datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
er Hells Canyon/Wallowa, Greater Salmon/Selway, 
and Greater Cabinet/Yaak/Selkirk ecosystems. 
(3) The natural ecosystems in the Northern 
Rockies Bioregion are largely dependent on National 
Forest System lands and the ecological productivity 
and diversity of resources these Federal public lands 
provide. Conservation of roadless areas on these 
public lands, which produces clean water, protects 
native fisheries and native flora and fauna, and pro-
vides scenic and recreational qualities, also preserves 
options for sustainable economics through activities 
such as hunting, fishing, and wilderness-based recre-
ation. 
(4) The headwaters of several major river sys-
tems, including the Columbia, Snake, Green, Mis-
souri and Saskatchewan Rivers, originate in the 
Northern Rockies Bioregion, and these rivers send-
ing their waters to three different oceans. These wa-
ters are of tremendous economic importance to 
farming and ranching operations, municipal water 
supplies, and water-based recreation, including fish-
ing and boating. Protection of this world class water 
resource will enhance these uses, reduce costs for 
water treatment and irrigation, and increase native 
fish populations.
(5) The wildlife treasures of the Northern 
Rockies are of international significance and contain 
remarkably intact large mammalian fauna and rare 
and unique plant life. Wildlife habitat fragmentation 
due to roadbuilding, timber harvest, mining, oil and 
gas exploration, lack of interagency cooperation, and 
other activities has severe effects on the wildlife pop-
ulations (including those listed as threatened or en-
dangered under section 4(c) of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c))) and their 
habitat, the water quality, the ancient forests, and 
the greater ecosystems of the Northern Rockies Bio-
region. The overemphasis on resource extraction 
from National Forest System lands has com-
promised ecosystem integrity and detracted from 
economic diversification opportunities. Economic in-
stability and high unemployment in rural, resource- 
dependent communities is a common result of over-
exploitation of National Forest System lands. 
(6) Continued fragmentation and development 
of the remaining roadless and essentially roadless 
ecosystems and biological connectors of the Northern 
Rockies would cause a loss to the Nation of an en-
tire wild land region and of the only remaining areas 
south of Canada still pristine enough to support
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 122
AN ACT 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Eastern Municipal 
Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization 
and Expansion Project.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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dential determination not to carry out a duly enacted pro-
vision of lllllll,’’ filling the blank with a cita-
tion to the enactment concerned, the expedited procedures 
described in this section shall apply. 
(b) DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE.—If a committee to 
which a bill described in subsection (a) is referred has not 
reported the bill by the end of the period of 15 legislative 
days beginning with the day of introduction, such com-
mittee shall be discharged from further consideration of 
the bill, and the bill shall be placed on the appropriate 
calendar. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OF BILL BY HOUSE.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF MOTION TO PROCEED.—On 
or after the third calendar day following the date on 
which all committees of referral have reported or 
been discharged from further consideration of a bill 
described in subsection (a), a motion that the House 
proceed to consider the bill— 
(A) shall be privileged; 
(B) shall not be subject to debate or 
amendment; 
(C) shall remain in order even if a motion 
to the same effect was rejected on a previous 
legislative day; and
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(D) subject to paragraph (3), shall set 
forth both the process for amendment and de-
bate under which the bill will be considered by 
the House. 
(2) CRITERIA
FOR
MEMBER
OFFERING
MO-
TION.—A motion that the House proceed to consider 
a bill described in subsection (a) may be offered only 
by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
who favors passage of the bill and who has an-
nounced on the preceding legislative day an intention 
to offer the motion. 
(3) PROCEDURES
APPLICABLE
TO
CONSIDER-
ATION OF BILL.—If a motion described in this sub-
section is adopted, the House shall proceed imme-
diately to consider the bill in the House without 
intervention of any point of order against the bill or 
against its consideration. The bill shall be considered 
as read. 
SEC. 3. REPORT BY GENERAL COUNSEL OF HOUSE OF PO-
TENTIAL LEGAL ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY 
MEMBERS. 
At the request of any Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to the Congress), the General Counsel of the House 
shall prepare promptly a report describing any legal action
populations of caribou, gray wolves, grizzly bears, 
anadromous fish, and numerous other rare and en-
dangered plant and animal life all in one intact bio-
region. 
(7) Since the 1936 roadless area inventory com-
pleted by Bob Marshall, millions of acres of roadless 
wild lands have been developed in the Northern 
Rockies. Extensive fragmentation of wild lands and 
wildlife habitat has resulted in the listing of several 
species as threatened or endangered and reduced the 
numbers and range of many others, including anad-
romous fish. 
(8) The natural ecosystems of the Northern 
Rockies Bioregion also serve as educational and re-
search centers for on-site studies in biology, geology, 
astronomy and other sciences. The pristine nature of 
the National Forest System lands in the Northern 
Rockies Bioregion is helping local communities at-
tract new residents and businesses based on local 
quality of life. 
(9) A review of the current situation in the 
Northern Rockies has revealed the urgent need for 
an ecological reserve system for the Northern Rock-
ies Bioregion, which includes core ecosystem reserve 
areas and biological connecting corridors necessary
tion shall apply to the payment of the fee specified 
in paragraph (1) with respect to an application filed 
under section 111(a) of title 35, United States Code. 
The provisions of section 371(d) of title 35, United 
States Code, relating to the payment of the national 
fee shall apply to the payment of the fee specified 
in paragraph (1) with respect to an international ap-
plication. 
(3) REFUNDS.—The Director may by regula-
tion provide for a refund of any part of the fee spec-
ified in paragraph (1) for any applicant who files a 
written declaration of express abandonment as pre-
scribed by the Director before an examination has 
been made of the application under section 131 of 
title 35, United States Code, and for any applicant 
who provides a search report that meets the condi-
tions prescribed by the Director. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Di-
rector of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
SEC. 7. CLERICAL AMENDMENT. 
Subsection (c) of section 311 of title 35, Untied 
States Code, is amended by aligning the text with the text 
of subsection (a) of such section.
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which may be brought to challenge the refusal by the 
President to carry out any duly enacted provision of the 
law. 
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to ensure wildlife movements and genetic inter-
change between the core reserve areas. 
(10) The economic value to the Nation of most 
of these undeveloped areas, left in their natural 
state, greatly exceeds any potential return to the 
Treasury of the United States from timber harvest 
and development. If current Federal land manage-
ment in the Northern Rockies continues to result in 
the development of roadless areas, the American 
public will be using its tax dollars to fund perma-
nent reductions in wilderness, water quality, fish and 
wildlife habitat, and species and biological diversity. 
(11) Instead, this Act provides opportunities for 
employment in outdoor trades by establishing reha-
bilitation zones on specific tracts of damaged Fed-
eral land where active restoration work will occur. 
This Act will provide contracts for local businesses 
and renew the intrinsic economic, social and cultural 
benefits that result from productive land. Federal 
land rehabilitation projects represent a direct benefit 
to the local economy and reduce the loss to Amer-
ican taxpayers caused by below-cost timber sales and 
other subsidized resource extraction. 
(12) The congressional review of roadless areas 
within National Forest System lands in the States
of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyo-
ming has identified areas which, on the basis of 
their land form, ecosystem, associated fish and wild-
life, economic value, and location will help to fulfill 
the role of the United States Forest Service to en-
sure a quality National Wilderness Preservation Sys-
tem. The review has identified other areas which 
may have outstanding values as national parks and 
preserves and wild and scenic rivers. The review has 
also identified areas which may not possess out-
standing wilderness attributes and should not now 
be designated as components of the National Wilder-
ness Preservation System, but which should be stud-
ied to determine their role in maintaining biological 
diversity in the Northern Rockies. 
(13) Many areas of National Forest System 
lands have been damaged and their productivity re-
duced by unwise development practices which have 
also impaired ecosystem function and biological di-
versity. The Island Park area adjacent to Yellow-
stone National Park contains large clear-cut areas 
right up to the park boundary. Efforts should be 
made to return these areas to their former ecological 
health and native diversity by designating them as 
National Wildland Restoration and Recovery areas.
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 8
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish 
the electoral college and to provide for the direct popular election of 
the President and Vice President of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas (for himself, Mr. BAIRD, and Mr. DELAHUNT) in-
troduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States to abolish the electoral college and to provide 
for the direct popular election of the President and Vice 
President of the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Every Vote 
Counts Amendment’’.
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SEC. 2. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. 
The following article is proposed as an amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitu-
tion when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of 
the several States within seven years after the date of its 
submission for ratification: 
‘‘ARTICLE —
‘‘SECTION 1. The President and Vice President shall 
be elected by the people of the several States and the dis-
trict constituting the seat of government of the United 
States. 
‘‘SECTION 2. The electors in each State shall have 
the qualifications requisite for electors of Senators and 
Representatives in Congress from that State, except that 
the legislature of any State may prescribe less restrictive 
qualifications with respect to residence and Congress may 
establish uniform residence and age qualifications. 
‘‘SECTION 3. The persons having the greatest number 
of votes for President and Vice President shall be elected. 
‘‘SECTION 4. Each elector shall cast a single vote 
jointly applicable to President and Vice President. Names 
of candidates may not be joined unless they shall have con-
sented thereto and no candidate may consent to the can-
didate’s name being joined with that of more than one 
other person.
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‘‘SECTION 5. The Congress may by law provide for 
the case of the death of any candidate for President or 
Vice President before the day on which the President-elect 
or Vice President-elect has been chosen, and for the case 
of a tie in any election. 
‘‘SECTION 6. This article shall apply with respect to 
any election for President and Vice President held after 
the expiration of the 1-year period which begins on the 
date of the ratification of this article.’’.
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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 90 
Disapproving the granting of amnesty by the Government of Iraq to persons 
known to have attacked, kidnapped, wounded, or killed members of 
the Armed Forces of the United States or citizens of the United States 
in Iraq. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2006 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. CLY-
BURN, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, 
Mr. TANNER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Min-
nesota, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode 
Island, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HOLT, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY, Mr. DICKS, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
BERRY, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. REYES, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. 
SOLIS, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. OLVER, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. 
TOWNS, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PE-
TERSON of Minnesota, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. ROYBAL- 
ALLARD, Mr. WEINER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. 
LEVIN, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following joint resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Disapproving the granting of amnesty by the Government 
of Iraq to persons known to have attacked, kidnapped, 
wounded, or killed members of the Armed Forces of 
the United States or citizens of the United States in 
Iraq. 
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Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Armed Forces of the United States and 
Coalition military forces have served bravely in Iraq 
since the beginning of military operations in March 
2003. 
(2) The United States has provided approxi-
mately $320,000,000,000 for Operation Iraqi Free-
dom, including $28,000,000,000 in reconstruction 
assistance. 
(3) Since the beginning of Operation Iraqi 
Freedom, more than 2,500 members of the Armed 
Forces of the United States and members of Coali-
tion military forces have been killed and more than 
18,000 have been injured in operations to bring 
peace and stability to all the people of Iraq and an 
estimated 177 American civilians have been killed. 
(4) During a recent press conference, Iraqi 
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki discussed the possi-
bility of granting amnesty to those ‘‘who weren’t in-
volved in the shedding of Iraqi blood’’. 
(5) Adnan Ali al-Kadhami, a former top advisor 
to Prime Minister Maliki, recently said that ‘‘there 
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is a patriotic feeling among the Iraqi youth and the 
belief that those attacks [against United States 
forces] are legitimate acts of resistance and defend-
ing their homeland. These people will be pardoned 
definitely, I believe’’. 
(6) Mr. Kadhami continues to maintain that 
‘‘the Prime Minister himself has said that he is 
ready to give amnesty to the so-called resistance, 
provided they have not been involved in killing 
Iraqis’’. 
(7) The Iraqi government may still be consid-
ering a far-reaching plan that includes granting such 
an amnesty. 
(8) 47 percent of Iraqis approve the attacks on 
the United States forces and 87 percent endorse a 
timetable for withdrawal. 
(9) It is vital that Iraq and the United States 
together send the clearest possible signal that those 
committing acts of violence against American mili-
tary forces and American civilians will not be re-
warded with amnesty. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
(a) POLICY.—Congress declares that it is the policy 
of the United States that the United States opposes any 
effort by the Government of Iraq to grant amnesty to any 
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person known to have attacked, kidnapped, wounded, or 
killed members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
or citizens of the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that, immediately upon the enactment of this resolu-
tion, the President should notify the government of Iraq 
that the Government of the United States strongly op-
poses the granting of amnesty to any person who has at-
tacked, kidnapped, wounded, or killed members of the 
Armed Forces of the United States or citizens of the 
United States. 
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HR 4040 EAS
‘‘(C) each subcontractor from which it ob-
tained a component thereof.’’.
SEC. 15. PROHIBITED ACTS.
(a) SALE OF RECALLED PRODUCTS.—Section 19(a)
(15 U.S.C. 2068(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) sell, offer for sale, manufacture for sale, dis-
tribute in commerce, or import into the United States
any consumer product, or other product or substance
that is regulated under this Act or any other Act en-
forced by the Commission, that is—
‘‘(A) not in conformity with an applicable
consumer product safety standard under this
Act, or any similar rule under any such other
Act;
‘‘(B) subject to voluntary corrective action
taken by the manufacturer, in consultation with
the Commission, of which action the Commission
has notified the public, but only if the seller, dis-
tributor, or manufacturer knew or should have
known of such voluntary corrective action; or
‘‘(C) subject to an order issued under sec-
tion 12 or 15 of this Act, designated a banned
IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1610
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 10, 2003
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Serv-
ice located at 120 East Ritchie Avenue in Marceline, 
Missouri, as the ‘‘Walt Disney Post Office Building’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 1610 RFS 
SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION. 
The facility of the United States Postal Service lo-
cated at 120 East Ritchie Avenue in Marceline, Missouri, 
and known as the Marceline Main Office, shall be known 
and designated as the ‘‘Walt Disney Post Office Build-
ing’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility 
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the ‘‘Walt Disney Post Office Building’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
IA 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. J. RES. 91 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating 
to marriage. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2006 
Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to marriage. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled 
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the several 
States: 
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‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘Marriage in the United States shall consist only of 
a legal union of one man and one woman.’’. 
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SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The term ‘‘development’’ 
means activities that eliminate the roadless and wil-
derness characteristics of the land and includes ski 
resort facilities and such activities as roadbuilding, 
timber harvest, mining, and oil and gas drilling. 
(2) ENTRY.—The term ‘‘entry’’ means to enter 
a roadless area for purposes of development and as-
sociated activities, such as roadbuilding, timber har-
vest, mining, or other such activities which eliminate 
the roadless character of the land. 
(3) GREATER ECOSYSTEM.—The term ‘‘greater 
ecosystem’’, when used in conjunction with the spe-
cific ecosystems protected under this Act, means the 
ecological land units of sufficient scale to support 
and maintain populations of large vertebrate species 
and the other native plant and animal species of the 
area. These units are comprised of lands which are 
similar in regards to topography, climate, and plant 
and animal species. The ecosystems in the Northern 
Rockies are also defined in terms of the habitat of 
wildlife indicator species listed as threatened or en-
dangered under section 4(c) of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)), including griz-
zly bear, gray wolf, bald eagle, and caribou, and
have been depicted on maps published by Federal 
agencies. 
(4) NORTHERN
ROCKIES
BIOREGION.—The 
term ‘‘Northern Rockies Bioregion’’ means the por-
tion of the Northern Rocky Mountains in the States 
of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, and Wash-
ington, so referred to on maps referred to in this 
Act. 
(5) RECOVERY.—The term ‘‘recovery’’ means 
the restoration of lands damaged by land manage-
ment activities to a condition as close as possible to 
the condition of the lands as existed prior to entry 
and development of the lands. 
(6) RECOVERY SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Recovery 
System’’ means the National Wildland Restoration 
and Recovery System established in title V. 
TITLE I—DESIGNATION OF 
WILDERNESS AREAS 
SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST 
SYSTEM LANDS AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS 
AS WILDERNESS. 
In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the National Forest System 
lands and other public lands described in this title in the 
States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyo-
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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 164
To provide for the retention of the name of Mount McKinley. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. REGULA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To provide for the retention of the name of Mount McKinley.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That, notwithstanding any other authority of law, the 
mountain located 63 degrees 04 minutes 12 seconds north, 
by 151 degrees 00 minutes 18 seconds west shall continue 
to be named and referred to for all purposes as Mount 
McKinley.
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