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‘‘SEC. 423. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 278, 
amounts are provided for ‘Department of Agriculture— 
Forest Service—National Forest System’ at a rate for op-
erations of $1,534,089,000. 
‘‘SEC. 424. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 279, 
amounts are provided for ‘Department of Agriculture— 
Forest Service—Capital Improvement and Maintenance’ 
at a rate for operations of $499,618,000: Provided, That 
the amounts included under such heading in division A 
of Public Law 111–88 shall be applied to funds appro-
priated by this Act by substituting ‘$50,731,000’ for 
‘$90,000,000’. 
‘‘SEC. 425. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 281, 
amounts are provided for ‘Department of Agriculture— 
Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’ at a rate for 
operations of $2,172,387,000: Provided, That the 
amounts included under such heading in division A of 
Public Law 111–88 shall be applied to funds appropriated 
by this Act by substituting ‘$0’ for ‘$75,000,000’. 
‘‘SEC. 426. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘Department of Agriculture—Forest 
Service—FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’ at 
a rate for operations of $291,000,000. 
‘‘SEC. 427. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘National Gallery of Art—Repair, Res-
I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1044 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment under 
part A of the Medicare Program on a reasonable cost basis for anesthesia 
services furnished by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in 
the same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia services fur-
nished by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anes-
thetists in such hospitals. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2011 
Ms. JENKINS (for herself, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. AKIN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide 
payment under part A of the Medicare Program on a 
reasonable cost basis for anesthesia services furnished 
by an anesthesiologist in certain rural hospitals in the 
same manner as payments are provided for anesthesia 
services furnished by anesthesiologist assistants and cer-
tified registered nurse anesthetists in such hospitals. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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(ii) has complete fiscal control over 
the arrangement and which is responsible 
for all operations of the arrangement; 
(D) the requirements of section 804(a) of 
such Act shall be deemed met with respect to 
such arrangement; and 
(E) the arrangement may be certified by 
any applicable authority with respect to its op-
erations in any State only if it operates in such 
State on the date of certification. 
The provisions of this subsection shall cease to apply 
with respect to any such arrangement at such time 
after the date of the enactment of this Act as the 
applicable requirements of this subsection are not 
met with respect to such arrangement. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the terms ‘‘group health plan’’, ‘‘medical 
care’’, and ‘‘participating employer’’ shall have the 
meanings provided in section 812 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, except 
that the reference in paragraph (7) of such section 
to an ‘‘association health plan’’ shall be deemed a 
reference to an arrangement referred to in this sub-
section. 
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V 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1045 
For the relief of the survivors of Michael T. Theodore, Jr., Joshua A. 
Sherbourne, and Zachary A. Nolen. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2011 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
For the relief of the survivors of Michael T. Theodore, Jr., 
Joshua A. Sherbourne, and Zachary A. Nolen. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Michael T. Theodore, Jr., Joshua A. 
Sherbourne, and Zachary A. Nolen had each passed 
the required mental, moral, and physical examina-
tions of the Marine Corps and were hours away from 
being sworn in as members of the Marine Corps at 
the time of their deaths. 
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(2) On March 31, 2010, in Warren Township, 
Ohio, each of these men was present in a govern-
ment-owned vehicle driven by their recruiter, Marine 
Sergeant Charles Keene, that was struck from be-
hind by Donald P. Williams. 
(3) Each of these men died as a result of the 
accident, and Donald P. Williams faces aggravated 
vehicular homicide charges in their deaths. 
(4) But for the tragic motor vehicle accident 
that occurred on March 31, 2010, each of these men 
would have been sworn in as members of the Marine 
Corps on April 1, 2010, in Cleveland, Ohio. 
SEC. 
2. 
PROVISION 
OF 
LIFE 
INSURANCE 
UNDER 
SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE. 
For the purposes of subchapter III of chapter 19 of 
title 38, United States Code, Michael T. Theodore, Jr., 
Joshua A. Sherbourne, and Zachary A. Nolen shall each 
be deemed to have been a member of a uniformed service 
on active duty and insured under such subchapter at the 
time of their deaths on March 31, 2010. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1046 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a member of the Armed 
Forces to designate anyone as the person authorized to direct disposition 
of the remains of the member if the member dies while on active duty. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2011 
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, Ms. MOORE, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Ms. RICHARD-
SON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces to designate anyone as the 
person authorized to direct disposition of the remains 
of the member if the member dies while on active duty. 
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 ‘‘Honor the Written 
Intent of our Soldier Heroes Act’’ or ‘‘Honor the WISH 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO DI-
RECT DISPOSITION OF REMAINS OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1482(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Only the’’ in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘clauses (1)-(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 
(1) through (4)’’; and 
(4) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) The person identified by the decedent on 
the record of emergency data maintained by the Sec-
retary concerned (DD Form 93 or any successor to 
that form), as the Person Authorized to Direct Dis-
position (PADD), regardless of the relationship of 
the designee to the decedent.’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1048 
To prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2011 
Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. SIRES, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. HONDA, and Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of 
California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To prevent harassment at institutions of higher education, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tyler Clementi Higher 
Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN-
FORMATION FOR STUDENTS. 
Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to plan years beginning on or after 
January 1, 2012. 
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contingency operations directly related to the global war 
on terrorism pursuant to section 3(c)(2) of H. Res. 5 
(112th Congress) and as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $29,685,000: Provided, 
That each amount in this paragraph is designated as 
being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism pursuant to section 3(c)(2) of H. 
Res. 5 (112th Congress) and as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $203,807,000: Provided, 
That each amount in this paragraph is designated as 
being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism pursuant to section 3(c)(2) of H. 
Res. 5 (112th Congress) and as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con-
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(B) in clause (viii), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ix) the amount of time students 
spend in required physical education as 
measured against the national standards of 
150 minutes per week of required physical 
education for students in elementary school 
and 225 minutes per week of required 
physical education for students in middle 
school and secondary school; 
‘‘(x) the percentage of local edu-
cational agencies in the State that have a 
required, age-appropriate physical edu-
cation curriculum for all students in ele-
mentary schools, middle schools, and sec-
ondary schools that adheres to national 
guidelines adopted by the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention and State 
standards; 
‘‘(xi) the percentage of elementary 
school and secondary school physical edu-
cation teachers who are State licensed or 
certified as physical education teachers; 
and 
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‘‘(xii) the percentage of schools that 
have a School Health Council that includes 
parents, students, representatives of the 
school food authority, representatives of 
the school board, school administrators 
and members of the public and that meets 
monthly to promote a healthy school envi-
ronment.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)— 
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) the percentage of elemen-
tary school and secondary school 
physical education teachers who are 
State certified as physical education 
teachers; and 
‘‘(IV) the amount of square feet 
of indoor and outdoor facilities that 
are primarily used for physical edu-
cation and the amount of square feet 
of indoor and outdoor facilities that 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1052 
To guarantee the right of individuals to receive Social Security benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act in full with an accurate annual 
cost-of-living adjustment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2011 
Mr. JONES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To guarantee the right of individuals to receive Social Secu-
rity benefits under title II of the Social Security Act 
in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment. 
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 Guar-
antee Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. GUARANTEE OF FULL SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS 
WITH ACCURATE ANNUAL COST-OF-LIVING 
ADJUSTMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On a date not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall issue a benefit guarantee certificate 
to each individual who is determined by the Commissioner 
of Social Security as of such date to be entitled to benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.). The Secretary shall also issue such a certificate 
to any individual on the date such individual is determined 
thereafter to be entitled to benefits under such title. 
(b) BENEFIT GUARANTEE CERTIFICATE.—The ben-
efit guarantee certificate issued pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall represent a legally enforceable guarantee— 
(1) of the monthly amount of benefits to which 
the individual is entitled under title II of the Social 
Security Act (as in effect on the date of the issuance 
of the certificate); and 
(2) that the benefits will be adjusted— 
(A) not less frequently than annually on 
the basis of an accurate determination of the 
increase in the cost-of-living of the individual; 
and 
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gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 
GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army National Guard’’, $497,849,000: Provided, 
That each amount in this paragraph is designated as 
being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism pursuant to section 3(c)(2) of H. 
Res. 5 (112th Congress) and as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2010. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air National Guard’’, $417,983,000: Provided, 
That each amount in this paragraph is designated as 
being for contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism pursuant to section 3(c)(2) of H. 
Res. 5 (112th Congress) and as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2010. 
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(B) in accordance with such title (as so in 
effect), to reflect any future changes in the eli-
gibility status of the individual under such title. 
(c) ENTITLEMENT.—Any certificate issued under the 
authority of this section constitutes budget authority in 
advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obliga-
tion of the Federal Government to provide for the payment 
to the individual to whom the certificate is issued benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.) in the amounts set forth in the certificate and 
adjusted thereafter as described in subsection (b)(2). 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5721 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve research 
conducted within the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in 
the State of Utah so as to authorize such State to ex-
change certain mineral lands for other lands mineral in 
character’’ approved August 9, 1955, (69 Stat. 544), is 
further amended adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5. In order to further clarify authorizations 
under this Act, the State of Utah is hereby authorized to 
relinquish for the benefit of the Ute Indian Tribe of the 
Uintah and Ouray Reservation school or other State- 
owned subsurface mineral lands located beneath the sur-
face estate delineated in Public Law 440 (approved March 
11, 1948) and south of the border between Grand County, 
Utah, and Uintah County, Utah, and select in lieu of such 
relinquished lands, on an acre-for-acre basis, any sub-
surface mineral lands of the United States located beneath 
the surface estate delineated in Public Law 440 (approved 
March 11, 1948) and north of the border between Grand 
County, Utah, and Uintah County, Utah.’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1055 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit coverage of 
certain covered part D drugs for uses that are determined to be for 
medically accepted indications based upon clinical evidence in peer re-
viewed medical literature. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2011 
Mr. THORNBERRY (for himself, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. BURGESS, and Ms. 
HAYWORTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, 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 
A BILL 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit 
coverage of certain covered part D drugs for uses that 
are determined to be for medically accepted indications 
based upon clinical evidence in peer reviewed medical 
literature. 
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 ‘‘Part D Off-Label Pre-
scription Parity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVISED DEFINITION OF MEDICALLY ACCEPTED IN-
DICATION FOR MEDICARE COVERED PART D 
DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–2(e)(4) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(e)(4)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) 
CLARIFICATION.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A)(ii), none of the provisions of 
this subsection shall prevent a PDP sponsor of-
fering a prescription drug plan or an MA orga-
nization offering an MA–PD plan from deter-
mining (whether through a determination, re-
consideration of such a determination, or an ap-
peal of such a determination under section 
1852(g) or subsection (g) or (h) of section 
1860D–4, as applicable) that a use of a covered 
part D drug is for a medically accepted indica-
tion for purposes of coverage of such drug 
under such plan if such determination is based 
upon guidance provided by the Secretary for de-
termining accepted uses of covered part D 
drugs and on supportive clinical evidence in 
peer reviewed medical literature.’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1056 
To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to false marking. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 14, 2011 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 
and Mr. COBLE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to 
false marking. 
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 ‘‘Patent Continuing Dis-
closure Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FALSE MARKING. 
Section 292 of title 35, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c)(1) Any person who makes, uses, offers for sale, 
or sells within the United States, or imports into the 
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United States, an item that is affixed with the word ‘pat-
ent’ and is accompanied by a number for a patent that 
has been granted by the Patent and Trademark Office to 
that person for that item shall not be fined under this 
section after the patent expires if— 
‘‘(A) no change in the manufacturing or pro-
duction process of the item occurs after the expira-
tion of the patent; or 
‘‘(B) in a case in which a change in the manu-
facturing or production process of the item occurs 
after the expiration of the patent, the word ‘expired’ 
is placed before the word ‘patent’ or the patent num-
ber. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term 
‘change in the manufacturing or production process’ of an 
item means an intentional expansion, enhancement, im-
provement, or repair, that suspends, for a period of at 
least 24 hours, the normal operating procedures through 
which the item is assembled, made, crafted, manufactured, 
built, or fabricated from individual components or raw ma-
terials, or both.’’. 
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY. 
The amendment made by section 2 shall apply to any 
case pending on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
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to any case commenced on or after such date of enact-
ment. 
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