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(v) the ranking minority Member of a sub-
committee with respect to the minority staff
members of the subcommittee;
(vi) the Majority and Minority Leaders of
the House of Representatives and the Majority
and Minority Whips with respect to the re-
search, clerical, and other assistants to their re-
spective offices; and
(vii) the other officers of the House of
Representatives with respect to the employees
of such officers;
(C) the Architect of the Capitol with re-
spect to the employees of the Architect of the
Capitol;
(D) the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office with respect to the employees of
such office;
(E) the Comptroller General with respect
to the employees of the General Accounting Of-
fice;
(F) the Public Printer with respect to the
employees of the Government Printing Office;
(G) the Librarian of Congress with respect
to employees of the Library of Congress;
(H) the Director of the Office of Tech-
nology Assessment with respect to employees of
such office; and
(I) the Director of the United States Bo-
tanic Gardens with respect to the employees of
such gardens.
(2) The term ‘‘congressional employee’’ means
an employee who is employed by, or an applicant for
employment with, a congressional employer.
(3) The term ‘‘similarly situated complaining
party’’ means—
(A) in the case of party seeking to enforce
a provision with a separate enforcement mecha-
nism for governmental complaining parties, a
governmental complaining party, or
(B) in the case of a party seeking to en-
force a provision with no such separate mecha-
nism, a complaining party.
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect one hundred twenty days
after the date of its enactment.
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‘‘(iii) the geographic areas in the
State in which the services will be avail-
able; and
‘‘(B) perform the activities described in
subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) in the case of the 1st fiscal year
under the plan, at the time the State sub-
mits its initial plan; and
‘‘(ii) in the case of each succeeding
fiscal year, by the end of the 3rd quarter
of the immediately preceding fiscal year;
‘‘(7) provides for such methods of administra-
tion as the Secretary finds to be necessary for the
proper and efficient operation of the plan;
‘‘(8)(A) contains assurances that Federal funds
provided to the State under this subpart will not be
used to supplant Federal or non-Federal funds for
existing services and activities which promote the
purposes of this subpart; and
‘‘(B) provides that the State will furnish re-
ports to the Secretary, at such times, in such for-
mat, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require, that demonstrate the State’s
compliance with the prohibition contained in sub-
paragraph (A); and
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the United States from which a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner is elected to the Congress.’’.
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 20
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 4 (legislative day, MARCH 3), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
JULY 20 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993
Committee discharged
AN ACT
To amend title 5, United States Code, to restore to Federal
civilian employees their right to participate voluntarily,
as private citizens, in the political processes of the Na-
tion, to protect such employees from improper political
solicitations, 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 ‘‘Federal Employees Po-
litical Activities Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 73 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate,
whose position is located within the United
States, who determines policies to be pursued
by the United States in its relations with for-
eign powers or in the nationwide administration
of Federal laws.
‘‘§ 7326. Candidates for elective office; leave
‘‘(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), an em-
ployee who is a candidate shall, upon the request of the
employee, be granted leave without pay for the purpose
of allowing the employee to engage in activities relating
to that candidacy.
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding section 6302(d), and except as
provided in subsection (c), an employee who is a candidate
shall, upon the request of the employee, be granted ac-
crued annual leave for the purpose of allowing the em-
ployee to engage in activities relating to that candidacy.
Leave under this subsection shall be in addition to leave
without pay to which the employee may be entitled under
subsection (a).
‘‘(c) A request for leave submitted under subsection
(a) or (b) may be denied if the exigencies of the public
business so require. Any such denial shall be in writing
authorized by section 213 of the Department of Energy 
National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear 
Energy Authorization Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96–164; 93 
Stat. 1259, 1265), the transportation and disposal of any 
non-defense Federal Government-owned transuranic waste 
that can be shown to meet the applicable criteria described 
in the document entitled ‘‘Transuranic Waste Acceptance 
Criteria For The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’’, published 
by the Department of Energy on April 21, 2011, or any 
successor document. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DISPOSAL; 
TRANSURANIC
WASTE.—The 
terms ‘‘disposal’’ and ‘‘transuranic waste’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 2 of the 
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act 
(Pub. L. 102–579; 106 Stat. 4777). 
(2) WIPP.—The term ‘‘WIPP’’ means the 
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant project authorized under 
section 213 of the Department of Energy National 
Security and Military Applications of Nuclear En-
ergy Authorization Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96–164; 93 
Stat. 1259, 1265). 
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2367 
To provide for the safe disposal of Federal Government-owned transuranic 
waste for the benefit of all Americans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the safe disposal of Federal Government- 
owned transuranic waste for the benefit of all Americans. 
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 ‘‘Government Waste 
Isolation Pilot Plant Extension Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT 
MISSION. 
The Secretary of Energy shall manage WIPP in such 
a way as to include, in addition to the disposal of wastes 
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396
(D) Section 1862(a) (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a))
is amended—
(i) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (14),
(ii) by striking ‘‘; or’’ at the end of
paragraph (15) and inserting a period, and
(iii) by striking paragraph (16).
(E) 
The 
third 
sentence 
of 
section
1866(a)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1395w(a)(2)(A)) is
amended by striking ‘‘, with respect to items
and services furnished in connection with ob-
taining a second opinion required under section
1164(c)(2) (or a third opinion, if the second
opinion was in disagreement with the first opin-
ion),’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to services provided on
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) MISCELLANEOUS
AND
TECHNICAL
CORREC-
TIONS.—(1) The third sentence of section 1156(b)(1) (42
U.S.C. 1320c–5(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘whehter’’
and inserting ‘‘whether’’.
(2) Section 1154(a)(9)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1320c–
3(a)(9)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 1156(a)’’.
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2369 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for an additional power 
for the American Legion under its Federal charter. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mr. ALTMIRE (for himself and Mr. ROONEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for an 
additional power for the American Legion under its Fed-
eral charter. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL POWER OF AMERICAL LEGION 
UNDER FEDERAL CHARTER. 
Section 2104 of title 36, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (8) as para-
graph (9); and 
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (8): 
‘‘(8) provide guidance and leadership to the in-
dividual Departments and Posts, but may not con-
trol or otherwise influence the specific activities and 
conduct of the independent, autonomous Depart-
ments and Posts; and’’. 
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(c) COSTS OFFSET.—The amendments made by this
Act shall not take effect unless the costs of the amend-
ments are fully offset in each fiscal year through fiscal
year 1999 by changes to the Black Lung Benefits Pro-
gram.
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
‘‘(2) The Special Counsel shall prescribe regulations
which exempt an employee from the application of para-
graph (1) with respect to any political contribution to or
from an individual who has a familial or personal relation-
ship with the employee if the employee complies with such
requirements as the Special Counsel shall so prescribe
which relate to the disqualification of the employee from
engaging in any official activity involving the individual.
‘‘(3) The Special Counsel shall prescribe regulations
under which paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect
to any political contribution from a person in situations
in which the facts and circumstances indicate there would
not be any adverse effect on the integrity of the Govern-
ment or the public’s confidence in the integrity of the Gov-
ernment.
‘‘§ 7325. Political activities on duty, etc.; prohibition
‘‘(a) An employee may not engage in political activ-
ity—
‘‘(1) while the employee is on duty;
‘‘(2) in any room or building occupied in the
discharge of official duties by an individual employed
or holding office in the Government of the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof;
‘‘(3) while wearing a uniform or official insignia
identifying the office or position of the employee; or
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 236 
To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall not be adjusted 
under section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
in the year following any fiscal year in which outlays of the United 
States exceeded receipts of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2011 
Mr. BUCHANAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that rates of pay for Members of Congress shall 
not be adjusted under section 601(a)(2) of the Legisla-
tive Reorganization Act of 1946 in the year following 
any fiscal year in which outlays of the United States 
exceeded receipts of the United States. 
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. AMENDMENTS TO THE LEGISLATIVE REORGA-
NIZATION ACT OF 1946. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601(a)(2) of the Legisla-
tive Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) An adjustment in rates of pay may be made 
under this paragraph in a year only if the aggregate out-
lays of the United States during the last completed fiscal 
year did not exceed the aggregate receipts of the United 
States during such fiscal year, as determined by the Con-
gressional Budget Office.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 601(a)(2)(A) 
of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘Subject to subpara-
graph (B),’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraphs (B) 
and (C),’’. 
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‘‘(B) a ‘government end user’ in a country 
is an end user that is a government of that 
country, or of a political subdivision of that 
country, or is an agency or instrumentality of 
such a government; and 
‘‘(C) an ‘agency or instrumentality’ of a 
government is an ‘agency or instrumentality of 
a foreign state’, as defined in section 1603 of 
title 28, United States Code.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall revise the Export Administration Regulations 
and any other regulations necessary to carry out the 
amendment made by subsection (a). 
(2) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘Export Administration 
Regulations’’ means the Export Administration Reg-
ulations as maintained and amended under the au-
thority of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act and codified, as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, in subchapter C of chapter VII of 
title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 6(t) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, as added by subsection (a), 
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shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and shall apply with respect to the export of goods or tech-
nology on the list established under paragraph (1) of such 
section on or after 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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H. R. 3606—3 
‘‘(A) the last day of the fiscal year of the issuer during 
which it had total annual gross revenues of $1,000,000,000 
(as such amount is indexed for inflation every 5 years 
by the Commission to reflect the change in the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, setting the threshold to the 
nearest 1,000,000) or more; 
‘‘(B) the last day of the fiscal year of the issuer fol-
lowing the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale 
of common equity securities of the issuer pursuant to an 
effective registration statement under the Securities Act 
of 1933; 
‘‘(C) the date on which such issuer has, during the 
previous 3-year period, issued more than $1,000,000,000 
in non-convertible debt; or 
‘‘(D) the date on which such issuer is deemed to be 
a ‘large accelerated filer’, as defined in section 240.12b– 
2 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
thereto.’’. 
(c) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—As used in this title, the following 
definitions shall apply: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Secu-
rities and Exchange Commission. 
(2) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING DATE.—The term ‘‘initial public 
offering date’’ means the date of the first sale of common 
equity securities of an issuer pursuant to an effective registra-
tion statement under the Securities Act of 1933. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 2(a)(19) of the 
Securities Act of 1933 and section 3(a)(80) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, an issuer shall not be an emerging growth 
company for purposes of such Acts if the first sale of common 
equity securities of such issuer pursuant to an effective registration 
statement under the Securities Act of 1933 occurred on or before 
December 8, 2011. 
SEC. 102. DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS. 
(a) EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.— 
(1) EXEMPTION.—Section 14A(e) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78n–1(e)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Commission may’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘an issuer’’ and inserting ‘‘any other 
issuer’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF EMERGING GROWTH COMPANIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An emerging growth company shall 
be exempt from the requirements of subsections (a) and 
(b). 
‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE
AFTER
TERMINATION
OF
EMERGING 
GROWTH
COMPANY
TREATMENT.—An issuer that was an 
emerging growth company but is no longer an emerging 
growth company shall include the first separate resolution 
described under subsection (a)(1) not later than the end 
of— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an issuer that was an emerging 
growth company for less than 2 years after the date
cance that are uncovered during the course of their 
work. 
(2) Uncatalogued artifacts within the care of 
Federal agencies are stored in hundreds of reposi-
tories and museums across the Nation. 
(3) In October 2009, the Corps of Engineers, 
Center of Expertise for Curation and Management 
of Archeological Collections, used $3,500,000 in 
temporary funds made available in the American Re-
covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 
111–5) to begin the Veterans’ Curation Program to 
employ and train Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in 
archaeological processing. 
(4) The Veterans’ Curation Program employs 
veterans and members of the Armed Forces in the 
sorting, cleaning, and cataloguing of artifacts man-
aged by the Corps of Engineers. 
(5) Employees of the Veterans’ Curation Pro-
gram gain valuable work skills, including computer 
database management, records management, photo-
graphic and scanning techniques, computer software 
proficiency, vocabulary and writing skills, and inter-
personal communication skills, as well as knowledge 
and training in archaeology and history. 
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(6) 
Experience 
in 
archaeological 
curation 
gained through the Veterans’ Curation Program is 
valuable training and experience for the museum, 
forensics, administrative, records management, and 
other fields. 
(7) Veterans’ Curation Program participants 
may assist the Corps of Engineers in developing a 
more efficient and comprehensive collections man-
agement program and also may provide the work-
force to meet the records management needs at 
other agencies and departments, including the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 2. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT FOR VETERANS AND 
MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES IN CURATION 
AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
(a) TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of 
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall 
develop a Veterans’ Curation Program to hire veterans 
and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Secretary 
in carrying out curation and historic preservation activi-
ties. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
(2) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
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(3) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
(4) $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2015; and 
(5) $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2673
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage
of expanded nursing facility and in-home services for dependent individ-
uals under the medicare program, to provide for coverage of outpatient
prescription drugs under part B of such program, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1993
Mr. ENGEL introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide
for coverage of expanded nursing facility and in-home
services for dependent individuals under the medicare
program, to provide for coverage of outpatient prescrip-
tion drugs under part B of such program, 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 ‘‘Comprehensive Long-
Term Care Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EXPANDED LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES UNDER
MEDICARE PROGRAM FOR DEPENDENT INDI-
VIDUALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) PART A.—Section 1812 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395d) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking
‘‘subsection (f),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection
(f) and section 1821,’’,
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
paragraph (3),
(iii) by striking the period at the end
of paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’,
and
(iv) by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(5) long-term care services consisting of ex-
tended care services (in accordance with section
1890).’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘post-
hospital’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided in
section 1821, post-hospital’’.
(2) PART B.—Section 1861(s)(2) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended—
in paragraph (1) in accordance with applicable pro-
visions of chapter 12 of such title.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this
Act shall take effect 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, except that the authority to prescribe
regulations granted under section 7327 of title 5, United
States Code (as added by section 2 of this Act), shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) PENALTIES NOT AFFECTED.—Any repeal or
amendment made by this Act of any provision of law shall
not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liabil-
ity imposed under that provision, and that provision shall
be treated as remaining in force for the purpose of sus-
taining any proper proceeding or action for the enforce-
ment of that penalty, forfeiture, or liability.
(c) PENDING PROCEEDINGS NOT AFFECTED.—No
provision of this Act shall affect any judicial or adminis-
trative proceeding commenced on or before the effective
date of the amendments made by this Act. Orders shall
be issued in such proceedings and appeals shall be taken
therefrom as if this Act had not been enacted.
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