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I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4039 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase, expand the avail-
ability of, and repeal the sunset with respect to, the dependent care 
tax credit. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2007 
Mr. BARROW introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase, 
expand the availability of, and repeal the sunset with 
respect to, the dependent care tax credit. 
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 ‘‘Child Care Family Tax 
Relief Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE AND INFLATION ADJUSTMENT FOR DE-
PENDENT CARE CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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‘‘(f)(1) The Secretary may inspect a ship to which 
this Act applies as provided under section 3(a)(5), to 
verify whether the ship is in compliance with Annex VI 
to the Convention and this Act. 
‘‘(2) If an inspection under this subsection or any 
other information indicates that a violation has occurred, 
the Secretary, or the Administrator in a matter referred 
by the Secretary, may undertake enforcement action under 
this section. 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding subsection (b) and paragraph 
(2) of this subsection, the Administrator shall have all of 
the authorities of the Secretary, as specified in subsection 
(b) of this section, for the purposes of enforcing regula-
tions 17 and 18 of Annex VI to the Convention to the 
extent that shoreside violations are the subject of the ac-
tion and in any other matter referred to the Administrator 
by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 8458. AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOL. 
Section 10(b) (33 U.S.C. 1909(b)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘or the Administrator as provided for in this Act,’’ 
after ‘‘Secretary,’’. 
SEC. 8459. PENALTIES. 
Section 9 (33 U.S.C. 1908) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Protocol,,’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Protocol,’’; 
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‘‘(7) with respect to any prospectus for the con-
struction, alteration, or acquisition of any building 
or space to be leased, an estimate of the future en-
ergy performance of the building or space and a spe-
cific description of the use of energy efficient and re-
newable energy systems, including photovoltaic sys-
tems, in carrying out the project.’’. 
(b) MINIMUM PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
LEASED SPACE.—Section 3307 of such of title is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) MINIMUM PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
LEASED SPACE.—With respect to space to be leased, the 
Administrator shall include, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, minimum performance requirements requiring en-
ergy efficiency and the use of renewable energy.’’. 
(c) USE
OF ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING FIX-
TURES AND BULBS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of such title is 
amended— 
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H. J. Res. 59
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
Joint Resolution 
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the women suffragists who fought 
for and won the right of women to vote in the United States.
Whereas one of the first public appeals for women’s suffrage came 
in 1848 when Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton called 
a women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 
19, 1848; 
Whereas Sojourner Truth gave her famous speech titled ‘‘Ain’t 
I a Woman?’’ at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, 
Ohio; 
Whereas in 1869, suffragists formed two national organizations 
to work for the right to vote: the National Woman Suffrage 
Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association; 
Whereas these two organizations united in 1890 to form the 
National American Woman Suffrage Association; 
Whereas in 1872, Susan B. Anthony and a group of women voted 
in the presidential election in Rochester, New York; 
Whereas she was arrested and fined for voting illegally; 
Whereas at her trial, which attracted nationwide attention, she 
made a speech that ended with the slogan ‘‘Resistance to Tyranny 
Is Obedience to God’’; 
Whereas on January 25, 1887, the United States Senate voted 
on women’s suffrage for the first time; 
Whereas during the early 1900s, a new generation of leaders joined 
the women’s suffrage movement, including Carrie Chapman Catt, 
Maud Wood Park, Lucy Burns, Alice Paul, and Harriot E. Blatch; 
Whereas women’s suffrage leaders devoted most of their efforts 
to marches, picketing, and other active forms of protest; 
Whereas Alice Paul and others chained themselves to the White 
House fence; 
Whereas the suffragists were often arrested and sent to jail, where 
many of them went on hunger strikes; 
Whereas almost 5,000 people paraded for women’s suffrage up 
Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC; and 
Whereas on August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the United 
States Constitution granted women in the United States the 
right to vote: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That it is the 
sense of Congress that women suffragists should be revered and
H. J. Res. 59—2
celebrated for working to ensure the right of women to vote in 
the United States.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
163 
Subtitle B—Taxes Based on Income 
and Wages 
SEC. 811. PAYROLL TAX ON EMPLOYERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3111 (relating to tax on 
employers) is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as 
subsection (d) and inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) HEALTH CARE.—In addition to other taxes, 
there is hereby imposed on every employer an excise tax, 
with respect to having individuals in his employ, equal to 
8.7 percent of the wages (as defined in section 3121(a)) 
paid by him with respect to employment (as defined in 
section 3121(b)).’’ 
(b) SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME.—Section 1401 (re-
lating to rate of tax on self-employment income) is amend-
ed by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and 
inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) HEALTH CARE.—In addition to other taxes, 
there shall be imposed for each taxable year, on the self- 
employment income of every individual, a tax equal to 8.7 
percent of the amount of the self-employment income for 
such taxable year.’’ 
(c) COMPARABLE
TAXES
FOR
RAILROAD
SERV-
ICES.—
164 
(1) TAX
ON
EMPLOYERS.—Section 3221 is 
amended by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
sections (d) and inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) HEALTH CARE.—In addition to other taxes, 
there is hereby imposed on every employer an excise tax, 
with respect to having individuals in his employ, equal to 
8.7 percent of the compensation paid by such employer 
for services rendered to such employer.’’ 
(2) TAX ON EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES.— 
Section 3211 (relating to tax on employee represent-
atives) is amended by redesignating subsection (c) as 
subsection (d) and inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(c) HEALTH CARE.—In addition to other taxes, 
there is hereby imposed on the income of each employee 
representative a tax equal to 8.7 percent of the compensa-
tion received during the calendar year by such employee 
representative for services rendered by such employee rep-
resentative.’’ 
(3) NO APPLICABLE BASE.—Subparagraph (A) 
of section 3231(e)(2) is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new clause:
IV
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 196
Expressing the sense of Congress that United States assistance to Algeria
should be terminated unless its military backed government proceeds
toward democratization.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 23, 1993
Mr. WASHINGTON submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Banking, Fi-
nance and Urban Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of Congress that United States assist-
ance to Algeria should be terminated unless its military
backed government proceeds toward democratization.
Whereas, on December 26, 1991, Algeria successfully com-
pleted the first round of democratically-held multi party
national elections in that country;
Whereas the first round of elections expressed the will of the
people of Algeria who wanted an end to the 30 years of
one party rule;
Whereas on January 11, 1992, the Algerian military sized
power, cancelled the second round of elections due to take
place on January 16, 1992, and imposed unelected indi-
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1173 
AN ACT 
To repeal the CLASS program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 198
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Providing for an adjournment of the House from
Wednesday, January 26, 1994 to Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 1, 1994.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 198
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That when the House adjourns on Wednes-
day, January 26, 1994, it stand adjourned until noon on
Tuesday, February 1, 1994.
Passed the House of Representatives January 25,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
tions) who shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, of which— 
(i) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the majority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
(ii) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives; 
(iii) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the majority leader of the Senate; and 
(iv) one individual shall be appointed 
from among a list of individuals submitted 
by the minority leader of the Senate. 
(4) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.—The Chief 
Executive Officer of the Foundation shall serve as a 
nonvoting, ex officio member of the Board. 
(5) TERMS.— 
(A) OFFICERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT.—Each member of the Board described 
in paragraph (3)(A) shall serve for a term that 
is concurrent with the term of service of the in-
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 206
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Providing for an adjournment of the House from
Thursday, February 10, 1994, through Friday,
February 18, 1994, to Tuesday, February 22,
1994, and an adjournment or recess of the Sen-
ate from Thursday, February 10, 1994, through
Friday, February 18, 1994, to Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 22, 1994.
H. Res. 1155 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 6, 2008. 
Whereas the 2000 United States Census determined that El 
Dorado, Arkansas, had a significantly lower percentage 
of residents with degrees from institutions of higher edu-
cation and significantly higher percentage of families who 
fell below the poverty line than the national average; 
Whereas it is increasingly important for students to obtain a 
college education in order to keep up with the demands 
of the modern workforce and global economy; 
Whereas the El Dorado Promise scholarship is a tuition 
scholarship, created and funded by Murphy Oil Corpora-
tion, which enables all eligible high school graduates of 
the El Dorado Public School District in El Dorado, Ar-
kansas, to attend any accredited 2- or 4-year, public or 
private, college or university; 
Whereas school enrollment in the El Dorado Public School 
District has significantly increased since the El Dorado 
Promise scholarship program was established, despite a 
15-year trend of decreasing enrollment; 
Whereas the El Dorado Promise scholarship program in-
creased the number of El Dorado High School students 
who chose to attend college after graduation by 20 per-
cent; and
IV 
House Calendar No. 211 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1156 
[Report No. 110–612] 
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 493) 
to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect 
to health insurance and employment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2008 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, 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 Senate amendment to the 
bill (H.R. 493) to prohibit discrimination on the basis 
of genetic information with respect to health insurance 
and employment. 
Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it 
shall be in order to take from the Speaker’s table the bill 
(H.R. 493) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of ge-
netic information with respect to health insurance and em-
ployment, with the Senate amendment thereto, and to con-
sider in the House, without intervention of any point of 
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order except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI, 
a motion offered by the chairman of the Committee on 
Education and Labor or his designee that the House con-
cur in the Senate amendment. The Senate amendment 
and the motion shall be considered as read. The motion 
shall be debatable for one hour, with 20 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Education and Labor, 
20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce, and 20 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Ways and Means. The previous ques-
tion shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its 
adoption without intervening motion. 
SEC. 2. During consideration of the motion to concur 
pursuant to this resolution, notwithstanding the operation 
of the previous question, the Chair may postpone further 
consideration of the motion to such time as may be des-
ignated by the Speaker. 
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‘‘(iv) HEALTH CARE TAXES.—Clause 
(i) shall not apply to the taxes imposed by 
sections 3221(c) and 3211(c).’’
(4) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—
(A) Subsection (d) of section 3211, as re-
designated by paragraph (2), is amended by 
striking ‘‘and (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (b), and 
(c)’’. 
(B) Subsection (d) of section 3221, as re-
designated by paragraph (1), is amended by 
striking ‘‘and (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (b), and 
(c)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to remuneration paid after Decem-
ber 31, 2006. 
SEC. 812. HEALTH CARE INCOME TAX. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subchapter A of chapter 1 (re-
lating to determination of tax liability) is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new part: 
‘‘PART VIII—HEALTH CARE INCOME TAX ON 
INDIVIDUALS
‘‘Sec. 59B. Health care income tax.
‘‘SEC. 59B. HEALTH CARE INCOME TAX. 
‘‘(a) IMPOSITION OF TAX.—In the case of an indi-
vidual, there is hereby imposed a tax (in addition to any
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other tax imposed by this subtitle) equal to 2.2 percent 
of the taxable income of the taxpayer for the taxable year. 
‘‘(b) NO CREDITS AGAINST TAX; NO EFFECT ON 
MINIMUM TAX.—The tax imposed by this section shall not 
be treated as a tax imposed by this chapter for purposes 
of determining—
‘‘(1) the amount of any credit allowable under 
this chapter, or 
‘‘(2) the amount of the minimum tax imposed 
by section 55. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) TAX TO BE WITHHELD, ETC.—For pur-
poses of this title, the tax imposed by this section 
shall be treated as imposed by section 1. 
‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT OF TAX BY EMPLOYER 
NOT INCLUDIBLE IN GROSS INCOME.—The gross in-
come of an employee shall not include any payment 
by his employer to reimburse the employee for the 
tax paid by the employee under this section. 
‘‘(3) OTHER
RULES.—The rules of section 
59A(d) shall apply to the tax imposed by this sec-
tion.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of parts for 
subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:
‘‘PART VIII. HEALTH CARE INCOME TAX ON INDIVIDUALS’’.
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description of why Federal support is necessary for the 
Center, including evidence that the research of the Center 
will not be conducted in the absence of Federal support. 
SEC. 4106. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. 
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed as waiving 
the applicability of any requirement under any environ-
mental or other Federal or State law. 
SEC. 4107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this subtitle $50,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 through 2012, except that no funds 
shall be appropriated under this section for activities that 
are receiving funds under section 931(a)(2)(E)(i) of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16231(a)(2)(E)(i)). 
Subtitle C—Geothermal Energy 
SEC. 4201. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Advanced Geo-
thermal Energy Research and Development Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 4202. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United States has a critical national in-
terest in developing clean, domestic, renewable 
sources of energy in order to mitigate the causes of 
climate change, reduce other environmental impacts
IIA 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 59 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 26, 2005 
Received 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the women 
suffragists who fought for and won the right of women 
to vote in the United States. 
Whereas one of the first public appeals for women’s suffrage 
came in 1848 when Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady 
Stanton called a women’s rights convention in Seneca 
Falls, New York, on July 19, 1848;
HJ 59 RDS 
Whereas Sojourner Truth gave her famous speech titled 
‘‘Ain’t I a Woman?’’ at the 1851 Women’s Rights Con-
vention in Akron, Ohio; 
Whereas in 1869, suffragists formed two national organiza-
tions to work for the right to vote: the National Woman 
Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage 
Association; 
Whereas these two organizations united in 1890 to form the 
National American Woman Suffrage Association; 
Whereas in 1872, Susan B. Anthony and a group of women 
voted in the presidential election in Rochester, New York; 
Whereas she was arrested and fined for voting illegally; 
Whereas at her trial, which attracted nationwide attention, 
she made a speech that ended with the slogan ‘‘Resist-
ance to Tyranny Is Obedience to God’’; 
Whereas on January 25, 1887, the United States Senate 
voted on women’s suffrage for the first time; 
Whereas during the early 1900s, a new generation of leaders 
joined the women’s suffrage movement, including Carrie 
Chapman Catt, Maud Wood Park, Lucy Burns, Alice 
Paul, and Harriot E. Blatch; 
Whereas women’s suffrage leaders devoted most of their ef-
forts to marches, picketing, and other active forms of 
protest; 
Whereas Alice Paul and others chained themselves to the 
White House fence; 
Whereas the suffragists were often arrested and sent to jail, 
where many of them went on hunger strikes; 
Whereas almost 5,000 people paraded for women’s suffrage 
up Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC; and
HJ 59 RDS 
Whereas on August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the 
United States Constitution granted women in the United 
States the right to vote: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That it is the sense of Congress that women suffragists 
should be revered and celebrated for working to ensure 
the right of women to vote in the United States. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2006. 
Subtitle C—Increase in Excise 
Taxes on Tobacco Products 
SEC. 821. INCREASE IN EXCISE TAXES ON TOBACCO PROD-
UCTS. 
(a) CIGARETTES.—Subsection (b) of section 5701 is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$19.50 per thousand ($17 per 
thousand on cigarettes removed during 2000 or 
2001)’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘$22.50 per 
thousand’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$40.95 per thousand ($35.70 
per thousand on cigarettes removed during 2000 or 
2001)’’ in paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘$47.25 per 
thousand’’. 
(b) CIGARS.—Subsection (a) of section 5701 is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$1.828 cents 
per thousand ($1.594 per thousand on cigars re-
moved during 2000 or 2001)’’ in paragraph (1) and 
inserting ‘‘$2.11 per thousand’’, and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘equal to’’ and 
all that follows in such paragraph and inserting
IV 
House Calendar No. 212 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1157 
[Report No. 110–613] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5522) to require the Secretary 
of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health stand-
ards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2008 
Mr. MCGOVERN, 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. 5522) to require 
the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupa-
tional safety and health standards regarding worker ex-
posure to combustible dust, 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 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 5522) to require the Secretary of 
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IA 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. J. RES. 5 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing 
the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the 
flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2005 
Mrs. EMERSON introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States authorizing the Congress and the States to pro-
hibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United 
States and to set criminal penalties for that act. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled 
(two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the fol-
lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all 
intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several
•HJ 5 IH 
States within seven years after the date of its submission 
for ratification: 
‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘The Congress and the States shall have power to 
prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United 
States and to set criminal penalties for that act.’’. 
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