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(6) NATIONAL
LANDMARK.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Landmark’’ means the African Burial Ground 
National Historic Landmark in the City. 
(7) NATIONAL
MONUMENT.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Monument’’ means the African Burial Ground 
National Monument in the City. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the National Park Service. 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of New York. 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF MUSEUM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established at the 
National Monument a memorial museum and educational 
center, to be known as the ‘‘African Burial Ground Inter-
national Memorial Museum and Educational Center’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Museum are— 
(1) to serve as a permanent living memorial— 
(A) to the enslaved who are buried at the 
African Burial Ground; and 
(B) to other Africans and African-Ameri-
cans who were enslaved; 
(2) to examine the African cultural traditions 
brought to the United States by the enslaved; 
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225 in Cook County, Illinois, shall be considered local edu-
cational agencies as such term is used in and for purposes 
of title VIII of such Act. 
(b) COMPUTATION.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, federally connected children (as determined 
under section 8003(a) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a))) who are in 
attendance in the North Shore District 112, Township 
High School District 113, Glenview Public School District 
34, and Glenbrook High School District 225 described in 
subsection (a), shall be considered to be in attendance in 
the North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 
described in subsection (a), solely for purposes of com-
puting the amount that the North Chicago Community 
Unit School District 187 is eligible to receive under sub-
section (b) or (d) of such section, if— 
(1) such school districts have entered into an 
agreement for such students to be so considered and 
for the equitable apportionment among all such 
school districts of any amount received by the North 
Chicago Community Unit School District 187 under 
such section; and 
(2) any amount apportioned among all such 
school districts pursuant to paragraph (1) is used by 
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such school districts only for the direct provision of 
educational services. 
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or school administration. Such scholarships shall be des-
ignated Indian educator scholarships and shall be made 
in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deter-
mine the applicants who will receive scholarships 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—In order to be eligible for par-
ticipation in the Indian educator scholarship pro-
gram, an individual must— 
‘‘(A) be an Indian, as defined in section 
7151; 
‘‘(B) be accepted for enrollment, or be en-
rolled, as a full- or part-time student in a 
course of study in elementary and secondary 
education or school administration at an appro-
priately accredited institution of higher edu-
cation; 
‘‘(C) submit an application to participate 
in the Indian educator scholarship program at 
such time and in such manner as the Secretary 
shall determine; and 
‘‘(D) sign and submit to the Secretary at 
the time that such application is submitted, a 
written contract, as described in subsection (c). 
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firearms, ammunition, or other weapons on property not 
owned or operated by the Department of Defense. 
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 ‘‘Service Member Sec-
ond Amendment Protection Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON INFRINGING ON THE INDIVIDUAL 
RIGHT TO LAWFULLY ACQUIRE, POSSESS, 
OWN, CARRY, AND OTHERWISE USE PRI-
VATELY OWNED FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, 
AND OTHER WEAPONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(c), the Secretary of Defense may not prohibit, issue any 
requirement relating to, or collect or record any informa-
tion relating to, the otherwise lawful acquisition, posses-
sion, ownership, carrying, or other use of a privately 
owned firearm, privately owned ammunition, or another 
privately owned weapon by a member of the Armed Forces 
or civilian employee of the Department of Defense on 
property that is not owned or operated by the Department 
of Defense. 
(b) EXISTING REGULATIONS AND RECORDS.— 
(1) REGULATIONS.—Any regulation promul-
gated before the date of enactment of this Act that 
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requires conduct prohibited by this section is null 
and void and shall have no force or effect. 
(2) RECORDS.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall destroy any record containing informa-
tion described in subsection (a) that was collected 
before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (a) shall 
not be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary 
of Defense to— 
(1) regulate the possession, carrying, or other 
use of a firearm, ammunition, or other weapon by a 
member of the Armed Forces or civilian employee of 
the Department of Defense while— 
(A) engaged in official duties on behalf of 
the Department of Defense; or 
(B) wearing the uniform of an Armed 
Force; or 
(2) create or maintain records relating to an in-
vestigation, prosecution, or adjudication of an al-
leged violation of law (including regulations) not 
prohibited under subsection (a). 
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‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF CONTRACT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The written contract be-
tween the Secretary and the individual, as described 
in subsection (b)(2)(D), shall contain the following: 
‘‘(A) A statement that the Secretary 
agrees to provide the individual with a scholar-
ship, as described in subsection (d), in each 
school year or years for a period during which 
such individual is pursuing a course of study in 
elementary and secondary education or school 
administration at an appropriately accredited 
institution of higher education. 
‘‘(B) A statement that the individual 
agrees— 
‘‘(i) to accept provision of the Indian 
educator scholarship; 
‘‘(ii) to maintain enrollment in such 
course of study until the individual com-
pletes the course of study; 
‘‘(iii) while enrolled in such course of 
study, to maintain an acceptable level of 
academic standing (as determined by the 
Secretary, taking into account the require-
ments of the educational institution offer-
ing such course of study); and 
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an applicable trust is a part expands the appli-
cation of the normal retirement age described in 
subparagraph (A) to additional participants or 
employers, such trust shall be treated as an ap-
plicable trust with respect to any such partici-
pants and employers.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to years beginning before, on, or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(iv) to serve through full-time em-
ployment at an eligible school for a time 
period (referred to in this section as the 
‘period of obligated service’) equal to the 
greater of— 
‘‘(I) 1 year for the equivalent of 
each school year for which the indi-
vidual was provided a scholarship 
under the Indian educator scholarship 
program; or 
‘‘(II) 2 years. 
‘‘(C) A statement of the damages to which 
the United States is entitled, under subsection 
(e), for the individual’s breach of the contract. 
‘‘(D) Such other statement of the rights 
and liabilities of the Secretary and of the indi-
vidual, in accordance with the provisions of this 
section. 
‘‘(2) PERIOD OF OBLIGATED SERVICE.— 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE
SCHOOLS.—An individual 
shall meet the requirement for the period of ob-
ligated service under the written contract be-
tween the individual and the Secretary, as de-
scribed in paragraph (1), if such individual is 
employed full-time— 
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SECTION 1. TIMING OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL 
OFFICE IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
(a) COUNCIL.— 
(1) CHAIRMAN.—Section 401(b)(3) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1– 
204.01(b)(3), D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
striking ‘‘one hundred and fourteen days’’ and in-
serting ‘‘seventy days’’. 
(2) MEMBERS ELECTED FROM WARDS.—Section 
401(d)(1) of such Act (sec. 1–204.01(d)(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘one hundred 
and fourteen days’’ and inserting ‘‘seventy days’’. 
(3) MEMBERS
ELECTED
AT
LARGE.—Section 
401(d)(2) of such Act (sec. 1–204.01(d)(2), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘one hundred 
and fourteen days’’ and inserting ‘‘seventy days’’. 
(b) MAYOR.—Section 421(c)(2) of such Act (sec. 1— 
204.21(c)(2), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 
‘‘one hundred and fourteen days’’ and inserting ‘‘seventy 
days’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to vacan-
cies occurring on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 
2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5702 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 
to reduce the waiting period for holding special 
elections to fill vacancies in local offices in the 
District of Columbia.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5702 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to reduce the waiting 
period for holding special elections to fill vacancies in the membership 
of the Council of the District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2010 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to reduce 
the waiting period for holding special elections to fill 
vacancies in the membership of the Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TIMING OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR COUNCIL 
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
(a) REDUCTION
OF
WAITING
PERIOD.—Section 
401(d)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 
1–204.01(d)(1), D.C. Official Code) is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘one hundred and fourteen days’’ and inserting ‘‘sev-
enty days’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to vacancies occur-
ring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘SEC. 1308. LIMITED AUTHORITY FOR FACULTY MEMBERS 
TO 
SECURE 
COPYRIGHTS 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
WORKS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to regulations prescribed 
under subsection (f), a person who is an employee of the 
Department of Transportation and is a faculty member 
of an institution described in subsection (e) may, notwith-
standing section 105 or 201(b) of title 17, secure copy-
right protection under title 17 for a qualifying work, but 
only for purposes of publication by a scholarly press or 
journal for which such a copyright is normally a require-
ment for publication or otherwise as may be prescribed 
under regulations under this section. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFYING WORKS.—A work is a qualifying 
work for purposes of this section if the work— 
‘‘(1) is prepared as part of a person’s official 
duties; and 
‘‘(2) meets such criteria as the Secretary of 
Transportation may prescribe by regulation as a 
scholarly work for which copyright protection as pro-
vided in subsection (a) is warranted. 
‘‘(c) TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT.—Upon acceptance 
for publication of a work for which copyright protection 
exists by reason of subsection (a), the person holding the 
copyright shall transfer the copyright to the owner or pub-
lisher of the medium in which the work will be published. 
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IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5702 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2010 
Received 
DECEMBER 22, 2010 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to reduce 
the waiting period for holding special elections to fill 
vacancies in local offices in the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. TIMING OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL 
OFFICE IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
(a) COUNCIL.— 
(1) CHAIRMAN.—Section 401(b)(3) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1– 
204.01(b)(3), D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
striking ‘‘one hundred and fourteen days’’ and in-
serting ‘‘seventy days’’. 
(2) MEMBERS ELECTED FROM WARDS.—Section 
401(d)(1) of such Act (sec. 1–204.01(d)(1), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘one hundred 
and fourteen days’’ and inserting ‘‘seventy days’’. 
(3) MEMBERS
ELECTED
AT
LARGE.—Section 
401(d)(2) of such Act (sec. 1–204.01(d)(2), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘one hundred 
and fourteen days’’ and inserting ‘‘seventy days’’. 
(b) MAYOR.—Section 421(c)(2) of such Act (sec. 1— 
204.21(c)(2), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking 
‘‘one hundred and fourteen days’’ and inserting ‘‘seventy 
days’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to vacan-
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cies occurring on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 
2010. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5703 
To permit the advertising and sale of lottery tickets within certain areas 
of the District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2010 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To permit the advertising and sale of lottery tickets within 
certain areas of the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PERMITTING ADVERTISING AND SALE OF LOT-
TERY TICKETS WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS AND 
SALE OF TICKETS BY BLIND VENDORS WITH-
IN FEDERAL ENCLAVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The paragraph under the heading 
‘‘Lottery and Charitable Games Enterprise Fund’’ in the 
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1982 (Public Law 
97–91; 95 Stat. 1174), as amended by section 134(a)(1) 
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of the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1990 
(Public Law 101–168; 103 Stat. 1282), is amended by 
striking the 10th proviso. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5704 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty members at Depart-
ment of Defense service academies and schools of professional military 
education to secure copyrights for certain scholarly works that they 
produce as part of their official duties in order to submit such works 
for publication, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 1, 2010 
Mr. PLATTS (for himself, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. SNYDER, and Mr. 
WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure and Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty 
members at Department of Defense service academies 
and schools of professional military education to secure 
copyrights for certain scholarly works that they produce 
as part of their official duties in order to submit such 
works for publication, 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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States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Spencer Byrd Powers, 
Jr. Post Office’’. 
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The building occupied by the Government Printing 
Office located at 31451 East United Avenue in Pueblo, 
Colorado, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Frank 
Evans Government Printing Office Building’’ during the 
period in which the building is occupied by the Govern-
ment Printing Office. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
With respect to the period in which the building re-
ferred to in section 1 is occupied by the Government Print-
ing Office, any reference in a law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, record, or other paper of the United States to that 
building shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Frank 
Evans Government Printing Office Building’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5706 
AN ACT 
To designate the building occupied by the Govern-
ment Printing Office located at 31451 East 
United Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado, as the 
‘‘Frank Evans Government Printing Office 
Building’’.
H. R. 5706 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 
An Act 
To designate the building occupied by the Government Printing Office located at 
31451 East United Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado, as the ‘‘Frank Evans Government 
Printing Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION. 
The building occupied by the Government Printing Office 
located at 31451 East United Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado, shall 
be known and designated as the ‘‘Frank Evans Government Printing 
Office Building’’ during the period in which the building is occupied 
by the Government Printing Office. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
With respect to the period in which the building referred to 
in section 1 is occupied by the Government Printing Office, any 
reference in a law, map, regulation, document, record, or other 
paper of the United States to that building shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the ‘‘Frank Evans Government Printing Office 
Building’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 262
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to approve and distribute to food
service operations instructions for removing food which has become
lodged in a person’s throat.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. NEAL of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to approve and distrib-
ute to food service operations instructions for removing
food which has become lodged in a person’s throat.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of Commerce, upon recommendation
of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall ap-
prove instructions specifying first aid techniques, espe-
cially the Heimlich Maneuver, designed for use by persons
without medical training, for removing food which has be-
come lodged in any person’s throat.
HR 262 IH
SEC. 2. (a) The Secretary of Commerce shall publish
in the Federal Register the instructions approved under
the first section of this Act and shall distribute the in-
structions to each food service operation in the United
States. In distributing the instructions, the Secretary shall
utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, the resources
of the Department of Commerce.
(b) Any food service operation may post the instruc-
tions on the premises so that persons employed by the food
service operation may become familiar with the first aid
techniques and may consult the instructions to provide re-
lief to any person who is choking.
SEC. 3. No court of the United States shall have ju-
risdiction to enter any judgment against any person for
the acts or omissions of any individual in removing, at-
tempting to remove, or assisting the removal of food
lodged in any person’s throat if such individual acted in
accordance with the instructions approved under this Act
by the Secretary of Commerce.
SEC. 4. For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘food serv-
ice operation’’ means any restaurant, cafeteria, lunch-
room, lunch counter, soda fountain, or other facility which
is principally engaged in selling food or beverages for con-
sumption on the premises.
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to a student having an anaphy-
lactic reaction. 
‘‘(ii) LIABILITY AND STATE LAW.— 
‘‘(I) GOOD
SAMARITAN
LAW.— 
The State shall have a State law en-
suring that elementary school and sec-
ondary school employees and agents, 
including a physician providing a pre-
scription for school epinephrine, will 
incur no liability related to the admin-
istration of epinephrine to any student 
believed in good faith to be having an 
anaphylactic reaction, except in the 
case of willful or wanton conduct. 
‘‘(II) STATE
LAW.—Nothing in 
this subparagraph shall be construed 
to preempt State law, including any 
State law regarding whether students 
with allergy or asthma may possess 
and self-administer medication. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) The terms ‘elementary school’ and 
‘secondary school’ have the meaning given to 
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