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House Calendar No. 2 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 39 
[Report No. 113–2] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 325) to ensure the complete 
and timely payment of the obligations of the United States Government 
until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2013 
Mr. SESSIONS, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 325) to ensure 
the complete and timely payment of the obligations of 
the United States Government until May 19, 2013, and 
for other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
325) to ensure the complete and timely payment of the 
obligations of the United States Government until May 19, 
2013, and for other purposes. All points of order against 
consideration of the bill are waived. The amendment print-
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ed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution shall be considered as adopted. The bill, 
as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of 
order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 
waived. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill, as amended, and on any amendment 
thereto to final passage without intervening motion except: 
(1) one hour of debate, with 40 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Ways and Means and 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on House Administra-
tion; and (2) one motion to recommit with or without in-
structions. 
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House Calendar No. 2 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 39 
[Report No. 113–2] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 325) 
to ensure the complete and timely payment of the 
obligations of the United States Government 
until May 19, 2013, and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 22, 2013 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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H. Res. 3 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 3, 2013. 
Resolved, That a committee of two Members be ap-
pointed by the Speaker on the part of the House of Rep-
resentatives to join with a committee on the part of the Sen-
ate to notify the President of the United States that a 
quorum of each House has assembled and Congress is ready 
to receive any communication that he may be pleased to 
make. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 400 
Honoring the life and work of Commander M. Scott Carpenter, the second 
American to orbit the Earth. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 30, 2013 
Mr. PERLMUTTER (for himself and Mr. POLIS) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology 
RESOLUTION 
Honoring the life and work of Commander M. Scott 
Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth. 
Whereas Commander M. Scott Carpenter was 1 of the origi-
nal 7 astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration’s Project Mercury; 
Whereas, in 1962, Mr. Carpenter, aboard the spacecraft Au-
rora 7, was the second American to orbit the Earth and 
was able to overcome extreme technical difficulties during 
the mission by manually piloting the spacecraft to a safe 
re-entry; 
Whereas, in 1965, Mr. Carpenter spent 30 days living and 
working on the ocean floor as an aquanaut aboard the 
Sealab II; 
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Whereas Mr. Carpenter was the fourth American to go into 
space; 
Whereas Malcolm Scott Carpenter was born on May 1, 1925, 
in Boulder, Colorado, and was also a resident of New 
York City for a time; 
Whereas Mr. Carpenter became a naval aviation cadet in 
1943, serving his country for the duration of World War 
II, after which he entered the University of Colorado in 
1946, received a Navy commission in 1949, and earned 
his wings of gold in 1951; 
Whereas Mr. Carpenter flew patrol planes during the Korean 
war, trained as a test pilot at Naval Air Station Patuxent 
River, Maryland, and was chosen in April 1959 among 7 
military test pilots to be a Mercury astronaut, helping to 
carry out President John F. Kennedy’s goal of putting 
a man on the Moon; and 
Whereas Mr. Carpenter is survived by his wife, Patricia Bar-
rett Carpenter; his sons Jay, Matthew, Nicholas, and 
Zachary; his daughters Kristen Stoever and Candace 
Carpenter; 1 granddaughter; 3 stepchildren; and 5 step- 
grandchildren: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors Commander M. Scott Carpenter for 
his brave work, unrelenting passion for space explo-
ration, and encouragement in sending future stu-
dents into the fields of aeronautics, astronautics, 
and undersea exploration; and 
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(2) acknowledges Mr. Carpenter as a dynamic 
pioneer of modern exploration. 
Æ 
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H. Res. 403 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 13, 2013. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall 
be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 2655) to 
amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to im-
prove attorney accountability, and for other purposes. All 
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous ques-
tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any 
amendment thereto to final passage without intervening mo-
tion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and con-
trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Judiciary; and (2) one motion to recommit. 
SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution the 
Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare 
the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
982) to amend title 11 of the United States Code to require 
the public disclosure by trusts established under section
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524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed 
information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims 
for injuries based on exposure to asbestos; and for other pur-
poses. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 
All points of order against consideration of the bill are 
waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall 
not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
Judiciary. After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be con-
sidered as read. All points of order against provisions in the 
bill are waived. No amendment to the bill shall be in order 
except those printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may be 
offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be consid-
ered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not 
be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 
against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of 
consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall 
rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments 
as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be
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considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to 
final passage without intervening motion except one motion 
to recommit with or without instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 405 
Commending the Patriot Guard Riders for their mission to show sincere 
respect for fallen members of the Armed Forces by attending the funeral 
services of a fallen member as invited guests of the family of the member. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 12, 2013 
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia (for himself, Mr. DAINES, and Mr. WESTMORELAND) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the Patriot Guard Riders for their mission to 
show sincere respect for fallen members of the Armed 
Forces by attending the funeral services of a fallen mem-
ber as invited guests of the family of the member. 
Whereas the Patriot Guard Riders were founded in 2005 in 
Mulvane, Kansas, with a mission to show sincere respect 
for fallen members of the Armed Forces by attending 
their funeral services as invited guests of a member’s 
family; 
Whereas the Patriot Guard Riders have over 220,000 mem-
bers nationwide from all walks of life; 
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Whereas the Patriot Guard Riders shield the mourning fam-
ily and friends from interruptions created by any 
protestor or group of protestors; 
Whereas the Patriot Guard Riders engage only in respectful 
acts in honor of fallen members of the Armed Forces; 
Whereas the members of the Patriot Guard Riders willingly 
give their time, energy, and money to respect the memory 
of fallen members of the Armed Forces; 
Whereas the men and women of the Armed Forces who fight 
to preserve freedom deserve the utmost respect and sup-
port of the American people; and 
Whereas the Patriot Guard Riders provide a unique service 
that honors fallen members of the Armed Forces and 
their families: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the Patriot Guard Riders and all 
of the other volunteers involved in shielding the 
mourning family and friends of a fallen member of 
the Armed Forces from interruptions created by any 
protestor or group of protestors; and 
(2) recognizes the sacrifices that veterans, 
members of the Armed Forces, and their families 
have made, and continue to make, on behalf of the 
United States. 
Æ 
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(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘for State
and local’’ and all that follows through ‘‘under this
title’’ and inserting ‘‘to pay for the direct and indi-
rect administrative costs of the States related to the
processing, transporting, and distributing to eligible
recipient agencies of commodities provided by the Sec-
retary under this Act and commodities secured from
other sources’’; and
(2) by striking the fourth sentence.
(d) DELIVERY OF COMMODITIES.—Section 214 of the
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–
8; 7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a) through (e) and
(j);
(2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i)
as subsections (a) through (d), respectively;
(3) in subsection (b), as redesignated by para-
graph (2)—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘sub-
section (f) or subsection (j) if applicable,’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (a),’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘sub-
section (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’;
(4) by striking subsection (c), as redesignated by
paragraph (2), and inserting the following:
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 552 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to eliminate all Federally- 
imposed mandates over the local budget process and financial manage-
ment of the District of Columbia and the borrowing of money by the 
District of Columbia. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2015 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to elimi-
nate all Federally-imposed mandates over the local budg-
et process and financial management of the District of 
Columbia and the borrowing of money by the District 
of Columbia. 
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 ‘‘District of Columbia 
Budget Autonomy Act of 2015’’. 
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IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 40 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that active duty military 
personnel who are stationed or residing in the District of Columbia 
should be permitted to exercise fully their rights under the Second 
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 22, 2013 
Mr. GINGREY of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
active duty military personnel who are stationed or resid-
ing in the District of Columbia should be permitted 
to exercise fully their rights under the Second Amend-
ment to the Constitution of the United States. 
Whereas the Second Amendment to the United States Con-
stitution provides: ‘A well regulated Militia, being nec-
essary to the security of a free State, the right of the 
people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.’; 
Whereas approximately 40,000 servicemen and women across 
all branches of the Armed Forces either live in or are sta-
tioned on active duty within the Washington, DC metro-
politan area, and unless these individuals are granted a 
waiver as serving in a law enforcement role, they are sub-
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of-pocket expense incurred and paid by the
household.’’.
SEC. 1119. DEDUCTIONS FROM INCOME.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5 of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended by striking subsection
(e) and inserting the following:
‘‘(e) DEDUCTIONS FROM INCOME.—
‘‘(1) STANDARD DEDUCTION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
allow a standard deduction for each household in
the 48 contiguous States and the District of Co-
lumbia, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, and the Virgin
Islands of the United States of—
‘‘(i) for the period beginning October 1,
1995, and ending November 30, 1996, $134,
$229, $189, $269, and $118, respectively;
‘‘(ii) for the period beginning Decem-
ber 1, 1996, and ending September 30,
2001, $120, $206, $170, $242, and $106, re-
spectively;
‘‘(iii) for the period beginning October
1, 2001, and ending August 31, 2002, $113,
$193, $159, $227, and $100, respectively;
and
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ject to the District of Columbia’s onerous and highly re-
strictive laws on the possession of firearms; 
Whereas military personnel, despite being extensively trained 
in the proper and safe use of firearms, are therefore de-
prived by the laws of the District of Columbia of hand-
guns, rifles, and shotguns that are commonly kept by 
law-abiding persons throughout the United States for 
sporting use and for lawful defense of their persons, 
homes, businesses, and families; 
Whereas the District of Columbia has one of the highest per 
capita murder rates in the Nation, which may be attrib-
uted in part to previous local laws prohibiting possession 
of firearms by law-abiding persons who would have other-
wise been able to defend themselves and their loved ones 
in their own homes and businesses; 
Whereas the Gun Control Act of 1968, as amended by the 
Firearms Owners’ Protection Act, and the Brady Hand-
gun Violence Prevention Act, provide comprehensive Fed-
eral regulations applicable in the District of Columbia as 
elsewhere, and existing District of Columbia criminal 
laws punish possession and illegal use of firearms by vio-
lent criminals and felons; consequently, there is no need 
for local laws that only affect and disarm law-abiding 
citizens; 
Whereas, on June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court of the 
United States in the case of District of Columbia v. Hell-
er held that the Second Amendment protects an individ-
ual’s right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful 
purposes, and thus ruled that the District of Columbia’s 
handgun ban and requirements that rifles and shotguns 
in the home be kept unloaded and disassembled or out-
fitted with a trigger lock to be unconstitutional; 
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Whereas, on July 16, 2008, the District of Columbia enacted 
the Firearms Control Emergency Amendment Act of 
2008 (D.C. Act 17–422; 55 DCR 8237), which places on-
erous restrictions on the ability of law-abiding citizens 
from possessing firearms, thus violating the spirit by 
which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in 
District of Columbia v. Heller; and 
Whereas, on February 26, 2009, the United States Senate 
adopted an amendment on a bipartisan vote of 62–36 by 
Senator John Ensign to S. 160, the District of Columbia 
House Voting Rights Act of 2009, which would fully re-
store Second Amendment rights to the citizens of the 
District of Columbia: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that active duty military personnel who are 
stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should 
be permitted to exercise fully their rights under the Sec-
ond Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
and therefore should be exempt from the District of Co-
lumbia’s restrictions on the possession of firearms. 
Æ 
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IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 410 
Expressing support for the designation of a ‘‘Small Business Saturday’’ 
and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally 
owned small businesses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2013 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (for himself, Mr. CICILLINE, and Ms. HERRERA 
BEUTLER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of a ‘‘Small Business 
Saturday’’ and supporting efforts to increase awareness 
of the value of locally owned small businesses. 
Whereas small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all busi-
nesses having employees (commonly referred to as ‘‘em-
ployer firms’’) in the United States; 
Whereas small businesses employ over 49 percent of the em-
ployees in the private sector in the United States; 
Whereas small businesses pay over 42 percent of the total 
payroll of the employees in the private sector in the 
United States; 
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Whereas small businesses are responsible for more than 46 
percent of the private, nonfarm product of the gross do-
mestic product; 
Whereas small businesses generated 64 percent of net new 
jobs created between 1993 and 2011; 
Whereas 87 percent of consumers in the United States agree 
that the success of small businesses is critical to the over-
all economic health of the United States; 
Whereas 89 percent of consumers in the United States agree 
that small businesses contribute positively to the local 
community by supplying jobs and generating tax revenue; 
Whereas 93 percent of consumers in the United States agree 
that it is important to support the small businesses in 
their community; and 
Whereas November 30, 2013, would be an appropriate date 
to designate as ‘‘Small Business Saturday’’: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of a ‘‘Small Busi-
ness Saturday’’; and 
(2) supports efforts— 
(A) to encourage consumers to shop lo-
cally; and 
(B) to increase awareness of the value of 
locally owned small businesses and the impact 
of locally owned small businesses on the econ-
omy of the United States. 
Æ 
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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5530 
AN ACT 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify 
certain provisions relating to the capital financing of 
historically Black colleges and universities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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sources and investments, including skills, tech-
nology, human capital, information, and other re-
sources, required to meet the goals and objectives. 
(D) A description of roles and responsibilities 
for managing and overseeing the implementation of 
the strategy, including the role of program man-
agers, and the establishment of mechanisms for 
multiple stakeholders to coordinate their efforts 
throughout implementation and make necessary ad-
justments to the strategy based on performance. 
(E) A description of key factors external to the 
Department of Defense and beyond its control that 
could significantly affect the achievement of the 
long-term goals contained in the strategy. 
(F) A detailed description of asset marking re-
quirements and how automated information and 
data capture technologies could improve readiness, 
cost effectiveness, and performance. 
(G) A defined list of all categories of items 
that program managers are required to identify for 
the purposes of asset marking. 
(H) A description of steps to improve asset 
tracking and in-transit visibility for classified pro-
grams.
V 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5536 
To direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 
operating to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise en-
dorsement for the vessel Apollonia, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2016 
Mr. GIBSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating to issue a certificate of docu-
mentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel 
Apollonia, 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. VESSEL ‘‘APOLLONIA’’. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of the department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating shall issue a certificate of documentation with a 
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