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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3007 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish 
and carry out a direct lending program for small business concerns, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 
Mr. YARMUTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to establish and carry out a direct lending pro-
gram for small business concerns, 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 ‘‘Give Credit to Main 
Street Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. DIRECT LENDING PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
CONCERNS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration shall establish and carry 
out a loan program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘pro-
gram’’) under which the Administrator is authorized to 
make loans directly to eligible small business concerns. 
(b) LOAN AMOUNT.—Each loan made to an eligible 
small business concern under the program shall be in an 
amount not exceeding the lesser of— 
(1) 10 percent of the annual revenues of such 
concern (as determined by the Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration); or 
(2) $500,000. 
(c) LOAN INTEREST RATE.—The interest rate of a 
loan made under the program shall be equal to the dis-
count window primary credit interest rate most recently 
published in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release on se-
lected interest rates (daily or weekly), and commonly re-
ferred to as the H.15 release (or any successor publica-
tion), in the week preceding the making of such loan. 
(d) PAYMENTS
ON PRINCIPAL.—A small business 
concern may not be required to make payments on the 
principal of a loan under the program during the 2-year 
period beginning on the date on which such loan is made. 
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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.— 
The term ‘‘eligible small business concern’’ means a 
small business concern that has been operating as a 
small business concern for at least 2 years prior to 
the receipt by the Administrator of an application 
from such concern for a loan under the program. 
(2) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
such term under section 3(a) of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)). 
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(3) 
‘‘ALLOWANCES
AND
EXPENSES’’,
$12,226.40 as follows: (A) ‘‘furniture and furnish-
ings’’, $4,379.86; and (B) ‘‘reemployed annuitants
reimbursements’’, $7,846.54.
(4) ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND
EMPLOYEES’’,
$339,048.66, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Sergeant
at Arms’’, $500.00; (B) ‘‘Office of the Chaplain’’,
$1,886.97; (C) ‘‘Office of the Parliamentarian’’,
$35,969.46; 
(D) 
‘‘Office 
of 
the 
Historian’’,
$62,999.89; (E) ‘‘the House Democratic Steering
and Policy Committee and the Democratic Caucus’’,
$115,226.11; and (F) ‘‘six minority employees’’,
$122,466.23.
Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993, for the House of Representa-
tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES
AND EXPENSES’’,
there is rescinded a total of $1,500,000 in the amounts
specified for the following heading: ‘‘STANDING COMMIT-
TEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT’’.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $686,318,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$5,871,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,395,000,
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Of-
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3008 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the reissuance 
of Social Security account numbers to children in cases in which the 
confidentiality of the number has been compromised by reason of theft. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 
Mr. MARCHANT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide 
for the reissuance of Social Security account numbers 
to children in cases in which the confidentiality of the 
number has been compromised by reason of theft. 
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 ‘‘Social Security Child 
Protection Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. REISSUANCE OF SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUM-
BERS TO YOUNG CHILDREN IN CASES WHERE 
CONFIDENTIALITY HAS BEEN COMPROMISED 
BY REASON OF THEFT. 
Section 205(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 
and 
(2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following 
new clause: 
‘‘(iii) In any case in which a Social Security account 
number has been issued to a child pursuant to subclause 
(IV) or (V) of clause (i) and it is demonstrated to the 
Commissioner of Social Security by a parent or guardian 
of the child that, in the course of transmission of docu-
mentation of such number to the child, the confidentiality 
of such number has been compromised by reason of theft 
of such documentation, the Commissioner shall issue a 
new Social Security account number to such child and 
make note in the records maintained with respect to such 
child of the pertinent information received by the Commis-
sioner regarding the theft of the documentation of the 
original number.’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3009 
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 
to require that any new national wildlife refuge may not be established 
except as expressly authorized by statute. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011 
Mr. FLEMING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administra-
tion Act of 1966 to require that any new national wildlife 
refuge may not be established except as expressly author-
ized by statute. 
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 ‘‘National Wildlife Ref-
uge Review Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW NA-
TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(a) of the National Wild-
life Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 
668dd(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) The Secretary may not establish any national 
wildlife refuge except as expressly authorized by a law en-
acted after September 30, 2011.’’. 
(b) EXISTING
REFUGES
NOT
AFFECTED.—The 
amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply with 
respect to any national wildlife refuge established on or 
before September 30, 2011. 
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SEC. 102. DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS. 
(a) EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.— 
(1) EXEMPTION.—Section 14A(e) of the Securi-
ties Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78n–1(e)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Commission may’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘an issuer’’ and inserting 
‘‘any other issuer’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF EMERGING GROWTH COM-
PANIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An emerging growth 
company shall be exempt from the requirements 
of subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(B) COMPLIANCE
AFTER
TERMINATION 
OF
EMERGING
GROWTH
COMPANY
TREAT-
MENT.—An issuer that was an emerging growth 
company but is no longer an emerging growth 
company shall include the first separate resolu-
tion described under subsection (a)(1) not later 
than the end of— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an issuer that was 
an emerging growth company for less than 
2 years after the date of first sale of com-
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mon equity securities of the issuer pursu-
ant to an effective registration statement 
under the Securities Act of 1933, the 3- 
year period beginning on such date; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any other issuer, 
the 1-year period beginning on the date the 
issuer is no longer an emerging growth 
company.’’. 
(2) PROXIES.—Section 14(i) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78n(i)) is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘, for any issuer other than an 
emerging growth company,’’ after ‘‘including’’. 
(3) 
COMPENSATION
DISCLOSURES.—Section 
953(b)(1) of the Investor Protection and Securities 
Reform Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–203; 124 
Stat. 1904) is amended by inserting ‘‘, other than 
an emerging growth company, as that term is de-
fined in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934,’’ after ‘‘require each issuer’’. 
(b) FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURES
AND
ACCOUNTING 
PRONOUNCEMENTS.— 
(1) SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.—Section 7(a) of 
the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77g(a)) is 
amended— 
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‘‘(I) file with the Commission a writ-
ten request for appellate review of such
order; or
‘‘(II) commence a civil action in an
appropriate district court of the United
States for de novo review of such claim
or the complaint.
‘‘(ii) Such Federal employee may com-
mence such civil action after the dismissal of
such claim or the complaint and before the
expiration of the 90-day period specified in
clause (i).
‘‘(6)(A)(i) If the complaint is not dismissed
under paragraph (5)(A), the administrative
judge shall make a determination, after an op-
portunity for a hearing, on the merits of each
claim that is not dismissed under such para-
graph. The administrative judge shall make a
determination on the merits of any other
nonfrivolous claim under this section, and on
the merits of any action such Federal em-
ployee may appeal to the Merit Systems Pro-
tection Board, reasonably expected to arise
from the facts on which the complaint is
based.
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(A) by striking ‘‘(a) The registration’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN REGISTRATION 
STATEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The registration’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF EMERGING GROWTH COM-
PANIES.—An emerging growth company— 
‘‘(A) need not present more than 2 years 
of audited financial statements in order for the 
registration statement of such emerging growth 
company with respect to an initial public offer-
ing of its common equity securities to be effec-
tive, and in any other registration statement to 
be filed with the Commission, an emerging 
growth company need not present selected fi-
nancial data in accordance with section 229.301 
of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, for 
any period prior to the earliest audited period 
presented in connection with its initial public 
offering; and 
‘‘(B) may not be required to comply with 
any new or revised financial accounting stand-
ard until such date that a company that is not 
an issuer (as defined under section 2(a) of the 
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‘‘(2) Other statutory considerations applicable 
to whether the agency can or should propose a rule 
or undertake other agency action. 
‘‘(3) The specific nature and significance of the 
problem the agency may address with a rule (includ-
ing the degree and nature of risks the problem poses 
and the priority of addressing those risks compared 
to other matters or activities within the agency’s ju-
risdiction), whether the problem warrants new agen-
cy action, and the countervailing risks that may be 
posed by alternatives for new agency action. 
‘‘(4) Whether existing rules have created or 
contributed to the problem the agency may address 
with a rule and whether those rules could be amend-
ed or rescinded to address the problem in whole or 
part. 
‘‘(5) Any reasonable alternatives for a new rule 
or other response identified by the agency or inter-
ested persons, including not only responses that 
mandate particular conduct or manners of compli-
ance, but also— 
‘‘(A) the alternative of no Federal re-
sponse; 
‘‘(B) amending or rescinding existing 
rules; 
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3010 
AN ACT 
To reform the process by which Federal agencies 
analyze and formulate new regulations and guid-
ance documents.
HR 2348 RS
Non-legislative and Financial Services, $14,402,000; for
the salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel,
$674,000; Office of the Chaplain, $123,000; Office of the
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $898,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian,
$310,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,453,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $4,071,000; six minority employees,
$738,000; the House Democratic Steering and Policy
Committee and the Democratic Caucus, $1,474,000; the
House Republican Conference, $1,474,000; and other au-
thorized employees, $1,098,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. (a) Upon the transfer of any function to
the Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services by
the authority of the Committee on House Administration
pursuant to rule X of the House of Representatives and
upon the commencement of operation of the Office of In-
spector General, the applicable amounts appropriated by
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992, or by
this Act, for the purposes specified in subsection (b) shall
be available to the Director and the Office of Inspector
General for the carrying out of such function or operation,
‘‘(3) determinations under interlocutory review 
pursuant to sections 553(g)(2)(C) and 704(b). 
‘‘(c) The court shall review agency denials of petitions 
under section 553(e)(6) or any other petition for a hearing 
under sections 556 and 557 for abuse of agency discre-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 8. ADDED DEFINITION. 
Section 701(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 
the end, and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ‘substantial evidence’ means such relevant 
evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as ade-
quate to support a conclusion in light of the record 
considered as a whole, taking into account whatever 
in the record fairly detracts from the weight of the 
evidence relied upon by the agency to support its de-
cision.’’. 
SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act to— 
(1) sections 553, 556, and 704 of title 5, 
United States Code; 
(2) subsection (b) of section 701 of such title; 
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(3) paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 706(b) of 
such title; and 
(4) subsection (c) of section 706 of such title; 
shall not apply to any rule makings pending or completed 
on the date of enactment of this Act. 
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to sign a document in which the applicant states whether
he or she has, or has applied for, any other basic trans-
action services or government check cashing services.
(e) COPY PROVIDED.—The depository institution
shall provide the applicant a copy of the completed appli-
cation form demonstrating the fact that the application
has been received and filed with the depository institution
within 7 days after filing.
(f) REJECTION FOR FRAUD OR INTENTIONAL MATE-
RIAL MISREPRESENTATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, after review in good faith
of the application, a depository institution has rea-
son to believe that an applicant has committed or at-
tempted to commit fraud against a depository insti-
tution, has made an intentional material misrepre-
sentation in applying for a basic financial services
account, or has had an account closed pursuant to
section 4(a)(10), the depository institution may deny
service to the applicant.
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A depository institution
which denies service to an applicant shall—
(A) provide the applicant with timely writ-
ten notice setting forth the reasons supporting
the depository institution’s denial of service and
I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2349
To amend the Small Business Act to support the expansion of business
executive education programs for owners and managers of disadvantaged
small business concerns.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 9, 1993
Mr. TORRES (for himself, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr. CONYERS, Mr.
CLYBURN, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FROST,
Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MFUME, Ms.
PELOSI, Mr. SWETT, Mr. WASHINGTON, Mr. WYNN, Mrs. MEEK, Mr.
NADLER, Mr. STOKES, and Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to support the expansion
of business executive education programs for owners and
managers of disadvantaged small business concerns.
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 ‘‘Disadvantaged Small
Business Educational Opportunity Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EXPANSION OF BUSI-
NESS EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
Section 7(j)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
636(j)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(A)’’;
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B),
(C), (D), and (E) as clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and
(v), respectively; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B) Financial assistance under this subsection shall
be provided for projects to support the expansion of busi-
ness executive education programs for owners and man-
agers of small business concerns which are eligible to re-
ceive contracts pursuant to section 8(a) of this Act. Such
programs shall be presented by institutions of graduate
business education which have provided such programs for
a minimum of 10 consecutive years.’’.
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IIB 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3010 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 5, 2011 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze 
and formulate new regulations and guidance documents. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(b) MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS.—The application
form developed by the Board, or a comparable form devel-
oped by a depository institution in lieu thereof, shall—
(1) be available at all the depository institu-
tion’s deposit taking offices that—
(A) open new accounts; and
(B) are staffed by individuals employed by
such depository institutions; and
(2) contain—
(A) the name, address, date of birth, hand-
written signature, and taxpayer identification
number or other identification number of the
applicant; and
(B) other information the Board reason-
ably determines to be necessary to provide basic
transaction account services and government
check cashing account services pursuant to this
section.
(c) IDENTIFICATION OF APPLICANT.—At the time of
application, an applicant may be required to present 2
forms of identification, 1 of which includes the signature
of the applicant and 1 of which either includes a photo-
graph or is the birth certificate of the applicant.
(d) OTHER SERVICES.—At the time of application,
an applicant may be required by the depository institution
‘‘(B) establish a process by which the cre-
dential will be used to verify the identity of 
trusted passengers and allow them expedited 
passenger and carry-on baggage screening; 
‘‘(C) establish procedures— 
‘‘(i) to ensure that only trusted pas-
sengers are issued the trusted passenger 
credential; 
‘‘(ii) to resolve failures to enroll, false 
matches, and false nonmatches relating to 
use of the trusted passenger credential; 
and 
‘‘(iii) to invalidate any trusted pas-
senger credential that is lost, stolen, or no 
longer authorized for use; 
‘‘(D) establish standards for the issuance 
of the trusted passenger credential to each 
trusted passenger that applies for a credential; 
‘‘(E) establish eligibility procedures for the 
trusted passenger credential; 
‘‘(F) take such other actions with respect 
to the trusted passenger credential as the As-
sistant Secretary considers appropriate; and 
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