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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1002
To amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under subchapter III 
of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, respectively, 
to ensure the inclusion of certain positions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005
Mr. FILNER (for himself and Mr. MCHUGH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the definition of a law enforcement officer under 
subchapter III of chapter 83 and chapter 84 of title 
5, United States Code, respectively, to ensure the inclu-
sion of certain positions.
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 ‘‘Law Enforcement Offi-
cers Equity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (17) of section 
8401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C), and 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) an employee (not otherwise covered 
by this paragraph)—
‘‘(i) the duties of whose position in-
clude the investigation or apprehension of 
individuals suspected or convicted of of-
fenses against the criminal laws of the 
United States; and 
‘‘(ii) who is authorized to carry a fire-
arm; and 
‘‘(F) an employee of the Internal Revenue 
Service, the duties of whose position are pri-
marily the collection of delinquent taxes and the 
securing of delinquent returns;’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
8401(17)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘(A) and (B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A), (B), (E), and (F)’’. 
(b) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Para-
graph (20) of section 8331 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after ‘‘position.’’ (in the matter 
before subparagraph (A)) the following: ‘‘For the purpose
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 228
To provide for additional benefits under the Temporary Extended 
Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. WU introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for additional benefits under the Temporary 
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROGRAM EXTENSION. 
Paragraph (2) of section 208 of the Temporary Ex-
tended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (26 
U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking ‘‘January’’ and 
inserting ‘‘April’’.
SEC. 2. ALTERNATIVE TRIGGER FOR SECOND-TIER BENE-
FITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 203 of 
the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation 
Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE TRIGGER.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), if the average rate of total unem-
ployment in a State during fiscal year 2002 
(seasonally adjusted) exceeds the average rate 
of total unemployment in all States during such 
fiscal year (seasonally adjusted), such State 
shall be considered to be in an extended benefit 
period beginning on December 29, 2002 (or 
such earlier date as the Secretary may specify). 
Any such extended benefit period shall be treat-
ed as continuing for so long as the agreement 
(entered into by such State under this title) re-
mains in effect. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATIONS.—For purposes of 
this paragraph, determinations of average rates 
of total unemployment (and of any seasonal ad-
justment) shall be made by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall terminate or otherwise
affect any extended benefit period which might 
otherwise be determined to exist under para-
graph (2).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of 
section 203(c) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘(2))’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(2) or (3))’’.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2315
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to certain prohibitions 
relating to police badges, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2003
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to 
certain prohibitions relating to police badges, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Badge Security En-
hancement Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. POLICE BADGES. 
Section 716 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4); 
and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d)(1) Whoever receives, in interstate or foreign 
commerce, a genuine or counterfeit police badge shall pro-
vide a certification of the intended use of that badge to 
the person or entity from which the badge is received. 
‘‘(2) Whoever knowingly transfers or transports in 
interstate or foreign commerce, a genuine or counterfeit 
police badge shall obtain written permission from the 
agency represented on the badge before doing so. 
‘‘(3) The Attorney General shall, by rule made on the 
record, establish additional procedures for the transfer or 
transportation of genuine and counterfeit police badges in 
interstate or foreign commerce to assure that a genuine 
or counterfeit police badge is not acquired under false pre-
tenses that the badge will be used or is intended to be 
used for a purpose described in subsection (b) but then 
diverted to illegal purposes. 
‘‘(4) Whoever knowingly engages in conduct that vio-
lates paragraph (1) or (2), or a rule made under para-
graph (3), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned 
not more than 6 months, or both.
‘‘(5) This section shall not apply to the use of a gen-
uine or counterfeit badge in the fictitious or historical vis-
ual depiction of either a public officer or employee.’’.
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duced in a manner similar to that described in sec-
tion 8334(d)(2) of title 5, United States Code, to 
the extent necessary to make up the amount unpaid. 
(3) PRIOR SERVICE DEFINED.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘prior service’’ means, with re-
spect to any individual who makes an election under 
subsection (c)(2), service (described in subsection 
(a)) performed by such individual before the date as 
of which appropriate retirement deductions begin to 
be made in accordance with such election. 
(e) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRIOR SERV-
ICE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If an incumbent makes an 
election under subsection (c)(2), the agency in or 
under which that individual was serving at the time 
of any prior service (referred to in subsection (d)) 
shall remit to the Office of Personnel Management, 
for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to 
the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability Fund, the amount required under paragraph 
(2) with respect to such service. 
(2) AMOUNT REQUIRED.—The amount an agen-
cy is required to remit is, with respect to any prior 
service, the total amount of additional Government 
contributions to the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund (above those actually paid) that 
would have been required if the amendments made 
by section 2 had then been in effect. 
(3) CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE MADE RATABLY.—
Government contributions under this subsection on 
behalf of an incumbent shall be made by the agency 
ratably (on at least an annual basis) over the 10-
year period beginning on the date referred to in sub-
section (d)(3). 
(f) EXEMPTION FROM MANDATORY SEPARATION.—
Nothing in section 8335(b) or 8425(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, shall cause the involuntary separation of a 
law enforcement officer (as described in subsection (a)) 
before the end of the 3-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Office shall prescribe regu-
lations to carry out this Act, including—
(1) provisions in accordance with which interest 
on any amount under subsection (d) or (e) shall be 
computed, based on section 8334(e) of title 5, 
United States Code; and 
(2) provisions for the application of this section 
in the case of—
(A) any individual who—
(i) satisfies paragraph (1) (but not 
paragraph (2)) of subsection (b); and 
(ii) serves as a law enforcement offi-
cer (as described in subsection (a)) after 
the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) any individual entitled to a survivor 
annuity (based on the service of an incumbent, 
or of an individual under subparagraph (A), 
who dies before making an election under sub-
section (c)(2)), to the extent of any rights that 
would then be available to the decedent (if still 
living). 
(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be considered to apply in the case of a reem-
ployed annuitant.
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I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2327
To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail to include additional sites associated with the 
preparation or return phase of the expedition, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2003
Mr. GOODE (for himself and Mr. HILL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Trails System Act to extend the 
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include addi-
tional sites associated with the preparation or return 
phase of the expedition, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lewis and Clark Na-
tional Historic Trail Extension Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LEWIS AND CLARK NATIONAL HIS-
TORIC TRAIL. 
Section 5(a)(6) of the National Trails System Act (16 
U.S.C. 1244(a)(6)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(A) The’’; and 
(2) by adding the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) In addition to the route designated in subpara-
graph (A), the trail shall be extended to include the route 
followed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, whether 
independently or together, in the preparation phase of the 
expedition starting at Monticello, located near Charlottes-
ville, Virginia, and traveling to Wood River, Illinois, and 
in the return phase of the expedition from Saint Louis, 
Missouri, to Washington, DC. The extended route shall 
include designated Lewis and Clark sites in Virginia, the 
District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, 
West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and 
Illinois. The Secretary shall complete a general manage-
ment plan to include the extended route within three years 
from the date funds are first made available for that pur-
pose.’’.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1003
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to allow greater access to 
international remittance services, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005
Mr. BACA (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SERRANO, and Ms. WATSON) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to allow greater 
access to international remittance services, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services for 
All Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL CREDIT UNION AMENDMENT. 
Paragraph (12) of section 107 of the Federal Credit 
Union Act is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(12) in accordance with regulations prescribed 
by the Board—
‘‘(A) to sell or provide for a fee negotiable 
checks (including travelers checks), money or-
ders, international money transmitting or trans-
fer services, and other similar money transfer 
instruments and services (including electronic 
fund transfers); and 
‘‘(B) to cash checks and money orders and 
receive electronic fund transfers for a fee;’’.
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(1) The practice of even-aged silvicultural man-
agement and timber harvesting is hereby prohibited 
on the portions. 
(2) Mining, oil, and gas exploration and devel-
opment and new road construction or reconstruction 
is hereby prohibited with regard to the portions. 
(3) The Federal land management agencies re-
sponsible for the portions shall take immediate steps 
to ensure that road densities within the biological 
connecting corridors approach, as nearly as possible, 
zero miles of road per square mile of land area. 
Such road density shall not exceed 0.25 miles per 
square mile, using the method known as the ‘‘mov-
ing window’’ method. 
SEC. 204. APPLICABILITY OF TITLE. 
(a) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.—This 
title shall apply only to lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
(b) PRIVATE LANDOWNERS.—No private landowner 
whose lands are adjacent to the designated connecting cor-
ridors shall be compelled, under any circumstances, to 
comply with this title. However, private landowners may 
enter into cooperative agreements with the Federal Gov-
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3417 
To establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center to assist in 
preserving the archeological, anthropological, paleontological, zoological, 
and geological artifacts and archival documentation from the Rocky 
Mountain region through the construction of an on-site, secure collections 
facility for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in Denver, Colorado. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2009 
Ms. DEGETTE (for herself, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, 
Ms. MARKEY of Colorado, Mr. SALAZAR, and Mr. PERLMUTTER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources 
A BILL 
To establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center 
to assist in preserving the archeological, anthropological, 
paleontological, zoological, and geological artifacts and 
archival documentation from the Rocky Mountain region 
through the construction of an on-site, secure collections 
facility for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science 
in Denver, Colorado. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2357
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish standards of access 
to care for veterans seeking health care from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2003
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida (for herself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, 
and Mr. MILLER of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish stand-
ards of access to care for veterans seeking health care 
from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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. ACCESS TO CARE STANDARDS. 
(a) REQUIRED STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO CARE.—
Section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d)(1) The following are the standards for access to 
care for the Department:
‘‘(A) For a veteran seeking primary care, the 
standard for access is 30 days, determined from the 
date on which the veteran contacts the Department 
seeking an appointment until the date on which a 
visit with a primary care provider is completed. 
‘‘(B) For a veteran seeking specialized care, the 
standard for access is 30 days, determined from the 
date on which the veteran is referred for specialty 
care by a primary care provider until the date on 
which a visit with an appropriate specialty primary 
care provider is completed. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall develop and disseminate an 
appropriate standard of waiting time, determined from the 
time at which the veteran’s visit is scheduled until the vet-
eran is seen by the provider. The Secretary shall periodi-
cally review performance of Department facilities com-
pared to that standard. The Secretary shall annually re-
port to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives an assessment of the De-
partment’s performance against that standard. 
‘‘(3) In a case in which the Secretary is unable to 
meet the standard for access to care, the Secretary shall 
use the authority of subsection (a) to furnish health care 
and services for that veteran in a non-Department facil-
ity.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the first 
month beginning more than six months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1004
To amend title 4 of the United States Code to prohibit a State from imposing 
a discriminatory tax on income earned within such State by nonresidents 
of such State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005
Mr. BAIRD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 4 of the United States Code to prohibit 
a State from imposing a discriminatory tax on income 
earned within such State by nonresidents of such State.
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 ‘‘Nonresident Income Tax 
Freedom Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF INCOME TAXES 
BY STATES ON NONRESIDENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 4 of title 4, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 127. Prohibition on imposition of income taxes by 
states on nonresidents 
‘‘Except to the extent otherwise provided in any vol-
untary compact between or among States, a State or polit-
ical subdivision thereof may not impose a tax on income 
earned within such State or political subdivision by non-
residents of such State.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 4 of title 4, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘127. Prohibition on imposition of income taxes by States on nonresidents.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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ernment on a willing participant or willing seller basis to 
include their land in a biological connecting corridor. 
SEC. 205. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND LAND TRADES 
AND ACQUISITIONS. 
(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of 
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall seek 
to enter into cooperative agreements with private, State, 
and corporate landowners and sovereign Indian tribes 
whose lands are adjacent to the designated connecting cor-
ridors, when such agreements would benefit the ecological 
integrity and function of the designated corridor. 
(b) LAND TRADES AND ACQUISITIONS.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
may undertake land trades or acquisitions in order to ac-
complish the purposes of this title when the Secretary con-
cerned considers such action to be appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—As part of the report required by sec-
tion 601, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior shall describe the progress of cooperative 
agreements, acquisitions, and proposed land exchanges 
sought pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 206. EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. 
(a) EXEMPTION.—The roads and highways referred 
to in subsection (b) are expressly exempted from the provi-
sions of this title. In the event that any county, State,
Federal, or private road has been mistakenly omitted from 
this list, it is deemed to be incorporated by reference. 
(b) DESCRIPTION.—The roads and highways referred 
to in subsection (a) are U.S. Highway 2; U.S. Highway 
10; U.S. Highway 12; U.S. Highway 20; U.S. Highway 
89; U.S. Highway 91; U.S. Highway 93; U.S. Highway 
95; U.S. Highway 287; Interstate Highway 15; Interstate 
Highway 90; Idaho State Highway 3; Idaho State High-
way 28; Idaho State Highway 29; Idaho State Highway 
87; Montana State Highway 2; Montana State Highway 
37; Montana State Highway 38; Montana State Highway 
41; Montana State Highway 43; Montana State Highway 
56; Montana State Highway 58; Montana State Highway 
83; Montana State Highway 87; Montana State Highway 
135; Montana State Highway 200; Montana State High-
way 278; Montana State Highway 287; Montana State 
Highway 298; Montana State Highway 324; Montana 
State Highway 293; Montana State Highway 294; Mon-
tana Secondary Road 92; Montana Secondary Road 278; 
Montana Secondary Road 279; Montana Secondary Road 
294; Montana Secondary Road 298; Montana Secondary 
Road 324; Montana Secondary Road 411; Montana Sec-
ondary Road 508; the Thompson Pass Road, Montana- 
Idaho; the Moyie Springs to East Port Road, Idaho; the 
Red Rock Pass Road, Montana; Boundary County, Idaho,
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1005 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate 
that part or all of any income tax refund be paid over for use in 
medical research conducted through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2005 
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Vet-
erans’ Affairs, 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 amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-
payers to designate that part or all of any income tax 
refund be paid over for use in medical research con-
ducted through the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
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 ‘‘Veterans Medical Re-
search Assistance Voluntary Option Act of 2005’’.
Route 18; Boundary County, Idaho, Route 47; Boundary 
County, Idaho, Route 3; Boundary County, Idaho, Route 
34; Lolo National Forest Route 102; Gallatin National 
Forest Route 259; Kelly Canyon Road, Gallatin National 
Forest; Middle Fork Canyon Road, Gallatin, National 
Forest; Lewis and Clark County Road 280, Montana; 
Lewis and Clark County Road 164, Montana; Lewis and 
Clark County Road 4, Montana; Lewis and Clark County 
Road 291, Montana; Lewis and Clark County Road 287, 
Montana; the Deerlodge to Basin Road, Montana; the 
Marysville to Avon Road, Montana; and the Pahsimeroi 
Road, Butte County, Idaho. 
TITLE 
III—NATIONAL 
PARKS, 
PRESERVES, 
AND 
RELATED 
STUDIES 
SEC. 301. HELLS CANYON/CHIEF JOSEPH NATIONAL PRE-
SERVE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The ecological diversity of the Hells Can-
yon/Wallowa Mountain Region is unique and its cen-
tral proximity to other ecologically intact or rel-
atively intact areas makes it a critical passageway 
for genetic interchange of native plants and animals 
throughout the northwestern United States.