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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 160 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month 
waiting period in the disability insurance program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Mr. SHULER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate 
the five-month waiting period in the disability insurance 
program, 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 ‘‘Social Security Fair-
ness for the Terminally Ill Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF TITLE II WAITING PERIOD FOR 
TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223(a)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of any 
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application for disability insurance benefits filed by an in-
dividual who is determined to be under a disability and 
who has been certified as terminally ill by a physician (as 
defined in section 1861(r)(1)), this paragraph shall be ap-
plied without regard to any waiting period. For the pur-
poses of the preceding sentence, an individual is consid-
ered to be terminally ill if the individual has a medical 
prognosis that the individual’s life expectancy is 6 months 
or less.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect with respect to applications 
filed after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1332
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title II of the Social
Security Act to expand the social security exemption for election officials
and election workers employed by State and local governments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 11, 1993
Mr. SWIFT (for himself, Mr. ROSE, and Mr. LIVINGSTON) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title
II of the Social Security Act to expand the social security
exemption for election officials and election workers em-
ployed by State and local governments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY EXEMPTION
FOR ELECTION OFFICIALS AND ELECTION
WORKERS EMPLOYED BY STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS.
(a) EXEMPTION FROM FICA TAXES.—
(1) OASDI 
TAX.—Clause (iv) of section
3121(b)(7)(F) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(relating to treatment of State and local employ-
ment) is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting
‘‘$1,000 with respect to service performed in 1994,
and the exempt remuneration amount determined
under section 218(c)(8)(B) of the Social Security
Act with respect to service performed thereafter’’.
(2) 
HI 
TAX.—Subclause 
(V) 
of 
section
3121(u)(2)(B)(ii) of such Code (relating to treat-
ment of State and local employment) is amended by
striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000 with respect
to service performed in 1994, and the exempt remu-
neration 
amount 
determined 
under 
section
218(c)(8)(B) of the Social Security Act with respect
to service performed thereafter’’.
(b) EXCLUSION OF EXEMPTED SERVICE FROM COM-
PUTATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.—
(1) OASDI BENEFITS.—Clause (iv) of section
210(a)(7)(F) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
410(a)(7)(F)(iv)) is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’
and inserting ‘‘$1,000 with respect to service per-
formed in 1994, and the exempt remuneration
amount determined under section 218(c)(8)(B) with
respect to service performed thereafter’’.
whether the National Institutes of Health is a direct party
to such arrangements.
‘‘(d) CONSULTATIONS REGARDING REGULATIONS.—
In issuing regulations pursuant to subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Director of NIH and with
the Administrator of the Health Care Financing Adminis-
tration.
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘commercial parties’ means the
parties that make available to the public a drug, de-
vice, or other tangible product.
‘‘(2) The term ‘make available’, with respect to
the use by the public of a drug, device, or other
tangible product, means—
‘‘(A) to manufacture the product; or
‘‘(B) to sell or trade the product, or to
offer to sell or trade the product.
‘‘(3) The term ‘product’ means a drug, device,
or other tangible product.
‘‘(4)(A) The term ‘research entity’, with respect
to project of biomedical research described in sub-
section (a), means the entity with the principal prop-
erty interest in the results of the research, without
regard to whether the entity is the National Insti-
tutes of Health or a non-Federal entity.
(2) HI BENEFITS.—Subparagraph (E) of sec-
tion 210(p)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 410(p)(2)(E))
is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’ and inserting
‘‘$1,000 with respect to service performed in 1994,
and the exempt remuneration amount determined
under section 218(c)(8)(B) with respect to service
performed thereafter’’.
(c) AUTHORITY TO CONFORM COVERAGE AGREE-
MENTS.—Section 218(c)(8) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 418(c)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘$100’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$1,000 with respect to service performed in 1994,
and the exempt remuneration amount determined under
subparagraph (B) with respect to service performed there-
after’’.
(d) INDEXATION
OF
EXEMPT
REMUNERATION
AMOUNT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 218(c)(8) of the So-
cial Security Act (as amended by subsection (c)) is
further amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(8)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraphs:
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall, on or before November 1
of 1994 and of every year thereafter, determine and pub-
lish in the Federal Register the exempt remuneration
amount which shall be effective with respect to service per-
formed during the following calendar year.
‘‘(C) The exempt remuneration amount determined
under subparagraph (B) shall be the larger of—
‘‘(i) the dollar amount in effect under subpara-
graph (A) with respect to service performed during
the calendar year in which the determination under
subparagraph (B) is made, or
‘‘(ii) the product of—
‘‘(I) $1,000, and
‘‘(II) the indexing ratio described in sub-
paragraph (D),
with such product, if not a multiple of $100, being
rounded to the next higher multiple of $100 where
such product is a multiple of $50 but not of $100
and to the nearest multiple of $100 in any other
case.
‘‘(D) For purposes of subparagraph (C)(ii)(II), the
indexing ratio is the ratio of—
‘‘(i) the deemed average total wages (as defined
in section 209(k)(1)) for the calendar year before
the calendar year in which the determination under
subparagraph (B) is made, to
‘‘(ii) the average of the total wages (as defined
in regulations of the Secretary and computed with-
out regard to the limitations specified in section
209(a)(1)) reported to the Secretary of the Treasury
or his delegate for 1991 (as published in the Federal
Register in accordance with section 215(a)(1)(D)).’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
209(k)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 409(k)(1)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘218(c)(8)(D)(i),’’ after
‘‘215(b)(3)(A)(ii),’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to service performed on or after January 1, 1994.
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SEC. 706. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ENFORCE-
MENT PENALTIES FOR MISREPRESENTATION 
OF A BUSINESS CONCERN AS A SMALL BUSI-
NESS CONCERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED 
BY VETERANS OR AS A SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERVICE- 
DISABLED VETERANS. 
Subsection (g) of section 8127 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Any business’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) Any business’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘willfully and inten-
tionally’’ before ‘‘misrepresented’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a reasonable period of 
time, as determined by the Secretary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a period of not less than five years’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a debarment under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall commence debarment action against the 
business concern by not later than 30 days after deter-
mining that the concern willfully and intentionally mis-
represented the status of the concern as described in para-
graph (1) and shall complete debarment actions against
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5865 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, 
as the ‘‘Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
In the Senate of the United States,
April 21 (legislative day, April 19), 1993.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1335) entitled ‘‘An Act making emergency sup-
plemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1993, and for other purposes’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sum is appropriated, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide
emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes, namely:
HR 1335 EAS
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND
OTHER FUNDS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Advances to the unem-
ployment trust fund and other funds’’, $4,000,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 1994.
Attest:
Secretary.
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1613 
To amend title VI of the Clean Air Act to make a restriction on the 
use of class II substances inapplicable to certain fire suppression agents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2011 
Mr. HECK (for himself, Mr. MATHESON, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. DANIEL E. LUN-
GREN of California, and Mr. HELLER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title VI of the Clean Air Act to make a restriction 
on the use of class II substances inapplicable to certain 
fire suppression agents. 
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 ‘‘Fire Protection Act 
of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FIRE SUPPRESSION AGENTS. 
Section 605(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7671d(a)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding the following new paragraph after 
paragraph (3): 
‘‘(4) is listed as acceptable for use as a fire sup-
pression agent for nonresidential applications in ac-
cordance with section 612(c).’’. 
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1615 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Gallium metal. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2011 
Mr. HIMES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Gallium metal. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GALLIUM METAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new headings: 
‘‘ 
9902.07.01 
Gallium metal (provided for 
in subheading 8112.92.10) ...
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2013
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn 
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1614 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for 
umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 15, 2011 
Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. KIND, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia, Mr. AKIN, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. DUNCAN of 
Tennessee, Mr. PITTS, and Mr. WOLF) 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 treat 
amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services 
as medical care expenses. 
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 ‘‘Family Cord Blood 
Banking Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. AMOUNTS PAID FOR UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD 
BANKING SERVICES TREATED AS MEDICAL 
CARE EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 213(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining medical 
care) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C), by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (D) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, and by inserting after sub-
paragraph (D) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) for private umbilical cord blood bank-
ing services provided by any accredited umbil-
ical cord blood bank which is in compliance 
with the regulations under section 361 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2011. 
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H. R. 1335
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1993, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sum is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to provide emergency supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and
for other purposes namely:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Advances to the unemployment
trust fund and other funds’’, $4,000,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1994.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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ommendations of the Secretary for legislative or 
administrative action to reduce such fraud. 
(F) Such recommendations for legislative or 
administrative action as the Secretary considers 
appropriate with respect to the payment of ex-
penses or allowances as described in subsection 
(a). 
(c) VET CENTER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Vet Center’’ means a center for readjustment counseling 
and related mental health services for veterans under section 
1712A of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 105. CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR NURSING 
HOME CARE. 
(a) CONTRACTS.—Section 1745(a) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Secretary 
shall pay each State home for nursing home care at 
the rate determined under paragraph (2)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The Secretary shall enter into a contract (or 
agreement under section 1720(c)(1) of this title) with 
each State home for payment by the Secretary for 
nursing home care provided in the home’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following new paragraph (2): 
‘‘(2) Payment under each contract (or agreement) be-
tween the Secretary and a State home under paragraph (1)
J. 65–951——O
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE OPERATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘State unemployment
insurance
and
employment
service
operations’’,
$14,300,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
tration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund, to fund
worker profiling activities and for oversight of employment
programs: Provided, That of the funds provided herein up
to $2,700,000 may be transferred to the Program Admin-
istration account.
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND
OTHER FUNDS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Advances to the un-
employment trust fund and other funds’’, $4,000,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1994.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES
For an additional amount to carry out title XXVI of
the Public Health Service Act, $200,000,000.
J. 65–951——O
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
For an additional amount to carry out section 301
and title IV of the Public Health Service Act with respect
to high-performance computing applications, $9,392,000.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the As-
sistant Secretary for Health’’ for carrying out childhood
immunization activities under title III and subtitle 1 of
title XXI of the Public Health Service Act, $300,000,000,
of which $282,800,000 shall be transferred to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, of which $4,200,000
shall be transferred to the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, and of which $7,000,000 shall
be transferred to the Food and Drug Administration.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
PAYMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to the So-
cial Security Trust Funds’’ to reimburse the trust funds
for administrative expenses to carry out sections 9704 and
9706 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, $10,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
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provements grants, $187,844,000, to remain available
until September 30, 1993.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
FORMULA GRANTS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Formula grants’’ for
capital grants, $466,490,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1993, of which $17,423,000 shall be appor-
tioned under section 16, $26,420,000 under section 18,
and $422,647,000 under section 9 of the Federal Transit
Act, as amended: Provided, That, if any such funds are
not obligated within 90 days of enactment of this Act,
such funds shall be allocated for any eligible capital
project under such Act, at the discretion of the Secretary.
The language under this heading in the Department
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1993, is amended by deleting ‘‘$1,700,000,000’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,182,340,000’’.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF TRANSIT PROGRAMS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The language under this heading in the Department
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1993, is amended by deleting ‘‘$1,134,150,000’’ and
inserting
‘‘$1,150,000,000’’
and
by
deleting
‘‘$1,049,025,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,064,875,000’’: Pro-
vided, That these additional funds shall be apportioned
SEC. 305. NEW CITIZENS AWARD PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a new 
citizens award program to recognize citizens who— 
(1) have made an outstanding contribution to 
the United States; and 
(2) are naturalized during the 10-year period 
ending on the date of such recognition. 
(b) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 
to present a medal, in recognition of outstanding 
contributions to the United States, to citizens de-
scribed in subsection (a). 
(2) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF AWARDS.—Not more 
than 10 citizens may receive a medal under this sec-
tion in any calendar year. 
SEC. 306. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the 
authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting 
through the Director of United States Citizenship and Im-
migration Services or such other officials of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security as the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may direct, to manage, direct, and control the 
activities of the Chief of the Office of Citizenship and Im-
migrant Integration. 
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SEC. 307. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 
through 2017. 
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‘‘(A) all educators are technology literate 
and effectively use technology to improve in-
struction; and 
‘‘(B) education administrators possess the 
capacity to— 
‘‘(i) provide leadership in the use of 
technology for systemic redesign of cur-
riculum, instruction, and the education en-
terprise; and 
‘‘(ii) improve educational productivity; 
‘‘(4) to improve student engagement, oppor-
tunity, attendance, graduation rates, and technology 
access through enhanced or redesigned curriculum 
or instruction; 
‘‘(5) to more effectively collect and use student 
performance and other data in a timely manner to 
inform instruction, address individualized student 
needs, support school decisionmaking, and support 
school improvement and increased student achieve-
ment, including through delivery of computer-based 
and online assessments; 
‘‘(6) to enhance the use of technology, online 
and blended learning for systemic education trans-
formation, including curricula redesign and new in-
structional strategies to personalize learning; and 
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veterans, and to otherwise aid covered veterans 
in obtaining such assistance and services; 
(C) to ensure the confidentiality of records 
maintained by the entity on covered veterans re-
ceiving services through the supported housing 
program described in subsection (a); 
(D) to establish such procedures for fiscal 
control and fund accounting as the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs considers appropriate to ensure 
proper disbursement and accounting of funds 
under a contract or agreement entered into by 
the entity as described in subsection (a); 
(E) to submit to the Secretary each year, in 
such form and such manner as the Secretary 
may require, a report on the collaboration un-
dertaken by the entity under a contract or agree-
ment described in such subsection during the 
most recent fiscal year, including a description 
of, for the year covered by the report— 
(i) the services and assistance provided 
to covered veterans as part of such collabo-
ration; 
(ii) the process by which covered vet-
erans were referred to the entity for such 
services and assistance;