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‘‘(f) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply 
with respect to any taxable year ending after the date on 
which the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the 
relief efforts related to Hurricane Katrina have terminated 
or that payments to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Funds 
under this section are no longer necessary or appro-
priate.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
parts for subchapter A of chapter 61 of such Code 
is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘PART IX. DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS TO BUSH-CLINTON KATRINA 
FUNDS’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(d) STANDARDS FOR DETERMINING VALIDITY OF 
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-
sections (b)(1) and (b)(2), a State-issued photo 
identification is valid if the State meets the re-
quirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) STATE
CERTIFICATIONS.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall determine 
whether a State is meeting the requirements of 
this section based on certifications made by the 
State to the Secretary of Transportation. Such 
certifications shall be made at such times and 
in such manner as the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, may prescribe by regula-
tion. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM
DOCUMENT
REQUIREMENTS.— 
To meet the requirements of this subsection, a State 
shall include, at a minimum, the following informa-
tion and features on each photo identification issued 
to a person by the State for purposes of subsection 
(b): 
‘‘(A) The person’s full legal name. 
‘‘(B) The person’s date of birth.
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2909
AN ACT
To provide for implementation by the United States
of the Hague Convention on Protection of Chil-
dren and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry
Adoption, and for other purposes.
IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3626 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 
Received 
NOVEMBER 13, 2006 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feasi-
bility of enlarging the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber 
Basin Project, Utah, to provide additional water for the 
Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for which 
that project was authorized. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arthur V. Watkins 
Dam Enlargement Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Arthur V. Watkins Dam is a feature of the 
Weber Basin Project, which was authorized by law 
on August 29, 1949. 
(2) Increasing the height of Arthur V. Watkins 
Dam and construction of pertinent facilities may 
provide additional storage capacity for the develop-
ment of additional water supply for the Weber Basin 
Project for uses of municipal and industrial water 
supply, flood control, fish and wildlife, and recre-
ation. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Reclamation, is authorized to conduct a feasibility 
study on raising the height of Arthur V. Watkins Dam 
for the development of additional storage to meet water 
supply needs within the Weber Basin Project area and the 
Wasatch Front. The feasibility study shall include such 
environmental evaluation as required under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) and a cost allocation as required under the Reclama-
tion Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485 et seq.). 
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SEC. 4. COST SHARES. 
(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
costs of the study authorized in section 3 shall not exceed 
50 percent of the total cost of the study. 
(b) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary shall 
accept, as appropriate, in-kind contributions of goods or 
services from the Weber Basin Water Conservancy Dis-
trict. Such goods and services accepted under this section 
shall be counted as part of the non-Federal cost share for 
the study. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary $1,000,000 for the Federal cost share of the study 
authorized in section 3. 
SEC. 6. SUNSET. 
The authority of the Secretary to carry out any provi-
sions of this Act shall terminate 10 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 
2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3864 
To provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities 
affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 
Mr. BOUSTANY
(for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. JINDAL, and Mr. 
MARCHANT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals 
with disabilities affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurri-
cane Rita. 
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 ‘‘Assistance for Individ-
uals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. REALLOTMENT OF AMOUNTS UNDER TITLE I OF 
THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973. 
(a) REALLOTMENT
OF
AMOUNTS.—In realloting 
amounts to States under section 110(b)(2) of the Rehabili-
tation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 730(b)(2)) for fiscal year 
2005, the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Ad-
ministration shall give preference to affected States. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF AMOUNTS.—For fiscal year 
2005, the Commissioner shall make available amounts re-
allotted under section 110(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 to any State not later than October 7, 2005, or 
seven days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
whichever occurs later. 
(c) WAIVER
OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE REQUIRE-
MENT.—The Commissioner may waive the requirement 
contained in the second sentence of section 110(b)(2) of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (relating to non-Federal 
share requirement) with respect to amounts made avail-
able to an affected State for fiscal year 2005 if the af-
fected State submits to the Commissioner an application 
requesting a waiver of such requirement. 
SEC. 3. USE OF AMOUNTS REALLOTTED UNDER TITLE I OF 
THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973. 
An affected State that receives amounts reallotted 
under section 110(b)(2) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(29 U.S.C. 730(b)(2)) for fiscal year 2005 (as described 
in section 2) may use the amounts— 
(1) to pay for vocational rehabilitation services 
(which may include training, mentoring, or job shad-
owing opportunities) for individuals with disabilities 
affected by Hurricane Katrina or individuals with 
disabilities affected by Hurricane Rita that con-
tribute to the economic growth and development of 
communities; 
(2) to enable— 
(A) individuals with disabilities affected by 
Hurricane Katrina to participate in reconstruc-
tion or other major disaster assistance activities 
in the areas in which the individuals resided on 
August 22, 2005; 
(B) individuals with disabilities affected by 
Hurricane Rita to participate in reconstruction 
or other major disaster assistance activities in 
the areas in which the individuals resided on 
the date that is seven days before the date on 
which the President has declared that a major 
disaster related to Hurricane Rita exists in 
such areas; or
(3) to carry out other activities in accordance 
with title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 720 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AFFECTED
STATE.—The term ‘‘affected 
State’’ means a State that contains an area, or that 
received a significant number of individuals who re-
sided in an area, in which the President has declared 
that a major disaster exists. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means the Commissioner of the Rehabilita-
tion Services Administration. 
(3) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 
‘‘individual with a disability’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 7(20) of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705(20)). 
(4) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY AFFECTED 
BY
HURRICANE
KATRINA.—The term ‘‘individual 
with a disability affected by Hurricane Katrina’’ 
means an individual with a disability who— 
(A) resided on August 22, 2005, in an 
area in which the President has declared that 
a major disaster related to Hurricane Katrina 
exists in such area;
(B) on August 22, 2005, was eligible 
under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.) for vocational rehabili-
tation services described in section 103 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 723) in 
the area described in subparagraph (A); and 
(C) resides in an area in which the Presi-
dent has declared that an emergency exists, in 
accordance with section 501 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191), related to Hurri-
cane Katrina, or in which a major disaster re-
lated to Hurricane Katrina exists. 
(5) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY AFFECTED 
BY HURRICANE RITA.—The term ‘‘individual with a 
disability affected by Hurricane Rita’’ means an in-
dividual with a disability who— 
(A) resided in an area on the date that is 
seven days before the date on which the Presi-
dent has declared that a major disaster related 
to Hurricane Rita exists in such area; 
(B) on the date described in subparagraph 
(A), was eligible under title I of the Rehabilita-
tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.) for vo-
cational rehabilitation services described in sec-
tion 103 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 723) in the area described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
(C) resides in an area in which the Presi-
dent has declared that an emergency exists, in 
accordance with section 501 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191), related to Hurri-
cane Rita, or in which a major disaster related 
to Hurricane Rita exists. 
(6) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘‘major dis-
aster’’ means a major disaster declared by the Presi-
dent in accordance with section 401 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) related to Hurricane 
Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3906 
To make 5 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland- 
security discretionary spending for fiscal year 2006. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. CANTOR, and Mr. HENSARLING) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appro-
priations 
A BILL 
To make 5 percent across-the-board rescissions in non-de-
fense, non-homeland-security discretionary spending for 
fiscal year 2006. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ACROSS-THE-BOARD RESCISSIONS IN NON-DE-
FENSE, NON-HOMELAND-SECURITY DISCRE-
TIONARY SPENDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006. 
(a) ACROSS-THE-BOARD
RESCISSIONS.—There is 
hereby rescinded an amount equal to 5 percent of— 
(1) the budget authority provided (or obligation 
limitation imposed) for fiscal year 2006 for any non-
‘‘(C) The person’s gender. 
‘‘(D) The person’s number for the form of 
the identification. 
‘‘(E) A digital photograph of the person. 
‘‘(F) The person’s address of principle res-
idence. 
‘‘(G) The person’s signature. 
‘‘(H) Physical security features designed to 
prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or duplica-
tion of the document for fraudulent purposes. 
‘‘(I) A common machine-readable tech-
nology, with defined minimum data elements. 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM ISSUANCE STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To meet the require-
ments of this subsection, a State shall require, 
at a minimum, presentation and verification of 
the following information before issuing a photo 
identification to a person for purposes of sub-
section (b): 
‘‘(i) A photo identity document, except 
that a non-photo identity document is ac-
ceptable if it includes both the person’s full 
legal name and date of birth. 
‘‘(ii) Documentation showing the per-
son’s date of birth.
II 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3864 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 
Received 
AN ACT 
To assist individuals with disabilities affected by Hurricane 
Katrina or Rita through vocational rehabilitation services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2860 
To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require members and staff 
of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to disclose lobbying 
activities and campaign or member-designated political action committee 
contributions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. LOEBSACK (for himself, Mr. QUIGLEY, and Mr. RENACCI) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
A BILL 
To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require mem-
bers and staff of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit 
Reduction to disclose lobbying activities and campaign 
or member-designated political action committee con-
tributions, 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 ‘‘Deficit Committee 
Transparency Act’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assistance for Individ-
uals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricane Katrina or 
Rita Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AFFECTED
STATE.—The term ‘‘affected 
State’’ means a State that contains an area, or that 
received a significant number of individuals who re-
sided in an area, in which the President has declared 
that a major disaster exists. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means the Commissioner of the Rehabilita-
tion Services Administration. 
(3) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—The term 
‘‘individual with a disability’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 7(20)(A) of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 705(20)(A)). 
(4) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY AFFECTED 
BY
HURRICANE
KATRINA.—The term ‘‘individual 
with a disability affected by Hurricane Katrina’’ 
means an individual with a disability who resided on 
August 22, 2005, in an area in which the President 
has declared that a major disaster related to Hurri-
cane Katrina exists.
measure, monitor, and control market risks and, as 
warranted, that establish limitations on market risk; 
‘‘(5) adequacy and maintenance of liquidity and 
reserves; 
‘‘(6) management of asset and investment port-
folio growth; 
‘‘(7) investments and acquisitions of assets by a 
regulated entity, to ensure that they are consistent 
with the purposes of this title and the authorizing 
statutes; 
‘‘(8) overall risk management processes, includ-
ing adequacy of oversight by senior management and 
the board of directors and of processes and policies to 
identify, measure, monitor, and control material 
risks, including reputational risks, and for adequate, 
well-tested business resumption plans for all major 
systems with remote site facilities to protect against 
disruptive events; 
‘‘(9) management of credit and counterparty 
risk, including systems to identify concentrations of 
credit risk and prudential limits to restrict exposure 
of the regulated entity to a single counterparty or 
groups of related counterparties; 
‘‘(10) maintenance of adequate records, in ac-
cordance with consistent accounting policies and
Act, whichever is later, except that fees under part 2 of 
subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act shall be assessed for all human drug 
applications received on or after October 1, 2007, regard-
less of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 108. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 
Notwithstanding section 509 of the Prescription 
Drug User Fee Amendments of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 379g 
note), and notwithstanding the amendments made by this 
title, part 2 of subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as in effect on the day 
before the date of the enactment of this title, shall con-
tinue to be in effect with respect to human drug applica-
tions and supplements (as defined in such part as of such 
day) that on or after October 1, 2002, but before October 
1, 2007, were accepted by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion for filing with respect to assessing and collecting any 
fee required by such part for a fiscal year prior to fiscal 
year 2008. 
SEC. 109. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT; CONFORMING AMEND-
MENT. 
(a) Section 739 (21 U.S.C. 379j–11) is amended in 
the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sub-
chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘part’’. 
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such as families with English language learners and 
families with a family member in the Armed Forces. 
(4) Descriptions of the technical assistance and 
training actually provided and the nature of the pop-
ulations receiving this assistance. 
(5) The effectiveness of the training and tech-
nical assistance activities funded under this Act, in-
cluding the effects of training and technical assist-
ance activities on program performance and agency- 
level collaboration. 
(6) Recommendations on strengthening or 
modifying this Act. 
Æ
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2909
AN ACT
To provide for implementation by the United States of the
Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-
operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (A) 
of section 6656(b)(1) of such Code is amended by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B) and 
subsection (e)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to deposits required to be made 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. UNINCORPORATED BUSINESSES OPERATED BY 
HUSBAND AND WIFE AS CO-OWNERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 761 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (defining terms for purposes of part-
nerships) is amended by redesignating subsection (f) as 
subsection (g) and by inserting after subsection (e) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) QUALIFIED JOINT VENTURE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a qualified 
joint venture conducted by a husband and wife who 
file a joint return for the taxable year, for purposes 
of this title— 
‘‘(A) such joint venture shall not be treat-
ed as a partnership, 
‘‘(B) all items of income, gain, loss, deduc-
tion, and credit shall be divided between the 
spouses in accordance with their respective in-
terests in the venture, and
‘‘(C) each spouse shall take into account 
such spouse’s respective share of such items as 
if they were attributable to a trade or business 
conducted by such spouse as a sole proprietor. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
JOINT
VENTURE.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), the term ‘qualified joint ven-
ture’ means any joint venture involving the conduct 
of a trade or business if— 
‘‘(A) the only members of such joint ven-
ture are a husband and wife, 
‘‘(B) both spouses materially participate 
(within the meaning of section 469(h) without 
regard to paragraph (5) thereof) in such trade 
or business, and 
‘‘(C) both spouses elect the application of 
this subsection.’’. 
(b) NET EARNINGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT.— 
(1) Subsection (a) of section 1402 of such Code 
(defining net earnings from self-employment) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(15), by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
(16) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by inserting after 
paragraph (16) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(17) notwithstanding the preceding provisions 
of this subsection, each spouse’s share of income or
loss from a qualified joint venture shall be taken 
into account as provided in section 761(f) in deter-
mining net earnings from self-employment of such 
spouse.’’. 
(2) Subsection (a) of section 211 of the Social 
Security Act (defining net earnings from self-em-
ployment) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 
of paragraph (15), by striking the period at the end 
of paragraph (16) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and by in-
serting after paragraph (16) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(17) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions 
of this subsection, each spouse’s share of income or 
loss from a qualified joint venture shall be taken 
into account as provided in section 761(f) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 in determining net 
earnings from self-employment of such spouse.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act . 
Æ
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3865 
To provide for the establishment of medical malpractice insurance corpora-
tions which may operate and function without hindrance or impedance 
in any or all of the States, to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of medical malpractice in-
surance corporations which may operate and function 
without hindrance or impedance in any or all of the 
States, to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits, 
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 ‘‘Medical Malpractice 
Insurance Corporation Act’’.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ARBITRATION.—The term ‘‘arbitration’’ 
means a settlement process that— 
(A) is coordinated by a neutral third party 
or a panel of neutral third parties, such as a 
medical malpractice arbitration panel estab-
lished under section 4(e); and 
(B) includes the ultimate rendering of a 
formal opinion as to factual or legal findings. 
(2) CLAIMANT.—The term ‘‘claimant’’ means 
any person who alleges a medical malpractice claim, 
and any person on whose behalf such a claim is al-
leged, including the decedent in the case of an action 
brought through or on behalf of an estate. 
(3) HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.—The term 
‘‘health care professional’’ means any individual who 
provides health care services in a State and who is 
required by the laws or regulations of the State to 
be licensed or certified by the State to provide such 
services in the State. 
(4) HEALTH
CARE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘health care provider’’ means a hospital or other or-
ganization or institution that is engaged in the deliv-
ery of health care services in a State and that is re-
quired by the laws or regulations of the State to be