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•HRES 22 RH 
Whereas 60 percent of the 45,000,000 Americans without health 
insurance are small business employees and their families; 
Whereas most small businesses do not provide health insurance 
to their employees, primarily because of the surging cost; 
Whereas the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is exceedingly com-
plex, making it difficult for small businesses to understand 
it and comply with its requirements; 
Whereas the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 discriminates, in 
many instances, against small businesses and self-em-
ployed persons by limiting the availability of certain tax 
incentives to larger firms or corporations; 
Whereas the death tax causes one-third of all family-owned 
small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner; 
Whereas frivolous lawsuits and the rising costs of liability in-
surance represent serious threats to small business owners; 
Whereas burdensome regulations and paperwork cost small 
businesses more than $5,500 per employee; 
Whereas adequate, affordable, and reliable energy supplies are 
essential to the success of small businesses, especially small 
manufacturers; 
Whereas lack of access to capital and credit stifles new business 
growth and economic opportunity; 
Whereas both unsound contract bundling or consolidation and 
the failure of various Federal agencies to closely monitor 
the small business goals and subcontracting plans of large 
businesses have dried up many procurement opportunities 
for small businesses; and 
Whereas Congress can help small businesses grow by estab-
lishing a climate to encourage small businesses to create
•HRES 22 RH 
jobs and offer more affordable health insurance to employ-
ees: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that American small businesses are entitled to 
the following Small Business Bill of Rights: 
(1) The right to join together to purchase afford-
able health insurance for small business employees, 
who make up a large portion of the millions of Amer-
icans without health care coverage. 
(2) The right to simplified tax laws that allow 
family-owned small businesses to survive over several 
generations and offer them incentives to grow. 
(3) The right to be free from frivolous lawsuits 
which harm law-abiding small businesses and prevent 
them from creating new jobs. 
(4) The right to be free of unnecessary, restrictive 
regulations and paperwork which waste the time and 
energy of small businesses while hurting production 
and preventing job creation. 
(5) The right to relief from high energy costs, 
which pose a real threat to the survival of small busi-
nesses, to be accomplished by reducing the Nation’s 
reliance on imported sources of energy and encour-
aging environmentally-sound domestic production 
and conservation of energy.
•HRES 22 RH 
(6) The right to equal treatment, as compared to 
large businesses, when seeking access to start-up and 
expansion capital and credit. 
(7) The right to open access to the Government 
procurement marketplace through the breaking up of 
large contracts to give small business owners a fair 
opportunity to compete for Federal contracts.
House Calendar No. 23 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 22 
[Report No. 109–52] 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that American small businesses are entitled 
to a Small Business Bill of Rights. 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Reported with amendments, referred to the House 
Calendar, and ordered to be printed
IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 615 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and 
traditions of Hanukkah, Ramadan, and Kwanzaa should be protected. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2005 
Mr. ISRAEL (for himself and Mr. WEINER) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the symbols and traditions of Hanukkah, Ramadan, and 
Kwanzaa should be protected. 
Whereas the Framers intended that the First Amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States would prohibit the 
establishment of religion, not prohibit any mention of re-
ligion or reference to God in civic dialog: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of the symbols 
and 
traditions 
of 
Hanukkah, 
Ramadan, 
and 
Kwanzaa;
•HRES 615 IH 
(2) strongly disapproves of attempts to ban ref-
erences to Hanukkah, Ramadan, and Kwanzaa; and 
(3) expresses support for the use of these sym-
bols and traditions. 
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(e) TIMING OF REFUND.—With respect to any claim 
for refund filed pursuant to this section, the Secretary 
shall determine whether the requirements of this section 
are met not later than 180 days after such claim is filed. 
If the Secretary determines that the requirements of this 
section are met, the claim for refund shall be paid not 
later than 180 days after the Secretary makes such deter-
mination. 
(f) INTEREST.—Any refund paid pursuant to this 
section shall be paid by the Secretary with interest from 
the date of overpayment determined by using the overpay-
ment rate and method under section 6621 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
(g) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—The payment 
under subsection (a) with respect to any coal shall not ex-
ceed— 
(1) in the case of a payment to a coal producer, 
the amount of tax paid under section 4121 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to such 
coal by such coal producer or a party related to such 
coal producer, and 
(2) in the case of a payment to an exporter, an 
amount equal to $0.825 per ton with respect to such 
coal exported by the exporter or caused to be ex-
ported by the exporter. 
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IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 616 
Directing the Committee on Government Reform to hold hearings on intel-
ligence relating to the rationale for the commencement of Operation 
Iraqi Freedom. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2005 
Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mrs. 
MALONEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HIGGINS, and Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ of California) submitted the following resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Directing the Committee on Government Reform to hold 
hearings on intelligence relating to the rationale for the 
commencement of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 
Resolved, That the Committee on Government Re-
form shall, not later than 30 days after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution, hold at least one hearing, and 
as many additional hearings as considered necessary by 
the chairman of the committee, in consultation with the 
ranking minority member of the committee, on intelligence 
(as such term is defined in section 3(1) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(1))) relating to the
•HRES 230 IH 
with the participation of public safety agencies and 
organizations, and other interested parties; and 
(3) the FCC should allow extensive public re-
view and comment on this study, and the results of 
the study, and a summary of the public comment 
thereon should be published before broadband over 
power line systems are deployed pursuant to rules fi-
nally adopted in the FCC’s ET Docket No. 04–37.
Æ
H. Res. 231
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
May 5, 2005.
Whereas Jimmy ‘‘Wink’’ Winkfield was born on April 12th,
1882 in Chilesburg, Kentucky, the youngest of 17 in a
family of sharecroppers;
Whereas Wink was born in an era when African American
jockeys dominated the sport of horse racing, to the extent
that African American riders won 15 of the first 28 Ken-
tucky Derbies and in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875,
13 of the 15 jockeys were African American;
Whereas the African American jockey Oliver Lewis won the
first Derby by two lengths, and the African American
jockey Alonzo ‘‘Lonnie’’ Clayton, at age 15, is the young-
est rider ever to win the Derby;
Whereas Wink worked by shining shoes, moved up as a stable
hand, then as an exercise rider, and rode his first race
at the age of 16;
Whereas at the age of 22, Wink won back-to-back Kentucky
Derbies in 1901 (on His Eminence) and 1902 (on Alan-
A-Dale), and placed second in 1903 (on Early);
Whereas Wink is one of only 4 jockeys ever to accomplish
this back-to-back feat, and he was the last African Amer-
ican jockey to win the Kentucky Derby;
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL MARKET COV-
ERAGE.— 
(1) INDIVIDUAL COVERAGE NOT TREATED AS 
QUALIFIED HEALTH INSURANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 35(e) of such Code is amended by striking 
subparagraph (J). 
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subpara-
graph (A) of section 173(f)(2) of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918(f)(2)) 
is amended by striking clause (x). 
(2) RATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENT FOR CER-
TAIN STATE-BASED COVERAGE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 35(e)(2) of such Code is amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) 
RATING
SYSTEM
REQUIRE-
MENT.—In the case of coverage described 
in paragraph (1)(F)(ii), the premiums for 
such coverage are restricted based on a 
community rating system or based on a 
rate-band system under which the max-
imum rate which may be charged does not 
exceed 150 percent of the standard rate.’’. 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 177 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 918 
[Report No. 110–508] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2768) to establish improved 
mandatory standards to protect miners during emergencies, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2008 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, 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. 2768) to estab-
lish improved mandatory standards to protect miners 
during emergencies, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after the 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 2768) to establish improved manda-
tory standards to protect miners during emergencies, and 
for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 
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I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2012
To amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate an inequity in the applica-
bility of early retirement eligibility requirements to military reserve tech-
nicians.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 2001
Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. BACA, Mr. EVANS, Mr.
HINCHEY, Mr. FROST, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. UDALL of New Mex-
ico, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. WILSON,
Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. SHOWS, Mr.
STRICKLAND, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. RANGEL, Mrs.
JONES of Ohio, Mr. OTTER, Mr. KUCINICH, and Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate an in-
equity in the applicability of early retirement eligibility
requirements to military reserve technicians.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
IB 
Union Calendar No. 124
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 889
[Report No. 109–204, Part I] 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2006, to 
make technical corrections to various laws administered by the Coast 
Guard, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 17, 2005
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. LOBIONDO, and Mr. 
FILNER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
JULY 28, 2005
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity for a period ending not later than July 29, 2005, for consideration 
of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of that committee pursuant to clause 1(i) of rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
JULY 29, 2005
Committee on Homeland Security discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 17, 2005] 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal 
year 2006, to make technical corrections to various laws
H. Res. 922 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
January 17, 2008. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution 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. 3524) to reauthorize the HOPE VI program 
for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, and for 
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of the 
bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of 
rule XXI. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 
shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Financial Services. After general debate the bill shall be 
considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall 
be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services now printed in the bill. The committee
Calendar No. 1026 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5137 
AN ACT 
To ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the 
New River Gorge National River. 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 
Reported without amendment 
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Whereas during his career Wink was known as king of the
Chicago race tracks;
Whereas unfortunately, segregation eventually forced African
American jockeys off the race track and often into exile;
Whereas Wink left the United States by buying a steamer
ticket to Europe and settled down in Czarist Russia,
where he became a wealthy and dominant athlete in Rus-
sia’s national sport;
Whereas Wink went on to win the Russian national riding
title an unheard of 3 times, won the Moscow Derby twice,
the Russian Derby three times, the Grand Prix de Baden
(in Germany), the Poland Derby twice, and the Grand
Prix de la Republique (in France);
Whereas the Bolshevik Communist Revolution in 1917 forced
Wink to flee Russia, and he led 200 jockeys, trainers,
and owners over treacherous mountain terrain into Po-
land;
Whereas Wink eventually settled down in France and retired
in 1930 after accumulating 2,600 racing victories in 10
countries, and turned to raising and training horses on
his farm outside of Paris;
Whereas in 1940, when the Nazis invaded France and com-
mandeered his stables for their own horses, Wink de-
fended himself and his farm with a pitchfork, only to
eventually flee Nazi-occupied territory;
Whereas after decades of exile, Wink returned to the United
States one last time in 1961, 60 years after winning his
first Kentucky Derby, when he was invited to a pre-Ken-
tucky Derby banquet at the historic Brown Hotel in Lou-
isville as a 2-time winner of the Derby;
•HRES 231 EH
Whereas Wink and his daughter Lillian were denied entrance
through the front door, but after a long delay were even-
tually admitted, and spent most of the evening with a
white jockey named Roscoe Goose, an ex-competitor from
their own Kentucky Derby days 60 years earlier, who sat
with Wink for the evening and for the Derby the fol-
lowing afternoon;
Whereas Wink returned to his home in Paris, where he died
in 1974 at the age of 94 still homesick for the Kentucky
bluegrass of his boyhood, his death virtually unnoticed in
the United States; and
Whereas in 2003, Wink was admitted to the National Racing
Hall of Fame and joined two other African American
Hall of Fame jockeys, 3-time Kentucky Derby winner
Isaac Murphy and 2-time winner Willie Simms: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) celebrates the remarkable life and accomplish-
ments of one of the truly great American athletes,
Jimmy ‘‘Wink’’ Winkfield, who continuously overcame
racism and other significant obstacles during his life-
time; and
(2) recognizes and celebrates the significant con-
tributions and excellence of African American jockeys
•HRES 231 EH
and trainers in the sport of horse racing and in the his-
tory of the Kentucky Derby.
Attest:
Clerk.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 88 
To direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban 
Search and Rescue System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 
as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue Sys-
tem. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ADDITION OF TEAM TO NATIONAL URBAN 
SEARCH AND RESCUE SYSTEM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001, demonstrated the importance of enhancing na-
tional domestic terrorism preparedness.
(2) 26 of the 28 urban search and rescue teams 
included in the National Urban Search and Rescue 
System of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency were called into action in the wake of the 
events of September 11th. 
(3) Highly-qualified, urban search and rescue 
teams not included in the National Urban Search 
and Rescue System were the first teams in New 
York City on September 11th. 
(4) The continuing threat of a possible domestic 
terrorist attack remains an important mission for 
which the Nation must prepare to respond. 
(5) Part of that response should be to increase 
the number of urban search and rescue teams in-
cluded in National Urban Search and Rescue Sys-
tem. 
(b) ADDITION OF NEW JERSEY TASK FORCE 1.— 
The Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part 
of the National Urban Search and Rescue System. 
Æ
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5138 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide protection for 
medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individ-
uals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family 
members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial 
problems were caused by serious medical problems. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2008 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide 
protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bank-
ruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic 
distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family members, 
and to exempt from means testing debtors whose finan-
cial problems were caused by serious medical problems. 
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 ‘‘Medical Bankruptcy 
Fairness Act of 2008’’. 
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•HRES 231 IH 
(1) celebrates the remarkable life and accom-
plishments of one of the truly great American ath-
letes, Jimmy ‘‘Wink’’ Winkfield, who continuously 
overcame racism and other significant obstacles dur-
ing his lifetime; and 
(2) recognizes and celebrates the significant 
contributions and excellence of African American 
jockeys and trainers in the sport of horse racing and 
in the history of the Kentucky Derby.
Æ
•HRES 616 IH 
rationale for the commencement of Operation Iraqi Free-
dom that was available before the operation began on 
March 19, 2003. 
Æ
•HRES 799 IH 
(1) commends the people and Government of 
Ukraine for holding free, fair, and transparent par-
liamentary elections on March 26, 2006; 
(2) commends the people and Government of 
Ukraine for their commitment to democracy and 
freedom; and 
(3) acknowledges and welcomes the strong rela-
tionship between the United States and Ukraine and 
pledges its continued support for the strengthening 
of a fully free and open democratic system in 
Ukraine, and reaffirms its support for Ukraine’s 
independence, territorial sovereignty, and Ukraine’s 
full integration into the international community of 
democracies. 
Æ 
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would have been emitted had the Federal agency followed 
the requirements of this title or any amendment made by 
this title, as any such incremental additional emissions will 
exacerbate the pace, extent, and risks of global warming. 
(f) REMEDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the remedies 
available under chapter 7 of title 5, United States 
Code, a court may provide the remedies specified in 
this subsection. 
(2) PAYMENT.—In any civil action alleging a 
violation of this title, if the court finds that an agen-
cy has significantly violated this title in its failure to 
perform any nondiscretionary act or duty under this 
title or any amendment made by this title, the court 
may award a payment, payable by the United States 
Treasury, to be used for a beneficial mitigation 
project recommended by the plaintiff or to com-
pensate the plaintiff for any impact from global 
warming suffered by the plaintiff. The total payment 
for all claims by all plaintiffs in any such action 
shall not exceed the amount provided in section 
1332(b) of title 28, United States Code. A court 
may deny a second payment under this section if the 
court determines that the plaintiff has filed multiple 
separate actions that could reasonably have been 
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IV 
House Calendar No. 178 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 922 
[Report No. 110–509] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3524) to reauthorize the HOPE 
VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 16, 2008 
Ms. CASTOR, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3524) to reau-
thorize the HOPE VI program for revitalization of se-
verely distressed public housing, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after the 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 3524) to reauthorize the HOPE 
VI program for revitalization of severely distressed public 
housing, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 
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