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•HRES 59 IH 
separation of powers and the creation of an independent 
Supreme Court; 
Whereas members of India’s numerous ethnic groups, minori-
ties, and religions including Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and 
Christians all participate in the governance of India; 
Whereas the people of the United States and the people of 
India maintain a shared commitment to building demo-
cratic institutions; 
Whereas relations between the United States and India have 
exponentially increased over the past decade, including in 
areas of defense, global security, poverty alleviation, edu-
cation, economic growth, and job creation; 
Whereas successive United States Presidents have worked on 
a bipartisan basis to strengthen and deepen relations be-
tween the United States and India; and 
Whereas over 2,500,000 Indian-Americans reside in the 
United States and contribute to the economic, cultural, 
and community strength of the United States: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) calls for the continued strengthening of re-
lations between the United States and the Republic 
of India; and 
(2) recognizes the people and Government of 
India for building and maintaining a constitutional 
democracy. 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 606 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the notice 
signed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
Lisa Jackson on March 27, 2012, entitled ‘‘Standards of Performance 
for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources: Electric 
Utility Generating Units’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mr. AUSTRIA (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Ohio, Mr. LATTA, and Mr. MCCAUL) submitted the following reso-
lution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the notice signed by the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency Lisa Jackson on March 
27, 2012, entitled ‘‘Standards of Performance for Green-
house Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources: Elec-
tric Utility Generating Units’’. 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) Americans rely on coal and the inexpensive 
energy it provides for nearly half of our energy 
needs; 
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H. Res. 600 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 29, 2012. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
4281) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, high-
way safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs 
funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment 
of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs. All points of 
order against consideration of the bill are waived. The bill 
shall be considered as read. All points of order against provi-
sions in the bill are waived. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the bill and any amendment thereto 
to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one 
hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure; and (2) one motion to recommit. 
SEC. 2. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for 
a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on 
Rules on the same day it is presented to the House is waived 
with respect to any resolution reported on the legislative day
•HRES 600 EH 
of March 29, 2012, providing for consideration or disposition 
of a measure extending expiring surface transportation au-
thority. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 130
To ensure that Federal agencies establish the appropriate procedures for
assessing whether or not Federal regulations might result in the taking
of private property, and to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to report
to the Congress with respect to such takings under programs of the
Department of Agriculture.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 1995
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Commit-
tee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture,
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 ensure that Federal agencies establish the appropriate
procedures for assessing whether or not Federal regula-
tions might result in the taking of private property,
and to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to report to
the Congress with respect to such takings under pro-
grams of the Department of Agriculture.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
•HRES 600 RH 
highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such pro-
grams. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All points 
of order against provisions in the bill are waived. The pre-
vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 
and any amendment thereto to final passage without inter-
vening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure; and (2) one motion to recommit. 
SEC. 2. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII 
for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Com-
mittee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the 
House is waived with respect to any resolution reported 
on the legislative day of March 29, 2012, providing for 
consideration or disposition of a measure extending expir-
ing surface transportation authority. 
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House Calendar No. 123 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 600 
[Report No. 112–424] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4281) 
to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, 
highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and 
other programs funded out of the Highway Trust 
Fund pending enactment of a multiyear law re-
authorizing such programs, and for other pur-
poses. 
MARCH 28, 2012 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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•HRES 606 IH 
(2) the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Standards of 
Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New 
Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating 
Units’’ will likely lead to increased energy costs for 
consumers, small business owners, and manufactur-
ers which would— 
(A) result in the loss of American jobs; 
(B) make American businesses less com-
petitive; and 
(C) damage our Nation’s economic recov-
ery; and 
(3) the Environmental Protection Agency 
should not be setting energy policy for the Nation 
with environmental regulations that for all practical 
purposes dictate fuel choices for new power plants. 
Æ 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 602 
Encouraging people in the United States to recognize March 2, 2012, as 
Read Across America Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mrs. BIGGERT submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Encouraging people in the United States to recognize March 
2, 2012, as Read Across America Day. 
Whereas reading is a basic requirement for quality education 
and professional success, and is a source of pleasure 
throughout life; 
Whereas the people of the United States must be able to read 
if the United States is to remain competitive in the global 
economy; 
Whereas Congress has placed great emphasis on reading 
intervention and providing additional resources for read-
ing assistance, including through the programs author-
ized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 and programs such as Early Reading First, Im-
proving Literacy through School Libraries, and Striving 
Readers; and 
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•HRES 602 IH 
Whereas more than 50 national organizations concerned 
about reading and education have joined with the Na-
tional Education Association (NEA) to use March 2 to 
celebrate reading and the birth of Theodor Geisel, also 
known as Dr. Seuss: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors Theodor Geisel, also known as Dr. 
Seuss, for his success in encouraging children to dis-
cover the joy of reading; 
(2) honors the 14th anniversary of Read Across 
America Day; 
(3) encourages parents to read with their chil-
dren for at least 30 minutes on Read Across Amer-
ica Day in honor of the commitment of the House 
of Representatives to building a Nation of readers; 
and 
(4) encourages the people of the United States 
to observe Read Across America Day with appro-
priate ceremonies and activities. 
Æ 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 603 
Expressing support for designation of October 2, 2012, as World MRSA 
Day. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself and Mrs. DAVIS of California) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for designation of October 2, 2012, as 
World MRSA Day. 
Whereas MRSA is an acronym for methicillin-resistant staph-
ylococcus aureus, which causes deadly infections in pa-
tients in health care facilities and within our commu-
nities; 
Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC) have estimated that hospital-acquired MRSA in-
fections alone killed more than 19,000 United States 
residents in 2006; 
Whereas patient and consumer organizations around the 
globe are lending their voices to the call of world unity 
in leadership and commitment in preventing and stopping 
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•HRES 603 IH 
MRSA, which is pandemic and spreading at alarming 
rates; 
Whereas leading patient and consumer advocates call upon 
health care officials and leaders to step up and take a 
more comprehensive approach to eradicate this prevent-
able disease and focus on a broad and pro-active preven-
tion program; 
Whereas as an integral part of its multi-faceted program, the 
MRSA Survivors Network (the first consumer organiza-
tion in the United States to raise the alarm concerning 
the MRSA epidemic and other multi-drug resistant 
health care-acquired infections) has announced ‘‘World 
MRSA Day’’, which will be held on October 2, 2012, and 
is commemorated each year on October 2, and has recog-
nized the month of October as ‘‘World MRSA Awareness 
Month’’ in order to call attention to this worldwide epi-
demic; and 
Whereas the MRSA Survivors Network has announced that 
April 1–7, 2012, has been designated as ‘‘International 
MRSA Testing Week’’ in order to call attention to this 
worldwide epidemic: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of World MRSA 
Day; and 
(2) supports the designation of International 
MRSA Testing Week. 
Æ 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Private Property
Protection Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that there are certain Federal
laws, regulations, and actions, which adversely affect the
value of private property.
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
The purpose of this Act is to reduce the risk of undue
or inadvertent burdens on the public resulting from cer-
tain lawful Federal Government actions.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act—
(1) the term ‘‘private property’’ includes all
property protected by the fifth amendment to the
Constitution, including real and personal property
and tangible and intangible property;
(2) the term ‘‘taking of private property’’
means an activity wherein private property is taken
such that compensation to the owner of that prop-
erty is required by the fifth amendment to the Con-
stitution; and
(3) the term ‘‘agency’’ means a Federal agency
in the executive branch which engages in activity
with the potential for taking private property, in-
cluding any department, government corporation,
Sec. 4. Approval of the Pechanga Settlement Agreement. 
Sec. 5. Tribal Water Right. 
Sec. 6. Satisfaction of claims. 
Sec. 7. Waiver of claims. 
Sec. 8. Water facilities. 
Sec. 9. Pechanga Settlement Fund. 
Sec. 10. Miscellaneous provisions. 
Sec. 11. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 12. Repeal on failure of enforceability date. 
Sec. 13. Antideficiency. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-
ment of claims to water rights and certain claims for 
injuries to water rights in the Santa Margarita 
River Watershed for— 
(A) the Band; and 
(B) the United States, acting in its capac-
ity as trustee for the Band and allottees; 
(2) to achieve a fair, equitable, and final settle-
ment of certain claims by the Band and allottees 
against the United States; 
(3) to authorize, ratify, and confirm the 
Pechanga Settlement Agreement to be entered into 
by the Band, RCWD, EMWD, and the United 
States; 
(4) to authorize and direct the Secretary— 
(A) to execute the Pechanga Settlement 
Agreement; and 
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•HRES 604 IH 
Whereas the House of Representatives neither considered nor 
passed a concurrent resolution providing for an adjourn-
ment in excess of three days for either House of Congress 
during the period beginning on January 3, 2012, and 
ending on January 6, 2012; and 
Whereas on January 4, 2012, the President appointed Shar-
on Block, Terence F. Flynn, and Richard Griffin as 
members of the National Labor Relations Board and 
Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Finan-
cial Protection Bureau: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the President exercised the recess ap-
pointment power despite the fact that neither the House 
of Representatives nor the Senate have been adjourned for 
a period in excess of three days during the Second Session 
of the 112th Congress. 
Æ 
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HR 5110 EH
‘‘(b) SALES AT LESS THAN COST OF PRODUCTION.—
‘‘(1) DETERMINATION; SALES DISREGARDED.—
Whenever the administering authority has reason-
able grounds to believe or suspect that sales of the
foreign like product under consideration for the de-
termination of normal value have been made at
prices which represent less than the cost of produc-
tion of that product, the administering authority
shall determine whether, in fact, such sales were
made at less than the cost of production. If the ad-
ministering authority determines that sales made at
less than the cost of production—
‘‘(A) have been made within an extended
period of time in substantial quantities, and
‘‘(B) were not at prices which permit re-
covery of all costs within a reasonable period of
time,
such sales may be disregarded in the determination
of normal value. Whenever such sales are dis-
regarded, normal value shall be based on the re-
maining sales of the foreign like product in the ordi-
nary course of trade. If no sales made in the ordi-
nary course of trade remain, the normal value shall
be based on the constructed value of the merchan-
dise.
IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 607 
Congratulating Western Washington University on winning its first Division 
II NCAA National Basketball Title in the school’s 110-year history. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mrs. 
MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. DICKS, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, and Mr. HASTINGS of Washington) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating Western Washington University on winning 
its first Division II NCAA National Basketball Title 
in the school’s 110-year history. 
Whereas on March 24, 2012, the Western Washington Uni-
versity Vikings defeated the University of Montevallo Fal-
cons by a score of 72 to 65, in the NCAA Division II 
championship game, giving the Vikings their first Cham-
pionship win in program history; 
Whereas the Western Washington University Vikings entered 
the Elite Eight tournament in Highland Heights, Ken-
tucky, on March 21, 2012, and defeated the Midwestern 
State University Mustangs by a score of 64 to 63 in the 
Quarterfinals; 
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•HRES 607 IH 
Whereas on March 22, 2012, Western Washington University 
defeated the Stonehill College Skyhawks in the Semifinals 
of the Elite Eight by a score of 71 to 66; 
Whereas the Western Washington University men’s basket-
ball team and their coach, Brad Jackson, deserve an im-
mense amount of respect and credit for their resolve and 
triumph in the NCAA Division II championship; 
Whereas Brad Jackson’s dedication as the team’s coach for 
27 years, the longest tenure in school history, is admi-
rable and worthy of praise; and 
Whereas Western Washington University has defeated its op-
ponents and the odds to win a national title: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-
gratulates Western Washington University for winning the 
Division II NCAA men’s basketball championship, the 
first win in school history. 
Æ 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 609 
Expressing support for the people of Tibet. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself and Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the people of Tibet. 
Whereas Tibet is the center of Tibetan Buddhism, and His 
Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the most re-
vered figure in Tibetan Buddhism; 
Whereas the Government of the People’s Republic of China 
continues to enforce policies that infringe on fundamental 
freedoms of Tibetans, including punitive security meas-
ures against monasteries, mass arrests, and restrictions 
on freedom to practice religion; 
Whereas both the Dalai Lama and the Kalon Tripa, Dr. 
Lobsang Sangay, the prime minister democratically elect-
ed by the Tibetan exile community, have specifically stat-
ed that they do not seek independence for Tibet from 
China; 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 616 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States 
relations with the People’s Republic of China. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 16, 2012 
Mr. FORBES (for himself and Mr. WOLF) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing United States relations with the People’s Republic 
of China. 
Whereas relations between the United States and the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China will be a key to peace and pros-
perity in the United States for decades to come, but suc-
cessive United States administrations have failed to pub-
licly provide a guiding strategy or framework for United 
States policy toward the People’s Republic of China, in-
viting misinterpretation of United States strategy and, at 
times, internally contradictory policy pursuits; 
Whereas the People’s Republic of China has become the 
world’s second-largest economic power, and is a signifi-
cant trading partner, to the betterment of United States 
consumers and businesses who enjoy access to Chinese 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 610 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
and the Secretary of State should continue to press Russian authorities 
for a full and complete accounting regarding the fate of Raoul 
Wallenberg. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. TURNER of New York) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the President and the Secretary of State should continue 
to press Russian authorities for a full and complete 
accounting regarding the fate of Raoul Wallenberg. 
Whereas on July 9, 1944, after the mass deportation of Hun-
garian Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau had begun, Raoul 
Wallenberg arrived in Budapest, Hungary, to work at the 
Swedish legation; 
Whereas thousands of Hungarian Jews received Wallenberg’s 
‘‘passports,’’ enabling them to escape deportation and 
death; 
Whereas Wallenberg was arrested by Soviet forces in Hun-
gary in 1945 and subsequent Soviet and Russian expla-
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•HRES 610 IH 
nations of Wallenberg’s fate remain incomplete, incon-
sistent, and unreliable; 
Whereas the fate of Raoul Wallenberg is one of the unan-
swered questions of the Holocaust; 
Whereas the Kremlin perpetrated a vast deception about 
Wallenberg’s fate and fundamental questions remain, in-
cluding why the Soviets arrested Wallenberg, why 
Wallenberg was kept in detention, how was Wallenberg 
put to death, who ordered the deed, who executed it and 
when; and 
Whereas 2012 marks the centennial year of the birth of 
Raoul Wallenberg: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the President and the Secretary of State 
should continue to press Russian authorities for a full and 
complete accounting regarding the fate of Raoul 
Wallenberg. 
Æ 
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