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this title, if any sequestration order is issued with 
respect to a fiscal year, any reduction under the 
order applicable to contracts described in paragraph 
(2) may provide for reductions in outlays for the ac-
count involved to occur in the fiscal years following 
the fiscal year to which the order applies. 
‘‘(4) UNIFORM PERCENTAGE RATE OF REDUC-
TION AND OTHER LIMITATIONS.—All reductions de-
scribed in paragraph (2) that are required to be 
made in connection with any sequestration order 
with respect to a fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) shall be made so as to ensure that 
outlays for each program, project, activity, or 
account involved are reduced by a percentage 
rate that is uniform for all such programs, 
projects, activities, and accounts, and may not 
be made so as to achieve a percentage rate of 
reduction in any such item exceeding the rate 
specified in the order; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to commodity price sup-
port and income protection programs, shall be 
made in such manner and under such proce-
dures as will attempt to ensure that—
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‘‘(i) uncertainty as to the scope of 
benefits under any such program is mini-
mized; 
‘‘(ii) any instability in market prices 
for agricultural commodities resulting from 
the reduction is minimized; and 
‘‘(iii) normal production and mar-
keting relationships among agricultural 
commodities (including both contract and 
non-contract commodities) are not dis-
torted. 
In meeting the criterion set out in clause (iii) 
of subparagraph (B) of the preceding sentence, 
the President shall take into consideration that 
reductions under an order may apply to pro-
grams for two or more agricultural commodities 
that use the same type of production or mar-
keting resources or that are alternative com-
modities among which a producer could choose 
in making annual production decisions. 
‘‘(5) CERTAIN
AUTHORITY
NOT
TO
BE
LIM-
ITED.—Nothing in this title shall limit or reduce in 
any way any appropriation that provides the Com-
modity Credit Corporation with funds to cover the 
Corporation’s net realized losses.
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 190 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans in each 
of the 48 contiguous States are able to receive services in at least 
one full-service hospital of the Veterans Health Administration in the 
State or receive comparable services provided by contract in the State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2009 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that vet-
erans in each of the 48 contiguous States are able to 
receive services in at least one full-service hospital of 
the Veterans Health Administration in the State or re-
ceive comparable services provided by contract in the 
State. 
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 ‘‘Veterans Health Eq-
uity Act of 2009’’. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1913 
AN ACT 
To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, 
and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1916 
To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to 
provide for a revised schedule of price increases for the Migratory Bird 
Hunting and Conservation Stamp, popularly known as the ‘‘Duck 
Stamp’’, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2009 
Mr. DINGELL (for himself and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamp Act to provide for a revised schedule of price 
increases for the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conserva-
tion Stamp, popularly known as the ‘‘Duck Stamp’’, 
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 ‘‘Migratory Bird Habi-
tat Investment and Enhancement Act’’. 
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‘‘(n) POSTAL SERVICE FUND.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any sequestration of the Postal 
Service Fund shall be accomplished by a payment from 
that Fund to the General Fund of the Treasury, and the 
Postmaster General of the United States shall make the 
full amount of that payment during the fiscal year to 
which the presidential sequestration order applies. 
‘‘(o) EFFECTS OF SEQUESTRATION.—The effects of 
sequestration shall be as follows: 
‘‘(1) Budgetary resources sequestered from any 
account other than an entitlement trust, special, or 
revolving fund account shall revert to the Treasury 
and be permanently canceled. 
‘‘(2) Except as otherwise provided, the same 
percentage sequestration shall apply to all programs, 
projects, and activities within a budget account (with 
programs, projects, and activities as delineated in 
the appropriation Act or accompanying report for 
the relevant fiscal year covering that account, or for 
accounts not included in appropriation Acts, as de-
lineated in the most recently submitted President’s 
budget). 
‘‘(3) Administrative regulations or similar ac-
tions implementing a sequestration shall be made 
within 120 days of the sequestration order. To the
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extent that formula allocations differ at different 
levels of budgetary resources within an account, pro-
gram, project, or activity, the sequestration shall be 
interpreted as producing a lower total appropriation, 
with that lower appropriation being obligated as 
though it had been the pre-sequestration appropria-
tion and no sequestration had occurred. 
‘‘(4) Except as otherwise provided, obligations 
in sequestered direct spending accounts shall be re-
duced in the fiscal year in which a sequestration oc-
curs and in all succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(5) If an automatic spending increase is se-
questered, the increase (in the applicable index) that 
was disregarded as a result of that sequestration 
shall not be taken into account in any subsequent 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(6) Except as otherwise provided, sequestra-
tion in accounts for which obligations are indefinite 
shall be taken in a manner to ensure that obliga-
tions in the fiscal year of a sequestration and suc-
ceeding fiscal years are reduced, from the level that 
would actually have occurred, by the applicable se-
questration percentage.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and
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Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by 
amending the item relating to section 256 to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘256. Exceptions, limitations, and special rules.’’. 
SEC. 204. POINT OF ORDER. 
(a) ENTITLEMENT POINT OF ORDER.—Section 312 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) ENTITLEMENT POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not 
be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 
to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con-
ference report that— 
‘‘(1) increases aggregate level of direct spending 
for any ensuing fiscal year or 
‘‘(2) includes any provision that has the effect 
of modifying the application of section 252A of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 to any entitlement program subject to 
sequestration or exempt from sequestration under 
such Act.’’. 
SEC. 205. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 251(a)(1) is amended by inserting 
‘‘, section 252A,’’ after ‘‘section 252’’.
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1205 
Noting that the Government of Iraq will likely enjoy $32 billion in surplus 
oil revenues in 2008 and requesting the Government of Iraq to dedicate 
$1 billion to address the needs of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced 
persons. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2008 
Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. INGLIS of 
South Carolina, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Noting that the Government of Iraq will likely enjoy $32 
billion in surplus oil revenues in 2008 and requesting 
the Government of Iraq to dedicate $1 billion to address 
the needs of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced per-
sons. 
Whereas the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-
gees (UNHCR) and the International Organization of 
Migration estimate that more than 4.7 million Iraqis are 
currently displaced from their homes, including 2.7 mil-
lion internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 2 million 
more who have fled Iraq for neighboring countries; 
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House Calendar No. 261 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1207 
[Report No. 110–830] 
Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 
to provide individuals whose pay is disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
Officer by electronic funds transfer with the option of receiving receipts 
of pay and withholdings electronically. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2008 
Ms. FOXX submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 
Additional sponsor: Ms. TSONGAS 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered 
to be printed 
[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
RESOLUTION 
Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives to provide individuals whose pay is dis-
bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer by electronic 
funds transfer with the option of receiving receipts of 
pay and withholdings electronically. 
Resolved, 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1918 
To permit United States companies to participate in the exploration for 
and the extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of a 
foreign maritime exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the exclu-
sive economic zone of the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2009 
Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. MORAN of Kansas) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To permit United States companies to participate in the 
exploration for and the extraction of hydrocarbon re-
sources from any portion of a foreign maritime exclusive 
economic zone that is contiguous to the exclusive eco-
nomic zone of the United States, 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 ‘‘Western Hemisphere 
Energy Security Act of 2009’’. 
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substituting for the reference to being 60 years of age a 
reference to having attained the eligibility age applicable 
under subsection (f) of section 12731 of title 10, United 
States Code (as added by subsection (a)), to such member 
or former member for qualification for such retired pay 
under subsection (a) of such section. 
SEC. 648. COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE FOR PUR-
POSES OF RETIRED PAY FOR NON-REGULAR 
SERVICE. 
Section 12733(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘before the year of service that in-
cludes October 30, 2007; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) 130 days in the year of service that 
includes October 30, 2007, and in any subse-
quent year of service.’’.
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1208 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that youth who age 
out of foster care should be given special care and attention. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2008 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
youth who age out of foster care should be given special 
care and attention. 
Whereas 12,000,000 Americans spend time in foster care; 
Whereas every year, more than 24,000 youth turn age 18 
while in foster care; 
Whereas the safekeeping of most youth who age out of foster 
care is the responsibility of the State governments, which 
receive Federal funding to assist them in doing so; 
Whereas family reunification, kinship care, and adoption are 
the preferred solutions for children who are placed in fos-
ter care; and 
Whereas Congress created a new Independent Living initia-
tive in 1986, and expanded the program by passing the 
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‘‘(ii) there are reasonable, commercial 
alternatives to the roofing cements, coat-
ings, and mastics utilizing asbestos that is 
totally encapsulated with asphalt. 
‘‘(B) REVOCATION OF EXEMPTION.—Upon 
completion of the review, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency shall have 
the authority to revoke the exemption for the 
products exempted under paragraph (4)(B) if 
warranted. 
‘‘(d) DISPOSAL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this chapter, each person that pos-
sesses an asbestos containing product that is subject 
to the prohibition established under this section shall 
dispose of the asbestos containing product, by a 
means that is in compliance with applicable Federal, 
State, and local requirements. 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION.—Nothing in paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) applies to an asbestos containing 
product that—
‘‘(i) is no longer in the stream of com-
merce; or
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‘‘(ii) is in the possession of an end 
user or a person who purchases or receives 
an asbestos containing product directly or 
indirectly from an end user; or 
‘‘(B) requires that an asbestos containing 
product described in subparagraph (A) be re-
moved or replaced.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
The table of contents in section 1 of the Toxic Substances 
Control Act (15 U.S.C. prec. 2601) is amended—
(1) by inserting before the item relating to sec-
tion 201 the following:
‘‘Subtitle A—General provisions’’;
and 
(2) by adding at the end of the items relating 
to title II the following:
‘‘Subtitle B—Ban of Asbestos Containing Products 
‘‘Sec. 221. Ban of asbestos containing products.’’.
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(2) Section 254(c)(4)(B) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘or section 252A’’ after ‘‘section 252’’. 
(3) Section 254(c) is amended by redesignating 
paragraph (5) as paragraph (6) and by inserting 
after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) DIRECT SPENDING CONTROL SEQUESTRA-
TION REPORTS.—The preview reports shall set forth, 
for the current year and the budget year, estimates 
for each of the following: 
‘‘(A) The total level of direct spending for 
all programs, projects, and activities (excluding 
social security). 
‘‘(B) The sequestration percentage or (if 
the required sequestration percentage is greater 
than the maximum allowable percentage for 
medicare) percentages necessary to comply with 
section 252A.’’. 
(4) Section 254(f) is amended by redesignating 
paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6) 
and by inserting after paragraph (3) the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) DIRECT SPENDING CONTROL SEQUESTRA-
TION REPORTS.—The final reports shall contain all 
the information required in the direct spending con-
trol sequestration preview reports. In addition, these
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reports shall contain, for the budget year, for each 
account to be sequestered, estimates of the baseline 
level of sequesterable budgetary resources and re-
sulting outlays and the amount of budgetary re-
sources to be sequestered and resulting outlay reduc-
tions. The reports shall also contain estimates of the 
effects on outlays of the sequestration in each out-
year for direct spending programs.’’. 
(5) Section 258C(a)(1) is amended by inserting 
‘‘, 252A,’’ after ‘‘section 252’’. 
Subtitle B—Discretionary 
Spending Limits 
SEC. 211. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—Sections 
251(b) and (c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control of Act of 1985 are amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT.—As used in 
this part, the term ‘discretionary spending limit’ means— 
‘‘(1) with respect to fiscal year 2007— 
‘‘(A) $861,577,682,000 in new budget au-
thority 
of 
which 
no 
more 
than 
$412,947,276,000 shall be for functions other 
than National Defense (050); and
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‘‘(B) $lllll in outlays of which no 
more than $lllll shall be for functions 
other than National Defense (050); 
‘‘(2) with respect to fiscal year 2008— 
‘‘(A) $880,532,400,000 in new budget au-
thority 
of 
which 
no 
more 
than 
$422,032,100,000 shall be for functions other 
than National Defense (050); and 
‘‘(B) $lllll in outlays of which no 
more than $lllll shall be for functions 
other than National Defense (050); 
‘‘(3) with respect to fiscal year 2009— 
‘‘(A) $899,904,100,000 in new budget au-
thority 
of 
which 
no 
more 
than 
$431,316,800,000 shall be for functions other 
than National Defense (050); and 
‘‘(B) $lllll in outlays of which no 
more than $lllll shall be for functions 
other than National Defense (050); 
‘‘(4) with respect to fiscal year 2010— 
‘‘(A) $919,702,000,000 in new budget au-
thority 
of 
which 
no 
more 
than 
$440,805,800,000 shall be for functions other 
than National Defense (050); and
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‘‘(B) $lllll in outlays of which no 
more than $lllll shall be for functions 
other than National Defense (050); 
‘‘(5) with respect to fiscal year 2011— 
‘‘(A) $939,935,400,000 in new budget au-
thority 
of 
which 
no 
more 
than 
$450,503,500,000 shall be for functions other 
than National Defense (050); and 
‘‘(B) $lllll in outlays of which no 
more than $lllll shall be for functions 
other than National Defense (050); 
‘‘(6) with respect to fiscal year 2012— 
‘‘(A) $960,614,000,000 in new budget au-
thority 
of 
which 
no 
more 
than 
$460,414,600,000 shall be for functions other 
than National Defense (050); and 
‘‘(B) $lllll in outlays of which no 
more than $lllll shall be for functions 
other than National Defense (050); 
‘‘(7) with respect to fiscal year 2013— 
‘‘(A) $981,747,500,000 in new budget au-
thority 
of 
which 
no 
more 
than 
$470,543,700,000 shall be for functions other 
than National Defense (050); and
H. Res. 1212 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 21, 2008. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
6049) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to pro-
vide incentives for energy production and conservation, to ex-
tend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income 
tax relief, and for other purposes. All points of order against 
consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under 
clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and 
Means now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. 
The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points 
of order against provisions of the bill, as amended, are 
waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered 
on the bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening 
motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Ways and Means; and (2) one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions.
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ber is entitled under subchapter II may not be included 
in computing the amount of— 
‘‘(1) any increase in pay authorized by any 
other provision of this title; or 
‘‘(2) any retired pay, retainer pay, separation 
pay, or disability severance pay. 
‘‘§ 372. Continuation of pays during hospitalization 
and 
rehabilitation 
resulting 
from 
wounds, injury, or illness incurred while 
on duty in a hostile fire area or exposed 
to an event of hostile fire or other hostile 
action 
‘‘(a) CONTINUATION OF PAYS.—If a member of a 
regular or reserve component of a uniformed service incurs 
a wound, injury, or illness in the line of duty while serving 
in a combat operation or a combat zone, while serving in 
a hostile fire area, or while exposed to a hostile fire event, 
as described under section 351 of this title, and is hos-
pitalized for treatment of the wound, injury, or illness, the 
Secretary concerned may continue to pay to the member, 
notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the con-
trary, all pay and allowances (including any bonus, incen-
tive pay, or similar benefit) that were being paid to the 
member at the time the member incurred the wound, in-
jury, or illness.
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2651a et seq.), as added by section 102. 
TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to encourage or discourage an 
increase or decrease in foreign interventions or military 
or non-military operations by the United States, or to en-
dorse any particular national security strategy or policy. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to limit the authority of the 
President to undertake any military or non-military oper-
ation that the President considers necessary to protect the 
national security interests of the United States. 
SEC. 202. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) funds appropriated to carry out the amend-
ments made by this Act should be offset, to the 
greatest extent practicable, by reductions in redun-
dant or duplicative functions and foreign assistance 
programs of the Department of State; and 
(2) increased staff levels required by the 
amendments made by this Act should be offset, to 
the greatest extent practicable, by—
(A) the transfer of staff within the Depart-
ment of State; and 
(B) the elimination of redundant functions 
of the Department of State that arise as a re-
sult of the amendments made by this Act.
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