datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
annual report pursuant to subsection (a)(4), nothing in this 
section shall reduce or remove any obligation the Commis-
sion has to protect proprietary information, nor shall this 
section be construed to compel the Commission to make pub-
licly available any proprietary information. Any informa-
tion collected by the Commission pursuant to subsection 
(a)(3) that reveals any competitively sensitive information 
of an individual provider of broadband service capability 
shall not be disclosed by the Commission under subsection 
(a)(4) or otherwise. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Commission shall, within 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, promulgate 
regulations to implement this section. 
(f) ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY.—The Commission 
shall enforce this section as if such section was a part of 
the Communications Act of 1934. For the purpose of this 
section, any violations of this section, or any regulations 
promulgated under this section, shall be considered to be 
a violation of the Communications Act of 1934 or a regula-
tion promulgated under that Act, respectively. 
SEC. 3. BROADBAND INVENTORY MAP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To provide a comprehensive 
nationwide inventory of existing broadband service capa-
bility and availability, the NTIA shall develop and main-
tain a broadband inventory map of the United States that 
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(A) the Office of Ocean and Atmospheric 
Research; and 
(B) the National Environmental Satellite, 
Data, and Information Service. 
(4) The Office of Education. 
(5) The Office of Personnel, Program, and Fa-
cilities Management, which, subject to the other pro-
visions of this Act, shall perform the functions per-
formed immediately before the enactment of this Act 
by— 
(A) the Office of Program Planning and 
Integration; and 
(B) the Office of Marine and Aviation Op-
erations. 
SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATOR; FUNCTIONS. 
(a) ADMINISTRATOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is an Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. The 
Under Secretary shall be the Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
and shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of 
office of any individual appointed after the date of 
enactment of this Act to serve as Administrator is 
5 years.
identifies and depicts the geographic extent to which 
broadband service capability is deployed and available from 
a commercial provider or public provider throughout each 
State. 
(b) INFORMATION SHOWN.—The broadband inventory 
map developed and maintained pursuant to this section 
shall be capable of identifying and depicting, nationwide, 
for each State, and for each county or parish of each 
State— 
(1) each area encompassed by a United States 
postal zip code of 9 digit level, census tract level, or 
functional equivalent in which broadband service ca-
pability is deployed at that time, including— 
(A) each commercial or public provider of 
broadband service capability within such area; 
and 
(B) subject to subsection (f)(5)— 
(i) each type of technology used to pro-
vide broadband service capability within 
such area; and 
(ii) which bandwidth service tiers des-
ignated pursuant to section 2(a)(2) are 
available within such area for each provider 
of broadband service capability; and 
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(2) HEAD OF AGENCY.—The Administrator— 
(A) is the head of the Administration; and 
(B) shall be responsible for ensuring that 
the duties of the Administration under section 
201(c) are performed. 
(3) FUNCTIONS VESTED IN ADMINISTRATOR.— 
All functions of all officers, employees, and organiza-
tional units of the Administration are vested in the 
Administrator. 
(4) PAY.—The Administrator shall be paid at 
the rate of basic pay for level III of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Administrator— 
(1) except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
may delegate any of the Administrator’s functions to 
any officer, employee, or organizational unit of the 
Administration; 
(2) may make contracts, grants, and coopera-
tive agreements, and enter into agreements with 
other executive agencies, Indian tribes, States, re-
gional agencies, universities, research institutions, 
interstate agencies, and local governments, as may 
be necessary and proper to carry out the Adminis-
trator’s responsibilities under this Act or as other-
wise provided by law; 
(3) shall take reasonable steps to ensure that 
information systems and databases of the Adminis-
tration are compatible with each other and with ap-
propriate databases of other agencies; 
(4) has the authority to hire personnel, includ-
ing the selection, appointment, distribution, super-
vision, compensation, and separation of personnel; 
(5) may procure services of experts and consult-
ants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code; 
(6) shall develop policy and guidance; 
(7) shall perform general management; 
(8) may prescribe external affairs, including 
legal, legislative, and public affairs; 
(9) shall be subject to the policy direction of the 
Secretary of Commerce, but otherwise shall retain 
responsibility for decisions regarding the manage-
ment and administration of the operations of the 
Administration and shall exercise independent con-
trol of its budget allocation, formulation, and ex-
penditures, personnel decisions and processes, pro-
curement, and other administrative and management
IE 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other depart-
ments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2011, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 28, 2012 
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Department of Defense and 
the other departments and agencies of the Government 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, 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. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Division A—Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 
Division B—Full-Year Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 
Division C—Stimulus Rescissions 
Division D—Miscellaneous Provisions 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 391
AN ACT 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to continue to insure, and to enter into commit-
ments to insure, home equity conversion mortgages under 
section 255 of the National Housing Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1365 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that an independent 
commission is the best vehicle for ensuring that Congressional redis-
tricting conducted by a State is done in a manner that respects the 
principles of transparency, effective and diverse public participation, and 
accountability. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2008 
Mr. TANNER (for himself and Mr. WAMP) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
an independent commission is the best vehicle for ensur-
ing that Congressional redistricting conducted by a State 
is done in a manner that respects the principles of trans-
parency, effective and diverse public participation, and 
accountability. 
Whereas the House of Representatives was designed by the 
framers of the Constitution as the only institution of the 
Federal Government whose members are directly elected 
by the people, and the House should represent the true 
will of the public; 
Whereas under article I, section 4 of the Constitution, Con-
gress has the power to enact laws governing the time, 
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ergy to make a loan guarantee when specified condi-
tions are fulfilled by the borrower, the lender, or any 
other party to the guarantee agreement. 
(3) The term ‘‘modification’’ means any Gov-
ernment action that alters the estimated cost of an 
outstanding loan guarantee (or loan guarantee com-
mitment) from the current estimate of cash flows. 
This includes the sale of loan assets, with or without 
recourse, and the purchase of guaranteed loans. This 
also includes any action resulting from new legisla-
tion, or from the exercise of administrative discre-
tion under existing law, that directly or indirectly al-
ters the estimated cost of outstanding loan guaran-
tees (or loan guarantee commitments) such as a 
change in collection procedures. 
SEC. 
5. 
PERMANENT 
EXTENSION 
OF 
RESEARCH 
CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to credit for increasing re-
search activities) is amended by striking subsection (h). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 45C(b) of such Code is amended by striking sub-
paragraph (D).
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to amounts paid or incurred after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. INCREASE IN RATES OF ALTERNATIVE INCRE-
MENTAL CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
41(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to election of alternative incremental credit) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2.65 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘3 
percent’’, 
(2) by striking ‘‘3.2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘4 
percent’’, and 
(3) by striking ‘‘3.75 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 
percent’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. EXCLUSION OF QUALIFIED FUEL-EFFICIENT VEHI-
CLES 
FROM 
CALCULATION 
OF 
AVERAGE 
FUEL ECONOMY OF A MANUFACTURER. 
Section 32904(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In calculating the average fuel economy of a 
manufacturer under paragraph (1), the Administrator 
shall not consider any automobile manufactured by the
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manufacturer for which a credit is allowed under section 
38(a)(16) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 
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tional Weather Service and shall oversee pro-
grams and activities of the Administration re-
lating to— 
(i) weather research; 
(ii) air quality research; and 
(iii) weather systems operations and 
management. 
(C) An Assistant Administrator for Oceans 
and Atmospheric Research and Data Services, 
who shall be the head of the Office of Oceans 
and Atmospheric Research and Data Services 
and shall oversee programs and activities of the 
Administration relating to oceans and atmos-
pheric science and research, including— 
(i) oceans, coastal, and Great Lakes 
research; 
(ii) navigation; 
(iii) coastal and ocean observing sys-
tems; 
(iv) climate research; 
(v) the National Sea Grant College 
Program; 
(vi) the National Undersea Research 
Program;
(vii) ocean exploration, including as 
described in section 701; 
(viii) polar research; 
(ix) environmental satellite observing 
systems; and 
(x) data centers and information serv-
ices. 
(D) An Assistant Administrator for Oceans 
and Atmospheric Education, who shall be the 
head of the Office of Education and shall over-
see programs and activities of the Administra-
tion relating to national-level marine education 
and outreach, including— 
(i) the JASON Project; 
(ii) ocean science competition; 
(iii) 
educational 
partnership 
pro-
grams; and 
(iv) other responsibilities as described 
in section 604. 
(E) An Assistant Administrator for Per-
sonnel, Program, and Facilities Management, 
who shall be the head of the Office of Per-
sonnel, Program, and Facilities Management, 
shall oversee the programs and activities of the 
Administration relating to general management
of personnel, programs, facilities (including all 
vessels and aircraft), and financial matters, in-
cluding— 
(i) program management and direc-
tion; 
(ii) budget formulation, guidance, and 
execution; 
(iii) resource requirements determina-
tion and allocation; 
(iv) environment, safety, and health 
operations; and 
(v) administration of contracts, real 
property, and facilities. 
(F) A Chief Scientist, who shall be the 
chair of the Science Advisory Board of the Ad-
ministration. 
(G) A General Counsel, who shall— 
(i) be the chief legal officer of the Ad-
ministration for all legal matters that arise 
in connection with the conduct of the func-
tions of the Administration; and 
(ii) perform such other functions and 
exercise such powers as the Administrator 
may prescribe.
(2) PAY.—The Chief Scientist, General Coun-
sel, and each Assistant Administrator is a Senior 
Executive Service general position. 
SEC. 204. QUALIFICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICERS. 
The Chief Scientist, General Counsel, Assistant Ad-
ministrators, and Regional Administrators of the Adminis-
tration shall be appointed from among individuals who are 
qualified by reason of background and experience to direct 
the implementation and administration of the functions 
for which they are responsible. 
SEC. 205. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN-
ISTRATION REGIONAL OFFICES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall, by 
not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act— 
(1) establish for each ocean region designated 
under section 402 a National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration Regional Office, which shall 
be relatively centrally located in the coastal area of 
the ocean region; and 
(2) appoint a Regional Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
for that region.
(b) FUNCTIONS OF REGIONAL ADMINISTRATORS.—A 
Regional Administrator appointed under paragraph (1) 
for an ocean region shall— 
(1) be the head of the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration Regional Office estab-
lished for that region; 
(2) be responsible for implementation of this 
Act with respect to that ocean region; 
(3) provide a written opinion to the Adminis-
trator on the consistency of proposed covered ac-
tions; 
(4) support coordination and information trans-
fer between Regional Oceans Partnerships and agen-
cies and groups at the international, Federal, State, 
tribal, territorial, local, and other levels; 
(5) conduct other tasks as considered necessary 
by the Administrator to fulfill the mission of the Ad-
ministration; and 
(6) report directly to the Administrator on mat-
ters relating to regional implementation of this Act. 
(c) STAFF.—The Regional Administrator appointed 
under paragraph (1) for an ocean region shall appoint 
staff for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration Regional Office for the ocean region.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2667
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare a report on the 
homeland security consequences of the base closure and realignment 
recommendations made by the Secretary of Defense and to require the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission to consider the re-
port during their review of such recommendations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 26, 2005
Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania (for himself, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. SIMMONS, 
and Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prepare 
a report on the homeland security consequences of the 
base closure and realignment recommendations made by 
the Secretary of Defense and to require the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Commission to consider 
the report during their review of such recommendations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
CONSEQUENCES OF BASE CLOSURES AND RE-
ALIGNMENTS DURING DEFENSE BASE CLO-
SURE AND REALIGNMENT COMMISSION RE-
VIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE 
CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT RECOMMENDA-
TIONS. 
(a) REPORT
ON
HOMELAND
SECURITY
CON-
SEQUENCES.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
submit to Congress a report describing the likely con-
sequences and implications on homeland security of the 
closure or realignment of each military installation in-
cluded on the list of military installations recommended 
for closure or realignment that the Secretary of Defense 
submitted to Congress on May 13, 2005, pursuant to sec-
tion 2914 of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–
510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 
(b) USE OF REPORT.—When the Defense Base Clo-
sure and Realignment Commission conducts its review and 
analysis of the list of military installations recommended 
for closure or realignment by the Secretary of Defense, 
the Commission shall consider the report submitted by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security under subsection (a). 
(c) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—If the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Commission has completed
its review and analysis of the Secretary’s list of closure 
and realignment recommendations before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, all other actions carried out under 
subsections (d) and (e) of section 2914 of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 by the Com-
mission or the President before the date of the enactment 
of this Act shall have no further force and effect. In order 
to provide sufficient time for the Commission to review 
the report submitted by the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity under subsection (a), each date specified in sub-
sections (d) and (e) of section 2914 of the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 shall be deemed to 
refer to a date that is one year after the specified date.
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TITLE III—OCEAN LEADERSHIP 
AND COORDINATION 
Subtitle A—National Oceans 
Advisor 
SEC. 301. EXECUTIVE ADVISOR; MISSION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Executive Office of the President a National Oceans 
Advisor, who shall be appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—The Advisor shall be paid 
at a rate specified by the President not to exceed the 
rate payable for Level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5136 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Advisor shall— 
(1) advise the President on implementation of 
this Act, activities of the Committee on Ocean Pol-
icy, section 311, and other covered actions relating 
to United States ocean waters and marine ecosystem 
health; 
(2) serve as the Executive Director of the Com-
mittee on Ocean Policy established by section 311; 
and 
(3) in consultation with the Administrator, co-
ordinate Federal agency covered actions related to
SEC. 313. ESTABLISHING A COORDINATED MANAGEMENT 
REGIME FOR ACTIVITIES IN FEDERAL WA-
TERS. 
The Committee shall submit to the Congress by not 
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act recommendations on, and a plan and proposed sched-
ule for creating, a balanced, ecosystem-based management 
regime for activities in Federal waters that— 
(1) considers the use of ocean zoning and cu-
mulative impacts of multiple uses; 
(2) designates a lead Federal agency for each 
existing activity and new activity in Federal waters; 
(3) ensures that each such lead Federal agency 
coordinates with other applicable authorities, includ-
ing States and Regional Ocean Partnerships estab-
lished under title IV of this Act; 
(4) fully considers the public interest; and 
(5) establishes a set of guiding principles for 
new activities in Federal waters that ensures the 
health of marine ecosystems. 
Subtitle C—Council of Advisors on 
Oceans Policy 
SEC. 321. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL. 
There is established the Council of Advisors on 
Oceans Policy (in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Coun-
cil’’).
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) INJUNCTIONS; REPRESENTATION.—
‘‘(1) INJUNCTIONS.—The Secretary may apply 
directly to the appropriate United States district 
court for a temporary restraining order or injunction 
described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) REPRESENTATION.—Attorneys of the De-
partment of Agriculture may represent the Secretary 
in United States district court in any civil action 
brought under this section.’’. 
SEC. 6. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
Section 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133) 
is amended by striking ‘‘: Provided however,’’ and all that 
follows. 
SEC. 7. EFFECT ON STATE LAW. 
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 
Act preempts any State law (including a regulation) that 
provides stricter requirements than the requirements pro-
vided in the amendments made by this Act.
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 266
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security 
beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2005
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee 
on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect 
Social Security beneficiaries against any reduction in 
benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Protec-
tion Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFICIARI. 
Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) POINT OF ORDER TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECU-
RITY BENEFITS.—(1) It shall not be in order in the House 
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or 
joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference re-
port thereon, that—
‘‘(A) reduces or has the effect of reducing any 
current benefits under the old-age, survivors, and 
disability insurance programs under title II of the 
Social Security Act; or 
‘‘(B) provides for or has the effect of providing 
for cost-of-living increases of benefits under the old-
age, survivors, and disability insurance programs 
under title II of the Social Security Act that are less 
than what would be provided under title II of the 
Social Security Act as of the day of consideration of 
the applicable measure. 
‘‘(2) As used in paragraph (1), the term ‘current’, 
when referring to benefits, means benefits payable as of 
the day of consideration of the applicable measure.’’. 
SEC. 3. SUPER-MAJORITY REQUIREMENT IN THE SENATE. 
Section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘and 
312(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘312(c), and 312(g)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
312(c)’’ and by inserting ‘‘312(c), and 312(g)’’.
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