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‘‘(B) $lllll in outlays of which no 
more than $lllll shall be for functions 
other than National Defense (050); 
‘‘(8) with respect to fiscal year 2014— 
‘‘(A) $1,003,346,000,000 in new budget 
authority 
of 
which 
no 
more 
than 
$480,895,700,000 shall be for functions other 
than National Defense (050); and 
‘‘(B) $lllll in outlays of which no 
more than $lllll shall be for functions 
other than National Defense (050); and 
‘‘(9) with respect to fiscal year 2015— 
‘‘(A) $1,025,419,600,000 in new budget 
authority 
of 
which 
no 
more 
than 
$491,475,400,000 shall be for functions other 
than National Defense (050); and 
‘‘(B) $lllll in outlays of which no 
more than $lllll shall be for functions 
other than National Defense (050).’’. 
(b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT POINT
OF 
ORDER.—Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (as amended by section 204) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT POINT OF 
ORDER.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
128 
resentatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment, or conference report that— 
‘‘(1) increases the discretionary spending limits 
for any ensuing fiscal year after the budget year; or 
‘‘(2) would cause the discretionary spending 
limits for the budget year to be breached.’’. 
(c) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION POINT OF ORDER.— 
Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as 
amended by subsection (b)) is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) ADVANCE APPROPRIATION POINT OF ORDER.— 
It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives 
or the Senate to consider any appropriation bill or joint 
resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report 
thereon, that provides advance discretionary new budget 
authority that first becomes available for any fiscal year 
after the budget year at an amount for any program, 
project, or activity above the amount of appropriations for 
fiscal year 2006 for such program, project, or activity.’’. 
(d) 
EXTENSION
OF
GRAMM-RUDMAN.—Section 
275(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control of Act of 1985 is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2015’’ and by striking ‘‘2006’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2019’’. 
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‘‘(ii) a denial to parents of the exercise 
of their full roles and responsibilities related 
to program governance; 
‘‘(iii) a failure to perform the require-
ments of section 641A(a), as determined by 
the Secretary; 
‘‘(iv) the misuse of funds received 
under this subchapter; 
‘‘(v) loss of legal status (as determined 
by the Secretary) or financial viability, loss 
of permits, debarment from receiving Fed-
eral grants or contracts, or the improper 
use of Federal funds; or 
‘‘(vi) failure to meet any other Federal 
or State requirement; 
‘‘(B) failure of the board of directors of a 
Head Start agency to fully exercise its legal and 
fiduciary responsibilities; 
‘‘(C) failure of a Head Start agency to meet 
the 
administrative 
requirements 
of 
section 
644(b); or 
‘‘(D) failure of a Head Start agency to meet 
the 
integration 
requirements 
of 
section 
642B(a).’’;
(9) by inserting after paragraph (4), as so redes-
ignated, the following: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘eligible entities’ means an insti-
tution of higher education or other agency with exper-
tise in delivering training in early childhood develop-
ment, family support, and other assistance designed 
to improve the quality of early childhood education 
programs.’’; 
(10) by inserting after paragraph (12), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(13) The term ‘homeless children’ has the mean-
ing given such term in subtitle B of title VII of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11431–11435).’’;
(11) by inserting after paragraph (14), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(15) LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT; LIMITED 
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.—The terms ‘limited English 
proficient’ and ‘limited English proficiency’ mean 
with respect to an individual, that such individual—
‘‘(A)(i) was not born in the United States 
or has a native language that is not English; 
‘‘(ii)(I) is a Native American, an Alaska 
Native, or a native resident of a territory or pos-
session of the United States; and
•HRES 1212 EH 
SEC. 2. During consideration of H.R. 6049 pursuant to 
this resolution, notwithstanding the operation of the previous 
question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of the 
bill to such time as may be designated by the Speaker. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
retary. Such methodology may provide for re-
porting by the hospital or ambulatory surgical 
center of unit prices for specific items and serv-
ices included in a procedure, including appro-
priate per diem prices, and a method of con-
verting such unit prices for a procedure to an 
average and median price for such procedure. 
‘‘(C) FORM OF REPORT AND NOTICE.—The 
Secretary shall specify the electronic form and 
manner by which a hospital or ambulatory sur-
gical center shall report data under paragraph 
(1) and the form for posting of notices under 
paragraph (2)(B). 
‘‘(6) NON-PREEMPTION
OF
STATE
LAWS.— 
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as pre-
empting or otherwise affecting any provision of 
State law relating to the disclosure of price or other 
information for a hospital or ambulatory surgical 
center. 
‘‘(7) DRUG
DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘drug’ includes a biological and 
a non-prescription drug, such as an ointment. ’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1777 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pyrimethanil. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Mr. HULSHOF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Pyrimethanil. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PYRIMETHANIL. 
(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: 
‘‘ 
9902.05.53 
2-Anilino-4,6- 
dimethylpyrimidine 
(pyrimethanil) (CAS No. 
53112–28–0) (provided for 
in subheading 2933.59.15) ..
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2008 
’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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‘‘(II) comes from an environment in which 
a language that is not English has had a signifi-
cant impact on such individual’s level of English 
language proficiency; or 
‘‘(iii) is migratory, has a native language 
that is not English, and comes from an environ-
ment in which a language that is not English is 
dominant; and 
‘‘(B) has difficultly in speaking or under-
standing the English language to an extent that 
may be sufficient to deny such individual—
‘‘(i) the ability to successfully achieve 
in classrooms in which the language of in-
struction is English; or 
‘‘(ii) the opportunity to fully partici-
pate in society.’’; 
(12) by inserting after paragraph (19), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(20) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—The term 
‘professional development’ means high quality activi-
ties that will enhance the school readiness of eligible 
children and prevent such children from encountering 
difficulties once they enter school by improving the 
knowledge and skills of Head Start teachers and staff,
as relevant to their roles and functions, including ac-
tivities that—
‘‘(A) provide teachers with the content 
knowledge and teaching strategies needed to pro-
vide effective instruction and other school readi-
ness services in early language and literacy, 
early mathematics, cognitive skills, approaches to 
learning, creative arts, science, physical health 
and development, and social and emotional de-
velopment linked to school readiness; 
‘‘(B) assist teachers in meeting the require-
ments in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
648A(a), as appropriate; 
‘‘(C) improve teachers’ classroom manage-
ment skills, as appropriate; 
‘‘(D) for teachers, are sustained, intensive, 
and classroom-focused in order to have a positive 
and lasting impact on classroom instruction and 
teachers’ performance in the classroom; 
‘‘(E) are not primarily 1-day or short-term 
workshops or conferences, and attendance at ac-
tivities that are 1-day or short-term workshops 
or conferences must be as part of the professional 
development plan defined in section 648A(f);
‘‘(F) assist teachers and staff in increasing 
their knowledge and skills in program adminis-
tration, program quality, and the provision of 
services and instruction, as appropriate, in a 
manner that improves service delivery to eligible 
children and families; 
‘‘(G) are part of a sustained effort to im-
prove overall program quality and outcomes for 
eligible children and families; 
‘‘(H) advance teacher understanding of ef-
fective instructional strategies that are—
‘‘(i) based on scientifically based re-
search; and 
‘‘(ii) strategies for improving school 
readiness or substantially increasing the 
knowledge and teaching skills of teachers; 
‘‘(I) are, where applicable, aligned with and 
directly related to—
‘‘(i) challenging State academic con-
tent standards, student academic achieve-
ment standards, assessments, and the Head 
Start Child Outcomes Framework developed 
by the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) the curricula, ongoing assess-
ments, and other instruction and services
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1364 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to enable the Supreme Court to 
review decisions in which the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 
denied relief. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005 
Mrs. DAVIS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to enable the Su-
preme Court to review decisions in which the Court of 
Appeals for the Armed Forces denied relief. 
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 ‘‘Equal Justice for Our 
Military Act’’.
SEC. 2. SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF DECISIONS IN WHICH 
THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED 
FORCES DENIED RELIEF. 
Section 1259 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘granted relief’’ and 
inserting ‘‘granted or denied relief’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1778 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Foramsulfuron. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Mr. HULSHOF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Foramsulfuron. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FORAMSULFURON. 
(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: 
‘‘ 
9902.05.52 
Benzamide, 2-(((((4,6- 
dimethoxy- 2- 
pyrimidinyl)amino)carbonyl)- 
amino)sulfonyl)–4- 
(formylamino)- N,N- 
dimethyl- (foramsulfuron) 
(CAS No. 173159–57–4), in 
bulk or put up in forms or 
packaging for retail sale 
(provided for in subheading 
2935.00.75 or 3808.30.15) ..
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2008 
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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designed to help meet the standards de-
scribed in section 641A(a)(1); and
‘‘(iii) the Head Start Child Outcomes 
Framework developed by the Secretary; 
‘‘(J) are developed or selected with extensive 
participation of administrators and teachers 
from Head Start programs; 
‘‘(K) are developmentally appropriate for 
the children being served;
‘‘(L) are designed to give teachers of limited 
English proficient children, and other teachers 
and instructional staff, the knowledge and skills 
to provide instruction and appropriate language 
and support services to increase the English lan-
guage skills of such children; 
‘‘(M) as a whole, are regularly evaluated for 
their impact on increased teacher and staff effec-
tiveness and improved ability of teachers to sup-
port learning and increase participating chil-
dren’s school readiness, with the findings of the 
evaluations used to improve the quality of profes-
sional development; 
‘‘(N) provide instruction in methods of 
teaching children with special needs, as appro-
priate;
‘‘(O) include instruction in ways that Head 
Start personnel may work more effectively with 
parents, as appropriate; and 
‘‘(P) are designed to give teachers and staff 
the knowledge and skills to provide instruction 
and appropriate support services to children of 
diverse backgrounds, as appropriate.’’; 
(13) by inserting after paragraph (21), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(22) The term ‘scientifically based research’—
‘‘(A) means research that involves the appli-
cation of rigorous, systematic and objective pro-
cedures to obtain reliable and valid knowledge 
relevant to education activities and programs; 
and 
‘‘(B) includes research that—
‘‘(i) employs systematic, empirical 
methods that draw on observation or experi-
ment; 
‘‘(ii) involves rigorous data analyses 
that are adequate to test the stated 
hypotheses and justify the general conclu-
sions drawn; 
‘‘(iii) relies on measurements or obser-
vational methods that provide reliable and
valid data across evaluators and observers, 
across multiple measurements and observa-
tions, and across studies by the same or dif-
ferent investigators; 
‘‘(iv) is evaluated using experimental 
or quasi-experimental designs in which in-
dividuals, entities, programs or activities 
are assigned to different conditions and 
with appropriate controls to evaluate the ef-
fects of the condition of interest, with a 
preference for random assignment experi-
ments, or other designs to the extent that 
those designs contain within-condition or 
across-condition controls; 
‘‘(v) ensures that experimental studies 
are presented in sufficient detail and clarity 
to allow for replication or, at a minimum, 
offer the opportunity to build systematically 
on their findings; and 
‘‘(vi) has been accepted by a peer-re-
viewed journal or approved by a panel of 
independent experts through a comparably 
rigorous, objective, and scientific review.’’; 
and
I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1779 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Fenamidone. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2005 
Mr. HULSHOF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To suspend temporarily the duty on Fenamidone. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. FENAMIDONE. 
(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: 
‘‘ 
9902.05.51 
(5S)–3,5-Dihydro-5- methyl- 
2-(methylthio)- 5-phenyl-3- 
(phenylamino)- 4H-imidazol- 
4-one (CAS No. 161326–34– 
7) (provided for in sub-
heading 2933.29.35) ............
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2008 
’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1366 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Combat- 
Related Special Compensation paid by the uniformed services in order 
to permit certain additional retired members who have a service-con-
nected disability to receive both disability compensation from the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for that disability and Combat-Related Special 
Compensation by reason of that disability. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005 
Mr. BILIRAKIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand eligibility 
for Combat-Related Special Compensation paid by the 
uniformed services in order to permit certain additional 
retired members who have a service-connected disability 
to receive both disability compensation from the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs for that disability and Combat- 
Related Special Compensation by reason of that dis-
ability. 
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 ‘‘Combat-Related Spe-
cial Compensation Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF COMBAT-RELATED SPECIAL COM-
PENSATION ELIGIBILITY FOR CHAPTER 61 
MILITARY RETIREES. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (c) of section 1413a of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘enti-
tled to retired pay whol’’ and all that follows and insert-
ing ‘‘whol 
‘‘(1) is entitled to retired pay (other than by 
reason of section 12731b of this title); and 
‘‘(2) has a combat-related disability.’’. 
(b) COMPUTATION.—Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) 
of such section is amended— 
(1) by designating the text of that paragraph as 
subparagraph (A), realigning that text so as to be 
indented 4 ems from the left margin, and inserting 
before ‘‘In the case of’’ the following heading: ‘‘IN 
GENERAL.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR RETIREES WITH 
FEWER THAN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.—In the 
case of an eligible combat-related disabled uni-
formed services retiree who is retired under
chapter 61 of this title with fewer than 20 
years of creditable service, the amount of the 
payment under paragraph (1) for any month 
shall be reduced by the amount (if any) by 
which the amount of the member’s retired pay 
under chapter 61 of this title exceeds the 
amount equal to 21⁄2 percent of the member’s 
years of creditable service multiplied by the 
member’s retired pay base under section 
1406(b)(1) or 1407 of this title, whichever is 
applicable to the member.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2006, and shall 
apply to payments for months beginning on or after that 
date. 
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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 177
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.
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).
‘‘(ii) not less than 20 percent shall be made 
available to support a State system of early 
childhood education training and technical as-
sistance, including the State Early Learning 
Council described in section 642B(b); 
‘‘(iii) not less than 30 percent shall be made 
available to the Secretary to assist local pro-
grams in meeting the standards described in sec-
tion 641A(a)(1) and shall be allocated to address 
program weaknesses identified by monitoring ac-
tivities conducted by the Secretary under section 
641A(c); and 
‘‘(iv) not less than $3,000,000 of the amount 
in clause (iii) appropriated for such fiscal year 
shall be made available to carry out activities 
described in section 648(d)(4);’’; and 
(D) by striking the last sentence. 
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in clause (i)(I) by striking ‘‘year 
1999’’ and all that follows down to the 
semicolon 
and 
inserting 
‘‘years 
2006 
through 2011’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following:
IV 
House Calendar No. 223 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1212 
[Report No. 110–660] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6049) to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and 
conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual 
income tax relief, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2008 
Mr. ARCURI, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; 
which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6049) to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives 
for energy production and conservation, to extend certain 
expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax re-
lief, and for other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
6049) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
provide incentives for energy production and conservation, 
to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual 
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H. Res. 25
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
January 9, 1997.
Resolved, That the following named Members be, and
they are hereby, elected to the following standing committees:
COMMITTEE
ON SCIENCE: Mr. Sensenbrenner, Chair-
man.
COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS: Mr. Talent, Chair-
man.
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS’ AFFAIRS: Mr. Stump,
Chairman.
Attest:
Clerk.
(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. 
(e) SUNSET OF AUTHORITY.—This section shall have 
no effect after the date that is 10 years after the date 
of the enactment of this section.
Passed the House of Representatives October 18, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 177
AN ACT 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to author-
ize 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 con-
struct regional brine lines in California, to au-
thorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower 
Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration 
and reclamation project, and for other purposes.