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III 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 89 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 24, 2005 
Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life of Sister Dorothy Stang. 
Whereas Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Dorothy Stang, 
moved to the Amazon 22 years ago to help poor farmers 
build independent futures for their families, and was 
murdered on Saturday, February 12, 2005, at the age of 
73, in Anapu, Para, a section of Brazil’s Amazon rain 
forest;
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Whereas, a citizen of Brazil and the United States, Sister 
Dorothy worked with the Pastoral Land Commission, an 
organization of the Catholic Church that fights for the 
rights of rural workers and peasants, and defends land 
reforms in Brazil; 
Whereas her death came less than a week after meeting with 
the human rights officials of Brazil about threats to local 
farmers from some loggers and landowners; 
Whereas, after receiving several death threats, Sister Dorothy 
recently commented, ‘‘I don’t want to flee, nor do I want 
to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without 
any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct 
right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live 
and work with dignity while respecting the environ-
ment.’’; 
Whereas Sister Dorothy was born in Dayton, Ohio, entered 
the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur community in 
1948, and professed final vows in 1956; 
Whereas, from 1951 to 1966, Sister Dorothy taught elemen-
tary classes at St. Victor School in Calumet City, Illinois, 
St. Alexander School in Villa Park, Illinois, and Most 
Holy Trinity School in Phoenix, Arizona, and began her 
ministry in Brazil in 1966, in Coroata in the state of 
Maranhao; 
Whereas, last June, Sister Dorothy was named ‘‘Woman of 
the Year’’ by the state of Para for her work in the Ama-
zon region, in December 2004, she received the Humani-
tarian of the Year award from the Brazilian Bar Associa-
tion for her work helping the local rural workers, and 
earlier this year, she received an ‘‘Honorary Citizenship 
of the State’’ award from the state of Para; and
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Whereas Sister Dorothy lived her life according to the mis-
sion of the Sisters of Notre Dame: making known God’s 
goodness and love of the poor through a Gospel way of 
life, community, and prayer, while continuing a strong 
educational tradition and taking a stand with the poor 
people especially women and children, in the most aban-
doned places, and committing her one and only life to 
work with others to create justice and peace for all: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the Congress hereby honors the life and 
work of Sister Dorothy Stang. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
(2), the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate of the proposed action together with an 
explanation of why the action is necessary and the 
anticipated benefits to the territory involved. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM REVIEW.—The Commissioner of So-
cial Security shall provide for the review of the SSI pro-
gram, to the extent extended under this section. 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Commissioner 
of Social Security may provide technical assistance with 
respect to the extension of the SSI program under this 
section. 
‘‘(d) TERRITORY DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘territory’ means American Samoa.’’.
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this title provides to the Commission, or any person, 
alleging such a practice (not an employment practice 
specifically excluded from coverage under section 
1977A(a)(1) of the Revised Statutes). 
(c) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CONGRESSIONAL AC-
COUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) to the 
Board (as defined in section 101 of that Act (2 
U.S.C. 1301)), or any person, alleging a violation of 
section 201(a)(1) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1311(a)(1)) 
shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this 
title provides to that Board, or any person, alleging 
an unlawful employment practice in violation of this 
title against an employee described in section 
201(2)(A)(iii), except as provided in paragraphs (2) 
and (3). 
(2) COSTS AND FEES.—The powers, remedies, 
and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 722 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 
1988), shall be powers, remedies, and procedures 
this title provides to that Board, or any person, al-
leging such a practice.
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 8 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Family Caregiver Support 
Program should be fully funded continue efforts to provide relief and 
necessary services to individuals who perform informal or unpaid care 
for the elderly and care for children under 18 years of age. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Family 
Caregiver Support Program should be fully funded con-
tinue efforts to provide relief and necessary services to 
individuals who perform informal or unpaid care for the 
elderly and care for children under 18 years of age. 
Whereas the need for long-term care is expected to increase 
in future years and will place additional demands on both 
public and private resources; 
Whereas, in fiscal year 2001, long-term care services for indi-
viduals of all ages cost over $151 billion, of which $98.5 
billion was spent on public programs;
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Whereas the expansion of current programs is needed just to 
meet the needs of the increasing elderly population that 
is anticipated to double in size by 2030; 
Whereas although family members provide the majority of 
most long-term care, most public funding is spent on in-
stitutional care; 
Whereas community-based and home services that could best 
assist families are limited in their availability; 
Whereas each year one in three Americans provides uncom-
pensated care to one or more ill or disabled family mem-
bers or friends; 
Whereas nearly 52 million Americans—31 percent of the 
adult population between 20 and 75—offer ‘‘informal 
care’’ to a family member or friend who is ill or disabled; 
Whereas approximately one in five Americans care for a sick 
family member at some point in their lives, dem-
onstrating the ongoing nature of most informal care; 
Whereas adults in their 40’s and 50’s are more likely to care 
for an ill elderly relative than are adults in their twenties 
or seventies; 
Whereas the National Long-Term Care Survey indicates that 
if the work performed by informal caregivers was to be 
replaced by paid home care, the resulting costs would rise 
from $45 billion to $94 billion each year; and 
Whereas the National Family Caregiver Support Program, 
established in 2000, offers relief and necessary services to 
individuals providing informal or unpaid care to the el-
derly, as well as to older persons who are caring for chil-
dren under age 18: Now, therefore, be it
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Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the Na-
tional Family Caregiver Support Program, subpart 1 of 
part E of title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965, 
(42 U.S.C. 3030s—3030s–2), should be fully funded to 
continue efforts to provide relief and necessary services to 
individuals who perform informal or unpaid care for the 
elderly and care for children under 18 years of age. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1188
To amend title 10, United States Code, to support disabled veterans by 
extending military commissary and exchange store privileges to such 
veterans and their dependents and by authorizing space-available travel 
on military aircraft for such veterans and their dependents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2005
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to support disabled 
veterans by extending military commissary and exchange 
store privileges to such veterans and their dependents 
and by authorizing space-available travel on military air-
craft for such veterans and their dependents.
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 ‘‘Disabled Veterans 
Right to Commissaries and Space Available Travel Act’’.
SEC. 2. COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE STORE PRIVILEGES 
FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND THEIR DE-
PENDENTS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF PRIVILEGES.—Chapter 54 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: dis-
abled veterans and their dependents 
‘‘(a) DISABLED VETERANS.—A veteran with a serv-
ice-connected disability rated by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs at 30 percent or more shall be permitted to use 
commissary and exchange stores on the same basis as a 
member of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer 
pay. 
‘‘(b) DEPENDENTS.—A dependent of a veteran de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be permitted to use com-
missary and exchange stores on the same basis as a de-
pendent of a member of the armed forces entitled to re-
tired or retainer pay. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘vet-
eran’ and ‘service-connected’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 101 of title 38.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1183 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to observe a moment 
of silence in the House on the first legislative day of each month for 
those killed or wounded in United States engagements in Iraq or Afghan-
istan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 8, 2008 
Mr. JONES of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. ROHRABACHER) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
observe a moment of silence in the House on the first 
legislative day of each month for those killed or wounded 
in United States engagements in Iraq or Afghanistan. 
Resolved, That rule XIV of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘7. On the first legislative day of each month on 
which there is a record vote on any bill or joint resolution, 
immediately after that vote, a moment of silence shall be 
observed on behalf of those killed or wounded (as well as 
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huahua to review the cases of murdered women in 
which those accused or convicted of murder have 
credibly alleged they were tortured or forced by a 
state agent to confess to the crime; 
(10) strongly recommends that the United 
States Ambassador to Mexico visit Ciudad Jua´rez 
and the city of Chihuahua for the purpose of meet-
ing with the families of the victims, women’s rights 
organizations, and Mexican Federal and State offi-
cials responsible for investigating these crimes and 
preventing future such crimes; 
(11) encourages the Secretary of State to urge 
the Government of Mexico to ensure fair and proper 
judicial proceedings for the individuals who are ac-
cused of these abductions and murders and to im-
pose appropriate punishment for those individuals 
subsequently determined to be guilty of such crimes; 
(12) encourages the Secretary of State to urge 
the State of Chihuahua to hold accountable those 
law enforcement officials whose failure to adequately 
investigate the murders, whether through negligence, 
omission, or abuse, has led to impunity for these 
crimes; 
(13) encourages the Secretary of State to urge 
the Government of Mexico to ensure that the Mexi-
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can Federal special prosecutor’s office, responsible 
for assisting local authorities in investigating and 
prosecuting crimes of violence against women 
throughout the country, gives particular attention to 
the murders of women in Ciudad Jua´rez and Chi-
huahua City; 
(14) strongly supports the work of the special 
commissioner to prevent violence against women in 
Ciudad Jua´rez and Chihuahua City; 
(15) condemns all senseless acts of violence in 
all parts of the world and, in particular, violence 
against women; and 
(16) expresses the solidarity of the people of the 
United States with the people of Mexico in the face 
of these tragic and senseless acts.
Passed the House of Representatives May 2, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 90
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Conveying the sympathy of Congress to the families 
of the young women murdered in the State of 
Chihuahua, Mexico, and encouraging increased 
United States involvement in bringing an end to 
these crimes.
‘‘1065. Use of commissary and exchange stores: disabled veterans and their de-
pendents.’’.
SEC. 3. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A 
SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS FOR DISABLED VET-
ERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF TRANSPORTATION.—Chapter 
157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after section 2641a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2641b. Space-available travel on Department of De-
fense aircraft: disabled veterans and 
their dependents 
‘‘(a) DISABLED VETERANS.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall provide transportation on Department of De-
fense aircraft on a space-available basis for any veteran 
with a service-connected disability rated by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs at 50 percent or more on the same 
basis as such transportation is provided to members of the 
armed forces entitled to retired or retainer pay. 
‘‘(b) DEPENDENTS.—A dependent of a veteran de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be permitted to travel on 
Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis 
on the same basis as a dependent of a member of the 
armed forces entitled to retired pay or retainer pay. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘vet-
eran’ and ‘service-connected’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 101 of title 38.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2641a the following new 
item:
‘‘2641b. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: disabled vet-
erans and their dependents.’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Sections 1065 and 2641b of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by this Act, shall take effect at the end 
of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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(3) DAMAGES.—The powers, remedies, and pro-
cedures provided in section 1977A of the Revised 
Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), including the limita-
tions contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 
1977A, shall be powers, remedies, and procedures 
this title provides to that Board, or any person, al-
leging such a practice (not an employment practice 
specifically excluded from coverage under section 
1977A(a)(1) of the Revised Statutes). 
(4) OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—With re-
spect to a claim alleging a practice described in 
paragraph (1), title III of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) 
shall apply in the same manner as such title applies 
with respect to a claim alleging a violation of section 
201(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1311(a)(1)). 
(d) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE 
3, UNITED STATES CODE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in chapter 5 of title 3, United 
States Code, to the President, the Commission, the 
Merit Systems Protection Board, or any person, al-
leging a violation of section 411(a)(1) of that title, 
shall be the powers, remedies, and procedures this 
title provides to the President, the Commission, such
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1189 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the placing of sexually 
explicit photographs on the Internet without the permission of the per-
sons photographed. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2005 
Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish the placing 
of sexually explicit photographs on the Internet without 
the permission of the persons photographed. 
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 ‘‘Personal Pictures Pro-
tection Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE INTER-
NET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 79 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘CHAPTER 80—PERSONAL PRIVACY 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘1631. Sexually explicit photographs on the Internet. 
‘‘§ 1631. Sexually explicit photographs on the Internet 
‘‘Whoever, with the intent to embarrass or cause 
emotional distress to another person places on a computer 
photographs of the sexually explicit conduct (as defined 
in section 2256) of that person so that such photographs 
are accessible on the Internet, without the permission of 
that other person, shall be fined under this title or impris-
oned not more than 2 years, or both.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
for part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to chapter 79 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘80. Personal privacy.’’. 
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Board, or any person, respectively, alleging an un-
lawful employment practice in violation of this title 
against 
an 
employee 
described 
in 
section 
201(2)(A)(iv), except as provided in paragraphs (2) 
and (3). 
(2) COSTS AND FEES.—The powers, remedies, 
and procedures provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 722 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 
1988), shall be powers, remedies, and procedures 
this title provides to the President, the Commission, 
such Board, or any person, alleging such a practice. 
(3) DAMAGES.—The powers, remedies, and pro-
cedures provided in section 1977A of the Revised 
Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a), including the limita-
tions contained in subsection (b)(3) of such section 
1977A, shall be powers, remedies, and procedures 
this title provides to the President, the Commission, 
such Board, or any person, alleging such a practice 
(not an employment practice specifically excluded 
from coverage under section 1977A(a)(1) of the Re-
vised Statutes). 
(e) EMPLOYEES COVERED BY SECTION 717 OF THE 
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The powers, remedies, and 
procedures provided in section 717 of the Civil
under this title and a term of imprisonment for 
not less than 3 years nor more than 12 years. 
‘‘(iv) If the assault resulted in serious bod-
ily injury (as defined in section 2119), a fine 
under this title and a term of imprisonment for 
not less than 10 years nor more than 30 years. 
‘‘(B) The punishment for a kidnapping, at-
tempted kidnapping, or conspiracy to kidnap in vio-
lation of this section is a fine under this title and im-
prisonment for any term of years not less than 30, or 
for life. 
‘‘(C) The punishment for a murder, attempted 
murder, or conspiracy to murder in violation of this 
section is a fine under this title and imprisonment 
for any term of years not less than 30, or for life, or, 
if death results, the offender may be sentenced to 
death. 
‘‘(D) A threat made in violation of this section 
shall be punished by a fine under this title and im-
prisonment for not less than one year nor more than 
10 years. 
‘‘(E) If a dangerous weapon was used during 
and in relation to the offense, the punishment shall 
include a term of imprisonment of 5 years in addi-
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their families) in current United States engagements in 
Iraq or Afghanistan.’’. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1190
AN ACT 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a feasibility 
study to design and construct a four reservoir intertie 
system for the purposes of improving the water storage 
opportunities, water supply reliability, and water yield 
of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Res-
ervoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation 
and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the 
Sweetwater Authority, 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 ‘‘San Diego Water Stor-
age and Efficiency Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. FEASIBILITY STUDY, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, 
COST SHARE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior 
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation 
and cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweet-
water Authority, is authorized to undertake a study to de-
termine the feasibility of constructing a four reservoir 
intertie system to improve water storage opportunities, 
water supply reliability, and water yield of the existing 
non-Federal water storage system. The feasibility study 
shall document the Secretary’s engineering, environ-
mental, and economic investigation of the proposed res-
ervoir and intertie project taking into consideration the 
range of potential solutions and the circumstances and 
needs of the area to be served by the proposed reservoir 
and intertie project, the potential benefits to the people 
of that service area, and improved operations of the pro-
posed reservoir and intertie system. The Secretary shall 
indicate in the feasibility report required under subsection
(d) whether the proposed reservoir and intertie project is 
recommended for construction. 
(b) FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs of the feasibility study shall not exceed 50 per-
cent of the total study costs. The Secretary may accept 
as part of the non-Federal cost share, any contribution 
of such in-kind services by the City of San Diego and the 
Sweetwater Authority that the Secretary determines will 
contribute toward the conduct and completion of the 
study. 
(c) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall consult and 
cooperate with appropriate State, regional, and local au-
thorities in implementing this section. 
(d) FEASIBILITY REPORT.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress a feasibility report for the project the Sec-
retary recommends, and to seek, as the Secretary deems 
appropriate, specific authority to develop and construct 
any recommended project. This report shall include—
(1) good faith letters of intent by the City of 
San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority and its 
non-Federal partners to indicate that they have com-
mitted to share the allocated costs as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
(2) a schedule identifying the annual operation, 
maintenance, and replacement costs that should be
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1433 
AN ACT 
To protect private property rights. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,