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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 ‘‘Nate DeTample Post 
Office Building’’. 
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II 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4525 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 17, 2005 
Received 
AN ACT 
To temporarily extend the programs under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, 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 4525 RDS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Second Higher Edu-
cation Extension Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS. 
(a) GENERAL EXTENSION.—Section 2(a) of the 
Higher Education Extension Act of 2005 (P.L. 109–81; 
20 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2006’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF LIMITATIONS ON SPECIAL AL-
LOWANCE FOR LOANS FROM THE PROCEEDS OF TAX EX-
EMPT ISSUES.—Section 438(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–1(b)(2)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2006’’ each place it ap-
pears in clauses (iv) and (v)(II) and inserting ‘‘April 1, 
2006’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF EFFECTIVE DATE LIMITATION 
ON HIGHER TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS BENEFITS.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (3) of section 
3(b) of the Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 
2004 (P.L. 108–409; 20 U.S.C. 1078–10 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2005’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘June 30, 2007’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of 
such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965’’ after ‘‘438(b)(2)(B)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
HR 4525 RDS 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section are 
effective upon enactment. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The amendment made by 
subsection (c)(1) shall take effect as if enacted on 
October 1, 2005. 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY PROVISION. 
Notwithstanding section 102(a)(4)(A) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(4)(A)), the 
Secretary of Education shall not take into account a bank-
ruptcy petition filed in the United States Bankruptcy 
Court for the Southern District of New York in July, 
2005, in determining whether a nonprofit educational in-
stitution that is a subsidiary of an entity that filed such 
petition meets the definition of an ‘‘institution of higher 
education’’ under section 102 of that Act (20 U.S.C. 
1002). 
Passed the House of Representatives December 17, 
2005. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4113 
To provide for a reduction in pay for Members of Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. HAYES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform, 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 a reduction in pay for Members of Congress. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN PAY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The rate of pay for each position 
referred to in paragraph (1) of section 601(a) of the Leg-
islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) shall— 
(1) with respect to any service performed dur-
ing the 110th Congress, be equal to the rate of pay 
for such position as of December 31, 2006, reduced 
by 5 percent; and
(2) after the 110th Congress, be subject to ad-
justment to the same extent and in the same man-
ner as if the rate determined for such position under 
paragraph (1) (after rounding in accordance with 
subsection (b)) had been determined under such sec-
tion 601(a). 
(b) ROUNDING RULE.—Any rate determined under 
subsection (a)(1) shall be rounded to the nearest multiple 
of $100 (or, if midway between multiples of $100, to the 
next higher multiple of $100). 
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marks based on data center size and func-
tion, as well as other appropriate charac-
teristics determined by the organization 
described in subsection (b); 
(iii) advance the design and imple-
mentation of efficiency technologies to the 
maximum extent economically practical; 
and 
(iv) provide to data center operators 
in the private sector and the Federal Gov-
ernment information about best practices 
and purchasing decisions that reduce the 
energy consumption of data centers; 
(C) publish the information described in 
subparagraph (B), which may be disseminated 
through catalogs, trade publications, the Inter-
net, or other mechanisms, that will allow data 
center operators to assess the energy consump-
tion and potential cost savings of alternative 
data centers and data center equipment and fa-
cilities; and 
(D) not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and thereafter on an on-
going basis, transmit the information described 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4115 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
118 East Hancock Street in Milledgeville, Georgia, as the ‘‘Boddie Davis 
Simmons Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. MARSHALL 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 118 East Hancock Street in Milledgeville, 
Georgia, as the ‘‘Boddie Davis Simmons 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. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Dr. J.F. Boddie, the first and, for many 
years, only African American physician in Baldwin 
County, Georgia, was revered for the medical care he
provided even the neediest African American fami-
lies; 
(2) Sallie Ellis Davis, a Georgia Woman of 
Achievement, taught and inspired African American 
children in Baldwin County during a celebrated ca-
reer as an educator lasting more than 50 years; and 
(3) Oscar Davis, Sr. and Clarence ‘‘Smokey’’ 
Simmons made history in Baldwin County as the 
first African Americans elected to the Board of 
County Commissioners. 
SEC. 2. BODDIE DAVIS SIMMONS POST OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 118 East Hancock Street in 
Milledgeville, Georgia, shall be known and designated as 
the ‘‘Boddie Davis Simmons 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 ‘‘Boddie Davis Sim-
mons Post Office Building’’. 
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‘‘(b) SEQUESTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) TIMING.—Not later than 15 calendar days 
after the date Congress adjourns to end a session 
and on the same day as a sequestration (if any) 
under section 251, there shall be a sequestration to 
offset the amount of any net deficit increase caused 
by all direct spending legislation enacted before Oc-
tober 1, 2011, as calculated under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) CALCULATION
OF
DEFICIT
INCREASE.— 
OMB shall calculate the amount of deficit increase 
or decrease by adding— 
‘‘(A) all OMB estimates for the budget 
year of direct spending legislation transmitted 
under subsection (d); 
‘‘(B) the estimated amount of savings in 
direct spending programs applicable to budget 
year resulting from the prior year’s sequestra-
tion under this section or, if any, as published 
in OMB’s final sequestration report for that 
prior year; and 
‘‘(C) any net deficit increase or decrease in 
the current year resulting from all OMB esti-
mates for the current year of direct spending 
legislation transmitted under subsection (d) of
this section that were not reflected in the final 
OMB sequestration report for the current year. 
‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2006, before making 
the calculations required in subparagraphs (A) 
through (C), OMB shall assume an automatic 
deficit increase of $44,559,000,000. 
‘‘(c) ELIMINATING A DEFICIT INCREASE.—(1) The 
amount required to be sequestered in a fiscal year under 
subsection (b) shall be obtained from non-exempt direct 
spending accounts from actions taken in the following 
order: 
‘‘(A) FIRST.—All reductions in automatic 
spending increases specified in section 256(a) shall 
be made. 
‘‘(B) SECOND.—If additional reductions in di-
rect spending accounts are required to be made, the 
maximum reductions permissible under sections 
256(b) (guaranteed and direct student loans) and 
256(c) (foster care and adoption assistance) shall be 
made. 
‘‘(C) THIRD.—(i) If additional reductions in di-
rect spending accounts are required to be made, 
each remaining non-exempt direct spending account 
shall be reduced by the uniform percentage nec-
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4116 
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from requiring the sounding 
of a locomotive horn in suburban areas in nonpeak traffic hours. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mrs. MCCARTHY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation from requiring 
the sounding of a locomotive horn in suburban areas 
in nonpeak traffic hours. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. 
Section 20153(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall not require the sounding of 
a locomotive horn in suburban areas in nonpeak traffic 
hours.’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4117 
To permit the cancellation of certain loans under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. MELANCON (for himself, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. BAKER, Mr. 
BOUSTANY, Mr. ALEXANDER, and Mrs. MALONEY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To permit the cancellation of certain loans under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CANCELLATION OF LOANS. 
Section 2(a) of the Community Disaster Loan Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109–88) is amended by striking ‘‘Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 417(c)(1) of 
the Stafford Act, such loans may not be canceled:’’.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendment made by this Act shall be effective 
on the date of enactment of the Community Disaster Loan 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–88). 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4118 
To prohibit Federal payments to any individual, business, institution, or 
organization that engages in human cloning. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit Federal payments to any individual, business, 
institution, or organization that engages in human cloning. 
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 ‘‘Human Cloning Pre-
vention Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), no Federal agency shall— 
(1) make any grant, contract, or other pay-
ment; or
(2) enter into any obligation for making any 
such grant, contract, or payment, 
to any individual, business, institution, or organization 
that within the past 1 year has engaged in human cloning, 
or to any individual, business, institution, or organization 
that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control 
with any individual, business, institution, or organization 
that within the past 1 year has engaged in human cloning. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply 
to any payment a Federal agency is obligated to make. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘human cloning’’ 
means human asexual reproduction, accomplished by in-
troducing nuclear material from one or more human so-
matic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose 
nuclear material has been removed or inactivated so as 
to produce a living organism (at any stage of development) 
that is genetically identical to an existing or previously ex-
isting human organism. 
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(b) EXPIRATION.—Section 275(b) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 
SEC. 5. EMERGENCY SPENDING LEGISLATION AND THE 
BASELINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 257(a) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, except for emergency appropria-
tions covered by section 251(b)(2)(A) and emergency leg-
islation covered by section 252(e)’’ before the period. 
(b) DIRECT SPENDING
AND RECEIPTS.—Section 
257(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) Emergency legislation covered by sec-
tion 252(e) shall not be extended in the base-
line.’’. 
(c) 
DISCRETIONARY
APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
257(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) Emergency appropriations covered by sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A) shall not be extended in the base-
line.’’.
SEC. 6. OMB EMERGENCY CRITERIA. 
(a) DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY.—Section 3 of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 (as amended by section 2(d) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12)(A) The term ‘emergency’ means a situa-
tion that— 
‘‘(i) requires new budget authority and 
outlays (or new budget authority and the out-
lays flowing therefrom) for the prevention or 
mitigation of, or response to, loss of life or 
property, or a threat to national security; and 
‘‘(ii) is unanticipated. 
‘‘(B) As used in subparagraph (A), the term 
‘unanticipated’ means that the underlying situation 
is— 
‘‘(i) sudden, which means quickly coming 
into being or not building up over time; 
‘‘(ii) urgent, which means a pressing and 
compelling need requiring immediate action; 
‘‘(iii) unforeseen, which means not pre-
dicted or anticipated as an emerging need; and 
‘‘(iv) temporary, which means not of a per-
manent duration.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 250(c) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
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of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(20) The term ‘emergency’ has the meaning 
given to such term in section 3 of the Congressional 
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.’’. 
SEC. 7. RULE RESPECTING DESIGNATION OF LEGISLATIVE 
PROVISION AS AN EMERGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘RULE RESPECTING DESIGNATION OF LEGISLATIVE 
PROVISION AS AN EMERGENCY 
‘‘SEC. 316. (a) GUIDANCE.—In making a designation 
of a provision of legislation as an emergency requirement 
under section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
committee report and any statement of managers accom-
panying that legislation shall analyze whether a proposed 
emergency requirement meets the definition of an ‘emer-
gency’ set out in section 3 of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. 
‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the 
Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any 
bill, joint resolution, or conference report that contains an 
emergency designation under section 251(b)(2)(A) or 
252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2 
AN ACT 
To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care- 
related provisions in the Health Care and Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2010. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Control Act of 1985 unless the proposed emergency re-
quirement meets the definition of an ‘emergency’ set out 
in section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.—This 
section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 
by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 
chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall 
be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the rul-
ing of the Chair on a point of order raised under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider a rule or order that waives the 
application of subsection (b). 
‘‘(e) DISPOSITION OF POINTS OF ORDER IN THE 
HOUSE.—As disposition of a point of order under sub-
section (b) or subsection (d), the Chair shall put the ques-
tion of consideration with respect to the proposition that 
is the subject of the point of order. A question of consider-
ation under this section shall be debatable for 10 minutes 
by the Member initiating the point of order and for 10 
minutes by an opponent of the point of order, but shall 
otherwise be decided without intervening motion except
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in subparagraph (B) to the Secretary and the 
Administrator. 
(3) Such program shall be developed and co-
ordinated by the data center efficiency organization 
described in subsection (b) according to commonly 
accepted procedures for the development of specifica-
tions, measurements, and benchmarks. 
(b) DATA CENTER EFFICIENCY ORGANIZATION.— 
Upon creation of the program under subsection (a), the 
Secretary and the Administrator shall jointly designate an 
information technology industry organization to coordi-
nate the program. Such organization, whether preexisting 
or formed specifically for the purposes of subsection (a), 
shall— 
(1) consist of interested parties that have exper-
tise in energy efficiency and in the development, op-
eration, and functionality of computer data centers, 
information technology equipment, and software, as 
well as representatives of hardware manufacturers, 
data center operators, and facility managers; 
(2) obtain and address input from Department 
of Energy National Laboratories or any college, uni-
versity, research institution, industry association, 
company, or public interest group with applicable ex-
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pertise in any of the areas listed in paragraph (1) 
of this subsection; 
(3) follow commonly accepted procedures for 
the development of specifications and accredited 
standards development processes; 
(4) have a mission to develop and promote en-
ergy efficiency for data centers and information 
technology; and 
(5) have the primary responsibility to oversee 
the development and publishing of the information, 
measurements, and benchmarks described in sub-
section (a) and transmission of such information to 
the Secretary and the Administrator for their adop-
tion under subsection (c). 
(c) ADOPTION OF SPECIFICATIONS.—The Secretary 
and the Administrator shall jointly, in accordance with the 
requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology 
Transfer Advancement Act of 1995, adopt and publish the 
specifications, measurements, and benchmarks described 
in subsection (a) for use by the Federal Energy Manage-
ment Program and the Energy Star program as energy 
efficiency requirements for the purposes of those pro-
grams. 
(d) MONITORING.—The Secretary and the Adminis-
trator shall jointly monitor and evaluate the efforts to de-
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velop the program described in subsection (a) and, not 
later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
shall make a determination as to whether such program 
is consistent with the objectives of subsection (a). 
(e) ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM.—If the Secretary and the 
Administrator make a determination under subsection (d) 
that a voluntary national information program for data 
centers consistent with the objectives of subsection (a) has 
not been developed, the Secretary and the Administrator 
shall jointly, after consultation with the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology, develop, not later than 2 
years after such determination, and implement the pro-
gram under subsection (a). 
(f) PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary, the Administrator, or the data center effi-
ciency organization shall not disclose any proprietary in-
formation or trade secrets provided by any individual or 
company for the purposes of carrying out this program. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘data center’’ means any facility 
that primarily contains electronic equipment used to 
process, store, and transmit digital information, 
which may be— 
(A) a free-standing structure; or 
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(B) a facility within a larger structure, 
that utilizes environmental control equipment to 
maintain the proper conditions for the oper-
ation of electronic equipment. 
(2) The term ‘‘data center operator’’ means any 
person or government entity that builds or operates 
a data center or purchases data center services, 
equipment, and facilities. 
SEC. 9050. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts authorized 
under subsections (b), (c), and (d), there are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this part, other thansection 
9052— 
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(2) $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2009 through 2014, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
(b) ZERO-ENERGY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS INITIA-
TIVE.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out the initiative described insection 9044— 
(1) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(2) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 
and 2010; 
(3) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 
and 2012; 
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