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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4674 
To modify the provisions of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States relating to returned property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2007 
Mr. MCDERMOTT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To modify the provisions of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States relating to returned property. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO 
RETURNED PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The article description for head-
ing 9801.00.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States is amended by inserting after ‘‘exported’’ 
the following: ‘‘, or any other products when returned 
within 3 years after having been exported,’’. 
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I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 689 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the require-
ment that persons making disbursements for electioneering communica-
tions file reports on such disbursements with the Federal Election Com-
mission and the prohibition against the making of disbursements for 
electioneering communications by corporations and labor organizations, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2005 
Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PITTS, 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 
FLAKE, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. OTTER, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. JONES 
of North Carolina, Mr. TERRY, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. 
MANZULLO, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. PENCE, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. 
MILLER of Florida, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 
HOSTETTLER, Mr. CULBERSON, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. 
BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. COX, Mr. 
CONAWAY, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. KLINE, Mr. 
GINGREY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. LINDER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
repeal the requirement that persons making disburse-
ments for electioneering communications file reports on 
such disbursements with the Federal Election Commis-
sion and the prohibition against the making of disburse-
ments for electioneering communications by corporations 
and labor organizations, 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 ‘‘First Amendment Res-
toration Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) DISCLOSURE OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR COMMU-
NICATIONS.—Section 304(f) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(f)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) TERMINATION
OF
REPORTING
REQUIRE-
MENT.—No person shall be required to file any 
statement under this subsection with respect to any 
disbursement made on or after November 6, 2002.’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION AGAINST MAKING OF DISBURSE-
MENTS FOR COMMUNICATIONS BY CORPORATIONS AND 
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 316 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘or for any 
applicable electioneering communication’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c).
(c) TREATMENT
OF
COORDINATED
COMMUNICA-
TIONS AS CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 315(a)(7) of such 
Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(7)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (C); and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (C). 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
as if included in the enactment of the Bipartisan Cam-
paign Reform Act of 2002. 
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mitigate and a justification for the selec-
tion of the project in light of that analysis. 
‘‘(vii) The applicant has demonstrated 
to the Secretary that the matching funds 
required by subparagraph (D) are avail-
able. 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—When making grants 
under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give 
priority to grants for projects which are likely 
to—
‘‘(i) have the greatest impact on re-
ducing future disaster losses; and 
‘‘(ii) best conform with plans that 
have been approved by the Federal Govern-
ment or the government of the insular area 
where the project is to be carried out for 
development or hazard mitigation for that 
insular area. 
‘‘(D) 
MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—The 
Federal share of the cost for a project for which 
a grant is provided under this paragraph shall 
not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of that 
project. The non-Federal share of the cost may 
be provided in the form of cash or services.
‘‘(E) TREATMENT OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 
PURPOSES.—Grants provided under this para-
graph shall not be considered as income, a re-
source, or a duplicative program when deter-
mining eligibility or benefit levels for Federal 
major disaster and emergency assistance. 
‘‘(F) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this paragraph $5,000,000 
for each fiscal year beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this paragraph.’’. 
SEC. 205. USE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY IN PUBLIC 
BUILDINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part 4 of title V of the National 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8271 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 570. USE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY IN PUBLIC 
BUILDINGS. 
‘‘(a) PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY COMMERCIALIZATION 
PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may estab-
lish a photovoltaic energy commercialization pro-
gram for the procurement and installation of photo-
voltaic solar electric systems for electric production 
in new and existing public buildings.
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program 
shall be to accomplish the following: 
‘‘(A) To accelerate the growth of a com-
mercially viable photovoltaic industry to make 
this energy system available to the general pub-
lic as an option which can reduce the national 
consumption of fossil fuel. 
‘‘(B) To reduce the fossil fuel consumption 
and costs of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(C) To attain the goal of installing solar 
energy systems in 20,000 Federal buildings by 
2010, as contained in the Federal Government’s 
Million Solar Roof Initiative of 1997. 
‘‘(D) To stimulate the general use within 
the Federal Government of life-cycle costing 
and innovative procurement methods. 
‘‘(E) To develop program performance 
data to support policy decisions on future incen-
tive programs with respect to energy. 
‘‘(3) ACQUISITION
OF
PHOTOVOLTAIC
SOLAR 
ELECTRIC SYSTEMS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The program shall 
provide for the acquisition of photovoltaic solar 
electric systems and associated storage capa-
bility for use in public buildings.
IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 68 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 13, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs 
AN ACT 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-
tration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
HR 68 RFS 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NASA and JPL 50th 
Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In commemoration of the 
50th anniversary of the establishment of the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in 
this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary) shall mint and issue 
the following coins: 
(1) $50 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 
$50 gold coins which shall— 
(A) weigh 33.931 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 32.7 millimeters; 
and 
(C) contain 1 troy ounce of fine gold. 
(2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 
$1 coins of each of the 9 designs specified in section 
3(a)(3)(B), which shall— 
(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per-
cent copper. 
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 
Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 
title 31, United States Code.
HR 68 RFS 
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 3. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design of the coins 
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 50 
years of exemplary and unparalleled achievements of 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 
(2) DESIGNATION
AND
INSCRIPTIONS.—On 
each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 
(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2008’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’, and such other 
inscriptions as the Secretary may determine to 
be appropriate for the designs of the coins. 
(3) COIN IMAGES.— 
(A) $50 COINS.— 
(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the 
$50 coins issued under this Act shall bear 
an image of the sun.
greatest opportunity for long-term forest health by 
creating a mosaic of species-mix and age distribu-
tion. Such prevention treatments are widely acknowl-
edged to be more successful and cost effective than 
suppression treatments in the case of insects, dis-
ease, and fire. 
(4) The byproducts of preventive treatment 
(wood, brush, thinnings, chips, slash, and other haz-
ardous fuels) removed from forest lands, woodlands 
and rangelands represent an abundant supply of bio-
mass for biomass-to-energy facilities and raw mate-
rial for business. There are currently few markets 
for the extraordinary volumes of byproducts being 
generated as a result of the necessary large-scale 
preventive treatment activities. 
(5) The United States should—
(A) promote economic and entrepreneurial 
opportunities in using byproducts removed 
through preventive treatment activities related 
to hazardous fuels reduction, disease, and insect 
infestation; and 
(B) develop and expand markets for tradi-
tionally underused wood and biomass as an out-
let for byproducts of preventive treatment ac-
tivities.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BIOMASS.—The term ‘‘biomass’’ means 
trees and woody plants, including limbs, tops, nee-
dles, and other woody parts, and byproducts of pre-
ventive treatment, such as wood, brush, thinnings, 
chips, and slash, that are removed—
(A) to reduce hazardous fuels; or 
(B) to reduce the risk of or to contain dis-
ease or insect infestation. 
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4(e) of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)). 
(3) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ includes—
(A) an individual; 
(B) a community (as determined by the 
Secretary concerned); 
(C) an Indian tribe; 
(D) a small business, micro-business, or a 
corporation that is incorporated in the United 
States; and 
(E) a nonprofit organization. 
(4) PREFERRED COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘pre-
ferred community’’ means—
and dates of the spacecraft missions on 
which United States astronauts lost their 
lives over the course of the space program. 
(iv) HIGH
RELIEF.—The design and 
inscriptions on the obverse and reverse of 
the $50 coins issued under this Act shall be 
in high relief. 
(B) $1 COINS.— 
(i) OBVERSE.—The obverse of the $1 
coins issued under this Act shall bear 9 dif-
ferent designs each of which shall consist of 
an image of 1 of the 9 planets of the solar 
system, including Earth. 
(ii) REVERSE.— 
(I) 8 
PLANETS
OTHER
THAN 
EARTH.—The reverse of the $1 coins 
issued under this Act, other than the 
$1 coins which bear an image of the 
Earth on the obverse, shall bear 8 dif-
ferent designs each of which shall be 
emblematic of the discoveries and mis-
sions of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
to the planet depicted on the obverse. 
(II) EARTH COIN.—At least 1 of 
the designs on the reverse of the $1
coins issued under this Act which bear 
an image of the Earth on the obverse 
shall bear images emblematic of, and 
honoring, the discoveries and missions 
of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, the Mercury, Gemini 
and Space Shuttle missions and other 
manned Earth-orbiting missions, and 
the Apollo missions to the Moon. 
(iii) EDGE.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the extent practicable, the edge 
of each $1 coin should bear the names and 
dates or range of dates of missions or mis-
sion types to the planet depicted on the re-
verse 
(4) REALISTIC AND SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE 
DEPICTIONS.—The images for the designs of coins 
issued under this Act shall be selected on the basis of 
the realism and scientific accuracy of the images and 
on the extent to which the images are reminiscent of 
the dramatic and beautiful artwork on coins of the so- 
called ‘‘Golden Age of Coinage’’ in the United States, 
at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, with the 
participation of such noted sculptors and medallic 
artists as James Earle Fraser, Augustus Saint-
H. Res. 725 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
October 16, 2007. 
Whereas clean water is a natural resource of tremendous 
value and importance to the Nation; 
Whereas there is resounding public support for protecting 
and enhancing the quality of the Nation’s rivers, streams, 
lakes, marine waters, and wetlands; 
Whereas maintaining and improving water quality is essential 
to protect public health, fisheries, wildlife, and water-
sheds and to ensure abundant opportunities for public 
recreation and economic development; 
Whereas it is a national responsibility to provide clean water 
for future generations; 
Whereas since the enactment of the Clean Water Act in 
1972, substantial progress has been made in protecting 
and enhancing water quality due to a deliberate and na-
tional effort to protect the Nation’s waters; 
Whereas substantial improvements to the Nation’s water 
quality have resulted from a successful partnership 
among Federal, State, and local governments, the private 
sector, and the public; 
Whereas serious water pollution problems persist throughout 
the Nation and significant challenges lie ahead in the ef-
fort to protect water resources from point and nonpoint
Gaudens, Victor David Brenner, Adolph A. Weinman, 
Charles E. Barber, and George T. Morgan. 
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall be— 
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 
with the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, the Director of the Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory, and the Commission of Fine 
Arts; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coin Advisory Com-
mittee. 
SEC. 4. SYMBOLIC INCLUSION OF METALS THAT HAVE 
FLOWN IN SPACE. 
(a) COLLECTION.—Each Federal agency and instru-
mentality of the United States, including the Department 
of Defense, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration, and the Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory, that has in its possession any craft, or any 
part of a craft, that flew in space shall— 
(1) retrieve such gold, silver, copper, and other 
metals that the Director of the United States Mint de-
termines are appropriate for use in the production of 
any coins under this Act, from such craft or part, 
that can be retrieved without harming any such craft 
or part that may be of continuing use for its original
purpose or for research, or whose preservation is ap-
propriate for historical purposes; and 
(2) deposit such metals so retrieved with the Di-
rector of the United States Mint. 
(b) USE OF METALS IN PRODUCTION OF COINS.—Any 
metals deposited with the Director of the United States 
Mint under subsection (a) shall be used in the production 
of the coins struck under this Act by blending such metals 
with other metal necessary for the production of such coins 
so that all of the coins produced under this Act will contain 
some proportion of the bullion obtained from craft or parts 
of crafts that flew in space in an amount appropriate for 
the types and denominations of the coins and the amount 
of metals so deposited. 
(c) RECORDKEEPING.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that each Federal agency and instrumentality of the United 
States which retrieves any metals in accordance with sub-
section (a) should maintain accurate and complete records 
of the retrieval and deposit of any such metals sufficient 
to allow the Director of the United States Mint to provide 
certificates of authenticity with coins issued under this Act 
that some proportion of the contents of such coins were ob-
tained from craft or parts of crafts that flew in space.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 473 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conveyance of approximately 140 acres 
of land in the Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma 
to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy Scouts 
of America, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this Act 
shall be issued in proof quality only. 
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 
States Mint may be used to strike any particular combina-
tion of denomination and quality of the coins minted under 
this Act. 
(c) COMMENCEMENT
OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary 
may issue coins minted under this Act beginning January 
1, 2008. 
(d) TERMINATION OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No coins 
may be minted under this Act after December 31, 2008. 
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 
of— 
(1) the face value of the coins; 
(2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 
respect to such coins; and 
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 
(b) PREPAID ORDERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act be-
fore the issuance of such coins.
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a reason-
able discount. 
(c) PRESENTATION.—In addition to the issuance of 
coins under this Act in such other methods of presentation 
as the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be appro-
priate, the Secretary shall provide, as a sale option, a pres-
entation case which displays the $50 gold coin in the center 
surrounded by the $1 silver coins in an elliptical orbit. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under this 
Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 
(1) A surcharge of $50 per coin for the $50 coin. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of title 
31, United States Code, all surcharges received by the Sec-
retary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall 
be promptly paid by the Secretary to the NASA Family 
Assistance Fund for the purposes of providing need-based 
financial assistance to the families of NASA personnel who 
die as a result of injuries suffered in the performance of 
their official duties. 
(c) AUDITS.—The NASA Family Assistance Fund 
shall be subject to the audit requirements of section
5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard to 
the amounts received under subsection (b).
Union Calendar No. 81 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 68 
[Report No. 109–133, Part I] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary 
of the establishment of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory. 
JUNE 17, 2005 
Committee on Ways and Means discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed
(A) any town, township, municipality, or 
other similar unit of local government (as deter-
mined by the Secretary concerned) that—
(i) has a population of not more than 
50,000 individuals; and 
(ii) the Secretary concerned, in the 
sole discretion of the Secretary concerned, 
determines contains or is located near 
land, the condition of which is at signifi-
cant risk of catastrophic wildfire, disease, 
or insect infestation or which suffers from 
disease or insect infestation; or 
(B) any county that—
(i) is not contained within a metro-
politan statistical area; and 
(ii) the Secretary concerned, in the 
sole discretion of the Secretary concerned, 
determines contains or is located near 
land, the condition of which is at signifi-
cant risk of catastrophic wildfire, disease, 
or insect infestation or which suffers from 
disease or insect infestation. 
(5) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means—
IV 
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 501
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should raise awareness of 
domestic violence in the Nation by supporting the goals and ideals 
of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2002
Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. VITTER, and 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should raise 
awareness of domestic violence in the Nation by sup-
porting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Vio-
lence Awareness Month.
Whereas domestic violence affects women, men, and children 
of all racial, social, religious, age, ethnic, and economic 
groups in the United States; 
Whereas it is estimated that a woman is battered every 15 
seconds in America, usually by her intimate partner; 
Whereas domestic violence often does not consist of a single 
incident, but is instead a continual state of victimization;