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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 543 
To amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to require improved 
disclosure of corporate charitable contributions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 2, 2005 
Mr. GILLMOR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to re-
quire improved disclosure of corporate charitable con-
tributions, 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 ‘‘Corporate Charitable 
Disclosure Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. 
Section 14 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 
1934 (15 U.S.C. 78n) is amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) DISCLOSURE OF CHARITABLE CONTRIBU-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) DISCLOSURES REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(A) SUBSTANTIAL
CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO INSIDER-AFFILIATED CHARITIES.—The 
statements or documents described in sub-
paragraph (B) shall include— 
‘‘(i) a disclosure of contributions 
whose value exceeds the designated 
amount that were made by the issuer 
during the issuer’s previous year to 
any nonprofit organization of which a 
director, officer, or controlling person 
of the issuer, or a spouse thereof, was 
a director or trustee; and 
‘‘(ii) the name of such nonprofit 
organization and the value of the con-
tribution. 
‘‘(B) STATEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS 
COVERED.—The requirements of subpara-
graph (A) apply to— 
‘‘(i) the proxy statement or other 
documents accompanying any proxy, 
consent, or authorization solicited by 
or on behalf of the management of an
issuer in respect of a security reg-
istered pursuant to section 12 of this 
title, or a security issued by an invest-
ment company registered under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940, 
prior to any annual meeting of the 
holders of such security; or 
‘‘(ii) if proxies, consents, or au-
thorizations are not solicited by the 
management in respect of the annual 
meeting, 
the 
written 
information 
statement distributed in connection 
therewith. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL STATEMENTS REQUIRED.— 
Every issuer with a security registered pursuant 
to section 12 of this title, or a security issued 
by an investment company registered under the 
Investment Company Act of 1940, shall annu-
ally make available, in a format designated by 
the Commission, the total value of contributions 
made by the issuer to nonprofit organizations 
during its previous fiscal year, and, if the value 
of contributions to any organization exceeds the 
designated amount, the name of that organiza-
tion and the value of contributions.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘designated amount’ 
means such amount as may be designated 
by the Commission by rule, consistent with 
the public interest and the protection of in-
vestors for purposes of this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) the Commission may, by such 
rules as it deems necessary or appropriate 
in the public interest, define the terms ex-
ecutive officer and controlling person.’’. 
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II 
Calendar No. 562 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5970 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 31, 2006 
Received; deemed read the first time on July 28 (legislative day, July 26), 
2006, pursuant to the order of July 28, 2006 
JULY 31, 2006 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase 
the unified credit against the estate tax to an exclusion 
equivalent of $5,000,000, to repeal the sunset provision 
for the estate and generation-skipping taxes, and to ex-
tend expiring provisions, 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, ETC. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Estate Tax and Extension of Tax Relief Act of 2006’’. 
(b) REFERENCE.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is 
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Calendar No. 269
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3350
AN ACT
To establish a program of residential substance
abuse treatment within Federal prisons.
NOVEMBER 4 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1)(B), the applicable percentage is— 
‘‘(A) in the case the decedent’s death is in 
2010, 40 percent, 
‘‘(B) in the case the decedent’s death is in 
2011, 38 percent, 
‘‘(C) in the case the decedent’s death is in 
2012, 36 percent, 
‘‘(D) in the case the decedent’s death is in 
2013, 34 percent, 
‘‘(E) in the case the decedent’s death is in 
2014, 32 percent, and 
‘‘(F) in the case the decedent’s death is in 
2015 or thereafter, 30 percent. 
‘‘(3) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—In the case of 
any decedent dying in a calendar year after 2015, 
each $25,000,000 amount in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of paragraph (1) shall be increased by an 
amount equal to— 
‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 
‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter-
mined under section 1(f)(3) for such calendar 
year by substituting ‘calendar year 2014’ for 
‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) 
thereof. 
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initial pleading, providing that the plaintiff will neither 
seek nor accept an award of damages or entry of other 
relief exceeding the amount specified in section 1332(a), 
the case may not be removed on the basis of the jurisdic-
tion under section 1332(a) as long as the plaintiff abides 
by the declaration and the declaration is binding under 
the laws and practice of the State. If the plaintiff has filed 
such a declaration in State court but thereafter fails to 
abide by that declaration, the defendant or defendants 
may file a notice of removal within 30 days after receiving, 
through service or otherwise, a copy of an amended plead-
ing, motion, order or other paper from which it may first 
be ascertained that the plaintiff seeks or is willing to ac-
cept an award of damages or other relief exceeding the 
amount specified in section 1332(a).’’. 
(b) PROCEDURE AFTER REMOVAL.—Section 1447 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) Within 30 days after the filing of a notice of re-
moval of a civil action in which the district court’s removal 
jurisdiction rests solely on original jurisdiction under sec-
tion 1332(a), the plaintiff may file a declaration with the 
district court providing that the plaintiff will neither seek 
nor accept an award of damages or entry of other relief 
exceeding the amount specified in section 1332(a) of this 
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title. Upon the filing of such a declaration, the district 
court shall remand the action to State court unless equi-
table circumstances warrant retaining the case.’’. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
the amendments made by this Act take effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act, and apply to any action or pros-
ecution commenced on or after such date of enactment. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF CHANGE IN JURISDICTIONAL 
AMOUNT.—Any change in the amount in controversy 
under section 1332(a) of title 28, United States Code, that 
is made pursuant to the amendments made by section 5 
shall apply to any action or prosecution commenced on or 
after the date such change becomes effective. 
(c) TREATMENT OF CASES REMOVED TO FEDERAL 
COURT.—For purposes of subsections (a) and (b ), an ac-
tion or prosecution commenced in State court and re-
moved to Federal court shall be deemed to commence on 
the date the action or prosecution was commenced in State 
court. 
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Union Calendar No. 171
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3350
[Report No. 103–320]
A BILL
To establish a program of residential substance
abuse treatment within Federal prisons.
NOVEMBER 3, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4316 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain black and white 
monitors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2007 
Mr. CROWLEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain black 
and white monitors. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CERTAIN BLACK AND WHITE MONITORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Heading 9902.23.55 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to 
certain black and white monitors) is amended by striking 
the date in the effective period column and inserting ‘‘12/ 
31/2011’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
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designating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9) and by insert-
ing after paragraph (7) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) TREATMENT
OF
ACTIVITIES
IN
PUERTO 
RICO.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of any 
taxpayer with gross receipts for any taxable 
year from sources within the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, if all of such receipts are taxable 
under section 1 or 11 for such taxable year, 
then for purposes of determining the domestic 
production gross receipts of such taxpayer for 
such taxable year under subsection (c)(4), the 
term ‘United States’ shall include the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR APPLYING WAGE 
LIMITATION.—In the case of any taxpayer de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), for purposes of 
applying the limitation under subsection (b) for 
any taxable year, the determination of W–2 
wages of such taxpayer shall be made without 
regard 
to 
any 
exclusion 
under 
section 
3401(a)(8) for remuneration paid for services 
performed in Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(C) TERMINATION.—This paragraph shall 
apply only with respect to the first 2 taxable 
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years of the taxpayer beginning after December 
31, 2005, and before January 1, 2008.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2005. 
SEC. 232. CREDIT FOR PRIOR YEAR MINIMUM TAX LIABIL-
ITY MADE REFUNDABLE AFTER PERIOD OF 
YEARS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 53 (relating to credit for 
prior year minimum tax liability) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LONG- 
TERM UNUSED CREDITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an individual has a long- 
term unused minimum tax credit for any taxable 
year beginning before January 1, 2013, the amount 
determined under subsection (c) for such taxable 
year shall not be less than the AMT refundable cred-
it amount for such taxable year. 
‘‘(2) AMT REFUNDABLE CREDIT AMOUNT.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘AMT re-
fundable credit amount’ means, with respect to 
any taxable year, the amount equal to the 
greater of— 
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warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(i) the lesser of— 
‘‘(I) $5,000, or 
‘‘(II) the amount of long-term 
unused minimum tax credit for such 
taxable year, or 
‘‘(ii) 20 percent of the amount of such 
credit. 
‘‘(B) PHASEOUT
OF
AMT
REFUNDABLE 
CREDIT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an 
individual whose adjusted gross income for 
any taxable year exceeds the threshold 
amount (within the meaning of section 
151(d)(3)(C)), the AMT refundable credit 
amount determined under subparagraph 
(A) for such taxable year shall be reduced 
by the applicable percentage (within the 
meaning of section 151(d)(3)(B)). 
‘‘(ii) ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.—For 
purposes of clause (i), adjusted gross in-
come shall be determined without regard to 
sections 911, 931, and 933. 
‘‘(3) LONG-TERM UNUSED MINIMUM TAX CRED-
IT.— 
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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3351
AN ACT
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants for the pur-
pose of developing alternative methods of punish-
ment for young offenders to traditional forms of
incarceration and probation.
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3353
AN ACT
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants to develop
more effective programs to reduce juvenile gang
participation and juvenile drug trafficking.
emergency response time, noise, and socioeconomic 
impacts; and 
‘‘(7) the effect of the proposed transaction on 
intercity rail passenger transportation and commuter 
rail passenger transportation, as defined by section 
24102 of this title.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), 
and (f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) and in-
serting a new subsection (c) as follows: 
‘‘(c) The Board shall approve and authorize a trans-
action under this section when it finds the transaction is 
consistent with the public interest. The Board shall not 
approve a transaction described in subsection (b) if it finds 
that the transaction’s adverse impacts on safety and on 
the affected communities, as defined under subsection (b), 
outweigh the transportation benefits of the transaction. 
The Board may impose conditions governing a transaction 
under this section, including conditions to mitigate the ef-
fects of the transaction on local communities.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘The Board shall approve’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘the transaction, including’’ and insert 
‘‘The conditions the Board may impose under this 
section include’’; and 
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(F) other organizations that the commu-
nity-based organization determines to be appro-
priate;
(6) contain an assurance that the community-
based organization will use grant funds received
under this section to provide children in the eligible
community with activities and services that shall in-
clude supervised sports programs, and extracurricular
and academic programs, in accordance with section
1016(b);
(7) contain a list of the activities and services
that will be offered through the program for which the
grant is sought and sponsored by private nonprofit
organizations, individuals, and groups serving the eli-
gible community, including—
(A) extracurricular and academic pro-
grams, such as programs described in section
1016(b)(2); and
(B) activities that address specific needs in
the community;
(8) demonstrate the manner in which the com-
munity-based organization will make use of the re-
sources, expertise, and commitment of private entities
in carrying out the program for which the grant is
sought;
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‘‘(2) is, under subsection (a) of such section, ex-
empt from taxation. 
‘‘(g) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall appoint an 
Executive Director who shall serve at the pleasure of 
the Board. The Executive Director shall be respon-
sible for the day-to-day operations of the Foundation 
and shall have such specific duties and responsibil-
ities as the Board shall prescribe. 
‘‘(2) COMPENSATION.—The compensation of 
the Executive Director shall be fixed by the Board 
but shall not be greater than the compensation of 
the Commissioner. 
‘‘(h) ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS.—In carrying out 
this subchapter, the Board, acting through the Executive 
Director, may— 
‘‘(1) adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, 
which shall be judicially noticed; 
‘‘(2) hire, promote, compensate, and discharge 
1 or more officers, employees, and agents, as may be 
necessary, and define their duties; 
‘‘(3) prescribe the manner in which— 
‘‘(A) real or personal property of the 
Foundation is acquired, held, and transferred;
(b) PLUG-IN VEHICLES NOT TREATED
AS NEW 
QUALIFIED HYBRID VEHICLES.—Section 30B(d)(3) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) EXCLUSION OF PLUG-IN VEHICLES.— 
Any vehicle with respect to which a credit is al-
lowable under section 30D (determined without 
regard to subsection (c) thereof) shall not be 
taken into account under this section.’’. 
(c) CREDIT MADE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS 
CREDIT.—Section 38(b) is amended by striking ‘‘plus’’ at 
the end of paragraph (32), by striking the period at the 
end of paragraph (33) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’, and by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(34) the portion of the plug-in hybrid vehicle 
credit to which section 30D(c)(1) applies.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1)(A) Section 24(b)(3)(B), as amended by this 
Act, is amended by striking ‘‘and 25D’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘25D, and 30D’’. 
(B) Section 25(e)(1)(C)(ii) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘30D,’’ after ‘‘25D,’’. 
(C) Section 25B(g)(2), as amended by this Act, 
is amended by striking ‘‘and 25D’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
25D, and 30D’’. 
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(D) Section 26(a)(1), as amended by this Act, 
is amended by striking ‘‘and 25D’’ and inserting 
‘‘25D, and 30D’’. 
(E) Section 1400C(d)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘and 25D’’ and inserting ‘‘25D, and 30D’’. 
(2) Section 1016(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (35), by striking the 
period at the end of paragraph (36) and inserting ‘‘, 
and’’, and by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(37) to the extent provided in section 
30D(e)(1).’’. 
(3) Section 6501(m) is amended by inserting 
‘‘30D(e)(4),’’ after ‘‘30C(e)(5),’’. 
(4) The table of sections for subpart B of part 
IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 30D. Plug-in hybrid vehicles.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2008. 
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5234
AN ACT
To amend the Hmong Veterans’ Naturalization Act of 2000
to extend the applicability of that Act to certain former
spouses of deceased Hmong veterans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
II
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5266
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 4 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000
Received
AN ACT
For the relief of Saeed Rezai.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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‘‘(2) Dissolving of storage tank sediments. 
‘‘(3) Clogging of filters. 
‘‘(4) Contamination from water or other 
adulterants or pollutants. 
‘‘(5) Poor flow properties related to low tem-
peratures. 
‘‘(6) Oxidative and thermal instability in long- 
term storage and use. 
‘‘(7) Microbial contamination. 
‘‘(8) Problems associated with electrical conduc-
tivity. 
‘‘(9) Such other areas as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 4404. BIODIESEL. 
(a) BIODIESEL STUDY.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report on any research and develop-
ment challenges inherent in increasing to 2.5 percent the 
proportion of diesel fuel sold in the United States that 
is biodiesel (within the meaning of section 211(o) of the 
Clean Air Act). 
(b) MATERIALS
FOR
THE
ESTABLISHMENT
OF 
STANDARDS.—The Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology shall make publicly available 
the physical property data and characterization of bio-
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘ju-
dicial canon,’’ after ‘‘any statute, regulation, 
rule,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘ju-
dicial canon,’’ after ‘‘any Federal conflict of in-
terest statute, regulation, rule,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
after ‘‘the Director of the Office of Government 
Ethics,’’ the following: ‘‘in the case of executive 
branch officers or employees, or by the Judicial 
Conference of the United States (or its des-
ignee), in the case of judicial officers,’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting ‘‘judicial 
canon,’’ after ‘‘any statute, regulation, rule,’’. 
(b) JUDICIAL OFFICER DEFINED.—Section 1043(b) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) JUDICIAL
OFFICER.—The term ‘judicial 
officer’ means the Chief Justice of the United 
States, the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, 
and the judges of the United States courts of ap-
peals, United States district courts, including the 
district courts in Guam, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and the Virgin Islands, Court of Appeals for 
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the Federal Circuit, Court of International Trade, 
Tax Court, Court of Federal Claims, Court of Ap-
peals for Veterans Claims, United States Court of 
Appeals for the Armed Forces, and any court cre-
ated by Act of Congress, the judges of which are en-
titled to hold office during good behavior.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to sales after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 250. PREMIUMS FOR MORTGAGE INSURANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 163(h)(3) (relating to 
qualified residence interest) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) MORTGAGE
INSURANCE
PREMIUMS 
TREATED AS INTEREST.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Premiums paid or 
accrued for qualified mortgage insurance 
by a taxpayer during the taxable year in 
connection with acquisition indebtedness 
with respect to a qualified residence of the 
taxpayer shall be treated for purposes of 
this section as interest which is qualified 
residence interest. 
‘‘(ii) PHASEOUT.—The amount other-
wise treated as interest under clause (i) 
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