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Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report with 
respect to the withholding requirements of section 3402(t) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including a detailed 
analysis of— 
(1) the problems, if any, which are anticipated 
in administering and complying with such require-
ments, 
(2) the burdens, if any, that such requirements 
will place on governments and businesses (taking 
into account such mechanisms as may be necessary 
to administer such requirements), and 
(3) the application of such requirements to 
small expenditures for services and goods by govern-
ments. 
SEC. 5. ELDERLY AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING 
IN-HOME CARE UNDER CERTAIN GOVERN-
MENT PROGRAMS NOT SUBJECT TO EMPLOY-
MENT TAX PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 25 (relating to general 
provisions relating to employment taxes) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5576 
AN ACT 
To address state-sponsored cyber activities against 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,
† HR 146 EAS 
(7) SALMON-HUCKLEBERRY WILDERNESS ADDI-
TIONS.—Certain Federal land managed by the Forest 
Service, comprising approximately 16,620 acres, as 
generally depicted on the maps entitled ‘‘Salmon- 
Huckleberry 
Wilderness—Alder 
Creek 
Addition’’, 
‘‘Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness—Eagle Creek Addi-
tion’’, ‘‘Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness—Hunchback 
Mountain’’, ‘‘Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness—Inch 
Creek’’, 
‘‘Salmon-Huckleberry 
Wilderness—Mirror 
Lake’’, and ‘‘Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness—Salm-
on River Meadows’’, dated July 16, 2007, which is 
incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the 
Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness, as designated by sec-
tion 3(2) of the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 
U.S.C. 1132 note; 98 Stat. 273). 
(8) LOWER WHITE RIVER WILDERNESS.—Certain 
Federal land managed by the Forest Service and Bu-
reau of Land Management, comprising approximately 
2,870 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
‘‘Lower 
White 
River 
Wilderness—Lower 
White 
River’’, dated July 16, 2007, which shall be known as 
the ‘‘Lower White River Wilderness’’. 
(b) RICHARD L. KOHNSTAMM MEMORIAL AREA.—Cer-
tain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Richard L.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 129 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Appointing the day for the convening of the first session 
of the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the first regular session of the One Hundred Four-
‘‘(2) TREATMENT AS ROLLOVER.—If amounts are 
deposited into an individual retirement plan under 
paragraph (1) not later than the 60th day after the 
date on which the individual receives the amounts 
under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) such deposit shall be treated as a roll-
over described in section 408(d)(3)(A)(i), 
‘‘(B) to the extent the deposit includes inter-
est paid under subsection (c), such interest shall 
not be includible in gross income, and 
‘‘(C) such deposit shall not be taken into ac-
count under section 408(d)(3)(B). 
For purposes of subparagraph (B), an amount shall 
be treated as interest only to the extent that the 
amount deposited exceeds the amount of the levy. 
‘‘(3) REFUND, ETC., OF INCOME TAX ON LEVY.— 
If any amount is includible in gross income for a tax-
able year by reason of a levy referred to in paragraph 
(1) and any portion of such amount is treated as a 
rollover under paragraph (2), any tax imposed by 
chapter 1 on such portion shall not be assessed, and 
if assessed shall be abated, and if collected shall be 
credited or refunded as an overpayment made on the 
due date for filing the return of tax for such taxable 
year. 
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‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE 
CASE OF SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a broker is otherwise re-
quired to make a return under subsection (a) with 
respect to the gross proceeds of the sale of a covered 
security, the broker shall include in such return the 
information described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The information re-
quired under paragraph (1) to be shown on a 
return with respect to a covered security of a 
customer shall include the customer’s adjusted 
basis in such security and whether any gain or 
loss with respect to such security is long-term 
or short-term (within the meaning of section 
1222). 
‘‘(B) 
DETERMINATION
OF
ADJUSTED 
BASIS.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The customer’s 
adjusted basis shall be determined— 
‘‘(I) in the case of any security 
(other than any stock for which an av-
erage basis method is permissible 
under section 1012), in accordance 
with the first-in first-out method un-
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this subsection shall apply to buildings placed in service 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 103. MODIFICATIONS TO DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE 
BASIS. 
(a) INCREASE IN CREDIT FOR CERTAIN STATE DES-
IGNATED
BUILDINGS.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
42(d)(5) (relating to increase in credit for buildings in 
high cost areas), before redesignation under subsection 
(d), is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(v) 
BUILDINGS
DESIGNATED
BY 
STATE
HOUSING
CREDIT
AGENCY.—Any 
building which is designated by the State 
housing credit agency as requiring the in-
crease in credit under this subparagraph in 
order for such building to be financially 
feasible as part of a qualified low-income 
housing project shall be treated for pur-
poses of this subparagraph as located in a 
difficult development area which is des-
ignated for purposes of this subparagraph. 
The preceding sentence shall not apply to 
any building if paragraph (1) of subsection 
(h) does not apply to any portion of the el-
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Union Calendar No. 362 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5719 
[Report No. 110–584] 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
conform return preparer penalty standards, delay 
implementation of withholding taxes on govern-
ment contractors, enhance taxpayer protections, 
assist low-income taxpayers, and for other pur-
poses. 
APRIL 14, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), 
or any other provision of law, and subject to subsection 
(b), there shall be imposed on any article that is the 
growth, product, or manufacture of a nonmarket economy 
country and is imported directly or indirectly into the 
United States, in addition to any other duty that would 
otherwise apply to such article— 
(1) a rate of duty of 5 percent ad valorem dur-
ing the 1-year period beginning on the effective date 
of this Act; and 
(2) an additional duty of 1 percent ad valorem 
in each succeeding 1-year period. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall cease to 
apply to a country at such time as the President certifies 
to the Congress that the country is a market economy 
country. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) NONMARKET
ECONOMY
COUNTRY.—The 
term ‘‘nonmarket economy country’’ means the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, 
Cambodia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Moldova, 
the People’s Republic of China, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Viet-
nam. 
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(B) Cuba and North Korea, to the extent 
that any products of those countries enter the 
customs territory of the United States. 
(C) Any other country that the President 
determines is a nonmarket economy country as 
defined in section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1677). 
(2) MARKET
ECONOMY
COUNTRY.—The term 
‘‘market economy country’’ means a country that 
operates on market principles of cost and pricing 
structures so that sales of merchandise in such 
country reflect the fair value of the merchandise. 
SEC. 2. DEPOSITS OF TARIFFS IN SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST 
FUNDS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit into the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund cre-
ated by section 201(a) of the Social Security Act, and the 
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund created by sec-
tion 201(b) of that Act, in such proportions as the Sec-
retary may determine, amounts equal to the duties col-
lected under section 1(a), less such amounts that the Sec-
retary determines are necessary to administer the collec-
tion of such duties. 
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SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION. 
For purposes of this Act, the People’s Republic of 
China shall not be construed to include Taiwan or any 
island over which Taiwan exercises jurisdiction. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the 15th day after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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•HJ 129 EH 
teenth Congress shall begin at noon on Tuesday, January 
6, 2015. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 14, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
† HR 146 EAS 
Kohnstamm Memorial Area’’, dated July 16, 2007, is des-
ignated as the ‘‘Richard L. Kohnstamm Memorial Area’’. 
(c) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS AREA; ADDITIONS TO 
WILDERNESS AREAS.— 
(1) ROARING
RIVER
POTENTIAL
WILDERNESS 
AREA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—In furtherance of the 
purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.), certain Federal land managed by the 
Forest Service, comprising approximately 900 
acres identified as ‘‘Potential Wilderness’’ on the 
map entitled ‘‘Roaring River Wilderness’’, dated 
July 16, 2007, is designated as a potential wil-
derness area. 
(B) MANAGEMENT.—The potential wilder-
ness area designated by subparagraph (A) shall 
be managed in accordance with section 4 of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133). 
(C) DESIGNATION AS WILDERNESS.—On the 
date on which the Secretary publishes in the 
Federal Register notice that the conditions in the 
potential wilderness area designated by subpara-
graph (A) are compatible with the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the potential wil-
derness shall be—
(G) A nonoriginating material provided for 
in chapter 17 that is used in the production of 
a good provided for in subheading 1806.10. 
(H) Except as provided in subparagraphs 
(A) through (G) and Annex 4.1 of the Agree-
ment, a nonoriginating material used in the 
production of a good provided for in any of 
chapters 1 through 24, unless the nonorigi-
nating material is provided for in a different 
subheading than the good for which origin is 
being determined under this section. 
(I) A nonoriginating material that is a tex-
tile or apparel good. 
(3) TEXTILE OR APPAREL GOODS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a textile or apparel good 
that is not an originating good because certain 
fibers or yarns used in the production of the 
component of the good that determines the tar-
iff classification of the good do not undergo an 
applicable change in tariff classification, set 
forth in Annex 3–A of the Agreement, shall be 
considered to be an originating good if— 
(i) the total weight of all such fibers 
or yarns in that component is not more 
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propriate congressional committees’’ means the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
To carry out this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2009 
through 2013. 
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(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall 
be construed— 
(A) to amend or modify any law of the 
United States; or 
(B) to limit any authority conferred under 
any law of the United States, 
unless specifically provided for in this Act. 
(b) RELATIONSHIP
OF
AGREEMENT
TO
STATE 
LAW.— 
(1) LEGAL CHALLENGE.—No State law, or the 
application thereof, may be declared invalid as to 
any person or circumstance on the ground that the 
provision or application is inconsistent with the 
Agreement, except in an action brought by the 
United States for the purpose of declaring such law 
or application invalid. 
(2) DEFINITION OF STATE LAW.—For purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘‘State law’’ includes— 
(A) any law of a political subdivision of a 
State; and 
(B) any State law regulating or taxing the 
business of insurance. 
(c) EFFECT OF AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO PRI-
VATE REMEDIES.—No person other than the United 
States— 
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‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the expira-
tion of the effective period of this section— 
‘‘(A) any investment by any Federal home 
loan bank under subsection (a) in any student 
loan-related security shall remain an authorized 
investment of such bank through the maturity 
of such security; and 
‘‘(B) any student loan-related securities or 
student loans held by any Federal home loan 
bank as collateral under subsection (b) for an 
advance to a member under subsection (c) may 
continue to be held by the bank as security 
until the advance matures or is otherwise re-
paid or extinguished.’’. 
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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5583 
AN ACT 
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require 
States to annually report on certain adult health quality 
measures, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5585 
AN ACT 
To extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National 
Seashore Advisory Commission. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 5736 RFS
SECTION 1. FINDING. 
Congress finds that Colonel Ola Lee Mize, a Medal 
of Honor recipient, is a highly decorated veteran from the 
State of Alabama. 
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN GADSDEN, 
ALABAMA. 
The Department of Veterans Affairs community 
based outpatient clinic in Gadsden, Alabama, shall be 
known and designated as the ‘‘Colonel Ola Lee Mize Vet-
erans Clinic’’. Any reference to such community based out-
patient clinic in any law, regulation, map, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States shall be consid-
ered to be a reference to the Colonel Ola Lee Mize Vet-
erans Clinic. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1286 
To amend the Act titled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establishment of the 
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes’’ to clarify 
the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of 
lands that are contiguous to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2009 
Mr. VISCLOSKY (for himself and Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Act titled ‘‘An Act to provide for the establish-
ment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and 
for other purposes’’ to clarify the authority of the Sec-
retary of the Interior to accept donations of lands that 
are contiguous to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 
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. CLARIFICATION OF CONTIGUOUS LANDS. 
Section 19 of the Act titled ‘‘An Act to provide for 
the establishment of the Indiana Dunes National Lake-
shore, and for other purposes’’ (16 U.S.C. 460u–19) is 
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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5726 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require prospective employ-
ers of H–1B nonimmigrants to participate in an educational, training, 
or mentorship program for United States workers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2008 
Mr. BAIRD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require 
prospective employers of H–1B nonimmigrants to partici-
pate in an educational, training, or mentorship program 
for United States workers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 
1. 
H-1B 
VISA 
APPLICATIONS 
AND 
CERTIFI-
CATIONS. 
(a) PROGRAMS TO TRAIN UNITED STATES WORK-
ERS.—Section 212(n)(1) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act is amended by inserting after subparagraph (G) 
the following: 
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‘‘(H)(i) The employer is directly participating 
in, or will be directly participating in, an edu-
cational, training, or mentoring program to train 
United States workers in the local community in 
science, math, engineering, or technology related to 
the position for which an H–1B nonimmigrant is 
sought. 
‘‘(ii) The involvement of the employer in a pro-
gram described in clause (i) shall be commensurate 
with the size of the employer and the total number 
of H–1B nonimmigrants already employed by the 
employer at the time the employment of a new H– 
1B nonimmigrant is sought.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect, and apply to an employer 
who is seeking to employ a nonimmigrant described in sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)), on and after 
the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after the 
date on which the numerical limitation in section 
214(g)(1)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(A)) for 
such fiscal year is increased above 65,000. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spina Bifida Health 
Care Program Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE BY 
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO CHIL-
DREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS BORN WITH 
SPINA BIFIDA. 
(a) 
PROVISION
OF
COMPREHENSIVE
HEALTH 
CARE.—Section 1803(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘such health care as the Secretary 
determines is needed by the child for the spina bifida or 
any disability that is associated with such condition’’ and 
inserting ‘‘health care under this section’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to care furnished 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 20, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5729 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide com-
prehensive health care to children of Vietnam 
veterans born with Spina Bifida, and for other 
purposes.
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE BY 
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO CHIL-
DREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS BORN WITH 
SPINA BIFIDA. 
(a) 
PROVISION
OF
COMPREHENSIVE
HEALTH 
CARE.—Section 1803(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘such health care as the Secretary 
determines is needed by the child for the spina bifida or 
any disability that is associated with such condition’’ and 
inserting ‘‘health care under this section’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE DOMICILIARY CARE.— 
Section 1803(c)(1)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘domiciliary care,’’ after ‘‘nursing 
home care,’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to care 
furnished after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5729 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 21, 2008 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide comprehensive 
health care to children of Vietnam veterans born with 
Spina Bifida, and for other purposes. 
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 5729 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spina Bifida Health 
Care Program Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE BY 
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO CHIL-
DREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS BORN WITH 
SPINA BIFIDA. 
(a) 
PROVISION
OF
COMPREHENSIVE
HEALTH 
CARE.—Section 1803(a) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘such health care as the Secretary 
determines is needed by the child for the spina bifida or 
any disability that is associated with such condition’’ and 
inserting ‘‘health care under this section’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to care furnished 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 20, 2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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