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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3037 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from 
the definition of marihuana, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2005 
Mr. PAUL (for himself, Mr. FARR, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. STARK, and Mr. 
GRIJALVA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude indus-
trial hemp from the definition of marihuana, 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 ‘‘Industrial Hemp 
Farming Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP FROM DEFINI-
TION OF MARIHUANA. 
Paragraph (16) of section 102 of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(16)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(16)’’ at the beginning and in-
serting ‘‘(16)(A)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) The term ‘marihuana’ does not include indus-
trial hemp. As used in the preceding sentence, the term 
‘industrial hemp’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and 
any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a 
delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not 
exceed 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.’’. 
SEC. 3. INDUSTRIAL HEMP DETERMINATION TO BE MADE 
BY STATES. 
Section 201 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 811) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(i) INDUSTRIAL HEMP DETERMINATION
TO BE 
MADE BY STATES.—In any criminal action, civil action, 
or administrative proceeding, a State regulating the grow-
ing and processing of industrial hemp under State law 
shall have exclusive authority to determine whether any 
such plant meets the concentration limitation set forth in
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (16) of section 102 and 
such determination shall be conclusive and binding.’’. 
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‘‘(5) USE OF NEW DIGITAL CAPACITY FOR COM-
MUNITY BROADCASTING.— 
‘‘(A) DIGITAL
RADIO
PROCEEDING
ON 
PUBLIC
INTEREST
OBLIGATIONS.—The Com-
mission shall initiate an inquiry and rulemaking 
to explore the public interest obligations of FM 
and AM digital terrestrial radio licenses. The 
Commission shall complete the inquiry by Janu-
ary 1, 2006. 
‘‘(B) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Upon com-
pletion of the inquiry required by subparagraph 
(A), the Commission shall submit a report to 
Congress stating— 
‘‘(i) what new public interest obliga-
tions the Commission will impose on full 
power broadcasters to reimburse the public 
for the free use of additional spectrum in 
the former guard bands and spectrum 
rights granted as part of the digital transi-
tion of full power radio broadcasters; 
‘‘(ii) the impact of digital conversion 
on existing LPFM licensees and the 
LPFM service as a whole; 
‘‘(iii) the opportunities to expand the 
number of LPFM licenses available as a
consequence of the digital transition, in-
cluding any changes to the Commission’s 
rules that would increase the number of 
LPFM licenses available after the digital 
transition; and 
‘‘(iv) any other changes in the Com-
mission’s rules or policies that would fur-
ther the interests of localism, diversity of 
voices, and competition as a consequence 
of the digital transition. 
‘‘(C) ACTION ON RULES.—The Commission 
shall issue any rules based on the results of the 
inquiry not later than June 1, 2006. 
‘‘(6) PROCEEDING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM 
OF ENCROACHMENT.— 
‘‘(A) DISPLACEMENT.—The Commission 
shall ensure that LPFM stations will not be 
displaced by the granting of licenses to full- 
power FM stations for use of the spectrum used 
by LPFM stations. 
‘‘(B) 
PROTECTION
FROM
INTER-
FERENCE.—If the Commission considers an ap-
plication for a new full-power FM station, or 
major or minor modification to a full-power FM 
station, or an application for an FM translator
station, or other licensee operating on the FM 
band, the Commission— 
‘‘(i) shall consider any operating 
LPFM station as primary to the applicant; 
and 
‘‘(ii) may not grant the application if 
the grant of the application will cause 
harmful interference to the existing LPFM 
station. 
‘‘(C) REMEDIES FOR INTERFERENCE.—In 
the event the grant of an application described 
in subparagraph (B) does, in fact, cause harm-
ful interference, the existing LPFM station 
shall enjoy the same expedited procedures to re-
solve interference complaints as existing, un-
modified full power FM stations enjoy against 
LPFM stations. 
‘‘(D) 
LOCAL
ORIGINATION
AS
PRE-
REQUISITE.—Subparagraph 
(B) 
shall 
only 
apply to LPFM stations producing and broad-
casting at least 8 hours of locally originated 
programming per day. 
‘‘(7) ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(A) FUTURE
VOLUNTARY
TRANSFERS 
PROHIBITED.—After the date of enactment of
‘‘(C) the size of the multifamily mortgage 
market, including the size of the small multi-
family mortgage market; 
‘‘(D) the most recent information available 
for the Residential Survey published by the Cen-
sus Bureau, and such other reliable data as may 
be available regarding multifamily mortgages; 
‘‘(E) the ability of the enterprise to lead the 
industry in expanding mortgage credit avail-
ability at favorable terms, especially for under-
served markets, such as for— 
‘‘(i) small multifamily projects; 
‘‘(ii) multifamily properties in need of 
preservation and rehabilitation; and 
‘‘(iii) multifamily properties located in 
rural areas; and 
‘‘(F) the need to maintain the sound finan-
cial condition of the enterprise. 
‘‘(b) UNITS FINANCED BY HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY 
BONDS.—The Director may give credit toward the achieve-
ment of the multifamily special affordable housing goal 
under this section (for purposes of section 1336) to dwelling 
units in multifamily housing projects that otherwise qualify 
under such goal and that are financed by tax-exempt or
Enhance and Protect Local Community Radio 
Act of 2005, the Commission shall not allow 
any construction permit for a FM translator or 
FM booster station to be voluntarily transferred 
from one entity to another entity. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT
OF
PENDING
PER-
MITS.—If a construction permit for a FM 
translator or FM booster station has been vol-
untarily transferred from one entity to another 
entity prior to the date of enactment of En-
hance and Protect Local Community Radio Act 
of 2005, but the Commission has not yet grant-
ed a license to operate such station, the Com-
mission— 
‘‘(i) shall require the holder of the 
construction permit to demonstrate that 
purchase of the construction permit did 
not convey an unjust enrichment to the 
original holder of the construction permit, 
or to any subsequent holder of the con-
struction permit prior to request to oper-
ate; 
‘‘(ii) shall require the holder of the 
construction permit to demonstrate that 
granting the right to operate the facility
will not convey an unjust enrichment to 
the current holder of the construction per-
mit or any prior holder of the construction 
permit; 
‘‘(iii) shall determine separately that 
granting the license serves the public inter-
est; 
‘‘(iv) in making such public interest 
determination, shall not consider either the 
cost to the current holder for construction 
of the facility or the price the current hold-
er paid for the construction permit; and 
‘‘(v) shall approve such a license only 
by action of the full Commission, not at 
the media bureau level. 
‘‘(C) CANCELLATION.—In the event the 
Commission determines that purchase of the 
construction permit created an unjust enrich-
ment, or that an unjust enrichment would re-
sult from grant of the license to operate, or 
that grant of the license would not serve the 
public interest, the Commission shall cancel the 
construction permit.
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taxable bonds issued by a State or local housing finance 
agency, but only if such bonds— 
‘‘(1) are secured by a guarantee of the enterprise; 
or 
‘‘(2) are not investment grade and are purchased 
by the enterprise. 
‘‘(c) USE OF TENANT RENT LEVEL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall monitor 
the performance of each enterprise in meeting the goal 
established under this section and shall evaluate such 
performance (for purposes of section 1336) based on 
whether the rent levels are affordable to low-income 
and very low-income families. 
‘‘(2) RENT LEVEL.—A rent level shall be consid-
ered to be affordable for purposes of this subsection for 
an income category referred to in this subsection if it 
does not exceed 30 percent of the maximum income 
level of such income category, with appropriate ad-
justments for unit size as measured by the number of 
bedrooms. 
‘‘(d) DETERMINATION OF COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall, for each 
year that the housing goal under this section is in ef-
fect pursuant to section 1331(a), determine whether
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2173 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
1009 Crystal Road in Island Falls, Maine, as the ‘‘Carl B. Smith Post 
Office’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2009 
Mr. MICHAUD (for himself and Ms. PINGREE of Maine) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1009 Crystal Road in Island Falls, Maine, 
as the ‘‘Carl B. Smith Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CARL B. SMITH POST OFFICE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 1009 Crystal Road in Island 
Falls, Maine, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Carl 
B. Smith Post Office’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
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States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall 
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Carl B. Smith Post 
Office’’. 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2174 
AN ACT 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 18 Main Street in Howland, Maine, as the 
‘‘Clyde Hichborn Post Office’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Union Calendar No. 187
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1752
[Report No. 106–312]
A BILL
To make improvements in the operation and admin-
istration of the Federal courts, and for other
purposes.
SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1753
AN ACT
To promote the research, identification, assessment,
exploration, and development of gas hydrate re-
sources, and for other purposes.
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1753
AN ACT
To promote the research, identification, assessment, explo-
ration, and development of gas hydrate resources, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
† HR 4173 EAS 
(iii) leadership development and suc-
cession planning; and 
(iv) effective use of technology by em-
ployees. 
(B) WORKPLACE
FLEXIBILITY
PLAN.—The 
Office shall submit a workforce flexibility plan 
that includes, to the extent practicable— 
(i) telework; 
(ii) flexible work schedules; 
(iii) phased retirement; 
(iv) reemployed annuitants; 
(v) part-time work; 
(vi) job sharing; 
(vii) 
parental 
leave 
benefits 
and 
childcare assistance; 
(viii) domestic partner benefits; 
(ix) other workplace flexibilities; or 
(x) any combination of the items de-
scribed in clauses (i) through (ix). 
(C) RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PLAN.— 
The Office shall submit a recruitment and reten-
tion plan that includes, to the extent practicable, 
provisions relating to—
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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2352 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the 
Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in 
order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while 
ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilder-
ness, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2011 
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the 
boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the 
North Cascades National Park in order to allow the 
rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensur-
ing that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park 
or the Wilderness, 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. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2056
AN ACT
To redesignate the Post Office building located at
600 Princess Anne Street in Fredericksburg, Vir-
ginia, as the ‘‘Samuel E. Perry Post Office
Building’’.
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each enterprise has complied with such goal and the 
additional requirements under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) COMPLIANCE.—An enterprise shall be con-
sidered to be in compliance with the goal described 
under subsection (a) for a year only if the multi-
family mortgage purchases of the enterprise meet or 
exceed the goal for the year established under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(e) CONSIDERATION
OF UNITS
IN SINGLE-FAMILY 
RENTAL HOUSING.—In establishing the goal under this sec-
tion, the Director may take into consideration the number 
of housing units financed by any mortgage purchased by 
an enterprise on single-family rental housing that is not 
owner-occupied. 
‘‘(f) REMOVING CREDIT.—The Director shall subtract 
from the units or mortgages counted toward the goal estab-
lished under this section in a current year any units or 
mortgages credited toward such goal in a prior year if an 
enterprise requires a lender to repurchase, or reimburse for 
losses, or indemnify the enterprise against potential losses 
on such units or mortgages. 
‘‘(g) NOTICE OF DETERMINATION AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMENT.— 
‘‘(1) NOTICE.—Within 30 days of making a de-
termination under subsection (d) regarding compli-
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2354 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for energy and water development 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2012, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
‘‘(8) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘LPFM station’ means a low-power 
FM station.’’. 
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SEC. 304. FUEL CONSUMPTION EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. 
(a) PARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary shall enter into a 
partnership with interested industry groups to create an 
education campaign that provides information to United 
States drivers about measures that may be taken to con-
serve gasoline. 
(b) ACCESSIBILITY.—The public information cam-
paign shall be designed to reach the widest audience pos-
sible. The education campaign may include television, 
print, Internet website, or any method designed to maxi-
mize the dissemination of gasoline savings information to 
drivers. 
(c) COST SHARING.—The Secretary shall provide no 
more than 50 percent of the cost of the campaign created 
under this section. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$2,500,000 for carrying out this section. 
TITLE IV—GASOLINE PRICE 
REFORM 
SEC. 401. FTC INVESTIGATION ON PRICE-GOUGING. 
(a) STUDY.—The Federal Trade Commission shall 
conduct an investigation into nationwide gasoline prices 
in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, including any evi-
dence of price-gouging by subject companies described in 
subsection (b). Such investigation shall include—
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3732 
To provide for a credit for employers of tipped employees in determining 
the minimum wage required in States that require employers to pay 
a minimum wage at a rate higher than the Federal rate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. ISSA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To provide for a credit for employers of tipped employees 
in determining the minimum wage required in States 
that require employers to pay a minimum wage at a 
rate higher than the Federal rate. 
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 ‘‘Minimum Wage Fair-
ness Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. MINIMUM WAGE TIP CREDIT. 
Section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the pe-
riod the following: ‘‘Provided, That the tips shall not 
be included as part of the wage paid to an employee 
to the extent they are excluded therefrom under the 
terms of a bona fide collective bargaining agreement 
applicable to the particular employee’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘(m) ‘Wage’ ’’ and inserting 
‘‘(m)(1) ‘Wage’ ’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(1) the cash’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) the cash’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘(2) an additional’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(B) an additional’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
any State or political subdivision of a State which, on and 
after the date of enactment of the Minimum Wage Fair-
ness Act of 2005 prohibits any portion of a tipped employ-
ee’s tips from being considered as wages in determining 
if such tipped employee has been paid the minimum wage 
rate, may not establish or enforce any such law, ordinance, 
regulation, or order with respect to tipped employees un-
less such law, ordinance, regulation, or order permits a 
tip credit in an amount not less than an amount equal 
to—
‘‘(A) the cash wage paid such employee which 
is required under such law, ordinance, regulation, or 
order on the date of enactment of such Act; and 
‘‘(B) an additional amount on account of tips 
received by such employee which amount is equal to 
the difference between such cash wage and the min-
imum wage rate in effect under such law, ordinance, 
regulation, or order or the minimum wage rate in ef-
fect under section 6, whichever is higher.’’. 
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(1) a comparison of, and analysis of the reasons 
for changes in, profit levels of subject companies 
during the 12-month period ending on August 31, 
2005, and their profit levels for the month of Sep-
tember, 2005, including information for particular 
companies on a basis that does not permit the iden-
tification of any company to which the information 
relates; 
(2) a summary of tax expenditures (as defined 
in section 3(3) of the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(3)) 
for such companies; 
(3) an examination of the effects of increased 
gasoline prices and gasoline price-gouging on eco-
nomic activity in the United States; and 
(4) an analysis of the overall cost of increased 
gasoline prices and gasoline price-gouging to the 
economy, including the impact on consumers’ pur-
chasing power in both declared State and National 
disaster areas and elsewhere. 
Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, does not apply 
to the collection of information for the investigation re-
quired by this section. 
(b) SUBJECT COMPANIES.—The companies subject to 
the investigation required by this section shall be—
(1) any company with total United States 
wholesale sales of gasoline and petroleum distillates 
for calendar year 2004 in excess of $500,000; and 
(2) any retail distributor of gasoline and petro-
leum distillates against which multiple formal com-
plaints (that identify the location of the particular 
retail distributor and provide contact information for 
the complainant) of price-gouging were filed in Au-
gust or September 2005, with a Federal or State 
consumer protection agency. 
(c) EVIDENCE OF PRICE-GOUGING.—In conducting 
its investigation, the Commission shall treat as evidence 
of price-gouging any finding that the average price of gas-
oline available for sale to the public in September, 2005, 
or thereafter in a market area located in an area des-
ignated as a State or National disaster area because of 
Hurricane Katrina, or in any other area where price- 
gouging complaints have been filed because of Hurricane 
Katrina with a Federal or State consumer protection 
agency, exceeded the average price of such gasoline in that 
area for the month of August, 2005, unless the Commis-
sion finds substantial evidence that the increase is sub-
stantially attributable to additional costs in connection 
with the production, transportation, delivery, and sale of
gasoline in that area or to national or international market 
trends. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION
TO
STATE
AGENCIES.—In 
any areas of markets in which the Commission de-
termines price increases are due to factors other 
than the additional costs, it shall also notify the ap-
propriate State agency of its findings. 
(2) PROGRESS AND FINAL REPORTS TO CON-
GRESS.—The Commission shall provide information 
on the progress of the investigation to the Appro-
priations Committees of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, every 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. The Commission shall provide 
those Committees a written interim report 90 days 
after such date, and shall transmit a final report to 
those Committees, together with its findings and 
recommendations, no later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act. Such reports shall in-
clude recommendations, based on its findings, to for 
any legislation necessary to protect consumers from
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3733 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals who 
are victims of Hurricane Katrina to withdraw funds without penalty 
from their individual retirement accounts and certain other retirement 
plans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 
Mr. DAVIS of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow indi-
viduals who are victims of Hurricane Katrina to with-
draw funds without penalty from their individual retire-
ment accounts and certain other retirement plans. 
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 ‘‘Emergency Savings 
Relief Act of 2005’’.
Calendar No. 122
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1761
[Report No. 106–216]
A BILL
To amend provisions of title 17, United States
Code.
JULY 1, 1999
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed