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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5573 
To require the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
to biennially review and evaluate the grants management and oversight 
practices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2010 
Mr. CARNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To require the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security to biennially review and evaluate the 
grants management and oversight practices of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency. 
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 ‘‘Homeland Security 
Grant Review Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF GRANTS MANAGE-
MENT AND OVERSIGHT PRACTICES OF THE 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every two years there-
after, the Inspector General of the Department of Home-
land Security shall review and evaluate the grants man-
agement and oversight practices of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency with respect to the grants authorized 
under— 
(1) sections 2003 and 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605); 
(2) sections 1406, 1513, and 1532 of the Na-
tional Transit Systems Security Act of 2007 (6 
U.S.C. 1135, 1163, and 1182); and 
(3) section 70107 of title 46, United States 
Code. 
(b) COMPONENTS.—The review under subsection (a) 
shall include an assessment of and recommendations relat-
ing to— 
(1) the skills, resources, and capabilities of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency workforce 
that administers such grants, both at Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency headquarters and in the 
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Federal Emergency Management Agency regional of-
fices as appropriate; 
(2) any additional resources and staff necessary 
to carry out such management and oversight; 
(3) coordination with other components of the 
Department of Homeland Security with a role in as-
sisting the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
manage and administer the grants referred to in 
subsection (a); and 
(4) the procedures that recipients of grants re-
ferred to in subsection (a) must follow in order to 
obligate and expend their grant awards. 
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(1) the term ‘‘Assistant Attorney General’’ 
means the Assistant Attorney General for the Office 
of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice; 
(2) the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a State or 
unit of local government that— 
(A) has significant criminal activity involv-
ing sex trafficking of minors; 
(B) has demonstrated cooperation between 
State and local law enforcement agencies, pros-
ecutors, and social service providers in address-
ing sex trafficking of minors; 
(C) has developed a workable, multi-dis-
ciplinary plan to combat sex trafficking of mi-
nors, including— 
(i) the establishment of a shelter for 
minor victims of sex trafficking, through 
existing or new facilities; 
(ii) the provision of rehabilitative care 
to minor victims of sex trafficking; 
(iii) the provision of specialized train-
ing for law enforcement officers and social 
service providers for all forms of sex traf-
ficking, with a focus on sex trafficking of 
minors; 
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shall, for purposes of the frank, be considered a 
commission of Congress as described in section 3215 
of title 39, United States Code. 
(6) OBTAINING
INFORMATION.—The Commis-
sion may secure directly from any Federal agency 
information necessary to enable it to carry out its 
duties, if the information may be disclosed under 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code. Upon re-
quest of the Chairman of the Commission, the head 
of such agency shall furnish such information to the 
Commission. 
(7) ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT
SERVICES.— 
Upon the request of the Commission, the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall provide to the Com-
mission on a reimbursable basis such administrative 
support services as the Commission may request. 
(8) PRINTING.—For purposes of costs relating 
to printing and binding, including the cost of per-
sonnel detailed from the Government Printing Of-
fice, the Commission shall be deemed to be a com-
mittee of the Congress. 
(f) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 
30 days after the date of submission of the report required 
in subsection (b). 
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(g) LIMITATIONS
ON AUTHORIZATION
OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated 
$2,500,000 to carry out this section. Any amount appro-
priated pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall 
remain available without fiscal year limitation until ex-
pended. 
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‘‘(2) the Secretary where there is alleged a fail-
ure of the Secretary to perform any act or duty 
under section 403(z) or 403(aa) that is not discre-
tionary. 
‘‘(b) RELIEF.—In a civil action under subsection (a), 
the district court involved may, as the case may be— 
‘‘(1) enforce the compliance of a person with 
the applicable provisions referred to paragraph (1) 
of such subsection; or 
‘‘(2) order the Secretary to perform an act or 
duty referred to in paragraph (2) of such subsection. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) NOTICE
TO
SECRETARY.—A civil action 
may not be commenced under subsection (a)(1) prior 
to 60 days after the plaintiff has provided to the 
Secretary notice of the violation involved. 
‘‘(2) RELATION TO ACTIONS OF SECRETARY.— 
A civil action may not be commenced under sub-
section (a)(2) if the Secretary has commenced and 
is diligently prosecuting a civil or criminal action in 
a district court of the United States to enforce com-
pliance with the applicable provisions referred to in 
subsection (a)(1). 
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apply for purposes of this subparagraph if 
the Secretary determines that a test identi-
fied under subparagraph (A) can detect a 
percentage lower than one percent. 
‘‘(c) SPECIFICS OF LABEL NOTICES.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED NOTICES.—The notices referred 
to in subsection (b)(1)(B) are the following: 
‘‘(A) A notice as follows: ‘GENETICALLY 
ENGINEERED’. 
‘‘(B) A notice as follows: ‘THIS PROD-
UCT CONTAINS A GENETICALLY ENGI-
NEERED 
MATERIAL, 
OR 
WAS 
PRO-
DUCED WITH A GENETICALLY ENGI-
NEERED MATERIAL’. 
‘‘(2) LOCATION AND SIZE.—(A) The notice re-
quired in paragraph (1)(A) shall immediately pre-
cede the notice required in paragraph (1)(B) and 
shall be not less than twice the size of the notice re-
quired in paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(B) The notice required in paragraph (1)(B) 
shall be of the same size as would apply if the notice 
provided nutrition information that is required in 
section 403(q)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act. 
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testing, and shall identify tests that meet such 
requirement. This subparagraph and subpara-
graph (B) of this paragraph do not apply to (i) 
poultry products that are certified and comply 
with the Organic Foods Production Act and its 
implementing regulations; or (ii) poultry prod-
ucts produced with genetically engineered mate-
rial if the Secretary has not through such regu-
lations identified a validated method of testing 
for such material in the food; or (iii) genetically 
engineered material contained in a poultry 
products if the Secretary has not through such 
regulations identified a validated method of 
testing for such material in the product. 
‘‘(B) A poultry product with respect to 
which a test has been identified under subpara-
graph (A) shall not be considered to contain a 
genetically engineered material for purposes of 
subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) of paragraph (1) 
if, as indicated by such a test— 
‘‘(i) the product does not contain any 
genetically engineered material; or 
‘‘(ii) the product contains an adven-
titious genetically engineered material and 
the amount of the material in the product 
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(4) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(5) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) notify the National Center for Miss-
ing and Exploited Children of each report re-
ceived relating to a child reported missing from 
a foster care family home or childcare institu-
tion; and’’. 
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I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3843 
To amend the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
Act of 2010 to provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect 
to the National Iranian Oil Company and the National Iranian Tanker 
Company. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 31, 2012 
Mr. BERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, 
and Divestment Act of 2010 to provide for the imposition 
of sanctions with respect to the National Iranian Oil 
Company and the National Iranian Tanker Company. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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fee that would be due if the contract were termi-
nated before the end of the next billing cycle; 
(4) shall consider, among other things, the ef-
fect of early termination fees on competition and on 
the ability of consumers to select and change pro-
viders of commercial mobile service; and 
(5) shall consider the economic basis and busi-
ness rationale for the imposition of early termination 
fees by providers of commercial mobile service. 
SEC. 3. NO PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt the 
laws of any State or local government regulating early ter-
mination fees chargeable to residents of that State or ju-
risdiction by commercial mobile service providers to which 
section 2 applies. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5581 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make qualified biogas 
property eligible for the energy credit and to permit new clean renewable 
energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2010 
Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. HIGGINS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 
the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
qualified biogas property eligible for the energy credit 
and to permit new clean renewable energy bonds to fi-
nance qualified biogas property. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INCENTIVES FOR QUALIFIED BIOGAS PROP-
ERTY. 
(a) INCENTIVES FOR QUALIFIED BIOGAS PROPERTY 
MADE ELIGIBLE FOR THE ENERGY CREDIT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
48(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end clause (vi), by 
inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (vii), and by add-
ing at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(viii) qualified biogas property,’’. 
(2) QUALIFIED BIOGAS PROPERTY.—Subsection 
(c) of section 48 of such Code is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) QUALIFIED BIOGAS PROPERTY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 
biogas property’ means property comprising a 
system which— 
‘‘(i) uses anaerobic digesters (alone or 
in combination with other biological, chem-
ical, thermal, or mechanical processes) to 
convert biomass (as defined in section 
45K(c)(3)) into a gas which consists of not 
less than 52 percent methane, and 
‘‘(ii) captures such gas for use as a 
fuel. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN
CLEANING 
AND
CONDITIONING
EQUIPMENT.—Such term 
shall include any property which cleans and 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5587 
To establish a United States Commission on Planetary Defense, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2010 
Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science and Technology 
A BILL 
To establish a United States Commission on Planetary 
Defense, 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. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 
There is established in the legislative branch the 
United States Commission on Planetary Defense (in this 
Act referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of the Commission are to— 
(1) determine capabilities of United States Gov-
ernment entities, nongovernment organizations, for-
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5582 
To authorize appropriations for the Department of Commerce and to prohibit 
Federal economic development funds to States that carry out public 
takings for private purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2010 
Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. KLINE 
of Minnesota, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, 
Mr. ROONEY, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. POSEY, Mr. HERGER, Mrs. SCHMIDT, 
Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. ROGERS 
of Michigan, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, and 
Mr. FLEMING) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees 
on Transportation and Infrastructure and Financial Services, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for the Department of Com-
merce and to prohibit Federal economic development 
funds to States that carry out public takings for private 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Private Property 
Rights Protection and Government Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) Congress has the power to regulate com-
merce among the several States and Indian tribes; 
(2) property rights are essential to interstate 
commerce, ensuring that individuals make the best 
economic use of their property; 
(3) potential residents and businesses may 
avoid communities that have a record of taking pri-
vate property for private economic development; 
(4) public takings for private purposes are 
harmful to communities and to interstate commerce; 
(5) public taking of private property for eco-
nomic development is not a traditional nor sound 
function of State or local government; and 
(6) in order to promote and protect interstate 
commerce, public takings for private purposes should 
be prohibited. 
SEC. 
3. 
PROHIBITION 
ON 
ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS. 
Any State or political subdivision of a State that car-
ries out a public taking for any private purpose in or af-
fecting interstate commerce shall not be eligible to receive 
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eign governments and entities, and international 
bodies to detect, characterize, and neutralize poten-
tially dangerous Near Earth Objects (in this Act re-
ferred to as ‘‘NEOs’’); 
(2) identify and evaluate roles and responsibil-
ities of United States Government entities to detect, 
characterize, and neutralize potentially dangerous 
NEOs; 
(3) determine United States effectiveness in 
leading international efforts to detect, characterize, 
and neutralize potentially dangerous NEOs; 
(4) build upon United States Government and 
foreign analyses, studies, and assessments, without 
duplicating efforts, to determine current and re-
quired NEO characterization and mitigation capa-
bilities; 
(5) identify and report on technology develop-
ment required to provide effective planetary defense 
from dangerous NEOs; and 
(6) investigate and report to the President and 
Congress on its findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations for corrective measures that can be 
taken to provide planetary defense. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5583 
To require cell phone early termination fees to be pro-rated over the term 
of a subscriber’s contract, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2010 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require cell phone early termination fees to be pro-rated 
over the term of a subscriber’s contract, 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 ‘‘Cell Phone Early Ter-
mination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act’’ or the 
‘‘Cell Phone ETF Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PRO-RATED EARLY TERMINATION FEES FOR CELL 
PHONES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communica-
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tions Commission shall promulgate regulations requiring, 
at a minimum, that providers of commercial mobile service 
(as defined in section 332(d)(1) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)(1))— 
(1) prorate any early termination fee over the 
term of a subscriber’s contract; and 
(2) link the fee to the cost to the provider of 
the handset device provided to the subscriber, re-
duced by the price paid by the subscriber for the 
handset device at the start of a subscriber’s con-
tract. 
(b) RATE OF REDUCTION AND OTHER CONSIDER-
ATIONS.—In promulgating the regulations required by 
subsection (a), the Commission— 
(1) shall prohibit an early termination fee that 
exceeds the cost to the provider of the handset de-
vice provided to the subscriber, reduced by the price 
paid by the subscriber for the handset device at the 
start of a subscriber’s contract; 
(2) shall require a ratable reduction of the early 
termination fee over the term of the contract; 
(3) shall require clear and conspicuous disclo-
sure of the early termination fee at the point of pur-
chase and disclosure on customers’ monthly state-
ments of account of the prorated early termination 
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the ‘‘Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office 
Building’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Army Specialist Mat-
thew Troy Morris Post Office Building’’. 
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I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5585 
To provide a statutory waiver of compliance with the Jones Act to foreign- 
flagged vessels assisting in responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil 
spill, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2010 
Mr. CARTER (for himself, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. OLSON, Mr. DJOU, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. 
ROONEY, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. BOYD, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. GOHMERT, and 
Mr. HARPER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide a statutory waiver of compliance with the Jones 
Act to foreign-flagged vessels assisting in responding to 
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 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 ‘‘Water Assistance from 
International Vessels for Emergency Response Act’’ or the 
‘‘WAIVER Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. WAIVERS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
12112 and chapter 551 of title 46, United States Code, 
shall not apply to any vessel documented under the laws 
of a foreign country while that vessel is engaged in con-
tainment, remediation, or associated activities in the Gulf 
of Mexico in connection with the mobile offshore drilling 
unit Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 
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