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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5155 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an aerial assessment of 
sea turtle populations in United States waters, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2010 
Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. ORTIZ) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to conduct an aerial 
assessment of sea turtle populations in United States 
waters, 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. AERIAL ASSESSMENT OF SEA TURTLE POPU-
LATIONS IN UNITED STATES WATERS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Commerce shall con-
duct an aerial assessment of and report to Congress on 
the population abundance and spatial and temporal dis-
tribution of Green, Loggerhead, Leatherback, Kemp’s 
Ridley, and Hawksbill sea turtles in State and Federal wa-
ters of the United States. 
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(b) LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not issue 
any rule regarding incidental fisheries bycatch of 
any of the species referred to in subsection (a) under 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.) or the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Con-
servation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et 
seq.) before the date the Secretary submits a report 
to Congress on the findings of the study required 
under subsection (a). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to any rule to alter or restrict use of a specific 
gear type in a specific fishery, if the Secretary cer-
tifies to Congress in writing that the rule is an 
emergency rule determined by the Secretary, based 
on independently peer-reviewed science, to be nec-
essary— 
(A) to protect a species referred to in sub-
section (a) from being imminently determined 
by the Secretary under the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to be an 
endangered species primarily as a result of inci-
dental take of such species by that gear type in 
that fishery; or 
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(B) to protect a species referred to in sub-
section (a) that is listed under that Act as an 
endangered species from imminent extinction 
primarily as a result of incidental take of such 
species by that gear type in that fishery. 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1085 
AN ACT 
To award three congressional gold medals to the United 
States Capitol Police and those who protected the U.S. 
Capitol on January 6, 2021. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5157 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the issuance of 
War on Debt Bonds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2010 
Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the 
issuance of War on Debt Bonds. 
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 ‘‘War on Debt Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 2. WAR ON DEBT BONDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 31 of 
subtitle III of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 3105 the following new section: 
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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1112 
AN ACT 
To require a report on the military coup in Burma, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘§ 3105a. War on Debt Bonds 
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall establish and administer a 
new series of United States savings bonds, to be known 
as ‘War on Debt Bonds’. Proceeds from the bonds shall 
be used first solely to reduce the amount of foreign-held 
public debt, and then to reduce other public debt. 
‘‘(b) A War on Debt Bond shall not mature, and may 
not be redeemed by the holder, earlier than 30 years from 
the date of issue. An amount equal to 1⁄30 of the principal 
amount of any such bond shall be paid to the holder of 
such bond on the 5th anniversary, and each anniversary 
thereafter, and shall not be includible in gross income 
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Interest shall 
be paid annually on the anniversary date of issuance, and 
shall not be includible in gross income under such Code. 
‘‘(c) War on Debt Bonds shall be issued at face value 
and in denominations of not less than $10,000, and shall 
bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary to be 
equal to 90 percent of the interest rate for substantially 
similar AA rated State bonds, adjusted annually. 
‘‘(d) If during any fiscal year during which any War 
on Debt Bond is outstanding— 
‘‘(1) the Federal budget deficit for such fiscal 
year exceeds 3 percent of gross domestic product (as 
most recently computed and published by the De-
partment of Commerce); or 
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‘‘(2) the public debt exceeds 10 percent of gross 
domestic product (as so computed and published); 
then any such bond may be redeemed without regard to 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(e) A War on Debt Bond may only be held by— 
‘‘(1) a citizen or resident of the United States; 
‘‘(2) a domestic partnership, or domestic cor-
poration, not more than 1 percent of the ownership 
interest of which is held (directly or indirectly) by a 
person who is not a United States person (as de-
fined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986); or 
‘‘(3) an estate or trust which is a United States 
person (as so defined), unless there is a beneficiary 
of the trust who is not a United States person (as 
so defined).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
subchapter I of chapter 31 of subtitle III of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
3105 the following new item: 
‘‘3105. War on Debt Bonds.’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5158 
To require Federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with certain 
reporting requirements and transparency standards. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2010 
Mr. WILSON of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require Federal contractors and subcontractors to comply 
with certain reporting requirements and transparency 
standards. 
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 ‘‘Summitville Procure-
ment Protection Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS AND 
SUBCONTRACTORS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—In the case of a Federal con-
tract awarded by any department or agency of the Federal 
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Government, the contract shall require, as a condition of 
the contract, that the contractor— 
(1) shall comply with procurement reporting re-
quirements and transparency standards in the per-
formance of the contract; 
(2) shall require any subcontractor under the 
contract to comply with such requirements and 
standards; and 
(3) shall submit to the department or agency 
that awarded the contract a report regarding all 
subcontracts awarded in the performance of the con-
tract, including the procedures used in awarding the 
subcontracts. 
(b) 
REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
AND
TRANS-
PARENCY STANDARDS.—In this Act, the term ‘‘procure-
ment reporting requirements and transparency standards’’ 
means each of the following: 
(1) A requirement to publicize proposed con-
tracting opportunities. 
(2) A requirement to select a contractor based 
on full and open competition, with the award going 
to the lowest-priced responsible qualified bidder, in 
the case of procurements conducted by sealed bid-
ding, or the offeror whose proposal represents best 
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value for the government, in the case of negotiated 
procurements. 
(3) A requirement to report information on 
which bidder or offeror received the contract award. 
(4) A requirement to disclose certain informa-
tion to unsuccessful bidders or offerors. 
(5) The ability to access a copy of the contract 
of the winning bidder or offeror. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of this sec-
tion shall apply with respect to contracts entered into on 
and after the date occurring 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2623
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to facilitate utilization
of volunteer resources on behalf of the Amateur Radio Service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 13, 1993
Mr. SLATTERY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 in order to
facilitate utilization of volunteer resources on behalf of
the Amateur Radio Service.
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 ‘‘Amateur Radio Volun-
teer Services Act of 1933’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds and declares
that—
(1) since 1982, following the enactment of Pub-
lic Law 97–259, the Federal Communications Com-
mission has been authorized to utilize volunteer as-
sistance of licensees in the Amateur Radio Service
for—
(A) the preparation and administration of
amateur radio license examinations, and
(B) on-air monitoring for violations in the
Amateur Radio Service;
(2) these volunteer services provided by individ-
ual amateur radio licensees have greatly enhanced
the self-regulatory character of the Service, and have
saved the Commission countless hours of staff time
and other resources;
(3) the success of these volunteer programs to
date should be noted, encouraged and expanded;
(4) Public Law 102–538 now authorizes the
Commission to accept the voluntary, uncompensated
and unreimbursed services of amateur radio organi-
zations in administration of club and military recre-
ation station call signs;
(5) a principal threat to the continuation of
each of these programs is the perception that volun-
teers put personal assets at risk in the event of ac-
tions against them, as the result of their provision
of the volunteer services;
(6) 
this 
perception 
may 
result 
in
nonparticipation of volunteers or withdrawal from
volunteer service; and
(7) the protection of voluntarism in these spe-
cific programs, through clarification and limitation
of the personal risks assumed by the volunteer in
connection with such participation in these enumer-
ated programs, is necessary and reasonable.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to—
(1) protect the provision of volunteer services to
the Federal Communications Commission as pro-
vided for in the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, in the administration of the Amateur
Radio Service; and
(2) sustain the availability of volunteer pro-
grams which benefit the Amateur Radio Service,
which has provided a model of self-administration
and self-enforcement among the radio services ad-
ministered by the Federal Communications Commis-
sion.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Radioactive Import 
Deterrence Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 19 of the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2015 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 276 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 277. IMPORTATION OF LOW-LEVEL RADIO-
ACTIVE WASTE.— 
‘‘a. Except as provided in subsection b. or c., the 
Commission shall not issue a license authorizing the im-
portation into the United States of— 
‘‘(1) low-level radioactive waste (as defined in 
section 2 of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy 
Act (42 U.S.C. 2021b)); or 
‘‘(2) specific radioactive waste streams exempt-
ed from regulation by the Commission under section 
10 of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2021j). 
‘‘b. Subsection a. shall not apply to— 
‘‘(1) low-level radioactive waste being returned 
to a United States Government or military facility 
which is authorized to possess the material; or 
‘‘(2) low-level radioactive waste resulting from 
the use in a foreign country of nuclear material ob-
tained by the foreign user from an entity in the
United States that is being returned to the United 
States for management and disposal. 
‘‘c. The President may waive the prohibition under 
this section and authorize the grant of a specific license 
to import materials prohibited under subsection a., under 
the rules of the Commission, only after a finding that such 
importation would meet an important national or inter-
national policy goal, such as the use of waste for research 
purposes. Such a waiver must specify the policy goal to 
be achieved, how it is to be achieved, and the amount of 
material to be imported. 
‘‘d. A license not permitted under this section that 
was issued before the date of enactment of this section 
may continue in effect according to its terms, but may 
not be extended or amended with respect to the amount 
of material permitted to be imported.’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—The table 
of contents for the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 276 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 277. Importation of low-level radioactive waste.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 
2009. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 515 
AN ACT 
To prohibit the importation of certain low-level 
radioactive waste into the United States.
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘an 
applicable 1-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘the ini-
tial applicable 1-year period and any 1-year pe-
riod thereafter’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘any applicable 1- 
year period’’ and inserting ‘‘the initial 
applicable 1-year period and any 1- 
year period thereafter’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the applicable 1- 
year period’’ and inserting ‘‘that 1- 
year period’’; 
(ii) in clause (iv)(II)— 
(I) in the subclause heading, by 
striking ‘‘APPLICABLE’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘In each of the 
second, third, fourth, and fifth appli-
cable 1-year periods’’ and inserting 
‘‘In any 1-year period after the initial 
applicable 1-year period’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘applicable 1- 
year period’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘1-year period’’; 
(iii) in clause (v)(I)—
SEC. 3. FACILITATION OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES TO THE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION IN
PROGRAMS 
BENEFITING 
THE 
AMATEUR
RADIO SERVICE.
Section 4(f)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 4(f)(4)) is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(K) Except as provided otherwise herein, no individ-
ual licensee in the Amateur Radio Service who provides
volunteer services pursuant to subparagraph (A), (B), or
(C) of this paragraph, or pursuant to subsection
(g)(3)(B), shall incur personal financial responsibility for
any alleged damage, loss, or injury from any act or omis-
sion of the volunteer from the provision of such volunteer
services, if—
‘‘(i) such individual was acting in good faith
and within the scope of such individual’s official
function and duties in providing the volunteer serv-
ices as defined in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of
this paragraph, or as defined in subsection
(g)(3)(B); and
‘‘(ii) such damage, loss, or injury was not
caused by willful and wanton misconduct by such in-
dividual.’’.
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been injected or otherwise treated with a genetically 
engineered material (except that the use of manure 
as a fertilizer for the plant may not be construed to 
mean that the plant is produced with a genetically 
engineered material). 
(2) The term ‘‘genetically engineered material’’ 
means material that has been altered at the molec-
ular or cellular level by means that are not possible 
under natural conditions or processes (including re-
combinant DNA and RNA techniques, cell fusion, 
microencapsulation, macroencapsulation, gene dele-
tion and doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and 
changing the positions of genes), other than a means 
consisting exclusively of breeding, conjugation, fer-
mentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, tissue 
culture, or mutagenesis. 
(3) The term ‘‘genetically engineered seed’’ 
means a seed that contains a genetically engineered 
material or was produced with a genetically engi-
neered material. A seed shall be considered to con-
tain a genetically engineered material or to have 
been produced with a genetically engineered material 
if the seed (or the plant from which the seed is de-
rived) has been injected or otherwise treated with a 
genetically engineered material (except that the use 
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of manure as a fertilizer for the plant may not be 
construed to mean that any resulting seeds are pro-
duced with a genetically engineered material). 
(4) The term ‘‘pharmaceutical crop’’ means a 
genetically engineered plant that is designed to 
produce medical products, including human and vet-
erinary drugs and biologics. The term includes a 
crop intentionally treated with genetically engineered 
material that, in turn, produces a medical substance. 
(5) The term ‘‘industrial crop’’ means a geneti-
cally engineered plant that is designed to produce in-
dustrial products, including industrial and research 
chemicals and enzymes. The term includes a crop in-
tentionally treated with genetically engineered mate-
rial that, in turn, produces an industrial substance. 
SEC. 104. REGULATION OF PRODUCTION OF PHARMA-
CEUTICAL CROPS AND INDUSTRIAL CROPS. 
(a) TEMPORARY MORATORIUM PENDING REGULA-
TIONS.—No pharmaceutical crop or industrial crop may 
be grown, raised, or otherwise cultivated until the final 
regulations and tracking system required by this section 
are in effect. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON OPEN-AIR CULTIVATION.—No 
person may grow, raise or otherwise cultivate a pharma-
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unfair to pregnant women who are or whose spouses
are employed by the Federal Government or who
otherwise are dependent on the Federal Government
for health care and threatens the health and well-
being of themselves and their families.
SEC. 3. MEDICAID PROGRAM.
Section 1902(a)(10) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)), relating to medical assistance
under the medicaid program, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E);
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (F); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(G) for making medical assistance avail-
able with respect to services related to abortion
to the same extent as such assistance is pro-
vided with respect to other pregnancy-related
services;’’.
SEC. 4. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS PRO-
GRAM.
Section 8904 of title 5, United States Code, relating
to the type of benefits under the Federal employees health
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HR 5160 RDS
the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph): 
‘‘6204.12.0030 ...............
6204.62.4011 .................
6204.69.9010 
6204.19.8030 ...............
6204.62.4021 .................
6210.50.9060 
6204.22.3040 ...............
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6211.20.1550 
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6211.42.0030 
6204.62.3000 ..............
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6217.90.9050 
6204.62.4003 ..............
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6204.62.4006 ..............
6204.69.6010 .................
‘‘(III) CATEGORY
647.—Apparel 
articles in category 647 that fall with-
in the following statistical reporting 
numbers of the HTS (as in effect on 
the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph): 
‘‘6203.23.0060 ...............
6203.43.4020 .................
6203.49.8030 
6203.23.0070 ..............
6203.43.4030 .................
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6203.43.2500 ...............
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6203.49.2060 .................
‘‘(IV) CATEGORY
648.—Apparel 
articles in category 648 that fall with-
in the following statistical reporting 
numbers of the HTS (as in effect on 
the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this paragraph): 
‘‘6204.23.0040 ...............
6204.63.3510 .................
6204.69.6030 
6204.23.0045 ...............
6204.63.3530 .................
6204.69.9030 
6204.29.2020 ..............
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6210.50.5031 
6204.29.2025 ...............
6204.63.3540 .................
6210.50.5039 
6204.29.4038 ...............
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6211.20.1555 
6204.63.2000 ..............
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6211.20.6820 
6204.63.3010 ..............
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