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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3678 
To amend the Plant Protection Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture 
to provide assistance to certain owners as compensation for economic 
losses due to quarantine, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2011 
Mr. MCNERNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To amend the Plant Protection Act to direct the Secretary 
of Agriculture to provide assistance to certain owners 
as compensation for economic losses due to quarantine, 
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 ‘‘Fairness for Family 
Farmers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FOR PRODUCTION LOSSES DUE TO 
QUARANTINE. 
(a) PAYMENTS.—Subtitle A of the Plant Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 416 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 416A. PAYMENTS FOR PRODUCTION LOSSES DUE TO 
QUARANTINE. 
‘‘(a) PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding section 415(e), 
for each covered article quarantined by the Secretary 
under section 412, 414, or 415, the Secretary shall provide 
a payment to the owner of such covered article as com-
pensation for economic losses (as defined by the Secretary) 
incurred by the owner due to the quarantine of such cov-
ered article. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS: APPLICATION
AND PAYMENT 
AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall issue regulations to carry 
out this section, including regulations describing— 
‘‘(1) the form, time, and manner in which the 
owner of a covered article shall submit an applica-
tion to receive a payment under this section; 
‘‘(2) the payment amount the owner of a cov-
ered article shall receive under this section for such 
covered article; and 
‘‘(3) the maximum total amount of payments 
an owner of covered articles may receive under this 
section. 
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1986 is amended by inserting after section 51 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 51A. PASS-THRU ENTITIES HIRING THE UNEM-
PLOYED. 
‘‘(a) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—In the case of 
an eligible entity, for purposes of section 38, the amount 
of the hiring the unemployed credit determined under this 
section for the taxable year shall be the aggregate of the 
applicable amounts for a qualified individual during the 
taxable year. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The maximum amount allowed as 
a credit under subsection (a) to an eligible entity for a 
taxable year shall not exceed $5,000. 
‘‘(c) APPLICABLE AMOUNT.—For purposes of this 
section— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The applicable amount 
shall be $1,250 for any quarter in the taxable year 
for which a qualified individual is an employee of the 
eligible entity, beginning with the first quarter of the 
taxable year after the quarter in which such indi-
vidual is hired. 
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.—The applicable 
amount for any quarter shall be zero if the number 
of employees who received wages in such quarter 
does not exceed the number of employees who re-
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‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section the term ‘covered 
article’ means a plant, plant biological control organism, 
plant product, plant pest, noxious weed, article, or means 
of conveyance quarantined under section 412, 414, or 415. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary, to be available until ex-
pended.’’. 
(b) EFFECT ON MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY 
LOANS.—Section 324(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1964(a)(1)) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘less the total amount of any payments re-
ceived under section 416A of the Plant Protection Act’’ 
before the semicolon. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall issue regulations to carry out the amend-
ments made by this section. 
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT OF DEMONSTRA-
TION OF INABILITY TO OBTAIN CREDIT FOR 
EMERGENCY LOANS. 
(a) ELIMINATION
OF
REQUIREMENT
OF
DEM-
ONSTRATION OF INABILITY TO OBTAIN CREDIT.—Section 
321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended in the proviso of the 
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first sentence by striking ‘‘and are not able to obtain suffi-
cient credit elsewhere’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION.—Section 321(d) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1961(d)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘husbandry’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
title, ‘aquaculture’ means the husbandry’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (2). 
(2) 
DETERMINATION
OF
CREDITWORTHI-
NESS.—Section 322 of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1962) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking subsection (b); and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(a)’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to covered articles quarantined under section 412, 
414, or 415 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7712, 
7714, and 7715) on or after January 1, 2011. 
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(2) in each of subsections (a)(1) and (d) by in-
serting 
‘‘or 
section 
10101(a)’’ 
after 
‘‘section
10101a’’; and
(3) in subsection (f) by inserting ‘‘or a motor
carrier providing transportation of property other
than household goods’’ after ‘‘rail carrier’’.
SEC. 7. RATE BUREAUS.
(a) Section 10706(b) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘As provided
by this subsection, a’’ and inserting ‘‘A’’;
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘them.’’ at the
end of the first sentence and inserting ‘‘them, only
as provided by this subsection.’’;
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Agreements’’
and inserting ‘‘An agreement’’;
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through
(5) as paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively; and
(5) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) If the agreement is not made and carried out
under the conditions required by the Commission with re-
spect to a rate, classification, rule, or practice, the fact
that the rate, classification, rule, or practice was included
in a tariff duly filed with the Commission shall not relieve
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 367 
To prohibit the knowing possession of a firearm near a venue at which 
a Member of Congress is performing an official and representational 
duty or campaigning for public office. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2011 
Ms. RICHARDSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the knowing possession of a firearm near a 
venue at which a Member of Congress is performing 
an official and representational duty or campaigning for 
public office. 
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 ‘‘Freedom to Serve 
Without Fear Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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States, or to test the validity of his detention pending re-
moval proceedings.
‘‘An appeal may not be taken to the court of appeals
from the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding where
the detention complained of arises out of process issued
by a State court, or from the final order in a proceeding
under section 2255, unless a circuit justice or judge issues
a certificate of probable cause.’’.
SEC. 204. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL RULES OF APPELLATE
PROCEDURE.
Rule 22 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Rule 22. Habeas corpus and section 2255 proceed-
ings
‘‘(a) APPLICATION FOR AN ORIGINAL WRIT OF HA-
BEAS CORPUS.—An application for a writ of habeas cor-
pus shall be made to the appropriate district court. If ap-
plication is made to a circuit judge, the application will
ordinarily be transferred to the appropriate district court.
If an application is made to or transferred to the district
court and denied, renewal of the application before a cir-
cuit judge is not favored; the proper remedy is by appeal
to the court of appeals from the order of the district court
denying the writ.
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3681 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit to pass- 
thru entities for hiring individuals who are unemployed and receive 
unemployment benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2011 
Mr. WEBSTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 
credit to pass-thru entities for hiring individuals who 
are unemployed and receive unemployment benefits. 
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 ‘‘One New Employee 
Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. BUSINESS CREDIT FOR PASS-THRU ENTITIES HIR-
ING THE UNEMPLOYED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart F of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
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(1) COMPLIANCE DATE.—Each State shall have 
not more than 1 year from the date of enactment of 
this Act to comply with subsection (a), except that— 
(A) the Attorney General may grant an ad-
ditional 1 year to a State that is making good 
faith efforts to comply with such subsection; 
and 
(B) the Attorney General shall waive the 
requirements of subsection (a) if compliance 
with such subsection by a State would be un-
constitutional under the constitution of such 
State. 
(2) INELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDS.—For any fiscal 
year after the expiration of the period specified in 
paragraph (1), a State that fails to comply with sub-
section (a) shall not receive 10 percent of the funds 
that would otherwise be allocated for that fiscal year 
to the State for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part 
E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.). 
(c) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under 
such Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 
Program to a State for failure to fully comply with sub-
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section (a) shall be reallocated under that program to 
States that have not failed to comply with such subsection. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2830
To grant special immigrant status to immediate relatives of Filipino veterans
of World War II, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1993
Ms. PELOSI (for herself, Mr. MINETA, Mr. BLACKWELL, and Mr. GUTIERREZ)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To grant special immigrant status to immediate relatives
of Filipino veterans of World War II, 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 ‘‘Filipino Veterans’ Eq-
uity Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS OF CERTAIN FILIPINO
VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.
Section 405(a) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(ii), military
service records authenticated by the appropriate agency
of the Government of the Philippines shall be accepted to
certify periods of military service in the Philippines during
World War II and the nature of discharge from such serv-
ice, in the absence of such records in the United States
Army Reserve Personnel Center or the National Personnel
Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, or the records of
the Department of Veterans Affairs being kept in the
United States or in Manila, Philippines.’’.
SEC. 3. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR SPOUSES, CHIL-
DREN, AND GRANDCHILDREN OF CERTAIN
FILIPINO VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(27) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(J),
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (K) and inserting ‘‘; or’’, and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(L) an immigrant who is the spouse or surviv-
ing spouse, child, or grandchild of a person de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
405(a)(1) of the Immigration Act of 1990.’’.
(b) NOT SUBJECT TO NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 201(b)(1)(A) of
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)(A)) is amended by
striking ‘‘or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (B), or (L)’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (B),
or (L)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND
WAIVER PROVISIONS.
(a) DEADLINE.—Subparagraph (D) of section
405(a)(1) of the Immigration Act of 1990 is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(D) who applies for naturalization during the
period beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act and ending November 29, 1998.’’.
(b) WAIVER.—Section 113 of Public Law 102–395
is amended—
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘within 2
years after the effective date of this section’’ and in-
serting ‘‘before November 30, 1998’’, and
(2) by striking subsection (e).
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ceived wages in the quarter ending before the date 
the qualified individual was hired. 
‘‘(3) NUMBER OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.— 
Not more than one qualified individual may be taken 
into account in a taxable year under subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified indi-
vidual’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) on the day the individual is hired by 
the employer, was in receipt of unemployment 
compensation under State or Federal law for 
not less than 1 week during the 1-year period 
ending on such day, and 
‘‘(B) while employed does not receive any 
unemployment compensation under State or 
Federal law for any period after such day. 
‘‘(2) 
CONTINUOUS
EMPLOYMENT
IN
SUC-
CEEDING TAXABLE YEARS.—The term ‘qualified in-
dividual’ includes any individual with respect to 
whom a credit was allowed under subsection (a) in 
a preceding taxable year and who has been employed 
by the employer since such day of hiring without a 
break in service. 
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‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘eligible entity’ means any entity engaged 
in a trade or business as— 
‘‘(1) an S corporation, partnership, trust, or es-
tate, 
‘‘(2) an organization to which part I of sub-
chapter T applies, or 
‘‘(3) a trade or business conducted by an indi-
vidual as a sole proprietor. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH OTHER CREDITS AND DE-
DUCTIONS.—The credit allowed under this section is in ad-
dition to any credit or deduction allowable under this 
chapter with respect to a qualified individual. 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any taxable year beginning after December 31, 2016.’’. 
(b) CREDIT ALLOWED AS PART OF GENERAL BUSI-
NESS CREDIT.—Section 38(b) of such Code (defining cur-
rent year business credit) is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ 
at the end of paragraph (35), by striking the period at 
the end of paragraph (36) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(37) the hiring the unemployed credit deter-
mined under section 51A.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart F of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
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of such Code is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 51 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 51A. Pass-thru entities hiring the unemployed.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to individuals who begin work for 
the employer in taxable years ending after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2831
To establish the Office of Economic Conversion Information within the
Department of Commerce, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 2, 1993
Ms. SCHENK introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services
A BILL
To establish the Office of Economic Conversion Information
within the Department of Commerce, 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 ‘‘Economic Conversion
Clearinghouse Act’’.
SEC. 2. OFFICE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, within
the Department of Commerce, the Office of Economic
Conversion Information (in this Act referred to as the
‘‘Office’’).
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of the Office—
(1) to serve as a central information clearing-
house on matters relating to economic adjustment
and defense conversion programs and activities of
the Federal and State governments, including politi-
cal subdivisions of the States; and
(2) to help potential and actual applicants for
economic adjustment and defense conversion assist-
ance under Federal, State and local laws in locating
and applying for such assistance, including financial
and technical assistance.
(c) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by a Di-
rector. The Secretary of Commerce shall appoint and fix
the compensation of the Director.
(d) STAFF.—The Director may appoint such person-
nel as may be necessary to enable the Office to perform
its duties.
SEC. 3. FUNCTIONS.
(a) INFORMATION DATABASES.—
(1) USES.—The Office shall develop informa-
tion databases for use by Federal departments and
agencies, State and local governmental agencies,
public and private entities, and individuals to assist
such agencies, entities, and individuals in the proc-
ess of identifying and applying for assistance and re-
regulation, or other action of Congress or a
Federal agency;
(x) made in response to a notice in the
Federal Register, Commerce Business Daily, or
other similar publication soliciting communica-
tions from the public and directed to the agency
official specifically designated in the notice to
receive such communications;
(xi) not possible to report without disclos-
ing information, the unauthorized disclosure of
which is prohibited by law;
(xii) made to agency officials with regard
to judicial proceedings, criminal or civil law en-
forcement inquiries, investigations or proceed-
ings, or filings required by statute or regula-
tion;
(xiii) made in compliance with written
agency procedures regarding an adjudication
conducted by the agency under section 554 of
title 5, United States Code, or substantially
similar provisions;
(xiv) written comments filed in a public
docket and other communications that are
made on the record in a public proceeding;
be, shall take effect as set forth in the decision. The pend-
ency of an appeal under this paragraph shall not relieve
persons obligated to make royalty payments under sec-
tions 111, 115, 116, 118, 119, or 1003 who would be af-
fected by the determination on appeal to deposit the state-
ment of account and royalty fees specified in those sec-
tions. The court shall have jurisdiction to modify or vacate
a decision of the Librarian only if it finds, on the basis
of the record before the Librarian, that the Librarian
acted in an arbitrary manner. If the court modifies the
decision of the Librarian, the court shall have jurisdiction
to enter its own determination with respect to the amount
or distribution of royalty fees and costs, to order the re-
payment of any excess fees, and to order the payment of
any underpaid fees, and the interest pertaining respec-
tively thereto, in accordance with its final judgment. The
court may further vacate the decision of the arbitration
panel and remand the case for arbitration proceedings in
accordance with subsection (c).
‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.—
‘‘(1) DEDUCTION
OF
COSTS
FROM
ROYALTY
FEES.—The Librarian of Congress and the Register
of Copyrights may, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided under this title, deduct from royalty fees de-
posited or collected under this title the reasonable
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application to the Director in such form and containing
such information as the Director may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) An application under paragraph (1) shall include
assurances that Federal funds received under this part
shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal
funds that would otherwise be available for activities fund-
ed under this part.
‘‘(b) STATE OFFICE.—The office designated under
section 507 of title I—
‘‘(1) shall prepare the application required
under section 1602; and
‘‘(2) shall administer grant funds received
under this part, including, review of spending, proc-
essing, progress, financial reporting, technical assist-
ance, grant adjustments, accounting, auditing, and
fund disbursement.
‘‘SEC. 1603. REVIEW OF STATE APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau shall make a grant
under section 1601(a) to carry out the projects described
in the application submitted by an applicant under section
1602 upon determining that—
‘‘(1) the application is consistent with the re-
quirements of this part; and
‘‘(2) before the approval of the application, the
Bureau has made an affirmative finding in writing
(h) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES.—The Chairman of the Committee may
procure temporary and intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ-
uals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual
rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION.
(a) STARTUP AND OPERATING EXPENSES.—For fis-
cal year 1994, there are authorized to be appropriated
such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of this Act.
(b) OPERATING EXPENSES.—For fiscal year 1995,
and each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be
appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Act.
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