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H. Res. 738 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 14, 2009. 
Whereas in recognition of the severity of the crimes associ-
ated with domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 
on September 13, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (hereinafter re-
ferred to as ‘‘VAWA’’) as part of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994; 
Whereas subsequent reauthorizations of VAWA include the 
Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (hereinafter re-
ferred to as ‘‘VAWA 2000’’), signed by President Bill 
Clinton, and the Violence Against Women Act and De-
partment of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (herein-
after referred to as ‘‘VAWA 2005’’), signed by President 
George W. Bush; 
Whereas VAWA was the first comprehensive legislative pack-
age designed to end violence against women; 
Whereas the protections and provisions afforded by VAWA 
were subsequently expanded and improved by VAWA 
2000, which created a legal assistance program for vic-
tims and expanded the definition of domestic violence 
crimes to include dating violence and stalking; 
Whereas VAWA and interventions funded by that Act have 
reduced the incidence of domestic violence, have lowered
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sexual assault rates, and have averted societal costs by 
reducing the need for emergency and medical responses; 
Whereas VAWA has succeeded in bringing communities to-
gether to address domestic violence, dating violence, sex-
ual assault, and stalking, including combined efforts by 
law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, victim services, and 
community-based programs to develop long-term plans 
for addressing such crimes locally and statewide; 
Whereas VAWA has provided crucial Federal support to In-
dian tribes to combat the problems of sexual and domes-
tic violence in Indian country; 
Whereas VAWA brings innovative practices to the field by 
funding demonstration projects and training, and sup-
porting the development of specialized courts and police 
teams; 
Whereas the Sexual Assault Services program, authorized by 
VAWA 2005, enabled the 1,300 rape crisis centers in the 
United States to reduce waiting lists, reach out to under-
served communities, and provide more comprehensive 
services to survivors of sexual assault; 
Whereas VAWA provides a means for many victims of domes-
tic violence who were dependent on their batterers for im-
migration status to self-petition and obtain legal immi-
gration status on their own, and to access legal services 
to flee violence and recover from trauma; 
Whereas organizations throughout the United States have re-
ceived grants under VAWA to provide legal assistance to 
young victims of dating violence; 
Whereas VAWA has provided crucial Federal support for ef-
forts by criminal justice officials and victim service pro-
IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 821 
Recognizing and celebrating the 145th anniversary of the entry of Nevada 
into the Union as the 36th State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 8, 2009 
Ms. TITUS (for herself, Ms. BERKLEY, and Mr. HELLER) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing and celebrating the 145th anniversary of the 
entry of Nevada into the Union as the 36th State. 
Whereas October 31, 2009, marks the 145th anniversary of 
President Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation admitting Ne-
vada into the Union as the 36th State; 
Whereas Nevadans celebrate the anniversary of ‘‘Battle 
Born’’ statehood every year as Nevada Day; 
Whereas Nevada’s State motto is ‘‘All for Our Country’’, re-
flecting the patriotism and sense of duty demonstrated by 
countless Nevadans since the State’s entrance into the 
Union; 
Whereas Nevada’s brave veterans and service members have 
made critical contributions to our Nation’s security in 
times of war and of peace; 
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viders to hold offenders accountable and to keep stalking 
victims safe; 
Whereas the continued support of VAWA and subsequent 
Acts combating violence against women is essential to 
best serve the 3,400,000 individuals in the United States 
who are stalked each year; and 
Whereas September 13, 2009, marked the 15th anniversary 
of the enactment of the Violence Against Women Act of 
1994: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the 15th anniversary of the enact-
ment of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; 
(2) continues to support the goals and ideals of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and its subsequent 
reauthorization Acts; and 
(3) recognizes the need to continue vigorous en-
forcement of the provisions of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994 and similar Acts and programs to 
deter and prosecute crimes of violence against women. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
H. Res. 739 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 30, 2009. 
Whereas the United States honors Norman E. Borlaug as an 
Iowan, humanitarian, and father of the ‘‘Green Revolu-
tion’’; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug was born on March 25, 1914, and grew 
up on a family farm outside Cresco, Iowa; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug attended the University of Minnesota, 
where he received B.A. and Ph.D. degrees and was also 
a star NCAA wrestler; 
Whereas, for over 20 years, Dr. Borlaug was a member of 
the faculty of Texas A&M University; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug spent 20 years working in the poorest 
areas of rural Mexico where he made his breakthrough 
achievement in developing a strain of wheat that could 
exponentially increase yields while actively resisting dis-
ease; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug’s ‘‘green revolution’’ uplifted hundreds 
of thousands of the rural poor in Mexico and saved hun-
dreds of millions from famine and outright starvation in 
India and Pakistan; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug’s approach to wheat production next 
spread throughout the Middle East, and soon his ap-
proach was adapted to rice growing, increasing the num-
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ber of lives Dr. Borlaug has been credited to saving to 
more than a billion people; 
Whereas in 1970, Dr. Borlaug received the Nobel Peace 
Prize, the only person working in agriculture to ever be 
so honored, and since then he has received numerous 
honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of 
Freedom, the Public Service Medal, the National Acad-
emy of Sciences’ highest honor, the Rotary International 
Award for World Understanding and Peace, and the Con-
gressional Gold Medal; 
Whereas, up until his death on September 12, 2009, Dr. 
Borlaug continued to work to alleviate poverty and mal-
nutrition throughout the world; 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug created the World Food Prize in 1986, 
which is the ‘‘Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture’’ and 
which has honored Laureates from Bangladesh, India, 
China, Mexico, Denmark, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, the 
United Kingdom, and the United States; 
Whereas the headquarters of the World Food Prize is located 
in Des Moines, Iowa; and 
Whereas Dr. Borlaug’s humanitarian works have made him 
an American hero who will never be forgotten: Now, 
therefore, be it
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the 
life and achievements of Dr. Norman E. Borlaug for his 
many contributions to alleviating world hunger. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 740 
Recognizing the valuable contributions of the extension offices of land-grant 
universities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 
Mr. BOSWELL (for himself, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
LATHAM, and Mr. LOEBSACK) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the valuable contributions of the extension 
offices of land-grant universities. 
Whereas the Morrill Acts established land-grant universities 
to teach agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts, 
and other practical professions; 
Whereas the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established a partner-
ship between land-grant universities and the United 
States Department of Agriculture, thereby codifying 
land-grant university extension services; 
Whereas land-grant university extension services increasingly 
play an important role in addressing urban, suburban, 
and rural needs; 
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Whereas there are approximately 2,900 local and regional ex-
tension offices of land-grant universities nationwide per-
forming educational outreach services; 
Whereas land-grant university extension services provide use-
ful, practical, and research-based information to agricul-
tural producers, small business owners, youth, con-
sumers, and others in rural areas and communities of all 
sizes; and 
Whereas extension offices provide services in six major 
areas—4–H youth development, agriculture, leadership 
development, natural resources, family and consumer 
sciences, and community and economic development: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives recog-
nizes the valuable contributions of the extension offices of 
land-grant universities. 
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H. Res. 741 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
October 6, 2009. 
Whereas Jumpstart, a national early education organization, 
is working to ensure that all children in the United 
States enter school prepared to succeed; 
Whereas year-round, Jumpstart recruits and trains college 
students and community volunteers to work with pre-
school children in low-income communities, helping them 
to develop the language, literacy, and social skills they 
need to succeed in school and in life; 
Whereas since 1993, Jumpstart has engaged nearly 21,000 
adults to serve almost 80,000 young children in commu-
nities across the Nation; 
Whereas Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, presented in part-
nership with the Pearson Foundation, is an annual cam-
paign, now in its fourth year, that brings national atten-
tion to the crisis in early education by organizing the 
world’s largest shared reading experience; 
Whereas the goals of the campaign are to raise national 
awareness about the importance of early education by en-
gaging 1,000,000 children reading the same book on the 
same day, provide books to children in low-income house-
holds through donations and book purchases and spon-
sorship, and prepare students for school success;
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Whereas Jumpstart hopes to engage more than 1,000,000 
children to read ‘‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’’ in this 
record-breaking celebration of reading, service, and fun, 
all in support of the Nation’s preschoolers; and 
Whereas October 8, 2009, would be an appropriate date to 
designate as national Jumpstart’s ‘‘Read for the Record 
Day’’ because it is the date Jumpstart aims to set a new 
world record for the world’s largest shared reading expe-
rience on the same day: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘Read for the 
Record Day’’; 
(2) commends Jumpstart’s Read for the Record in 
its fourth year; and 
(3) encourages adults, including grandparents, par-
ents, teachers, and college students to come together 
with children of all ages to create the world’s largest 
shared reading experience to show their support for early 
literacy and Jumpstart’s year-long program working 
with preschool children in low-income communities. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
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Whereas for five decades, the Water Replenishment District 
of Southern California has operated to fulfill its mission, 
thus assuring the continued beneficial use of the basins 
for groundwater production; 
Whereas programs and projects to fulfill its mission have in-
cluded the pioneering use of recycled water and the ex-
panded capture and use of storm water for replenish-
ment, multiple groundwater contamination cleanup 
projects in the Central Basin, desalination of brackish 
water in the West Coast Basin, and the supply of water 
to the seawater barrier wells in both basins; 
Whereas the programs and projects of the Water Replenish-
ment District of Southern California have resulted in the 
steady reduction of reliance on the expensive and uncer-
tain supply of imported water and the steady increase in 
the use of locally-developed supply; and 
Whereas the goal of the Water Replenishment District of 
Southern California is to eliminate the use of imported 
water for replenishment by 2015 by implementing the 
programs and projects of the ‘‘Water Independence Now’’ 
objective: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the Water Replenishment Dis-
trict of Southern California for a job well done on 
the occasion of its 50th anniversary, and 
(2) recognizes the crucial role the Water Re-
plenishment District plays in the daily lives of 
Southern California residents. 
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Union Calendar No. 259 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3578 
[Report No. 112–378] 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to reform the budget baseline. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. WOODALL (for himself, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. 
YOUNG of Indiana, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. CHAFFETZ, and 
Mr. STUTZMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget 
JANUARY 30, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. DUNCAN of South 
Carolina, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. JOHNSON of Illi-
nois, Mr. FLORES, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. BERG, Mr. AMASH, Mr. PAUL-
SEN, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. KLINE, and Mr. HUELSKAMP 
JANUARY 30, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 7, 2011] 
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To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline. 
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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 ‘‘Baseline Reform Act 
of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. THE BASELINE. 
Section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 257. THE BASELINE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) For any fiscal year, the base-
line refers to a projection of current-year levels of new budg-
et authority, outlays, or receipts and the surplus or deficit 
for the current year, the budget year, and the ensuing nine 
outyears based on laws enacted through the applicable date. 
‘‘(2) The baselines referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
be prepared annually. 
‘‘(b) DIRECT SPENDING
AND RECEIPTS.—For the 
budget year and each outyear, estimates for direct spending 
in the baseline shall be calculated as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Laws providing or creating 
direct spending and receipts are assumed to operate 
in the manner specified in those laws for each such 
year and funding for entitlement authority is as-
sumed to be adequate to make all payments required 
by those laws. 
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ship, dedication, and a ‘‘never give up’’ spirit for men 
and women all across the country; and 
Whereas the achievement of the Warner Robins Little League 
softball team is the cause of enormous pride for the Na-
tion, the State of Georgia, and the city of Warner Rob-
ins: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates the Warner Robins Little League 
softball team from Warner Robins, Georgia, on winning 
the 2009 Little League Softball World Series Champion-
ship; and 
(2) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 
House transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
City of Warner Robins and each player, manager, and 
coach of the Warner Robins Little League softball team. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 742 
Congratulating the Warner Robins Little League softball team from Warner 
Robins, Georgia, on winning the 2009 Little League Softball World Series. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009 
Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. BARROW, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
BROUN of Georgia, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LIN-
DER, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the Warner Robins Little League softball 
team from Warner Robins, Georgia, on winning the 2009 
Little League Softball World Series. 
Whereas, on August 19, 2009, the Warner Robins Little 
League softball team from Warner Robins, Georgia, de-
feated the Crawford Little League softball team from 
Crawford, Texas, by a score of 14–2 to win the 2009 Lit-
tle League Softball World Series Championship in Port-
land, Oregon; 
Whereas the 2009 Warner Robins Little League Softball 
World Championship team consists of players Carson 
Carriker, Sierra Stella, Chelsea Whaley, Caitlin Parker, 
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Melissa Cox, Kelly Warner, Sabrina Doucette, Hanna 
Livingston, Kaylee Albritton, Ashley Killebrew, Avery 
Lamb, and Sydney Barker; 
Whereas the 2009 Warner Robins Little League Softball 
World Championship team is led by Manager Emily 
Whaley, Coach Roger Stella, Coach Patti Carriker, and 
President Kenneth Hathaway; 
Whereas with this title, the Warner Robins Little League be-
comes the first little league to have won both a baseball 
and softball World Series Championship; 
Whereas the championship victory of the Warner Robins Lit-
tle League softball team sets an example of sportsman-
ship, dedication, and a ‘‘never give up’’ spirit for men 
and women all across the country; and 
Whereas the achievement of the Warner Robins Little League 
softball team is the cause of enormous pride for the Na-
tion, the State of Georgia, and the city of Warner Rob-
ins: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates the Warner Robins Little 
League softball team from Warner Robins, Georgia, 
on winning the 2009 Little League Softball World 
Series Championship; and 
(2) respectfully requests that the Clerk of the 
House transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to 
the City of Warner Robins and each player, man-
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ager, and coach of the Warner Robins Little League 
softball team. 
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H. Res. 743 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 1, 2009. 
Whereas Frank McCourt, a great American author, passed 
away on July 19, 2009; 
Whereas Frank McCourt was born on August 19, 1930, in 
Brooklyn, New York; 
Whereas Frank McCourt returned to his parents’ homeland 
of Ireland during the Great Depression where he re-
mained until the age of 19; 
Whereas Frank McCourt returned to the United States and 
served in the United States Army where he was stationed 
in Germany during the Korean War; 
Whereas following his service in the United States Army, 
Frank McCourt attended New York University on the GI 
Bill despite never having attended high school; 
Whereas following his graduation from New York University, 
Frank McCourt began teaching English and creative 
writing in the New York City Public School system where 
he remained for 27 years; 
Whereas Frank McCourt authored an autobiography titled 
‘‘Angela’s Ashes’’ which vividly tells of the poverty, hun-
ger, and alcoholism that challenged his family and others 
in the town of Limerick, Ireland, where he grew up;
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Whereas James Madison, author of the Constitution, and 
President of the United States, announced: ‘‘Government 
is instituted to protect property. . . . This being the end 
of government, that alone is a just government, which 
impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own.’’; 
Whereas John Dickinson, signer of the Constitution, stated: 
‘‘Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds: 
(1) that we cannot be happy without being free; (2) that 
we cannot be free, without being secure in our property; 
(3) that we cannot be secure in our property, if, without 
our consent, others may, as by right, take it away.’’; 
Whereas Thomas Jefferson, the mind behind the Declaration 
of Independence, and President of the United States, 
wrote: ‘‘The true foundation of republican government is 
the equal right of every citizen in his person and property 
and in their management.’’ and ‘‘The first foundations of 
the social compact would be broken up were we definitely 
to refuse to its members the protection of their persons 
and property while in their lawful pursuits.’’; 
Whereas Thomas Jefferson also affirmed: ‘‘Charged with the 
care of the general interest of the nation, and among 
these with the preservation of their lands from intrusion, 
I exercised, on their behalf, a right given by nature to all 
men, individual or associated, that of rescuing their own 
property wrongfully taken.’’; 
Whereas Noah Webster, the ‘‘Father of American Scholar-
ship and Education’’, stated: ‘‘It is admitted that all men 
have an equal right to the enjoyment of their life, prop-
erty and personal security; and it is the duty as it is the 
object, of government to protect every man in this enjoy-
ment.’’; 
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Whereas ‘‘Angela’s Ashes’’ won the Pulitzer Prize for Biog-
raphy, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the 
ABBY Award among others, and has sold over 4,000,000 
copies, has been published in 27 countries, and has been 
translated into 17 languages; 
Whereas Frank McCourt also authored other award winning 
books including, ‘‘Tis’’, the follow up to ‘‘Angela’s 
Ashes’’, and ‘‘Teacher Man’’, about his work in the New 
York School system; 
Whereas his contributions to American literature, education, 
and culture have impacted millions; and 
Whereas Frank McCourt was beloved by his family, friends, 
and neighbors for his kindness, wit, and generosity: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the 
life of Frank McCourt for his many contributions to Amer-
ican literature, education, and culture. 
Attest: 
Clerk.