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IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 244 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should expand 
trade opportunities with Mongolia by initiating negotiations to enter 
into a free trade agreement with Mongolia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 
Mr. DREIER (for himself, Mr. RUSH, Mr. PUTNAM, and Mr. COLE of Okla-
homa) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States 
should expand trade opportunities with Mongolia by initi-
ating negotiations to enter into a free trade agreement 
with Mongolia. 
Whereas Mongolia rejected 1-party Communist rule and em-
barked on democratic and free-market reforms in 1990; 
Whereas these reforms included privatizing state enterprises, 
lifting price controls, and instituting fiscal discipline; 
Whereas presidential and legislative elections have been held, 
with extremely high voter turnout, since 1996; 
Whereas Mongolia remains steadfastly committed to greater 
economic reforms;
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Whereas Mongolia has been a member of the World Trade 
Organization since 1997; 
Whereas in 1999 the United States provided permanent nor-
mal trade relations treatment to the products of Mon-
golia; 
Whereas the United States and Mongolia signed a bilateral 
Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) in 
2004; 
Whereas bilateral trade between the United States and Mon-
golia in 2004 was valued at more than $267,000,000; 
Whereas Mongolia has been an early political and logistical 
supporter of the global war on terror, contributing 
troops, engineers, and medical personnel to Operation 
Iraqi Freedom since April 2003, offering overflight clear-
ances for United States forces, and participating in train-
ing artillery units of the Afghan National Army; 
Whereas on August 6, 2002, the President signed into law 
H.R. 3009 (Public Law 107–210), the Trade Act of 
2002, which provides for an expedited procedure for con-
gressional consideration of international trade agree-
ments; and 
Whereas workers, consumers, business owners, and investors 
benefit substantially from expanding and diversifying 
trade opportunities by reducing tariff and nontariff bar-
riers to trade: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that the 
United States should expand trade opportunities with
•HCON 244 IH 
Mongolia by initiating negotiations to enter into a free 
trade agreement with Mongolia. 
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(d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A grant to an eligible 
transportation agency in a fiscal year under this section 
shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: 
(1) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.— 
The agency shall certify that the agency will estab-
lish a committee on emergency preparedness and re-
sponse training consisting of at least one frontline 
transit employee representative and at least one 
management employee representative. The com-
mittee shall be composed of an equal number of 
frontline transit employee representatives and man-
agement employee representatives. Committee posi-
tions shall not be vacant for any period in the fiscal 
year of more than 30 days. 
(2) REPORT.—The agency shall agree to submit 
to the Secretary before the last day of the fiscal year 
a report on the use of the grant, including a state-
ment of the number of frontline transit employees 
receiving training under the grant. 
(e) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Except as otherwise 
specifically provided by this section, a grant under this 
section shall be subject to— 
(1) the terms and conditions that apply to 
grants made under section 5307 of title 49, United 
States Code; and
(2) other terms and conditions determined by 
the Secretary. 
(f) ALLOCATION OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—The Sec-
retary shall allocate amounts made available for grants 
under this section in a fiscal year among eligible transpor-
tation agencies based on the needs of the agencies for 
emergency preparedness and response training and equip-
ment. Not less than 10 percent of such amounts shall be 
allocated to eligible transportation agencies in nonurban 
areas. 
(g) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of activities funded using amounts from a grant under this 
section may not exceed 90 percent. 
(h) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
final regulations to carry out this section. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security to carry out this Act 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009. 
Such amounts shall remain available until expended. 
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‘‘(2) DOCUMENTATION OF STAFFING.—A hos-
pital shall specify the system used to document ac-
tual staffing in each unit for each shift. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
REEVALUATION
OF
PLAN
AND 
ACUITY SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A hospital shall annu-
ally evaluate— 
‘‘(i) its staffing plan in each unit in 
relation to actual patient care require-
ments; and 
‘‘(ii) the accuracy of its acuity system. 
‘‘(B) UPDATE.—A hospital shall update its 
staffing plan and acuity system to the extent 
appropriate based on such evaluation. 
‘‘(4) REGISTERED
NURSE
PARTICIPATION.—A 
staffing plan of a hospital shall be developed and 
subsequent reevaluations shall be conducted under 
this subsection on the basis of input from direct care 
registered nurses at the hospital or, where such 
nurses are represented through collective bargaining, 
from the applicable recognized or certified collective 
bargaining representative of such nurses. Nothing in 
this title shall be construed to permit conduct pro-
hibited under the National Labor Relations Act or 
under the Federal Labor Relations Act.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 245
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United 
States Supreme Court should speedily find the 
use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools to be 
consistent with the Constitution of the United 
States.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 245
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that—
(1) judicial rulings by the United States Court 
of Appeals for the 4th and 9th circuits have split on
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the issue of whether the Constitution allows the reci-
tation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools; 
(2) the ruling by the United States Court of 
Appeals for the 4th circuit correctly finds the Con-
stitution does allow such a recitation; and 
(3) the United States Supreme Court should at 
the earliest opportunity resolve this conflict among 
the circuits in a manner which recognizes the impor-
tance and Constitutional propriety of the recitation 
of the Pledge of Allegiance by school children.
Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1117 
To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the assurance required 
of owners and operators of airports with respect to long-term leases 
for construction of hangars. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2005 
Mr. PEARCE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to the assur-
ance required of owners and operators of airports with 
respect to long-term leases for construction of hangars. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. HANGAR CONSTRUCTION. 
Section 47107(a)(21) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(of not less than 75 years)’’ 
after ‘‘long-term lease’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘and will compensate the lessee for the
costs of relocation, replacement, or removal and the 
loss of income from relocation, replacement, or re-
moval, of the hangar (in whole or in part) during 
the term of lease whenever such relocation, removal, 
or removal is the result of a change in the airport 
development plan or at the request of the airport 
owner or operator’’. 
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‘‘(d) SUBMISSION OF PLAN TO SECRETARY.—A hos-
pital shall submit to the Secretary its staffing plan and 
any annual updates under subsection (c)(3)(B). A feder-
ally operated hospital may submit its staffing plan 
through the department or agency operating the hospital. 
‘‘SEC. 2902. POSTING, RECORDS, AND AUDITS. 
‘‘(a) POSTING REQUIREMENTS.—In each unit, a hos-
pital shall post a uniform notice in a form specified by 
the Secretary in regulation that— 
‘‘(1) explains requirements imposed under sec-
tion 2901; 
‘‘(2) includes actual direct care registered 
nurse-to-patient ratios during each shift; and 
‘‘(3) is visible, conspicuous, and accessible to 
staff, patients, and the public. 
‘‘(b) RECORDS.— 
‘‘(1) MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.—Each hos-
pital shall maintain accurate records of actual direct 
care registered nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit 
for each shift for no less than 3 years. Such records 
shall include— 
‘‘(A) the number of patients in each unit; 
‘‘(B) the identity and duty hours of each 
direct care registered nurse assigned to each 
patient in each unit in each shift; and
‘‘(C) a copy of each notice posted under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
RECORDS.—Each hos-
pital shall make its records maintained under para-
graph (1) available to— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) registered nurses and their collective 
bargaining representatives (if any); and 
‘‘(C) the public under regulations estab-
lished by the Secretary, or in the case of a fed-
erally operated hospital, under section 552 of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘Freedom of Information Act’). 
‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The Secretary shall conduct periodic 
audits to ensure— 
‘‘(1) implementation of the staffing plan in ac-
cordance with this title; and 
‘‘(2) accuracy in records maintained under this 
section. 
‘‘SEC. 2903. MINIMUM DIRECT CARE LICENSED PRACTICAL 
NURSE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—A hospital’s staffing plan 
shall comply with minimum direct care licensed practical 
nurse staffing requirements that the Secretary establishes 
for units in hospitals. Such staffing requirements shall be
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 245 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Supreme Court 
should speedily find the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools 
to be consistent with the Constitution of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 
Mr. ISSA submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
Supreme Court should speedily find the use of the Pledge 
of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) judicial rulings by the United States Court 
of Appeals for the 4th and 9th circuits have split on 
the issue of whether the Constitution allows the reci-
tation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools;
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(2) the ruling by the United States Court of 
Appeals for the 4th circuit correctly finds the Con-
stitution does allow such a recitation; and 
(3) the United States Supreme Court should at 
the earliest opportunity resolve this conflict among 
the circuits in a manner which recognizes the impor-
tance and Constitutional propriety of the recitation 
of the Pledge of Allegiance by school children. 
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III 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 245 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 
Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 
Supreme Court should speedily find the use of the Pledge 
of Allegiance in schools to be consistent with the Con-
stitution of the United States. 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) judicial rulings by the United States Court 
of Appeals for the 4th and 9th circuits have split on
HCON 245 RFS 
the issue of whether the Constitution allows the reci-
tation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools; 
(2) the ruling by the United States Court of 
Appeals for the 4th circuit correctly finds the Con-
stitution does allow such a recitation; and 
(3) the United States Supreme Court should at 
the earliest opportunity resolve this conflict among 
the circuits in a manner which recognizes the impor-
tance and Constitutional propriety of the recitation 
of the Pledge of Allegiance by school children. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 
2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk. 
By GERASIMOS C. VANS, 
Deputy Clerk.
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION OF CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES.— 
The term does not include a county contiguous to a 
county covered by a declaration described in para-
graph (1) unless the contiguous county is also cov-
ered by the same designation. 
‘‘(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section applies to the 
2005 and subsequent crop years. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be 
necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 
for funds expended by the Secretary under this section.’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1119 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to repeal the essential air service 
local participation program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2005 
Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PAUL, Mr. 
CASE, Mr. BERRY, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MORAN of Kan-
sas, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. CRAMER, Mrs. CUBIN, and Mr. 
PETERSON of Minnesota) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to repeal the 
essential air service local participation program. 
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 ‘‘Essential Air Service 
Preservation Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EAS LOCAL PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. 
Section 41747 of title 49, United States Code, and 
the item relating to such section in the analysis for sub-
chapter II of chapter 417 of such title, are repealed. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 111 
To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and the Revised Statutes 
of the United States to prohibit financial holding companies and national 
banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage 
or real estate management activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mr. CALVERT
(for himself, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mrs. 
NORTHUP, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. BACA, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BISHOP
of Georgia, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. CASE, Mr. 
CRAMER, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, 
Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. WOLF, Mr. ISRAEL, 
Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. WEINER, Mr. FORD, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CLAY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
MARSHALL, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, 
Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. GORDON, Ms. ESHOO, 
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. 
OWENS, Mr. HOLDEN, Ms. WATERS, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. SAXTON, 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. THOMPSON 
of California, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. GENE 
GREEN of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. TOWNS, 
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. LEE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. 
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. HERGER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. CARDOZA, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. LAN-
TOS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. BER-
MAN, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
WALSH, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. BARTLETT of 
Maryland, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. HOLT, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. 
ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. WAMP, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of 
California, Mrs. BONO, Mr. DICKS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. OTTER, Mr. HOB-
SON, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL 
To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and 
the Revised Statutes of the United States to prohibit 
financial holding companies and national banks from en-
gaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage 
or real estate management activities, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Community Choice in 
Real Estate Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION THAT REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE 
AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE NOT 
BANKING OR FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES. 
(a) BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1956.—Sec-
tion 4(k) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 
U.S.C. 1843(k)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE AND REAL ES-
TATE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board may not 
determine that real estate brokerage activity or 
real estate management activity is an activity 
that is financial in nature, is incidental to any
financial activity, or is complementary to a fi-
nancial activity. 
‘‘(B) REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE ACTIVITY 
DEFINED.—For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘real estate brokerage activity’ means any 
activity that involves offering or providing real 
estate brokerage services to the public, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) acting as an agent for a buyer, 
seller, lessor, or lessee of real property; 
‘‘(ii) listing or advertising real prop-
erty for sale, purchase, lease, rental, or ex-
change; 
‘‘(iii) providing advice in connection 
with sale, purchase, lease, rental, or ex-
change of real property; 
‘‘(iv) bringing together parties inter-
ested in the sale, purchase, lease, rental, or 
exchange of real property; 
‘‘(v) negotiating, on behalf of any 
party, any portion of a contract relating to 
the sale, purchase, lease, rental, or ex-
change of real property (other than in con-
nection with providing financing with re-
spect to any such transaction);
‘‘(vi) engaging in any activity for 
which a person engaged in the activity is 
required to be registered or licensed as a 
real estate agent or broker under any ap-
plicable law; and 
‘‘(vii) offering to engage in any activ-
ity, or act in any capacity, described in 
clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), or (vi). 
‘‘(C) REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT ACTIV-
ITY DEFINED.—For purposes of this paragraph, 
the term ‘real estate management activity’ 
means any activity that involves offering or pro-
viding real estate management services to the 
public, including— 
‘‘(i) procuring any tenant or lessee for 
any real property; 
‘‘(ii) negotiating leases of real prop-
erty; 
‘‘(iii) maintaining security deposits on 
behalf of any tenant or lessor of real prop-
erty (other than as a depository institution 
for any person providing real estate man-
agement services for any tenant or lessor 
of real property);
‘‘(iv) billing and collecting rental pay-
ments with respect to real property or pro-
viding periodic accounting for such pay-
ments; 
‘‘(v) making principal, interest, insur-
ance, tax, or utility payments with respect 
to real property (other than as a deposi-
tory institution or other financial institu-
tion on behalf of, and at the direction of, 
an account holder at the institution); 
‘‘(vi) overseeing the inspection, main-
tenance, and upkeep of real property, gen-
erally; and 
‘‘(vii) offering to engage in any activ-
ity, or act in any capacity, described in 
clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), or (vi). 
‘‘(D) EXCEPTION
FOR
COMPANY
PROP-
ERTY.—This paragraph shall not apply to an 
activity of a bank holding company or any affil-
iate of such company that directly relates to 
managing any real property owned by such 
company or affiliate, or the purchase, sale, or 
lease of property owned, or to be used or occu-
pied, by such company or affiliate.
‘‘(E) 
CURRENT
ACTIVITIES
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—No provision of this paragraph, or 
any determination made pursuant to any such 
provision, may be construed as prohibiting, re-
stricting, altering, or otherwise affecting, the 
right, power, or ability of any financial holding 
company to engage in any activity, or acquire 
or retain the shares of any company engaged in 
an activity, if engaging in such activity, or ac-
quiring or retaining such shares, was author-
ized for financial holding companies on Decem-
ber 6, 2001.’’. 
(b) REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES.— 
Section 5136A(b) of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (12 U.S.C. 24a(b)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE AND REAL ES-
TATE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
not determine that real estate brokerage activ-
ity or real estate management activity is an ac-
tivity that is financial in nature, is incidental to 
any financial activity, or is complementary to a 
financial activity.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 700
AN ACT
To remove the restriction on the distribution of certain reve-
nues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members
of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the terms ‘real estate brokerage ac-
tivity’ and ‘real estate management activity’ 
have the same meanings as in section 4(k)(8) of 
the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION
FOR
COMPANY
PROP-
ERTY.—This paragraph shall not apply to an 
activity of a national bank, or a subsidiary of 
a national bank, that directly relates to man-
aging any real property owned by such bank or 
subsidiary, or the purchase, sale, or lease of 
property owned, or to be owned, by such bank 
or subsidiary. 
‘‘(D) 
CURRENT
ACTIVITIES
NOT
AF-
FECTED.—No provision of this paragraph, or 
any determination made pursuant to any such 
provision, may be construed as prohibiting, re-
stricting, altering, or otherwise affecting, the 
right, power, or ability of any national bank, or 
a subsidiary of a national bank, to engage in 
any activity, or acquire or retain the shares of 
any company engaged in an activity, if engag-
ing in such activity, or acquiring or retaining 
such shares, was authorized for national banks,
or subsidiaries of national banks, on December 
6, 2001.’’. 
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2906(5)), including discharge, promotion, compensa-
tion, or terms, conditions, or privileges of employ-
ment against a nurse based on the nurse’s refusal of 
a work assignment under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) NO FILING OF COMPLAINT.—No hospital 
shall file a complaint or a report against a nurse 
with the appropriate State professional disciplinary 
agency because of the nurse’s refusal of a work as-
signment under subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) CAUSE OF ACTION.—Any nurse who has been 
discharged, discriminated, or retaliated against in viola-
tion of subsection (b)(1) or against whom a complaint has 
been filed in violation of subsection (b)(2) may bring a 
cause of action in a United States district court. A nurse 
who prevails on the cause of action shall be entitled to 
one or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) Reinstatement. 
‘‘(2) Reimbursement of lost wages, compensa-
tion, and benefits. 
‘‘(3) Attorneys’ fees. 
‘‘(4) Court costs. 
‘‘(5) Other damages. 
‘‘(d) COMPLAINT TO SECRETARY.—A nurse or other 
individual may file a complaint with the Secretary against