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•HRES 483 IH 
Whereas the withholding or lack of consular services in Erbil 
damages United States relations with the people and re-
gional government of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 
Whereas a fully operational United States Consulate in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq will increase travel between the 
United States and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and thus 
strengthen people-to-people exchanges between both sides; 
Whereas presently, United States citizens either living in or 
visiting the Kurdistan Region of Iraq must travel to the 
United States Embassy in Baghdad, 200 miles away, to 
receive full consular services; 
Whereas a fully functioning United States Consulate in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq will both be helpful in attract-
ing greater United States business and investment to the 
region and ensuring that the region continues to serve as 
a ‘‘gateway’’ to United States business success in other 
parts of Iraq, as a number of United States Government 
agencies have advocated; 
Whereas a fully functional United States Consulate in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq will demonstrate a United 
States commitment to maintaining and building upon the 
success and stability of this prosperous and democratic 
Iraqi region; 
Whereas a fully functional United States Consulate in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq will allow more government and 
nongovernmental missions between the United States and 
the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a mutual interest; 
Whereas the Kurds of Iraq have been willing partners with 
the United States in the democratic transition in Iraq 
since 2003 and the Kurdistan Region has served as a 
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model of Iraq’s democratization since Operation Iraqi 
Freedom; 
Whereas the United States and the Kurdistan Regional Gov-
ernment (KRG) have been full partners in the battle 
against terrorism and those who seek to undermine con-
tinued progress in a pluralistic, democratic, and federal 
Iraq; 
Whereas a fully operational United States Consulate in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq will play a helpful role in con-
tinuing to safeguard Iraq’s territorial integrity from ex-
ternal aggression and support United States and Iraqi 
diplomatic initiatives that seek to prevent outside inter-
ference in Iraq’s affairs; and 
Whereas a fully functional United States Consulate in the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq will also foster continued dia-
logue at a strategic level between the United States and 
the KRG: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives calls on 
the United States Department of State to provide imme-
diate full consular services, including issuing visas, from 
the United States Consulate in Erbil, the capital of the 
Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 
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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5053
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to extend for one
year Water Bank Act agreements that are due to expire
on December 31, 1994.
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 ‘‘Water Bank Extension
Act of 1994’’.
HR 5053 EH
SEC. 2. SPECIAL AUTHORITY TO EXTEND WATER BANK ACT
AGREEMENTS.
(a) Subject to subsection (b), any agreement entered
into under the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.)
and due to expire on December 31, 1994, may be extended
for 1 year under section 6 of the Water Bank Act (16
U.S.C. 1305).
(b) The authority to extend Water Bank Act agree-
ments under this Act may only be exercised to the extent
that the amount available for obligation under the Wet-
lands Reserve Program (16 U.S.C. 1637 et seq.), and the
amount used for the extention of Water Bank Act agree-
ments under subsection (a), does not exceed $93,200,000
as provided for the Wetlands Reserve Program under the
Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin-
istration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995.
Passed the House of Representatives October 4,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5053
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to extend
for one year Water Bank Act agreements that
are due to expire on December 31, 1994.
H. Res. 484 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
September 11, 2012. 
Whereas article 79, which penalizes ‘‘carrying out activities 
aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration’’, car-
ries a maximum penalty of death and is used by the Gov-
ernment of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to crack 
down on citizens advocating for political pluralism or as-
sociating with prodemocracy parties, including— 
(1) Le Cong Dinh, Tran Huynh Duy Thuc, Nguyen 
Tien Trung, Le Thang Long, and Tran Anh Kim ar-
rested in 2009; 
(2) Cao Van Tinh, Duong Kim Khai, Nguyen Chi 
Thanh, Nguyen Thanh Tam, Pham Minh Hoang, Pham 
Ngoc Hoa, Pham Van Thong, and Tran Thi Thuy ar-
rested in 2010; and 
(3) Dang Xuan Dieu, Ho Duc Hoa, Ho Van Oanh, 
Nguyen Dinh Cuong, Nguyen Van Duyet, Nguyen Van 
Oai, Nguyen Xuan Anh, Nong Hung Anh, Paulus Le 
Son, Thai Van Dung, and Tran Minh Nhat arrested dur-
ing the summer of 2011; 
Whereas article 88, which penalizes ‘‘conducting propaganda 
against the State’’, carries a maximum sentence of 12 
years imprisonment and is used by the Government of 
Vietnam to detain writers and bloggers, including—
•HRES 484 EH 
(1) Father Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen Phong, and 
Tran Quoc Hien arrested in 2007; 
(2) Nguyen Van Hai (‘‘Dieu Cay’’), Nguyen Xuan 
Nghia, Pham Thanh Nghien, and Pham Van Troi ar-
rested in 2008; 
(3) Cu Huy Ha Vu, Phan Thanh Hai, and Vi Duc 
Hoi arrested in 2010; and 
(4) Chu Manh Son, Dinh Dang Dinh, Dinh Van 
Nhuong, Do Van Hoa, Hoang Phong, Lu Van Bay, 
Nguyen Kim Nhan, Ta Phong Tan, Tran Huu Duc, and 
Viet Khang arrested in 2011; 
Whereas Vietnam is a signatory to the Universal Declaration 
of Human Rights and the International Covenant on 
Civil and Political Rights; and 
Whereas closer economic and security ties between the United 
States and Vietnam are ultimately contingent on the 
Government of Vietnam’s respect for basic freedoms: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the continued and worsening crack-
down in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam against com-
munity organizers, bloggers, and democracy activists; 
(2) calls on the Government of Vietnam to repeal 
articles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code and 
similar vague national security measures used to per-
secute peaceful political opposition and dissent; 
(3) calls on the Government of Vietnam to release 
all political prisoners, especially all activists, writers, and
•HRES 484 EH 
bloggers who have been detained or sentenced under ar-
ticles 79 and 88 of the Vietnamese penal code; and 
(4) urges the United States Department of State to 
monitor rule of law developments in Vietnam, to help en-
sure that Vietnamese laws are administered in ways that 
are consistent with Vietnam’s international human rights 
commitments. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
H. R. 5053
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Act
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to extend for one year Water Bank
Act agreements that are due to expire on December 31, 1994.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Bank Extension Act
of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL AUTHORITY TO EXTEND WATER BANK ACT AGREE-
MENTS.
(a) Subject to subsection (b), any agreement entered into under
the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) and due to expire
on December 31, 1994, may be extended for 1 year under section
6 of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1305).
(b) The authority to extend Water Bank Act agreements under
this Act may only be exercised to the extent that the amount
available for obligation under the Wetlands Reserve Program (16
U.S.C. 1637 et seq.), and the amount used for the extension of
Water Bank Act agreements under subsection (a), does not exceed
$93,200,000 as provided for the Wetlands Reserve Program under
the Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5053
To expand eligibility for the wetlands reserve program to lands covered
by expiring agreements under the Water Bank Act.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 19, 1994
Mr. POMEROY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To expand eligibility for the wetlands reserve program to
lands covered by expiring agreements under the Water
Bank Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE WETLANDS RESERVE
PROGRAM OF LAND COVERED BY EXPIRING
AGREEMENTS UNDER THE WATER BANK ACT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1237 of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837) is amended by redesignat-
ing subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (e),
(f), (g), and (h), respectively, and by inserting after sub-
section (c) the following:
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY OF LAND COVERED BY AN EXPIR-
ING AGREEMENT UNDER THE WATER BANK PROGRAM.—
During the 1-year period that begins with the date that
an agreement entered into under the Water Bank Act ex-
pires, the land covered by the agreement shall be eligible
to be placed into the wetland reserve established under
this subchapter.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1237A(b)
of such Act (16 U.S.C. 3837a(b)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
inserting ‘‘(except in the case of land eligible for
placement in the wetland reserve pursuant to section
1237(d))’’ after ‘‘restoration’’; and
(2) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara-
graph (A) to read as follows:
‘‘(A) repairs, improvements, and inspec-
tions on such land that are necessary to main-
tain existing public drainage systems if such
land—
‘‘(i) is not eligible for placement in
the wetland reserve pursuant to section
1237(d), and is subsequently restored to
the condition required by the terms of the
easement; or
‘‘(ii) is eligible for placement in the
wetland 
reserve 
pursuant 
to 
section
1237(d); and’’.
Æ
II
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5053
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 5 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 12), 1994
Received
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to extend for one
year Water Bank Act agreements that are due to expire
on December 31, 1994.
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 ‘‘Water Bank Extension
Act of 1994’’.
HR 5053 RDS
SEC. 2. SPECIAL AUTHORITY TO EXTEND WATER BANK ACT
AGREEMENTS.
(a) Subject to subsection (b), any agreement entered
into under the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.)
and due to expire on December 31, 1994, may be extended
for one year under section 6 of the Water Bank Act (16
U.S.C. 1305).
(b) The authority to extend Water Bank Act agree-
ments under this Act may only be exercised to the extent
that the amount available for obligation under the Wet-
lands Reserve Program (16 U.S.C. 1637 et seq.), and the
amount used for the extention of Water Bank Act agree-
ments under subsection (a), does not exceed $93,200,000
as provided for the Wetlands Reserve Program under the
Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Admin-
istration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995.
Passed the House of Representatives October 4,
1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
H. Res. 487 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 8, 2011. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 1633) to establish a temporary prohibition 
against revising any national ambient air quality standard 
applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit Federal regu-
lation of nuisance dust in areas in which such dust is regu-
lated under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes. 
The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All 
points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex-
ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. It shall be in 
order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amend-
ment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature
IV 
House Calendar No. 96 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 487 
[Report No. 112–317] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1633) to establish a temporary 
prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard 
applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit Federal regulation of 
nuisance dust in areas in which such dust is regulated under State, 
tribal, or local law, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. WEBSTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1633) to estab-
lish a temporary prohibition against revising any national 
ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse particu-
late matter, to limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust 
in areas in which such dust is regulated under State, 
tribal, or local law, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
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of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce now printed in the bill. The committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment 
to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute 
shall be in order except those printed in the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the 
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the 
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. All points of order against such amendments are 
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for 
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to 
the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. 
Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on 
any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to 
the bill or to the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage
•HRES 487 EH 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
I
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5054
To amend title 5, United States Code, to conform the retirement coverage
of Members and congressional employees to that of employees of the
executive branch.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 19, 1994
Mr. SANTORUM introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on House Administration and Post Office and Civil Service
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to conform the retire-
ment coverage of Members and congressional employees
to that of employees of the executive branch.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REFERENCE.
Whenever in this Act a section or other provision is
amended or repealed, such amendment or repeal shall be
considered to be made to that section or other provision
of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 2. EQUAL TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WITH 
FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES 
GENERALLY
UNDER CSRS.
(a) CREDITABLE SERVICE.—Section 8332 is amend-
ed by striking out subsections (d) and (h).
(b) DEDUCTIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND DEPOS-
ITS.—Section 8334 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by amending the first sen-
tence to read as follows: ‘‘The employing agency
shall deduct and withhold 7 percent of the basic pay
of a employee or Member, 71⁄2 percent of the basic
pay of a law enforcement officer and a firefighter,
and 8 percent of the basic pay of a Claims Court
judge, a United States magistrate, a judge of the
United States Court of Military Appeals, and a
bankruptcy judge.’’; and
(2) in the table contained in subsection (c), by
amending the items relating to Member or employee
for congressional employee service and Member for
Member service to read as follows:
Member or employee for congressional
employee service ........................................
21⁄2 .......
August 1, 1920, to June
30, 1926.
HRES 487 RH 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1633) to establish a temporary pro-
hibition against revising any national ambient air quality 
standard applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit 
Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which such 
dust is regulated under State, tribal, or local law, and for 
other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis-
pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 
the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to 
the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce. After general 
debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 
the five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as 
an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the 
five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute recommended by the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce now printed in the bill. The committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as 
read. All points of order against the committee amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute are waived. No amend-
ment to the committee amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute shall be in order except those printed in the report 
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. 
Each such amendment may be offered only in the order 
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printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub-
ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 
or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 
against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion 
of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 
shall rise and report the bill to the House with such 
amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may 
demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment 
adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to 
the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 
the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without 
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions. 
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House Calendar No. 96 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 487 
[Report No. 112–317] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1633) 
to establish a temporary prohibition against re-
vising any national ambient air quality standard 
applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit 
Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in 
which such dust is regulated under State, tribal, 
or local law, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 7, 2011 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 489 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and 
traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who cele-
brate Christmas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. LAMBORN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be pro-
tected for use by those who celebrate Christmas. 
Whereas Christmas is a national holiday celebrated on De-
cember 25; and 
Whereas the Framers intended that the First Amendment of 
the Constitution, in prohibiting the establishment of reli-
gion, would not prohibit any mention of religion or ref-
erence to God in civic dialog: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the importance of the symbols and tra-
ditions of Christmas; 
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(2) strongly disapproves of attempts to ban ref-
erences to Christmas; and 
(3) expresses support for the use of these symbols 
and traditions by those who celebrate Christmas. 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 48 
Establishing a select committee to review national security laws, policies, 
and practices. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 20, 2011 
Ms. LEE of California (for herself and Mr. CONYERS) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Establishing a select committee to review national security 
laws, policies, and practices. 
Whereas a select committee would be able to take a broad 
look at Executive Branch decisions and the role of many 
departments and agencies, including contractors, in law 
enforcement, national security, and intelligence activities 
including surveillance, interrogation and detention prac-
tices, without having any jurisdictional limitations; and 
Whereas a select committee will bring members of the rel-
evant standing committees together with a dedicated staff 
to provide intensive investigation, oversight, and rec-
ommendation that cannot be accomplished by the com-
mittees of jurisdiction working piecemeal: Now, therefore, 
be it 
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