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(c) TERMINATION
OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No 
coins shall be minted under this Act after December 31, 
2006. 
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the coins issued under this Act shall be sold 
by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of the face 
value of the coins, the surcharge required under section 
7(a) for the coins, and the cost of designing and issuing 
such coins (including labor, materials, dies, use of machin-
ery, overhead expenses, and marketing). 
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 
discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS AT A DISCOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 
before the issuance of such coins. 
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable discount. 
(d) SALES OF SINGLE COINS AND SETS OF COINS.— 
Coins of each design specified under section 4 may be sold 
separately or as a set containing a coin of each such de-
sign.
I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2680
To replace the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the National
Immigration Bureau, to separate the immigration enforcement and adju-
dication functions performed by officers and employees of the Bureau
reporting to the Director, to amend the Immigration and Nationality
Act to restore eligibility for adjustment of status under section 245(i)
of that Act and to restructure the use of fees collected for providing
adjudication and naturalization services, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 3, 1999
Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr.
GUTIERREZ, and Mr. MEEHAN) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To replace the Immigration and Naturalization Service with
the National Immigration Bureau, to separate the immi-
gration enforcement and adjudication functions per-
formed by officers and employees of the Bureau report-
ing to the Director, to amend the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act to restore eligibility for adjustment of status
under section 245(i) of that Act and to restructure the
use of fees collected for providing adjudication and natu-
ralization services, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 55 
To establish the District Court of the Virgin Islands as a court under 
article III of the United States Constitution. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish the District Court of the Virgin Islands as 
a court under article III of the United States Constitution. 
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 ‘‘Judicial District of 
the Virgin Islands Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIR-
GIN ISLANDS AS AN ARTICLE III COURT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2681
AN ACT
To establish a program, coordinated by the Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board, of assistance
to families of passengers involved in rail pas-
senger accidents.
qualification shall be permitted or given consider-
ation, but all such selection, hiring, appointments 
and promotions shall be given and made on the basis 
of merit and efficiency. 
(3) CONTRACTS.—In the authorization of con-
tracts or agreements made or entered into by an of-
ficial, employee, or other authorized agent of the 
Corporation, and in the determination or rates or 
terms of payment for such contracts and agree-
ments, no political test or qualification shall be per-
mitted or given consideration, but all such contracts 
and agreements shall be given and made on the 
basis of merit, efficiency, and fiscal responsibility. 
SEC. 105. POWERS OF THE CORPORATION. 
(a) POWERS.—The Corporation shall be a body cor-
porate that shall have the power to— 
(1) adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal; 
(2) provide for such other officers and employ-
ees as may be necessary to perform the functions of 
the Corporation, define their duties, and require sur-
ety bonds or make other provisions against losses oc-
casioned by acts of such persons; 
(3) fix the compensation and number of, and 
appoint, employees for any position established by 
the Corporation, without regard to the provisions of 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4049 
AN ACT 
To amend section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, 
to eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured de-
pository institutions and money services businesses and 
enhance the availability of transaction accounts at depos-
itory institutions for such business, and for other pur-
poses.
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4049 
To amend section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, to eliminate regu-
latory burdens imposed on insured depository institutions and money 
services businesses and enhance the availability of transaction accounts 
at depository institutions for such business, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 1, 2007 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, and Mrs. BIGGERT) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, 
to eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured de-
pository institutions and money services businesses and 
enhance the availability of transaction accounts at depos-
itory institutions for such business, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Money Service Busi-
ness Act of 2007’’. 
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‘‘(6) The term ‘combined heat and power sys-
tem’ means a facility— 
‘‘(A) that simultaneously and efficiently 
produces useful thermal energy and electricity; 
and 
‘‘(B) that recovers not less than 60 percent 
of the energy value in the fuel (on a lower-heat-
ing-value basis) in the form of useful thermal 
energy and electricity. 
‘‘(7) The terms ‘electric utility’, ‘State regu-
lated electric utility’, ‘nonregulated electric utility’ 
and other terms used in this Part have the same 
meanings as when such terms are used in title I of 
the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 
(relating to retail regulatory policies for electric utili-
ties). 
‘‘SEC. 373. SURVEY AND REGISTRY. 
‘‘(a) RECOVERABLE
WASTE-ENERGY
INVENTORY 
PROGRAM.—The Administrator, in cooperation with State 
energy offices, shall establish a Recoverable Waste-Energy 
Inventory Program. The program shall include an ongoing 
survey of all major industrial and large commercial com-
bustion sources in the United States and the sites where 
these are located, together with a review of each for quan-
tity and quality of waste energy.
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
126 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 126A. Virgin Islands 
‘‘The Virgin Islands constitutes one judicial district 
comprising two divisions. 
‘‘(1) The Saint Croix Division comprises the Is-
land of Saint Croix and adjacent islands and cays. 
‘‘Court for the Saint Croix Division shall be 
held at Christiansted. 
‘‘(2) The Saint Thomas and Saint John Divi-
sion comprises the Islands of Saint Thomas and 
Saint John and adjacent islands and cays. 
‘‘Court for the Saint Thomas and Saint John 
Division shall be held at Charlotte-Amalie.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents for chapter 5 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 126 the following: 
‘‘126A. Virgin Islands’’. 
(3) NUMBER OF JUDGES.—The table contained 
in section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to 
Vermont the following: 
‘‘Virgin Islands ..........................................................................................
2’’. 
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‘‘(b) CRITERIA.—The Administrator shall, within 120 
days after the enactment of this section, develop and pub-
lish proposed criteria subject to notice and comment, and 
within 270 days of enactment, establish final criteria, to 
identify and designate those sources and sites in the inven-
tory under subsection (a) where recoverable waste energy 
projects or combined heat and power system projects may 
have economic feasibility with a payback of invested costs 
within 5 years or less from the date of first full project 
operation (including incentives offered under this Part). 
Such criteria will include standards that insure that 
projects proposed for inclusion in the Registry are not de-
veloped for the primary purpose of making sales of excess 
electric power under the regulatory treatment provided 
under this Part. 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL SUPPORT.—The Administrator shall 
provide to owners or operators of combustion sources tech-
nical support and offer partial funding (up to one-half of 
total costs) for feasibility studies to confirm whether or 
not investment in recovery of waste energy or combined 
heat and power at that source would offer a payback pe-
riod of 5 years or less. 
‘‘(d) REGISTRY.—(1) The Administrator shall, within 
one year after the enactment of this section, establish a 
Registry of Recoverable Waste-energy Sources, and sites
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2681
AN ACT
To establish a program, coordinated by the National Trans-
portation Safety Board, of assistance to families of pas-
sengers involved in rail passenger accidents.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5600 
To permit nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts, employees 
transferred to the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Probation, and Of-
fender Supervision Trustee, and employees of the District of Columbia 
Public Defender Service to have periods of service performed prior to 
the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 included as part 
of the years of service used to determine the time at which such employ-
ees are eligible to retire under chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
Code, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2008 
Ms. NORTON (for herself and Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To permit nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia 
courts, employees transferred to the Pretrial Services, 
Parole, Adult Probation, and Offender Supervision 
Trustee, and employees of the District of Columbia Pub-
lic Defender Service to have periods of service performed 
prior to the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997 included as part of the years of service used to 
determine the time at which such employees are eligible 
to retire under chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
Code, and for other purposes. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5601 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
7925 West Russell Road in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the ‘‘Sergeant Irving 
Joseph Schwartz Post Office Building’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2008 
Mr. PORTER (for himself and Ms. BERKLEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 7925 West Russell Road in Las Vegas, Ne-
vada, as the ‘‘Sergeant Irving Joseph Schwartz Post 
Office Building’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SERGEANT IRVING JOSEPH SCHWARTZ POST 
OFFICE BUILDING. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 7925 West Russell Road in Las 
Vegas, Nevada, shall be known and designated as the 
‘‘Sergeant Irving Joseph Schwartz Post Office Building’’. 
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110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5602 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act 
to treat certain domestically controlled foreign persons performing serv-
ices under contract with the United States Government as American 
employers for purposes of certain employment taxes and benefits. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2008 
Mr. ELLSWORTH (for himself, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia, and Mr. POMEROY) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social 
Security Act to treat certain domestically controlled for-
eign persons performing services under contract with the 
United States Government as American employers for 
purposes of certain employment taxes and benefits. 
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 ‘‘Fair Share Act of 
2008’’. 
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on which those sources are located, which meet the criteria 
set forth under subsection (b). The Administrator shall 
update the Registry on not less than a monthly basis, and 
make the Registry accessible to the public on the Environ-
mental Protection Agency web site. Any State or electric 
utility may contest the listing of any source or site by sub-
mitting a petition to the Administrator. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator shall register and include on 
the Registry all sites meeting the criteria of subsection (b). 
The Administrator shall calculate the total amounts of po-
tentially recoverable waste energy from sources at such 
sites, nationally and by State, and shall make such totals 
public, together with information on the air pollutant and 
greenhouse gas emissions savings that might be achieved 
with recovery of the waste energy from all sources and 
sites listed in the Registry. 
‘‘(3) The Administrator shall notify owners or opera-
tors of Recoverable Waste-Energy Sources and sites listed 
in the Registry prior to publishing the listing. The owner 
or operator of sources at such sites may elect to have de-
tailed quantitative information concerning that site not 
made public by notifying the Administrator of that elec-
tion. Information concerning that site shall be included in 
State totals unless there are fewer than 3 sites in the 
State.
106TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2684
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Af-
fairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sun-
dry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corpora-
tions, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2000, and for other purposes.
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4129 
To amend the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require certification of State 
and law enforcement agency reports related to missing children and 
to require that certain information be provided to individuals reporting 
a missing child, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. CONYERS, and 
Mr. CARDOZA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Crime Control Act of 1990 to require certifi-
cation of State and law enforcement agency reports re-
lated to missing children and to require that certain 
information be provided to individuals reporting a miss-
ing child, 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 ‘‘Runaway Reporting 
Improvement Act of 2009’’. 
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‘‘(4) As waste energy projects achieve successful re-
covery of waste energy, the Administrator shall remove the 
related sites or sources from the Registry, and shall des-
ignate the removed projects as eligible for the incentive 
provisions provided under this Part and the regulatory 
treatment required by this Part. No project shall be re-
moved from the Registry without the consent of the owner 
or operator of the project if the owner or operator has 
submitted a petition under section 375 and such petition 
has not been acted upon or denied. 
‘‘(5) The Administrator shall not list any source con-
structed after the date of the enactment of this Part on 
the Registry if the Administrator determines that such 
source— 
‘‘(A) was developed for the primary purpose of 
making sales of excess electric power under the reg-
ulatory treatment provided under this Part; or 
‘‘(B) does not capture at least 60 percent of the 
total energy value of the fuels used (on a lower-heat-
ing-value basis) in the form of useful thermal en-
ergy, electricity, mechanical energy, chemical output, 
or some combination of them. 
‘‘(e) SELF-CERTIFICATION.—Owners, operators, or 
third-party developers of industrial waste-energy projects 
that qualify under standards established by the Adminis-
I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5603 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the national defense 
through empowerment of the National Guard, enhancement of the func-
tions of the National Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State 
military coordination in domestic emergency response, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2008 
Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia (for himself and Mr. TAYLOR) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the 
national defense through empowerment of the National 
Guard, enhancement of the functions of the National 
Guard Bureau, and improvement of Federal-State mili-
tary coordination in domestic emergency response, 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 ‘‘National Guard Em-
powerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 
2008’’. 
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HR 4986 RDS 
322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
(2) A minority institution, as defined in section 
365(3) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k(3)). 
(3) An Hispanic-serving institution, as defined 
in section 502(a)(5) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 
1101a(a)(5)). 
SEC. 533. REPORT ON UTILIZATION OF TUITION ASSIST-
ANCE BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 
2008, the Secretary of each military department shall sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the utilization of tuition assistance by members of the 
Armed Forces, whether in the regular components of the 
Armed Forces or the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces, under the jurisdiction of such military department 
during fiscal year 2007. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report with respect to a mili-
tary department under subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Information on the policies of such military 
department for fiscal year 2007 regarding utilization 
of, and limits on, tuition assistance by members of 
the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such 
military department, including an estimate of the 
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trator may self-certify their sites or sources to the Admin-
istrator for inclusion in the Registry, subject to procedures 
adopted by the Administrator. To prevent a fraudulent 
listing, the sources shall be included on the Registry only 
if the Administrator confirms the submitted data, at the 
Administrator’s discretion. 
‘‘(f) NEW FACILITIES.—As a new energy-consuming 
industrial facility is developed after the enactment of this 
Part, to the extent it may constitute a site with recover-
able waste energy that may qualify for the Registry, the 
Administrator may elect to include it in the Registry at 
the request of its owner or operator or developer on a con-
ditional basis, removing the site if its development ceases 
or it if fails to qualify for listing under this Part. 
‘‘(g) OPTIMUM MEANS OF RECOVERY.—For each site 
listed in the Registry, at the request of the owner or oper-
ator of the site, the Administrator shall offer, in coopera-
tion with Clean Energy Application Centers operated by 
the Secretary of Energy, suggestions of optimum means 
of recovery of value from waste energy stream in the form 
of electricity, useful thermal energy, or other energy-re-
lated products. 
‘‘(h) REVISION.—Each annual State report under 
section 548(a) of the National Energy Conservation Policy
I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4137 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide preservation and inter-
pretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford Whal-
ing National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 19, 2009 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide preser-
vation and interpretation assistance for resources associ-
ated with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical 
Park in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 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. 
The Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Bedford Whaling 
Nation Historical Park Resources Assistant Act’’. 
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