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‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Commission shall
submit to the President and Congress at least one
annual report that monitors Federal civil rights en-
forcement efforts in the United States.
‘‘(2) OTHER REPORTS GENERALLY.—The Com-
mission shall submit such other reports to the Presi-
dent and the Congress as the Commission, the Con-
gress, or the President shall deem appropriate.
‘‘(c) ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—The Commission may
constitute such advisory committees as it deems advisable.
The Commission shall establish at least one such commit-
tee in each State and the District of Columbia.
‘‘(d) HEARINGS AND ANCILLARY MATTERS.—
‘‘(1) POWER TO HOLD HEARINGS.—The Com-
mission, or upon its authorization, any subcommittee
of two or more members of the Commission, at least
one of whom shall be of each major political party,
may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, hold
such hearings and act at such times and places as
the Commission or such authorized subcommittee
deems advisable. Each member of the Commission
shall have the power to administer oaths and affir-
mations in connection with the proceedings of the
Commission.
(1) by redesignating paragraph (16) as para-
graph (17); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (15) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(16) PROHIBITION
OF
USE
OF
ASSISTANCE
FOR EMPLOYMENT RELOCATION ACTIVITIES.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, no amount
from assistance provided under this subsection in
fiscal year 1994 or any succeeding fiscal year may
be used for any activity (including any infrastruc-
ture improvement) that is intended, or is likely, to
facilitate the relocation or expansion of any indus-
trial or commercial plant, facility, or operation, from
one area to another area, if the relocation or expan-
sion will result in a loss of employment in the area
from which the relocation or expansion occurs.’’.
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 360 
Expressing support for the sixth IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treat-
ment, and Prevention and the sense of the House of Representatives 
that continued commitment by the United States to HIV/AIDS research, 
prevention, and treatment programs is crucial to protecting global health. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2011 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida (for himself, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. DAVIS of 
Illinois, and Mr. BUTTERFIELD) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the sixth IAS Conference on HIV 
Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention and the sense 
of the House of Representatives that continued commit-
ment by the United States to HIV/AIDS research, pre-
vention, and treatment programs is crucial to protecting 
global health. 
Whereas there are currently 33,400,000 people living with 
HIV/AIDS worldwide and more than 25,000,000 have 
died of AIDS since the first cases were reported in 1981; 
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House Calendar No. 57 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 358 
[Report No. 112–172] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1315) 
to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act to strengthen the 
review authority of the Financial Stability Over-
sight Council of regulations issued by the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other 
purposes. 
JULY 20, 2011 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4997
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit interstate-connected
conduct relating to exotic animals.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 19, 1994
Mr. BROWN of California (for himself, Mr. EDWARDS of California, Mr. BEIL-
ENSON, Mr. WILSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr.
MEEHAN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. TORRES, Mr. FARR of California, Mrs.
MALONEY, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MANN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr.
MORAN, Mr. SWETT, and Ms. PELOSI) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit interstate-
connected conduct relating to exotic animals.
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 ‘‘Captive Exotic Animal
Protection Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. TRANSPORT OR POSSESSION OF EXOTIC ANIMALS
FOR PURPOSES OF KILLING OR INJURING
THEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘§ 48. Exotic animals
‘‘(a) Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign
commerce, knowingly transfers, transports, or possesses a
confined exotic animal, for the purposes of allowing the
killing or injuring of that animal for entertainment or the
collection of a trophy, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘confined exotic
animal’ means a mammal of a species not historically in-
digenous to the United States that in fact has been held
in captivity for the shorter of—
‘‘(1) the greater part of the animal’s life; or
‘‘(2) a period of one year;
whether or not the defendant knew the length of the cap-
tivity.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the end of chapter 3 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘48. Exotic animals.’’.
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H. Res. 359 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
July 21, 2011. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2551) making appropriations for the Legisla-
tive Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, 
and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 
dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the 
bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con-
trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations. After general debate the bill 
shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 
2 of rule XXI are waived. No amendment to the bill shall be 
in order except those printed in the report of the Committee 
on Rules accompanying this resolution and except pro forma
•HRES 359 EH 
amendments offered at any time by the chair or ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their 
respective designees for the purpose of debate. Each such 
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the 
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to 
the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without inter-
vening motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 359 RH 
of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 
against consideration of the bill are waived. General de-
bate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one 
hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. 
After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against provisions 
in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI 
are waived. No amendment to the bill shall be in order 
except those printed in the report of the Committee on 
Rules accompanying this resolution and except pro forma 
amendments offered at any time by the chair or ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or 
their respective designees for the purpose of debate. Each 
such amendment may be offered only in the order printed 
in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat-
able for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 
a demand for division of the question in the House or in 
the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 
such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid-
eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 
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and report the bill to the House with such amendments 
as may have been adopted. The previous question shall 
be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
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House Calendar No. 58 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 359 
[Report No. 112–173] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2551) 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, 
and for other purposes. 
JULY 20, 2011 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4999
To amend the United States Commission on Civil Rights Act of 1983.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 19, 1994
Mr. EDWARDS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the United States Commission on Civil Rights
Act of 1983.
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 ‘‘Civil Rights Commis-
sion Amendments Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF 1983 ACT.
That the portion of the United States Commission
on Civil Rights Act of 1983 which follows the enacting
clause is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Civil Rights Commis-
sion Act of 1983’’.
‘‘SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.
‘‘(a) GENERALLY.—There is established the United
States Commission on Civil Rights (hereinafter in this Act
referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be com-
posed of eight members. Not more than four of the mem-
bers shall at any one time be of the same political party.
The initial membership of the Commission shall be the
members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
as on the day before the date of the enactment of the Civil
Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994. Thereafter
vacancies in the membership of the Commission shall con-
tinue to be appointed as follows:
‘‘(1) 4 members of the Commission shall be ap-
pointed by the President.
‘‘(2) 2 members of the Commission shall be ap-
pointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate,
upon the recommendations of the majority leader
and the minority leader, and of the members ap-
pointed not more than one shall be appointed from
the same political party.
‘‘(3) 2 members of the Commission shall be ap-
pointed by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives upon the recommendations of the majority
leader and the minority leader, and of the members
appointed not more than one shall be appointed
from the same political party.
‘‘(c) TERMS.—(1) The term of office of each member
of the Commission shall be six years and the current stag-
gering of terms shall continue in effect.
‘‘(d) CHAIRPERSON.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), the individuals serving as Chairperson
and Vice Chairperson of the United States Commission
on Civil Rights on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of the Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of
1994 shall continue in those roles on the Commission.
‘‘(2) Thereafter the President may, with the concur-
rence of a majority of the Commission’s members, des-
ignate a Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, as the case may
be, from among the Commission’s members.
‘‘(3) The President shall, with the concurrence of a
majority of the Commission’s members, fill a vacancy by
designating a Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, as the
case may be, from among the Commission’s members.
‘‘(4) The Vice Chairperson shall act in place of the
Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson.
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(2) shall not result in the removal of the name
of any person from the official list of voters reg-
istered to vote in an election for Federal office by
reason of the person’s failure to vote.
(c) VOTER REMOVAL PROGRAMS.—(1) A State may
meet the requirement of subsection (a)(4) by establishing
a program under which—
(A) change-of-address information supplied by
the Postal Service through its licensees is used to
identify registrants whose addresses may have
changed; and
(B) if it appears from information provided by
the Postal Service that—
(i) a registrant has moved to a different
residence address in the same registrar’s juris-
diction in which the registrant is currently reg-
istered, the registrar changes the registration
records to show the new address and sends the
registrant a notice of the change by forwardable
first 
class 
mail 
and 
a 
postage 
prepaid
preaddressed return form by which the reg-
istrant may verify or correct the address infor-
mation; or
(ii) the registrant has moved to a different
residence address not in the same registrar’s ju-
Historic site and Saugus Iron Works National His-
toric site (the histories of early settlement and in-
dustry, maritime trade, and textile and leather man-
ufacturing); and
(2) to provide a management framework to as-
sist the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its
units of local government in the development and
implementation of an integrated cultural, historical,
and land resource management program in order to
retain, enhance, and interpret the significant values
of the lands, waters, and structures located in the
district.
(c) DESIGNATION.—Upon publication by the Sec-
retary in the Federal Register of notice that a compact
regarding the Heritage Area and meeting the require-
ments for a compact under section 106(a)(2) has been ap-
proved by the Secretary under the procedures referred to
in section 106(b), there is hereby designated the Essex
American Heritage Area (hereinafter in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Heritage Area’’), within the county of
Essex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(d) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall be com-
prised of the lands generally depicted on the map num-
bered NAR–51–80,000 and dated August 1994. The map
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5739 
AN ACT 
To amend the Social Security Act to provide for the termi-
nation of social security benefits for individuals who par-
ticipated in Nazi persecution, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
•HRES 363 EH 
ing consideration of the bill for further amendment, the chair 
of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in rec-
ognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an 
amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the 
Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 
of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as 
read. When the committee rises and reports the bill, as 
amended, back to the House with a recommendation that the 
bill do pass, the previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill, as amended, and amendments thereto to 
final passage without intervening motion except one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. The amendment considered as adopted in the 
House and in the Committee of the Whole is as follows: 
Strike section 427. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
ate of such owner or operator, on the date of
enactment of the Maritime Security Act of
1995;
‘‘(B) the owner or operator, with respect to
each additional foreign-flag vessel, other than a
time chartered vessel, has first applied to have
that vessel covered by an operating agreement
under subtitle B of title VI, and the Secretary
has not awarded an operating agreement with
respect to that vessel within 90 days after the
filing of the application; or
‘‘(C) the vessel has been placed under for-
eign documentation pursuant to section 9 of the
Shipping Act, 1916 (46 App. U.S.C. 808), ex-
cept that any foreign-flag vessel, other than a
time chartered vessel, a replacement vessel
under section 653(d), or a vessel operated by
the owner or operator on the date of enactment
of the Maritime Security Act of 1995, in line
haul service between the United States and for-
eign ports is registered under the flag of an ef-
fective United States-controlled foreign flag,
and available to be requisitioned by the Sec-
retary of Transportation pursuant to section
902 of this Act;
•HRES 363 RH 
the Department of the Interior, environment, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, 
and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 
be dispensed with. All points of order against consider-
ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations. After gen-
eral debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. The amendment printed in sec-
tion 2 of this resolution shall be considered as adopted 
in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Points 
of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for fail-
ure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. Dur-
ing consideration of the bill for further amendment, the 
chair of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority 
in recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering 
an amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion 
of the Congressional Record designated for that purpose 
in clause 8 of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall 
be considered as read. When the committee rises and re-
ports the bill, as amended, back to the House with a rec-
ommendation that the bill do pass, the previous question 
shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, 
and amendments thereto to final passage without inter-
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vening motion except one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. 
SEC. 2. The amendment considered as adopted in the 
House and in the Committee of the Whole is as follows: 
Strike section 427. 
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House Calendar No. 59 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 363 
[Report No. 112–176] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2584) 
making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and 
for other purposes. 
JULY 21, 2011 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 49
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit losses on sales
of certain prior principal residences to offset gain on a subsequent
sale of a principal residence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. ARCHER 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 permit
losses on sales of certain prior principal residences to
offset gain on a subsequent sale of a principal residence.
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 ‘‘Home Sale Tax Fair-
ness Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. LOSSES ALLOWED AGAINST GAIN RECOGNIZED ON
SALE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.
Section 1001 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to determination of amount of and recognition
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of gain or loss) is amended by redesignating subsection
(f) as subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection (e)
the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) LOSSES ALLOWED AGAINST GAIN RECOGNIZED
ON SALE OF PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE.—In the case of an
individual, the amount of gain which would (but for this
subsection) be recognized on the sale or exchange after
December 31, 1993, of a principal residence of such indi-
vidual shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggre-
gate of the losses (if any) sustained by such individual on
the sale or exchange after the date of the enactment of
this subsection of prior principal residences of such indi-
vidual which were not allowed as a deduction and which
were not previously taken into account under this sub-
section. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term
‘principal residence’ has the same meaning as when used
in section 1034.’’
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