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‘‘SEC. 2909. APPLICABILITY OF PRIVACY AND SECURITY 
REGULATIONS. 
‘‘The regulations promulgated by the Secretary under 
part C of title XI of the Social Security Act and sections 
261, 262, 263, and 264 of the Health Insurance Port-
ability and Accountability Act of 1996 with respect to the 
privacy, confidentiality, and security of health information 
shall— 
‘‘(1) apply to any health information stored or 
transmitted in an electronic format on or after the 
date of enactment of this title; and 
‘‘(2) apply to the implementation of standards, 
programs, and activities under this title. 
‘‘SEC. 2910. STUDY OF REIMBURSEMENT INCENTIVES. 
‘‘The Secretary shall carry out, or contract with a 
private entity to carry out, a study that examines methods 
to create efficient reimbursement incentives for improving 
health care quality in Federally qualified health centers, 
rural health clinics, and free clinics.’’. 
SEC. 3. HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE 
CENTER. 
Section 914 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 299b–3) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director, shall develop a Center for Best 
Practices to provide technical assistance and develop 
best practices to support and accelerate efforts to 
adopt, implement, and effectively use interoperable 
health information technology in compliance with 
section 2903 and 2908. 
‘‘(2) CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall sup-
port activities to meet goals, including— 
‘‘(i) providing for the widespread 
adoption of interoperable health informa-
tion technology; 
‘‘(ii) providing for the establishment 
of regional and local health information 
networks to facilitate the development of 
interoperability across health care settings 
and improve the quality of health care; 
‘‘(iii) the development of solutions to 
barriers to the exchange of electronic 
health information; or 
‘‘(iv) other activities identified by the 
States, local or regional health information 
networks, or health care stakeholders as a
focus for developing and sharing best prac-
tices. 
‘‘(B) PURPOSES.—The purpose of the Cen-
ter is to— 
‘‘(i) provide a forum for the exchange 
of knowledge and experience; 
‘‘(ii) accelerate the transfer of lessons 
learned from existing public and private 
sector initiatives, including those currently 
receiving Federal financial support; 
‘‘(iii) assemble, analyze, and widely 
disseminate evidence and experience re-
lated to the adoption, implementation, and 
effective use of interoperable health infor-
mation technology; and 
‘‘(iv) assure the timely provision of 
technical and expert assistance from the 
Agency and its contractors. 
‘‘(C) SUPPORT FOR ACTIVITIES.—To pro-
vide support for the activities of the Center, the 
Director shall modify the requirements, if nec-
essary, that apply to the National Resource 
Center for Health Information Technology to 
provide the necessary infrastructure to support 
the duties and activities of the Center and fa-
(b) EXPANSION
OF
TESTS
OR
TESTING
PRO-
GRAMS.—Subsection (b) of section 14 of the Consumer 
Product Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(b)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘consumer product safety standards under this 
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘consumer product safety rules under 
this Act or similar rules under any other Act enforced by 
the Commission’’. 
(c) LISTING OF CERTIFIED PRODUCTS.— 
(1) WEBSITE LISTING.—The Consumer Product 
Safety Commission shall post and maintain, in a 
clear and conspicuous location on its Internet 
Website, a current list of all products for which cer-
tificates have been transmitted to the Commission 
under section 14(a)(1) of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2063(a)(1)). 
(2) OTHER
LISTING.—In addition to the 
Website listing required under paragraph (1), the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission may maintain 
and publish or submit for publication a list of all 
products for which certificates have been transmitted 
to the Commission under section 14(a)(1) of the 
Consumer 
Product 
Safety 
Act 
(15 
U.S.C. 
2063(a)(1)). 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4501 
To amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize the Secretary 
of State to establish and collect a surcharge to cover the costs of 
meeting the increased demand for passports as a result of actions taken 
to comply with section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
Prevention Act of 2004. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. HYDE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on International Relations 
A BILL 
To amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize 
the Secretary of State to establish and collect a sur-
charge to cover the costs of meeting the increased de-
mand for passports as a result of actions taken to comply 
with section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004. 
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 ‘‘Passport Services En-
hancement Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO ESTAB-
LISH AND COLLECT A SURCHARGE TO COVER 
THE COSTS OF MEETING THE INCREASED DE-
MAND FOR PASSPORTS. 
Section 1 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 
U.S.C. 214) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘There 
shall be collected and paid’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) There 
shall be collected and paid’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary of State may by regulation es-
tablish and collect a surcharge on applicable fees for the 
filing of each application for a passport in order to cover 
the costs of meeting the increased demand for passports 
as a result of actions taken to comply with section 7209(b) 
of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 
of 2004 (Public Law 108–458). Such surcharge shall be 
in addition to the fees provided for in subsection (a) and 
in addition to the surcharges or fees otherwise authorized 
by law and shall be deposited as an offsetting collection 
to the appropriate Department of State appropriation, to 
remain available until expended for the purposes of meet-
ing such costs.
‘‘(2) The authority to collect the surcharge provided 
under paragraph (1) may not be exercised after September 
30, 2010.’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4631 
To establish the Gulf Deregulation Commission. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2005 
Mr. JINDAL (for himself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. GARRETT of New 
Jersey, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. GINGREY, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. FEENEY, 
Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. 
PENCE, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WESTMORE-
LAND, Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. KLINE, Mr. WIL-
SON of South Carolina, Mr. MARCHANT, and Mr. ADERHOLT) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules and Transportation 
and Infrastructure, 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 establish the Gulf Deregulation Commission. 
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 referred to as the ‘‘Gulf Deregula-
tion Act’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION; DUTIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Com-
mission to be known as the ‘‘Gulf Deregulation Commis-
sion’’ (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’. 
(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Commission shall 
be— 
(1) to identify Federal, State, and local regula-
tions that have the effect of impeding recovery and 
relief efforts in hurricane disaster areas; and 
(2) to recommend the temporary suspension of 
such regulations in accordance with section 6. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Commission shall carry 
out the duties under subsection (b) in consultation with 
appropriate Federal, State, and local officials and mem-
bers of the private sector. 
(d) HURRICANE DISASTER AREA.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘hurricane disaster area’’ means an area in which 
the President declared the existence of a major disaster 
under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170)— 
(1) before September 14, 2005, by reason of 
Hurricane Katrina; or 
(2) before October 6, 2005, by reason of Hurri-
cane Rita.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4501 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 18, 2005 
Received 
AN ACT 
To amend the Passport Act of June 4, 1920, to authorize 
the Secretary of State to establish and collect a sur-
charge to cover the costs of meeting the increased de-
mand for passports as a result of actions taken to comply 
with section 7209(b) of the Intelligence Reform and Ter-
rorism Prevention Act of 2004.
HR 4501 RDS 
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 ‘‘Passport Services En-
hancement Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO ESTAB-
LISH AND COLLECT A SURCHARGE TO COVER 
THE COSTS OF MEETING THE INCREASED DE-
MAND FOR PASSPORTS. 
Section 1 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 
U.S.C. 214) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘There 
shall be collected and paid’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) There 
shall be collected and paid’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary of State may by regulation es-
tablish and collect a surcharge on applicable fees for the 
filing of each application for a passport in order to cover 
the costs of meeting the increased demand for passports 
as a result of actions taken to comply with section 7209(b) 
of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 
of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 8 U.S.C. 1185 note). Such 
surcharge shall be in addition to the fees provided for in 
subsection (a) and in addition to the surcharges or fees
HR 4501 RDS 
otherwise authorized by law and shall be deposited as an 
offsetting collection to the appropriate Department of 
State appropriation, to remain available until expended for 
the purposes of meeting such costs. 
‘‘(2) The authority to collect the surcharge provided 
under paragraph (1) may not be exercised after September 
30, 2010. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of State shall ensure that, to the 
extent practicable, the total cost of a passport application 
during fiscal years 2006 and 2007, including the sur-
charge authorized under paragraph (1), shall not exceed 
the cost of the passport application as of December 1, 
2005.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 18, 
2005. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4502 
To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 
to provide an exemption for workers who work year-round and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. NORWOOD (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, and Mr. GRAVES) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act to provide an exemption for workers who 
work year-round 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 ‘‘Family Farm and Ag-
ricultural Definitions Restoration Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF THE MIGRANT AND SEASONAL 
AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION ACT. 
(a) FAMILY BUSINESS EXEMPTION.—Section 4(a)(1) 
of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protec-
tion Act (29 U.S.C. 1803(a)(1)) is amended by inserting 
before the period the following: ‘‘, such individual’s em-
ployees choose to work for another person in addition to 
their work for that individual, such individual used a State 
employment service agency to obtain employees, or such 
individual obtained referrals for employment from the 
other migrant or seasonal agricultural workers’’. 
(b) YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT.—Section 3 of the 
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 
(29 U.S.C. 1802) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8)(B)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) any individual who is employed 
by a specific agricultural employer or asso-
ciation on a year-round basis.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (10)(B)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iv) any individual who is employed 
by a specific agricultural employer or asso-
ciation on a year-round basis.’’. 
(c) CARPOOL ARRANGEMENTS.—Section 3(6) of the 
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 
(29 U.S.C. 1802(6)) is amended by inserting at the end 
the following: ‘‘Such term does not include a migrant or 
seasonal agricultural worker who voluntarily enters into 
carpool arrangements or who is directed or requested to 
do so by a person pursuant to Federal, State, or local 
law.’’. 
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which Congress receives the final report required under 
section 5(b), Congress adopts a joint resolution expressing 
disapproval of the recommendations made by the Commis-
sion in the report, the President shall not suspend any 
regulation under section 6 pursuant the recommendations 
contained in the report. 
(b) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a joint 
resolution which is introduced within the 20-day period 
beginning on the date on which the Commission transmits 
the final report to the Congress under section 5(b), and— 
(1) which does not have a preamble; 
(2) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves the 
recommendations of the Gulf Deregulation Commis-
sion 
as 
submitted 
by 
the 
President 
on 
llllllllll’’, the blank space being 
filled in with the appropriate date; and 
(3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint reso-
lution disapproving the recommendations of the Gulf 
Deregulation Commission.’’. 
(c) REFERRAL.—A resolution described in subsection 
(b) that is introduced in the House of Representatives 
shall be referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
of the House of Representatives. A resolution described
in subsection (b) introduced in the Senate shall be referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate. 
(d) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a resolu-
tion described in subsection (b) is referred has not re-
ported such resolution (or an identical resolution) by the 
end of the 20-day period beginning on the date on which 
the Commission transmits the final report to the Congress 
under section 5(b), such committee shall be, at the end 
of such period, discharged from further consideration of 
such resolution, and such resolution shall be placed on the 
appropriate calendar of the House involved. 
(e) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) MOTION TO CONSIDER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—On or after the third 
day after the date on which the committee to 
which such a resolution is referred has re-
ported, or has been discharged (under sub-
section (d)) from further consideration of, such 
a resolution, it is in order (even though a pre-
vious motion to the same effect has been dis-
agreed to) for any Member of the respective 
House to move to proceed to the consideration 
of the resolution. A Member may make the mo-
tion only on the day after the calendar day on
cilitate information exchange across the public 
and private sectors. 
‘‘(3) 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
TELEPHONE 
NUMBER OR WEBSITE.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a toll-free telephone number or Internet website 
to provide health care providers and patients with a 
single point of contact to— 
‘‘(A) learn about Federal grants and tech-
nical assistance services related to interoperable 
health information technology; 
‘‘(B) learn about qualified health informa-
tion technology and the quality measurement 
system adopted by the Federal Government 
under sections 2903 and 2908; 
‘‘(C) learn about regional and local health 
information networks for assistance with health 
information technology; and 
‘‘(D) disseminate additional information 
determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection, such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’.
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4503 
To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 
to provide for mandatory mediation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. NORWOOD (for himself, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, and Mr. GRAVES) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker 
Protection Act to provide for mandatory mediation. 
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 ‘‘Agricultural Worker 
Protection and Workplace Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MANDATORY MEDIATION. 
Section 504 of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural 
Worker Protection Act (29 U.S.C. 1854) is amended by 
redesignating subsections (b) through (f) as subsection (c)
through (g), respectively, and inserting after subsection 
(a) the following: 
‘‘(b)(1) No person aggrieved by a violation of this 
chapter may bring an action, including a complaint, under 
subsection (a) unless the mediator first certifies that the 
party— 
‘‘(A) has made a request, not less than 90 days 
prior to bringing an action, to the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service or an equivalent State pro-
gram (as defined by the Secretary of Labor) to as-
sist the parties in reaching a satisfactory resolution 
of all issues involving all parties to the dispute; and 
‘‘(B) has attempted, in good faith, mediation or 
other non-binding dispute resolution of all issues in-
volving all parties to the dispute. 
‘‘(2) If the mediator finds that an agricultural em-
ployer, agricultural association, or farm labor contractor 
has corrected a violation of this Act or regulation under 
this Act within 14 days after the date on which such agri-
cultural employer, agricultural association, or farm labor 
contractor was notified in writing of such violation, no ac-
tion may be brought under this subsection with respect 
to such violation. 
‘‘(3) Upon request, the Federal Mediation and Con-
ciliation Service shall assign a mediator that is mutually
agreeable to all parties, and there is hereby authorized to 
be appropriated annually such sums as necessary to carry 
out this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) Any settlement reached through the mediation 
process required under this section shall preclude any 
right of action arising out of the same facts between the 
parties in any Federal or State court or administrative 
proceeding.’’. 
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which the Member announces to the House con-
cerned the Member’s intention to make the mo-
tion, except that, in the case of the House of 
Representatives, the motion may be made with-
out such prior announcement if the motion is 
made by direction of the committee to which 
the resolution was referred. 
(B) WAIVER OF POINTS OF ORDER.—All 
points of order against the resolution (and 
against consideration of the resolution) are 
waived. 
(C) PRIVILEGE.—The motion is highly 
privileged in the House of Representatives and 
is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. 
(D) NOT
SUBJECT
TO
CERTAIN
MO-
TIONS.—The motion is not subject to amend-
ment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a mo-
tion to proceed to the consideration of other 
business. 
(E) MOTION TO RECONSIDER.—A motion 
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. 
(F) MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDER-
ATION.—If a motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of the resolution is agreed to, the respec-
tive House shall immediately proceed to consid-
eration of the joint resolution without inter-
vening motion, order, or other business, and the 
resolution shall remain the unfinished business 
of the respective House until disposed of. 
(2) DEBATE.—Debate on the resolution, and on 
all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, 
which shall be divided equally between those favoring 
and those opposing the resolution. An amendment to 
the resolution is not in order. A motion further to 
limit debate is in order and not debatable. A motion 
to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of other business, or a motion to recommit the 
resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the resolution is agreed to or dis-
agreed to is not in order. 
(3) FINAL
PASSAGE.—Immediately following 
the conclusion of the debate on a resolution de-
scribed in subsection (b) and a single quorum call at 
the conclusion of the debate if requested in accord-
ance with the rules of the appropriate House, the 
vote on final passage of the resolution shall occur. 
(4) 
APPEALS
FROM
DECISIONS
OF
THE 
CHAIR.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re-
SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF INCENTIVE GRANTS RE-
GARDING TELEMEDICINE. 
Section 330L(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254c–18(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002 through 
2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2010’’. 
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