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‘‘(iii) After the reservation of amounts under para-
graph (2) and the 60 percent amount referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) of this paragraph, a portion of the remain-
ing funds shall be made available—
‘‘(I) to expand services to underserved popu-
lations, such as children receiving services under 
Early Head Start programs and under migrant and 
seasonal Head Start programs; and 
‘‘(II) to increase funding to grantees with full 
enrollment and whose aggregate amount of financial 
assistance provides funding per child that is below the 
national average.’’; 
(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) Funds reserved under this paragraph (in this 
paragraph referred to as ‘quality improvement funds’) shall 
be used to accomplish the following goals: 
‘‘(i) Ensuring that Head Start programs meet or 
exceed standards pursuant to section 641A(a)(1). 
‘‘(ii) Ensuring that such programs have ade-
quate numbers of qualified staff, and that such staff 
is furnished adequate training, including developing 
skills to promote the development of language skills, 
premathematic skills, and prereading in young chil-
dren and in working with children with limited
English proficiency, children referred by child welfare 
services, and children with disabilities, when appro-
priate. 
‘‘(iii) Developing and financing the salary scales 
described under section 644(a)(3) and section 653, in 
order to ensure that salary levels and benefits are ade-
quate to attract and retain qualified staff for such 
programs. 
‘‘(iv) Using salary increases—
‘‘(I) to assist with the implementation of 
quality programs and improve staff qualifica-
tions; 
‘‘(II) to ensure that staff can promote the 
language skills and literacy growth of children 
and can provide children with a variety of skills 
that have been identified, through scientifically 
based early reading research, as predictive of 
later reading achievement; and 
‘‘(III) to encourage the staff to continually 
improve their skills and expertise by informing 
the staff of the availability of Federal and State 
incentive and loan forgiveness programs for pro-
fessional development. 
‘‘(v) Improving community-wide strategic plan-
ning and needs assessments for such programs and
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 136 
To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force or effect, and 
to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mr. KING of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide that Executive Order 13166 shall have no force 
or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. NULLIFICATION OF EFFECT OF EXECUTIVE 
ORDER. 
Executive Order 13166, ‘‘Improving Access to Serv-
ices for Persons with Limited English Proficiency’’ (Au-
gust 16, 2000; 65 Fed. Reg. 50121), is null and void and 
shall have no force or effect.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF FUNDS FOR CER-
TAIN PURPOSES. 
No funds appropriated pursuant to any provision of 
law may be used to promulgate or enforce any executive 
order that creates an entitlement to services provided in 
any language other than English. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4533 
To suspend temporarily the duty on 5-bromo-3-sec-butyl-6-methyluracil. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. BONNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on 5-bromo-3-sec-butyl-6- 
methyluracil. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTY. 
(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: 
‘‘ 
9902.30.l 
5-bromo-3-sec-butyl-6- 
methyluracil (Bromacil) 
(CAS No. 314–40–9) (pro-
vided for in subheading 
2933.59.1800) .....................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2011 
’’. 
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‘‘§ 316. Special pay for members with foreign lan-
guage proficiency’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is amend-
ed by striking the item relating to section 316 and 
inserting the following new item:
‘‘316. Special pay for members with foreign language proficiency.’’.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2005, and apply 
to duty described in sections 301, 301a, 304, 316, and 
320 of such title performed on or after that date.
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 177
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project, to authorize the Sec-
retary to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to construct 
regional brine lines in California, to authorize the Secretary to participate 
in the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclama-
tion project, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005
Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. DREIER, 
Mr. COX, Mr. ROHRABACHER, and Mr. ROYCE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural 
Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary 
to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects 
to construct regional brine lines in California, to author-
ize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy 
Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project, 
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 ‘‘Santa Ana River 
Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. PRADO BASIN NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM 
PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102–
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1636. PRADO BASIN NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Orange County Water District, shall participate 
in the planning, design, and construction of natural treat-
ment systems and wetlands for the flows of the Santa Ana 
River, California, and its tributaries into the Prado Basin. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for the operation and maintenance of 
the project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1634 the following:
‘‘1636. Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project.’’.
SEC. 3. REGIONAL BRINE LINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102–
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1637. REGIONAL BRINE LINES. 
‘‘(a) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.—The Secretary, in co-
operation with units of local government, may carry out 
a program under the Federal reclamation laws to assist 
agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines to ex-
port the salinity imported from the Colorado River to the 
Pacific Ocean as identified in—
‘‘(1) the Salinity Management Study prepared 
by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Metropolitan 
Water District of Southern California; and 
‘‘(2) the Southern California Comprehensive 
Water Reclamation and Reuse Study prepared by 
the Bureau of Reclamation. 
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS AND REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary may enter into such agreements and promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.
‘‘(iv) To pay costs incurred by Head Start agen-
cies to purchase insurance (other than employee bene-
fits) and thereby maintain or expand Head Start 
services. 
‘‘(v) To supplement amounts provided under 
paragraph (2)(C) to provide training necessary to 
improve the qualifications of the staff of the Head 
Start agencies, and to support staff training, child 
counseling, and other services necessary to address the 
problems of children participating in Head Start pro-
grams, including children from dysfunctional fami-
lies, children who experience chronic violence in their 
communities, and children who experience substance 
abuse in their families. 
‘‘(vi) To conduct outreach to homeless families in 
an effort to increase the program participation of 
homeless children. 
‘‘(vii) To conduct outreach to migrant and sea-
sonal farm-working families and families with chil-
dren with a limited English proficiency. 
‘‘(viii) Such other activities as the Secretary 
may designate.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘1998’’ in sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘2005’’;
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1373
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide leave for members of 
the Armed Forces in connection with adoptions of children, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005
Mr. CARDOZA (for himself and Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide leave 
for members of the Armed Forces in connection with 
adoptions of children, 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. ADOPTION LEAVE FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES ADOPTING CHILDREN. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 701 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(i)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense, a member of the armed forces adopting a child
in a qualifying child adoption is entitled to 21 days of 
leave to be used in connection with the adoption. 
‘‘(2) For the purpose of this subsection, an adoption 
of a child by a member is a qualifying child adoption if 
the member is eligible for reimbursement of qualified 
adoption expenses for such adoption under section 1052 
of this title. 
‘‘(3) In the event that two members of the armed 
forces who are spouses of each other adopt a child in a 
qualifying child adoption, only one such member shall be 
entitled to leave under this subsection. Such members 
shall elect which such member shall be entitled to such 
leave. 
‘‘(4) Leave under paragraph (1) is in addition to 
other leave provided under other provisions of this sec-
tion.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (i) of section 701 
of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection 
(a)), shall take effect on October 1, 2005.
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‘‘(c) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of a project to construct regional brine lines described in 
subsection (a) shall not exceed—
‘‘(1) 25 percent of the total cost of the project; 
or 
‘‘(2) $40,000,000. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation or maintenance of any 
project described in subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1635 the following:
‘‘1637. Regional brine lines.’’.
SEC. 4. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION DEM-
ONSTRATION AND RECLAMATION PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102–
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1638. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION 
DEMONSTRATION 
AND 
RECLAMATION 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Chino Basin Watermaster, the Inland Empire 
Utilities Agency, and the Santa Ana Watershed Project
Authority and acting under the Federal reclamation laws, 
shall participate in the design, planning, and construction 
of the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstra-
tion and reclamation project. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not ex-
ceed—
‘‘(1) 25 percent of the total cost of the project; 
or 
‘‘(2) $50,000,000. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation or maintenance of the 
project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1636 the following:
‘‘1638. Lower Chino dairy area desalination demonstration and reclamation 
project.’’.
SEC. 5. CEILING INCREASE ON FEDERAL SHARE OF WATER 
RECLAMATION PROJECT. 
Section 1631(d) of the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C.390h-
13(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Federal share of the costs of the 
project authorized by section 1624 shall not exceed 
$80,000,000.’’. 
SEC. 6. CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT OF 
MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
establish at the Orange County Water District located in 
Orange County, California, a center for the expressed pur-
poses of providing—
(1) assistance in the development and advance-
ment of membrane technologies; and 
(2) educational support in the advancement of 
public understanding and acceptance of membrane 
produced water supplies. 
(b) MANAGEMENT OF CENTER.—
(1) CONTRACTS.—In establishing the center, 
the Secretary shall enter into contracts with the Or-
(4) in paragraph (5) by amending subpara-
graphs (A), (B), and (C) to read as follows:
‘‘(A) From amounts reserved and allotted pursuant to 
paragraph (4), the Secretary shall award the collaboration 
grants described in subparagraphs (B) and (D). 
‘‘(B) From the reserved sums in paragraph (4), the 
Secretary shall award a collaboration grant to any State 
that submits a written request. Such grant shall be equal 
to the amount the State received under this paragraph for 
such activity for fiscal year 2005. Such grant shall be used 
by the State to facilitate collaboration regarding activities 
carried out in the State under this subchapter, and other 
activities carried out in and by the State that are designed 
to benefit low-income children and families and to encour-
age Head Start agencies to collaborate with entities in-
volved in State and local planning processes (including the 
State lead agency administering the financial assistance 
under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 and the entities that provide child care resource 
and referral services in the State) in order to better meet 
the needs of low-income children and their families. 
‘‘(C) In order to improve results for children, a State 
that receives a grant under subparagraph (B) shall appoint 
an individual to serve as the State Director of Head Start 
Collaboration to be a liaison between the appropriate re-
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1374
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit aliens who are 
independent living assistants to be accorded status as J nonimmigrants 
to provide in-home living and home support services to adults with 
disabilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005
Mr. COOPER (for himself, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. WAMP, and Mr. GORDON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit 
aliens who are independent living assistants to be ac-
corded status as J nonimmigrants to provide in-home 
living and home support services to adults with disabil-
ities.
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 ‘‘Independent Living 
Assistance Access Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. ACCORDING OF STATUS AS J NONIMMIGRANTS TO 
ALIENS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT LIVING AS-
SISTANTS TO PROVIDE IN-HOME LIVING AND 
HOME SUPPORT SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH 
DISABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (15)(J) of section 
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘independent living as-
sistant,’’ after ‘‘specialist,’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Such section is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(51) The term ‘independent living assistant’ 
means an individual who provides in-home living and 
home support services to an adult with disabilities. 
‘‘(52) The term ‘in-home living and home sup-
port services’ means services related to personal care 
(including assistance with walking, bathing, dress-
ing, and eating), homemaker services (including as-
sistance with shopping, meal preparation, and light 
housekeeping), and the performance of routine 
household chores (including house cleaning and yard 
work). Such term does not include medical care or 
any other health service required to be provided by 
a licensed health professional or provided under the 
direction of a physical or occupational therapist.’’.
(c) TRAINING.—An alien who is accorded status as 
a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)) as 
an independent living assistant (as defined in section 
101(a)(51) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), as added 
by subsection (b)), shall receive, prior to placement, appro-
priate training related to the provision of in-home living 
and home support services (as defined in section 
101(a)(52) of such Act, as added by such subsection). 
Such training shall include training for specific specialized 
in-home living and home support services in the case of 
an independent living assistant who is assisting an adult 
with a disability who requires such specific specialized 
services.
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ange County Water District for purposes of man-
aging such center. 
(2) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Orange County Water District, 
shall jointly prepare a plan, updated annually, iden-
tifying the goals and objectives of the center. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to carry out subsections (a) and (b), 
$2,000,000, for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011. 
Such sums shall remain available until expended. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Orange County Water 
District, shall provide a report to Congress on the status 
of the center and its accomplishments.
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gional office of the Administration for Children and Fami-
lies and agencies carrying out Head Start programs in the 
State. The State shall—
‘‘(i) ensure that such Director holds a position 
with sufficient authority and access to ensure that the 
collaboration described in subparagraph (B) is effec-
tive and involves a range of State agencies and local 
entities, including—
‘‘(I) the State educational agency; 
‘‘(II) the State Department of Health and 
Human Services; 
‘‘(III) the State agency that oversees child 
care; 
‘‘(IV) the State agency that assists children 
with developmental disabilities; 
‘‘(V) the State Head Start Association; 
‘‘(VI) the State network of child care re-
source and referral agencies; 
‘‘(VII) local educational agencies; 
‘‘(VIII) community-based and faith-based 
organizations; 
‘‘(IX) representatives of migrant and sea-
sonal Head Start programs located in the State; 
‘‘(X) representatives of Indian Head Start 
programs located in the State;
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 177 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 19, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural 
Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary 
to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects 
to construct regional brine lines in California, to author-
ize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy 
Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project, 
and for other purposes.
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, 
and the cost of the gold medal. 
SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS. 
(a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu-
ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 
51 of title 31, United States Code. 
(b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 
SALE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 
to this Act. 
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 
sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 
3 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 
Enterprise Fund.
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‘‘(XI) State and local providers of early 
childhood education and child care, including 
providers with experience serving children with 
limited English proficiency; and 
‘‘(XII) other entities carrying out programs 
serving low-income children and families in the 
State; 
‘‘(ii) involve the entities described in clause (i) 
to develop a strategic plan for the coordinated out-
reach to identify eligible children and to implement 
strategies based on a needs assessment, which shall in-
clude an assessment of the availability of high quality 
prekindergarten services for low-income children in 
the State. Such assessment shall be completed not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
School Readiness Act of 2005 and be updated on an 
annual basis and shall be made available to the gen-
eral public within the State; 
‘‘(iii) ensure that the collaboration described in 
subparagraph (B) involves coordination of Head 
Start services with health care, welfare, child care, 
child protective services, education, and community 
service activities, family literacy services, activities 
relating to children with disabilities (including co-
ordination of services with those State officials who