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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 56 
Congratulating the Florida International University Golden Panthers for the 
school’s first Bowl victory. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2011 
Mr. RIVERA (for himself, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Ms. WILSON of 
Florida submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Congratulating the Florida International University Golden 
Panthers for the school’s first Bowl victory. 
Whereas Florida International University (FIU), established 
in 1965, is a public university located in Miami, Florida; 
Whereas the FIU football program was established in 1999 
and had its inaugural season in 2002 in Division 1–AA; 
Whereas the FIU Golden Panthers moved to Division I–A in 
2005, joining the Sun Belt Conference; 
Whereas the FIU Golden Panthers were the 2010 Sun Belt 
Conference co-champions; 
Whereas, on December 26, 2010, the FIU Golden Panthers 
defeated the University of Toledo Rockets 34–32 in the 
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl; 
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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2569 
AN ACT 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
segments of the Missisquoi River and the Trout River 
in the State of Vermont, as components of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
H. Res. 570 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 6, 2012. 
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. 2842) to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation 
conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal 
Reclamation 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 exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Natural Resources. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. It shall be in order to consider as an origi-
nal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute 
rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now 
printed in the bill. Each section of the committee amendment
•HRES 570 EH 
in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All 
points of order against the committee amendment in the na-
ture of a substitute are waived. No amendment to the com-
mittee amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in 
order except: (1) those received for printing in the portion of 
the Congressional Record designated for that purpose in 
clause 8 of rule XVIII dated at least one day before the day 
of consideration of the amendment; and (2) pro forma 
amendments for the purpose of debate. Each amendment so 
received may be offered only by the Member who caused it 
to be printed or a designee and shall be considered as read 
if printed. 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 
without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.
•HRES 570 EH 
SEC. 2. The chair of the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices is authorized, on behalf of the committee, to file a sup-
plemental report to accompany H.R. 3606. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 570 RH 
of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower develop-
ment under Federal Reclamation law, and for other pur-
poses. 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 exceed one hour equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources. 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 substitute recommended 
by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in 
the bill. Each section of the committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute shall be considered as read. All 
points of order against the committee amendment 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: (1) those received for printing in the 
portion of the Congressional Record designated for that 
purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII dated at least one day 
before the day of consideration of the amendment; and (2) 
pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. Each 
amendment so received may be offered only by the Mem-
ber who caused it to be printed or a designee and shall 
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be considered as read if printed. At the conclusion of con-
sideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall 
rise and report the bill to the House with such amend-
ments as may have been adopted. Any Member may de-
mand 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. 
SEC. 2. The chair of the Committee on Financial 
Services is authorized, on behalf of the committee, to file 
a supplemental report to accompany H.R. 3606. 
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House Calendar No. 116 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 570 
[Report No. 112–408] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2842) 
to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit 
facilities for hydropower development under Fed-
eral Reclamation law, and for other purposes. 
MARCH 5, 2012 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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H. Res. 571 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 6, 2012. 
Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sor-
row of the death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, a Rep-
resentative from the State of New Jersey. 
Resolved, That a committee of such Members of the 
House as the Speaker may designate, together with such 
Members of the Senate as may be joined, be appointed to at-
tend the funeral. 
Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House be 
authorized and directed to take such steps as may be nec-
essary for carrying out the provisions of these resolutions and 
that the necessary expenses in connection therewith be paid 
out of applicable accounts of the House. 
Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions 
to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of 
the deceased.
•HRES 571 EH 
Resolved, That when the House adjourns today, it ad-
journ as a further mark of respect to the memory of the de-
ceased. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
H. Res. 572 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
March 7, 2012. 
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. 3606) to increase American job creation and 
economic growth by improving access to the public capital 
markets for emerging growth companies. 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 exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Financial Services. After general de-
bate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the 
five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial 
Services now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute consisting of the text of the Rules Committee 
Print 112–17 shall be considered as adopted in the House
•HRES 572 EH 
and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, 
shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of fur-
ther amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be con-
sidered as read. All points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended, are waived. No further amendment to the 
bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in the 
report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolu-
tion. Each such further 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 
further amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid-
eration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 
and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such fur-
ther amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amend-
ed, and any further amendment thereto to final passage with-
•HRES 572 EH 
out intervening motion except one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
•HRES 572 RH 
public capital markets for emerging growth companies. 
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 
exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Finan-
cial Services. After general debate the bill shall be consid-
ered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu 
of the amendment in the nature of a substitute rec-
ommended by the Committee on Financial Services now 
printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute consisting of the text of the Rules Committee Print 
112-17 shall be considered as adopted in the House and 
in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall 
be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further 
amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be consid-
ered as read. All points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended, are waived. No further amendment to 
the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed 
in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution. Each such further amendment may be of-
fered only in the order printed in the report, may be of-
fered only by a Member designated in the report, shall 
be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time spec-
ified in the report equally divided and controlled by the 
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proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, 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 further amend-
ments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of 
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re-
port the bill, as amended, to the House with such further 
amendments as may have been adopted. The previous 
question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as 
amended, and any further amendment thereto to final pas-
sage without intervening motion except one motion to re-
commit with or without instructions. 
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House Calendar No. 117 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 572 
[Report No. 112–409] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3606) 
to increase American job creation and economic 
growth by improving access to the public capital 
markets for emerging growth companies. 
MARCH 6, 2012 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 573 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women’s History Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2012 
Ms. WOOLSEY (for herself, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
OLVER, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. LEWIS of 
Georgia, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 
Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. FARR, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. REYES, Mr. KIND, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. LEE of 
California, Mr. CARNAHAN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. SIRES, and 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women’s History 
Month. 
Whereas the purpose of National Women’s History Month is 
to increase awareness and knowledge of women’s involve-
ment in history; 
Whereas, as recently as the 1970s, women’s history was rare-
ly included in the kindergarten through grade 12 cur-
riculum and was not part of public awareness; 
Whereas the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County 
(California) Commission on the Status of Women initi-
ated a ‘‘Women’s History Week’’ celebration in 1978 cen-
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tered around International Women’s History Day, which 
is celebrated on March 8; 
Whereas, in 1980, the National Women’s History Project, 
which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, was 
founded in Sonoma County, California, by Molly Murphy 
MacGregor, Mary Ruthsdotter, Maria Cuevas, Paula 
Hammett, and Bette Morgan to broadcast women’s his-
torical achievements; 
Whereas National Women’s History Project founder Mary 
Ruthsdotter, who passed away in January 2010, was a 
leader in the effort to ensure the inclusion of women’s ac-
complishments in the Nation’s history; 
Whereas, in 1981, responding to the growing popularity of 
women’s history celebrations, Congress passed a resolu-
tion making Women’s History Week a national observ-
ance; 
Whereas, during this time, using information provided by the 
National Women’s History Project, founded in Sonoma 
County, California, thousands of schools and communities 
joined in the commemoration of National Women’s His-
tory Week, with support and encouragement from gov-
ernors, city councils, school boards, and Congress; 
Whereas, in 1987, the National Women’s History Project pe-
titioned Congress to expand the national celebration to 
include the entire month of March; 
Whereas educators, workplace program planners, parents, 
and community organizations in thousands of commu-
nities in the United States under the guidance of the Na-
tional Women’s History Project, have turned National 
Women’s History Month into a major local learning expe-
rience and celebration; 
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•HRES 576 IH 
Whereas, on July 18, 2011, reports indicate that Uyghurs in 
Khotan who had gathered at a local bazaar to peacefully 
protest repressive Chinese policies were arrested by Chi-
nese police, prompting an angry crowd to follow the po-
lice to the police station, where violence broke out; 
Whereas at least 4 people were reportedly killed as a result 
of the July 18, 2011, clashes, and an estimated 70 people 
were allegedly arrested in connection with the event; 
Whereas, on the weekend of July 30, 2011, a series of knife 
and bomb attacks took place in the city of Kashgar, re-
sulting in the deaths of several people; 
Whereas in September 2011, 2 men were given 19-year pris-
on sentences, and 4 men were sentenced to death by a 
Chinese court for their alleged involvement in the July 
30, 2011, and July 31, 2011, attacks; 
Whereas the 4 condemned men were allegedly tortured into 
giving confessions and were denied adequate legal rep-
resentation during their trials, despite Chinese claims 
that their trials were ‘‘open and fully protected the sus-
pects’ legal rights’’; 
Whereas, on December 28, 2011, during an official 100-day 
‘‘Strike Hard’’ campaign in Xinjiang, Chinese forces 
fired on a group of Uyghurs in Khotan; 
Whereas 7 members of the Uyghur group were reportedly 
killed, along with a Chinese security officer, while 4 
Uyghurs were injured, and 4 adults and up to 5 children 
from the group, ages 7 to 17, were and continue to be 
detained following the clash; 
Whereas the whereabouts of these detained individuals are 
unknown, but they are believed to still be held in deten-
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 575 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to observe a moment 
of silence in the House on the first legislative day of each month for 
those killed or wounded in the United States engagement in Afghanistan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2012 
Mr. JONES submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
observe a moment of silence in the House on the first 
legislative day of each month for those killed or wounded 
in the United States engagement in Afghanistan. 
Resolved, That rule XIV of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘7. (a) On the first legislative day of each month on 
which there is a record vote on any bill or joint resolution, 
immediately after that vote, a moment of silence shall be 
observed on behalf of those killed or wounded (as well as 
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their families) in the current United States engagement 
in Afghanistan. 
‘‘(b) The Speaker shall not delegate this responsi-
bility to any other Member unless the Speaker is not phys-
ically in the United States Capitol, a House office build-
ing, or a Senate office building.’’. 
Æ 
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IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 585 
Celebrating the centennial of the birth of First Lady Patricia Nixon. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2012 
Mr. LANCE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
RESOLUTION 
Celebrating the centennial of the birth of First Lady Patricia 
Nixon. 
Whereas Thelma Catherine ‘‘Pat’’ Ryan Nixon was born on 
March 16, 1912, in Ely, Nevada, and was raised on a 
small truck farm in southern California; 
Whereas a young person of tremendous courage and deter-
mination, Mrs. Nixon worked her way through the Uni-
versity of Southern California from which she was grad-
uated cum laude in 1937; 
Whereas throughout the more than 25 years of public life, 
people in the United States identified with Mrs. Nixon’s 
rise from poverty to success as an embodiment of the 
American Dream; 
Whereas Patricia Ryan and Richard Nixon were married in 
1940 and Mrs. Nixon campaigned with her husband as 
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a notice of intention to relinquish with the Secretary of
the Interior.
(b) DETERMINATION OF PRESENCE OF CONTAMINA-
TION.—Before transmitting a relinquishment notice, the
Secretary of the Navy shall prepare a written determina-
tion concerning whether and to what extent the lands that
are to be relinquished are contaminated with explosive,
toxic, or other hazardous materials. A copy of such deter-
mination shall be transmitted with the relinquishment no-
tice. The Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Fed-
eral Register copies of both the relinquishment notice and
the determination concerning the contaminated state of
the lands.
(c) DECONTAMINATION.—In the case of contami-
nated lands which are the subject of a relinquishment no-
tice, the Secretary of the Navy shall decontaminate the
land to the extent that funds are appropriated for such
purpose if the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation
with the Secretary of the Navy, determines that—
(1) decontamination of the lands is practicable
and economically feasible, taking into consideration
the potential future use and value of the land; and
(2) upon decontamination, the land could be
opened to the operation of some or all of the public
land laws, including the mining laws.
(d) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this Act
shall affect, or be construed to affect, the obligations of
the Secretary of the Navy, if any, to decontaminate lands
withdrawn under this Act pursuant to applicable law, in-
cluding the Comprehensive Environmental Response Com-
pensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901
et seq.).
(e) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO
REFUSE CONTAMINATED LANDS.—The Secretary of the
Interior shall not be required to accept lands specified in
a relinquishment notice if the Secretary of the Interior,
after consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, con-
cludes that—
(1) decontamination of any land which is the
subject of the relinquishment notice is not prac-
ticable or economically feasible;
(2) the land cannot be decontaminated suffi-
ciently to be opened to operation of some or all of
the public land laws; or
(3) a sufficient amount of funds are not appro-
priated for the decontamination of the land.
(f) STATUS OF CONTAMINATED LANDS.—If the Sec-
retary of the Interior declines under subsection (e) to ac-
cept jurisdiction of lands proposed for relinquishment or,