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(e) OWNERSHIP OF STURGEON LAKE BED UNAF-
FECTED.—Nothing in this section diminishes or otherwise 
affects the title of the State of Minnesota to the bed of 
Sturgeon Lake located within the tracts of land described 
in subsection (b). 
(f) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under subsection 
(a) is subject to the conditions that the Prairie Island In-
dian Community shall not—
(1) use the conveyed land for human habitation; 
(2) construct any structure on the land without 
the written approval of the District Engineer; or 
(3) conduct gaming (within the meaning of sec-
tion 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 
U.S.C. 2703)) on the land. 
(g) NO EFFECT
ON ELIGIBILITY
FOR CERTAIN 
PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the conveyance under sub-
section (a), the land shall continue to be eligible for envi-
ronmental management planning and other recreational or 
natural resource development projects on the same basis 
as before the conveyance. 
(h) EFFECT OF SECTION.—Nothing in this section 
diminishes or otherwise affects the rights granted to the 
United States pursuant to letters of July 23, 1937, and 
November 20, 1937, from the Secretary of the Interior 
to the Secretary of War and the letters of the Secretary
of War in response to the Secretary of the Interior dated 
August 18, 1937, and November 27, 1937, under which 
the Secretary of the Interior granted certain rights to the 
Corps of Engineers to overflow the portions of Tracts A, 
B, and C that lie within the Mississippi River 9-Foot 
Channel Project boundary and as more particularly shown 
and depicted on the map entitled ‘‘United States Army 
Corps of Engineers survey map of the Upper Mississippi 
River 9-Foot Project, Lock & Dam No. 3 (Red Wing), 
Land & Flowage Rights’’ and dated December 1936.
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made by sections 201(a), 401, 501, and 502 (and 
title I insofar as it relates to such sections) shall not 
apply to plan years beginning before the later of— 
(A) the date on which the last collective 
bargaining agreements relating to the plan ter-
minates (excluding any extension thereof agreed 
to after the date of the enactment of this Act); 
or 
(B) the general effective date; 
but shall apply not later than 1 year after the gen-
eral effective date. For purposes of subparagraph 
(A), any plan amendment made pursuant to a collec-
tive bargaining agreement relating to the plan which 
amends the plan solely to conform to any require-
ment added by this Act shall not be treated as a ter-
mination of such collective bargaining agreement. 
(b) INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.— 
Subject to subsection (d), the amendments made by sec-
tion 202 shall apply with respect to individual health in-
surance coverage offered, sold, issued, renewed, in effect, 
or operated in the individual market on or after the gen-
eral effective date. 
(c) TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS NONMEDICAL PRO-
VIDERS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act (or the 
amendments made thereby) shall be construed to— 
(A) restrict or limit the right of group 
health plans, and of health insurance issuers of-
fering health insurance coverage, to include as 
providers religious nonmedical providers; 
(B) require such plans or issuers to— 
(i) utilize medically based eligibility 
standards or criteria in deciding provider 
status of religious nonmedical providers; 
(ii) use medical professionals or cri-
teria to decide patient access to religious 
nonmedical providers; 
(iii) utilize medical professionals or 
criteria in making decisions in internal or 
external appeals regarding coverage for 
care by religious nonmedical providers; or 
(iv) compel a participant or bene-
ficiary to undergo a medical examination 
or test as a condition of receiving health 
insurance coverage for treatment by a reli-
gious nonmedical provider; or 
(C) require such plans or issuers to ex-
clude religious nonmedical providers because 
they do not provide medical or other required
health information to better coordinate care or im-
prove health care quality, efficiency, or research.’’. 
(b) FOR CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Section 1128B of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (G), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in the subparagraph (H) added by sec-
tion 237(d) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, 
Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–173; 117 Stat. 2213)— 
(i) by moving such subparagraph 2 
ems to the left; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) in the subparagraph (H) added by sec-
tion 431(a) of such Act (117 Stat. 2287)— 
(i) by redesignating such subpara-
graph as subparagraph (I); 
(ii) by moving such subparagraph 2 
ems to the left; and 
(iii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2187 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a corporate responsibility 
investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2005 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 
corporate responsibility investment option under the 
Thrift Savings Plan. 
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 ‘‘Federal Employees Re-
sponsible Investment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Department of Labor has asserted that 
socially responsible investments meet the fiduciary
standards set in the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act. 
(2) 84 percent of mutual fund investors would 
be more likely to invest in a fund if one of its prin-
ciples was to invest in companies that engage in eth-
ical business practices in terms of operations and re-
porting. 
(3) 71 percent of investors agree that compa-
nies that operate with higher levels of integrity carry 
less investment risk, and 67 percent of investors be-
lieve that these companies deliver better investment 
returns. 
SEC. 3. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY STOCK INDEX FUND. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 8438(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) the term ‘Corporate Responsibility Stock 
Index Fund’ refers to the fund established under 
subsection (b)(1)(F).’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8438(b)(1) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) a Corporate Responsibility Stock Index 
Fund as provided under paragraph (5).’’. 
(2) FUND REQUIREMENTS.—Section 8438(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(5)(A) The Board shall select an index which is a 
commonly recognized, passively managed index comprised 
of domestic stocks that have been analyzed based on cri-
teria consistent with the purposes of this paragraph. Such 
criteria may include corporate governance, environmental 
practices, workplace relations and benefits, product safety 
and impact, international operations and human rights, 
involvement with repressive regimes, and community rela-
tions. The index’s financial track record must be com-
parable to that of the other options available under the 
Thrift Savings Plan. 
‘‘(B) The Corporate Responsibility Stock Index Fund 
shall be invested in a portfolio designed to replicate the
performance of the index in subparagraph (A). The port-
folio shall be designed such that, to the extent practicable, 
the percentage of the Corporate Responsibility Stock 
Index Fund that is invested in each stock is the same as 
the percentage determined by dividing the aggregate mar-
ket value of all shares of that stock by the aggregate mar-
ket value of all shares of all stocks included in such 
index.’’. 
(c) ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RISK.—Section 8439(d) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or the Small Capitalization 
Stock Index Investment Fund,’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Small Capitalization Stock Index Investment Fund, 
or the Corporate Responsibility Stock Index Fund,’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and (10),’’ and inserting ‘‘(10), 
and (11),’’. 
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data, if such data is inconsistent with the reli-
gious nonmedical treatment or nursing care 
provided by the provider. 
(2) RELIGIOUS NONMEDICAL PROVIDER.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘religious non-
medical provider’’ means a provider who provides no 
medical care but who provides only religious non-
medical treatment or religious nonmedical nursing 
care. 
(d) TRANSITION FOR NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—The 
disclosure of information required under section 121 of 
this Act shall first be provided pursuant to— 
(1) subsection (a) with respect to a group 
health plan that is maintained as of the general ef-
fective date, not later than 30 days before the begin-
ning of the first plan year to which title I applies 
in connection with the plan under such subsection; 
or 
(2) subsection (b) with respect to an individual 
health insurance coverage that is in effect as of the 
general effective date, not later than 30 days before 
the first date as of which title I applies to the cov-
erage under such subsection.
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SEC. 602. COORDINATION IN IMPLEMENTATION. 
The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall ensure, through the execution 
of an interagency memorandum of understanding among 
such Secretaries, that— 
(1) regulations, rulings, and interpretations 
issued by such Secretaries relating to the same mat-
ter over which such Secretaries have responsibility 
under the provisions of this Act (and the amend-
ments made thereby) are administered so as to have 
the same effect at all times; and 
(2) coordination of policies relating to enforcing 
the same requirements through such Secretaries in 
order to have a coordinated enforcement strategy 
that avoids duplication of enforcement efforts and 
assigns priorities in enforcement. 
SEC. 603. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 
this Act, or the application of such provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of this Act, the amendments made 
by this Act, and the application of the provisions of such 
to any person or circumstance shall not be affected there-
by.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3698 
To authorize grants to State and local law enforcement training centers 
to provide training to State and local law enforcement agencies and 
officers to communicate with telecommunications carriers in emergency 
situations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2009 
Mr. MORAN of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize grants to State and local law enforcement train-
ing centers to provide training to State and local law 
enforcement agencies and officers to communicate with 
telecommunications carriers in emergency situations, 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 ‘‘The Kelsey Smith Law 
Enforcement Training Grant Program Act’’. 
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manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(2) SPECIAL
CONSIDERATION.—In awarding 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall give 
special consideration to applications describing pro-
grams that— 
(A) include intensive summer Chinese lan-
guage instruction programs for professional de-
velopment, with particular regard to such pro-
grams that include physical exchanges; 
(B) link speakers in the community who 
are bilingual in English and Chinese with ele-
mentary and secondary schools in order to pro-
mote two-way language learning; 
(C) promote the sequential study of Chi-
nese language for students, beginning in ele-
mentary school; 
(D) make effective use of technology, such 
as computer-assisted instruction, language lab-
oratories, or distance learning, to promote Chi-
nese language study; 
(E) promote innovative activities, such as 
Chinese language immersion, partial Chinese 
language immersion, or content-based instruc-
tion; and 
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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 36 
AN ACT 
To amend title 44, United States Code, to require informa-
tion on contributors to Presidential library fundraising 
organizations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1959
To suspend temporarily the duty on glyoxylic acid. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2005
Mr. BAKER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on glyoxylic acid.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. GLYOXYLIC ACID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following 
new heading:
‘‘
9902.04.91
Glyoxylic acid (CAS No. 
298–12–4) (provided for in 
subheading 2918.30.90) ......
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2008
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2188 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the placement in a 
national cemetery of memorial markers for the purpose of commemo-
rating servicemembers or other persons whose remains are interred in 
an American Battle Monuments Commission cemetery. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2005 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. HARRIS, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
SALAZAR, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, and Mr. KENNEDY of 
Rhode Island) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers 
for the purpose of commemorating servicemembers or 
other persons whose remains are interred in an American 
Battle Monuments Commission cemetery. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF INTERNMENT OF REMAINS IN 
AN AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMIS-
SION CEMETERY AS UNAVAILABLE FOR THE 
PURPOSES OF PLACEMENT OF MEMORIAL 
MARKERS IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES. 
Paragraph (3) of section 2306(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(C); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) are interred in an American Battle Monu-
ments Commission cemetery.’’. 
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‘‘SEC. 36. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ON TENANTS IN 
TAX CREDIT PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State agency administering 
tax credits under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 42) shall furnish to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, not less than annually, 
information concerning the race, ethnicity, family composi-
tion, age, income, use of rental assistance under section 8(o) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other similar 
assistance, disability status, and monthly rental payments 
of households residing in each property receiving such cred-
its through such agency. Such State agencies shall, to the 
extent feasible, collect such information through existing re-
porting processes and in a manner that minimizes burdens 
on property owners. In the case of any household that con-
tinues to reside in the same dwelling unit, information pro-
vided by the household in a previous year may be used if 
the information is of a category that is not subject to change 
or if information for the current year is not readily avail-
able to the owner of the property. 
‘‘(b) STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall establish 
standards and definitions for the information collected 
under subsection (a), provide States with technical assist-
ance in establishing systems to compile and submit such 
information, and, in coordination with other Federal agen-
cies administering housing programs, establish procedures
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 195
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the required beginning 
date for distributions from individual retirement plans and for distribu-
tions of elective deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005
Mr. SAXTON 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 repeal 
the required beginning date for distributions from indi-
vidual retirement plans and for distributions of elective 
deferrals under qualified cash or deferred arrangements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIRED BEGINNING DATE FOR DISTRIBU-
TIONS 
FROM 
INDIVIDUAL 
RETIREMENT 
PLANS AND FOR DISTRIBUTIONS OF ELEC-
TIVE DEFERRALS UNDER QUALIFIED CASH 
OR DEFERRED ARRANGEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (C) of section 
401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating 
to required distributions) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(v) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUAL 
RETIREMENT PLANS AND DEFERRED COM-
PENSATION ARRANGEMENTS.—In the case 
of any individual retirement plan (other 
than a Roth IRA) and elective deferrals 
(as defined in section 402(g)(3)) of any 
qualified cash or deferred arrangement (as 
defined in section 401(k))—
‘‘(I) subparagraph (A)(i) shall 
not apply, and 
‘‘(II) the required beginning date 
shall be the date of death of the em-
ployee.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to distributions after December 31, 
2005.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2189 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year 
waiting period for divorced spouse’s benefits following the divorce. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2005 
Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate 
the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse’s benefits 
following the divorce. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM TWO-YEAR WAITING PERIOD 
FOR DIVORCED SPOUSE’S BENEFITS FOL-
LOWING THE DIVORCE IN CASES OF PRIOR 
RECEIPT OF SPOUSE’S BENEFITS. 
(a) 
WIFE’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(b)(5)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(b)(5)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘divorced wife—’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘shall be entitled’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘divorced wife meets the requirements of subpara-
graphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1), shall be enti-
tled’’. 
(b) HUSBAND’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(c)(5)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(5)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘divorced husband—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘shall be entitled’’ and inserting ‘‘divorced 
husband meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of paragraph (1), shall be entitled’’. 
(c) EXEMPTION FROM DEDUCTIONS ON ACCOUNT OF 
WORK.—Section 203(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
403(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(2)(A) Except as’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘the benefit to which’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘(2) In any case in which any of the 
other persons referred to in paragraph (1)(B) is en-
titled to monthly benefits as a divorced spouse under 
subsection (b) or (c) of section 202 for any month, 
the benefit to which’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B). 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with 
respect to benefits for months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. NO IMPACT ON SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act (or an amend-
ment made by this Act) shall be construed to alter or 
amend the Social Security Act (or any regulation promul-
gated under that Act). 
(b) TRANSFERS.— 
(1) ESTIMATE OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
of the Treasury shall annually estimate the impact 
that the enactment of this Act has on the income 
and balances of the trust funds established under 
section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
401). 
(2) TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS.—If, under para-
graph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury estimates 
that the enactment of this Act has a negative impact 
on the income and balances of the trust funds estab-
lished under section 201 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 401), the Secretary shall transfer, not 
less frequently than quarterly, from the general reve-
nues of the Federal Government an amount suffi-
cient so as to ensure that the income and balances