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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4674 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
110 North Chestnut Street in Olathe, Kansas, as the ‘‘Governor John 
Anderson, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Mr. MOORE of Kansas (for himself, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, and 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 110 North Chestnut Street in Olathe, Kansas, 
as the ‘‘Governor John Anderson, Jr. Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GOVERNOR JOHN ANDERSON, JR. POST OFFICE 
BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 110 North Chestnut Street in 
Olathe, Kansas, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Governor John Anderson, Jr. Post Office Building’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Governor John Ander-
son, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
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(b) TIME.—Payments under subsection (a) shall be 
made with respect to fees and costs incurred during the 
period beginning on December 1, 2005, and ending on 
June 1, 2006. 
(c) PAYMENTS FROM ACCOUNT.—Payments under 
subsection (a) shall be made from the Medicare Prescrip-
tion Drug Account under section 1860D–16 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–116) and shall be deemed 
to be payments from such Account under subsection (b) 
of such section. 
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to the floor stock taxes imposed by paragraph (1) to 
the same extent as if such taxes were imposed by 
such section. 
SEC. 4. SUSPENSION OF ROYALTY RELIEF. 
(a) NEW LEASES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of the Inte-
rior (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall suspend the application of any provision of 
Federal law under which a person would otherwise 
be provided relief from a requirement to pay a roy-
alty for the production of oil or natural gas from 
Federal land (including submerged land) occurring 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act during 
a period in which— 
(A) for the production of oil, the average 
price of crude oil in the United States during 
the 4-week period immediately preceding the 
suspension is greater than $35.86 per barrel; 
and 
(B) for the production of natural gas, the 
average wellhead price of natural gas in the 
United States during the 4-week period imme-
diately preceding the suspension is greater than 
$4.48 per 1,000 cubic feet. 
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(2) DETERMINATION
OF
AVERAGE
PRICES.— 
For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
determine average prices, taking into consideration 
the most recent data reported by the Energy Infor-
mation Administration. 
(b) RENEGOTIATION OF EXISTING LEASES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, renegotiate each 
lease authorizing production of oil or natural gas on 
Federal land (including submerged land) issued by 
the Secretary before the date of the enactment of 
this Act as the Secretary determines to be necessary 
to modify the terms of the lease to ensure that a 
suspension of a requirement to pay royalties under 
the lease does not apply to production described in 
subsection (a)(1). 
(2) FAILURE TO RENEGOTIATE AND MODIFY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date 
that is 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, a lessee that does not renegotiate a 
lease described in paragraph (1) in accordance 
with that paragraph shall not be eligible to 
enter into a new lease authorizing production of 
oil or natural gas on Federal land (including 
submerged land). 
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illicit label has been affixed, which a counterfeit 
label or illicit label encloses or accompanies, or 
which was intended to have had such label af-
fixed, enclosing, or accompanying. 
‘‘(ii) Any property constituting or derived 
from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly 
as a result of a violation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(iii) Any property used, or intended to be 
used, to commit or facilitate the commission of 
a violation of subsection (a) that is owned or 
predominantly controlled by the violator or by a 
person conspiring with or aiding and abetting 
the violator in committing the violation, except 
that property is subject to forfeiture under this 
clause only if the Government establishes that 
there was a substantial connection between the 
property and the violation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) The provisions of chapter 46 relating to 
civil forfeitures shall extend to any seizure or civil 
forfeiture under subparagraph (A). At the conclusion 
of the forfeiture proceedings, the court shall order that 
any forfeited counterfeit labels or illicit labels and 
any article to which a counterfeit label or illicit label 
has been affixed, which a counterfeit label or illicit 
label encloses or accompanies, or which was intended 
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IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4674 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 3, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 110 North Chestnut Street in Olathe, Kansas, 
as the ‘‘Governor John Anderson, Jr. Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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HR 4674 RFS 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 110 North Chestnut Street in Olathe, Kansas, 
shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Governor John An-
derson, Jr. Post Office Building’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Governor John Anderson, Jr. Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 2, 2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5194 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
8801 Sudley Road in Manassas, Virginia, as the ‘‘Harry J. Parrish 
Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Vir-
ginia, Mr. FORBES, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. GOODE, 
Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. BOUCHER, and Mr. TOM DAVIS of 
Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 8801 Sudley Road in Manassas, Virginia, as 
the ‘‘Harry J. Parrish Post Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HARRY J. PARRISH POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 8801 Sudley Road in Manassas, 
Virginia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Harry 
J. Parrish Post Office Building’’. 
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(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Harry J. Parrish Post 
Office Building’’. 
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(B) TRANSFERS.—A lessee shall not be eli-
gible to obtain by sale or other transfer any 
lease described in paragraph (1) issued before 
the date of enactment of this Act, unless the 
lessee— 
(i) renegotiates the lease; and 
(ii) enters into an agreement with the 
Secretary to modify the terms of the lease 
in accordance with paragraph (1). 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5195 
To establish the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 25, 2006 
Mr. WOLF (for himself, Mr. GOODE, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. TOM 
DAVIS of Virginia, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, and Mr. BOUCHER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National 
Heritage Area, 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; DEFINITIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage 
Area Act of 2006’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
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(1) HERITAGE
AREA.—The terms ‘‘Heritage 
Area’’ and ‘‘Area’’ mean the Journey Through Hal-
lowed Ground National Heritage Area established by 
section 3. 
(2) MANAGEMENT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘man-
agement entity’’ means The Journey Through Hal-
lowed Ground Partnership, a Virginia corporation 
referred to in section 3(c), or its successor entity. 
(3) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the 
Heritage Area specified in section 5(b). 
(4) PARTNER.—The term ‘‘partner’’ means— 
(A) a Federal, State, or local governmental 
entity; and 
(B) an organization, private industry, or 
individual involved in promoting the conserva-
tion and preservation of the historical, cultural 
and recreational resources of the Heritage Area. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Numerous sites of significant American her-
itage are situated in the Journey Through Hallowed 
Ground National Heritage Area, from Gettysburg, in 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4676 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine 
the feasibility and suitability of designating the 9–11 Memorial in West 
Orange, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Mr. PASCRELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
to determine the feasibility and suitability of designating 
the 9–11 Memorial in West Orange, New Jersey, as 
a unit of the National Park System, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STUDY REGARDING 
THE 9–11 MEMORIAL IN WEST ORANGE, NEW 
JERSEY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Interior, in con-
sultation with the State of New Jersey, shall carry out
a study regarding the suitability and feasibility of desig-
nating the the 9–11 Memorial in West Orange, New Jer-
sey, as a unit of the National Park System. 
(b) STUDY PROCESS AND COMPLETION.—Except as 
provided by subsection (e) of this section, section 8(c) of 
Public Law 91–383 (16 U.S.C. 1a–5(c)) shall apply to the 
conduct and completion of the study required by this sec-
tion. 
(c) SUBMISSION
OF STUDY RESULTS.—Not later 
than 3 years after the date that funds are made available 
for this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate a report describing the results of the study. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4677 
To impose a two year moratorium on the approval by the Secretary of 
the Interior of new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Mr. ROGERS of Michigan (for himself, Mr. EHLERS, and Mr. WOLF) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources 
A BILL 
To impose a two year moratorium on the approval by the 
Secretary of the Interior of new Tribal-State compacts 
for gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TWO YEAR MORATORIUM ON NEW INDIAN CASI-
NOS. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall not approve any 
new Tribal-State compacts for gaming under the Indian 
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) until
after the date that is 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4678 
To prohibit fraudulent access to telephone records. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, 
and Mr. GUTIERREZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit fraudulent access to telephone records. 
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 ‘‘Stop Attempted Fraud 
Against Everyone’s Cell and Land Line (SAFE CALL) 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FRAUDULENT ACCESS TO CUSTOMER TELEPHONE 
RECORDS. 
(a) CONDUCT PROHIBITED.— 
(1) PROHIBITION ON OBTAINING CUSTOMER IN-
FORMATION BY FALSE PRETENSES.—It shall be un-
lawful for any person to obtain or attempt to obtain, 
or cause to be disclosed or attempt to cause to be 
disclosed to any person, customer proprietary net-
work information relating to any other person by— 
(A) making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent 
statement or representation to an officer, em-
ployee, or agent of a telecommunications car-
rier; or 
(B) by providing any document or other in-
formation to a telecommunications carrier or an 
officer, employee, or agent of a telecommuni-
cations carrier, knowing that the document or 
other information is forged, counterfeit, lost, or 
stolen, was fraudulently obtained, or contains a 
false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or rep-
resentation. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON SOLICITATION OF A PER-
SON
TO
OBTAIN
CUSTOMER
INFORMATION
UNDER 
FALSE PRETENSES.—It shall be unlawful to request 
a person to obtain customer proprietary network in-
formation of a telecommunications carrier, knowing 
that the person will obtain, or attempt to obtain, the 
information from the telecommunications carrier in 
the manner described in subsection (a).
(3) PROHIBITION ON SALE OR OTHER DISCLO-
SURE
OF
CUSTOMER
INFORMATION
OBTAINED 
UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.—It shall be unlawful for 
any person to sell or otherwise disclose customer 
proprietary network information relating to any 
other person, knowing that such information was ob-
tained in the manner described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMIS-
SION. 
A violation of this Act shall be treated as an unfair 
or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 5 of the 
Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45). All of the 
functions and powers of the Federal Trade Commission 
under that Act are available to the Commission to enforce 
compliance by any person with this Act, irrespective of 
whether that person is engaged in commerce or meets any 
other jurisdictional tests in the Federal Trade Commission 
Act. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
As used in this Act— 
(2) the term ‘‘customer proprietary network in-
formation’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 222(h)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 222(h)(1)); and
(3) the term ‘‘telecommunications carrier’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 3(44) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153(44)). 
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(1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FUNDS.—The man-
agement entity may accept funds from any Federal 
source and from States and their political subdivi-
sions, private organizations, non-profit organiza-
tions, or any other person to carry out its authori-
ties and duties under this Act. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—The management entity 
may use funds made available under this Act for 
purposes of preparing, updating, and implementing 
the management plan developed under subsection 
(b). Such purposes may include the following: 
(A) Making grants to, and entering into 
cooperative agreements with, States and their 
political subdivisions, private organizations, 
non-profit organizations or any other person. 
(B) Hiring and compensating staff. 
(C) Entering into contracts for goods and 
services. 
(D) Acquisition of lands or interests in 
lands by gift, devise, or by purchase from a 
willing seller using donated or appropriated 
funds. No lands or interests in lands may be ac-
quired by condemnation. 
(E) Undertaking any other initiatives that 
advance the purposes of the Heritage Area. 
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‘‘(B) the foreign board of trade (or the for-
eign futures authority that oversees the foreign 
board of trade)— 
‘‘(i) adopts position limits (including 
related hedge exemption provisions) for the 
agreement, contract, or transaction that 
are comparable, taking into consideration 
the relative sizes of the respective markets, 
to the position limits (including related 
hedge exemption provisions) adopted by 
the registered entity for the 1 or more con-
tracts against which the agreement, con-
tract, or transaction traded on the foreign 
board of trade settles; 
‘‘(ii) has the authority to require or 
direct market participants to limit, reduce, 
or liquidate any position the foreign board 
of trade (or the foreign futures authority 
that oversees the foreign board of trade) 
determines to be necessary to prevent or 
reduce the threat of price manipulation, 
excessive speculation as described in sec-
tion 4a, price distortion, or disruption of 
delivery or the cash settlement process; 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4679 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to 
require the Attorney General to make available on the Internet website 
of the Department of Justice all registration statements and other docu-
ments filed with the Attorney General under such Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2006 
Mrs. SCHMIDT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
as amended, to require the Attorney General to make 
available on the Internet website of the Department of 
Justice all registration statements and other documents 
filed with the Attorney General under such Act. 
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 ‘‘FARA Sunshine Act 
of 2006’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE 
INTERNET WEBSITE OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF 
JUSTICE 
ALL 
REGISTRATION 
STATE-
MENTS 
AND 
OTHER 
DOCUMENTS 
FILED 
UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRA-
TION ACT OF 1938, AS AMENDED. 
Section 6 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 
1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 616), is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) The Attorney General shall make available on 
the Internet website of the Department of Justice all reg-
istration statements and supplements thereto filed under 
section 2 of this Act, all informational materials filed 
under section 4 of this Act, and any other documents filed 
with the Attorney General under this Act.’’. 
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‘‘(iii) agrees to promptly notify the 
Commission of any change regarding— 
‘‘(I) the information that the for-
eign board of trade will make publicly 
available; 
‘‘(II) the position limits that the 
foreign board of trade or foreign fu-
tures authority will adopt and enforce; 
‘‘(III) the position reductions re-
quired to prevent manipulation, exces-
sive speculation as described in sec-
tion 4a, price distortion, or disruption 
of delivery or the cash settlement 
process; and 
‘‘(IV) any other area of interest 
expressed by the Commission to the 
foreign board of trade or foreign fu-
tures authority; 
‘‘(iv) provides information to the 
Commission regarding large trader posi-
tions in the agreement, contract, or trans-
action that is comparable to the large trad-
er position information collected by the 
Commission for the 1 or more contracts 
against which the agreement, contract, or 
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transaction traded on the foreign board of 
trade settles; and 
‘‘(v) provides the Commission with in-
formation necessary to publish reports on 
aggregate trader positions for the agree-
ment, contract, or transaction traded on 
the foreign board of trade that are com-
parable to such reports for 1 or more con-
tracts against which the agreement, con-
tract, or transaction traded on the foreign 
board of trade settles. 
‘‘(2) EXISTING FOREIGN BOARDS OF TRADE.— 
Paragraph (1) shall not be effective with respect to 
any agreement, contract, or transaction in an energy 
commodity executed on a foreign board of trade to 
which the Commission had granted direct access 
permission before the date of the enactment of this 
subsection until the date that is 180 days after such 
date of enactment.’’. 
(b) LIABILITY OF REGISTERED PERSONS TRADING 
ON A FOREIGN BOARD OF TRADE.— 
(1) Section 4(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 6(a)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or by subsection (f)’’ after 
‘‘Unless exempted by the Commission pursuant to 
subsection (c)’’. 
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or a trade or business association rep-
resenting companies engaged in the manu-
facture, production, or sale of such essen-
tial inputs. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT. 
The duty-free treatment under section 3 shall apply 
to any article that is entered, or withdrawn from ware-
house for consumption, into the customs territory of the 
United States during the period beginning on the 15th day 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 
on the earlier of— 
(1) 5 years after that date; or 
(2) the date on which a free trade agreement 
between the United States and Sri Lanka enters 
into force with respect to the United States under 
the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 
2002 (19 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.). 
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