFIT.—For purposes of
subparagraph (A), the amount of the basic ben-
I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4493
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to limit the value of certain
real and personal property that the debtor may elect to exempt under
State or local law.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 1994
Mr. MANN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to limit the
value of certain real and personal property that the debt-
or may elect to exempt under State or local law.
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 ‘‘Abolition of Bank-
ruptcy Havens Amendments of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
Section 522 of title 11, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A) by inserting ‘‘sub-
ject to subsection (n),’’ after ‘‘(2)(A)’’, and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(n) As a result of electing under subsection
(b)(2)(A) to exempt property that is exempt under State
or local law, the debtor may not exempt an aggregate in-
terest of more than $50,000 in value in real or personal
property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses
as a residence, in a cooperative that owns property that
the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a resi-
dence, or in a burial plot for the debtor or a dependent
of the debtor.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by section
2 shall take effect on January 1, 1995.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by section 2 shall not apply with respect to
cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code
before the effective date of this Act.
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(A) the number of payments made by the
Secretary on behalf of the subdivision under
this subsection for any month; multiplied by
(B) $1.67.
(3) FEES TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE TREAS-
URY.—All administration fees collected pursuant to
paragraph (2) shall be deposited in the general fund
of the Treasury of the United States as miscellane-
ous receipts.
(4) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this subsection:
(A) QUALIFIED POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.—
The term ‘‘qualified political subdivision’’
means any State or any political subdivision of
a State which has a supplementary child sup-
port assurance benefit program.
(B) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes
the District of Columbia.
(C) SUPPLEMENTARY CHILD SUPPORT AS-
SURANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘sup-
plementary child support assurance benefit pro-
gram’’ means, with respect to a subdivision, any
program of the subdivision under which cash
benefits are payable to all and only those resi-
dents of the subdivision who are eligible individ-
uals.
‘‘(2) likelihood of confusion, mistake, or decep-
tion.’’.
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(v) if the Secretary determines that 
an offer submitted during the period re-
ferred to in clause (iii) is a bona fide offer 
to provide reinsurance coverage during the 
contract cycle at rates and terms that are 
substantially similar to the rates and terms 
for reinsurance coverage otherwise to be 
provided under this section by the Sec-
retary, the Secretary shall accept the offer 
(if still outstanding) and, notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act, provide for 
such entity to make reinsurance coverage 
available in accordance with the offer; and 
(vi) if the Secretary accepts an offer 
pursuant to clause (v) to make reinsurance 
coverage available, notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, the Secretary 
shall reduce, to an equivalent extent, the 
amount of reinsurance coverage available 
under this section during the contract cycle 
to which the offer relates, unless and until 
the Secretary determines that the entity is 
not complying with the terms of the ac-
cepted offer. 
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month period beginning on October 1,
1993,’’, and
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end,
and
(ii) by striking subclause (VI) and in-
sert the following:
‘‘(VI) 1995 through 1997, is the market basket
percentage increase minus the applicable reduction
(as defined in clause (vi)(II)), or in the case of a
hospital for a calendar year for which the hospital’s
update adjustment percentage (as defined in clause
(vi)(I)) is at least 10 percent, the market basket per-
centage increase, and
‘‘(VII) subsequent calendar years is the market
basket percentage increase.’’.
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
1886(b)(3)(B) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
1395ww(b)(3)(B)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new clause:
‘‘(vi) For purposes of clause (ii)(VI)—
‘‘(I) a hospital’s ‘update adjustment percentage’
for a calendar year is the percentage by which the
hospital’s allowable operating cost of inpatient hos-
pital services recognized under this title for the cost
reporting period beginning in fiscal year 1990 ex-
Human Resources of the Senate, a report that con-
tains—
(A) the results of the evaluations described
in the interim reports; and
(B) a description of any improvements in
child support enforcement resulting from the
conduct of demonstration projects under this
section.
(2) COMPARATIVE EVALUATION.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Ways and Means
and the Committee on Education and Labor of
the House of Representatives, and to the Com-
mittee on Finance and the Committee on Labor
and Human Resources of the Senate, a report
that—
(i) contains a comparative evaluation
of the demonstration projects conducted
under this section;
(ii) identifies which of such projects,
or aspects of such projects, best contrib-
uted to the achievement of the purpose of
this section; and
(iii) makes such recommendations for
legislative and administrative action as the
Secretary deems appropriate.
(B) TIMING OF REPORTS.—The Secretary
shall submit the evaluation required under sub-
paragraph (A) with respect to a demonstration
project after the project has been carried out
for 5 years.
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4495
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit
smoking on all scheduled airline flight segments in air
transportation or intrastate air transportation.
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 ‘‘Airliner Cabin Air
Quality Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHEDULED
FLIGHTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41706 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
mass index by 5 percent in the United States could 
lead to more than $29,000,000,000 in health care 
savings in five years. 
(10) Studies show that an overweight or obese 
child or adolescent is significantly more likely to 
have obesity as an adult. 
(11) Tracking, measuring, and monitoring body 
mass index for children is vital in facilitating a life-
time of healthy behaviors. 
(12) Body mass index should be considered as 
a vital sign. 
SEC. 3. MEASURES TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY ACT. 
(a) REPORTING OF BODY MASS INDEX INFORMATION 
REQUIREMENT FOR CHILDREN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 
2125 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300aa–25) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (3); 
(B) by striking the period and adding ‘‘, 
and’’ at the end of paragraph (4); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
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‘‘§ 41706. Prohibitions against smoking on scheduled
flights
‘‘(a) SMOKING PROHIBITION IN INTRASTATE AND
INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION.—An individual may
not smoke in an aircraft on a scheduled airline flight seg-
ment in interstate air transportation or intrastate air
transportation.
‘‘(b) SMOKING
PROHIBITION
IN
FOREIGN
AIR
TRANSPORTATION.—The Secretary of Transportation
shall require all air carriers and foreign air carriers to pro-
hibit, on and after the 120th day following the date of
the enactment of the Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of
1994, smoking in any aircraft on a scheduled airline flight
segment within the United States or between a place in
the United States and a place outside the United States.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY.—The smoking
prohibitions contained in subsections (a) and (b) shall
apply only to the passenger cabin and lavatory of an air-
craft operated by a foreign air carrier.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
regulations necessary to carry out this section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the 60th day following
the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives October 4,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4495
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to pro-
hibit smoking on all scheduled airline flight seg-
ments in air transportation or intrastate air
transportation.
I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4495
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on all
scheduled airline flight segments in air transportation or intrastate air
transportation.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 1994
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation
A BILL
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit
smoking on all scheduled airline flight segments in air
transportation or intrastate air transportation.
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 ‘‘Airliner Cabin Air
Quality Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHEDULED
FLIGHTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(d)(1)(A) of the Fed-
eral Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1374(d)(1)(A))
is amended by striking ‘‘, which is’’ and all that follows
before the period at the end.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the 60th day following
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6461 
To prevent childhood obesity. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Ms. FUDGE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prevent childhood obesity. 
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 ‘‘Measures to Prevent 
Childhood Obesity Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Obesity is related to more than 30 chronic 
conditions, including diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular 
disease, and arthritis. 
(2) Obesity has become a major health concern 
for millions of Americans, as 1 in 3 adults and near-
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ly 1 in 5 children have obesity, according to the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention. 
(3) Left unchecked, nearly 50 percent of Ameri-
cans will be obese by 2030, according to a recent 
study. 
(4) Rates of obesity among children and adoles-
cents have nearly tripled since 1980, according to 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
(5) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention estimates that more than 75 percent of 
health care costs are due to chronic conditions. 
(6) A recent study conducted by researchers at 
Cornell University and Lehigh University concluded 
that obesity accounts for nearly 21 percent of health 
care costs in America. 
(7) Direct medical spending on obesity could ex-
ceed $300,000,000,000 annually by 2018, according 
to an analysis conducted by McKinsey and Com-
pany. 
(8) Obesity has become a threat to national se-
curity and is the leading medical reason for appli-
cants failing to qualify for military service, according 
to a report issued by Mission:Readiness. 
(9) A report issued by the Trust for America’s 
Health concludes that reducing the average body 
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IIA
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 4495
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 5 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit
smoking on all scheduled airline flight segments in air
transportation or intrastate air transportation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represena-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airliner Cabin Air
Quality Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHEDULED
FLIGHTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41706 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 41706. Prohibitions against smoking on scheduled
flights
‘‘(a) SMOKING PROHIBITION IN INTRASTATE AND
INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION.—An individual may
not smoke in an aircraft on a scheduled airline flight seg-
ment in interstate air transportation or intrastate air
transportation.
‘‘(b) SMOKING
PROHIBITION
IN
FOREIGN
AIR
TRANSPORTATION.—The Secretary of Transportation
shall require all air carriers and foreign air carriers to pro-
hibit, on and after the 120th day following the date of
the enactment of the Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of
1994, smoking in any aircraft on a scheduled airline flight
segment within the United States or between a place in
the United States and a place outside the United States.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY.—The smoking
prohibitions contained in subsections (a) and (b) shall
apply only to the passenger cabin and lavatory of an air-
craft operated by a foreign air carrier.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe
regulations necessary to carry out this section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the 60th day following
the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives October 4,
1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6462 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate water leasing 
and water transfers to promote conservation and efficiency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. MATHESON, and Mr. TIPTON) 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 facilitate 
water leasing and water transfers to promote conserva-
tion and efficiency. 
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 ‘‘Water and Agriculture 
Technology Economic Revitalization Act of 2012’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6469 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land 
Management, to conduct a study of the legal and administrative steps 
necessary to carry out the goals of H.R. 4332, the Soledad Canyon 
High Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Management 
Act of 2009 of the 111th Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 
Mr. MCKEON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Bureau of Land Management, to conduct a study of 
the legal and administrative steps necessary to carry 
out the goals of H.R. 4332, the Soledad Canyon High 
Desert, California Public Lands Conservation and Man-
agement Act of 2009 of the 111th Congress. 
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 ‘‘Soledad Canyon Mine 
Mitigation and Relocation Act of 2012’’. 
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